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TEKMS: Two Dollars pnr annum Upaid be cerraiir, be rfaa lace.ut socti it was, .in within 3 months, from the time of subscri- stantiy disappeared. At' the sound of his bing : two dollars and fifty cents If not paid horse's hoofs, an old woman appeared in within 3 months. No sutcription taken for , th joorwar; mt 4)IlZioff. enfion.lv al him. a less period than six months; no discon tinuance permitted until all arrearages are pkl, unless at the option of the 'editor. . . . 2 ht lerms of advertising will It as follows: One square, eight lines, one time, SI 00 Every subsequent insertion,"; . . . . 25 One square, three months, .'. , . . . 4 50 One year, . .;. ......... 10 00 . V1DOLQ; - oa THE CHARCOAL BURNER OF ROUEN. Not many miles from the city of r?ouen, In France, Is 'located a wild and somewhat extensive forest. This wood is principally inhabited by charcoal burners ; and many, many are the dark legends in which they figure. Df course lh .tales are most exag iterated, and, in tnot caes, have no foun dation at all. During the year 183, however, several travelers, whose way lay through this for est, mysteriously disappeared The who?e place was scoured, and the inhabitants rig orously examined, but no clue was obtain ed, and they ! were dismissed. For several months alter this co travelers were misted, and finally the public excitement was al ia jed. It was at this time that the incidents related in this sketch occurred.' It was a fine morning in earTy autumn, and the woods presented a beautiful ap pearance. The birds were gaily singing, and the rays of an afternoon sun! not too warm, were aildine the tree ton?. In the very heart of the forest; surrounded by '.he heaps of smoking earth, stood one of thoe burners. He was a splendid specimen, of a man, as far as physical proportions were concerned ; fully six feet' in height, and stout in. proportion. His broad shoulders might -have contained the strength ot a Hercules. His head was large and covered with a shaggy mass of hair, and his fea tures were decidedly repulsive. II is eyes were small and nearly covered with bushy eysbrows. He had, altogether, a cruel and malevolent appearance. ' ' As we introduce him to the reader, he was leaning upon a large axe, apparently in a listening position. The road ran by the place where be was standing, but he could Dot see far along it on account cf a sudden turn a little distance from -him The clatter of horses' hoofs, however, co'd be distinctly heard, and in a ftw minutes the horse and rider came in tight. The new comer was a email and active looking man, and from bis drees was a gentleman well oil His evs were uau.ually keen and searching, and were bent upen the charcoal burner in such a manner that the Utter quailed before him. .... 'Fair day, iry good man,' said the horse man, ia the eas manner of one speaking to an inferior; 'Excellent, Monieur,for one of my trade. I love not the boiling sans of summer, nor yet the bleak winds of winter.' '.since jou are so nicely suited, I suppose yoa are what so few are in the world bap- py-' .. 'You say truly, Monsieur few, few. in deed, are truly bapppy. There is to happi ness without contentment'.. And are yoo contented I' . . : 'At times I think I am ; but when I see the nobleman riding by in his coach and tonr, toiling ic ncnes.wun servants to ooey DiS every wisn, ami i nave to ton nara ior my daily bread, I cannot help thinking that God iii sometime onju&t.' 'And yon never think of appropriating any ot tnese snpernuous ncnes to your- sen f VVbal does Monsieur mean 1 I trust thai, no thoughts of disobeying alike the laws of God and man ever entered into my mind." 'I ni'jant nothing ; it was merely an idle question : bat I did not stop to talk thus, ; " rboj lo ask lhe w to p. It is getting late, and 1 must be on the move." ' ' ' 'If Monsiear is in'a hurry, I can direct hirn to P in about half the time.' - i shall be very much obliged to you,- my friend. . r ' ;: . 'This lane begins very jaear to ray home, which is about a half mile further on. You had better stop there, as ray wife can point it out to yon.' , ' ' .', ! ' 'I will do 60. Here is a reward,' exclaim ed the horseman, offering him a . piece of gold. . - . . . .' The other drew back arid refused to take it, alleging he had done nothing to deserve it.. The horseman thea put spurs to his horse and rode away, a bend in the road soon hiding him from sight. Having rode on on lil he imagined that his horse's hoofs could no be heard by the charcoal burner, shonld the latter be listening, he dismoun ted and silently retraced bis steps. He ar rived at the place where he had left his friend, the charcoal, burner, but the . latter was not to be teen. . The stranger hastened back to his horse and remounted. . ,,It is as I expected,' he muttered. " This road makes a large bend here, and by. dnt- ling across he can reach his but before bis. I care liule,thocgh, as I anl forearmed. Ve shaU see who'll come out' first." I, compre hend why be refused ray gold piece : ' he OOBidera il " k "Or and be thinks be may si wen taxe. altogether ; but I must hurry on and finish' ttis buair.es belore nightfall.' So aying he put spurs to h' hbrsO &nd rode on. - Te3 csinnfes; sharp riding' bto't , the charcoal bBrnerV but in ievr. As he -first caught efcht of: ht he- thonght he detec ted a re an's face: pressed aainft one of. the ! windows. Of this, however, he could not - j j 3 . j - - 'wj'ned till he rode up! - The horseman co'd not help thinking' that the woman was . a most fitting companion for her husband. The expression of her countenance was even more villainous. The strange, haw ever, did not Btop to criticise her appear ance, but saluted her, saying : ' - -. . . 'I believe, madam, that you - are the wife of the charcoal burner, whom 1 met op the road 1 ' ? ' '- : . - The woman replied in the affirmative. 'Then I will tell you that I am boond for P- ; which I wish to reach before night fall. He told me of a lane which was much shorter than the regular road, which, he Said, you eooid point out to roe.' ; Certainly. " If this is all Monsieur wish esbe is easily satisfied. ' You: may see, a little way up, that large tree which lowers above the rest. 'Just bejond that i a large rock, and the lane enters the road on the other side of it. As it i4 very narrow and gfown lip with bushes, 'yoo would hardly notice it'. But with these directions you can hardlr fail.' " ' ' ' ! :' ' "Never yoa fear : I ball not miss 'the4 Toad .' " 'Is that all Monsieur wishes ?':" : 'I believe so V but stop a minute. I of fered your hasband apiece of gold, but he TelUfied lo take it. Perhaps you may be more sensible-' '''. . ' The old woman greedily look the prof fered coin, saying : -Pierre is too sensitive. We might both starve before he would take a cent.' ' 1 6ee you differ from hisn a little,' re turned the horseman, laughing. He then put spurs to his horse, and rode on. In a few minutes be reached the large rock : al luded to, and could then perceive the en trance to a narrow lane artfully concealed by bushes. He soon mads his way through them, an J when once in ihe lane, found it a liule wider than he expected. It also be came free of bushes, as he proceeded. ! He stopped a moment to examine the priming of bis pistol, muttering : 'My worthy friends are rather sharp. Thsy do noi do their murdering in ihe open road, where fpilled blood might lead to their defection, but inveigle the unfortunate traveller into the dark lane, where he may be safely put out of the way and none be ihe wiser of it. At any rate, 1 am fully pre pared for them, and they will not put me out of the way without a struggle. Having seen, that his arms were ready for i!se, he rode slowly forward keeping a care ful watch, on each, side of the read, that k-a might not be surprised A long as the woods kept open as they were, ho had no tear as there was no good hiding place fjr a man. Era Ion ihe wood began to get thicker and more soibbie. Little hillocks, cover'ej with bushes, became frequent, un til at last they became a long range skirting at each side of the road. The horseman felt that the lime which was to iry him was near at hand, and be dropped the reins un til hit hand covered a holtler pistol, which he firmly graped, though in such a manner as a person would not notice, and he then assumed an air of carelessness, though, his watch was keener than ever.. At leng'h be earns to a place which he felt certain con tained the enemy.- Nature seemed to have adapted this place for Ihe , purpose of con cealment. The rocks which skirted the road a? this place were about breast high, and so J erpendicnlar as to have the ap pearance' of a "wall ; : tney were covered with A growth of bushes so thick as to be nearly impervious. The lall trees oa each side of the road twined their tops together, forming a natural roof of leaves and branch es and rendering the place as dark as mid night. ' : i - 5- i r : ., 'It was a scene-sufficient - to appal the stoutest heart, but the horseman, although he knew that the next moment might be his last, rode forward with as careless an air as he might have worn had he been travel ling ihe streets of a poputous city. His haqd still grasped the bun of his pistol, and bis keen eyes still searched each covert. Suddenly a p!stoI shot rang out upon the air, and his hat fell to ihe . ground, with a bullet bole through.. it, pot more than an inch above where his head had been. In stantly turning io the direction of the sound he beheld a slight wreath of smoke curling op from Lehiad a bukh, and without a mo ment's hesitation he levelled his pistol aad fired. The aim was terribly fat I. A wild sh'riek rang upon the air,-and the next mo ment there sprang from behind the tree, not the charcoal burner, as he bad expected, but his wife. The blood was flowing copiously from her forehead,, and presented, a botrible spectacle. She tottered to the edge of the wall of. rocks and fell into the rqad, a corps. 'Had I known it to be a woman,' the horseman muttered, 'I never would have fired. Boi it is too late to moralize. What can have become of my friend, the char coal burner V .... g. J4; , ' As he spoke,- he tnmed round quickly and encountered the object of bis thoughts. It was lucky for him that be waa ao quick. The charcoal burner held a gleaming knife in his hand, already uplifted-lo .alnke. While the horseman's attention . bad been engaged by iba tragical end ot the woman. he bad silently crept; np behind kim,i aad I -? j i . f . . I lh osiu-ue awiHia spracg orwara,tnas . ing a deperRte pass at his breast. ; The brmeaian etill held the discharged pistol ir. his hand, and with his long barrel managed lo parry the blow.' j .' He then buried his spurs into the horse's side, and the goaded beast sprang forward so violently as (o dash the charcoal burner to the ground, and completely sprang over him, dashing the knife from his hand, leav ing him stunned in the middle of the road. The horseman turned ins;antly, and draw ing his remaining' pistol from his holster, waited for the' other to riee. The latter staggered to his "1eet, and leaning against the rocks on the side of the road, gazed sni lenly and revengefully upon his conquefor, Thus the strange couple regarded each oth- er for soma time, until at last the horse man broke the silence. So,'my friend,' he said, 'your caieer is ended at last.' . Yes, curse yoc ! I'd rend you asunder, too, it ' . . You dared, I presume,' put in ttm stran ger. MuouDt not your goon inienuwisnu canoaly thau Leaven you have not a pow- er proportionate to your doubly thankful that I have been the means of ridding'rhe 'er.rih of eucu a moi.-rer. I presume you can give a pretty good account joftho.e my erious .disappearance: ot late?'- 4Ay, that I can ! - You are'tht? first richly freighted traveller who ha entered thai laue and escaped ihe bullet ot the kuife.'. Pshaw ! do you take me for one of those simpletons whose purses are be ter filled than their heads V . 'No !' exclaimed the other with a sudden energy. 'I know better. Froxn the very first yon seemed to have read my imen iions,and you must hae been sent exprets ly to entrap me. In other words, ysu are a detective in disguise. Well, you have come out best, but you have played a ds perate part. Few would have escaped as you have, for my wife was a good shot. But you seamed from the'first lo be for tune's favorite.' 'Certainly I had a narrow escaperemark ed the other, pointing to the bullet hole in his hat. 'But it is not the first time fsriune has proved friendly to m.' 'Well, who are you?' at length demanded the other. ...... My name is Vidocq !' 'Great heavens ! the Parisian detective! i raisni naTB Known inai u wuuiu uaio been alt up with me, when you were piled against me.' ) Yes; business at the metropolis being1 rather dull, and having heard some rumors of your doings, I thought 1 would take a , trip out here, if only for the good of my ! health. But it is growing late and you must he moving.' . 'Where must I go ?' To the gallows, in the end,' was he cool reply ; 'but at present to the jail at P .' 'To the gallow !' returned the other, fiercely. 'Never! Any deaih but iha!' The detective leveled I.U pistol at lha head of the charcoal burner, and exekhned: 'You shall have bawet through o ir bead, if yon pre.er it!' The oher ducked bis head, in expecta tion ot the shot, and then made a (temperate s pring at the detective. The latter howev er, was in no hurry lo fire, and rooly.await- ed the others attack. The charcoal-burner grasped the reins with his left band, and ' with his right endeavored to grap the pis- : tol. The detective, however, caught hi' right hand with bis own left, and holding it ' up with an iron grasp, paused his right hand under, nntil his pistol pressed againat the other's forehead, when he fired.. The other instantly relaxed 1 his hold, and wita a .. a corpfe. lerribie cry, fell back obj,ct of his visit, did not delay hi return i to Paris, but having explained the whole . affair to the proper authorities at P , he ,l,rla I .... r And thus was the earth rid of two as rr ra a 1 mnnilsra an Rnrrifin (nrm ma I j Th riniv of th V.nnr T. Tr -w I? i i ibe black Republican lonrna s are la- i . X . t - ooriog Vdhemenily io liaUatiizn the war. The Times and The Herald cry out that the rebellion for ever in promises are w,I, be cached fanal.y and ; fifty, days! Tne nmety day j it appe a.s thus improved on ; , r, J"f,'nh0 1 ut Ji.'ile more than half that; and we are assured the Jjouin is Put ii.'ife mere time from full realization. : Oh! but the . Aboli ion war-makers, speaking in concer; in The Herald and iu The Times, attach, a condition to their ap proaching conquest of Sovereign States. They require, tbey tell us, for the accom plishment of that work, a li tile more flesh and blood for Gen. Grant's army alone a recru iiment of one hundred thousand fresh men ! ' The Times of this city regards this con tribution lo death a mere trifle. . "What," it asks, "is thib to (be twenty-two millions of the North ? To this great populous Em pire State of New York it . is less than twen ty thousand men.' Had' we ihe right spirit, this city alone oa ght to put that lorce in the field in a weak.". The Black Repub licans appear to be drunk with blood. The Tribune pooh! poohed ! the loss of five thousand of our men at the time of the exp lesion of the Petersburg mine as a matter of the most trivial concern ! The Tirnes now exhibits the same spirit the true expression of that devilish fanaticism thai has brutalized its war into a system of rape and of burning. " Their drafts by hun dreds of thousands have led them to take no account of human life; and they now regard an addition to their victims from one-half the homes f the country, as a mere bagatelle I . We have sent into the field upward ol two millions of men. We have already supplied an accursed fanaticism with the flower of our manhood, to an extent sur passing the heaviest levies known to mili tary history. We havei at this moment, a -widow or a mother mourning on hundreds of thousand of desolate hearthstones throughout these Northern States; and. on told numbers Of rarr. rarrr-irxT Hntlh.iick. cess in their systems er limping eo oml- M.J I l. r . :.v. r ' :u utuwt.uv4iujf wua revwusa eyea cr haggard faces from the sidewalks of eur towns and cities. And after three long years of this work of fully and wickedcess, what ia the remit 1 A demand, ur.der the repetition of the stale promise of lifiy or ninety days, for the recruitment of one ar my alone to the extent of another bun'died thousand ? Bui what feature of the field gives the desperate fanatics who rule the hour, jus tification for this' promise of fifty days? The Times which repeats glib assurances of success nowwas equally eay of prom ises at the opening ol the campaign. On the 9ih of May Ust that journal laid on the rose color in lhe?e words ; "Every thing which promises unccftss is more at hand with us now fiiau in July, 1H6 3. Our ar mies were never us large, tor under such commanders and officer. The apparent plan of a co operative movement in over whelming force against the vi:al points of the Confederacy promiset the most oesufed succesi." The call for a hundred thousand men now, is, a confensiou that the assu rances ol T he Times then, have all mis carried; and constituted, .therefore, good reason for placing a heavy discount cn its promises of to-day. "We have now," that journal said on the 9th of May, "reach ed the lime when the last strain is put up- i on the powers of each party ';" and yet it North a further strain, that, even consider ed as iba jlrnt, would be absolutely astound ing. General Grant's promises are, we know, not more worthy ot implicit faith than are those of The Times. He has not even fulfilled his pledge, with all Northern Vir ginia open to aim, to "fight it out on this line." Besides, he is personally interested in endeavoring to sustain himself where he is; for he can only return from the Jimes a pricked b ubble. His promises finding very little ground of beliel in his perform ances, and their utterance referable, very naturally, to his self love, we cannot at tach much faith to his assurance ot crush ins the rebellion in fifty days. Grant's demand for another hundred thou sand of our 6ons and broibers ought not to have been made hastily. He should be first called to strict account for the two hun dred tho esand be bad been entrusted with for the capture of Richmond. The exhi bition of his-weakness in the last conflict at Reams Station gives point to such an in quiry. A corps had, in the meagretiess of his force,' been run immediately before that engagement from left to right and again rua from right to .left. The scan tiness of his. numbers was still further re vealed in the rushing from flank to flank of the troops at Reams, to meet an overwhel minz attack, while thev were allowed to be crushed iu a fight of several hours, with- ! raeuc and private life, have always been oct a man to jpare for their ' assistance! j regarded by honorable men ? Did you er The feebleness of his army ia still further ! er read lne invectives of Curran before the mpti ",n it. fi.pt ihai hiU - whnln nnrn ' tunes of I T? land aaainst buch conduct as - ,.,kj,0, f.m ,k Pe- I (er&burg, he did not dare to relieve the nrfHsiirH umn Hancock bv even a feint at any point of his line, -upon Lee's "works !i s 0ale pretended to discover plots, con All this shows conclusively that cf the ! species and treasons, just as you prelsod splendid army with which he marched ,nat J'ou a doing. He sacrificed the lives across the Rapidan, and of ail the admira of mar,y of tba bebt citizens of England. ble re-enforcements which have been add ed to it sines, Grant now commands but the merest wreck ! If the Fede ral general on the Potomac be so weak as the bailie of Reams Station shows him lo Le, people ought lo demand some s afifficiory explanation of the fate of ihe reiiiU3 of ;aeir two hundred thousand mti. Jf he has less than fi'ty thousand eroyud him row, as the last conflict leads '. oa u a-peci. what, work has ha aocom- pitirie'J wun tue one nunorea ana titty mi. 'id yoii men sons, brothers, fathers, ilrousind ' of ihote thai tl! of us hold dear and n ear whom he has lost? Surely he ouyht to be able to make same showing of xcoik dine at a cost so fearful ; and certain ly cannot expect, belore he does so to the satisfaction of ihe public, to have his dratis bouored for a hundred thousand more. Re-enforcements, it is true, are necessary to save Grant if he be allowed to remain where ho is. Lee has shown a disposition lo take the offensive ; and he certainly has so far found ample encouragement lor do- in ,bca "bibitj" ade by the batile ! of Keams Station, of Gram s weakness, ... w, r. ,Ha " already dooe long enough W e !ia",hown at.afactorily that so far as he ? I,ke! lo cruh Le8 ,,"e "n.ng lucre, no uu -in am won uv. mini; weiuu !..itr .vi....- .fA I ' -I r ' r ' ...... aw pect from an additional hundred thousand EllfZU lUQl 4JJ Ijltl IfVl tld UCOll tti. l,Uljl.IU3UO (. with the original two hundred thousand? i IVli jT n n urn Jnnlr fnr frnm lh nf I fi'iy days that might not have been effected , J , , , . . . durins ihe past one hundred and twenty? j The hundred thousand aiked for can't be J fof con9iJerab;e addition to the Even if obtained, it would be no . ,pM tharr actua, rf fa no battle, raw recruits, to storm worki . . , ,l ' . -, f , r .. obtained. No one looks even to an enferc- the not hem into battle, raw recruits, to storm works held by the splendid infantry of Lee. And then the climate ! The tide water region of Virginia is known to be one of the most fatal districts of this contineat io Autumn. It Grant be allowed to remain passively behind his works for two months longer ha will not have twenty thousand effective men ot his present force left. Is it not, therefore, better on all hands on even the ground of Mr. Lincoln's political ambitioa and of General Graoils personal pride that rather than be exposed to disease and capture they be placed at once on the Po' tomac to save the fields aad cities of Penn sylvania from the brand of retaliation? The removal of the army now on the James to the Potomac will meet the com mendation ot the country. If the hundred thousand men asked for by The Times be required after . that movement, ihey may perhaps be obtained for the defense of Pennsylvania. In view' of the pending trial ot the question of peace or war, and the evident arr?y of large masses ol men against the policy of lbs Administration, may we not expect, that unless for defense, we be not called on at this moment for an other man. Grant's return lo the line of the Potomac may, however, save us from the necessity of this stant demand for flesh and blood by furnishing a graceful oppor tunity tor the establishment of a lacit ar mistice, until, at least, the award of the popular vote on the quesiioa of war or peace. Letter ffflfl Hon. 0. W. Foorbtes t) Br& Geo. Henry B. Carringlon. From the Indianapolis Sentinel General Henry B. Canington, Indianapolis, Indiiina : . . Sir Yonr favor of the 16tb is at hand in which I am informed that certain letters belonging lo m hat . been ttolax Yoa do not directly state whether you commitod the theft yoursell or whether you employed some one else, but inasmuch as you have possession of the stolen property, and avow it as if vou had something to be proud of, you will of couree not object to beitg con sidered as the principal in this act of petty larceny and lock picking. There are some titles to distinction which you claim, and which are not, I believe, generally conceded lo you by ihe public. No one Miowever, will di-pute your right to this. I ou take great pains in your communi caiion to convey a false impression in re gard lo the circumstances under which you examined and purloined my private cor respondence. In November, 1863, I lock ed my defcks, my drawers and my office in the usual manner, and left for Washington City. I did not return :o Terre Haute un til the 10th of Jane, 1864. During my absence 1 authorized the owner ol the property to rent it and take charge of ray books and papers. He rent ed it some time in the Spring to a man by the name of Muzzy, and with a mistaken confidence, suffered everything belongiug to me to remain under bis control. Here, General, was your easy opportunity. I was nearly a thousand miles away, a political enemy had possession of my desks and drawers, and all you had to do was to -apply the burglar's art, prepare faUe k pick my locks, and you at once bad access to my private, confidential correspondence embracing a period of seven years. J have every reason to believe that you read it all, letter by letter. Yon took your .time, and like the furtive, thieving, magpie, narrow ly inspected each line and word, to find, if possible, some expression of opinion which your servile political creed holds to be dis loyal. There were many letters there from cherUhcd friends who are dead. There was a bundle also from ray wife in regard io our domestic affair?. If yoo have stol en these, also, please return them, as they can be of no value except to the owner. I have heard of gonetous honse-breaksrs and pick-pockets doing at teach as that. I confess to one very disagreeable senia tisn in regard to this affair. It is the thought that the evidence of long years of friendship and affection shonld be subject ed lo the scrutiny of such an eye.as yours. Yoa wear the uniform of a Brigadier General, and I believe you are a Colonel in the regular army. Do you imagine that such an act as robbing private drawers aad publishing private letters will bring honor to your rank in the estimation of feentie men ? Have you ever read here and there a scrap ot history ? Do you know in what a light the slimy informer, the eavesdrop- ! Per ,h P'lif" BPy Pn h affairs of do- yours? If you have not. I . advise you to do eo, and you will thera vo yourself in a mirror as otasrs see yon at alt times. Ti- X ou may do the same in this country by yonr sensational falsehoods and reckless disregard of the public peace. But the parallel maf go further. A healthy reac tion took place, and Titus Oates, the plot finder cf England, stood in the 6locks and was pelted by the multitude. His ears were cropped clone to his head; he was whipped at the tail of a cart a dozen times ibrcugh the streets of London. T-bese acts of vengeance agaiiut him were only ex pressive ol ihe feelings which virtuous mankind everywhere entertains toward the wretch who turns universal witues against his fellow-men who. in times of great public excitement and iroubie eeeas to ag ravale the public distress by pretending to find everybody guilty but hituseif and his own falio wers ; who crawls into bedrooms, who ransacks bureaus, who picks locks, and pilfers the private thought of friends You have studied this gieat English iutor merasyour example; would you not do well to study his fate? Popular dekisions do not last always, and the day is even now at hand when your presencs among gen tlemen will be regarded as the signal to cease convsrsation for fear you will betray ii when your presence in a room will cause its occupant to secure every loose letter or paper that may be ia sight for tear you steal it; and when your presence iu a town will cause everybody to lock their cilices or to remain in them lo guard against your approach. I am told that you have been often or dered to Ihe field lo meet the armed ene miss ofr yoor country. 1 bavs formerly ex pressed my surprise ihat yon did not go. Yoo wera educated, if 1 am not mistaken, at West Point, by the Government, and my experiences among army officers has been hat, as a class, they were men of courage, high breeding, and honor. They have gen erally esteemed it thair duly to be in the front in time of war. uut all general rules j are proven by their exceptions, and yon are the exception in this instance. I shall no longer wonder that you remain in Iudi- j ... .w.ii I k. ... l : f . ana, uti sudii i uc oinyuse'i n, upon anoin er iovasion of our State, you are again put nnder arrest and relieved of your command. -Your vocation is certainly not the sword.- I 111 ! I ou buouiu iay u asiue, as too nonoraDle tor you to wear, and in its place, as the em blem of your calling, yoa ehoulJ wear a bunch of false keys and a set of burglar's tools. Nor should you keep the uniform of the soldier any longer its place should be supplied bythe usual disguises. false faces, wigs, and gum elastic shoes, which night prowlers and housebreakers usually wear. But a word or two,General,tn regard to the letters themselves. You have raked a drag net over many years of my most private correspondence. What did you get, after all your baseness and all your labor? The result will hardly pay you for the universal detestation which will always cling to your conduct. Let us sea. One of my friends writes roe that be fears our liberties will be destroyed in '.he bands of those who are now in power. He predicts that Mr. Lin coln, aided by such willing instruments as you, will attempt to erect a despotism on the ruins of the Republic. His fears and predictions thus' expressed in Jane, 1861, have been fully verified. He says a peace able separation would have been better than this. It is noi lor you lo complain of such a sentiment. I have heard you publicly express your great admiration forMr.Chtse. He held the same doctrine expressed by Mr. Ristine, and at a later dale than Mr. Ri'tine's letter. I refer you f the speech of Gen. Blair on that point. But the Itdi anapolis Journal iaid the same thing, only in stronger terms. - So did the Cincinnati Commercial, the New York Tnbunc, aad mT 1 RopuWcan orgaas. What importance, then, csn.yoa attach to such an expression of opinion ? " .;T But yea found an old letter from my good old uncle in Virginia. : Poor ecandle mong er as yo are, I cannot even permit, yoa much enjoyment in that I was in Harris onburg in Jane, l6u. Mr Lincoln was not " elected. There was no talk of secession, in Virginia. On the contrary, the. feeling in behalf of the Union - was overwhelming. But there was a deep irritation-yet inttre popular mind in regard to the; John, BrQfvri raid, which had but. "recently occurred. I was serenaded at my uhcIb's house, and made a short speech AHodins to tho mur derous invasion of her soil by John Browe, I stated that such deed were condemned in the State ,rhere lived, and that if needs be a hundred thousand men from "Indiana would march lo protect the citizens of Vir ginia against any future Abolition raid. Ia February, 1861, when war became immi nent, I supposed it looked to Mr." Hardesto if it would be an abolition war, amfJ he simply reminded ma of what ! had said on his door steps to the citizens of Harrison burg. Do you think Ihe pubiicaiion'of this bit of stolen information will materially af fect the result of rhe Presidential election I L'utle minds cach at little things, -r'mj But yon found a letter from Senator Wall ot New Jersey? enclosing one to hi?i from a gentleman bwtho name of Carr on. the subject ot guns. This seems (o be the des perate peint. I know nothing cf Mr. Carr. I neer answered this letter.. 'I an hot much of a trader, and such mailer as this I rarely find time to attend io. But on this point I do not msan to be misunderstood. -1 fully endorse the constitutional right af the people to bear arms 'for their eeif-de-fense. The value of ibis right is, greatly enhanced when one political party is arm ed by the Administration, at the common expense, lo overawe the other. You, 'of couree, will not dsny that the Republican party has been armed with Government arms for nearly two years. It is true thaf this organization is known as the - 'Homo Guard," but guns are distributed by . Gov ernment officials to their political adherents who do not pretend to belong to any mili tary organization whatever. And when companies have been formed according- to law and asked for arms they have been re fuse t because they were Democrats. Why" is this? ' From the condact of many of these so-called "Home Guards," and tho conduct of such officers as you the. Dem ocratic party have been led lo the firm be lief that ihese warlike preparations have more reference to carrying elections and subduing the freedom of speech and of opinion in the North, than they have lo loo euppression of armed rebellion io the South. They have paraded in front of my own house, In my absence, and," with United States muskets in their bands, in large num bers, insulted and terrified ray wife.ahcJ. children. These we,re simply members of the Republican party, and ihe guns which they carried had been given to them by Governor Morton, by yoor advice,! presume, and consent. What has occurred lo me has occurred to thousands of others. Do. you suppoie that you can arm our neighbors, to outrage and insult us whhoat any disastrous results? Do yoa think we will tick the hand that strikes ns ? Do you imagine that the Democratic party will submit to bo trampled and spit upon ? Wo have borne much, very much, and perhaps you think we wi.l bear all, and everything. II you do, allow me, for the sake of the peace and welfare of the State, to assure you ol yoor error. We will obey the laws of the land. We have always done eo, but we bate made up our minds that others shall do l,he same. That is a fair proposition, and those who are unwilling to embrace it'ean take the consequences. Democrats have all the rights which Republicans have, and among those which they share in common is tho right to bear arms for their defease and projection. ' Now General, but a few words more an-i I will leave you to the uninterrupted en joyment of the glory which yon have achieved in this miserable affair. There is one letter of mina in your possession which you did not teal, and which 1 am willing; you should publish. Yoa will remember an interview about a year ago between us at the Terre Haute House, in the presence of Judge Key. You had opened your ears to tale bearers and slanderers, and yoa came down from Indianapolis in great ex citement to quell the terrible outbreak whicti you imagined was aboct to take place ia this district. You wanted to go to Sulli van county, and, at your request,. I gave yoa a note in the shape of a pass, stating that the bearer was General Carrington, and asking for him . respectful treatment. You did not need any such protection from me, but you thought yoo did, and showed it lo my friends for that purpose in "tho town of Sullivan. You seem lo be of late in a similar paai.o and nnder a similar delusion. , There is really, however, no daier of disturbance among the people except such as your own folly snd wickedness m.iy ; create. Yoa do not need a pass lo travel through hero j da les it might be that the people should fear that you came to ranoack their drawers or something of that kind. In conclusion, permit me in all kindness to suggest, thai it yoa could persuade yourself to min i your own business, maks a great deal less fuss about nothing, trust the honesty and intelligence of the people -somewhat, keep your bands away . from what is not your own, speak the truth, give np the trade of common informer and aban don all idea that yoo can scare anybody, everything will go . well and peace and good order will everywhere , prevail. If yoa cannot do these things, however, which I suspect is beyond your power, then by all means seek some other field of labor and let a gentleman, and a man of honor take yoor place. It is perhaps , proper for me to say, by way of apology for this letter, that I bave written it more to mei the in terests of the public than from any regard which I have for yoor good or bad opinion concerning me or my friends. Your con dact has placed you beneath the notice of gentlemen. I am engaged in no plots or conspiracies, and never have been, What 1 have done has been in the opas day. What I shall do in the future will be done" in the same manner. Bat it is of small moment to me what you think on that sub ject. It is out of respect to a very differ ent clats of men that I have thus taken no tice of your larceny of my property, - aadt your -assaqit upon my character. . Yoar ..obedient serraut, v -;.: :'. ;D..W..VQ0Aarri'. Tiasi cacts, Ao ?. 21, IS 04. k 7
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