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J3LQ0MSBURG; COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pt.; WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 1864.
NUMBER 47.
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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
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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
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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.
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