J BY S. J. ROW. CLEABFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1863. VOL. 10-TVO. 15. TERMS OF THE JOURNAL. The R-FTSMA.xTs Journal is published on Wed- nesdar at SI. 50 per annum in advance. Adver tisements inserted at SI. CO per square, for three or less insertions Twelve lines (or less) counting a t .2 : . - - - square, torticij ouumuuai insertion cents. A deduction will be made to yearly advertisers, PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CAEDS. IKVIN BROTHERS. Dealers in Square Pawed Lumber. Drj Goods, Groceries, Flour, Grain, AO , tc, curnsioe ra., Sept. 23, 1863. TKEDJiKlCK LE1TZINGER, Manufacturer of X" HI kinds of fetone-ware, Clearfield. Pa. Or ders solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1, 1863 CRASS A BARRETT, Attorneys at Law. Clear fluid. Pa. May 13. 1863. l. J. crass. :::::: Walter barrett. ROBERT J. WALLACE. Attorney at Law. Clear field, Pa Office in Shaw's new row. Market itreet, opposite Naijglo's jewelry store. May 26. HF. XAUGLE. Watch and Clock Maker, and . dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Ac. Room in Graham's row, Market street. Nov. 10. HBUCHEtt SWOOPE. Attorney at Law.CIear . field. Pa. Office in Graham's Row, four doo: a west of Graham A Boynton's store. Nov. 10. ,T P. KRATZER Merchant, and dealer in ' . Boards and Shingles, Grain and Produce, front St. above the Academy, ClearOfcld, Pa. jl 2 "T WALLACE A I1ALL, Attorneys at Law, Clear- field, P. December 17. 1S62. williav a. Wallace. :::::::: jons o. hall. F A Ff.Ff f fvri r,. ,:it l x- 1 . man and Dealer in all kinds of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Plants and Shrubbery. All or ders by mail promptly attonded to. May 13. TTfllXIAM F.IRAVIX.Marketstreet, Clearfield, V Pa., Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Mer chandise. Hardware, Queeusware, Groceries, and family articles generally. Sov. 10. J OHX GUELICII. Manufacturer of all kinds of lie also makes to order Coffins, on short notice, and attends funerals with a hearse. AprlO.'iy. and Dll. M. WOODS. Practicing Physician, Examining Surgeon for Pensions. UlSee, South-west corner of Second and Cherry Mreei. viearnei i. ra. January -1.-1S03. T W. SHAW. M. V.. has resumed the rrnc- l . tice of Medicine and Surgery in Shawsville, I'enn a. where he still respectfully solicits a con tinuance or public patronage. May 2, ItOS. T B MEXALT.Y, Attorney at Law. Clearfield, J . M. I'rs'.-tiees in Clearfield and adjoining counties. Officoin new brick building ofJ.lJoyn- ton. zx street, one door south of Lanich s Hotel. 1) (CHARD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do V mestic Drv Ooods, Urucnicj, Flour, Kacon, Liquors, Ac. Room, on Market street, a few doors went of Journil OJfice, Clearfield, Pa. Apr27. rnno.MPSOX. A AVATSOX-. Dealers in Timber JL I-ogs. Boards and Shingles, Marysville, .ieart)elit county, i'enn a August II, 1863. s. w. t Hour so : : : : : jas. e. watson. WEARINESS. O little feet, that such long years Must wander on through doubts and fears. Must ache and bleed beneath your load ! T, nearer to the wayside inn -Where toil shall cease and rest begin, Am weary thinking of your road. 0 little hands, that, weak or strong, Have still to serve or rule so long, ' - Have still go lone to give or ask ! I. who so much with book and pen Have toiled among my tcllow-men, Am weary thinking of your task. O little hearts, that throb and beat With such impatient, feverish heat, Such limits and strong desires ! Mine that so long has glowed and burned, With passion into ashes turned. Now covers and oonceals its fires. O little sonls, as pure and white And crystalline as rays of light Direct from heaven, their source divine ! Refracted through the mist of years. How red my setting sun appears. How lurid looks this soul of mine ! LETTER FROM GOV. BRAMLETTE. A Union Man with an "If" asks Several Ques tions, and Gets a Sharp Answer The Governor's Definition of Loyalty. The Frankfort Commonwealth makes public the following correspondence, the Governor desiring in this way to answer many letters at one time : Gait House, Louisville, Nov. 5, 1863. The Hon. Thos. E. Bramlette Dear Sir : see your call or volunteers this morning in the city papers. It looks like patriotism, reads like it. and sounds like it ; hut are you wot acting in con cert with a dominant party more destructive to the trovernment and to the interest of tbe people of Kentucky than the armed Rebels themselves 7 I am a citizen of ... . County. Kv.. and all I have to show for twentv vears of hard atior and close economy is a niece of land 1 ARRIMER . TEST, Attornevs at Law.Clear- J J field. Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal ana otner business entrusted to tueir oare in Clear field and adjoining counties. August 6. 1856. JAS. H. LARP.IMf.R. ISRAEL TEST. TR.WM. CAMPBELL, offers his professional 17 services to tne citizens of Jlosiiannon and vi cinity. He can be consulted at his residence at all times, unless absent on professional business. Moshmnon. Centre co.. Pa.. May 13. 18:13. A7"M; ALBERT k BRO S, Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware. Queensware. Flour. l.acon. etc.. Woodland Clearfield county. Penn'a. Also, extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lum ber, .hingles, and square timber. Orders solici W oodland, Aug. 19th, 1863. fpnoMAS J. M'CCLLOUGH. Attorney at Law, L Clearfield. Pa. Office, east of the '-Clearfield cu.BaLk. Deeds and other lejal instruments pre pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3. 3. bish. :::::::: T.j.ii'crLLOCOH BCSH A MXULLOUGH S Collection Office, Clearfield, Pesx'a. Vin REWARD. The above reward will be V lvr paid for information that will lead to ap prehension afcd conviction of the persons or per un. who set fire to and burned down a portion of 'he fences on the premises of tbe subscriber, re "iiiii in Brady township, on Saturday night. No vnaoer I Ith. ANDREW PENTZ, Sr. cradv township Nov. IS 1803. A t'HANUE The electors of the several , HW,;;0f this County will take notise that Act of Assembly was passed last winter chang ing the time of holding the Spring elections in r ,irai oh nsmpsot this County from the third, f inlay ,,f February to the last Fridav of Decem . r.aunually. (being Christmas dav for this year), v-onsubles and other township officers will please IAKA nA(;. '1 I n - ii k commissioners or tbe county l be m session on the Tuesday following the ection r the purpose of paying off the return v , "Jroreroi tne Board. JlSl63.-3t. W. S. BRADLEY, Clerk T 'lTATE OF FREDERICK FISII- ii tc EASED : SEAL I'arfield County, ss : In the matter of i ipjjraisemeni oi me neai tstate oi .0 rredenck t isher.daail anttinir n inth. i .. . 1 . 7aow ?JU". nr c' w on the 30th of k . ,!fi3 read nd confirmed Ni Si and or ea bj the Court th im.ki;.i;.. v.. i Ijn, " - " " t.w.. wv Ui SUB 1 It iwnlr,pilpfcrPabUshed in ""d County notify- ,fer30Ils interested that unless exceptions b V "eiore tne jsiaay oi next term will absolutely. By the Court lS. 1833 I.G. B AUGER, Clerk of O C. THr,Fi-ESTATE OF JOHN ER. DECEASED : I SeaiY ' . or'" County, is : In the matter of -J tne appraisement of tbe Real Estate of .. .. John Btir?Dndfir HAHft.df1 a.Hin am dlid0W$300' he"!im was on' the 30th of .V .ember read and Mnftr. ki i j a - v VUUIT BURGUJV- th&t nnblfojatis-hn Ksa maJt, Pn'jlh.td.in 9,id County notifying all fa or K.f . exceptions are niea nntd ,h T . bntiKy next term will be co Nov. is .JV,'-, '"".X"""- TnuT.AX? "p BENJAMIN Y1NG--0, DECEASED: I VuC,earJie!'i County,,; In the matter of Vrv-j tbe appraisement of Real Estate of t.th. T!njam.ln YinK,in. deceased, setting 4of ZZ ,lo.w;!0- her claim was on the 28th tt'm!'e,dMd confirmed Ki Si 6t'Pi r7, kru P'iotio" be made in one Minu"11 ,n "id County notifying all " beS Sf ,h5t unIesS eP-ons are filed 'iVbn, i Mt ay of next term wiu b8 con- W3. I. G. BAROER. Clerk of 0. C. and about 2-i negroes. borne days since nine cf my men were in duced by a Union officer to leave me and go into . . . County, Teuti. (the next county ad joining me), and join one of the Govern ment' negro regiments. I followed them to this camp, and was quietly told to go home and mind my own business. Many of my neighbors are being daily treated in the same way, and we have no redress, either by our State or general Government. It certainly must be apparent to you, as to every other man of common intelligence in Kentucky, that the object of the war is not for the purpose of restoring the Union, but tor the overthrow of the institution of Sla very, and with it tbe utter bankruptcy of all slaveholders. Under such circumstances how do you sup pose that it is possible for men to fight in a cause wnicn they know and believe will ruin themselves 1 Any man in Kentucky who will do so is not actuated by any patriotism or love of country, but does so from love of money, or from ig norance of Ihe true position of things. I have always been a Union man. and am still, but I cannot, and will never indorse the present programme of the war at bresent. which, I think, leads to the utter demoiish ment of the old Union. Very respectfully, Commonwealth of Kt., Executive Dep't, ) FaAXKFORT, Nov. 7, 1863. J ...... . ejiy cortMfy, Ay. Sir : Your letter from "Gait House," of the 5'h inst., is before me. You say of my proclamation, it looks like patriotism, reads like it, and sounds like it : but are you not acting in concert with a domi nant party more destructive to the Govern ment and to the interests of the people of Kentucky than the armed Rebels themselves I regret that I cannot say of your letter that it looks like patriotism, reads like it and sounds like it ; and, but for the fact being stated in your letter that you "have always been a Union man, and I am still," it certain ly would not have occurred to me to suspect yon of being such from your letter. The Rebels are the only party known to me who are seeking to destroy our Government, and I am certain that I am not "acting in con cert" with them. I suppose the party you intended to embrace by your statement is the Republican party, now holding political as cendency. In so far as ibey bring to bear tbe legitimate powers of the Government to crush the Rebellion, I expect to act "in concert" with them. When they depart from legiti mate sourses, I. will not forward measures which I cannot approve as legitimate. But, as I did in our war with Mexico, I shall stand firmly by my Government and adhere to its cause, no matter how widely I may difler from the Administration or its measures. To pre- serve our nationality is the paramount duty of patriotism- The Rebels only seek to destroy it. That I difler with the "dominant party" upon some measures of policy is true, but I do not believe they purpose the destruction of tbe Government. It they wished to destroy the Government, it would soon be accomplish ed. There could be no power to binder were they combined with the Rebels for its de struction. I think 1 see "where the shoe pinches" your loyalty. You have lost some slaves by the unlawful interference ol Federal officers. Because these officers, in violation of the laws of Kentucky and Congress, and disregarding the spirit of tbe President's proclamation, and the order of Major Gen. Burnside, enticed your slaves to run away.you conclude that "it certainly must be apparent to you (me) as to every other man of common intelli gence in Kentucky, that the object of tbe war is not to restore the Union, but for the over throw of the institution of Slavery, and with it the utter bankruptcy of all slaveholders " I confess myself too dull to see tbe object. That there are many of the "dominont party" who desire the "overthrow of Slavery" and who believe that such must be the lssjritimate result of the continuance of the war,and many wish to make it an object, is doubtless true. But did it ever occur to you how closely allied is the patriotism of those who are not willing to save the Union tnthout Stavrry, and those who are not willing to save it with Slavery ? The patriotism of these two classes is exactly the same. It is a low grade of patriotism, and I confess I see no preference between them. 1 hough twin sentiments, they are in constant dis pute. So short is the vision and feeble the grasp 1 of their Unionism, that they neither see nor can they grasp any object or thought of a great free government. The "nigger" bounds the horiion vi ineir vision or tree government. What, to 8ucb,is the grand progression of our race ? What care they for the growth, the prosperity, the hap- piucss uuu ucreiupmeni oi me Anglo-American r What care they for that grand nationality which, tbe Union secures, and which, Jikethe Providence of God, covers us "at home and abroad, on the land or the sea?" What, to such, is the great fundamental idea of the sovereignty of man in free government ? With sueh government "lives, moves, and, has its being" in "the nigger." The one sees no object or use for government but to hold on to "my nigger;" the other thinks the whole is summed tip in freeing the "nig ger." ine comprehension of neither has ev- er yet risen to the measure of a truly intelli gent patriotism. Their thoughts linger in tbe suauow oi tne negro, ana their patriotism is measured oy his possession or freedom. I have nothing that is worth so much to me, oi eartniy possession, as my Government. I have sustained los& of property by this Rebel lion, out tnanK tiod I have not lost mv Gov- ernment. You have lostsomeotyourslaves,and wuue smarting under the loss, imagine you have lost your Government. Tbe experience oi an ages attest that war brings wrongs, op pressions, and outrages as incident to that state. This war has not lost or changed in those features impressed bv ages Had tbe Rebellion been crushed six months ago, you would now have your slaves. ' If it continues six months longer, you and others may lose more. racn day the Rebellion continues, some one is losing something of value, and many aro bankrupt who, but tor the Rebellion, would bt) in affluence. Property is wasted and destroyed life is poured out and misery walks abroad in the land ; all this at tbe bid ding of the fell demon of Rebellion. Crush the Rebellion, which is the fruitlul mother, me occasion ana excuse lor all the other wrongs, and the remedy for these evils will be at band. But you say the object of the war is to de stroy Slavery and bankrupt the slaveholders. inai tne destruction of Slavery may be are sun oi tne war seems now a strong probabili ty ; but such is not the object. Who made this war W as it not the Rebels ? Had they any excuse lor it ? Have not all the evils, public anu private, ueen tne result of rebelllion ? wur liovernment is not to blame for the war neoeis maae war or dismemberment an abso lute necessity. We had to submit to the de struction of onr Government, or fight to pre serve its life. Suppose iUl Union men were to aaoptyour policy fold their arras and say no patriot can Hght in this cause how long would we have a Union, a Constitution, a Government, "nigger," or any thing but ruin ? When the rebellion is suppressed, tbe Rebel armies DroKen, it the "dominent party" wish vj prosecute tne war turther for any other purpose, tue iaouo win tnen De presentea ; ana my judgment is that few will be willing i . . ... " iu ugm mr any purpose Deyona the restora tion of national authority over the revolted stales. wnue the war of rebellion is upon us, It is idle to talk about other objects of strife. Tbe war is an immediate and unavoidable necessi ty, sufficient purpose, without any other sug gauuu. ine existence oi me war is an op portunity tor fanaticism. The demon of civil strife evokes tbe spirit of fanaticism, and re Demon nas bronght into active being this spirit to remain a disturbing element while the war cont inues. The rebellion is the life of fanaticism. Subdue the one and you quell me otner. Kebeiiion wafts fanaticism unon the rolling waves of bloody conflict, and sub sists it upon the- carnage of battle. The res toration of National authority over the revolt ed States is the only remedy for these evils, ana until that be done we shall look in vain for security and exemptions. But you think no patriotic Kentnkian can fight in this cause. None other will. There are but two powers arrayed in battle the U nion and the Rebel. One has to prevail. I wish the Union aimies to succeed. Which do yon side with 7 If you are for onr suc cess, then "it must be apparent to you" that we must fight to achieve it ; and it must be equally clear that patriots must do the fight ing, for money will not hire the Rebels to fight for us. That measures are adopted and policies ad- vocatea wnicn 1 deem gave errors, is true ; but while the main issue is pending, it is a weakness, not incident to true patriotism, to stampede from duty, because somebody else wishes to exceed duty. - Tbe war of rebellion is upon us. We have to meet it, no matter what other evils may come in its train. Tbe success of rebellion would remedy none of these evils. The only remedy is tbe sup pression of the rebellion. He is but a quack and a fool who, while a thorn, visible to all, is rankling in the flesh, would address his rem edies to the eruptions caused by the thorn, and yet leaves the thorn to fester and rankel in the flesh. Is he wiser who while rebellion, the occa sion and cause of all the evils of the times, is upon us, would address bis skill to the in cidental evils and leave the main evil the parent of all still rankling in the body poll tic. Remove the cause, and cure can be ef fected, fauppresa the Rebellion, and the oc casion of these wrongs ceases, and the reme dy is at band through the civil, tribunals. Il is a plain, simple question, which, in spite of "nigger" and "no nigger," still confronts us shall our Government be saved or destroy ed? We can't elude it. The mero can't conceal the issue from ns. There it is in de fiance of all tbe negroes in and out of Africa How shall we respond 7 I say, "the Feder al Union it must and shall be preserved." Will you aDswer ma that tbe "dominant par ty" will not let me have that Government 1 Perhaps they may not; but I think they will they shall, rfut ar.i you net climbing the mountain before reaching it 7 There is one thing that ia certain that the Rebels will not let us have "the Constitution, as it Is, and tbe Union as it was, "unless we make tbem. And this is the immediate issue, and the first ques tion to settle. Either we must succeed, or the Rebellion must. If they succeed, tbe ques tion is ended. If we succeed, we can then ad just all questions of dispute. Tbe Rebellion supersedes all questions, which lie beyond it. All available and legitimate means for re dress of wrongs and correction of evils should be adopted, but rebellion is neither a redress, nor a corrective of any, bat an aggravation of all. If we refuse to bostain our armies in tbe field, we help tbe Rebellion. I recognize no patriotism that hesitate in duty npon a plea that somebody else intends to do wrong. Is it not better, sbonld such issue be forced, that we preserve oar nationality eTen with, loss of Slavery .(than lose both onr nationally and slave property It is certain that we, at least in Kentucky, can never hold slave property, when this Government is broken np. If we cannot preserve Slavery with our nationality it is certain we cannot without it. Outside of the union mere is no hope of seenritv to norson or property. Even those who hold the institu tion oi Slavery as paramount, must place some vaniuaie upon our nationality. TU -. ue unity oi the Government is what secures both that broken, both are lost. It certainly is wise economy to save all we can irora tne wreck of rebellion. To give up all because vie can't save oW.is worse than childish loiiy. i bave slaves that would venture life lor me ; and I would take the hazards of dan ger to aetend them against wrong and injus tice. But I am not willing to imperil my own nor other lives merely to preserve the relation much less will I for such cause forfeit the life of my Government. To do so requires a mu io ue euner a secessionist or Abolition isi. iso other class of citizens are willing to stake the life of society npon the question of nigger" or " no nigger." As I am neither uu never cac pe, i must, therefore, stand bv my Government, to maintain its life, and preserve our nationally, thouirh fortunes l wrecaea, lite sacrificed, and institution, he, destroyed in the sweep of Rebellion. That nationality preserved, I can shout as my eyes pierce the smoke of battle, and mv head ia iinea aoove the waves of Rebellion T m n American citizen. This, to me is above all price an inheritance which earth's bidden treasures cannot buy. I part with it only with life, and shall leave the injunction opon my children to fight on for its uresevation till it be secured beyond the reach of frpasnn and Rebellion. I act in concert with those who worna preserve not dostroy my Government lours truly, THO. E. BRAMLETTE. EFFECT OF LEAD 0JT WATEB. ine loliowmg remarks, bv the Scientific a .t - . . v aramran, upon ine eaects oi leaa upon water, aie worm ine attention of readers. Almost all our drinking water is drawn thronzh lead pipes, and, if it is injurious under certain cir cumstances, the fact ought to be known, es pecially as the remedy is easy, by drawing ofl', witbont use, tbe water which was all night in iLie pipes : "By taking a strip of clean lead, and nla- uiug it in a tumoier or pure water (say rain or solt water), in less than an hour, bv drop ping in the tumbler a little sulphide of ammo nium, a uiacK precipitate will be thrown down. consisting of tbe sulphide of lead e. r., lead must have been dissolved and held in solntion in the water; and, as the salt of lead haouena to be classed among some of the most dan gerous polscrna, wc ore ncocoaarilv ld tn Iho conclusion that lead pipes, conveying water. if the latter is pure, mnsf be somewhat dan gerous. Water standing in a lead pipe for some honrs decomposes the metal, and, when it is run off, the poison is carried with it. Water drawn in the morning through a lead pipe should never be used for domestic pur poses, such as cooking or drinking, and ser vants in cities should be instructed respecting this particular subject, because they are usually ignorant of the nature of lead and the efTects'of water upon it. Several metals taken in food or drink accumulate slowly in the human system and ultimately produce disease; but it approaches so stealthily that the danger is not usually apprehended. Some of the salts of lead are not poisonous, and the sulphide is of this class. Tho interior of lead pipes may be converted into an insoluble sulphide of lead by subjecting them for some time to the action of a hot sulphate of soda in solution, according to the recent discovery oi ur. aenwarz. oi ureslau. Those who pre pare lead pipes for conveying water for do mestic purposes, should test the alleged dis covery, as it is of the utmost importance that an tne safeguards to health should be en forced and multiplied. I be turnip taste m milk can be effectually and easily cured. This has been fully proved me present season. We are indebted to correspondent in The Country Gentleman for the information, which has already been worth more to us than the cost of this paper a whole year. It not only cures the evil in milk, but also in the butter. So taste of turnips can be detected. And this is tbe remedy : Pour a pint of boiling water upon an ounce of niter (nitrate of potassa common saltpetre,) and wnen inorougbiv dissolved and cool, put it in a bottle ready for daily use, where it will keep cool. When yon take Ihe pail to milk, pour lauiespooniui oi tnis solution into it, which is enough for an ordinary sized pailful of miia, ana it does the work effectually. It is said that it also helps to sink the bad flavor given to milk by other food which cows eat. " urm Knowing, ana snoaia be remem bered. At Toad's Toilet. Audubon relates that he saw a toad undress himself. He commenced by pressing his elbows hard against his sides and rnbbing downward. Alter a few smart rubs, bis side began to bnrst open along his back. He kept on rubbing until he had worned all bis skin into folds on bis side and hips ; then grasping one hind leg with both bands be hauled off one leg of his panfs the same as anybody would ; then stripped off tbe other leg in the same way. He then took bis cast off cuticle forward between his fore legs, into his mouth, and swallowing as his head came down, he stripped off the skin under neath until it came to his fore legs, and gras ping one of those with the opposite hand, by a slight motion of the head, and all the while swallowing, he drew it from the neck and swallowed the whole. That is economy what is good for tbe back answers for tbe belly. Fun should be cultivated as a fine art, for it is altogether a fine thing. Who ever knew a "funny man" to be a bad one 1 Or, on the contrary, is not he, nine times out of ten gen erous, humane, sociable and good 7 To be sure be is. Fun is a great thing. It smoothes the rough places of life, makes tbe disposition ires.n and rosy, scatters sunshine and flowers wheresoever we eo gives the world around jolly countenance, makes all the girls as pret ty as June roses, and mankind one of tbe best families out. We eo in for fun. The man who won't cultivate it most keen awiv from ns. Don't undertake to nse big words without first being jure as to tbe exact calibre of your mouth. - PKO-SLAVEEY CASTJISTBY. It seems marvellous to a disinterested or an nnimpassioned reasoner bow one's interest, or supposed interest, may blind him in the per ception of the plainest truths. Because Mr. Glidden and Dr. Xott have gauged the ne gro's cranium with small shot, and Inferred from the measurement mental Inferiority as compared with the Caucasian race, the advo cate of human slavery claims the right to en slave the black man, and hold him and his off spring in perpetual bondage. We might well admit the premises and yet deny the conclu sion. It is a horrid perversion of right rea son to argue from the supposed fact to the In consequential result. The plain and honest man, whose judgement is guided by the clear est dictation of common sense, perceives the fallacy in a moment, and rejecta It unhesita tingly. He discerns that tbe sophistry might lead to his own enslavement by some large beaded claimant to intellectual superiority. The enlightened and logical humanitarian perceives at a glance tbe hollow pretension which would invest such a collocation of words with logical force or authority. To tear a human being by brutal force and violence from the original seat of his tribe or nation, aganist his will and agonizing suppli cations, is indeed a cruel and wicked act. If bis captor really intended to civilize and chris tianize the slave, tbe transplantation would scarcely be justifiable. But we all know what tbe slave dealer intends, and we see that when ne has sold bis victim to the planter, and tor tures his bondman often unto death, in the edeavors to acquire ease and enjoyment at the expense of bis fellow man. Little cares the lave owner for Christianity or civilization. He manifests precisely his regard for both bv a prohibition of even the rudiments of educa tion, and dooms his bondmen and their pos terity to hopeless ignorance. But, urges the doer of iniquity, the world wants cotton, and cannot disnense with it. The negro alone can cultivate the plant : bnt he will not labor unless coerced, and therefor must we enslave and lash him. The answer to these propositions is, that tbe world got along with but moderate supplies before our slave Slates gave forth unusual Quantities, and could much better do so ,now. when other textile material is more abundant than former ly. It is also untrue that slave labor is indis pensable in its cultivation, siuce in many re gions free labor is employed in Ihe task, and does it well. The experiments now in progress on the sea islands of Georgia and South Car olina, as well as on tbe Mississippi, tend to enforce the same truth, and foreshadow tbe approaching time when the curse of slavery shall entirely disappear. it is by no means so manifest that cotton irom our southern plantations Is a thing of absolute necessity to tU uiorld. With its - traction from her at or. nf ir,f rial. Britain still prospers in her remaining resour ces, with commerce expanding and revenue increasing. France, too, finds her trade as extensive as ever and boast a national income larger than usual. Both nations may congratu late rriemselves that they forbore lake open part in our domestic quarrel, for the antici pated evils which so shocked their nerves and disturbed their diplomatic propriety never came to any serious culmination. Ihese northern States are also weathering the storm much better than was expected. Cotton being scarce and dear, substitutes have been sought and found. Wool has been large ly used lor many articles, and other materials are coming into nse. Nothing checks this tendency up to a point that would speedily bringdown tbe price of cotton, except that tbe prospect of a sudden collapse of the re bellion prevents the investment of capital in enterprises of this character. The cu Iture of cotton elsewhere than in the southern States is checked by the same uncertainty. Capital ists fear to embark in large expenditures, when a contingency by no means unlikely may re store a cotton supply from the accustomed locality. Were all this otherwise, and were cotton, rice and tobacco henceforth to rule at higher prices because men were no longer enslaved, the inconvenience might well be endured for the establishment of a righteous principle. The world would thrive just as well. We ourselves would pay onr balances to Europe in somo other commodities, if the gold of California and Nevada were inadequate. Most probably, under the influence of causes now in operation, we shall turn the balance of trade in our favor, and work up our own raw material, thereby multiplying to all this sup ply of commodities. That the slave proprietors would themselves oe ueneuttca morany and materially, by a change which should let their bondmen go free, is a result in tbe highest degree probable. It is found that, under tbe stimulus of indi vidual advantage, tbe labor of tbe freed man on the Mississippi estates is far more productive than that of the slave, and doubtless in all other fields of labor a similar result must be perceivable. If with plantations worked by lreedmen, where humane and equitable treat ment shall take the place of cruelty and injus tice, the proprietor shall find himself more prosperous than ever before, what a happy consummation might resnlt from this sanguin ary strife ! Then the ethnologist need no lon ger burrow amongEgyptian monuments for ob senre deductions that tbe negro was always a siave, ana must necessarily continue so to the end of time. The southern clergy need not rack their brains with stultfying casuistry to prove that the scriptural slavery is a divine ordinance, whilst polygamy is to be condemn ed and discontinued. Passion, vituperation and bloody violence may all abate, whilst the insane idea of overthrowing human freedom itself, substituting therefor the forms of mon archy and aristocracy, Will only recur to the mind of the regenerated southern as one of bis wildest day-dreams. glafteman'jS gfournal. COBBESPOJTDEITCE OF THE T0TBlrAL., Letter from Anapolis Md. U. S. Gkheral Hospital, Anapolis, Md. November 30th, 1808. J Dkar Row: Tim bright and beautiful morning finds me enjoying all the hospitali ties of the well arranged and well conducted hospital, in the ancient city of Anapolis, the capitol of the beautiful State of Maryland. Tbe well laid out grounds and rows of fine buildings erected for and formerly occupied as a Naval School, all front on the beautiful sail-dotted bay. These premises are now oc cupied by the patriot fathers, sons and broth ers who have been maimed, or contracted dis ease, or worn themselves out in the service of our beloved country. Here sits tbe board of examiners, by whom much justice is done, and not a little injustice. By them is decided whether a man aches or not whether be will ever stop aching whether he ha any busi ness to ache, and whether such ache is to per manently invalidate him for further service. In the latter case he is recommended by said board to tbe War Department for discbarge. Some officers with unhealed wounds that mast cripple tbem for life, and disqualify them for earning subsistence for themselves, are dis charged, (turned out upon the commons like an old horse) to subsist as best they can, while others are being sent to their respect ive Regiments, who are scarcely able to bear the journey, much less fatigue of the march and the inclemency of the weather.at this sea- " son of the year. Then, another class la re tained in hospitals for, treatment, who think they are able to join their brave companions In the front and do battle against the enemy of our country ; yet to go without permission would make a bad record, and that would dis grace his name to be blushed at, by interested ones in the future. The cases I have spoken of are not of very common occurrence ; and I speak f them because, I think even these might be avoided. As a general thing tbe institution is conducted in a manner credita ble to those having it in charge. Everything being done to make its patients as comforta ble as man can be in the hands of man. There are now in this hospital about 70 of ficerssome leaving and some coming in dai ly. I am not advised of the number of pri vates; but more than 400 on full diet, and probably twice that many on low diet. Ev ery tew days comes a boat-load of walking skeletons, representatives from elt Island and other Southern prisons yet very many of tbee skeletons bave got past walking. They bave been dying during the past two weeks at a rate of from 5 to 12 per day. One day IB of tue poor leuows were ouriea. is is enough to make ones heart ache to see the poor fellows and hear their tale of suffering ; and we are led to inquire, how long will it be thus and our Government adopt no retaliatory or other measuros to put a stop to Southern barbarity 7 I am not one to prate at the acts, of the Government, nor do I pretend to be ca pable of proscribing a remedy; but would suppose the wise heads whose business it is to. look to these matters could find a remedy. I do not know the cause of their being starved,. I only see tbe effect. If they have not thai provisions for tbem, then is it not bad policy for u.s to try to. bring them to terms of ex change by retaining (for that purpose) tbe prisoners we have and may take ; furnishing then with warm and comfortable quarters and full wholesome rations 7 Don't understand me as faulting the Great Pilot of our Nation al affairs, or either of his advisers. In them I have every confidence. Yet, sometimes X can but think, cruel as it would be, we should meet out to. them their own measure. If they keep our men tn an open field without tents or blankets, do tbe same by theirs. They frequently boast they are glad to come and winter with the Yankees that there will br " but little to do this winter and they will be exchanged by spring. A Reb Lieutenant told me it was a treat to be captured by the yanks and partake of Uncle Sam's crackers and hot coffee said he could fight much better when he got back after being fed np well here for a few weeks. Our poor fellows hardly talk thus when fresh from Li buy or Bell Island.; but all are long, loud a&d deep In their curses of Southern Chivalry. I sbonld have written you before, bad my health permitted. .Tours as ever, c. z. t. In handling greenbacks look ont for de mand notes. A leading business house in Lafayette, Ind.. has taken over $500 of tbem, as ordinary legal tender, in tbe coarse of trade, within a few jnonths. Tbe demand notes are worth tbe same rate of premium as Gold. A western editor strikes the names of two subscribers from bis list because they were bUDg. He says be was compelled to be se vere, because he did not know their present address. Tbe avaricious man is like the barren. sandv ground in the desert, which sacks in all the rains and dews with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others. Thic Polar Regions. The Icelandic peas antry are lazy to the last conceivable degree, revoltingly dirty in their persons and habits. cunuusiy uevoia oi an portions or deli cacy and propriety, thoroughly selfish and mercenary. No power on earth, can deliver an Icelander from his accustorned ways. They think no scenes in any country can equal some of their valleys which chance to have a little green grass and a few stunted trees. The u uiveral mode of salutiun at meeting and part ing, is a loud kiss. Tn peasant kisses tbe daughters of the magistrate, and they kiss him in return. The pastor is also kissed on Sun day, after service, by ail his flock; In short, a kiss in Iceland is equivalent to our hand shaking ; yet the people are all honest. There is no prison on the Island ; there are no crim inals, no locks, or bars, though drankenness is a very common vice. "I think," said a, farmer, should make a good Congressman ; for I nse their language. 1 received two bill tbe other day with a re quest for immediate payment ; tbe one I or- aerea, to oe laid on the table, the other to read, that day six, months.." be Oh ! whistle, daughter, whistle, and you. shall have a cow ; I never whistled in my life, and I cannot whistle now. Oh ! whistle, daughter, whistle, and yoa shall bave a man ; I never whistled in my life, bat I'll whistle if I can Tbe Fulton Republican wants immediately "a Copperhead, who, while reading the elec tion returns, can. discover where the laugh, comes in." He can get a jdb of sawing wood at that office. Beware of oozy beaded people, between whose ears and month there is no partition. Before you make a bosom friend of any man, be sure he is secret tight. A man should throw away all heavy and op. pressive thoughts when be seeks his pillow." Let him not lie down, like a cammel under bis burden. f if. nr ir
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