-- sassa Terms. _ gym: in." it published eyery Monday fiéfnidg. by Hui-r J.'Sr.-.nu. at $2 00 per tnn'h‘m if paid ltrictly Ix winter—s 2 50 250} nnnum if not. paid 'invudeée. No lubscription discontinued. unleu it die Option of the publjsber, until all urelrgei ITS paid. Awnnunmuinsertedattheusuflrim. Jon anusu done with neatnw ind djlpuch. “ ‘ Omen in South Baltimore street, maul; opposing Wamplers’ Ti‘nning Bcabliahment ~“Coxrxux Pam-ruin: Orrin" of: thedgn. PREFEE‘ESEDNM @ARBS. ll—ciVQard B: fiwfigr, TTORNEY AT LAW, win’faithfully And A promptly attend to all business entrusted xo hing. He speaks ‘be Gamma lung-3e.— Oflico u the same place, in South Baltimore pix-eel, neu Forney‘s drug store, And neatly _opponize Dunner & Ziegler! uore. Genysburg, March 20. Hr: C - ,W“ «“‘*~w~~—- ' L- C. Neely, _ TTORNEY *AT LAW.-,Pn§t_iculnr uten- A non [mid to collccudn'of Pensions, ounty, ‘and Back-pay. Olficc in the 8. E. :orner offline mamond. _ Geuysburg, April 6, 1863. 'tf ' A . Wm. A. Duncan, TTOBNEY AT LAW.—Ofiice in theXorth west corner of.Centrc Sqnnre, Gettysburg, a. ‘ [OCL 3,1859.“ 9.! . D. McConaughy, ' . TTORN‘EY ATLAW, (office one door welt A of Buehler’l drug and book “organism, u'lburg ureet,) Atrotin up Soucn‘on r 9: Pun“ AID Pluto". Bounty Land War hnu, Buck-pay suspended Claims, and all other claims against the Government u Wash- Ington. Q. C.; alsoAmricnnCluima in England. Land Wurnntl located and lold,or bought,nnd highest pricetgiven. Agent: engaged in lo cnting warrants in lowa, Illinoil and other wé-tern States ‘ fiApply to him personally >Ol by letter. 5‘ ' . Gettysburg, Nov. 21, ’53. V A.‘J. Cover, ATTORVEY AT LAWnnll promptly Attend ‘ to (folk-Minn nd all other business en¢ trusted to him. (mm bétween Fullnealocks’ Ind Ulnnl‘r k Ziegler} Storeq, Bnltimorc street Gettysburg. I’4. _ [Sch 5, 1869. ‘ ' J. Lawrence 1111!, M; D. ‘ AS his (mics: one _ x H door you of the 9‘ o%‘l. w' Lutheran church in ‘ Chamberu' urg street, and gpposite Picldng’l “are, wh‘re those wishing to have any Dcntnl Open' ion p,crformi/d are respectfully invited_to Cull. Ruramxczs. Drs. Norm-r, Rev. C. P. Kr. um, D. DZ, Rev. 1!. h, B.uxgher,- D. 1)., Rev. Piaf. M. Jacobs. 30!. .\I. L. Shaver. hellyabnrg, Agni 11,'b3. Drs. Cress 8: Ecker, , CLEUTIC ASD HUMI‘ZUPATHH) PHYS?- ‘ ('IANS‘AND 5U11(:‘l-20XS.—Alld’rson.~os, ICU!" or chronic, auccczafnlly nud acicniuficnl 1] treated and cured, “here .1 run: is possible‘ On oflhe firm “ill be mum! in the office all hour: 0! [hr dny and night, unlfis nhpenl an Inn]: nrun p‘rolessionll busimws. Otfice on (Juli-Xe ntrcetm few dunrs north ofthe Square. Gcnyaburg, Slay 30, 18“. 3111* , Dr. J. W. C. O’Neal’s ’ 9‘an and Dwelling.’.\'. 14. ('orm-rof Rn]- tin-mrc and High nrceu, near Prcabylurinn Churchucnyshurg. l'n. A'ov‘. 30, law. tf ‘ , Dr. Wm. Taylor Inform: the iuhnhmuua of Gettysburg and vi cinity that. he will continue Lhe‘pmctice m" his profusion It the old stand, nut door to the Compiler Utficr, Gettysburg. l'g. Thankful {or put (-vors, ha begs to rccch‘c a elmro of future patronage. [Sept. 28, 1863. _tf Adams County D UTUAL FIRE IXSURASCE COMPANY.— ’ Incorporated .\hrch 18, 1851. ‘ . on'xcanu. ,x. ‘l’rnidmt—George Swope. ' Her I'lfii‘lCNl—S. R. Russell. Secrrlnry—D. A. Burlilcr. \ Treasurer—David M'Crenry. Muc'm'rz Commfllee—Tlobcrt .\lcCurdy, Jacob 'kflu'. Andrew Ucintzelnmn. thayen»—(}eurge Swope, D. ‘l. Ruehlor, R. M'Uur-ly, Jacob King, .\. IIL-intzellnnn, D. .\lc- Crcnry, SMR. Russell, J. R. rlersh, Szunnel Durbonwufl. G. l-‘ahnestock. Wm. B. Wilson, H. A. chMng. “Wm. B. \icClellJn, John “'Ol - R. G. JlL'Crenry. John Picking, AlmlT. Wright, John Gltnninghnm, .\bdiel F. Gitt,. James 11. )lnrshnn, .\l. Eichclh’érger. - Bea-Phi: Co npnny is limiteJ in its opera tions‘to the co my of Adams. It has been in successful opefiazion for more thim‘ix years, audit; that pelod has pnifl ell Losses and ex pensesmflhout yancumentfimvingulsonlnrge surplus capital in 1112 Treasury. The Com [nny employsjkh Agents—n.“ business heiugt done by the .\[n agers, whom-e annually elect ed by the Stockholders. Any person desiring on Insurance an apply to any of the above 34mm}- Mnnngeng for further information. / _ fl'l‘he Executive Committee use": fit the olliuo of the Co‘mpany on the last Wednesday in every month, at}, P. .\I. .' Sept. 27. 1853. N ‘ ' The Great Dlscovery‘ F THE AGR—lnflnmmntory and Chronic Rheumatism can be cured by “wing H. L. ll LLER’S CELEBRATED RHEUMATIC MIX TURE. Many prominent citizens-‘of this, and ‘lge adjoining coumles, luve te01‘- ' liii‘ml, who we“ jiii~t tIS ‘iiitioi‘t tit :tltttl iqiio- l rant 0! tin: rippiuzich'ui lilllpllec ul lllt J erOlN as filly (Ii you, lll‘t‘ now In 1!“in in I Cunacl‘Ut'nt'c ul IHL' mu viing (it' that house. i The families were “ripped of till their pas‘mvil pr-iper‘y. nii-l havnig tm iiiiziiia ul .’ Lohvi-yini'iy the Ili‘uglitur oi the preaclii’r iind the “lift! LfOHU ut' the othcrs. milked eight mile: to my lii-ii'lquartcrs, mid with l streaming (-3 L‘: iiiiil and hi-iirtq. implored uiy l ‘ iiid in some manner to zill'uril relict'. 'l‘iicy tint Winllctl me to art-eat some of ‘tlieirl L'l‘lOH llt‘lgltbure; hut ldul not feel it prop~ ‘ , er fut the Southern Uuiiicilerncy to retaliate upon itsuwii QtlizUH". 2,111038111611, however l I .« r. 1 ; nibéuttlcd thi-r may be, an: all” cititeiis 0N ' the State of Yughiti, :in-J ulLler tlu-pio-i ‘ it'clloll other l.iw~; lllld We hope and “Uni, l they will won see their errors, iinil yield : n cnrilml allegiance to Jier (iui'erninciit.— , But it they shdulil not, it must devolv'e on ' the suite, at Yll'gllilJ tiideit With them 30- l, l cording to her own laws. A mere difference ‘ ()l politicil opinion, ought not and luusl.’ not eutijv-ct them to military ,rule. And ' 1 tlierelorc, lllfli'xlbly oppo=eii ‘J: l it'lw.iysl have been .to the destruction of [mutual ‘ property, oi" the molestation of non coni- ‘ hiitatit citizens, yet.” i; always in the power l of (iiie’ai'inj' to force the other into rctalia- l tiun. ~ ; 'l‘oill‘istrate my own views on tlmt'sn‘li ject, permit me say tint, verv recently. a shortiliwince ocro~s thcgwe‘r 1 approved n very severe sentencvuf livo‘yeius :n the penitentiary, passed upon‘a soldier tor stealing the. horse of u notm-iuuily decided Union man. ,1 Will lurther remark that mi:- :5 the fifth time I have bean inlMary land at the head of an army; yet I believe not. one private house has been injured nor one non-combatant molested. Once I marched almost. to the‘ banks of the Sus. queh‘nnna at Harrisburg, and thence down to Wrighlsville, when the Fade-Ll troops, tore-scape our pursuit. set fire to the bridge in the middle. whence the flame: rapidly extended (westward, ‘and tram its proximi ty placed the’town of \\‘lightswlle in very imminent peril. Mv trmps hndjust heard of the burning of Dirien.’ in Georgia. by the Federnl army; a large numbe; a! my men were from that region, and very natu rnlly felt a etrong impulse to retaliation; but at my very urgent Ippeul. they all. with nlacrity and energy,jninezl in a united efl'ort. and actually extinguished the flames in time to save the towni and were richly rewarded by the grateful tlmnka of its citi zens, who also bitterly denounced their own ‘troops ‘for exposing them to such danger. , , ' In "York, Pennsylvania, I found two large maliufnctoriex engaged in making railroad cars for the Government, which. of courae, it was my duty todeslrny ; but a. slight. exnminftion satisfied me that to burn these would seriously endanger a large portion of the u'an; and hence I upru-ed them fora moderate ransom. On my return. I partly relraced my advanced tuck, and was greatly surprisml to find no little evidence-or trace of the passage ofso large an army. In fact, except. in horses and forage for the army. very little damage lnitl been sustained. ’ ‘ Recently. in Maryland. the house of Gov ernor'Brndtor-d was burned without my orders. ButJ mun n‘dd thatl approved it; and had 1 been present woald have ordered .it in reulintion for the burning of the house of Governor Leloher. whom I know to be I. very poor nun. and whose fund! were not allowed five minuteado remove clothing or other valuables. Afterwards, when in front of Washington, some of my troops were very determined to destroy the house of Mr, Francis I’. Blainend hgrd ac~ tuallg removed some ofits furniture, ‘prob— ably supposing it to belong to his son,. the member of the Federal Cabinet. As soon MI came up I immediately stopped the Weeding; and compelled the men to re turnevery uncle so far as I knew, and placed a. guard to protect it. The house of his; son, Montgomery Blair, I member ut‘ the Cabinet. _we: sulljeoted to i ditferent role, for obvious reasons. ‘ General Hunter, in his recennrgid' to Lynohburg. canned wide-spread ruin wher ever be paired. I followed him about lixty milesmnd language would full meta describe the terrible desolation which marked his path. Dwelling lmusesand other buildings were alum-It universally burned ; fences, implements of husbandry. and everything availableTfer—thr sustvnance of human life, so far aria cm Id do so, were everywhere Ilestrnfifd. We found many, 'very many. flimlliea ol helpless women and children who harLoeen suddenly turned out ofdoora. and tlimr \hduses and contents condemned to the flu’mns ;__add.in some cases}. where they hgd rubbed some extra clothing. tlm nululiemhnd tom the garments into narrow strips. and strewn them upon the ground for us lowimeu when we 1!}!‘1'8‘1 in pursuit. General Hunter has been much censured by the voice ol'humnnity everywhere. and he richly deserve: it nil; vet he has c-iuied scarcely one tenthfimrt of tho devutation which has been committed immediately in i sight. of the hendqunrtets oernpml Mantle. i and General omm. in Eutern Virginia.— Ear example—«in Culpepper county, where ‘ General Meade held his headquarters. ni nmst every house and building hm been burned; very few have escaped the dunes; and utter desolation is seen on every hand. Even a. small tannory in sight. of General Mende’s headquarters, where‘ a poor man tanned n few’ludes for the neighbors on the shares. to furnish shoes for the pom- women and children who were necessarily left there. “ms burned by the army, and the hulf—tnnn ed skim drawn from, the fits and cut into narrow strip: to prevent the possibility of their being useful. Rerentiy they have burned the residence of Andrew lluliler, nmr Clzhrlwtnwn. with all its contmm, requiring his fnmily to st xiid by and witness the destructiun of their home. The did the same with the hou_se of Elmund’J. Lee, near Shepherds tnwu, and repeated it on the buildings of Hon. Alexander 11. Howler. ‘Surh things of course cannot belong en dured. and must provoke retaliation when ever it is .possible. Accordingly I lately sent Genqml McCaushuid to Pennsylvania. 1 did not. wish to retidiate in Maryland, be cause We all hope and hell we that Maryland will eventually be I mem‘er of the South ern Confederacy. I therefore sent himto Pennsylvania, with written instructions to (finiand‘ ofthe authorities nl‘Clumbersburg a :um which would he hiiffiuiexin to idemni l'y those gentlemen, and‘nlso my some oth er damages which I specified in the order : and on default in their compliance, he ms inwlrucled lo burn Hie town. which I learn wae done. I was very rcluclam, nml it Was n most dimigrcmble duty to inflict. quh damage upon those citizens: but. 1 deemed it. an imperilivo iioqes~ity to);how the people of the Federal Smtes lh'ftrwar hag two sides. I hope and believe if. has inn]. and wxllvaoha good etl'ect. I saw “'1“! much plomurp, since then, an i_ihle article in lhe A'Jll'mlx! [ItIC/llgimcfl‘, which milled upon the North to consider gravely whether such a made of wiirl'nro; in they li ul iminuurnted is likely_ to yield a succcas conimomumte to its cmt.‘ And now gentlemen; I will repeat my sincere regret that l um obliged to subject. you to this inconvenience. l have no ob juct but to procure the_release of those six citizens of-Virginis who are now wrongfully impriennod, and therefore will'make you as comfortable as possible. It is notoriom. that many ofour most, respectable citizens, who have been imprisoned by~your Govern ment for similar or legs serious causes. have been confined in the same room with can dcmned. nmlefnctori. Gentlemen. you need have no fear: ofsuch treatment whilst in4ny custody. I propose to retain {our of you. «ml releuae the filth on his parole that he will use his utmost efforts to procure the release of those .six gentlunir‘n. If he «uu oeed. you mll‘bu disclmrged at once; but it he mu to accomplish this Within two weeks, he must aurrcndcr himself again to my cmtody. -ln conclusion. I will aid that no citizen= or resident of Maryland th-nny previous knowledge at my purpose to arrest you; that ydur names were funmhed'hy one Connected with my army. and without re ference to the greater or less intt-niity of ynur feelings. The fact that you are repu ted to be Union mu musee no bitterness Bf feeling on Iny'purt, {ul'l do not forget. that l Was a Union man myself go long as l deemed the Union possible. 1 was an old line \Vhig. and voted for Belle and Everett. 1 wan -. delegate from Franklin countyin tlie.Virginiu UGnventipn, uud zealously op posed and voted against the ordinance of secession: from the beginning to the ends;- liut the coursed events bu since thorough ly snttsfied mé of my error. I new consci entiously believe, that it was an abmlute necessity; that the political salvation of Virginia de ended upon it. Q'ma'nn‘s Ky one of (he Pi‘iso'wrnwls it true, I: gnarled. that you have lbw also ut rest Dr. Ko‘rfoot uni Dr. tt, at the. College of St. James, for the name cause ? . r Gen. Eirly replies: llnxe arrestsd them, but lor o different-purpose. There in in Winchester sclergymun named hr. by]. advanced in years, n venemlilc gvulli-nun distinguished {Or his Chrlszim p‘ety, and greatly respected in the community. Mu r.y monthsiugo ho mu arrested by the Fed eul Government as a luxury for two mom bcrs ol‘ubogus Legislature in Western Vir ginia, ,who had been arrested by the Con federate Government,*oonsidering his age, his family and other circumstancos, consen ted to en exchange, and Dr. Boyd was re leaéed. But very soon after, he was ngmn arrested as o hostage for a man token With in our‘ lines, in citizen’s dress, nml whose papers found him tarnished convincing endenoe that he Ins (here under a corrupt ugreement with a Federal Provost Marshal In Maryland, to’decoy negroel from Vir ginio. to he used M substitutes or soldiers m Jho Federal army. the heavy hounlies or profile to be divided between them. The Government did not creel. him as .1 spy, as it might have done, but sent him to Richmond ssh prisoner of war, r'l Dr. Boyd was urrated Is a hangafiner a long and tedioue imprilonmenz. t 8 Con federate Government. anxious to relieve so good a man, again consentedlo an ex change; but it: prisoner was by that time ill with typhoid fever. and finally died in prison, which should, of course, have re leased Dr. Boyd. Bit he is still held on lhe pretext of being a hosLa-te for some other. To efl‘ect his release. [plume to day arrested Dr. Kerfoot and Dr. Cost, at the college, but paroled them both on condi tion that they procure the release of Dr. B3yd. or, if they fail to do this within two weeks, that they return to my custody. ernliaul by a I’rimncr, (RN. Mr. Erl— msrds)—Genern!. piedqe allow me to in quire whether there may ngt. nomn dztflcul \y .nriua from the fuel. HIM you have‘only tin of us prisoners, and yet. tequila tho re [cm clash! ‘ . . / ‘\ “TWO DOLLARS Q-YEAR- Gen. Early—That i; very true, air. but I 9m hardly suppose the Government will nine such a question.geeing the only efl'ect veuld be to compel mejo pick_ up a few more, eufieient to equalize the n‘umbers. The prisoners feelingly urged him lo re lease them all‘. afiering their parole in the strongmt possible language. The General heniuted a long while. and was slow 09 yield. Finally, after long discussion. and several personil friend: of the primners had vouched for their good feith, they were all released on the 3.9.er condilinn: m were pl'l‘icl'lbed on the release of Dr. Kerfool. nml Dr. Cosu‘ For [he suhs'mntinl accm‘acy offhe report of Gen. EJrly's remuks as given by our correspon‘lem. he refers to al‘ ngoaé who were present, including the prisoners them selves. . 1n _p’livnte conversation, and on nanny occasmm in public, in the presence 0! citi zen; of all shades of opinion. Gen. Elrly intimntl-(l that he woullnl frequently‘visit Maryland and Pennéylvnnin. nn'rl th'nt. ha would 'pursue the war of retaliation nylon; and u bitterly IL! circumstances. might. re quire. ~ 4 , Bnrauiu'lix. :9 [From ti; mount-r ) i Everybody will be str’uck with mm, at the destruction ofthepiesssnt nnvl‘thrivin, ‘ town of Chambershnrg. It enables us berg ‘ in the North toupnt‘cciato better than be fore the reality of war, nnil.to~comprchend the devastation andlsufl‘ering which it has spread over tho once fair and prosperous country of the South. To read, ourselives, sitting in safety. of the destruction of Southern cities, villages“,- nd plantations: ‘ of thefglorious success oatiie Federal or- ‘ mice: in reducing half a. "State to the i condition of a desert waste, was exliilerav ting. perhaps. "Poor devils, why did they rebel! and what 'righté has nrehel. or his helpless fumily. whichun loyal soldier in bound to' respect?" . » -, . . But‘when the brand begins to reach our own townn‘whcn reminders of fifty thou~ sand ruined Virginia homes areiet‘t by rebel hands upon the rhins at m-Insions within a. téw miles of the ytional capitol. when l faims are laid rust , towns held to ransom, ’ and whole counties overrun by man when» l owr. homes have felt the touch of Northern i raiders. and whose wives and litth ones‘ 1 have been left shelterless and pennilsss by f the hands ofour own brothers and sons, we 1 begin—at least we should begin—to r‘eflect, i a'nd to ask ourselves “who is to blame fo'r inll such suvngery '.’" “Who- inaugurated i these cruel methods of warfare ?" "Who first burned and snckéd‘defenseless towns, and left their inhabitantsflestitute ?" ' Those are sad, serious questions. We ~nlay think what we wili'ol' the Southernf (people. but there is not‘:\ man among tff who can put his hand upon his heart 'nn‘d say he would not (in. in this mutier,just as ‘ they have done. We nre‘all enger enough i for retaliution when we henggl outrages 5y them upon prisoners. negroes and Union~ ‘ ists. Arethey ofditi'erentilesh! Huthnot i n “rebel" hands. organs, dimensions; sen | see, attentions, passions 3—ied with ‘the _same food, hurt .witb the’some weapons, ‘ 1 subject to the some diseases. healed by the \ some means, warmed and cooled by thesame 1 ]winter and summer as we are? :‘lf you i prick him doeghe not bleed? if you Jioison ; him does he‘ not die? mu if you wrong :; him. shalt he not revenge?" . | The Ife'deralGovernmenthas' many times i sent out raiding parties fortbe‘ekprms pur» ‘ pose of destruction, andwe hate all rend ‘ the congratulations of the press over ”vast Idestruotion of mills, houses, viliuges, mil ‘ roads, wheat, corn and all -tlmt goes to sus i,tnin life in man and heart." It is not lan'- 1 since the once thriving town of Aloxnmiria, I upon the Red River. was left in flimes, as (_‘uumbersburg ‘wus left by n retreating ar -1 my. but that was a Federal one. Officers ‘ ‘, publicly boasted upon ‘the steambonts of [the Mississippi, that, in Sherman's Yszoo expedition— - ‘ t ‘ "For thirty miles in length and twelve in bi’eudth. not abuilding ofuny kind but had been destroyed : and they grew exceedingly , merry ovdr the consternation of the women and children. when-they woke up in the morning and found their houses indicates. [t was such fun to see then) running out to the woods in theirfinight clothes, fright enr'd to death." ' ' I , fin: what were the reasons given by glo ‘izing neWspapers for such atrocities 2 ‘Jus such sentences as these: ‘ ‘ i “The stake is too mighty to admit of shch remiuness~to allow even the miceof Rufl'ering women and children to hold us ack! Hot tears may scald the, cheeks of ) needy ones, and yet thesuccess ofthe Union cause is 't‘vorth nll tint sacrifice" Well, it'these things are military he s sitins for us. are tl y lcs-t so for the re s? ' Have they’such n‘fgumnges us to be ab! 19 i‘t'prego moods of war employed by their - iemies! . ' - z i ltin time these inhuman atrocities were :.stopped. It the present ‘Administration ' cannot carry on'nll necessary military oper ‘; :uinns Without. it. there is no Halter proof ‘ needed ofithe necessity ofs change. .Weak ness nml cruelty always go together. What we want now at the head 01' the notion is .i. goiernment strong enough to be just and merciful, even tom cnemies—ogovernment which will not sit the example to the reb els of fruitless, unnecessary 'arson, soothing and ruining the fairest portion of our com mon country. and making its whole pOIDU' lotion a race ofstm-ving vngnbonds, with no feeling but; that ,of misery, no sentiment but that of bitter and undying hatred of their oppression. , ' A Woshi ,vton mper prints’tho (allowing extrnct fin s lctte'r_ received in that city, which illustrates better thnnowg can des cribe: ' “\Vo have not been visited recently by the Black Republic-in devils—but their oon~ duct. in Westinorelsnd county, Virginia. lad week. is too horrible‘to :think of. in nocent and unofl'ending women, high and low, robbed, and whipped and ffliiahed.-—< Can the" Northern prlo permit such Mt! of brutality and arbxrism? They can't restore the Union in that way. I could write 7 pages but must forboui. God bless ou. . 1': y This is the only kind of warfare which the Administration is competent to wage. This is the kind oi warfare whit. in ma king is no tion of the South-a. nation othe reditary enemies to the Union. In is this warfare which gives u burnt D bersbutg and a devustuted border. It " I ne ‘ give us anything better. i . _---~ »—9-d—‘~§-—‘—L‘ ‘ @Presipent Lincolp'is ”‘l6 to he very much out o 'soruz So are hiu*“subjoéts"—— with him. . - f“. is rumored .that Pct-inure! Gen er Blair hnboqi to ”disk n4aes aIIINIBRAL SIVIBLILS, Mt vi publish I. féw exit-ch (lh CH nobh md fénrléu letfer of Maj. Gen.’ D. 0. Bull. Tho untimenh are the move cou- Iclontioul éonviotion'l oh Mod 15nd gnUant loldier; snd, :5 we believe and Gen. Bull Irina, I revelation, an unfolding ”km of the Mal sympathy of the but I'Qldim now in our urtieo with the clam of could— mflonnl liberty: The; letter in: mum! to 3 friend by ,whou permission in no printed :-- ‘ ‘ Blnrou) Snmas.‘Pa.. ’ _ July 10, 1864. “Duh, Stu—Tho public human no official announcement of the fact—though ~, it is no doubt by this time very generally known—that I hnvp resigned my oomln‘l sion in the urmy. l bu’vo several time. since been assured thntxny penoml friends. and (many withquct the claim of personal ”luminance have taken an inter-nun my oflipkl are". fee] Ul.“ some explnndionn of the circumstances and mofivcsot'm he tion is due to them. Accepting this Jain: upon me. I have already anwnred some of my friends in substance :1' I do you now. ~ I ‘I I i . ' Ncs.. 48- The impulse of most men would opprdvo my course in thin, mater. if it even rested on no other ground than s dotarminnlion not to acquiesce in any measure an: would dogmde mo: lmk‘l hurl I. higher moth.) than that. _l hell-wad that the policy-ad mums with which théfimmwu being pm gum] um nliwmlimhlc to the nation. and a stain upon civilization ;' and that they would not only fail to restore tho Union, “indeed they Ind not nlrwly rendered it; restontion imposaible, but “at their tendency In to Auhvert the inatitution un der which tho country luxl rmlizad unex ampled prosperitv :mvl lmpninmw; am! to such a Work, I cuul-‘l not li-n'l my hand. Whilothoro m iy hut- linen more Ogle" of permml n‘mhumn :11.on up~in the unvo ment ofaacewon. us than m'Ht gonerally bein‘the m lmgnml-nnt of political nfl'dra, yet [—4o not doubt tlut it in“ mulnly (100 terminal lyy an honest. conviction in the minds orthose irh’o engigad in it that the control of the (2‘: imminent h ' “oil per nmnrmly into the hand; K gellectinnal nrzy which would soon trample on tho po litical right: of the South. ’l‘hil Ipprehcn sion was aharegi in by ti very Jorge portion 1 of the people who did not favor seoeuion. i and who were so anxiour for thapreurva tion of the Union that even coercive mau urcs, if tempered by just 6 and m‘nroy. would .not have eitmnged tham. Umlor ithese circumimncci. the u s of military force to put down urnmd real [once was not linoompatible with n restorfl’tiwn ,ol‘ the : Union with its former glories “Pd nll'eutions. iprovided the means were employed in such a’mxmner us to convince the people tlut‘ ltheiraconsatitutionald'iizhu would .be respect ‘ed. Such n. policy, therefore. in the use of force. if force Inuit be resorted to. bud the i munifeat all vantage ofweakoningtha power ‘ of the rebellion anvlutrengthening the Gov ernfnent. independently oftho moral forms “which dignity nndjustlce alvnyi lond to authority. , ‘ . A policy which recognized ’tbene prjn'ei glen was wisely declared by Congress in tha .ginning of the war) and from a fervent, desire for the preservation of the Union, in which pridemi‘ our country nndnll my interests :3 n citizen pentered, not less than_ a. natural impuko. [gave that policy EY‘ enrnext suppogt. Unfortunatelz‘it was too often cheated of its due efi‘ect by the inn-p -siop of sectional rancor. and the injudioiouu‘ or unfaithful acts of agents of the Gavel-m ,: chi; and when, nt’the,e3¢pimtion of. em", a system of tpoilacion and "disi’ran oliicemant was in'uigurnted, the came ‘7‘“ robbed of its sanctity, and success rendered more difficult ofntusinmeiit. ' You have, iri these fewlines. an explam lion of the [natives of my‘conducc while J was in court-{ln . as well as of the step which. afte‘_&we ty-three years of serviqo. hwa «closed my c. act M a soldier; and ] broken uptha pr fessional huhiu undu aociminm to which I was educategi. and in which I have passed the larger portion bf mylife. [am very far from casting unfavora ble r'eflectionziupon the thousands in the service, who, perhaps, with vigws limilu' to my own, have not. chosen my ‘coum. Few of them have been simihuly Limited; and I Hillier cbmmend the patience with which ‘ they have struggled on in positions which must otherwise have been filled by less scrupulous men, and in which my migh! ‘ mitigate Qme ofthe calamiviuwhloh they yet could uot'whfiuy prevent. Very truly Y rs, D: C. BIL-LL. ' run‘énirrsnbnn ccnrno‘nul; The following resolutions passed the {fined States House 9! Repi‘ese‘nhti‘vu, ebruary 11th, 1861, by: nearly unanimous vote: f ' Raalved, That neither the Federal Gov ernment nor the people or government: ,of the non-alavuhbhling States have a purpose or a Constitutional right to legislate upon 0; interierp with slavery in any of tho States of the Union. - Racine/I, 'l‘lmt those pemnsin th'e North who do not subscribe to the foregoinggro po’sitions are too insignificant in number: and influence to excite the serious Itwntion an alarm of; any portion of she peo Is at the Republic, and thntjheincroueogtheir numbers and influence does not kegypace‘ with the inqrguse of the nggregm papal:- tion of the Union. ' Congress, by a vote nearly uusnimous. pinged the following resolution, at the ex tra session of 1861, which expresses the votes of the nation, and is the true sundargl of ibynlty‘ : \- ,i .. " That the present deplnmbl. civil war ‘ has, Iwen forced upon the country by the dinnnioni-u of the‘Southei-n Stamanow'in nrma againstf‘ the Constitutional carn ment. nml in’nrms around the‘Cnpitol ; that in thifNalionn’l emergency. Congresst ban ishing all feeling of more 'pminn and re sentmenlmlll recollect only it: flnty to lha’ whole country; that this war is‘not. waged, on their part in any spirit. of opprossjon m of any purpose of oonquésl. or lubjugntion. or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established imtitutinm ol' those‘Smtes, but. to defend mdnmi Lain tho supremacy of the Constitution, mg“ to preserve the Union, with ull the digit Ly. equality, and rights of the several ‘tn‘ten unimpaired. and that an soon u then ob jeoti'u-o accomplished the war ought.“ cease. . ' ~1 “HIS OBIOLQAL PCRPO‘IE 0? I'll 'WAI , General )IcClellan'l' order, Any: 9, 1862. myn: : “The General comm-militia takes this occasion to remind the oflicers Ind poldien of tin: "my. that we are engafed in wp~ rting the Constitution nml am of the Rim Stan’s. and in suppressing rebellion against. their authority; that we Are not engaged in a mu- ol’ rapine. revenge, or subjugation; than sliis is not a contest. agmnst popuhtinni; but. uguiusl awn-Al forces and political organizations "that it i: a ail-@5lO carried on within the United Stages, and should be conducted by In upon the highest pxiaciples known to Christian civilization!” ' ' Over Two and a Half Mdh’on 42an and Still Want Mara—3PM following figures so far a they goparé supposed p be requbleu Raised m 1861. as per report of.Secr’eu-ry Cameron. {or threa months, 77,875; raked _in name year, as ‘per the same report. for threc um. 600.97%“; on“ (if July 1, 1862. I..an ;cnllol Aub 3:4. 1882. R):- milim ‘: certain States, June 15,1863, romp“ j“. vndergof‘ Pennsylvania. 120,000; dry; or July Léfis. 300,000; number raised sham Octobanl'f. fll per "Menu“ of §eiiator Wflmny 700:0003 £Ol.Bl, 20458.856. The 18!“ all for 300,000 With an. nouu‘jqf 190. P‘" cont. um make 3,418,” ‘ ‘ _ Klll' l‘l'jli'OJll THE P3OPLI.