7*r->m the Me~C«' T, Jan. 12.
Rebel Ocatli-ltcrt Antic*.
The condition of this military depart
ment, as embracod within the limits of
Georgia and South Carolina, is anything
tut satisfactory to any mm who is .aware
of facts, and has capacity to understand
their bearing. We presume there is no
one in this department to whom the con
dition of our present military organiza
tion is less satisfactory than to tho (>en
cral commanding. Probably there i.-i no
one so thoroughly aware of the lamenta
ble disorganization that prevails in cer
tain ccrps and sections of his command,
l'et it would scarcely be fair to hold him
responsible for his condition of things
His department has becu newiy turned
into his hands, and many of the troops
are new to him and to this department.
They came to him undei the command of
imbeciles; he has received them, a herd
of stragglers and outlaws. What has
been doLe to eradicate th'n fatal evil we
shall not slop to inquire. The time has
been short to do much, and the forces .
have been much scattered, liutthe voiy
last moments are arriving, when all mu l
be done that is to bo done, when all must
be done that can be doue. The enemy
does not intend to wait upon our leisure.
And there is much to do.
Before bringing ourselves to face the j
enemy, i( is absolutely essential that those ,
in command, bring themselves to face
the vital evils existing within our own j
linos. The path we ate now traveling is
straight to destruction. The crisis of the
Confederacy has arrived iu iaU.leanie.it.
The result of the next six months will
bring the Confederacy to tho ground, or |
will reinstate power Without reform, j
wc arc doomed. There is more than one
department of government in which re-!
form is important. Uut reform in our j
armies is essential—is vital. Without it j
the death knell of (he Confederacy is nl- |
ready tolled. With the proper reforms i
made, he is a coward who carries his '
heart in his boots. There arc men in ]
the land—there is fight in the land! It ;
is the imbecile that is sick at heart—it is '
the cownrd whose stomach is weak. There
it nothing before us that cannot be ove •
come; but to do it, there must l<e anew
state of things instituted. Wc say
again, there must be nerve. Men in com- j
niand must not be afraid to die—they I
must not be afraid to kill. Officers must I
be killed—not mere private, lleform ;
roust begin at the top, not the bottom of
the service. To reach the private, cap- j
t aiii6 must be shot. We wan't no child's
play—we want an army.
What is a man's life to the institutions
and the liberty of the country? Noth
ing. Lot old things pa*.* away —let us
have a new condition of things. We 1
want no more Jeff. Davis' foolery: we'j
want one atom of brains, one spark ol ,
njirvc—we want no mere of f'uh unism— |
we want no mermaids with heads of im>n- I
keys and Gshy attachments at tho ncith- j
er extremities—we want men, real men.
earnest men —North Carolina, (ieorgia
and South Carolina are in no mood for!
trifling. They have had enough of this
sort of thing. They don't intend tohavc j
much ifiorc. South Carolinadon'tintend j
to be conquered She intends to fight. ,
She don't intend to be hampered or lurri
ed over to (he enemy. When she is 1
thus dealt with, there will lie reckoning
—a reckoning where there will he no res- j
pectof person. We want implicit order j
mid calm forecast. South. Carolina is a j
commonwealth of order; we expect or-'
dor, and wc demand order. We are not
used to lawless ruffianism; we don't iu- I
tend to suffer it.
The General in command of (his de- \
artment is a thorough soldier, trained
id tried. Wo believe (liat he will pcr
• rra this duty. We look to him to do so.
unflinchingly, without fear, favor, or nffeo
: n —regardless of pettifoggers and pet
• -oats in boots. This is a community
law. Just one hundred and uiucty- j
two years ago we began our political ex-t
tence under tho authority of (lie Lords i
Coprietors of England, ami the rule id':
the Cavaliers, with tho good old English
!• le of laws, uuemaßculatcd by modern
philanthropy, and pscudo humanitarian- !
:m to gide us. With the blessing of
ilod we have still preserved (hat code
but little adulterated by demagogism. j
'.c can still hang a villain, or shoot a,
in flim, without lacerating the bowels of
humanity. We have not yet come to
have a nursery to scoundrels called a
t 'enitentiary—nor public preachers in
ihe pulpit, who called Christ " a good «• :il
iilean youth.'' Simple folks, we have lit
tle improved upon our ancestors. We
ire still only as our fathers left us iu their '
: norance—simply civilized and simply
t iiristftins. The law of ord«rand obedi- ,
nice is the law of habit here. All good
citizens here look for the enforcements of
it here, iu (he luiliUry as in civil life.
The Executive of this State will support j
it, and will cheerfully, gladly de so. •
We stand to-day as gladiators stripped
to the fight; we are ready and traiued to
enter the struggle for life or for death.
South Carolina is ready to become tho
aruna of the republic. Her sous are
ready for the contest. Slake of her
hole soil a military camp—strip her to
(he waist; she will not shrink. Hut
give her her gauutlets aud her sword, ■
and she is ready to sUnd or fall where
she is.
A most enormous but impera(ive duty
devolves upon the commander of this
department, whoever he is. That duty— :
this first aud most essential duty—is to j
cashier and to shoot. Without it noth
ing can be done, and Sherman conquers
us With it he is a coward whosuccuuibs
at heart. Everything is at stake—every-j
thing that is in the way must be faced ;
anil trampled upon. TIMS man who com
mands hero must put his heart in his
j'. i ket and his sword iu his hand. lie
loust know nothing but the good of the
Confederacy. That lie must do regard
less of official weakness. The end must
be radical reform. It is folly to talk of
red tape now—wc want the thing—must
have it—reform, shooting, cashiering, or
der subordination, soldiers—not ruua
s, ragmuffins, ruffians. Wc want,
and we must have, brains and pluck iiji
commanders, and implicit obedience aud
order in subordinates and soldiers. Six
ty nieces and a steady aim will do the
business if repeated sufficiently often, es
pecially among commissioned officers,
itt 'Wevor, cowmauding officers will
not ilo their duty in this matter, lot-, all
uioii shot tlieir boJlcs, ifor the ctiJ will
have well nigh eopie. Tho time is short
—will it be iuiproTe 1 ?
HKBIL CONTRAST Bt: i WE!; LINCOLN AM)
DAVIS.
(Frma Mifl rharle-ton Jan. JOtli.)
When Abraham Lincoln took the chair
of the Presidency of the United State.". ,
he promised in his flat-beat lingo to -run
the machine as found it. - ' Whether)
he has strictly kept his promise, those j
may doubt who choose to consider the
subject. It is enough for us to know. '
that whether "running his machine." in
the pathway of his predecessors, or not. ;
he has run it. with a stern, inflexible pur-i
pose, a bold, steady hand, a vigilunt, ac- J
five eye. a steeples energy. a 112 ntic>pi • '
it, and an eye single to hi* end— conquest
, —emancipation. He has o»llcd around
him, in counsel, the ablest au J most oar- 1
tiQst men of his country Where h<-
has.lacked in individual ability, learning. !
experience of statesmanship, he has I
sought it, and fouud it in the able men
about hint, whose assistance he unhosita- |
tingjy accepts, whose powers he applies 1
to the advancement of* the cause he has j
undertaken, In the Cabinet and in the '
tield he has consistently and fearlessly '
pressed oil the search for men who could
advance his cause, and has as unhesita-j
tingly cut oil' all those who clogged it
with weakness, timidity, imbecility, or
failure. Fores. energy, brains, earnest- '
iiess, he has collected around him in every
department. Blackguard and buffoon as
lie is, he has pursued his cud with au
energy as untiring as an Indian, and a
singleness of purpose that might almost 1
bo called patriotic. If be were not an
unscrupulous knave in his end, and a i
fantic in his political views, ho would |
undoubtedly command our respect as a
ruler, so. far as we are concerned.
Abroad and a! home lie has exercised
alike the same ceaseless energy and cir
cumspection.
Wo turn our eyes to Richmond, anil j
tho c mtras is appalling, sickening to the
heart.
HAVI: COSl'ldknce IN Vol'a WIFE.
—-If You are in trouble or in a quanda
ry. tell your good wife—if yen have one
—all about it at once. Ten to one her
! invention will solve your difficulty sooner
| l ban all your logic. The wit of woman
i litis been praised, but her instincts arc
quicker and keener than lu r reason.—
Counsel with your wife, or yonr mother,
or your sister, and bo assured that light
will flash upon your darkness. Women
: are too commonly adjadged as verdant in
jMI but pure womrnly affaijs. No philo
j sophical student of the sex thus judges
! them. Their intuitions or insight are
' more subtile, and if they cannot see a cit
lin the meal, there is no cat there. In
] counseling one to tell his trouble to his
! wile, wo would go farther, anil advise him
: to keep none of his affairs secret from
; her. Many a homes has been happilv
I saved, and many a fortune retrieved, by
! man's full confidence in his " better half,"
! as man) - ulsohavc been made desolate and
wretched for the lack of e mfidetice.—
i Wonnn is far more a seer than man, if
she bo given a fair chance. Asa general
j rule, wives confide (lie minutest of their
! plans and thoughts to their husbands,
j having no involvements to screen from
' them. Why not reciprocate it, if but for
the pleasure of meeting confidence? We
' are c*rtain that no man succeeds so well
iu the world as he who, taking a partner
for life, makes her the partner of all liiy
impulses or judgments which slio may
cheek and set right with her almoin uni
versaOy right instincts. Helpmeet was
uo insignificant title, as applied to insn's
companion, llis wife is a helpmeet for
liim in #r«ry darkness, difficulty and sor
row of life. And what she most craves
and deserves is '•onfiilrnce —without which
I eve is never Tree from a shadow, it it can
be said to be at all
I-'iiiKTiil of Kriward Everett.
BOSTON, January li'.
The funeral of Edward Everett took
place to-day in the First Church. The
services were of a more private character,
having previously been held in the late
residence of the deceased. The church
was draped in the symbols of mourning.
The remains were brought to the church,
escorted by the ludipendent Cadets, the
follow ing geutlemen acting as pall bear
er-: Hon. Emery Washburne. Ex-<Jov.
iof Mass.; T. W Lincoln, Jr., Mayor of
II 'ston; Thos. Hill, priest of Harvard
I niversity. G. T. Bigelow, Chief .lus
tice; JGeorge Tieknor, Trustee of the
: i'ublie Library ; It. C. Wintbrop, Pres't
j of the Historical Society; C. <«. Loring.
\ ice President of the Union Club ; Asa
Gray. President of the Acadamy of Arts
and .Science; J. Graham, Colonel of the
United States Army, and Silas H String
ham, uf tho United States Navy. The
inscription ou the coffiu borne ou a solid
silver plate was as follows : Edward Ev
erett, born in Dorcester, Massachusetts,
the 11th of April. 1794, died iu lioston
the loth of January, 1 865."
The services were iiniple and impro
vised opening with the burial chant of
the Episcopal service, " Teach me to
know my days," followed by the reading
of appropriate passages from scriptures,
and prayer by Kcv. Dr. Walker, Presi
dent of Harvard College. Rev. ltufus
Ellis then made au eloquent and touch
ing address and prayer, after which the
usual church service was read over the
remains, the exercises closing by singing
the funeral anthem, "Their bodies are
buried in the dust, but their names live
forevermorc." Tlis leuiuins were carried
to.Mt. Auburn. The burial procession
was large and Luiposiug. Two companies
of volunteer cavalry, two of infantry, and
a company of mariaes, from the Navy
Yard, acted as an escort. Both branches
of the Legislature met at 10 o'eloek,
adopted resolutions of respect to the mem
ory of Mr. Everett, appointed a Commit
tee to attend the fuucral, and adjourn
ed.
r ohr (Litton.
, THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor,
n. w. Ni'r.iii. f*ubiialk«r.
BUTLER PA.
UKI>\KNI)AY J.l>. 33. lHfiS.
" Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One
and 'nteparable."—D. Wnnttor.
plonk iio nF.
We have noticed that Mr. Hu.-lett, of
tliis county, lias rend in* place a bill au
thorizing the Director* of the Butleraml
any }'lnnk Bond. to increase their
toll fifty per cent. This is <juitc an ad
vance; and wo arc inclined to the opin
ion that unless limited to the winter sea
son. will work injustice without materi
ally increasing the revenue of the road.
i.et such a law operate from the first ot
November to the* first of May, an 1 it
would improve the finances c>f the com
pany becauso all would have to travel the
road during that scasou of the year; but
with such heavy rates, few farmers that
could avail themselves of' summer roaJs'
would travel the platik at all—and those
only who were, from the nature of their
business, compelled to travel it would
pay the high rates. In this'we only
speak our own convictions as wc have
heard 110 general opinion expressed on
the subject. All have an interest in it
and if the people acquiesce now. they
must not complain attewvards, It is
due the Company to say, that, we under
stand the present earnings of there ad,
arc quite insufficient to meet the neces
sary expenditure.
| Since writing the above wo have been
failed on by some of our citizens who arc
; decideJly opposed to the Legislation,
above named—where the majority of in
terest goes, we arc not aware.
The new Kditor of the Ihruhl has giv
| en his readers a fine illustration of the
! high toned mauuer in which he intends
; to conduct that paper (!) by an article in
j that paper of last week, dedicated to us.
We are free to confess that we have no de
: sire to become the subject of repeated ns
j saults from the Herald; but if wc can
| only escape this situation by sacrificing
| even a small portion of that independ
i cnce which we have heretofore exercised,
iwe must accept our situation. The wri
ter of that article has seen fit to hide him
self under an assumed name; but ws
think the ear marks ate sufficiently di .-
\ linet to enable us to form a correct opin
ion as to his identity.
! Following the example of his "south
| cin brethren" who, failing to-be able to
meet our gallant arui'cs in honorable war
! tare, become guerrillas, and in disguise,
| pounce upon their victims, and again sud
denly retire. "An observer" has iuiag
iued that he could follow their example
with safety. This is, of course, a cour
age worthy of the gentleman who was
seen, 011 a re<• <ut occasion, (to use the
language of Webster,) to "bear his man
ly bosom to whatever of horror there may
jbe in," —a surgical examination. With
the numerous insinuations and declara
tions concerning us, personally, we have
only at present to say that they are as false
as the heart of their author is depraved
and malicious. The following is a portion
of the article to which we wish to reply:
" MR. J. C. COM,: —Allow me to ex
press, through the medium of your paper,
my surprise and regret that such a pa
per as the Ani'-ricuu Citizen, is supported,
sustained and circulated in the county of
Mutler. Through the columns of that
filthy sheet, our best citizens are slander
ed, ridiculed and abused. We have even
known the writer for the Citizen to assail
a young aiiu innocent girl, who IU a play
ful mood, may have uttered Hn improper
expression, falsify the facts, misrepresent
her couduct.and Tabor vigorously to tar-,
nisli her reputation. Business men in our
midst have been basely slandered, their
reputation ruthlessly assailed, and efforts
worthy of a better cause have been made
by the hypocritical sycophant who pre
sdes over the destinies of that filthy sheet,
to injure their business and traduce their
characters."
It is evident from the above that an in
tention to affect our paper unfavorably
with the business community is intended.
It is true the majority of our business
men iu Butler, are Democrats, and their
patronage is very desirable, but if that
patronage caunot be had without sacrific
ing our position as a llepublican, wc will
not endeavor to obtain it.
The gentleman says that he is happy
to know that those Democrats who- pat
ronized our pa]>er, are last withdrawing
from it—these suggestive bints to Demo
crats may iu part account for Mr. Coil's
allowing the publication of the article.
Iu reply to these assertions we would say
that there have been two Democrats only
who withdrew from our paper in the last
three mouths; and one of them informed
us that he had just settled off with the
Herald before calling ou us. But a few
weeks since, another Democrat called and
subscribed for the CITIZEN, saying that
he had just stoped the Herald.
Our paper started about fourteen t
months ago, and without auy social ef
fort on our part, its readers have gradu
ally increased, till we believe we have
the largest list of subscribers iu the coun
ty. lu-this we may be mistaken; but at
any rate, we are willing to compare books
with any who may see fit to dispute it.—
As to the character of our paper we think
the favorable consideration it has receiv
ed from the community, is a safer guide
than any self-constituted censor, who de
clines to give us his name. The Herahft
correspondent com plains ot our attacks on
certain individuals. The most unpleas
ant case of tfiat kind within our recollec
tion was the ot>c in which, in di fference
i to truth, wo were compelled to make a
truthful statement of an afTair which the
Herald had held up .view iu a ful*e
I light. The Ha a V/, #herofor», and not
us, is responsible for our ever rcfo»ring |
! t i it.
We did once, call attention to the
, fact that a Union soldier had been grossly |
I insulted, by a young lady, wo had no J
knowledge of who that young lady was, j
nor did we endeavor to know. Had such I
an offence been committed iu New Or- i
leans, the person so offending, would have !
been liable to be placed in the lockup, or j
in St. Louis she would have been a fit
subject for sending across tho lines. Here
in iintler it seems to be a high crime for
a Journal to mention the fact that such
an outrage had occurred! We sympa
thize with any young lady who can feel in
her heart a gratification in annoying one
of those brave men who is periling his
life for her protection and safety, It is a
-trong evidence to us that all is not right
at home, with her. While Loyal Union
lucn and women, around the hearthstone.
a r e lamenting over the hardships of our
; country—are mutually sympathizing with
her and tier gallant armies, toj jmany we
fear are indulging in feelings and expres
sions, anything but patriotic. It is by
these latter influences that, wo fear, too
; many young ladies are led into tho error
j of affecting contempt for the Union cause.
I Relieving that our prompt reproof in this
case presented its recurrence, we are
willing to suffer any consequences that
inay follow. As for the M'Laughlin
matter, we think the 102 d settled that on
I election day. Wo have no space to fol
low this subject farther at present. Look
| ing at it in the light of an effort to with
j draw from us the patronage of tho busi
j ness men of this communily, we are free
| to express the belief, that it will bo found
|tobe a water bawl. Pusiness men don't
j often let their politics follow them so far.
| If they arc satisfied that they can reach
tho business public best through the CIT-
I zu.v, there are not many id them who
I will bo found holding back, simply be
! cause we believe the working millions
| arc the equals of the titled aristocracy of
i (he old world, or tho would be aristocracy
j of tho new, while others hold the reverse
to l e true.
l>isri|n:iHfl<'alio3i Hill!
Ever since the government has been at
! tempting to fill up its armies by eonserip-
I tion. some sections of the country have
I been endeavoring to evade its operations
i by a systematic system of skulking. This
. fact has suggested to the minds of legis
lators as well as others tho necessity of
i some law which would tend, at once, to
remedy the evil and punish those who
| should remain unpliable. It is not tho't
just (our neighbor of the Herald may be
an exception,) that those drafted in one
.'ection of tho country shall go into the
service in obedience to the law, while
those in other sections remain at home,
enjoying all the comforts of domestic life.
I The generally recognized principle is. that
j l he citizen, in return for that protection of
I life and property which it is the duty of
; the Government to give, owes his servic
-1 ccs, and if need be, his life to tho State.
' The question then recurs, shall one por-
I tion of the citizens be held to this impli
-1 cd contract while others disregard it all
together? We trust not. The next qucs-
J tion in this connection is how shall those
who violate this contract be punished for
jit, It is true they can be tried, if caught,
| by court-martial, and imprisoned or shot,
:as many of them are. Dut can the Stite
' do nothing to protect herself from this
; class of citizens who thus refuse to dis
-1 charge their obligations to the Federal
j Government, making the burthen so much
'the greater fin others? surely sho can.
J Our attention Ins been called to this sub
i ject on observing that Mr. Negley of this
l county, has read a bill-iu place, iutended
|to meet -the case. We have not given the
; subject sufficient attention to feel able to
j say just what is needed. The bill will, of
I course, be referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee where, if there are auy amend-1
j uieiits needed, they will be had On a
cursory reading of it, we are iuclined to
the opinion that it has been carefully pre
pared, aud Mr. Negley deserves thanks
for the iuterest he is taking in this mat
ter. The following is a copy of the bill: !
SKC. 1. De it enacted, Acc., that all per
sons within this' Commonwealth being li
able to military service, aud who have
beeu drafted or may be drafted under any
law of the United States or of this Com- .
monwealtli for the suppression of rebel
lion or repelling of invasions aud who
have deserted or may desert from said ser
vice, or have escaped or may escape from
their homes or proper enrollment districts
for the purpose of avoiding said service, !
or have coueealed or may conceal them
selves from auy officer or persons charged .
wiili their arrest, or have refused or may
refuse to roport to the proper authorities
alter being notified of their heilifr so draft
ed, or have coueealed or may conceal
themselves in order to avoid the sorviceof
any such notice, or of any notice relative
to said draft: aud who shall continue so
to desert, escape, refuse to report, or con
ceal themselves for the period of oue
month after the passage of this act; all
and every such person or persons are
hereby declared to he* deprived of the
rights of citizenship withinthisjCommon
wealth, and shall be incapable of voting
at any election of the citizens or of hold-
I ing auy office of honor, trust or profit
j within the same, or of inheriting any es
tate under the intestate laws of this Com
monwealth, or if by contract acquiring,
possessing or disposing of any real or per
sonal estate within the same
SEC. 2 That it shall bo the duty of
any and nil Inspectors and Judges of the
| elections within this Commonwealth to
I refuse and reject the vote or votes of all
| such aforeaaid persons who they, or any
I of them, may know to have so deserted,
escaped nr avoided military duty, or th.
] crvice of any notice as aforesaid,J<r who
may be proven to them to have so desert" j
>d, escaped.or in any manneravoii ! el said
I military service ot any said notice, and
! the said Inspectors and Judge of liny
election, on the request of ami qualified
I voter, shall receive proof showing the
j person offering to vow at said election,
I has so deserted, escaped or avoided such
service, and if any said Inspectors aud
Judge, or a majority of them, shall know
ingly receive tho vote or votes of any
such person or persons, they shall be lia
ble to indictment ibr misdemeanor in of
fice, ou the information of aoyciti/.cu and
on conviction shrill be fined in a sum not
lesi than one hundred dollars and be im
prisnno l for a term not less than otic
month. •
SKC That it shall be the duty of all
Constables, Sheriffs ami other officers of
the peace within this Commonwealth to
give any information they may receive,or
knowledge they may have concerning the
said persons so deserting or avoiding the
military service to the said inspectors and
Juge of Elections where saiil persons
may re-ide or offer to vote, and on failure
to do so shall be liable to indictment there
for—as for misdemeanor.
SEC. 4. That it shall he the duty of all
Constables, Sheriffs and other officers of
the peace within this Commonwealth to
| render aid and assistance to any officer or
; officers of the government of the United
States charged with making the arrest of,
or service of any notice on any such per
son or persons deserting, escaping, refus
ing to report or concealing themselves, as
provided by the first section of this act,
and on failure or refus I to do so shall be
liable to indictment and punished for mis
demeanor in office and fined and impris
oned in such sum aud for such term as
the court trying the same may adjudge.
SKO. F>. That any person or persons ad
vising. counseling, assisting, harboring,'
concealing, or in any manuer aiding in
(be desertion, escape, or concealment of
the person or j ersons described and pro
vide! for by tlie first section of this act,
; shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction of the same in any
Court of this Commonwealth,shall be fin
ed in a sum not less than one hundred dol
lars, and be imprisoned not less than three
months.
Mr. Ilaslctt, of Duller,submittedasup
plement to the act incorporating the Al
; iegheny and Dutlcr I'lauk-road Company,
| authorizing it to inere;,i • the rates of tolls
i not exceeding fifty percent, overtherate.
! now authorized bv law. ami also to charge
i the same rates of toll up-m vehicles laden
; with iron, iron ore, or tho products there
of. as it is now authorized to churge upon
vehicles laden with coal, stone, or Iron.
Horrors of Andersonvillo.
I There is no one fact more undeniably
j true in reference tj tin cruelties of the
I rebels, than the oft repeated announee-
I mctit cf the unparalelled inhumanity
; which they exhibit in the treatment of
prisoners. The numerous skeleton forms
i which have been released from Anderson
ville, Finance : n 1 other equally notori
ous places, have impressed the truth upon
our unwailiug cars—to say nothing of the
fearfully large list of deaths reported.—
J Mrs. 1 »r. Lowmati has kindly consented to
tho publication of the following letter
| which she received, from her brother,
1 which will, we have no do bt. be lead with
interest. It fully coroborates all that we
have heard on tho subject. The follow
ing is the letter:
Kossjmi, IOWA, Jan. 10, 1865.
Dear Sitter: —You wish, me to give
you an account of my trip through "Se
! cessia," as a prisoner. I was with my
regiment on a raid, in the retu of Atlanta,
when captured. July-29, I*o4, uuderthe
| command of Gen. Kd. M'Cook. After
; leaviug the aruiy lying ou a line east and
west, north of Atlauta, we made a circuit
and canietothe Chattah'iochie river, where
; we crossed, advanced nine miles out to
Palmetto, a little town ou the West Point
R. 11., we burnt the depot, a train of
j ears and played smash with the Jonney's
i ''Corn cracker line." from there we crossed
t) the Macon it. 11. near Joncsboro, on
our way we run into their trains, destroyed
about 800 wagons, captured near 400 pris-
oners, 2000 mules. We struck the Macon
U.K. four miles from Joneaboro,where our
' commander lay
p. m., when we staited back and were at
tacted by Wheeler's force, numbering
about 0,000, our force only 1700; we
fought him all afternoon, aud still retrea
ting uutil we struck the West PoiSt road
again. Next mornins; at Nownan,
we were rost by Roddy, with 3000
dismounted Cavalry. We fought them
until after sundown, when aboutone third
the command was captured ; all from the
efftct* of liquor. We were taken to An
dersonville, where we arrived on tho 2d
of August, when we were striped and
(oarched, making the sixth time we were
I searched aiuoe our capture. The old
Dutch Captain's orders were, to take all
money, watches, rings, jewelry, coffee, su
gar aud every G—d d—n thing they "got."
I succeeded in hiding twenty-seven dol
lars. When shown our quarters inside
the "stockade" many of our nuiftber were
so shocked nt the sight which met ouf
eyes at every turn, as to completely over
come them, all such soon wasted away and
died. It was not an uncomgl sight to
see uien lying out without even a blan
ket to protect them from the scorching
heat of a Georgia Sun, or the dew at
liight (which falls very heavy there) not
able t i rise and enveloped in all the '
faith which their helpless condition in
volved, and the vermin working upon them.
1 have, more than once, in passing thru'
the stockade, heard men earnestly plead
ing for a knifo to cut their throats. .
The ration allowed was not enough,
hardly, to sustain life, and composed of
corn meal, cobs und even some husks, ruk
kod together with an addition of a few
"stock peas" boiled, from two-thirds of a
pint; my partner and I extracted 2.">0 bugs.
The average number of ileal In during the
months of Juue, >)uly and August, as I
was told by one of the grave-diggers, was
I 'SO per day. An attempt to describe
misery endured there is an utter impossi
bility. About the middle of September
I was moved to Charleston, S. 0., where
we were camped 011 the old race course,
inside the city limits. We were shown
more sympathy there than anyplace 1 was
in. (Jen. Fosters' •hells were plainly visible
from yur camp as they burst over the city.
1 remained there but a few days when I
was moved to Florence, S. C., which is
fast becoming as noted a plaeo of Urbel
brula/ifi/ as Andersonville, (■ a. For a
short time—while under the command of
Maj. Brown, a South Carolinian—we were
treated as well as he was able to do. When
the stockade was finished he was relieved,
and followed by one Lieut. Barret, of
whom 1 believe the Devil would be asham
ed. The stockade enclosed about twelve
acres, and nearly one-third so swampy as
to be untenable, in this 11,700 were en
closed. The punishment for frivolous
offcnco- in attempting to escape,was m ire
brutal than in Georgia. It was nothing
uncommon to see our men strung up by
the thumbs for two hours at a time so
that their feet would just touch theground.
On one instance, after hanging two hours,
was taken into the presonce of 11s all and
swung in the same manner, clear of moth
er earth, twenty minutes, when released,
sunk senseless to the ground. When
moving us into thestockade from the camp
first occupied, some of our men attempt
ed to hide in the wells, but wore found
out, when they were taken out and com
pelled to run before a half dozen boys,
about sixteen years of age, who stabbed
their victim every jump they could. I
saw more than one brought down sense
less to the ground.
The punishment fur Tunneling was to
cut 'lie rations off of the whole camp, un
til sonic one would divulge the secret.—
I have seen it done fl>r three days at a
time. During one of those times of star
ving, five uien lay down at night, under
one blanket, in the morning a comrade
went to awake them for roll call, suppo
sing they were asleep, four wore doad and
the fifth not able to speak, and died be
fore ten o'clock. I met a good many of
my old Pennsylvania acquaintance!' there.
I was lucky enough to be included in the
10,000 exchanged, being paroled as a nurse
to help bring the balance to our lines.
I came on west, aud was hardly able to
behave myself when I got across the Ohio
river, as we calied it getting into Wod's
country. I think 1 will be able for duty
in a couple of months—rheumatism and
affection of the lungs are the results of
my exposure.
Affectionately your Brother,
•J. 11. GUTBERIE.
N. C. S., Bth lowa Crualry.
Mr. Kverelt's I,nst Speccli.
I On the oth inst., the citizens of Bos
ton, met in Faneuill Hall, in aid of the
| sufTeriiig people.of Savannah. Mr. Ev
j orett was the principal speaker, an i de
livered his last speech before, the pub ic.
! There is an interest attaching to it now.
j spoken as ,t was in the cause of Benevo
; 1 nee an ! Mercy, and to awaken the 110-
| blest feelings of the human heart. We
i[u tc the following characteristic pas
j sage:
; Then is no store of food thor. Their
ware houses, their dwelling houses are
empty of pr. visiot.s and 1 I the other
necessaries of life, and there are 20,000
men, women and children, who, in the
int rval. which must necessarily elapse
1 before trade can return to its accustomed
j channels, must l.e clothed aud warmed
and fed. It is our duty, as 1 kuow it
will be our pleasure, to do our part in
this benevolent work. They offer, it is
true, to send the rice which Gen. Sher
man has given them and sell it at the
I advanced price which it bears in our
market, in payment of the suppli sin
which they stand in sore need. But
New York aud Boston don't want their
rice. Savannah wants our pork, beef
aud flour, aud I say in the name of
Heaven let us send it to them without
money aud without price. By and-by
we wilt trade with them as we ' id in the
good times before the curse of secession I
aud rebellion come upon the land. By
aud by we will take the rice and the
cotton, and give them our pork aud our
fa. rics in return.
Now sir, I had rather not be paid for
the relief we send them. Our store
houses aud graneries are full, our fanners
j neve; had a bettet vear. Soui« branches j
of trade and manufactures are depressed,
but others nro nure than usually active
and profitable. The gjeat West, big as
she is, is hardly big enough to hold the
wealth that is annually reaped from her
fertile field;, aud, as if the accustomed
products of the soil were deemed insuffi
cient by a bountiful Providence, the very
elods of the earth throughout the mid
dle States, "arc pouring out rivers of oil,"
till King Petroleum bids fair to sway tho
markets of the world, as King Cotton
did before his fibrous majecty was de
throned. Iu this state of things, sir, I
don't want out great warm hearted Bos
ton and Imperial New York togo to
chaffering with poor war-stricken, stsfv
ilig Savannah for the food shy needs f'uf
her famished citizens. No, Sir, I should
as soon have expected tho fond father in
the Parable, the loveliest page in tho.
sacred volume, to drive a bargain with
his returned soil for a meat s victuals out
of the fatted calf, l.ct ns offi*r it totliein'
fiecly, not in the spirit of alms-giving '
but as a pledge of fraternal feeling anil'
an earnest of our disposition to resuin(' tlj
tho kind offices of fellow-citizenship with'
our returning brothers.
Meiil, Cel. Illitkt Ij , 1 (111 I'll.
Cavalry.
On the 2<itli of Nevember, there ap
peared iu our special dispatches an an
nouncement of the dismissal from tho
army of Lieutenant-Colonel Win. Blako
ly, of the 1 Ith Pennsylvania cavalry.
Since then Colonel Blakcly has bceu re
stored to his command and fully vindi
cated, as the subjoined statcmentofChap
lain Osborn will attest:
CAMP 14TH I'ENNA, CAVAMIY, )
WINCHESTER, Va., Dec. 22, lsii 1 j
■ laving learned that tho dismissal of
Lieut. Col. Blakely has been published,
allow me, for the sake of truth, aud the
benefit of this esteemed officer, through
the columns of your valuable journal, to
lrfy before a candid and scrutinizing pub
lie. the following facts, which I think
will disabuse the pcpular mind of any un
favorable impressions respecting him.
Some time during the month of Au
gust the Colonel was placed in command
of a detachment from several regiments
composing (Jen. Averill's division, and
was ordered to rsport to Col. Lowell,
commanding 3d brigade, Ist cavalry di
vision. When near White Post, Va.,
tho Colonel was directed to remain at
that place, to protect the rear. On tho
evening of the 12th of August, while the
Colonel was leading a charge, he was
thrown from his horse and suvcrcly iu
jured ; his underjaw was broken iu two
places and ha was carried back insensi
ble. On the Pith, Ist Assistant Surgeon.
,1. W. McCnbe sent the Colonel to Har
per's Ferry lie (I'r. McCabo) and also
Surgeon W. C. Phelphs, of the 22d Pa
Cavalry, have beth testified thar the Col.
on the last mentioned date, was lulph»t %
spn<hU and insriitiih/t. Tho officer
whose duty it was to take command when
the Col. was disabled, testifies that lie
withdrew tho command on the 14th of
August from White Post, without any
orders f'wn Col. Blakely or any one else.
Col. Lowell without knowing any of tho
foregoing facts in the case, recommended
Col. Blakcly's dismissal, which was ap
proved by Maj. lie(1. Torbett, Chief of
Cavalry, in which an order was issued for
bis disuiassal, bearing date 20th August,
■subject to tlrt approval of the President of
the l aited States. On the 17th of Nov
ember the President approved the order,
and tile Colonel ceased to be from date an
officer.
The Colonel knew nothing of what
was going on until the 27th of November
when he immediately proceeded to take
the necessary testimony, to procure a re
vocation of the order, which resulted in
establishing tho facts above stated. Maj.
I leueral Torbett gave him a letter in which
he-stated that he had recommended his
dismissal under misapprehension of the
facts, at the same time recommending
1 that he be reinstated and returned to his
I command. The officers of the regiment
with but one exception, and he was not
asked, signed and presented a memorial,
petitioning the Secretary of War for a
revocation of the order of dismissal, and
asking thot the Colonel be speedily re
turned to his command in the regiment.
These papers were forwarded to the War
Department, arid the Colonel was reinsta
ted 011 the 14th inst., and has returned to
duty, to the great joy aud gratification of
his regiment.
• In concluding this note allow me to say
that no officer in our regiment is more
universally esteemed by his fellow officers
aud men than Colonel Blakely. and we
arc heartily sorry to learn thae in conse
[ quence of wounds received in August
j last and his deeding health, he may be
■ under the necessity of resigning his po
j sition and retiring from service.— l'itl*
Commercial- Yours truly r
A. G. OSBORN,
Chaplain 14th Pa. Cavalry
I'lio Riirbriilgc Exprdilfon.
Lotl.svil.LE, December 29.
A reliable telegram from Guest's Sta
i tiorr, on the 2Hth, represents Burbridge's
I command in good shape and spirits, rc-
I turning to Lexington after a most suc
i cessful expedition. Gen. Burbridgc des
troyed the railroad ten miles beyond
i\ ythevillc, aud the salt works and the
lead mines in that vicinity. Breckiu
-1 ridge was badly whipped, and left for
North Carolina. The rebel department
|of Southwestern Virginia has no longer
any efficiency.
A dispatch dated Louisa, Ky., the 20th,
says: The raid of Generals Stoncman
and Burbridge was a perfect success.
Breckiuridge, Vaughan and Duke were
whipped, their artillery captured and
army scattered. Saltville was burnt and
the works destroyed. The railroad from
Bristol. Tennessee, to twenty miles be
yond Wythevillc, Va., was de troyed,
with all the rolling stock. Bristol and
Wytbeville are in ruins. The lead miuea
and furnaces have gone up. and twenty
millions of property destroyed.
Stcadman is moving up the south side
of the Tennessee, aud, it is hoped, may
reach Hood, near Florence, in time to cut
off his retreat.
Heir Opportunities like eggs, must be
hatched when they are fresh.