PREPARATIONS FOR THE MARCH THRO GEORGIA. * By the Ist of November Ilood's array had moved from Goldsboro, and made its appearance in the neighborhood of Deca tur, where a feint was made; he thcu pas sed onto Tuscuiubia aud laid a pontoon bridge opposite Florence. I then began my preparation for the march through Georgia, having received the sanction of the Commander-in-Chief for carrying into effect my plan, the details of which were explained to my corps commanders and heads of staff departments, with strict injunctions of secrecy. I hud also com municated full details to General Thomas, and had informed him I would not leave the neighborhood of Kingston un;il be ftflt perfectly confident that he was entirely orepared to cope with llood, should ho arry into effect his threatened invasion 112 Tennessee and Kentucky. I est mated lood's forces at 85,000 infantry and 10 - <OO cavalry. I moved the Army of the Tennessee by slow and easy marches, on the south aide of the Co sa, back to the neighbor hood of Smyrna camp ground, and the . Fourteenth Army Corps, General Jeff. C Davis, to Kingston, whither 1 repaired in person on the 2nd of November. From that point I directed all surplus artillery, nil baggage not needed for my contempla ted march, all the sick and wounded, ref ugees, &c., to be sent back to Chattanoo ga; and the four corps above mentioned, with Kilpatrick's cavalry, were putin the most efficient condition possible for and difficult march. This operation con sumed the time until the 11th ot Novem ber, when, everything being ready. 1 or dered Gen. Corse, who still remained at Home, to destroy the bridges there, all foundries, mills, shops, warehouses, <Jr other property that could be useful to an enemy, and to move to Kingston. At the same time the railroad in and about At lanta and between the Etowah and the Chattahoochic, was ordered to be utterly destroyed. The garrisons from Kingston northward were also ordered to draw back to Chattanooga, taking with them nil the public property and all railroad stock,and to take up the rails from Resaca hack, laving them, ready to lie replaced when ever future interests should demand. The railroid between the Etowah anl the Qostenaula was left untouched, because I thought it more than probale we would find it necessary to re-occupy the country as far forward as the line of the Etowah. Atlanta itself is only of strategic value as long as it is a railroad centre ; and as long as all the railroads leading to it are destroyed, as well as all its foundries, machino shops, warehouses, depots, &c., it is of no more value than nny other point in North Georgia; where as the line of the Etowah, by reison of its rivers anil natural features, possesses an importance which will always contin ue. From it all parts of Georgia and Alabama can be reached by armies mar ching with trains down tho Coosa or the Chattahoochic valleys. STRENGTH OF THE INVADING ARMY. On tho 12th of November, my army stood detached and cut off from all com munication with the rear. It was com posed of four corps : The Fifteenth and Seventeenth, constituting the right wing, under Major General O. O. Howard ; the Fourteenth and Tweu'ieth Corps, con stituting the left wing, under Major Gen. H. W. Slocuin, of an aggregate strength 00,000 infantry, one Cavalry Division, in aggregate strength of 5.500, under briga dier Geueral Jtidson Kilpatrick, and the artillery reduced to the minimum, one gun per thousand men. TIIE FORWARD MOVE. Tho whole force was moved rapidly and grouped about Atlanta on the 14th ot November. In the meantime Captain O- M. Poe had thoroughly destroyed Atlan ta, save its mere dwelling houses and churches, and the right wing, with (ien. Kilpatrick's cavalry, was putin motion in the direction of Jonesboro and MeDo nough, with orders to make a strong feint on Macon, to cross the Ocmulgee about Planter's mills, and rendezvous in the neighborbrod of Gordon in seven days, exclusive of the day of march. On tJie same day General Slocum moved with the Twentieth Corps by Decatur and Stone • Mountain, with orders to tear up the rail road from Social Circle to Madison, to . burn the large and important railroad tridges across the Oconee, east of Madi son, and turn south and reach Millcdgc ville on tho seventh day, exclusive of tho day of March. In person I left Atlanta on the Kith, in company with tho Four teenth Corps, lJrcvet Major General Jeff. C. I Hivin ; by Lithonia, Covington mid Shady Pale, directly to Milledegoville, Ala. The troops were provided with good wagon trains, loaded with ammunition and supplies, approximating twenty days' treak, forty days' sugar and coffee, a dou 'ble allowance of salt tlx forty days, and •beef cattle equal to forty days' supplies. The wagons were also supplied with about three days' forage in grain. All were in structed, by a judicious system of forag ing, "to maintain this order of things us lon/Jus possible, living chiefly, if not sole ly, upon the country, which I knew to abound in corn, sweet potatoes, and meats. 3ly first object /ran, of course, to place my army IN THE VERY n. ART OF OEOROIA, Interposing between Macon and Augusta, and obliging the enemy to divide his for ces, to dclend not only those points, but .Milieu, Savannah and Charleston. All jny calculations were fully realized. Du ring 22d, Gen. Kilpatrick made a good feint on Macon, driving the enemy with in his intrenchments. and then drew back to Griswoldville, wheu NValcott's brigade of iufantry joined him to oover that flank while Howard's trains were closing up and his men scattered, breaking up rail roads. The enemy came out of Macon and attacked Walcott in his position, but was so roughly handle i that lie never re peated the experiment. On the 18th day after leaving Atlanta, namely, on the 23d Gen. Slocuiu occupied Milledgeville and the important bridge across the Oconee, there, and Gens. Howard aod Kilpatrick . wo re iu and about Gordon. Gen. Howard was then ordered to move Eastward, destroying the railroad thor oughly iu his progress as far us Tunoille •Station, opposite Sandersville, and Gen. filocuw to move to Saudersville by vwo •roads v Gen. Kilpatrick was ordered to Milledgeville, and thence move rapidly eastward to break the railroad which leads from Millen to Augusta, then to turn up on Millen and rescue our prisoners of war supposed to be confined at that place. I accompanied tlie Twentieth Corps from Milledgeville to Sandersville, approaching that place on the 26th, we found the bridge across Buffalo creek burned, which delayed us three hours. The next day we entered Sandersville, skirmisHirtg with Wheeler's cavalry, which offered little opposition to the advance of the Twentieth and Fourteenth Corps, enter ing the place almost at the same mo ment. DESTRUCTION OF THE GEORGIA RAIL— ROAD. General Slocum was then ordered to tear and destroy the Georgia Central Railroad, from Station 13 (Tennille) to Station 10, near the crossing of Ogee chee, one of his corps substantially fol lowing the railroad, the other by way of Louisville, in support of Kilpatrick's cav alry. In person I shifted to the witig and accompanied the Seventeenth Corps, General Blair, on the south of railroad, till abreast of Station 9J (Bar ton ;) General Howard, in person, with the Fifteenth Corps, keeping further to the right, and about one day's march ahead, ready to turn against the flank of any enemy who should oppose our pro gress. At Barton, 1 learned that Kilpat rick's cavalry had reached the Augusta Railroad, about Waynesboro, where he ascertained tint, our prisoners had removed from Millen, and therefore the purpose of rescuing them, upon which we had set our hearts, was an impossibility. Butas Wheeler's cavalry had hung around him, and as he had retired to Louisville to meet our infantry, in pursuance of my instructions not to risk a battle unless at a great advantage, 1 ordered him to leave his wagons and all incumbrances with the left wing, and moving in the direc tion of Augusta, if Wheeler gave him the opportunity, to indulge him with all the fighting he wanted. General Kilpat rick, supported by Baird's division of in fantry of the Fourteenth Corps, again moved in the direction of Waynesboro, and encountering Wheeler in the neigh borhood of Thomas' Station, attacked him in position, driving him from three successive lines of barricades handsome ly through Waynesboro and across Brier creek, the bridges over which he burned; anl then with Baird's division, rejoined the lett wing, which, in the meantime had been marching by easy stages of ten miles a day in the direction of Lumpkins Station, at Jacksonboro. The.Seventeenth Corps took up the destruction of the railroad at the Ogee che. near Station 10, and it to Millen* the enemy offering no opposition, although preparation had seem ingly been made at Millen. ARRIVAL AT MILLEN. On the 3d of Pet-ember the Seven teenth Corps which I accompanied, wan at Millen; the Fifteenth Corps, General Howard, was South of the Ogecche, op posite station 7,[Searboro ;] the Twentieth Corps, Gen. Slocum on the Augnsta rail road, about folir miles north of Millen, near Buckhead churee, and the Fi ur tcenth Corps, Gen. Jeff. C. Davis, in the neighborhood of Lumpkin's Station, on the Augusta railroad. All were ordered to march in the direction of -Savannah the Fifteenth Corps to continue south of the Ogeeche, the Seventeenth to destroy the ratltoad as far as Ogeeche church, and four days were allowed to reach the line from Ogechee church to the neigh borhood of llalley's Ferry, on the Sa vannah river. All the columns reached their destinations on time, and continued to march on their several roads, Gen. Da vis following the Savannah river road ; Gen. Slocum the middle road, by way of Springfield ; Gen. Blair the railroad, and Gen. Howard still south and west of the Ogeeche, with orders to cross to the east bank, opposite "Eden Station," or Sta tion Xo. 2. tiie APrnoAcn to savannah. As we approached Savannah tli" country became more marshy and difficult, and more obstructions were met, in the way of felled trees, where the roads crossed the creeks, swamps, or narrow causeways ; but our pio neer companies were well organized and removed the obstructions in an incredible short time. No opposi tion from the enemy worth speaking of was encountered until the heads of columns were within fifteen cu'es of Savannah, where all the roads lead ing to the city were obstructed, more or less, by felled timber, with earth works and artillery. But these were easily turned and the enemy driven away, so that by the 10th of Decem ber the enemy was driven within his lines at Savannah. These followed substantia ly a swamp creek, which empties into the Savannah river about three miles, above the city, across to the head rf a corresponding stream which empties into the Little Ogee chee. These streams were singular ly favorable to tbe enemy as a cover, being very marshy, and bordered by rice fields, which were flooded either by the tide water, Or by inland ponds, the gates to which were controlled and covered by his heavy artillery. The only approaches to the city were by five narrow causeways, namely ttie two railroads and the Augusta, the Louisville, and the Ugeechee dirt roads, all of which were commanded by heavy ordinance, too strong for us to fight with our light field guns. To a sault an enemy of unknown strength, at such a disadvantage, ap peared to me unwise, especially as 1 had so successfully brought the army almost unscathed so great a distance, and could surely attain the same re-, suit by the operat on of time. I therefore instructed my army com manders to closely invest the city from the north and west, and to re connoiter well the ground in their fronts, respectively, whtfe I gave my personal attention to opening com munications with -our Heel, wiuch J. knew was waiting for us in Tybce, Warsaw and Ossabaw Sounds. OPENINO COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE FLEET. In approaching Savannah General Slocum struck the Charlseton railroad near the bridge, and occupied the river bank as his left flank, where he had captured two of the enemy's river boats, and. had prevented two others ( gunboats) from coming down the riv er to communicate with the city,while General Howard, by his right flank, liad broken ■ the Gulf rni road at Fleming's and way stations, and oc cupied the railroad itself down to the Little Ogeechee, near the "Station I" so that no supplies could reach Sa vannah by any of its accustomed channels We, on the contrary, pos sessed large herds of cattle, which we had brought along or gathered in the country, and our wagons still contained a reasonable amount of breadstuff's and other necessaries, and the fine rice crops of the Savan nah and Ogeechee riv rs, furbished to our men and animals a large amount of rice and rice straw ' We also held the country to the south and west of the Ogeechee as foraging ground. Still, communication with the fleet wis of vital importance, and I directed General Kilpatrick tocross the Ogeechee by a pontoon bridge to reconnoiter Fort McAllister, and to proceed to St. Catharine's Sound, in the direction of Sunbcry or Kilkenny Bluff, and open communication with the licet. General Howard had pre viously, by iny direction, sent one of his best scouts down the Ogeechee in a canoe for « like purpose. But more than this was necessary. We wanted the vessels and their con tents; and the Ogeechee river, a navigable stream, close to the rear of our camps, was the proper ave nue of supply.' THE CAPTURE OF FORT M'ALLISTER. The enemy had burned the road bridge' across the Ogeechee, just below the moutli of the Canooehee, known as " King's Bridge." This was constructed in an in credible short time in the most substan tial manner, by the 58th Indiana, Col. ] Borel, under the direction of ('apt. Reese, of the Engineer Corps. The command of Brig. Gen. liazen crossed the bridge to the west bank of the Ogeechee and marched down, with orders to carry by assault Fort McAllister, a strong enclosed redoubt, manned by two companies of ar tillery and three of infantry, in all about two hundred men, and mounting 23 guns en barbette , and one mortar. Gen. liazen reached the vicinity of Fort McAllister about one P. M., deployed his division about the place with both flanks resting upon the river, posted his skirmishers judiciously behind frlie trunks of trees whose branches had been used for abut tin. and about 5 p. .M., assaulted the place with nino regiments at three points; all of them successfully. I witnessed the as sault from a rice mill on the opposite bank of the river, and can bear tsctimony to the handsome manner in which it was ac complished. • Lip to this time we have not commu nicated with our fleet. From the signal station at tho rice mill our officers had looked for two or three days over the rice fields and salt marsh in the direction of the Sal.aw sound, but could see nothing of it. But while watching the prepara tions for the assault on Fort McAllister, we discovered in the distance what seetii ] ed to be the smoke stack of a steamer, | which became more and more distinct, J until, about the very moment of the as sault, she was plaiuly visible below the fort, aud our signal was answered. As soon as 1 saw our colors fairly planted upon the walls of McAllister, in Company with Geueral Howard, 1 went in a small boat down to the fort and met General Hazen, who had not yet communicated with the gunboat below, as it was shut out to him by a poiut of timber. Deter mined to communicate that night, I got another small boat and a crew and pulled down the river till 1 found the tug Dan delion, Captain Williamson, United States Navy, wht informed me that Capt. Dun can, who had been sent by Gen. Howard, | liati succecuca in reaching Admiral Dalil green and Gen. Foster, and that he was expecting them hourly in Ossabaw Sound. Alter making communications to those officers, and a short communication to the War Department, I returned to Fort Mc- Allister that night, and before daylight was overtaken by Major Strong, of Gen. Foster's staff, advising me that General Foster had arrived in the Ogeechee, near Fort McAllister, aud was very anxious to meet me on board bis boat. I according ly returned with him and met Gen. Foster ou board the steamer Nemaha; and after consultatiou determined to proceed with him down the sound in hopes to meet Ad | uiiral Dahlgren. But we did not meet him until we reached Warsaw Mound about noon. I there went on board the Admi ral's flag ship, the Harvest Moon. having arranged with G n. Foster to send us lrom Hilton Head some siege ordi nance and some boats, suitable for navi gating the Ogeechee river. Admiral Dahlgren very kindly furnished me with all the data concerning his fleet and the numerous forts that guarded the inland chanuels between the sea and Savannah. 1 explained to him how completely Sa vannah was invested at all points, save only the plankroad on the South Carolina 1 shore, kn iwn as the " Union. Causeway," which 1 thought I couKl reach from my left flank across the Savannah river, I explained to him that if he would simply i eugage the attention of the forts aloug Wilmington channel, at Beaulieu and Hifeedew, I thought I could carry the de fences of Savannah by assault as goon as j the heavy ordnance arrived from Hiltua • llead. On the 15th the Adaeral carried me back to Fort McAlliste^,' whence I 1 returned to our lines in the rear of Sa ' vanuali. PREPARATIONS TO ATTACK SAVANNAH. Having rvuvivjic] an<l fully coEsid ered all the reports of division comman ders, 1 determined to assault the lines pt' i the cueuiy an yoou as my be#vy orduaurc came from Port Iloyal. 6rat making a for mal demand for surrender. On the 17th a number of 80-paundcr Parrot puns hav ing reached King's bridge, I proceeded in person to the headquarters of Major General Slocum, 011 the Augusta road, and dispatched thence into Savannah, by flag of truce a formal demand for the surrender of the place ; and on answer from General Ilardee refusing to surren der. In'the meantime, further reconnoia ance from our left flank had demonstra ted that it was impractible or unwise to push any considerable force across the Savannah river, for the enemy held the river opposite the city with iron clad gun boats, and could destroy any pontoon laid down by us between Hutchinson's Is land and the South Carolina shore, which would isolate any force sent over from the flank. I therefore ordered Gen. Slocum to get into position the siege guns, and make all the preparations necessary to iw->, sault, and report to me the earliest mo ment when he could be ready, while I should proceed rapidly round by the right and make arrangements to occupy the Union Causaway,, from the diiect ion of Port Iloyal. Gen. Foster had al ready established a division of troops on the peninsula or neck between the Coos awatchie and Tullifinney rivers, at the head uf Broad river, from which position he could reach the railroad with his artil lery. I went to Port Royal, in person and made arrangements to reinforce that commaud by one or more divisions, un der a proper officer, to assault and carry the railroad and thence turn toward Sa vannah until it occupied the causeway in question. I went on board the Admi ral's flag slfip, the Harvest Moon, which put out to sea on the night of the 20th ; but the wiud was high, and increased during the night so that the pilot judged Ossabaw bar impassable, and ran into the Tyqee, whence he proceeded through the inland channels into Warsaw Sound, and thence through Romney marsh. Rut the ebb-tide caught the Harvest Moon, and she was unable to make the passage. * * * * * THE ARMY COMPLIMENTED. In the body of my army I feel a just pride. Generals Howard and Slocum are gentlemen of singular ca pacity and intelligence, tho ough soldiers and patriots, working da3 r and night, not for thetnselve , but for their c.nntry and their men. General Kilpatrick, who command e 1 the cavalry of this army, has hand led it with spirit and dash to my ■ ti tire satisfaction, and kept a superior force of the eneriy's cavalry from even approaching our infantry col umns or wagon trains. Ilis report is full and . graphic. All the division and brigade commanders merit my personal and official thanks and I shall spare no efforts to secure them commissions equal to the rank they have exercised so well. As Jo the rank and file, they seem so full of confidence in themselves that I doubt if they want a Compliment from me ; but I must do them the justice to say that, whether called on t) fight, to march, to wade streams, to make roads, clear out obstructions, build bridges, make "corduroy," or tear up railroads, theyhave done it with alacri ty and a degree of cheerfulness unsur passed. A little loos:; in foraging, they "did some taings they ought not to have done,'' yet on t 1 e w hole they have supplied the wants of the army with as little violence as- could be expected, and as little loss as 1 calculated. Some of these foraging parties had encounters with the ene my which would in ordinary times rank as respectable battles. The be havior of our troops in Savannah was so manly, so quiet, so perfect, that I ta' e it as the best evidence.of disci pline and true courage. Never was u h stile city, fiiled with women and children,.occupied by a large army w ith-less disorder, or more system, order, and good government, ihe same general and ge erous spirit of confidence and good feeling pervaded the army, which it has ever afforded me especial pleasure to report on form er occasion.'. I .avail myself of this occasion to •ox press my heartfelt thanks to Admiral Dahljgren and the officers and men of bis fleet, as also to General Foster and his command, for the hearty welcome giveu us on our arrival at the coast, and for their steady and prompt co-operation in all measures tendiug to the result accom plished 1 send herewith a map of the country through which we have passed, rcpoits from (Jen. Howard, Gen. Sloeutu and Gen Kilpatrick, and their subordinates, respectively, with the fist of cap tured property ; killed wounded and mis sing; prisoners of war taken and rescued ; as also, copies of all papers illustrating the campaign ; all ot which are respect fully submitted by Your obedient servant, W. T. SLIKRMAN. Major General. COOL AND SENSIBLE. —Two young men on board the steamer St. John, from New York for Albany, set a good example by their presence of mind aotT cool the other night. A kerosene lamp broke in a eloset, and the burning fluid covered the floor. Intense alarm of course, en- Sued, but the young fellows stood at the door, and refuse I to allow even Ae officers of the boat to enter until the kerosene was burned out. The theory was that if the door was opened and water poured in, the flames would not be extinguished, but would fee floatedto other combustible materi al at the risk of the dest ruction of all. —A young man named ltush Thompson waß drowned in French creek, at Meadville, Pa., on Thurs day night of last week, while bath ing. lie was unable to swim, and ventured toy far into deep water. <Thc gmcyicau gig™ The Largnt Circulation oj any Paper in the County. THOMAS itOBINSON. - - Editor. 111. W. SPEAR, Publisher. BUTLER PA. WEDNESDAY JI'XE'2S. IS«S, 44-"Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One and 'nseparable."—D. Webster. REPUBIjM'AX TICKET. ' STATE SENATE. JOIIV N. PURVIANCE. (Subject to District Conferee<.) LEGISLATURE. lIENRY PILLOW. ..'Ol IN It NEGLEY. {Subject to District Nomination.") COUNTY TREASURES. WM. E. MOORE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. W. 11. 11. RIDDLE. COMMISSIONED. WM. DICK. AUDITOR. J. C. KELLEY, 3 years. G. 11. GUM PER, 1 year COUNTY SURVEYOR. NATHAN M SLATOR About Jurors. For some years past, jurors 'have been somewhat indifferent as to their attend ance on Court. This i. difference has be come so general, that it has been with extreme difficulty, by times, that a j'iry could bo pannelled at nil. 'I his fact prompted the Court to order the issuing of a rule to show cause, ou all jurors who failed to attend the Court at June Term. They will therefore have an'opportunity of showing a sufficient reason for their absence or paying a fine, should tho Court see fit to impose one. This action on the part of the Court, will, we trust, have the effect of securiug the attendance of all jurors hereafter. If the circumstan ces o£ any forbid their remaining from home, they must at least make the facts known to the Court, and submit to its orders. It is but just to tho Court tosay that the puMic interest demands this ac tion at its hands, and those selected from time to time as jurors for the trial of causes must bear with the inconvenience of at tending to their duties. Riding I'lirtlcs. Of late, since tlio evening liave lie come pleasant, some of (lie youuy ladies anil i/rnt/,mrn of our borough have favor ed us with several exhibitions of their equestrianism. When conducted prop erly. this is a very gentlemanly and lady like exercise, and conducive to health ; and we feel sati.-fied that we express the sentiment of at least a great majority of the inhabitants of liutler, when we say, that they have no objections to persons, young or old, male or female, sp'nding their leisure time, evening or morning, in this healthy exercise, if it is conducted in such a manner as not to annoy the in habitants, or endanger the life or limb of the pedestrian, old or young; and here we wish to inform our young equestrians male and female, that they have no right to gallop, trot, pace or rack their horses up and down the streets within the limits of the borough; pedestrians have certain rights within said limits that they are by common consent and law bouud to res pect, and if they desire to ascertain whose horse can run the fastest and who can fall the hardest, they must, go beyond the proper boundary of the borough for such exercises. If we weretoexpressour opin ion publicly on this subject, we would say, that it don't look gentlemanly or lady like to transgress the known rules and laws of proj ricty and decency. It should not be expected by those on horse back that the pedestrian must run in or der to save his or her life or limb, mere ly for the gratification of those who are more highly favored, and can have four legs besides tlffciruwn to carry thcyii along. It also very often happens that the pedes trian is old and decrepit, and Cannot ex ert him or herself sufficiently to escape the threatened danger. Children too who have escaped the caro of Fath er and Mother, are often in the streets in the eool of the evening, enga ged in their childish plays ; and as is too often the ease, young gentlemen and ladies ou horseback are too much enga ged in order to notice these little ones, and thus their lives are in danger. We hope that the Tew thoughts thus thrown oufwill be taken as they are designed, in a spirit of kindness; and that we will not be compelled to speak again upon the abases herein referred to. A hint to the wise, is said to be sufficient. It is hoped tiiat it will be S(* in this case at least. Geu'l Grant is now iu Washington. (OWMiXH'ATIOXS. For tlio American Clliieo RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, 1 May 27, 18G5. j MA. EDITOR :—Having been requested by several citizens of our county to give them a full detail of Richmond, Va., in its present condition through your paper, I will do so pruvidiugit is not disappro ved like our furloughs used to be in time gone past. Having spent a very pleasant, though short visit among my friends, I have returned again to my command.— Having arrived here yesterday, and hav ing found my company very [Jeasantly encamped here in the eapitol. The boys are having very easy t'mes doing provjjut duty at Gen. Gibbon's headquarters in Richmond. lam sorry that my wound prevents me from taking an active part with them in their duties, and causing me to remain only as a spectator. On arriv ing in Richmond I found the city in a "most deplorable condition, —all the prin ciple business part of the city, running from Tenth to Thinteenth street, from Main street to the river, having been con sumed by firo. Main street, being the tftird street from the river, your readers can form an idea of the immense amount of property destroyed. There arc several other parts of the city that have shared the saiue fate, and ape lying in a-hrs; but strange to say the noted and once dreaded . prisons, Castle Thunder and Libby, still stand, although having nearly beeu'sur rouuded be the conflagration. Business is begining to revive here again,as our Nortlie: n enterprise bra already found its way here. The only part of the city where beauty is found is in the Capitol Square, in which there is erected a mon ument built of Granite, on the top of this is a very splendid and large statuary of the immortal Washington, mounted on a large horse ; around the base arc large bronzed statues of Thomas Jefferson, Ma son and Monroe. Leaving this ; we pass on a short distance to the west, and we come to a covered base, where we find a representation of the once ereat Statesman Henry Clay ; this piece of work has been sadly negleeted by the self sfyled chival ry of the South. Not having had time to survey the city as I should like to have done, lam not able to give you as I full a description of things as I may do hereafter Now, as the tumult of battle is over, and the war having come to a close, we probably shall all soon get home again to enjoy the companionship of friends most dear. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, JOHN G. Jlirrua, Capt. Co. 11. l!)9th Itog't. r«. Vols. Kor llie American Citizen ItvmiirliH <>(' » I'riciKl l tlic Dejilli of Abi-aliMEii Lincoln. June 1, I^os. MIT. EDITOR: —The loyal people of thic great nation have met together this day as they naver met before, in hutnilia tion for a crime such as never was com mitted before in the history of the coun try; and for which we fail to find a par allel'in the history of the world, save in the crucifixion of your beloved Jesur, upon the anaversary of which R was com mitted. You may well by humiliated before God as never was a nation before. Monarchs have been assassinated Tyrants have been driven from their throne, but where in the history of the world has the tree chosen head of a free nation been mur dered because of his Good Dcrthf Crime must sooner or later humble any people or nation. ' *ur erring brcChren ol the South being guilty in a greater decree of the crime of slavery than we.have been proportionately thq more humiliated.— Once clad in fine clothes and living in mansions, all the wages of crime we now find them humiliated in their gray sack cloth, amid the ashes and ruin of thi ir former homes, while the nation that pros tituted its power to retuan the slave to his master, is now humiliated by four years of war to returu the master to his allegi ance. Every day has its lesson. The lesson of to-day is, trnason mutt be pnnishetf. Ma iy have expressed their desire for such a fiendish culmination of their iniquity long before the deed was done, and now rejoieo over it. Men have been permit ted to oxpress their treason iu high pla ces and low, whilo their loyal neighbors were giving their life blood a libation up on the altar of their country; and still are these men allowed to iusult society with their living presence. As a natural result of this crime wc are to-day humil iated in the assassination of oui chosen Chief Magistrate. Of what avail your humiliation and prayer if you do not better in future ? -I would have you togo forth from here bet ter men. Now that the heart of the ifa tion is this day broken up, and harrowed as mellow us a garden by the affliction due our omisskms, I would sow the seed of di vine truth and justice, and teach the na tion that treason must aud shall be pun ished. As we are bowed in sorrow wer his grave, I know of no idea so.appropriate as that expressed by hlthsclf at the con secration of the Gettysburg ceinetry. " This grouDd is already consacrated' past our power of consecrating. Jt here becomes us to consecrate ourselves anew to the unfinished work for which they have given their last full measure of de votion." And now that Abraham Lincoln has finished that work, and sealed the record with his own blood, we can add nothing to hia glory, but let us this day consecrate ourselves to the unfinished work of pun ishing treason. The bleeding heart of the nation calls for the justice of Heaven on the authors of its misery. See to it, that you bear not the sword in vain.— God has given you the power—will ycu have tho moral courage to punish trai tori-? Let those who, in their unholy ambition, brought forth this rebellion, pay the penalty due the greatest crime known to the law. Let us so improve the victory purchased by the blood of onr noble slaia aud the power which God has given us,, that traitors and as3assins can find neither' life nor living friends in the country they have cursed. You weep to see the representative of the nation thus murdered, but had the bio * fell as designed, had tho natiou its self been murdered, jour children's chil dren might have wept for untold genera tions. You may all well mourn, for he was a friend of all; "With charity to wards all, and malice toward none." His nodle nature embraced in its affection, til! mm, and while in the act of writing an amnesty to those who sought his life he was strickcu down by their cowardly accomplice. Rut his work was done. He had con. quered our enemies; saved tho nation ; saved the union and saved our liberties ; much as you loved him, j'ou could not re ward him for such services, and no soon, er was it announced that tho -work was dune, than amid the greatest honon ever paid to mortal man, be was called home to reap a reward which earth conld not givo. But our work is not done. There will ever be an irrcsistablo conflict be tween good and evil. If you have not the manly courage to meet it, you must degenerate. . When Abraham declared:— ' This country could not exist half slave and half free." Huw few thought so! but ho bad faith that "right makes might, and in that faith he continued, to labor and to wait," and lived to see free dom triumph. Tho world is tho better for this conflict. We have gained more in four years than in four hundred in past ages of the world. Alexander fought for power and dominion- Napoleon fought for the same, but it will ever be the glory of Abraham Lincoln, that ho fought lor bis country and the natural rijht.it uf man. Wlieu Alexauder died bis kingdom was divided among his four Generals, but Abraham Lincoln died to establish tho principle that this uuion could nevor be bivided. To free the.sorfs of Russia Was an hon or, and to sign the Declaration of our In dependence, but to lift up four millions of a downtrodden race to the sunlight of lib erty was an act inoro (Jodlike than was ever befr recorded ol our race. It was glorious to die ut Marathan. Thermopyla, Uunkerhill or Saratoga, but to be singled out us the most noble vic tim by the blood thirsty conspirators of the enemies of freedom on earth, was an honor above all others of this nineteenth century. There may be honor in D. I), and L. L. D , &c.,«but the carping criticism of a cold w rid had given Abraham Lincoln a title before which all others fade away, and amid the admiring gaze of worlds, he has passed the sentinels of time, the out posts of eternity, and gope down into im mortal history, the greatest workmanship of God— Ait 1/onext Man. hen last I .'p ke, 'twas in defence of Abraham Lincoln. To-day, he needs no defence. The hand that murdered htn is cold in deuth. The rebellion that supported that hand is cold in death. The party that supported that rebellion is twice dead. Tongues that slandered him are dumb. Eyes that could not admire hint are now suffused with grief. I told you then "Abraham. Lincoln thought perhaps ho would die someday, and the best record he could lqave on earth would be a friend if human frcci/irm." To-day ire write no epitaph. but lay that record on his grave, and challenge the world to produce a better. Speak you of the man —.-look at the record. Speak you of the patriot—look at the record. Speak you of the christian "By their deeds ye shall 4 know them." Look at the record. Seven months ago kind mothers and loved ones asked me, " When this war would be over ?" I told you " When the enemie* of your country arc vibdued. To day I console you amid your deep sorrow, that this has been done, and those loved ones will soon return. They bring with them no compromise, no four years of failure, but freedom, victory, union, hon orable and lasting peace. Place upon their immortal brows, the laurel wreaths your owu fair hands have woven in grat titude and effection, and weep no more, for the spirit of the departed will ever live io the glory of the future. —Ship loads of merchandise are now leaving Richmond in search of a better market. Merchants nho opened import- of business there a few months ago are selling off their slocks at cost, and preparing to leave the city, not to return.
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