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Address all•letters and remittances, poSt 'paid to .CAULDWMA, .14c WIJITNEY; . rropristor4.o the New York Mereury, 'll3 Fulton street, Neiv York City. • The following' letter was written by. a. 961- dier . noW in the•uervice.:Of the United:States-- a native epl.resident of this 'county.: It is not necessary uS to'exp,lain, how . we . ..ahtaioed po . isession it. if is enough that 'We':arrure ,our readers that it is , genuine . :in'.every partic ular, and that - the author Wire. one of:, the most ardent,:entlitisiastic anddevOied'supporters of this :sortie; GeO";.PATtsiN and' " old Abe."..19 the campaign of. .1.860 . .-- .. C/earfield Verdi/qi; '. • WAstlitO . TON, D. C.,.Dec': 22, 1862. • . t liberty ake.the libeftolet y • Ou.. know how•I 'feel on the great question - that.islearing .our Republic to atoms. am a man of:obser'- - yatlon, and tylie Hook. Viier . this great. -o . oum try, and'aver ..this great people, 'and over - the disposition of men :in geherali • .1-feel.cOnfused -mind,. and . . iri• the simple lanatiaga - of.ll-01 , g•bothared 6 , rtain, we. are•iti•cone : of the. g,i - eatast.. wars ewer known, 'and sinee,l .ob?eree. the .- doings. of -Mir - loading men .I,think'the blarne4.on them. 4.y0u.100k at all. the edtusisiyciaredll . .think:as I.llm fn.. the beginning Of • this' trouble Snail wanted a sinadl,MoportiOn Of the territo ries;, it is right in them. to claim a,shata of the territories, for theiy money sPent, theirblood has been shed in the purchase of. the same. . 50.4 think , this is'one mistake,:of the prps ,, iit. A'dmini'stration. . And again.to provoke the•Snuth to .Ft fighting• pftch,' the Ad .• • • , . rnioiStrntioit abolished slaVety in• the' District : of Columbia. This ei hoy d the South :that the tiolicy.waS to abolish'Strite'rilthtS and - the in stitutions of a peat. and . iropojtant iliare. of ,tlie RepubliC: fur fear that their inst riot)! wo , llll not be 'broken hp, the. -i?reshterit out h proeluthation . that the ii - Ave be set Ire'e.on ,Tanwtry Ist 1863.. This•lya zrrat rnktale, in my - mind, Tor irdesperates • . the Soa zth bh .1 tndkes,thern ctfat ;with . ttrva,ter etteray, • and.maltas thoinsore that the of the. administration . .is abolish tt.eir .tittions. Then, alter all these things he, to desperate the : SwF , ' arid tl!shear,ten :rbe , North, has put'iniae. of .t he hiithersnme gnestiiinslie; fore'ns, which is to buy' thmniggers...• This is t he' must' contempt i ble.prepMil low of all, Now when - our-nation is al Most rained, Jiy. la rJje. taxe's 'arts trouble about the'. Neer°, We are led . to think that rl4ht 101, the. die for-the niugerauil their our Children. must: pay for the Nixizer. This policy not do, . for 'it• takes the borderStafes,frorn 'us, and thereby 'makes,the Southern ConsfetleraCY 'fixed faut.'• The AiltnitiistrstfoMousht.to'do•all Priwer to satisfy the bkirifer was in Con res,s, I would -take great pains .to give to ' the border Siatei allihm.the.C:on'S'titnfionWifl ad snit of',:fOr the majority in the late:elections is evidence. • that thu:..people" of the North are cyilling all•th,ft the 'borde- States 455 k for.. Tar: if• we Can •SII.'/C them, the Soni 'fn Confederacy is &far - co .- anti fae:ll 4reat'. nutioni.litit to :Jose them the thin . g, is ,p'ayed out,•ns thelio) s•say. ' I.•fin've said, and v hae heard.rscitheri'say that they Mid.rather:kht for the South' - than-to pay for kh'e ItIC-ANGENIUS . . Yon should ktiepli*.io'mind that the .rirrny. is 11..Trernocraiie; end lizrfrilly dolph . . . . . gers for-we liegin to fee! that. .eve are fighting' te liberate' n perrple that are net willing to raise a hand to linetetelh.e-m— -stqves;' and when, we look' at the'se thing,s, have.a. Wed!: nerve to - 00'into battle - and diejoe surh a poor muse. The cause Fs:unjust on our side; 'for men ;that are in handage'ehonhl sutler and die fr-rr, oWn,- and : nouliose that are .60 . 1 in. The Noz:is slow to rusk his, I. was in bornia4e I would fight Mrd: even die' for libertS't . and freetne; or help-rrie get ntri liberty, I Would try and pay'yunr for your trouble; but the Nig isuot of that dispO-1 Sidon, he wants inigh:wagos lie is not'satisfled' with forty cents a tiny, and itis. as much as us Whtte men get.. So that onirdiVes and- roperty. are loSt 'on a poor. thing,' as-a Principle. :The way the Dig's , 'aught to bet their liberty: is to tell their masters thatthey-: Won't work with out -pay, and die rather than work for nothing. -The while . mitti and Indian canner be enslaved; but if -we dO liberate the Ne,gtohe will nnon - he in bondage again;" for-men that- cant let:their' libei,ty can't keep it when they - have-it; •at all events they are not wofthy of •theiriiherty. I. know this to' he true froni my own observatioP. Lest spring when I was at .Fredericksburg I saw lots of: Niggets there that. Were too- lazy, to Work; the lay round' in the • woods like `Ovine, and when they got hungry they canoe out land- gatheied• the crnists'out •of the slop hole 'the CuOks• he'd to:throot their dirty 'Water tn.. Men Who act .so,are-not worthy. to dle- for;- and I think Yon.wchild not - : he more. willing -In die for theM than I ant,' on wit! say,LaM !tot dying inr:the Nig, but for the Union, his not, plain:Co' iny mind; for - the. 'South -WU"' ling to stay idthe Union -if the Ndrth, had en them thrir rights. • I think:yone.constitn ents.are all,...orthe majority, -tolet sla; 'rety . go by the hoard and agree' that all the States might. have slaves that-want them', and Congress let the . stinking.and fi lthy thing clone -willing to'pass the Crittenden prnposiz ion, and ,thereby.seetiretbe bottler Sta(es, hink.the botnestead, bill. is enoulth' ro satisfy he abolition p4tty,.foi 'yoli told' tia-it world have a teniLincy.toluil : slayerrinto the ground. You was right in that Metler,..but' 'when you told ine•that.. the Sout h 'would be Whipited, in sixty days, and' once 'you told 'me iii thrity days, and ;when 1 told' you, about leaving my wife and children to help our men in their 'bat tles; you told me there Wotild be no more fights. I said I thought entire .regiments woilld 'be cut Off at a time. .iliit for sorne'eatise'or anOther. I have:not .beenin those'. hard.fought, 'battles that have. swept . off' thouinnds of our :friends. Since yea said there:Wobld be no more fighting', .there.hris.bean 'three awfill • fights:, the'second :Bull Run, Antietam, and this ill .contrived and bloody fight ai-.Frederieksburg; shish has laid so.many brave sons of Columbia low in'the dust; and all the Use they have .been is toTmanure Southern 50i1... How wrtiild you 'like to be led. •uplo the slaughter like those poor men Wee The General Jet the rebels geralLreatlY, then`' ledodr innocent but braye:brotheratip - te .the' 'Slaughter .like Ulot'of hogs.' ,'FiS• too bad. to. talk about.• Ball's Blue we's. not - as badly inanaged 'a coticern as this.inte battle. 'Some of our men tnink old Abe wants te.get all the White men'killed off to make.roorn for the Nig- .5111 . p . "?',Tf - WOR'I. I ; . ...IWKEAN...cOUNTY, 'PA.j. I ., SAT . u . . RDAt ,pli.lß - RTJ'AR*.7: 1'8,63. LETTER TO-GEN. rA'rTON. I thinlc'..if you.. Want the good will of 'the army, and-Of the .good people, at home, - you will oppose the policy of• the. President. , , I want Sou to get, an 'arrnistree; .try and bargain. with the Satith; then,When we liow.they have:all their rights, We Will - fight to the •bitfer end if' they will not corrie But ive all want Little . 'll..rae:6 to lead usi for'lid• has not lost a .batt . fe, 8044 arn'sitisfied that - he Wouldniitmake . streh - a mistake as was male in the last battle. 64-the .fixed ,: uP Without the loss of our lives, - for ratii.satiscied it can he done . if pnr.leaders 'Want to do it. Tf you Will let. :Me prophecy a little; I• will.. tell You that - the army, and all the • border, States. and .nearli.all . the - feee States are just on a hal ance,s.and if- they, fall ~on. the leaderS, • wo to them—for I itni Most; as arigry.at our . lea lerS.as I..am at •tbe , - . rebeli—and . Ipe . Men - all Seemto feel the same, - -If 'there is not something done soon, stand from under! for an outraged, army and an au traged.people..will make things get, iii a harry. -The :rebels van:he. whipped, 'but - they ntintt,he dividott,' nod the way td: divide them is.lcs. give 'all the .I.Jnion pcirlion a k&for, The'y ask one third-of the 'Territory; let them have half: It will ITIP: in tree States, Let them have all;it 'they want it, for. I believe in two or three years the &ig.' Will . tie driveti from-the free states like wolye's,. arid sold to pay - tl . !i • expenses of this war. It :is just-What daiihi.ta be drine. . •• • • . The.men hate dheiN6it'oes,. and some Say . they wildshoot them if they come 'about them when they : tiethome':. They say•iF. the Nigtter is treed we will have tolceep therm plter . ;:vards, and, Tiny' :Mr': sending them off. You " and old Abe,ouuht to pi round. !among the—'hesnitats anal look at„the pier is;punded.scilifieTs and hen think...what it.is,fo;...„: Then think one of yoLit nsittfilMrs it is detiriv,:t 'the States of ,u; . . . have slaP.es or There is not hing• r‘vortbY of going to Warlisr, 'only 'our liberty: ;Now oar. libel ty. is net at Sic.ke and think the war Is jusCon• our part, hitt ic , jiist.oil theirs; for if you were in ,the South,anitati army was trying' to lake" ..yourtilierty froM - yoit; you Would fight like itarrinatierr—anyhow And if the Soth -comes up in . onr nionntains,•l 4104, if' they:wan% to take my property from me.. U but I woilld ifight.,lthink I could lick aliont rice 61' But.;:f ilon%;feel as if I c told get : them now; neither... Neither do I. 'believe you and old Abe will'go in their way;, for rill Abe is afraid' ,to .go opt of t he : city;,- with-Mit-a guard,. • If you law Makers Were . put ,;-in front a :time or two, , y'ou' YouliTsay imongb! ; enough) OGO4, enou'ghli . but you are-safe.-- I hear some say that the offieers chin% epen - golo:see the younde'd-inen...l have been-to nearly all itre.hospitals, - and. never saw 'old Alta in hat saw, him pass, turrountleil Tr.guard of 'cavalry: • ' • • • COQS tavArt . i , E - 11Etrru.,1CAN Alp TilF:';abri,x* —The course of the Administration has. been 'injudicious and ntiferdunare, :-.in.that: it has peoduceil on the entire mind' of the country. the conviction that idle a partizan Aciffiiniatration. It was • `claimed by 'n''pritty,ita•b'elOnging to. it, - and it was therefore' liable. to be_reje'titeti by•the othe'r'party as nOthelonged 'to ihe.coun try at large: :When' It was" 'inaugurated; both parties expreseed'asordial port. it as.the reprevent'afive of-the goYernment of the' United Silt (es . ; But.tbf.. radical . portioh 'of the Surrounding; iiarty . cornnellcd i t to reject. .all such offers. except droni its own'political ad : 'herents, rind the't melancholy' .restift is t.:it' stands now distrusted-by a i , reudrijnOrity who• are iii.ohen polititial.Opriosition to -if, end by thotisandswho are itominally . of its ewo party, who, are.slient spectalors in - the . iii6ating-state of affairs. ..The weekneSs.proditeed fly' state of things is too , mailifest to: need pointing l out. 'But where is the •remedy. - • . •• Therei.can be' hut one, and thatis a.returti to national and catholic principles, tlie- entire remodeling 'of the califnet, and the ,adoption of a new .line of policy .saited the' views 'of conservative R.Miblicanaflemberata, who.form . the - vast inejority'df thejieople. . Is there any hope of such a .course . ? 'We * - perteiesi'• none. at present,'.beeause the' conservative Repub licans ,do not act. Tile line 'which .11-I.:Lincriln has ;narked hut-for himself; lead's 'fo no such'. bright spot. in-the future' because he. believes Cris Whdle party are .with liim....The e riticipt inn. of make! - counsels; radical advisers, - -radical -views, must necessarily - lead on, to the appoint:. meet, of radical generals arid lbw:adoption Of every. measure which the 'radical prditibians have demanded. - lit the face' of a .I.argi' ma jority.of the people - , and. in . spit.e. the.warti-.. ings of the elections, ~this course ,is pursued, What','' 'theh As the. duty. - .of. ,the conservative man? We look tollie conservariVe Repubhearts. for a reply, and suchmen. as Mr: Wted dell us the present' course leads -to inevitable ruin ,'hut tell us of no way of escape. We - submit to Conservative Republicans . that they may yet 'flake - one strong effort, to_ save their' conntry., They. have'acceis to the President: The); have spectrilelairndo he heard by-him. They ought to he netive... On' them to-ilay rests a fearful 'responsihility..: They haVe no - .right 'to relapse into silence. This is• their .Administra They . belohg to - The Administration party.' They are- the stipparters.-of the Administraion . .pOlicy, unless then, come, out of the ranks and stand - openly against •thrit. policy.. -Let them: take-united, vigorous .Public meetings ,called .by Demricrats and 'managed by them 'are - - unheeded :at. Washington. But a - .great public meeting of conservative Republicans, with' Well-considered resolution, well selected ,speakers, and a clear, frpnk - and full expres— sion. of sentiments, must he felt. at Washington. and 'rnay.stek . the progreas Aric.{ssns Pose—This place taken' by Gen.' ItleClernand is On. the Ark., river, in the ..Slate; of Arkanias; is the capital of:Arkansas county, and is the oldest.town . tho:State. ;It was foultded'hY the Frenchin 1665. 'lt is located thirty Miles , above:the inouth'of. the •rives, on hlth bluff...Jo 'the rear of thetown; howe'veri the land; is, lOtv.end Ireinently inundated. It contain's . a coert , house, jail,:and• at' onetime., boasted of a -printinti.'otlice. The population, is bet w een 'four and ti , ie hundred. The place IS: situated on the 'north 'branch of the '.river. 'As 'a military position' it is wsll chosen. . . . • Postvon Sti'ititeittri. 7 -It is better to:gai to 'Sleep on the light sido,lor then, the stomach is, : very :rottch in the IpoSitiorit - ef * Louie ...turned tipside down, and 't he' contents of it are 'aided' •in passing 'out b'y ; gravitation:. • -If . .one 40,es't? ,sleep or. ielt side.the operation Of emptying 'the .6.1.0:M14:II-of -iOntents is.litte'rbaw log water from. a. ...weld. - A tter'':going. to sleep. let the .body take its own' .position. It.Yeu sleep'on yourback, especiallylspori after •a heavy.i finest,. the t•welght •:of• the: tligestive: Pyle nsoand dilator the. triad rest Big •on the•great vein. - of the' body,, iirtar'...the back:borte,'eoro• pres See and arrests the flow of 'lti4.thipod rhoreordes...... If the arrest the: aiettp is' distnrbed, rind there arempPleasapt dreirns.. it - dhe meal has .lieeti recent .antl• beartY•the arrest is' more decided; and' the various 'dien• sations,Atuch.as folditigroVer, w s preclpicei or _the 'pursuit 01 u will beast, ,or other. impending danger, and the desPerate efibrt to get rid C l it, arouses us, and sends an the staimaiing..bloodi . and' we wake in• alright,• odirendring . , or: pey 7 spiratiOn, . - or feeling exhaustion, ageording.,lo; the .degree'or - stalination, :and .the l ength 'hod strength :'of dhe when madeto escape 'the.' danger._ But, when, we: tire not, able to escape the dang•er—when Over Ihe l'preci.; pice•e-'.Wherthedurribliridlipilding crushes •Ws-- what then.? • Thai is dea t hd.. That Is dhe death of hose•,wliom it is Said, .wilen found lifeless in the'.ineriting--"That they were ps.'well. as ever, 'the day , , before;", and often. it is added Hand ale. heartier than cornett - id"- This' last,.tiSl a, trequent cettse'of death. to .thosa who:have gone. to bed to wake no'inore, w . e love merely as a private • opinioni.... The; possibility•of its truth is 'enough. to deter a' man from a late anti beartYineal. . This We do kilow; . 'with cepi iii= t Waklng.tip in the night with 'a painful diarrheii,• of cholera, 'oe billions . in »death is a very. short,. time, : ii properly traceable. to a liirge late. :tneitl....The't rely wise'Will fake Itin safe Vor persons Who. eat-three titrti;s•a..dgy, it is arpply sullicient• make lie' let:t, {Peal of cold bread whit linnen anti a cup of c•tirne''warin one call starve on aperserVerence in theßabit soon' be,v , ts a vigorous, .ppli t 04. for' breakfast,. so •prornising'of a tiny of tionntort.—.l,/atrx.'iuni . • TIItiRLOW WILED This.gentleman, 5 . 6 %i.ell.iinnivn in the redid.- - wm kadmit. men . M . Th . & 11.1mblimitt party. , has Vet ired -from the .4.49.,.?; pe.:i•,! of . 01 which he .bas been trrinetp . al editor for thirty-dwo year's. -His whole etletortal. ca: reef; e.mbtacts a iieriod•,ol fifty year . s . ,..durine. ri - iost 01 . which time he has..l.!..er, controllin g spirit of . the Republicnii - party of:Nevi; York, and rifle of the ,most piomineht tirrd influential lea'ders of. thelsame ually in, , the Union, retires pew, because lie is unwilling ,to tnicArrie abolitioiiii,eil• With the - party,,and disapproves the mad ,pidiey et the national adinirdst ratioi'; :which . iS bin vying the country to itestrnctirtn.. Unable.hinger theontrol :t.viserfounsels. d'ejeCted, his sage expeiience rtdtciris4 aril re [waif tett ;• he retires from actrit . ry . : in .with him his•