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U. S. GOVERNMENT
Prontdont—AßßAllAM LINCOLN,
Vico Preattlont—HANNlDAL HAMLIN, 4.
Socrehity of State—Wm. H. BEIVAIID,. •
Secretary of luterlor- , -.IINo. P. Usnen,
9i3oretary of Treasury—Wn. P. FrattENDEN,
Secretary of War—Yowls M. STANToN,
Secretary of Navy—GIDEON NrEttra,
Poit Master Generat—MoNvoomEnv Bum,
Attorney tionerrit—liDwarto
Chief J natio° of the United 9 nteß—Roarn B TANSY
STATE GOVERNMENT
Governor—ANDßEW G. CC RUN.
Stlere i.ars of State—ELl SLIFER,
Surveyor General—Jaues Dona,
Auditor General—lSAAC 1. 4 1.1;NK Ell,
Attorney General—Wm. M. Menserrd.
Adjutant General—A I... Roseau,
State Treasurer—Hexer D. Moons.
CbtofJustle.of the Supremo Court—Gso. W.Woon
want,
COUNTY OFFICERS
President Judge—Hon. James It. Graham.
Associate Judges—lion. Michael Cocklln, Hen
Hugh Stuart.
District Attorney—J. W. D. (1111elen.
Prothonotary—Samuel Sidman!,
Clerk aneffecorder—itphraim Common,
Pogister—Geo W. North.
High Sheriff—J. Thompson Ilippey.
County Treasurer—Henry S. hitter.
Coroner—David Srnith
County Cntutnissioners—Michael Knat, John M.
Coy, Mitchell McClellan,
Superintendent of Poor House—Hoary Snyder.
Physician to Jall—Dr. W. W. Dole.
Physician to Poor douse—Dr. W. W. Dale.
BOROUGH OFFICERS
Chief Burgeon—Andrew 11. Ziegler.
Agsiatant Buri.ess—ltobert Allison.
Town Council—East Ward—J. D. Ithineheart,
Jothua P. Ilisler,.l. W. D. Wlliden. ileorge Wetzel.
Wont Ward—Coo. L Murray, Ilion Paxton, A. Cath
cart, Jno. D. Parker, Jot,. 17. tho-cas. President, of
Council, A. Cathcart, Clerk. Jos. W. Ogilby.
High Constable Samuel Sip° Ward Constable,
Andrew Martin.
AxAeomr- •John utshall. Assista a t Assessors,] no
Moll, Geo. S. Beetem.
A udltor—Robert I) Cameron.
Tax, Collector—Alfred !Mint:heart. Ward (inner
tors—East Ward, Chas. A. Smith. West Ward, T en
Cornman, Street Commissioner, Worley B. Matthews
Xi:title.% of the l'eace—A. 1.. Sponsler, David Smith
Abrm. Dehult, :incline' Holcomb.
Lamp Lighters—Chas. B. Meek, James Spangler
CH URC H ES
First Presbyterian Church, Northwest angle of Con
tro Square. Rev. Conway I'. Wing Pastor.—Sory cos
every Sunday Morning at 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7
o'clock P. M.
Second Presbytorian Churrh, corner of South Ilan.
over and Pomfret btreets. Rev. John C lilies. Pastor
Services commence at ll o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock
P. M.
St. John's Church. (Prot. Epkcnpall northeast angle
of Centre Square. Rev. J C Clerc, Rector. Servil.es
at 11 o'clock A. M., and tl o'clock, P M.
English Lutheran Church. Bedford, between Main
and Loather streets. Rev. Ja Fry, Pastor. Ser
vices at 11 o'clock A. M.. and 6 1 ., c 'cluck I'. M.
German Reformed Church. I.;,Tlther, .beto,evi Don
over and Pitt streets. Rev. Samuel Philips, Pastor
!Services at 11 o'clock A. M., and ti o'clock P. M.
Methodlat H. Church (lire t charge) cornor of Mob
and Pitt Streeta. Iler. 'Molnar li. Sherlock, Paraor.
Services at II o'clock A. M., and 7 Welock I'. M.
Methodist E. Church (second charce,) Rev. S. I,
Bowman, Pastor. E twelves In Emory .11 E. Church at I .
o'clock A. M., and I'. 31.
Church of tied. South Kist corner of West street
and Chapel Alley. Rev. 11. F. Bock, facto . ,'ervires
at 11 a, m.. and 7 p.m. •
St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Pomfret near East st
Rev Pastor. Servi Cee every other Sub
b a th. at. 10 o'clock. Vespers at P. M.
(Ferman Lutheran Church. corner 1.1 Pomfret and
Ileatord streets. Rev C. Fritz°, Pastor. tort Ices ul
11 o'clock I'. M.
When rhani. , :es fn the alli , ye are necelisnry the
proper parsons are reque,ted to notify us.
DICKINSON COLLEGI'
Rev. Herman :11 . ..Johnson, D. IL, I'ronid n I and Pro
lessor of -41oriti.-Solonce—
William C. Wilson, A. M., Profe,,sor of Natural
Science and Curator o' the 3luneuw.
Rev. William L Boswell, A M.; Professor of the
Crook and Herman Languages.
Samuel D. Hillman, A. M., Prof° sor of MAthemat.
ics.
John K. Staynt in, A. M., Professor of the Latin and
Freneh bengua4es.
lion. James 1 1. Graham, I.L. D , Pro lesnor of Law.
Rev, Henry C. l'nestun, A. B Prinelp.3l of the
Granlmar :Nrhool.
John Hood, A vistant in the Grammar School.
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS
James clamilton, President, 11. Sax t.,n P Qulcley.
E. Corninan.G. P ilurucrich, It U. Wo-ot ward.siFn
W. Eby, Treasurer, John Sph.,, •Ales•cngsr. t
the Ist Nlonday "leach Month at 8 o'vlot.k A. M
Education, Ilall.
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OrRLI.9I.e DEPO , IIT BANK.—President, It. M Hender
son, W. M. Beetum Cash. J. P. Hassler and C. 11. Pl.thler
Tellers, W. AI. Viable, Clerk, Jim. Underwou i Sles
conger. Directors, It. M Ilendersou, president It
Woodward, dsiles Woodburn, - Slone,. lh i.-ker, John
Zug, W. W. Dale, Julio D. Uorgas, Joseph J. Logan,
Jno. Stuart, jr.
F 1 n9T NATI9N tk BANK.—Presida n Samuel II eph ii`rn
Ca• hier. Jos. C huller, Teller, Abner C. Brindle, MPH
meager, Jesse Brown. Wm. her, John Dunlap, Itich'd
Woods, John C. Dunlap, stoic Brenneman, John S.
Sterrett, Saml. Hepburn, Directors.
CUMIIKRIAND VALLES* IL llLlttial, ComsaNv.—President,
Frederick Watte; Secrotar, and Treasurer. Edward
M. Biddle: Superliiteinient, D. N. Lull. Passeng,o
trains three times a day. Carlisle Aeon nn mo ation.
Eastward, leaves Carlisle 5 55 A. Si , arriving at Car
lisle 5.20 I'. NI. Through trains Eastward, 10.10 A. M.
and 2.42, P. M. Westward at 0.27, A. SI., and 2.25 I'.
M.
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uel Todd; Treaaurer, A. L. Spon , lur ; Superintendent
•Ueorgn tt fad: Directors, F. Watts, Wu:. M. Beam,
E. M. Biddle, henry So xton, IL C. Woodward, J. W.
Petton, Y. tiardaer and D. 5, Croft.
SOCIETIES
Outuberland Star Lodge No. 197, A. T. M. moots at
Marion Hall on the 2ud and 4th Tuoadays of every
mouth.
St. Jollo'll Lodge No. 260 1. Y. M. bleats 3d nuts
day °reach month, at Marion Hall.
Carlisle Lodge No. 91 1. 0. of U. Meets Monday
evening ; at Trout's building.
FIRE COMPANIES
The Union Fire Company was organised In 1789.-
11nm:1e In Loutber. between Pitt n u t Hanover.
The cumbiti:land Fire Compeny was instituted Feb
18, 1809. Uouse in Bedford, between Main and l'oxn
Prat.
The Good Will Fire Company was Instituted In
March, 1855. House in Pomfret, near Hanover.
The Empire Hook and Ladder Company wan Institu
ted In 1859. mouse In Pitt, near Main.
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VOL. 64.
RHEEM & WEABLEY, Editors & Proprietors
/~ ~ W 1Y IY:S ~~YY U 6
"AM I FOR PEACE P YES."
Hos. Dtmet S. DICKINSON, that grand old Democrat
of Now York, being ‘vrltten to by a Indy, and the In
quiry matio of him if ho was for poaco, roturnod this
ringing reply :
For the prac2 which ringi out from the cannon's
throat
And the suasion of shot and shell,
Till the rebellion's spirit is trampled down
To the depths of Its kindred hell.
For the peace which shell follow the squadron's
tramp,
Where the brazen trumpets bray,
And, drunk with the fury of storm and strife,
Tho blood-red chargers neigh.
For tha peace that shall wash outlho leprous stain
Of our vlavery—foul and grim,
And shall sundor the letters which creek and crank
On tho down trodden dark man's limb.
I will curse him as a traitor, and false of heart,
Who would shrink from the conflict now,
I will stamp It, with blistering, burning brand,
On his hideous Cain-like brow.
Out! cut of tho way! with your spurious peace;
Which ivoLld male• us tobelllo❑'s slaves;
We will rescue our land from the traitorous grasp,
Or cover it over with graves.
Out! out of the way I with yourkmoilide scheme—
You trembling and trading pack!
Crouch away in the dark, like a sneaking hound,
That its mas•or had beaten back.
You would barter the fruit of our fathers' blood
And sell but thu stripmi and stars,
To purchase a place with rebelliou's votes ;
Or escape from rebellion's scars.
By the widow's wail, by the mother's tears,
By the orphans who cry for bread,'
By our sons who full we will never yield
TI 1 rebellion's soul Is dead.
RALLY ROUND THE FLAG
BOYS!
"'telly round the Flag boys,
Give it to the breeze;
That's the banner we love,
On ti,e land, and seas,
Brave hearts are under It;
Let the traitors brag;
Gallant lads, fire away I
And tight for the flag.
Rally round the flag boys,
Give it to the beeeze:
That's the banner a e love,
On the land and seas.
Lel the colors fly, in's,
o yard them day and night,
Fur t Jewry Is Itberty,
And lid will bless the right.
TnEm. Hal; Is but a rag,
OURS 18 Om true one,
Up with the Stars end Stripes!
Down with the new our'
Let uur colors Hy, boy s,
1. ua rd them day and night,
I or vi. tory is liberty,
And Uud a iii bless the right
" IDEDTY " in the word bays,
I:NtoN he our strenvlh!
' ADRAHAM V11:111 bring us,
VICTORY at length;
ANDY JOHNSON olds him;
flu NT will clear them ay;
Co; u•r'N at a diBcount
N*CkEti.AN doonn'timi"—
Rally mend the 11a4 boys;
On its folds we see
Blazoned -' AUK AND ANDY
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THRILLING COURT SCENE
lii 111, , pntres ~f '•llistory of
.Idinini-trntion of l'r, , i(lont Lineolti
711'1' llllllly thing's interesting itiel in-itruetive,
wit :dime 0, the AVe wake tia
iiiii , tatien as alfitrdinu: a fair saw-
I le
tine inztance or his practice we cannot r(
frain from narrating
o nt out into the world to earn a living for
hinemit, hr worlted for a Mr. Armstrong, of
Petersburg, Mimaril county, who, with hi,
wif, took a great 'interest in him, lint him
books to read, and, after the rea.on for work
was over encouraged him to remain with
them until he should find soMething to turn
his hand to" They also hoped much from
his influence over their son, an over indulged
and somewhat unruly boy. We cannot do
better than to transcribe the remarks of the
Cleveland Leader upon this interesting and
touching incident :
ene few years since, the eldest son of
Mr. Lincoln's old friend, Armstrong, the
chief suliporter of his widowed mother—the
good old man having sometime lireviriusly
passed from earth—was arrested on the charge
1/r murder. A young man had been killed
during a riotous melee, in the night tine, at
a camp meeting, and one of his associates
stated that the death wound was inflicted by
young Armstrong. A preliminary examin
ation wits gone into, at which the accuser
testified so positively that there seemed no
doubt of the guilt of the prisoner, and there
fore he was held for trial. As is too often
the case, the bloody act caused an undue de
gree of excitement in the public mind. Every
improper incident in the life of the prisoner
—every act which bore the least semblance
of rowdyism—each school boy quarrel—was
suddenly remembered and magnified until
they pictured him as a fiend of the most hor
rible hue. As these rumors spread abroad,
they were received as gospel truth, and a
feverish desire for vengeance seized upon the
infatuated populace, whilst only prison bars
prevented a horrible death at the hands of a
mob. The events wore heralded in the coun
ty papers, printed in the highest colors, ac
companied by rejoicing over the certainty of
punishment being meted out to the guilty
party. The prisoner overwhelmed by the
circumstances under which ho found himself
placed fell into anielitncholy condition ; bor
dering on despair, and the widowed mother,
looking, through her tears, saw no cause for
hope from earthly aid.
At this juncture, the widow received a let
ter from Mr. Lincoln volunteering his ser
vices to save the youth froni - the impending
stroke. Gladly was his aid excepted, al
though it seemed impossible for even his
Sagacity to prevail in sueji a desperate case;
but the heart of the attorney was in the
work and-he set about it with a will that
knew ho such a word as fail. Feeling that
the poisoned condition of the public mind
was such us to prelude the, possibility of em
panneling an impartial jury in the court hav
ing jurisdiction, ho produrcd!a change of
venue, and a postponement of the trial. Ho
then'went studiously to Work uuravelirig the
history, of; the case, and.satisiled , himself that
his client' wits the vietini;of inalMe, andthat
the'statements of the accUser'.werea - tliAue'l!if
falsehoods., .
`When the trial was .called on, the .prison
er, pale And emaciated with hopelessness
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written on every feature, and accompanied
by his half-hoping, half despairing mother—
whose only hope was in a mother's belief of
her son's innocence, and in the justice of the
God she worshipped-, and in the noble coun
sel, who, without hope of fee or reward upon
earth, had undertaken the cause—took his
Boat in the prisoner's box and with a stony
firmness listened to the reading of the indict
ment. Lincoln sat quietly by, whilst the
large auditory looked on him as though won
dering what he could say in defense of one,
whose guilt they regarded as certain. The
examination of the witnesses for the State
was begun, and a well arranged mass of evi
dence, circumstantial Lind positive was intro
duced, which seemed to impale the prisoner
beyond the possibility of extrication. The
counsel for the defence propounded but few
questions, and those of a character which ex
cit- d no uneasiness on the part of the prose
cutor—merely, in most cases, requiring the
main witnesses to be definite as to the time
and place. When the evidence of the prose
cution was ended Lincoln introduced a few
witnesses to remove some erroneous impres
sions in regard to the previous character of
his client, who, though somewhat of a row-
Ay, had never been known to commit a
vicious act; and to show that a greater do
gree of ill-feeling existed between the accuser
and the accused than the accused and the de
ceased.
The prosecutor felt that the case was a
clew• one, and his opening speech was brief
and formal. Lincoln arose while a deathly
silence pervaded the vast audience, and in a
clear and moderate tine began his argument.
Slowly and carefully he reviewed the testi
mony, pointing out the hitherto unobserved
discrepancies in the statements of the prin
cipill witness. That, which s , eemed plain and
plausible, he made to appear as crooked as a
serpent's path. The witness had stated that
the affair took place at a certain hour in the
evening, and that by the aid of the brightly
shining moon, lie saw the prisoner inflict the
death blow with a slung-shot. Mr. Linedln
showed that the hour referred to, the moon
had not yet appeared above the horizon, and
consequently the whole tale was a fahrica-
An almost instantaneous change seemed
0 have been wrought in the minds of his au-
Mors, and the verdict Not Guilty was at the
rid of every tongue. lint the advocate was
Lot content with this intellectual achieve
'lent. Ills whole being had for months been
amnd up in this work of gratitude awl
uirr
v. and. as the lava or the overcharged crater
bursts ,front its imprisonment, so great
thoughts at d burning words leaped forth
farm the eloquent Lincoln. lie deem a pic
ture of the perjurer so horrid and ghastly
that the accuser could sit uu der it no longer,
but reeled and staggered from the court
whilst the audience fancied thby coul4„
t he - h - rrcrirl - upon—his-brow. -Then- r i
of thrilling pathos, Lincoln appealed i tu the
jurors as fathers of some who might brcome
fatherless, and as husbands of wives who
might become widows, to yield to no tire
vious impre:siiim no ill founded prejudice,
but to dii this client jui•lice; and, ns he id
h, the (kb( ,irgratitud, lie owed to the
boy's sire,, tears were seen to full from many.
eye.: milked to weep.
It wm , near night when he concluded, by
Itying if justice was done—and he believed
it would be—before the, sou should eel it
would shine upon his client a free man. The
jury retired, and this court adjourned for the
day. Ihdr an hour elapsed, when the officer,
of the court and the volunteer attorney sat
at the tea-table at their hotel, a messenger
announced that the jury had returned to their
seats. All repaired immediately to the court
home, awl, whilst the prisoner was being
brought from the jail, the court mein was
tilled to overflowing with eitizensolthe town.
When the prisoner and his mother entered,
silence reigned as completely as though the
house was empty. The foreman of the jury,
in answer to the usual inquiry from the court,
delivered the verdict of .'not guilty." The
widow dropped into the arms of her son, who
lifted her up and told her to look upon him
as before, tree and innocent. Then, with
the words, " - Where is Mr. Lincoln ?" he
rushed across the room and grapsed the hand
of his deliverer, whilst his heart was too full
for utterance. Lincoln turned his eyes to
ward the west, where the sun still lingered
in view, and then turning to the youth,,said,
'•lt is not yet sundown and you are free." I
confess that my cheeks were not wholly un
wet by tears, and I turned from the affect
ing scene. As I cast a glance behind, I saw
Abraham Lincoln obeying the divine injunc
tion, by comforting the widowed and father-
Whon Lincoln first
The Crisis of Rebellion—lnforma
tion Direct from Richmond.
Fresh from Richmond a youthful refugee
from a relentless rebel conscription has giv
en us some very interesting and important
information of the present condition of things
in that quarter. His testimony is but a con:
firmation of the late letter of Gen. Grant,
the reports of rebel deserters, and tfic con
fessions of rebel journals; but it is none the
less important on that account. He tell us
that the hopes of the dismantled Southern
confederacy are now reduced to the army of
Gen. Lce.-;that Lee"is now the bearer of
"Ctesar and his fortunes ;" and that, in view
of a mighty and desperate effort to break
through the coils which General Grant is
weaving around them, the rebel chiefs are
sweeping into Lee's army every white male
within their reach, capitble of bearing arms,
between the ages of sixteen and fifty-five
years. Houses, stores and offices are entered,
and the victims of this exhausting conscrip
ion are simply clapped upon the shoulder and
ordered to report at this camp for active ser
vice, and they are under a requisition froth
which there is no escape except throguh the
perils of desertion.
It further appearti, 'from the same intern,
gent witness, that, notwithstanding this In
exorable anti:effective recruiting system the
army of Lee does. not now exceed selienty ,
Ifive thousand ten, and that the column of
EarlY'in the S enandoali Valley does net ex
elyed ton thousand. At the same time the
failing supplies: of Richmond admif,uf,no al,
ternative' but light or flight to Lee and:Da ,
vis. .The rebel paper currency has been re-i,
duced
. one-third in amount by Jeff. DOiale
34asiiisipi remedy of reiiudiation,
14ett;si#.440red dollars Of ,thot legaltendef
to procure in Richmond a barrel of flour.
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1864.
Our opinion from the first, that, against the
strategy and combinations of General Grant
formidable and elaborate defences of Rich
mond would prove to Jeff. Davis a delusion
and a snare, is establised. He is flanked
from his'subsistence, and he must come out
and fight for it or abandon his cause, in the
judgment of the civilized world, with the
adandonmont of his capitol.
He will fight. He is obstinate, head-strong;
savage and desperate, and ho has resolved
upon a Watterloo victory .or defeat. He
ca7;not, however, abandon Richmond with
out a fight that will settle the question be
tween the opposing-armies, because, with or
without a fight, his evacuation leaves him no
other resource than an ignominious flight.
But, first, we are on the eve of a terrible
struggle for Richmond; and we are glad to
assurOir readers that Gen. Grant is ready
ut all points. He is well informed of the
straits, the necessities, the movements and
the designs of the enemy, and is ready.for.
him. Lee must do something, not only to
secure subsistence, but to effect a political
diversion in favor of his master in Europe
and in our Presidential election. The rebel
lenders still believe in the promises of Slidell
of French intervention, and in the promise of
the copperheads of a Northern insurrection
but Lee roust first break the coils of Grant.
The struggle is at hand; and while wAfully
rely upon General Grant, let there be it re
laxation in the elfoi•ts of the government and
our loyal fellow citizens of the North to
strengthen him in every possible way. A
Union victory now as Riehmond will be the
virtual end of the war.
SOLDIERS I VOTE FOR YOUR
CAUSE!
Our brave soldiers in the field were dis
' franchised by a Deinovratic court—the deci
sion emanating from Judge Woodward. the
Democratic candidate for boverMtr in 18titl.
The Union members of the Legislature at
once took steps to affect an atrue'lidment of the
Constitution so as to remedy the objections
interposed by a Democratic Court. Last
winter the amendment , had to piss the Le
gislature without amendment, or their adop
tion would have been postponed one year,
thus postponing the right of suffrage in the
army until after the Presidential election.
There were three amendments, and all had
to pass without alteration—just as they had
been adopted 'film year before—or all would
have failed. Too cowardly to attack soldier
suffrage, manfully, the I)cmocrats: of the
House re , .dved to attack it indirectly but
unite 11F , fatally, and every 1.),. mar ra -
hrr, excepting on Mr. Marshall, of Adaufs,
voted against the second amendment, at a
to (Veal all the proposed a niend meats, rued
the pre re to I the soldier, front rating at Mc
11e.rt , CleetiOn, That this treachery did not
succeed is due 'solely to the vigilance and
fidelity of the Union Legislature, for they
saved the great issue of soldier suffrage by
polling a solid vote for it. By their united
and ceaseless efforts the amendnumts were
carried in the Legislature, and submitted to
111`4 , 1,10 the State for ratifiva
iin the 2(1 of August: The result wits the
,uceei-s of the manure by nearly one hundred
thousand majority, but it is all appaling
truth that one hundred and jive theotqand,
At the Democratic meeting in Indepen
dence ,4quare on Saturday evening, Hiram
Keted‘uni, of New York, said in the course
of his speech Hat Grant had lost and buried
in his Virginia campaign one hilndred thou
sand good and true men in the attempt to
take 'Richmond by any other plan than that
The best way to arrive at a
proper conehedon on this subject is to eon
tra-t the official returns of lo'sses
in his Virginia campaign with the official
returns of Grant's lo:ses there, and We avail
011N , IVOS Of the subjoined condensed view
of thi,matter, which we find in the Ch!ea
go Tribune :
The' Nation,ll Isfelligenre.r makes General
Grant's losses up to (but not including) the
last as , ault on Petersburg, (15,200. W'e
.1111,.1 7 ;;...",;Dn some pains to ascertain what
were General Met lellan's losses on the Pen
insula. We find they were 70,8:15.
"This information is derived by subtract
ing the number of men present for duty at
Harrison's Bar, dilly 15, 151;2, from the
whole number of men sent to General Me-
Clellan on the Peninsula. )t r. John Tuck
er, tl , :n assistant Secretary of War, upon
whom 111(5 devolved the duty of providing
transportation for the Army of the Potomac,
testifies (page 295, vol. 1, Report on the Con
duct of the War) that the following troop- ,
were transported to General McClellan :
the returns, and see whether they came Prior to . - ah_ , .l•Aprit, 121,500
•otes were ea-t in the State agnin,t conferring
ipon 0111 . soldier the right to rote for the
if the you ntry they are perilling their lives
th fund
Where did the 105,003 vote; come from ?
,et the Soldiers of Franklin county glance
'rum the friends a Mr. Lincoln or from the
General MeClellen. ('.moord, Lucian,
)rrstown, Southampton and Wesh Run—all
jenmeratio cEstricts, And SUNd to give
IcClcllan majorities, voted against our sol
tiers voting, while the Union and Lincoln
districts gave immense majorities for the
amendment. Chambersharg, Mereersburg,
Antrim, Fayettville, Greenvillage and
Washington—all certain to give decided
majorities for Lincoln, gave the strongest
majorities in favor of our soldiers exercising
the right of suffrage. And so it was through
out the State, Every county that voted
again d the soldier voting gave a majority
for M'Clellan, while the strongest Curtin
and Lincoln counties gave the largest majo
rities for the soldiers. Take the following
decided Union counties and look at the ma
jorities they gave in behalf of our soldiers:
MAJORITIES FOR SoLDrEus
Lancaster,
A Iletthany,
Beaver,
Bradford,
8,933' Chester, 4,983
8,967 Lawrence, 2,142
2,014 Philadelphia, 17,303
2,278 Tioga, . 3,127
4,7491
On the other hand look at the counties
which voted against the soldiers. hero are
some of the leading majorites, and each of
them is good for ; for declaring
the war a " failure ;" for an " immediate
cessation of hostilities," and for anything
that will give fresh life an,d hope to traitors
in arms
MAJORITIES AGAINST SOLDIERS
1,931 iMonroo,
Barks,
Cambria, ' 614 Northampton,
Clearfield, 785 Pike,
Columbia, , 1,030 Wayne,
Lehigh, • 4,7491
Can any soldier doubt how and by whose
efforts he is enabled to vote at the next elec
tion I—and is there any soldier prepared to
vote with his bitterest foes 1 Let their bal
lots answer.
Let soldiers look well to the PRINCIPLES
which they vote to endorse. In order that
they may vote understandingly, we give the
two main resolutions from the Chicago and
Baltimore platforms:
LIWCOLN PLATFORM
"Resolved, That, wo approve the determi
nation of the Government of the United
States not to compromise with the rebels, or
to offer any terms of peace, except such ti's
may be based upon an " unconditional sur
render' of their hostility and a return to their
just allegiance to the Constitution and laws of
the United States, and that we will call upon
the Government to maintain this, Position
and prosecute the war with the utmost . pos.•-'
sible vigor to the 'complete suppression. of the
rebellion, in full reliance upon the self- - saeri.
lice, the. patriotism, the heroic valor, and Vie:
Undying devotion of the American'peophitU
their country audits free - instttutionit."• ':'•
. .
Thai's aro no inisundarstanding, the posi
'ion ()peopled by the Union party yand
candidates. Nov hear the Chicago declara
tion' Of principles
• 1
'PLkivoios.
'Resolved, That this e'ortymitibn does exPli;-
oitlk , declare, as the. sense'of the :Amerlon
people, Oat after foor yeare of; f4ilure , to re
attire the Ution, by the experinte44 ;of, war,
=MEE
II
during which, under the pretence of milita
rynecessily, or the war power, higher than
theVonstitution, the Constitution itself has
beeri-disgregarded in every part, and public
property and private right alike trodden
Ttlowni and the material prosperity of the
country essentially impaired, Justice, hu
manity, and the public welfare demand that
inl4aediate efforts, be made for the cessation of
a
hostilities, with view to the ultimate con
vention of all the States, or other peaceable
meana,,to that end, that, at the earliest prac
tical Moment, peace may be restored on the
basis of the Federal Union of the States."
That the platforms presented by the two
particri -, represent the position clearly mani
fest by their letters of acceptance. President
Lincoln in his letter of acceptance of the
Union nomination, says:
" The nomination is gratfully accepted; as
the resolutions of the Conrention o called the
platform, ARE HEARTILY APPROVED!"
General McClellan in his letter of accept
ance, -after attempting to blunt the sting of
thel*nt treason in the Chicago platform,
concludes as follows.
"Believing that the, views here expresse6
are TitosE OF TH E CON vmsnwsr AND TII E PKO
PLR' YOU REPRESEN T, I accept the ?WM Ina
fien.”
• -The foregoing are' .. the deliberate records
the two great parties in this contest. The
one declares that there can be no armistice,
no cessation of hostilities with traitors, until
they submit to the majesty of the laws. The
ether declares the war a " failure"—that our
sacrifices have been vain—that our armies
have achieved no triumphs, and demands
that it at once, be stopped to enable treason
to rally its shattered strength for another
murderous war. Soldiers of the Republic !
you have periled your lives for the safdy of
the Government; your comrades fill martyr
graves as the sad price of your victories ;
your flag now floats iii every Rrbel State, and
Treason is on the threshold of death. The
INE'Cleilan platform is a stain upon your
gallant dead, an insult to your flag, and a
treacherous blow at your cause. Can it bi)
endorsed by your votes ?—l••ranklin Reposi
tory.
Who was the Butcher, M'Clellan, or
I , 'ranklia's vi,ion,
3lcCall's diN i,ion,
From,Baltitnore and Fortress-Monroe, 11,000
Part of-Bhield's division, n,OOO
"On page DO of the same volume Gen.
:11eigs estimates the nuniller of men thus
transported at 100,1)00. That these figures
are approximately correct is shown by the
consolidated report of the strength of the
Army of the Potomac on the 30th of April,
1802,, (page 323.) and the Adjutant General's
statement of the reinforcements sent to Gen.
McClellan prior to the 15th of June, 1802,
(page 145,) to wit :
Aggregate strength 30th April, 120,378
Reinforcements present for duty to 10th
ME
162,7:38
Deduct Franklin's division, twice counted,
11,332
• 151,400
Add Shields' division, sent after 15th
June, 5,000
"We will now let Gen. McClellan tell us
how many men lie had fit for duty on the
10th of July, 1802, at Ilarrison's Bar. We
quote from i his dispatch of that date to the
President:
.11EADQVARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
July 15, 1862. I
I find from official reports that I have
present for duty : officers, 3215 ; enlisted
men, 85,460: in all present for duty, 88,665.,
—Report on the Conduct of the War, page
343.
Hence the result:
Whole number of men sent to General
1,186
688
674
777
McClellan, 169,500
Number of men fit for duty at Harrison's
Landing,
Losses,
"The Intelligencer bewails loudly the
casualties of the first week of Gen. Grant's
campaign, embracing the two battles in the
Wilderness, and: the principal share of the
fighting at Spotteylvania, which it estimates
at 85,000._ This is about the.same number
that Gen. McClellan lost by disease alone in
the Marwick and . .Chickahominy marshes,
On page 845 of the volume already quoted
from' we find a statement from the Adjutant
General of, the Army, compiled from Gen.
McClellan's Official returns, of the compara
tive strength of the Army cif the Potomao on
•
the Ist
•. •
the Ist day of Apiil, and the 20th day of
JUnt?, 1.882,.frem which we learn that there
•were•ioniy 115,102 men present for.duty on
the_ day last mentioned. All of Gen. Mc-
Glellan'sforces hid, reached him before the
20th of- June, except the 6000 of Shields'
divieiori; .'ln other words, he had received - ;•
Aisi'afalast, ' ls4,soo men'ifrien to . that'date;
ilis:lesses;:therefore, had been 8c,898. gut'
• •
.only thiee •
engagementa had taken peep up
to this, thni p ;. WiillamshOg;
and Fair *OclseAnt , i - 014krnaliurg
were absogt, 2200, a 4 dt, everk Pinea. and
,
Grant?
MB
l',2!:11
I
, ii rx o 1
4
......10 3
Fair Oaks less than 8000 each. If we sup
pose they amounted to 9000 in all, (and this
is a liberal allowance, which will easily cover
the skirmishes on the road,) we have losses
to the number of 30,398 men, not by battle.
And we may add that no field of battle ever
presented a more appalling spictacle than
did the typhoid hospitals at Yor town during
the spring and early summer_o 1802."
We commend this comparison to the peru
sal of all who have been accustomed to listen
to such stuff as Hiram Ketchum preached in
Independence Square. Ketchum comes from
Gotham, where ignorance is bliss on all sub
jects relating to the present Administration,
and he fancied, no doubt, that he had a carte
blanche to talk the same kind of stuff here.
This is a specimen of the systematic copper
head talk by which the people of Gotham are
misled. President Lincoln is responsible for
all this slaughter under Grant, quoth Ketch
urn, because he advised adherence to the
northern route. Aye, but who is responsi
ble for the much larger loss under McClel
lan, upon a route which Lincoln did not ad
vise? The truth is, that these copperheads
arc opposed to Grant because he is a success
ful general, and they fear that he may crush
the rebellion, and thus terminate all copper
head prospects of ruling the Union, by the
aid of the rebels, under soma compromise.
1776 AND 1861
The Devil is said to have the faculty of
quoting Scripture in his own justilication,
and, with a perversity that is as Satanic as
that of the lather
,of mischief himself, the
Copperheads attempt to justify the conduct
of their Southern principals. We have re
cently seen several articles in the Copper
head press that were designed to show that
the rebellion, in all material respects, cor
responds with our own revolution, and that
we cannot condemn the course of Southern
traitors, without hr inference censuring the
American patriots of MG. They audacious
ly compare Jefferson Davis with George
- Washington, liken Semmes to Paul o n es,
claim that Memininger and Robert Morris
are in the same boat (historically), and in
sist that Henry A. Wise is only a logical
and appropriate successor of Patrick Henry.
George the third is, of course, typified by
President Lincoln ; and the South Carolina
Ordinance of Secession is as proper an in
strument as the Declaration, of Indepen
dence.
AF, We understand history, the American
colonies were gained to the 13riti-li crown by
di , covery 'and conquest. and-set tied, either by
the people who had their bower here before
th e , con ques t s , or by British subject, who
emigrated to the land or promise after the
authority of England had been firmly estab
lished here. Great Britian ruled the colo
nies as conquered provinces, and while ref\ 18-
ing to allow an American a seat in her Parli
ament, she forced offensive .burthens_upwi
the country, in defiance of the established
English principle of no taxation without
representation. The colones first petitioned,
and then protested against this conduct, and
finding their remonstrances treated with con-
erupt, t 1 ,- revolted, and secured their
is as they had an entire right to
To make the parallel complete, it would
have been proper that America should have
enjoyed the lion's share of the government
of the common country, front the time it
had an existence; that much of the common
domain had been purchased at a huge cost
out of the public treasury, and that the colo
nies had their young men educated at the
tuitional cost, while "their potent, grave and
reverend seignors" held almost all the im
portant governmental posts of honor and
emolument, at home and a broad. To
ESE
BEM
159,.500
make the parallel hold good, it would re
quire that America was disappointed in the
result of an ante-revolutionary election, into
which she had entered, and that while all her
constitutional rights were still scrupulously
guarded, and she possessed a majority in
Parliament and upon the bench of the Su
preme Court, she refused to abide by the re
sult of the ballot. We have never heard that
George Washington was an honored mem
ber of the British House of Lords up to the
moment when he determined to embrace the
popular cause; we arc not aware that Mar
ion had ever held the second office in the
gift of the people of Great Britian, or
that he was a Senator at the very moment
when he took a place in the revolutionary
ranks ; we are not conscious that John Han
cock was in the British cabinet at the time
of the breaking out of the war, now do we
remember to have heard that he used his of
ficial position to steal guns and Indiah bonds
from the Government which he was sworn
to sustain, and bent upon betraying, in or
der to hand the plunder over to theenemies of
hi country. When the copperheads can
ma e us see anything in common between
Wash 'lgton and Davis, Hancock and Floyd,
Franklin and John Tyler, Robert Morris
and Howell Cobb, Cadwalader and Breckin
ridge, Patrick Henry and—Reed (not
much matter whether sire or descendent),
we will begin to look upon the rebellion in
the light of a revolution, and shall endeavor
to accustom ourselves to consider patriotism
and treason, honesty find thievery, war and
piracy, purity and corruption, high resolve
and wicked design, humanity, and savage
barbarism, as so many synonymous and con
vertible terms. The revolution of 1776 and
the rebellion of 1861 are no more alike than
a modern copperhead is like an ancient gen
uieg democrat, and heaven knows they are
far as the poles asunder.
MEI
156,406
88,665
70,835
THE GREAT Garinnax.,,George B. Mc.
Clellan allowed the Potomac to be blockad
ed for several months by 50,000 rebel troeps,
while he lay near Washington with a force
of nearly 200,000 under his command. This
may be attributed to the fact that he was
surrounded by rebel syn4pathizers and took
counsel from traitors. Every rebel in the
country shouted over hls great generalship,
and io they continue to laud his exploits.
The plot' is so transparent that any unprejw,,
diced man can see the end aimed at. Mc.'
Clellan was the tool of the friends of the eon
spiratiars, and be is now their candidate
,for
,the Presidency, Those who do not wish to
see tbeljnion destroyed, or democratic prin
ciples sacriliced, should vote against the men
.whOlave invariably shown a disposition ,to
thwart :the Measures ,devised to overthrow
the rebels.. lied Grant been at the,head of
the army instead of McClellan, in the begin
.ing of the.ar the old flag amid nowilurie
dyer everygitate, and 'peace and prosperity
would prevail on every hand.
TEitms:--$2,00 in Advance, or $2,50 within the year.
[Prom Carrington!a Commissionaire.]
" TAPSt"
" Our ward fronts on the sea, and the night
bugle-miasic is blown away on the sea wind,
and comes back to us in sweet fragments. It
is nine o'clock; the day, full of hope and
fear, is ended; and while I write, the sick
men are all quiet in their little camp-beds.
A moment more, and the last bugle will
sound—signal for silence and darkness.
Now it begins, and the notes, rising and
fulling, say as plainly as music can say any
thing, 'Put it out; Put it—out; Put—it--
out !'
" It is a clear, golden call, almost a human
voice, falling softer and slower to the end;
and when well played, lingering a little at
the last, like some one very cautiously hush
ing a baby to s'eep."—Part of Letter from
U. S. Army Hospital.
OM=
Put It out I
Tho clear notes rising climb
A ladder of sweet mound;
And from each golden round
The ascending angels nem lug heaven do chime
"Uod'■ watch begins, put your dim lantern out."
Put out each earthly light;
It is Gocrel shadow falls
Along the darkening walla,
Closing us round, when men Hay," It Is night:"
Ho draws Co near it shuts the daylight out.
Put It out I
Put It outl
Put It out!
Forbear each scheme of III;
Gond angels - walk the ward
And heaven Is all abroad
When twilight fella and earth lies hushed and still;
Room for the angels! put the dark deeds out.
Put out n!) thoughts of care;
Pest gontly, aching head;
Ile stnnds beside the bed,
Who brings in peace and healing, unaware,
And sonde soft-footed Sleep to shut Pain out
Put It out!
Put It out!
Put out—quite not—the light.
Ilnrk I as the notes grow faint,
Was that a new•veioed saint
Who climbed with them, and sealed the starry
height 7
Has from among us any soul gono out 7
God's Inv° fulls as a screen,
Whlre lights hurl dim and pal. ;
No flickering_fismo shall foil.
For, with his hand held steadfastly between,
No wind ran blow to put these life-lamps out
Through Earth's tong night Ho waits,
Till to tho Soul's glad eyes,
Filled with'Divine surprise,
Heaven opens wide her golden morning gates.
Tut a, Day being come, Ile breathes the candle out
McClellan and Lincoln in Europe
Those who have watched the attitude of
the European prey With regard to our war,
will not be surprised at learning that eViTy
paper in Europe which has sympathized
with the Rebellion believers in and hopes fur
the success of McClellan at the Presidential
election. In London, The: Times, The Her
ald and The Post, which have for three
years used all the influence that daily papers
can command to encourage and aid the Re
bellion, and prevent a restoration of the Un
ion, are delighted with the Chicago Platform.
They believe that it will lead to a speedy
recognition of the independence of the South
ern Confederacy.
In France, all the organs of the French
Government express confidence in the sue
cess of McClellan. The French Imperialist
papers, published in this country, are open
ly advocating the recogn i tion of the Rebels.
They go hand in hand with Po , Daily ,V, , ws
Un the other hand, there is not a paper in
all Europe that has been friendly to the Un
ion, which does not hope for the triumph of
the principles laid down in the Baltimore
Convention.
Garibaldi, in a recent letter' to a paper of
Geneva, says :
n I desire to acid my name to the four
thousand citizens of Geneva who have ad
dressed the United States in favor of the
maintenance of the Constitution and the ab
olition of slavery, and I hope in so doing to
obtaint.the approbation of the Liberal press,
and of all my fellow citizens. Glory to
Switzerland! That old home of liberty de
serves to stand in the vanguard of human
emancipation. From a fatality now weigh
ing on nations, we see great peoples grow
less, and even disappear before the lying flat
tery of despotism, and the champions of free
dom become the police of tyranny. Well, let
Switzerland take the lead till nations repent.
Ty. , mts pass away ; nations are immortal.—
What avails a minority? We shall conqure
by aid of our old traditions; and we shall
again see tyranny melt before the pop
ular phalanx as snow before the sun. AV e
shall conquer because we have right, justice,
and brotherhood on our side. Let me now
call the attention of Switzerland to a great
fact. The American Republics present to
the world the spectable of the connection of
the peoples. An aggression against the Pe
ruvian territory, completed by the Spanish
Bourbons, has raised a cry of shame and
vengeance from all her sister nations. If the
elder sister of republics will send one word
of comfort to her suffering sister, it would
be a striking contrast to the shameful leaguer
of tyrants against liberty which we now see
in Europe.
THE PARTY OF SURRENDER
The copperheads and democrats are pro
posing,-in the coming Presidential campaign,
to conjure with the word "Peace." Avail
ing themselves cif the hardships, discontents
and high prices incident to the war, they
hope to secure a suffieient support for their
condidate by spreading the impression that
we cannot have peace under Mr. Lincoln,
and by promising it, more or less explicitly,
under some other candidate. The plan is
well devised, and the fathers of it probably
could not place themselves on any stronger
liasis. But it would be a pity, indeed, if any
such wretched sophistry could succeed. There
is no man in the country, prohably, mote
heartily desirous of peace than Mr. Lincoln,
unless it-be - Gerieral - Grant - or - General - Sher - ::
man. The loyal people of this country are
and, throughout the war, have been eager
forpeaos. What then is meant by the cop
perhead or the democrat when he calls him
self a friend of peace ? He means, if he means
anything in particular, that he is in favor of
conceding to the rebels the right of secession,
or of layingdoxyn arms like the king of Den
mark and making such terms as we can with
the enemy. Mr. Lincolryontheother hand,
is in favor of compAlling tlae rebqls to lay
down their arms; and of forcing them to
make Such terms as they,"cart with us.'- One
'advocates peace through surrender ; ' the other
'advocates - peace through victory. Both are
race Men, socking a common object by the
_tied of different' mem& If. the party 'Of
Lincoln is to be called : the , was-partyi•-•des r
ignating,it by:tho means which it advocatee
to . ibouro 'pesice,L4lterilthii-capparbaradti• 'arid
demobrat! 545914 Nroallaid,:luot e", plot
party, but thcaurratitier party.
•
Are the Germans Wrote itt:Want-*
ing our Botids P•
Not a bit of itl ...No';;Shiewder,Ariftiof
.pepple, in matters of money, exist on earth:
Our - Jersey people and , Neir...lilngland peo
ple are a frugal, industrious peoplejbut they
' can't save money like the Germans. _43i
Germany is a great savings bank. , 'lt is true
that their working Men• are noese ria hr/ on
an average, as our working men, because
they don't get more than one quarter of the
wages of our men, But a German can save
money, and'he knows when its sole.. Now
these shrewd, thrifty Gernians 'want' our
bonds. They want them by millions. They
turn aside from the great beggars of the
world in Europe, and come td us -Republi
cans. They treat the notes of Napoleon and
Joseph and . Iffaxintilian with indifference,
but want to discount all the Anterinnn WARS'
they can get: The London 'Hines - saga thig •
is ell Wrong—that the Republicans in Ameri
ca are all .bankrupt, and the Germans must
be crazy to slight English and-French beg
gars, and go begging themselves, t`o
ca. Are they crazy ? W e asked Poor
lfich
ard whet he thought about it. - "Why,"
said he, "how can they be crazy, when tbey
are doing just what I did a little more than
a year ago, when I put my little savings in
to Government six per cents? New See
what I got by it ; just count up. I have re
ceived six per cent. in gold, which averaged
100 per cent, in currency. • =thin.. 12 per
cent. income. Now, to-day, my bond is
saleable in the New York market at 10 per
cent. premium. Put these together, and to
day I have 22 per cent. for one year's use of
my money! What do you think of that?
You know, as well as I do, that there are
thousands of people who did this, and to-day
they have 22 per cent. on their investments.
Why, I saw Miss Jones, our school-rnum,
go to the bunk and buy a $5OO bond. How
she got, the ,Money I don't know, but these
Yankeb schoolmistresses are flrst,rate hands
at taking care of themselves. Well, now
count up. if Miss Jones sells her bonds to
day she gets her $6OO back safe, and she
gets .$llO clear gain. Can you sharp fel
lows down there in William street do any
better ? You know I told Mr. Smith, the
banker, my ideas about that, and he bought
$5,000 six per cent. bonds, and you add he
,"got 51,100 for a year's use'of his money. I
met him the other day, and he said, 'Poor
Richard, you are right; I begin to think
the Government can take care bf itself, and
us too. For my part, I mean to buy some
of the 7,30'5. The rate of interest is high
enough, and in three years they will turn in
to six per cent. bonds again.' 'Yes, Mr,
Smith,it is notonly right on the money side;
but it is right on the Country's side Mo. Help'
your country, or it can'thetp you. Now, Isa
the Germans are not only right, but they
would be right if they got half that interest.
They cannot make a quarter pf it at home."
So thought Poor Richard, and so think we.
When we think of the German opinion of
our situation and our financial strength, we
must remember that they are far better
judges of our condition than we are, or our
enemies are. They are lookers on, at a great
distance. They have none of our enmities
or prejudices. They can examine the facts
disinterestedly. They do ; and the result is
a verdict that the Americrn Government is
stable—its ability and integrity inmeetingits
financial engagements unquestionable. This
verdict, too, is founded on a series of facts
. which are unimpeachable,oind well known
to every intelligent American. Take two'
or three of the most important: 1. The
United States doubles its population each
twenty-five years. The population of the
country, which in 1850 was twenty-threcnnil
lions, will in 1875 be forty-six millions.—
But the rebellion! says some one. How
much has the rebellion diminished the
strength of the United Stdites? Take this
astonishing fact, that if all the Rebel States
had been sunk in the Pacific Occan,.the Uni
ted States would in 1875 have a population'
equal to thal r
years
whole in 1800. In other
words, (teen years will supply the total
In.'s of . tie. eleven original Rebel States!—
NO. 31.
Put It outl
=
What can inti,ede the progress of such a
country '.' 2. The wealth of the country in
creased 127 percent. in ten years! Now let
it increase but 80 from 1860 to 1870, and it
will amount to ten times all the loans of the
government. The German knows what he
is about. lie will got the largest income
from loans in the world, on the safest securi
ty. No such opportunity has occurred be
fore for the investroent of money, and in all
probability will never occur again. If the
American does not know and take advan
tage of this, the German and Frenchman
will.—Er.
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E "I),ON'T SURRENDER )11.7C11.
e elevation at the right of the railway was
the scone of ono of the most heroic exploits
of the war. There Colonel Innis—warned
by the old negro I have introducel_to the
reatkr—with a little band of three hundred
and eighty-nine Michigan men, without ar
tillery or other defence than a hastily thrown
up barricade of camp wagons and underbrush,
beat otf Wheeler's whole force of three thou
sand horse and two field pieces.
"Colonel Innis," said General Rosecrans
to him on the eve of the battle of Stone
river, ••will you hold Lavergne ?"
••I'11•, General."
nTlc if you will do it !•' exclaimed the
laconic General.
Nill," quietly responded the Colonel,
and he kept his word.
Just as the New Year's sun was sending --
its first greeting to the little band that crouch
ed there behind the wagons, the head of the
rebel column emerged from the woods which
skirt the southern side of the town, and
Capt. Firman, riding forward to the flimsy
breastwork, cried out:
"General Wheeler demands an instant
and unconditional surrender."
"Give General Wheeler my compliments,
and tell him we don't surrender much,"
came back to him from behind the brush
heaps.
Mounting then his Kentucky roan, the
heroic Colonel rode slowly around the rude
entrenchment. "Boys," he said, "they , are
three thousand—have you said your pray
ers ?"
"We are ready, Colonel. Let them come
on!" answered the brave Michigan men.—
And they did come on
"Six times we swept down on thorn," said
Captain Firman, Wheeler's aid, to me, "and
six times I rode up with a flag andsummon=
ed them to surrender ; but each time Innis
sent back the message, varied, now and then,
with an adjective, "We don't surrender
much.' He sat on his horse during.the first ,
charges as if on dress parade; but at the
third fire I saw him go down."-1 thought
we had winged him, but when we charged,
again, there beset, as' cool ;)13, if the ther
mometer had hean zero. One of our Men
took deliberate.aita, and again he,w9t . down ;
but when I ro.de.Op the fifth'tinteerid-ahout
'We'll net snmirtim youagain—linirenderllt
once!' it was Innis who ye4e'd out, 'Tray
don't, for we don't surrender 'nfuph.'
the seventh charge I was wounded, and the
General - sent another - olllcer - with - the SUM
mons. Tour people halted him a, few. hun
dred yards from the breastWorV, and an of
flcer in a, cavalryman's overcoat, came out
to meet him. ['They had killed, my two
horses,' said Col. Innis to 'me afterwardii,
'and I was afraid they would singe.xnrurti
form—thefire was rather hot--;so I covered
it.'] , ,
"What is ',your .rank, sir,", deetataded. the
Union offiofr; , , . • • •
" , Major, sir."
"Go haat; and tell Githeral Wheeler.' tlitig
he insults me , by 'sending , :One of :your! rani;
to treat with one of sreitte.tlel) hiro; , too,,lX
have, not come here surrender. ) , „I : ill:kali
fire on the nest .
It was Tanis, and
. .12y that ruse bo -MA+
ihe'rebels helievihilliai;ieiieiVii,d;reirtfor,ce
monta.Thinking it wig. Obp:thes:. 4 ...a r ... l etri •
arid,thh ) xidit"day .
Ay'ttlirie thet hed*hipped-liimrwith
three 'hundred , end eightse;•rane
mind Kirke. • . - - •
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