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4 ' - iti at. 'lpir,4lTxr.kian.ra & CO.,
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.1 I . Btateilt.llogoll, are our Agent's for thellsettn
n ..udse eltles t and aro authorized to take A'dyertlaa
ants and Suralcrlptlonsfor us .t our low.* rates.
Grand Celebration •
Of .the late` Union; Victory,. a
chieved 'iri:the re-election of Mr
Lincoln:
The re-election of ABRAHAM LIN
COLN, will be celebrated in Carlisle, on
FRZHAT EVENING, NOVEMBER
18TH, by a Bonfite and Fire-works, on
thd Public. Siluare, , and, a Torch Light
Pi•oessioit/ accompanied by 'the Band
from ‘!Cturip'Biddld:" Thd route of the
prOdesSiOn will be'throbigh all our prin.
cipalstreets, and it is expected' that the
honses•of all those who glory in our late
victory will be brilliantly illuminated.
Oar friends from the_ country are most
cordially Invited to attend and partici
pate in the demon.stration:
Letall . Who rejoice in the triumph of
the,`Union party by a, majority such as
has..net been known in the annals of our
country's history, since Washington left
the - Presidential Chair, he present, and
join in the wild .•acclamations of joy in
the 'Salvation of our endangered country.
Ali•eady do we hail, accessions to our
ranks from those who opposed us on the
Sth•of November, and these are but the
promise of those who aro still to come
Soon -party prejudice will have subsided,
and we will be again here in the North,
what we were when the "Stars and
Stripes" were fired on as they proudly
waved
,over Sumpter in April,
1861 ;—a united People—united in our
- resolveto crush out by force of arms this
ungly rebellion; and work out "a Peace
that will come to stay for all future
time."
ter•When Englishmen and Rebel sym
pathizers represent our operations to restore
the-country a failure on account-of the slow
ness of the process, let them reflect that the
great Wellington took six years to drive
Napoleon out of Spain, a country about the
aiioof Virginia, and then ho retired because
of reverse - elsewhere. Four i ations of F.,u
rope took two ;years to occ,.py the Crimea,
a -coun try as large as Now Jersey. England
took twenty-eight months to repress the
Sepoy rebVion, about as great an undertak
ing as to put, down a rebellion among the
negroes of South Carolina. France ha. in
more than a year succeeded in getting only
about 180 miles in Mexico, where she holds
a.very insecure position.
England and Fi'ance had better look at
home before,critieising the movements of
our Armies
COMPENSATION TO POSTNIASTERS.—Pur
swot to the requirements of the net of Con
gress,approved July I, 1864, to establish sal
aries for postmasters, the Postmaster
General, a few days since ordered the follow
ing in this locality: Washington, 1). C.,
$4.000; Georgetown D. C, $2,400; Alexan
dria, Va., $2,600 ; Baltimore, 81,000; Wheel
ing, Va., $3,100; Annapolis, $2,000; Cum
berland. $2,200; Frederick, $2,200; Havre,
do Grace, $1,200; Elkton Md., $1,100; Elli
cott's Mills, $1,100; Hagerstown, $1,700;
Port Deposit, $1,200; Saint c Dennis, $1,100;
Sandy Hook, $1,700; Point Lookout, $1,800;
Clarksburg, Va., $1,500; Kanawha Court
House, $1,800; Martinsburg, Vs., $1,600;
Parkersburg, Va., $1,900; Harper's Ferry,
Va., $2,100; New Creek Station, $2,100;
Norfolk, Va., $2,400; Old Point Comfort,
$2,000; Beaufort S. C., $2.500: Port Roy
al, C., $2,500, Wilmington, I)el., $2,500;
Delaware City, $1,900, Carlisle, Pa., $2,300;
Chambersburg, $2,300. Chester, Pa., $2,100;
Harrisburg, Pa., $2,700, York, Pa., $2,200,
Lancaster; Pa., $2,500, Williamsport, $2,-
600, Columbia, Pa, $1,50.1; Gettysburg,
Coo; Bedford, $l,OOO.
Tine POSTAL MOti&T-OaDEa SYSTEM,
which went into effect on the Ist instant, is
working admirably, and appears to give gen
eral satisfaction to all • who have tried it.—
The plan is, in making remittances, not to
send the'Money, but an Order, merely, pay
able to tho person in whose favor it is drawn,
upon'presonfation of the order, by the Post.
master at his nearest Money-Order office.
No orders are drawn for less than $l,OO or
more than s3o,oo—but those wishing to send
larger sums, will be fbrnished with addition
al Orders, in sums of $30,00 or less to make
up any amount; upon 'the payment of the fee
for each. -.Teti rates of commission, or fees,
charged:for Money Orders are as follows :
On Orders not exceeding,- $lO.OO, 10 cts.
Over $lO and not exceeding $20.00, 16 44
Over,. $2O ~ 44 $30.00, 20 44
No money will be received for orders ex
cept coin , United States, notes, or notes of
National banys, and orders cannot be paid in
any other currenCy.: 'A money order is ren
dered invalid unless it .is_presented 'to_ the
lieStroosie'r on whom it draWn within nine
li'dais itti'dtitei butthe rostermaster
energ'C'tin issueOideron the 4011.
'eatio• of - thic.pnier uPon'the, payment, of a
.secondfeaLthaiame_ceurse is, to be pursued
in iase, the oilier is lost. In, this case, the
payee is to furnish a statement, under oath,
that the order has been lost or destroyed, ac
companied by the certificate of the postmast
',er that it has not been paid,'and will not be
paid if thereafter presented:: The.payee may
,transfer hie.order to anether persen . by
en
.dorsin it'npon the
Trtn.l!Zaw. Ari.xiirtop.int l e.-The Cable,
whicit"is to bo laid next qiuniner between
Englandand+merica, was recently
,teSted
to try its strength and ductility. A 'given
length was suspended, 'and gradually
• weighed until it broke, ehingations 'sue
ceedingMteh additional weighing behig 'du
ly registered: 'The cable seleeted bore the
weight of six and three-fiftlis tuns. The ease
• the dpizal rvires involving it, the insulating
body, the jutelharn, and each separate strand
of:the cable' were similarly tested. It, was
found from those experimehtii that the mere
the fibres 6f wire were brought into a state
of tension, the greater Sesame its , strength',
and that as insulator gutty
,p,prcha,a4hough
not so perfect as India-rubber, is 'flA-more
dUrable, and that the cables' is now in'ann
facturcd will be'able to: bear's:Strain of four
tinios itiOWn'iveight when, laid at, the 'Dot
tpircathcAtlautic.' ' '‘ ',` 7 r
THE RESULT.
Now that the smoke of the . conflict
has cleared away and all have become ,
convinced that the Union cause has tri
timphed glorionsly, it may be well con
sidered what has been decided ‘lifthe
American Nation in the great . pcilitic;al
contest in which it has been engaged.—
The election of a President has under
all circumstances been an event of groat
Moment. In addition to the personal in
fluence that a Chief EXeciutive must neces
sarily exercise 'over a 'con tctiy; vitli uti he
is always At — the time of his 'elebtion au
exponent Of the views of a majority of
our people . on questions 44, National
policy. This fact always makes our
Presidential canvass a. season of intense
interestto every citizen. All other ques
tions are for a time forgotten and every
one is eager to do his utmost to secure
the,triumph of that party to which his
judgment, or' his prejudice has caused
him to attach himself.
It is'needless to say that the struggle
just over was the most earnest one in
which our people have ever engaged.—
The men who had stood by the Govern
ment through these four long years of
blpodshed and civil strife knew well the
importance of the contest. They under
stood .that a defeat at the ballot...box
would jeopardize all that the war had
cost us to%lce. They could see no dif
ference between a surrender of the au
thority of the Government to armed
rebels and the displacement of an ad
ministration
whose authority had never
been recognized because of their trea
son. They knew that a change of Ad
ministration to gratify men whose trea
son had deluged the country in blood
was not only a base surrender of every
principle of right and honor but also an
acknowledgement that our Government
was a failure and that our people were
destitute Of every claim to the respect
and confidence of the world. Because
of this and because they had entire con
fidence in the integrity and ability of'
the man who had been tried .d)y an or
deal such as has never before tested the
virtues of any ruler, did the loyal men
of the Country exert themselves to re
elect Abraham Lincoln. They have sue
ceeded, and but few such triumphs have
ever before been the fortune of any po
litical party. The people have decided
the issues that have been presented to
them and their decisions have been a
complete vindication of the course of
those who have stood by their country
in her hour of
No man can fail to sec the measures
to which the nation has been committed
by the result of the last election. It has
determined finally that the unity of the
Nation shall lie maintained and that our
free institutions shall he perpetuated
It has decided that the fundamental
principle of republican Government shall
be preserved -and the will of the major
ity shall he respected. It has sanctioned
the efforts of the Administration to over
come by force whatever treasonable or
ganizations may obstruct the enforce
ment of the laws or resist the eonstitn.
tel authorities of the land. Tt has de
clared against any compnunise with tra
tors and has demanded their uneond
tional obedience to the lawn they have
trampled upon and their unqualified
submission to a Government t i will('
they owe allegiance. The people have
shown that they appreciate the institu
tionsJnqueathed to them by their fitters
and that they are determined to pre
serve them unimpaired as a legacy for
their posterity. They have shown too
that they are able to discern the true
cause of our difficulties and that thcyfully
realize what is necessary to cure exist
ing evils and to prevent their recurrence.
They have seen the terrible consequenc
es-of sacrificing right to expediency ;
of compromising with a dangerous enemy
instead of conquering it.; of concealing
instead of eradicating a disease which was
preying on their vitals of the body polit
ic; and they have determined that this
folly shall be persisted no longer.—
Slavery, that has for years been protect
ing itself under the implications of the
Constitution has at last declared itself
the open enemy of its protector and the
people have determined that it shall no
longer curse the land with its presence.
Its destruction was commenced by its
own Tony but it is consummated by the
decision of the people. The decree has
gone forth beyond the power of revoca
tion that our country shall be saved and
that when that salvation is accomplished
it shall advance the cause of Right. in-
stead of Wrong, of Freedom instead of
Slavery
Xtm. The wealthiest Englishmen are the
Duke of_ Northumberland, the Duke of
Cleveland, the Dulte of Bedford, the Duke
of Sutherland, the Marquis of Westminster,
and the Earl of Dudley, neither of whose
incomes is.less than £200,000 a year, while
some exceeded it by nearly one-half.
BROW/03 BRONCHI M, TROCLIES.—This
Universal, Remedy for Coughs, Colds, and
Bioncbial Affections now stands the first in
Public favor . and confidence; this result has
been acquired by a test of thirteen years.—
:Its merit and extensive arse have caused the
Trachea to be counterfeited, and—we would
caution purchasers to be on their guard
againit worthless imitations. Sold at •
liott's. -
091. The little town of Chester; 111.,' 'waii
nearly deserciyed' r by a tornado ' Wednes
day morning . aver, a , dozen 'louses were
blown down, a .church was entirely ruined,
five persons were killed, and 12 or 15 wOund
ed. • The loss of property by the tornado , is
about $60,900. The town 'of , Itandolpbi,
seven miles distant, also suffered severely.
Nearly all the houses iii the plaeo
,wore blown
doWn.
T'eul li,. Shipman, nsiocieth editor of ,
The Lovierftle Jetirned, , hits dinottrecll his
&inflection with' thiglinper: Pi entice
end Cel. Wellace will hereafter epednefithn
editorial department:
DAVIS' MESSAGE.
The Confederate Congress has convened;
and,the rebel chief has sent in to them his
annual roesaage. Tt is much too long for Or:
colOrmis. I.;at*e;will'orideasiorr to/eye our
readers a Synopsis of the views and' 'state=
mentscontainetr in it 'ThOmessagecoraniene .
*itl} sonieverydevotiterpressionSof grati.'
tudo to a Providence.. that has enabled th'o
Confederacy to withsttind our efforts to sub.:.
jugato them. It claims iminensesuccesses for
the rebel arms in the region west of the Mis
sissippi, and insists that they have repaessA
themselves of Texas, Arkansas, dna nearly
all of Louisiana. .Prico's ,m6vement into
Missouri to liberate their oppressed brethren
of that State, tyraniisf . id .
ded to with evident 'satisfaction. East of the
Mississippi, although some disasters arc ad
mitted, their general success is claimed as
satisfactory. It is clainied' that 'they hold
North-western Mississippi, Northern Ala
ban a, and Western Tennessee, and that all
efforts to overrun this portion of their terri
tory have been baffled. The capture of the
Mobile defence is all that the Yankees have
accomplished within the year by their entire
naval for Ce. Sherman has captured Atlanta,
but this has Scoured him no advantage. The
Federal operations in Virginia haiie been at
tended with the must enormous sacrifices of
men and treasure without having produced
any effect on the Confederady. Sheridan's
destruction of the Shenandoah Valley is de
nounced as infamous and is claimed as the'
expedient of desperation. Mr. Davis winds
up this part of his message witli the assertion
that the fall of Richmond, Wilmington,
Charleston, Savannah, and Mobile, all com
bined, will not secure pence without the re
cognitiOn of the Confederacy.
The foreign relations of the Confederacy
are not quite what Mr. Davis desires, and
the European nations' are taken severely to
task for their disregard of the just, humane
and Christian public duty of recognizing the
rebel independence.
The finance question is next taken up and
here everything appears lovely. The report
of the Finance Minister, Mr. Davis says, dis
closes nothing discouraging, and he thinks
that with judicious legislation their resources
will enable them to meet all the exigencies
of the war. The total receipts of the rebel
treasury, for the half year ending, September
30, 1851, were $415,101,510, which added to
their balance, gives them a fund $723,474,-
272. Of this fund about $342,550,327 have
been applied to the payment of the public
debt ; $27'2,370,505, to their expenditures,
leaving a, balance of $109,435,420. Their
debt is $1,147.970,208, of which $529,340,-
090 are funded. The increase of their debt
during the last six months, has been a little
over $,16,000,000 per month. There is also
a little balance of 2,21)0,000 sterling due on
the cotton loan ; but tlrf)y have quite enough
cotton on hand to clean that little item oft•.
The great trouble with their finances is the
deprec•iaticn of the treasury notes, to remedy
which a plan is prop, 'sod , the main features of
which are substantially these:
That the faith of the Government he
Idcdgod that the Mlle:: qllllll ever remain 'ex
empt t . rlllll taxation. 2,1. That no issue shall
be made beyond that which is already au
thoriz,sl by law. 30'. That a certain fixed
portion of the annual receipts, Iron taxation
during the war. shall be set apart specially
for the gradual extinction of th e outstanding
amount, until it, shall hays' been reduced to
111 1 1 0 11 . 0 0 0 ; and .1 M. The pledge and ap
propriation of sue]] proportion of the tax in
kind, and for such number of years after the
return of peace, as shall be sufficient for the
tinalredemption of the entire irc,.tlation.•'
A change in the conscription law is recom
mended. Exemptions of particular classes
of persons are held to be unwise. It is rec
ommended that all be subject to enrolment.
and that power be given the military au
thorities to make details of men who are
needed for special kinds of employment at
home. Telegraph operators, teachers, engin
eers. editors, physicians, &c., should lie sub
ject, to enrolment, anti in case ;Illy di,trict
.1101.11./ -utter from a lack (4 sufficient num
bor of men of these profet.sions, they might
be detailed to continue their pursuits. With
regard to prisoners of war, we are informed
thet there are still difficulties attending ex
change but that an arrangement has been
'nude by which each Government can fur
nish to its soldiers who have been captured,
loud, fuel and clothing.
The subject of employing, slaves is treated
at length. Mr. Davis recommends that in
addition to the labor in the public service, to
which they have heretofore been assigned,
that they be used also as pioneer and engin
eer laborers; and that the number so em
ployed ho increased from twenty to forty I
thousand. lie recommends the policy of e
manci paling the slaves on their discharge after
service faithfully rendered. Ile Opposes go
ing beyond these employznents and this limit
under existing circumstances. Ile contends,
however, that their arming their own slaves
is justifiable, if necessary ; but denounces our
incitement of them to insurrection against
their own masters as iniquitous and uncivil
ized. The message olpses with a statement
of his views on the question of negotiations
for pence, which we give in his own terms:
"The disposition of this Government for
a peaceful solution of the issues which the
enemy has referred to the arbitrament of
arms has been gm often manifested, end is
too well known to need new assurances. But
while it is true that individuals niid parties
in the United States have indicated a desire
to substitute reason for force, end by negoti
ation to stop the further sacrifice of human
life, and to arrest the calatnities which now
afflict both countries, the authorities who
control the Government of our enemies have
too often and too clearly expressed their res
olution to make no peace except on terms of
our unconditional submission and degrada
tion!, to leave us any hope of the cessation of
hostilities until the delusion of their ability
to conqUerl us is dispelled. Among 'those
who are already disposed for peace, ninny
Are actuated by principle and by disapproval
and abhorrence .of the iniquitous warfare
that.their,Government is waging, while oth
ers are movedoby the conviction that it is no
longer to the interest of the United States to
continuo a struggle in which success is un
- attainable. Whenever this fast-growing
conviction shall have taken firm root in the
minds of a majority of the Northern people,
there will be produced that Willingness to
negotiate for peace which is now confined
to our:side. Peace is manifestly impossible
unless.desircd by, both parties .to this war,
end the disposition , for .it among our ene
mies will be be'st and most certainly. evoked
'hy . thodemonStration'on our part of ability
and unshaken determination -to defend' our
rightsvantl.to,hold no earthly, price toe dear
for their
. purchttse.. Whenever there shall,
be on the part of, our. enemies 'a desiiT for
Peacel there will be no diflicultY' in - finding
means by which. negotiation can bo opened,
but it is obvious that no agency can be called
into action Until this desire shall be mutual,
When that, contitigeng shall happen,' the'
Government., to 'Which is confined the treaty=
making `periver, can be at no loss for means,
adapted to accomplish so desirable art end."
. ,
LADIp3' FTlo,sl—Purc4ser@ may rely up
-6n getting,fhe best h7uis,at Charles Oakford
ScssiContirinpl#otel‘ Philadelphia .am
styles
,
Ai Charles Oa
, 4.Cu Scios, (1
pOtioei3ttil Ho
tel, , '
POL;' BASIUEL MEDATiY died •Itt Columbus,
Ohio, , on' Monday. He Iladl i bcon
knOviiina an. active and , biter peace
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MEM
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A FE W INTERESTING FIGURES
FRONE ' CITY ELECTION r ,E.
like to have those "respectable"
Thuncerats-yiho stood, bithelr, party in the
recent election,-bestow' a 11414 attention on,
the analysis of the returns fr4a. this eitY.—
i'heyahould ask theinselvei the question why
it is That' the lowest distrieti of the city, the
litiunta of-Vice and crime, the notorious head
idettternifgamblers and ruffians, and all the
moat crowded and wretched of the "tone.:
ine , nt-house'? distriqpi give t.remendous pm
joritife's for'the Ofipesition,' while the Wards
Where are intelligent American meelninics;
and where•are gathered the most education
and character .among Ole merchaptsand pro-.
fessional men, uniformly poll a strong Union
rate. We venturt to say that throughout
the country, from Maine to Kansas, this is
ha general rule, though with hero and there
marked ex&Ttions. The vicious and igno
rant population' of the cities and manufac
turing villages has been for McClellan, while
the trength of Lincoln lay in the firming
class, and the intelligentclasSes of the towns.
Thus in ill hefty, in the First Ward, where
arc nearly as many rum-holes as houses, and
where in a small space is gathered h fearful
amount of wretchedness and pOvert,y, Mr.
McClellan has ten to Mr: Lincoln's one, or
2,161 to 213 ; one notorious district of it giv
ing the Democratic candidate twenty to the
Union ono, or 640 to 31.
The Fourth Ward, where are the worst
dance-saloons and most murderous haunts of
the city, shows nearly six to one for its favo
rite,.or 2,810 to 485; one district, (Sixth,)
giving twenty-five times as many votes to
Gen. McMillan as to his opponent.
The Sixth Ward again, once ill-famed for
he Fivi Points, and still containing an. aw
ul amnunt of ruffianism and vice, tenders
he Peace-Democracy nearly-chi:en to one.
it 3,457 for McClellan to 329 for Lincoln ;
•ome of its wprst districts showing Aventy
o ono fc;r tlieir candidate.
The Fourteenth Ward, in portions of
which are crowds of brothels and rum-shops,
runs up its vote some five to one for the Chi
cago candidate, 4,229 to qts9.
The Eleventh, where are immenAct multi
Wiles of ignorant Germans, packed and
thronged in lofty tenement houses, and
where domicile, the rag-pickers and bone
gatherers of New York, testitieg its honor to
the distinguished General of the Democracy
by 5,532 against 1 , 990,
The Eighteenth, where in the eastern por
don of which, was the most rioting last
Summer, and which abounds with crainnn,tl
tenement houses and liquor-shops, and al
os t degraded population, nianili•sts its_ dg
vnison to pence by giving 4,42 t against 2,-
678.
The Seventeenth again, with its crowded
German population, and its "AI aekerelvi lle, "
rolls up the heaviest majority of any ward
for "Little Mae," 7,021 against 8,42.5.
We might gn on thus with other districts
equally notorious. or equally tilled with a
degraded and ignorant linpulation.
On the other hand, the Ninth, a most in
telligent and orderly Ward, with large num
bers of native born mechanics and business
pooplo, gives Mr. Lincoln 3,-188 against.
811.
The Fifteenth, tinciiii , tionably the, most
infelliff,eilt mid iitilorly ward in the oily.
shows the only Union majority, 2,124 I itgnin.it.
1,i171).
And so with the distriots ladw..en
Second-avenue and Seventh, anil in all tine
crass-sheets; from riv er, to riv tw. whern ijre
separate houses and a wiill-oft' or intolliiiremt
clasp,—the votes hone for the Administra
tion ineroasi•
Such facts are signili,•nnt, and , hould be
thoughtfully weighed by candid Democrats.
Are they prepared to stand I the party
whose great strength lies in the pauperism
and vice of our cities ?—.Wie liwk Times.
General Wallace's Order Concern-
ing Emancipation in Maryland
BALI I M ,, lt I:, Nov. 111.-- (:onerill
jilzt issia.,l an I , rder I i lig forth
that "certain evil ilispese,l per:oris ill )1 ary -
land intend iaistrueting the iiperations and
nullifying as far as they can, the t
provisions of the new con , t itut ion." 11.•
therefore orders that all person; within the
Middle Department lieretoforri slaves, err.
now free, and are undor I militarS- pro
tection until the legislature hall Iress ;mei'
litWS n,shall make military protoction
ITEM
A Froodinen's Bureau is erected, the office
to be in Baltimore, and Major William M.
Este is appointed to have it in charge. In
order to notice the Bureau effective, Major E.
is authorized to institute investigations, to
send for papers, and to make neer , sesary ar
rests. The Provost Marshals of the various
districts are directed to hear all complaints
and report the same to Major Este, who is
directed to take possession of the Mars land
Club house, which is now by order natHed
the Freedmen's Rest; but for immediate wants
Major Ekte is directed to draw on Col. Wool
ey.
It is further directed that should the mon
eys derived from•donations and from lines
collected prove insufficient to support the
institution in a manner corresponding to its
Major Este is directed to, make a list of all
the avowed rebel sympathisers residing in the
city, with a view to levying such contribu
tions on thorn for the support of the institu
tion as may from time to time be required.
The execution of the order is directe4to bo
proceeded with at once.
Impressment prices in Rebeldom•
[From the Charleston Mercury, October 22. J
The follOWing list of leading articles, with
their prices, have been agreed upon by the
Commissioners of Impressinents for the
States of Florida, South Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Tennessee. it will be ob
served that , they have greatly reduced. the
prices of everything from the former sched
ule
Bacon, tildes, per lb $1 371 Molasses; Cuba cane,
Bacon, limns 1 31. per gal.' $.O 00
Bacon, shoulders 125 Utiles, first class. 100 00
Beef rattl-, pros. 2151utes, second do. 6tb 00
Brandy, per gal. Bto 0 ul.3s, third do. 37.5 00
Corn, shelled, per bu. 2 25 Oats, shoat; baled, par
Corn unshelled 2 13 . ewe 1 BO
Corn weal., 2 25 .Mts, unbalod 1 60
Coffee, Itleiper lb 0 Doi Oats, shelled, per bu 182
Candles, tallow , 14 , Pasturage, per head, '
Fleur, super., per bbr3ooo per month 150
Flour, tine . ' 20 601Potatoos ' Irish, por
Fodder, baled, por ewe 2 25 bushel 4 00
Fodder, unbaled ' 2 o, ' Potatoes, sweet. 175
Hogs, fat, not, corn koas, l 3 q bustard of •
fed '' . - ' .._ 76 61 00 lbs . 800
Hogs. litt,'grolit,do 7 . 00 00 Salt , per bu, 60 lbs. 7 .50
Huss, untatted; areas 52 60 Soap, .. O rd, por lb 75
; tildes. good'dry,"pur lb 188 doap soft. • 31
tildes, greon---F . 04 looks; wool , . por pair 200
Horses, first Anis '760 00 Soaks, r. tton, . 1 40
'llories, second do . 000 00 Oboes, army, per pair 1.400
llorses, third do. 450 008hpep, sheared, each 15 00
Iron,•plir, NO. - 1,2,3, Per Sheep, unsheared .26 00
gOP , ' , Ore !1 , PCI OVlTallow, per lb . .1 31
Lard, per lb. l' 31 Whoat, clean, Per Su
Leather, harness. 375 'of 00 lbs. • , 6.63
Leather, sole. . 2761 Whisky, purge' a ao
Leather, , upper. " '.450 Wool. washed, per lb 400
s, %
alblasbeloose 3 001 Wool, unwathed. ,3 0 0
. . • . , , .• •
GREIaN, the Maiden bank - Milidurer, says
now that he never intended to kill the clerk
. —only meant to frighterihire. Shooting a
person through the head to frighten Limn is
quite an original idea of this Malden Green's.
gave 917 majority against ity.,
Lincoln oft his ilist election ; now, 5,094 fOr
' • ",
, • „
Fund...'-41:to ',largest assortment;
at * Charles Ozijcfc;ril•& Soak . Cantiriental
Tlo
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Thoughis Suitable - to )the. Seadon
An isgag.read . q.for2 the Cumberland
County •Tiacheito Institute.
BY 1121.219 . 7-':v!L 4 .IE SMLDu
• .
"iThere are seasons in life when certain
truths. make a deeper, impression on the
Mind flnin at others. Why this is the case
may be partly owing to the fact: that the
mind undisturbed by anxious thoughts, and
the soul unmoved by violent emotions, the
powers of thought-and feeling are at liberty
to he concentrated 3n ono point.
A truth may always be relatively, of the
same importance; but such is the nature of
the human constitution, that a truth pre
sented to the mind at certain times, fails in/
producing more of an impression than a ball
makes when thrown upon the ice. At other
times every ,circumstance seems favorable ;
the mind is softened by the first considera
tion, and gradually embraces the whole.
Truly, we are "creatures of circumstnnce.''
There fire ideas which require tedious logic
to convince the mind of their truth and
power; whiloothers untrammeled by the syl
ogisms of rhetoric, are " arrows of truth,''
which enter the understanding in an instant.,
There are ideas so gloomy in character, that
the mind shrinks from their consideration,
though it may admit their value as affording
profit by way of warning, reproof or correc
tion. They aro not willingly dwelt upon,
as they bring to mind the sad array of un
improved privileges, which, had they been
properly employed, might have given a bar
vest of worth. An attractive light is not
about them, and the mind closes itself t o
their influence. Not till reason and judg
ment exercise considerable sway, and the
mind nature sensitive to the enormity of
sin, will the mind indulge freely in their
contemplation. Other ideas which, upiin
the first consideration, aro unpleasant as the
mind opens itself to their free exercise, many
cheering phases aro presented, and that
which at first was so repulsive, assumes the
garb of positive pleasure.
To a reflecting mind, the observance of
nature, as displayed in the vegetable world,
at any season, is calculated to produce
thoughts many and varied in character.—
Thoughts on the brevity of life, the solem
nity of death, and the future which, to the
most enlightened, is, in many respects, the
great unknown, are of particular appropri
ateness, and of natural suggestion, at the
present Se nOf the year, as is also a ret ro
rpcet ion of Fife sine() the earliest runtent-
MEE
Upon these topics the mind is almost forced
to [,under; for vegetable nature ranking
nett ill order to animals, in the scale of ex
istence, a bond of sympathy seems to ally
the two orders.
It is .scarcely possible to prevent a little
feeling of sadness from creeping Over the
mind, when on every side are seen tile dying
leaves. which have afforded co much delight
since the appearance of the first tiny bud of
arly'Tring, through the abundant and re
fre-Iting It alines , of sutura., now 1% e ar i ng
the 11 , 1:%i f 110e:ty and death. Still 1.11 , .y are
beautirid - beautiful vven in (bab.. Soon
every truce of them will be glllll . , nod the
naked branches, left unprotected from the
chilly winds and stormy blasts, will receive
no moil it loon the numerous prta c 4 ,111"
for month- , they sustained. The vino
which needed the or paling for support,
note lip. lifelc,s and withered, tos,ed about
by every eddying gust; while another care
fully trained in order that air and light might
penetrate it , Inhyrilith , , and give the life
essezitiai to 1.,,,aty and productiveness, pre
t.ent. a -addening as it? Skolvtoll f or m
( . 1111:;- , with death-like tenacity to its com
panion—the inore sturdy tree, which, like a
faithful friend, still affords the support that
had been given in the season of prosperity.
The flowers, those dear immforts of lonely
hours, .1- l\ ll it, OW (Hight of j4,snn, no,
41.° : 01 : ' 1 " . " few of huray growth
....in.` n, 1 , 11( . 111,1,, I. guard the genes
of his redo •, , ,ors, till are wrap' in the
y mantle of winter. With a feeling of
\ I l'1 . 111 , • pill 1 ,1111! we, plucked the early
•• spring beauties," and the rosy, sweet
scented arbutus, which a few days of warmth
and sunlight brought into being. AVlien
they passed away others equally lovely sprang
up in their places, worthy substitutes of the
early, bra e race, who, in defiance of chilly
winds and stormy blasts, stood up to proclaim
that spring had come, and that the icy chains
of winter were broken. The time to mourn
their departure was slnirt. If on the path
way were seen the leaves fallen from some
early blossom, a stop in advance would show
a lovely bud justdmrsting its leafy enclosure,
giving promise of more beauty in a fully de
veloped flower.
The emotions Nv h eh kindled in the soul as
the rye rested upon theinouvilains, or on the
hillsides, rejoicing in their daily acquisition
of verdure, or on the lawn of green luxur
ance, are disarmed by the utter barrenness
and desolation which are gradually taking
place; and the wind moaning so piteously
through the lattice, seems in genuine sym
pathy with nature and with our feelings.
On every side where beauty and gladness
were displayed, gloom, desolation, and death
are being inscribed. Soon ever• tra . ee of pas
glory will disappear, and we can only know
them in remembrance. Truly has the poet
Me
•• The meinneholly dnys nre come,
The saddest of the year."
The insect life is hushed, and the little
birds whose rapturous notes waked us from
our morning dreams, have flown to a more
gentle clime. This reigning melancholy is
in utter opposition to.their sweet joyous na-
turcs: The south is still as bright and sunny
to them as it was before the bugle ,notes, or
beating drum were heard marsbitline the
hosts to deadly Conflict. Wo miss thorn. =
The summer in - all its vegetable - eery - would
be incomplete without the choir that fills the
air with song. Even the BUR imparts his
warmth but feebly, as if considering that
what remains of vegetable life to , bo un
worthy of his former influence. It is meet
thtit the mind give up to feelings of sadness
in sympathy with decaying nature and ex
perience nll the desolation that arises from
a mere' sensual view of the case I if we have
soul enough to eni_v theo:Auisit.c beauty and
loveliness which fOr'tittr.•happiness has been
so lavishly:spread on.,evcry side, if it has
boon truly appreciated, then there is that in
us which can endure seeming adirersity with
cheerful resignation, knowing thatall things
are Ordered lOpinite Wisdom.
The clear, bracing air of those autumnal
days, excites to more vigorbus action, both
mind and bOdy, which may have sunk into
somewhat of a lethargic state by the bilk
°nee; of summer's enervating warmth. One,
has 'Mord nerve and 'determination in doing
the . Work'or life,' and .tho7iiiind more in
cling to seek forliappine'ss in the pursuit of
iise' Oinks Which 'periel not with the using.
To 'one who. fully realizes the object of life,
opportunities for activitynna'selfishneis will
be accepted with thankfulne'SS,".and the Priv-
liege Of • being able' to 'exercise, the whole
strength in ,labor for others, will bo • a seam)
of sincere pleasuierildife' will be rigaided
as a school, in which all the faculties ye
disdiplined.., for future employment. Trials
will seem; as " blessings in disguise," and the
consoiousne.ss of duty done, will Arm the soul
against every taunt and jeer of 'an unfeeling
world. • "
In the spring many plants were set out
and watched with anxious care, giving proM4
ise of fruit in the autumn ; lint they 'nre
blighted ; an insect enemy 10i - hoer' playing
at the roots. So in life we indulge in dreams
of future happiness, which oftentimes sadly
disappoint the expectations. The brightest
hopes arc frequently turned to the bitterest
of disappOintments. Nothing seems to indi
cate permanency. titlange is written.every
where. But there are hopes which can afford
certainty of their fulfillment ; and that the
soul may possess these in all their depth and .
power, is the reason Ipr which, it is ,so. fre
quently called to moon under the afflictive
orderings of "a Father who loved' his chil
dren." Then what matter it tlunigh trials
beset the way to eru,h the soul almost to de-
MIME
Hope speaks in cheering terms of the fu
ture. Spring will conic again; and that
which now wears the appearance of death,
will assume a new form of life and beauty.
The leaves which 'now rustle beneath the
tread juay cherish plants of wondrousgrowth.
Forepsseemingly inaetive'are busily engaged,
the results of which will be manifest. Upon
looking at the cause, and the future glory,
feelings of sadness can be but for ashort time.
All have performed the work assigned, and
it is mete that rest follow. That which is
called death, is but transition—not annihi
lation. All must meet death ; and it may
be made welcome us the gate through which
to pass, to "where the tree of life is ever
blooming." .
As the life hereafter will partake of the
character of the present life, how important
it is that the motives which m tuate us in our
employments and intercourse with one an
other, should accord with the chief end of
man. Life certainly should be spent in in
telligent action. Knowledge should be sought
for with untiring zeal, as it produces such,
marked changes in the whole character. The
faculty of thought is by this means nourished,
and sensual pleasures sink into insignificance.
The value of knowledge cannot be estimated.
Its influence cannot be confined to the Mind
alone. The soul is enlarged, and feelings of
interest in all classes and conditions of tuan-,
kind are deepened by its possession. The field
of knowledge is as wide ;Is vreuti,in, and every
encouragement is offered to reap its precious
fruits. \\ 'him knowledge is lacking the seeds
of error thrive: but goodness is the natural
result of its nequirement. It is no fault of
knOwledge that its votaries are sometimes
persons of questionable uprightness, inure
than of religion, that its professors are world-
Iv -minded.
The education of the fgicultieF: of mind and
soul .....hould occupy touch of the attention.
Every ~ n o iti under 3 moral obligation to
make the not of that tvhieh waz given for
ordor to iniltn•nce
bur 1, , ,.,
„ than , hi the rig - lit ourselve:i must
exemplify Hutt which Nvr wish twee iu them.
ttainnient in linowletige nr 'rule can be
.bittitied only' by persunal exerth , t); but this
can be excited to more uctivity by g,)0,1.
ca
ruuple. Can', 01011 it neee,,ltry to prevent
I i c t evil k•treet, tI pernicbui,exainideiu,itheri
to iirtluenc 0111' conduct. 'lie nuud ba, by
,truug iiielivation to 11 , ,11, , I•
tlittplayed in a cultivated iulollcrt or pious
heart.
To honor the good by practising their vir
tue., is the Way to be happy. Life,
should be spent in acquiring k v, and
virtue, fur in no tither path is happiiies.—
Happy are they who (slily in life Ilnd the
fount from which flow thestreams that cheer
the soul while encountering the temptations
of a wicked world. There is no tints to
spend in vain imaginings soil questioning's.
The world must be taken as it is. All the
deal ing4 of Providence inu.T, be received with
; and the soul till,l with desire
to be what (;,s1 require-, to do what :went
h best,' will regard nil svus,,np alike.
THE NEW CONGRESS
The recent elections hate placed a tw o
third Union majority in the next Congress
beyond question. The delegations will stain
11 bon t as follows:
1.:8108 - . cops
New York 21 It)
Ponnsylvania 10 8
Ohio 17 2
Illinois 11 2
Massachusetts 10 0
Maine 5 0
Rhoda Island 2 0
Vermont 3 0
Connecticut 3 1
Now Ilampshiro 3 0
,Itiryland 3 2
Delaware I
Now Jersey o
- 3
Indiana 8 3
Wisconsin 5 1
Michigan 5 1
lowa ') tI 0
Minnesota 2 0
Kansas 1 0
California 8 0
Oregon 1 0
Nevada . 1 0
Kentucky 3 5
Missouri 0 3
West Virginia 3
Total
• This.majority secures the passage of the
C9nstitutional Amendment abolishing sla
very. Thus after many years of National
suffering have the people learned the neces
sity of obliterating an institution which has
always been in conflict with the spirit of our
institutions. Ileretufore the power wielded
by the 9overnuient has been used for the
purpose of exteding slavery, now it will give
its support to Freedom.
Reported Assassination of Major-
General Canby.
Sr. Louis, Nov. 14.—Intbrmation has
..beca-reecived-here-th at-Major-General-Oftn
by, ,whilst ascending - White River, Arkan
sas, on the falt,inst., on the gunboat Crick
et, was shot, by a guerrilla from the shore,
and shat the general was seriously if not fa
tally wounded in the groin, the bullet pas
sing through his body. ftPlar 4
CAIRO, Nov. 'lB. Ono of the Surgeons
who attended General Canby has arrived
hero froth' Memphis, and reports that the
wound is Very . serious, and his recovery
doubtfill. Gen. Canby , was on the'deck of
the gunboat when'hO was shot, and the boat
was itnmediately turned back, and at the
Wit acceunts was Making with all speed for
Vicksburg. '
. .
p.EN.'.SHERMAN'S ARMY.
STARTLING NEWS PROM. SHEEHAN IN REBEL'
POSSESSION
FORTILEEIS ~ .IfolsutoE, Nov:. 1.8,--,The Rich
mond' papers of Friday, Nov. 11th; urge up-;
on their readers,the necessity of being pre
pared_ for startling news 'from Gen. Sherinan,
and it, appears evident froth the tonet , af. the
• editorials' of the same daM that they are at i
ready Si iieseessicat of intelligence frOth this
source which. they are withholding from the
, .
• G.Epit'i, Elk; 't? rIATs.—AII hplateststyles
at 04aTles Oakford d 4 Sons, . Con titi4ntal
- , ,
The Returns
• In our last issue we gave scattering
returns sufficient to show that we had
achieved a handsome victory but not
enough: to'• show certainly the exact
number of Sates carried by the respect
ive parties or the majorities on the elec
toral and popular votes. Wer-are en
abled to give this week, certainly, the
Electoral votes cast for the different elk
didates and also to approximate the ma
jorities on the popular vote. The fol
lowing is a list of. the States voting and
the number of their • electors.
For incopi.
Maine, 7
New Hampshire, 5
Vermont, 5
Massachusetts, 12
Connecticut,
Rhode island, 4
New York, 33
Pennsylvania, 26
Maryland,
Ohio, 21
111 Lana, 13
16
issouri, 11
Michigan, 8
lowa, 8
Wisconsin, 8
Minnesota,
Kansas,
Oregon, 3
California, 5
Nevada,
Nebraska, 3
West Virginia, 5
Tot LI,
gur Mc CleMon
Kentucky,
New Jersey,
Delaware,
Total, 21
The Majorities on the popular vote
will be about as follows:
Maine, . 9 5,000
New I fampshire, 2,500
Vermont, 30,000
_Massachusetts, . 70,000
Connecticut, , 3,000
New York, 8,000
Pennsylvania, 25,0:10
California, 25 000
Illinois, :34,000
Endiana, 30,000
lowa, 20,000
Maryland, 5,000
Michigan, lO,OOO
11l in nesota? 8,000
New HaMpshire, 5,000
Ohio, OO,OOO
Oregon, 8,000
'
lihode Island, 5,000
Wisconsin, 5,000
West Virginia, 15.000
Kansas, 10,000
Nebrai-ka, 2,500
Nevada, 3,00
1 otal,
I%»• .IP. 0/e//rut
Keiitucky,
Delaware,
NOW Jerse y
BM
Lincoln majority of doctors Igs of
the popular vote 3tii.ooo ! 1f this is not
success we dont know what is r
Lotter From a Rebel Prison
The annexed letter NVlls handed t.. n; In
an intimate personal friend, who , ie briAlter is
the writer. \Ve will vouch for its authenti
city. What will be the verdict of impartial
history of the men whose insane efforts to
brunt: up our government have degenerated
to such frantic brutalities as are recounted in
this recital :
C. S. MILI TA Y PRISON, CrIAIMPISTON 1
S. C. September 28, 1864.
.1/y D , a r ll'Ve:—As this is the first oppor
tunity for a loin!) long time to write ynu at
without the letter being subjeuted to
the inquisition or twenty pairs of
prying eyes, I most gladly avail myself of it.
tend this by * * * S.
Nuvy, who together with the other naval
prisoners are to be exchanged on Saturday
next, Oct. Ist.
I. hate been very sick indeed in hospital
at Riker-ville for the past three w‘ eks with
intermittent lever and dysentery, and have
been very low; but, thanks to a good consti
tution, I ant alive yet, but very weak, and I
f cl sometimes as though I will never be the
man I was before toy capture. 1 hive been
nearly naked for the past six months. and 1.
hucc 110 money whatever. I sold my watch
and the coat you sent me in the first package
to Libby Prison; but the little money I rais
ed in that way soon ivcnt. ' Flt , uccur..ed stub
which these God-forsaken scoundrels give us
for food is enough to tarn the stomach of a
Union dog.
I wrote you that we were rill kindly treat
ed for the reason that something of that kind
hits to he written to enable a letter to puss
muster with the rebel inspector of letters.
In fact we have been better triated hero du
ring the past five weeks than at any other
time during my imprisonment; but for the
first three weeks after our arrival in this
place we were huddled together to the num
ber of OD in the yard of the common jail,
and placed upon the same footing, and ex
posed to contact with deserters from both
armies, negroes, convicts, prostitutes, and all
the vilest trash of this vile town. Wc.were
then paroled and moved to very commodious
VI - Lidera indeed. We are under
,guard, but
are allowed much freedom of action. Our
parole restricts tie to the house and grounds
and riot to attempt to pass the line of senti
nels.
Our diet in the jail-yard was principally
"Grits" from corn and a little lard. On
some days we received corn meal and bacon.
Such corn meal and such bacon: Sometimes
we received rice with worms in it an inch
long and not a whole kernel in a hogshead ;
sometimes fresh beef and flour,
but these
were very rare indeed. Altogether, our ra
tions have been better in quantity and (pal
its, than elsewhere.
At Macon I enjoyed very good health, for
the reason, I believe, that we were in the
open air. Libby knocked me up entirely.
We left there for the South on the 7th of
May list, and were confined a short time in
Danville. The fact of the rAtOtor is that they
have no (04 places in the whole. beggarly=
" Con-thiev-eracy" to keep us than this,
.and
the shells from our batteries conic into the
town right merrily. They hare •bronght
hero all the enlisted men from Anderson Ville,
Georgia, General Sherman having made it
untenable by his success at Atlanta.
If we can only raise 306,000 good men,
160,000' of thorn to reinforce our armies in
the field, the remainder to be held in Instruc
tion Camps as a - reserve, we caw wind up this
war to a success, very soon. -- Grant, Meade,
Sheridan', and Sherman have mere - military
'ability and genius 'than any four generals the
rebels eart turn.out. Leo is their tower of
strength Break up his army, and every
thing of theirs collapses.
;;: There is &strong . party hero opposed to
doff. Davis, but their opposition does not-af
fect the great issue with them,- - -the obtain
ing of their independence.. They area unit
upon that, and we would do well, to learn a
lesson from them in_that,_respect, and sub
ordinate 01 minor issues to the one great
matter is hand. It is thought by some that
the Jeff: Davis party. hero are manmuvering
to get our arms successful, that the same prin.
ciple actuates them now as led them to attempt
to break the They say thby will
not be able.to ride longer than the present
Presidential term of six: years, and are de=
terrniued that noone shall succeed.to their
Ors. T, It is thaßil . MQ old storyral6 Or
•
hairs even no Noittern, ration tiinOeinet
winter.. All the news I have heard has been
from "fresh fish " and from rebel newspapers:
I have heard about, systematic lying and
misrepresentation, and their papers are strik- , •
ing examples. The people must be ignOrant
indeed to swallow the-lies-of-theirprearbut
swallowed they are. Some citizens with
whom I have conversed admit that no depend
ence whatever can be placed on the papers
'but they are intelligent exceptions. -
I have had ocular evidence.that we. have
made this- town in about three-fourths its
extent a howling wilderness. All the busi
ness done here is that pertaining to military
affairs. A few miserably, stocked stores are
open, but there is scarcely any body to buy,
and they can get very little to sell. Blocks
upon blocks of fine stores on King St., the
principal street, are closed. The sidewalks
and roadways are overgr own with weeds
more than knee high, and notoa single being
is to be; siren for whole squares at a time.
Within four squares in any direction of tho
building where we are confined there cannot
be fienel 20 people in the streets except the
sentinrslsl and hucksters coming here to sell
milk, etc.
• The money you sent will be of much ben
efit to indeed. I can now buy vinegar
and vegetables to fight the scurvy and some
things to cover my nakedness. I have been
barefoot since the middle of June. My pants
are the seine I had en when captured, arra
you may judge of their tattered condition.
I have begged a shirt and drawers, and these
together with an old rebel jacket make- up ••
my Wardrobe. The two blankets you sent tntr
were not heavy enough for such usage in the
first place, and they are wearing thin now.
I will send a list of what 1 wish you to send
if lam not exchanged by December. Gen
eral Jones will allow us to receive clothing
and medicine, but no provisions.
1 received in Libby only the barrel you
I sent at first, and the half barrel with dress
ing gown, &e. Thelirst I received complete
and in good order, lmt of the last I got scarce--
' ly anything more than the empty half bar—
rel. The box sent by Wash. through Lieut..
Paulding I have never heard of. What few
articles I bad I gave away to others on the
sixth of May last when 1 supposed myself
exchanged. I wa, not, however, and was re
turned to prison that night, and on the next
day was started for Danville, and have been.
carted around ever since.
Many officers have died of different dfs
eases since leaving, Richmond ; but the con
dition of the, officers who are prisoners, al
though one ofgreat discomfort and privation(
is
in reality not bad in comparison with 'he suf
ferings of our enlisted men confined during the
past eight months at A ndergonvi lie, Georgia,
and previously at Belle Island, Richmond._
01' some :15,000 held at the commencement
of the present campaign nod captured since,.
10.000 are dead, and of the remaining 2:5,000
not 2,000, if all were to'be ritiW re leifsed and
well cared for, would ever be well enough to
talo• the field again. At Andorgonville they
were furnished with no shelter; their blank
ets and money were taken from them by the
Confederate authorities, and they were hud
dled together to the number of :10,000 in a
stockade enelesnre comprising 10 acres, half
et' which was swampy ground, untenable and
uninhabitable. They were so closely pack
-ea within the - onlikiiire that I fil go from one -
end to the other one lied to elbow his way
through Linen. The rations issued were of
corn meal, beans, and bacon-in very small
formai ties, and often the meet was rotten, and
the MAIII and beans wormy. No cooking
utensils were furnished them. But onestrearn
of water ran through the camp, and from
that all water for washing, bathing, and cook
ing had to lie supplied ; and at the same time
it was the mil v sink. The average numbeti
of deaths per day during the months of July
and August was 17.5.
While I was in hospital, the prison at
Andersonville errs evacuated in consequence
of its being uncovered by the fall of Atlanta.
nod the prisoners were removed to Savannah•
and Charleston. Many died on the trip, and
i thw were britight to the hospital where
th,, 150 or 100 brought to that
he:pital during my stay there, 70 died_ in my
sight, and et' the rest not one could live three
weeks; many of the number not one week.
I ("rip; so ne of them stripped to be washed
by the negro attendants, and then for tho
first th a n in my life SAW living skeletons.
Their thighs at the hip were no larger areund
than the ankle. 'l'll ,, thigh banes were there
the muscles slinging to them, and the
~ki!..:•hrivi•led Up, lint tiesh there was none.
r (•11(•((k-i were s,) iula•n AS t• , be almost
Oman brother: their eyes sunken in their
go.dtetg to the dew h of un inch; and altogeth
er more like derail men throe
A writer in the Ilimon Telegraph (rebel)
el June 2.n , in describing his visit to the
pris.en at A ndersoville. says that such liar-
BE
I
400.000
25,000
.",i)i)
7,:)01)
;:0)0()
barity p;w•r.h•necrrwouldhaveheliev
ed P(1 'TIE 1 , 1'11 , •( iced had he not ,een it; and
after.saying many other like thingc., calla
tipon the ia.ople of the Confederacy to do
something for the prisoner,i . conditioa_
A Catholic priest of Macon who had been
vieicing Andersonvillc told officers confined.
ut Macau: that the horrors of Andetsoliville
alnot , :t equalled those related of the Calcutta.
Mick Dole; that they had no hospital no
comodations save a few boards put up. as a.
lean-to ; that on the day of his visit WO odd
died, nearly all of which number died in
their track., and that many, ninny were in
Complete state of idiocy.
Thow of them that were sent to Charles
ton were encamped upon the Race Course
some three miles from town, without shelter
or adequate hopital accotnedations. The Sis
ters of Charity who visited me in hospital
told mo that they never would have believed
that hutnan beings could present such an ap
pearance. All ~r the men I saw were near
yor completely idiotic. The starvation di
a
irrhea which they have affords nothing for
medicine to thsten to, and is absolutely in
curable. But I will not tire you any further
with this subject.
If you wish, please show this letter to Si
his, and tell him I wish he would pot this
disjointed statement of facts into shape and
publish it in sonic New York paper, the
"Times " for instance. The people of tho
North ought to know these things. ➢ly name
and position may be given to the editor as
authority, but 1 do not want my name pub
lished.
It is worse than., folly for the Sanitary
Commission or any charitable society to at
toinia ti send any articles to prisoners. They
never reach those who would be benetitted by
thew, and are worse than wasted.
The prisoners do not want charity; they
want an exchange if it can be effected with
no sacrifice to the nation's honor. If we
hold an excess of prisoners, cannot hostages
be held for the negro slaves if the rebels will
'hot exchange them ? - Why are a few exchang
ed and not all ? Many have been prisoners now
17 months, and have seen men and officers
captured three months ago exchanged.• I
have been a prisoner nearly a year and have
seen 250 officers, captured since myself, ex
changed, and there is no, more prospect of
my being exchanged than there was when I
was captured. The rebels have conceded
that they have no more right to object to our
using free negrocs as soldiers than to our
using Irishmen or Portuguese: Let all be
exchanged or none. Do not harrow the feel
ings of the majority captured a long time by
the exchange of the newly taken minority.
But I' will now devote the rest of this letter
to our private affairs.
* *
P. S: Oct. 29. Since writing this letter I
find that the naval - etlieers will go'to' Rich
mond for exchange and that they will not
be exchanged in this harbor as we had sup
posed. :• At RiChmond they may ho detained
some time, and so this may be delayed in
reaching you. lam not very well since
leaving the hospital, the diarrhea still hang-,
ing to me, which assumes a dysentery form
occasionally.
* 5. * *
The flogging Sheridan has administered to.
.EarlY in the. Valley
„has made the robs feelvery blue indeed, coming so soon after the
fall of Atlanta. We think here that Grant
has got a job before hiM Rielanond,lit
I'll engage he knows what he is about. -- zt
am-anxious to get back again into the army
and have another oracle-at these-scoundrels.
If this letter should by any accident NI
into the hands of the authorities here I walla
be made to servo out the balance of my im
prieonment on corn bread and water' in a -
solitary dungeon. So you see what risk I
run in thus talking freely before!' nm " out
of_the woods."
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LADIES' Funs.---Purehasers may rely-np.
on getting the best Purs at , Charles Oakford
ct Sons, Continentalllotel, Philnaelphia.3na
,
,• , M,Jeff: Davis has issued a proclamation
,
setting apart, Wednesday , . the 10th instant
4 4 day, of,Thatikpgivitlg, ' • - - , •;.
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