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J. S. TODD, Editor &. Publisher.
3.
A Good Cbance.
We propose to " take licef, Corn, Pork
or Cord Wood from such of our patrons as
wish to pay their subscriptions in that
way ; provided they do so before the first
of January, es Call in and see us on
Court Week.
Political Imprisonments.
Free government in the United States,
once the boast and pride of the American
citizen, is fast drifting into anarchy and
despotism, unequalled anywhere in the
known world. The most wanton despot
ism that ever swayed the sceptre of arbi
trary power in the old world would be
put to blush at the lawless atrocities of
the present Administration, whose ruth
less officers have, not only set at defiance
the sacred injunctions of the Constitution
but have sanctioned and blackened our
history with crimes, from which devils
would shrink with horror; and to pass by
these sanctioned outrages which cannot be
named without a blush, we have the more
direct acts of the damnable tyranny of
those masters of the people, which have
desolated innocent homes and brought
sorrow and bereavement to the firesides of
countless unoffending families. It would
appear, from a recent order of the Secre
tary of War, says the Philadelphia Evm
ing Journaly that all the victims of his
outrageous abuse of power are to be liber
ated from the different Bastiles in which,
for months past, they have been confined.
Imprisoned without a hearing, and with
out " due process of law," they are libe
rated without trial. Mr. Stanton, bv
liberating these victims of his tyranny and
of his treason to the Constitution without
a trial, confesses to the world that they
were imprisoned without cause, and that
he was ashamed or afraid to have their
cases legally investigated.
Among these prisoners are some who
have been incarcerated for- more than a
year; in some instances, their health is
impaired for life, their business at home
ruined, and their families overwhelmed
with grief. In some instances, deaths
have been caused in families from which
these prisoners have been dragged ; in
others, their wives and daughters have
been driven to insanity. In two or three
cases, we arc told, the victims, themselves,
have been rendered insane in consequence
of their arrest and imprisonment. After
all this, the Secretary of War graciouslv
issues the mandate, liberating his victims
without trial ; thus saying to the world :
" I did this thing ; I can undo it. I am
master of this people !"
'Whether, as in the case of the recently
liberated political prisoners from Illinois
and Iowa. Sir. Stanton requires these long
differing victims of his damnable tyranny
to take an oalh that they will not hereaf
ter prosecute him, we do not know. But
however this may be, he and his co-workers
in this sort of iniquity and infamy
inay rest assured that, as surely as there
is a Got in Heaven, the people of this
country will hold them to a strict account
for these outrages upon Liberty and the
Constitution, and that retribution will as
surely follow as pain follows the touch of
fire.
Those of this class of traitors to the sa
cred pro isions of the Constitution, who
think to escape the "wrath to come" in
this life, will find themselves sadly mis
taken. Their " brief hour" on the stage
of authority is slowly but surely drawing
1o a close- Dethroned justice will, ere
long, be reinstated, and the due vengeance
of outraged law will overtake its violators.
Jeffries did not escape this vengeance ;
Stanton need not hope to escape it.
On last Tuesday the Mail Train
eastward near Kittannmg Point, struck
Samuel Noel, throwing him over a steep
embankment. He miraculously escaped
with his life, but was badly injured in the
head. The unfortunate man is still living
but fears are entertained of his death.
The gentlemanly Conductor of tlie train,
appeared much grieved at the fad occur
rence and lent his utmost assistance to
hfr wound d raw n.
As We Predicted.
The same hinderances which more than
once thwarted the plans of Gen. McClel
lan, are to be thrown in the way of his
immediate successor. It appears to be
the intention and secret wish of the Abo
lition party to defeat Gen. Burnside if
they can, and then by the same fanatical
" nrPisanrp " ami thi ?.imi i.irtrnn- ner-
l" ' " ' j o j i
suade vacillating Lincoln to also "re
lieve " Burnside of the present command,
that they may make way for the great
" path-finder," the only idol that would
seem to satiate the demands of the New
England Radicals. While watchful in
terest and deep anxiety prevail within the
breast of every honest man concerning the
result of the every-day anticipated attact,
we find the merry and jocose officials in
and about Washington fa:-ng, according
to promises, to forward those necessary
supplies for soldier and quadruped, with
out which the army cannot advance :
while it is well known that every day of
neglect and delay increases the chances
against us and makes our success more
uncertain. It is thus that these impotent
pretenders would sacrifice the lives of
their fellow countrymen in order to glut
their ow n desires and to gratify party an
imosities. It is well understood and gen
erally believed, that the removal of Gen.
McClellan, was promised long be? re the
election, but that it was thought to Ik?
Abolition policy to retain the young Gen
eral in his command until after the 4th of
Novemlier, lest his removal should affect
the result of the elections in New York
and other States : and we fear the same
ordeal through which Gen. McClellan
was forced to pass, yet awaits his successor.
C-y We publish on our outside, a re
markable and statesmanlike letter from
the pen of Ex-Senator Bigler, on the un
fortunate affairs of our country's crisis.
It is characterized by that fearless and
out spoken tone which has always marked
the course of that distinguished Senator;
and although it will be sneered at by the
Abolition party, it will, nevertheless, be
hailed with a hearty response from thou
sands of honest patriots, throughout the
Union. It will be seen that it" was
written in reply to an interrogatory from
one of Mr. 1 Jigler's personal friends as to
his (Bigler s) position in regard to the
United States Sehatorship of this tate.
The Ex-Governor will not be a -t.jandi-
date for the United States Senate. '
Letters , of a Traveller.
To the Democrat & Sentinel.
No. T.
Retaliation.
Gen. Iyee has addressed a ktterti Gen. !
C3 J. Kratzer intends to go to UlLor
etto next week, w here lie will remain
some time to take the pictures of those
who wish to "secure the shadow ere the
substance fade." John is a good artist,
gentlemanly in his deportment and moder
ate in his charges ; and we have no doubt
but that he will be well nntronized in that
vicinity. Give him a call ladi-.'s.
CaT Joseph Shoemaker, of Johnstown,
who, was lately convicted at the United
States Court, in Pittsburg, for making
and passing counterfeit coin, was senten
ced on last Sat unlay, to pay a fine of
8100, and undergo an imprisonment in
the Western Penitentiary, for the term of
five years. The ld man still assert his
innocence; and while the Judge passed
sentence upon him he wept like a child.
Attempts to procure a new trial were
made, but it was not granted. It is said
that many ersons who believe him to be
j innocent, will petition the President to
. -vinl-.m him.
I were few people there for sea bathing, a
few withered old maids, and gouty old
gentlemen were the bulk of the visitors of
that place. Why they ever made a ba
thing place there I cannot imagine, as it
is rough and rocky, the salt water however
is verv strong there, more so than at
Castle rock or Port rush. The Giants
Causeway has lecn often so well described
that I will not attempt it, snffice it to say,
tbat as the legend- have it, the Giants at
an carlv day commenced to build a bridge
from Ireland to Swtland. They commen
ced as if about to build a bridge rather
than a causeway, as they have it arched
along so far as they have progressed.
Every stone is well fitted in, and is as
large as a one story house, the arches are
well turned, and sufficiently large for
small l ats to pa.-s under them. When
they finished almut a mile, they found the
water getting too deep, and they abandon
ed the work. Certainly what they have
done is a stupendous piece of workinan-
ship, and would uo credit to the Archi-
I laving agreed with the landlord and
paid him something in advance, and re
gistered my name M'Carty, (a name by
the way that I knew the landlord ami his
familv always hated,) I took a rtroll
through the town to see how it looked.
The same stone or brick houses, for the
most part, one or two stories high, with
thatch or slated nof were still there, look
ing fresh and young, though some of them
for aught I know may be one thousand
years old. Lime is very plenty there,
ami they rough cast their houses with it,
and whitewash them, or make them some
other color, which gives them always a
fresh and youthful apjiearnnce. The
houses and the neighboring hills lxre a
different aspect to me from w hat I had
anticipated, the houses were smaller and
the hills less distant, the rivulets and
streams contracted and the roads narrow er.
I knew however that they had not changed
for hundreds of years, but myself had
changed. As was said by one of the
wisest and best of ancient poets in com
paring Mantua to Il:n,
" 6'i"c cinilmx caltdos timiks, sic untinbus
" Xuram ; iV iirris cc-mjMmrrr mayixi
In the United State" the streams do
grow less, and sometimes dry up aho
ge tler, a tlie country is cleared out, l.v
v-'iiiirituin . I.tit li..a.i I ... I .... . .
................. ..... ...... uini.iin.in-ii . v io wa kin r wiu was loop
that cause, they murmur along unchanged
lor centuries. In returning to the Hotel
the mail carrier had brought me some pa
pers from tlie United States, w hich de
stroyed my incog, and compelled me to
acknowledge the corn. After dinth-r the
tect of the JJoyal Victoria bridge of Mon
treal, or IiJ-liH'j of the United States.
We returned in due time to Dungivcn,
m mm-- w.w... v UM
The McDowell court of
into session at a quarter to twelve 0V "
yesterday, General Martindal u
i .1 .. i i - r
wru ueuiiiieu uy important bui-
his department of Military Goven
Wahinrton. After a clov-d .
.... -- uei'l-ion oj, .
plan proposed by General Melt.. -
The Court, having conidrvd care"-,
the proposition of Major General M-iT'
ell, decide to proceed to tlie iiv
111 w.lint niui III-- IMlioWin'T tp
a . ..... ' V
liereailer sucn modihcations or aiu-.-.
tions as may lie suggested bv
of the proceedings and may be &2
To examine ami inquire iv,. .
and all accusations
or lmpufcrfm,
treachery or dioval.tv on the ran ..r-
.MciJoweu, and to examine, and i:
into Ins whole conduct as a ;
rk-nt!
since .being the date on wl...-n i..
McClellan assumed (vinnmn l ..f He Xr
oi me i otomac ror tli fciv,
e returnea m one time to uungucn, the invest i-'ation. the .r. . .
and as it might likely be the hu-t mine j time w;;i divided as follow., J".i V
ho-t ami I w ould sp. ml togetlier, we were ! .vri..-i of time w hen Gen M. lT
.Mennim.i to take as mucn out oi a? cumiu.in.kl: J-"ir.t A dixi-i.i, in
..il.I,.. II mysed and a tew c hs. n J Armv of tlie Potomac under M. ,,r i .
friends, mad.- the nijht a good deal like
of Pb ami Allen,
, I um
l.'ri::i'n
wlien lh-y came to Willie:? lnvwing,
" The tirt .all ris- to sang aa,
A Cl'coM. Coward, loon is l;e.
TJ.f firat ..-i.:c his cJ.air sliall fa.
Ia i I in) I t kiii n,"i.z us three."
McClellan tiX'in ?o-
llie first Armv Con . Arnir.f ,.
I tom:iC. under Major G-m r.l M l i-t
fnrn . Thtnl The I Vu-:::,- s
the liapjiahaniKx-L. under th- ir ,
tlie President of tie IViied S.u'.j ....
; the War !Kjartucnt. from 1 ,
Thikvini;. The ctmntrv evervwhere.
Halleck conceniing I'residenf Lincoln's ' s Woming inlstel with thse cowardly,
emancipation proclamation in which he i hzy miscreants who, to indolent to work,
argues that it is unwarrantable, that it j gain a miserable subsistence by pilfering
has never been recommended or endorsed ' and robbing. One cannot pick up a paper
by any military authority and that Gen.
Halleck's own work never touches upon
such a measure of war; and he also urges,
that if the proclamation be not withdrawn
that they, the confederates, will be com
pelled to retaliate upon the Union prison
ers ; that if any women or children shall
suffer or be put to death by the insurrec
tionists, that an equal number of Union
prisoners shall be murdered ; thereby re
senting the instigation of a servile insur
rection in the barbarous destruction of
human life. Yet we understand the "old
rail splitter" asserts his determination to
adhere to his favorite sclieme, and that
his message, (which w e have not yet seen)
is replete with arguments in favor of this
notorious proclamation.
Free Government.
Solon the great Law-giver of Greece,
says: "That alone is a free government
w here the oppression of an individual or
an injury to the lowliest citizen is felt as a
shock, to the Constitution of the Suite;
and they alone are worthy of freedom who
are as ready to rescue the oppressed and
to recompense the injured as the immedi
ate sufferer himself." How d.ws tie.
noble sentiment contrast with the tvrannv
:ind degraded state of our Government
which has, without alleged offence or even
without the slightest pretext, kidnapped
and incarcerated innocent men in old
Forts and Bastiles, remote from home,
either to wear out a miserable life of soli
tary confinement or to undergo a hastv
trial and be sentenced to death by the
dictates of an arbitrary military authority?
7 James M'Clure, a brakesman on
one of the freight trains of the Penn.
Bailroad, while the train was running
between Petersburg and Huntingdon, at
tempted to pass from the front to the rear
landlord drove me t se our relations :
thirty years had made vp-at h:ne. on
their N-rsonal apjx-arance, but ih-v had
ehang-d very little in other rerj. ts. Th
same mirthful kindly f-lin that ja-rvadt ?
the Irih character. ii!l :ili'iii !s anions
tin m in every walk of li!e, an I rnanx
thing- that the people of other iiali'i
would Iain nt a a calamity, the- p rpY
religiously fubinit to, or el.-- t.;rn it in.o
ridicule ami jest.
In rid.ng suMund the country I wa ut
terly a-touislicd to see the improvement ia
agriculture, land is forced to its highct
yield by scientific fanning and artificial
manures. Gucano. Gypsum. iM.m-diif.
Vc, are t le had in all the little stores vf
the country. I jke,
" A time tLere
lgir.
When evf-rv rood of gn-and msh.tnrr.et
w, ere Eoglaud griefs
these days which is mt replete with this
species of crime. Tlie Store of M-.srs.
Waterson &Sons, in Blair.-vi'.le w:is broker.
op"n a few nights ago and robbed of cotly
goods to the amount of several hundred
dollars. We sympathize with M.Vsrs.
Vftt"M-mi- that flu nvmil f l!nir iiiftiis-
trv and frugality should bu thus aopronri- ; i i ? r i i i i -
C rit j I ntii II. lit I n Mile III i.ii.I .!..'
ated to the luxury and idleness of such the iei-hU..l..--l. and wa .i.:..ni.h M to
wretches, who revel in covetousness and ! see how high laud rated. Tlie fanu imii-
ihev sistcd ol sixty-live acres ol gtitd land.
; rent.tl at S." jmt acr', the vendor wa.
going to try his f rtune in Au.-tndia. he
l had no lea.M of the land was nothing but
I a tenant at Mill, but it i- un !.-r:hl there
! that tin landlord iu er ejects a ma:i e.-
i
Minn . L",...tT IT... . ri
not bit one thing I know that I got ( of Virginia, under Mijor I' v
that Iiad mi 'i i lr:nking 11k ingtit lutore.
At th- proj-r time I bade farewell to hot,
rvants and l"ri-ids. to some I gave a
.mall donation of money wlierv I could
'l" r it. to ! Iters more sensitive, a pi tv
f American toli:iect, a w-alkiiiir citite tir
in o;her ::n :nenti. Tliey ctu-hid'-d
:h:.t Ai.e. riea wa the l place in the
world to make eri-ct gcjitleiiKii out of
:h.-.e tltrst win- IK--t bom such.
Adieu, Vint:.
! Mat-m'nt f facts, and an -: n -.j
I opiui..ii, tlK- Court will i'svf
I the -:Te.lHilei)-' of G.-n V.li.
j with tlte -minvs ininia!jders r
any ; within tlie enemy's L:t: . :
examiiv ainl inquire into i,
pursu-tl by General McDowell 1
the inhabitants of the ixi!i:tr ..e ;
w:TIi rj
4. if
5,. ..
subsist upon ill-gonen gtds IIopc
may be brought to j.itiee.
A woman nanicil Catharine Jack
son, was arrested in Philadelphia. ' tin
.1 4". .... :
- f -" - cept lor iion-imynient ol n-nf. or !.-r some
Site had in her possession, SI 53, in titun- ! ..s ,j.M havi'.ur. if he would do oiher-
bv tlie dated Sjales i.rv
to them3t-s or thtir j-r.ppr:v. r
: inqe.irv wliether Gem ml MvIkW.'I .
Tlit- r.::I Ire Ilebel Ai my Cone t a- ' ' 'ty a a :
ti aiitr: at I t l-drU kbui g. ; thoe placed umh-r him. .iml : .
A PiKia t m Sangi inaky (.'osni.T I J'u.:i:e t ,:i,vr to plrv. i -i-r L-..
UxrixTtu. j ghing hearty :u id to the :.za ..: :
II; ! ai:ti i s Akmv or PT.j:.r. capacity all iIk- siipjwi in I i. p
No.iwUr27, lSt;2. " l.'--''? '11 '"rv whether Gt n nu M I
1 i. re ir- r.' t ws ol uiiportanee or sje- i 11 lul' "r "'s wi tailed to gj t...
4-i.d i:.tei rt t.i .-..mmunicate tut-dav. As 'f'" 'nd reinf rcrmetits t.. u
. . . . . . ' ... . . . i i i
vi t our advance is tk-laved trout circum- - artu ii ue rias s- u.. t :x
.tan--" l'vnd tlte control of Gt-mral wha n.-;i?-ins.
Burn-ill-, lut these are lein overcome j Goodwin, wh . n- .
as rapidly as r-w-iUe. j letter from X. GO St. Mari's y
Aaiiing thenw bes of the opj rt unity t'?r ,r r'T.r- S 1 - lv '-. ;
i:nexp t-.!lv affonhil them by our ' Ayll3h wa J-ubiihed in a Now T
. the reVls are exertint: them-. Ives SumLty lapx-r. addrer- d : Gen. M. P.
:i the i.tin-v-t in the enftkm of earth- wa51 ordered to 1..' sarrinnt. d a
v.i.rl-s and batteries, m-w oms apj-ar j ,tl,c- 1,1 tl,? '"- t -ul:x': -V
ii.g aluio-t daily. TJ:ey already have a i lli r, whh-h was order-d to K : :
io. nii ...Me ch;u l of cju-lhwork? extend- c'f t5l fi lemv in the car".
i.s -:,!..! ' th - ii U-v 1 rr,dri.-L-- Court d-cid -d that it
i.ai-g, aud th-v
can
b
ecn
i reivive the l a.i:ion- of the ri",
terftit ' threes' on the Citizens Bank of j
llttsburg. - ;
CifWhen you go to Johnstow n, stoj at
the Foster I Ious," w here you will b?
most weleomely recciveil by that model
landlord, W. liichter.
O- Maj. J. S. Miller has been appoin
ted Bepresentative IMegate from Hunt
ingdon county to the next Democratic
State Convention. Maj. II. Bruce Pctri
ken is the Senatorial Delegate from that
district.
C.J-A. II. Eckek, one of the editors and
proprietors of the Washington EZa.tminer,
has leen appointed Bevenue Commissioner
for the Washington Judicial district.
t& The drafted militia of this State
have been onlered to Washington. Tlie
regiments are to lie immediately armed
and put in route by their local command
ers without further orders. Drafted men
and. substitutes who have left c:rmp
without authority are considered deserters,
and if arrested will be tried and punished
as such.
uttcxpevted approach of our
place. Thev are in a terrible
desthmioi). many of them being hatless, i this nvirning by the sante means
The Philaijeu-hia Shekiffaijtt.
When the action of the Supreme Court in
. .i i tt ... .
car, and it is supposed mi-ed his footing ' miadelplna .Slientlalty case became
and fell on the track, the cars pasin ! OW" , Ewi"?' 'f ntlfi
. - , -. .. . , 1 c i 1 "ompson that he was ready to vacate the
over him killing him instantly. office and the latter was expected to take
t . , i " " " " t posession vesterdav..
C3-In looking over the proceedings of j ' mim .
Court in Washington count-, we find the Nothing of imiortance having tran-
" culled " brethren predominate in the spired, up to this date, in the proceedings
criminal calendar. Three or four cases ; of Court, we omit all till next week.
of larceny, one of malicious mischief, one ? "
rc , , r t tRTREss Moxicoe, Nov. 27. On
ot assamt and batterv. one of rane ami t- . i - . ,. . .
r .. Saturday night last an exm-dition left
two of murder, in all of which the parties ( Yorktown, consisting of three gunboats
have been convicted. These are the mid a force of COO of the 11th Maine
fruits of Abolitionism. regiment. Tliey returned yesterday after
; ; having scouted ten miles beyond" Mob-
We will endeavor to lay before our jack Tliey destroyed an extensive
readers, next week, the President's mes- : uitl valuable works,
sage to Congress. i Ijlst Tuenlay our pickets near Wil-
. mi. j liamsburg captured iht rebels which
Eli Slteets, the munlerer of ! were nt to Eortress Monroe.
Iy, has been Pentence.1 for the seetmd ' A fla?-jf-truce ,cavcs ,,t re early to-1 to me
r..rr.. i r... . . .
time, in the Lourt? otBesver cwmtv t i i i
. ' wiiiny. to down I nion prisoners m charge of Cant
b- lmivr till hr i- d.- l! .y,u, i". Mif.,. 3, V,,v York. '
wise his life would le in d i:ig-r. The
ptuple there si-m satified to pnreha
the tenant right, and take the landlord,
implied promise tor their uudisturlntl jms-sx's-ion,
and even pay more for that than
they would in the I'nited States for the
fee simple. This farm of , acres, with
not very gotd buildings, sold very readilv
for three thousand s-ven laindml and
fifty dollars, w hich would lie, as I was
infonned, an average pri-e lor gmnl land
in the province of I'lsier. There are
other MountarnH'Us regions in this province
where the land is not so gmxl, and the
farms are small. These the hindlonls are
putting into larger farms, ami giving them
to the Scotch aud English, sometimes
giving a small pittance to the ancient in- without slug's, blankets, or decent cloth-
habitants to assist them to emigrate, ami j ng. There are still a numlxT remaln
souK'times tun:ing them out of d-Mirs with- J ing lurking about in the woods, and the
out any compensation whatever. These
inhabitants are the descendants of the
ancient Milesians who had been driven
there by their frequent jicrsccutions. It
seems to lie the settled policy of these
landlords to eradicate this race completely
from that Island. Tired with looking
around, and afraid of the pressure on inv
apjetite doing me liodily injury, the land
lard and myself thought we would v isit
some of the fashionable watering places
for a few- days. Mounted on the ever
lasting low Loclril cr we soon arrived at
Newtownlemivady, an antiquated town in
the heart of a splendid fanning country.
Here as in other towns I thought the
houses had grown "small and beautifully
less " by age, but still they luul a vigor
ous apjH-anince. Here a branch rail road
three miles long connects with tlie IX-rrv
and Belfast road. We got tickets for
Port Stewart rather a famous
place of that country.
some time at Coleraine
built on both sides of the river Rum
seeming to me to be tlie best business
jilace of the size in tlie north of Ireland.
We ai rived at Port Stewart in good order,
and located at Mooney's where the enter
tainment was good, and tlie landlady
clever ami landlord gentlemanly. In this
watering place the houses are rather stvli?h
and present a fine appearance, but w hat
: tlie people live by, is certainly a mystery
i great many ot them, I am
the ( -r.
distinctly
ln-i oji o-.h-rs. In addition to i n:met hy br.i. McDowell o:. ::.
;!;. se they h.tve ritie pits arranged "mi"' druneiin-s.
e-.nv iii. nt ju-sition-;. evidently designe.1 Use I'-.-conlor was directe.1 t..i
ti.:-ih -u-;" tle ir shaq.tshooters. ! a mmuniea;i n Ui the head.p-u-;
A 15.-i.ish ti:ig is displayed on cue .,f the army requirini the attei.damv ,.
tin- houses, in tlf city. Manv of tJ,e j tain witnesses-, after which
citiz us h -retib .uts claim to Ik- British ' adjounud un:il to-m -rrow.
subjects, an I urge that as a safeguard j G'.iKTal MclKwe!l in th I'. ut c.
against th- s-. i.!ire of Ibmge ami the mvu- j vowed any desire to raie aav . fes
Iatin of th. ir i.n-mises bv the military tno annv in active s rvicr- to :it;cui i-
autlit.rities. Tli 'v are, however, all bitter ! w itnesses, preferrimjr, in his ca-. :
siiessionist.. ami aid the enemy in every ! himself in the court litnu their "fi-i;;:
lio..ii.!e lleueiiT liemv ,t tl.teii 1. in.r ! ami? ralher t!.;'n tli-rriv the e,,i f;r.i 5
' r- . . . . . .
sons in the rv!vl ar:ny.
Our cavalry have recently captun-d
iiuuiU rs ot reliels s"atterel thmugh the :
woh1s b tweeii us ami the Potomac, who I AsiliN;nN. N.v. IV ll
wen preliab-y cut otl" from I he ferds bv tlie i dent yesterday went by special s2ea:ul
fore-es at tluit ! conveyance to AquLi Cm-k. ti'iure
of their servitvs at this time if ;lf
neelel in the fi IL
state of ! was met by tien. Burn-ide. lie re:-
aware live by fishing, but there must l
some landsmen among them whose sup-
jiort dfvs not H-pe"' oi fl oernn 'Jl.r-r-
enemy's pickets remain along tlie river
buiks ; but picket firing has entirely
ceased, and the officers of both anuies
may Ik s-en at :my time along the shores
scanning each other.
All remains quiet along the lines.
Tlie upper f.rds are quietly held by our
forces, tlie reliels having made no demon
strations at those point? for some time.
In T'redricksburg the stores and houses
remain apparently closed up and the citv
deserted, except by a few of its male resi
dents and the secesh patrol.
Cairo, Nov. 27. Tlie Galveston
News, of the 7th, says that Sam Hous
ton madvi a secession speech in Branham
lately.
Adv ices from Holly Springs to Satur
day state that nearly the entire population
j had em3grateL All the stores and most
i of the til-ivate rax.iil.ruv-.a n-om .1. ... l
I tamous watering! f 'r f V . r """"T1- A
. We stopped forl411 Confcte f"" was there, but
a handsome town j T ' pennanently. The Feder-
iv n nit-, seven mues .vonn.
Tlie Georgia Legislature passed a law
recently for ol struct ing all navigable
streams in the State. It appropriated
$G(K),0O) for that purpose.
The First General Council of the Epis
copal church, of the Confederate States,
met at Augusta, Ga., on the 19th.
What Will He Do- We are often
asked, oltserves a contemporary, in view
of the late elections, " What w:ill old Abe
dof We don't know what he trtll do;
but wc are free to say what he ought to
do. ; nfc7f tr h- n cw&N.V f
liav ing leard tlie arguments of cur.-i ;
regard to the liability to laxatioa n:.i
the excise law of person enjaged ir :'ct
manufacture of clothing, has pr-pan-3s-'
elaliorate statenient. deciding that r'"
ing is a manufacture sulj-ct to U-
at the rate of three jer centum a r.:'. -
tle value to be retunK-d by the njMr.
manner ptinted ontb- the statute.
Ci?" Petroleum oil, which rose S'1 r-
idly from twenty-five cents a gul-en
dollar and ten cents, has taken the
track again, and is down, as rcporti-i
sixty cents. Hie rise was merely
lative, and somebedy will make or ;-
fortunes by the sudden fluctuaiin-
On WediKsdaT of last week a -
mer namvl lvihar.l Si-.v.t resii'-? 5
aouia rirauane townsnip, fc-""
miles north of Washington, coa&u'-'
suicide by hanging himself.
Washtsgtos Dec. 1 Tlie lYes
vr, i i . i .-d to
nwC2
t' '
T e me- .t.nt..m
mm ia urs iincan cviw""1 -opinion
among the blacks regard -r-
project, it says, is gradually impr
Reti-rned. Elisha Fultz, o:
A. 11th 1". K. C.
The Adv isers of tlie I'resi
Detroit re Frrsi says, are urging
to call out a milhon of men.
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