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?. S. NOON, Chairman,
George Delany, J. S. MardU, George C.
X. Zahm, Peter fluber, Philip Miller, John
Tj. McKenzie, Joseph Behe. John Durbin,
David Farner, Henry Friedthoof. John
S'-jgh, Eltsha Plnmmer. Lewis Rodgers,
George Gurley, John McDermit. Simon
Dunmyer, W. A. Krise. Thoa. F. McGough.
Jacob Fronheiser, J. F. Conden, John Ham
llton, F. O'Friel, Michael Bohlin, Wm. C,
Direr, John White, Henry Topper, Nicho
la Cannan, M J. Plott. J. V. Condon.
Daniel Gmfair, Wra. McCtoskey. Daniel II
Donnelly, Anthony Long, John Manh,
John Ryan.
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Why Lincoln irai Elected.
The- election it now over, and the
Democratic party has manfully sustained
itself, notwithstanding a majority of the
people have surrendered their liberties to
Abraham Lincoln for four years and as
much longer as he wishes, and to his suc
cessors after lam, if he so wills it. We
sever could see the reason why the peo
ple did so. lie was not a great military
hero, he wag not a renowned statesman,
hs was not a citiian that has done the
country cervices that a nation's grati
tude would be poured forth to him,
for preserving its glory at homo or
abroad. lie was not a Caesar or a Na
poleon, whose achievements could be
pleaded as an excuse for the nation's sub
mission. He is Commander-in-Chief of
tho army and navy, and never saw a shot
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fired in war. Ho has no idea of states
manship, but the amount of money
if
brings in. His career has been disastrous
to the lives and fortunes of his country
men. Ilia personal qualities are not of
an elevated order, he is only noted for the
character of a buffoon, who9e conversa
tion is noteworthy as a medley of profane
jests and obscene anecdotes. He squan
dered away millions of the lives of his
fellow-citizens, without remorse, and is
still crying out for more money and more
blood, in the pursuit of his favorite plan.
To this man the Northern people have
surrendered their lives, their liberties, their
persons, and their purses; to have and to
hold the same for four years, or as long
after as he chooses. It is plain if he
chooses, he may hold on for his natural
life, and may transmit the sceptre to his
decendants if he bo wills it. There is
nothing in the world to prevent him if he
should feel so disposed. Lincoln was de
termined to conquer at the ballot-box
This was indicated from his military ar
rangemcnta, his stationing soldiers about
the polls, the arrest of the New York
Commissioners, the prohibition of any
tickets but ins own in the fleet, his super
vision of the voting in the army. Add to
this, huge conspiracies have been discover
ed, designs to burn whole cities, to over
throw the best Gouernment under the
sun, to stuff the ballot-box, to assist the
confederate arms, and to do everything
that is awful. These discoveries were
made just in time to save the country and
elect Lincoln. What a blessins! Just
as the French General held an election of
the notables in the Hulls of the Monte
zumas and elected Maximilian Emperor.
Just as Louis Napoleon was elected him
self and just as Augustus and Tiberius
got themselves elected tribunes of the peo
ple long after the power had concentrated
ia their own Krson. It was truly the
most interesting election on record, and
will figure in history very conspicuously.
If there ever be another Presidential elec
tion held, which we very much doubt, it
would be an excellent model to go by.
But the Democratic party can afford to
wait.
The Prospects Ahead.
In looking around what once was the
United States, and peering into the vista
of futurity bo far as we can. either North
or South, East or West, we do not see
one single ray of the glorious beams of
peace breaking through in any quarter.
Lverything portends a long, dark, cruel,
and bloody war. A war that must exist
until the South is exterminated, and the
North annihilated. Sherman's success can
amount to nothing more than reaching the
sea-board, and saving his army if he can
do that. And this we consider a bril
liant exploit if he can do it under the cir
cumstances. But it has no other result
in crushing the rebellion, more than des
troying some of their private property as
he passed through. He may destroy their
Railroods and burn their crops and private
dwellings, and lay the country a waste as
he passes through, but he must leave the
country in their possession, and a resolute
people can in a short time repair the onej
and produce the other, and leave matters
pretty much as they wers when he started.
Nor does the prospect in Tennessee seeni
much more flattering, our troops at last
accounts were in Nashville, and on the
defensive; but whether victorious or re
pulsed, it makes little difference to the
termination of the war. We may look
for victories and repulses, they amount to
nothing. So long as two armies are con
tending ogainst each other, composed of
such men as they are, we may look for a
victory or a repulse according to numbers
and advantage. " But that will not end
the war. At present appearances this
war as it seems to be cartied on on both
6ides, may last for thirty years. Except
the hand of Providence interferes, or some
unforseen event occurs, we see nothing to
prevent. Let us take a view of the pro
gramme of the North, and the programme
of the South, und sec at what time it could
end. The North says no compromise
with traitors with arms in their hands, let
them lay down their arms, abolish slavery
and submit, and we will receive them into
tho Union under a new Constitution which
we will make for them, if not we will ex.
terminate them, and give their land to our
soldiers and the negroes. These are the
alternatives offered to the South by the
North, and they will ncvor be accepted
Tne Sout, n their side, we want to
govern ourselves in our own wnj', we
want no masters, we would sooner die
than lose the privilege of governing cur
selves. We have fought those enemies to
our country and race successfully fur four
years, and their army is now in a worse
condition than ours, our mei! are willing
to fight for their country, their property,
and their lives, and fight on until the in
vader is driven from the soil, whereas
their men must be dragged into the armv
under a f:le of soldiers, and in chains, ex
cept those who are on the look out for
plunder. It is our province to fight these
vandals while we live, and after our death
leave it as a legacy to our children to tight
them. And if we ivere reduced to the
condition to seek for masters, we would
seek for one of moro magnanimity than
the Yankee. Hut our condition is getting
better, and theirs is getting worse, and
they may fight as long as they please, we
will meet them at all points. There was
a time when a compromise might have
been made, and many of our people would
have preferred the old Union, but that
time is gone, and forever
Under these circumstances we see no
chance for a speedy termination of this
war, indeed, it may last out the present
generation. Over a million and a half of
the Northern people protested against this
programme of the war by their votes, but
their voico was drowned by the money
and power of the government. It is there
fore their duty to submit, and let Mr.
Lincoln carry tlia matter out according to
his own jtan. Wherever there is a lare
standing army to vote, it is a pretty sure
thing that their Commander-in-Chief will
get tho majority of them. We might as
well expect that the French soldiers would
vote against Louis Napoleon, or the Mexi
can soldiers against Maximilian, as the
American soldiers to vote aainst Abra
ham Lincoln. The soldiers are not n, h
v
fools as to do a thing of the kind, to sub
ject themselves to the indignity and dis
pleasure of their officers if they can avoid
it We mav. therefore. Ionic fur s Inn?
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cruel and bloody war, an extensive and
relentless draft. This war cannot be
carried on without it. There will be no
volunteers, and the war cannot be carried
on without men. The term of many of
the mHmtt tHH rxpin ? b- 7-, and '
their places must be supplied by recruits.
The Democrats have no heart to fight in
this war since Lincoln made it an Aboli
tion concern, and of course the Abolition
party never were a fighting party, they
would encourage the war, but they are
very much averse to shouldering a musket.
.Uo.sy iuat i m u, aim u.c
doctrine of the Administration about Ab
olition, but they wish to keep their own
hide safe, so we may safely conclude that
neither Democrat nor Republican will
enter this army hereafter without he does
it for the purpose of makiag money or
else compelled to do it We have no
idea of what the features of the new draft
will be, but we know the source from
whence it comes, and may look out for the
worst. Let the Democrats put in substi
tutes if they can, the Abolition party wili
be many of them exempted fur disability.
KeglKter'a Court.
Last week we have had the first Regis
ter's Court, held in this county for up
wards of twenty years. This court is
composed of the Register and the Judjes
of the Court of Common Pleas, or any
two of them.
Its necessity arises when there is any
dispute about the probate of a will or the
granting or revocation of letters of ad
ministration. When the Register feel
that ho does not wish to decide, he calls a
Register's Court ; or when his decision
is thought to be wrong by some of the
parties interested in the decedents estate,
then, he may be requested by said parties
to call a Register's Court, and have the
benefit of the opinion of the President
J udge.
William Henry Lloyd, died, unmarried
and without issue, leaving a father and
mother and two sisters. The father was
a lunatic under the control of a Commit
tee. The decedents estate amounted to
some four or five thousand dollars, comin
from his uncle by the mother's side.
The contest was whether the money
would get into the hands of the mother
or the committee of the father, as they
are both heirs and the only heirs to his
estate, being personal property.
In most of the States of the Union
there is no such thing known a3 a Regis
ter's Court. Instead of the Register they
elect a Probate Judge who decides all
matters of this knd, and if there are dis
puted facts, he can summon a jury to
pass upon them.
The reason w? have so few cases of this
kind h'-re in this count-, the greater por
tion of the decedents die, their own' ex
ecutors, having no estate to leave behind
them, and, therefore, no litigation.
The Capture of the Florida.
A United States nrmml vow..!
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the Wachusetts, Captain Collins, com
manding, captured the confederate stea
mer, Florida, in the Port of 1 labia, in
Brazil. The act was not only illegal but
cowardly. The Florida was under the
p-otcction of a neutral Power, and was
getting some repairs done. The Captain
and one half of the crew were on shore,
and in the dead of night the United States
vessel run into her, and she surrendered
immediately and was attached to the
United States steamer and towed away.
This is not only a breach of the neu
trality laws, but a violation of the laws of
nations. The vessel has since been sunk,
it is said, by accident, but that will hard
ly be believed. It is also said, that
Seward has made a very humble apology
to Brazil. Hut we don't think that apol
ogy will do. He must restore the vessel
to where she was, and if that is now im
possible, he must pay her price in gold.
If there was no Power interested but Bra
zil, we suppose that Mr. Seward might
put them off with an apology, but the
whole civilized world is interested in a
case of this kind. England and France
are deeply interested that the laws of neu
trality be faithfully observed. The act is
designated in England and France as the
act of a cut-throat and a pirate by their
newspapers. The sooner Mr. Seward
makes restitution in gold or restores the
vessel, the better it will be for this Go
vernment. Unless thev think thov w;il
be able to fight the whole Universe. The
populace of Bahia was sd much outraged
at the transaction that they attacked the
house, of the consul, and his life would
have been in danger if he had not ab
sconded. This affair Is worse and more
degrading than the memorable humilia
tion of tho case of Mason and SlielelL
C3 The attention of onr :-
called to the card of Shoemaker Secb-
The Regular Court.
The Court was'called at the usual time.
There was a larger attendance at Court
than has been for some time. After the
Constables and Grand Jury were called,
, the Judge proceeded to charge the Grand
Jury in his usual lucid, clear, and em-
pnatic manner, so that the merest tyro in
experience would understand the duties of
a Grand Juror. The following were the
list of offences that were left before them
to pass on.
1st. larceny ; 2d. assault and battery ;
3d. assault and battery with intent to
commit a rape ; 4th. obtaining goods
under false pretences ; oth. Nuisance.
The Grand Jury then retired to their
room, and the civil list was called over.
The list of Attorneys was then called,
and their motions heard, and thus ended
the Monday of the Court.
On Monday night the usual amount
of intoxication prevailed, but still we
think that it is gradually diminishing in
tho land, the inebriation was confined to
those persons from the country who are
unaccustomed to drink, and on account
of increased price on liquor, they took
larger drink r, and consequently reached
the result sooner than they could do for
merly. On Tuesday morning, the Common
wealth vs. William K. Piper, was called
up, the defendants were not ready, and
attachments were taken out for witnesses
not in attendance on their part.
A J ury was then called and sworn in
the case of the Commonwealth vs. James
Tpdegraff, George Updegraff and David
Johnston, for the larceny of a diamond
for cutting glass. These defendants were
of tender years, from ten to twelve years,
two of them were white and one of them
was smoked. Although they have been
here before once or twice they were ac
quitted. The next case tried was the Common
wealth vs. Rush Hawkins, a conductor
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, for assault
in collecting fare from Thomas MeCabe,
this was a small case, the Jury found the
defendant not guilty and the prosecutor to
pay the costs.
Some small cases of surety- of the peace
was disposed of, and then the Court went
into the civil list. So this is all wo can
say of this weeks proceedings.
W A conscript, by the name of John
Sitsler was shot on Sunday evening, in
White township, by one of the soldiers,
he was endeavoring to escape, and in
crossing a log was shot through both arms.
His arms we are told are badly shattered,
so much that he could not be taken along,
it is thought amputation will have to be
resorted to.
Since writing the above we learn that
he has died.
F orcign.
The foreign papers are filled with the
execution of a man named Franz MuIIer,
for the murder of a certain Mr. Briggs in
a compartment of a railroad car. The
evidence was entirely circumstantial and
the defendant, denied it until the drop was
falling. He made out a confession and
signed it before he went to the gallows
denying the murder and adhering to the
theory that was made for him at the trial.
As he was German t here was a great
deal of interest felt for him by the Ger
man population. There was a German
clergyman insisted on him to confess it
and as the drop was about to fall he said
"Ja, Ich We es ykmr j c j di(I it anJ
the preacher sank exhausted thanking
God the laws were vindicated. There
was upwards of one hundred thousand
persons present. The thieves and pick
pockets had a perfect harvest.
Imi-outant Ordku. The Provost Mar
shal General at Washington has sent the
following important order to his assistant
at Harrisburg in relation to the State
Guard :
" The Secretary of Var dIrcct9 me to
inform you that ,he President of the
Lmted States has ordered a8 follows? In
case the Governor of Pennsylvania shall
organize the Pennsylvania State Guaid
and put ,n service under the State ac t for
hat purpose a number not exceeding five
thousand, ,t is ordered that any member
of fa,d organization being drafted into the
oiaies service be at once furlongh
ed, so as to rctam his p!ace in ga;j Stcate
S2an' "f reCe,vinS e
Lmted States, but the time counting on
h.s term under the draft. You are in
structed to see that the orders of the Tresi
dent are strictly conformed to."
,w"?!?he EmPre68,of Ksia is to be un
tier the care of nn lose i ...
r.f . s T ttU Blx Physicians
J of all count. Enorrgh to k,u h.
The War.
We are still unable to give the exact
position of General Sherman. A Wash
ington dispatch states that information
had been received there that Sherman's
advance had captured Millen, a town in
Georgia, sixty miles southwest of Au
gusta. This occurred on November 29th.
Two days previously, Sherman sent a
force of cavalry in advance of him with
orders to reach ihe sea-coast at Port
Royal, the nearest point. The cavalry
crossed the Augusta and Savannah Rail
road at Waynesboro, thirty-six mile6 south
of Augusta. It is reported that they
captured a Confederate passenger train,
but after remaining at Waynesboro a
very short time, the Confederate attacked
them. The cavalry were dispersed and
many captured. Some, however, suc
ceeded in reaching the sea-coast, and no
doubt communicated the intelligence,
which was brought to New York by the I
steamer from Port Royal, on Saturday,
ami sent thence to Washington. At Port
Royal, when the steamer left, there was
great excitement. The publication of the
newspapers was prohibited in order to
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prevent any news from Sherman being
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made known. All the troops were col-
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lected in an expedition which was sent off
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to some unknown point, where Sherman
would be met. Sherman will pass far
south of Aucusfa. When he was at
Millen, on November 29th, he was e,xty
miles southwest of Augusta; seventy
miies east 01 viaeon ; ana aoout one
hundred miles northwest of Savannah
and Port Royal. These two places are
but thirty miles from each other.
We print this morning a great amount
of Southern news, which, however, sdietls
but little light upon the situation in
Georgia, beyond the intelligence of Sher
man's gradual march southeast, toward
the coast. It is uncertain whether Sher
man intends to march to Port Royal or j
.-aannan. 1 ne latest information we
have is a rejKjrt that on Nov. 30:h, Sher
man's advance was forty miles from Port
Royal, but whether marching toward that
place or Savannah, is not stated. Admi
ral DaUgren and Gen. Foster are at Port
Royal, and are said to have opened com
munication with Sherman. They have
sent out expeditions which are co-operating
with his e-olurnn. If thesr reports
are true, General Sherman has virtually
reached the coast, though, unless he at
tacks Savannah, what use it i, except as
a means of getting his army away from
Atlanta, is difficult to tell.
The reports of the recent baitie at
Franklin, Tennessee, now state tho Fed
eral loss at fifteen hundred. The Federal
troops have retreated all the way to
Nashville and occupy the defenses of the
citv, forming a line, each end of which
rests on the Cumberland River, above and
below the city. Tne Confederate cavalry
have followed the Federal retreat, and are
in plain view from high buildings in the
town. No infantry are seen, however.
General Hood, no doubt, is engaged in
destroying the Nashwile and Chattanooga
Railroad. This road is cut a:it3 the Aires
are down, so that no n:vs can be had of
his operations. On Saturday an order
was issued to send the rolling s-tock of the
Louis ":!!.'! and Nashille Rt-.ilroad to
Ixniisvi'.le, for fear of a raid, hut the or
dr was aftet wards countermanded. The
Confederates have already s-. i:t a raiding
party to Gallatin, on this railroad, twenty
miles southeast of Nashville, which cap
tured two hundred head of cattle.
'Fiom Panama we have news of a
ontcderate plot to capture one cf the
California Eteamers. The pLi was
envorrv?. nnA tl.n
were, on X,,v..nW in,i, . ,""x'Z.-
the steamer Salvador, outside the harbor
of Panama. They were put on board
the United States frigate Lancaster, which
returned with the prisoners to Panama.
Application was made on the 12th to the
. u.'iiu
President of Granada, for permission to j
pass them over the Isthmus. This was
refused, and it was supposed they would
be sent across on the responsibility of the
American Consul.
Everything is quiet in front of Peters
burg. General Ixe reports a recent ar
tillery duel between the gunboats on the
James, near Dutch Gap, in which no
damage was done, however. General
Butler has made a new corps in his army
under General W itzel. It is to be ex
clusively composed of negroes. General
Pope is said to have been already given
a command in Grant's army. He is now
in Washington.
Captain Semmes new privateer is now
at Madeira. She was the "Sea King,"
but is now called the "Shenandoah."
She is represented as having an armament
equal to that of the Florida.
George D. Prentice, of the Louisville
Journal, was in Richmond on November
30. He went there to visit his son, by
permission of the authorities on both
sides.
Major B. W. Brice has been made
Paymaster General of the armr. Phila.
Age.
The Government eol!pot rn prprv
three dollars' worth of friction matches
about fourteen dollars and a half in
stamps. In other words, the tax is about
four times as much as the ArtiH Is
worthy Government is a dear luxury
when it costs such taxes to support it
j Srody fo b orul.
The Elections fn Pennsylvania
An Authoritative Statement r
ResultN. WI
To the Editor of the. World:
I have a number of letters of inquU
from various quarters, in repard to t
late elections in our State ; and am ia.
duccd mainly by considerations of v.
! venience, to beg your indulgence in riVin,
a general answer through your widely dig.
seminated columns.
I undertake this the more freely, py.
haps, from having seen the strangely
surd telegram of General Simon Carncron
to the New York Evening I'ost. claiming
'from fifteen to twenty thousand ma
jority in the home vote of the State." for
the Abolition candidate for the presidLc
Allow me to premise : J'
A recent amendment to our State con
stitution, gives to the volunteer i-i our
army the right of -uffrage, vMie ,j,u)!
employed. The legislative enactment, m
pursuance of this amendment provide
mat w uere ten or more " ot these vol-
I untcere are to,her uat an P01"1.
j ,na' ',e.n a on the fe day of tU
i ion m the State, under given regula-
Hon, and subsequently make returns
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1 the votes to the Secretary of the Com.
! , , . , . . -om-
! monwealth, and to the 1 rothonatarv t,'
. . . iiuwiurj
I the respective counties,
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I n CMOa wberc esf than &f
r?ldier9 are P their respec
T command' !,c7 authorized to
i P!acc 'ir ballot3 in aled envelopes to
- 1 ue neiii nome oy man. 1 ne provisions
j are very similar to your New York ab
! surdity on the same subject. 'Lhtt
proxy votes are required to be offered a!
the proper polls on tine day of tkct'.n,
and are entered precisely in the same way
on the poll books as the home vote o
the same town or precinct.
j It will be perceived that it is alciott
; impossible to ascertain, in any subiK-qucLt
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inquiry, exactly wnicn are horue votes,
and which cauie through proxies from :h
army.
In my position, howevor, it Lecarr.a
: important to ascertain, as nearly as posi
; ble, how many there were of these d-
taehed voters, w here located, and their
' political preferences. I have nvwa cf
some six thousand, and, I atsume, at k-itit
j that number of these proxy votes we-r
j cast at each of the ree-ent elect on?. Of
j these, not less than five thousand wcr
i given to the Abolitionists. They v,wrr
i chiefly fn ni the hospital?, whf. h tru
j governed in a majority of ctees, by ell
j women of both sexctf, of the abolition
! school, w ho could t-top the grog or gruel
j of any recusant or even serai tarn to the
: front. Iu this way, at least rive thous-
na 01 l-'rox-v votes vtre lvtn t0
j the Abolition candidates at both the lata
HectIong l,nJ lilive been persistently count-
ed with the .??! ot
in the :ate-iiiUit of
Abeilitioii press.
But in the October election, co-u
ei'tn t iefs arity t-ofts by pruxy with t.'i
home vote?, there was an acknowledged
Democratic majority of some five to
ured :;nd fourteen. So that all those Wi-ge-rs
which predicted that the Deniocru
would carry, or hud a majority of thi
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; u-j:jje o;e m u,e iaM eciciL'c-r ciectio: :n
j Pennsylvania have bten icon. In cur
State, as fir as I know, such wagers ha 3
all been .aid. There really and hune!
was a Democratic maiuriiv nf rjhiip. i'..r
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, r five thousand in the hwie vutc at thut
' iLcliou.
J In the vote given for Presidential csu
i didatcs, in November, so far from thri
j being "fifteen or twenty thousand Aboli
1 t'.on majority " of the home votes " iu
Pennsylvania, as stated by General Cuil,-
eron, there
will not be two hundr
! uvUug even the proxy vote as before.' Rc-
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j- invrL .una ill 1 1 i e vnuiiaie,
I assert there would again be found a clear
Democratic majority of four or fivo
thousand of the home votes ; and my be
lief is that the majority against General
M'Clellan, taking tverythiny into accout.t.
will be found to be less than that so
counted of the Abolitionists in Pennsyl
vania in October. Mark the prediction.
I had written thus far, when I met
with the statement of the Hon. E. Safer,
published in the New York Tnlutie. I
see no reason to doubt his estimate of thu
ivhole October vote of the State, showing
a majority of some thirteen thousand in
favor of the Abolition candidates for Con
gress. I note the difficulty he presents in
reference to his ascertaining officially the
home votes, as distinguished froai tho
army votes. Practically, however, tha
proxy votes given at tho home polls can
be ascertained, and have been accurately
given in what I have stated above.
C. L. WARD,
Chairman of the Democratic State Cn
tral Committee of Pennsylvania.
Towanda, November 22.
Davis and Quitman Plantations.
Major Gen. Dana issued an order placing
the freedmen in his district, as many
as can find room there, upon tho
lands formerly possessed by Jeff. Davis
and his brother Joseph, and by the heirs
of Gen. Quitman, of filibustering memo
ry. These estates lie together in an
easily defended bend of the Mississippi,
called Palmyra Bend. They contain
about ten thousand acres of aruble land,
and it is intended that cotton speculators
shall be kept away from this point, which
the negroes can defend, and where they
live in security and maintain themselva
without expense to tne Government.
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