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K" s7cOOPER, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
• Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa.
ECU 8. TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tunkhannock, Pa. Ofiiee in Stark's Brick
ißlock, Tioga street.
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VV fice in Stark's Brick Block, Tioga St., Tunk
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T V. SMITH, M. D , PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
kl • Office on Bridge Street, next door to the Demo
crat Office, Tunkhannock, Pa.
ARVEYSICKLER ATTORNEY AT LAW
and GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT - Of
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nock Pa.
J7W7KHOA33S, M. D. F
(Graduate of the University of PeniCa.)
Respectfully offers his professional services to the
sititens of Tunkhannock and vicinity. He can be
found, when not professionally engaged, cither at his
Drag Store, or at his resideuce on Putnam Street.
DR. J. V. CORSEI.IUS, HAVING LOCAT
ED AT THE FALLS, WILL promptly attend
all calls in the line of his profession—may be found
at Boomer's Hotel, when not professionally absent.
Falls, Oct. 10, 1861-
DH. J. C. BECKER A- 'Co7 t
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS,
Would respectfully announce to the citizens of Wy
tming that they have located at Mehoopany, where
they will promptly attend to all calls in the line *f
thoir profession. May l>e found at his Drug Steror
when not professionally absent.
Y - jw. CAREY, M. I). (Graduate of the 3
J • M. Institute, Cincinnati) would respectfully
aanounco to the citizens of Wyoming and Luzerne
Counties, that he continues his regular practice in the
various departments of his profession. May oe found
at his office or residence, when not professionally ab
sent
Particular attention given to the treatment
Chronic Diseas.
entremoreland, Wyoming Co. Pa.—v2n2
WALL'S HOTEL7
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA.
THIS establishment has recently been refitted and
furnished in the latest style. Every attention
will be given to the comfort and convenience of those
wio patronize the House.
T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor.
Tunkhannock, September 11, 1861.
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA
RILEY WARNER, Prop'r.
HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above
■AI Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to
Nader the house an agreeable place ol sojourn for
Ml who may favor it with their custom.
RILEY WARNER.
MAYNARD'S HOTELr
TUNKHANNOCK, '
WYOMING COUNTY, PENNA. }
JOHN MAYNARD, Proprietor.
HAVING taken the Hotel, in the Borough of
Tunkhannock, recently occupied by Riley
Warner, the proprietor respectfully solicits a share ol
Pblic patronage. The House has been thoroughly
repaired, and the comforts and accomodations of a
Brit class Hotel, will be found by all who mav favor
11 with their custom. September 11. 1861
M. GILMAN,
M GILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk
# hanncck Borough, and respectfully tenders his
jrerosMonal services to the citizens of this place and
surrounding country.
. ALL WORE WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS
FACTION.
fcdEf Office over Tutton's Law Offica, near th e Pos
Office.
Dec. 11, 1801.
NOTICE!
Persons indebted to the subscriber, either on Note
or Book account, are notified that said notes and ac
•aunu have been left with thy Father, A F. Eastman,
who is fully authorized to receipt' and Mttie the game
J J* not wttled soon, they witi be left in the
hands of an officer for suit and collection!
The business qf BOOT and SHOE making will be
continued by the subscriber, at the old stand, whore
everything pertaining to tho businc s, will k'e done
in a substantial and workmanlike, manner, and at low
yrices tot ready pay, Ifte solicits a continuance of the
jinbUe patronage.
~ A. F. EASTMAN.
Tahkhkhnock, Sept. 3, 1862.*
Ipflrf's dorntr.
Original.
A LAMENT.
BY CRITICUS.
Oh! never more shall I have peach-
Peace for this weary breast,
Until my heart shall cease to beat,
And calmly sink to rest.
Oh! how much longer must I stay
Repentant, forced to roam,
O'er earth a weary fugitive,
Wi'hout a friend or home.
Oh! why am I cast out by man,
And why accursed by God—
Why am I doomed to wander yet
Beneath His chastening rod.
Is there no peace this side the grave,
To weary mortals given ?
How sweet it is we all may have
Eternal rest in Heaven.
Bethany , 1863.
PAY THE PRINTER.
What man, is happy when comes on
Tha long and dreary winter,
Oh listen and I'll tell you friends—
Tis he who pays the printer.
. 4 ., ~,
When 'round the cheerful firs he sits
In the cold and dreary winter;
" Dear wife," he says, " the night is cold
But I have paid the printer
" And though 'tis little I have paid,
It was his due this winter;
'Tis all I owe, 'twas his just right
Who could forgot the printer?"
Oh ! could each man in town say this
In spring—in summer—winter;
How bnppy then would one and all
Be when they pay the printer.
Then let us pay up all our debts
Ere the approach of winter;
Pay all you owe and never forget
That usetul man—the printer.
IffUtt itfiry.
Love and Moral Courage.
" Hut why don't, you like Kim, Agatha 1"
u Oh—because!"
What philosopher ever solved the mysteiy
of this true woman's reason ? " Because"
means ten thousand things that pretty, dim
pled lips don't choose to put into shape—it
means that they know WHY perfectly well
themselves, but won't tell ; and not all the
coaxing of curiosity, can get it out of them !
And so pretty Agatha Milne plaj'ed with
the knot of scarlet roses, where velvet petals
glowed in her belt r'bbort, and lifted up her
soft hazel brown eyes with a provokingly
absent, unconscious look.
" But, Agatha !" pursued Ruth Ellenwood,
stopping for a moment in her occupation of
braiding and arranging Agatha's beautiful
waves of auburn gold hair, " I'm sure a
pleasant partner at balls and parties, and
oh, Agatha ! don't jerk your head so, or I
shall have to braid all these strands over
again !"
" Nonsense ! that's no test at all!" said
Agatha, pettishly, the peach like crimson
mounting to her cheek ; " what can you tell
about a young man, from a mere ball room
acquaintance ?—Any one can be agreeable
enough to hold your bouquet, or bring you an
icecream ; that is it he knows enough not to
tread on your tots in the polka, net to step
on your flounces in a promenade !"
•' I know it," said Ruth, " but the ques
tion is—"
" But the question is," interrupted the im
perious young beauty, " how do I know that
Mr. Fitz Aubyn, silver tongued as he is to
rr.e, with his homage and his compliments,
don't go home and swear at his mother and
sisters ? How do I know that Mr. Jennings,
who has the whole dictionary on his finger
ends, doesn't cheat his landlady' What
means have lof ascertaining hat young St.
Simons who is such a graceful waltzer and
agreeable small-talker, does not finish his
evenings in a drinking saloon? Oh, Ruth
we have tests for ascertaining spurious dol
lars and counterfeit bank notes, but hoW on
earth are we to know a counterfeit husband'
until he is tied to our unlucky apron-string
for life ?"
She laughed as she sprang up to took for
her bonnet, but the long eyelashes dropped
with a suspicious moisture.
'• Well," said Ruth, caressingly patting
Agatha's tiny hand,' lam very, very thank
ful that Providence didn't make me a beauty
and an heiress, since it has such a tendency
to awake suspicion and distrust. But Aga
tha, iu spite of all you have said,- I feel con
vinced that Charles Staunton is a noble fel
low."
" Very likely," said Agatha, lightly; but
here comes Fitz Aubyn, with those splendid
horses' of his, so give me my shawU"
" And whither are youfr footsteps to be di
rected to day T"
" ah;- We intend to go to thai private Vietfr
of pictures in .Street Which t told you of."
I- And Agatha swept out of the room With
the port of a queen.
[ I'he White lustre of moonlight, pouring'
"T(J SPEAK dig THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RlGHT."—Thomas Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14, 1863.
I down, thtough the circular dome of frosted
; glass, gave a life-like glow to the superb
paintings Whose gilded frames literally cover
ed the walls of the spacious apartments
Here and there, groups of absorbed dilettanti
moved, with subdued whispers and brandish
ed opera glasses, as if it were a forbidden
thing to speak above one's breath in the
presence of these fair landscapes and scenes
from history's page.
Directly in front of one of the finest works
of >rt stood a pair who had unconsciously
been the object of many a curious glance and
whispered observation of the other sight-se
ers—a tall stylish-looking young man, with
>n old lady leaning on his arm, whose an
tique dress of snuff colored bombazine and
oddly-shaped beaver bonnet occasioned a
great many covert smiles and hall concealed
titters from those present.
" Oh, by the way, Miss Milne," said Fitz
Aubyn, as in their progress round the rooms
this couple came in view, " you have not
seen the greatest curiosity of all yet."
" Where," said Agatha, raising her opera
glass.
" You are mistaken, it don't hang on the
wall," said Fitz Aubyn, laughing. "Look
nearer earth, if you waut to see Staunton
and his fossil aunt."
Aeatha turned her head accordingly, with
out remark—she smiled a little, however—
'twas all Fitz Aubyn wanted.
Should you suppose any mortal youth
would have the courage to bring such a last
century specimen to a place like this, where
he iqight know he would meet ail his fash
ionable acquaintances ! See him carr) ing
her morocco bag, and cotton umbrella!—
Don't he remind you of Don Quixote in his
youthtul days ?"
" Probably she has money to leave one of
these days," said Agatha, the distrustfnl ele
ment uppermost in her mind for the mo
ment.
" Not a solitary red cent, I know, for I
have inquired. She is l in reduced circum
stances'—that's the term, I believe—but
Staunton is very fond of her, nevertheless.--
She has come up to town from the back woods
for a few days and—"
He paused abruptly as the very pair in
question approached, still absorbed in pictures
gazing. "My dear Charles," said the old
lady at length, "you cannot imagine what a
treat this is to me—l have not seen zuch pic
tures. as these since I was a child. How"
thoughtful of you to bring me here !"
" I knew you would enjoy it, aunt!"
" And you are not ashamed of your old
fashioned relative among all those gay young
people 1". ( „ , . ~.
il On the contrary, dear aunt, lam as
proud as a monarch while you are leani.ig on
my arm !"
Agatha heard it all, and she also heard him
answer, in reply to the gay challenge of some
companion :
" Thank you, but don't reckon upon me as
one of your party this evening at the opera.
I am going with my aunt, who is passionate
ly fond of music, so you must excuse me for
once."
" I told you so !" said Fitz Aubyn, in a
sotto voice tone, shrugging his shoulders.
" Did you ever see such a fellow as Staun
ton !"
" Never," was Agath's reply, but it was so
emphatically spoken that Fitz Aubyn started
And that night while the courted beauty
brushed out ber luxuriant hair, she paused
many a time and fell into a thoughtful reve
rie.
" Moral courage !" ahq murmured to her
self. I have somewhere read that it is no
bler far than tho iron resolution which makes
tnen reckless in battle. I worder—"
And here she stopped resolutely.
What a glorious bracing New Year's Day
it was! There had been just snow enough
in the night to form a white glistening coat
over everything, and- afford an excellent ex
cuse for the merry sleighs that darted hither
and thither with streaming furs and jingling
bells. AH the fashionable world wasastir—
the gentlemen busily consulting their inter
minable list of calls, and the ladies putting
the last touches to their gorgeous toilets.
There were not many upon that day who
received more adulations than Agatha Milne,
as she stood like a young empress in her
splendid drawing rooms, everv mirror flash
ing back her loveliness. Her dress was very
simple—pink silk, edged around the shoul
ders with snowy ermine, and long sprays of
jessamine drooping from her hair; yet she
knew sbfe hid netef been so beautiful asuow,
as she listened with languid smiles to the
compliments showered upon her. It was
nothing Oetf.
The gilded chsndaliers had been lighted,
and the jeweled fingers of the tiny alabaster
clock cn the mantle pointed to a late hour,
When the pesl of the door-bell announced Z
neW incursion of guests, and Mr. Fitz Aubyn
entered, surrounded by a gay party of young
men.
" Good etenftrg, Miss Milne 1 surely lam
not to latC to Wish you the happiest of all
imaginable New Years. Whom do you sup
pose f stf* steering in the direction of your
hospitable tension just now ? Here he
comes to spfealc !W himself—the Chevalier
Staunton !"
[. Agatha turned calmly to welcome the new
comer, and thb keenest eye could scarcely
discern the deeper shade of color that glowed
on her delicate cheek, as he quickly came up
to greet her.
" Fill your glasses, gentlemen," exclaimed
Fitz Aubyn, holding high 'above his head a
tiny chalice of engraven Bohemian glass
brimming with crimson wine, " let us drink
to the health of our fair hostess, Miss Aga
tha Milne."
The impromptu toast was received with ac
clamations of satisfaction, and Fitz Aubyn
glanced around to see if all had tollowed his
injunctions, ere he touched his lips to the
glas ?"
J' Come, Staunton, no lack of chivalry here;
where's your glass ?"
"I will drink Miss Milne's health in clear
iced water with the greatest pleasure," said
Staunton, smiling, '• but I never touch wine."
" Never touch wine ! and why not ?"
"It is against my principles," said Staun
ton with quiet firmness.
Fitz Aubyn curled bis lips in contemptu
ous silence that was several degrees harder
to bear than spoken obliquy. but another
young man leaned forward to interpose his
word.
" Offer the wine to him yourself, Miss
Milne ; surely he cannot be so lost to all
sense of gallantry as to refuse it from your
fair hand ?"
Agatha had grown very pale, but without
speakiug, she filled one of the goblets, end
held it towards Staunton.
Will you take it from me?"
Staunton looked at her with calm gravity,
as he replied.
"Miss Milne, I should be a coward indeed,
did I allow your persuasions to sway me
from from the fixed principeles which are
the guiding star of my life."
He bowed and withdrew. The glass fell
from Agatha' 6 hand aDd shivered into a thou
sand sparkling fragments; she hither crimson
lip until the blood started, with a strange
sympatheiic thrill of exultation. Had be
wavered for an instant in his determination,
sho would have despised him.
"A very poor investment these horses of
mine, and all thin behaviour a la good boy in
story-books, muttered Fitz Aubyn, about
four weeks subsequently, as he 6trode into
the brilliantly illuminated salons of the Club
House.
"Waiter, a glass of gin and water, quick !"
"What's the matter, Fitz, you look as
black as a thunder cloud," observed a by
stander, who was Jeaning against a marble
pillar and picking his teeth in a most epicu
rean manner.
"The matter? Do you remember that
magnificent Agatha Milne, the Queen of all
tho beauties ?"
"Of course I do ; she hasn't lost her wits
or her property I hope ?"
"No, but I've lost the latter item pretty
efiectually. Who do you suppose she is ge
ing to marry V'
"I am sure I cannot guess. Do tell your
news at once, and don't keep a fellow in sus
pense-."
"Well, she is going to . become Mrs. Char
ley Staunton ; actually going to marry a man
with a fossil aunt, and principles that won't
allow him to drink a glass of wine ! Bah !
the humbug posses current in this world."
"1 could have prophesied as much before,
iny dear boy, if you would have only done
me the honor to listen to me my dear boy,"
observed the other, cooly unfolding the news
paper, so as to get at the inside columns
"You gay and dashing young fellows are all
very well as lung as a girl wants to amuse
herself; but when it comes tj a life long
question, she is apt to prefer a true to false
man for a husband."
Fitz Aubyn grraned deeply, but consider
ed his poitiou too precarious to be worth ar
guing.
Meanwhile little Ruth Ellenwood was as
busy as a bee working at her cousiu's wed
ding robe of spotless white satin, and asking
ten thousand questions, the final of which
was: .... i
"But, Agatha, you never would tell me
why you didn't like him, and now you are
just as bad. Tell me, that's a darling, why
you changed your mind ?"
And Agatha only laughed and crimsoned
and made the same old provoking answer:
"Oh— BECAUSE !"
Htmllaiteiras.
THE BEAUTIFUL.
'' This world is full of beauty."
NATURE has been very bountiful to " Moth
er Earth," and, pursue what path we may, it
is strewn with her gift. We do not deny her
partiality, for we will not contend that Lap
land, with her long dark night, is equally fa'
vored with Italy, the land of stfnshineor
that Greenland, the region of ice-berrs, con
trasts favorably with the glorious climate of
Brazil! Yet even those place*, so seemingly
barren, are not entirely destitute of attrac
tions ; and the traveler there often finds ma
ny beaut llui objects., i - -,j ,
Tbe poets have, in all ages' aung of the son
ny skies of Italy; orators hare descanted her
praises in the choicest figures of rhetoric-;
and artists have painted her landscapes in
glowing colorsher maidens have been rep
resented as *' the daughters of beauty and
song"—.hef sons, as inspired with the fire of
genius ! Yet can we not find beauty and genius
in what seems at first less favored climes 1
We turn from the dark, buter night ol
Lapland with a shudder. Yet there is some
thing beautiful—even grand —there.
At one time you sfaod iu almost unbroken
darkness, with just light enough to perceive
that every object is mantled with snow ! A
short distance before you rises a lofty mount
ain—a giant sentinel of the night, just per
ceptible 'midst gloom ; all around is oppres
sive, awful silence; aud you feel that the
" invisible God," in bis majesty, is present.
You stand again there, but the scene has
changed ? A most gorge >us spectacle, indeed?
meets the eye ! The midnight sun is scatter
ing its brilliant rays over tho landscape, kin
dliug variously colored fires on every part of
its surface, and making the icy mountain one
great resplendency of gem work, blazing car
buncles, and rubies !
Is there not beauty—aye, sublimity even
in these desolate regions 1 God has created
in our souls a love for the beautiful; he has
molded the earth in beauty and, " crown,
ed it with the glory of his hands," that we
might gratify his love. The " Great Artist"
has left upon every object of his creation the
impress of beauty ! Who can behold the
myriads of twinkling stars (golden letters on
nights blue page], the sun, and moon, mo
ving onward in their ceaseless, silent course,
without pronouncing them beautiful ! There's
majestic beauty in the mountain, towering
high in air, its lofty summit wrapped in flee
cy clouds! There's gorgeous beauty in the
trees, tinged, with the hues of autumn, that
shadow its craggy side, reflecting all the vari
ous colors of orange, purple and scarlet!
There's quiet beauty in the lakelet lying at
its base, kissing the shore as it dances and
sparkles in the glorious sunlight ! And, look
abroad where'er you will from the blue dome
abo*e us to the flowery mead beneath our feet (
is there not beauty
beauty the hand of msn"*c- , 'not blight. Be
hold the earth ! its towering mountains, and
its Verdant valleys ; its sloping bills and broad
plains ; its mighty oceans, lakes and rivers ;
are they not all beautitul ? Yea for they are
filled with the f>ot prints of the Almighty !
RUTH MAYWOOD.
MORAL EDUCATION OF THE SOUTH
CAROLINA "CONTRABANDS."
A little over a year ago, the region around
Beaufort and Port Royal, in South Carolina,
was taken possession ot by our torces. The
expedition which accomplished this conquest
was very expensive. Since we have been in
possession of Beaufort, our principal business
seems to have consisted ot attempts at cotton
raising and educating " contrabands." It is
pretty well known that every pound of cottjn
we raise ought to bring its weight in gold to
pay expenses. The main qbject a the Govern
ment" has in view, is, evidently, the educa
tion of the blacks. The Rev. Mr. French, a
New Eng'and parson, who, as a Minister of
Peace, made but a lean living, is thriving as
the leading spirit in this business of instruct
ing the " frecdmen." He is assisted by ava
riety of Yankee women aud " sucking parsons"
ol New England, and the " good work" "goes
bravely on" of course. The morals of the dar
kies are said to have greatly improved of late,
as well as their society. When our pious and
philanthropic Yankees first went tc-Port Roy,
al, they were astonished to find so few tntilat
t<>es. They had read in the New York Tiib
une, and heard, in their pulpits, at hotnc, that,
owing to the bad morals of the Southern
white peopie, there were few, if any, pure
blacks in all Sout.t Carolina, and they, there
fore, exjiected to find numerous chocolate col
ored descendants of the Pinckneys, the Cal
houns, the Rheits, the Keitta, etc., among the
woolly heads of that region.
What was their astonishment then, on first
landing, to find about ninety-nine per centum
of the slaves as black as night—pure Con
goes ! . 1. •
The Abolitionists in this region will, doubt
less, be glad to learn that the pious mission
aries are fast dispelling the darkness of the
Port Royal region. It is asserted by those
who ought to know, that, the next generation
of " contrabands" will have a better title than
the present to the name given them by their
illustrious sponsor, Butler, and that their
complexion will not be more than half so dark
as that of their mothers. To speak more
plainly, it is said that there are ten times as
many mulatto babies in the Sea Island re
gion as were ever before seen there.
We mention this fact to show that the pro
fessed love of the Abolitionists for the negroes
is not all sham. There are thousands of living
evidences tend practical proofs in South Caro
lina, of the sincerity of their affection for the
" poor, down trodden race."
We take il that this fact is sufficient to il
lustrate the beauties of the moral system
which the New Englanders have organized at
Beaufort for the benefit of the blacks. The
race is, no doubt, improving. The Govern
ment pays the expenses of this educational
business, including Bibles, Hymn Books tracts,
New York Tribunes, -and other incidentals.
Truly, this is a beneficent Administrations !
No wonder the President has concluded that
it cannot " escape history"—nafura/ history 1
—Dem Leader.
I THUMB: 01 SO PBR ANTtJjUPT
EDITORS EXEMPT PROM DRAFT.
A Fortress Monroe telegram, received re
ceived recently, informs us that the new "Mi
litary Exemption Act," passed by the Rebel.
Congress on the 4th ult., " secures the liber
ty <>f the press by exempting editors, and such
help as they requ're in their business." We*
consider this action on the part of the Rebel
Congress, eminently wise, and we trust that
our Congress will pass a similar act exempt-*
ing the above useful class. Editors should
be exempt by all means, for the following ex
cellent reasons: . v
Ist. Because they would sooner stay at
home than go to war. •
2nd. Because there is more fun writing
about the war than " jining in" and helping
to stop rebel bullets. >
3d. Because if they haven't all large fami
lies of small children depending upon them
for support, no one knows but that they may
eventually be placed in that responsible posi
tion.
4th. Because there are enough "dead
heads" in the army already.
slh. Because it is pleasanler to die for one'*
country at home, amid the budding flowers
of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter,
with familiar forms around you, and to be
buried in the family burying ground, than to
be knocked into the middle of next week by
a four hundred pound ball, and left on the>
tieli to help manure some miserable secesh
fartn. . . .
Cih. Because as we remarked before, they
would much rather stay at home.
We trust the GoTernment will attend to
this matter at once. If Congress will only
exempt us fellers, we will esteem it a great
favor, and do as much for them sometime.
THE ADMINISTRATION A FAILURE:
All parties agree that the present adminis
tration—supported though it has been by the
hearty sympathies and active influence of the
whole people of the entire North, and fur
nished promptly with all the men and money
it has asked for—has proved a most magni-'
ficent fizzle, the last quarter of the second
year of its reign, find'ng it unfruitful of other
results than universal mourning throughout'
the land, national bankruptcy, unprecedented
taxation, a worthless currency, and present
or threatening, ruin on every hand. This
terrible failure, being in no sense attribut
able to the people, who have made every
needed sacrifice to uphold the authority of
the government and preserve the Union,-
must be chargeable directly to mismange
ment of the President and advisers and agents
growing out of gross incompetency on the
part ol others. An Executive without pre
tentions to statesmanship, falling naturally
into the error of organizing a Cabinet out of
the raort incongruous material—one interest
ed for the restoration of the Union under the
Constitution, another ?of letting " the Union
slide" rather than restore it with slavery in
it, with a majority of both interests holding
the integrity of the nation as an object alto
gether secondary in importance to the con
tinued ascendency of the Republican party—
and what, we ask, could be expected but dis
graceful failure, from an administration thus
constituted ? So says the Owegq Gazette,
which has supported all the military and po
litical measures and candidates of the admin
istration party since the war broke out.
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PARSON BROWN LOW ON THE CON
DUCT OF THE WAR.
Parson Brownlow, in a letter from Wash
ington to the Cincinnati Commercial writes :
I give it as my opinion that we can't fight
a successful battle m the vicinity of Washing
ton. . Commanding generals are here forced
to jfltld themselves up to the guidance of the
weak and ultra, and to a set of men who know
nothing about military affairs. Politicial af
fairs oharlalans aud one-idea radicals pitch in
and cry " On to Richmond I" thus sacrificing
thousands in the field who bring their lives
as an offering for their country.
The spectacle of so many Uhion generals
quarreling among themselves at a time like
the present is a disgraceful one for the country
to contemplate. lam willing, and so are the
people to make fair and reasonable allowance
for professional jealousy, but the constant
charging and recrimination of military lead
ers leads the people, to suspect that ei
ther the gratification of their vanity is a mat
ter of more importance than beating the reb
els, or that they themselves dsire to keep out
of a fight , as a means of personal security.
There are now no le6B than sjx major-gener
als whose conduct is the subject of courts cf
inquiry, and others are talked of. Mc.Clellan
is, it is alleged, the only general who has
been deposed from command withbut de
manding a court of inquiry, and all parties
are applauding him for it. The people are
sick of all these quarrels, and feel that there
is no time now. for listening to the dis
putes of these captious -officers. I say bring
their infernal squabbles to a close, and send
them into the field to fight rebels ; and if they
have no stomachs for this, let them resign, so
that the government may no longer havo
to pay their high salaries.
The monitor while in tow of a steam
er off cape Hatter&s sprung a leak and was
6unk. A number of the crew went down
with her.
VOL. 2, NO. 23.,