Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1863-01-24

              7'-- 'Si .1-5 X '. V i ' i X-f r- YOLtriVIE i-ii'i': ' I i S . - - : - . . . : : : . .'. - it.?' 5-1 fAflee la lTwjurd Bloclc 3d Storjr. !. TERMS. Two otIsn per uMm, wyabl in sd-nc ; $160 witbia rix notlj; $1.06 After tb azpi- rittoa of the yr." ' '. 1 ' , " ' ' EDITED BY L. HARPER. From the CiaeiaBftU SnqnJrar. 1 The Africultnna Beiourcei of the ITorth "and tile South "SUrying the South UOuU' . - : V-? v .. We invite tbe attention of oar Abolition friends to the abstract of tbe .United States cenaas for I860, which is published in Grout's New York Tribune Almanac for 1863, which they can obtain at -Lewis', 28 West Sixth-street.' We desire them to look into its figures showing the agricultural resources -of the free and the slare'States They will there ee tbe figure we bare cut in trying to "starve the South ont," a policy which, in the begin aiag of tbe war, was strenuously urged by Such prints as the Cincinnati Commercial Gazm Ue and their echoes. , The Administration had, these official figures at the very time it was encouraging the delusion that the South was poorly off in agricultural recources 1 Look at Ibis: - . v Number of Hogs. Free States......... 11,904,085 fiUve Sttea........... 20,652,182 The Slave States, therefore, have twice as many hogs as the free States, and only half as many people to eat them ! j Bushels of Indian Corn. Free 8Ute. .-...........-............395,513,M4 Slre SUtea ........434,958,063 Bushels of Wheat. Free SUte...........M.............121,17r,689 Slave State ........... ........................ 50,005,712 The' slave States beat the free States in cornr and in proportion to population, raised nearly as much wheat: Value in Dollars of Live Stock. Free State..............M.M$583,153,173 Stave 6tateM....U.-r.. 524,330,743 ; The value of the Southern live stock was nearly equal to that xf the North. . ' Cash Value of Farms. Free Statea........, M $4,480,404,272 Slave SUt 270,408,03 . -' Value of Farming Implements. Free States , Lm .... ...... ....$142.018.080 lav tatea. 105,008,230 NumlfJG&A&ws Tree ofitei ......... 1 1 . n...'.....5300, 851 filav-e 6tati .. .3,428,011 'Number tf Working Oxen. r Free Bt tea...... ...w........ ...... ..................1.063,789 Slave 6Ut .......1,176,28 , ; .- ' Number of Sheep. ". ' Fsee Btatea-...... 1,252,840 Sam 6tate......-... 7,004,116 . - f Other Cattle.' - :- . ' Free; Statei... ...... 1.. ......... 6,484,375 Slave 8tUe....................8,187.125 ; v.. Asses and Mules. Free Statea-...L...... 1 1 8,181 . jtM. e;e 1 01 1363 Th South has thefore seven times as many asses and mules as the North. Numier Horses. :: Free Sttes.....U............3,589,564 Slave BUUl ......... ...2,528,874 Number of Bushels of. Oats. ' - Free 6Utea.L...l..... ...... ........... ..13,330,173 Slave SUtee-........... ......... 33,224,515 Number of Acres of Improved Jand. Free Stetea.... ................. S3?638,334 Slave Stt.. ....... ........74,623,055 1 . Peat and Beans in Bushels. Free SUtea...-........-... eee 3,195,174 Slave SUtea-. M...... ..-..11,92, Value of Animals Slaughtered. Free Statea..... $100,509,578 Slave Staita....v-;....... . 100,562,075 It It nteleas to extend this table. Enough has already been given to show that in agricultural resources the slave States are equal to- the free States, besides the immense staple pro-lactr of cotton, rice, molasses and sugar, which we have not quoted. .The Abolitionists faave told us that the South was poor, misera . fcly poor, owing to the institution of slavery. Does the census of I860, just published by the .United States Gevernment, show it T Does it not prove that the idea of starving the South out, was an idea; worthy only fools and. ignoramuses, who knew nothing of the census or -: its results t ' r ' ' - -; : ' ; ': Abenaikahle Doings of the Blaiek EepuV i -. liean Cemgretsv . . - : Hickman's bill, says the Winchester Jtffer-soniani presented by him in"Congres8, provides for one hundred regiments' of negroes, to be raised, in order to suppress treason rebellion insurrection and for ther, purposes. ' The field officers to hiVe 'double pay. oyer those in ihejregnlar army.t "T, -.'t V V " . A.: regiment, by army: regulations, consists of ioni thousand men." There la a - Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel to each "regt-menJAHgade consMts usually of four, or fira' rcgimentVThich, are commanded hy a Brigadier General; An army corps' consist nsoalljr Of hot tat than twenty 'thousand men, com manded Jbj j JIaor OeneraL So that foe wai.aB4 oth 'jpores there would U an arnjyjot ons hnndred thousand negroes, officered by'ouVhOTdVa&Ua Liedtena'nl CloneisV'.dneihnfldred-Colonels, tweenly Bngsjier , ; Q enerahw rand J5r Ulsjor 'Oenerala an Tiejroe&vf ThelrTxy; by'.nfckmift'e WHouli ? tana White LUt. Colonrf, pay yearly,.... 2,009 ST ic r-i -it yy yeMriyu..uA.. 4,oo fV w yriy..-.. .. .,, moo Vegre I., t c - aaral, pay jeariv ?200.0 ; T2rhUl Lj est bacome.tr lawl hit toba-1 ' - v." .' J ' '' '4 Afclhishop Hughei 'ea . taoolai Aboli tion Pxocimttloa. , . ' "' From the JTew Terk. Vxpreas. The leading organ of the Catholics in this city, . and the ofiScial organ of Archbishop Hughes', the MetropUUan Becora. la loog ar ticle on "The New War Policy Proclamation of President Lincoln,", insists upon, it " that the policy of the Administration should have been of a conciliatory character toward) he peo ple of the South, whatever might be his action toward their leaders. It should nave been its aim to detaeh the people from their leaders by avoiding that policy which has been forced upon jt by a fanatical party, and which has re ceived a'pracUcal mdorsetnent in the last proc lamation bi President Lincol n." -. t ' ' '. ; . And then adds i '' -. : ' '- It is indeed a sad commentary on the conduct of this war, that at the? end of twenty months we are unable, without the assistance of the negroes, ; to suppress . this rebellion. But the die is now cast ; and, whether willing or unwilling, the great conservative masses of tbe North nave been dragged into an Abolition crusade. Our soldiers henceforth are to fight, not for the Constitution and tbe Union, but for the accomplishment of Abolition designs. It is no longer to be a war between white men ; it is the St. Domingo massacre inaugurated on our soil, under the sanction, approval and enco'uragement of the Government of the United States. It is by such in strumentalities that the Union is to be saved a union of the conquered with the conquer-er. It is through such an ordeal of carnage and fiendish outrage that the integrity of the Kepublic is to be restored. We "make a de sert and call it peace;" we break up the whole social system of the South, and having brought desolation into every household, we congratulate ourselves on the restoration of the Union. This is the wOrk which the President's procla mation is intended to accomplish : this is the spirit which it breathes forth through its thin- ly-aisguisea - pn rases. Ibe Chief Magistrate of the country will find, when it is too late, that this'is the. gravest error of his ill-judged policy, that instead Of intimidating the South, it will intensify the feeling of hatiyd which now prevails in that section of the country toward the North. It will, we fear, be followed by still greater dis asters than have vet befallen our arms. If the military and naval authorities are to rec ognize and maintain tne freedom of these emancipated negroes, their time will be exten sively occupied, and they may be expected to do a pretty lively business in this line. They will have quite a number of helpless children as well as old men and women on their hands, and the fraternization which will take place between the newly emancipated and Our sol diers will be of a most interesting character. Equality between blacks and whites, so far as the army and navy ' are regarded, has been officially established hy this new order, admitting them into both branches of the service. They are," says the President, to' be 'received into tband-BvrcKhe-UhgrltateB,' though he himself told the colored deputation who waited on mm' some months ago that their race could hot remain in this country ithont injury to its "white inhabitants. We had hopes that the President would never venture on such a terrible experiment ; that unwise and ill-judged as some of his acts has been, be would refuse to listen to this last and most fiendish advice of the fanatics and extremists, who have brought the country to lis present aisasirous conamon. " It reanired only this measure to rendsr tbe work of restoring the Union something very like an impossibility' THE SOLDIERS SICK OF THE WAR. From the Philadelphia Evening JoornaL Letter from a Soldier. , The following, letter is from a ' soldi Philadelphian in our army in Virginia.' He made epeeches and voted for Mr. Lincoln : Iw CAar, kxak FxiarAx C. II. Frixxd Johx Uere we are . bivou acking in the woods, or rather it was a woods when we arrived here, some two weeks ago, bit the trees have been almost all cut down, having fallen a sacrifice to our propensity to keep ourselves from freezing to death. The weather has been very stormy.. We had one week of continued rain, -lou may imagine bow very comfortably we eohiiers are situated. when I tell you that we have no other shelter than a thin, piece of muslin, about six feet by five, such as he used in tbe summer campaign to protect us from the sun. This. i one of the pleasures we patriots who had such a rev erence for the Constitution and the Union have to endure.-- . . : ... ' I do not know whether our condition will be made any better this winter or not. -But there is one thing that I and the masses of the V old soldiers" those who have been out since tb commencement of the war do feel pretty cer tain or and here let me whisper if they are waiting for Burneide to eat his Christmaa dinner in Uichmond before we go into " winter quarters," we shall have to pat np with - our present healthy and comfortable "shelter tents." This is the third time tbe "grand army" has been on its way to Richmond, and I may add, with as much prospect of success as the first. You may think this , strange lan-' guage for a," Yankee" soldier to write, but, nevertheless it is, as i said . before, .- the senti ment of the, rank and file. ' The whole' truth is this : the men who have been deluded fmm the comforts of home and smiles and tender caresses of relatives and kind friends, to engage iu- a wuoiesaie cruewjc kgusn uw insvluiuons ef the South, for the purpose oT elevating- the t eternal nigger' above the white man." have come to the conclusion thai the thing it ed out" There is no use of army - correspondents writing to tbe newspaper of the patriot ism oine army ana oi in impnuencv Of u men for an on ward-to-Eichmondi movement: I tell yon the troth, and I ooght to hv ample opportunity to know 4AU such newspaper correspondence are a tisane of . lies. I. know one regimentOias become quite-adiserent ;a to the result .of : this unholy aad nanataral strife. t t'.'.Uii-.i'T-r,i -.. iJ :.i ; We allvrejoiee. ioi the i recent nnparaHeled triumph of tDe-JHKMHeyT-ead haiHtas the harbinger xt TeaceIt - is ,'ioet rebhkalo lAbratam the-FirstYan Jiis Jyranical dynasty. 1 bop it ia the- preWe io.'mo Tglot.' one and. btaiuMWictorief of the B&me kind - i .u w ? OTcrthrowa the reigniiaf -fcsry 'uf'!' ana. uiat now an freeman, ciotned in jhia copsutn can ipeajc as a man, without lUe IlieTewao onrofthoM Wf.o T..? the -Hack po-.cy of the present TCCfrcr-t fkesons Aora i n titration, .nor da-I-ivinV ri shcttl4 tmrtadet'ctiT liberties' to a?-ort. it;4 ' - ,Bo enccgh of thlxi:M '- win et-t fyoiip 19' ay views since I have had an crportanitj cf iavE5..ii.aj cexiiio jmzzi C3 lit tyct; fear of th a 1 m ialorrj yea xezzt a tzzz$ L-2 liita rlsla is ave yet to recieve the first nnfclnov word or look from the people of Yirgwia.;, lj has never been ray good, fortune to be treated more kindly ior more hospitably : than I have' been by the good people of ;theGld Dominion". --I; have been in a great many o .their 'Jiouses, have eaten and slept ;n them, and have been invariably treated in the kindest manner.- Poor people T how my heart has bled for them, when! have seen them subjected to the indignities, insults and. brutality of oarpUTUVAVr xt 6FricKKs. ; I need harolv inform you. that Lam heartily sick and. tired of tbis sort of soldiering.1 My "experience ip Mexico was ''. nbth- ing out a, nouuay uroiic - in. comparison witn wnat i nave encountered in i Virginia. If l were to write you of one tenth of the hardships and privations I have gone through, besides the terrible battles X have come through" uh- scatnea, yoa wooia scarcely- credit : - J5ut thanks t 11 im w ha 'tempers the wind to the horn Iamb," I am "still on - praying ground ana pieanmg terras. r . .. : i nere is nothing new. in army matters iti this section. u All is quiet along the linel" V. What Constitute Jlty f -S Msdast's Cruxs . has;; been , furnished ;;with copies of two letters from Washington,-w.hich gives us some idea of what is understood-by loyalty'? in the lexicon of--tIie Adminfetra- tration. We give them below;? They were addressed to the Postmaster at Sharon, Ohio for information in relation to certain mail contractor. - -V::. ; To say that this is an Abolition war is dis loyal. - '-; 1 : y : ao say mat this administration .was more corrupt than any that bad preceded it, ia dis loyal. , - y . - - .; : ; .: To say that Lincoln - was a traitor - and ought to be hung, is disloyal. . " : ; ' ' It is singular another was not added, viz' : To speak the truth of war and the Adminis tration, is disloyal. - ;v - ; The following are the letters : . TsKiacgr Dkpabtkht,. 1 WASHnrsioir Crrr, Sept. 18, 1862. J "To the Postmaster of Sharon : " cmb There is a rumor here in. regard to the .loyalty of William Parrisb, mail con tractor of your tow.?. - I . want, you . to report to the oecond -Assistant- irostmaster, tienerai what you know and bave heard "him say about the war and the Administration do thtsnnder your omcial oath. Have you ever heard him say that this was an Abolition war? so state. 2d. State whether yoa have beard bun , say - the present .Administration was more corrupt than any. that had preceded it. - folate, further, whether you have not heard the said William.. Parrish declare that President Lincoln waa a greater , traitor, than JefF Davis, and ought - to-, be hanged, .,-Your early anfiwer. to -the .foregoing interrogato ries wiu mucn oouge. . v: . , . . . C . . .." Yours truly, ' ,.t - ? . : . ; .- .8. P. CHASE.. . " Washington, p. C', thTal e atoye is a true copy of win letter from Chase .to the Postmaster at Sharon, a copied by me this 25th day of December, 1862. . . " CALVIN McCLASUAN.'J. Potoffic t)DFAmTif asiT, CoHTmAcv Opfice,! . WAaaivoroir, Nov. 10, 1802. J . , Sir: It is reported that ou are disloyal to the Government. It is charged that you were heard . to say that the . present Administration was the most corrupt Administration we have ever had; .." that this was a damned Abolition war, and that Mr. Lincoln ought to be hung.'' You are requested to state whether you haye ever uttered such sentiments or done or said anyihiug to justify the charges of aisioyaity. Kespecuuuy, j. . " Second Assistant Postmaster General. '-"Mr. Wm. Pabish, Sharon, Ohio." " The foregoing is a true copy ofthe letter received by William Parrish .from rtbe Post-office Department, as copied by me this 28th day of December, 1862. '' . L J ,r- . CALVINjMcGLASHAK.'f ; . From the Frbaoa'Tnion. . ! United States Tax Fresh JhroTiuona and , ; Hard-Wear., ,. - As there are many omissions in : the United States Tax schedule, we have taken the liber ty to supply a portion of them, and shall trans mit a copy to Secretary Chase, expecting his acceptance and thanks :' ! ; : ' '" . 1 ' --: ' TBI TAX. ' ' ' ' Por lending a newspaper, $5.' . "--. For eating hard crackere out of the armj, 15 oents. ' . ' : . ;. - ' - Yor " kissing in the dark," two cents. If the old folks are opposed exempt from tax.' For -not bowing to a nigger after der fust 6b Janivery. $1. - - For treating a girl's brother, 50 cents. : -' For playing eucher with a girl, 25 'eenta When, "hearts is trumps,? $1. , - ; For-pullihg a cat's tail,' 10 cents f For shouting Bully' for Cox." 25 ' cents each :o4sev,.r--7v..v..y.;W-; : On every woman's "new bonnet,'' St cents. For eaUng steak more than three times a day. $3. " '.. ' ; , , , For counting the stripes in a balmoral, 50 eentSiv;..U .---Wri v. ?? ' .For not appreciating "John Brown's" eong hourly, $1.. : y , Ou each flirtation, $2 and upwards, according to-sighs.'. u : ; ' ; ' , : :: : ' l ' For declining a Government cbntracC f 10- " For trying to light yottr cigar' hj the town pump, 75 cents. --j ' ',-- v. ,; " - , "' On every single lady .over twenty, $L, (This is nseless-there isttt any.) - y ,; For reading; the proceedings'' of Congress, 25 cent a day.' Sumner's speeches, In full, 110 extra: -'' X ' ' ' 1 Feawtegi4f't'4Jieiiat!s; Jith taruttions, one cent extra: - 's-i-; On therettie8t baby, in the United States" $1,000". (As every woman thinks her baby the prettiest, thie will realize an enormous', enm.1 ' Fortryine to. escape hwtorf. imitniiJ- 2 (This' refers to Congressmen only tiee Pres-1 SdentV Message.) 5-r?A . f ur Bjiuucnng b piano, 94 b nay. - ,ir tnere are any nervous people tabout .the house, 25 pereawtR?o &i&'&t Pa nil rooetere that crwo ere f&diie . For dririkineeccTt Jpa XttiEernfiiye'ceSfi U Ui?'-. VTa suppose the Administration, heard ctCzzi tanti) t taci y6uV3 ciVLj; fand borei if V" m f feug eu wiui your uocia on,. &j c a ta' jc. ; zZtS" stL? 3 - 4 : a T . V i - , :-. ripiACCycfttaT J q?A forward bovetit" is ulTof at washittia, for tia hjaf-eii'tiae; fei.v.: Byein anViBther shspev one'eent;4 . Amerfdkn Its Tat clieAiiri rlnt rYY r-T4Si. bow-xhta.1 &DaiJ Mtv vv a. fr.-.sr?.- rail JCTFAiroirs DOnras 02 Ttosir- In a s at fOo; hisrretuni home frora.imprisMeni Ule, IJr. OLbs gave the, fQUowjng acconnt. bf his treatment while in prison i1 Mai MlAmix-rharikofcd hi air rough you all. this vast Buhitude of tey friends and fellow-dtuens, for. thia rooct.' eordialTecention upon my return iroui iippriooment r,-, - I'do. sot"mi8uhderstand tbe. joy that ; now waraw jqbi uwrw ana seams upon your Countenances atu notuerdy that a fellow- CHizen ie returning to tfea socuyof fan friends and the bosom ot his fomiljJt ia something deeper and broader than a) this. It is be cause, 1 n my restoratroh to Cbertv. von hair a quasi guarantee that ' thereign of terror in this country is coming to an ehcLand the kevs vi wv AoncaD xMtquie .oetng( Dy tae om- nipoieni voice 01 u peopie wrested from the hands of the Jacobins now m power, and held npto tne gaze or tne cantons,'' Jinrats and ttobespiers 01 this Administration as' warn ing to them of their approactuti? doom.. : x ou rejoice. Decause in ra v rptrTtinty von have-made an advance toward the re-estab- iuhment iof constitutionarf libertv. Yoa te joice, because in my releaseiyoa feel renewed conhdence-m your own .freed m; yoa rejoice, because you feel once more, secure , in .. your Hwu, juui ijvuscb auu jwur properiy: - YOU rejoice,: because ' in my release vou have a guarantee; that you, yourselires. will no longer be subjected to the worse than . Starchamber qeepouem or onaries l of ngland. You re joice, my mends, because eipect on this cca oiuo w near iroin one in wnem votl. have con fidence, one who knows - by - personal experi ence some of : the horrors r seen and - felt" in the secret chamber of the Ajnerican Inquisi- That I may not be misrepresents! lv tmrfi xtepu oiicans as nave, neretotore shown such V ' e - m . - wuiuigness to laisiry . any reQiarks of mine. 11" n 1 m- - ' - contrary to, my usual psactice, 1 have red need towriting all ( intend to say. on this occasion. iend me, therefore, your patient attention. ? ; On the 12th o August last, after ten o'elock at night, my house , was forcibly . entered by luree . uovernmeni , rumans, who with vio lence seized my person, - and holding a re volver at my head, demanded mv . surren der. ' - . .y . ! During the time they were; making such repeated and violent efforts to burst onen mv door, they gave me no intimation that; (hey were Government officers, w'tbaf they 'had any Government authoritvf for -my arrest: i neys came ime assassi ns an4 - robbers they behaved like assaasms and hobbers: and had not been informed by the boasting'- of cer tain Republicans that affidsvita I designed - to cause, my arrest .had beea iforwarded to the War Department, I should tf;otudonUedly have taken these Government affian formid night robbers. i? " .m ef jaiier.-my ' capturr. tin a '- . t - lority ev Dad thus- rn broken into my room, and by , what author they-had jtbus eeizedrmV-'Person J - thev ity verv cnimDiin?ir iniormM mc that t ii M , l 1? ... . m . ' - . . . --" acung unaer aninorny oi ine war JJepartmertt. i men aemanueu to oesnown taelr- warrant. l hey ..informed me that Iliad -.no mht to make any such demand that -the-order which they held was for their protection, and nov iur my grauncaiton. xney However permitted me to see ft. ' -. Tbe document was signed bv' the AssistAnt secretary of .War was dated at Washington Uity, August 2, 1863.. , It was; directed Uy W. tl. &cott, and Commissioned him to-take with him one assistant, and to proceed to Lancas- 'A.- "VI 1 v-v . - . ' utr, iroio. ana arrest Hudson ii. uids, and to convey him to New York and deliver him to commanding officer of Fort Lafavette: and jt ire- wm resisted id ine execution oi vne I V - j .:... . oruer, ne wa airectea co cau noon wovernor Tod, of Ohio, for such assistance as .might- be recessary. , - - - The order contained no intimation of the " nature and cause" of the accneatiOh against me;: inaeea, it charged- me with the ' commission of bo : offense whatever: and 'when 1 de manded of my captors to know what Were the enarges against me,' they replied -that they I have no doubt but what the - ruffians ' had called upon Governoor Tod for assistance be fore proceeding to Lancaster to execute their order, as they had with them a big 'double- Ail . l.ll t. i , uoku uuiij uw mhvidodr, too inrormea me that his name was Bliss, and that he . had once belonged to the Demoeratki rr.rtvl- arid that he had met-me "in - Democratie Convent tion m Columbus. ' 1 " ; These -Government ruffians" were directed to peaceably' erreet me. Yet with violence they burst open the door? of my rooml and. with a revolver-at my head they arrested me. They came at the? hour- nsnallv selected -by j-obbers and - assassins to. break .into en's lionses and commit deeds of violence; and haq been armed 1 sbonld have shot them down as robbers -od - assassma.' I nave reflected much on theTnanerxf my arrest,7 and I have come calmly and deliberately to the conclusion that I should have been justified, both by the laws of God and man bad 1 killed' these ruffians, wliile breaking 4nto my roomT as I most assuredly woutd-'have done hadrI been armed, and as I: mosteertainly would dd.'had the act to be done over again. X would have tangnt v Air. Lincoln and nfs 1drntohr;tbat when they set aside tbe laws and the- Consti tution, the rifle,: the: revol ver and the.'lxowie- kntfe at oafte become' the 'eupreme law bf tne land ?s'L .' ili' -vivcs n vtA. .- " Thur, my friends, ' was 1 dragged1 from'ji sick bed, for I was et'that f inie, and for many ong end aweary ays -and nights fafteTward. seriously ffilcted-With-an attack of the blood v uxj Via this conditioner was harried' intd1 a ignt placed upon the ears and taken in my t sick ena txaostea corMiUUonvwuuOQC av meH meats delay, to Fort-Lafayette. -S;, ; " The order for. mv arrest chainred ane with the ccmlssTon of np? Cfioie. k;nownHo, any la of the'cOonry.14 J?aji ttore; iilchsrged me with W crime whatever-You viria", well imagioe then, "my! sarpriss and Indignation when, onarrifing; at' Fort;Xafayette; I .was . ordered tO -strip myself .thatl'tnjgh rbesearch-edi tTo- make., if nossible.T such;- ah "Insult greaier-'tps frjes torn niencacTGienv 1 was xifteaiintjijt- K;Jeroom beraronndTseay i a heaps inane.pl ev chains; jsipdjrasden tfrt Wth sncli surroundiQ s . jt fis stripped nd seaT(ih&l, aad tay watch, my money, my spec-; ticlea,' my shaving .apparatus, and eveTK oy caeaicanei teJi a.1 ilka .CanPtia.t?:I as ucter!!t izXtH.ittxbi tea h cZi tew rauer er a bitcCf -yrirTs pz-tr cf&ny kind. 'i?vi ,v: vt After ;t;a -yZiz -.t?ttZtz?h!' beta t "rrfrneJ" end .1 ;5:r5 eoad-dirj rz r.in tLs the cr snc';-t'i -oocit. my 7 durt3G;i.'s.Il the cv't pri-or.--r tzoz 4!.-sf'rt-cr.-ra;1i--- tl fc? b'Cttr.rc 'isith'at I vxigU E5t-U asia fid . reef -ii -c; : : rr ijxcz&rczZzrz,'.tsforsa-tion.ni-ht be rvta to th world and ray fiUzZi cfc'y sr.crtaboutsj and, ti.s ru;!l;s carrmgev and 'ddnng the5 remainder W h niffbt dnvea'tA XfBrnhaut: and. int-a.r liirht nlaced nnon the ears and taken ; in v rnvr ' apout to beprkctised ; anon me. S One of the . prwonerv naving learned a lew days afterwards, through the medium of the newspapers,'' who pie pjsterioueetranjzer Was, wrote to at friend : . ,-w .if uiur .vi .vuut luttu -iueea brought to Fort Lafayette and placed in sol Ua-ry5 eonfinemeni.w-His letter t was , returned to hint-by tbe commandant,.' requesting - hini to Strike out so mneh of itaa referred' ta the case oi ir. Ukls. Aly dungeon was -on tb ground, with a brick pavement or ,floor over; Uie p?e half of it; and 'so"great was the "dampness. that in a'very short time a mould aould gath-er upon' any article left on the floor. ; Ily bed was an, iron stretcher with a- verr -thiiv knak of mattress upon it so thin indeed : that you vuusu xi every iron eiat in it tne momentyou lay down upon The bricV floor,- with all tia aampeess would have been 'far more comfortable than this iron and hnsk her! JiB'i it not been for the rats ap J, the vermin that- in- lestea tne room. :i had also in this room a broken table and a chair; a chunk of govern- A I J . -. .... O - . : uient ureauwun-an oia,i stinking, rusty tin OfXincoln coffee, and a slice of salted pork ; forej .My only drink, other -than their'nasty coffee, "was rain water! I was fur- awucu wim to wwti, neituer could any en treaty procure one for me; Neither could I induce my jailors to let me have a candle, during my long tediona sick nights. No entrea ty could procure for me the return of the med icine which had been taken from me when I was first searched, "i Again and atain. I- beg ged for the little bit of -opium to relieve my sunermg, which ..bad, been taken from -my pocket with the other , medicine, but all in vain4t"' --p--iii-r.ir t..:.-; , -- i.--.-- " v After ten days of such . treatment and sueh suffering, late ; one night the: sergeant of the guaro orougnt me some medicine which be iniormeo me tne surgeon or f ort Hamilton had sent me. 4 This surgeon knew nothing of my case, uavmg never seen me, or been in-formed by : me of my condition. . With no light in my cell, with no one even to give me a drink of rain-water, , you may well ' imagine that I would not take the medicine. I did not -know- tut that ray jailors designed to poison me. ' The previous treatment lustified such an opinion. I made up my mind that; if I died m Fort Lafayette I would die a natural death, nnless, indeed, Lincoln ordered . me to be tried by a' drum-head court-martial . and shot, which I-felt he had ' fust as much riVht to do as he had to arrest and ; fmnrisori me in the manner he had done.; Under, such treat ment, and by this. time, you .may well imag-agine that I had got a" 6h'lmaa7y on me. and this, I think, helped to save ' my' .life. for. the truth is, I had got to be too mad to : die, . and A 1 I . T ' ' . ' - -a -.. no munuB 10 Aiincom, cut under a kind Jfrov-idence, I begun to get . better from' that time onr . -':' ; ; " -v. You may well imagine, that after such treatment,' when my son was permitted. to, visit me, he found on? " emaciated and careworn." The only wohder is that hefound me' " If afiy Uifng could 'add 1 to' the'' crueltf in'. dieted upon me '.dttrini',theelO,vaays'rand', nights of "Sickhess ahd"Bsffepng,..it was the refubsl ofthe' comarKlanTto !alkw me the use of a; Bibles. Day vJ o 'u r rreTBrotire oneloriaieriliscoo- stant answer .was : -The commanding offi- vec nje you euani naye one." x begged 114m to remind the comnfandihgofficcer thaV we jivent aumrisuan aao. aot ; beat ben lana- IS 1 2 : ? . ... . - . - . - tnat 1 was an American eitixen and not condemned .felon. Still, the answer was : , lhe commanding officer says t you shant have oqeand yW need not ask anv more : and it was not until after' sixteen 'days of more than heathenish treatment of Colonel Burke of J?ort Hamilton, upon! the importunity of my son, sent an order to the commandant of Fort Lafayette to let me have a Bible: It was upon the sixteenth da v of mv lone ly, imprisonment that my eon, uponi an order ui iuo Decretory or vyar; was permitted to Bee mev not in my lonely cell, but in the com mandants room and presence. It was with much difficult v that, even at that time. I! was aoie to waitc jrom.my c? to the command ant a room;- This wai the first time during my imp isqnment that I had been able to ob- uuu interview -witn tne commandant, in his weekly inspection of the prisoners he had carefully avoided "toy dungeon. No kindly message of inquiry as to my wants and condition had ever reaehe 1 ; me from him. I seized :npoo' this - opportunity to let him know that I was a human' being; and as" such "was entitled to unman treatment: and such a ... ..l ... . . . - c x thing as refusing a prisoner a Bible was un known in any civilized community. ' His "an ewer -was, wisv ne was: not permuted, unaer . .l-i . m -r- - . his orders to let me have one. '' I had great reason to be thankful that my son s visit gave me an opportunity to'-see the commandant, ' Joe - from that: time,' aJthough kept in . solitary confinement,' my condition was more , comfortable. . A better . mattress wae put upon my oed, occasionally araw on ion or a tomato was added to'my dinner, and twice, I believe, some pickled beats were sent me from the cook-room. . - , i; ; . -' 'My son was compelled to visit .Washington City, and obtain from the Secretary of War an order to that effect before he could see me. As soon 1 ai . he learned how I bad been treat ed, be returned r immediately to Washington, and, with the assistance of a very kind friend procured an order from Secretary Stanton for my release' fromsolitary confinement,, and. that I might have the privileges accorded to other- prisoners. v And thus, after twenty-two days oi tbe loamsoroe, and worse than heath enisn treatment, my oungeoo - door was un locked, and 1 was, permitted to hold inter course with my fellow prisoners. - , . 5nch mf friends, is a' main statement of the. manner of my - arrest,' ' and ' the treatment I received dnriog tbs twenty-two days tf my solitary nfinemen L . If it affords any gratification " to ' those Bepublicana, vwbo , caused my arrest, "thejr are ' welcome to : i"C " Their time will come wrmaday!,i The.denI ,1s not -:.f-1 mi. in n V A JAW U ?A laiUAUtUI. ' - X was on Dick Taylor 'Plantation; son of old 2ack, ast week. ,v It ia. in aetata of desota- twnV 'There ie,,cans,.enough standing not touched to make'a thousand' hogsheads ofu-garyisrhich wntt"lo8t. TheJfe is Vot" a 'soul; white ror black, on the pla- - TheOTc'e !eau-tifhl garden; the furniture in the family .'man' -ridn. and everything i-iretate of irnin. ' It U VmebBelyeTtaclr oitnese seessiotu. Uocleam will. -ewe aood ttaaay 1 piantavons iu inva CQuniry ttir. :t jjouis 3- Oirthafplahtition there "were; forty blacks t bn.avhlte, and" they-'all went awar with their owner. Ty.di4so't,'r:iy:t0' he con'tra tinded though tiiey could have done-it . if they. wished. -: . :- ,rtf ff rQ':-: -;: ' pblTpOied ti Craft .cf that Ctatei'nA fv - if -tien Ti3"9 co tie t ; ipst -T- ; M,;.fc..- ' j" r'3 ' CrrArr-inirnp' eji th JthJitiUiM: tits :.tL3:i;pcir-' ances are that ! it win he tpee-Tr crowsfei , . rrj f -- -- --.'-T v- -v-v "-r.-.- 43UMt raiilde-pMa PenjoeTalia Xeada-f. h a nw ma5ToiJ. . The days are crewtne ahertar. ; W-. ... The aaa aas ereeaed tbe liae; T ' AadXhe people all are asking, -i'i. r?yn31 Abraham reeiar;TV f r. Aeor.yiajrArAbrahaav T- Oaee a people's pride, - V v r? -i.p-Tajdq)Hed-. :;--. ''.u&rFSI&W slide.''; YoeVe fera-etteh all tM -eteiaes h 4 - . Made la.taoeeapeeeliea tae,-..-.-; i-r ,sW . When traveiliaa; to the Capitob . -Peor oldlatker Abrahani. TowVexnied the Conatatntion, - xraaaeu y patrtocs, lasg ay lou Ti gaggea tae atoaUia ef i . unl Abraaaa, reairn! , J foor old lather Abraham, r Between State -wee trateraal, : Ton.'rv drawa Toer party line; Teeve ereexhttuwarlnferBab " . ObJAbraaaa, reaigai .. - . - Poor eld. Father Abrahant. ; Y6r"ve iatpriaoiaed honeat freemen, '' Aad la doageeaa let them pine - Por home, aad. wife, and ehildrea; Oh! Abraham, realgaf ' : Poor old Father Ahraham. 4 ; You're leagued with John Brown Forney To Qreelej yoa incline. .-Tou're hand aad glove with Stunner, OhAbTaham,-reairn! 1 - .- LPoorold Father Abraham. The people will not BwaUow -' . That wiefced aeheae ef thiae. To 'mancipate the "wooDj-heada"- ' Oh! Abraham, realgn! . ' '' Peorold Father Abraham. Pennaylvania has condemned yout Ohio's In the line; . - And the hoosierhoya are ahonting : " . Ohl Abraham, reaigu! Poor old Father. Abraham. The Empire State has spoken . Against thee, Abrm mine, - . ' The Jereey Bloea are after thee ; : Oh t Abraham, Kwign I " . Poor old father Abraham.1 ' - - - . .- . -! - - ; A rain these aolemn warnlixgs, Steel net that heart Of thine, ' '! For-" better late than never, Oh! Abraham, reeign!. .-- ' Poor old Father Abraham. ' -1 Oiir Army7CoiTes THE BATTLE OP IITOFBEESBOEO. rl 1 A' Part Taken by tlie 6Sth Itegtmeat. !' A" e '' -TaEFIiJial BEPOfitl OF Hij.;-frniTBECJL ' - -',. . -, - - - '-1 J . .t't j ttiiar BannerThe. jSott Eegiment O. V. I. pfer comingnd, of . Lieut. Col., Cassbi left its bivouac near Duck Creek,. on Monday morn; "ft lS&b, 1S62... In the advance'its poai-tion was onthe left wing" of the frontline ot the Brigad'e. -Two companies , were 'deployed . hi-rmwhera, whoyery soon "encountered a strong cavalry picket of the enemy. This force contended our advance at times sharply, but disappeared near Stone river, , When withir, a couple of. miles' of the same' river, sevfral shells were thrown at us from cannon, which soon retired. . In this skirmishing we sustaiO- ed no loss, but several of the enemy's saddles were seen to have been emptied and thrhorses tgg?in"g. tWe reached ; the heights m the Aorth side of the nrer abont 3 o'clock", P. JX., where, we lay in line nnUl after sundown. Or-ders were received to advance opon Murfrees- boro that night. Being in command of the companies of skaThishers f immediately threw them across the river, and commenced the ascent of the opposite heights Passin a skirt oi woods we encountered tbe enemy's skirmish era, strongly posted to the front on tbe'erest of the hill, and on our left flank behind a rail fence. , A galling fire- brought. Our lih to: a halt, but it soon cleared the hill, and advanc ing over the crest: we found ourselves within thirty paces of a regiment of rebers,' who in their confusion were raided with great difficulty. I at once retired the line, to the woods, where we" remained until the whole brigade had re-crossed, when e weril) ouietiy" with- drawn' - :' : ";V-: -'".;"'" ; .. SergeantSnyder acting Ofrderly; was woun ded on the face, which waa the' only injury ouc regiment suffered. ' " The regiment itself c-oesed the "stream in good order, under fire of jthe rebel skirmishers and remained', in line behind the skirt of wood anlfl it recrossed - with the hrigade." K Tuesday we lay in: bivouac near the river' and went on picket at aiafht, In accordance with Coh narkermJers,..we were, ready -to move atday break with 60 ronnds of cartridges to a man,' We received marching orders about 8 o'clock, A. MVand at once formed. 'The enemy's sharpshooters and a battery' "on the o'p-poekfrhill began a fnrious fire'of hall and shell upon na, aawe moved up the hetghta ' When on the -mmmit a'ahell exploded inths ranks bf v-. B, killing one and wounding two. -'We double-quicked mdder Ta sho wer "of "elieU after hngaide, which vra moving to'ths sopport of th e right wing, where the brigade .waa formed to'adrance throngh thepeneldjtoe'ri ChVve's Divisfon.f Ourreg!menf wW'placed on the left of he'front line; with the&5tH indiana cn onr "tu,.iVM (MUMI iu me. rear. .jo 4. Capt:Christo'fci: .was deployed to tha slh-mheibnt sufrenng"verfy,ie was in a shrtmrr-eyedliy CoVlt uL$rn: Wh'eniTear the skirt of timber, extending from h main Jbmtw taarchedhthe "riiht f ink to Support attf;l)hio;tBaUerytA7e were J-agiia-coved toward the Vneniy and V'1"6 fc- tnad a rise cl grcund. i We w'J Jesjy fatiad i-ea in tins at afcort.2ar?, i 1 :j- atery we com k? eel f rj!2Xhou2ha,hrf-ade i4 fesji'CTta ccl2sss dee-v Ca-enciy tlsi w.j. tt Vi.lui'S tx uli..C2.7XIi.nwLII? Cea".LYanjCIave's Civriloa giyii'i way rand the Une cf tl.3 eaeny ca oarle.t adf ancin?, had CcU:iy r-t-iei t aal w'j .wrs suITiS: mg -ander a raking toss-fire. We-heU the ' positionT for above thirty elhates and feQ tacU..'' rfsce ";wUi iders,; .ilrofti ia rear of thelSd Indiana, and moved by a aak'U tb-left to oppose the advancing rigbi. of lhe en my.: tWe raUied and formed lar line behind a-tail fence, holding; thV e'neiiiy ia cKeek for a hout twenty nwhaf cut off by the snwori therighwe retire4 behind the iine of battle, resting ia- the wood-near tbe piket; J- : ; ' We had sufTered jKttafflf put oi. euteea Officers1 with thef gb'ent' twb had been kCled and eight wounded. : Lieut .Vaakirk, commanding Co. A. fell iB the. advance; Captaid Cbristofel Of Coi r, in the retreak .3oth were- doing their duty "unflincbirgly and Jinanfullyi laeaL Ca'io' ht;d!saUed bjlht fall of his hOrsts shot (at the second stand of the, rigiment) I took command. ,We rejoined joaf division at night near the position we left it ip the morning. ' . .' - , .On Thursday, Jati: ls we lay in olU and in support of the right of the 6th Ohio bat4 tery, during the furious canoaading, and were arranged by sharpshooters the wboUhday-r-wa picketed at bight, Odr skirmishers covered the froni. ' .' . J . ''; -,: .1. .- On Fridaythe regiment lay in. a little cliunn' of wood, in Support of the battery and exposed to the roost terrific shelling .during the cborn ing. j 2.P. Mn our skirmishers, in connection with those of the brigade, cleared the wood in front of rebel skirmishers and sharpehootersa were in turn shelled out, and took possession- and held it near night, and lhe close of the enl ' gagement on the left, we moved over the river; threw up a defence of rails to the frdut; and-remained through, the rain until moring.-- We were riot relieved until evening, when we again picketed the left front.. About 2 o'clock, Ai-M. (Sunday) we were' inarched : back fb bar'-, present bivobac, . , . . " - - '.' . The following is "lhe lis! of casual ties of the Regiment: , . ': .- :: - I;- .1 Lieut. Col. Casail, severe sprain by fkllofbui - horse. . ..... . .. . ; . . Major Whitbeek, slightly in neclc-: ." Adjulint ilassey, Severely in leg, slightly ii face and hip. . . T --. ' '. " Capt. Jacob Christofel, killed, - Cap, It. It. Vorhea, slightly in side. ! 1 , let Lieut. Asa Gardner, through sidel . 2d Lieut, yanltirk killedji. mS 2d Lieut, hfarkel, through hip. . ' ; : -r . "j 2d Lieut. Brownj. through shoulder' . j '2d Lieut... Frank Pwlw,. bf.Kno through thigh. . '--"'.- -.: I.? ; .Of ba tniiptedmen lnTlLe engagement do-: ' ring.ihVweek, 34 were , killed, 100 woondsd; i andt 38 mis8iDg---total47Zu ; Of. the nambef; a some are known to Jbe prisoners, others ars de' tailed at hospitala, and - a few stragglers are still coming apv; J will hot particularizt when all . officers and men conducted themselves eo til and ibugh t so determinedly, against jruch'--' desperate odds. -.: Nor need I mention tbeir patience nnder such privation's and ex po-rari : in mid-winter. ' : : : Signedif .; - ' - . V; i, 4 Major. W NWhitmcx, Commanding. 65th egU O. V. U. ' Feeding: Hegroes and. IlxiTjnj- JBoIdlerf ' ! : ; '. intd the Poor Hois-; ,.; .i:. -; The wooly headed Lincoln Adinihiaraioa at Washingtorf, is hofo-io'usjy engaged in .diverting the public money to feeding andcloth iog the tens of thousands of negroes they have coaxed and stolen away from their jnastera. Whilst this branch of the "pubiio service" ia "r attended to with untiring vigilance, a large , part Of our soldiers are kept for many montha. j without the pay on which their families relj for daily bread; Instances a!e. repairing wbere this heartless hegfeci is driving discharged soldiers into the common poor house! Tbe. folloivirig .confession of aMaasachnBettcr r.- Senator, was made in Congree4.on the. 6th . inst: . . . . -' ;- ' ..; '"Mr...Wilson 'reported back llonst. iotnt Resoltttion. for the narment ofnoM' nf . sailors, With an amendment authorizing' the Secretary of the Treasury to., lastfe" $50,000,- ' : 000,ji-.v demand ote-,- in: addition - to- the'- ' amount authorixed. by the act of 1862,-: ; - -,: '-'' " Mr, Fessendeo moved, tq .refer the resoluVl rt tion to committee on Finance.' I.., , . '-- - " Mr.' Wilson had no objection: bo t thou vtii : ' it was high f,ime onr soldiers were paif . . Many f f ui weiu aiu ueeuwaiung jer inoiHns. aft.1-- some of them had gene into, th poor house, and-, their families ' tdere paupers, because they had ' not been paid as prom ptly as they ' should have been.; c Many have deserted through solicit tudefor theirfamuxes. y. He thought t.be. Gov-- i ernment ought to furnish means to pay these meij immediately. The -bill iWas-referred. tti J. the committee on Finance." ' ' -' ... ' iiin ' . ,, . . ; - Th'e: Portland ' Advertiser, a Bepuif tean per, is advocating a peace conference for the' rea " purpose of achieving, through peacful aren- cies, r a restoration of . the Onioa,! - This i 5 peace party"t is. xHending and breaking into the Republican ranks. Some day the Admin-istration will wakeep out in the cold; and; like Wolsey of old, bewail his desperate -for-. tnhe,; j lemocrats were sentto-duageoaa for aavocaun peace.. - a strange pass the ooun- . T-try is coming to, Why, people Ulk as if, the" i-dynastV'Of lnlBv4n4 Qtantont had . bee a " ' suaffed out. .Republican papers for peace 1 tVerily, this iaan age of wtndera.-r" r-r- . WeH, it is timpjfor peace, but these poor contractors andepeatorswni , snfTer.. grieves1 ohsly;E very one shodbe heatily.prnsioa-. ; edat the close of the war-they have beei ao ... loyal aad -niads so llllUJHamiLoit True Td- grapxu, gisjL f ji--. iXC7An uahappyV7aahingtoB corr',-'c-jr. z dent "-rritestFofrSeTeral dayspaft tb s p?vtjr'4 : pie of this city have been faxiuriatir'; ct ;thfl;.' great He tat "icks burg Jiad t ? : a -cs j nre 2. ; ',i aad tes.jl-umiU ' ' ' Alaatalailf lo-rcr;-ht 'ill tuicii Iji: sc;-rs lor ta t,9 greet t .r.;s tf tLa tim2.w - i " 1 ' - ' If 13 Tr?" r!i that t' Tr r -w .- c ra:aed some t 3 ia 2-t if"s. ' tirft Pueblaani are awai;Ir j rc" " there, when they will auranceon t distant C3 -mili. ' . 6.003 Fren t!' L f - t -ioVpc'r - -r c'f TamjicoV ' - (