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L BOlA*ill^M*StfiSl\fcAKNES&MUOKi, Publishers and Proprietors. «.*• BOKiIITO\W ; JOVH.MMIKT. V dwnfckratc Union If pyblPhcd Week!y, in Milledgevdlc, Ga., Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts., (opposite Court House.) At $10 a year in Advance. v ” ***»! MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, A P R IL 26, 1864. Oi X SEW TESJIK. On nrt.l nfl<"r March 2.1,18t>4. tiie Tfrins oi Snb- •cliptiuB to the Confederate Unioi ” ' i iK>. inv.iribly in tvlvnnce. All indebtedness lor /ulivViutlm to this paper, previous to .Juno let, 18G3, at t!io rate of T'lree Dollars per year. duties as American citizens, and trust to the grateful hearts of an enlightened peo Te.n Dot- ; P^ e > nnd a kind, and beneficent providence, for your reward. ABDIEL. ADVERTISING. TRANSIENT.—Two Dollars per square of ten lines for each insertion. rribat'-s of rsspeet, K««o!nfions by Societies, (Obit ujrum exoeeding six lines.) Nominations for oflioe, t;,. n nauication. or Editorial notices for individual bjaefit,charged as tranoent advertising. Bv Special Reidest. Polly Peablossom’s Wedding. BV JOHN B. LAMAR. I.F.OAL ADVKRTISINC.. - r Sheriff's sales, ptr lew of ten lines, or less, $5 00 i sf . ara I ’ t!lat P er f° n ,s powerful slow I Mortgage fi fa sales, per square, 10 00 j a =°. m,n K • I reckon he wa’nt so tedious Tax Collector’s Sales, per^quare, 5 00 S ,ttln S *o Il18 »»»i wedding as coining Citations for Letters of Administration, 5 00 I ^id one of tnc bridesmaids of Miss. .. .. «. Guardianship, f> 00 : * °“y I eabloasom, as she hit her lips to Letters of application for dism’n. from Adm’n 8 00 ™ a . k ? tl,e | n ro8 y* and peeped into a small “ Guard'n 8 00 Anpl'n for leave to sell land and negroes, 8 00 6 00 8 00 2 00 5 00 2 00 Notice to Debtois and Creditors. Sales ot land or negroes, per square, perishable property, 10 days, per Mray Notices, 30 days, / Koreeiosuro u[ Mortgage, per square, LEGAL advertisements. S.Vs of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex ecutors or Gaardiarts, aro rciuiicd by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month of |0 in the forenoon and Coart h6us< mutated. , . , Notice of these aales must be given .n a public pa lette 40 days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must be given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. * Notices to the debtors and creditors ot an estate must also be punished 40 days. _ Notice that ardicatiou will be made to the Court oi Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be publirtliefi b»r t “ between :he ht lire.e in tiie afternoon, at tlife the couuty in wi.ich tne properly is .OlltllS, • tnlinatlm letter-, i AdministrationGuardJAuahip, Ac must be published 00 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly six months—tor dismission t rout Guardianship, 40 days Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published „,aUg for four won*A*—for establishing lost papers, <\,r the full spore of three month*— for compelling titles front Executors or administrators, where bond has been given by the deceased the fall space of three months. Publications will always be continued according to thc*f*e, the legal requirement*, uult*t*8ofherwiseor<ier4*d. To Tax Keceivfrs. The Comptroller General furniahea each Tax Return* Mith three Books. if any Receiver n iftlie* an Extra book, or blieet* i'or a blotter, we will furnish him at the rate oKi ! cents a sheet. One dollar ultra if the sheet 8 are bound. looking glass for the twentieth time. •‘He preaches enough about the short ness of a life-time,” remarked another pouting M iss,‘and how we ought to improvb our opportunities, not to be creeping along like a snail, when a whole wedding-party is waiting for him, and the tv a files are getting cold, and the chickens burning to a crisp/ “Have patience girls, maybe the man's lost his spurs, and can’t get along any tas ter,” was the consolatory appeal of an arch-looking damsel, as last of a bunch of grapes. “Or perhaps the old mans fox-eard horse i has jumped otlt of the pasture, and tli« ; old gentleman has to take it a-foot,” sur mised the fourth bridesmaid. The bride used industrious efforts to ap pear patient and rather indifferent amid ttie general restiveness of her aids, and would occasionally affect extreme merri ment ; but her shrewd attendants charged her with being fidget;/, and rather more uneasy than she wanted folks to believe Baldwin County blazed away, and made the little boys aforesaid think they could bear thunder almost and the liiles from Putnam made their patriotic young spirits long to revenge that gallant corps. And the squire was astonished at the narrow es capes h is friend had of falling iuto the lianus ot V» ateford and his savages, when he was mirsconsly rescued by Timpoochie Barnard the L'cliee chief. At this stage of affairs, Floyd {not ike general, but the ambassador) rode up -with a mysteriroiis look on bis countenance. The dancers left off in tire middle of a set, and assembled around the messenger, to hear the news of ladies crowded up and the squire were eager to hear. Bpt Floyd felt the importance of his situation, and was in no hurry to divest A.X I NT KICK ST INC I.E1 TER TIE on THE NORTH. A special correspondent of the Char- Manna did not come in better time to the childien of Israel in the wilderness, than did the discovery of the worthy cap tain to the company assembled. It was as 1 leston Courier, writing from Montreal,Can vivifying as a shower of rain on corn that ada East, under date of March 27, gives is about to shoot and tassel, especially to j some interesting facts and speculation con* G. W. Hodgkins and his lady-love. cerning matters in Federaldom. From Squire Tompkins was a newly-elected i bis letter we cull that pprtion which refers magistrate, and somewhat diffident of his | to things to come, leaving out that which abilities in this untried department. He ; gpeaks of the past, and which only gives expressed a hint of the sort, which the ! information already known by our rea- ciptain only noticed with the exclamation, : Jers: “hoot toot 1” I Q n fj ie of November next the elec- Mrs. Peablossom insinuated to her bus- tim for Prt sident of the United States t f , baud, that in h^r da// the “quality,’' or i will occur. The contest has alieady com- D.e parson. 1 be old j better sort of people in North (Ja’lina, had j menccd, though the candidates have not .00, am. the captain j a prejudice “agin" being married by j been formally nominated. magistrate; to which the old gentle-j The new issues raised by the war have non, | nian replied, “none of your nonsense, old i completely metamorphosed Northern poli- “°* | lady ; none of your Duplin County aristoe- tics. The “Republican” of I860 is the Abolitionist” oflS64, and the man who I Among the so failed War Demo crats, who doubtless prefer peace, though from motives of policy they sustain the war, are S. S. (.'os, the lea- . dec of the Democrats in the United . Srates House of Representatives; Sen ator Richardson of Illinois; Gav. Seymour, oi New York; Janies Brooks nod Senator McDougail, of California. Tw» distinguished clergymen have stood by the South ever since the war ■ began—Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, vention will, however, be powerfully influ- ; ^ 1 Dartmouth enced by the events of the military cam- ; College. I he States of New Jersey paign. Should the South gain great vie- ■ ,,n d Connecticut are supposed-to be torics before July, McClellan will be ' the abode of tlie largest number of thrown aside for seme one whose anti-war 1 “Copperheads”.—as the peace men are record has been clear from the beginning- ! called by their opponents. The coun- ~ i.l„ 11 u Seymour, of i fy c f Bergen, New Jersey is so bitterly and so overwhelmingly opposed to the war that k is dubbed “Little South NUMBER 49. some one like -Thomas H. Connecticut, or ex-President Pierce.— Should the South merely hold its own and the Federal Government fail to make any decided progress, McClellan will surely be nominated, and lie stands equally as good a chance incase we meet with serious de feats. Carolina.” The Y'ankees have had quite a suc cession of great heroes. They have creek, then— ‘Oh. the devil !” ejaculated Captain For tbo Confederate Union. I uK-ilrrtnnt Trnisinj; ol tho Voi«t»“. Messrs Editors: I fear too many of pur people, are asleep to the consequences involved, iti the edu cation of our youth. It is true, the war, with its untold calamities, weighs heavily upon their hearts and minds, and all their energies are taxed to turn the scale of fortune in the great conflict, and but little time is left to devote to other interests, however urgent their appeals to patriot ism, and humanity. But there are a few left at home as the special guardians of society, upon whom devolves the respon sibility of looking after the moral and in? tellectiial interests of the young, and moulding the character of the coming gen eration. Will they prove unworthy of the trust and confidence, reposed in them by their Government, and the people,—the grati tude or posterity, and the reward that awaits the good nod faithful, when the libors of earth are overpast ? We trust not. What a vast field is now open to the Christian patriot,and philanthropist. Nev er in our history did the exigencies of the times make such demands upon us. Out of the sixty five thousand indigent children in Georgia, three hundred are in Baldwin County growing up in ignorance. And to what extent a protracted war will swell the number, Heaven only knows.— When we view this uprising waste wilder ness of mind,—the darkness with which it threatens the future,—the imperiled liberties of a bloc 1 bought nation,— vve insist that this is no insignificant matter. Neglect the education of our youth, and we will send down upon posteiity a flood tide of iniquities that will sink them be neath the respect of the civilized world. Criminal courts, jail houses, and Stata prisons, will be crowded, xvith the victims of crime. you may take all night to tell the bal ance, if you like, afterwards. “I saw—” continued Floyd, pertinaci ously. “Well, my dear,.what did you see?” he fudshed* the ! asko ^ Mrs. Peablossom. j “ 1 saw that some one had tooken away some of tlie rails on the cross way, or they had washed away, or somehow—” “ Did anybody ever hear the like V said the captain? “ And so, I got down,” continued Floyd, “ and bunted some more, and fixed over the boggy [dace—” Here Polly laid her hand on hir. arm, an l requested, with a beseeching look, to know wjiether tiie, 'parson was on the way. “Hello, Floyd !”. shouted old -Captain I , , f 11 y°- n a T 51 about it preecntly.Pol- Peablossom, out of doors, to his copperas- j - , , w ^ *° " 10 ' rUQ tbe trowsered son, who was entertaining the young beaux of the neighborhood with . feats of agility in jumping with weights— I ea ilossom, “stalled again . . Receiver “Flovd, throw down them rocks, and put i 1>e still, honey let the child tell it his the bridle on old Suip, and ride down the | 0WD "’ay—lie always would have his way, road,ami see if you can’t see Parson Gv^nn- ou know, since he haa the measles, bev, and tell him hurry along, we are all ' in terposed the old lady, waiting for him. lie most think weddings ! Da " iel ^ ew 1 I1 “ 1 eaUossom.at this junc- are like bis meetings, that can be put off j " ,r, “ facetionaly lay down on the ground, to the ‘Sunday after the fourth Saturday ' with the root ot an old oak for his pillow, in next month,' after the crowd’s all gath ered and ready to hear the preaching, il you don't meet him,'go clufin to his house. 1 'spect lie’s beard that Bushy Creek Ned’s here with his fiddle, and taken a scare.” As the night was wearing on, and no liai son had come vet to unite the destinies ,, of George Washington Hodgkins and “the j niS (edrous route to Parson Gy in psey s, amiable and accomplished” Miss Polly K lt u h . ™ 1,ttle P ros P ect o^cachtog the end Peablossom, the former individual intima- 0 = ls 8 ^ry as (\(i. ted to his intended the propriety of.passing ^blossom tried to coax him to off the time by having a dance. sayif the parson was coming or not. Polly asked her Wa, and her Ma, after ' begged him and a ! the, bridesmaids argmnglbat it was not the fashion m her, y. ,, J J time, in North Car’lina to dance before the | re ^T^ r I i U ^' . i * * l “When ceremony, at last consented. him the momentary digit.ty. j racy about here now. The better sort of “W ell, as I rode on down to Boggy Gat. people, I think you sa> ! Now, you know I saw—' ! .i._ t—» Wlm cares what the devil you saw ?” exclaimed the impatient captain; “tell us if I he parson is coming, first, and and called out, yawningly, to liis pa, to “wake him when brother Floyd had cross ed over the run of the creek, and arrived safely at the parson’s.” This caused loud laughter. Floyd simply noticed it by observing to his brother, “Yes, you think you’ie mighty smart before all these folks !” and resumed .... - - . » ,, . i conunueu, “oiu ■'nip sec I he art.stirom Bushy Urtek Mas called t]o d sh - d dean out and aftei* much tuaing and spitting Oil t screws, lie struck up “Money Musk th, a.id away went the country-dance, Polly Peablossom at the head, with Thomas .Jefferson Hodgkins as her partner, and George Washington Hodgkins next, xvith Polly’s sister, Luvina, for his partner.— Polly danced to every gentleman, and Thomas Jefferson danced to every lady ; ;ame to tho Piney-flat,” lie continued, “old ‘■'nip seen something white j over in the bayg-all o’ the road, and ” where he would have stopped would be bard to say, it the impatient captain bad not interfered. North Ca’lina ain’t the best rttate in the | Uuiuii, nohow, ui.d Duplin’s llie poorest | county in.the State. Better sort of peo ple, is it/ Quality, ch! Who the devil’s j better than xve are ? Ain’t xve honest l | ; Ain’t we raised our children decent, and j | learned them bow to read, and write, and I j cipher? Ain’t I font under Newuau and j j Floyd for the country ? Why, darn it / | | we,are the very best sort of people. Stuff’! i ! nonsense / The wedding shall go on ; j ! Polly shall have a husband.” Mrs. P’s j eyes lit up—her cheek flashed a.s'sbe heard j ‘the old North State’ spoken of so dispar- ; agingly ; but she xvas a woman of good j sense, and resolved the castigation for a future curtain lecture. *1 kings were soon arranged for the xved- ! f bng ; and as the old wooden clock on the ! mantlep ecu-struck one tho bridal paity | were duly arranged on the floor, and the I crowd gathered round, eager to observe | every txvinkle of the bridegroom’s eye, and j every blush ofthe blooming bride, j '1 he bridesmaids and their male attend ants were arranged in couples, as in a co- i tiilion, to form a liolloxv square, in the cen- J tre of which were the squire and betroth ing parties. Each of the attendants bore a candle ; Miss Tabitba held hers in along brass candlestick, which bad belonged j to Polly’s grandmother,in shape, and length j somewhat resembling “Cleopatra’s nee- j die ;’ Miss Luvisa bore a flat tin one ; the I third attendants bore such an article as is usually suspended on a ur.il against the | wall; and tho fourth bad a curiously de- j vised something cut out of wood xvitli a i pocket-knife. Forxvantofa further sup i ply of candlesticks, the male attendants i held naked candles in their hands. Polly | xvas dressed in xvliite, and xvore a bay floxv- ! er xvith its green leaves in her hair, and the xvliisper xveut round—Now don’t sbe | look p r etty ? George Washington IJodg- j kins rejoiced in' a xvliite satin stock, an.l a vest and pantaloons of orange color; the x-est xvas straight-collared, like 1 a continental officer’s in the Revolution,and bad eagle buttons on it. '1 bey xvere a tin -looking couple. When every thing xvas ready, a pause 1 ensued, and all eyes xvas turned on the | squire, who seemed to be undergoing a I mental agony, such as Fourth of July calls himself a “Democrat” may be for “a vigorous prosecution of the war,” or in fa vor of recognizing the. *South; or he may beliex'c “slavery is dead,” or “that it is tho normal condition of the African race, and therefore, never can die.” But a broad line of distinction may be drawn be- txveen the great parties-—the “Ilepubli changed their idol every six months.. After the candidates are in the held, j Each of these sunshine Geuerals, was the varying events of the war will be jfor the time being, the greatest mili- watched by politicians with the keen est interest. Lincoln will strain eve ry nerve to crush our armies, for upon his military successes will depend his fate as a candidate. Should the cam paign on the part of the Federals tary genius of his age, the Napoleon of America, the destined subduer of the “rebellion,” &c., &c. First it was Scott, then Buell, then McClellan, then Burnside, theu Hooker, then ! Meade. Now, the wonderful man is break down completely, nothing short j General Ulysses Grant, who has so of a suppression of the ballot box can ! t ickled the fancies of the people, that prevent the election of a Democrat to the Presidency. Should there be a popular Democratic majority in the can,” (or as it ealis itself now, the “Union j Northern States, and, at the same time should Lincoln claim an election, through the means of the bogus elec toral votes of the Confederate States, there will just as certainly be a civil war inaugurated throughout Yankee- dom. The importance to the South, there fore, of beating the. Federal armies this summer is apparent. Nay, if we but hold our own until winter; if we preserve intact our lines from Rich mond to Atlanta and Mobile, the new year will bring us a glorious and tri umphant peace. This is not my view alone. Many Yankees I have met have admitted their despair of carry ing on the war'another year, if they fail th.s summer. Some of the papers talk the same way. The “financial embarrassments” are enough in themselves to prostrate the i .• ii- | United States before the campaign is re-eiectiou. His first object is to get t nomination at Baltimore. His myr- ! ovei ‘ 1 h « ,s rl ° w *4,000,000,- Paitx',”) and the “Democratic.” Both of these may be divided into txvo fac tions. There are the regular Republicans or supporters ofthe Administration, and-the Radicals or discontented Republicans of wbotit Freetnont is the Chief. Thentheie are War Detnocfals, xvho propose to “sub due the rebellion,” but oppose the Admin istration, and peace Democrats, who xvant to make terms with the South with a view to i».Uninn, but if that is impossible, with a view to quiet separation. So far the Ivepublicaii factions and the Democratic factions have openly quarreled among hemselves, but the action of the Republi can National Convention at Baltimore in June, and that of the Democratic Nation al Convention at Chicago in July, will determine whether there will be two or four candidates in tho field for the Yankee Presidency. Lincoln is using tho vast poxver at bis control, in every possible xvav, to secure bis ' ' - - the _ , muluns are at work for him, with tiewspa j G0U* 1 currency is becoming more pers, electioneering pamphlets aud Gov- | inflated every day. Chase lias $300,- erinnent funds throughout the North. Fat j 000,000 worth of “greenbacks” in cir- contracfs, commissions in the army, promi-I culation. He is organizing a New That gentleman with a peculiar glint 0 f I “"ton feei when they forget their speech- tlie eve, remarked, “well, {here’s one way « a boy at an exhibition, when he has ’ I can'bring him to a showing,” as lie took : <o be prompted from behind the scenes- a large horu from between the logs, and run a “wood-note wild.” that sat a pack . i i • -jri i u of hounds to veiling. A few more notes, then up and down in the middle, and nanus , _ n j memory ,, 1 , -v c , w 1 • as loud as those that issued from lvoland s c / T .• .i , , c allround. N ext came George \\ aslnngton , » ... ‘Georgia Justice, or any other book from , . . . . , ° . ° horn at itoncesvalles. xvas sufficient invi- , » . . , and bis partner, wlio underwent trie same . , c which to read the marriage ceremony, and 1 , • ,, tation to every hound, foist and “cur or ! ... ° . process: and “so an through the xvhole, , „ V , . „ , ,, , 1 . ... - ° low degree,’ that followed the guests, to as I Jaboll s Arithmetic says. ! i m.l , - J , r join in the chorus.* I he captain xvas a I be yard xvas lit up uy three or tour J , , , .... “ , , .■/ , , • , .. I • i • . man of good lungs, and “the xvav be aid large lighLwood fires xvhicli gave a pictur- : ° ° „ c rf, v• „ ” ° % , I blow xvas the xvav, as bqmre lompkius mt»pnrnni*p. to the jrrouD outside.— « , v 7 •• -* 1 .1 i •. 3 The truth xvas, Squire Tompkius was a man of forms, but had always taken them from form-books, and ne'er trusted bis On this occasion, he had no was at a loss hoxv to proceed. He thought over every thing he had ex r er learned ‘by heart,’ even to csque appearance to the n roup outside. j afterwards very happily described it ; and On one side of the house .xvas Daniel Nexv- . j ir j Thirty days hath the month of Septemb,- scs of office, aresome ofthe means used to secure the support of influential politici ans. His partizans have so skillfully engin eered the State Legislatures that most of them have passed resolutions, nominating him for a second term. He has bought off’a formidable competitor, General Grant, xvith the Lieutenant Generalcy. Tb® ad roit and unscrupulous Sex^ard is his friend and adviser. Then should Lincoln suc ceed at Baltimore, the machinery ofthe Government xvill be worked to secure his 1 e-election. I have no doubt of the nomination of Lincoln at the Baltimore Convention.— The friends of Chase and Fremont will make an • effort for their respective chiefs, and t he name of Beast Butler will proba bly be entered, in view, of a possible quar rel among the partizans and the need of a compromise candidate. But Lincoln and Sexvard have been too sharp for their ri vals, and the re-nomination of the Presi dent is a foregone conclusion. When that is settled I look fora bolt. Fremont has unquestionably made up his mind to run, whether he is regularly nominated or not. Not only has he perso nal wrongs to avenge, but be represents a party xvliich , , c , „ 1 as there xvas in the canine choir some thirty mu, Peablossom and a bevy of youngsters ; of every key , ,h e music may beim- " lio either could not nor did not desire to : bette / a ,^ d( gcr i bed . Miss Tabi- mnst proceed with sovnetliir and in the agony of desperation he be gan, ^ „ Know all men bit these Presents that i ~ * ’ i the prolix personage in copperas pants, wa.H j co j]ing, while an audibie voice in a corner seen to take Poliy aside, and xvhrsperec, j 0 f [ be r00 m xvas heard to say. ‘He’s draxv- souictliing in her ear. m I ing up a deed to a tract of laud,’ and they “Oh, Floyd,you arc joking; you onghn t j a jj ) auffbe( ] An't you joking, bud ?” ot matrons sat under the trees, in chairs and discoifrsed of the mysteries ot makin but all in vain ; he could recollect nothing that suited such an occasion. A suppress- *•* i-v"■« *';° 1 *" ovsr " ,or “ m •*""*** lmn and xvho amused themselves b7J«n*ping j ljands to her eare and cried outf . lM y stars ! tUt And wrestling. On the other side, a group j ^ ^ a] , ge , hhjw , (l away ... ^ The desired effect of abbreviating the , . , . , ... . ‘ 1 -.-Pi messenger’s story xvas pronounced, as that ; 1 M.P..P r.p n o, 1S p d and looked un to butter, curing chickens ot the pip and chil l ° J . } ! 1 —uere ne pausea a.ia looKeu up dren of the croup, besides lamenting tbe | misfortunes of some neighbor, or the in- | discretion of some neighbor’s daughter, i xvho bad run away and married a circus- j rider. A lew pensive couph s. eschewing | the “giddy dance,” promenaded the yard . and admired the moon, or“xvondered it all j them little stars were worlds like this.” Per haps they mqy have sighed sentimentally at the folly of the mosquitoes and bugs, xvhicli were attactcd round the tires to get Drunkenness, pauperism, and vagrancy, their pretty little wings scorched and lose and society xvill be their precious lives; or they may have talked.of “true love,” and their voxvs, lor aught xve know. will til! our streets, and society xvill be cursed with all the disorders and degra dations of ignorance. The evils too tedious to mention, result- d uring the xvliilc. xvere the centre of a cur ing from the inadvertencies ofthe present clein the front ofthe house who had gaih will till the future xvith pestiferous ele ments, disastrous to all worth Jiving fur. When xve consider that rich, and poor, are ail alike involved in encountering the fearfully augmented responsibilities of tbe future, and the qualifications indispen sable to meet them, xxc xvould urge to noble generous, and philanthropic efforts, in behalf of tho latter ciass in our midst. The rich are enjoying ordinary educa- 014 Captain Peablossom and his pipe, ered around the ool man’s arm-chair to listen to ins “txviae told tales’ ot “hair-.! bicadth ’scapes.” of “the battles and sieges lie had passed ;” lor you must know the Captain xvas no “summer soldier and sun- to serve me so. asked Polly, with a look that seeuied to beg he*xvould say yes.” “It’s true as preaching,” lie replied— “the cake’s all dough !” Polly xvispered something to her moth er, who threxv up her hands, and exclaim ed, “Oh, my!” and then xvhispercd tbe secret to some other lady,and away it went. 8uch whispering and throwing up ofliands and eyes, is rarely seen at a quakcr meet ing. Consternation xvas in every face.— Poor Poliy was the very personification of “patience on a monument, smiling green and ye.lloxv melancholy.” The captain discovering that something xvas the matter, drove off the dogs, and inquired what had happened to cause such confusion. “What the devil's the matter now '?” he said. “You all look a« down in ... defence of bis beloved country • At the especial request of Squire Tomp kins, the Captain narrated the perilous adventures of Newnan’s little band among the Seminoles. How “bold Xexvziau and his men lix'ed on alligator flesh and parched tional advantages, while the poor, depend- corn - atld marched barefooted through saw ° 1 1 palmetto: how they met Bowlegs and firs Prairie, and lvliat I j | IlllW . lie 'iUU. I vll all iUUIV a ■ u if HJ tv tn hine patriot lie had burned gunpow er i mouth as xve did on the Santafee (St. eat on public munificence are neglected. It is true appropriations are made for them, but they are so far below the exor bitant prices ofliving, that none car, teach them to airy great extent except those who have other resources for support. The public treasury is already heavily taxed to feed and clothe the army, their orphans and widows, and to mitigate as far as pos sible tbe suffering and distress of tbe conn try xvarriors near Paine’s fighting was there. The amusing incident of Bill Cone and the terrapin shell, raised shouts of laughter amoLg the young brood, who had fi eked around to hear of the xvatS. Bill (the “Camden bard, peace to his Ashes), as the Captain familiarly called him, xvas sitting one day against the logs ofthe breastwork, drinking soup out of a terrapin shell, when a random shot from the enemy broke the shell and spdt ns he raised his head over consequently .,k n„,l.i„ s icon, ,»„g net. -(Mr.you that quarter. vi l lian> you couldn’t do that again if you I xvould propose to the schools iu our tried forty times.” Then the Captain,after city, (to have conceit of action if they repeated importunities, laid down his pipo, like,) and take just as many of these chil- cleared bis throat, and sung # Wc murcliol on toonr next station, TUe Ineeus od before did hide, They siiot and killed bold Newnau s niggur, AnJ two other white men by Ins side. The remainder of the epic we ha\ e for- ilren for gratuitos iustrftction as they possibly can. It is true some are already doing this to a limited extent, while others are not. Let all participate in this work of charity g°«« n ^ ^ mt for a c / iunk 0 f fire and and set a noble example of patriotic devo- j rel f_ bl ; n „ bis p ipe> dashed at once over tion to the most exalted interests of society. 1 j nt0 Alaliama, in General Floyd’s army, father up these outcasts, and instruct, and fought the batles of Calebee and Otas- - = •- detail. The artillery from and prepare them for the discharge of their see over again in Fe), when the quarter-njaster said the provisions had all give out. “What’s the matter—won’t somebody tell me ? Old ’oman, has the dogs got iuto the kitchen and eat up ad tho supper, or what else has come to pass ?”—out xvith it!” “Ah, olilman, badnexrs !”said the wife, with a sigh. “Well, xvliat is it ?’’ vou are all getting as bad as Floyd, ‘terrifying' a felloxv to death.” “Parson Gympsey was digging a new horse trough and cut his leg to the bone with the foot-adze, and can’t come—Oh, dear!’’ “I xvish he had taken a fancy to ’a done it a week ago, so xve ‘mout’ a got another [■arson, or as long as uo other time would suit but to-day,I wish he had cut his durned eternal’head off !” “Oh, my! husband !” exclaimed Mrs. Peablossom. Busby Creek Ned, standing in the piazza with his fiddle, struck up the old tune of XVe’ll dauce ali nigiit ’tilt broad day tight, Aud home with the gals ju the uioruiug. ■ Ned’s hint caused a movement towards the dancing room .among the young people, when tho captain, as if waking from a revery, exclaimed, in a loud voice, “Oh, the devil ! what are we all thinking of?— Why, here's Squire Tompkins, he can per form the ceremony. It a man can’t marry folks, what’s the use of being squire at all ?” ‘In the name of God, Amen /’—be began a second-time, only to hear another voice, in a loud whisper say—He’s making his will, now. I thought he couldn’t live long, lie looks so powerful bad..’ tlje people is John C Fremoot, who is sup posed to be able, energetic and popular, aud who xvill take the stninp in their sup port. lie can count on the German vote to begin with, liny me tloicn to deep, | After all, the difference in ‘principles’ / pny the Lonl— f between the Radicals aud the regular Re- was the next essay,when some erudite gen- I publicans, is not very marked. It °uly tleman remarked, “He is not dead, but Evolves a question of fidelity to the Ad- sleepeth.’ * I ministration. I ho last named faction ■ * - would readily agreo to the radical codo, xvith the exception perhaps of not going National Bank system. Already up wards of two hundred of his National Banks have been authorized. One of those in New York city, proposes to start with a capital of $70,000,000. All the issues of these banks are to be added to the currency x« Then there are in addition, the issues of the State Bauks, which refuse to die at Mr. Chase’s bidding. And to inflate the bubble still more, are the Government o 20 bonds, (to be paid in five or twenty years, with six per cent interest, payable in gold,) and the 10 40 bonds, and the “Certificates of In debtedness,” all of which are in cir culation like Treasury notes. The Chicago Times estimates that by the 1st of August, there will be not less than $1,300,000,000 worth of paper money iu circulation in the North. It is easy to reckon what gold would be worth under those circum stances, when a circulation of $300,- 000,000 “greenbacks” lias put it up to 50 per cent, premium. Nothing would so much conduce to make tbe war unpopular as a rise in the j>iice of articles of prime necessity, to the ex tent indicated above. Our people have submitted cheerfully to such an inconvenience, it is ti'ue, but in the United States the masses have uo holy motive for endurance; the war is an . I aggressive one; it is not necessary to doctrine, and a thorough reorganization of j [-^ liberty, honor and happiness; it t ie ini it ary poxxerc tie country. o ^ a jj an( Joned at any moment, and these doctrines Eiearly all tho younger and ... , . ; ,, more vigorous Republican politicians will j therefore, as long as it does not hurt at subscribe. Their representative before home it may be permitted. W lien the faction iff the Republican The same may be said of Juno, April,November, j goes^to the extreme ot radicalism. 1 his faction has started a powerful organ in Nexv Y'ork. called “The New Nation,” and irvthat paper the principles of the new party are set forth as follows: “Im mediate and absolute emancipation xvith- or.t distinction of race, consolidation ofthe Government and abolition of State lines, tho absolute maintenance ofthe Monroe ‘Oh yes ! Oh yes !’ continued the squire. One voice replied, ‘Oh no ! oh no ! don’t let’s ;’ another whispered, ‘No bail !’— Some person out of doors sung out, ‘Come into court!’and the laughter xvas general. Tbe bridesmaids spilt the tallow from their candles ail over the floor, in the vain at tempt to look serious. One of them had a red mark on her lip for a month alter- wards, where she had bit it. The bride groom put his hands in his pocket and took them out again : the bride looked as if she would faint,—and. so did the squire / But the squire xvas an indefatigable man, and kept trying. His next effort was— •To all and singular the shir—’ “Let’s run ! he’s going to level on us,’ said t xvo or three at once. Here a gleam of light flashed across the face of Squire Tompkins. That dignitary looked around all at once, xvith as much satisfaction as Archimedes could have felt, when ho discovered the method of ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies. In a grave and dignified manner, he said, “Mr. Hodgkins, hold up your right hand.’ George Washington obeyed, and held up his hand, ‘Miss Polly hold up yours.’— Polly in confusion held up her left har.d. ‘The other hand, Miss Peablossom.’ And the squire proceeded, iu a loud > nd com posed manner, to qualify them: ‘You. and each of you do solemnly swear, in tile presence of Almighty God, and the present company, that you will perform towards each other, all and singular, the functions of husband or wife—as the case may he—toi'ie 'best of your knowledge and ability, so help you God !’ ‘Good as wheat!’ said Captain Peablos- soifi. ^ v ‘Polly, my gal, coma and kiss your old father; I never felt so happy since the day I was discharged from the army, and set out homexvard to seo your mother.’ quite so far in favor of consolidation. But all Republicans, whether they follow Lincoln, Chase, Fiemoiit, cr Garrison, are agreed upon these points—the Confederate States must be subdued by force, tbe negro must bo emancipated and elevated to the social aud civil status of the Caucasian. If nec essary to accomplish thi3 every white mau, woman and child in the South must be ex terminated, the entire property of ‘rebels’ pocket nerve really begins to quiver, the discontent of the Yankee will man ifest itself. There is wide spread dissatisfaction with the new draft, ordered by Lin coln. He called awhile ago for 300,- 000 men. Now lie has issued a call for 200,000 more. If thuj demands are not satisfied, there is to he a draft about the middle of April, provided the authorities have the courage to enforce it. Pennsylvania has been be hind bund with her recruiting, and 1 owes tbe President 74,127 men. New i York is in debt 57,230, and Maryland I 21,72S. j The possibility of a re-construction I of a Union is still a fori 1 hope among : even the most forward of the advo cates of peace. They cling to tbe must be confiscated to pay the war debt, j j,] ea with an earnestness that no pro- and an army ot negro troops must be or- j testations nor arguments of a South- gamzed to occupy the conquered country j em mau can shake . and maintain quiet. 1 licse arc tue ax oxv-; . , , , ed intentions of the Republicans, and as j . T ! ,e Y ^e w.llmg to acknowledge sure as xve succumb to Luicolu so surely \ independence of tbe Confederate xvill xve see them put in force. i States* even to pay all the expanses The Democratic Convention xvill be j the boutheruers have incurred in de- hcld at Chicago on the 4th of July. The i fence of their liberties; but, I am told, advocates of peace and the apologists of j we arc all to live under one Govem- war xvill both be represented. Connecti- ment again, though that Govern- cut has already chosen a delegation of j lnen t has its capital it Richmond, and peace men. Nexv Hampshire, under the . j s administered under the Constitution influence of I rankiini.erce, has 0°nc the I a d 0 pted at Montgomejy. The idea game. luefnenasof v r aliandi«rham will { .. f , i ° i be largely represented in the Ohio delega-1 that the Potomac and Ohio can perma- tion. At the recent New York Democratic \ n^ntly ui\iuc us, seems to these good State Convention the peace faction, led by i people an absolute impossibility. Tbe John McKeon, got control of the proceed- Peace Democracy number amongst ings, and the Tammany xvarriors seceded. ^ them many men of ability and prouii- Tbc prospect is that the peace men xvill j nencc. Chief Justice Taney, ex-Pres- l.ave a majority in the National Conven-| K ) ent ’ pj erce( Mr. Yallandigham, ex tern. 11 thev do, resolutions in favor or ; r . . /, stopping the war xvill forma part of the . kf, • ° ’ ontiee ic , your own. platform. Almost the only person now j 0 ^ on °G ex-beiiator Bright, of Iu- ; Wbc[| an eitrava gant friend wishes snoken of in connection with the aomina- ! diaiMl ; CX-feeuator Dayard, ot Dela- f - •* 1 • 1 they are thanking Lincoln for appoint ing him Coinmander-jn-Chief of all the armies. But I am told that, amotfg military men Grant is not regarded as a genius. The new Fremont organ in New York, the “New Nation,” devotes a considerable space in every issue, to a denunciation of the policy which has placed the whole military opera tions of the Federals in- the control of a “second-rate General.” One Gen eral Cluseret, an old French army of ficer, now iu the Federal service, writes a series of articles to this pa per, on Grant. He shows that Grant blundered for months over an unneces sary canal, opposite Vicksburg, wast ing thousands of lives thereby, and abandoning the project eventually; that the victory at Chattanooga was due to the previous disposition of the Federal troops by General Rosecranz, and that General Buell really copi- manded at Shiloh. General Cluseret pronounces Rose cranz the only eminent military gen ius in the Federal army. Just now Rosecranz is on the retired list for his Chickamauga disaster. Probably the next most popular Federal General af ter Grant is Beast Butler. StraDge as it may seem, be is really an idol with the war party. His popularity is not based upon famous victories won on tbe field, for he has never shown his cowardly face to the enemy, but upon precisely those reasons which make him abhorred by the rest of the civil- lzc<\ u. t,,.,,!! Ul uiu; Ji Y4mk.ee expression, “he knows now to nanoie rebels without gloves;” that is, to make war on women and old men and children. The Beast’s administrative abilities arc much lauded. Some of the Republicans want him to be made Secretary of War in place of Stanton. The Democrats profess to believe that McClellan is a great General as well’ as a very ill-used mau. His report on the Peninsular campaign, just publish ed, has elevated his reputation. Fre mont has his ardent admirers. So has Bauks. Burnside is thought better of since bis defence of Knoxville, and Gillinore’s fame has tumbled since his disasters on the Southern coast. Dan Sickles is pronounced a very gallant fellow with a p«oneness to blundering. “Fighting Joe” Hooker has never re covered the reputation he lost at Chaucellorsville. Meade is rather pop ular, but is thought a trifle too slow; Old Ilalleck, the late Commander-in- Chief, seems to have earned the exe cration of all parties. He is made a cats paw of all the blunders ®f the war for (lie past two years. The Yankees do not hesitate to ad mit the superiority of our Generals over their own. After the idol of the hour, (it is Grant now) they award the merit of great generalship to Lee. European military critics always speak of Lee as tbe ablest soldier developed by the war on either side, and so far without his equal in the present armies of the old wu.i 1. Stonewall Jackson commanded the admiration of the Yan kees as well as of the rest of man kind. Even Beecher made him the subject of uu elaborate eulogy. Beau regard stands high with the Yankees for his defence of Charleston and his admirable retreat from Corinth. The other Confederate Generals best known, and whose merits are handsomely ac knowledged, are Joe Jchnston, Long- street, Magruder, Hardee and Polk. Portraits of all these officers can read ily be obtained at the book-stores in New York and Boston. At Freder ick’s show windows on Broadway, are displayed two splendid photographs, one of Lee and the other of Jackson. During my stay in New York I fre quently met with photographs of our “Stonewall” displayed in public places. President Davis is thought to be a very able man, but O so wicked ! “If we had a mau like Jeff Davis in the Pres idential Chair we would lmve put down the rebellion long ago,” is a 00mmon remark. Four things to resist: a hasty temper, extravagance, idleness and the devil. If people would take half tbe trouble to be happy that they do to be miserable, it would be better for them. Shut your eyes to the faults of your neighbors, and open them very wide to to spoken of iu connection with tbe aomina- j » ca-oeuaior D«yaru, «. xsci*- . m0IM5 y.“consider which of the tioa is General McClellan. He is popular i ware; ex-benator 1 ugh, of Ohio; | two u | ja< | rat j, er lose, xvith tbe people, aud it is thought that he ; Fernando Wood, William B. Reed, of' il tbe only man who would share the | Pennsylvania ; W. W. Eaton, of Con- soldier’s vote xvith Lincoln. j n ecticut; Robert C. Winthrop, John I presume it will make little difference j McKeoo, of New York, and Senator to him what platform be Btands on as long Wall, of New Jersey, may be meu- as he secures tbe nomination. The Con-' Honed, * Nothing is more common than to try to reconcile onr conscience to our evil thoughts by our good actions. A wise man knows his own igno rance— a fool thinks* he knows every* thing.