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AS ARMNHCH.
Oar rndara ur» already apprised tiiat the
2Uw Yoik Hmald, lately received, ha* a letter
from Niagai* Falla which saj* that Judga
ilack. Attorney General und*r Buchanan, and
-May, L'ncoln's privata Secretary, hare had an
other interview with Messrs. CRy, Holcomb A
®0 ; and that Lincoln 1* abont to offer an ar
snislioe, and propose a meeting of commission
, «>» In Baltimore, or soma other ixorder city.
Jt is also stated by tha ITasbiiigton corres
pondent of the Herald, that tbs armistice ques
tion is almost the only topic In Washington :
that the Republican leaders inist upon its ne
cessity as the only measure that can save their
party from defeat; and that Lincoln : s warmly
in favor of the experiment. He (Links that if
It can do no good, it will do no harm to try it
•a
If the*B staUmonts he true, an armistice will
probably lei concluded at an early day. The
rapid growth of tha pcaoo sentiment at the
North, and inoreas* of the peace party, threat
ening tha de/atit of Liuooln in November, give
ta air of probability to these representations
of the Herald’s correspondents. igjwil
Lincoln having been informed by Hesars.
-toques and Uillmor# that President Davis will
*at agree to a partial armistice, to be conclu
ded between any of tbs General* in command,
t**d will listen to bo prepoaitiea for psat;# *x
#«pt cr tha basis of $ xuthern iedepemtence, he
will hardly attempt to propose anything short
•/ a universal truce, or expect to ettoqf a peace
on any other condition than Ibo one so clearly
mud poc'tivoiy indicated to him ai our ultima
tum. It may therefore, be interesting and ap
proy>t, at ibis time, to consider the nature and
■seal conditions of an armistice.
An armistice U a temporary suspension of
ticetiJitiis, of more or lees duration, copoluded
by a compact between the commanding Gen
erals of two hostile armiee, #r by a convention
between the States at war. A universal ariri's
tice, a general suspension of hostilities such as
is proposed, can only be agreed upon the
governments of the countries at war with each
other. >So that in concluding the proposed truce
Lincoln wilt have to recognise the Confederate
Government, lie cannot direct his proposal
“to whom it may concern,” but must send it to
the administration at Richmond, either direct
ly or through its authorised agents, theieby re
cognising its existence, aad its right to make
each a compact in behalf of the Southern Con
federacy.
Tbo effect'of a nnivcrsal armistice is to sus
pend all active hostilities, both ou land and esa,
during its continuance. lie object le to stay
the unnecessary cfftision of blood and the hav
•o of war whilw the belligerent* are engaged in
an effort to sctllo their'disputes by negotiation,
leaving them m tlaiu qua, and witii full liberty
to resume hostilities, at tho conclusion of the
period agreed upon, if peace bo not made.
Vattel, in bis Law of Nations, lays down
three general rules as peculiaily applicable to
eonvontious for the suspension of hostilities.
The first of (hose rules is, that each party
way do withijl Ids own territory, or within tha
limits prescribed'by the armistice, whatever he
could do in time of peace. Thus either of the
belligerent parties may levy and march troops,
collect provisions and othor monitions of war,
receive reinforcements from his allies, or repair
the fortifications of a place not actually besieg-
Tka second rule is, that neither party can
take advantage of the tttco to axecuto, without
lieril to himself, wbnt the continuance of hos
tilities might have disabled him from doing.—
finch an net would be a fraudulent violation of
the armistice. For example—in the case of *
truce between the commander of a fortified
town and the army hesieginj it, neither party
Is at liberty to continue works, constructed «I-
Sber for attack or defence, or to erect new for
tffloations for such purposes. Nor oan the gar
efcnn avail itaolf of the trace to Introduce pro
vleioa* or eucoors into tho town, through the
paoeagee or In any other manner which the be
sieging army would have been competent to
•betruct and prevent bad hostilities not been
Interrupted by the armistice. Undorthe oper
ations of this rule, the blockade of our ports
•would not, wo presume, bo raised by an armis
tice.
The third rule slated by Yiittel, Is rather a
•orollary from the preceding rules than a dis
tinct principle capable »f any separate applica
tion. A* tho truce merely suspends hostilities
without teiruinating the war, all things are to 1
oemaln in their antecedent state in tho places,
tho possession of which was specially contested
at the time of the conclusion of the armistice.
The contracting parties may, however, by
axpress compact, vary or derogate from in any
and evei y respect these general conditions.
Ah armistice would bo virtually an end of
the war. It is very unlikely that hostilities
would be resumed. Tho North, alter tasting
fbr a period tho blowings of peace, would hard
ly be disposed or willing to renew a contest,
promising to be interminable and involving
s«oh a frightful waste of life ami treasure.
As has been suggested, Lincoln's object in
proposing an armistice, may bo simply to get
<«id of the prejudicial effect of the enforcement
•f the draft before the Presidential election.
tt«A to amusa and delude the Northern people
with pretended offoits at negotiation, without
any intention to conclude a peace on the only
condition to which the Sauth will ever agree—
•is unqualified recognition of liar independ
mee—or to relinquish tho contest in the event
•f his re-election. But we are satisfied that a
•essation of hosiiliti.-s would give such an 1m
pulse to the cause of peace that it would tri
umph over even tho machinations of Lincoln
and hU associates. We do not think the North
•an be again dragged into a contest so guidons
and hopeless, after it shall once be suspended.
Tho evidences of the rapidly increasing dis
position of the Northern people to terminate
this war on any terms, are daily multiplying.
It la under the pressure of this wide spread and
increasing public sentiment in favor of peace
that the Republican leaders are induced to urge
an armistice. They plainly see that public
•pinion it against the war, and that they have
but little ohance for luceeu on a war platform
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 7, 1864.
in the approaching Presidential election. To
rave their party, therefore, they are convinced
of the necessity of yielding to this overwhelm
ing popular sentiment.
The correspondent of the Herald says that,
•‘a conference was held a:few days ago of New
England leaders, in which it was concluded
that the only saie’y of the administration par
ty, under existing circumstances, is in propos
ing negotiations for the termination of the war.
These nccestori'y involved an armistice ” He
also remarks, “it is the last card to be played
to ccnfusc the Chicago Convention and take
he wind out of the soils of the pe ice men
That it will be done, and speedily, there is no
doubt. Tho Republican leaders here are not
only full of it, but they insist that without it
they will be defeated.”
Tbkxiblb Explosion at the Powubr Works
—Nrxa Miur Killed —About two o’clock Sat
urday afternoon, the gianulating mill, belong"
fng to the Government Powder Works near
this city, blew up with a terrific explosion
There were nine person* in the mill at the
time, ail of whom were, of eourKe, blown tc
atoms, hardly a vestige of them remaining.
Portions of the bodies were found hanging on
the trees—a most shocking spectacle. Other
portions of their remains were discovered about
naif way between the mill and river bank.
The concussion was terrible—the glass in nil
the buildings in the vicinity were shattered,
and even panes of glass were broken in the
city. The leaves were also completely strip
ped from the trees in the neighborhood. Per
sons residing near the scene of the disaster say
that when the explosion took place, a vast
c damn of smoke, debris, Ac., shot a great
distance into the air, and descended in a per’
feet shower cf fragments.
There were about 18,1)30 pounds of powder
in the building at the time of the explosion.
The following are the names of the unfortu
nate victims ol the accident : Thomas Ford,
James Heath, James Shields, Thomas Reese,
Benjamin Scarber, Brantley Kitchens, George
Hayes, Andrew Key, James Atkins. The lat
ter - wa* a detailed guard, and lived about ten
minute* after the accident.
There is ho way of ascertaining tho origin of
th» accident—.whether the result of carelessness
or otherwise.
Several ot the persons killed leave families,
doubtless in a dependent condition, to whom
the generous sympathies of our citizens should
be extended. »
Tits BA'rrLK of Gaisksville, Fla. —A cor
respondent of thß Lake City Colnmbian gives
tho annexed a-'count of at Galnes--
rille, on Aug. 17;
Tlie enemy’s cavalry, aliout tliree hundred
and fifty strong, composed of detachments of
ti e 75th Ohio and 4th Mass., and one twelve
pounder I rass rifle cannon of a Rhode Island
Battery, ail under command of Col. Harriss of
the 71th Ohio, reached this piaco on Wednes
day, the 17th, at 0 a. nr., with the view of
sacking and burning the town.
Upon their arrival, we had but one company
of cavalry and a few citizens who had assem
bled suddenly upon the emergency, under the
cciomuud ot Capt. Thomas F. Iv’Rg, to repel
them. Finding that limy were unable in con
sequence of ibe largely Superior force of the
enemy to successfully resist them, theyretired
before them.
The cnoray, or at least a majority,of them,
we:e stationed at the railroad depot, while tiro
remstoderbegan an indiscriminate robbery and
plunder f:otn the citizens of the town. Just-
In tlie mill'd of xheir thieving operations and
conduct such as would have bsexr a disgrace
even to the name and character of the Goths
and Vandals, Capt. Dickerson, with his noble
freemen dashed iu the town from nearly etery
direction.
When nearly Opp site the residence of Col.
L. Dozier, Capt Dickson directed Lt. Brutotl,
of the artillery, to ppen upon the enemy with
the two pieces under his command. The ene
my replied briskly with (lie piece of artillery
which they bad, but with little or no effect.
A portion of our cavalry then ctovged upon
the enemy, and opened such a terrific tiro upon
them that they scainfiered through"the town in
every direction. The fighting between our
troops and ibe enemy's then became iudis
criminate and general. The Yankees endeav
ored to secrete thnmselves in and- under tlie
houses in towu, whilst many of them sought
to remain near the ladies for protection, know
ing full well our gallaut men would not aim
their trusty riffles at them whilst thus situated
Finding that were completely hemmed in by
our brave boys, a targe number of them sur
rendered.
The result of the enagement can be summed
up briefly tints: wo killed twenty-five wound
ed Iwenty-five and captured tiro hundred and
fit teen prisoners ell told. Amongst the cap
tured are Lt. Col. Morgan, of the -ith Mass.,
seven Captains, one Surgeon and several other
cmmiiissoned officers, one twelve pounder brass
esnuon, two hundred horses, a large number
of arms and ammunition, wagons, &c.
We, lost in the entire engagement which
lasted about one hour and a half, two men
killed.
Rut from the fact that our horses were so
very much jaded, 1 do not doubt but that tho
gallant Dickisou would have captured the en
tire party.
A number of the enemy after being routed
at (Gainesville, started pell niell on the road lead
ing to Newnansville, where they were met Uy
a detachment of Cnpt. Williams’ .Company, who
captured twenty-four of them—Lieut. Col.
Morgan being amongst the number.
NonTnwKSTKjf Commissioners pc have been
aware for several days that Commissioners from
some of the Northwestern States were sai l to
be iu Ivichmon !, on business connected with
the interests of those States as effected by the
war, but what thc-prccise nature of that busi
ness is we are not informed. Referring to the
F visit of these commissioners, the Petersburg
Ragister-of Tuesday says that “the rumor runs
that Commissioners fr.am the States of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, have arrived in
Richmond on the errand of ascertaining the
possibility of making arrangements for the free
navigation of the Mississippi—for the States
which they claim to represent, and in connec
tion- therewith, tho stor-psge of the war. A
letter was received by a highly intelligent gen
tleman in Lynchburg, on Saturday, from a
correspondent, for |whose respectability he
vouches, in Abingdon, who states that he had
seen aud conversed with a gentleman fiom In
diana, on his way to Richmond, who stated in
the most unreserved manner that his errand to
the Confederate capital was to ascertain what
co operative measures ccuid be adopted for a
cessation of hostilities, add an understanding
that the navigation of the Mississippi should
be opened to the Northwestern Stages. Such
an arrangement as this would, of cour.-e, con
template a secession of the Northwestern States
from the Federal Union, and leaving the cen
tre and the eastern North with the big to hold
if they choose to carry it on. This rumor is
afloat, and we give it with the remark that
much more improbable reports have found cre
dence among people not too much given to
Credit sensational items of news.
Lynchburg Republican.
The Richmond correspondent of the Savan
nah Republican says that there is a prospect
of the early resumption of the exchange of
prisoners The exchange will be conducted
on the principle of giving man for man, and
officer for officer, . any surplus of- either
not to be paroled, but held for future
exchange. It is not probable that ob
jection will be made by the Confederate au
thorities to including in the exchange such
free negroes, inhabit urts of the Northern States,
as may have fallen into their hands." Free
blacks sre enlisted in the English and French
armies, and are exchanged like white prisoners.
Negroes who have been seduced or forced from
their Southern homes by the emissaries and
armies of the North, will rot of course, i-e ex
changed. hut will be returned to their for
mer owner*.
LETTER FROM IPPKR EAST 1 JEWESSES.
[srICIAL CORRESPONDENCE CtIRONICLB A SENTINEL ]
Feeling of the inhaJAtantt—Description cf tfee
country A scouting expedition , — lenriessee
troops and the niggrr3—Parson Brmcnlovs—
liiHroad repairing progressing — Movcmtn's
cf Gen. M'/rgm Yankee force in Kentucky. .
Dbpaetmist East Tennessee, )
Elitabbthtoh, Carter County, Tenn , -
August 16th, 1564. ’ |
Our brigade has changed States as you have
doubtless perceived. YV'e are again in Tennes
see. about twenty-five mitos below Bristol, at
Eiizabetblon, Carter county. This county was
so thoroughly Union at the commencement of
the war. that a single company could hot be
recruited lor the Confederate army. Thb is the
home of Gen Samuel P. Carter o's tho Federal
army His greatgrandfather, Landrum Car
ter, settled this county in 1781. He emigrated
from \ irginia,-and is said to be a desccnslant
of Pocahontas, and a near relative of the Ran
dolphs, The county was named for Landrum,
and the io*n for his wife. Euzabethton is the
shiie town of this county, and contains about
fhree hundred inhabitants, and is situated on
tho Watauga and Doe Rivers. The Doe emp
ties into the Watauga River at Eiizabethton.
“ Watauga” is the name given tho river by the
Cherokee Indians, and means “rapid river.’’
1* is not' deep cor very clear, but full of rug
ged rocks. It rises In the North Carolina
Mountains and empties into the Iloiston River
some fifteen or-, twenty miles below the town.
The bottom lands along the river are very fine
and arable, and the people have raised and are
rai.-i n g good crops. On a few plantations the
whetK did not turn out well, but the prospect
for corn could not be better. David H Carter,
the half brother of Gen. Carter, is the only
Southern man of the name in the county. He
is a very sensible and clever gentleman It is
said, but we do not vi uch for its truthfulness,
that Gen. Carter took from his brother every
thing he possessed at Knoxville, aDd rendered
him almost penniless. We think it was very
unnatural on tho part of the General; but no
better treatment could be expected from a
traitor. .
Yesterday a remit was sent into the moun
tain country, up Doe River, under the -com
mand of Capt. Bradshaw, and we accompanied
him. This country has been full of bush
whackers and we expected to have been firej
upqp, hut we were not molested. Along oiy
route, five miles from Elizabeth ton, we fouq
a very rugged and barren country, and not
solitary man was seen going and coming ; l
at every bouso some seroa <f eight
were gathered and double /* r* —HisJw
nearly ail “f stk*'
women ra
having a
little at'
many ofta*
bran, laying the.
three clays. ,
The Union people here
ho; eless, and they believe tha* ..
last year of the war.
Koine three days ago two of our .
a l East Tennessee renegade down,
carrying letters from the Yankee army
this country ami back, and captured a quan.-
ty ot letteis. He was returning to the army
when they went for him. One of these letters
was written by a young lady of respectability,
to a captain in the Yankee army from this
place, to whom she is engaged. After speak
ing of the doiciul condition of the Union cause,
sho says : “ My dear, what will become of you
and I ? We wilt have to abandon our country
end cur homes.” The people here call them
selves “ subjugated Union people.’’ They treat
us very kindly, and our soldiers aro behaving
as good soldiers should toward* them.
From ait we can leer i there has been no ro
inforoi-ments sent to Knoxville. The Yankees
have been recruiting a few hundred Tennis ce
mis aa “■ hundred days ipen,**arid they urtrgiv
ing them much trouble, refusing the negroes
tho right to soldier. At last accounts thc-co
men had toiled some hundred and fifty negroes,
averaging some fifteen or twenty every night.
They ai=ert that they will kill every one they
Catch dressed in soldier’s cioihcs.
A few weeks since Browniow and Hon-Tlios.
Nelson had a difficulty at a convention, which
was broken up by Nelson and his paity.—
Browniow gave him a severe castigation in iris
paper, and they met a few days thereafter,
whiiii Nelson pitched into Browniow and whip
ped him with a cane. For this Browniow had
liim thrown into prison. The old parson is hav
ing a fine time in iris attempt to abolitionize
Tennessee.
Yesterday the railroad was finished to Jones
boro, and the cars are running regular .trips
from Abingdon to that place. \Ve are also in
formed that tlie cars will run to Greenville
iv xt week, as the road wi'l be repaired by that
time—and we hope ere another moon shall
wax and wane, thxt the cars will run to Knox
ville and from thence to Chattanooga inside of
our lines. Bro'her Sperry, of the Knoxville
Register, wili, we hope, be ready to take pos
session ot his old stand when that event is
consummated.
Yesterday Gen Morgan passed up the rosd
to Abingdon, and we learned from one'of his
men that news was received trom Knoxville
that the Louisville Journal had been sui pressed
for promulgating treasonable sentiments Mr.
Prentice has quarrelled with Linciln because
he has interfered with negro property in the
State cf Kentucky.
It is supposed that there are about ten thou
sand Yankees in Kentucky. It is not known
whether they intend to remain there or not.
Our soldiers are living well just now. Green
corn aud vegetables are plenty, and wo assure
you a more buoyant set ot men cannot be found
anywhere, outside the Confederacy.
Sous Lieutenant.
A PROCLAMATION BY 1113 EXCSLLEXCV
U'JV. JOSKI'iI K. BKOW.Y-
Executive Department, )
Aug. IDeh, 1804. )'
To the Justices’of the Inferior Courts and
Aids dii-Carnp:
I am infuriat'd that the Policemen in some
of the counties, who have born detailed under
orders from these Headquarters, upon the ap
plication of the Inferior Courts, to act as a po
lice force for their respective counties, are neg
lecting their duties and giving their attention
exclusively to their own private affairs. This
cannot he tolerated. .The details were not
granted to them as matter of personal favor,
but as matter of public-interest.
They are required to give their whole time
bo the business of traveling through the ooun
ty from plantation to plantation, nndei such
regulation as the Courts may prescribe, and in
seeing that the negroes on aii plantations, left
without overseers, are kept in subjection, and
property protected.
This duty is expected to be performed as
promptly and faithfully as they would perform
the duty of soldiers at the front. No Police
man i3 dxcgpted to give aDy more of h’s time
to his own plantation than he does to the plan
tation of like size of eacli other person in the
section of the county to which he nifey be as
signed by the Court.
It is also hereby made the duty of the Police
men of each county, to arrest and send to
Genera! Smith, all affhome who are embraced in
my call upon the militia to go to the front.
In e.l eh case of negiect to perform his du
ty under the rules here laid down, the Court
and the Aids-de-Camp a"€ charged and required
to arrest such delinquent Policeman and send
him immediately to Major den. G. W. -Smith,
at Atlanta, that he may be compelled to do
duty at the front.
Joseph E. Brown.
Gen. Ilood having determined to place all his
able-bodied teanutejs, cooks, &c., in the army,
and substitute blacks, has sent officers to dif
ferent sections of Georgia to hire negroes for
this purpose. We learn that an officer lately
visited Putnam and some es the adjoining
counties in Georgia for the purpose. In Pnt
nam several of the planters proposed that the
officer should try the sj>tem of volunteering.
It was adopted, and in the course of a few days
upwards cf three hundred of the primest slaves
had volunteered for the purpose. A gentle
man who saw them says they were in the high
i est spirits and anxious to go to the front,
j The Lexington, Ta . Gazette says that the
destruction of the deposits of the Staunton
: banks, by fire in the cars on the Danville rati
\ road, will affect almost every family itv Staun
; ton. and will reduce many from comfortabl
eircomaUncw to poverty.
! X
FROM VIRGINIA.
SICVIMBNTS IN THE VAELXT.
The Lynchbhrg Republican furnishes the
following further particulars of the recent
j movements of our army in the Valley :
An ofn, er of the Yaliey army who reached
the city last night gives us th« gratifying in
telligence that in the affair m -ntioned in Gen.
Early's official despatch, published in the tel
egraphic column, the rout of the enemy was
complete, (.quailing, if it did not surpass the
st impede from Kercslown a few weeks since.
The enemy had iirthe ligliGabout eight thous
and cavalry and some four or five thousand in-'
fantry, whs the rear guard of their main army,
the latter being ia full retreat towards the Po
tomac Alter the affair at Front Royal our
aimv pushed on, and coming up with tho rear
guard at Winchester, were for a short time
held at bay by their artillery, and suffered
some litte loss, but nothing could withstand
the valor of our troops, and with a yell they
charge! the enemy, vzho broke and ran in the
wildest confusion. They vtoie pursued for sev
eral miles beyond Winchester when darkness
compelled Gen. Early to caj&ff his men and
allow them to rest. Thu next morning the
pursuit was recommenc-d, but tho enemy had
taken advantage ot the darkness and gotten
too far in advance to be overtaken.
Our informant sdys wo got about 250 prison
ers and one piece of artillery, besides a num
her of horses, and any quantity of small arms,
• clothing, Ac., which the enemy in their fright
threw away.
But very few jjf *> # were killed or
wounded, And Rties did not ex
ceed fifteen.
The affair ' - - >»d will be
followed b \ktny
having pk
SSS& -~^***i
The e; desolated the
country . . - all ' the hay
and wheat.' w
much as * IMBfißla
the hogs, fit ,/ithin their
reach, an* v ieduoed to the
point of atah'. ’ •
It "* .y considerable bat
-'"alley, unless Gen.
inxmuered, sos the very
’“•ukees jerefer running
-■y a«ai»plishffd in
'ave a wholesome
/ abal and his “rag
*
' ’ - A ;
"'of the.
v -con-1
This . « of
that valiey
against tbo enemy. Tno'Ugn stripped
of its agricultural labor and implements, by
the inroads of the enemy, the wheat crop is
said to be fine; and tlie country covered by
miles ot' waving grass—without the scythe
men to harvest it.
an Incident ofoxe of tub riuriTS near rkysRS
BERO.
During the progress of the battle of Fri
day afternoon, August H), two privates of
the 11th V* , infaa(tji—Gehrgq-Ji^May, Coin
puny A, M. Miles. Company- B- «pXro
ed to be iu town, started out lo jfioifhjtfrregi
ments. They had their ; ities with them, and,
on nearing the scene of action were com
pelled to advance through a thick skirt of
woods, but rather to one side of the combat
ants. They had gone some distance into the
thicket, when to their "surprise they observed
a party of Yankees advancing towards them
To retreat would be death, and to stand would,
to all appearances, be immediate capture. The
two men concealed themselves behind trees,
held hasty consultation and resolved to put a
bold fate upon the matter. Private May acted
tho spokesman, and private Miles played the
part of a whole regiment.
When the Yankees had arrived within short
speaking distance, May stepped forward and
boldly demanded a surrender, lie backed his
demand with the statement that a regiment was
in his rear, one) another on ikeir flank. Some
of the men r-t once threw down their arms, but
the commanding officer showed some hesita
tion, wan soon silenced by the threat of over
powering numbers being shortly upon him
The who!e**party disarmed themsclved and
marched in double fiie to tho spot where our
bold privates were stationed, and May,,
placing himself at Heir head, and Mik-a at the
rear of the Column, carried them safely to a
strong guard. The prisen.irs numbered twenty
seven—one caplain, onolieutenentand twenty
five privates. Their chagrin was indescriable
when they discovered how they had been de
ceived.
VARIOUS ITLM3.
Another raid on the Danville Railroad is
feared.
Wheat in Virginia is sellmg at thirty dollars
per bushel.
Bacon is selling at Danvile Ya., at. $0.50 per ib
A more complete fiend incarnate never match
ed an army than Hunter. His march through
the Virginia Valley, for rapine and outrage has
no parallel in the annals of civilized warfare.
Upwards of four thousand bushels of rice
have been received in Richmond purchased by
the State, which is retailed to the citizens of
(hat place atlitty cents per pound.
Among the officers captured near Petersburg
was a Federal Major, a brother to a gallant and
most meritorious sergeant in one of our well
known ariiliery corps. We understand that
they bail confronted each other on the Penin
sula, again in front of Petersburg, where ttioy
once met, and lastly, after the battle on Friday,
when the Seargeant recognized iris brother a
prisoner. Such is the fortune of war.
All Marylanders residing or sojourning in
Richmond, h ,to been declared eligible to servo
in the second regiment Reserve Forces of Vir
ginia, employed for the local defence.
For several days past the .enemy at Peters
burg has shifted heavy bodies of troops from
the right around to the left of his lines, as if
in anticipation of some movement on the part
of the Confederate forces, or to assume further
offensive operations himseif. Bodies of troops
have not only been transferred from the lines
south of the Appomattox, but also from But
ler's department in Chesterfield county.
Grant has again commenced shelling the
city from the river batteries.
The V anliCes have resumed their old habit
of burning privrte dwellings.
The enemy, who lately evacuated Glouces
ter Point, has again appeared there in consid
erable force. The object of this movement is
probably to rob the defenceless people of
Gloucester, who have heretofore been subject
ed to* all manner of outrage at the hands of
the Yankcus.
Measures have been taken to establish near
Lynchburg a mill for re-rolling old railroad
iron. This will supply a great wan*, and we,
may hope in a few months ts see the speed
and safety of our rodls greatly improved.
The enemy’s cavalry on Thursday Aug 23,
made an atrempt to raid it through Dinwiddie,
but were encountered about ten miles from
Petersburg, cn our extreme right, by our ca
valry. and whipped back after a severe fight,
in which our loss was seventy in killed and
wound* and.
_ A letter from Alexandria describes the situa
tion of Southern people in that vicinity as very
distressing. The have been robbed of horses,
cows, chickens, provisions, rnd the Yankee
troops stationed in the town arc cut daily for
aging noon the country people for milk, but
ter, aDd even the bread naked tor daily use.—
The negroes who have gone eff with the Yan
kees r-'m-ain with their (nomia.d) owners as
spies upon them, and report recrularly what
they do to the Federal authorities.
The Eleventh Tennesceb District.—Army
letter writers. state that Cluskey Adjutant
General to Vaughn’s brigade, is elected to
Congress over Sneed, in the 11th Tecaeseeee
> District,
VOL. LXXVI 11.~ NEW SEEIES VOL. XXVIII. NO. 3G
I OHREfcPOSDEXt'E BETWEEN BISHOP
* PIEBOE AND GOV. BROUN.
Oclvelton, Ang. 22, l&U.
| Got. Brown : _
| My dear Sir : When you have read this M -
; ter you will I trust excuse my intrusion on you
time and attention. •
Your recent order in relation to patrol duty
is. in my judgement, sadly miseons ( rued. by
some of our citizens, .and the proceedings they
have instituted are well calculated to produce
discontent and insubordination among the col
ored people. It is proposed, and instructions
bare been given to the Captains of Districts, to
visit plantations, and search negro houses,
trunks, chests and corners. This order is given
in the absence of ail tkispicious circumstances,
without afny theft supposed or any property
stolen.
Now this, for one, I regard p.s expletive, a
gratuitous annoyance to whites and blacks, as
tending to provoke and alienate a people whose
loyalty at this, time demand and deserves a
very different treatment. But worse stiii. these
indiscreet interfering with the Sabbath
wor-liip of the negroes, and if allowed will
break up the mission work of churches. In my
own neighborhood on yesterday, at a regular ■
preaching place, at a regular appointment of i
an old well know preacher, at the close of the
service the patrol appeared and whipped about
all they could catch. The only plea for this
was that many of them were without passes, i
never have thought of giving a pa3S to one of
mine tc go to preaching any mop* than of giving
a pass to go to mill. At the place to which 1
refer there has been preaching for years, the
negroes meet by eousent of their owners, are
served by a white man regularly appointed
and there has never been any disorder.
“ Now that the poor unoffending creatures,
Hog in obedience to their masters, should,
a*, ihout warning, be whipped as criminals, 1
think an outrage on humanity aud religion.
Snob iniquity unrebtjßed will bring the curse
Os God upon the laud. This ungodly inter
ference with.the religious meetings of the
blacks ought to be stopped by authority.' Your
sound judgment and chrisFan heart never au
•thorized such proceeding I know, and it is be
cause your order has been perverted and
abused that I call your attention to it.
In writing this letter I feel that I am dis
charging a public duty, a duty to God and
man.
A word of explanation from you wiil cor
rect the evil. You can use my name in any
way in this matter if you wish. .
Yours respectfully,
G. F. Ptiincii.
Executive Department, 1
Millbdokville, Aug. 25th 1864. f
Ut. Rev. Bishop G. F. Fierce :
Dsau Sir. —Your letter is now before me,
and I feel extremely mortified that the police
o of any county ia the St.ita should under
pretex have assumed to commit such
ages, upon the negroes as those mentioned
you.
The slaves of Georgia, not in the hands of
the -enemy, were never more subordinate or
loyal than they now are. While it is the duty
of the policemen, when so large a proportion
of the white male population are in the army,
to be vigilant and active in yisiting plantations,
left without white manages, and m correcting
bad negroes who are stealing and committing
other crimes, they should-be careful that those
who act well their part receive just praise aud
kind treatment as incentives to good, conduct
in future.
It should be distinctly understood that they
ride through the country to correct only sucii
as misbehave, and to protect ait who do their
duty.
Punishment should not be inflicted upon
vague suspicions. There should be no un
reasonable searches or seizures, and all unjust
and unnecessary;causes of irritation should be
carefully avoided.
Oho qf tbo most important duties cf the po
lice is the protection of negroes from the cor
rupting influence of bad men, who as deserters
from tlie army, or skulkers from duty, are at
are at home a! tempting to mislead and use Hie
negroes for their owq wicked purposes, while
honest patriotic men are confronting the enemy
in the field. One of the first duties of each
policemen, is to arrest all such, witii all others
who neglect or refuse lo go into service when
legally prdered to do so, and to send them to"
the front without delay.
If this is done our army will not only he
greatly strengthened, but I venture to say
there will be very little dffkulity in control! -
iug the negroes. In else the policeman neg
lect this it ii made the duty, by my late
order, of county officers and aids de camp to
arrest them and send them to the froiff.
The outrage mentioned iu your letter upon
tha unoffending negroes in your neighbor
hood where they jhad peaceably asrembied in
accordance with a long established usage of
Divine service meets my unqualified disappro
val.
The perpetrators have shown (bat Ihey lack
either the common rense or tlie humanity
which are necessary qualifications for their po
sition. If you should think proper to i sport
their names. I will, if they are subject to mili
tia duty, order them arrested and sent to the
trenches at- Atlanta, in the hope that their
places may be filled at home by better men.
Cordially thanking you for the information
contained in your letter, and earnestly request
ing it as a favor that von will cail my attentioq§
at all times to abuses which you may sue in
any department over which I have control,
Dam very truly,
Your friend,
Joseph E. Brown.
FROM..MEXICO.
Maximilian has provided tor the formation
of an Austrian army for service in Mexico,
which is to be composed of old officers and
soldiers from the reserves. They are to enlist
for six years, at the termination of which time
they can either continue in service, or they
will receive thirty six across of land apiece,
with a house and ail the necessary tools for
cultivation. It is said that the house of Loyd,
at Trieste, has made, a contract to hirnish five
steam transports to convey these recruits to
Vera Cruz.
Juan Antonia de la Fitento, recently rp
pointed Governor of Chihuahua, is organizing
all the loyal republicans to act against the
usurpation of the new Emperor.
The French troops have been driven cut of
the town of Jounta, in Tabasco, and have re
treated to the Island of Carmen.
Juarez is still at Monterey, the headquarters
of the Constitutionalists.
Governor Cortinas, of Matamoras. has occu
pied the city of Victoria, which bad been pre
viously taken by the French under Col. Dupin.
This officer left Tambico snme six weeks hinee
with about five hundred men, and marched in
to Tula. Governor Cortinas made a quick
march to the central part of the State, which
was mostly held by Dupin, who, on toe ap
proach of the Mexican troops, fled.
Gen. Cortinas is preparing to attack the port
of Tompico. He has quite a respectable force,
besides fifteen hundred good infantry left at
Matamoras, under the acting Governor, brother
to General Cortinas.
The forces of Colonel Merida were attacked
in Tutotepec by thejimpearialists, who were re
pulsed repeatedly, and finally repulsed.
Colonel Quiroga, of Vidaurr’s service, has
crossed the Rio Grande from Texas—whither he
had tied with Vidaurri—above Loredo, with
one hundred men, said to have been fur
nished him by the Confederate Colonel Beuevi
des. He kilßd the Mexican collector opposite
Lareilo, and took fourteen thousand dollars out
of the custom house. He then took the road
Villa Aleama. Four hundred of Juarez's troops
are in pursuit of him.
From Middle Georgia we learn flhat the corn,
wheat and all the crops have been very abun
dant this season. Indeed, the fields in that sec
tion have never been known to yield so large
a crop of grain. Corn, particularly, has been
prolific,. and will fully make np for the de
ficency in the seabord counties.
Gen. Kirby Smith and Gov. Allen are visiting
that poriion of Louisiana desolated by Banks
and are supplying the wants of the people.
Mr. Wilkinson, of Jackson, Miss, hae favor
ed the. Mlseissippian with peaches reported
eleven inches in circumference, and oi.excel
lent quality and flavor.
The Ogden habeas corpus case at .Richmond
has been definitely settled. The petitioner
was remanded tp the custody of the conscript
officer.
NORTHERN SEWS.
The mew Confederate Privateer Tallahassee,
j sLH continues her depredations. A te.R gram
i Turn Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, reports the cup*
i Sure of seven-.vessels on one day. Another
• telegram from Thomaston, Blaine, announces
! the capture of twenty five vessels « ft Mactim- •
cius Rock. All the latter were, most probably,
fish i ng sc boon ers.
Advices from Havana say that typhoid and
yellow fever are pacvailing at place; .
The Confederate steamer Denbigh arrived at
Havana the 30tn Jffiy from Mobile the 24th,
with 470 bales of cotton. Tee Denb'gh reports
i large side-wheel steamer captured while at
tempting to pa*s the fleet tiff Mobile, supposed
to be the Virginia, from Havana.
By a special order issued by Brigadier-Gen
eral Buckland, commanding the District of
Memphis, the publication of the Morning sews
is tor the present, and until further orders,
di.-comiaued. The cause for the suppression
of the News is said to be the publication in its
columns of an article auirn--.dveit;ng upon the
militia organisations/ and iiisinuning accept
ance of bribes by officers in comm mil. ami
surgeons of inspecting boards.. The aut hqr of
iho article, Mr. Syuott, was arrested and con
fined in Irving prLon.
The New York Herald lias dropped McClel
land aud is now h -.iking high for Grant.' U
tho Chicago Convention must nominate
that Abolitionist cu go by the board. .The
Herald is eager for a purchase in the present
campai-n.
Baltimore papers retort that Francis Key,
the son of the author of the “Star Spangled,
Banner,” has been arrested on a charge of dis
loyalty, and locked up in the miiitavy prison
to await trial.
It is reported that Secretary Fessenden will
resign as soon as he can do so without injury to
the Government. He feels .that his strength is
not adequate to the duties of tho finance de
partment. It is sakl he will be a candidate
next winter for the United States Senate.
Ibe term of service ot twenty-six regiments
in Sherman's army expires during the month
of August.
George D. Johnston, of I)ehs Brigade, has
been made a Brigadier General.
The Confederates in Kentucky under Colonel ■
J'hnson, estimated at 1.500 strong, captured
near Khawneetown, iaiely,three stt amen- load
ed with fat cattle, belongmg to the Govern
ment. They were hurrying tho cattle across
the Kentucky river, and it is thought that
they'will not attempt a raid into Indirnaa
Miss Annio E Jones, better known as “the
pretty rebel spy,” and as “Majoi Jones,” an
intelligent y-oung lady of only twenty years,
who has been a prisoner of Slate' for the year,
has been released by order of Secretary Stan
ton.
A telegram from Omaha City, svys that hostilo
bands of marauding Indians infest, the whole
line from Forr Kearney to South F.iss, a def
iance of five hundred raiiea, and daily commit
new outrages, making forays on stock and burn
tog trains. A great number of travellers are
now stopping at Fort Kearney for pn-'ceiiou,
and are. waiting lor arms. Tho India s, in
bands of ten to one hundred, move w’ih o ddi
ty, and, possessing a thorough knowledge of
the country elude, pursuit.
Tho Yankee government is heralding its own
shame by offipiail announcing the sale of stolen
Southern property.
At latest advices from Helena, Ark., the
negro tioops had mutinied and were commit
ting outrages on the whites.
A correspondent of a Philadelphia paper writ
ing from New York, states that the lew Ro
man Catholic Archbishop of- this diocese, and
Bishop Potter, have signed a petition., to the
President, praying for an armistice.
If Southerners do these things to Yankee
mauraders they are treated as outlaws when
caught. And yet this Yankee < fiber is advising
his people to do, what he would shoot our send
era for doing.
A great deal is said,says the New York Free
man's Journal, about the high prices cf evety
article required in afamilyfor living. The con
sumer is paying an enormous price for every
thing.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says the New Eng
land and other Eastern States tore row their
emissaries in the South,picking up with bounflo
alt tha superannuated no:roes they cau'fiad,
and getting credit with them on the Quotas of
the draft lor September.
Several steamers have sailed from New York.,
in search of the new Confederate lmvateer
Tallahassee. - ,
Northern papers say that the Confederates
nrc ja strong.force outside of Algiers, wi'biu
six or seven miles of New Oilcans, fortifying
the place aud constructing iniicuchmonls, ap
parently faith the.intention of. making thqt »
place of offensive operations. The Teche Dis
trict is also occupied by the Confederates in
large force, in order to prevent another ad
vance of our troops through that legion to
Texas.
General Brooks has resigned li is command".
This makes the fifth corps commander that
Gen. Grant has lost since bo commenced his
campaign; Setlgwidk was killed. Gilmore" was
relieved, Bmitli am! Hancok withdrew tempo
rarily and Brooks resigned.
The Supreme Court of California lias i-ffinm
ed tho constitutionality of the law providing
fordhe enforcement of contracts for payment
in gold. The decision gives great satisfaction
in business circles.
Newbern, North Carolina, is full of agents
from the loyal States, recruiting tor the sev
eral quotas, and Massachusetts, offering the
largest, pile, is getting most of the colored re
cruits.
A substitute broker in Foughkeepsje, N. Y.
•got rightly served a few days aime. in trying
to get a countryman drank he took too much
himself, aad was enlisted by ibe individual
whom he hoped to sell. He did not find out
his mistake Airitil the next morning
The detectives in Baltimore arrcslcd a man
named Abram J. Biddison, driving a two horse
wagon loaded with boxes and barrels. On
opening one box ft was found to contain brass
screws, such as are used in'tbe manufacture of
small arms, and one bag which contained a
large number of letters directed *.o various per
sons in the South. It was discovered that the
goods had been shipped from the store ol Rich
ard Thomson. No. Till Fayette street, who was
arrested.
The New York Advertiser, of a recent date,
contains a veiy elaborate article concerning
the price aad supply of cotton, 't he writer
shows that there is a constantly diminishing
decrease in tha supply of raw material, and
after surveying all the cotton growing coun
try on the globe, concludes that , the pros
pect of the augmentation of the supply is poor
indeed.
More than one hundred Btea'll engines, in
cluding two for London arid one for Russia,
have been built by tlie Amoskeag Company
of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Charles L. Weller, ex-Rcstmaster of San •
Frffhcisco, and chairman of the Democratic I
S ate Central Committee, hits been arre-ted
and imprisoned at Fort Alcatraz, on the charge
of using treasonable language.
It is shown by tho most reliable statistics
that there are four million Germane iu the
United States.
_ A Yankee correspondent writing from Cbara
bersburg, Pa., ray-: The scene can nevlr be,
properly described Four squares in either
direction, private hon es aud stores, have b“< a
thrown into one block ruin. The order of the
invaders bar- been to spare churobes, none
|of these were destroyed. The tolar rosfl to
i Chambereburg will reach three mjAHons of
dollars, by actual count The peofife of Cha n
bereburg arc now returning and tßmmencing
to rebuild their dwellings. 2
Tha peace party of lowa hays hF- aCc
voution, and among the resolutions adoptee <a
one declaring, “If we ay.irft have a Luton
Peace Party with cur former, political associate
we must have it without them."
The Philadelphia Ledger says : “It is the
opinion of those woii* informed bote tb-.t
the efforts to raise recruits to any extent at
the South for servi i; in the Northern armv.
will be a failure. I/Jias been calc “ -f
possibiy from 100,0.0 to 150.000 dusky war
riors could beobtaiffed in the next two mouth-,
at the So uth, but the chances are, that not
one-fifth..of even the smaller number will be
o btained
NORTHERN- NEW*.
Tito Cincfcr.toi Enquirer says Texas dates;
i;awo !-t cotton cs going into Mexico at a
‘! uJ f »»te s-noo the Federal abandonment of
i o state cad the IJed river region. At - the
p;es, ■ i ;tes of ihc article, one dollar and a
:t P cr I” 'tod. it thinks the Confederates with a
lewctuvihund bales, can procure any thing in a
•.v .rn.;e or domestic way from across the wa
ters.
Our guerrillas, according to Northern p-„
per?, continue to do much damage on tho Mis
sirsippi lo boats.
i Tno statement of the Yankee national del %
j for the week ending Aug. 10, shews an iu
crease in tho sum total of no loss than $17,064,-
| 720, making in all 51,849,714,555. The’bat
iioce in the I u’asui y hrus uecliaed'two millions
leaving $14,074,859, . •
. Virginia 6's are qaoted ia New York at 564 -
Missouri (i’e 68. 1
The Fours-, ivauia Militia MU has been report
■le to the two iloiri s Lorn the Committee of
Conference and adopted in substance as fol
lows. The Governor to call out fibeen regi
'nerds for iriia'? .service immediate y, and if not
id rihccmiug by volunteering, to draft on tlie
United States enrollment with no exemption*
whatever, whether of persons who have* paid
commutation to the United States or not ex
cept n: Si us arc apparently abs dutely disa
bled. Appoint meats of commissioned ofificere
by iho Governor. Tho committee struck out
the last section, mid recommended a supple
ment ifqnuing certain day* of muster, nod a
fine of five dollars on each .State guard whw
dots not ftuuish his own uniform.
Tho people o. Southern ludiania and lUfnoU
are becoming 'frightened about Confederate
r.i -a >.ud are cigauisiug local companies for
home deft nee.
The Democracy of Chester, Pa., resolved
last week, in county meeting, “That thi only
liopo of iscape fro u the < vps now pressing up
on the couuuy is through peace.”
The prices of .everything continue to ad
vance at the North.
Tile National Intelligencer at Washington
bis quarrelled with Lincoln it Cos., is out against;
Grant, and threatens to go tor McClellan.
The New Y'ork Tim -s contradicts the report
that an official demand had been made upon
the English Government lor t-he surrender of
Captain Sevmnes.
Washington letter writers complain that
Lincoln does not cave whether Pennsylvania ia
laid, waste by the Confederates or not. ,
A dispatch from Indianapolis, states that as
the time for the draft approaches, people aro
becoming giore excited, aud there is great
demand tor subi itutes of any and all oolms. ,
General Braymr.n has conthciced the Catho
iie. Catheihal at Natchez and banished tha
Bisi.op to Louisinann. This act oaused intoneo
excitement among f ixe old settlers.
The war ip the West with the Indians con
tiu v to grow in interest and magnitude. Tha
inhabitants ofth* country infested are promis
cuously murdered, and the citizen troops aro
put to va-4 amount of trouble, lor . which they
get nothing hi return. Fort Kearney, Denver
aad ot-iier places in the Kansas and Nebraska
Department, are. points of rendezvous for Fed
cta! citizen forces, wuito all.betwecn them tho
savai’.es run riot.
All the able bodied, negroes in tho District
of Columbia are to be organized into military
axdpanlM. ’
An Islino’e soldier afc Vicksburg describes tho
country ihere as made with an-eye to econo
my-—the ground itong set on edge, so that both
sibes mieht be cultivated. '
M l -. J -hr. MuUnl/, i ditor of a weekly paper
Sn New Yor’X called the Metropolitan Record,
h-vj been arientsd by the United States Deputy
Marshall l’ecl. on a w »• n,f issued by Conimis
ri'if t Osborn°. Tlu warrant of arrest was is
cuetl cn fi e rtftidavii, i*f United States District
'Attorney Si. dli, whieh-wammt sets.forth that.
tb« said Siy, in issue Mekopoiltaa
Record, of i h.- Cth of An; n-t last, caused to be
printed, issued and published an article entitled
‘•Tlic Coming Droit’* end othe’ - article, in which
he counsels do.: Seymour and other persons tw
resist the draft old ned by tho President of the
.United jjtatcs, to take pi ce in September rex to
His examination was postponed and ho war
hela to bail in the sum of $2,500. - „
The Luzerne-county Democrats of Pennsyl
vania, resolved Ue.ut they demand, by petition
to the President, a suspension of the draft un
til the next meeting cf Congresu.
Tin- Chicago Times advocates an immediate
arm': lice and a National Convention of all tin*
States,
'i Lv great pfass meeting held lately at Peoria.
11 , rv. lived that “tin immediate armistice anil
a national convention for tha peaceful adjust
ment of our Iron ole:-; are tho only means of: sav
ing our nation from unlimited calamity and
ruin.”
The meeting of the Democrats of Chester
county. Penn., call on their delegates to Chica
go, to present to tha people a candidate and a
platform, in accordance with their demand
lor pi ace.
The Michigan people have commenced to or
ganize associations in favor of peace. These
societies arc about to issue a “people’s address’ ’
to the President demanding an immediate sus
pension of hostilities.
Advices from Havana cay that typhoid and
yellow lever arc prvuiling at that place.
The folio ving Yankee verse's are reported
in pursuit of the Tallahassee 'The Juniata, t
Susequebannah, Eolus Pontoosuc, Dumbarton,
Tr'ktinm Shandy, Mocassin, Aster. Yautjc, R/
R. Ciiyier, Ur.fid Gulf, Dicotab,
Jacinto. Some of these .vessels are
majority tire not so. s
Mr. Edward A. Pollard, one of the editors of
Richmond Examiner. cnptu>ed on the steamer
Greyhound, has 1. on release If. om Fort War
yen. It is S lid that lie has been exchanged.
Us is now on parole and allowed to wander as
he pleases in New York and Brooklyn.
The National Intelligencer, in an extended
criticism pronounces Gen. Grauy’s campaign
the most unsucec; .-fnl so far undertaken.
FO.iJLSU* HEDIS.
The Paris Puy- pub!;ah-, san article, signed
by its editotal tvcrctary, severely censuring
A'-tria and Biu • v tor despoiling Denmark of
the Du- hies of Schb'Bwig, Hehrtein and Lanen
bu g, wabout regard to race, origin or nation
ality.
A small picture not larger than a plate, said
to be painted by I ■ ai l when only twelve
years of age, was s-.dat auction iu Paris to
Boron do Rothscb H for £5700.
The New Zeal *i •' Times gives a full account
of the disastriohe < np>ge»>eot ot tho British
troops with the rebel natives, and furnishes ev
idence that several of the British soldiers were
tomahawked and d-.a'pitalud by tho savages,
aud their b dii s eaten by the cannibals.
A Higniander named Huvb Maip, fjrmerly
a lock k per on the Aberdeen aud fuvernry
Canal, /Bed at Aberdeen letentiy at tho
age of 103 years. He retained all his faculties
nuiirpair -d to the lust, end ' as walking about
within a few days of his death. •
A widow, occupy ins- a large house in » fash
ion able quarter nl Lend ur, sent for a wealthy
solicitor to nioto* fccr-wi 1. by which she dis
posed of between £50,000 and £OO,OOO. He
proposed, soon alter, was accepted and found
himi' it the happy husband of a penniless ad
▼en'un-i-s.
The sfi ike of the edge-tool forgers of Shef
field, widt h has extended ovor five weeks, has
t,oyu brought fe> a termination^ by the uncon
ditional submission of the men". .
The fl.-btr-q for pearls in the Tay, Earn, Isla.
Sir., fa now r. nvit closed, but it has not been
: ,r!y i-o success! id as it was last year. Thai
peatlij got have bw.-.i generally small, and th»
color not ,-ucu a > to command a high price.
Iri the House oi Lord a few days ago. Lord
Brougham pre !i< -d Ih it eveata would takft
plac • in America, within two months, which
wou'd make it expe-ii- ot, and therefore di sira
b'.o. that.the Gov ’•Liir.cnt should interfere ; and
V the B. itish public puts l'aitb in the letters of
Hr. M-.ck y, n.t N- w York ; Mr. Lawiay, at Rioh
mon-l; and Mr -i:v, wherever he taav happen
to be, it»e general opinion cannot differ much
from that expressed by Lord Brougham.
A litter written by General Washington,,
acknowledging the freedom off the city of New
Yoik, which was voted frx him, w*e (oiA-i^
ts»t city to ,