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Tv® lain %ji.-ei i< t>! tim great oracle of tho
Reptibli xu party delivered at Auburn, is both
stgiifiteant ttit.t Important. His and
Influence twillte. bis tcm.u!.»to menu ttii.u or
oiliirv atleJiti.,u Ihe spiritof the war
|Ari. at the tin |u iv ha it-vdillJ‘X A* the 1
2tt*..,t authentic Hijy.tie.'.t ol ild_ views.
The fall ul Atlanta Is the rddet topi® of the
:-pt*c-*ti riewaut, as a Midtlot ol ri*nr»e, exults
otri It an.l telicj upon it tii galvanic** the
wailop wsi e-pit it of the North into new hie
ah.t TtgiV
tl.eio Is one foot slated bv ; . vvat.i which we
in t-u. .nraging to us It U that, the
* .pur.nent* .M Lincoln, Jeveiy class, the stqi
roctet* ol Ft ernont Hint, TWcl'tetltUj, thoSu who
the prosecuted with in Ore Strifetencv,
and there wh ’ me «pptrwil to lieiniisecution at
bit unused to join the Republicans iii llioir
11l attentive: the tali ol the "Hate City, ’
oi to unite with them in koiitff iug Lincoln *
prime minister. •
the Premier ie particularly eevere upon all
r UiMe.i. According to his own showing, these
luateontcnta do not wish for I'uion victories
i,niter ti:e tote of tliclr cornu, on enemy,and
»i« net at hit disposed to Weil llie unUiiodasnj
which they am oafiHat M to produce, Award
diatio.fly charge* tfia.fe'pftrty spirit overrhbs
their fletOliOU to the cause el the Union. \Ve
oannot duillit that We Would loiiUh oblige these
tiufiu' tb tide parti mu wfio»o first and stroiie,
»ft di'>4fe i»> ibedcfi at oi Lincoln, t.y h<tiictii.jj
e.,ioe tjtgr.-ul tllCdnter upon the t'cdti'al nio.y
itSßjvcdity hm possible. Fedeial victories at
ttiH* time do not anit them lit ail. They only
< mote capital (or the Jdmoln paity, v.Liib i»
the Iff* tiling they wish to i);-e done jm-t Dow.
1 tit) i heeling fact lit Inought to light hy the
*of« ch Of,Seward that the triamjihsot the Vail
a>ee at AtiaiUa » ol Mobile, have had no ifh
dency to ap|)*!.t *> the nmiucaily ot rim Premcnt
amt McClellan |i«llm 1 but have rattier cxc-ited
Um i diepleaaure, ae ahoriflug aid to t.tuixda ut
u most iuo|i|ioUi:in- luouicuj. tie iulir. thtie
tdtn.'TTiStTtiSM KJ- w.o sjiTiTTmihl tho
len.-wat of voluntecrtng, are i ciu'ttued to the
Lincoln wing ol the Itepublkaii party, while
titn op|K>nents aland alooi'in piitlen discontvnf i
We know full well from our own prudexpe
jleiic-e the rutuctaoce of politit’al partuan H
to aoooul to then opponent/ any merit .wlml
aixer, mpccialiy, fluting a freeideidial canvass
what may have u tendency to promote their sue
cent Assured by ibe representations of He- ;
waid, we nitty, tlwrolure, expect Ltocoln’e CH W |
ybneniH to dls|wr.irfM these rvvent viclmies, and
to thwart in every way, ftm Intluence they may
t-xert In swiililug the abolition armies, and pro'
uioting: Lincoln's seccins in proeer nting 'the
war. L there is any thing unilor the san on
which we may rely, It is the weal of political j
pai iuins'in the midst of a licnted Presidential f
l ampalgn. There is not Uie slightest danger j
Htat they will do anything to aid ttieir hated 1
vital* We conclude, 'timrcipie, tlmt ive in:iy
for efforts ou tho p.tit of Lincoln’* oppo- |
i.euis lo defeat the sncccso pi bin present cam- \
pa i a tu'hri ilkih lo preimite il.
tJiiiv importanl is 11, view o! tbo ca;e, |
that onrJgiMfetpuisot strain,every net»e to turn
1 its f-nle oi I edscnf sees Sir 10 .aivest the
piOgtsp® oftHwiiaiui, are! compel Ids mtreat
ivoni firotgia: 'lbis is the atd which tho friend*
*d pen. eat the North expect from us. and if ,
p» ..tltile we should imt and!“ H point Ihrlu.
'there is just one ottint point iu this sper oh
wUi.il claims puitindni* notice. !t is that
F-eflV'itid repudiates Lineeilu's eonditioi! pro- :
oe.tei.t is l a it* 1 eii!fiuO of the tjuion, that His
feUiaiieipatiQi; proolainatieu shall bo cairi.ol
~U ( He smie { ‘wJ;en the tnroigeiii* shaWHaro
itifct'K.ided their aini!.>, aii.l laid down their
e.n.f the win will Instni.iir i‘ .-ae, and all the
war measures then exi-tii.g. iooliidiitß thoso
whh li sheet eluveiy. ’ Hits ■ ih.n most Citu
plete and returnl.atde Isi. kiujr dotva com a
poeitiou whiih we have ever witnessed, li is
truly a few weehs ago that Lincoln, acting
vtoublltM undei the tuivice and luaphatioir ol
Kewaid, tenUedii.is proolatnaiion “to all whom
;tt uiigbt eotucib,” that peare oottlil only he
l<or hided. and the I nlou restored, upon the
•j onditicn of Urn abolition of slavery. Now
<Uwm.l makes a th.ui stirfender of that pcsi
fit* taring tk„t will* the cessation nfhos
tilities ili» *toaa'ipftt'ou proclamation aud
»b« abo’Uic-n of i'iiivti) musi to l>y th* board,
amt that Ibis unit till Other que-stums must
abide by Clio constitution and lows as they
fciisto*! before the war, to bo determined by
the eou»U of the country..^
What Joes all this uioan’ It eannolli
iHe Jess than that Seward lias discovered that
his party if doomed to iuevlthble defeat on ihp
pv'aao >‘t the abolition ot slavery; and that to
save ib from mini overthrow. it must tepudiate
»ho ourdlttvl article in its meed -the abolition
of slavery and the equality of the uegro. It
pi ores that Seward is convinced that no Fede
ral victories can avert the popular condemna
tion of Lincoln a scheme of IwiuediaUi and
universal eman* l|>aUon.
This hypothesis, aloue, can account for this
jutdden * and complete abandonment of the
tavorll# object whieti ha and his party have
jtad in view both before and since the war—
the abolition ot slave!} —-the abandonment of
Jdnoolu's eui&u* Ipatiou proclamation and all
that has boon effected under it lu the way of
fleeing the slaves ot Southern masters. By re
ferring the whole matter to the arbitrament of
the constitution, which Is flatly against this
war measure of Uuoolo, he gives It up sc
ttrsly. He must have been hatd pushed to
neks sufh a of the polUf to which
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1864.,
i hie political life has been devoted, lie must
Have -een the hand writing upon the wall
azuicrt abolition, wl.en brought to the test cf
a popular Vote. Nothing but the prospect of
inevitable defeat to his party, ami his own
political power and influence, could have ex
tarted such a concession from his lips. *
Tr. K IMESIIItVI's SPIMCIf.
j 7'he eccentricities of genius and the obli
quities ot public tuuctior.aries, have ever been
subjects of wonder and remark. President-
Bavin has ttartled tiie people of this f.'onfcde
iaey by a speech, wlihji to say tiie least ot i ( ,
ii mat feed l»y scan: exfr&ordinary pecuinrities.
We venture to say tliat it is the mo?t remarka
ble speech that ever fell men executive lips.
Y ielding Ho ponatitutional. petuliance, to the
luipuissy. of iiersonal prejudice and acrimony,
he has descended from the dignity of his posi
ti; i: so far as to assail with terms of unde
i abuse and unjust reproa.'h two individu
als of thaiingnisi-ed official character, who
rmjoy -i large share of tho confidence aid
esteem oi, the Southern people. .
Our wortliy Governor is the first object of
the President's ire fl la his proclamation call
iac out tfie mititiu for lire defence of the
■Slate, lie intornird our 'citlMlis, in order to
stimulate them to rrspond, that lie iird been
.rjii’.ftllv liotifled that Georgia must furnish
fflo additional troops required for her own de
fence. in adverting to this statement, which
Governor liiowu is doubtless prepared ti^
suhsteutiate, tho President indulges iu such
acrimonious expressions as, “Miserable man ;
The infill who uttered this was a scoundrel.
He wan not a man to save our country.”
It i* unnecessaiy io comment upon the bad
taste and glaring impropriety of such ex
pressions applied by the President of tire Con
lederacy to a Governor of tho sovereign State
of (leoigiu, in a speech delivered upon her
own soil, and before an audience of her' own
people. They are apparent to even his own .
effost ardent adndreis and servile apologists.
It is equally unnecessary to defend Governor
Brown against euch assaults, in the midst of
consritin,r.cy, hy whom he is so well
known, and has bi.cn so long honored and
trusted. The people e! thja Slate will not be
disposed to yield lo President liavis, himself,
Pie superiority over our noble and imlepou
dent chief Executive in pure aiuTioftv patriot
ism and unflinching and unswerving intogrity.
•Suc-h expressions as lie has chosen to apply to
the Governor ol this State, will only excite,
the regret of all sensible ami just persons that
he should have so far forgotten what was due
to his own position and to the public as to
have used them.
Gen. Joseph K. Jehnston is the next illus
trious victim of the President’s ill-natured
and ill lined reproaches. I!“ remarks of h’m
with luthlc*X*Rui,iicr, ‘ ip 1 knew a General
did not possess the 'i;ia ! iti.w io
Wtatfir"} tnH' lihWTi'. Vu iVi'o'ng IT no was nod
removed ?” T here J.< a wide and irreconcilable
diuecence of opinion between tfie 1 ’resident and
both lln army and the people, as to t he qualiflca
Lions of Gen. Johnston. They adhere to the
conviction that lie is eminently fitted to com
mand an uttti.y, and the vimlictiml enunciation
of ITosident D.ivis will in nowise tend to
shake that conviction. Since the fill of At
Inula, they die more convinced than ever of
liis whdom and ability. This unjust and un
heedmiug attack upon liis fair fame will only
strengthen the belief that he has been the
victim of person iW prejudice and ill-will.
Animated l>v (he same deep rooted preju
dice against this able and patriotic General,
the ITosident also remarks:
1 Jtaow tin* deep disgrace felt by Georgia at
ourlvmy falling back from Dalton to the in
terior of the State ; but 1 was not of those who
considered Atlanta lost when our army crossed
the Chattahoochee. 1 resolved that jt should
not, and i then put a man iu command who L
knew would s'like au honest aud manly blow
for the city, and a Yankee’s blood was
matte to nourish tho soil before the prize was
won.
T he President is peculiarly unfortunate in
this allusion to ti>e facts connected with’the
tall of Atlanta. Gen. Johnston, with a wise
foresight, billy justified hy subsequent events,
saw that it would be necessary, with the inad
ffp'iite force then under his command, to c\ac
uate Atlanta. But the President, laboring
tinder a mistaken apprehension of Ihe situa
tion, thought otherwise. He says “h° rfo
solved that Atlanta should not be lost, and put
u mail in command who he knew would strike
an hi lo st, anil manly blew for the city’, and
ninny a Vankee's blood was made to nourish
the soil before tho prize was won.’’ Aye
and the blond of many a noble son of the South
ii co noun bed the soil before the President’s
seFem" of holding Atlanta against the odds
opposed, was proved vain ami abortive.
(fed. J.ihnston would have saved ail that
blood, ail that needless sacrifice of valuable
wen whom we could so ill spare. Ho would
have fallen back fioni Atlanta with his
itviny intact, unbroken in ruinberr and spirit.
liy disaster ; iu>l then would have undertaken
the execution of the very flank movement
which is now iu progress, lie would not have
u!l nud .'lierman.the time which-hits been af
forded him to accumulate supplies, but wan'd
with the reinforcements sent to Hood have
fallen at once upon the rear of ti e enemy
jfod compelled his retreat, by cuttiug his
communications. This was his plan. Subse
quent events have fully corroborated its
wisdom, and shown that it would have been
better for us Jf Gen. Johnston had been per
mitted to carry out his masterly strategy.
Now, after needless sacrifices, and after (lie
enemy has been permitted to acquire the pres
tige resulting from the forcible capture of At
lanta. the President is forced to adopt the plan
ofthe modern Fabius, with diminished resour
ces, with a weakened army, and under less
favorable circumstances.
Never was there a proscribed Genenl mere
completely vindicated by subsequent events
than is (fen. Johnsiou at this moment, in the
public estimation. Ibis nngeuirous attack of
the President will but serve to clear bis mili
tary reputation of the slightest shadow of
blame or reproach by directing public atten
tion (o the actual facts of the case. This sin
gular eoutroveisy has been unprovoked and
n#sough«J|l this worthy and patriotic servant of
; the people/ It has been forced upon hint by
the president, who manifests an unbecoming
eagsruetw to crush a valuable and deserving
subordinate, for the.gi#ifiration of hi? own
irascible and nuappeas ible temper. Rut Gen.
Johnston will come out of it with unblemished
escutcheon, and enjoying a still greater meas
ure of the confidence and regard of his coun
trymen.
We have commented freely upon these ob
i' Ctibnrdde portion* of the President « speech
influenced by a sense of duty to tire public,
and to the distincuLJied parties whom be has
chosen to asfciil. We Hold that the President,
cp. !!y with every other servant of tb< people
is amenable to them for his acts and tyeeche
am! equally liable to be arraigned -at the bar
of public opinion. We repudiate with scorn
•he dogma of parasites and sycophants, that the
President, like the King, can do no wrong, nnd
that it is treason to the government to make
’ "dicta! ■■"?»•! Cur subject oj free an;l impar
tial criticism.
There are other poinls iu this speech which
we may notice hereafter.
WHO ih TO BLAME t
That there is someone to blame for the pres
ent lamentable condition of affairs, in the
State of Georgia, is a self evident proposition
to our mind, it is our firm conviction, ttnt it
could have been averted. And, entertaining
I his conviction, we can aot repress a feeling of
deep hut just indignation, at seeing a vast in
vading army entrenched in the heart of our
Slate, the country ravaged and devastated in
i every direction, and tiie proud sovereignty of
Georgia humiliated,
It has all along been apparent to the most
superficial observer, that a very moderate
reinforcement sent to the army of Tennessee.
could have checked Sherman's advance.-
We have abundaut warrant for stating, that
the responsibility for this fatal amission, does
not rest with the late comm inder-in-chief.
He begged in vain for more troops. He ex
erted all ills influence lo obtain a force to be
thrown in the rear of the enemy, without
Euccess. I: Is wise recommendations and
earnest entreaties were unift'eded byjthe Admin
istration, and tiie enemy was permitted to ad
vance to Atlanta, despite his utmost efforts to
retard liis progress.
Gen. Johnston, like a true patriot’, conznibE
luted the country on his own removal from
command, hoping that tho Administration
would give to his successor tlui support which
was denied to him.
It ia in vain to allege that -,ve have not
had the forces to spare, to send to Georgia. Gin.
Lee was ho stiong before Petersburg f.nd
Richmond, that wan able lo send an army
for tiie invasion of Maryland. Why was it
not sent out to relieve this iilate from an in
vasion, threatening her deirtrftctionf The
Federal* have withdrawn all their forces from
he Trans-Mississippi department, and sent
them to reinforce Grant and Sherman. Why
aver'.' i.hpi.. “ct fc•jtv.vetl hyii f Kastoi potties ■ ?
Kirby Smith’s arm j? Why was not Forrest
permitted, when Johnston asked it to fall upon
the enemy's rear, which we know he was
anxious to did Surely some other cavalry
leader con'd have attended to the f.tica whip
ped and routed force threatening us from Mem
phis.
It is in no ■ spirit of fault finding that we
write, hut from a deep sense of duty to the
public. IVe call upon the President to awake,
aud send the forces at his command to the re-<
lief of Georgia. She has a right ts ‘demand
this, and does demand it.. Overrun by a rutlr-,
less aud destructive sos, .she has a right to
speak out. and will. Her sacrifices entitle ter
to a hearing. The vast national interests in
volved in her safety, demand instant action—
the prompt employment of all the forces, now
aavilable, for her deliverance. In these
strictures, we utter no crude opinions of our
own, we indulge in no impertinent interference
in military matters—but simply reiterate the
conclusions of the best military capacity in
the country, and cf common sense.
A BearSfor.t.—E. llarkncss, jr„ and Frank
Simms, while on a shet burning excursion
near their hay ranch, fourteen miles west of
I.oke Tahoe, on June 30, came in contact with
a large grizzly bear. He was first seen Dy
Ll,it knees, and was;about forty yards off. He
had a few days before before put a bullet hole
through the heart of a bear at the distance of
one. hundred and fifty yards, but this time the
baW struck a little *bove the heart, only en
raging the animal instead of killing him. —
The brute, in his agony, made rapid strides
towards his assailant,, who stood bis ground
considering what was best to be done under,
the peculiar and very unpleasant circumstan
ces.' When within striking distance the bear
reared upon his hind feet, and seemed to offer
a fair fiistienff. in accordance with the rules of
the ring. The chivalrous challenge was mot
by the hunter thrusting the barrel of his rifle
a foot or more down tiie bear’s throat. While
bruin was in the net of resenting this insult
by smashing the stock of the rifle and mark
ins the barrel with his teeth, the hunter after
a little rc-fle.c’ion, thought it prudent to retreat.
At this qritioal Juncture, Simms an experienced
hunter, who was about seventy ftvs yards dis
tant, lodged another ball in the body of the
beast, Who immediately turned and made a.
plunge towards the report of his rifle. Simms
dodged behind a tree, the bear passed forward
evidently without seeing him. although mor
tally woumded, the animal escaped down the
side of the mountain through the underwood
, and granite liowld*rs. —Sncminmio 'Union.
Ax A mil-tick. — 'The people of both sections
desire au aimistice. They believe that if hos
tilities suspended for six months the war
would be virtually ended. Should such an ar
mistice be declared, and-the South refute to
go back into the Union, it is questionable
whether the party th.it supports McClellan
would go to war again to coerce the seceded
States; whilst it is almost certain that the re
publicans could not rally the people to the
support of the war, the failure es which would
have been admitted by the very declaration of
the armistice. Nor would the Republicans
support tne war for the purpose restoring
the Union as it was, with slavery and the fugi
tive slave law included. McClellan, if elected,
would have to take peace with separation, else :
! follow Lincoln's plan of subjugation. None of j
his party are in favor of war according to Lin- !
coin’s policy Hence peace upon our own
terms.
-It is a little curions that both Administra- I
lions should oppose a general aimistice of any
considerable length. We may indeed account !
for Lincoln's refusal. < He well knows th« con
sequence of such an armistice: but wbwjshould
our Government object ? Does it fear the peo
ple for whose sole benefit the war for indepen
dence is (or should, be) maintained I—Columbus
San. a <
The National Republican -Committee have
been in session in Washington. They express
* confidence in Lincoln's re-election,
[From Miliedg* !U> Union.]
GOV. i SV IsHKRVtAVg
MEStL i j
i A? much has been s,-.. about the infer-,
i mat message sect by Gen, fsjferman to Gov.
i‘,rowti, Mice President Step •ms and Senator
Johnson, inviting them to v lw Atlanta, for a
conference in reference t<s he State of the
country, with a view to beg tiation fors peace,
and as the public mind h>« Oeen much exci
ted upon the subject, some ? tying that it is the
duty of these gentlemen to accept the Gener
als invitation and make- ■ effort to settle our
difficulties Hy ne.-,-.!- "jg others contending
that it was the Government to
haVe seized the General > esseugerand order
ed him to be bung as a k dtor. we have tor
the gratification of our ow and curiosity ot'
our readers,'called upon f • Governor and cn- ;
quirtd after the facts. , »•
The iu reply i t our inquiries, 'fa
ted that Mr. Wm. King, u 4O represented him
sett as the ueacer oi u m -A e from Gen. Sher
man tailed in ii Mb«. a . iu .-übstmioe,
:bae Gen. MkerioaS, had n Tested trm
to the Governor, that he w old he pleased- to
receive a visit from him acTother distinguish
ed Georgians, with a vie-t to a conference
upou the state of the cotn iry, and the settle
ment of our difficulties—that he would give
the Governor a passport Kt-tiugh his lines with
an escort, if desired, to-go cud return at such
time as might be agreeai ;e to him-that he
(General Sherman) recog: 'zed him (Governor
Brown) as the Governor of the tvuoie State,
tmd as over one hundred miles ot the territory
of the State is now beninii his lines he (Gen.
S ) would allow the Governor to go aud visit
his people in hi»rear if 1 » desired to look af
ter their condition, anti reiflrn at his pleasure
that he would receive him and other distin
guished Georgians at his Headquarters, and
treat them with the respert and consideration
due to their positions during the, confereiffe
which he invited—that he d’tl uot wish to fre
compelled to overrun uni desolate more of
the territory of the State Ac.
After hearing the statements of Mr. King,
the Governor replied :
Please make to General Sherman an ac
knoledgment of my obligation tor the per
sonal courtesies which you sr»y he proposes to
extend to me. But as lie is only a General
commanding an army ia the field, and I the
Governor of a State, neither the Constitution
of his country nor of my own, confers upon 11s
any power to negotiate a treaty of peace. We
pWbably hold but few sentiments in common,
but if wo should agree in rfvery. particular, we
would have power to bind no one by any com
pact we might make.
As our interview could therefore result in
nothing practical, I most decline the invita
tion. YVhrle the portion of the State now in
the Year of Gen. SiicrmuL's army is held by
him and the execution or the, taws of the State
suspended by armed force, I know of no ser
vice which I coulcj'rend- r to the people of that
section by a personal vi it. If 1 could better
their condition or mbigate lhair sufferings, I
would, on their account, cheerfully go at the
expense of any inconvenience or personal
sacrifice which the trip might cost me.
To the remark that General bherman doee-not.
wish to be compel&d to overrun and 'desolate
more of the-territory of Georgia, l reply that
no compulsion rests upon him to attempt this
unless it be the cruel orders of ins Government.
If he makes the effort, lie .wi ll find much great
er difficulties in the way of iEs advance for tbo
next hundred tfcoso e^eo»a4t-r<-4-
durriig lift march frdlfl Dalton to Atlanta.—
Georgia may possibly he overrun, but never
can be subjugated, and her peoble will never
treat with a conquerer upon her ‘ oil.
Asa sovereign State, she had the undoubted
right to dissolve her-connection with tho Gov
ernment of the United Stater, when the com
pact.had been violated by the other States of
the-Confederacy. and to form anew compact,
which she has done. She is as sovereign to-d?y
as she was the day she seceded from the old
Union, and has the saute power, hy a conven
tion of her people, which she then had to re
sume all delegated powers, ana-all the attri
butes of sovereignty, and then to decJare*war,
negotiate .treaties-of peace and do all other
#cts w hich a sovereign Slate may do. While
Mhis power rests in her people who are the
original source of all sovereignty, tier Constitu
tion formcd.by them, ha« confcrred.no such pow
on her Governor.
The fact must not be overlooked however,
that while Georgia possesses the sovereign pow
er to act separately, herfftitlx which never has,
and I trust never will be violated, is pledged
by stiong implication", To her Southern sisters,
that she will not exercise this power without
eonsent on their part, and concert of action
with them. In league with her Southern sister
States, she entered.into this contest with full
knowledge of ail the responsibilities which at
tached to the act; and come weal or woe, she
will never withdt*tv from it in dishonor. How
ever unequal may be the proportion of suffer-
sacrifice which her people mav have to
euentre, she will never make separate terms
with the enemy which may free her territory
from invasion anil leave'the Confederates in the
Lurch. ■'
Whatever upiybe the opinion of her people
as to the injustice done her by the Confederate
administration, site will triumph with her Cou
fedi'H'te sistevf, she will.sink with them in one
common ruin. The,intelligent people of Geor
gia already understand, and her enemy will
soon learn, that the’independent expression of
condemnation of errors, to use no stronger
ternj, of the administration is one thing, and
disloyalty to our sacred cause, is another, and
buitc a different thing. While the people of
Georgia think for themselves and wiil pot
blindly applaud the mismanagement o( tiu-r
lulers, they will never violate principle for ex
pediency, nor accept dishonor for reward.
The Inundations of cur Government and the
liberties of the people, rest upon the soverign
ty of the Stated, as their chief corner stone.
Destroy the sovereignty, of the Stated, and the
whole fabric (alls to the ground, and central
ized, power with military .de*ppti-m takes the
place of Constitutional liberty.
When the passions of the people North and
South have sufficiently subsided, we may m ike
peace by negotiation, but never b keyword.
if Mr. Lincoln would have peer and pros
perity re established upon a firm basis. M him
stop the war, • and planting himself upon th»*
principles of tire Declaration of lod-'pendencn"
of 1770, let him recognize the sovereignty of
the States, ami agree to leave each sovereign
■ State to determine for herself, by a convea-
I tion of lw people whose delegates shall be
; fairly chosen by the legal, voters of the State,
! without military interference or intimidation,
i what shall be her future connection—-whether
she will remain in, ,qr if .ouf , rctumrto the old
Union or adhere to her present league.
There may be doubts whether Kentucky,
Missouri, and probably other States, de
sire to continub their connection with the
United States or to cast tfieir lot with the
Confederate States. The Only just mode of
solving these doubts, is thexuie above indica
ted. If these or aay other Os the Southern
States, should in solemn convention decide to
go with the United States, neither theConfeder
are Government, cor the other States can ob
ject. Ww cannot govern. Kentucky for in
stance against her will,; unless we can subjug
ate her. ’ '" 1
'This, we have no power todo with the North
ern States at her back: and if we had the pow
er, we have no right- to coerce a sovereign State
into a connection which is hot of her own
choice. If thip were done, we must in future,
govern her people by the bayonet, which would
convert our republicanism kita the worst
species of military despotism. So it must be
with the North if Mr. Lincoln should succeed
iu bis policy of conquering ug.
If we were overrun and for a time subdued,
our territory is so vast in extent, aud our pop
ulation 80 large, that ft would take a regular
fE&EH : iXXVIII, NO* 40
army of two huntlrpd thou°:ia(l men to • .
and hold us in std. j ctr.'i. Tim ?i •
such an aitny would *»;,i only »• . *
country in bankruptcy, I bittoe f
exccuiive i; would ■ u b« >* and t;
even the foi't.i o 1 tiro U.-vetnu" it:.
it from a republic. to a m.-x inEv. :
destroy or.r liberties rauT i t th. N '!■•!•■ r
people their own, and t
Americi must in future be u 'op.',.; ; q
word among all nations.
If President l.ineoin an’l P.-. ; L : s he >.•
will agree to stop the war m! t >
settlement of the issues tr. ,n th ■ .••••. ■
i the ballet box ; leaving each or* ;v a
to determine for herself what ?:• ! i-r :■ :
ture connection, nnd who her future t.i.h -j,,
present devastation, bUxtd-hetl .m f :
• waller;:-", and peace and ptosoofoy i.-vj ,*
restored to the whole counl ry. ('n ■>> ot -
hand it t’"ds is no; d< tie, wit
ycats to come, til! 'noth rite. 1'
ami overwlietnuHl with debt an. I • 'C q
when it mav deeynorate into a ■:> ' . ,
the olid ol which lie/ not bo.- "CU by r,
Obi gP:e. .vi.i r’j'i';' eVO go: ■. . .
vvhicti will last through many -i 5t • ..
tious. i
Neither General Sherman nov’l can control
this, however much we may deplore it.
It those on hath sides who hav.e the constitu
tional power of negotiation, from obstinacy or
ambition, refuse to recognize the sovereignly of
the States, and to leave-the settlement cd the
question to the States when they can not,
themselves agree, and iasir-t on continual effu
sion of blood to gttifi'y their caprice, all the
States Nor i H. uth iri their sovereign ca
pacity mav then be justifiable* iu taking tbo
matter into their own hands auh settling it i.<
sovereigns in their own way..
Tebbiiilb StfFKKiusos at Ska.—Mr. Jaoohs,
U. S. Consul at Calcutta, has .forwarded lo the
“Albany Evening Journal’-’ tho tollowiog thril
ingflccount of fee shipwreck of the 'Elvina, as
written by one m the < nicer* of that vessel :
The Elvina left Oajcntta on the 22d of De
cember last bound for Boston, with thirty one
persons on hoard. Fair and prosperous, wm.dk
attending, tire equator was crossed tvreniy-tout
days after leaving port. J.eodeg. south tho
shutlieast trade winds sprang up, ami on, th ■
19th blew a gale, increasing in hireogth ovo; >•
hour throughout the night. At 3A. M, on
the 28th, the hpare main topmast, ht'cal;*;;g
from its lasting?, went rolling over the thick, ’
smashing everything in its way, the immense
water«cask included. At last it fell ovt#k.ar:'t
thumping heavily against the side. The thip
listed to starboard, refusing to right, the w:,:.'..-
jiouring in under her deck through the ope-,
timbers. All the of the edict s ■
and man was exhausted «to' repair (.bis nniov
tunaie condition of the. vessel, but afioide i
only a brief' resting spell. Slowly she sv.uk.
Tiie men all sprang off into the waves, except
the master and bis brother, who wont down
with the vessel and were never again see;:.
Floating spars and the cabin room roof gave
refuge It) eleven of the poor fellows —the real
were lost. The survivors raised’a signal of
distress, and without a single bile to eat, were
now alone on tbe bosom >ot the ocean At .
niton the gale again sprang up, sweeping tu-
Oiffituously .over rhe roof arcl spurs, cuvij ing
away two. isae, Georgo Chase, swam hack,
but ou reaching bis support, turned Iff-uk
from having swallowed -tea water and died.
All through that day ;tnd night the storm ' ■
_ tinned, lutvl' re'';: : ». ‘ : ;■
‘ tky w;Ri. e.e; i . but lit. In ,
went down and the sea became more calm.
The sun rose bright find cleir in a doodle,•:
■sky tho morning of the third duy, am* hi.-
beauts beat most fiercely upon th. iv un
sheltered heads. Maddened with t£eir thirst
in their agony, some of them UraiiK the sea
tfStcr and died. Tiie fourth day dawned with
a sun, though lustrous and ardent as Ltffor-s.
Another died. The survivors cu . off his leg?
and ate, for the first time since leaving the ship.
Not a morsel had they oaten, .not n drop of
fresh wafer had they drank, for forty days.
7he clouds gathered overhead on the fit: ;i and iv,
but the km burst them. off. and shone r»n:y
scorriiingly than ever That evening one of
their comrades slipped over the side, saykeg,
“Tam going home—l can stay here no longer..
I want to see my mother; come with me— we
shall not be loug away, anti ,slitt!lsoon return’’
They wore too weak to prevent, it, and he’
swam away. Far its their dim eves could
range did their dim eyes wistfully watch him
swimming on, the sharks splashing their white
fins by his side, till l:e was lost in the distance-.
The sixth day-came and went, and another died
Tiie seventh morning found them hopele-sanj
despairing. Too weak to stand, spiritless ami
exhausted, they lay feebly clinging to the
spars, and another died. But- three were now
left of the lAeven. and stilt,through the long
forenoon did the burning, tays of that teriblc
gun fall hotly upon them. At tbo iast moment
relief came. The French bark Clair j. Robert,
master, discovered the raH—their signal for
tunately, mill flying, and despatched a boat to
their assistance. Tenderly were they lifted in
to it, and from thence transferred to the ship.
It would be but reasonable to suppose that
misfortune had now done with them. Not so.
For whilst the officers and seamen of the Claire
could not he too kind, dressing their wounds
and in every possible way administering to
their comfort, the master treated them with*
harshness and severity uncalled for, most cru
el under the eircmfiEtariCes, and with a nig
gardliness that evinced a most mean tmd con
temptible nature. Before their strength
rcßloved]whUst their trembling limbs were yet
swollen and cracked, ?o that the blood would
ooze from their feet iu walking, he compelled,
(hem to da’duty with members of hij crew.
With an abundance of live fowl and preserved
fresh meate, with fen casks of wine in the hold,
he yet confined then) to an allowance of salt
pork nud beans for dinner and supper, which,- 1
with coffee and hard bread for breakfast; com- j
posed their fare—substantial e .ough, doubUo.:-. !
but ill adapted to nourish men so rreariy fain- !
ished. His o&cera were reprimanded for tak
ing medicines from the ship's cbm for their
relief. That he was one quarter, owner of the
vested, and too penurous to be at any cosh per
sonally, in assisting them, is the only reason
that can ho allowed Tor bill conduct. Hie sail
ors and the pV- ?. however, divided :li nr ra
tions of wine a. •! with them, end tb-re r<;-
! cup. -rated more rapidly than could po.-.ubly
I have been expected. The survivor,: e. Wit-
I bam l’almer, George D. Blake and James An -
j tier son. They were picked up at noon January
27tb. having been seven days and six hours on
the raft. The Klvina sank in about lat.
south, long, fil east.
It may seem improbable that life should be
sustained so long under suck privations, but
the Consul assures the "Journal” that there is
no cause to doubt the truthfulness of the bar
rator. “Had you listened to the sailors word--,’’
he exclaims, ‘ and seen his still attenuated
frame, his blistered face, and limbs yet swoll- !
•u an< i scarred, with partially healed sores, j
there would have been no room for skepticism !
in your mind. I have suppressed many of the ;
incidents of their life duriifg those seven lolgt
wearisome days upon the raft, “but your own
imagination will readily conceive their nature
and perhaps more satisfactorily and as corret--
ly follow their occurrences, as I wouid deline
ate them with the pen. Note, for seven dag?
on treat fragile ratt, over which the waves
would wash at every swell, aione on that vast
Southern sea, surrounded with the merciless
shark, overhead, a torrid sun, no water, no
food but a dead man’s leg, their comrades dy
ing before them ' I shuddered whilst hear
ing. It was, indeed, mqjii horrible/’
The Confederate prisoners at Camp Morgan,
Ohio, heve become restive and taken to tun
neling again. Five tunnels have been discov
ered. One of them, over fowr hundred feet in
length, was nearly completed when found out.
Tub Kn ,a; ivck or t i : Tvr ixro Wn.-
! 3::X!iTOH, Nobtu t'.vßOttMi. \ loiter to tie
| New York 11.-raM. from m-Aiuffn., Njtfh C;.v
--: Hn . niies.c. do cription 'of the'Mia c. >
,
j j il - night of-the 25th “t Aug. c-t twenty
■
I »• t B .->:m feiti w0,..-' trui.dii;; r.u
jj- av ~. -ic tl; ci . -i -• . sc riuta -.indirig for !
i *ao shore under i full fi'..td ot slcgjt). Ify p;,.
,■ uitrlaslely o: J.vtd ail men to q.iii. * .
i when about ii re htmdrt J ya.vs . ,-l. .... !
j Syirgcd :.f.r. but elicited ).,» •!« A
j [ i:;ta;ge ill.' 1 ,r. , .
[-'ut.t a package of uine '. ■ - .call, ... ..
■ Rented to tfe 'icy .-•.ice. ... q
('fit c... a. i: .Uc..-.
; • a peyt-ii- • . ■!. <• ... e -i t.. t «,c. •• •: . v . ■
!;VXX::iX:!V ; '':-XXX'X'I
:-cir q. j,. ; J . i), ( ~ 'vv; -
in gi&pe, i trikic,:. hno.c. uih-r ' v .
iii'- -V : Mice! ; '. J - , v
with nine-inch act! Uifn';.-pout:.Lr l/ •mu i
fuse, but wpscUaapnojct dat n.-ccivio.; no:-bpts
iu return, aud then ior the first time, discovfired
that Ihe sirjcgi ; .Mt.u snddehly tl- red. i
ihuing U:,- car *:mcut, a, u«h. i ay of !
.Whitworth guns, stationed.on-fhon* :;i a polar I
a mile or so distant, kept up a,const r.y ,i>e. ]
rectcdagainst lite Moniicclfo; but, tortunaaciy, i
t.oing no damage, though frequently coming -
very close.
Tiie EUA.uv.-r .apparent'y made off from the ■
shore »n a direction southeast, and Cur.tain-
Piielon followeil the beach in the hor.e that ho
might again intercept l.er. TticßMicry on the
shore still continued its fire, hut with no great
effect.
From the first moment of discovering the
strange craft, tire Mnuim.-ijo cotuiic..'/'.' . and to
thro* rocket:-' signals ur.tlersto and l-y t-he rest
. <•! the licet, (ti. ii'.ii over e:-.; ±- : : h- ii'Olli to
scene of actio-i---[vutmued to kec]> tii'.in
tvppriscd Os the <ti;ulltin:i of r.ti'.ib'H M a'-, ut
-1-1 pi. m, commuiucatiba was e;uh! • . , -
tveou Opt. I'fiehm ft..-: sea:'-r.oltii'in'.<>ieaeon.
•who hail made nil spac'd to reach the scci.o ~f
contest. Uccr-iiug a, lurch: r peurefi ill the flatk
re he feeble,.it v...: aaaor'a.ncti, .a -I a vigor
ous lookout wts:' kept up bj- itfl the ll .ig duEag
the rest ot the, high t.
When day bad dawn-d so as to make distant
[ objects pereept.hle, iitnt..L( to the suri>iiso of the
iisst-riibtiid vesseta, there could' lie dfscatm.d ly
ing seienely and s'cCurifly' uutfer tn~j gona of
h orfe r i.Hor
search, tho rebel sh • Ta ; .. .
to tantalizo them the mote, for; Fit-imv g w
hoi' a salute ffl devea guua, to vvhioir•. tn i,c i
same manner r plied... Aud theres estiillays
nd pto'a.hly v.i.i
dark lugiit ff.: th") cfesaig tar, of l ev cartar; !
for it.fein.liy [Ot-Kis p: ?-;bl(! »h • tho wi.l ;- ‘
porfnitted to go a-.; lie ottin .u i- , , wav* i
was i:dher ;a> ff.'ife-. : s. ‘A« she o-v ' : . !c !
jiasHcd around byjbc v: ‘ tern 1- ri a. .. ;» mi; j
Bod*
■ ■ ry. .i Hu
!,".mxv Ic.tvc (1.-.sto visit the btockc in \
' Vfii
and
•a. ilo:ad I. . . .\ a
a -largo, fit?*.atuft, carrying .if hi* storn :no |
Ihlgiish p:. agji. n- .. :-:a i- h- i j
e* or* ii • porf • Vi t- ..- g-.i. i oi-t t’mnvail
c.rct lint ba! i hw fired :-bho ia ?.- >
posed, to lie a, new rel>ct cru: ">r to j lU ve bud
oil board homo distitigitislical, weicmno passeu
gcr- She, likcw-fee; if ill r mains there.
The Talfe»“:v?. go had but one mast strodiiu
V.ltfit < IgA:, .-a ;• ff-.-.-jlo.
A- .v.> "ta.—
rnr: Dati W> i. i-.cgay.v;-:.— 1 T: • Cl: tlode--
ville Va., Cbtc-J.elves ti-cnnh-' account
ofthc.hiit ! , .a., y/i -
Monday,Sept. Iff.
Ab( at y ■ :.
“'.••lyvilltt roofßarnaehr,' - •tl i
SpOUt ’-.jitihg. off too a.-.:::' sonut -a.
miles cast of Winc.b/03ter. Gor io:! '.v:ts a H .ti
ff ev Ili il, tb* ■ , '.-t ’• •.-
hol-auce. ]’-.• --■ - a' ,
near U’fe..eha!l to tff.: left of Mertei: flmrg rtnul,
about eight miles below “vine .-.-ter. Atiou-.
davilght, Gordon, iind •'.boat, V a. m.. Iff.-e -s
commenced ororing b;o:. to a point of attack
Wlittrton remained cn tiie extreme left, on the
Martineburg road, a effort distance below Win
chester . '
• About 10 or lla -rn , u’l of our i: :■.*. wyiro
ou the field, our lino facing met—the eamhy
facing west. Ilamsou:- Riretched from A'aa
ham Creek to the Bcnyvliio ifikc - “•■-!? ■ had
Liked, position In between i •'.nWs.n.l Giu-don
Wharton, a? we have stated,- holtliuff tltcieft.
The battle now bore strongly towards our left.
About half past twelve, Goa. Itodsj*, who was
placing a tottery*in the gap hctwac-o i-imsc-if
and Gordon, w:tf ttlruck by ■■■ hall v just K kJ.
the ear, qcd honudfiom the field is a dying
eomlitoh. He was sodod at the time by
only two eotiriei'o. The enemy, and to I
push their line-armin'jour left,'act!-about four
p. in., their -cavalry on their extreme right. ]
lapped our linos soma two ta ’dais cavalry,
charge:! our cavalry, and completely routed it;
and then wheeled into Winch-cuier, on our
rear.
This made it necessary for ofTV infantry to
(:dt back, which it did KlojvTy, roaohiaK AViu
: Chester about dark. The whole army th-.n
r< treated ou that gvcnihg to Newton—nod the
| next morning, to Fisher’# Hill, a mile or two
l from Straaburg, v. -;t ia now p»> :d. iii:;
| is .eighteen miles from W incht ater'. an-t r. pt -
i-iti ;•« of great streagth haying tee North
! Tlor.utain on the l-.flc, and the MUsaauuiten
I Mountain on its right.
The bailie is described cs a very severe wic.
the less on both sides heavy— ‘heir’s supposed j
to be greater than ours. We look boeih .700 or j
7GO prisoners, more tium we b ed, Avcrili is
reported killed : but this is not authenticated, j
We lost three guns, and, of course, less sonic j
of our wounded in the hands and the enemy. I
hbo ambulances*of the army, which were
loaded with wounded, came off safely. With
this qualification, we Brough t off our wugonfl
artillery, &c. There was considciablc strag
gling on our part. *
The cmmaltie* embrace, Blaj. Gen. Itodes, |
killed ; Brigadier General Goodwin of Forts- i
mouth, Va., killed : PJaj. G n. Fife; Lie s dd to
be slightly wounded: Brigadier/ General j
York commanding Hays'and Stafford’s Lou
isiana brigaie, arm th or, off-Ac'/»•:' B 1 iga
dier General Thomas It. Carter, commanding
artillery. i ”-;ht!y wounded by shell In b.u-k :
and five Colonels, names not remcjnberttd.
killed.
Brigadier General Battle of North Carolina j
is in command’of RoJcs’.' division.
Gunetial His&uasoAun.—General Be tureg» T d
aud iStaff arrived in this city esterduy. He
does no! go on to the army in Gaorgi i *mme
diately, but ii 'o remain lit re to avra;- further
orders. ,
We sup:e the mesning of this movement
to betbG: The President has*- o lotfce ar
mv in Georgia to endeavor to arreoge matters, ;
without putting Gctmre.l Irtauv- -,a■■•! ir- com .
ma»d —that is, to reconcile, it possible, tat* ,
army to General Hood’s continuation mite j
command- If he succeeds, to h s
estinution, General Beauregard will be re .
turned to his command nea% t etersburg II
he fails, General Beauregard .will be onlewd to j
the command of lire aimy iu Georgia Oar
deductions’ are dmjfn from tne tacts , ati-1 our j
readers can jadse ot their correiJiress t- well j
ar we cau- If we are correct in our inferences j
however, it appears to us they dieclose, ip the j
present emergencies, the most tremendous tri |
llia^.— llmUaton Aleivury. J
i ''' ,v " '-■'■*™*n** Ciusk.—A number' of
:' ' " ''' lsol so- 1 Lincoln and John|pn clab
' .Monday visited the r.vtt
' ’ l ' ! - ■ a-'tw and serenaded him.
■ ate t cat';: ,ur. Chase addressed the
j ’ ■ re ' l - a>ug his thanks for this d«-
j ir«n lie said :
I pr,--posmsooa to go to my own great SL-ta
’ •' ’u'.t.i-.ad thereto advocate the caner
• ; t<. you all.* 1 believe vou call yoors.-if
a i m u .-tad pohnson club. These tmm.w
,%u ' "»««* to.-d;»y principle* aud a polic t,
i’ : - cu.- and purpos.es, bv vrihich alone we be
.:'l,s "'--try can be saved. Os tt.eio
im I auvii beeu au earnest advocat»,
c: - a t! piit-iso for a length oft Eva
’’•* ot lio 'he memory of mail runneth n. t
■ - -.»'.‘r.gy. J. shall not now be likely f«
‘ ’»• <•; csose to inculcate them to m#
" feall the voters would tal.B
’ “ tffere tvouHl not vote cast ex
- . ty.o; t tlemeu. A great many,
,n ' bumble judgment, a lore*
‘ c.iV'.tt for them.
' e V. • : IU, upon which tiuati
'.tceil comprises tlueo gre, .
toil t> 'iflsib; ,
• ' end m in its extent tha wh„;*
country- -every hit!, every river, every moutet
<: (t.-.y j. tv er, every promontory and csm
•wherever iae flag of the Union ever floated.
Tiie next of thestl principles is, that tha,
1 -i<-n I;m been assaulted by slavery, and
y must die the death which it deserves.
* i-'i'meipio vms announced by the eon von ’
t i'-n, b> i suppose, « greater degree of utvm
tiiu'y to .oi any other there enunciated. Is there
ti.,-:- here'who msitiw to deny thin? f 3 there
o::o v. o ut.--. rto sulfi-i feis to bo put down ?
fe third principie ia.The rights of Atneri
; ' ’ ut-;- 1 . ••.* a- ijiei'h’d by all foreign oouu-<
in-, -:. J hey have no idea oi allowing princes
or potentates of spy country to interfere with
Attything that cf right belongs to this country
•or tho people of this country, or to place any
ofeiiritetto&s iu the-way of the institutions and
tl . proat ePs of this country.
Toe Union can only be maintained by
thoroffguly. sup press ing. the rebellion, and
teic . iii , vepublioan institutloM, based upon
tk a i.-roic'ptet To this find the people pro •
P; 1 toemdnhvin their armies now in the field,
fee did not mean to treat them with any hoi
iovv nr lip sympathy; we do not mean to give
«»}' co ' ,; l cut, but warm, generous sympathy,
■ , g:::ita.'ona support to the men who are
sic - iiug u.i-ler jhat cfestinate fellow Grant; the
n. ti v. ho have act J ho splendidly iu that cam
-1 •-*--( eoT;i:'onmaie,d hy that glorious victory
i: . !er Baermau : the men who, on the ocean
■ ar, or i:i the harbor of that ocean wherever
:i . l-Md* them, with that gallant oom
mamier tied in the masthead.
V. .■ iti:ei:<l •;•> give tticm ample supplies of
•1, clot hi cvciy tiling which they
run «<.<•.:. Aud, white doiug this, we intend tu
appeal to ■' ia t'.o name of this great Rh
■ ■ ii vo our national honor and our
i.ee instiiutions.
- • t - ' but wc want it wtth a Uniou
v - :•* ■ u, itutl made permanent: .
i * m it'r.fp . o dom aud justice.
L u • -I the it: its in Our platform do year
• : you want Any one shaved
i n ■Pr ■r- ■ : 3, no; let it stand as it iu.
1 k iff' ■ -J. Let t: t u.aiutain it all. Let us
--> Tt:,,:. i tntm. who support it.
c-.vic’.u.led by again returning;
j ! ov J,e..« aijißiuepi '!)".-.:itow.ecl upon him,
■
" l;: •; ITohxstic —A oorrespondent of a
; York p\ er y.yitiug from West Point, fur
n - ,-1 tea- i little piece of romance :
“Ia ine summer of 1840, Senor B. the son of
a wealtiiy au plarfter, was slaying at Bam-
B - p- Vv tutPlhere lit: became aci|uainted With
.i. igcnic F,, daughter of a well knpwn
. 1 -l - ; hanker. The parties became enamored
: - all things being satisfactory, he
j (..I- - -La ii ‘h< t with the consent of the old
i . I the mo,?triage was appointed for the
| Uiff) t.-i Ait;.".- , IStii. The !ady # returned'lo
! b::.r loaitei wh;H: (he gentleman wont hack to
Ciuitti to fciff.-Mige and settle private affairs, with
* v -waff permanently residing in the United
cVatei*. About one mouth before the time ap-
M'ff'tt" il I’m tbo myiitais to take place, the Mo
e hj.ti- oh received and accepted a commis-.
s-n ft B: guTier General in the Confederate
vi-ri, ttnd in his first battle a few weeks af
.!■' ffv and a moitaj wound. His sudden
-,ii involved the family in crueL
iiicrd, I’.jjd from a state of wealth they went
j m.-tuddnto comparative obscurity and pov
: -y• !.'po-t this slate of affairs bfcing made
j known t > the father of the young man h«
i broke off (he match, and interdicted 1 even the
| slight corrfe-j ondence afforded through the
j so : : moi blockade runners. Thus matter*,
main: ' until January last, when the old man
ily li;;;!eft the son free to wed the maiden of.
h:? choice. Ho immediafely took passage ftuy
'•■w Jtcr several weeks reached Mobile. Hu
t a :.' found that his intended, mother-in-law,
• o« rcomq with grief bad succumbed to the I'eH*
dt:4rojfcr, and lollowerod her husband to thn
grave, while a';?:: f. was conducting a semina -
ry for young ladias I need not dilate ujion
; the nuking between the young couple, sudicu
i to sav that ihe school was given up, the pailiiw
| married,-and in a-few days embarking from
feihuington, they arrived in safety at Nassau.
From thence t.iey came to New York, and
t " staying a few weeks, set out for this place,
where tree from care, the Young* Cuban and
j his btkle, it is to he hoped, if appearances da.
! uot deceive, are enjoying as much happiness
| ms it i : fated that mortals.shall enjoy on thU
' mundane sphere. ' . *
Ex t.oit -bv ConFEnEBATEs ox Lake
| Em-A Northern despatch gives the annex*
j od account of a daring exploit on Lake Erie:
j The Federal steamboat Island Queen left
for thirtWir ‘orty soldiers, and pjjj£ed to Mltl
ilie B s Island, where she found the Parson*'
in possession of onfederates, who at onenf
seized the Island Dqeen. The soldiers werflF
idiol rin “Confederate” prisoners and tins.
er paesengers syrorn to secrecy for twenty
(our hours. The Isle, iff Queen was then lash
td to the Parsons, and the two started for San
dusky.
When out five miles the water-cock of Ihn
Islaud Queen’s pony engine was broken off,
I opening a hole in her side, and she was cast
j sis and left to sink. The Parsons passed on to.
| tire moudi of Sandnftv bay, and after hover-
I ir,:r about some time, apparently signalling to
here inside, -started for the Detroit river, ar
| riving at Fighting Island, on the Canada side,
| about ei.'.- fit o’clock this morning where Cap
, On. n’s cfer/ and engineer were landed
aud till lea ner burned, as preparations wero
roiule far ihat object.
The (Are tain ha • no doub t that the seisnro .
! 0 f t ije Uutoi‘l States stcame Michigan, and tba
’ liberation of the Johnson Island prisoners,
Were the object of the plot. Both steamer*
were stripped pi valuables.
! The Bbactxfa or Goxbrnmest Impkesshexts.- .
the managing proprietor of one of our first
; hotels returned the other day from a tour oven
tourteea count res of North Carolina, in quest
; of H air to supply tne wants of his hotel. lb>
i sound flour plenty and cheap it one hundred
md twenty five aud one hundred and fifty dol
tars p«r barrel, and had no difficulty in nego
tiatirm for it* purchase. He secured fifty bar-.
! ri -and negotiated tor its delivery at the rail
: road station to' - hip-meat to Richmond. But no
; -ootrer *jd the flour touch the depot than . the
! hawks of the 'impressment ageuta swooped
I down upon it and “gobbled” the whole of it.
| Such conduct upon the part of the impressment
; agents is an outrage upon the rights of
but it wiil not be cheeked. —liirfmond
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