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A MilDKh lIEPUHL^C.
Some tour years since the supremacy of law
was recognized throughout this whole country,
"rhe great principle that the military was sub
ordinate to the ci /il authorities was regarded
n.-iho essential to tire preservation of liberty
that no one questioned it. Any one of our
higher courts Was looked upon as a spectacle
of profound interest. A moral power in vett
ed it. Its decisions were obeyed without a
murmur of discontent. Pi ivaio property was
respected. Personal liberty was secure. The
ficcdoui of the press was undisputed.
Our fields went covered with abounding
it<’pe ; varied to meet (lie diversified dimates
which embraced the extended spread of our
population, and the want of the civilized
World. Our claves were our own. Occasional
ly one escaped and iuade Ills way to the re
gions where ho could n'd lie reclaimed. Put
> genetal, slave tabor was undisturbed in the
Kouth. The whole hind cxhibili'l a teeming
material prosperity unrivalled by that ci any
country upon the broad map of the world.
kverT Win re fax < were light. * »ur merchants
H. and our planters were princes.
To day all this i.i change I ITotv changed, it
i* notvieeis:ary now to atlempt to describe.
Language is fouilequale to the to-k of Midi a
1 tcital
Ot courso wiien war is raging, tl.o peaceful
aspect of society must uudiavo seme change.
We have no right to complain of the change,
however w« may laue nt, if the great princi
ples of.our government are adhered to, ar. iif
llie war is conducted- iu good faith for the., vin
dication of our rights and the m linteimoce. of
uur liberties. We must cheerfully bear priva
iious, and enduro euffering.r. Therefore we
make no complaints to'day, hi cause of any
hardships wbicli the war in i's legitimate re
mits ims brought upon the country.
lint wa will endeavor to direct the atfeution
c f the people to in alarming feature hi our
public ufiali?- There seems to be a ptivp so
t i convert a Con stitutional Republic into a
military despotism. The whole' policy of the
Administration is im error. Tint war might
h. vo been brought to a successful and honor
able close within six months from its corn -
luencement, if wise counsels bad prevailed
The whole tone of the administration towards
ihe conservative mCu of tho North was not
rnetely cold, disccurr.gihg, repulsive; it was
insulting. It was tho undisguised wish of its
liiends tlult the Lincoln dynasty should be per
petuated. The lilack Reimbliean Administra
tion at VVaclungton desired vur. They did
not wish Uie South either to bo restored lo its
wights in tho Union, *or to achieve its indepen
donee. They desired protracted war, or an
uuUro subjugation < t tbe«e Southern Slates,
Mibjuctiug the people ti p-ovhi.inl depen
dence.
So, too, the administration at Richmond,
while laboring to achieve the indeptmlence of
the Sontlt. as it has unquestionably dene,
wholly mistook .tho true policy for the accom
plishment of tho end. it never comprehended
tViO breadth of tho gneat dispute bo' ween tho
North and the Souf.li. it act-opted Lincoln and
liis fried da as tho North. It ignored the great,
true, patriot/,? body i.f tneu who labored to
bring about a of the war and allow
tne Sou hto depart in peace. I!s foreign pol
icy was also a blunder ; it monstrous fatal
blender. So tar,from establishing for us a
«olid friendship in any court in Europe, if
alienated kindly regards uud chilled .-yurpathy.
To-day our representuives ahiond are ti, >*,d.
l:vt merely with indiffereuce, but with positive
e isresptet. #
At horns the picture is s!ii! more, disioaiten
icg. There scents to boa purpose to ataondon
the great principles of cm stitutional liberty.
To build up a military structure—nominally,
a Republic--hut iu reaii'.y a despotism. Ll.life
recently there »ini>eared iu the coluuupt t.f a
, per at Richmond, jualerstood to be the or
of the adininishatioD, a proposition as
itirtling as it is dangcri 11 so- proposed to
embrace the entire mile population of the
Confederate States in a idiiitnry orgaun'itloa
constructed upon (he mot el of the army ot
Russia. That kingdom, routed t'.e niidsi.
of the great powc»rs*ot Europe, maintains its
e viste:.?e absoiufely by tho force of its miiitarv
oiganLvatkm. The military is supreme, 'li'.*
people have again and a,via petitioned for
■ledef. bat’in vain. They have been promised
a Constitution. They have been doomed to
disappointment. A hard, iron, despotic sw.ty
is maintained over them. Tho kingdom is a
great military camp.
And this is the glorious state t j which it is !
now proposed to lead the Southern people. I
This is to be l * le consummation of their ardent j
hopes, their heroic struggles, their unpara'.V. ' ;
Bt ffertngs. This is the smiiirg future that j
gilds the horizon. This is to Ins the e%l of a
revolution inaugurated ior the preservation of
c ,;r -Btitution»l liberty. We utter our solemn
pretest against a single step being taken in
that direction. We are' utterly opposed to
any inorease of military domination in this
country. Let our army be tilled. Let its efti
’-noy ba maintained. Hut let it be disttcc.ly
uader noo<i tlllU tlie w hich wo
h >ve hereti , f ° re enjoyed is not to be delivered
n to our leaders. We l!o aot rulers-for
bat is a word which freemen contemn. The
structure of society with us must be pacific-
We must carry on our pursuits still, as best
we can. The military department must ie
distinct . It mast be subordinate to the higher
interests of society. It must not swallow' up
a ,It i# the serySS.s of the people.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY i, 1865.
Whenever you introduce it i_to the Temple of j
Literty, it will grasp the pillars that support
it, find bring down the structure upon our
heads.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
Give me lb*- liberty of the Press, and I will
give to the Minister & venal House of Peers—
I will give .bint a corrupt and servile House of
Commons—l will give him the full swing of
the. patronage of office—l will give him the
whole host of the ministerial influence—l will
give him all the power that place can confer
upon him to buy up submission and overawe
resistance ; and yet, assured v.-ith the liberty of
the Press, i will go forth undismayed to meet
him ; J wili .attack with that mightier engine
the mighty fabric he has raised ; 1 will shake
down corruption from its height,* and bury it
beneath the ruin of the abuses it was meant to
shelter. fthtridf>n, in the British House of
Commons in 1810.
The experience of the English nation demon
stra* or, as indeed does the experience of every
civilized people, that without a Iree Press no
Government can long remain free —David
Hume.
Guard well the freedom of tiie Tress ; it is
the palladium of civil and religious liberty.--
Patrick Curran.
A subsidized Press is a dangerous clement in
free government. Error is harmless so long as
teuton is free to combat it.— Thos Jefferson.
The Press should be untrammelled. —Henm
Guy. J
I have observed that those rulers whosoucht
f ( it- own aggrandiz- meat at the cost of public
iTievly, first sought to muzzle the Press. —Jos.
Kent*
Congress shall pass no law abridging the :
freedom of the Prtss.— Confederate Constitution.
Above we give a few opinions of leading
state- men in regard to the freedom of the
press. Also an extinct from tho Confederate
Constitution.
The ‘’wise men” of tho present day, however,
think they know more than those who have
gone before. They are trying to make the
people believe that in order to gain their liber
ties they must be deprived of them ; in order
to succeed in tha present revolution, the tree
flow of (lie press must be numbered among the
things that were
Lad uttered a great truth when he said ; “I
have observed that those rulers who sought
their cv.'il aggtandi:: went, at the cost of public
liberty, first! ' u'ht to muzzle the press.” Let
the people t ike valuing- Let them examine
the in is of those who H**>k to .nuzzle the press
man closely. 31 they do not awake totlje tine
Condition of affairs, and that soon, we fear
Ih-y will find that anarchy and despotism will
hive full sway over this fair land which was
ouce the pride of lovers of civil liberty and tie
home of freemen.
it is a fixed fact—one proved by the history
o' the past— tiiat all wlw seek their own aggi an*
fl zanu nt at the expanse of public liberty, first
seek to muzzle the press.
From Abvvis Atlanta.—Prom a gentlemafl
• iron! up the road wy hum the following news
from the country above Atlanta.
Macas-us, formerly Cussvillc, tho county
seat of Bartow county, was almost entirely de
stroyed by tho a.iukovs. Three churches and
only four houses are all That is left to mark
the spot where lately stood a thriving village
Ait the business houses in Calhoun, Goidon
comity, we arc also informed, wore destroyed.
All the hue in ess houses in the town of Car
ters vi lie, were burned, ihn.Baptist Church was
pub* 1 down, the pulpit Lorn tho Presbyterian,
and the benches from the Methodist elntrch
were rimoved at,d destroyed, the houses ol
Go!. Tun iiu, Jfojbr BeoLiun, Mr. Puckett, and
»lis. Leake, in the neighborhood of Carters
viHe, were also either burned of pulled down.
The mills iu Bartow county were generally
spared. But the people were stepped almost
entirely of their horses, mules and stock of
every kind-
A large number of and. sorters ami lawless
- men are roaming over ihe upper counties,
committing depr. Rations on the inhabitants.
A Smart Official W'e notice by the Rich'
mend papers that a man calling himself W. 11.
Maury was detained at Columbia, S. Ci, a
few days since by a*Coufederate official on the
charge of being a Yankee spy. Instead <M
Searching Iris prisoner at once, the cfltcer set
down to write out an tfider for his arrest
While he was so doing Ihe prisoner pulled a
stiisj! package out of his pocket and threw it
into the uru, ni tho same time exclaiming “nol*
arrest if you wish.”
We know uot who the official, was, Uqt he*
certainty did not exhibit much shrewdness. A
pc: in against whom then; is evidence enough
:o cause him to be arrested as a spy, should be
searched without any delay. We think the
Confederate should he at once promo
ted to a position where it is not necessary to
exercise much practical common sense.
Tub Fkm.i>.fi in Mumps Georgia.—Some of
•the admini-lriifou organs are flattering them
selves that the “Joe I!devil pitrtj” as they
term if—or more properly speaking the States
it ghts party--liis bceu crushed out by Sher
man's late raid through Middle Georgia. This
jis uot so. Account? fiom the section referred
| to Mate Unit ine residents of the country
i through w hich Sherman has passed are more
tom supporters of Gov Brcwa and hisSiate
! Rbriit doc trines than ever.
They also- think Gov. Brovn done all ha j
cc-ald to defend them and their property from i
the invading foe. Tuey thick other parties, j
how , or. have not done as well as they might. ■
Fifteen Bat s Gc.acs to Settle ct.—We
understand tliat Sherman has given the citi
zen -of Savannah fitteon days grace to settle
up < li- ir bank and other accounts which are to
be balanced by Confederate Treasuary notes. —
II this report is true there will be but few open
accounts in Savannah after the fifteen days of I
grace expire. Every body and every body’s
relation will be eager to square up at once.
Eilpatt.ics's Movements. The Yankee
General Kilpatrick, at last accounts was in
Thomas county in this State, with a large force
of cavalry, devastating and laying waste as ha
advanced. It is thought that he intends to lay
waste all South Western Georgia, and then to
go into Alabama.
Fkom Northern Mississippi.— Official infor
mation has been received that a column of five
thousand of the enemy are on the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, north of its crossing of the Mis
sissippi railroad.
OaBEU_AT iscr-fls.
I Consideiing the magnitude of the struggle
in which we are engaged, and the manifold
| -ovocativea to turbulence incident to a war
enlisting the fiercest passion?, we have rea
son to congratulate ourselves on the compara
tive quiet, and eve* decorum which have pre
vailed in those portions of the country not
overiun by the tummy. The records of <jr
courts ami the statist'ea of crimi generally,
for the last four years, will compare favorably
with the statistics of any like term of peace.
We have not been without murder?, assaults,-
and robberies ; but these infractions upon pub
lic order have not, until lately, been so mark
ed as to awaken alarm. We eay, until late
ly—for within a few weeks past the instances
i.t which the law li.ru been set at, defttnee,
and our citizens have been damaged both, in
person and property have been fearfully mul
tiplied. Ail around us in the aountrv, men at
home are goifcg armed to protect themselves
against the villains who in open day or ibq
most public highways demand their property
or their life. j a the city, outrages and vio
lence are rapidly on the iu'-rease ; if our citi
zens do not awake to'their peril, we shall soon
drift into a condition of universal insecurity.
It is ea?y to see that many causes have con
tributed, and-are yet operating to the produc
tion of thi3 domestic anarchy. The dogma
endorsed by some high in authority, that “in
ime of war the laws mud he silent”—a max
im most fruitful of evil, leu had its influence
in producing the spirit of lawlessness now be
coming so rife. Men will interpret such a max
im as suits their convenience. If one law can
be summarily annulled, tiny will take the
liberty of nullifying any others which may ob
struct the passion for propel ty or posithji
Might will make right; and justice will d&ome
a mockery.
The unwise, and as it seem? to us in some
at least, the unconstitutional seizures
t the Government, the utter disregafd by
officials of the claims of equity, have been ex
amples to the people encouraging, if not, au
thorizing, retaliate!y spoliations on tho Gov
! u-nment and o i each oilier. It will be difficulty
indeed iinp-c.isiulo to onfere’e due respect for the
laws if the power from which tbs law emanates
re fuses, to be governed by its own soientu on
act men ts.
The waut of di. tipliue in ih ■ army, is anoth
er cause which has had a largo influence in in -
daeing iLv ippipiput sn.urehy which i; cmv
upon us. The udioie counii y has bfieu 'nfest
‘ • lor more than a mi nth past, by streggleis
and deserters tvho, in the garb of Ooiifidcrale
soldiers aptfpjf for the Governtn. nt, hare
bbed ciiizens oi tiuoiircdg of tiiousauds of
dollars worth of propeity. To such r.r* in
have tln-ii’.depred.itioas been carried, that ih -
Govprpor of the Bi-.ifo has i-sued hi- preelema
on o auUu.ilz ! ngUiepe v ,’p t-i .icfci.d them
selves against these ma' audeis liy any means
within their power.. The very necessity tor
such a proelstmaiion evknees a i pi; it cf lawless
ness and violence most appalling .to con tun -
plate Wo cannot resist the conviction that if
the police ol the army had been more clfacfive,
•.r citizens would n*>t now bo under the no-]
essi ty of taking the law ia t*ieir # own hands. |
But it is more pertinent to inquirtr i.i what
way the prevailing lawlessness of the times
may be checked, thin tr exhibit thecan.-'es by
which it has been induced. If W e have ap
proximated the truth in cur specification of
ihe former, it is easy to indicate the lattir.
Let it be every . man’s Jnuinci.s, from the
(ihief Magiidra'e of the country lo the 1.-tun
blest citizen, to maintain the consfitutiqu'iind
the laws, if the laws are not adequate to pro
t ct the people mail their rights, let them Iwr
ar, amended as to t'ocureThis grand cr.d of all
ii v. It wo have been deluded by (lie fallacy
that war jit=lifics (ho degradation of law, let
us rouse eu selves from the delusion nud yh Id
to ids auth >rity a c n-di li an*! uaoompro-.oisiog
support. Let every outrage aq tho peace ot
the commuuily lie promptly punished. As it
.is idle to expect the enforcement of law with
out a public opinio:«'which shallidiali be tulii
clcutly united and rectified to sustain is--for
Qit l vance lejes sins mortbus —then let evmy
good citiz-n frowujnpen all attempts to override
'tie laws, whether made by the civil or i!:o mil
-t ry, tho I'liolic functionary or tho ptivalc iu
u.vidual.
The enemy wb.o is sweeping down upon us
with suc’n formidable]:'timbers, makes our situ
ation scffiriontly critical. Let u3 uot aggravate
our troubles by a repudiation of the tsfab
ished order ct society. By such a course v. - e
shall nouid.-ifa foe in the camp w!ib can iu
tbet far more seyious m'.-ichi*'f tiiaa any which
wo have yet suffered.
Bight.—A rt-sdTuiion designed to interfere
with the rights of the .Slates, by meddling
with State el3-e -s, intro lu,v 1 into i:ti House
of lleprcsenlalivcw, Jias been voted dowu. This
is light. Congress has no power to interfere
with the private affairs "of ihe States. We are
g:<r! to perceive that reason is resuming sway
iu our national H ills of Legislation ; nud that
one ot the unconstitutional requests of the ad
tniaisfration, made through its supple tools,
has boon denied. We trust that Congress will
also give a cold shoulder to the unconstitu
tional measures recommended in the late mes
sage. If they do, perhaps there will ba tooro
attention paid our national affairs, and less
grasping after undeleg.’.ted powers hereafter.
Tin only way this orerreacldng disposition of
rulers can be checked, is to meet it with a
stern rebuke.
Exciting if True.—l nformation comes to
us from Athens that cur scouts report that
some ten thousand Yankees had made their
appearance at Dalton, G 0... with the view, it is
thought ot preventing Hood from retreating
this way. We doubt whether there is any
truth in the report, because in nine cases out
of ten the reports of scouts are unreliable.
Another la.vk.ee Steamer Blown up.— A
Yankee steamer got aground off Fort Fisher,
Wilmington Harbor, on Friday night. Being
unable to get her off, the enemy blew her up.
The explosion shook the houses in Wilming
ton severely.
The January Elections.— The election for
Justices of the Inferior Court, &c., takes place
on the firs; Wednesday in January next.
THB SECT, AM) Fill CF BITASSAH.
INTERE? ING SPECULATIONS.
“A Savaniu.il Refugee” gives the Charlstcn
Cos jiier the aanexud item? in regard to matters
which have lately transpired in that chy :
I left Savannah on Monday, 9 h in the even
ing. found the people everywhere almost
without inf on: a fine u.cemiug the siege and
evacuation, v. Inch is not to be wondered at,
however, an the.jrecp’o in that city were, Jur
is. till tie; time, almost totally ignorant of
w 'it v-itc got it.* a Information was strictly
kept from tic; public from tho time Sherman
reached Mil!*.".:geviile till the. last Whether
this w-is wise or otltcrwise, time and the full
development of nil the facta and results must
determine.
Our fortifications extended from the Savan
nah Siv..-r, some foul* miles above the city, on
our right, to tbfc Little Ogeecheo River, near
the Gulf Rail Road, some eight miles fiom the
city, on our left We held Fort McAllister, on
the WeM bank o ' thn Ogcechee, a few miles be
io.v tint Gulf Rid Road. \\'o also had strong
batteries at Rose Dew, b>?twe< n the two Ogce
ehecs, at Beaulieu, Thunderbolt;- Cansiin’s
Bluff, &•*., atj.i troops stationed on Isle of llopo
ain't Wuitmnreh Isiands. Our newly erected
fortifications on the land side of the city were
very strong and capable of turning back al
most any king of nssaulv, though they were
not commenced till after Khorman bad nearly
reached Milledgeviiie, Sherman's army ap
peared before these wotk»aboat the 8 h or 9th
inst., and on Saturday, the 10th, considerable
liglitii-g ocutt.ml. Several severe assaults
were made, iu which the rneroy wete signally
repulsed. . EatTy on Sunday morning, the 11th,
a tremendous camlqnading began and was kept
up for half the day. It was -supposed in the
city that a heavy (‘.ngagumc-nt was going on,
but it proved to be only a general shelling
fro li the heavy gims on our lines. Sherman
was in no ocniition to attack our works, lie
wan n arce of e umunition and had no heavy
guns, a:! well ns other difficulties in the way
of his.giying b-Jilo.' During the siege severe
a sauits, v arc c-ral times iij.ide on particular
points with a ri.-.'.- »f Btorming our works and
brcnk'ia r t '.rottgli our lines, but all these were
haudsomciy repulsed. •
Fort McAiii.-t..'i wa;:, however, the key to
the taking of the city. It had once gall an By
repulsed a. naval expedition, and sunk the
gunboat “Nashville,” which was endeavor-lug
to make a rear attack on the city, while it pre
vented Sinu-imin from communicating with tho
enemy - licet vi i Orsabay Bound Tile impor
tance of holding it was either underestimated,
or sufficient energy to so was not put fotfh.
it was p?ovM,-,t>cd tor six months and rcin
jor-oi withs s littudrcd luen a few days bptoro
it fel:. It was at'ack'-d by a heavy fnrpo of
tJhevmiUi's a.m, on .tin: hlort-h tddo. and rap
tureJ with all ifi.-aarr'am. arms and stores.
This opened tit* fr-e ccmamnioation widr fho
licet, frpm which if not from tiro fort, Sher
man obtained a bountiful supply of am muni -
tiun and other s!ores, of which lie \va3 very
short, aud also g->,v hi a h -avy guns, which
To Lrmg.ht i;;. - -\ nt. sever,>l poin‘.e,.«
xviii-v-- he c:.uid .live i-mt'e-j tim city, n:vr
would have dr-t-e eo, no doubt, if it had u-.-t
been t vacuaicil
Tills priced the :cUy at Sherman’s niercv,
and rt-fi.l.'led jts captipe by hirp, sooner h y
1-V.r, a, ccna’n'y.'Rid- so our little array, could
ii-.'.ve l-cc-'i A.'iritnr • and very lirgclv; which, it
s.. tn-' wr,.’. ii*- -p:,J,.!;*... Anolher groat
d.fuctilfy v.ss t;u> constant attempts of tin
enemy to.cut fmr corumunication wi liObaths
ton, both fr.ca liu'* enu.-t and by vi Sstug the
liavuun ih illv *r, c -.1 f brealcniog the city from
tho Carolina rf.’bs. ihe keeping op -n of this
line required n.-ulv as many rn-n as were
placed along the lino of can: fortifications.
Oil I’atf.fitr.y. lee ITU: iiut., a flag oftiupe
wa ,; f.-nt in by ninar. demanding the sur
render ol the city, and on Sunday, the 18th, a
reply war: given l , (Jen. Beauregard, refusing
to comply with Be; demand. On Monday the
evade: bui comre-'ivod - the first equal com
ing <ml ah >n* r.:: ay, another came out at
tour P. M , and t-.'o o'hers at iiiglft, _ llow rap
idly the ovacuat! >u waa Ihorcafler conducted
I knot? ’ ot. ex. i' t orn reports. It is paid
the eve. u ;iion to k t.-m-e on • Tuesday night.
1 :ea:'ail f.’.ir sol.uu.i;', did list, get out. Borqe
of them wa e fwdvo or fourteen miles from
the oily, whil« inany wore'eight miles off. The
Ireavlest lighting ol the siege took place on
Monday emitng and night, (he ffi'ii. Tho en
emy were repu ::. Iln all their attacks on our
line.'.; so Ihe - mast hive be.on there,
and not ( n the r.-tie at If so, 1 cannot per
ceive haw it is p- i.fiblc for nil to have coma
out by Tut - eiv r.ighl, Hough thry may have
done. so. Wo had .# v?ral boats capable of
carrying fro to lUOO e .ch aarops the river
at a trip and a ponfoon bridge besides.
Very f.;v, ol' Un. citizens left the city Many
Veqld have don.- s > i! they could, but tho real--
?•/, ttion of ihoir c i.'idt'ton '..-arue too late. It
found th :a all unprvnarcd, and escape impos
sible. There v. h- n-> alicrii-ative but to sub
rait- to th ' r tend! It* fate It do.' s «- etu to me that
our military authorities should, means,
have given rotnc notices or bint to the people,
or time allowed tho-e who desired to do to,
. either to g.-t away or set tin ii houses in order
if they in".: ndod to stay. Pi fl aps lam wrong
in this conclusion- I will not say positively,
As before stated, the people were in the dark
as to what was g,,ing on, They hoped we
would be able to io.oe Bbcruran to the coast,
eitiicr to tiie right- or to the left, and save the.
city, &i,d in this belief vet^ little private prop
erty of any description was sent off,
livery body wa* tn a s‘a!c o f suspense. 1 here
was a pretty geni-ral h.q.-e that th.i city would
be saved, but no one couid give any substan
tial reason for Ibis hope, having no certain
ground? upon wLI- It to base if; and ignorance
c»i the real ccudiiimi kept them from arriving
at a dilrcr.'.nt conclusion and pi sparing .for ihe
worst. A'! v.r. uuoertainty and doubt. Hope
was mingled v.-tth ft-ar. and it was difficult for
any oce to dedd which i.repjnierateil in his
uiiud V. try iu iu when tie met lilt!
neighbor, inquired, and was required of, af
ter il:t*e, a; .! neither could gratify tho oth
er. AU were victims cf every imaginable
kind of rumor and opinion, from tiie best to
ihe worst. I bop-; never to p«s through sac-h
dreadful drive again. Such suspense is vsoree
agonv tba-r any icdito, belt ever so dreadial.
Ac.i here Is one thing 1 wish to call special
attention to, D is a belief or opinion on my
part, for which I will give ray reasons, an-1 you
iv;d your readers ussy judge of its correctness.
1 believe our miito.ry authorities tried to
frighten Sherman off from attacking Augusta
and Savannah by using the press to spread
abroad statements ooncemicg the arrival or
expected arrival of reinforcements which never
arrived. Audi do not believe the press of
both cities would, with such singular unani
mity, have fallen into making the same kind
of announcements, when thev were unreal, un
less it were suggested or requested by the mili
tary authorities.
Our Government has lately taken into its
service a considerable number of “galvanized”
Yankees —I mean Yankee prisoners who have,
of their cwn acc ird, taken tho oath of allegi
ance and entered into our service, in order to
get out of their imprisonment. They have
long b.;en confined. Lincoln has refused to ex
change them. They have professed an utter
absei-ce of ad hostile toolings towards us, and
a di-site to cast tueir lot with us; and as an
earnest of theee professions- have taken up
arms and gone into our field service. I be
lieve a lapse number of these men are insin
cere. Several hundred were in the trenches
around Savannah during the late siege. An
attempt was made by a number of them to
escape to the* enemy, in which some twenty
five succeeded and -fix or seven were killed
Tbe symptomsof infi lelity to their oaths were
so manifest as to justify the disarming and
placing under guard of the whole batch. They
were brought back to the city and put to woik
at building a pun to which, they sooa
performed and did very well.’ I think our
Government had better not put muskets in
the hands of such men, or t ust many of them
at large.
But Savannah lies fallen; and what nex '?—
This is a mometnoc? question, and causes ev
ery heart to beat quicker with anxious thought.
It iasaid by some that Sherman has utterly
demolished the Centra! Rail Road from Mto
len down, and by others tha t it is very slight
ly damaged. It is resorted that Kilpatrick’s
cavalry have gone ctfon a raid down tie Unit
Rail Road to Thomasvilie, where the .ro'iinjf
stock of that road, and a large amount belong
ing to the Central Rail Road, was carried for
safety. If.it is true .that the Central Road
from Millen dowu is destroyed; and if Kilmt
rick capt- res and destroys the cus and en
gines at Thomasvilie and burns the bridg. s o. -
tiie Gnil Road, wo may safely conclude that
Sherman dors not -intend to remain long in I
Savannah. If, on the contrary, the Central
Road is cot destroyed from Millen down; and
if Kilpatrick does not destroy the bridges or
damage the track of ihe Gulf Road, but eap
tu es and brings buck towards Savannah the
rolling stock, _we may fairiy conclude tha!
Sherman intend-; to occupy Savannah perma
ricutly as a post, and organize expeditions from
thete against other parts, and draw supplies
u.ocg the Gulf Road from Southern and South
western Georgia.
I • my opinion he will as soon .as possible
organize an expedition against the Stale of
South Carolina. His aim will probably lie to
el rike the railroad at Branch v lie, and from'thtT;
attempt to take Charleston and perhaps" Au
gusta; and uot only so, but to cut elf tho sup
plies for Lee’s army, which are sent fiom Car
olina and Georgia. How far the taking ol the
road at Brnncliviile would affect Lee on tho
score of subsistence, forage, I cannot say,-
but suppose it would to some extent, and possi
bly to a very serious one. If Sherman should
take Branchvillc, starve out Oh Heston, and
then move on through Carolina to Wiiminn
ton he would compel Lee to evacuate Virginia
unless Hood, should take Nashville, recover
the whole State ct Tctuiesfcc, and open up
again communication through Fast Tennessee,
which I have no idea will Lad ue, tor Hood’s
expedition is already leifivc-d to have' proved
disastrous. It was a very foolish movement,
and never should have been undertaken. He
should.never have crossed thefPennessee river.
When his army was at Florence, Thomas’ was
beyond tho river, and the railroad from Chat
tanooga to Atlanta destroyed. If ;;Übod? had
there embarked his troops by railroad a.d
pushed thorn t hroqaii r&pWy, he could have
lan led them all in Savannah iu time to have
matched them up and intercept.-d the enemy j
fit Milica or near there, Shetmaa's whole
army could then have been wiped cut, and
Thomas would have been unable to do any
thin:' but rciuidn.whei e An: wqs.
Where is that great retreat of Sherman
which tiro President promised us, he said
would be like Napoleon’s from ? ’
The R chmoad ‘•Sentinel’’-- considered the
President’s organ-has taken sever'd occasions
to expose to the indignation oi the wojjd the
’tiler dHregatd Ofiffa v'hicir Gen. Grant imuii
f'tisia towards his ipui. It calls lim “Grant
the butclur.”' * have up idea it will ever
make the complarat againct Uaid, who h°s
hßtcJrerud !;is ftuivns • uh. ireplilcasly as ever
jqiani; did, with this difference in favor of the
lathy, tfcaft Qiant’s country has pbmtyof men
to draw upon to fi ! -l'.:p ids ranks as last as he
butchers them out, while- Ho-id’s couulry is nut so
f nil of resources of this kind. The avipojalin.: nt of
Jlood w?.s most iit.fpitcitwto anil ihe fears ot
ihousfi&ds of vrisomen kgve bteu l'nliy realiz id. ‘
He is a good nmu and a patriot, and as brave as
human heart could be, but he is only a reck--.
les v dating fighter, withe tit tho wisdom, sa
gacity and generalship necessary to command
cue of our great armies in tips dreadful strug
gle for .existence. This fact was well undev-
I'toocl or'believed by mort inU-Rigeut porSins
iu tho country, and his short and disastrous
c-arecr since his elevation to lire chief comm md
of the Army of Tennessee has mo-1 abundantly
demonstratod it
Ilr rve no idea what plans are iu ihe mind !
of the Government, to defeat the grand scheme I
of Sherman in causing the fall of Charleston |
and Wilmington, and the giving up of Virginia ;
by tho ialiiirg back of Leo’s army, by making i
a simple movement through the Slate of Smith
Carolina, and would not tell if I knew. If is,
however, very strongly impre. sed'upou my
mind, that unless. Sherman is met, fought nud
defeated, he will accomplish all lbU--it may
t e without fighting a single battle. llow he is
to bo defeated iu this I do not l*:b'w, unless
Ifaod’s army is brought Here and united with
the command of Beau regard.
But if Matteis should unfortuateiy tlce such
a turn as to sir! e it ntc-cssary for Lee to givo
up U'chmond and evacuate Virginia, wnero
Will he fall back to? Ho must either come
down into tho Carolina.? afiil Georgia, or go
into Tennessee and 'Kcutecity. It will put a
new aspect upon the military situation, and
requite new combinations an.l an entire change
ot programme G;j‘ibM ;-.;rt ol the t-nemy to
meot it. It may result greatly to our benefit.
and it may not; the former, if wise and :vde
commanders arc placed at (he heads of our
-Divisions, and wise counsels prevail—tho lat
ter if other wise. I aver that not (mo cf ouv
great disasters wore either necessary or un
avoidable, t ut I;ave.resulted solely from a fail
ur.i to-adopt wise counsels by those at tiie
bdm• _1• is lime we t hould redeem our errors.
It is timo our Government should make a
Slight change in some of its previous methods
af conducting affairs.
FOltEltiA’ KXTitAC 18. %
THE COTTON HNANCrS IN ENGLAND.
The monthly report of Mr. Maclure, read at
the meeting of the Executive Committee at
Manchester, showed that on September 24, the
number of operatives working toil time was
212,2:10; short time, 102,017; and out of work,
339 821. The figures for the month of Autnust
were 209,220,59,074, and 102,000 respec
tively. According to Mr. Fatrall’s report,
t ier:, was an increase of persons receiving re
lief in 27 union? oi 12 209, as compared with
the number in the month of August. At the
meeting .of the General Committees the report
slated that 114.000 persons were now receiv
ing relief in some form or.o!Sms.
The iistress arising from the cotton famine
has made another great stride in Manchester
and unless matters mend to a degree not at
all to be counted upon, we must stforriy be
prepared for it worse winter of misery than i,
abided us in previous j. r.r.
THE COTTON CKOf IX INDIA.
Ihe accounts of tho cotton crop in the Bom
bay Presidency are decidedly bad, and though
it is pretiy certain that the extent of
land sown is greater than heretofore, yet the
quantity of the present will fall short of that
of the past year. The case is worse in Bengal
where the cotton crop will be much less than
it was last year.
TUB COLTItm OF FLAX IN IRELAND.
The conviction that the cultivation Os flax in
Ireland will be highly remunerative is gaining
ground rapid!/. At Cork, last week", a flax
market was opened, at which nineteen loads of
unscutched rkix from the districts around Cork,
and one tundred and forty stone cf mill and
band scutcbedjflax, from L’inerick and the
neighbothood of Mallow and Chonakilty, werc
offered for sale. On the following day the
Cork Flax Spinning and Weaving Company
held their first meeting on their new premises
at Blackpool The chairman. Mr. Maguire, A.
P., explained at considerable length the opera
tions and purposes of the company. The capi
tal was J}. 0003. in <S,OOO shares of lOL each.—
Mr. Maguire stated that in Ulster there was
an increase within the last two years of 70,000
acres in the breadth of flax grown. lie
thought that for a generation cotton would
got rsoever its posiUoa, gad for twenty years
VOL. LXXIV.—- NEW SERIES VOL. XX- XXX 1
fiax would not be us low priced as it was six
reare ago. The Americans would bo- obliged
to impose a tax on the exportation of eottoD,
in order to meet the enormous cost of tho war,
so that cotton would not for sottu time dis
place flax. After some other addresses, a. list
was opened and one hundred and thirty two
shares were at cnee taken. The subscribed
capital is now 28,1401.
DIAMONDS BY MAIL. .
Who would have believed that in Franco
the transmission of valuables is r-o hampered
by legislation, tiftt jewellers are forced to
commit diamonds to the value of millions to
the chances of the common.po,-1 olfiet ? Such,
however, is the case. 1). Kauffman, a jewel!; r
’of Paris, was summoned before a police mag -
Irate for sending valuable articles in the shape
of £1,600 worth of diamonds by post. M.
Kauffman admitted the charge, but pleaded
that-there were no other means of conveying
precious stones into the provinces, as the com
mon parcels delivery would nor, take them-
Thift wasconsidered to be an • ri.
cuntstance, and M. K-.tulfe.an was accordingly
fined iu the mitigated penalty of fifty frauce.
CAI’T. SI'MMLS’ IiOCK.
You are no doubt, aware that an account of
!he cruises of the Sumter and the Alabama
has been published in French by Dantu. The
sympathy exhibited, by the whole French na
tion towards Captain Ssnimes on the o< lirti
of the glorious combat near ■ cl■ - nrg ■•:.sur<
a remarkable success for this book; its'fiist e,ii
.l ion was disposed of in a few days, and a sec
ond is now in course ot'-preparation, which will
no doubt meet wi:h an equally rapid sale.
This unpretending little work .whose every page
records some daring exploit and which is :a;i
mated throughout 'ey a t utltful and patriotic
sentiment, has been received with great fi.vor
and sympathy by the entire pre. s.
The Petit Journal, it: • f c. popular 01-. ano 1 -. an p .r
excellence, reckoning at Uy present tin,'..no
wards of 150,000 subscribers, (which npp-- sos
it so have at least 300,000 readers,) has "wel
comed this book.ia an .article extending over
four columns, bearing flic signafurc i.f faa
illustrious Timotheo Trimm, whose celchr-iy
amongst. the working classes exceeds that ot
the most popular wiiters of tiie day.
This unanimous praise has" caused no
small vexation to the Siccio. In a furious
article, inspired by the blindest hatred, it
passionately calls the whole press and the
entire French nation io ihe rescue against the
Alabama and Captain Betmueu, whose popu
larity, according io its way of thinking, i.: a
decided disgrace. This article, altogether
unworihey of a French writer, bios cu t with’
the following "stern comment from the Pays:
“ If is in vain that the Siccio seeks to heap
insults upon those who have bravely sacrificed
tboir lives iu the defence of their country;
such sentiments as these can never conduce
to popularity in France.”
ITALV*.
Tho text of the Franeo-Itallan Convention
has been published. We give it here in to”,
seeing its importance not only in European
politics, but in tho history of the Papal sys
tem throughout the world :
Art 1. Italy undertakes not to attack the
present territory cf the Pope, and even to pre
vent by force any attack piooeeding from ihe
exterior.
Art. 2. Frauce will withdraw her ireors
gradually, as the army of the Pope become ;
organised. Tiie evacuation will, nevettheiees,
be accomplished within two years.
Art. 3. Tho Italian Government will make
no protest against the organization of u Papal
army, even composed of fort.ign Catholic
volunteers, sufficient to maintain the authori
ty of the Pope, and tranquility both at home
and on the frontier of the Papal State:-;; pro
vided, however, that this force doc-s not" de
generate jnto a means of attack against the
Xtalian Government.
Art. 4. Italy declars herself .ready to enter
into au arrangement tor asauming a propor
tional .part of the debt of the former Bfafea of
: the Church.
j Art. 5. The present Convention will be rati
j tied, and the ratifications exchanged within
a fortnight, or earlier it possible.
(Signed) • Drouyn de Liiuys.
I)l NIGEA.
Pki-uli.
A protocol following the Convention rnys :
The Convention will only become executive
when the King of Italy shall have decreed the
transfer ot the capital cf the kingdom to a
place to be subeqnently determined upon by
His Majesty. Th, e transfer to he effected
within a term of six months from the date of
the Convention. *
The present protocol will have the same
force and value as the Convention, and the
ratifications wiil be exchanged at the same
timo as those oi the Convention.
The Pope is not by any means pleased with
the treatment he seceives Irom the new Con
vention. In the first place ho objects to the
wav in which he is disposed of, without a word
of warning or consultation; in the next place,
he does not believe kiuit he is sufficiently pro
tected, either from tho Italians or from his own
subjects; thirdly, he does not care to rake a
large army for his own defence wiien ha can
get it done cheaper and bettor by French or
Austrians; and lastly, lie docs not Lko to by
told even by M. Drouyn de Lhriys, that the
principles of his government and
inequitable.
Men watch the movements of the Papal Cab
inet just now with increased curiosity; for
should they refuse to take any notice of the
Convention, and neglect to provide themselves
with an army such us is there suggested f
them, it is hard to see what means the iimpir
or will have of coercing them, short of giving
them up irrevocably to the tender .mercies <.t
their people, which is the very end that he
most wishes.
•Mazz'ni has published a letter on the subject
of the Convention. The tone of it is turh as
we might naturally expect from him. He so -
serts that the keystone of .Italian independ
etaee is Roqie for the metropolis, and
therefore, the present Convention amounts to
treason against Italy
He puts the Ministry on tiie dilemma, that
either the terms of the Convention will b ri
in which case Italy is enslaved to the will of
France ; or the terms wiii be broke:., w.v writ
ensue, and the credit of Italy tor fair dc-alto
destroyed. He exhorts the Italian Parliament
to tear up the treaty and trust to the sti tb
of twenty two millions of- Italians. Finally,
he say3 : To-day, whilst ye* >vc are free, we
swear to “make Italy,” 'with, vriibouf, or
against the present Govern meat. L the C-;ii
vention becemes a fail accompli, fto: two ii
contingencies are di.-po.-e I of". Thou we wil!
try the third, happen what mny.
General Sherman on Slavery. — I root n
gentleman who has had sov*-:al c-.ris-iiiatioii
with General Sherman recently, t ■■■ b urn, be
says slavery wiil. exist in the S atii after tip
conclusion of peace let the war terminate a- i ;
r,jai: that Lincoln’s proclamation ;in r lerenc.
to its abolition, are simply im- - for ihe res
toratfon of the Union; ti. ;t the Supreme Go- r;
hare, nor wiil not sustain Lira ri-.*■ • I-. :r will t e
Federal Govermerit atb-mpt to abolish Have
hut will leave it to the States returning to hv
Union to settle it; and that he ( heim m). x
pects to 6wr. a thoubatid faiave c in Ifr. bout
one of these days.
lls represents Sherman 33 being a Htcrongti
fanatic upon the subject of reitorin/ the “glo
rious Union,’ — Conslituliona’ist.
A resolution has passed tie S-.-nate in the
Noi th Carolina Lcgisiatuie den: r.Jir.g the dis
use of provost-* : n teat Siatp.
Brig. Gen j A lie* ./At.-on, of tee 'Mary
land \ol outer I*Las been appointed to the
command of the Confederate’Prison at s’ali -
bury, and has taken tivunaand thcr^.
F . .MU l) PH vru g'TCOKCIKKS3.
SENATE— -DEC 17.
Noturog ol ua .ori- ncc done in the Senate.
HOUSE—DEC. 17.
I Le follow.ng . ... - ro f ; , rrC( ] ;
.A meswago •r-.'mi *io F -!■’ . ,
oommumcatton from u ■ . .
eny- ; -rmg .' and; -- L-v.-m the
Govcrnm.: F » : , . , , ;
‘~l 8 ‘ I '!' ■' Gi'i.-?:rr; ; cotumucir
cafoon from t.n; .vc.v.'wy ct the 'rVi-nsurv vo’a-
V vet ?
ill Sec,
huyot Wur r.m-.rvo to-.to ; to,-; ,f cloth and
Olothnig to officer.- . ! i. i ron ... i: , a s,. i .
, - 1 ”’ front the :u. • ■ . ~.f -.d :-Vri ir g an in
crease of appropfi.-aFooa fev tori <: px!;;iicpi*;
benafe bill to rt-guiaio ihe £ ...
to'Kudsltipmen
Tho hill io itm wl the act to provide f r tho
cslabitshaient a- : oavou ;.t of riahua farcer
feio and. I Uy im
pressed I * tho u. :ol : .i..- ■■ a. was taken
and passed.
'
offered by Mr. Br .-.'ri y, .w. a sub;-: Rule'for
those offered t:v Mix Yurr-r, Id-. MeMullon,
who w.'".; entitled to G i! .■ -..<.11 .1 l !io 101.-
ior.’ ing re ,; .■; - . '..riy.o-j lo thote of
fered by Mr. Hark? laic :
“V- here : so Iliy '’. .lorvlion of
indepcndei <s ot the I ilted and the
Consittution of the Q< ife ■ States; the
pe pie of each of said
soverei.-'ii cap?.-.- have a right to ori-.-r. amend
or abolish th Go- muient u. - vl,i;:;i they
live, aodeKlabh:'.’! t-trch other as thev may decrit
most expedient; an:! wheremi'! : poc-too ol tho
several Con tod "n-. • so .cs h.ave th;.-:;-; ht prop
conneclion with tha
people atpl Gov.-:mne.it of th-. United States,
for US-W.V.- ■ i in nor. >-,• hul !:<>;r.to.tri;
acn v.'iicrea.i tee c- ;.i ’ c:■ Confedcrato
States iiave ptgiviz-d r.-cd e..:iibliMieil a dis
tinct Gov< rflm'i ; h.- fo:-.-; : M V c ii whereas,
because the ■ toe tie Coni Im States
have f an; ex. rceu-ii iheit* rtnd- -ul>toil right iu
tit's 1 -p ct, the a : nd G v rtimo.-M of tho
UuUy.i S.ave.i ii'A.i :t proper to make
war upon-them; and w - th e seems to
be (Jhlfer.'iic- of opinion \ tlte p rt of tho res
pcctfre Governments and peop <■;.) to wluch
of the center.- ug ; ai'ties is t r ip-; us'.ble lor the
comniencenir.: of the .pre t war; therefore,
“Resolved, That who tit is not expedient,
■ nd w< uid beir.ee pi lible wish the and gully of.
the Confederate S to send commiasicaners to
lYasfiirtgton city, for the put pose of Gecnrihg a
cer:aticn of h-rMY-i would be, in tho
judgmei
the 1 ■ ■ ■ .
ale Stales shoul.i d.-; ;v ..eh, without delay, to
some convenient, point u body of i- nmie-ion
evs, tbirfeen in imhi 1 .. ?. co- jt. ---'I of wm rep
resenuAivefr-'mt ..id ■ ■-. to mrefc
and coafyf witfi sucir ir.hvidua:* ns may ho
r.:;iii:iatod by t':a Gcvei omen', oi' the United
States in ray.*! to ail t out,landing ques
tiou? oi uiifi-renoa I'ct'Vf’o.n :he two Govern—
raenfo, r.fid to r;i: p vd y, upon tho terms
o? a inr.ting and J.oc . Ida p. il-o, subject so
the ratification of the respective Governments
an., i.i the sovereign ! m-K'ctivfcly rep
resented therein.
Mr. MoMuhiri proce; 't > addi'crs the lion e
at ccnsiderablH !< ngth,u’.g;:'-.g the policy and
propriety of the Gov.-—. - .it proposing soma
terms i.t peace t-> .- •13m - ! and a G-ovcrn
lut-n . lie he ;oy. a:: : ri: • : un
civrllzci • ght th it the
Gir.-- nmenf, sc- ■ i l tx'.: uikl, all nu.os. consist
ent with its Iron ■r, tor the at ut in men l of a
speedy uer/e
Mr. Atk : ns, of Ter.r.~’*m, r.M be would like
to kt-oty .-«■ ft ,- . . m Vi-tti ia (Mr.
McMullin) if •- or it;.-' ofiter u - uh.-r cf the
House, Lad otic icic. a. ;a , oc g:Min-i.
tion that prop-. would be < n
j ' ri . : - lor even ivtd Jb
Government.
Mr.-Mc iullen -ai-l (Ihai:o Mil ’ c.v - inf. rma
. «v ■
Or. K» f'-ed ink'.' mat! r. ;-om i:!?!t<:n Lav that
.; !iod't hit any
Cemrrdi.sio .- f, p,< ■ p. ] by *(ha
Confederate G ; i, O ro ,/,i vcc i
B
, and t at an eq ml num-'
,jf:r of Commie-hunts v..mld be ap
pointed on the part of the North to meet
■.a ivec
of viewr. upon the subject" of p -. cr-.
Mr. McMuileu cc>,d:; n.i to i..r-.< our
Goyer-nmeot would :-' -s to 1..- I'ato-step
looking to hr. ■ugt: <j -,..--r to a i-.rmination.
The morning; .our In ring expire . t lie House
; bill “to
provide mere effectual!y ::.j reduettou and
redempf ion of so e cut i. . • ”
Mr. Foote In.v’cg oh: deed t,I. ; floor said :
siidai eu . ri.cy. -::i to !; -‘. he sinews of
. • ’ 1 > our hh
.
chagrin which he ha-I ~ . h m c-msciotts of
iiefarc. n saw much grow .! I,r desponden
cy and a:;; ■ - k-.m .. : . v v... ■/ j, thin
financial bill, said he, is c'-i;;- diu tha two
Hou ct Cos
' ''■ :
is, I shrill utterly 7 . ;.. , - „.. S- T jj' e
character of the exr-edit-rds ri •• t ■ ' lo f or p,.
defeat are -ur '.vise, unbeconvm-.;, uumitrioMc
and not at all in harmony widh the intrihaio
thisgrea
anil Freedom. I confidently bale.-. j'. that if
G)is bill shall become a 3 .-,-,'our cnrrencv wilf
bo leformwl ; A.ii-p :■ i. i... - : will
be solidified and m idc - ffiri-'to icr edi ihe pur
poses of tho pfir.uing war our a :,. : will be
supplied witn all r com—
fortaide imhfli'rianf;?, :.ud i r.-i t meet with
< : v
W.I.M ? 1 _ -S- J L,, ,I] V-, jf,s ,1
I .-hiri ' ..--a: I tha ..." in t !i. at an end
and all th ■ rcu-t' s 0 S cur patriotic and
■ *
Ctitr.g .'dfy *!. • ua.i. i: h :cra ■! : w nt'emen
hue suppose so-so ii so :,.to :M tri
moment of owe i / IrjUt ,n i i.i; and
Visionary "«* • 'Ori cu 'venoy ; if
they regard rite oree. i:. ay. a suifsbie lime for
the uttenii.i.-.: of ■ U ' OS' CSV c iiiive
heard iu this b in th< hu-t if :-m • looking
nUtnifecly to the : a .t- bud, .t’on of all
our present * >rz*n' :. de ndo J differ from
them es b..v, rtr. 1 he-- - :-h bonoraido
geiitlerflen, on iiii-t' or.' •>•.'. j il-aps that I
shall have the Lo « r : ' 3.- -big tt-i.i House,
to Jopk with m lifo.oi - ■: condition of
the country before 11- - - : .: to withhold
their sappoVt from, ti c :n ~ur*. Wh.it is our
! situati n ? Lr 1 a- o ' <■> t■. fc.ee. and
p ovide for it whilst
Sir, we are r.noa l;w V'-:p (:■ f i rtim. Otic
fincwial affai. i.te i: .-ordered.
Atiiord. or; zto 1: ■ tniuttl i-ih-jaa
nvgeusont Os c:Vw" ' . tui yi. -a/..; cersi.'cr--
al’on has heoi yet u and to u-. or bx-ss
likeiy to he it.orsh' At Hr,
series of i . ' tt
here whic v T ; - 0
Rights and S : vie ?■■■■ •
freedom, if nett speed ; - *
rapidly at . . t ■ ■ ■
ar and building .;■• t , Alii:* '
pctisin. Us: 1- < ~ r \
before npo,. • ir - ••
r: --S b- VC. V. J, , ■ s- , j ' ..
duce popn! :■ c -u. : ; .. , j", ...
wb< le govern
Otis j .'. -
herd-. at: i
rhent, haves • ,- 0 r-■
filled the r. i ' • s >;t
hour scenn t ' dh:s->.:?.-'.‘,svtion
bjrasrrud. ~ . tt-.-it
Stratr.vl 1,
banco freed--- ■
effectually wtti ■■. . toby. .
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