* w _ v fr- ' ? *.,. ] 00- The late Mr. Barnard *' r Mr. Editor :?I would fain express my gratitude to the writer, for the moving call to duty breathed in the "Lines" which appeared in a late number of The New South, on the death of F. E. Barnard. It occurred to me, that one or two fhcts in the life cjf the subject of them, which would serve to show the motives that actuAed htm, might x A interest some ui jour rwucio. He had resided, until he came here in March* exclusively I believe, in the pleasant home of his childhood?Dorchester, Mass. In his journ^ings, however, he had loved to mingle with Christians, and to enjoy the communion which earnest souls know. His spirit was free, and he rejoiced to meet in the various folds those who were led by the Great Shepherd. He was a young man of ? uncommon business capacity. He had a lucrative situation in Boston under employers who would nqt voluntarily have parted with him. But he had hcar^ofthe field providentially opened, in which " * ' - A- J A- Al ligUf Sttd knowledge might De imparled iu uiuk who had hitherto sat in darkness, and it was impressed upon him that he must enter it. It was at JL a pecuniary sacrifice, but for this he cared not: he only wantqjj the opportunity and the privilege ifc of sharing in such a work. Mr. Barnard was assigned to duty on Edisto Island. I had occasion to know, in one or two instances, how earnestly he pursued the interests of the people under his charge. His brainess talents were all needed and used. When Ecnsto was abandoned, the superintendents moved with the colored peoplo to St. Helena Island. This removal^^uiecessarily attended with a good niu^QBffllffirei, in meeting which Mr. Barnard douWTess overtaskeAMs fpnergies. While recovering from a fever, itiJ^Rtem ber, he eugaged in work, indiscreetly, y^^annot doubt, but in obedience, as he thought,"fo the call of duty, and was thrown into a nervous fever. The overtasked tfain no longer performed its office. Fancied sights?nd sounds of trouble distressed him, and by ^Bhc darksome way" he passed hence, but, we crinnot doubt, to "perita|inM88 of rest,'' and " deep tranquillity." T. P. It. I Public Thanksgiviifc and Praise. w PROCLAMATION|BY 8AXTON. I hereby appgifc and .set apart THURSDAY, THE TWENTwRbVENTH DAY OP NOVEMBER, as a day of public thanksgiving and praywg and I earnestly recora men J to the Superintendent!'' ^ of Plantations, Teachers aud Freedmeri in this D?^ partinent, to abstain on that day from their ofillnarv business,and assemble in their respective plal ces of worship, and render praise aiud thanksgiving to Almight^God for the tuaidftd blessings and mercies he Has bestowed uporfW during the past year; and more especiallvjor1 rot signal success which has atjpuded the giiflu experiment for freedmen and the r??hts of oppressed humanity, inaugurated in the Department of the South*- Our work has beeu crowned with a glorious success The hand of God has beeu in it, and we have faith to believe the recording angel has plac?l the record of it in the Book of Life. w You, freedmen and women, nave nevgj befdre had such cause for thankfulness. Yofff simnf* faith has been vindicated. " The Lord^as con?T te -to you, and has answered vour prayCTfc. Yonr chains are broken. Your days of bondage and mourning are ended, and you are forever free. If you cannot yet see your way clearly in the future, fear not; pnt your trust in the Lord, and He will vouchsafe, as he did to the Israelites, of old, the cloud by day and the pillar of fire tjy night, to guide yom footsteps ''through the wilderness " to the promised land. I therefore advise you all to meet and offer up fitting songs of thanksgiving for all these great mercies which you have received, and with them forget not to breathe an earnest prayer for your brethren who are still in bondage. ?>? Given at Beautort, 8. C., this ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. - R. SAXTON, Brig. Gen. and Military Governor. Peexticeaxa.?The Charleston rebels, a few , . ?j ?~11 lt t (lays ago, oapuzeu n uni ii1cy can - mc jjauic* Gunboat." They baptized it by sprink.ing, but the Federal fleet, when they encounter it, will baptize it by immersion. Gen. Beauregard proposes in a letter to Bragg to call Union men abolitionists. Beauregard is great at calling names. He calls himself by a name that he never got from his father and mother. The officers of Bragg's army have reported to the Southern papers that they had a two days' battle with Buell. Tiiey evidently mistook a two days' foot-race days' fight. Put Ge^t in one scale and anln flated bladder in the other, and the General will have a well-balanced mind. Charleston is getting very saucy. She needs some serious monitions. We must send her a few Monitors. Any man, who casts a vote in any election with a view to encourage the rebellion either directly or indirectly, Is, however short his stature, a head taller than he deserves to be. _ It is said that the rebel government is about to close the whole of the newspaper offices of the Southern Confederacy. It needs all the paper that can be had to make Confederate scrip. Many of the Kentucky rebels have been hearti lessly robbed by John Morgan, and yet they feel compelled to praise him without stint. They remind one of the jockey, who, whilst showing off a ; filly that he wished to sell, received from the aiimal a severe kick in the ribs. Though half dead with pain, he exclaimed with a smile, " Pretty, playful creature! ' It is both foolish and unjust that men should be arrested in the Southern Confederacy for counterfeiting the Confederate notes. There is no real difference between a counterfeit rebel note and a genuine one. The one promises to pay and the other promises to pay, and one lies and the other lies. ~ The Golconda (111.) Commercial says that Buckner and Tilghman were^lchanged for a blind teamster and a lame male. The Yankees always were sharp at a bargain. It is said that Bnckner, in the battle of Chaplain Hills, hearing the ballets wjiistle all around him, sought safety by lying down flat^ his belly. It j wasn t the first time by