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? ?L . ? ? ? ? lilt |ul)^ntknl ' Jkmilg %mxml---?Mtii to Iditics, ? ft?t?s, Steten, #c.. BY HOYT & ;HUMPHREYS. ANDERSON C. H:, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING,. OCTOBER 12,1865: VOLUME 1.?NUMBER 17. ; Thte "Intelligencer IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT THREE- DOLLARS PEE ? ANKUM, ' IN U, S. CURRENCY,' OR, $2.00 A YEAS IN SPECIE. RATES OP ADVERTISING. ^ Advertisements inserted at the rates of One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Obituaries and Marriage Notices jWjni-rcmrr ihese rates. ?^EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A COPY. Internal Revenue JMde,, BEING an Abstract of the Internal Revenue and Direct (or Land) Tax Law's of the United States, with SCHEDULES OF TAXATION, LICENSES, STAMP DUTIES, EXEMPTIONS, showing the Rates under the rarious Tax Law since. July 1, 18C2, and intended for the general information of _ the Tax-Payer; to which is added an Abstract of the Acts of Congress passed during the War, rela? tive to Abandoned Lands and to other .matters of general interest. By C. J. Eitoud, Attorney at Law,' Greenville, S. C, Assessor of the Internal Revenue Tax.for tho Third Collection District in "South Carolina. > The Book will contain about 72 pages, and will be issued in a few weeks. Price 50 cents per copy, hwith a liberal discount to the trade. Orders must be accompanied with the cash to secure attention. Address. G-. E. ELFORD. Publisher, Greenville, S C. Sept 7, 1865 12 FURNITURE FOR SALE. A SPLENDID assortment ofsecond-hand Furniture at private sale, consisting of * Sofas, Parlor Chairs, Mahogany Tables, ? " Dining Tables, Marble Top Side Board, Walnut B$61rO;rp, Large Study Chair, . Rocking Chaii'^,, Bedheads, Wardrobes, Marble Top Bureau's. 1 - " ? Washstiiml, ami a. general variety of Household Furniture. Apply at the University Building to Rev. A. T. PORTER.* Money or Cotton will be received in payment. ' Aug. 10, 1865 8 2m '. WALHALLA HOTEL, BICH'IK . CLARY, Proprietor. "THE subscribe, informs, the public generally that lie hu.3 openpd tlie above Hotel for the accommoda? tion of transient and permanent custom, And wilt take "especial pains to"providc for the comfort and convenience of his guests. ? Walhalla is dcliglafully situated at the. present terminus of the Blue Ridge Railroad, inclose prox Imity^o the mountains, and offers superior in Juce monts 83 ? summer rcsorl. The Hotel -tabla is supplied with the best tho market affords, prices reasonable. lt. W. CLARY. Aug 17, 15G5 ... 9 -2m "SADDLES! AND HARNESS. THE subscribers are prepared to cake and repair ?aaaies, .JEIurxietss, Coll MI'S, , r ? Ki-iclles, ?See. - And all other work in our.Rnc'done at the shortest jHrtic and'best style. Provisions taken at market rates. Give us jt call. No. 1 Granite Row, up t>tairs. W. C. McFALL, ? JOS. E. MARTIN. . Aug. 24,1865 10 3m, Drugs! Drugs!! Drugs!!! THE subscriber would announce to the people of this District that.he has on hand a very'good as? sortment of" ' DRUGS AND MEDICINES, - which he^We^s foJNwdo }ow for cnsh^aiDr. Webb's i corner, Brick Range. Pcrsonawi?1(inj*any article in my Une would do well to call and examine be? fore purchasingjplsewbcro, as I know- that I can make it-to their advantage to purohase from me.? ISHAM W. TAILOR, Aug. 24, 1865 ' 10 WII'LIA-M Z. HAREIS, VAT C H JVI AK ER, IS prepared, with MATERIALS, &c, for RE? PAIRER. - *%V&tclies, Clocl?? &? Jewelry . . .? Of every description. Work done on short notice, ^nnd warranted. Masonic Building, Anderson C." H..S.C. ?? . '* ' June 22, 136S 1 " S, H. OWEN INFORMS hiB old friends and the publio generally ?that he has returned to Anderson, and is prepared to do all work in his line, such as Repairing Watches, Clocks, Jewelry; &c. ? Provisions will be taken in exchange for work. ' Shop in Masonio Building, at the Post Office. .. Sept 7, 1865 - .' 12 HARRISON & WHITNER, ?Attorneys at Law and Solicitors in Equity, Andojrpon C. H., S. C?.. l^VILL attend promptly to all business entrusted to ithcjr^'fei Applications made for pardon in be ? ha'lT of those belonging to the excepted classes from "the President's Amnesty Proclamation. ' Sept 7; 1865 - . 12_ Blue .Riclg-p B. R .THE following Schedule will be observed on this R?ad-until further notice:' , Leave Walhalla on Mondaysj Wednesdays and Fridays, at 11 o'clock A. M.- '?> ? Leave Anderson on same days, upon arrival of 'the Greenville train.:-. - W. H. D. GA1LLARD, Supt. ; July 20, 1865 ; 5 Dr. BL\ O. G ooley INFORMS his friends .and tho public generally that he has resumed the practice of Medicine. Office at the Benson House. Aug. 8, 1865 7 . 3m ~ SALT! SALT!! A LOT of Extra fine Salt, for sale cheap by ? W. H. CATER, No. o Brick Range. ScplJ, 1805 h - ? For the Intelligencer. To the Voters of the 4th Congres . gressional District of S. C. Consisting of the Judicial Districts of An? derson, Richens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Laurens, Union, York and Chester. .. Fellow Citizens : I have, after mach hesitation, at the instance of a number of friends for whose opinion and wishes I entertain great respect, consented to~be ?auae-i c-uiKJUrHteLtcLrj^'reggnt you in the Congress of the UnitecT^StjUes. : The election will probably take place about the middle of November, and as tfio time that "will intervene is very short, and the District very large, it would be quito im? possible for me to see, and make myself personally known to a majority, of you, even if 1~ "considered it necessary or prop? er to resort to' the ancient njodo of elec? tioneering. But I take it for granted, that in the present condition of the coun? try, personal importunity for position, would, with the intelligent voters of :he mountain District of South Carolina, be as distasteful, as mere personal influence and friendship would be unavailing. That laying all personal consider;)Hons aside,' each voter of the District, in this day of his country's tribulation, will, on approaching the ballot box and deposi? ting his vote, be governed exclusively by the judgment he may form of tho ability of tho party whom he seeks to Invest with office, to discharge the great duties that will devolve upon him. Entertain? ing these views, distrustful of niy own ability, but willing, to submit myself to the judgment of those whom I offer to represent, it would be alike inconsistent with my sense of propriety, and degra? ding to my feelings as a patriot, looking alone, if I know myself, to tho restoration and prosperity of-my countiy, to hunt yotf down at your residences, in the social circle, or elsewhere in detail, with person? al importunity lor "your suffrages. I therefore take this method of announcing inj'self, and respectfully solicit yourfa*or fiTHo consideration, with tho assurance tlat if honored with your choice, what? ever ability I possess will be devotee with untiring energy*and industry to your ser? vice^ I would nbt, however, be under? stood as ignoring tho duty of the candi? date to mix with, and make himself known to those whom he offers to represent. On tho contrary I proposo, as tho more desira? ble modo of! accomplishing that object at present, to meet you at certa'in-times and places, of which notice is annexed below, for the purpose of making myself known to you personally" and politically, and taking counsel with you in relation to the jreat interests of our country. I earnestly and respectfully invite as' many' of the jitizens of the respective Districts, as can make it convenient, to meet me af, the places indicated, where I purpose to ad? dress you and developo fully my views xnd opinions touching the political condi? tion cf tho country, and the best mode of restoring our now prostrate common? wealth to her ancient prosperity, glory and renown. I have the honor to bo, "respectfully, your obedient servant, ' ? ' J. P. BEED. ' I proposo to address the peoplo at the following times and places. Other ap? pointments will be made hereafter, if prac? ticable : Chester Court Eousc,' Wednesday, Oc? tober 10. . Yorkville, Thursday, October 19. Union Court- House, Monday, Octo? ber 23. ?i ? Cross Ke3rs, Union District, Tuesday, October 24. Laurens Court House, "Wednesday, Oc? tober 25. , \ . Woodruffs, Spartanburg Dist., Thurs? day, October 26. Spartanburg Court House, Friday, Oc? tober 27.'.' Greenville Court House, Saturday, Oc? tober 28. . , "; ? Walhalla, Monday, October SO. Pickens Court House, Tuesday, Octo? ber 31. * * Pendleton, Wednesday, -November 1. Anderson,.Thursday, November 2. "-*-? . ? All Letters Must be Stamped.?The Post Office Department has issued a cir? cular, giving notice that tho penalties fixed by law^or carrying lettors outside the mails when hot enclosed in Govern? ment stamped'envelopes, will bo rigidly enforced in every instance where violators arc known to exclude only letters relating 'to cargo and freight of water crafts, or other vehicles employed upon mail routes, ma}7 bo Jawfuliy carried not enclosed as above. By tho terms of this order, un? paid letters for delivery and those prepaid by postage stamps cannot bo carried out sido the'mail by any of these conveyances, I without subjecting -captain, owners, dri? vers or othor employees to a penalty of jSloQ for each offonco. From the Louisville Sunday Journal. Bill Arp's Last. HIS LETTER TO ARTEM?6 WARD. Mr. Artemus Ward, Showman?Sur: j The reesun I,write to you in pertiklorJ are bekaus youarc about the only man I know in all " God's country " so-called.] For sum several weeks I hav been wantin tu say sumthin. For sum several-years we rebs, so-called, but now late of said county deceased, hav been tryin mit;y hard to dq sumthin. We didn't quite do it, and now its very painful, I assure you, to diy up all of a sudden and make out like we wasn't thar. My frend, I want to say sumthin. I suppose there is no law agin thinkili, but tnirikin dont help me. . It dont let down my thermometer. I must explode my? self generally so_ as -to feel better. You see I'm trying to harmonize. I'm tryin to soften .down my^ feelins. I'm endeav? oring to subjugate myself to the level of surroundin circumstances, so-called. But I can't do it until I am allowed to say sumthin. I want to quarrel with sum body and then make fronds. I aint no giant-killer; I aint no Norwegian bar. I aint no boar-constrikter, but I'll be ll?rnswaggled.i.f tho talkin and tho writin and tho sjnnderin has got to be all done" on one side any longer. Some of your folks have got to dry up or turn our folks loose. It's a blamed outrage, so-salled. Aint your .editors got nuthin else to do but to peek, at us, and squib at us, ami crow over us? I? every man that, what kan write a paragraf to consider us ?s bars in a cage, and be always a jobbin at us to hoar us growl ? Now you see, my frend, that's what's disharmonious, and do you jest tell em: one and all, e pluribus' unum, so-called, that "if thoy. dont stop it" at once or turn us loose, to say what wo please, why we rebs, so-called, have unani? mously and jointly and severally resolved to?to?to?think very hard of it?if not harder. . # That's the way to talk it.( L'aint a gwino to commit' myself. I know when to put on the brakes. 1 aint ag.winc to say all I think like Mr. Etheridge, or Mr. Adderig, so-called.^ Nary time. No, sur. But I'll jest ?teil you, Arlemus. and you may tell it to your show : If we aint al? lowed to express our sentiments, wo can. take lt.out in hathi; and hatin runs heavy in my family, share. I hated a man so bad onco that all the hair cum of my head, and the man drowned himself in a hog-wallcr thai night. I kould do it agin, but you see I'm tryin to harmonize, to acquiesce, to bekum calm ami sereei*.. ? . Now I suppose that poctikally'spcakin, " In Dixie's fall, We sinned all." But talkin the way I sec it, a big feller a.nd a little feller, so-called, got into a fite, and they fOUt and font and fout a long time, and everybody all round kep holler in hands off, but kep helpiu the big feller untiitfijially the 'ittle feller caved in and hollerod enuf. Ho made a bully fite I tell you, Sclah. 'Well, what did the big fellea-do? Take him by the hand -and help him up, and brush the dirt off his clothes? Nary time! No, sur! But ho kicked him artcr he was down and fshrowd mud on him, and drug him about and rubbed sand in bis eyes, and now he's, gwine about huntin up his poor little property. Wants to konfiskato it, so called. Blame my jitket if it aint enuff to make your he^ad swim. But I'm a good Union man?so-called. I ain't ag.wine t? fite no more. I shan't vote for the next war. I ain't no gurnl la. I've done tuk the oath, and I'm gwine to keep it;, but as for my bcin sub joogated, and humilyated, and amalgama? ted, and enervated, as Mr. Chase says, it aint so?nary time. I aint, ashamed of nuthip,..neither, aipt repentin, aint axin for .no one-hor^o', shoH-winded pardon'.-' Nobody needn't bo playm priest around me. I ain't got no .twonty thousand dol? lars. Wish I had; I'd give it to^ these poor widers and orfins. I'd fatten my own numerous and in{ercstin offspring in about two minits a*nd a half. They shovkktettt eat roots and drink branch wa? ter no longer. Poor, unfortunate^ things! to cum into this subloonary world at sich a time. - There's four or five' of 'em that nover saw a sirkus nor a monkey show? never had a pocket-knife, nor a piece of cheese, nor a reesin. There's Bull Run Arp, and Harper's Ferry Arp, and Chika hominy Arp, that never seed the pikters in' aspcllin book,. .1 tell you, my friend, we are tho poorest people on thejaco of the earth?but. we are poor, and proud. Wo made a bully fight, Sclah! and' the whole American nation ought to feel proud of it. It shows -what Amerikins can do whon they think they.aro imposed on?" so catted." Didn't our four fathers fito, blood ami die about a little tax on tea, whon not ono in a thousan drunk it ? Bekaus they sukseeded wascnt ;it glory ? Bat if they hadent I jsuppose it would havo been treeson, and they would have been bowin and scrapin round King George for par? don. So it goes, Artemus, and to my mind, if the whole-thing was- , stewed down, it would make about half a pint of humbug. We had good men, great men, Christian men, who thought we was right, and many of 'em havo gone to the ?n diskovered country, and have got a par? don as is a pardon. When I die, I'm mity WJllin.to risk myself under the shadow of their wings, whether tho climate be hot or cold. So mote it be. Selah! WelL maybe I've said enuf! But I don't feel easy yit. I'm a good Union man, sertin and shui;e. r. I've had my breeches died" blue, and I've bot a blue bucket, and I very often feel blue, and about twice in a while, I go to tho dcire ry and git blue, and then I look up at the blue serulean heavens and sing the melan? choly choryas of tho 2?foe-tailed Fly. I'm doing my durndest to, harmonize, and think I could succeed if it wasent for sum things. When I seo a blackguard going round the streets with a gun on his shoulder, why right then, for a few mini its, I hato the wholo Yanky nation.? Jerusalem, how my blood biles. The in? stitution what was handed down to us by the heavenly kingdom.of Massachusetts now put over us with powder and ball! Harmonize the devil! Ain't wo human beings? Ain't we got eyes and cars and_ feelin and thinkin ? Why tho whole of Afriky has conic to town, women, and children, and babies and baboons an* atl. A man can tell how fur it is to the city by the smell better than' the mile post. They wont work for us, and they wont work for. themselves, and they'll perish to death this 'winter as shore as the de.vil is a hog, so-called. They ?re now baskin in. the summer'1: sun, livin on roastin cars and freedom, with nary idee that tho winter will cum agin, or that castor oil and salts costs money. Some of 'em a hundred years old, aro whinin around about goin to kawlidge*. The truth is, my friend, sumbody's badly fooled about this bizness. Sumbody has drawed the elefant in this lottery, and don't know what to do" with him. He's jest throwin his snout about loose, and by-and-by he'll hurt sunibody Theso niggers will have to go back to the plantations 'aud work. I ain't agoin to support nary one of 'cm, and when you , hear anybody say so, you tell 'em c< its a lie," so-called, I golly, I ain't got nuthin to support myself on. Wo fout ourselves out of everything except children and land, and I suppose the land aro to be turned over to the negroes for grave? yards. WeH, my friend. I don't want much. I ain't ambitious as I used tp was. You all have got your shows and monkeys and sirknsscs and bra3S bands and organs, and can play on the petrolyum and tho harp of a thousand strings, and so on, but I've only got one jfavor to ax of you. want k ennf powder to kill a big yaller stump tail dog that prowls rounds hiy premises at night. Pon honor, I won't shoot any? thing blue or black or mulatter. Will you s^nd it ? Are you aud your foaks so skcored oi; me'and my foaks, that you won't let us have any amynishun? Are the squirls and crows and black raccoons to eat up our poor little corn patches ? Are the wild turkeys to gobble all round us with impunity ? If a mad-dog takes the hiderioby, is the wholo community to run it?'olf to dca-th to get out of tho way? I golly! it looks like your pepul had all. tuk the rebclfoby for good,, and was nev? er gwino, to?,gii over it. -See here, my, friend, you must send me a little powder and a ticket to your show, and me and' you will harmonize, sertin. With'these few remarks I think I feel belter, and hope I haintmade nobody fitin. mad^for I'm no't on that lino at this time. I., am trooly your friend?all present or accounted for, BILL ARP, so-called P. S.?Old man Harris wanted to bay my fiddle tho other day with Confederik mono}-. .He said it would be good agin.. He says that Jim \F.uncjerbuk told him that Warren's Jack had seed a man*who. had just cam from Yirginny, and he scd a man'told Jiis cousin Mandy that Lee had whipped 'Qm -agin. Old Harris says that a feller by the name of Mack C. Million is coming over with a million of men. But nevertheless, notwithstanding, some, how or somehow else, I'm dubous, abcuit the money. If you was me, Artemus, would you make the fiddle trade ? ' B. A. ?!-:?o-?. Effective but Radical.?A Cincin natti paper suggests an effective, though somewhat radical ?way of bringing down the price of dry goods. It is that the people shall go without clothing. That is j the way to make tjie dry good's men hop. j Romance of Real.Life. The*recent unfortunate affair between Colonel P. and Captain DeV., aVMobUo, has led to a good deal of fashionable gos? sip. Colonel F. is tho son of a worthy and distingnishcd citizen of Mobile: Young and gallant', he.a year or two since wooed and won the bcllo of Alabama, taking to his home and .heart ,the fairest woman of the land. In due time he was called away to the wars, and his fair wife consoled herself as best she could under the cir iumstanees. Eventually there appeared ibovc the horizon of fashionableJaociety, it Mobile, ,a gay young "Cuban?hand? some, dasliing, brilliant, rich'. Never was aero of ronianco.mpre exquisite in. taste or polished in manners. Need we say tha? this young exquisite was Captain DeV. ? imong the ladies DeV. created au-imme iiato sensation. .He was.the "very.gen? teel follow " they had been so long sighing ibont, and as he was a soldier, of fortune, md occupied an honorary position on aeneral Maury's staff, he was at once roted an Admirable Criehton in accom? plishments, and a Julius Caesar in* bravery. This handsome young cavalier was not ong in discovering who the fairest woman n .Mobile was, and ho soon became as much fascinated by- her loveliness" as Thomas Seypiour was by Catharine Parr n tho wicked days ot Henry. VIII.. With plenty of Spanish gold i,n Iiis,' pocket, a jay appearance, good- address and. fine aorscs, the gallant Cuban fairly took young Mobile by storm. Even Claude Melnotto was not more free with tho money furnished him by his .tempters than he with the revenues of a sugar es? tate in tho " ever faithful fsle." At length' scandal began to wag her tongue and shake her insinuating finger. The beau? tiful young Mobile wile walked on tho streets with tho dashing Cuban,,.-waltzcvl tvith him at. soirees and hops, took a seat Deside him in his splendid carriage, which :iad just "run tho blockade," went with iijm on reception evenings to Madam L.'s, tnd in short, accepted his attentions with ill tho eas}7 confidence of a lady, secure ip lor position, arid utterly indifferent to 'the world's.dread laugh." So it fell out, when tho husband of the ady returned from his campaigns, he. leard rum'ors which were by no means Peasant?nothing of guilt, bat something vhich might be' construed into indiscre ion: In the meantime DeV. had. gone to 3uba, perhaps never to return. He didr ?cturn, however, and in doing so passed ,hrough this goodly Cres?eut City of ours, et is was about ten or. twelve days ago. irriving.at Mobile, ho went down to the Sattle House, and meeting thero with Colonel F., some unpleasant, words were : jxchanged and he got badly wounded. The matter was inquired into a "day or ,wo since by au examining court, when it ip.^car.cd that DoV. .was altogether in the $ ^ng; that:he had spoken insultingly to "Jolonel.F., and subsequently the Colonel ras at onco discharged. So for tbe time )eing,'the matter ends.?iV. 0. Times. ' -?-rfr^-? Washington, September 29.?A letter vas recently addressed by some of the jitizens^of Charlottcsville, Virginia, to President Johnson, prompted by the diffi mlties which surround them in relation to ho approaching ^Congressional election.;! They appeal tojiim for counsel and ad rice as to their proper, course ot action,' leing wholly uninformed as to wjiether ;he test oath will probubly be repealed or nodified so as to admit Southern members. They have thought it posAblc that he night enlighten them on the subject, rhey'say their main purpose .is to pursue' ;hat course which will?bc most likely to sustain him and his polipy in the admin stratioij. of the. Government. The At? torney-General, to whom the letter was referred, replies, that he is instructed by the .President to say,. " that hp has no more rrfeans of knowing what Congress may do in regard to the oath about which they inquire, than any oilier citizen, but it.is his earnest wish that loyal jLhd tuue tnenj to whom no objection ,cah. be. m?de, mould be elected 'to- Congress." This, Mr. Speed says, , is not . an official letter, but a simple expression of individual opin? ion and wish. , .., t-?:-1- V? ?-1 ' The last invention of India rubber, in Paris is "a false bust for femalos?bust and neck"?a perfect iriiitation .of flesh and blood, -and (as they say of good counterfeits) "well .calculated to deceive." At the circle where the'true and false neck are united, is worn a band of, ribbon, or a white necklace, which completely onceals the junction. . -N . y Josh Billings says,."I vas once axed if I believed in the final salvation of mer^ and I did; but let me pick ray men." Incendiaries are burning the property of active temperance men' in Northamp? ton, Massachusetts.. ? ? . The Wirz Trial. .Washington, September 23.?Proceed? ings were renewed in this celebrated case to-cfay. The. prisoner reclined oahissofa, unable to sit up. ? Lieut. Dyer of the Twelfth United States Colored Troops, testified to tbelgcneral bad treatment of prisoners at Andersonville. and the whip? ping or colored troops. He had never been ill-treated by Wirz. The hospita register letter b_ook* and other papers were admitted as evidence. The Judge Advo? cate signified a-wish to.close the case for tho .Government, reserving the right to examine witnesses as to new matters, arid to offer record evidence to connect the Richmond .authorities, including Jefferson Davis and .General Lee, with the Ander sonviJld prison.' Mr. Baker, for,Wirz, ob? jected to accumulative evidence, and said that he di(J :not wish to' " go it blind." Colonel Chlpman replied that .Mr. Baker - only appeared for Wirz, and had no right to follow the Government .in pursuit-of other parties. The Government then in? formally closed the case. - Mr. Bakerasked for time, in order to recuperate counsel and prisoner, and to sift the- evidence, under the belief that Wirz could prove a full and complete defence. Colonel Chip-, man said this last remark was an insult to" the army of the United States, but a'dis claimer of any such intention being made, the qhestion of adjournment till next Tuesday was debated, and finally ordered. by. the Court. . * ??-?-.--? Pausing to Think.?The Philadelphia Pressx.in an elaborate editorial, beaded. " Words.pf. Candor and Counsel for tho Union. Party," very significantly says: The Union party cannot be a national, party if it makes, negro suffrage a test. Belonging, as that-subject does, to the States, it must be left to the States. To attempt to fqree it on the South is simply to embitter tho South', and to endanger tho Union party in the North.; for it must not be forgotten that'until the rebellion broke upon us, in not a single free State, not'even in Massachusetts* were the few colored men a'Mowed the unqualified right to vote. Nor can you build a national ? party by making the confiscation of rebel estates on the plan of Mr. Stevens an is?ue or a condition* Confiscation is.'confes? sedly a war. measure, and yet as-it was only 'partially enforced in time of .war, . iow do you propose to execute it in time of peace ? Nor can you stand before your own people on the idea of keeping the late . insurgent States out of the Union, when tiny ask re-admission, accepting and adopting "ail the changes produced by the legislation of Cotgress and the abolition of slavery. You may keep the individual * traitors out forever, if you have) the nu? merical power, but you^ will he defeated in nearly every, .free.-election district on tho question of excluding the late rebel States with their purified Constitutions ?-*>-'?? Captain Wirz.?"Druid," the well- . known correspondent.o?..thc. New York Vf?rjtd, and Niews, publishes a lengthy let? ter, exculpating. Captain'Wirz from.re? sponsibility in regard to the hardships of ' the prisoners at Andersonvillc. He closes thus: No?the responsibility for tlic suffer- . ings of our prisoners at AndersonvHIe rests upon those "who are responsible for keeping .pur. prisoners there, instead of permitting them to bo exchanged. The Confederate authorities were anxious to have them .exchanged. But tbfc Secreta? ry of War refused to have them* exchan? ged, on the pretext that the equality, of negro soldiers with white soldiers m^st ? first be acknowledged by the Confederate Government, but really in orders to pre? vent Gen. Lee's army from being rein? forced by the rebel soldiers whom he held* at Chicago and Point Lookout. _-:? -? ? A DfAR? G?*pn Man.?" Widow Mourn? ful, whafron airth'aro you thinkin' .about?" " Nothing else in the world but my de? parted husband. He was such a devoted:- < man?always bring4?g--h.ome " KsTlittle kindness 'to mo. I couldn't help thinking, just now, when I heerd Mrs. Brown's sas? siges si/zling, about what poor Mr. Mourn? ful used to bring me. Ho know/a I was fond of sassjges, and, he hardly eve'rsoeyer camo home in his life without fetching- me a sassige;in his pocket. He was very fond of eggs himself, and would occasionally fetch,.a few of them for himself. - But he ,was always sure to lay a sassige on the table. Never laid his eggs there^-never'd think of ^era; ancl sometimes Pd ask,1 Si- " mon, where's your eggs ? " Just as'like as not, he'd been a sittin' on 'em!" * . ? ? ? . -?*?? ?"??' ? ? A writer in the Washington Chronicle, understands ~" it is the expressed <t>pmion of heads of bureaus that, as a whole, tho employment of women Sp^he departments is a failure." * Turn them out, eartainly, I they havo no votes. . * * -