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M ARMAGH an.l FUNERAL-- NOTICES, not ox* oee?Wg^ne'Squalor inserted 'without ehargc. feh.25. ... . . ly ^pp^TIO TICKET, FOE PKESIWiINT, ?O!l?!TIO SEYMOtlt. ' OP NEW YORK. ? : :??<>-?- ?' ? Fok TICl^*>niiSII)EKT. P: BLAIR. <?f Missouri: stat>;( gu^j^tcpCKEr. '-??? 'TOtl TJ/X STATE A T LA KG E : S3EN ER A L J. IX; KENNEDY, * tmi^sm? i\ TiioMAs, ?o* iticni.AM>. ? ? - ?? ?^ftfefw';cuAn^Et^?^':';i?.? \ TmnDj^aiiEssiQXAL #^ferv \ COLONEL A. C. IIASIvELL, COLONEL E.cQfc JIt'LTJRE, ORISINit 'STORY. a true st;ory oy S HEB m A^S ^?P AI G N IN . *KA,t) ?T e(?wM5Bt? -?tu-&i|?^ ?-:oi? gllT i:.iC9*ITJIH};V.;. (COHTimj?^)" S^ms^M^ saw Kate einriing up tho .*'"? '? crowct of Hit jo negroes had followed J^^l^j .and when they saw Colonel .Willis"', ?;h?ff .ecamporcd-. away, going homo across tho K8$h! ?? ? "Sod; w?ro very busy, Colonel, whon Ienn^d' ixpi'^'-Po p;?t'let:me-diiitiirb you/' ' : "I was1 only scribbling in my diary. I came ?be. weet you; hat walking so far tired nio, so I satdo^n- nnd rested. I am twonty-oight ^ca^^eld'to-day, Miss Kato." ""Oji I. I do wish I conl<ji niakc you a birth flayf^rcscnrilt^ Uolonol. Mothor must try and ^ivo you a good dinner to-day. "You d/nlnjak.0 mo a present." His voice vfns deep aud low, and his eyes had a strange light in them; ,{WiM you givo mo that prc eonl, Kato? Wiil you gladden the heart of a<f<mt!ly ntahj^ctJinb to his heart, and. chase a^vay the uark shadows' that rest thoro," IliJ vdkmwnndcd low, and he pleaded with deep earnest??ss. "Mine has boon a lifo of sorrow j fdw are toft to lovo and cbro for mo. My moth or dkxl, before I lcarhcd to lisp her name, airdoioy gentle, loving sifter, passed away iu tlf?blootiii-of ;i happy young life. My fathor. ifitj 4jrod, I see eim.iiow. As he lay, mangled iind weltering in his blood, a cold, ghastly ?(arc rested ?h bis face. I tan e.co him now, ?*itl? "the tuoOuHght resting on his up-turned ctveoi]' und -s?ii:- Only ^ix months /.go, I idcr a ate, do not turn away from nio. ma hnpeoWddy "to gain your:love ;-??o'Aly tell 'mo 'thatiyou .-Vfill. tf?member?rme sometimos. CbAi you ovor teach your idienrt to . love mc, [ My soul has been steeped in deepest1 woe?l \,wa> hat tfobfo to ^hiiUca for-,days.! an%&?Q&s3 'the-.light6t- ?ryrltTO'Waa*uddenly put outv ami Iii |raa lofi to mourn, and grope in~davktiess?,"fj-? >'QhJ Katp. do not tell me that ? you lovo 1 J-:I>r.* vif*?, f - .jcrr*. noil ?:\\ :?>?>". . T ,? another^ I cap rjpt give.pp all hope. I will sefvo, iiko Jacob of olof,' glad to be near the idol of my dreams, the' guiding star'of my life. Yod do not lovo;another; Kato ?" !"No,,I do not lovo another, I alluded to my brother.". , .:1 "Then, Kate, I may hopOjjhat in timo.you will loarn to lovo nie." Kate and Colmiel ,WilHk reached the hou?o,1 not llphg'b'oforo t he dinnor boll sonfcflcaV''Krito iplcnidod a' hoad-acho, niuf rctircdHo> licif room. nd and the Colouol sat down that day Sljrs.Itaymon without Dr. Rutkind.' H?jhnd: gouc.out on to.tir of A'iUBpeotionV.' ho toruied.it-, aud . WOU^I bo absent sovcral days. The Yankees.had car ried off all of Mrs.. Eaymoud's'horsesr.nnd 'hiulcs. Yory little was loft for them to subsist '?n, ^nd tlio did Dpctdr had- goiio out'in 'IhiCr ewnlry^w?^king^'tb get' the necessaries* 6'f.!i$r A belt of'country; ttvcnt^fivb niilos'iii lengthy and only ten iu breadth, had not hcc'n 'kiul0.s From that source;/L>--: was to draw supplies^ until the next crop-; was* niado j and.it was in that Bcctibu that Dr. Itutlaud-.had gone. Soon after dinner, Mrs.1 Raymond and Col<$ ncl Willis wore talking. Suddenly, he ca"we: and satjdown at her foet, and said, 'OhI.Mrs. Raymond, I am so weary of this dull, and caro-. less world.". ?. , ; , . ., : "Popr/.hoy ! I am sorry for you. . What, is your, sorrow. Tell me, I will listen to, your I . V.'" ? -r r?i;sjj. ? r . <f.i.-JT griefs. t : , ^ ,' ? He.laid his bead on hep-lap, nhd told her of bis ; lifc^-?of the many sorrows, that had clouded it;?and then confessed to her his love for Kate. ^r^j^oes shudbvo you.in return, Carter ?" tlI do not know r\ but?;, oh 3 Mrs: Raymond', what ia Rt^to'mewith'.i'nt'herdoW?- A:dreary,; ?ai*k: night.-^-a blauk I" ; "Carter, Kate is' very young, yet, i Sho is ?tfBly eighteen, and hoe seen but little pf the world. JLJtuo.w she lovfjs jno one else. The ?dcatli of her. hr?ther hns cast a 'darkroom over her lifo. Wait lor a .year, dcrir friend then come to ors again". The keen agony of her-first'sorrow will be soothed by tni'ie'." ''''* j Mrs. Raymond had learned toiovo tho quiet,, patient man. He reminded her a little of her ' xd bd^^InlnB^ti^ ifefoTen^al-'wS?ner^ ^goHoO oooaM drjfoDaall "to vr^f _ Btoty*toiawt?f^ ? Kate did not como into the parlor, until near tea-time. Por the.first timo siucc Douglass died, did a smile play around hor. lip;- t'Twns enddcubd," 'tis true, and' but a. ghost j a sh ado w' of tlio merry laugh, that had formed a part of Kato.'8rbxi8teucovr A-glow lighted up the face, of Colonol Willis. He presaged a ? favorable j Tlip fcyjwfcs, fJFore,Jfl&fyj, n?d fi?ch retired. to dream,.of events past .and .to como.,/Need arejy^hjQdJ' ?j/Hgjjj thojwarts^fajl truo..niaid ons have bden touchoa in lik<).a manner;: the dreams of my readers of the storncr box ?avo I'.bj?eu hs 'full ofjoyous autioipatious, as were tjhosbi of Carter W ill is a nd ? KafPllay mond. ^Q^I^Ot^^^I^I "cast thbir shad jrqws before*/' and''so' it was with' our -poor, crushed uatioh. "The folV of'Charleston, Co lumbia,1 Wilming^'and * lastly Richmond; crushed the bravo ' defbhdors/ A ; nation of heroes w?ro reduced to slavery and ruin. And, ore tho convalescent Colonol thought of turn ing homow'ard, there w?? 'no" moro' 4<Coiifcdc ratb S"ta;tbs.';J !n duo courso of 'fhi< Ccriorkr Raymond camo homo. News from \L? had lung bdfbro reached'him, atid he Was prcpavod to grcot:the wounded Colonel Willis j but he was little,prepared to rccoivo the tidings Mrs.: Raymond imparted of his7 l?'vd-for K?te. j Tbc bravo old man gaVo him a soldier's greeting, and with it his consent to win hi?? only child. Whou, at length,'Carter turned hi in homoward, he was^soon to return to make his home among his /ne,\y-^ound and , loving friends. ? His lonoly heart was choored, his fainting soul revived. lie was to return, mid claim the hand of Kate, and niakb liis'homo forever with < those,- who had been guardian angels in his hour of trial, and adversity. '??:'?? My t-Aovy is linhihed. I Uust my readers will consider it no overdrawn? picture Those, who encountered Sherman's [.army, can attest Vb truth'. -The events' "rccyrdod aiv facts a.s tjjjjj]^ possible t? portray thorn stronger. The writoV "thinks it nontVjro'tha?'Hvh'at Itt'dub'io tho' nBln^'geiQora tion, to record in history, in p^ocsy-'rfh'd" in i-o manco/'flio ?YOTi^'of thoSo^aysV'which tried tho souls of allj'aud which illus'trnCed thoddpth' of jthat" distress, with Vhioh au ' iiis'crutablcT Prpvidohcb, for'WW?^'nds': s'?m?timcs^vlsita^aii' uujmppy nation: v . : '? :' '".j^T i K^ocid^i (y'XT??, o& ? p ... '?'"'?_ ???.?u*}y*f?r/.-Ki .-a ? ?. ? 1 ? ??. ijd i .v ? ?' ' x (i ,f! ? !A'-Washington dispatch vf Fridaynight WL tho Baltimore Sun says io intornied go'htlcmch, just returned from tho" White' Sulphur'SpribgsTmnTce such statements concerning the interview of Gon. llos'ccranb'" and South'drn' GcneralB there as e put that!' iritervjew iu a light ini which it has; not bconJdtneHo'oxhibitod.' ;-Tho distinguish ed Southern gentlemen thoro 'ti'sacmhlcd for hoiiith 'dud ploi'sUro ohly^ aild not for any poli tical purpose, received tho Gonernl with that kin?ncsS ' ntid courtesy duo to' a distinguished bfficor, but. anticipated, no formal conference upon ' the political Situation, until Go?i. ;Itoso crans himself', began "to" propound ;1q?e8ti6ns which tho parties questioned were compelled either to answer, or by thoir'silcnCo'to cause, pdrhnps, .'oh erroneous impression as to their views1 to get abroad. From the best sources of information it appears, however, that these gqutldmou would h?v'6nprefcrrcd to :hdvo/dis* ousscd almost any 'subject rathor than that indicated by General Ilosccraus. They wore upon neutral grouud, for'; according to'tho' legislation: of Congress, tho'State of Virginia .is: not to be permitted to participate'in the presidential election. They felt, 'too/ that tljpir opinions were already wall enough known: They' had' laid down thoir" ?rnis and admitted tlie conquering power of the North J the/ had' fully*aceopfod tho situation, and dotermincd to follow a path of true allegiance to the Con stitution of the United'States; they worg con tent to bd tho.paesive objects which the people of the Nprth wcto to control in their offorts to oiganhxo thegovernment''''aVdfp^i'lt^npbn^'aii' : enduring basis, and thby,' therefbro*, were reluctaut to being drawn from tho retirement ttiby had voluntarily sought and placed pro minently, ' and as central7'figures in thb contest now in progress. Thoy had no desire to be the moans,' positively 'or negatively, of cfdating j'apy new- iasuc 'in* the campaign, and tVe'rb not ambitious . in the prescht cntclg'cn'cy1 of being tho ' authors of any now plauk for cither tho 'Sotitherh people or' the Democratic jparty of the cobniry'. " They': were intelligent'* "gontlc ' Wwho had carefulf^otodfe pwg^b&?T Jt^aW a^-n?lfo^ al opinionsas to Southern sentiment-, an'd' .Southern probable ootiolr^oWftf ffie^loast Bfrecr'thd,H^ for rhV'kbW'thlit a 1 in the North who desired to fully under-1 s and the Southern situation"'and Southern people cbuld come, to an iutdlligent conclusion ^without their .? aid, at .this time; and they a^8n know well that nothing thoy.could say;would .cbnvinco that olass in tho. Nprth who wore wilfully blind nud dptoriuincd to recognize in? truth ;frow the South unless it emanated from 'Ttatjtcal sources. , Thoy had . no idea, whon thoyr first freoly gaye^dir views nod opinions <sjQpr;ith,ajt.. wha^as, done,^puld. bedjgo[.ficd by tho 7namcv.pf a, b^rnial confer^nc^pr. tfat tbo ;intCjrviQWS _,wpul(d \ ossumo tho importapco subsequontly givon to thom by tho press and people throughput country. ??My., ipformant is satisfied that if tho distin guished - Southorn gentlbman with whom Gon. Rosccrans conferred, had control of tho whole, suhjoot,: tho result of the interviews would not bo made public at least for the proscnt. While no evil conscfjuoncbs couldjpossibly follow tho publication, it is not believed it could bo pro-, ductivo ?f inuoh good. ' , In conscqucaCG of tho proulinotioo givon to the whole Subicct.'howovc^, it was conbludod that somothing sliould bo said, and-honed a letter 'was written in reply to ouo fr?nt'Gen eral Hosocrans, embodying viows ou cortnin points, but, it will He soon, avoiding all par tisan rofcrencb. ' This lettor was signed first by Goucral Lee, and subsequently tbo other signatures wore appended, as heretofore stated. ThO jfpllowing is tho corrcepondouco : OKNKHAL llOSECnANS' LKTTKIt. WitITl? SULPHUR SPItlNO?, West Virginia, August 2C, 1808. Wticrifll Full of solicitudo for tho futuro of our country,'! come with my henrtin my hand to learn the condition, wishes nnd intentions of thd, pcbplo pf tho Southorn Statos?espocially' to ascertain tho smitiinents of that body of brave, oncrgctio raid self-sacrificing men who, after sustaining the Coufedoracy for four yours, laid duwii thoir arms and Hw'orc allegiance to tho frovbrnnicnt ?F tho ?Hited'i?8tttteB, whoso ttfuflt?d aud'belbvcii lender you'havo been. I lebHhkt^ into^p*rb^^h^,,Ki?dcs, rights" toi TC??flfyy'.with nationul unity hos produced a vi?leut roiiction .ogniiist,tliGin, winc^'h^drift Ittfl vb towards. co.n?olidatjpu bo n.'?ti?foa',i*|j6;^.:>t ittthiaicii r&aJK?JVKjjiJ .t 3 plain to uk rtt the AY^tian(fNevtl? tbat thi^ &hlj^a"u^~tofnfc^ oxjs-jtfffoi1 th? last tbreo years! i?tdnStatwtffi i^ur-/ bui?B, cinVg?ly ?,tnc^b*e*lfithb:dan^oir^ cbhtrfiiiBUi, swell* onr national expenditures,; diminishes unr productions nhd our revenue, | inspires doubtb of our political and financial Bt4^ipty, defprbowtea the valiieCbf our national b'c-Vids- rind currency,- land places the credit of ! thp^ rlohcst bclOW'that of^ thtf'pooTc^t-mttioii iu l Chri|tcudotn, :''' r ;Wttknbws'that ouV.etttrehey MusUhcyleitr?'* oiatcd so long as our bopda/nro below par, and ?that,jthcroforo, the vast business aud commerce j of* tbe. country mustf suflnr thd,.tcTribluloy;il.ofi a {fli|iituating standard of value until we' ChP; remedy tbo evil conditio? of things ot | the I'Sduth. ^\^o also sec other mischief quito pos sible! if "not probablo, to arise, such as from a. fniltuje <of! crops, a local insufr.cetion, and many othor-.unfo'r^oen contingencies^ which Uray still morq'dopteciato our credit:add' currency, pro voke-discou ton t and disorder nmong i our peo ple, aud-bring ."doinngogioal ngitation, r?VoljLi-j tion, repudiation, aud a' thousand, unnamed ; evils and villauies Upon usv Wo know that the interests of the pcoplo df tho South are.for law and "order'/nud that thoy, must share our. fato of. good Und i\V . 1 bclievo-r-every ouo I know who roflcets bc licvcs^that if tho pcoplo of tho Southern; States could be at pcaoo, and thcir onergy aud good will heartily applied to repair tho wastes of war, reo ^auizo their business, set the freed-; men peacefully,.' prosperously mid contentedly at work,' invite capital, cblerpriso'owd'v lahtlr.. I fromeiscwhore to come freclyL amongst thorn, thoy would Boon rebuild thoir ruined fortunes, toultiply many .fold of the value of their lauds'^ establish public confidence iu our political sla %ilrtylfbring bur government bonds to premium, our currency to a gold ataudard, aud assure for themselves aud the whole uatiou a moat happy and prosperous future , . , Seeing this, and how all just interests con cur in tho work, I ask the officers and i.oldiors who foUghtifbr the-.: Upiou,- tusk pvery thinking ?nlajp,.of thoi-gtcat Wcst-and h'ortb, why it canr ubt bo.dqup-7 - | ?.. ..>,!? j-= I We arq told, by^tb.os? wbfll.fifVTp, ?nntrnllod 'ino government fur the ..lu$t J'y.ur years, that tho people of tho South will ubt do it. .That, <i? evor doud all, it most be done by thVpoor, Simple, uneducated, landless freed men, and tho ?#Hr1H??^ pn-bTre^pfio*n tftnf setifniieiifrtf tho dntelli^on^wkife^ffdpl?-, 1st? W?lij'g to attempt to lead, und make theirJiv JfcglfcnVtbjwdT %notiuViUexpotie?Bj^{^orojuS people, mostly men who laugt be needy adven turers \. or without ?? any*ol'.'those, attributes t?n which reliance for good -guidaueo;qr igoyerii ment can ho placed:; A\re are told that this kind of government must < bo continued at the South until six or eight millions of intelligent, energetic- white pcoplo give into ur move out of 't|ic''bouutry'; ?'.?.'.'? ? ? -u. '.'.: M ol v^ui?xnjj ,< j j 'NAwyd th&fcptho UnionjArinyithinks, and .people of the Norih and /Wtot^'I da?e sky, fbttr Ijovo, there mast bo, or there ought to be, n shortersurer way to got.good govorumen t for ^lLaditho S^o&r^)W?tVno^4U^ioj[^^q or ganized and sustnincd thq . Southern Confode racy iforjfour ,yoars .agaiopt,gigaiUio .offvrts, Ought to be ablo to givo peace,daw, ordei and |( protection , lo tho .wholo people of ,tlio So*th- . Thoy havo'-tho intorust uud the. power.to. ouia rjiloy^protect, educate aud elevate.tho. poor, frccdmon; and; to rt-storo themHolvt?. nnd our, dountry to all tho blessiugs of whioh I h^vo* just sjMiken. The (puostion I want answerod isi?ma re thoy willing to do it?" k , , I I canib' down to find out what tho pcoplo of thcfJoiirh think ^of this, and to 'nSk you-what the 'officers and soldiers who Borvod in tho Con federate army, and the leading pcoplo-who sus tained it, thiiik of theso things ? I coilie to' ask moro. 1 want to ask you, in ose purity and patriotism I here oxpross uu |ualtflod confidence, and ^ many good meu us you oan oonvcuiently consult, to Bay what you think of itj and, also, what you aro willing to dp about it V (i j il- want a writton expression of views that [can bo followed by a conourronco of action;' I want to know if you and tho gentlemen who will-join in that written oxprcsaiou, aro willir - to plodgG the pooplo of tho "South to a chiv. rmis and magnanimous dovotion to restoring peace SUtl prosperity to our common country. 1 want to carry that pledge high abovo the lovel of party politics, to the late oHirers aud soldicrs of tho Union army, and to tho people of the North and West, and to ask thorn to consider it, and to take tho necessary action, confident that it will mcot with a rcspohoo fto vurm. SO ??imcrout? aud cou?diinr. that- We hlmll 80c fa tto svru)Hiu?<tfac rainbow of 'ptfnco in our po itico)iA?liy,vPoW3tlAaok; ^ith.obu^ and im-. P?fesfr, :?? ,i .r^idi-,*} [ k^owVoji^ro jt^r^^ !n,*cX" or< ncc ana regard Tor 'tho Uhionf the^oohsfitri?? tio a and tho wolfaro of tho cohritryj'ahd'^Wat wl aVyWWc&Wf S*/ ivo?ld^d eVdewoVby'-ntuo-i tbi ?ifco^)th^V?hplh.iBecjdo ofi^hb.%u*h,?bRV\ bIi >V;14[iH^(a^Vft^P i re ?r^|pg|a?jj ? 4n your vidws too from the tativo nitoh'rt^ho'it ^thV^kfi^hen^y^ ?eanflye,"pTo??reil't^l /?o$fiJo.od ?pit?- inrg oJ intl -' hjhift5lcodcar'renQQio?: opinions eud wills,,all j tofcdjijg^ fleapc, order and, stabiljty^wil} aft B?ro ,p'ur U^iqn - s^oldjprs ^ndjhusiucss.^ncn, waiit "suLstontuil aSi? Bolid peace, and >c tlibm to riso ttf gWffifrf ifel^^a^j^l aiftl tako such steps to . meet ^unTiB^wflT in suro a lasting pcaco'with Aft its countloas Hess lings. i ' YctyUrulyyo^r frifendj'lv;!h?q >7,r l^hM<I #J ?iW.1W^S/ROSEGBirUI& ?? Gen^&.'LtK,' AVhitc Sul^hur^luings, WesJ. iVirginia. .. " __L ? -.??'? 1 ? i ?? . i White Sulphbr Si'Hinos, WtfaVVA., VfAugust;26;-l?68.- ? - General:?I have.the:-bdno'r to reooive'yout' If ttcr of this date, and iu accordance with your htiggcfitiou, I;have conferred with a number of .gcntlcnionTrpm.lhc^South in whosejudgmout I, tiavo, confided,'aud who aro well acquainted with tho pubiio'soiiliniehf ?r their respecfivo . States. They have kindly consented to unite with mo iu replying' to -your communication,' and their names will bo found with-my own I appended to. this,i answer. j With this explanation wo proceed to give to ypu a candid statement of what wo bclicvo to bq tho sentimentof tho Sduthbrn''pcoplo'id re gard to tho subject.to which you .refer, ?.???&? believe we express tho'almost uh&ni?a??sj?dg uit of tho Southern people when wb declare th'at they cousidor that those questions were decided by the war, and that it is thoir inten- j i?d down thetr' afnrs and sought to".'*?gK tbeir formor relations with tho United States 'Government. , i}?rid \v 'secession, and'they'returned to their peaceful p irsuits with a ?aincero purpose to ; fulfil all their duties under "thd ^d?h?it?fciotf' of'tlity United States, Which thoy had^woru Mft^trap pprt. If thoir action in these particulars had been met m'aTspiritbf TranknesVondcordiality,' xL bolibvo thatlfiHilti^ld^^mlilnous wohu! Lvo passed away, and tho-wounds inflietcd by npalod. Ab far as wojrf^^|^[v?'l'c^' tuo P^p? jpf the South entertain no unfriendly feeling I toward tho government of tho United States, ,bnt thox^mplain that thoir fightst under the. * Institution "arc witbjipl?^^ ad iuistratiou. tboreof. . in-., cos lodtujtitex i'.i- jTvutmr -a'J ?fo&wi ml _ ? 3 . _ it . ?l_ - _ . _ ? . ? j$ V?roJfi^,?oTr p^?w?r^bo do so; is entirely uif-1 Xbundcd. They havo groW? up-ltf dnr-n'ildstVl and wodiavo boon' accustomed dVom childhood look^upon them with kiudnoss, ^^geh/iggfrj .important'^ar^ or ourLv 'i jig pppulaluhV.j'.r !v\^iTibut''their labor tiib, lahdV of the South would be comparatively unproduc tive. Without the employment which Southern agriculture affords, they would bo'dostitutb of tho means of subsistence, and bocomo paupers',' >j ir.tfi. ij ?: l J**at u.ntr ?.f ?? ? denondout on public bouiity. . -' ,.?\ f wni ?'?! 'jt'.i ev. - > L-xtivr.i ?i-j? Lj SDlf-ittterQaVpypn if there were up higbpr liiotivo, would thcreforo prompt tho whites of. t|io South to bx'tviid to "tho negroes care. .am^ protoCjtipn. Tho importantTae^^tjjat thp ,two .tjiqps are, updor oxwtitig circuiiistancps, neces sary to caoh othor, is gradually bocomiug ^p jparent to both ; und we bclicvo that but for j influences oxerted to stir up tho passions of tho negroes, tho relations of thp two races would soon .adjust themselves on a basis of mutua^ kindness and advantage , ; It is truo that tho people of tlto South togcthor with; the. people of. the s North \ and West aro, for obvious reasons, opposed to any system of laws which would place tho political |, power of tho .country iu tho hands of tho negro raeo.. Hut, this .pppositiou springs from , no fcoling.of oumity, but frotn a'docp^?oated oon ctiou that at present the negroes have neither .40 intelligence .or, other qualifications which trc. necessary to make thorn safe depositories of political powers, They would iuovitably bucomo the victims of. demagogues, who, for iwlfishrpurposcSj .would misloa:d them to tho acribus injury of tho public. ? Tho groat want of the South is peace. The people-earnestly desire tranquility and the ni storoXioh yf the Uiiio-i Thcv fieprec uc di,^ ?UujIo to thoir proejippjfy;;^ r *?<y f fhay at?k a roatormtuiri..of their " Sr thd COuSt ?ii j. prtssive pei 1 to thoir countrymen-for~tho ro-oflttS??S?7 me at in thp^o?^ri^ tly P^^IS^^ % birth: &4iorioan?-the ?ight.of eelf igvorna**!. Is mfuo onlWJftS!rvcTf!KJ feowW??i^ th4y trill faithfully ?^^ewtoWitttti^ lafi of the United 8tatc?,4r?afc tfcecogfo *!& ^ae^d^^nj^a^^^ incumbent on peaceful citizens Stjuthcrn people, aM of :thd officers and aot diirs oahe^Oonfeilerate'^'&WyY^lte?ValKy will concur Sri allthc intimerits-whithsw^^e expressed. . . ?; UpprcdJitin? the> pattiettPATni*iWi'**ip&i 'iia!vo prompt ^our^lottc^ your expressions of kind regard, wo have the a. If. STEPnENSj'Gcorgia. u I a. iL n. sT#?ft%,-V4r^tt^^^^; ^> ft--: - : j - IitNTOtf STE^U^ ovJt:1. ? j ! A. T' U a;FE UTONy West-Fifg?tia., H 'JOHN EUIIOI.S} YwijiniaLf % u: ^ ' - f.^S; &TOCKDALE, :Texoia:;.7;;- . M'i \ l P.AV^I?KENS,South"dd$ I * William j: ^R?BiNS?N^Firg^^ w. I tf?SEVft E* JA N DEUSON, ? VfrjjW^m&xi W. F^TUlt^rKU^VrosttY^rg^nia: ; -C.Tlltf'SU-llKUf South Gurolinai -f v ! E. fontaine, Virginia. : VJOll^LEXCH?n^t V*^n?ofT ted> X -JtWr Ji QR&BH> N?*tM3aroUna LEWIS 4fifetfAft^?l#tt?ft W SUTIf EHLIN?, Vlrgiautm: ; ; 1! j A. B. JA^li^I&ulsiato*.': , ; la^uw?i. : Ti BKAU?KGAi*I*T*fca8 T. F.? BEANCE,.Georgia. JKRKtflA? MORTON- V?rg4?fcii J. B. BA*ifr*Vi!fyVirgiafcW^fcfl^ ^AMh^LYO^'V?^ini*. : ; MtixT<&,' White Sulpnc* fringe'"?*-; -fJ ; i ? > f : mtk r iifriiiM * ' Hon. /Hehn W. Stevenson w*Vi???g*r&tirl ^t?s?t^&^*t^^oh^ue^b^T! 1. From his inauj ?iS<^aay:-auui! .?Over htm. crnmont. Ii^?i^*it?&^}r<fc5'^ t*S%a^all* - looks to the maintenance of tbo conftti(?tto& aB ^^.ttrU*.% Pface, IR> n^trtetjc cons hatifnVlo^ly^acted: BaV'tt* iWlcutabM'j importance * fe ^the ' it of idio reserved righta of the States.- J}{ thesfe Lthojyigh^.of ,;9very ^lA|f?^J^^M/C^ : t omcstic and internal afiturs," [\ ritiljtecotjtly^questioned. Ti hob von ' a right IS frcWA lo^JrrAifttttW ?ti?ifh? ^4g*0$S& drf* lessages of our oarlier Presidents, pdostr\tcti?a ' ?f oar State Governments; bfffla 1 amuhilation of their control over the i donecrris of the pe?plo; wd?ld l??d drre^tijf; ft/s?. 'revo1?tk>u ?nd anarchy, and fiualiy-tri d^nv^ tism and military-domination.. Tn pronoVifclf* kflfcrAfdrcv *4wL the ??ieraV GoverhAent '%lr?? broacbes upon the right* of tho Stat?^s^ .8nnVor:pfoporfi?n' doea it impair its own pcftMr and' detract- from its ability to fulfil the pW-^ p<?s?f of its creation.* I -will not bcli6v61lrm^ any 'such''usnrpatiou will bo everarxenjJ?eU . upon tbo rights of Kentucky: Bu? I should ? bo 1alsb*to the sp-rit of her people %iMW*** past and present devotion id tbo Cooslituthm- " and Union of these States, if I did not sdleaini??' i'-^ hv?^ that hd such usurpation can ?^??'1^ ijaado with iinpuuity." Tbo now collector at Norfolk; Va:; Cokme! ' Seiden, rdports to Secretary JJeUulfocfa thi*(l hia investigations of the books and accounts vvt" his Hadicai predecessor disclosed a dcfaicatlS?'* if two hundred and fifty thousand dcdli*^?1 Tut nouo but "loil" trlen on the d?tpost?ljras the cry of the Radicals, and behold the result a collision betweon negroes and: soMtett? ( currod at WaUerboro' on, Tuesdayi Th? .grees fired \ipon the nobile*^ who 'dispersed Ctw i)iob and wounded one of the negroo. About ioi ty of tUc" J?tU'ir arc uudv.t rrtvt,