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**. % . V There are some mg? calling* tliAn se)|ee
* * l%al{vbeherii!g them^vesto-be patriots*
# # , '-who appear yet to Be ignorant of tke-en'ef
x.* my whose band has been fon tie la$t |wqM
w years*seeking the throat* ? the *natioh.,
" , Thongh battle has filled the land' frith 1
' gbastfy wounds ; thongh. disease ha# burV
' ' <Jened the air tSth ^ro?8s ; though* taxea#
and depreciation have taken a4enth of our
? * incomes and robWd^tke poor maiT for the
* ^ext gen^atkfh of an houf 6f *eacl^ day'a
ji toil; thye are still those who dfchide Qffemi
selves into theJi)Qlief that Liberty and Op- <
'[g , pre6si9n.(^an yfet kiss and be friends;*
i Thev "forget, or j>ever knew,. that* the foe
~ wive struggling with is tljiS same demon
who rsi Pharoah to grind beneath his
' heel thelsnielf&es; who inspired the yer*
senators of t^e martyrs; whb founded th-*
I qnisitioM; and who^cufeoll America with
' <j?sky bondsmen torn from'Afri^yggjrste*
. jfious >h$re. Slowly has tho nation w&Sed
to a-knowle^ge ofjher foe. *"fiurater star..
tied her from her c^ep dPeam of p^ee,
bat scarcely coasoiona that %be was at
9 WekSoT thinking itimigH^be but a dream,
her ^rngglk had' all the sftehpof ^
' %0 / nightmare. jttantslas, ShilohfrFaii^paks,
^eaJBid^e, ^ltietara, aiftt Fredeticksburg,
44 peopling the 'concave witiu*ascsnding
. * spirits," were required *to fully tteqjiaint
? % . her with her enemy. She sees and knows
/% *j him now^gand shall- sh^ hold her hand before
bejie< bea^alh her f?et pJone in the
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* Can Spy safte Man stfllprije about4 4 ouP
, ^etlirdb',7 '^#oilfci^afcion),'< * jtalfimanic
* ' -orrtrrl* " ntn ? -la iharA .hsraA hrif^n
thetestraotion, of'the
* foe? None. TJis Vs&ads of s&ver^
strike down every soil ? a free mother If
| we do not. kill their* idpl. ?et nqt ous.
,V?' * a^jnftrea JttKht to the of oturwlaVgfct^red
hei^s and ^7 they fell for naught.
' * - I>et us indeed ftri$e hands, but, let our ,
oath bo never to sheathe the sword until
the gerjcn planted iu^ 17^P, whose roots
-K were jjodrfcfyedjbv fee blooc^ oh patriots,
has prochieed a tr^. under whos^branckes
m^Q of alynatiopg, ealprs and creeds, mV.j^
^ repodl, secure |he recognition tff {lose
% rights which;fi^hfire to the whofe brother- j
* hood of*man, based upon the comnfen ft-)
? ft^rhood of Godf
Jeff. Davis having exhibited" tar his*
_ ^Hfftplein the soufeefu-#confederacy their (
Unsatisfactory prospects for a supply eft
1 provisions, during*the conning ae^ean^t*
*be- amiss to show i^ern how we of
ihenerth staiM in regard to sopae-pf our
t artjeles of ocnsujnpfeDii. The receipts of
# bi^dstufts at four o? thetpiinoigial lakeChicSga,
Milwaukee, Toledo" and '
" ^>etrdit?compare as follows Vith
\ * flie receipts of 1861s: * *
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%*W!o?r, twreto .*..^....3,414,?? 1,13^736 1
# * Wheat, basHtb..... 17S.399 4*,876j3*
9 ' -Corn,^tsbels, ^,82?,747 ^*"*31,86?, 423
t, <t And from the' annual reports of the 1
* ndmber o^ogs packed in tile west daring
p these tw<^ vej^s we take th^ knowing figv;
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it^Tbe next #c<fogje?donal house <of
* 1 representative^ now dhpods, nnion, eighty-1
fire, democratic, seaenty-four* Vermont,
* ' ?Wfaoonsint Oattfomla, and WMl Virginia
%%id ten^o the nhibn s^de, and Ken
k * 'J' itack antj Ma^ylaaad /^-e*fc| el^ht sixteen'
. 4 others wbti will poobabi^ be divided, po *
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# 1^* OonTederate scrip put up at.
anctiAn in Halifax, N. S., on to 10th
. uast., by Jo\pi D. '.Nash, k Co., arirf the
i only trfd that cpulfi "be obtained forit teas j
toor bents a pound:* Half the price of old
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^ Treatment at ^riiyieri ?( lTftr. m
4*>vr that the pokey of ?the goverain^at j
to employ black?troops p Motive service is
defiijiifllf Mtab&shod} i^.becdm^ i^yefy
s^$questt0*\Aat steps ar?to betaken
*forvt&eip protection.. .The proclamation;
Zi the oonfe<ie*tte psesidejitpemaihs unrevoked-,
wher?b^ he downed to a flop's
dbath any officer of W%c&-froojjB,?\piip'
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migni oe ?iKen j)06cmer, ana puis.oHtsiap .
the aioeriiti&'of^ ciplize^varfcre.tti. cof- *
ored soldiers themselves: A .recent, act of
the fel^^fthngre?tf doom^-ljb slavery -all*'
black prisonep captured, whether c boia
free men -or. ex-staves. * The colored feef.vjnts?free
^itc^oe of AIassachq^t%-^
edptared ^trXhdvCston, were re&ueed to
Slavery/ "The black teAmetors'captii^^tJ i
hlujfreedboro were . butchered- in * eoi'd
'blood. tfo retaliation <u> ewen protest
from our mlljlaiy*^aathoritids#lias-eviei^'
been heard. Nojf we are hdhrtiiy ^fthiror *
of drafting the nfegroes and uaing'them as
we would any other meanVj^ptit tlown
the rebellion; bofwe^inakt at the samp
time thatihey shan'be traced fairly." /tVe.
cfangt^eliove tb^fc qU? gotprnA^lhd^uld
be so mean and cowardly as pj forclSinen^
Into-its sareico, expose tftem to the chancer
of battler, abd then desert thejn .to the
doom threatened' i>$ the -rebel president.
The moment a negrb^ehouldets. d mueket?
he jis investe^. with ^eye^yv-military ri^hfc
which belpngs to -the white ^oldier.^ He4is !
entitled to *all the -safegrrtirds whiph- girrropnd
his white comihder 'Aeofficers-of
^nr colored regiments demand protection
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IU? vueiiptuve? i^iu lut-u rntru. ikjfinuuui
do'to delay it .any longer, '.?e>me action'
.ouglit to be by th* government but.
failirfg-tlmt, ife.caK^on General Hunter;,J
^ho 'baa'- been" especially mentioned in
Davy' proc^dnation, to take actiOh ontbe
subject himself..^has nowm his hands
some excellent hostages.. The members
fthe^gef>bf troofb receut^.taken ort ^d-4P
isto are .just the kinel of gentry to hold m
sureties; that ojux -bhw'k spldiera /ure not
subjected to r^)el barbarifv. Let * Gen. ,
fchinfe^ct at onctTofrfclrisdfaportaitf^b- *
ject and be will save tiimself and the
country tBfe tronme of settling it when it
is too late %> beifefifc the victims ot $elay. ,,
.? 3?*.Capt. Gceenloaf- is determined to'
eajrn that monument. The wells of Beau-*
ftrt, have, during# the durrent- week re#
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oeived his ai mention. By means of an old
fire engine he has had several pumped ?Jit
and thoroughly cleaned. Some' of our 1
residAfe were slightly astonished perceiving
that thej had been imbibing a decxx^icn
of old hats, .pups, well-^orn boftts,
cats, crockery, tin pans, vegetables^ sec;
ond hand clothing, ?t?., ate. . . . ,
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Our frieflti, Barnard K- Lee^ returned
on tho^Arctgo, and enters at* opce
upon his duties as post master at Hilton
Head. -His hosts oJ friends in this depart- r
ment have no fears hat that he will pake
a model ofecer. Coming here 'with the
original expedition, he has filled several
honorable positions, and has had the conce'ofeveiy
commanding general,; In
hia^ew office he will doubtl^s perform i
his yrSuous duties in a way to earn golden
opinions from all sorts of mei. _
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The dWgo yjoxirrtnl says ffiat i
social arrangfenfenthasbeen gotten up be-,
t waan our'soldiers and* the^pecesh women
of Xk>iin&iy ?The soldiete g$fc .to
c<?ur&ng,tbe women, jpad when a m^chia ,
struftk up, they get married in regular
style,-With* the condition' " while the war
lasts)". S<hnejfcyenty of our soldienrhove
^n^ered into the arrarlgpmeiit lately. If
domestic quarrels are*eferred toj sjfch a
contract ao^t diffti nyich ftojh th'd usual
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* |#"*The N. Y'^tVarid, ateuling oopper^ad
journal,- went dut oi its way^ recently,
to compliment the rebel Beauregard
for his defense of Charleston harbon hut
hads not a wqjfl to say vi honor oi the gallant
Ddpont and the other noble seamen
. thatetood the test, *o bravely,-?of Beahre>gard'i
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/ '*LAtff!HAijiE Mi^AKe*"?On-,a q^et
evening iq Afajs say abortf'.thp 10 the pt
one^i<orl?i?befdhj ele^e^* ^fle guard of
tjiis j^aceful. village' ira^, startled ?>y fee *!
discHarge**^ "* "intskpt reverberating
the (piiet ah^-furfybver the' stiff
waters," joaysin^ th"? \agile^t Sentin^ to
grasp* his musket'vwigh ^Aly and' th^4
RjeepingHo strict froii 'their'^ljjftibers #affri?lited?\&
visiofi^ 6f-bloodthirsty rebels '
dawned -upoti their 'awakening vfaAltiee.
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Th?f{juafd soon as go t tain ?d .,t clis-.
oi^ar&o occurred *iu tlie vicinity of & hofcse
occupted by a'timid bUt respectable negro-"
mail bx*he.npme.'of Jongs with hid'iami>
iy. Oa, -previous .occasions tliis Jhap'a
hgbsetyri been broken into by soldiers to *
thp great alarm of this eolored man and
bis colored faAily, and be bad been in-'
Spited if it occurred ^ain, to fire at
mtrudeiis, and-Was ftirfushed with a mhsfcet
for that-panose. -When t}ie guard
arrived at 'eorwf house be seemed very
much alarmed? and stated that two mem
liad brokei in^tnthV^r^ up'slalr^f *' ^ *
The 'fattbfoj. .?settiiieis' proceeded :up*
sta^S and found, not * ftfo? /but'jhe
garments of^oce ?yi*? tinder th? bed.
They sArcfted,up stairs,'"ioum stairs, -and
tbrqjighitho'iadies' .cjpnttbc^, 'bt& could
find no, Q^rnc^ <hfd ,WU ?on^uded that:
poor Jones was^ a'li&Je^to^diad/wi 4adJ
soen'^Tghbst; .and that\he full Vuit of officers.
clothing was a ceiftribiitidh- from the
Freedihens' Relief Association. But poor
Jorfe^was no believer in*ghosts and insisted
sq^tputly Jfchat the robber (?) was up
stairs, that hi* faithhd friends\he sentinel^
inade anothqj search, that tftne wilji more
Success.. TMby foimti thbtffche' eup^osepl i
?li?i.i4oKla 'mff r!f /* 1 r. 4-1. . nar tro fl frAm !
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fclje at)ofle?nentihned ftssooiation, TSe-.'
loaded t<J a j>er^u \fW ^Us standuig outside
of the. chamber -window, qp. ft1 littlli
ppizza which had escaped the sentinel^ in
their fyst search, fcnprudei^ly iipoaing
liifeself to the night air rin^xrotecjed* from
its 'dampness. Tlid^room which ffds
doi^hty ^io^alier bad bo' laughably mis^
tak^h lor his o#*n,* was dbcapiec^ by fe^
m tips d the colored^pejjiiasio^ belong*
nig toihe TamilJ^f the watchful and* fer'
rifi#Kl Jfr/Jones.
compassion upon^ tha* unpirotectecr oandit*m^f^he
ahiveriitg. Don- -allowed
him to resiuija his clothes a$d to&k hyn
into custody. Uj^pn his ppotjuoing a^pass
staling thaQfe yvasah.oihcer of high ^nkfc
from HiltdbHead, he was released.*
" .If any fitnny individu?J .who fojjd of.
a jgfce, wohld like to puwftie' .this one to
the 'extent of "finding ouT All ab^ut t^a
principle#hero of this romantic
they etui* obtain further particulars f>y iitguiring
of a lady, a union refugee, *
sailed,fpj*New York in Ibel^at tpp of'the
steaqier Arago, or of l^L. .Jones thej coJ^
man : it can only Se said here, as it
is not perfectly self-evident, that he is
white man, or passes fpr one.
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A bill is before the rebel congress
providing for on election of the members
of the next hoAse.of ^epresentatives^by
general'.ticket? T^thi latfr. shonl&%pase$'
the congressmen would be elected in the
same bianner tlyit prefidentiabelectolis core
n?w chosen, the same Ken wing,yofcecf
for ti^oughopt the %tate> The abject of
changing the laf is to. securj a"fnl}^ representation
from each Mbel.btata; whereas,
up^fer fisting, regAtions, all Western
Virginia, and Ihe three, bounties "bn the
eaftern shore, together tritfe two ^district*
in Kprtti Carolina, tjiree in Louisiana
*ih Tennessee and 00$. htf "FloriA,
would bo unyprepeaited, hecnnkt no plec&m?,oonld.fr&
held in tffose seofiigs,
. the^mei; whcf kneoHiaged
(he brf^d riot' in Bichmoad, on the ^
"iijet., ww iJr^T^omW M." Palmer, whe
was 9. member from ^VeffAwinn Vnrnitv in
Florida pcpjeotion thatt*4too^Kat
state out of the "Jj-oion." Since the breaJ^"
iy g out of the rebellion he has beafcip tlic
fervioe d| the/K)nfederadyr. He in iJby^ a
; prisoner in BicM^xond. * a
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Kecro" Soldiers anit the Rebels.?In
"the reBat house of,representatives, the fol- *}
t lowing pr^amV)le ahd resolution have been
ia^ted: ? .
Whem as, Informaii^h has reached this
<3fagress of'the pagsagXoy the congress at
. Yvishington, D,. C.> of a bill for the enlist lnont%of
negroes as -so^lijrs in the armies
"of the X%itpd Which are to be eirgatfed
in tfca further invasion of the confederate
gtates of Americ&; and wnereas, '
fha pqn^titutioa of both the confederate ,
states mi cf the IJnit^ States recognih
Africans a*d theiir 'deacemlants as prop
^ ert^ ^.nd whereas, *e cannot cfcnseat to
.any change in their political ?tatus and
coidit*?n> therefore,
; " Rebutted, That the committee* on the *
r jh'dieial^e'Jhstrncred to inquire if to' the *N
! expe<5en% erf briflgihg in a bill providing
fch$ proper jp^isone 'for the dispositiefcj of
nil ripr>hrv?s 0* m m*I h>tops whrvrmiv bp prnv
tiyrrfd M)jft .enemy, mfch manner-. .
I that thosd of them wlfctfe fdgitiveg from
! theft- toasters- may be retained to their *V
rightful owners, an* those for whom'no
masters: can be .found shall be sold into
perpetual bondage for the prirpose of raising
a fund ia reimburse citizens of this- - f
eoilfcdefcmy who ha|% l(5&W^teir property 'v
I pj reason of interference therewith of the
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ISa?" dames B. CAfcy, 6on of the great
Ashland oiat$r, is colonel of one of the
rebel rsgimenfb. attaj^ied to Humphrey
Marshall'^ eommAid. JCoL Clay was once
a member of-the federal ^ongress, but was
.never noted fojJknythip^e^rec^t the tear- ?
iag <fown *f his mansion, and
$iayjng. the laeams *ahd rafters mamifac,
tared into walling^atnes, which he peddled
out at.$vi dolors, aach. ? ;
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' 'f #.iK%yVfry in Loultiana, ^
Aefhma^?iaiBn*e(Ktorial of Saturday, in
^ which *w% referred \o slavery as having \ *
"been. abolWhed in 'Louisiana, has been*
crHirised ?s j*ftsorr?$fo We meant simply
that by thal^residlnfc's proclamation the *
instifoti^is^abo'lished* except in certain 1
specified parishes; andHn these parishes
^hoBySten) is-virtually4dead,'not because
of anVproplamation,4tmt because the re- ,
bellion nas caufp^?*su^pension of the civil
Itws iji Louisiana, *atid the military has
nn ftuthoiit v^to retrurn a slave to his mas- - 1
ter. * Consequently tffc
power to enforc^me- Tabor of his slaves,
>aiid?a\^iy, ba#ed a%it i? upoiuthe law of . ! '
. !orceft?#deaiI without it;-it is liKe Jhe play ' i.
' of T^amlet with ft? Prince's Dart omitted. -
At tl^saipc th?e?th^egal claim of th? :
maatertd his -staves has not been invalidated'
in the^payiplles escorted by the
Pre^IdeAt'^proalama^ipn. The's^ate having
cope into ?eb<4h<m, put out of "its own
hands the pojynr to 3nA>rce slave labor,
and hpncenve inferred to the system as
q^Qlisbed. * Ifris nol legally abojished in
New ?fUans ar^ o t^er parishes; but it is
jirtually abolished^ hK the" acts of the peoj>lq*them^lve?.?EmT'\
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A corkispondenV -writer from Vicks- *
Burg that tlotir # is #V; sfearoe among the
lrebeJ& theri^ they pall it the dust of
hea^n. ffces, iVfhnst ,be ao^e precious
.thaivgolcl dust. Mahomet told his follow?
etB that the iroil of the wev^nth heaven was. .
njade of the #heSt wbCatea flour, and we
h^ye no doubt than the lank and lariterajawed
rebels, as they khaw their corndodgers,
saltless and lardless, dream that
the plains of the free north are strewn
with the finest wheaten fionr, and that its
mighty rivers flow with milk and honey-ru
Sweet field! beyond Ohio's flood ,
Stand drewed iajbying green,
. So to the .Jeiro 6W Canaan stood,
'.While Jordwyrolled Bet^ctn."-:
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It id piiated ol fee .late Gen. Sumner
thai^UB faToritcraaughter, the wife of CoL
Lom of the r?bd'&rfaiy, not long since
yrott fromwifeinth^ rebel lines to her
piother iiv Washington, for some small
4 chilcUfcnls'shoes, a few needles, <fcc., which
she oould^not obtain where she was. The
request bttiqg laidfjj^fore ner father, he
prtmpfljfo^bic^the request, preferring
to leave her vh?> was cmce the darling of
^n^heant to the cohsfequencee of the trea fen
with which she>had unfortunately became
* -identified, rafter than encourage J
A contraband trade.
' S\aeUung of Womei^s Loyal Leagues
; knoj.y,*any three young ladies are equal to
it, ^?Fo!?a missel as _ good 'as a mile, and, ||
?4bourse, misses are as good as a I
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? Severn* peRtions having been presented)
Oto t^e Pennsylvania legislature against the
immi(g?aR%i of negros, one Mr. McClel-j r
lan, pr^senti* remonstrance against allow-j j
1 ing red-haired persons to become so nxtj :
merous in the state.* II
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