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THE DAILY 'Let our Juxt Censure PHONTX. Attsnd the True Event. BY J. A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1 1871. VOL. VII-NO. 102, '{fuf? I . ..iyhivr -, 1 ; . -..ij .-. ?j ?. j j i' j i i_rtfc___a__|?_i_?.d^ CLOCKS ?ltt) JEWELBY. lil O'- J? ii-Xiuiil,- i ?1? ?.i. ? ? ? ? ' ' r -l; rr*>? >_?1 i) I HAYE on-hand a eeleot_:__' ; Wau) Wbioh X wUl .dispose of at most rea eonable prlooa. Aleo; SPECTACLES to ss!& REPAIRING in my line done promptly and on good terms. ' . , , 2a door below Pnantix office, Main street. ??___ Barley I Barley !1 T>LANTERS can1 have SEED BARLEY at XT - *1.25 por bushel. Terms cash. ^>ept22 . . JOHN O. 8EEQBB8. LOOS TO 1 Y O0? INTEREST, ?et the Best ! MY line of W ATO HES is now fall and complete, and _fcthe publio may dopend pn getting vh? best ?t tho lowest possible figures, as my facilities are snob that I defy competi? tion from any market, I have also In store and constantly arriving til tho newest atylea of Ladies' Beta, in Dia? mond, Corral, Cameo. Etruscan, Qold, Jet, Ac ; elegant designs in Chains, BraooletB, Charms, Lockets, &o.; the latest and most beantitui patterns in solid Silver and heavy Plated War?- Gooda suited for bridal, holiday and other presentations. Ilepairi og in all branches, by the best work? men and at reaponablnfates. IMO ISAAC 8?LZBA0HER, . Oct^8.. i,, . ? . Oolamhia Hotel Row. . Thomwell's Collected Writings, fT~lHBOLOGIOAL and Ethical, 2 volumes, I JL embellished with Dr. Thornwell's por-1 trait.1 $-i per vo'.ame. I . Memories of Patmos. By MaoDnff. $2. The Conservative Reformation and its The? ology. By Rev. ObarleB P. Krowth, D. D. 15. The Unseen World. By Rev. Dr. Stork. $1. IB SSW NOVELS. Ber Lord and Master. By Florenoe Maryatt | Won, not Wooed. By the author of Bred in [ the Bono, &o. 50 cents. ?Terrible Temptation. By Charles Reade. Uniform edition of Graoe Aguilor's Works, such aa Mother's Recompense, Valo of Cedars, J?., at tl per volume. ..The above hooke sent to any addross, post paid, on reoeipt of price Angl DUFFIE A CHAPMAN, Booksellers. Oysters in Every Style. MY ReBtaurantis in order for the 1 'winter season, and OYSTERS and ' other Refreshments will be famish-1 ed at ohcrt notice. "Howwill yon have them, -fried, roasted or stowed?" G. DIERCKS. 'Pot SS _- ? .'. 5 THE CAROLINA HOUSE ?IS onoe more open to the publio, under the superintendence of Mr. R. BARRY. The reputation of the house will be kept _F.- ' ? __: '_August 31 Bead! Bead!! Bead!!! STATE CAPITOL RESTAURANT. '." N?ar corner Hain and Bridge Streets. dno J__ . . OY8TER8 in every style 'Roasted, Stewed, Fried and i Broiled. . Good Liquors, fine Wines, imported Cigars. N. B. Private SUPPER ROOMB. FRANKLIN & FINE. Oct 20_Propriotora j . The Cottage House Kestaurant. MR. O. H. DUHME. proprie? tor of the COTTAGE HOUSE, 1 'Washington street, next door* to Masonic Hall, desires to inform his friends that he has opened a first class RESTAU? RANT, ?nd will furnish, at short notice, OYS? TERS in every style, Boons, Game and other relishes. Call at the Cottage House and make yourself morry._Oct 22 -.Th? Exchange House. J WELL kLown as "the placo", 'whore the best of drinkables" and eatables aro furnished, is _ in : the itali tide of prosperity. The whole houao hat) been pat ia perfoot order, and tho proprietors guarantee that gneats san obtain all.ths delicacies of the season-OYSTERS, FISH, GAME, eto. :Ocfl2 . PAY8INGER & FRANKLIN. Oetfrgia' Lime ?nd Fertilizer Company DFFER their SHELL LIME to the planting public in full confidence in its excellence as,a i" JJ permanent Manure. It was extensively used the past season on Wheat, Corn and Cotton, and baB given entire satisfaction, as is shown by ? number ot certificates from tome of the best planters in Georgia and South Carolina. a Our pri?es for Fertilizing, or X Lime, is $15 per ton cash, put up in casks or barrels, de? livered in the city of Augusta or at any land ta&on tho Savannah River. Tho price of our XXX^, or Mason's Lime, is $2 per barrel, de? livered as above. J;We are Agents for the celebrated "Stonewall Cotton Fertilizer" and "Pure English Dis? solved Bone," which we receive direct from England, *nd can oner to tbe publio at re? duced pr ieee. COLES, 8IZER A CO., ?bil No. 14 MoTntoah street, Augusta, Ga. . Agont, TH08. B. CLARKSON, Columbia, 8. 0. ! _Oct 13 Gmo '"' "lotte's Victoria Tonic Bitters." KRTIRKLY VEGETABLE. For the cure of Dyspepsia, Ague and Feoer, Bilious Diseases, Oeneral Debility, .io . i ,and all Impurities of the Blood. THESE BITTE UH have now firmly esta? blished themselves in the favor of the ?molle and the medical profession. Prepared rom purely vegetable ingredients of acknow? ledged efficacy, their unrivaled and highly tonio, stimulating and prophylactic qualities peculiarly adapt them to all caaos of Goneral Debility, Nervous Prostration of tho Sys? tem, Ac. As an exoitsnt of the appetito and a whole? some aid to tho process of digestion, they will be found to be very efficacious, whilo their peculiar medical properties render them of unequaled value to those subject to Chills and Fever, Congestion, and other miasmatic diseases. Theso Bitters will bo found moat wonder? fully beneficial in all cases of Debility and Ir? regularities of Females. Wheresoever intro? duced, they become a standard article-a medicinal staple. Unlike the many noxious stimulants advertised, thoy braco and fortify the system without exciting undue cerebral action. They aro without doubt tho beet to? nio and constitutional renovator ever offered to the public MOTTE ft TARRANT, Manufacturers and Sole Proprietors, Newborry, S. C. Sold by E. H. HBINTTSH, Colombia, 8. C. Sept i0_Bm o Seed Wheat. BUSHELS ohoico RED SEED WHEAT, f r salo by K. HOPE. 75 OLiDfBANK BU.I.S and MUTILATED CURRENCY bought and sold by Nov 23 Orno D. OAMbRILL. Bro!-?r. If Yon Want 8chool Books, ?O to BRYAN * MoOARTER, who have a fresh supply of English, French. Oer? 1 man and classical SCHOOL BOOKS, also of Sohool Stationery of every description, all for sale at lowest market rates. 8ept 19 Universal Life Insurance Company WE aro desirous of securing tho service! of a half dozou aotive Canvassing Agents in South Carolina, for tho Universal Life Inatlrauee Company, of New York, with whom liberal terms will be made. Wo deBiro also reaponeiblo Local Ageuts for eaoh town ia the 8tste. M. W. OAKY, M. O. BUTLER, State Superintendents of Agencies. COLOMBIA, 8. C., September 8, 1871. ?Sept 9 ._,_ The Southern and Atlantic TELEGRAPH GO. Now Open for Buuiness. OFFICE, COLUMBIA HOTEL. 8cptU_ Seagers* Beer is Pure. r* don't contain Cococnlna Indiens F?BII Berries to mako sleepy or headache STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO., Grocers and Commission Merchants, CHARLOTTE. N. (J. . SOLICIT ordorB for COTTON. Com, Floor, Bacou, Lard, &o., and Family Groceries f;enerally. Ordersfillodcarefully and prompt? ly._;_Feb 7 lyr Every One Brinks Seegers' Beer, BECAUSE it gives strength a>ud Improves their health. March ll AFEW reasons why they should have th? | preferonce over all others: 1. Wheeler & Wilson's Hewing Machine is | much simpler than any of tho others; re? quiring less than half the amount of ma? chinery. 2. As the result of thia simplicity, thiB ma* chine is much less liable tbau tho others to got ont of repair. 3. Another reenlt of this biniplicity is greater durability. 4. Another result is lesB friction, and, con? sequently, groator ease and rapidity of mo '.iou, with less noise. 6. And greatest of all, that it uecs no Shut? tle, and makes tho lock stitch. It ia the ohoapeat to buy tho beat. Buy the I machine that nan juatly, fairly and honora? bly won a Toputation and independence j against a utroug aud bitter comp?tition. For j moro than twenty yeara has the Wheeler & Wilson not only stood tiret and foremost, but | now stands tho umivahYd Sewing Machine ol the enlightened civilized world. Boy the ma obino that baa been thus teated and proved, and then you are auro to get tho best. For sale on the easiest possible terms._ Sales? room Main street, second door below I'UXKIX office, Columbia, S. C. J. 8. PUR8LEY, Agent. A. WHYTE, General Southern Agent. June 21_Cmo [The World-Renowned Howe Sewing Machines Are the Oldest Established of Any in the World. IN range of work thia Machino canrfot be equalled. Will work equally well on thick or thin goods, from gauze tu heaviest beaver coatings, or even leather, without chango of I needle, tension or thread. We will warrant them to do thia. Our fine work ia equal to any, and our heavy work excels that of any I other machino in tho world. Ladies wishing to lut reduce tho newing into their families will find it si great aaving of time, labor and ex ponao to at once porch ne. o the beet. Persona who have tried all machines are unanimous in i declariug thia to bo tho easiest learned of any in the market. If you are prejudiced in favor [of any particular machine, at least examine THE HOWE before you purchaeo. ALFRED G. ELY, Qeueral Agent for South Carolina. Office throo doora bolow Dr. Hoinitsh'a Drug Storo, Main street, Columbia, S. C, Sept 21_ _gmo New Publications. MISS COLUMBIA'? Public 8ohool, or Will1 it Blow Over, with 72 illustrations. By I Naat. 50 cents. Aunt Jano's Hero. By author of Stepping Heavenwards. 51 {?0. Stories from Old English Poetry. $1 50. The Land of Lorne. By Robert Buchanan. Tho Witness o? Hiatory to Christ : tho Hul sean Lectures for 1870. By Hev. F. W. Far I rar, F. R. S il.50. Frondo's Second Series of Short Studies on Groat Subjects. $2 50. Philosophy of Conacioutinoaa. By Manaol. American Wonderland. By Bache, fl.50. Tho Member for Paris. By Trois-Etoilca. Travels in tho Air. Elegantly illustrated. By Jamos Glaisher, F. R. S. AL8'?, Rome new Sunday-school Library Books, now Juvenilo Booka from England, new No vela, Ac For salo at BRYAN & McCI ARTE R'S Bruiksture. For Sale. 1?\?\f\ Afin FEET LUMBER. Par AJIJWA/I JU ties eau ho supplied at I reasonable ratoB by applying to Sopt 2 J. -UN E. OYLKH, at Hope's atore. Cigars '. Cigars ! Cigars ! WE have now on baud a large atock of the following choice brands of CIGARS, which wo aro offering at low ligaren, and to which wo invite those fond of a choice Cigar to give a trial: 00 LUM BUS, Longfellow, Flor dit MatAtizia, Two Slat ora, ltegnlia Brittanies, Lu Flor do baltimore, Lord lu ron. Gold Medal, .Ve., Together with a iarge aeaortmem of low priced Cigarb Cheroots Ac. Oct 20_ _JOHN AGNEW A SON. SPECIAL. A'?Tl'.iwTIOr? given to thoool. leotion of Commercial Paper. luteroBt on State and Railroad bouda and Stocka, and Conversion of State SernrIt ice Itv Nov 23 Orno D. GAMBRILL, Broker. Address of General Jubal A. Karly. MB. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMKN OF THE SuitvivoBS* ASSOCIATION OF SOOTH G A H OLI NA-Mr FRIENDS AND COMRADES: When I accepted the invitation, so flat? teringly tendered me by your Executive Board, I was not unmindful of the fear? ful rink I inonrred, nor of the grave re Hponsibility I assumed. Had I consulted tbe dictates of prudence, I would have declined to appear, in the capacity of a public speaker, before a community which, in by-gono days, was accustomed to hang, with rapt attention, upon the words of prophetic wisdom and burning eloquence which fell from the lips ot Calhoun, Hay ne, McDuQie, the* twe Prestons, and other gifted sous of Soutt Carolina; and, especially, would I havt avoided following so soon in the track o my frieod and predecessor, General Jobi S. Preston, by whose finished and elo quent oration your hearts were thriilet j and your souls stirred to their iumos j depths at your last annual meeting, have, however, ventured to rely on tb I kind indulgence of my la'.o comrades ii I arms, trusting that they would overlool the absence of the embellishments nn< graces of oratbry, on account of the fait! I that is in me. I must, therefore, can I tion you th nt you are not to expect froi me n brilliant or captivating nddresi but must bo contented with the fran! ? outspoken sentiments and unvarnishe language of a fellow-soldier. I I will not, gentlemen, before yot undortako to enter into a vindication ( the rightfulness of tho cause for whic we fought; for that, I lake it for gr?ntet is unnecessary on this occasion, and ti task lms been performed by far abl< tongues and pens than mine. As, ho-, ever, the aotion of our respective Stab was somewhat divergent at the outset i our troubles, it may not be inappr priate for mo to say a few words to ye on that subject. You must remember that, before tl war of the revolution of 1776, Virgini without having any special grievances her own to complain of at the hands tho British Government, made coman cause with her sister colonies in tho co flict with tho mother country, then ii pending; and when that conflict WOB pi cipitated, if it was not mainly caused, the unwarranted turbnlence of tho pt plc of Massachusetts, and especially Boston, she rushed io tbo assistance Massachusetts, with men, money a supplies. She threw all her resoun into the struggle, and the war, begun the soil of Massachusetts, was, substi tinily, terminated on that of Virgin As she came ont of the revolution, \ j ginia was comparatively strong, and \ j possessed of a territory, in her o I right, sufficient for a mighty empi I She was then perfectly capable of tak care of herself. Sbc* had declared own independence, and established j separate sovereign State government I advance of the action of the Coloi Congress. Bot, ono of her sons, Jef son, was tho author of the celebre declaration by the Congress; and other, Washington, had led the am of the confederation to victory. I was, therefore, very naturally indi to foster and perpetuate tho confud tion, with the glories and triumph: which she hud been so much idoutil For the sake of hnrrnouj', and strengthen the bonds of union betta tbe States, she surrendered, witl price, the vast territory beyond j Ohio, now tho seat of five States, w' was, indisputably, hers by right. W it was fouud that the old confedera was liable to disintegration, from ii nul causes, she proposed the convoi: whose deliberations resulted in the mulion of tho Constitution of theUi States. That Constitution was i great measure tho work of her statesmen. It is true, that when it i j before ber convention, its ratifie) was obstinately resisted, and the dui ! of an abuse of its delegated powers foreseen and f orel old by some of j wisest aud most patriotic sons, fore amoug whom, wore Patrick Henry George Mason. It may not be o place to remark, here, that tho Lowndes stood almost alone, in South x^nrolina Convention, in op tion to tho Constitution, for the same reasons that governed ll Mason and their coadjutors. Tho* gie wus long and arduous in the 1 nia Convention, but the Constit was finally ratified by a majority, tl u small one. Uer groat sou, Wat ton, was unanimously elected tin President, and under his au-, pi et United States took position anion most respected nations of the worlt his farewell address, on retiring t vate life, Washington com mernie union of tho States to the care countrymen, urging them to clio cordial, habitual and immovable ti mont, to it; accustoming tbemsol think and speak of it as of the pul! of their political safety and pros; Ahl little did he think, and little < mass of bis countrymen then drem that "palladium" was but anot her v horse, bearing within itself thc a< for tho destruction of tho oolj guards of the liberties of thu peo| tho sovereign rights of thc Tbreo other most eminent sous ol uia afterwards, in succession, til office of Pres iii ont; and tho pri for which shu ever contended, fo years, with but a brief interval, pr in tho construction of tho Cons! and the administration of the govern? ment. Is it to be wondered, therefore, that, following the advice of her great aud patriotic eon, she did cherish a cordial and habitual attachment to the Union of the States? and that she was slow to re? cognize the necessity for the dissolution of that Union, of which she regarded herself the ohio" architect, and for which she had mado suoh great sacrifices? Such was tho case, gentlemen, and, etroug iu her faith in State sovereignty and the ultimate sense of justice on tho part of the people, it was hard for Vir? ginia to realize tho fact that tho masses in any portion of tho country-of what wo were accustomed to cull our common country-could bo lcd into a deliberate attempt to subvert tho principles of thc Constitution, and destroy the rights ol tho StateB and tb orties of tho peo pie, though a mischievous faction, amie high political excitement and undei strong party rule, had obtained posses sion of tho Government. Under tho in Quenco of such considerations as I hav< indicated, Virginia did struggle long auc earnestly to preserve tho Union; but tb Union for which Rho struggled was om of equal rights, equal privileges am common duties, in which thu State were to be held together by mutual obli g?tions and a cordial regard for ant strict observance of tho rights of all In her efforts in that direotion Virgini met with no corresponding sympatb from the masses nt the North, or th powers at Washington. When, at lasl she did realize the fact that the Unto Bite had so fondly cherished was to b replaced by one of force and coercioi aho shivered tho idol of her affectior and took ber stand by the sido of lu Southern sisters, with tho d?termin?t io to do battle, to tho last extremity, fe the principles she had always upheld an whioh she now perceived were involve in the ancoe8s of the confederation < seceded States. How she boro horse in the struggle which ensued it is m necessary for mo to tell you-nor is it n oessary to state how Massachusetts repa her obligations to Virginia-nor he Virginia has been compensated for h magnificent bounty to tho Union-n how the States which wore her ov daughters tnrned upon her in the ho of her trials. Can you say, gontleme that tho reluctance of Virginia to st render the Union wus an unnatural, i unreasonable one? We cnn all now II how our ancestors erred in not hccdii the warnings of Henry, and Mason, a Lowndes, und how ice erred in not I ginning the struggle to regain our int peudence long years before wo did; L it required sad experience to make tl apparent to nil of ns-some saw it soon others later. None but a Virginian c fully understand tho anguish with whi the people of that Stato recognized I fact that tho Union of their affectif, was gone forever. I must say tba fully sympathized with the people of State in their anxiety to preservo I Union, and in the anguish with wh they came to tho conclusion tb at it m be surrendered. When I did come that conclusion, I went into tho strug with my whole heart aud soul; not mt ly because I felt it to be my duty to low my Stato and my section, but cause, also, I felt that tho causo which wo wcro called on to fight was cause as well ns theirs, and beean, believed it to bo right, just and hoi and I then believed it bad been so fi tho beginning. lu that faith I have mained up to thu present time, in I faith I ?ill live and in that faith I dio, though might did prevail over r: in tho struggle. Never, during tho ? gress of tho war, did I upbraid any vooatu of secession for bringing on war; and now that our cause bas fn of success, I would leel that I was worthy to he called a man, could I bi duced to cast the responsibility of war on the original advocates of st sion. During its progress tho onl; proaoh I had for any secessionist, when I found one who was not wi]Iii fight for tho causo ho hud ndvoct und, I am sorry to say, there wore ? of that uhuruoter. Now, whon I sut who has turned ronegado, and nfllli with tho enemies of his people, I from him as I would from n loath: reptile. ti cut leinen of South Carolina, ye not rt quire, at the hands of any o vindication of tho course of your i: in inaugurating steps for tho assorti your right to self-government, enemies ami oppressors have furn tho most full und complete viudio of ull you did, not only by thu in; in which they conducted tho war by their course since its close-if indeed closed. Lot any ouo look al over this fair and ouco happy laud, tho Potomac to the Hio Grand?, view tho desolation and manifold w which have been heaped upon our pie, and ask his own heart, whether (Juro I i mt was wroug in inanifestiu unwillingness to submit to thor tho malignant, fanatic race, worst barbaric Goth, or Vandal, or Hun has proved itself capable of sueb inities. Yea, my friend:;, our enemies are day writing their own condemuati characters which cannot bo mi and which omi never bo effaced, lions abroad, and even some t North, are learning, too Into, to 1 and kuow that tho right was with This much, I, a former Union man thou sometimes coiled a snbmiseioniet have thought proper to say to jon on that head, here, at what is regarded as the fountain-head of secession, in order that we may understand each other, and that you may know that, though we traveled by routes somewhat divergent, we arrived at the same goal at last. I do not, however, wish to be understood as offering an apology for the oourse of my native Statu. Her action was dictat? ed by the purest and most patriotic mo? tives-was in accordance with ber tradi? tional policy, and was, in my opinion, such as became ber ancient fame and high career, though it did not succeed. In the war of invasion and conquest with grim irony called the war for thc preservation of the Union-which WOE mont iniquitously waged against us, .thc soldiers of South Carolina, along witt those of all the Confederate States, bor? themselves as became tho free-born som of a free-born raco, and the cause tc I which tboy bad devoted their lives. Ii I wns my fortuno to meet "in the tontee field," and amid the din of battle, man] of tho soldiers of your State-some '. meet here again, and take by tho ham with a mournful pleasure; those wh fought on other fiolds, I likewise regan os my comrades and brethren in arms, t whom I feel bound by tue kindred tie of common principles, a common strug gio, and common sufferings, though w nover met before. But nh! howman; of both classes are absent-"dead upo the field of bonorl" Comrades, in com mon with many others, I am very ofte: inclined to tbink that those who lot their lives in battle, fighting for on great canse, were far more, fortuna! than the survivors, who have lived t see tbe destruction of all tho fair hope whioh oheered their comrades in the mc monta of a glorious death. The r< flection has often come to my minc after a battle, when we were recoivin tidings of those who had fallon., an somo familiar name was. mentione among the slain-"he, at least, has bee spared the humiliation of seeing., b country enslaved, if that terrible cali mity is to befall us I". You, my friends, have, done ? well I forming this association, and I trust I soo your example followed throngboi all the late Confederate States. We o\ it to our cause, to our fallen comrade and to ourselves, to keep Ul vivid rect lection the principles for whioh 1 fought; to renew and strengthen tl friendships and associations engender? by the war; to relievo, as far as we ca the wants of the families of the fall who were left destitute, and to see tb the materials for a truthful history our struggle are furnished and preserve At tbe time of the meeting at .Hiebmon last fall, for ereoting a monument General Lee, there was a large co course of officers and soldiers of t Army of Northern Virginia, from V gin in. and elsewhere, and an "Assooiati of the Army of Northern Virginia" v formed. This association is intended embrace all those who served honorai iu that army at any time, whether bef( or after, it bore that distinctive appel tion, and who have not, by their c< duct since tho war, forfeited all claim au honorable association with tboir f mor comrades. The plan is to lu divisions in all the State from whioh 8 part of that army came, which will eludo all the Confederate States ci Maryland. A Vice-President and t assistants wero appointed for eaob Ste and I trust that you will co-operate this movement. I hopo, also, to associations formed of all tho ot armies, and that there may be a gem association of the whole, to inolndo survivors of our gallant little na This will bo tho moans of bringing getbor, in one grand Confederate ass ation, all those who fought and sufft for the same cause, whether by sei land. The ends to bo accomplished these associations will be two-fold: Fi to bring into harmonious intercourse defenders of our cause from all part tho conntry; and, second, to soe uro matorinls for a history ol* the wi struggle, without the risk of its bi disfigured by jealous bickerings or cordant views. It is necessary, my friends, that should take charge of tho history of war ou our side-wo who have a gre interest in it than ull otbors living. ] the ono Hide, our enemies aro labo to falsify aud pervert that history, tint view of easting odium on our po and damning our cause in tho estime of the world and posterity. On other side, some mero literary tyros adventurers, who not only "Never sot a mpiadron iu the field, Nor tho diviaioua of a battle know," but never heard thc whistling of a lot or tho explosion of a shell, u when safely ensconced in some bi proof or behind nu exemption, taken possession of the theme as i I pular ono, for tho purpose of mt money out of tho operation; and consequence bas boon that there i "Southern Histories of tho War' ! "Lives of General Leo," in nbundui I each ooo of which is tho "only nu th 1 out'," and baa the "sanction of al leading Confederate Generals"-th iu tho titlo pages; I have seon ono i lias tried two, if not three, titlo { From this litter class of historian biographers wo aro in moro dango! from our enemies. In their auxi I ? IM>llA^J4>|ll.^j_^Llj|JLJJJli? blacken the character of our soldiers and people' and Tfingnify that - of theirs; our enemies very often over-reach them-: eel vea, and tell inch monstrously absurd and improbable stories, that no oue of 'common discernment wm beitevo them j whereas, in the absence of the gen nine' coin, the spurious issue of the- pseudo historians and biographers of the South ' passes carrent, especially among foreign? ' era, and even some of our own people are taken in by it. ?j We mast weed on? all thia trash, and it han be dons'es! j bj - oorJoert and united aotion. Many of th? efforts of oar enemies to falsify the truth of history, as they appear iu their offi? cial reports, their histories, and the very ' voluminous reports of tho committee-, on the conduct of tbe war, with tho accom? panying testimony, are Very amusing; and in their attempts td avoid the dis? grace of the nu morons defeats of their armies, Federal' commandera have, un? wittingly, paid the very highest possible* compliments to'the valor of oar men, Thoro was scarce a battle in Virginia, or the West, or South-west, in which, ac? cording to their showing, they did not have to encon?te? overwhsltnift'^ TBUP?-. bera. Wheu the fatare student of his? tory cornea to examine the document? whioh oar enemies hare prepared for the parp?se of misleading him, and sees' that nearly everywhere the Confed?rate': Government, with a population of only 5<000,000 of whites to draw from, coala almost always pat-into the'field over?' whelming numbers, against tho Govern? ment at Washington, whioh had a popu? lation of about 22,000,000 to draw from, he mnst como to the conclusion that the Southern people were nearly all men? and the Northerners nearly all women, or that their men were of a very inferior order of non-combatants; and he will ? doubtless arrive at the farther conclu? sion-whioh, for other reasons, would not be an unwarranted one-*-that had it not been for the Germans, Irish, Oana- . diane and negroes whioh the North en? listed in its armies, it would have fared bat badly in the contest, ai* To illustrate the characteristic dis tiotions between the Confederate and Northern officers and soldiers, aa well as to show how Northern commanders at? tempted to account for their reverses, I will oall your attention to some of the operations of tbe Army of Northern Vir? ginia, in connection with the statements of onr opponents; and I treat I will- not weary you by so doing. I confine my? self to that army, because I was familiar with its operations, and not with ' those of the other armies.. Daring the fall of 1861 and winter of 1861-2, General John- , ston's army, ut tho time of Ball Ban, was always under 50,000, and daring a part of the time under 40.000. At the . close of February, 1862, his whole com? mand, including the troops in the valley, at Leesbnrg, and on the l'otomao below, amounted to 47,617 for dnty. McClellan, in bis report, dated the 4tb of August, 1863, gives General Johnston's forceas follows: "At Manaasos, Centreville, Bnll Run, Upper Occoquan and vicinity, 80,000; at Brooks' Station, Dumfries, Lower Oocoquan and vicinity, 18,000; at Lees? bnrg and vioinity, 4,500; in tba Shenan? doah Valley, 13,000-total 115,000; about 300 field pieces and from 26 to 80 siege gnna." He gives his own strength as follows: "15th October, 1861,133,201 for duty; *** * ***? 1st February, 1862, 190,806; 1st Marob, 1862, 193,142." These figures included some troops in Maryland and Delaware, but the great bulk was on the Potomac, and nil the re? mainder in easy call. General,Johnston evacuated Manassas on the 8th of Maroh. McClellan, in two or three days, marched up and captured some Quaker guns and the empty breastworks; and then moved by water to the Penin? sula, where the bulk of his army, after leaving 40,000 or 5 J,000 men for the d?? fonce of Washington, landed in the first part of April. Magruder then had about 7,000 mea, with whom he fell back to Yorktown and the line of War wink River. McClellan moved up to the front of this position, and commenced a siege by grudnal approaches, on a lino from twelve to fifteen miles in length, held by Magruder's small force. That foroe wa? soon increased to 12,000, by eoinu rc-in forcements from tho .South side of James River. On the 7th of April, McClellan states that ho bad 85,000 effective men, ? and in a letter of that date, contained in. hiB report, he says: "AU' tba prisoners state that General J. E. Johnston ar? rived at Yorktown, yesterday, with strong re-inforcements. It seems clear that I shall have the whole force of the enemy on my hands-probably not lesa 100,000 men, probably more." All tho foroe thon confronting bim on that long lino consisted of Magruder's 12,000 men. My division, the first from Johnston's array, arrived on the 8th and 9th. and was 8,000 strong. Some two weeks afterward, two other divisions of Johnston's army arrived, as also tho troops whioh bad been at Leesburg and Froderickaburg. The whole force, in? cluding Magruder's, did not then reach 50,000. You must kuow that there were? constant skirmishing and artillery firing; between the two forces, from the begin? ning, and that before the arrival of th?. main body of Johnston's army McClel? lan wade one or two assaults on parts of the linc-yot that little foroe stood there, defiantly, in front of hiB large army, which bad very soon increased to over 100,000. Gen. Johnston evacuated this line, thc battles of Williamsburg and Seven Pinos occurred, and he was wound? ed at tho-latter. Gen. Lee was then as? signed to the command of the army, which was given tho name of the "Army of Northern Virginia," afterwards ren? dered RO famous, McClellan's army, according to bia re? port, amounted, on the 20th of June, 1862, to 105,825 officers and men for duty, and ho had a very large train of siege and field guns. When General Leo took command of tho army, he found tho Oonfcdorato capital bolengured,