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‘riiisiay, sept. 15, 1863.

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Norwalk,
Lee Urged to Advance to Help
the Democracy.

LET HONEST MEN READ!

From among the file of Richmond papers
received the past week, is a mm of the Rich-
mond Enquirer, of Sept. 7th, containing the
following significant appeal for and in be-
half of the “peace party” of the North. If
honest men, who have hitherto acted with
the so called democratic party are not stone
b1ind,they cannot fail to see the last desper-
ate hope of the rebellion lies in the success
of the peace democracy. Here is a deliberate
and urgent appeal to a great army to rav-
age and plunder our peaceful homes—mur-
der our citizens and all to aid into power the
“Democratic Party.” Should not every
man with the least spark of patriotism-'in his
heart, indignantly repell all sympathy and
association with any and every political or-
ganization, promising such aid and comfort
to the enemies of his country. But hear
our rebel cotcmporary :—

“THE ROAD To PEACE.”
[The Richmond Enquirer, Sept 7.]

The approaching session of the United
States Congress will be one of no ordina-
ry interest. During its deliberation, the
Presidential campaign of 1864 will be
marked out. Political parties will in the
next session of Congress, arrange the
platform of principles that each will ad~
vocate before the people, as well as nu-
mask the gross corruptions that the war
has produced. The contest for the Speak-
ership of the House of Representatives,
will be one of great excitement ; if the
Democrats are successful, their Speaker
will have the arrangement and appoint-
ment of the various committees which'
prepare business for the House as well as
of all those investigating committees on
the conduct of the war, the corruption of
contracts, the suppression of newspapers,
and the arrest and imprisonment of indi-
viduals.

The reports of these committees will
form the groundwork of the next Presi-
dential campaign. Should Meade be

driven into Washington, and the capital
of the United States he beleagured by
the Confederate army, the conduct of the
war will receive a blew from which nei-
ther Vicksburg nor Port Hudson can re-
lieve it. If the administration should find
its army in the third year of the war shut
up in Washington, Mr Lincoln’s message
would be deprived of all its glorification
over the summers campaign. His man-
agement of military affairs will stand a
confessed failure, and his unfitness for the
position of Commander-in-Chicf will
become patent to every man. Of what
avail Will the capture of Vicksburg and
Port Hudson, the repulse at Gettysburg
and the siege of Charleston prove, if
Meade, driven into Washington, is una-
ble to l'es'cue the capital from the insults
of a beleagueriug army? In vain will
Halleck point to Grant, Banks, and Gill-
more, if the Army of the Potomac is for-
ced to crouch under the fortifications of
Washington, and eower before the ad-
vance of Lee. The friends of McClellan
will assail the administration for more
shameful failures than those for which he
was dismissed ; they will point to the be-
sieging army, and ask for the proofs of .
the victory at Gettysburg; they will en-
quire into the “escape”. of Lee ,- and,
parading the Administration, acCounts of
the battle of Gettysburg, ask. why Lee
was not bagged ? Meade beseiged in
Washington will be incontrovertible evi—
dence of the falsehoods perpetrated upon
the public.

Should Gen. Lee cross into Maryland,
the embarassments of Lincoln would in-
crease; his “victorious” army, unable to
take the field and attempt the repetition
of Sharpsburg and Gettysburg, would be
compelled to remain in Washington, while
Gen. Lee marched whithersoever he wish-
ed in Maryland or Pennsylvania.

The success of the Democratic party
would beno longer doubtful should Gen.
Lee once more advance on Meade Parties
in the United States are so nearly balanc-

~ed that the least advantage thrown in fa.-
oor of one 'will insure its success. Should
the Confederate army remain quiescent
on the banks of the Rappahaunock, the
boastful lraggadocio of Yankee reports
will be coufirmed, and Lincoln and Hal-
leck will point. in triumph to the. crippled
condition of the Confederate army as con-
firmation of the great victory won in Penn
sylvanla. The Democrats, unable to gain
any such evidence, will be: constrained to on-
tcr the contest for Speakership shorn of the.
principal part of their strength the dis-
graceful mismanagement und conduct of
the war. .

General Lee must turn politician as
well as warrior, and we believe that he
will prove the most successful politician
the Confederacy ever produced. He may
so more and direct his army as to produce
POLITICAL RESULTS which, in their bearing
upon this war, will prove more {factual
than the bloodiest victories. Let him drive
Meade into Washington, and he will
again raise the spirits tn“ the Democrals,
confirm their timid, and give confidence to
their wavering. I‘Ie will emdolden the

' PEACE man should he again cross the
Potomac, for he will show the people of
5 Pennsylvania how little security they have
from'Lincolu for the protection of their
homes. It, matters not whether the ad
vance be madefor purposes of permanent
'occupatiougor simply for a grand raid;
it will demonstrate that in the third year
of the war, they are so far from the sub.
jngation of the Confederate States that
the defence of Maryland and Pennsylva-
nia has re? been secured.

A fall campaign into Pennsylvania,
wilhvlhc hands of our soldiers nnilcd, not
for indiscriminate plunder~~dem0rulizing
fld undiscipliuing the army—'lnt n
dampaign for a systematic and organizid
retaliation and punishment, would arouse
the popular mind to the uncertainty and
insecurity of Pennsylvania. This would
react upon the representatives in Con-
gress, strengthening the Democrats, and
mollifying even to the hard shell of fana-
ticism itself.

The damages which the last campaign
inflicted, if augmented by another this

. fall. when presented to the Lincoln Gov-

' ernment, would, unless paid, greatly ex-
asperate the people against an Adminis-
tration which neither defends the State,
nor reimburses its citizens for losses which
its own imlecility has produced. And if‘
the damtgn are paid the debt is increas-
ed, the fans raised, and the burdens im-
posed will accomplish the same end.

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. aspect before the people of Penn-
sylvania- that noththstrudiug they have
opt. -.'. .Lo Misfissippi, and are beseiging
and threatening East Ten-
, ..uu Georgia, and Alabama. that,
notwithstanding all this, Pennsylvania is
no s‘t om invasion, and Washington
city is again beleagured in this third
year of the war. The r' "’ to peace lies
throng}. fcnrnsylvuniu o2 'oshinglon.
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The Draft f1. -.' Norwalk.

The “lottery wheel,” was started for N or-
Walk on Saturday last, and resulted, as is
apt to he the case, in selecting many “ nice
young men,” as the special favorites of for-
tune. There were quite a number of citi-
zens present from this and theadjoiuing
town of New Canaan—the utmost good feel-
ing prevailing throughout the entire drawing.
The wheel was turned and names drawn by
selcctmen Quintard, Hanford, and A. '11.
Camp, for Norwalk and selectnian, Wm. H.
Waring of New Canaan. The ,“conscript
fathers” and conscript sons took the matter
of their onward boost to fame in 'a most
philosophical and hilarious mood, and we
hear that a “ ti'iumphal procession” is in
contemplation, in order to incite the,cnvy,
and admiration of their less favored mor-
tals, prior to going t6 Bridgeport to don their
“soldier clothes.” Among those drawn were
United States Tax Assessor Camp, Cashier
Miller, Assistant Post Master Wilcox; of
South Norwalk, our Junior, J. B. Ells of the
Gazette, “mine host” Brewster of the Nor-
walk Hotel, Doty, of the firm of Morris&
Doty, Gazette Building, J 03. F. Foote, E. P.
Weed. J as. Lynes, Joe Godfrey, Edwin Mer-
rills, with many others not unknown to local
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New Canaan
Seventyzfour were drawn, the wheel of fate
running very much after the manner of N or-
walk in its choice selection of victims. Our
neighbors were specially favored, as the re-
sult proves, in being drawn with this town,
although upon every principle of justice,
“each tub should stand on its own bottom.”
Special efforts 'were made by the Provost
Marshal to secure a divorce of the towns in
the drawing, but the petition was denied at
head-Quarters. The result turns out to be,
that New Canaan has two men less than
would have been drawn from her seperately,
and Norwalk has to make good the deficien-
cy, amost gratifying result, in view of the
feeling of apprehension hitherto existing in
that town.

“ Why should we mourn conscripted friends,
0r quake at Draft's alarm?
’Tis but the voice that Ab’ram sends
To make us shoulder arms !"
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.“ Sleeps another Brave.” ,
George F. Marvin, a member of the Ct. 28th,
one of our Norwalk boys whovolunteered in
thedesperate charge upon the fortifications at
Port Hudson, died On Friday last. He had
lost an arm in the service, and had Only
strength to reach his home and give up his
young life for his country. ~
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, The County Fair '
Is soon to inaugurate its Autumnal glories
and fascinations atDan‘bIny. We do not hear
that our farmers hereabouts are making their
wonted efforts to add to. its attractiveness.
Norwalk farmers are hard to beat when they
start out and We hope to see them looking to
their laurels.

 

 

 

 

 

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FOLLY IsLAND, S. 0. Sop. 7th,-1863.

DEAR GAZETTE—Fort: Wagner was evaua-
ted last night by the Rebels! The 47th N.
Y. were the first troops to enter, and found
four wounded Rebs. The “ darkies” had
undermined the fort, so that in twenty-four
hours more they could have blown them
“sky high.” F. A. Rockwell of Ridgefield,
leaves here for home to-morrow and will
take our letters. All looking forward to the
rc-occupying of Sumter, and confident that
the “old flag” will wave ‘ over it: inside of
three days. The chaplain tendered his res-
ignation today, if accepted he will call and
see you on his way home. ‘
Yours in haste,
.‘Qp.
Montgomery’s _Paper.

Mr. F. Montgomery has in contemplation ,
the starting of a Union paper at Vicksburg,

as heretofore announced by us. Subscrip-

tions for the same may be left at the Bank

of Norwalh, from whence they will be

promptly forwarded. ‘ '

 

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Brigade Encampmentl.
The New Haven Courier says it has been
decided to have two , Brigade Encampments
of the State Militia this fall, one at New
Haven and the other at Hartford, probably.
Col. Prentiss is senior oflicer in the lat Brig-
ade and Col. Guyer in the 2d. There are
but few companies yet organized, but the
encampment will give an impulse to the
militia thatwill materially assist in filling
up the ranks.

 

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PATENT DECISION.—The important patent
case of the Union Manufacturing Company
as Lounsberry, Bisselldc 00., of Norwalk, in-
volving the right to use certain machinery
in the manufacture of felt cloths, has been
decidcd‘by Judge Shipman, in the United
States Court, for the defendents.
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Ridgefield Fair.

Our Ridgefield friends hold their' town
fair Sept. 30th, Oct. 1st and 2d—following im-
mediately after’ our County Exhibition at
Danbury. The Wheeler & Wilson Band of
Bridgeport, are‘to furnish the music,and our
County Fair friends Wlll have to look well
to their laurels that they be not show by our
enterprising neighbors of Ridgefield. .

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WA Fair held the past. week, in Dan-
bury, for the benefit of Sick and Wounded
Soldiers. The net proceeds will amount to
about $1,000.

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WStcplien II. Smith, Esq, son of Capt.
Henry \V. Smith, has purchased the “ old
Betts Place” recently occupied by John G.
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Chattanooga was the result of Gen. Rose-
craus‘ strategy. His plan consisted in ma-
king demonstrations on their front witlia
part of his army, while he moved on their
line of communication and retreat with the
other. The flanking column crossed the
river on the 2d and 3d lusts. and the right of
the army is now said to be within 50 miles of
Rome, Ga. This movement compelled a
hurried retreat on the part, of Bragg and he
hardly escaped.

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W Reverdy Johnson made an address at
Saratoga on Friday, at the close of the Coun-
ty Fair. On the state of the nation, he said
the government must be sustained. As to
Slavery, it was an evil spirit, fruitful of Na-
tional difficulties, and must. finally fall in the
contest with free principles; He said of the
Proclamation that. on Ch slaves as it liberated
could never be re-enslaved ; where they were
not liberated, the people would settle the
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aohstantly kept in a tangible and threat-

the Union.

CAPTURE OF CHATTANOOGA.——Tllc fall of ..

THE DRAFT.

LIST OF NAMES
Drawn at Bridgeport for the
towns of NORWALK and NEW

CANAAN, Saturday, Sept. 12th.

NORWALK :
Cornelius Dounerly Walter Armstrong,

 

Peter Pakulski Chas. E. Hall,
John J Vail Frank Robert's,

Warren S. Hoyt,

Samuel Elwood .
Theodore L. Smith,

Oscar W Raymond

David Rcardin Eli Terrell,

Sylvester A LockwoodWilliam Slauson,
Joseph Allen George H.Waterbury,
Peter Boyle I-Icnry Filmentte,col’d
Isaac Hackctt William 'I‘. TWiss,

B \V Hurlbutt Ezra_Hoyt,
Stephen Raymond William N. Dean,
Sanford Slioales Dennis Finnigan,
Ephriam S Brewster William Warren,
Geo S Allen William Ross,
Alfred H Camp Francis R. Stephens,
R H Parmalc Robert Backstir,

Andrew Perry Daniel Cowan,

Geo Foster James Lang,
Chas F Lucy James H. Knapp,
Edward Egan Thomas Garrett,

S lvesterS Bouton Samuel J. Platt,

m E Street Henry W. Brown,
David Green (coloredChas. E Squires,
Thomas Fagan Wm. Finch, . ~
Francis C Seymour John H. J arvis,
Thomas Daily Edward H Smith
LeGrand Bouton James Cowan
Robert G Green Chas W Hoyt
John S Samis ,Fred Miller
Theodore S Guyer Rob’t London
Geo W Da ton Franeis Morton
Theodore Selleck John S. Moody
John Rile John Brush, colored
Matthew agan Orwin Clark
Munson Hoyt Geo Greene, col’d
Chas Rheindorfi‘ WalterG. Hoyt
Wesley Riggs Daniel Fause
Francis A Ainsworth Allen G Betts
Jeremiah Cahill Edwin W Fitch
Pat McMahon Fred T. Hubbell
Geo E Miller Wm M Raymond 2d
Wm G Griswold ' Henry M. Hoyt
Chas W Lockwood Henry W Tuttle
Joseph U Carier Albert N Camp
Martin Malon Wm Pakulski
Thaddeus K ubbell Walter Mont ne
Edward O'Rilcy Isaac Church, r
Patrick Rooney John H Platt
Nathaniel Smith Wm -H H att
Walter Ho t Edwin B inith
Nathaniel inner Chas A Smith
John Hanna Pat Guilford

Roswell Benedict Julius VF Partrick
Nath’l Townsend col .Geo M Smith

John Weisitt ‘- " ' Franklin A_Tolles
Wm Brown g Wm H Latin
Joseph H Newcomb J amcs Shey

James K Clarrick Daniel McCarthy
Wm Hilsdon Daniel Hanlon
Granville 0 Adams Howard H Wheeler ~
Peter McIntire J as B Elle—Gazette
Lewis Gomez Edward P Weed
John A Doty Geo G Brown
Isaac N Doty Gould E Hoyt
John H Brayman Joel Gittings
Francis H Beers James G Gregory
Joseph J Lyncs Edward Merrill
Wm Carnow James R Plait
John Keene. Lewis T Gregory
Chas Stevens James Mallory
Wm A Kellogg Littleton Stokes col’d
Edwin H Raymond Ed Wilcox

John O’Conuer Geo Stafford .
Loring L Bates D Seymour Curtis
Wm Me uilain . Horace Cox
Daniel Fitch Wm J Kellogg

J osiab Miller Joseph F Foote
Wm Comstock Francis H Lockwood
Pat Calli han Alex Garvey
Richard err S lvesterVan Hoosear
J as S Godfrey enry Johnson
Joseph F Bucknam John Carroll
Jacob Fleck Thos Barry

Henry H Pritchard Sylvest’r B Lockwood
James Lynch Daniel A Mills
John Kilboy Aug B St John
John Spencer Edwin Lamb
Horace S Gibbs Philander Toby
John .W Brown Chas Wright

Chas Wasson James Sorrels
Samuel Seymour Augustus Platt
Walter B Reed Geo M Seymour ,
James Jones Michael Faken
Wm E Ells Thos Beach»-
Theodore S Byxbce Chas S Bouton
James C Crow Chas E Lockwood,
Wm B Reed John P Celufi‘
Laurence Tole Geo St.John
Harrison B Roberts Heaman Ruick
James Jennings Luson J ellifi‘
Thomas Taylor Barnard McAuley
John Began James Mackay ,
Geo W Jennings Jeremiah Coreoran
Chas A Burr - Henr W Lester
Ferd F Wheeler Wm Ferris
Ferdinand Hayes Horace Fisher .
Ira Cole . Wm T Raymond
Edward Nelson George Purdy
Terrence Murphy Geo Stevens
Wm Callahan Wm N Saunders
Geo N Fairweather George Oliver
Joseph Allen Thomas Cooney
Wm H Sherwood FrancrsH Gregory
Elmer C Foskett Chas E Norris
James Fanning Wm Godfrey

Howard H Smith

NEW CANAAN :
Stephen Terrell . Joseph J Farity
'Chas Hurting Conrad Lambert.
Wm A Seeley John Richards
Clarence Cook Chas J Jones
Owen Leonard Wm H DeForest
Olia Christanson S S Brinkerhofi‘
Samuel Malkin Henry C Carter

Thos W McMarama John Walch 2d
Stephen H Pardee Fred Lane-
Hezekiah Wood J as Jennings

Miles Robinson
Andrew P Barto
Chauncey H Benedict
Chas Wood
Theodore Jane

Chas W Burtis

Sylvester Sherwood
Chas Handford
Geo J Stephens
Chas Whitley" .
Pete Mead
Stephen B Hoyt

Albert S Comstock Joseph C Ayres
James Donley Hiram Parkinson
Jesse Richards Win Darrah

Francis Hoyt Michael Kelly

Pat B rne Thomas Raymond
Dan esmond John Regan

Wm Lambert Albin Simms
Andrew Hoyt Wm Waterbury
Seth C Weed . Martin Byrne
James H Raymond Fred H Bell

Aaron G Sherwood Wm H Davenport

Christopher SeymourPatrick Wall

Francis W Webb

Jeremiah Hirle hi
Edwin F Jones

Frederick _Savi le

Wm T Hill Daniel Desmond
Henry B Rodgers Wm Olmstead
Enos S Bene ict Theodore Terrell
Hermon Selleck Andrew F Ogden
Selleck Dann Geo Slauson
John'Klosheiue Noediah B Bouton
Chas Wheeler Irvin Mallory
Charles U Hall Geo attenden

Select-Men from both towns were present
and counted the tickets. 1,030 names were
in the box, of which 309 were drawn. The
wheel was turned and the names drawn by
Selectmen Hanford, Quintard, Waring, and
A H Camp. Probably many names in the
list are incorrectly spelled. -

Of 26 enrolled from ’ the Lock Factory, 15 -

were drafted, including 5 leading mechanics.
Of an insurance company of seven young
- men, So. Norwalk, form were drafted.

 

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WTiie N cw Haven Horse Fair is to be
held at New Haven, Sept. 29th and 30th and
Oct. lid and 2nd. Advertisement next week.

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, WThy. Richmond Enquirer of the 7th
urges another invasion of Pennsylvania for
political reasons. “Let him,” it says, “drlcc
Meade into Washington and he will again raise
the spirits of the Democrats, confimn their lim-
id and giro confidence to their wavering. He
will cmboldcnlho Peace party should he again
cross the Potomac.”

 

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- WThe copperheads of Minnesota are
having-an uncommonly poor time. Their
leaders are leaving them, their candidates
are refusing to run on their tickets and their
ablcst newspaper organs are turning against
them. It is believed that the loyal Demo-
crats of the State could whip them out, alone,
without the aid of the Republicans. Against
the consolidated and determined supporters
of the Union ticket the copperheads have
not a ghost of a chance. They will be clean

 

 

wiped out.

' attest.

, be remembered by his comrades.

0111- Extra.

In order to satisfy the public appetite, our
“‘ Juniors” at a considerable inconvenience,

diately upon the receipt of the list of names
of drafted men for Norwalk' and New Ca-
naan and nearlya thousand copies were sold.
Our friends of the Bridgeport Standard, (with
unprecedented enterprise) also had‘their car-
riers and papers all about our streets. Our
obligation to them would have been greatly

zens might rely upon them for the list.

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RESIGNED.-—We regret to learn that our
old friend and Ex-P. M., Henry W. Smith,
has resigned his position of Conductor on
the new horse railway. The people will ride
early and late, and neighbor Smith will con-
tinuc to grow old, so that the service proves
too severe forms years. We are sorry for
the company and for the pretty girls who so
delighted to ride under his protecting care.
Mr. Anthony Comstock is his successor:

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The Weston Boarding School.

The lads, students at Mr. A. S. Jarvis’s
Boarding School, Weston, to the number of
a quarter of a hundred, dressed in neat gray
uniforms, accompanied by the Winslow
Band, of Westport, paid this town a visit
on Saturday last, and gave a highly credita-
ble exhibition of their proficiency in drill,

- going through with many most difficult

maneuvres with great precision. They were
reviewed by Lieiit. Doty, who complimented
them and their drill-master, Capt. Thomas
Foulks, for their excellent drill and disci-
pline. Beckwith, the artist, succeeded in
taking a good picture of the Company. Mr.
Jarvis has fitted up a fine wagon, which with
four spirited steeds adds to the gratifications
ot his pupils, and the attractions of his insti-
tution. _ . L

Our own acknowledgments are due the
young military gentlemen for the “honors”
done the old Gazette.
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Ladies’ Entertainment.

The loyal, ladies of South NOrwalk, are
ever alive to the wants of our sick and woun-
ded soldiers, and always working for their
gratification. In order to raise funds to con-
tinue the good work, they are about to give
a rather novel public entertainment, which
is announced to come ofl' at Ely’s Hall, on
Wednesday evening of the present week.
Doors will be open at 6 o’clock, P. M., when
Tea and suitable refreshments will be served

 

 

' by the ladies. During the evening, Charndes

will be performed by ladies and gentlemen

' of the village, and Prof. Merriam will sing a

song ortwo. The “ String Band”—to which
we have several times lately had the pleas-
ure of listening,—will furnish music for the
occasion. We predict a crowded house to
cheer the ladies in their noble endeavors to
ameliorate the condition - of our sick and
wounded heroes.

The horse-cars pass directly in front of the
Hall, so our up-town people have a pleasant
and cheap ride as an extra inducement to
attend. ‘

 

 

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OBITUARY.

HENRY VANDERBIL'I‘ died at Barracks
Hospital, New Orleans, July 2d, 1863.

Amongtlie many gallant heroes who have
laid down their lives during this“ cruel war”
was the subject'Of this sketch. He was for-
merly in the employ of the Norwalk Lock
Company, where he had many warm friends.
He was a young man of rare natural abilities
as his letters published in the Gazette will
He enlisted in Capt. Byxbee’s Com-
pany, in the 12th Regiment, C. V.; after serv-
ing nearly two years, during which he pass-
ed through many a hard fought battle and
all the various severe trials and hardships
of a soldier’s life, he found his grave in the
soil of Louisiana, in defense of the good old
Flag. Leaving behind him the comforts and
social enjoyments of home, he won a name
which will ever live with those who knew
him best. His cheerfulness and hilarity du-
ring the severe marches through the hot

‘ sands of Louisiana on that famous march of

Banks’s Army up the Red River, will ever
His mon-
ument will be in the hearts of those who
loved him best, and though his grave re-
mains unmarked by tribute or epitaph, yet
he will never be forgotten by.his many
friends, “Peace to his ashes.” E—
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A Card.

THE Ladies of the Loyal League Wish
thus publicly to express their thanks to the
Editors of the Gazette for their kindness ‘to
the League, also to the Rev. R. B. Snowden
for his forcible, truthful and encouraging ad-
dress. '

Golden opportunities are sometimes care-
lessly lost. A word to the wise is sufficient.
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CINCINNATI, Sept. 12—Work on the mili-
tary railroad from Nicholsville, Ky., to
Knoxville, Tenn, has commenced, and will
be pushed with great rapidity. A thousand
men to a mile Will soon be employed. Ne-
gro laborers have been impressed along the
line of the road, every third slave being ta-
ken. They will be clothed and paid. Un-
employed negroes who have come into the
Union lines, in the Southern States, are be-
ing forwarded to labor on the route. They
Wlll be paid one third of their wages, the
balance being reserved to aid in providing a
home tor them in a foreign country when
the war is over.

The city ofLouisville has subscribed $600,-
000 to the Lebanon branch, and throughout
the State the hearticst co-operation will be
given to the great enterprise.

 

 

 

 

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WThe Indianapolis Journal of Saturday
last says : -

“ The other day acart load, more or less,
of the private papers of Jefi‘ Davis, found

- by our troops near Jackson, Miss, passed

through Vincennes on the way to Washing-
ton. Among them were all or nearly all, the
really important letters that were found. A
few no doubt, are kept by the soldiersas .cu-
rio'sities, but the greater portion were col-
lected from their captors, by order, for ex~
aminution by the authorities. Before long
the public will learn what revelations are
made in these interesting documents, but we
may anticipate a fuller disclosure so far as
to state that one letter from Judge Wick of
this city, and another from Jesse D. Bright,
both dated in 1861, and full of the most Vll'll-
lent rebel sympathies are among them.
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GEN.‘ BUTLER ON THE WAR—Gen. But-
ler’s opinion as to the manner in which the
war should be prosecuted is given in his let-
ter to the Springfield (Illinois) mass meeting,

as follows : .
“Compromises are impossible save be--
tween equals in right. Recognition or re-
construction is alone usetul'when vicious
parts are to be left out. Ainnesties are for
individuals, not for organized communities.
Therefore prosecute the war, bring every
part ofthe country into submission to the
laws of the United States; then there will
be no place for rebellion, no parties for com-
promise, no occasion for reconstruction, and
clemency may be shown and amenities of-
fered to indivrdual citizens who desire them.
Is there any other way to restore the Union ?”
n‘.»o————- I
WA Paris correspondent of the London
Telegraph says in regard to Mexican affairs:
According to a private letter received by
theolust mail, Tampico and Tuxpan were
about; to be occupicdlliy the French, and it
Was expected that atamoras would also
have to be held on account of the important
cotton trade which might there be carried on.

The Emperor is evidently crawling up the
coast towards Texas. Tampico has been oc-
cupied, and we may next hear that Mata-
moras in in his possession. Startling events
may soon demand the serious consideration

 

 

of the American people.

issued an Extra on Saturday evening, imme- .

enhanced had they notified _us that our citiv

 

From Parole Camp.
ANNAPOLis, MD., Sept. 4th, 1863.

I received your letter yesterday and
the papers this morning, and 1 am very
much obliged to you for both. I am now
getting back some of my strength and
fat, and begin to look and feel quite nat-
ural. This is an awful dull place. The
streets are few, narrow and dirty The
houses are mostly‘built of wood, and the
stores afe very much like those in the
back country around Norwalk. The
only decent and really nice buildings in
the place, are those in the Navy Yard
and St. John’s College, both used as bos-
pitals. The Churches here are very-
liirg‘e and very well built. The market
is about as small an affair of the kind
asI ever saw. Altogether the place is
about 200 years behind the times.

Charles Pendleton, from our Co. is here
in the hospital, he was wounded at Chun-
ccllorville, his discharge papers have been
made out for him ; ~his left arm is all
played out. The boys are now engaged
in lboking over the papers you 'scnt.
They are as good as letters. .

The Col. in command of the Parole
Camp ordered a guard to be placed
around us, to keep us from" going into
town. The Major in charge of us, took

and placed the guard about half a mile '

away from camp, so that the boys could
get whatever they wanted from the town.
The next day the Major went up to the
Col. and told him the boys weré acting
a great deal worse under guard than they
did before, and he wished it taken off.
They were taken off, accordingly, and we
are all right. Bully for the Major.o He
is just the man for the boys.

We have pretty good sport catching
bluefish, or as they are called here, tai-
lors, and crabs. They sell things rather
reasonable here, at least it seems so to
us, after what we have been used to pay-
ing for a year past. You can get a large
sized watermelon for five cents, and oth-
er fruit as cheap. Oysters are fifteen
cents a quart, and good ones they are
too. They have’nt got a printing office
in the place. I forgot to mention the
Capitol. That is a very good, but rath-
er antiquated looking building. The
view from the dome is very fine.

I do not know what they are going to
do about exchanging us, there is a great
deal of trouble about it, somehow. May
be they will not exubauge us at all, I do
not. care much either way. I do not,
think that the war will last much longer.
They can’t stand it in the South, they
are all out now. What men they have
in Richmond go on guard every day, and
are on half rations. They grumble like
everything and desert every chance they
get. - Tm.

 

. .<.>.._____

GOVERNMENT FINANCE—It is reported
that during the fiscal year ending on the
30th of June last, $34,000,000 in gold
was paid by the Treasury for interest on.
the public debt. The receipts from cus—
toms during the same period were about
$69,000,000, a considerable portion of
which was paid on demand notes, which
have now, however, almost entirely disap-
peared—the amount outstanding being
less than $2,000,000. The custom du-
ties, therefore are now paid altogether in

coin, and the receipts, from that source

largely exceed the wants of the Govern-
ment. What effect this accumulation of
specie in the vaults of the Treasury will
have upon the price of that article can
readily be imagined.
I 0<.>. ,
Monday’s War News. _
We have one day ,later news from
Charleston. The Weehawken, while ma-
king the attack on Fort Moultrie which
resulted in the explosion, got aground,
and had to receive a terriflic fire from 100
Rebel guns. The Ironsides however,
came to the rescue, assisted by the Mon-
itors, and poured an overwhelming fire

 

 

_ into Moultrie, and all the other batteriés

in turn, as fast as she silenced for a time
the guns of each. She fought for 5 hours
and retired after inflicting serious dam-
age upon all her assailants, being herself
unhurt. The Weehawken subsequently
got off without damage. An assault by.
our boats,n3arly 30 in number, was made
on Fort Sumter on the night of the 8th,
but it proved unsuccessful. The flotilla
was manned by 200 sailors and marines.
Upon attempting to land they were fired
upon bv 'musketry, and upon a given sig-
nal all the Rebel batteries which could
bear upon Sumter, together with the
broadsides of two Rebel vessels, were
opened upon the boats. Fifteen officers
who had landed on the fort were captur-
ed. Three boats were knocked in pieces

and 80 sailors and marines were killed *

or wounded.

——-Dispatches received in St.Lo_ui_s, da-
ted at Perryville, Choctaw Natioh,”Aug.
27th, state that on the 22d" ult. General
,Blunt crossed the Arkansas River with
with his forces, for the purpose of ’at-
tacking Steele, who had concentrated the
forces under Cabel, Cooper, and Stand
Waite, numbering 9, 000, and posted them
on the south side of the Canadian River,
60 miles from Fort Blunt. After a
march of 60 miles in 48 hours, he came
up to the point where the enemy had been
encamped, and learned that they had di-
vided'their forces and commenced to re-
treat. Gen. Blunt forced his way in,
killing several and taking a captain pris-
oner, and capturing Perryville. The
latter Was a regular military post, and
an important depot, being the only point
between Boggy Depot and North Fork
Town. .

A Dispatch from Washington states
that the President will not consent to
accept the resignation of Gen. Burnside,
but requests him to remain in command-4
of East Tennessee, which he has liberated
from rebel control.

The office of? the Raleigh (N. 0.] Stan-
dard (a loyal paper] has been destroyed
and the presses‘broken by some Georgia
soldiers. In return, the friends ofThe
Standard demolished The State Journal
ofllce [Rebel] .Gov. Vance addressed ‘
the people, with the hope of controlling
their passions, but-.wlthont avail. ’
——'l‘he only, news from Gen. ’Meade’s
army is that we .sflJl hold the lords be-
tween Falmouth antl- gRappahannock sta-’
tion. The rebel pickets continue to face
ours, and occasionally converse with them;
but they profess torknow little or nothing
of Gen. Lee and the disposition of his for-
ces. 'l‘lio guerrilla White was recently
near Purcellville, London County, Va.,
and Mosby's force was south of the moun-
tain near the river. .

' \

 

WAR NEWS 01" THE WEEK.

Thursday.
——Geu. Blunt, with his army, 4,500
strong, including twenty pieces of artil-
lery, crossed the Arkansas on the 22d,
and offered battle to the Rebel Generals
Steele and Cooper, who had massed on
his front 11,000 men. After a faint show
of resistence the enemy commenced a re-
treat, which soon turned into a. disorder-
ly flight. They abandoned all their
property. Blunt pursued them a bun-
dred miles south of the Arkansas, to
Perryville, which is only fifty miles from
the Red River. The Indian Territory is
now clear of rebels. Blunt is marching
on Fort Smith, which will doubtless full
without a struggle _ (This is the truth
about what the Rebels call a defeat of
Gen. Blunt We also had through Nor-
thern sources, a rumor that Blunt had
been defeated, with a loss of 3,000 men )
Major-Geri. Rosecran’s report of the
operations in Middle Tennessee embraces
the preliminaries which resulted in dri-
ving the Rebels out. of that portion of
the State from the occupation of Mur-
frecsboro, a point two hundred and twelve
milcs'from the nearest point of supplies.
Our total loss was 85 killed, 462 wound-
ed and 13 missing. We captured many
sinall'ai-ms, three fieldpieccs, Six cassons,
three limbers, three rifled siege pieces
without carriages, beside arms destroyed
by the cavalry, and in Quartermaster’s
stores 89 tents, 89 flags and 8,500 sacks
of corn and corn meal. The total num-
ber. of prisoners was 59 commissioned of-
ficers and 1,575lnon-commlssioued officers
and privates. I '
Capture of Chattanooga.

CINCINNATI, Wednesday, Sept. 9, ’63.

Semi-official dispatches have been re-
ceived announcing. that Gen. Crittenden’s.
division of Gen. Rosecran’s army march-
ed iuto Chattanooga today without op-

 

 

 

position. The enemy evacuated yester-
day retreating South.
' Friday.

-—-Gen. Gilmore’s ofiicial dispatch an- .

bouncing the capture of Morris Island,
has been received. His sappers on Sun-
day night had reached the very crest of
the coauterscarp of Wagner on its sea.-
front, and orders were given for on as-
sault at low Water on Monday; the reb-
els, however, escaped by small boats in
the night, except 75 who were captured.
The fort is wonderfully strong ;its bomb-
proofs, capable of holding 1,800 men,
were uninjured after the most terrifiic
bombardment ever known. Col Keitt of
South Carolina was the Rebel commun-
der, and had 1,400 men. Gen. Gilmoro'
found-19 piecesof artillery and a large
amount of excellent ammunition in the
fort. He says his guns now completely
cover the harbor and city of Charleston.
As he says nothing about_ an assault on

Battery Gregg (which had a garrison of
only 200 men) we conclude that the Reba
el story of repulsing our forces was a hoax.
Capture of Cumberland Gap.

CINCINNATI, Tuesday, Sept. 10. ’63.

A dispatch to the Times, dated Cum-
berland Gap. 9th, says : Gem-Frazer,
with 2,000 men and fourteen pieces of
artillery, surrendered at 4 o’clock today
to Gen. Shaekelford, commanding Gen.
Burnside’s advance. Our forces are now
in possession of the Gap.

THE CAPTURE 0F FORT
WAGNER.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Sep 10, 1863

The following was received here this
afternoon : ‘

DEPARTMENT or THE SOUTH,
HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD,}
September’lth, 1863. 3’
Major-Gen. H. W. HALLEcx, Gen-in

Chief. ‘ . , ,

GENERAL ; I have the honor to report
that Fort-Wagner and Battery Gregg
are ours. Last night our sappers crown-
ed the crest of the counterscarp of Fort
Wagner on its sea front, masking all its
guns ; and an order was issued to carry
the place by assault at; 9 o, clock in the
morning, that being the hour of low tide.

About 10 o’clock last night the enemy
commenced evacuating the island, and all
but 75 of them made their escape from
Cummings Point in small boats. .

Captured dispatches show that Fort
‘Waguer was commanded by Col. Keitt.
of South Carolina,‘ and garrisoued by
1,400 effective men ; and Battery Gregg
by between 100 and 200. Fort Wagner
is a work of the most formidable kind.
Its bomb-proof shelter capable of holding
1,800 men, remains intact, after the most
terrible bombardment to Which-any work '
Was ever subjected. We have captured
19 pieces of artillery and a large supply
of excellent ammunition. The city and
Harbor of Charleston are now complgtely
covered by my guns. , . '

I have the honor to be, Geueual, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,

A. GILLRORE. Brig Gen. Comdg.

Capture of Flirt Smith.

LEAYENWORTH,‘ Thursday, Sept. 10, ’63._

Official intelligence of the capture of

Fort Smith, Arkansas, reached here this
evening. ’

On the 3lstult., Gen. Blunt encamp-
ed withintwo miles of Cooper and Ca-
bell, who had a force of 4,000 Rebels
west of the fort.
marched to attack them, but they had,
fled. , Col. Cloud chased Cabell twenty

miles south and had a brief engagement:

but after a few rounds Cabell’s men fled
in all directions. Our loss was eight
wounded. Capt Lane, of the 2d Kan-
sas Regiment was killed.

The Rebels have evacuated Little
Rock, and removed forty miles to Fort
Washington, which they are fortifyiug.

 

Saturday.

CAMP NEAR TRENTON, Wednesday, Sept 9.
To Maj-Gen. G. W. HALLECK Conn-in Ohuf.
Chattanooga is ours without a struggle
and East Tennessee is free. Our move
on the enemy’s flank and rear progresses,
while the rail of his retreating column
will not escape unmolcstcd. Our troops
from this side entered Chattanooga about
noon. Those North of the river there

are crossing. \ W. S. Rosscans.
Major General.

. Maj-Gen Burnside bus Sent his resig-
nation to the President. It is supposed
that be had tlt'll'l'lnlllCtl upon this course
very seen after taking command of his
present Depnmneni; mm Inivmg won
brilliant and enduring lziiii'i-ls in his cum-
paign in East 'l‘ciiiicssco, he finds this a
proper time in retire wntli honor. to him-
self and without especial detriment to
the'sei'vicc- ‘

__.___“<.-.._-__——

The New York Herald says: .

Our correspondent in Queenstown, Ire
land, writing on the 30m of August, as-
ures us that one of the rebel iron rams
put. to sea from Livt-rpool on the 27th
ultimo—the day appointed for departure.
As in other cases, orders were despatclied
from London for her detention, after she
was out of sight. Nothing had been
heard from her from the 27th to the 30th
ultimo. There wcie five other rams in

 

Next morning he ..

DEATH or HON. SETH P. Brass.—
Hon. Seth P. Beers, for squatter of a:
,‘ century Commissioner of the Connecticut
f School Fund, died at Litcbfield on the
; 9th of this month. He was born at,
. Woodbury, July the lst., 1781. The'
first 20 years of his life were spent in the
town of his nativity, attending school,
‘doiug chores,’ &c., In pursuance of an
ancestral custom, be commenced to learn ‘
the trade of tailor, and although his ef-
forts at proficiency in this line were soon
discontinued, he often put to practical use
when traveling, through the country in
the service of the State, the skill which
lie thus acquired. Having read law for
a year in the office of Noah B. Benedict,
Esq, at. lVoodbury, be removed to Litch-
field. and completing his prelliiiinoi'y stud-
ies with Hon. E. ,Kirby and Judge...
Recvehwas admitted to the bar in 1805.
He settled in Litchfield in the practice of
his profession, and made that town his
home during the residue of his life. In
November, 1803, he received from Presi-
dent Madison, the appointment of collec-
tor of national taxes and revenues for
Litchfield county,
till its abolition in April. 1820. For the
five following years he was State’s At-
torney for the same county. He was four

and twice was chosen speaker. From
1825 to 1849 he was Commissioner of
the School Fund of the State of Con-
necticut . ‘ Com-ant.

 

I‘.p->

Gait. AVEEiLL’s ExPEDIrION.—Gen.
Averill reports to Gen. Kelly the success
of his recent expedition through five coun-
ties in the western part of Virginia. He
destroyed much ammunition and valuable
saltpetre works belonging to the rebels.
and fought ,a two days battle with a force
under the rebel leader, Jones. He
drove the enemy from their first position,
but reinforcements came to the rebels, and
as General Scammou did not cooperate
with him as was expected, Gen. Averill
could not follow up his advantages as he
wished.

 

 

.-°.P..__
ya. A primte letter at Washington,
on W'ednesday, fom a staunch Unionist.
in Raleigh, says the feeling among
the North Carolina masses against the ty-
rany of the Richmond oligarcy is intense.
Peace meetings are frequent in the eas-
tern and southeastern section of the
State, and Union men who have hereto-
.fore been silent, are becoming bold and
persistent in their demands for peace on
any terms. What the State desires is
peace first and negotiation afterward It
is expected that Governor Vance’s next -
message to the State Legislature will wi-
den the breach betweeu the State and
Richmond Governments. Gov. Vanco’s
friends say'he will recall all the North
Carolina troops serving in the rebel army.
The position assumed by the Raleigh
Standard in favor of peace meets with
general commendation.
.<Q>.
@- Eighty National Banks, with an
aggregate capital of $10, 340, 000, have ,
already been authorized to commence op-

ovations.

 

 

 

«‘9...
mAmong the prisoners taken at
Brashear City was Geo. Cogswell of

 

out as steward to Capt. Bailey of Dan-
bury. The rebels expressed their deter-
mination, on perceiving the color of his
skin, to sell him to the highest bidder,
and, though a free man by birth, Cogs-
well was sold to go to Texas.
——-.—-O*«
A BRIDE AND A Winow IN AN HOUR
AND A HALE—At half past 10 o,clock
,on Wednesday morning, Henry C. Van-
derbilt, of Philadelphia, was married to
Miss Minnie Baldwin, alady of N. Y.
At fifteen minutes of - 12 he died, and his
remains have been taken to Philadelphia
for interment.

 

 

«O».
Brigade Encampmeuts.

The order for regimental encampments
of the state militia has been counterinsu-
ded and brigade encampments of three
.days ordered instead. There are to be
two encampments.
- «O».

@The Tribune correspondent with

 

 

 

short time since a confederate oflicer sent
word across the Rappahanuock that he
wished to see one of our officers. Gen.
Caster went over. The confederate [Co].
R. G. Hill] wanted to inquire about Gen.
Gregg, who was his classmate.
Gen. Custer left Col. 'Hill told him, con-
fidentially, that peace was near at hand,
and two other officers volunteered a sim-
ilar opinion. They declined to give their
reasons, but-seemed to be in earnest. It
.is said that Lee is at Richmond in con-
snltatiou with Davis. ,

And the result of the confab will be
rebel activity somewhere.

 

¢<§>-._——

w“ John Conliu, a son of a poor Irish-
man in Rutland, Vt, has just been ap-
pointed to a cadetship . at West Point,
which he has long been ambitions to get.
He enlisted and went bravelv through
‘ several battles to earn a claim for it, and
when at Washington went directly to the
War Department and told his story and
aspirations, and he was immediately ap-

gia.
o‘O-‘ :

It is supposcd by some that the Prince of
Wales visrted this country in part to obtain

 

 

Saleratus. Whether he did or not, it v
do honor to the Queen’s table to hm
nice light Biscuit as_tli‘at article aliv.
makes. If any one has any doubt on th

immediately, and find of a truth there is

nothing like it. Everybody sells it. l

 

n<9>| ._.. . .
WVolunteers attention ! For the (le-
rangements of the system incidental to the
change of diet, Wounds, Eruptions, and ex-
posures which every Volunteer is liable to,
are no remedies so safe, convenient, and re- ,
liable as HOLOWAY’S' PILLS AND
OINTMEN T, 25 cents per box.
c<.>>
The Richmond coriespondeut of the Lon-
don Timcs says : “An estimate made by the
most competent authority in the confederacy
has been laid before me, whicn is not with-
out interest at this moment. It rates the
wear and tear in all the confederate armies
from death and disabling wounds at betWeen
70,000 and 80,000 men per annum, while the
accession to those armies of boys who attain
the fighting age, is rated at. from 35,000 to
40,000 per annum. The whole fighting pop-
nlation of the South at the commencement.
of this war was about 1,000,000,0f whom not
less than 200,000, have perished or been dis-
abled,.while 70,000 youn r men have been
added to the fighting popu ation. It will be
Seen, then, that, to supply the Southern ar-
mies in the field there is a population of
about 900,000 men, of whom not more than
400,000, are at this moment serving in the
confederate army and navy. There remains
about half a million of men who have bought
substitutes, or are serving in civil offices, or
who, fOr some cause or other, have obtained .
exemptions, or have shirked the conscrip-
tion. Before next spring arrives, over the
whole of this large body of men, the con-
scription will, if necessary, be rigorously eu-
forced, without a moment's thought or up-
prehension of such riois as New York has
recently witnessed.
__.——4¢<.>>
w’l‘he Washita River expedition he!
returned to Vicksburg They found no
organized Rebel forces. A large num-
ber of Rebel soldiers came into our lines,
, reporting matters very gloomy among the

 

 

 

 

the Liverpool yards.

] Rebels. l

 

which office he held ,

timcsa member of the General Assembly, -

New Milford, a colored man, who went -

the army of the Potomac says that a-

Befon ,

‘ pointed from one of the districts of Geor- .
. getting lazy and shiftless, and we know

- many that have left good homes, when.

a package of Herrick Allen’s Gold Medal _

subject, go to your Grocer and get a papa. ;'

'_ arise fro.

 

n. A nephew of Surgeon Jewett, of
the U. S. Knight Hospital, who belongs
to lllC°ISll Conn. Cavalry, and who was
taken prisoner with Capt. Farosworth
and a few others, ill a skirmish, has just
reached home, having been transfered
from the U. S. HOSpital at Annapolis.
[‘Ic‘was confined with other Union troops
on Belle Island, and fully confirms the
shocking stories of the barbarity and
neglect with which our poor fellowsare
treated
iiication in the Baltimore American, so
far from being exaggerated, falls short of
the truth.- It is a terrible story of suf-

fering these soldiers have to tell. life do
not know what means the government

can take to prchnt the wrong. Retali-
ation is the only means tliat’lias yet had
an effect in checking rebel cruelty, and it
may possibly be necessary to resort to it
to secure the good treatment of our pris‘
oncrs.

ANNAroLis, August 21st, 1893.
Messrs. Editors Baltimore American :

GENTLEMEN—Tbc flag of truce boat
- New York has just arrived here from
City Point with 310 paroled men, and a
more wretched and miserable set of hu-
man beings you never saw. Among them
are 40 so perfectly emaciated, from star-
vation and ill treatment, that they have
been admitted to the hospital for medical
treatment. In conversation with these
men, they say that there are now at the
Belle Island prison, near Richmond, over
four thousand of our men occupying a
space of about two acres of land, most of
them exposed to the weather, without
any shelter whatever to shield them from
the soorchiiig sun or the sweltering rains,
and allowed scarcely food enough to aus-
tain life, and what little they do get is of
the most miserable kind, and their treat-
ment by the rebels is more and more cru-
cl every day. One man was shot dead
and two others wounded by a rebel senti-
nel, because, when being ordered to rise
from where they were resting, one of the
three remarked, ‘In the name of God
where shall we go ?’ On their passage
to the boat another man was bayoneted
because he remarked‘ ‘he would soon be
where he would be treated as a man and
not as a brute.’

Our men are told by the rebels that
our Government is to blame because they
are detained so long without being paroled
or exchanged, and if we chooseto allow
them to remain there and die, the men
‘ must look at home for the cause and not

blame them. A number of, the most in-
telligent among those arriving here to
day, say they intend to address a commu-
nication to the Secretary of War, inform-
' ing him of the manner in which our men
are treated and the condition of those

,. now at Belle Island prison, and pray that

some means may be taken to have our
men exchanged before the sickly season
comes on, else most of them will die. It

. is cheering to see the interest manifested
_ by the surgeon in charge here for the poor

fellows who arrive sick and wounded.
He is on the wharf personally directing
' and attending to their comforts, directing
their cases immediately to be attended
to ; and it would do your heart good to
see the countenances of the poor fellows
light up with joy and thaukhillness to
know that they had reached a spot where
there was some sympathy felt for them,

,’ and where they would be treated as hu-

man beings. Yours, &c. C A. .L .P

.<.>.

PnoroRrION or MALES AND ”‘FEiIALrs
IN THE UNITED SrArrs.—Iu Massach-
setts the females outnumber the males
some 37,000, and in New York,there is
a small preponderance of females, but in
Pennsylvania the'males are more numer-
ous. This difference is in great part
owing to the 'l urge number of females em-
plOyed in the manufacturies of the East-
i-eru States, and the great emigration of
, the men to the new States, especially
those on the Pacific coast. . The males
.in California out number the females near
67,000, or about one fifth of the popula-
tion. In Illinois the excess of males
amounts to about 92,000 or one-twelfth
of the entire population; Michigan shows
near 40,000 excess of males ; Texas, 36,-
000 ; Wisconsin, 43,000. In Colorado,
'the males are as twenty to one female.

.__4.-.-.

FEAR or THE SLAVE POPULATION.——Tll0
Southern. Republic, of Columbus, Miss.
has the following :

OUR SLAVES.--We have seen for
long time a-disposition on the part of our.
slaves to be more independent, and to en,-
ei'eise a disposition to do as they please.
We wish to call attention to this mat.-

 

 

 

w—n.

' ter and to warn their owners, that they

must keep a more strict watch upon them.
They are running about at all hours of
the day or night, while many have al.
ready left for parts unknown. They are

 

they were hired, because they had to
.‘t up in the morning. an hour before day,
‘ they wouldn’t: stand it, and their
sin and mistresses sustained them in
‘ this course is pursued long they
'iot only ruin .tlieir slaves but-

' S. ,

. ever, in such times as we are

no VFW“ through, a strong curb
shut-.5 :\~ ‘ on our slave population,
and it . done the owucrs will be
' alone 1.,» 1. Or any evil which may

if digclpline. \Vc be-
"-== ‘11 tampered with, but
to no source. We
, because we con-

lieve some _, x .
as yet we c. ~.
call attciitio.

 

 

sidei' it a duty ‘pe 01‘" ”'nriiiug
Will be heeded. \

Wheeler . ‘ ‘~ " so ~
COBNB" sivn,
Bridge t ' -.

RE prepared to ‘u MUSIC
.-‘_. ic Pa-

for Military, Fire’i

Indus, Concerts, Promenades ' :s, &Q.
Orders addressed to F. J. 1‘1 . ' Leader
or J. E. MORRIS, Sec’y, ~ . '. With
prompt attention. 3: > . 22

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Wilson M. F. G.“Co.,Eas _Bl 3:-

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Will promptly collett I ‘lODey,
Back Pay, Pensions for ' ._ Dis-
charged Soldicrs, Wi ows‘ .. f ' f",1d‘.'e"v
Mothers and Sisters, and 3 admin;
against Government. flice Lou-
cert Hall. All business lc mptly
answered. ‘ l 1 3__

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