Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1863-02-21

              .... '?fr..or?5'..- tr 5 .eiri'i.slJUar . a to: 1 - V . ' ' - T y ' ?' N r r1- 5.1 . J'tK X?Vi.1lT if ' r" ' 1 & .It 111 13 WWorjr , TERMS. Two"Dorian per unnmi pyWin '!.; Vh? 2.50 wUhln alx monthij $3.00' after th ritica of the year. . . i waMMawMiaVKMMM,,, . w- - liJ f 4 4 -.' . k , kCt t 3; Edited by l. xiarpbr. METTEfiS FROM THE ARMY. XHiat the Soldiers . Think of Lincoln's ; . -Abolition Proclamation I The'SAldien will Fight Tor the In-ionrlut .Not t Free the NiegerX ' The i Soldiers are Patriots, " but "- Abolitionists! Not The Soldiers are Sick and Tired of the War, and tcish to be Home ! We have, before d a mass of Army Letters, received within the last few days, sufficient to fill several phges of the Banner written from every Division of the. Army, and published in very section of tliecountry. They all breathe the; same spirit, nd speak the gam iiirt-ments eternal ioppKition to 'Lincoln's infernal Abolhion Proclamation, and undying hatred of the Abolition Party, and their dia.Kli-al schemes tojlestroy ; the Union. The soldiers are "Patriots nnd not Abolitions." They enlisted, not to free tlx negroes of the South, and to bring thein to live here amongst in a state of social and political equality, but to tip-hold the Union and the Constitution, maintain the Laws, a.ui restore the Old FIaz to ei-ery foot of American soil, wliere once it, waved, iu. all its beauty and glory-. These objects having been lost sight of by Lincoln 'and bis pnr ty, and tbe war tyn vert nl into an Abolition war, ' for. base and wicked- arty purposes,the-soldiers feel that they have been grossly deceived a 4 outrageously; betrayed. It is no wonder. tierefore,that, they writ" letters home, and utfer'djenun&ations and cursings, " loud and deep against the sectional and corrupt party that is how ruling and ruining this once prosperous and happy country.. It is a remarkable fact that a large-majority of the soldiers, who were Republicans or Alo litionists in politics. ..wben thef enlixted or were drafted are now warm Democrats, and are bitterest in their opposition o Litiocdii and his despotic Adrtiinistration. , Fit the mass of soldiers' letters before us, we mak the follow selections: A Boldier;(rom Proviilence, E. I., who went into the "war ah; intense Iihick Republican, writes home; - , '. ... '' The whole army iaick of . this miserably managed war, , Not one in fifty wants e-ver to fiee the enemy anywhere." ,. .... t He closes- by saying that neither he, nor his fellows who enlisted io th e aaroe"; neighborhood' will everagain vote the Republican Ab- olluoo tieke't. .. Afoflier a-Republican exhorter, whoi as, eistetl to make Lincoln President wrote as follows," a Tew days after the battle of Freder-icksburg: ,-. . ;. ; I think on the whole, it will le a goodlesson- for many ot us ; and, if 5oil sfiares- our live to eee- home once nioiej we elmtl le opio1 aed to any war -arried on as: this is and has been. I hope never to see another battle, for, of all the wicked.' uugodlr things I ever saw and imas'ii)ed, thi wa8 the worst. , . God cannot take part in such wickedness, , .And now 1 give it as my settled co'nVictipn.'fhiit'warl will never settle thu, diff-cuTty; ju4l 'tecanpe , there is iio justice r by-uiaoWy 1 the whole transaction." '' '"; ' The last Newark Advocate publishes a letter froni; a sick Republican,, who writes homes to his friends living near Newark in the following- blont, bat namistakable style. The Advocate Ute tAattTie' writer :ia a drafted tcide-avealtt, who was bitterly hostile to the " aggressions of : the eiave power' but Is iow sorry that he rofed fbr'LlncoIri ahdljhis dishonest party.' II ere is hie letter : . . . .vy. Caip.or 76th OHiitv' REOiwajfT, ) 1 ...tv. . r. . .:. December,18ib,"18ttii. .-; ' friend B. With pleaidreil inform you that I amrwell at present. -. ' , Tais is a hard place down here. We hav'n't halt enough, to eat, and I am nearly dead -for tobaecoj I am: sorry-that I ever voted for Old Abe.ir-I would eee him in' hell before I Would do .if again.- 1 arp satisfied that we ar' fighting for the negro. A great many of tbe 70th regiment a re-aw much dissatisfied as-fr-ani. It : is out little good they. will get out of me, and if the? good Lord , will.fbrgive mej for what! haya dope I ;sbU -never j do o again. Jim so tired ofbe.RepibHcan arty . hat I don't,! want to. hear; Old , Abe's, name; roentionetL . Ilaving.helped os elects in, I. would nowIielp to iakf him. out, of,.; te i chair again. . : The e-ero.ia thf only Jree roan. there is downhre..--' Wxile soon, and send :ae and M. some good Democratic .paper. ;.-'Vr-r ; ; "- -:- i.Vour, with, respect. . ,.ejOllPW)ng letter from one of the boys" ';';io-tir;a7;;-ieUuned.inl)M Ciocinnati . EntiH&itr?-- tf hTa' language is not "the 'moee'eld- - tlMbIt w kleast forcible V ' J'; " T: - ': f? J anderstand ihafc the ' Secretary of. War haa u5l av prodaoiatioB to raiac negro regi-tee&4uJrt.as can le 6joria.f Well, let thein . take oar place with Alaaaachoaette Abolition- . -. itilfli-and Wt ween Ihenvaad the rebela he it. Letilhtfm .fight :it oat,. batidooV put the m. ; eroes wjih-'na. -We bare-seen enouih of that. Yeare.tceftte4 with aeoro and diseraee.ti We tattWU Joel eJ - paia ka'aitv i bodniDor eyee. are :na tntirBlr .cloeed. yev aoilidon't tbiak'Ahe rtrill beaooni Tie soldiere re'dj-j ng e.Uke uea-aheerJ,i.wh.Ietbe nrgroea are need , like ceatiemen. and! bare the bit la 'r eatthat the. Upd can a2brd i aad .therf cad be ''n.mm yum UOrKOKKI WBUS' USTpOOrVlieVIia maintain rhaiDtaioJ- mnilAlorm ri Tjie CO - - - . f- t)Cle In Woodw : a. n whooi ifei xtiai is itbef way toi :j !;e Tjnjoj,, Xaayihat'theraxei . In U t heUCa rati, treatinir th (orjseventeeu months; and X dcIafe-Bijelt: among Aineric' Joyl soofl j b4 honors- ttaif9.ae,dQi) 't , mount .jo QHtor-peans, Ivmum ilia ia nn honnr ihfnit4LKnil nr. iUiev are. ThTa tliinrof.briwnBe the nenoes upon an equlitjr, wih bfr, wlitea; grin.f W ho r V7 Jr AboUWomata, Vbo. t lMB) Lile for e of . luting drafted. That ia bo waj the d-- n -erows ar dpiu. .. TJre I "Time n't " vuau VUUfV wjjBj RV hollow , logo, like a pack ;of woIyea.-McTbia is they ;wbp save tha Union. ; What are they but a set ot cowards, just hke a bound pup I " JOHN H. LARUE, f 4 I . ,; j : -4ldiana Volunteers., ; :A letter is published in the last -number of the Mansfield Shield and Banner from Dr. S. J. licit, to Mr. S. luLtt dated camp, ..sear Fairfax,. Vav in Pine Forest,.. January' 11, 1863, ia-:which he says: : . ' It would su i prise you to aee" ihe Oovern-T ment trains starting oit for the difierent'parts oftheaniiy. If the old fatmers of Richland, county' could see it. they ' would open their eyes and say they they couTd hot stand it, and' they would urge the waPfo.a.n end. without delay; they : love ' their homes" as dear - as-the South lovo theirs. -'-Jt'; will- rake the homes of both to pay the"debt which the AbolitionAVar is making. It is one of the most .unjust wars that ever was made in the world, and may the Got! of Heaven bring it to a close . before the opening olanotber spring -and may tha1 absent ones return home to those that-4oye them most dear, is my present prayer- - It' is not the Southern men that hav? broughton this war it is the Northern Abolitionists that have brought it about." ; ' - .Wo give below extracts from soldiers letters that have been published in the Eastern press. The first is from a field officer in one of the New Hamptdiire regiments. He writes from Fredericksburg, and his letter is published in the Concord Patriot: " . "I am sitting in my log hut. thinking what I have. been through since I enlisted, some twenty months ago. Since then J have ben ' in ten or twelve battles and skirmishes. I raised the Stars and S:ripes on Fairfax Court-llouse; was in the first battle of Bull Run; slept hi the 'mud arul water two nights, and , fought all d.iy in the rain in the terrible battle of.W il-liamsburg,' where our regiment lost every fifth man; was recoinhianje4fo?pronotion. by-Gens. fclcClellan'and HookeVibV fistinguifehed services' in that battle; went thfongh all the hard ships of the Peninsula campaign, and" the terj t.J t seven davs' battles, and arrived 'sat Harri son's Landing more dead . than alive. . A,od now, in view of recent events, the question r-rise what has all this fighting and suffering been for? I had supposed it was to restore the Unions but after reading the President's PrQCr la in at ion, I Cpar I have oeea mistaken; 1 have come to the conefusion that it was only to liberate tbe slaves! Now' if t hisjs so, I must ay k to, le relieved ; for I. did not enter for any such purpose, When theold flag was fired upon at Fort Sumpttf, I felt it theduty of the people of the North to rise en masse s vir.dicate the authority of the Government and to preserve the Union fro 71 destruction. I dropped all my party feeling and resolved to know no party but the party .t' the Union; and I marched to defend llw glorious old flag and maintain, the i'o. ie ti Nil km aod the Uumml. - And-for that I am willing to fight, and far nothjng else; and such is the generalfeefiWg of the Ar.ny of the Potomac. : We Constantly hear thoe who have always leen Republicans cursing, the radicals and swearing that if they ever get home they will never voie that ticket agamKleclaring that they have seen enough of the' nigger, to satisfy them that he never was made, for anything but a slave,' and that to set'vhim free would be a curse to him and a 'wrong o his master . ' ; " . I see by the papers and letter-writers, that the Army 'of the Potomac are cbntenfel, hap-, py anl in good condition, and anxious for another fight. Now ttell yon it is not so; and they never will be anxious fbr another fight unless ihey can be lei by ntoreconipetentmcn than managed the Fredericksburg battle. They are willing to fight, if led. by co-npetent men, with an even chance of success; but they are not willing to tie marche'if up to the cannon's mouth for the pble'p$rfo6e of being slaughtered,, as1 they were-at FrediE'ricksburghi, 'for- everybody' thinks the terrible slaughter there was the re sult of somebody's mismanagetheht andincoifi--petencv. And they believe that the bnlv inaTi capable o.f leading themto Tictory-is- peo. B. XVttUJila. lie- is the i.lot ot Uitfarmt.v 1 w I am willing to sufier1 a"sd'fight on for two years more to restore the glorious old ;U.nion, so that peace and happiness inay-retu.rn.to the land, and the poor suffering soldier be restored to his once happy home to cheer 'the broken hearted father, mother, wife, or sister, Btit if any radical devils say we must fight fhr Uhe negro, alM have toaskla that I may be relieve ed and that he may take ror place: and 'go through what I have endured, and then if he gi not entirely satisfied with fighting for Ihe d d nijrger, I will cheerfully take the-place 'a-gain. The only way to restore the Union isto direct our whole efforts to that'- great' object alone- and let slavery take eare of itself.-. In the opinion Lhave here expressed t believe I have expressed the views 0 nine-tenths or the army. . ' Another letTerdated at 'Camp -heat Fairfax Station January lltH,' appears "itr 'the' Uart- ford Time. We copy as follows : I .A-'T--;. . !0trr rations are two tablespbonfulls-bf imi-latlon cbffee; one" of sugar; 'one.'slice" of pork or ealt beef, a small 16af T breaHoif ten: hard' crackers, the size: of. soda'rateaid we have' been' Without anything a dk'y' kt 4'iimei' t :rweoffly ? JSTAnjr 'a. tithe ' I ha e toiked' arid7 eat my day's rations' at' bn'e ineal hone o:w!eIf ed at Ai'-l, i lf tBla regtment wen? kV at'bojrfe 'tc-dAy (ind I judge the same bf ' all-'lhi ' 6ther regi ments, front, wnar , t- bavern agaia7- after thirty days, they 'would man 1 .'-WhV. he might as'welWi Davis aence: and done wltlrltf 1 The1 'ftellafl here is that the robs can never bernnered by fighting the soldiers are' disheartened; 4nt they see and know K ta alHMte grand -ruH Tor spoils I while tuyare left by tbeapoli seeking leadertr tot auffeV and t bear the4 ltardships. There is nothing but dishonesty in all thedo-'iigs-of' theT Geverommt'Ssertants tHh'al uinv wpr-iougat rav reaerwKsonrx-ouri ft-uOder fire withliwi iMtlU, ifBurneide htA-good ofSeef, hot. hs fceriEr can .Lea.McClellaii. ahd. th nf.i;-- L-r tv their Jd4eader...;Mesr fcanBeghtiwitloyt con fidepca 10 their .leadermuch- lesa,'. Jf the 7 tYou should, hear ihtf sokiieraf jL4ficob:.ftierfttrtx:!ania n rTSir think that was not what they enlisted -swdiaer - 4 1 t1 L , at. a a say, prewy ouuy, wo, uia vut aaministrauon hrtM - 111, I VI . ' r . f1 f I 11 Kiuea oy neir.owTr-an.uieTyaiia Toirryv usy.- "Her "receiTingi' ia a Dtara na hefei ver;raJK;allT -rils ubder fire witfi 1J plbrchkcVto return I Sodvsviictureaa thai ris; enodgh-la. taike a !gtW ila atientib'n af oViceld the ttomfort 'oT'cattae' tL'oaa' dlrtj "A boitioQU at' Washingtoii me;;troopat Dome, mure -not7' oeen: paK ion a w ... t 1 1 o t : nine im on iii 8 r x naa unooaDaea . awoiKnoef s .i j ? . . .-. . t i : rf-vi i jii m BuminBLrauun ana did out uciitto vyiu Aoe would go wnolly over to in jadicalq, at- ter holding out agalost them so long. I Buf I give it up.' If a man1 will -enlrsf.he must ex- pect to Suffer; 'and l!g fish always eat up'the JitUe ones. ' ' J " "? W'! ' "':,v' ' 't 1 t ro'm )ta 'Clneinaati Eoqvirerij y -'The followjna letter has been handed uilot pnb1icatio ' - It Is from a Fourth Ward, CSh- cinnati, boy now In the afthy':'.' ' ' '"..'"V1 , -f FATiTTiTiLt,.Va., Jauuary a, lobi t ,. Dsas .Bbothkk : Your kind letter per D. Linchan, arrived safe,t and I atn i pleased : to that the. folks are all well. Joe's part of the epistle w.aa, very interesting, and asVit: .is the first ever received from bim, I will keep it. as a trophy... , r 't . , : - ) : - : V Well, there .is no news. Of -importance, in this part of the. couutry. with the exception of camp, minora, and those are jn.eiaiiy respects, so, ridiclous that a sane person will hardly be- ueve.tbem. :; - --- - ' - : ;. j . .The political jacr of thing bears various aspect 9.-,-. Some few . uphold the President's Proc-i lauiaion, while the; greater part wish the proclamation and: him to the D 1. ' The-1 diers say : . . tviiat are we ngnung orr x looks. like freaing the niggerr but we did not enlist for that--nd if our time of service waa out, tfete. Abe might get iis -men where - lst he 0U 14 A -few pitch, into . Val Iandigh am. Cox; Bright. 1 Seymour a nd ( others, oiling them very bad names. This dass of men. prior to enlisting,-were known W. the name of AbolitioniHt a kind pitrvte or (hing - unworthy of the name of man, These few are known by' their, hyporHical -countenances tpsalm- singing sons of b . We" hold them in ab horrence, m ? '' -; ' . - r l f s - But the majority of the soldiers are of . the ight stamp.: and if they had the privilege of rhe ballot-box, the good people of Ohio would be surprised, for, in my opinion, there are not three hundred men in the regiment who sanc tion the course the Administration baa taken during this war. There is also great dissatis faction here on account 01 the. Army of- the Potomac, in regard to General McClellan.- We are of tbe opinion that the . President has done him great injustice, and all because he is not of the aaoe political faitli ; and all in btgli places are jealous of one another zfoir fear one might possibly get more credit than ! another. The larger part have their own interest, ;in the matter of dollars and cents,- more atheart tlian theircountryv and, wntil the matter i changed, we never will, be-able to .conquer the South or put down tbiereveUton ; and, m fact. I firmly elieve that it never will berdone until the, Democracy again get- 4he-Goverrtnlent in their own hands, and God knows -how 1 the greater portion of the soldiers wduld like to see it. . t 1. ' . - -The soldier has -come to rhe conclusion-and, for my -part, I think- very good one that the man or: party that rest orea peace and harmony is the friend of thooldier, and upon most any terms, .for, to remain in the Jeld and keep on fighting, will only insure more to be killed and crippled-and. as the eaying ia: " What-; is this country to nje whea my wife is a widow f" : -r v: ' Still, this would be- humiliating, -m a degree to the soldier ; but a little humiliation can be got along with as well as a wooden-leg or arm, and t-his thing called, honorable sears, are very nice things to talk about, but not so ; pleasant to bear, especially'if to -get1 those scars yon hae to face the mouth of. a: twenty-pounder. TJie sensation is not of the most pleasing . nature, but in a soldiers line of business it must be dtd. Now, for my;owfi part, the novelty of battle has worn off, and looks you in tbe face a stern-reality ; and as our .regiment has been in no less than five regular engagements, and five times, as -many. skirmishes, the novelty ,: as I said before, ia pretty well nigh playtvi onl,nr And 4 hope that this unholy . war ; will .loon come. to an.end,.ad an . honorable pne tOtoar side; -for the men in the field are true iq their cause';, and it.goes - very much agaisat their, conscience to fight to free the-', negro.- But such,; I fear., are the, objecta of those .-high J authority ; and if our enlistment was .expired, there is not one io .ten that, would enlist again, but to inaugurate, the war ou the principle. ,pf the Constitution as it is, the, Uf n as it was. and, the negro, where he and I can safeH say tbat.nine men omftf en .would ...enligt ,aa free and as qiuck as. they. did. at. first. .Now that I ha vp exhausted ail, ?ny.: iOraiort J ical powers, wh v,: I tuust cloe4 , wibIi inj; these tew- ines- may induce j-oq to writea.JlMie ,ol- tener than heretofore. - L, J. Tenia in your, brother., T c? -., ' , .,.-- Wit. P. REDMON, ' To J, ;T.Redmon,'Fultou, Hamilton coun- "it! - ' . ' . P. S, P,endleton boys are. all wJ,' Do not fort to.send the. nquTer occasionally, as .we eeUtom jget o see it, , bu t ; have the Qommerl an.d r.aze4tfi fly .arpunq through the; camp, and. I WQiii.d like to. nave the, paoer vou can place soroeoofidence in and to .show, how .the De mocracy express tuewseives oa tbe wax que My. re8pec:to all inquiring fnepds,, . ,., from the. C3avqUa,(04 PlinDler,VUnio Dm- ioerstio OrgaivJi VieWof - the ASoldiei'r Way The 11iweiS70ne xigrPM.war;:;,, ...... ; The -fcJLlowiBfi' letter ia sent oa fronr Nah vlllelWe'puhiiiliJ as tbe'ebu5liti6tf of fklief ,i: without ';ybuchtng:ofbr all : it ncbn-' Hiclv JiUs&TJ&U.i.TaNiSu Jan- 25. J8S3. T tb Editor ioftke'Pbaa DealerV fid .'if I ffiot write these Che particularly "for bm W b-whion in regard "id ihU "ical led; bv iDiieauon: 'i. simmv wisd to exhrpw n.v uT'naDs ot tne artnTi -Tiigger- war.7 "i have itten many letters since 'havbeen ii months. ! H WUhfiTthis '-yui raohfh IhereJhasteeha feteat change irt the feelings oftfteaofdiers of in, is army. 'Arterjue nrst 01 January we were 10 nare ajwoi otnecx o vgot mry ne'wortAj of" Christians- For my part" I can't see it frbm wheretaiidr'1!rdid"ni)fle here id fiirhl forthWB4haVre. we loiado it WhaabeauOifurpkaretha&'ts 1ni islie'a;lanllia8trated dvavticture aa thai wbttanman aiokr etihlacxuotry, Theidea of? tnuTisnagfineca tom eouctry 4a;tue oan as bi( ah isnorant nigger,.w"Ulr dm hopenof-ith in proteetedJO ii therei arb- not 1 whiten men en eagh in the sNoiihiW 1 ?profeceiti?.1 teiter" rby all'cratana, let 'fcKh&g.'.WhtTVrl - carie into thia-rMwEfe-kUflfcr' if w we are fighting for too much I teilytro it is not because we cannot whip the oouth eardv tbem aay Uthfe 'arnfy 'tiytay ttHntii arid parents; ' but this trnrhrtb nlistTia the1 first w h eire'rhf 1 1 "h'arve' -made' one 'cm- not get alplaiTin'afld'f havVeeSIn1 H fdr 'bVfer fiffeen bnderJefT. t months":"') & ,-f-r-i yu ? o -jnit--. nv h. y arvepeaaiBK ior hb -uiiaKinz . 01 mt " !.." J-rlL.' i .I.-. l! . nirscrr uwiow wi.iwing tv tuo poor .wiuier, a t. .1 Ia. - - f pu ad haying them ready t for ; worfc -when -they i fbu Wtnemherbw'oafsod jamngnam at xue oegmniu pi vnis war,- woen he visited their -eampa.-5Let 'that '; sante man visit our camps tcrdayrad he will be welcomed with shouts of joy by the soldiers of thiaarmy. If one iinre 'sUcha'epeech ahe delrVem, not long'.since in Washington; 'finds its war among the soldiers, there will be twmble; Tft powers that be will find, it enayenieat to drap tlie nigger: ann 11 ipey ao novmey wt get an other army, nd I don't think .they can' do that; if Ibiebld one ever gets home'- to tell of the suSering they have uendn red for ' that low est of all. low aniinaiatT nger - and ir my Opinion eould do aught Jo ; 'discourage .enlist ments' I would freely express it, ' tell you-the" seddiers-are sick of the war.' ahd do not care u pon -what term it is settled. We have been. uhtiBS and jmarching (r over twenty months, and although we have gained a little ground the 'Eastern 'army has done iiothing. If some orlhe good people 'of Ohio would come down and look- into the-hospitals in and aiiout thf; city, and ae he poor arm? less and limbless soldiers,,.! am inclined to think tlie'y won Id, follow the example of In diana, ami "kick up a muss." ; 7 . , ' We have had a ereat battle at Murfreee- boro, and ; what .was, the result? Why, we lost at least 15,000 men and a : number of fine' bat'teries and although we hold' the ground we can I- not move another' tnile". ' 'The entire army, :f.'Virginia and Tennessee could not drive the rebels from their strougholds in the mountains of Tennessee. a I wish you could have' seen some of the charges made by'fhe rebels' at :that"battle.-They did not .seem, to. be humanbeings.--They Jight better since the first of January, and there are more of them since the appearance of that thrice damned proclamation of Lincoln. "- " ; " ' ".Thie'army will soon be home eav in four months then , let those " dirty Abolitionists look out. Let. that toothless, heavy headed dogtkj call Ben Wade open his mouth and it will go hard with him. They call him the Old : War Horse' It--is -a- pity that ; we couldn't have had a few .of ihtse ok) war. horses in this last battle. But we don't want them they. would demoralize the ' army. . It was the work of such men', that caused this immense1 amir . to be raised, and itT will be their doipga tbat; will 11 it home. ' . : ; ... 1 . ; ' " The soldiers look to the honest Democrats of Ihe North to put a stop lb 'this bloody , un holy- war. 1 brow out the "nigger, and our Un ion will be rfored- j But continue to make him the object of this war,( and- the Southern ninks wijl be swelled wUhcvYorjtAern. volunteers. Those doqs 'ai Waihingtoti wilL nbt take warn ing-from the humeron cdm plaints that are( made daily by ihe-Boidter of this arfny.- But the people sliouKl let them root out this ' corrupt Administration tht ; holds the wires and ropes of our Government, before it is too late. - Our conntrv is tremflihg oh the'brink of rum. ' Stand silently by,ye l who .cau save it, and the icr.wli will aoon icome,, as true aa there js a tjod w HmWi '. I' have ho news to "communicate; every thing is as it has-Wen for the past two months. 1 n and about the citv the poor are starving and freezing. The most wealthy and respect- ed citizens of Nashville and the snrrounding country are'livmg on the poorest food. . Wood ia-thirty and forty dollars per conl, and every thiag to. eat or wear in proportion. . Graves are dug and : filled a, the rate of about fiftv per day; - 'But that ia nothins they are onlv bnLfiora " - . - i Our Aririij CoiTcspondience. " LP. Corrtpodtct of t4 ?4Mir, . . . Letter of a Knox Connty Boy, now Cap . tain m an.xnoiana uompanyf .. , ' "La Obange; Tcyysssic, . . j - ' . January 29th, 1853. Editsi or ' in t Btx.tii : - . -- Hear jRr Part ly: for the purpose of redeeming a promise made some time, since to a dear sister,' who is a resident Of your coun ty. aitd partly to rebew our obi acqnsintance I bave'coacl uded foi gi ve you a brief history of what we are. doings down - in ."Dixie."i Jks.a preface to what L may ; say --her eafterif. I wilt just etate that .1 aid in the lQOth iRegisnentof Indiana iVolunteeww ;hich is ih:.the 5dBrL-gale-oCitheJet: Division :of -.the Army of Ten nessee' jconmanded by - Brigadier General J(t.W Denver, and shall spaak mostly of such things a? have come under my .own dbsectation4 Our Regiment: has not been in the service o' long at pome; others, yet we have pern a pa penetra ted tlie .eneay'a couo try. farthec than, any oth 1 . f tT . -f . a".''- --'si.'-- eraanu lorees ot toe oouto-wesu iur. j !? s On the 12th. day f December last our forces camped at Camp! Yokaapatufa on tbe-YocI- jia.(or. perhaps more properly . called a fbrktofi iHe Yazoo) rivpr, in tbetate . of Miseissippr, where we remained about ten days. Then began, the retrogradaimdvewentt of Gen .Grant's A'ray ;Corps, the caase of which lis. perhaps ibetter knows to.youroTeaders -thaa :ft rbyselsd; OnTthia retrograde. jnaxch.Qtir -?bysf! bad: their had .theft, boftpmr.tried by Some hard and j.jrreguar jnarebesi 0.i, the,aecoad.day's:march trora vanip x-ocaaapatqjee, we reaciied arap on. theJallAhstchiq .river, - some,- four-; mileS from 5 Abbeville. j I)upngj. this, day's ,mareh bodfeds,of oor weifigave out, arid; wre co,W pelf el to lay dnwo, hy; the.,roa)J.,siiIend rest tHeir weary Ijinbs onjthe; SoutbemJsahdy JtLU bur. ambiil4ce,beiJng' -small, and Uo heavy loaded to haul near all even of .those wbft were- SICK. .. . When bj regiment, got ot camp my onlyetaeked-artyMe ru ns, and wbuld all .he-ao, camp. ,aud ,afUr few hours reoae- rtbey buU be ready to J resume the roJafCi.",'.f:'-, ti-'u ii'.i'.'tr'v: ii.!!.f r'iiiii-. jOn.lfieft f lDm19ced Wrch!- .wora.fbBth :HoUy8pTinr,-eTi.-drant, somecatiaeor btHet''Tiest krfbwii W hibiself" cotiffterfrik'fidea i$$er 6y4havw itxn forme'iu rt!ilj;'fbbl?neciToi "ta -'give arisf Jei4 'brlptfoa !b.('th at town, whi priety -beclie ihy Hplly Springs tf ih&Voux eea uty of tie Coptlu Hplly Springs W tha Cdhhtyatfilarslia3 County r Ulasiasippt, and is beaatifally located ipb' the ackiion (eaul) aad Oxlbrd Sanrbadi The towaistaid oat witfi ' muh'laste and the houses have ali been built of the jtmateriala abdaAer" the roost 'Im proved ifashToh. -' The hrabbery about the private residences and 'public' bmtlings-'far' exceeds' any thing of the kjod ia quanityand quality iwtiI think' I ever saw. But, alas 1 the 'cruel spoiler came Wlertih'V public Biinga stood the Court ZIouse,' Depoware-oouaea busTness houses. atq iri fact many ox. the more costly private residences, there 14 naught but a, mass of ruins.4 But the boys say:, it's all on aCcbubt of the rebellion, and I. aa ppose It is. t t. : ' L.' . .-j 'rjffi ine'feth'"'of January msCwe marched to a little town sixteen miles from Hotly Springs, called SaTm, where we camped over night. Next morbing we resumed the march and went some ten or twelve ml'es to Wolf Creek, where we card pea and- remained 'one' day ' and 'two -nights,r during which time we managed io turn an old wealthy planter's farm into one field, and used the fence with which that field waa enclosed for firewoodf. I might ' here remark that dry -rails burn much better than green wood, and the soldiers must have wood. We tbVn pibved up to Grand Junction Jand . this' place -The 2d 'Brighde (to whih I belong) is stationed at Grand -Junction, but the Head Quarters of the Division is at this place. : On the 19th instTlNra detailed as a member of a Grand urtKartial which has been in session at this place siacejthat date, which accounts for mheing1uri here away from my 1. Regiment. Whte 1 am wrltjne "this, a large procession of soidierewn.gtios at 'reverse arms led by an afnlmjerice and abrasa band, tells the ; story, that some poor soldier, far away .from friends and home, has taken his departure for his. long home,- and that his' companions are following his remains to ' its last rusting place. , , m What shall ? or what ought to be done with the negro?. are questions which -are no doubt discussed among the people of the North, and what effect the Emancipation . Proclamation will have on the' people of the South, is an in- tquiry. which is,prevalentanong your readers. 1 have my own views in, reft-rence to these questions but do not propose to make-them public at this rime j bu I trust T shall be pardoned if I venture to give the " negro a pass- ing notice tn una connection. . 1 oere are large nuinbers'bf these, poor deludfed creatures, "cur-reletP at this place, ' Metnph is, Ac., like so many mules, and drawing rations from tbe government. ' One third of their number are perhaps engaged on the fortifications, loading cars, Ac., but out oftheni " the 'government; I presume, does no get-more labor ..than would pay for their own, rations.. .- ..A, negro'a idea of " freelom" seenriio be that of indolence. They are total strangers to any thing like en-ergy. . You caRyisitAtbeir quarters and you find, the sick the dead abdy the. living, both male and female, all mingung together in filth and dirt. They se"sna. ta be too lazy and indolent, not to say in hum as ,4o even bury their dead.J :.,T '..nf'r : . . -f ": - 'i ' -" This unholy .rebellion has - brought desolation and sorrow to thedoorofrnany of the sonthern people. A few. bints are all thst is necessary to prove this. Think-,'ot the . yast army we have . in the ; South weet we must have beef and pork, corn, 4c.; rails burn well for .cooking pjirposes ; citizens have trouble to get through our lines, hence may have to remain at home; can't gotff lb ill,; to town nor to any ptbe placeand: eireo -at-thei- hmes thev are not' unmolested. . I regret -that time will not llow roe to go further in detail this time but as it don't I will close by sighing my self. ; Yours Reapecifullji vi . :-. : r -. p -f '-;- ,. ,, J..W. U. A DbVel Incarnate. The'Independent; Hehrv Ward Beecher's paper, the" 6fficia! brin of W. H. Seward for publishing the ytjnlted States laws 'has , the foflbwing : , ' '' : ' '' . " ' ' '. ' ' . be interval between destructton ' and the Sal vation of the Republic is measured ; by two itepe, one i JEmancipa.ion and the. Other Mil itary, buecess. I be. first is, taken, the other delays, f .How is it to be achieved I , There.ia but' one' answerby . tbe negro I' 1 They (they begrbes) are the forlorn hope of the Kepublie: : T hty are the last aare-keepen of the good -cause.-' - Weantit make alliance yiith them or our final siiccess is imperiled I , . t .Confess is in a dispute over a.- bill to arm and' equip 150,000 negroesrio serve in the,war. Let it stop the debate t - The case is settled ; to problem is. sol ved,' the argument is done he ..the recraiting-eergeants heat their drums ! Tbe next levy of troops must not be made In the North,' but on the " Plan tations. - Marshal them Into .line" by 'regiments' and brigades 1 The men that have , picked-, cotton must ' now pick 4iefaJrJ,Ga.ther,lie great , Th ird .Army 1 For twoyears GoYemment has been searching i ah ermy'f couhtry'fo.'a pkth' for victory, onlytbe riegro can.'find it 1 1 Gi ve ' him ' a gun and bayonet and let hiai joXmUb. way 1 1 The future is fair.:GW.ad'iAajomar'7to save the RepnflicT . c. Zk-r ' i Hall te pbiution ageiwere;onoenUat iniiOne fire-ajjd-brim- stone paragraphi tb-r would ot be strong en-: bgh i6apply:tb'thVaevil : incarnate Who' pen- nea toe apove. - ?v - muss invent auotner . lan- guage, if satan baa come to earth, x ne pres ent one was-iatended lor-men. ewetanoa Jia-. a tBherrard Xleaena oaJp8n.,17a4a, :t & ; t The lloneardjemejos,., HIf?. hjaa lkVa, iheurop ib:oppoiU0:tt the erbo- tfcn,.(, an aboUtiont.dominiQa tto .he t called hWest VirglBiai "He is doiog good; service; i. WeJtliihk it !was: SheriapJ "who drew the-felic itous (lgerrptyP pf oldw'A yAdecrihing him Ula.rp6 bettveeaaaand-hiUcrejttid IattnAhdaldsiani aekata.- lo JL& i s tber Siale; epc 'Irf the:co"u last wee'XergbV9s ': V Ben' Wade laaid theTTeakerVirttira looi bf ftitheridecdroi iJin s S7ad?;rwtflf atTuia id the p-vtlike ar-neri r-c-reUr JXU feci BtJk, his r?c:th ttinks, anlhij tectH.etinkl I know tLIi, for I Lave alej t" with him.".' Net est of my own choice, for it . waa ia-a eltsric - - - S v VV4 Waa sat a yk nuoa cir naa jdocUs ilia Xast Ppr liticii Eaiay.lI;;.;lf :m(H Te Hoo JlEvrrvH4T--e5embeT of,Coo- gresa from, Balumore, an n intimate,, personal aad polHlcal friend ,pf Judge DocoXASt ia his late speech in tbe House of RepresenUtivea, made the fallowing important disclosures,--- Uts l'- C - vt,.--, itr. Speaker, tha$ eminent and Hfar-eeing Statesman, the late 'Judge Douglas, avowed to mei in April preceding his death.5 his Solemn conviction that our political Union waa" at an end. I violate no confidence in . repeating his opinions since he assured. me it was , hia purpose to publish hie views at an. early day; and if the sequel of his life may' seem - ia " conflict with these views there are those- among hla personal .friends - here .on this floor who can reconcile bis conductand show the conform"- ty oi nis pians who. a peacelul, though . it might be a revolutionary, solution of our na-tioaal troablea. Judge DouHas.' on I hat oc casion, read to me an elaborate: essay that he 101a m; nnd coet bim more thoogbt and labor than any work of his life; that he feared it was too long, and he wished both to abridge and simplify-it, ao that St -might be read and alt - a - m - . unuerstooa ry all; that be would revise n at Chicago, and then .gure it to his countrymen. Death, alas I denied this most patriotic design.- . - -' "That essay ascribed our present situation to the aggressive spirit f Northern Abolition ism. It declared his conviction that the Union of bur States as originally formed and maintained was finally destroyed, - and no po litical Union could exist again between tbe free aud slaveholdmg States; that such an idea must be abandoned, and a .commercial Union, founded upon the plan renerally of the Zoll-verein t the States of ; Germany, he accepted as. the only practicable arrangement to .secure peace .now and hereafter. That masterly paper, every word of which "I beard read by himself, and which since his death have .endeavored 10 vain to procure for the benefit of its wise counsels to our country inen.jully explained the plan, operation and results-of the Zollverein, and showed .how, with certain modifications, it could be adapted . . . ... io pusuun an mose principal causes and in fluences which have hitherto made the United btates the happiest and most prosperous of nations." , ; - That pamphlet" would be worth" reading, and h doubtless among his manuscripts.. Letter from the Latb Senator Donglas. ; S4 S. Hatxs. of Chicagb; 'delivered a speech in the Hall of Representatives at Springfield on-the 18th inst. . It has been 1 reported tn full, and contains many --points - of :interest4 extracts from which we may give hereafter.- But Mr; HaTts produces now, for the first time a letter addressed to him by' late Senator Docoiks, which shows the estimate which that enlirhtened- and far-eeein statesman placed on the efforts of the Republicans of the North in I860. He" saw then,' that their aim waa to bring about the dissolution of tHe Uuibnacd so wrote to Mr. Hirsa. ; ; V ; . " THS LBTTEB.' ! -; ;i '. ';' ' WasBiNotow, Dec. 20 18G0. : ; ' "Mr DAa Sta : You will have received my proposed arneridmcnts. to- the Constitution, before you receive, this.. - JTA. South' would tale my proposition if tke'Ilrpvbtu cans would agree to.Q. "But the extremes. North and South, hold offand are . preHptating the country into revolution and civil war. ' - ' " Whije I can do no act which recognizes or countenances the doctrine of secession, uvy policy 'ia peace, and I will not consider the question -: of war until every effort has been made for peace, and all hope shall have - vanished. -When that time comes, if unfortunately it shall come. 1 will then do what it becomes an American Senator to do on the then stale I of faet.'Vjlfiy rf theHepnbfican leaders desire it assoiuiion or ine union, ami urge war as a means of accomplishing disunion i while ., others are Union men in good, faith. We have now reached the point where a compromise on the basis of mutual concession..- or disunion and war, are inevitable. I prefer- a fair and just compromise. ' I shall make, a speech in a few days. " Yours truly,- .' - S..A. DOUGLAS. ; "S. S. IIats, E.." ; . - .- ,. - :'i ..-- -' - A Southern Opinion. if- '-' ' : . The Richmond. OispxUeh,-of the 30tb , strives to keep up the spirits of the pedple, by lotld predietiona that peace id' close at hand, and it thus sets forth the reasons on which the faith is baued " If we meet with no great and unexpected disasters:, if. we do . not , relax our exertions, (he war musttirtualiy be ended y the. .lsifJine All the sighs of the times, the ascendency of the - Democratic party at the North, the partial" failure of their draft, and tbe entire cessation of .volunteering; the ad mission by them that a large part of t heir army goes out of " service"- ib May -and that nd new recruits, caa be had to supply their places; the frequent and numerous "desertions, from their army; their domestic dissensions, thelf bitter denunciations of Irjrt?oi.x;'.hi8 -Cabinet, the abolitionists; r.aad :f J1 ?Nw- England ; the JmminenoeKf HBatioaak hankraptcytb ruip: of tbeirshjppng.and ,eo4np3rciaIninfjet1' eats, and incipient social, anarchy, all .prove that 'They can keep 'ori'the' wr ;bui a few month longer. ' Beside, hy Trtibw that for elgnlj iriterventlon,- bewever-.ideliryedii nut come at Jat. JMo doubt tbey. desire. rtwinfN der to have a jetext tor hacking out from the tW evwf 'SfMerTlt-- or then make tksiest veaca thev .v? :Iadeedj whether hbetweeOf j iodi visuals 4t . natiqqs. j jbig: ght most ever oe a snort-tight; because -the par ties, butting bu - all "their strenirfb" at once.' sop become exhausted. The North is exhaust- , j-r;" -s) Cingnlar 0r4er; V-T' -i A! few dayalagb.tbw telegrapbt inforroed ;ua tlat ari.9rder,pi been issued from Washington that no more goods r ehoul. be .shipped lTt,:anleeS under permit frbm ' 'the XJustoW House af'New Yorfe. - Jteasohs ' eiveH. - that goods Juul,beeKanuigglelii through ii the Mest to the rsoutni xtyaiJiowL, we ask?- BrXhe Otton hnyers, if anyhodjylift are i almost to a'roanrtfirftr, hod sahctioned, aided .and. abetted by army - Ccera,' "as . has again and agalb aaaerted, :- Tor th ialis the 1 whole West to be put under the bdrn and excluded from A free ir.rket with h Jitft.t.'i t;!cy tThij will iraouTt to an.rr-TTipn iht lfest, af.t!iro ,r the whole .'trade ."of "thijpres.t Eri-cal.ii.l I--;i Lt5.teL'snda"cfa fewavored tpeculaf era, who will te cade the pcLs cf the Ccrtor Hen, i It;ia a rsonstrcn rron tjnf leas the telegraph has been lyi-"-k. ,The !"Weet ts-every way erif pled, and tL.4 puts 'the Ust aail tn the coua. vm ... . . :v. - ) - If there Wai; any 'taaqT-that IhaVU'iaejjted Senator Doug!arrsarded with abhornaeevii was Senator Sumner; cnacBc8etla. V.Here Z is a portrait that ha drew 4)f him m-US. ii Addreaafag hibaself to him be aaid 1 ' - - , "I theaiytaiDg in the . means by which he go; her to give - itim a 'periority over : other gentlemen whoramehr rdiaary fneaos T 1-Is there anything to justify it io -the fact thai 1 ; he cam her with a deliberate aeowal that he would never obey one clause of tbe Ojnstitu-" tion of the United States, and yet "put bis fa aad ' on the Holy - Bible fn tb preeence of this body, and appealeii to Almighty ' God to wit- . ness that he would ieiiaithralt'' the ConstP'v tniion. with a pledge of perjury on his soul, by-violating both that oathabd daCnMittIb He came herewith a pledge taneriurehimaalf tastheebnohfion of eligibility 'to the "pTace. Has be aright ta arnica hs hecause we have Lfelt it to be par duty to .be faithful to that Con- Hiiuiion woien. ue, oiavows. and tbat, oata , which he assumes and then repudiates The ' , Senate have not forgotten the debate on the ; Fugitive Slav Law; when that -Senator aakl, ; in reply to a question whether he was in favor - of carry ing into effect that clause of the Corn stitution for the rendition of fugitive slaves:.' Ia thy servant a dog. that he should do this 1 ' thing f . A dog. to be trae tth Constitution of your country T A dog. unless you are s4 traitor ? That waa his position ; and still he conies' here, and arraigns as', far crime, and f talks atiu audaeity 1 Did mortal man eyef witness each audacity id aatowed criminal ?-; Tltie traitorous scoundrel has been re ejected.' TJ. S.- Senator from Maa&achuaetta, by as V overwhelminjf majority, v His. worthy coadjutor. Ben : Wade, whom f the people of Ohio thoroughly, repudiated at -; the late election, was re elected TJ. S. Senator f ajfew weeks since, by the bogus "Uaioa Legislature. . . - - - ;'.-;- - -' ,--' - J , tl SaaaelaV ; lwsl - " . Tie Charleston Expedition; A Newborn correspbodenl, wbd has jus returned from Beaufort, writes under date; bf-the 31st dlt., as follows : The , sailing of the' . expetlition. fbrL believe Charleston harbor; i was one of the grandest fights I ever witness-' j-ed. The fleet consisted-of about one ha hdre4 anl twentyrfive sail of vessels steamers trane-i 5 porta, tugs andschoonera. At about, eleven- . o'clock on the 30th. bf January the sails of lh t varjous smaller cratt were unloosed, aody at-. lent.ly, one by one,.inrclose order,'- they giided from, the harbor,.. Next followed, in the sam . fipid , euceasipjj, .-.the. steamers, , storeships, : , transports, tugs ara an. - it was a magn incent. . sgliir one long line of vessels, crowded .with "''-troops cheering. The bands were playing and , " -" the colors streaming from the mats.'. l I counted seventy-eight schooners and storeships, and thirty-two Bteaiaers, coataiDing . a very large --loly of-troops.. At dark the vessels were still passing the forts.' .'''he gublioat Daylight hal reached Morehead City trbrii the hlocka-7 ' dlatf sTfttwwIl-Jw CT Ohsw laaa-Wirg!.,-.!. a-ef-" thu vessel report that tbe iron guahoats Pas- saic ad Moutauk, a .nnmber of mortar vee ., pels, and various other Uu it e Slates war vessels were at anchor at Bull's Bay ."near, Char leston, when tbey left- "The Fourth Massa- chusetts.Tegiroent and some other regiuient at' Newbero had been ordered n. another expedi-. t ion which was to, start bp the morning of 7 February 1st; ' ' '. ' "- ' " : - - - - " j ah- - ' -'T''" - ; 1 " All ImperiaJ r0-tjpjnnieni" , ; ' The hill Creating Abrabain -Lincoln Dicfa- ' tor, as it passed, the 'Senate oP the ' United ' States, will be fodidm the firet Jg f Ihis" paper,- following which -is" the negro' soldiers 1 . billas it passed the House The ' hbjipct I these abolition bills can' be easitV understood:-T.hsy are part and .; parcel of the saaie plot against the liberties pf the. people, ."and will -, lead To some curious results. Strange ahd re markalJe time do"we' live iri. when a Con-'' ' gress, elected -by the people, pass laws, td : free .negroes and elkitave white meh. But : here it is in black and while and he who cad not see bitist be Stone blind. , -i Tlie next thing to oUe'rve : will . be td see h'ow hiahy frifeh Who have ieen; votlbg the Be puhlteaa ticket will swallow tbes doses. ' It i well the record ot our shame has beeri made:-It will fasten irien td one skle dr the' mher. :. f The-ahari-will be left for all future tihte;- and no niancan loflgef dolge pcHUics. Every due will be iraewn by the company be keeris ;Snd " theprinciplea heavbws. . The -lines fdi vision-are deep and Well aiarked, and aff dnce:.eery man must take bis position. '' Mark the future: -' Better that eveiV free negro b eit into very than that the white rac should "thbs be v eaev ificed I 1 w The greAleVt good to the greaieet nurrtber' now liKxmies ahi adage' bf great- fiieatiirig. v W by do those in 'power precipitate snch quest ions upon us. t complicate all our-other troubles ? Echo answers, wy f Cttrih-- : :. tFroni .thfr yiankliMfnd,) Peatorisije-Greenbacxa Thro-ajn pnt . oil: iit Stiti : j Bank of IndiaaAT: tTiey axe noTiict - on Deposit. v f -. .'..'.. .v .'A i this lank, in anticipation of-a fnrthef decline' - below 'the roH'iuhdard bf Treietiry notes; and apprehehditig tat'ttie-'Sflpreme Court ' may Becide'that Coagteaa trari hot ifiakb paper a le tender, have givn ;n8fice that they will no. longer ecive ihat kiiid f vWrtedey oa depoU.-ahlesa'the. depositor will reeeK pay hi kii4w It is also staxed tliat the ba'naT ' 'Greenbacks' ieerb fd bVfn had dor HriflL the Bank of the State C. tu&Uiki?- We teaf-n. f from a reliable .source that' the: branches bf retiring its notes i from- dreaLation 'al thatr: fit' is paying tbr thetu a prentidrb oY-rrbrri 'o'rib"" " td tw per eetiC- From ipreseot- fndieatioai id the financial 'iperatJons- of 'th- eountry;--"-' we -wobkl advise all td '' sihj frbai bnder. S-'f ... iri -A Till hs rreteV?; .,r "i.-. "r.l" sdtv' (MasaecBusieits) Military BHTis ' dne' ld" t. which every, white man. in the eonarry'Urpeoj sdmrthing even worse th'aiithat; a prbpbiitit4" to take theinitia from the control oKheSutea. aad piacelt lB-tbenanda of thelederal uovern-, menu The object .bf.bch -al!meaiurtvcaa, scarcely bb a mystery lb any triatTwho studied. V the rentralicine nolicv of the Republican Aha-' . ' l x " a i ra U. -1 9 -i 'j-, ' a ' - . - C7 . - - 1 : , H IB COW JHSS .tWvJ JCi. .. his" way lo.'tiliic "ton, :-laration that -notwithi; all pver tie crr tt, .. r ; ' llow thousands cf trcken . fejoic could -the-izz: 3 aiase! ' -r. ' . .it .j htiomsta. iet.brsIasaacauet:sCoascrtptioT Bill -will 'gd' through ihV-Sri-.le,: and tLi ,T House wilt say, aye. JTJiere .is tibdoult thatiBai iridaetfcaeVU ii rbbaje,-the will have something to aaytbo. -- l'iJ 1 :, .. . , T , 1 ! mi ' 11 - I 'j 1 t . ' ' - - u