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.HT fr iftt.' , * ' {Kv i?t?/ .?..?,?1,?..?M.?.I.I?.?.??...?.ll'l1ll|lll.l?<il<ll|lllilMilwlMl|i?i,?lln,h,|lvMil?ll,W,?l?M' .US>^..,A,SHUW^UH,,SA.V^^.>^A.^>V?.M^^..?;V.UWU^.JI^WVW.U^WW.^.H^...U.^.S.H.?"IM'U......^..'..?-'^.......W..?.^^..-....?-..."??.?....,..?.,.,....".,...,...,..*..,,......".....,..,.. "W? WILL CL I HO TO THE PILL ABS OF TEE TEMPLE OF CUB LIB2BTPE8, ? ED IF IT H??ST FALL, WE WILL FEBISH AMIDST TEE B17IH8." SUHKINS, DVRI80E & CO., Proprietors. ? . EDGEFIELD, S. C., FEMUABY ll, 1868. VOLUME XXTI?I.-Xi* . This Day one Year ago. One JOLT ago, to-day, brother, They laid thee in the tomb ; Thea iniae eyes were filled with tears, brother; And my soul was filled with gloom ; Bitter wer? tt J tears I Bhod, brothor, For my heart wa? fraught with woe, When I looked my last upon thy face, This day, one year ago ! One year ago, to-day, brother, When the son had iunk- to rest, And the twilight shades were gathering O'er earth's bright emerald Test, They bore thee to thy graTc, brother ; And tho bright stars, one by one, Looked down upon thy resting place, As they laid thee in the tomb. I know thy body sleepeth In the cold and silent tomb, But thy spirit is not there, brother, 'Mid the darkness and the gloom. But with the eye of faith, brother, In h jaren I se? thee now ; ' A harp in thy right hand-a wreath Of glory round thy brow ! I wotdd not call theo back, brother, To this world of grief and sin ; But w'aere thy spirit retttetb, mine Ere long shall cuter in : Yet while,life's taper burn nth, Anti reason's fount doth flow, ' . Shall memory with a ?igh recall This day, one year ?gb ! Thy Will be Done. -carcher of Heurt? !-from mine erase All thoughts that should not be, And in the deep recessc: trace My gratitude to thee! Hearer of Frayer 1-oh, guide aright [ lisch word and deed of mine; j Life's battle tea<*h me how to fight, , And he thc victory thine. Giver of all !-for every good In the redeemer came-, F'T raiment, shelter and for food, I thank Thee tn Hts i?atne. ? " ? j Tallier, and Son ned Hely Ghost! Thoo glorious Three in One! Thon knowe?! best" what I need most, ?j?d let Thy will be done. SST . " "mt* ton M^gcnrv v 3*hjju?tit ^iac??nit'ctft a light as rhay did on Saturday rc?mmg; s i noe ; thc joyous news was passed from mouth to ; mouth that Maj. Anderson hid struct; his i dag ard Fort Suutt? r had yielded to <?en. j Beanregaad. Even the croakers changed their j tone and made their voice harmonious with ? the universal cxbiliratioii. Friend grasped the hand of friend, and with hearty ??hakes exchanged congratulations on the happy event , and enimies forgot for the lime their animosity and smiled blandly upon one an other. Tho rejoicing was d?ep, loud and hearty. All were tn some measure prepared for the glorioua tidings ; for it had been bruited, on Fridiiy evening, that the blockading fleet ware to receive a visit earlv the next morn ing from the iron-plated monsters that bad been lying so long moored to our wharves. And though that rumor bas often before been put .in circulation, and wo awoke at the dawn of the following day and listened iu vain for the welcome Bound of J booming guns, .there wa? obviously ground for the pleaeing report, and it was generally received as true. The source whence the report came, and the air and manner of those who made known the in formation concerning the attack, together with tho singularly favorable state of the VT ft. th cr, aud the propitious time of the tide, caused a large number to look forward with eager and confident expectation for the reali zation of desires they hui cherished for ma ny weeks. The recent achievcmc; t of our gallant boys in the waters of the Stono, had put our minds 10 frame for the full enjoyment of a similar ancona. No one doubted for a "moment but that the invulnerable little boats would di) damage to the hostile fleet. It was known that the vesEels guarding the approaches tu the city were of wood, and could not cope with the mailed rams, whose grotesque ngli 11 usa and saucy look we had so'often admired. But reports are sometimes true, and the one that so filled . our hearts With tumultu ous joy on Friday evening belonged to that cia??. : ? We imagine that the sleep of c ur citizens was light during the beautiful night thtt was to yield to a day bright with the .'i'priea of i.nother naval victory. 'Who ocs'-J compose his mind for the incoming of -deep refilling nlumber, while listening' with opening" ears for the roar of cannon from ile East? The fliehtest noise. safBced to startle the dreamer from hit dose, and the rollin? of ca-ringe wheels over tho macadamized street *otiri??d in his nicely ettuned ear like the crashing of .runs pouring their hiivy broadsides into some unlucky vessel. But the exploit? per formed by the water monsters were an ample reward for the scanty measure of repose wherewith om* bodieB were refreshed. At about ll o'clock, on'Fri'iay night, the IVmctto State, in command of Capt. i?ut ledge, and with the Flue; Officer, Commodore I?. X. Tngrahatn. on board, together with th? Chieora, commanded by Capt. John R. Tuck er, caat b3' from the wharf, and with their prowa turned seaward, steamed tcrosj the Cooper. The moon was shining brightly, there w?a sot ft eloud oa tko fioe of the blue sky, and the surface of the water was sou and glassy as a mi!!-pond. Nature seetaei smile upon the enterprise, and water, sky i ?ind presented a most delightful manife tion of the divine favor ' toward our just noble cause. The deep silence that brooded over the ter was only broken by the gurgle of screws, as the iron-covered vessels. mo slowly over the iiay. Having reached F Sumter, they came toancbor,.and^thc:e aw ed the going down of the moon. .At 3'o'clock, the report of two guns echt through the air. That was- tho signal * their departure, and once more the gun-bo are in motion. Silently they move thron the darkness, urging their course with speed, so as to come upon the unsuspecti war vessels before the dawn of day The undertaking promised rich rewan and the nearer the monsters drew to the hi tile ships, the more impertinent and resolv became the gallant men who were tenon their iron roofs. Never did the.little Tessi ?.seem to move so sluggishly, and most close j did the officers and crew scan the clear ho I 7.on, fearing that the light would steal ov ! the sea before-they reached the bloc-kadi Heet. But deep darkness is still on thc drop, ai they are near the enemy. Commodore Ingr ; ham descries a black (orin just ahead, and"tl j sharp bow of the Palmetto State is turnt ; upon the object. Nearer and nearer wi : nil sletuu ou niuves the iron vessel. A crai ! is.heard, and the ram of the gun-bos.t pen ? trates the wooden side of one ol Lincoln ; blockaders. And a hile the water was was] I ing into thc bole, thu guns of the Palmet State opened upon the hostile vessel. Thc officer in command of the Mercediti seeing it-was felly to contend with such s antagonist, immediately struck hi? flag an surrendered. Tu a rbort time the vessel WOT down. All this time Captain Tucker, of fli Chicora, wa* laying about Tiim1 vigorous! right and left. The shells from his guns sr fire to a large ship of-war, and she lowerc dag. He sunk, it i? believed, another, an threw shot and shell at tb it seeing the fate that ha ?kdes, turned their bows ti laen of danger. Not" ?"?"o them showed any disposition to c.-miir.tie lh< Sgbt, but careless ol the honor of that fla' they profess to adore, their cowardly hr-ait thoroughly possesed by fear, they fled will all the speed tboir sails. r.nd et i?? tie* enal>?et them lo command. But though they fled st ?.precipitately, ae have no doubt that man; ; of the seventeen carried away with then j some painful remembrance of that terribl , surprise, while it is positively known tho : several who succeeded in making good thei j escape, were severe^' it.jured. When the morning ligb' broke, not oue o the fleet was in sight. Th*! gun-boats cruis ed many miled seaward from the bur, but thi glasses revealed nothing within the range o vision. The success oftbat attack is mest gratify ing, and coming so soou after the brilliant ex plort performed by Magruder, at Galveston it carrier unspeakable joy to the heart of the country. We cannot speak in too high terms of praise of the judgment, skill and intrepidity that marked the undertaking, and its successful accomplishment. Had it been possible, the entire fleet would have been sunk or disabled, Commodore Ingraham, Captains Rutledge i and Tucker, aud the officers under them, as I well as their brave crew, deserve our profound ' aud hearty gratitude. We are indebted to several friends on board . the Palmetto State for the following account ! of her op?rations. We also givo the account of our special reporter, who waa on board one bf the tenders. These uccounts contain all the particulars of the.expedition and engage ment, lind show that it has been a, brilliant and glorious success on our side, limited only I by the cowardly action of the blockade's. They fled, small and large, without even muk ink a ?how-of light, notwithstanding the pre sence nf two forty-giin frigates, the ?"Susque hanna and C?nandiiigue.' Their loss, how ever, ?3 known to be severe. Two of their vessels are known to be sunk, while several were fired and went oif in a damaged condi . tjpo : THE MOVEMENTS OE-THE PALMETTO STATE. At eleven o'clock, Friday night, the gun boat Palmetto Sute, Capt. Rutledge, bearing the flag of Commodore Duncan N. Ingraham, ? left her mooringi and proceeded out the har bor towards Fort Sumter. Abreast of Fott j Sumter passed thc three steamers acting - as I tenders, the Gen. Clinch, Etiwan and Ches ; ter?eld. Atr4.30 a. m., the Palmetto State crossed the bar, and stood out at sea in tba [direction of the blockading fleet. At .*i.20 ] a. m., we came Up to the United Statessteamer ? Merccdita, and was hailed by .the watch on ? deck, when the following colloquy took place: { ' Waich.-What steamer ia that? Dwp I your anchor-back-back-and be. careful, j or you will rnn into us. j Cajdain liutled'ic.-This ss-'the Confede I rate States steamer Palmetto State. As the answer was given, the- Palmetto I S ate, with ft.ll sUa;n bp, ran into the Merce j dita, the baw strikin/ her right al>oiit mid ships and making an et.trance of about three (?act. At tbe same time our bow gun was fired v.'rOi a ?f vendocb incendiary abell. We immediately backed put, wheu the Mercedita hauled down her flag. They were crdoied to I send a.boat to us,, and Lieut. %T. Abbot, com f manding, came pffr with a boat's -iXdw and j surrendered his vessel in the name of Coin, i Stell wagon, of the Merceditn, carrying 7 guns ! and 1 58 men.* He stated that hia vessel was ! in a sinking ctfn'dit?ouY?ntrbegged oar officers to' relieve them. A shot' had pierced her boiler, which had burst and scalded a huge number of men. Lieutenant Abbett begged Com. Ingraham to take the men with him on board the Palmetto State,, aa in their baste to come to us they had neglected to put in the plug, and their small boat was only kept . afloat by the strenuous efforts of the men bailing the boat. He also stated that the wafer in the Mercedita had, at the time of 'bis leaving, already risen os high as the en gine floors. ' Commodore Ingraham regretted that, he could not comply with the request, as he had no room to accommodate them aboard of his .vessels and no small boats or-any other means of a?ording them relief.Liftut. Abbott then pledged his word of honor lor the officers and crew of the Mercedita'not to serre in any manner against the Confederate istates until regularly exchanged, upon which condition he was sent on board . his own VJiSsel. The Mercedita was taken completely by surprise. Tkey were roused from their slumbers by the. shock, the men not having scarcely time to dress themselves. Lieut. Abbott and the men with him were nearly destitute of cloth .V .... The Palmetto State, leaving tbB Mercedita. to her fate, stood out to sea, and engaged sev eral other vessels of the Abolition block" ading fleet, occasionally exchanging shotc. The latter, however, fled at our approach, firing at long distances and- leaving us far astern. One or two shots were exchanged with thc United States frigate Powhatan. The latter, however, followed the example of her .companions and fled. We then Uood North ward, towards the Chicora, which at tkU time was almost ?urronnded by thc enemy's VPssels. . At fva. m., there being no more of the Abolition fleet in *ight,: we stood back to tb'*, entrance of Beech ^^^g^avHjg^s'g Pilled the Chicora to j?p\nz[?s Ott pasSlftg, jcf\ wercusalnterl W^T?jte?&Qhr'?c;^Suinter. and Kiplr.y, arid arrived al'ihe whan lil t;;f city a lillie before f'i p. ni. THU MOVEMENTS ur TI?U CIHCORA.--The Chicora, Captain John B. Tucker, started from her wharf at half past eleven, Friday night, and crossed the bar at 4.??0 a. m. We commenced action at 5,05. Tde Palmetto' State engaged an Abolition vessel on ,the right, while we engaged the ono on the left. As we i'iissed the blockader on 'heri^hf. th? Palmetto State was ?nyiug ri?nos-de of her. .Keeping on our course, we proceeded to with in fifty yards of thc vessel, on the left, and then gave her a shot from ont how ?un, the blockader at the time being under full head .wuy. We rounded to and g;: te her full ben fL of our broadside guns aud lifter gun. She immediately rang her bell tire nnd made"sig nals of distress to the rest of the fleet. The last-seen of herby signal ofiicer Saunders, she was stern down very low ha the water, and disappeared Very suddenly. This vessel is supposed to have gone down. Notwith standing, the Chicora immediately steamed towards her, nothing could be discovered of the vessel. The Chicora. proceeding farther out to sett, stood Northward aud Eastward, and met two vessels apparently coming to the relief .of the missing steamer. We engaged them. Oae of them, after firiog a few guns, withdrew. S tandi ug to the Northward, abont daybreak we steamed up to a small side-wheel two mas! ted steamer and endeavored to como to close quarters. She kept clear o. us, driving away as rapidly as possible, not, however, without receiving our compliments und carrying with her four or five of our shot?. Shortly after -the steamship Quaker City and another aidc vrbeel'steamer came gallantly bearing down upon the Chieora and commenced firing at long range, Neither would permit our boa .to get- within a respectable distance. Two of our shots struck the Qu iter City, and she left apparently perfectly fii.tUfied, in a crip pled condition. Anothor side-wheel two mas ted steamer, with walking beams, now steam ed toward the Chicora, coming down on our stern. Capt. Tucker perceiving it, we round ed to and proceeded until within about fire hundred yards, when the belligerent steamer also rounded to and gave us both broadsides i and a shot from her pivot gun. We fired our [ forward pivot gun with r-.n incendiary Bhell, : and struck her just forward of her wheel j house, setting her on Gre, disabling and stopr i ping port wheel. This vessel was fired both fore .and aft, and volumes of :imoko observed to Jssue from every aperture. As we neared ! her, she hauled down ber flag and' made a signal of surrender, but utill kept under way j with her starboard vt heel, and chabging her direction. This was jiint after daybreak. We succeeded in catching this vessel, but, having surrendered, and the Captain, supposing her j boilers struck and the escaping steam prc j venting the engineers fr nm going into the cn I gine room to stop her, ordered us not to fire. She thus made her escape. After this vessel bad'got out of our reaca, to the perfectly safe distance of about three miles, she fired her last rifled gun, again hoisting hor flag and , gotting ali sails, firing hep rifled gan repeated' ! ly at us BJ she left. The Chicora now engaged sis more of enemy's Teasels at one time-three side w . steamers and# tb reo propellers-alt at j.range. Discovering that tie flag boat, j metfco State, had ceased firing and was sti i ing in shore, orders were given to follow 'j On our return, we again came across n th j masted bark rigged vessel, which wc erigs ?'firing our guns as we gassed, striking j once or twice. We then ?opt on our coi j to the Bar, having sustained no damage j the action nor a single casualty on bo; j The last ship mentioned above leapt firinj j ns until we go? out of range, and we giv them our return compliments. One of blockaders was certainly s?bk. We enga her at the distauce of only one hundred yal and she settled down with her 6tern cl under water. Thc Chicora anchored in Beach Chan at S,.n>0 a. m., aud arrived^ at her wharf j the city about 6 o'clock, ' receiving a 6al from all thc forts and batteries as she pas on her return. The number of shots fired tho Chicora during the whole engagerai . was twenty ?even,. mostly ^incendiary she 'Lien!. Glassell commanded the forward pi ! gon, assisted by Midshipman R. H. Pincknc j Lieut. W. IL Wall, the after pivot : Maa J Mason, the starboard broadside ; Master Pay .thc larboard broadside. The different divisions were commanded First Lieutenant G. H. Bier and Lieuteut J. C. Claybrook, assisted iby Midshipmeu H. Bacot and Signal Officer Saunders. The Pilots of the Chicora were Mess j Thos. Payne and Aldrich. OFFICIAL Dtsiwrcn FROM COMMODORE ] . .r*jp ??. " KOSAUAX.-The following! official despate ! brought by the steamer ^Chesterfield, was i ! cetved iu tho city about 12. m., on Saturan {: GrS'-UOA'?'P?LMETTO STATK. Jaffbary SH, 13C3. i I went out last nightvJjThis vessel ran in j and struck thc Lui ted States steamer Mere i dita, when she sent an- ..cjjjficer with a- boai j crew to tho Palmetto State and surrendere : Thc Officers and crew weij? parole*!." Capta j Tucker thinks he sunk jjme vessel, Rnd ? ; another on fire, when Joe., struck her ila j Thr ' fading fleet barrine fo thc Sf ntl ; mn ^ttCT^t.ward, otii Qi:?i,7l'<. TOWE^.^. J'- ^- .? . Klag Officer l>oard Palmetto Stat?-." F'.-om th* Sovllitm Cunrdinn, Onr Daughters Should be Educated. Ma. Barron: Surrounding circumstance and that praiseworthy patriotism of our ron which induced them voluntarily and detei mined ly to put aside every pomonal consic oration and rush tn their country's rescue r . evorv aneri fice, has been the meana of cluain i temporarily ?many ?eminaries of learning, h.itl: erfo S'icrtissfiilly devoted to their enuraii? ' and practical traiuiug. While we thus deplore ;he necessity wlic i must deprive our sons of means which nm? ; fully tend to.develope faculties essential t I success in every sphere, of usefulness an ; greatness, we are gratified lo perceive th j increased interest manifested in female edu i catiou. ! The many excellent and well supports 1 schools in and near Columbia, give evidenr ' that parcuts are alive to 'ho importance ? educating their daughters. Noticing tb i morning in your paper au advertisement o the Columbia Femule College, I wa6 remind ed of a viait recently made to that institutioi in company with a friend, and just at thi hour for opening the school. We were invi ! ted to the chapel when? th* pupils to thc nam ''beruf one hundred and twenty-three, wer< ! scated: awaiting ihe religiom nervios* com j mon to the first duties of thf: day. .We -ro ruiuntd some li.ne after this service, and lone, enough to frame a pre'ty good idea uf th? general conduct of the school, and with which we were very favorably impressed. The or derly deportment of the young ladies, their neatness, cheerfulness and earnest attention to . tho parental lecture of the President, all to ! gel her evinced ? ncnse of duty and responsV ' bilifv on the part of the faculty ; and on Ihe ; part of thc young ladies, satisfaction and good j will. ? The Columbia Female College, though uni der the patronage of the South Carolina Con ference, wo noticed among the truateej the names of several distinguished gentlemen of Columbia, who belong to other branches of the church, and among the patrons of tho j school many familiar names of refugees from ? the sea-board. j .The President U ft gentUman of polished ; mannen, and brings to the Collego high lit j crary attainment and experience. Under his j immediate.and constant supervision the Col* I b>ge is destined to accomplish all that can be ! reasonably desired in ibo education and prop ! er*training of young ladies. The large and respectable patronage now extended, with the j promise of increase from many applicants, may truly be regarded as proof of confidence i in the faithfulness and ability of ita President j and faculty. j The Wilmington Journala*ya Hooker, the I new Commander in-Chief of \he Army ol tho j Potomac) is thc pet of the ultra-Abolitionists, the man for whom they hare been clamoring, 'under tht. sobriquet of "F.ghting Joe." Hooker will either make a spoon or iipoil a boro. Tbs Washington authorities having failed lo get tho consent of eitbw McClellan or Burnside to persevere in au advance whit thijy regarded as certain destruction, have i last pitched upon Hooker, who avows his wi l?ngn?ss to-go anywhere-to the devil, if a co?sary. If thc state of things among tl iroops under hi.= command be anything like ? ha* been' rcprerented, ? Fighting Joe" wi ! ht.ve eomrt difficulty in bringing them, up 1 j the scratch. I The London Times Defends Slavery o Scnptural Grounds. Let honoree given where it is due'. Thei i is one branch nf the. Federal attack whic I stands nobly pre-eminent amid the genen disaster. It has never lost a day ; whenev? summoned it hos marched to thc held an overborne all opposition ; it has not abandoi ei a gun, or left so much as a dead body o a knapsack-not a druin or a trumpet on th field. It bears a charmed life, and has nc even suffered a wound-no, not even in it self-esteem. It has never yet had to cxecut a rapid movement to the rear, or to speni months of inglorious and unhealthy inaction The catastrophe that hurls back an army staggers brave generals and drives a cabine to its wits end, only rabies to a higher pitel the moral confidence of these warriors. The; assemble their forces, vrho imracdiatclyjpre sent themselves . with unthinncd ranks nnc unblanched brows. They are as ready fo action as ever, and from inaccessible posilion they discharge volleys which cannot even bi replied lo. Could thc war be safely left ii their hands there is no doubt of its speed; and complete results, Air it is a war of exter mutation which they wage. Thesis soldiers without fear or reproach ure Messrs. Tyng Cheever and Reacher, their colleagues nm thc thousands who march under their bannen to the -institute, the church, or conventicle fl xs from the pulpit and the platform lha they fulminai'., ovo' thfi North American con finn,!. From this proud elevation they de n"unce the shortcomings of the policy on? the backsliding* of their cause. - They prc dieted /hr ;>?>.. rs'*, which only confirm thei own superior fidelity and good sense. Hat Ihcy been attended to the war would now Iii over. Tiiey preached the emancipation' o every slave in the I'niori, not us a qualifi?e futuro contingent me sure of policy, but a sTrSiTmrrrrnt-T?Ufeiim , f-'uml^ri'vu |.i'iIUt?pV?pc us carried into instant eTect. For this no even arma were required. The South wouh have done its own work. It would instant h have passed through nu ordeal only secoue io that-which shall one day change all things lt would have beeu a wreck, a ruin, a waste but from that levelled platform would ha\? risen a new people, new institutions, in ? word, nev/ Slates. Tho blasted and desola ted region would indeed have been regel era ted, lor Mr. Ifeccher undertakes, on behalf ol himself and his a*??n:b!ed friends, to 6npplj the physical resn::n:es necessary fir the pro .*ps?. With abolition for their principle and the war power'1 for their preternatural agency, T h#?y had no G2)Jgiving aa to thh reault; The reason why Lin.ijht ead his men had all failed was, that the? wer;? not. thorbugh r-r.n verts to abolition, end dM not pla"?* entire confidence in " war power." These gentlemen preach cot ?br an infalli ble or an established church, for no aver, church has yet . entured to hr> aa dogmatic and positive on this p?"'in'. as ! hey are. . They pc?pch with the Bible ia their hands. Iii thal book there is not one singlo text that can bc permitted to prove slavery unlawful, though there is much which naturally tends to itt mitigation, its elevation and its final extinc tion. Tn thc New Testament we have an epistle writ!od by thc man who rwpresents thc last revealed phase and development of the .Cospel, sent by the hand of a runaway slave, who had sought a rcfugu v/ith the wri ' ter, to his lawful master, to the purport that tho master uud his slave were to gut on bat ter and do their duty to one another more thoroughly for the future. The same writer tells his recent converts that if they ore sJbtvcc they must make tae best'of that condition, and not try to escape jt, at least by any means contrary to the lnwa of thc country. The only po?-iblc doubt about tho exact meaning of bis advice is, whether tho slaves are to re fuse their liberty, even if it bc offered, or whether they ar? merely to remain true to their masters, even if chance presents the op portunity of escape. The contest-which says that a faithful and dutiful Christian slave be comes the freedman of his heavenly master clearly proves that a slave who refuses r<be offer of freedom has a high Scriptural argu ment for his choi :c. If it he enid that slew ry is nt variance with tho spirit of the Gos pel, KI also aro a good.many things which are not yul laid under the ban of abolition, or threatened with the 4i war power." Sump"' j tuous fare, purple and fine- linen, weal tb, ecclesiastical titles, unmarried clergy, goad clerical incomes, and many other things ?re contrary to the. spirit of the Cospel, or, at least can be proved so as easily as slavery. But the Roman Catholics have* just as much, to say for any one of their peculiar doctrines aa the abolitionists have for their one article of a standing or falling community. Wheth er the Confederates have done right to throw off the Union is a distinct question, but they cannot have a better defence than a procla mation of war to the knife, a solemn invo cation of the " war power" against every slaveowner wk? still claims the duty of bis slaye, Mr. Beecher may be quif.e sincere, and, to a certain degree, consistent in bis doctriae that slavery is" absolutely forbidden by the divine law. The preachers of crusades against the Turks ortho Alhigenses, Inquisitors and Icon oclasts have ?ill been sincere in their turn. There is hardly a doctrine which a man maj not preach with sincerity, particularly if he has spent all his lifo in preaching it, if his in terest and reputation are staked in it, and he has no occasion to scrutinize it very closely. Ur. Beor her carno some years ago to this country to. assist Mrs. Beecher Stowe in reap- i ing her just harvest of fame. He told thc crowd at TTillia* Booms that if they were con sistent, they would leave off cotton, sugar and tobacco. Of course he knew well enough that of tho very comfortable looking people before him not ono in a hundred would prac tice any such denial. But it was eaey to lay down the law, and it is not less cosy to preach from Boston to New York the extermination of the Southerners. If it is not too late for these pulpit wan iors to adopt a line perfectly i in accordance with Scriptare, and much more j likely to-succeed than either their own de I nominations or the Federal arms, kt them preach the amelioration oj the negro. Thc more sensible part of the world ia convinced by this timo that Mrs. Beecher Stowe sacrificed the rea!l interests of her cli ent to the pleasure of writing a story for eve- ! ry body to read and admire. She wished to excite tho interest and to arouse thc feelings hy all the machinery in her power. Had sha described the good slaveowner, and shown what might be done within the regime, of shivery, it might have roused a generous emu lation in every Southern breast. Had she j fcntpulotislv described, thing? ai they were, none could have blamed her, aud truth would have'muihi its way. As it if, she and her equally impassioned but far less able and brilliant relatives and friends have done ali thev could to widen the chasm into which the whole American community, 6lave and all, j appear* to be falling headlong. It is difficult to say whether their present language savor. more of a fanatical faith in fheir own dogma I or sheer desperation. They admit a blight j on their arms. Thej even iuvest it with the terrible character of a judgment for theeora j.romise attempted With the slaveowning in %n5fr -TIM tbc-mfcCx3gt?-h&s goa? A>rth,4and^ ! every slave has been tdd that be will be uia j ed by the North in .'his struggle fer personal ! freedom, the cannon of the North,-, sayi these j reverend gentlemen, are unblessed and pow {erless. j Th? " Open Sesame" of an absolute eman ! cipai ion is to open every door and break eve j ry chain in the South, it is to open the eyes, j aud at the same time paraiyzj the arm, of the : slave owner aJ home, for lu; will s<v that i e ' must reroaiu tb*r? tu protect life and proper ly. Till tki* J? done, sex Mr. Becher and j his friend*, th? North is fcredoonied ti just and utter defeat. Bet will the North *v*r declara that slave j?rown muon, sngarasd to bacc i ar? sn nhclai n thing, and rr.:??z not bf : toucied cf or carried in Yankee ship'', or j bought an>i sold with Yankee "money ? They f will hej apt to say that rUy may as well l?je i the litoa altogether aa ?o lose trade. Mr. i Brechet ?nows this. f?> koflvA that av?? the j Stripe* and Stars, are not ST gracions' e? iifn ; aud tho things thar make lifo ^.'?rasant in the i mexcuntnV mind. Sn l?e kno*s that hi* dc* ! ettneiatioa of the Presidem'* itueivog pitier ? will have about the/ same eti'ecl as bia recoiu j menc ation to the Ungi Uh readers of hvs sis . ter? book to prove their sincerity by wear.'ng 1 nothing but wool oed linen, leaving otTcigarv j and drinking i/ieir tea without sugar. iTo-wiV- Talki, i 'Tha New O ricana P4?a ffcU/^nd?.jr^j-iic ! occasionally.- J.-.sta? how hi uah** about wfms u wc arc ;.oing to do - i ThoMi)Mis*tppi i> io h? <"-i^cfd ajid'kept open. Not only ia Jeff. l?avis to be cur. . ?T ! from itt* " trans-Mississippi dep?rtate?.'' but : all the country i-i?mprUiiig that nepar tuieiir 'will v?rv soon 1>* tak>*it out of his .fia nd?, j The.forces in the Weat and Soathwiss are I fully Adequate to the work .before them. ..the ?tart- they have liia. iiarhcn;* Mrengtir r which the yTf$?i?/e of recent and glorious riv tories confer. This winter iuny see hard fight I ing in the Southwest, but it will not pass ? without refrtorhuj to tho authorities of the j Constitution, an immense tract of territory,-, and severely punishing thousands of the trai tor.! who have striven for national ruin, j This now rebellions region is to be restored I to prosperity by the progress of tbe Union array. With the death of slavery, and the ? vindication of the dignity of freedom and ia- j bor, in all itu broad domain, a lifo such as1 the iBouth hail never seen will begin. The ! strength of freO labor ii to be demonstrated. The elements and source of strife atid decsv are tc give place to the means of solid wealth -to vitality, intelligence and harmonious ' support of law. The Union will be then ! established upon an immovable basis. Each day the prospects of the Union cause are brighter. Lach day shows more clearly the inevitable spproaoh of the ruin of the re bellion. ! General Bush's official report of his ope rations against General Bragg in Kentucky has just been published. He rates- "the Con federate force which invaded Kentucky" at from 05,000 to 00,000 mes, which ii at least 2-3,000 ?hove tfca mark, Kc it a better wit* noss as to his own strength. Ile saja on tba subject : " The eileen ve force which advanced on Perryville, os the 7th and fl tb. under my command, vas s hom fifty-eight thousand infantry, artillery and cavalry." . Gen. Bratrg . bad i*ot a man over 10,000 in that "fight, i Gen. Buell admits that he was out-ganeraled ! and deceived bj the Confederates in regard to the retreat to Camber land Gap. General B nell's report ia a strong vin di rat iori of Gen-, : cral Braggs Kentucky campaign. The editor of the Knoxville RrylfUx re lates the following touching incident : After the battle of Sharpuburg we passed over aline of railroad in Central Georgia. Tbe disabled e?ldiors from Gen. Lee's anny were returniug to their homes. At every ata tion the wives and daughters of the farmers came on the cars and distributed food and wines, and bandages among the ??ck and wounded. We shall never forget how very like an angel was a pretty liu!e girl ; how blushingly and modestly she went to a great rudp, bearded soldier, who liad carved.a cnitch from a rough plank to repkee a lost . leg ; bow thi1? Villa girl a?ked bira if he was [ hungry, and how he ate like -a famished wolf, i She asked if his wound was'peinfnl, and in a j voice of soft, mellow axcenU, 4,"0au J do nothing more for you ? I am sorry that you are so badly burt ; have you a little daugh ter, and won't abe cry when she sees yon?" The rude soldier's heart was tonched, and tears of love and gratitude filled his eye*. He only answered, M I have three little chil dren. God grant that they may bc such an gels as yon." With an evident''effort he rr .prcsscd a desire to kiss the fair brow of the pretty little girl. He tonk ber little hand be tween both his own, ?od bede her "good bye, God l-'e^s you." Thw child viii ava?< be a hatter woman Wau-* of the** lewona j of practical god-like charity stamped ineHare ably upon her yoting heart. "Crin ron VIRCLF.ST SJVJALL POX, SCAS L'att^i A.\p MEssLns.*'-Ife copied from an ? exchange paper, a few days since, a.recipe j sent from Eaglaod to a ?bipowner of Booton, j Sioro copying it, we find the f?>llovriny com j menis in th.* .Allanta Confederacy: Digitalis ja large do?ei?, is pob?otyiUa; and .when conlimi?u!" for any itfnelderable. length [produce' all the syn^il^^ j dose. It is said to aetfrom cumulated powfr. j Sulphide of zinc U an irritant poison, j though it p.eldom proves fatal, from che Lut ; that it is a prompt vm^tlc, m\ will tono he i ejected from the stomach if taken io poison- *' j ou? doses.' A cont'iiued repetition of email ? quantities would eventually produce ita legit?- . ? mat? etfoSs, und death would be the final re- ' ! snit ; ( uTfcloro it wonld not be pttident to fol ! low the direction by giving the remedy feyer i ry ft^rnnd hour, uniil idt symptoms of ?ieeafe vsn?!?.!).:" j Where ji?r'?oiw ar?j disposed to e*cp?r4t?i?j:t \ with r*m*d*t*, this on??, <,*ii(l<->u?dy t????J, will ; prri'fvli'f f.ii?w?-r mdi .? any.cither, %X\>i .' nwv altVd relief ia many case*; but ha ?hw ! u.<fT> ll with the evpeetsiion ni e?H*c\lu#mcur? i of fcuy r.f the diseases aaraed, will b* di/wp j pointed. Ail the*(i ?svinea niait Lave time j In git nell, and must.run their course. Th*y .^inr.r.t l e cured;: Aseriwr? < F WKX!?M,L PHILIP^.--.Mr. ' Train, hi a srxwh in Muaic Hali, Bostoa, speaking of WendHl Philip-., ?aid : That di* j tinguish^d Abolitionist' went to Charleatrw, Si. Cy once before he waa very well known, and put np at a hotel. He had break/set served in fcis room, ai> l waa waited upon by a slaw. [?a rmbraced the opportunity to represent to ; the neflP in a ver? pathetic way, that he was a m&n/awi .* broth**, and more than Una uu Ahriliii inl.t. The -n*gro s^Mued atore anxious ?bruit vh<* .igjsakt'as; than Ive ra* aban* li violation* sod coaditfoa. of hie ; sou', and ?lnaJ?y. 'io despair, ^?r. Philipa, or ! <kved him to go away,.saying that he opuld'ut j beer bi he waite*! upon .hy adaVr. H Racine ! rae, uia.-?*." i&id tbe uegro, '.' mast sta? b?r>v : catue f U'd re>spoa?Mbl? for the silver w^tW . * N"noao HesMiAM.-rln a. Yankee raid on ii? . a .\??wi.";ipB? river, these robbers tonk nfl' the :.g^n of a nf prto man belonging in .^e-uaw I if*? ry. The hoy wa* about"tea"years old. I ?nd when Jenkins ascertained that his sou . j waa ott .hoard t;.nTankee boats, he irume-ii i atftjj r^p^ ired in the boat, foaming at the ? mouth Jik* %an enraged ti?rM\ He* weat on I board, knife ir, and demandai hi? boy. j " Give me back vm7 **V !" "claimed he, io ! thone terrible, fier*,1 toaOT' ttartteotnfy wifh i fear all who hoar tb*1.' "?f 1 wiI1 <h? ; deck of tb? boat tflflk ?7 ?it? roar blood, j Tou we nothing but ii i*\ ' * T{te fobb?n' ! plunderers, and I will ?f>''- the kel drop of in.yblood but I will ha?e %>V Give I him to me, or I will plunge tfly knife itt* th?, heart of the first man I fjbeh.*' The Cap-' tain of the boat, seeing th* deepest* deter mination of Jenkins, told tb* soldteKi they had better give np the boy, rx* same ut them would be killed, and be waa grflen np? Hur rah for J eakins ! He had previ o**ly resisted all appeals to bim to desert his master, aod he took hu boy back to his contentad boma in triumph. He is one amongst a thapsaod. ' Exchange. The ?teamer Antonia, Ihm Naano, loads? with powder, was recently captured by tte Fed?rala (|t!e cndcif^Ho| to m foto Xg, hilf fcarber. -?h. '."> - ? ? * - . .-.?VAV?,^-^.