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A LETTER. L We publish the following letter by re-; f quest, wrtten bv a son-in-law in this coun ' r ty to his father-in-law in Ohio. ; I Dear Father: You say‘this thing of[( fighting to free the negro is a grand mis- j t Stake.’ If by this you mean that it is a s mistaken policy pursued by the Adniiuisi (ration, I agree with you. But if you , ' mean to say that the Democrats are mis- ( taken in supposing the war to be canied t on to free the negro, I beg leave to differ ' I with you. Although the Republicans 1 . tried to keep this object hid from view ’ 1 at first, it was plain to be seen that they ;, 1 did so out of policy, knowing as they i t I did that no Democrat would join the ar- i' \my if they should come out boldl> r and i * . * v 11 j proclaim at first that the war was waged (j to free the negro. Instead of this they r j basely deceived the people at the extra i t j session of Congress when they unanimous j 1 ily passed the Critenden resolutions de- j ’ ' daring the object of the war to be for■, no other purpose than to restore the Un- 11 i ion, the Constitution and the laws and t not for the nuriiose of meddling with the , 1 ! institution of slavery or subjugating the people of the South avowing that when , the object was accomplished the war;! j should cease! 1 say they deceived the i i people. The Democrats thinking them honest rushed to the rescue of the Union . among them my own son Think you ! he would have entered the ranks had the ; true object of the war been openly avow- ’ ed. No! far from it, Nor would one of; 1 the many thou-nnd of Democrats in the I ’ army at present have done so. You sav L that the general Government refrained I from meddling with the institution of sla ‘ I very so long that forbearance ceased to he ! ' a virtue. If this was the ease how did it! come that Congress abolished slavery in ; j the District ofColumbia? Was there any i | military necessity to free the negroes there and pay the owners S3OO a head, for their old. decript and worn out slaves I i at a time when the treasury of the nation | was bmng emptied at the rate of $3000,- ■ 000 a day? Was it a military necessity that cau-ed congress to pass and the pres . i ident to sanction a law prohibiting slavery ! forever from entering the Territories acquired as much by the blood and treasure , of the South as of the North? | It was a notorious fact that a strong j Union sentiment existed in the South be- ; ! fore these ultra abolition measures were < ' adopted by the Government. It was the ; ! true policy of those in power to have for-1 ! tnred this sentiment, and given the lie to i the charge that Lincoln was an abolition- ; ! ist. and that the object of his govern-; ment wa° to abo’ish slavery. Instead of this they confirmed bv these acts all that the secessionists charged them with.— j i These ants with others of a kindred na-' ture united the South as one man against, : the North, so that scarcely a vestige of | Union sentiment is now to be found any where throughout the South at. the presi ent time. The Emancipation Proclama-1 i tion which the abolitionists pretended to ' think would weaken the South and end The war in a month or two has failed to ' accomplish that desirable event—thus es-, 1 tablishing the wisdom of the President's .objection to issuing such a Proclamation who applied to for this purpose by a del- ., egation of preachers from Chicago. He f told them it would have about as much i effect as the Pope's Bull against the comet. But he was induced to issue it notwithstanding to please or appease such abolitionists as Wendell Philips and yourself. Before the change of the war into ' an abolition crusade our annies were victorious almost everywhere. Since then can you point tn one decisive battle of any importance gained by our forces?— The battle of Antietam under McClellan was the last great battle gained by the Federal*. Since McClellan's remova which was done to please the Abolitionists nothing of note has been accomplish ed. The slaughter at Fredericksburg Murfreesboro and Vicksburg show now much harder the rebels fight than they did before and the great defection in the ranks of the Federal army causing such wholesale desertions computed at 125,000 proves that the Union army is demorati- » *

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DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, JULY 11, 1863.

zed almost hopelessly. Look on the infamous conscription bill which has been rendered necessary by the change in the purpose of the war. Had the restoration | of the Union and the preservation of the : Constitution been the continued object ofi the war and abolitionism kept out of view i and no enlistment of negroes as soldiers j been resorted to there would have been ' no need of a draft. Enough of men ! would have volunteered for the purpos- 1 of restoring the Union. To free 3000,-] 000 of negroes some 25 or 30 millions of, white people will be ground down and made slaves of for centuries, perhaps, to pay the debt entailed on them for that pur ( pose. And still the condition of the negro will not be bettered. If free to-day the blacks will be far from being as happy and contented as they were before the war 1 am not one of those who think slavery is wrong. The sin of slavery consists in its abuse. 11 masters take the Apostle’s : advice and treat their servants right, and servants do the same to their masters, as they are expected to do in the 6th chap-1 ter of Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians, the relationship between master and slave is one recognized by our divine master and his most approved followers. It is then the height of presumption for men in our ] day to set up a standard of Christian per- , section above that set up by Christ and his Apostles. You must to be consistent turn infidel, deny the Holy Scriptures and like Burlingame, demand an anti-slavery Bible and an anti-slavery God, If slavery had been disallowed by the ruler of the I universe would he have permitted the feeble colonies of this c >untry at the time of the Revolution to prove successful while holding human beings in bondage?— Would be have miraculously - saved the ( life of Washington who was a slavehold- [ er, from the deadly aim of an Indian in ambush, who, history testifies fired fifteen \ times at him without injuring him — . Would God have preserved the life ot this slaveholder to lead our armies on to i victory and become the Father of his country, had not God allowed slavery to Ibe continued? Would he have prosper- , ed and blessed this nation above all other I nations of the earth, and made it the best ' government the sun ever shone upon had | he not sanctioned the institution ofslave- ] ry? I repeat, it is the abttse of the relaI tionship between master and slave that Is I sinful and not slavery itself. To believe i otherwise is to gainsay the teachings of the Bible. The war that is now npon us is the rational result of the teachings of I the fanatics of New England and those all ■over the country who like yourself chime !in with them. It is my candid belief that the abolitionists are responsible for the . war an i its terrible consequences. Nor are they now willing to have it settled : unles the South agrees to give up slavery. ;At least they make this a condition. I believe, however, that they care not a fig : for the negroes, their real object being to . keep themselves in office and power.— Witness the course of the Administration in imprisoning Democrats all over the I North for speaking ogainst. the corruption of its officers, pretending that they think them disloyal, while Wendell Philips and men of his stamp can declare i right under the nose of the President in j public speeches that they have labored fifteen vears to take as many States out of t]ie Union and thanked God that they had accomplished their object and declared that the Union should never be restored again as it was. with slavery in it ’ with their consent. 'SLook at the bribery resorted to by the tools of the Administration in the recent elections in Rhode Is'and and Connecticut. Republican ! soldiers in the army were granted furloughs for 20 days on condition that they would return to Connecticut and vote the Republican ticket, while Democrats were kept in the ranks and forced to do double picket duty, while the Republicans were absent; sent home by order of Secretary Stanton to vote and thus thwart the will |of the people. Is this Republicanism?— Is this done to crush out rebellion? Or, rather, is it not done to crush out the Democratic party? This is the true object of continuing the war and 1 fear the scenes of bloodshed and rapine experien 1 ced by the South will soon be transferred to Northern soil, by the hellish efforts of i the Abolitionists to rule or ruin. We have had a foretaste of what they are aiming at and of the means to accomplish it lAt the recent election in Indianapolis in this State, where Democrats were preven ted from voting by the use of pistols and other deadly weapons in the hands of men professing to be the Champions of Freedom, free speech and free ballots. You once professed to be a Demccra’. Yoa

have got into strange company—compa- ■ ny that I fear is leading you on to des-1 truction and to the destruction of our once ! happy country. Lesve the foul party ! I you are now linked with and do like thou ' sands of conservative Republicans in Ohio I and other States and come over to the | help of the Democrats under whose rule | ; this country has been for nearly sixty years; and under whose wholesome Ad-; ] ministration of public affairs during such ; a long term of years, our country has j been rendered prosperous and hsppy bey ond a precedent and caused us to be en- < vied by the crowned heads of Europe, es- , pecially England who sent over the first missionary to sow the seeds of Abolition which has proven the entering wedge ' that was driven through the Union by i the maul of Lincoln, rending it as his wed : ges were wont to rend the timber of which | he made rails in his early days—that Un- ] | ion cemented by the blood of our fathers and which Lincoln is pretending to bring i together and cement by the blood of our I sons. Yours &c. Dr Hebern and both members of the Bix'er & hidings gunsmiths ot'this city were arreste I yesterday by a squad of soldiers, under orders of the Provost Mar- ! shal of the State and taken to 1 ndianapolis. The arrest created intense excitement and fears were entertained that an attempt would be made to rescue them upon the arrival of the afternoon train from the ( North. A writ of habeas corpus was (Sued out before Judge Vinton but all the : gentlemen arrested having expressed a willingness to proceed to Indianapolis for trial, it was not served. Mayor Ward addressed the assembled crowd at the market space, counselling peaceful measI ures and submission to the legal constituted authorities. He was frequently inter ■ npted by excited individuals who seemed determined to precipitate a riot in spite of better counsels and the express wishes of the parties arrested- The calm and quiet, demeanor of the Sergeant commanding the arresting force, the counsels of the Mayor r.o-l other, otrtoooo oo.J fhft S.-tISIIJe and prudent behavior ofthe men arreste.! ’ prevented a disgraceful and bloody riot Had an attempt been made to rescue them we should have been forced this morning to chronicle a most humiliating affair, upon what charge these men have been arrested has not yet transpired. That they will have every opportunity afforded th> m to establish their innocence, there is no kind of doubt. If innccent of any treasonable intent or act, they will rejoice at the opportunity to vindicate themselves No man whose skirts and conscience are clear need fear an arrest and transportation to the Capital of his own State for trial If false charges have been made against him he there is afforded every opportunity to disprove them.—[Lafayette Journal.] The Commissioners of Decatur countv appropriated 310,000 out of the county treasury to Gov. Merton to carry on the State Government, in the absence of ’ appropriations by the Legislature, on account of the Governor’s political friends running away and bloc kading the wheels ol legislation and thus preventing appropriations fl cm being made Some of the ' taxpayers of that county applied to the Cour's for an injunction ree'raining the Commissioners from paying over the money, which was granted. Tax payers in every county should pursue the same 1 course. County Commissioners have no . legal authority to appropriate money to ,'carry on the State Government. If Gov. Morton desires to administer the State Government legitimately let him abandon ‘ his purely partisan schemes, call an ' extra session of the Legislature, and ad- . vise his friends to give up their revolu- .; tionarv proceedings, and administer, [the affairs, of the S'nte, as the Constitution provides.— [Richmond Jefferi soman. No Union with Slavbholdsrs —The Tribune is having another attack of its peculiar epidemic, and proposes to perish the Union with and if thus: If the Union benefits one section of our country to the injury of another it ought . not to continue and we trust will not. If it is only to be preserved bv bargains—bv the agreement of any to do what they profoundly believe to be wrong—by the stilling of moral convictions at the beck ;of pecuniary interests—we pray that it may perish outright. The latest instance of sharp practice is l the purchase of a hers about three months . ago, for three dollars and a half which t was subseqtie ntly sold to eighty dollars and finally sold to the Government for one hundred and twenty-five dollars

It is a reniArkable fact that the career jof four of the most renowned characters: I that ever lived closed with some violent j or mournful death. Alexander, after having climbed the i j .Tizzy heights of his ambition, and with ; 1 hie temples bound with chaplets dipped l in the blood of countless nations, looked down upon a conquered world und wept ' that there was not another one for him I to conquer set a city on tire, and died in . I a scene of debauch. Hannibal, after having to the astonishment and consternation of Rome, passled the Alps- after having put to flight! the armies of the mistress of the world, j land stripped three bushels of gold rings ! from the fingers of her slaughtered knights and made her very foundations iquake—fled from his country, being I : hated by those who once exultinglv uni- ] ted his name to that of our God, and I called him Hannibal—died at last by I ! his own hands unlameuted and unwept, i ■ in a foreign land. [ Caesar, after having conquered eight I I hundred cities, and dyed his clothes ini ! the blood of one million ol his foes, after' ' having pursued to death the only rival he I had on earth, was miserably assassinated ! by those he considered his nearest friends! land tn that very,” place, the attainment jof which, had been his greatest, ain- . I bition. Bonaparte, whose mandate kings and I emperors obeyed, after having filled the I earth with the terror of his name, delu ged it with tears ami blood, and clothed I the wotld with sackcloth, closed his dats. ,in lonely banishment almost literally ' j exiled from the world yet where he could ' ! sometimes see his country’s banner wa- ' vit.g over the deep but which could not or would not bring him aid. Thus four men who from the peculiar s'tuation of their portraits, seemed to stand as the representatives of all those whom the world called great; those four) ; who each in turn, made the earth trem I I ble to its very centre by their simple! [tread, severally died—one bv inlcxica-1 I lion or as some suppose bv poison min - I J gled in his wine—one a suicide—one J murdered by his friends—and one in ] lonely, exile. How are, the mighty, I fallen! Thk VALtANDIOHAM FeELTNO IN MIN 1 j— The Bt. Paul fMinn.) coi- ) respondent, of the Chicago, Times, [ says: “Our State Convention will soon be : called in away to show Republicans that they have made the issue, and that ■ i Abolitions and Democratic roads can no longer run side by side. I Vallandighatn’s nomination, has set ' a current, of vigor through real Demo 1 ■ cralic views which, no Lincoln ab°o ‘llutism, can modify, or stay, though we are, curious, to hear, Lincoln's ‘ j reply, to the Ohio, committee. It is a matter, of supreme, indifference what, ‘ course he takes, The result will be all ' | the same.’ ’I Blight in Fruit Trebs.— An rx'en 1 sive blight seems to be coming upon the ' apple and peartrees in this section j • Manv trees look as if fire had swept ! ’ j through them. Oth a r fruits trees are I i similarly affected, though not so serionsI;ly as the apple, and pear trees. It is) i i called, the “fire blight,” owing, to the • crisped and blackened appearance of the < i foliage of the trees effected—lt com j mences at the tender shoots of this year's ! ■ giowth, and extends, downwards, un'il, , t[ the entire branch withers, and dies - By ■ some.it is said to be caused, by the) • sting of a poisanous insect, but as yet t ! we have seen nt. satisfactory explanation ii of the phenomenon —[Fremont, B?nti-I > nel. ' 111 — 111 •| Vai. out of Dixie—The Augusta (Go ) Chronicle, chronicles some ofthe ' peregrinations, of Vailandigham in the ' Confederacy. On Monday, the 7th, he [ had got as far not th asjPetei sburg, Va, and after spending a dev there he prodeeded to W ilmington, in charge of.!udge Onld, who would, see him safely, on board of a steamer of Nassau. From thence, it was, conjectured he would go to Canada, to engineer the po'itical campaign in Ohm. or perhaps to New York City. The Chronicle gars: We are glad 1 Vailandigham has gone.'—[NcwYoik, Tinies. 'p its in ( The Washington Correspondent of the _ Madison Courier says that President 'old , the Vailandigham, committee from Ohio , that he had not heard of the great Demo- { cratic convention held in that S'ate. No t wonder he commits so many errors when he is kept in such total ignorance.—[N. A. Ledger. s ... » > s A portion of Bragg’s army, has nr- , rived in Mississippi, several, priss, oners, recently arrived, from Tennesr i see. having, been captured, by onr cavalry

War News. Chicago, July 6:1 There are very many sensatiout) rlipatches from the East, about the rebels being utterly routed. <tc., Lut Gen. Meade’s diapatch-s give the truth ol tl . matter. A terrible bottle occurred Friday in which 'he losses on both sid- s were terrific Ou Saturday according to i Gen Meade, the enemy withdrew from bis attacking position ol the day previon-t but it was not known whether his movement was a retreat or a mnnteuvre. Let 's ' headquarters on Saturday morning, were at Cashtown five miles from Gettysburg. The rebels at that date were fortyfyiny a pa«s in the South Mountains, with the purpose apparently of covering a retreat, The Federals at last advices occupied : Gettysburg. A. P Hill is reported killed [and Longstreet, mortally wounded and a I prisoner The latest advices from Vicksburg ■ state that Logan was unable to hold bis position in the half taken rebel fort, and was obliged to withdraw The Fedetsls were mining and the rebels connter mining Johnston occupied Jackson and Clinton His forces were estimated at 75.0(10 j an J it was believed that he was preparing I for a forward movement. j Morgan has crossed the Cumberland, with 4,000 men, with the intention, it is believed, of marching upon Louisville Great excitement, prevails, in that citv. and active, preparations, are making, ’ for its defence. Aid has been called for from, Indians, and the call, has been lieartly responded to. There is a report ;that Morgan has captured an lllino s regiment. Brashear City, La., has been captured by the rebels, with 1,000 men and eighteen, or twenty, pieces, of hea'y artillery. The rebels are threatening, New Orleans, but Federal advices state ' ha', the city is secure. The bombardI men of Port, Hudson continued, and an assault, was to have, been made on the I 27th ult. Bragg, has retreated to Chattanooga, | and Rosecrans, has thrown Lis forces, [forward, in rapid, pursuit. McCook ) occupies, Winchester, Decherd,, and ■ Cowan. G n. Blunt the individual who has [recently b-en in high command in Miss|onri and Kansas, has, it is rumored, been ordered under arresi. it l vently to !><; hoped that the rumor is tru“ Bulleristn should have no foothold in the ; West. ; Enrollment, troubles have, occurred jin Shelby. Jefferson, and Hancock [counties, in this. State; and troops, I have, been sent, to the first, named locality. The Snows and the Seas ot Mars. Mars has lately presented a favorable oppornituny for the examination ol its surface. The constitution of this planet )more nearly resembles that of ti e earth j than any other in the system Snow lean be detected at both poles, the wl.'te circle increasing in winter and decreasing in summer. It has been found that j the center of this region of snow does not I coincide exactly with the poles of *h" [ planet. And in thia respect it is like the I earth, whose greatest cold is not exactly iat the pule. A greenish belt with deep bays and inlets near the equator, which iis suspected to he a sea, has reeen"'- | been detected. The termination of th« snowy region is very sharp and abrunt giving, the idea of r lofty cliff. A red dish island in the above sea has also been I detected. The probability of Mars being . inhabited is greater than that of anv ot*-. » planet. Its density is veary nearly that jof the earth. The heat and light of the 1 sun would be only half of that enjiv-d ion our globe; but then this may be cn r>- : pensated by an atmosphere which m»v form a warmer wrapping than ours and by a more sensitive eye. A great part of the surface, of the globe is cov red, with, enow for haH, the year; the people in Mars, would, not be worse off than, wo are in Canada, and life, is tollerahlv. People emigrating from he<- g to Mars, would find that thev Were only haP as heavy as they are. here, some would not regard as a disadvapu m- — [Leitch. The Hon. Robert Dale Owen lias writlien a lengthy, article for the Atiantit Monthly, in which be undertakes to sl ow the Abolitionists how they can abolish, slavery without violating the Constitution. 8-me years ago Mr. Owen wrote ' a book to show men and women, how they, could indulge their libidinous pro- ’ pensities, without increasing, the nggre--1 gate, of the harnati, family. The two work c ought to be bound and circulated together.—[N. A. Ledger. Th* censorship ot the press at Washing ton is now in the hands ol a ver\ ver dant voting man whose only claim to t.'. perience is that he wav once a Übgeaph operator tn ,i vuiafl vi!l«gi .

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