Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 34, Number 29, 7 September 1864 — Page 1

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American Slavery The Prophesy.

ar u kit. hevkiktta truj-iwenJ jsoath. The following Hue were written in Euroj twtnty year apo, in answer to a slave owner' family, who invited the authoress to travel in the Southern States. L-C 1. O. f'Kitrr, of Die Birth, cut it ont of a New Orleans jinner and handed it to us for publication. You lull we of a liriirl.t land far over the sea. But, alt ! nn you call it tint land of the free f Wh Ts tiie imape of tioi fir hauiHut of jrold, Like a beaut in the field, in the market is Hold " . " Where t'ie cliild from the mother' foni bosom u torn, Wb-m the father 1s chained, le-jving orphans tor. lorn, i . ' . ' Where t'.ie in iden ia l.artered like merchandise ware, Then Uoomcsl to the bah and the groan of despair. Woe. woo to tliea fair lau I ! fr ovt r the m in ; r t ie canker of ("calli- l.irk ulavury'i stain Mnill irna to thy viuls, while every stfrh, From the victims' who writhe, monnts lor justice on hijrli. . .. And Hi-, the preat Lor. I of the universe mi'), Khali siuito tlu-e t. earth in thy strength and thy pride ; For cii(r.mce must fall for foul cruelties done On the Ijein redeemc-l by Ills own beloved skin ! Ul II, The sound tii.'ltt. of the war drum shall thrill thea at As thv soli and thy brothers sre Uirne to the fisrlit; Tim slave snt the cotton shall stih thee with pain, An I tho North andtlie South be divided in twain, And brother 'raint brr ther shall strike in the field, Ami battles be fought in t!ie dead of the uiyht, A:id the white tnai.l and widow in nonoiv shall in.iini. And the tlajr of thv free lorn in tntter be torn. ' The North in her ni'jrht, like a whirlwind shall rise, A ml tho notes of tie camion ho borne to the skic. And I though the warm bloo.l of her hemes I shed, The liuhtof lier freedom shall never lie dead ; Tlio Mars and the Stric an Excelsior shall be, I 'rou I Liberty's banner from land and by tea ; And tiie L'nion, though bpurue I by the slaveholder's scorn, Shall be guarded by Nurthm.n for mjos unborn. Sanitary Bazaar in Connection with the Indiana State Fair. OrniE Isoiava Samtauy Commission-,) Indianapolis In, I., Aii(;il.it tiiu l.'th, Hul. ) Major Erie Lorko of tliis .citjr has hern apnointed Siinrintendent of tlio iSsiiiUiry Iepartiueut of the Indiana State Fair, to be held in this city October 3, Ad ootnmunicntions in relation to this department of the Fair, should lie addressed to him. WILLIAM HAN NAM AN,-. J'ree't. An Apprnl to the Iropleo ludiiina. The tn-iomitudn an I success of the operatioin of the Saniliiry (Jouiiniisioii of t i i - Stabs and the steadily growing neeessit v for their continuum e, have di t rmlued tlie authoritie.4 tt apply, if possible, some of the interc-t always eU in the Sr.itw Ksir, to enlarpw the Society's m am and if posiiblo enable it to ifo all t!e trood .i tirventlr denianded of it. It has, therefore. been tlociiUid that a Fair and lluaar for the lienetit of ; thj Sanitary Coniinission shall lie held on the Fair ; tir.iun t and in connection with the State. Fair, bein- i niii( on the 3d of Octolier, an 1 continuing durinir the . term of the peneral exhibition. Tlio undersijriied hav- j in? U'en appointed Superintend, nt of it, takes this! 1110.I0 of spealini; to tue p..M.ple of Indiana to jr,VB j their l"t help to it, that it limy redound no les to th. ir credit thsn t the coml'ort and health of their 1 sons and brothers in the army. It would ho uierfiuous to enhirgj on the invaluable services of the Society : on the thousand of sick and wounded, needv and helpless sJ.liers it has cared fir ; and saved fnuu a neglected death, for glorious service j in tho army or a happy return homo; on tho health it has inlusetl into enfeebled ranks, and preserved by ' timely help of food and cloLhinp: on its universal i niinistrv of giMnl, in ramp and battle, march and hospital. Tho country knows all tin bv heart. These benefit have only lsH.n limited, but too often limited by the want of iiieans to extend them. Will not the people of Indiana see to it that this opportunity to re- , lieve so prave a want shall not pass unused T They cannot be willing: to acquiesce in an inferiority of lils ralitr where other States have done so oobly, and where tiie reputation they have made as soldiers, is sr , hitH and euduitrinir. Ther have given of their IiIimmI j lavishly, and thev cannot hesitate to be as lavish of i their lT.hkIh which must iro so far towar.1 saving blood and I I',.. Let not New York. 1'hiladcllihia. St. Iaiuis, Chicago, anil t'inciiinati with their contribution of hun.Uodsof thousaixls id' dollars, bot that Indiana is more indirterent to her soldiers than they. Tho time tor increased ctlort and caro is uateniiif( on. The winter csmpain will s.sn coiumei ee, and its perils and privations must lie softened by the litwrality of friends at home, if we would not bear of losses in camp as irreat an 1 as sad as those of tho bloodiest battle. Times are hard, many necessary articles will be scarce, and no time slemld be lost iu collecting all that can be obtained. Contribution may consist of any article of food, clothing, or medicine, that cau Ik) used directly in the armr.orof anything! that can lie disposed of lor money, in tniif'actiircs of all kinds, cloth, w.hi.I or metal, articles of tast. pictures, Isioks, all kin Is of agricultural products, rare nnd curious things, natural or artificial, an v tiling and every thiotr that will add t. the attractions of'tlio exhibition, "or sidl lor any sum however small. Other Sanitary Fairs have succeeded astonishingly in forming rich and rare exhibition, and it is to be hoped that our Fair, if it cannot present such a wen h?r ful collection of curiosities as others, may equal them iu the nobler wealth of substantial products. A n, etTort which appeals to popular ai I ran succeed without nrganixatani and well digested plans, it Is hojH-d that societies to cv-opoaato m the getting up aul carrying through of this Fair wi'l be f.rnicl everywhere.' Each couuty should have a parent society, with branches iu each township, to solicit contributions, to eucuurapt au I urge t!ie manufacture of tho uunvrou articles of apparel nnd hospital service, which are not furnished hy t!ie fioyemnient, to keep alive an earnest eal of tls people, and finally to briug a t many as asible to itncss the iutpusing and bene ficial exhibit-on which will he the fruit of their geucrositr nnd the crown of their bnor. Ail nrtich-s for the Saint iry Fair lonl 1 Is! sent to my address so I deliv -r-d at Die Sanitary Uooins, north of t ie StatJ House, until toa e-k of ttie Fair, when t'.iev tiny fs sent directly to the ltai isr on the old Siau FirtirMund, corn-r of West and V..ik streets. A U coiitrihuli ius of wa uvcr nit lie, n ill Ik" acknonlelgel through the newspaper. lT:itU I ie FaT op m m o lio mil b, with Mr. L in . SexT t try of tie Sk: Burl of Ajrieulture. iiitjhtr 1's lllock southwest coruor of Washington and M arulian streets. FKIE LOCKE. tieiKral Sapj'rinten lent Sanitary Laxaar. Int n iroUs, August l-;h, li.H. Tiie S.niitury Fir Maiittsfers have received a letter from Commissioner Holloway. at Washington City, tendering j the as'.unjiton icla-s of tho o'.liee for the use of the Bazaar at their approach- j ing exhibition. The collection of . mo- j mcitoes of General Washington', consists ; of a suit, of clothing, sword, and camp j ofjniptge. and other things, and were a chief attraction at t'.ie great Sanitary I Fairs at New York, BuiLdo, Philadelphia, ! and other places. These relic alone j will be worth a viit from any portion of j t'te State or neighboring Stttes. Every j day we do not have tho opportunity of j se: : -icr the nrttcles worn hy him who was (iit ia war, first iu peace, and first in the hearts of his eountiymeii," or of tHUtpago in which he planned and fought the battles of the Involution. . Thisteniler by Mr. Hollowny is most generous, and will add greatly to the , interest of the Bazaar, and the uecess of the movement. Let tfoutribution of all kinds pour in from every part of the country, ami address them to Major Erie Locke, General Superintendent Sanitary Baxaar, IndianapoJis. InJ. Junmnf. PswsvLvaM, Return hat been rwceire4 from all llie Counties hut tir. The majory in faTor of soldier Tonnr ht t0,Til : 10J,6i UeioocraU voting against granuur them that pnruerw We bare pace bi ntl'er to but a pnrtiaa of the strong Pcmocratie ftiuoae Krmg st-ironnvvaarainst soU-r eoting t.v-wit ; Berks S.lMt. Clearfield 10 i, Lehica 1.023, Moore 1.1S0, Wavne "J, Lycoming Tii, Pike , Cambria 5 14. Fulton 333. This looks as if the Democrats wanted the soldiers to rote ! Don't it T

THE PEACE QUESTION SOUTH.

Commercial Reconstruction with our Yankee Foe, a.ii the Uichmoud Seutiutl. Fromihe Charleston Murcury, August 15, Our readers will remember that a few days since we laid before them an extract from an. article of the Richmond Sentinel upon the subject of peace. This paper, the reputed organ of the Administration, threw out propositions for a reunion of the Confederate States with the United States, leaving out New England, ami a usurpation of power over the institution of slavery in the adjustment of terms of j peace with the United States. This ari tide is followed by another, on the same i subject, hy the Sentinel, which we pubj lish at length for the perusal of our readers. It contains a very shallow apolo- ! fry f r European nations, in not reengniztig the independence of the Confederate Sutes,' (nit independence which stands 1 roeo-rniziM 1 in the countries of Great , it, itain and France more than eighty vears ao. ) and closes with a distinct adI vocacv of reconstruction of our former, commercial union with the United States. ! When So:ith Carolina seceded from the United States she invited her sister slaveholdino; States of the South to form with her "a'blaveholdins Confederacy." Bitter experience had proved that slaveLoldiiifr and non -slave-holding States' could not live in harmony together under one Government. iiret Britain, France and Holland had sacrificed -their s!aveholding colonies, whilst under the Government of the United States perpetual strife had proved perpetual irreconcilability. The Constitution of the United States established a union between the slaveholdino; and non slaveholilino; States, in two great vital particulars union in commerce, and union with respect to foreign nations. The latter wa9 for defence, and produced, in but one instance (the war of ImJ-J). any dissatisfaction amongst the States. It was the former union in commerce, which finally drove us from the Northern States. It was this which produced the contentions about protective taritfs, internal improvements, ami banks, it was because free and unrestricted trade existed amongst the States that the manufacturers of the .North en Jcavorcd, by prohibitory duties on foreign importations, to monopolize the markets of the South for their manufactured commodities. It was our '-union in commerce" which induced usurpations over internal improvements to facilitate and carry it on; and for the same purpose United States banks were established. It was -union in commerce" which introduced the locust hordes of Yankev-s into every city, town, and hamlet in the South, and brought them in contact with our slaves, ami raised up that spirit of intermeddling and assumption which culminated iu Abolitionism. It is "union in commerce" which haj produced the war now waged againt us. The Yankees want our markets our trade our subordination to their commercial greed nnd enterprise. Give them this, and they have got all they have desolated our country ami murdered our people to obtain. Give them this, ar.d our peace and independence is a'sh?;ii. We will have a few years of hypocritical deierence and forbearance; and then, with a more assured power, ami a deeper hate, our doomed posterity must fight over again the irreat battle of independence and liberty. The Sentinel argues, that we might, with safety, give peculiar commercial advantages to other foreign nations, we might grant them also to our Yankee foes. Not so. Commercial privileges to the old European nations may lie only carrying out the natural order of tilings. They may give us the cheapest manufactured commodities in exchange for our agricultural productions. On the contrary, any peculiar commercial advantages bestowed on onr Yankee neighbors, with their dearer commodities, will only be antagonism with interest. Hesides, European nitions are three thousand miles apart from us. and w ill not be disposed to intercfere with our institu tions. Not so the pragmatical, unscrupulous Yankees They are on our borders; and there emi bt no peace with any nation which srives them peculiar intij maey or advantage. Nor' have Eurot pean nations passed through our country ! like our Yankee fcs, aiul left a corpse in J every house. There is but one way to be at peace with this false and bloody race. They must be kept at the utmost distance the law of nation. will allow. But we are opposed to any peculiar commercial advantages being granted to any nation of the world. All the nations of Europo have so acted towards us as to make it our policy a policy required alike bv our :iirnitv and our interestslo b(J utteiiv independent of them all "Peace with nil. and entangling alliance with none," was the course General Washington prescribed for the United States, when they commenced their career amongst the nations of the world. The wisdom of this great man now blazons the path we." of the Confederate State should eot piirV.ie. From the Richmond Examiner, Aug 17. It seems to be nearly certain that a proposal will soon be made to us from some quarter, either from Lincoln or from the Chicago Democratic Conveatiori, to assent to an armistice, or simple cessation of hostilities, to allow of negotiations "for peace and reunion," and for that alone. A New York paper most urgently advises Lincoln himself to take the initiative ia this, in order "to disarm and silence the demoralizing peace faction at the North;' beennse it shrewdly gut-sses that such armistice and negotiations would be refustxi. This is merely a move ter take'the wind of out the Dem -" ocratic sail. Whether Lincoln is to make such a proposal now, or whether the Democrats are to carry hi ' their candidate expressly that he may make it from whencesoever it may come, it is wholly inadmissible. If the North desires to have negot&itions for reunion entered upon at all, let

all troops and bio kading fleets be withdrawn and the right of secession formally acknowledged, and then negotation would lie at least possible. If they invite us to negot'ttiate on any other footing our only rational answer would be another blow at the heart of Pennsylvania. We are not likely to consider the question of reunion with a sword hanging by a hair over our heads; and if such proposal be made, we shall only conclude that it means war, and endless war, until one nation or the other shall be subjugated or cxterminatett. This is evidently the prospect on which the British GoverHaTient is still floating with satisfaction. The Queen, Fn prorogating Parliament, desings to mention our war, and rcailirms the policy of strict "neutrality" namely, such neutrality, all on one side, as we have experienced uniformly for some years past. Mr. Seward could ask no more. No matter, we have long been conscious that this Confedraey will have to sustain itself, not only against Yankee fire and sword, but "against the most malignant machinations of British netrality.

W. S. Lindsay, the chief backer of the Southern Confederacy in the British Parliament addressed his constituents at South 21-land, on the evening of August ISth. lie was loudly hissed for comiilimen.ti:i' the "ability, honesty and love of tnrtaV' displayed by the New York e-oi-rcsphdent to the London Times, and frequently interrupted by manifestations of displeasure during the course of his remarks. He said he had reason to believe that the South would arm the slaves, if driven to extremities but not ftill then. He was glad to learn, through a letter from a member of Congress, that there was a movement in the West for peace, and he had received the resolutions of a peace meeting in Ohio, which he read to his hearers. His correspondent, he said, w as in favor of a Western as well as a Southern Confederacy, and ad led the speaker, "I am glad to see that feeling arising in the Southern States and the feeling is increasing in the West. A very distinguished statesman, a member of the Senate, w riting to a friend of mine a statesman who occupies a very high position in Europe, and was a minister of the United States Cabinet writes: "We are tumbling to pieces fast; and unless Europe steps in and saves w hat is left, we shall go headlong to destruction." These words are too true, and I do hope, that their statesmen will see it in time, and use their best exertions to secure peace." "Cap in Hand." On the 2 th of May, I Sol, scarcely two months after the firing upon Sumter, the Richmond Whig said of the Northern people : "We must bring these enfranchised slaves back to their true condition. They have long very properly looked upon themselves as our social inferiors as our serfs; their mean, niggardly lives, their low, vulgar and sordid occupations, have ground this conviction into them." Then, after speaking of the Northern determination to put down the rebellion, and saying that "their uprising has all the characteristics of a ferocious, servile insurrection," the editor concludes that the w ar "w ill enable us to restore them to their normal condition of vassalage, and teach Ihern that "cap in hand'' is the proper attitude of the rtrrant before his master And with 'reap i:i hand" the whole Copperhead party now stand before their masters ready to do their bidding ! The remarks of the Whig are perhaps entire ly just, when npplied to this class of our peoplry for they have ever been slaves to the party, and the patty has been the vassal of the South. Questions for the State Printer. "Do you think the South have resources enough to keep the Union forces at l av, and finally force a recognition of their independence, or will Lincoln's army crush them'?" If you answer this question in the affirmative, what is the necessity of raisrug an army in Indiana suhsklary to the South, as is recommended by the ad dress of your State Committee? If the South have not sut'icient resources to accomplieh the object aforesaid, how soon do'yo'.r expect to have your army of reserves in a condition to add to te resources of the South?" and when they march w ill they go under the command of the valiant Bowles? "You must have sources of information which wc bave net to enable yoa to form j some opinion on these matters. lad Journal. Can Dan Voorhees tell how much rifles have advanced in pries since the date of his correspondence with Wall, when purchased in quantities of 20,000 or more i and if he did not get Carr'slot of arms, what did the peace Democrats of Sullivan want with the large quantity of powder that fell into the hands of "Lincoln's hirelings" at Terre Haute? Fernando Wood tickled his crowd Tuesday night by saying "the Almighty had sent two curses on mankind the fall of Adam and the landing of the Mayflower on Plymouth Rock." He borrowed this from Iverson, formerly a U. S Senator from Georgia, and one of the most malignant rebels in the South. The Copperheads say that the "Abolition Administration began the war. Ther also say that they are in favor of j the Crittenden resolutions. They all voted against them in Congress. If they favor them now they ought to know what the resolutions say. viz: That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the Southern States, now ia arms against the constitutional Got-ernment.

Brig. -Gen. Meredith. We find the following deserved notice of Gen. Mebekith, in the Cairo War &ujU, of the 21st, and we know it will gratify his numerous friends in Old Wayne, to know that the old war horse of the -Iron Brigade" is doing his duty as uual, . and is being properly appreciated : THE POST OF CAIRO.

Brig.-Gen. Sol. Meredith, the present commandant of the Post of Cairo, is the well-known Gen. Meredith of the celebrated '-Iron Brigade," of the Potomac armr. This being the case, those who do not know and ' fully appreciate the personal worth of the man. would prophesy a "rule of iron" in the Military Post of Cairo. But. as usual, the public suppositions and predictions are not exactly correct. Gen. Meredith guides our affair with a firm. Tet with a gentle, forbearinz han L Hard as cast-steel with known rebcs and those who sympathize with them, but gentle in his manner towards friends, and in the tempering of justice with leniency with the criminal. His ideas of policy correspond exactly with those of Gen. Paine, his ranking officer, and of course there is no clashinz of interests, nn collision in tiie management of the Foot affairs. The General is doing all he can, personally and officially, to accommodate the loyal portions of the inhabitants of Kentucky and Missouri, in procuring from proper traders all the necesssries of life, of which they hve in a minner been deprived by tiie stringency of the late Trade Regulations, but at the same time, let it not be supposed 'hat be (rives any favors to those of whose lovaltv there seems to be a reasonable doubt. He is not the rrnn to go beyond the regulations, or stretchout a helping hand to an enemy especially when that enemv is watching for a chance to tak? advantage. He constantly ursres upon the population on the Kentnekv and Missouri sides of tiie river, the holding of meeting for the organization of Home Guar 1, and adopting some system hy which I nion men miv be separate.! from the seeesh. and closer relations form-d and cultivated Unween the gener.il government and those eitizer. He offers to go himself and aid in the inauguration of those meetings, and personally explain the desires of the Department and what is expected of the people. Such an offer should at once be aceei'd. The citii -n could but lie bettered by talking with, an 1 being talked to by- Gen. Meredith.' and t!.e time has com -, as he well expresses it, when "People mnt step out an 1 tike sides. They cmnot serve both God and Mammon : they must come over upon tho I.ord's side, or the Devil will get them, everyone." This is excellent Gospel, and the residents of the portions of country trading with Cairo will do well to heed iu Words an 1 enroll themselves amnnjr its followers. Gen. Meredith hearing that the rebets under the command of Adam Johnson, were playing " ( 1 Knick." up in the vicinity of Saline 15.ir, last week, immediately telegraphed to lien. Paine, asking if 1,3 wanted him to come and help him. H- then s 'lit oft a portion of the Li'Jth regiment, all prepared for action, upon a convenient sfamer, that they might swell fie numbers of Gen. l'aim-'s exixsliiion. supposed to be jroing after the Illinois raiders. This regiment is young in the service, but has some old hea ls in it. an 1 if tliev pet near enough to the rebels they will si. o r them that thev have also sunt' sharp-shooters and hard -hitters in their r inks. When Gen. MerotVth first para; here and t w.k charge of the Post, he found a number of sol-rs on duty in different capacities who had no: lieen properly detailed. Thev were doing good service, but ther; was no authority for their detention-- an I thev were veterans and he immediately ha I them sent forward to their respective resriments nnd their pi sees supplied by hundred-day soldiers. These latter do just as well, and the veterans do excellent duty at the front. He also discovered a number of persons occupying quarters in the military prison, for whose confinement tliere appeared no "recorded warrant or cause. These he also set t lilierty and sent on their way rojoicing. He h is lately institut.-d some valuable reforms in Cairo. The 111. Central Railroad ticket ollice has been ordered f open its doors and transact business at an hour which shall accommodate soldiers arriving on the evening boats and lessen their hours of detention mute for their homes. He has now in view a stringent regulation to prevent imposi'inn upon travelers by drivers, porters and the proprietors of saloons and hotels, snd in fact is making a commander who is useful, industrious, cautious, gentlemanly, but who is not to be imposed upon and who knows his duty and performs it to the very letter. A Copperhead Definition of a "Free Election." Lieutenant Haymond. of the "3d Cavalry, sends us a copy of a letter written by Thomas King, a Copperhead, of Shelby county, to a soldier ef the 70th regiment. King understands that a free election means the assassination of Governor Morton, by which means they, the Cops, will get a Governor of their own. nnd have things their own way. We publish the letter as an indication eif the fruitful soil into which Bingham and his associates have sown the doctrines enunciated in their late aeldress. King proclaims his intention to become a murderer. Bingham adv ocates a course that bids fair if followed to its natural results, to make murder and pillage the normal condition of the State. The patience of the people with this course of conduct has become well nigh exhausted, and it will be a sad day for thelndiann Jacobins, when they attempt to reduce their theories to practice. We have more than once heard intimations that an attempt would be made to establish a Copperhead Provisional Government in this State. If that party can elect a Governor by a free vote of the people, he w ill be quietly acknowledged, and in all lawful matters respected as such by the Union party, but our opinion is, that any man who, by reason of the r-ssassination of the present incumbent, or through" an rttempted revolution is foisted on t'.ie jeople of Indiana, as Provisional Governor, will not have a.iy use for any sort of provisions QTy long. Ind. Jattr. Hea&quakteks Exchange Camp) Cii.vTT.tNooiiA, Aurust 24. 1SG4. ) Editor Joikxal The following is a copy of a letter handed to Captain Claypool by Mr. Gannon: Faikl.vnd. Shelby Cocsty Isdiaxa. ) August 12, 1o4. Dear Friend: I take this opportunity to let yon know that I am well, and hope this will find you the same. Well. Linsey, our squad is going to Indiana polis to kill Governor Morton. If we can't get him out, we will shoot him through the window, and then we will elect our own Governor and have things our own way; and we ar going to kill the first man that says anything against it. for we are strong enough, anil well armed, to elo as we please. Well, Lins, I would like for you to be at home to see the fun about the election time. Nothing more at present, but remain your friend until death, Thomas Kixg. To Linsey Gannon, Co. E, 70th Indiana. 20th A. C. The original will be sent to the proper authorities by Captain Claypool. Eespec; fo. !; t J Aitk Y. Haymokd, lit Lieut. 36th Ind. Cavalry. Ex Secretary Chase, in a letter to gentlemen in Boston, says of the published report of his having invested his private funds in foreign countries, that the statement belongs to a class best described as "lies absolute." He has never invested in foreign funds, and says no true American will do so when all that can be spared is required for the suppression of the rebellion at home.

THE DEMOCRATIC CONSPIRACY OF 1863.

Froro the Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gaxette. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 24. The session of the Legislature of 1S63 was a stormy one and pregnant with revolution. It was a fact, well known to the authorities in Indiana, that a secret, traitorous organization, existed which had assumed to control the action of the Legislature, Mr. Cason, of Boone, introeluced a resolution to raise a committee of inquiry as to its existnes and objects. The Democratic members steadily scouted the idea that snch a society existed. They demanded in advance proof of its existence before they would undertake an investigation. Glancing over the "Legislative Debates" of 1SG3, contain ing an authoritative report of the dis cussions by Democratic reporters, printed by them at the expense of State, I find direct evidence of its and the existem e, ami of t'te measures which it attempted to force through the Legislature in the interest of treason. j Page Gs, Legislative Report, contains j the following passage in the discussion of j January 21, lb'GS. "Mr." Hostetter said he had reason to j kiio ,v that there was a secret society of i j traitorous tendency in existence m Lis j county. His partner in trade was alil'e1 long Democrat. j Within two weeks this gentlej man had been invited by Democrats to j become a member of a secret society, existing in Boone county. He asked the . object of the society. He was answered to suppress the rebellion which tiie Abo litionists had failed to do. How w ill j you do it? 1st. Refuse to pay taxes to j support the Government. 2d, To resist . futune drafts for the army. 3d, They had j sent a delegate, representing five conn- j ties in a convention held in this city the ' week before, to induce the President to withdraw his emancipation proclamation. ! They said if it failed, they woidd compel j tin? majority to pass an ordinance of se- ; cession to take Indiana out of the Union." The Democratic Representative of Marshall county, Mr. Packard, then replied: "It was the right of the people to resist tyrants ami usurpers; and," he said. "here, and now, he was ready to join any society to protect their rights and liberties." Mr. Burton (Democrat) acknowledged the existence of secret Democratic societies. Jason B. Brown, another Democratic leader in the Legislature, became the champion of the Order. He said: "He did not deny that, as the Enquirer had said, tliere were societies of as good and loval men as ever trod the 6oil of! this noble State, had banded together for united protection; who had resolved that the- would spill the last drop of their hearts' blood rather than that their friends should be torn from their midst by arbitrary arrests." "These men had declared that the outrages upon the citizens by this corrupt and infamous Adj ministration must stop. The plea put forward by the Enquirer, I aud by the members of the Legislature i for these societies, was the suspension of j the writ of habeas corpus, and arbitrary ! arrests. Yet the Committee on arbitra1 ry arrests were notable to find any glar ; ing cases eif arrest, which occurred prior j to the appointment ol the eommiitee, ana j cti.l not report until weeies alter me ses- , sion had closed. It was also admitted ; by Mr. Lasselle, a Democrat, in debates j on the habeas corpus law, that so far j there had been no violation of the law, ; but they wished to amend the law so ; that there might be security against fu- j tare evasions or suspensions of the writ, i There was then no cause for the creation of this secret Order, but disloyalty, j Packard, Brown. Benton and Hanna, : reported to be members of the Order, ! labored to enact laws acceptable to its j membership. j On page 9') of the "Debate" we learn that Mr. Cook, of Brown county, who j subsequently offered the military bill, i reo.uirinr the militia to take au oath to I support the State as paramount to the I i United Stetes. offered a resolution of inquiry in reference to amending the military laws so '-as to place the military power of the State in the hands of a majority of the following State o!liers the Secretary of State, Auditor, Treas- j urcr, and Attorney General." ; Mr. Brown "was in favor of a Military j Board, taking out of the Governor's i hands the military power." j This was the first admission in the Legislature that the military power was j to be taken ut of the hande of the j Governor, so that the Federal authority might not be enforced in Indiana. rv-.S 1srt3 f9b tht li W Hanna in- ! troduced a bill "to create an Executive ; Council." It constituted the four State oflicers the Council, the Secretary ofi State being President, and the AttorneyGeneral Secretary; permitting the Gov- I ernor, if present, to preside, and in case j of tie, give the casting vote, roparxlon could be granted "without the assent ot a majority thereof," and "the Council, as such, shall discharge all other elnties imposed on them bv law." In case o emergenc3 it eouici meet ai tae can oi any two members. The bill was so notoriously designed to strip the Governor of his constitutional powers, Mr. Branham moved to reject it Every Democratic member voted against its rejection. In a debate the next day on the same bill, Mr. Anderson, referring to the programme of . "I .4.1 1 Packard & Co.. said he understood that, "so far as the Executive of this State was concerned, they intended to shave him of his power by the appointment of a Military Board, who would take the military power out of his hand3." Mr. Packard "That ia nearly correct.

As a matter of conciliation, Mr. Cason, on the 10th of February, offered a resolution for a Committee of thirteen, to whom all questions relating to the powers aud duties of the Governor, and to the prosecution of the war, should I referred. Mr. Humphreys saiel he wonkl vote against the resolution, because it was very well understood by the majority what they would do, and the time when it would be done.

Mr. Hanna, dropping his "Executive Council" bill, February 17th, introduced the Military Board bill, which ma le th ? Governor a clerk to the State oflicers. and gave him les3 power, in case tie militia were called out, then a justice of the peace. The bill came up lor final action February 25th, when the majority steadily voted elown asy amendment offered voted against referring it to the Judiciary Committee to inquire into its constitutionality, and under the gag of the pro-' vious question ordered its engrossment. On this vote the Union members bolted and defeated the bill. Two days after. Eeb. 27, Mr. James F. Harney, who then claimed to be one ! of the "Ctniscrvativt s," said, "he had I opposed some of the features of the j military bill. He thought, however, that i tiie argument that it took from the GovJ ernor any of his rightful powers, was not well founde-d. He also characterized the present law as having "odious features" and "bltMxiy provisions." Such is the culminating evidence of the plot, agreed to by the Democratic party, to siiip Gov. Morton of all executive power as tho first step to successful revolution. Two of its aiders and abettors J. F. Harney and Wm. E. Nieblack, are now candidates for Cemgress. Their loyal constituents should rebuke theui. Sigma. From t'lcWashingtou. ( Greene county ) Gazette : Wo have recently conversed with men fremi different parts of the county, and it appear to be the universal opinion that we are on the eve of troublesome times. It is thought by some that the day is not far distant when robbing, burning aul Murdering will be com mi-need in our county. Uniem men in the western part of the country go to bed every night with the expectation of being roused from their slumbers before morning. We hope that these calamities will never come upon us. But from present indications a man has no longer any assurance that his life and property is free from danger. j We would here advise the Union men iu no instance to be the aggressors. Keep cool, and do not be guilty of anything which is calculated to aggravate the opposite party. Act like men and law abiding citizens, and if 3-ou should 1 attacked without any provocation, sell your lives as dear as possible. In case of an outbreak, the contest will be an unequal one, as the Union people are unprepared for it, while their enemises I are well supplieil with arms ami amI munition. We have again and again I warned the Union men of the impending I danger, and have urged upon them the j importance of getting ready to protect themselves and families. But our labors have been in vain. Letter from Senator Wilson. Natick, (Mass.) August 20, 1864. To the Editor of the Boston Transcript : A statement, copied from New York papers, has been telegraphed to New England, to the effect that I had been to Washington to urge upon the President the policy of an armistice with the rebThere is not the slightest feuinda-. as I have never enter tion for the report tained, for a moment, any other thought than that of conquering a peace by the defeat of the rebel armies. No public man connected with the Administration is in favor of an armistice. I personally know that President Lincoln and the members of his Cabinet hare undoubting faith in the success of our armies in the held, and the ultimate, complete triumph of our cause. And with this belief, they will pursue the most vigorous measures to raise mouey and men. Hexky Wilson. The Copperhead papers denounce the seisure of Copperhead, treasonable correspon deuce, by which their conspiracy against the Government was exposed, as "stealing and publishing private correspondence." That w as Benedict Arnold's, and the British Major Andre's somplaint. j There was this difference, however, the i treasonable correspondence of the latter ! case w as taken out of Andre's boots; in : the former, it was taken out of Dan i Yoorhec-s' law office. The New York Herald of Wednesday, contain? a) article in its usual style, expatiating on dissentions in the Union party, but it advises the Copperheads to build no hopes in this state of facts, be cause be-fore election day all the conflicting elements will be harmonized, and all the malcontents will march to the polls shonlder to shoulder and roll up a vote for old Abe that will astonish the nation. The Herald elon't like to admit it, but sa-s it is solid fact. It never spok more truly. . Secretary Fessenden has ordered the payment of the gold- coupons maturing I Sept. first and November first. - This prompt payment by the Government of the interest due on her bond? in pold, takes Jeff Davis and the Northern Copperheads, who have been all along declaring the Government inolvent, completely by surprise. We hope the Copperheads will now cease their eternal babble about the Insolvency of the Government Uneler this prompt payment in gold, the market droops consider ay. "Edmond Kirke"denies in a card that he stated in a lecture that he was "authorized" to offer any terms to Jeff Davi. On the contrary, he states explicitly tht he wm not "authorized' to offer any terras. ' ' '

Methodist . Protestant Church. A Convention of Conferences of the Church was xWcf.at .CincinnaQr recently, at which a seriar?f ,solutios were unanimously Adopted, from which we copy the following: "We sanction with all our hearts the prosecution of the current war for1 the Union of our Fathers, and we recommend that this war be pushed with the utmost energy, and to the last extremity; because in its successful prosecution alone we see the prevention of anarchy and misrule, of whispered dissention and mediaeval tyrany and vassalage, or universal distraction, contentions and bloodshed, more fearfully devastating and terrible thau any thing that can result from the course that we thus entirely recommend." :. ."That we-heartily endosre the emans ciparion proclamation of President Lincola, because it strikes at the baleful cause of nil our civil and ecclesiastical dinieulties, American slavery 'the sum of all villainies' the darling idol of villainies the central power of villainous secesfcionisiu; but now by tho wisdom of the president, so be made the rgent of retributive justice, in pushing that culmination of villainous enterprise, and the attempt to overthrow the most glorious civil government God's providence has ever established upon earth." "That we earnestly eleju-ecntts all dissensions, and divisions among those who profess loyalty to the Gwvernment and attachment to our institutions, and that Wc deem it suspicious, at least, if not strong evidence of sympathy with our enemies, w hen men in our midst attempt to create such divisions or. difficulties." A committee was appointed to address the President eff the United States, and express tohim, in the mime of the Methodist Protestant Cemfereiue, the sentiments of loyalty e-ontaincd in these reso-: lutions. Kkiioion ami CnLMi-rur. Prof. Stowe, in his discourse in the National Preacher, gives the following characteristic elictum of the git-at errors t-f our nge. and his own very happy reply: The great Theadore Parker once told me that he no more felt the need of an intelligible revelation on religion thnn on chemistry. It struck me that there was some very essential differences in the two cases. Chemistry lies entirely within the bonds ot natural knowledge, religion eloes not. Wo can detect the mistake of chemists by our own investigations in the world of nature, as o; en

i to us as to the chemist, but who can go j into the spirit-lands, and there detect the ! mi-take of the religious philosophers, j and come back and let us know? By the time tho mistakes is ascertained it is too late to correct it. Moreover, Chimistry pertains only to material tilings and thin short life; but religion to spiritual things, . which fix our destinies for eternity. I must have nn infallible, objective revelation on religion, or I must discard religious thought altogether, and live wholly in aud for the w orld of sense." The Tkuth-Tkllkk. Whenever the seat of the soul is, I am confident it lies much nearer to the eye than to the ' tongne. This orcan. as Talleyrand wittily, but perversely said though he was not the first who said it was given man to conceal his thoughts; but can not ! be said of the eye. How the soul looks out from it! Even when the tongue is j honest, it cannot utter truth and fe-e-ling j half so well as the eye, it is a poor, imperfect,, faltering, Mo nek-ring organ, fn comparison. . But m the eye, the soul beams, and kindles, and lightens, and flashes the truth in that light which is truth's most glorious emblem. Grey son Ia tiers. Doo and Cat Leather. The Shoe and Leather Reporter says: - ,., ; "Skin the dogs and cats, and put their bieles to som profitable ne; lef the bone boilers have their bones. In one of the wards of Newark, N. J., where' lorae 1,500 votes arc polled, there arc" estimated to be about GOO dogs worthless hungry cursfwith. about the same number of cats, to dispute possession in and about the domicils of their masters And mistresses. We say kill and skin them. The skins of the biggest mastiffs are fit to be tanned for boots and shoes, or thick riding gloves, the skins of leaser dogs can be dresseel white for gloves. And so of cats. Kid tho world of some of these nuisances, and put their hides and bones to a etter use than many of them would otherwise attain." ' The Internal Revenue is altogether too diffuse, and consequently complex ic its application to the productive interest ! of the country. Taxation i new to our people and interests, bo diversified that our legislators found it difficult to so form a revenue law that would satisfy every interest, and at the same time i command a sufficient return to the Na tional Treasury to meet the requirements of the Government . Our tax bill levies imposts on 3450 articles, while that of Great Britain is confined to twenty-four articles, frorawhicJi a revenue' of 9t!10,000,000 is obtained. From article of wines, liquors, tobacco, and the licence to sell these, the British Government gets alone 135,000,000. It is- not improbable, whr?n our legislators, have gathered more experience ,in the difficult art of levying imposts, the articles taxed will be materially reduced in number, the income being placed mainly upon the luxuries, and not on the necessities of life. The Eaton Register says that a young peace-at any price.entleinan of that county, a resident near Banta'a fork, skedadled to Canada not long ago . to avoid the draft After hiring hlmaelf out to a f to-lored citizen of Canada for 40 cents a day, he concluded to return and . stand tiie draft, a sadder but a wiser man.