Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 35, Number 15, 8 June 1865 — Page 1

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Office ia Warner BaildiaK. Rieaaaoa, IaJ Tlie f-.llowinjf, whicU i erUeatlr from f pen ol Mrs. Nrra V. Victor, we Sad is '' '" Vrk Tribune. We regard "it at inont th rerf 6rt ffuaio n p..iot of Ulent on Una auVjeet which baa yet coma under our otiaenratioai, , . i . .. TO-DAY. Cone, eitireu, r .and hi birr kai l.mk upon nun where be lie I Weep, freelr, wittmot aUam fear, T.tcM acaMiutr tar allien brn troar area. Weep, lent y ir heart atouUl rami aeunder I fc Nrer, aiiw Ut world brri, - Were audi trare abed for anr man A tiww. wi.irh for lUeuneb through rr aa pain, - - ' . Like atreaiM w earfloalea opened, or tbt ram Thit coiat-a with pal of thunder ' ' ttehol l m nwrHarart fatbt-r, aent tn tier Before bis aitjlrtaa-t eome beboid, ani weep ! Then let your tear in wrath he irieJ r And here, henitia at enfbn awear Fcaltr to tlutl t 'r w(;Vcb Ue diei, ""i AiiddfttU to Treaaon 1 Mutely awear An oatlawhitsb nauflit can overhear: By all the artretpM; tT alt T'na hurryinjr future, dare To fix jrnur will. Oae i n th pa'.! Wbicli cover bioi we lor ; behold, and swear; Rr yotiraeep fifty t r the woman, Ilia'wMtow, bnoftiuff hnme her dead ; Aol for lii 'in, to youn; for tint inhnman Ulnar on their Mujur bearu ; awear by tti red, Iep atain of murder rpora, r - ,,! Uy all our martyrvd dead I t), a wear by thoee wfaoae namelef 9 (rare Corer oor cintry Vr a i With ailent apeaob ; anl by the alarea Whose area art liirni- l n yon in dread f luipj t.iogrHi fur glalaa My a wrl t'a dnem, Br the black fold through which our banner ware, Ur our paat (rna of doubt and prayer. By all our battle-aoieU, beboid, and aw r I 0, bv tboa tortured brroca, clmnej, Tiiroii;h slow deyreea to gibbering akaletooa, Uy hmitrnr, frot, and nuldew, unareaed 'Of u who bear.4, but heeJtd not, their groan ; Hr earth' lon ilrum of liberty Which he waa aoundmg ti reality Who Iur4he Hth-woun.l darkening there, ilurder.jd tjebolJ, unit awear i Swear by your awn der grief, Sweitr, by your Cl ri .lun' atera belief. That he hae leriihe 1, not in rain Thit from bia lot ahall grow A (Trent immortal arain That rhe btae blow Which leveled hiut alnll set people fretShall loose the ahackle on Iluuianity Shall open the Mind eye And break tho atiiMx.ni will Of thn w wha binder, till tne rre aball ris Ile leemd, and worthy nf the aaorific Ot him wlit lieth here, serene and (till. Hi work I ended. 0r ia not yt don. 1 'Ti we ninat fluiah thit well tx itun. II penahed for the Rilit ; we dar Tlir fur it I behuld, and awear I . From tli Anti-Slarery Sundard. AMPITTATED. Oooil bye, right arm I 'tie bard to part With on o lmt and tried. And that Innir bath served my heart, And waited by mr akW. The work ia done, thy pain la e'er; When tear drop dim my eye. The hand will daah them torth do more -(tootl bye, right arm I good by. Good bye, right arm I oa many a 6 ld Thy atrrnjrth haa errd me well. And thou ha-. I beea my boaom' ahielj Where blow like rain-drop fell; But -Xt m r in honor's atrif Thou wilt be litel high. The laat blow eared tine bcart ita life Good bye, right arm I good bye. OnM bye. right arm I no more thoult start Lager to graft my friend. Yet Una poor on that' near my heart So eoldi-r clajtp will lend. And, should my oountry eeer need A gaunt en m timi.-U as I, It vould be juKt aa pru I ti bleed Oood bye, right arm 1 good by. Oood bre, right arm 1 I ahoiild not griere. For thou haat don thy part And yet I earee an bear to leare Thee, snsele aa tliou art. My p mr aoarr'd hand. I bold the near To lip that trembling i-igh. And gvm thaeoitc uur with a tear Oood bye, right arm 1 good bve. r a t, , r Gen. Shf)rmin Report Hn own Sat. ( ment of hit imbroglio, and the true with Johnston. Under date of City Point, May 0th, Gen. hermau forwards an additional report of hrs operations from April, from which time it appears" thej had brought down in a previous report. He says at that time his troops were repairing the wear and tear of their bard march from Savannah and repleuishiug j - clothing and stores necessary for further progress.- "1, had previously by letter aud in person notified tho Lieut. Gen'l Commanding the armies of the United States, that the 10th of April would be the earliest possible moment at which I could hope to have my things in readi-1 ness, and we were compelled to use our railroad facilities to the verv highest ( possible limit in order to fulfill that i promise, owing to a mistake in the Rail- J road Department in sending locomotives i and car. We were forced to rely on j the few- i-irs of the 4 feet S inches j Carolina guage, with such of the old I stock as we was captured by Maj. Gen. Terry at Wilmington and on his way up 10 voiuooro ; yei sucn juuicious use was made of these, and sack industry displuyted in the railroad managemeut by Geus, Faston and Reckwith and Col. Wright and Mr. Vandyue, that by the 10tU of April our men were all re-clad, the wagons re-loaded and a fair amount of forage accumulated ahead." Ie-th meantime. Gen. Stoneman, operating from East Tennessee with a division of cavalry, had reached and destroyed the railroads about Greens boro. X C , and bad pushed along to Salisbury aud extended the work on the road to Catawba bridge. This was fatal to the armies of Lee and Johuaton, who deperded on that roa I for supplies, and as their ultimate liue of retreat He also, details the operating of Geu. Weitzel with his cavalry corps, . which also co eperated cifeetually, carrying out the grand combination. 1 He received the news of the battles aoout Petersburg of April 0th. His troops had been moved 1 rapidly northward, feigning an attack 011 Raleigh, but striking straight up for Rurkesviile, thereby interposing between Johnston and Lee, but the auspicious events iu Virginia had changed the whole military problem, in the expres sive language of Lieut Gen. Grant Tho Confederate - armies of Lee and Johnston being between the strategic points. Gen. Grant , was fully - able to take care of the former, and my task waa to capture of destroy the latter. JohW stoi at that time ( April 6th ) had his armvv well in band at Smith Field, inter-

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,.1 n rj JS -KM '".yf A. " BE -.Of VOL.XXXV c poning between me aul Keleigh. I estimateil hU in fun try and artillery at 55,(MJO, and the cava! ry., at 6.0OU to 10,000. He waa- superior to rne in cavalry. I, livid Gen. Kilpatrick in Reserve at Monnt Olive, with ojders to recruit Lis horses, and be reay to make a sudden and rapid march on the 10th April." The report then goes on and details the movements and those of the enemy up to April 14th. These have "alreadv been sulistnnf i.i!!vf pnt'liAliefU - Jd!inlna army"" ra r;treating rapidly on the road frr.in IIi!Ks- : boroto Greensboro lie himself at Greens boro." Although out of place as to v Lome, I here invite all military critics Lo Btndy the problems of war, to take I their maps and compare the positions of my army, on the loth and ICth of April, with that of Gen. Ilalleck. about Burkes villcand PetersHnr?;, V , oi the'J'jthof April, when, according to his telegrams to Secretary Stnton, he offered to relieve me of the t;skof truttinjr "tf" Johnaton'a retreat. Major General Stone-man was at Statesville, and Johnson's onlv line of retreat was by Salisbnry and Charlotte. It mny be that Gen Halleek troops can outmarch mine, but there is nothing in their pnt history to show it : or it may be that Gen. Halleck can inspire his troops w ith more enorgv or action. I loult thnt also save and except in this aitM,'! iustanec, -when h knew the nmr waa ready to surrender or disperse, as advised by my letter of April lth, addressed to him when Chief of Stan at Washington city, and delivered into his hands on the iilst inst, by Major Hitchcock of my staff. "I met Johnston May 17th, as arranged. The interriew was frank and soldier like. General Johnston pave me to understand that further war on the part of the Confederacy was folly; that the cause was lost; that every life sacrificod al'ttirthe surrender of Lee's army would be tho highest crime possible. He admitted the terms conceded to General Lee were as magnanimous as he could ask, but he wanted some concessions that would enable him to tallay he natural fears and anxieties of iiis followers, and enable hinito maintain his c ntrol jiDtil they could be got bock to their homes. "The terms asked were concessions of glittering generalities, all of which in the end musf, aud .will be .conceded to organized States of the South, that this day there would not bean armed battalion opposed to us within the broad domain of the United States. "Robberies and assassinations must in any event result from the disbandtnent of large armies, but even these should be and could be taken care of by the local civil authorities, without being made a charge on the national treasury." The report proceeds j to detail his movements and those of ! the co-operative forces for the next few ' days, and the good condition in which he found matters at Savannah. ' On the ! evening of the 2d of May I returned to ' Hilton Head, and there for the first time ! received New York papers, of April 28 j containing Secretary Stanton's dispatch ! of 9 a m. of 27th of April, including I Halleck s, 'from Richmond, of 9 p. m., j on the night before, which seems to have been rushed witli extreme haste before an excited pnblic, namely, on the morning of the "J'ith. "You will observe from dates that ! thee dispaches were running back and torth from Richmond to Washington to New York, and there published, while uenerai iiant ana i were together m ni, . vHiviiiM, aillLinilili:, vu t,ie bcstof otir abiiitv, the terJms otllr. render of the only, remaining formidable rebel army in existence east of the .Mississippi river. .ot one word ot in- ! timatioirh.td been sent to me of fie dis- I pleasure ff the Government with my j OtHcial conduct, but only the naked dis- I approval of a skeleton memorandum : sent proftrl for. tho action, of the Presi- X dent of. the United Suites. The most objectionable feature of my nieinoran- 4 duni fial aireaily ( April J'.th ) been ' published to the world in violation of (l otflcial usage,- and the copies of mv ac- , compand ing dispaches to General Halleck, General Grant and Mr. Stanton of even date, though at baud, were supp'resst ' "In ed. all. these letters have stated, clcarly and distinctly thnf, Johnson's army would not tight, but if pressed would disband and scatter into small an 1 dan gerons gncrrillia parties, a injurious to the interests of the United States as to the rebels themselves. That all parties admitted that the rebel causo of th? South was abandoned. That the negro was free; that the temper of all was most favorable to a lasting peace. I say all these opinions of mine were withheld from the public with,. a seeming purpose, and I do contend that my otiiciat experience and former set vice, as well as - 1:1-. r . .1 . ". -pas "'e ami - laiuiiiartty who uie people and -'geography of the-South. eiuuie my opinions to ai icasi a ucceiu respect ' "Although this dispatch of Mr. Stanton's of April 27th was printed officially, it had come to me only in the questionable newspaper paragraphs under the head of '-Sheriuau' truce disregarded." I had already done what Gen. Wilson wanted rae to do. n tmely, had sent him supplies of clothing and food, with clear and distinct orders and instructions how to carry , out in Western Georgia the terms for the surrender of anus and paroling of prisoners made by Gen. Johnston's capitulation of April 20th, a 1 a . , ana naa properiy ana raosi- opfiortuneiv ordered Gea. Gilmore to occupy Or angeburg aud Augusta, both strategic points of great value in nil times in peace or war, but as the' Secretary had taken upon himself to order my subordinate General to disobey my order. I explained to Geo. Giinore that I would no longer confuse hira or Gen. Wilson with orders that wight e outlet with those of the Secretary which, as reported, were sent not throujhjuej.but in pperv disregard of rae and of myswful authority." : Geu- Sherman then 04 oa at considerable length ami with much severity, to comment on Gen. Halleck, ridiculing

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JUST AND FEAR NOT! LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY

KICH1IOXD, tu? id-a of his cutting osr the retreat off Jobuston's army frotn Buikesviiie and j Danville '-The lt and most obnoxious j ft-ature of Gen. ILdlcck's dispatch is; ... - it , i ' M-berein he goes on in this wav and advises that my sulmrdimtc 'Generals ' Thomas. Stoneman snd Wilson, should ' bo instructed not to obey Sherman's ! commands This ia too much an 1 I i turn irom t' iiil.iki.t u-iM. a tl.acr ma sti'ong for vvorjs, and merely assert my LHief that o much .mischief tvas never ; before embraced in so small a space as ; 4. i. - ' . t. i ' - i VVvrVzV uv.cu. - oiicrman a rim. Tli - ., v.- e-. 1 -r1 lnthfln!oi i ted as offlciaVKr Mr. SerreWr Stanton, j and published in' the New York papers ! af April UKh. . 1 i "We b ft Charleston on the ojenir)g j ! of the 3d of Ma.v.,a:id hastened niwi all ; possible speed back to Morehcad on the j night of the 4th; immediately communi . : cate.1 t'.iis telegraph with Gen Sc'ioSeM, 1 I at Raleigh, and lea-nod from him the j pleasing fact that tho T.ientennant Gen- ! j end, commanding the armies of the 1 Unitel States, had reached thoChesspeak i in time to counlermauil Gen. iiallecK s i orders, and prevent his violation of my . . .i : 1 .i r . init-p, nun inv ii uii area ut , , ,. . ,7 T . , . - ! command, and dividing Johnston s sur- , . . r t General Johnston had fulfilled his : agreement to the very best of his ability, i and the oiticers ch.-trgeil with issuing ) the paroles at Greensboro reported about i j 30,000 already made, and that the i greater part of the North Carolina troops j ; nail gone home without waiting tor their i paroles, but that all of them would ! doubtless come into some one of the ! : military posts." j I THE SAERMAX Ql ARREE. j A long and able communication appears iu. the Washington Daily Chronicle, ; in defense of Gen Sherman's action in , his armistice with the rebel General ! Johnston. It is undonbtedlv t!ie work i of one of General Sherman's friends, it it was not directly inspired by thnt great I ujiit f himself. As usuid in tx jxtrfe pai pers of the sort, this defense contains some grave misstatements of fact, nuch irrelevant special iU-aling. ami a iiiim I ber of unsutained charges agaius those by whom the General is ju-st now oi)oscd. We doubt if the paper is worth republication entire, in this quar ter, because the people of the West are nearly if not quite unanimous in tho be- j lief that Gen. Sherman, in labbling with i state matters with which he had no con- j cern, made a grave mistake i their i treatment; and that, if his policy, as de- j veloped in the agreement with Johnston ifc Co , had been adopted by the country, the obfect for which the war has been carried on the subjugation of traitors j and treason bv force of arms would ! ...f I.tt.'i l.nnn .o ! I t ... 1 H1fl tll'lt tltA vir i 4. . .i i . i . , .. ... ..i t i rnn- ,t Ami nt lltft eoriTtar lVitilil t . - . , ... ,..... i, would not have been a barren victory i on hoi Tbij n-r iiftv 1-4 tho nonr v im:n- .... ..... o .1 ...,,,.- ,. i imous opinion of the people of the West; and so thinking, they would be glad to dismiss the whole ot the painful subject from their minds, and remember j General Sherman, not as an inexpert- ' enced. feeble, and easily over-reached 1 j negotiator in matters in which his weak i I ness was not less conspicuous th n his 1 j presumption, but as the gallant com manj der, who, himself under wise and able, 1 guidance, has done so much for bis conn- '' try's safety and honor. We know of j . none who are inclined to judge General t j Sherman with harshness, nor with v.ny 1 f feeling of personal or political animosi-' 1 ty ; and nothing but his persistence in! : the error into which he has fallen his I ' continued defense ot what his country- ( . ' men have already niaiked with their ' firm disapprobation can induce the belief that either an insane ambition for ! civic honors, or an nndue leniency to ward his cou uli y a enemies, was the nnrtllinir motive of bis action That he I has been wrong - that his warmest friends 1 were both astonished aud grieved bv the j oxtraordinnry terms to which he consentr ed, nobody, we take it. will deny. That ' 1 Mr. Stanton met an unexpressed wish of i all loyal men when he set forth the rea- ' sons for the Fxecutive tlisent from the' position that General Sherman had as- , sumed, is equally clear. . To quarrel. then, with the verdict cf the people, or ; to make war upon Mr. Stauton, who. in 1 ' this matter, was only the people' spokesman. is a task in which Gen. Sherman j l will a.sstire.liy ue woi'sieu ; ana among the hosts of friends who yet elmg to ' him, none could do him better or more i needed service than to induce him, bv cither argument, entreaty or expostula ' t tion, to bold bis peace aud leave all fuMure defenses to the charity and forget-! j fulness of his countrymen. One thing I ! perhaps a necessary thing. cUo, we will ' J j.j, Jrh ike the liberty of saying, viz; that tuis , overnment is stronger than any of its Generals; and that if -General Mierman 1 shall meter to trv the strength of his i popularity with the army and the people, i rattier than to be himself an example of j subordination and obedience, he has the ( t example and fate of Fremont and Mo- i Clellan before him. eitherof which he is J j free to choose. CLkago Tr&une. . j The Cambria Iron-w-rks, at Johnston, ! Pa emplcment to about two . i I tho us nd five hundred workmen. turn out an average or over eiiiht nunI dred tuns of railroad iron per week. i I All the iron ore aud coal used are taken j from the hills in "th iuj mediate vicinity' of Johnstown. The works are" about to be -rr. ,.- - .-Mr About a hundred rods from the navigaWe'waters of the Kennebec river in Maftw. two extensive iron -laines have just been opened which promise immense returns.'. V. . The Cincinnati Commercial intimates j that it would have t een more , respects ble if Jeff. Dav i had "kickexl the )Uvket," instead of alteajptiii to escape with it '

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WAYXE C.O., IXp.9. Gen. Washburne on the Negro Ques- - ' tion. Gen Washburne made a speech at La- ... - .t Tni orange. Tenn.. fi tv miles eaet oi .uerao"oK - . phis, on the 29tb ult. The occasion was an excursion of citizens from Memphis, waici; called out a considerable nnmber ' je of La-raujrc and vidnitv. ; x v Gen. Washburne commenced by. reviewthe pasttro'iblea, and coucltided this part of bis speech by saving that he "saw othiQ Vlscourahi "t in the futare of ourcoantry.' Hq then passed to TQI XEGUO QCESTIoy. There is your minds. one qiest i vou on tuat tiisiurus will hardly dare whic: to think of. howevt-r mueu n may con it spoken 1 know I cern you, much less to hear of. In. 'speaking of which. shall say some unpleasant things to 3ou : You know, or vououiht to know, that the slaves are free ; that there is no power, save Omnipotence, can make thern ' otherwise, and the' sooner j ou prepare ! for it the better. I ste oa the outside i r ... t i,, ; of this crowd more or less . , T , . . 1 P'e I do not want them colored peo to misunder i stand me. Freedom does not mean a life of idleness: it means t hi.,' that they are free to work and free to contract with whoever wants their labor ; it does not mean they are tree to gamble, steal and cut each other's throats. This spirit which the negro has manifested is not a spirit of viciousness, but a spirit which arises from an uncertainty as to what thtir future will be. Do not suppose i that I am putting any ideas in the heads J of the colored people, ad vising them to I make any exactions which taey would i not otherwise think of, for I know there is among the colored people a great deal ' of intelligence, and there are certain I things for which they will clamor, until i they are conceded, and the sooner they j are conceded the better for all concerned, i The colored people will demand Fist, I that they lie allowed the right to educate; second, that they be allowed to testify in j courts of justice ; lastly, that they be allowed to vote, lean see reasons why I ' the first right was refused when you had slavery, out, now mere caisis iiuiuaiy ; that should prevent them from educating I themselves. The safety of our toniii try is not going to be imperiled by it. j I thiuk that you will agree with me that the better educated a community is. the better that community will be. Whatever reasou did exist it does not exist now. Then as to his being allowed to testify in the Courts. That is denied, I believe, in all the Southern StvtirM4 most of the Northern Suites. But tho world moves. I remember the time when a white man, if he was interested in a suit, could not testify, but that barl'1?r 13 now broken down 7 It is said that the negroes are givea to exaggeration l if an. that u1i.-.m1.1 .r-k t ti-...ii- t . rt, U .il i t - , . , . .. , . the nero should not be allowed to testi e a; fy. lint the. propositi. a which 3 011 will dislike to receive ot ail oLheis is that 1 they should he allowed to vote Prior , to lM"3, when such men as Andrew JackI sou and Hugh Lawson were living, ne- : groes voted in Tennessee, North Carolina aud several other Southern Slates, and I never heard of any man beir.g f elected to otHce by colored votes, j You will agree with me that a certain degree of intelligent;: is necessary for I a man to vote. You allow men to vote ; who can neither read nor write, and ia some ot the States tiio.se no cannot even speak the English language. This L.s the case in the Stale where I reside. I know that in the State where I have he privilege of livinyr. tho colored man is deprived of the right ot free suffrage, ' for we have oar prejudices like yourselves. I would ask yoa; th question, 1 if the colored man who is able to rea l and write is not a'ulcto vote uuderstaudiugl v, as well as the white who can do i neither? I think you must answer in the affirmative, i The, Government had no claim upon hira for his service, hut it had upon yo;i when it was assailed, because o;i had always enjoveu its protection. .Not so with the coLored man he bad no Gov- ' ernment; but notwithstanding, while the Government was assailed and almost in the agonies of death, he came to her rescue. I then ask 30U the question, if the man who has periled his life to preserve this Government, if he has not a right to some consideration, as well as those who have lorieited their i lives to destroy it. I would have no hesitancy in submitting it to any candid slaveholder. I care not bow mat slaves he may own. I find this to be the fact, those holding the largest number of slaves take the most generous and enlarged view of the subject, while the most rabid are those w ho own some broken down spavined negroes. Laughter. On this subject he concludes as follows: Wliat I have said, I have said from a Snse of dutv, knowing full well that it woui,i not be popular." I have said it in little hope that von would receive well mr micshuus mm upon iiieuj iu lae manner I have suggested; but if von will simplvallow free discussion in a friendly wa-, that is ail I ask. for I know well all those other thin-rs will follow in due time. . '-.'"'.. : Says the Morgan Gazette: J. 1L ec S. M. Mitchell, sold witixin the last year, ver 81.000 worth of produce, raised upon their farms last --season. Pretty . heavv- yield that 1 ox -en. year. Mobile bay was cleared of obstructions bj" means cf torpedoes and a galvanic batten'. Tbe torpedoes were let. down among the obstructie-n-i"," aad then I exploded by meajis of an electric wire, ! Alouf a "ujile." of" sunken "barges and: ijtaaats. CHed 'wlib stones and old iron; were blowa up this way.

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GOD'S, THY: COUNTRY'S AND TRUTH'S!'

JIXE General Meredith's Farewell Order. From the Cairo Sews. Havins: been relieved of bis command of the District ot Western Kentucky, i the noble old hero has issned his farewell orar. i ue louowipo- xiracfc m.i uci read wit!i interest hr all who acknowledge and resptct sterling worth- and unj impeachable integrity: I It is well known what were the eirctim- ! stances under wUich I was ordered to I assume votninand ot western iveniuchy ' I neel not revert to them now. Let it suffice to sav that it became mv duty, no t less than my privilege, to relieve the ; people residing1 within the limit of tbis r.T r.twl fmm rtif -niresLJii and , "'-" "r r i i imiaeiisouie taxation ami sicvmru, m restore or create confident-? in thHr ; minds and hearts in the humanity m-ag inaniinltr. justice and mercy of onr 1 Government. If in ortli to avcomplh mv purpose, I extemiea iuiviieges to the many, instead of the few. it was because I believed, as future eveuts amply proved, that the masses were honest, true and loyal. If I destroyed the power oyer ,tn. ... .c,.u ' . V.. . , j : .. 5 mfn. who were the sell-annoinieu luuires of the loyalty of the people, it wus because the" members of that clique themselves bad disloyal records, and, I firmly ntu.eve i,oniywisneaiouSeuiem..iwi,. power to oppress me ihi-s, "i i their nockets with money wrenched from the people ' I am proud to believe and krow that t J J Z u...,t . mv policy uas aueceeueu in icsiui iu political peace in this District, and in developing a powerful loyal sentimert which would not be recognized nor encouraged. It is no less a satisfaction to me to know that the common enemy has been driven from your borders, and that to day peace smiles upon a united, happy and loyal people that you have taken a firm stand in the support of the Government of your fathers, and kept pace with the changes in its domestic policy, which the last four years have made inevitable and necessary to insure future tranquility. All this I am assured is the result of the wise, just and humane policy of the Government towards this people, which I felt it my dut- to iuaugurate and pursue the success of which is largely due to the almost unanimous support and encouragement which will be given to msuccessor. In the general license wL'.ch a free and liberal policy creates, is it not straneg that libel and slander are lashed upou those entrusted with important command. It is not surprising that I have been no 'exception in this common fate. - It is a great satisfaction to one who honestly j performed his duty, that truth, through slow, inevitable, and will sooner or later triumph, and that w hatever may happen to individuals, the cause of justice will survive, precious and enduring as ever. When slander has done its worst, then will truth assert itself, and justice be done to all. I am willing to await the verdict of the people. Death of Judge Catron. John Carton, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, died at Nashville, his place of residence. ou Ma- 30th, at the age of seventy-six years. Judge Catron whs appointed to 1 it . . . . . 1 , ,00 1 1 11 .

iiiiic, ..im.i . ...-1 . - lo of escape violence at the hands of a mob Nashville roughs, calling themselves H VI :d3T.ce committee. In less than a ! vear afterwsixls. tbe victory of Fort i Donelson enabled home, and in May ,1SG2, he, re opened : the Untied States Circuit Court nt k-ish-1 ville. We wereinTdsConrtdurfngtnat . , ... j month, and found bun occupied -in 1 . en- . den?Z judgments ..I favor of Northern creditors, against citizens of Tennessee . who supposed that rebellion had cancelled the deb s thev owed to "alien enemies," as loyal men were designated in rebel parlance. If any of the vigi lance committee remained in Nashville at that time, they were vigilant in keeping qUOfthe nine Judges of the Supreme Conitin-lSei, but four remain. Judges ; McLean, Tanev and Catron are dead ; Judge Campbell, of Alabama, resigned, i a"d to?k om rV0? "nJerf the Christian President, Jetf Davis, from t t which be naturally glided into the cala- , boose at Richmond, soon after our forces i took possession of that citv ; Jndge . , Daniel, of Virginia, has teen lost sight t of. e believe he is dead also. i - Judges Catron and Wayne were the only members of the Court from the i rebel' States who remained true to the ' j Union. Both lived to see the rebellion i con quered, and Judge Wayne is now on I .... c -t u- tu 1 . 3, Tisi- lit .-1:11 :i inu. ill-, ii'i iiiiiii. limn a visit to Savannah, his old. home, from i wnicii ue was Lani-aeu xor nearij lour , f veara. in consequence of his Udell ty to t which he was years, in cons r- r - his official oath. I Pittsburgh Macbfne Shops. There are twenty-fonr machine shops in Pittsburgh engaged lia aud fitted formakins machinery- Fourteen of these . are esubliahmenu . of uanitade. and' eight of them at Uie present time espcci j

- t , . 1 .iv. w;i vi iiiiiviiv iui JC".rrs 1 9 iui' tie time of bis death. For several years Bisheit ,,v StQver tQ th(J GoVerament, prior to his elevation to the Supreme 1, thro ,h (u navy agent, Henderson. Ib-uch 01 tUeLnited Statep he was Cl.ief ( .Xoinercv ; tf)U 'articular tran8flC.Justice of the Supreme Court of frn- ; 1,,.. , nvmil n '1.. . , ' 1 - c... i uon ni,t 1:1 !l large number of others, and ucessee. hen bis State was seizeti ' , , c. . . . . .,1 c 1 ti- t 1 not merely in purchases from Stover but with the madness of rebellion. Judge .- n.or .J. r , f . 1 ,, 1 'n other purchases also, we find this sanu Catron remained faitufid to the Union, ,rjf0, . .., . .

.111? auapieu 10 ui manuiatiure 01 tne; . . , ; .. ,v largest size marine engines. There are! Jeft." Foretold "Lift up your eyes also twelve boiler yards capable of and beliold them that come' from' ; the manufacturing any description, f boil-1 North - -' For the greatness at ers. There are also ten establishments "1 thine iniqaity are thy akirta discovered localh-known as river blacksmith and and thy heels made bare. . f.. , forge'shops, at which afl the heavy iroa j Therefore' will I discover thy skirts npwoc of stearnl-oats is wronght. from the 1 on thr face, and that thy shame may eplargrst wrocgiit shaft, chain cables and pear.'' Jeremiah xiii, 20, 22, 26. anchors, to the smallest iron work re .; " 1 ' - ' ' " - naired. ' Also, three vcrr heavy estab- w A vein of lead was recently discovered.

lishments mmufacturing ntrts and wash-r ers and similar line or arUcle. bun ttiSe America. '

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f.4.AAVf o XO. 15. !. ... The Mysteries of Trial by Jury, i ' Oa the 17th of July, 102, Congress' passed an act expressly declaring that all iiprnnm enaTir1 in fiii-njalilncr ounnlipa , for tfae r shoclii deemod' a part of the land or naval forces, and j should be subject to rial by court martial, or military commission. Almost ! f Imrdtaneouslv an act was passed pre scribing additional penalties upon ciril aBll agents of the Government found guiltj of like frauds, upon trial in the Circuit Court of the United States. i It is well known that sundry swindling tractors, both naval and xniiitarv, .. . . . . ... 'have been Drought to grief by couiU. : ... .. ; maruai, ana compeaea to tusgorge tueir I ill-gotten gains. We have never heard i of any civil officer of the Government j beingcom i,ted iu a Circuit Court of the , ... n,tcd n tow strong the testimony against him: f Jlr. Iaac Henderson, Navv Agent at , w York, was recently put on trial for ' alleged dishonest practices in the admin- ; istrntion of his of!ice. The New York World, which is a great stickler for trial i,v jury, thus recites the points estab,,ishedia the bcfore the jury in Henderson's case which brought in averdiet of acquittal : Divested of superfluities and techni- , . .. 1 '.' . . i f W WW j catuies, me nature oi Jir. iienuerson a improper and corrupt transactions with the government and with merchants, ia 'his capacity of navy agent, is simply this: He bought goods of merchants and received from the government, to pay for the goods, a certain amount of money. Of this amount the seller received only ninety per cent, or something less than the whole, and Mr. Henderson pot keted ten per cent, or the remaider. For example, August 31, 183, Henderson bought a quantity of oil from Stover. For this oil the government paid 822.2:17 SO. Of this amount only $20,014 ever reached Stover. Henderson pocketed the balance 82,223 SO. Many other transactions precisely like this, not only with Stover, but with others selling goods to the government, Henderson was guilty of. How is his guilt shown ? .There are three elements in each case : 1. The amount paid by the government for (he goods which it received. 2. The amount received by the seller. 3. The amount retained by Henderson. - ... Tne books of the department at Washington, and the receipts of Hender son, 6how the first amount. The account tiooks of tho government creditors and their bank accounts show the second. Henderson's lvooks and his private bank account show thfl third account show the third. v, in the particular transaction cited , the bank account of Henderson 1 that be deposited in the MetronoNow. above. shows that he denositd in thn fnt rrrvi-. , btan Bank on that dav 82.2 n ti, I ; bank account of Stover shows that he t . deposited in the Grocer's Hank on that 1 ' same day 810,014, and in the Continen- !J ! t.tlBank 810.000 making to gether o20.- h 014. ' Add Ff pndirsort" rlnnaita tr S,m. i ver's deposits, and you have 822.237 bem? fiiennies offl the exact amount f ..- v... ,,a n ,,.,., v.. 1. e.. t books of the department, the books of ti. e sellers to the government, and the h .. r x. 0 ,7. sm ' "7 JLa V,lii :aA ... Vva. x.vvav ca vj cv'iiri, 19 aV.' fff r tCU , fTlrtrrt i-r I aaja rf X'.-v 1 rkA a. . Z .1 bV ti,V ZrnZn t . 1 U,"UUB 1 , 3Henderson. ,.10 Pcr cent . more or less, of the same No. - j tbe amour, aid b fa eorerameD No 2 atd 3 J up, odd dol,arw and Q -0 j v , ' ' . .. it appears tnat Mover, wbo, by th way, has been the benefitof a court martial and an acquaintance with the Interior' of Fort Lafayette, was not willing to 8wear tbat received the amount of. money (320,014) paid tohira. Hewonld only swear that either he or his book-' keeper received it The bookkeeper would onlv swear that either be or Sto" . . , , , . rer received. Thereupon the Judge charged the jury that inasmuch aa there wag no direc t personal evidence that any body had received the amount stated, , . . , .n , , A, 10p cent, less than it should have been,) the jury must bring in a ver, diet of not guilt which thev did. The JTorU considers this a great lrumph of ,k - i,,,.. r it .u j r toe jur system, for if the ends of jas- . w " " " scientifically . "We submit tbat the' case. L - Ii't WPTP I I PI Ta T llOr UK--A laTrTar VI wai.e it uoea not prove, by any means, that t he system of trial by jury is a fail ure, mar admonish some people that their pictures of the dangers of trial by court martial ia time of war in the . . , . ... . -.: of depravity which war engender. may possibly be somewhat exaggerated. , hear Mineral Point. Wia., which in ten J fnays yielded from eignt to ten tuns of Jlead. - -- J - "

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rml montUs-l White Howe, while painting bis picture of the 'msacipation proclamaUon before thT Cabinet," contributes to the Imitpmdnt a sktch of v, tos lstc President, from which we make Ki th following extracts:" . Shortly afterward he told us this to, . ty of Andy Johnston," as he waa famUiarly ia the habit of calling him, It was a jew weeks prior to ths Baltinbrt; 1,4 Convention, before It was known thel " Governor Johnston would be tbV fcdml- ' nee for the Vice President. Said he, 4l V had a visit last night from Col.. Mood ( . the 'fighting Methodist raraon.V aa .be, i(

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eir.g iu aaiungton over night, . caice r up to see me. He told xse.Le continued -this story of Andy Johnson .and, , GmIktell, interestetl me intensely. CaL . Moot 13 was in NashvilU tha day that it waa reported that BucU had decided to evacuate the city. The Rebels, strong! v reinforced, were said to be within two days' march of the Capital. ' Of coarse th city was ' graatljr excited. Said Moody; "I went in search of Johnson at' the edge of the evening, and found him at his office, closeted with two gentleman, who were walking tha floor with him, . one on each side. As I entered 'they retired, leaving me alone with Johnston, who came up to me manifesting intense feeling, and said "Moody, wa arc told out! Buell is a traitor! lie is going to : evacuate the city, and ia forty-eight hours we aball ba in the hand of the

r rebels." Then he commenced pacing the floor again, twisting bis bands, and chafing like a caged tiger, utterly iosensible to his friend's entreaties to become calm. Suddenly ha turned- and aaid. 'Moody, can you pray V That ia my business, sir, as a minister of th Gospel,' returned the Colonel. - WU, Moody, I wish yotr would pray, said Johnson; and instantly both went down upon their knees at opposite side ef the room. As the prayer became fervent Johnson began to respond in true Meth odist style. Presently he crawled over on bis hands and knees to Moody's side, and pnt his arm over him, manifesting the deepest emotion. ' Closing the prayer with a hearty "Amen ! from each, . thej- arose. J ohnson took a long breath, 1 and said with emphasis, "Moody, I fee! better! Shortly afterward he Raked, Will you stand by me?" "Certainly, I will," was the answer. Well,; Moody, I can depend upon you ; you are one in a hundred thousand''' He then com- . menced pacing the floor again. Sudden , ly be wheeled, the currentof his thought' having changed, and said. 4Ohl Moody, .. I don't want you to think I have beLcome religious man because I aaketl ou to pray. I am sorry to say it, bat lam not, and have never pretended to H reglou- -Po one koows Utis better itdan you; but. JUoody, there la one .man you; uiu, 310003-, mere M one , tlnn bout itrI do lv in Almighty , Go'1' An,, 1 beeve also in the Bible, and 1 9a3" vn be ' damned; if NashvUle r FL ,11 1 , Msuau ue aurrrnuereu . And Nashville was not surreaderesl t True Charity A Besutifbl Thought. Night kissed the young rose.' and it f ten softly to sleep. Stars shone, and pure dew drops bang upo it bosom and watcuea iu aweei siumoers. ' aiorning earne with its dancinir breezes, and thev Vhispered to the young rose, and it awoke joyous and smiling.' - Lightly it danced ' to and fro in all the loveliness of health and youthful innocence. Then came the ' ardent sun-god sweeping from the east, and he smote the young roe with bia . "scorching rays, and it fainted.' Desert 1 ed and almost heart-broken, it drooped i'to the dust in ita loneliness and despair. Wiaw the gentle breexe, which7 bad been gamboling over the sea,, pushing on the homeward bark, sweeping over bill and dale by the neat cottage aad the still Lbrpok turning the old mil, faaaiag the t, , mi . . ,. orow 01 uiseas, ana irisaing u curia ' of innocent childhood came stripping Lalong on her errands of mercy and lov; ' iand when she saw th Tooar rae sha hastened to kiss it, - and fondly: bathed -its forehead in cool, refreshing abMrere : aad the young rose revived, nd ldokaA: up and smiled in gratitude to the' kiad.' breeze; but sh honiad r qaiokly away ; her generous task waa peVfortnad, yet not without reward; for she soon perceived that a delicious fragrance kad been poured on her wing by the'gratav 1 fnl rose ; and tn kind breeze wa glad in heart, and went away singing th-roaga , the trees. Tboa, true ehanty, 1 like the? breeze, gathers fragrance -from the droop . ing flowers it refresh, and aaWoawiesBV , ly reap a reward in the perforaaace of . its ofSee of kindness, wbieh- steala. on the heart like rich perfuase, to bieneastd cheer. " ''isf "l?.... The Way of Restoration. ' M A correspondent of the New Tork Tribune mentions seeing a captain in,, Lee's late army at bia bom plowing up ! a small garden lot with hia wax jMtree.' He hadlostailhiseUvesaAdaaoatof Jxia . personal property-. But; hhs4 a wifa and children whom, ha waa hoftd to support lie did not believe in aWCaeioQ at the onUet, bat went for it because bia.State did Labor ia th urn. way to restore the South. Every nvam ia the rebel State should follow the eraasplo of. f thw rebel captain. Oat of the aoil with t mdustrr anulied to it rnmss that amnltti 1 that is to restore the. Aoath ta ocdec asvl prosperity.. It may go . hard fint fto those not used to labor to ailts4 tn earn, their own living. -,bat.millcMof .'. . men equally as good are, doing Xb taao 'J: thing and deem it a prifUe. ,iSmml, as they show their diosio4 to lsJn -themselves, they will W sHhara, iaaadito assist them. ' " ' l Tbe 'Burlington Jlawfcere ' aavh ra. .. ia aIar'ra TaW Wa ,. Z&s. aT!. 'b Z. V "t avw V- V . a nat cnua oagnt to bo CZtA hi way taroti tU wosU.'' "

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