Shelby Volunteer, Volume 20, Number 11, Shelbville, Shelby County, 19 November 1863 — Page 1

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VOL. XX.-NO. 11. SHELBY VILLE, IND. NQVEMBER 19, 1863; WHOLE NO. 1000

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UuXSlLfiLltf VOLUJSTEEH Xa published erery Thursday morning t ShklbttiiXB, Shelby County, Indiana, by REUBEN PIC Ell.

INVARIABLY IS ADtANCK. ttpat-IHnrll ths-fir;tion rtS months. -nit rM1 until the cxpiratian of th year,.., l7raeietru will b rijjxlly adh -red to. 1.75 8,00 . " rates of ADVt-ftf ISlNCt TJT7" Ten lins Nonparicl or its equivalent in spct con 3 w'ks j m's 6 m's aquar I 4,00 1 7.H 10 (0 coliifn' t 4jlH T .0 V 13.00 g.oo column. 12 0 I 80.00 1 .3.1.00 column. I 1 22.00 3.1 J Ml 70.(10 f Jftlf In tn "porisl rotiiV! column will h charged per cent, in aMitinn to the AnTe rat. ., TTf All transient ajlvcrtisenwnts must 1 paid for in adi"V ' 4 , , : ) . . :- - Iff Ttcral Mrii?nn nuCbe pairl for in a lrance. r me reaitori'tiMe person zuaranti tlie pavmnt of ttie s m 'l!:'""-; ll dvcrti-mentS win 1 charged fifty j f" Announcements of" marrI.i!T an deaths cratis. t'ular advertising rates will be charj;d for all obituary marks. " I ''.. . JO Announcing candidates for office $2 always in adrn a discretionary liheratity win "tended to aiij ticesof a rltiaut ami charitable naturei. !H ' -i VT Advertisers will be restrictel to their legitimate lysines. - ' ' -4 i JOB PRINTING ! The special atter.Hori cf husiness men, and all other! re iribtny specie of Job THntuvl, Men Cftuds, ; .- Circular , .; :XXn.iicl'bils9. Posters, Bla-iiltH or all ltincls, Iam.plilets Sr c . , Is callol V the fact that the VOLUNTEER JOB OFFICE teas been refitted with a Full and Complete assortment of Plain and Fanty JokTypc, Borders, dc, rlhtTittst d Mof Affp'' wick4n tUftUan 1 T competent Jirorisn, enables me to execute ftny variety of joft Printinffthe nwnmunits" inay.4e pleir1 W order, in a 'ltyle unsurpassed for neatness, or short notice, and at prices flefyinf competition. A trial is reiectfully solicited. 'An ample assortment of Card, Cap, Letter, and colored apr always on hand. . , - r. T . , , MISCELLANEOUS.

Shelby: Co. Auctioneer. HAVING taken out a Heense under the National Excise Laws Auotioimr for tfbelby Cunty,am preparexl to attend to all buine. I thst line.-nnd hereby notify ail . r..n. .Kiiin? t nu'ilic outcrv without license, excvtit

, provided in said law, that they lay themselves liadt to a r JKRUY WEAKLEY. , fhtlhy ville, Dec. 4, IStii. - ' HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER 6RAINER, GLAZIER AND PAPER IIANGER. Shop comer Franklin and Hirrison Streets, second floor. Batrane Brst door North t Post Office, Shelbyville, Ind. . a. mtr. J '! ' a. C. DAWKS. CHASE & DAWES, STHOLKSALS 1KB RETAIL DEALCXS 15 Olefin's JBI06U9 SI ST WAsniXG J 0X STREST ' INDIANAPOLIS, IND Our assortment of Shoes, Gaiters, Ate. for Women, Misses tal Children U nslirpassed Id the esU mrly PROFESSIONAL CARDS. MARTIN M.' RAY. TUO'S W. WOOLEN, SlielbviUe.lnd. Franklin, Ind. RAY A. WOOLEN, 5Vttotncjis at Xanj, i.dia:aiol,is, hd. WlLb PRACTICE IN-EDERAL AN a STATE COURTS. ' mc,Nos. 10 & 11 ' raiiwtt's Building, South of r.t Offic. j-ov.o-iy ? , , . i m Pllll.ll LE1LLU, , Altorii'y at Law, Notary Public, it 6MXS2AL CO U.PCT IXC 'A G JTAT... OfflM ever ForrV Storo, rear of Major's OCct, V-- SIIELBTVIILF, tND. " AT TsO R A.EAV.A 1, E A H , )B Xorta-trsTveorhr raMic J qttirt, trver Forhs' Store. ; " - - V 1 1 IBLB YA" 1 1 LE ISO. A Frempt Attahtion ven to the collection of claims, inelu g soldiers claims lor uouniy .noney ana Tensions. -t r : i i 1 - ' ' . . ' rmo't a. m rAkLAJD. j.toroirs tTojtiT; A T 21 O H A A 1 'S A T L A' n . ' - ' " -'" '.. . . ....... - Will practice In the 4th and 3th Judibial Circuits, and Comrat Courts.' fpeeiai atntioti. tirea th collection i Mi r . 1 i . w . - i r j laims. umrw over nr. ivouini urug store, anerry - . , UA V sit fAr IS, f-'JlTT ORNE-Y8: A T I-A AV; COce In Ray "ITouse, 1?hes9rtillrt . ;. erner Harrison sjtrfTTaVHn ffreets, second story RIClrARD3N0tIUS, IS ,s Ml - t ki ? sleste ttiToi.,t't-sir .

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. or Wrongr and Outrage; FntTon or tiie Volustker: Sir: Kot being in the habit of w riting for any purpose, and more especially for the press, you will excuse any imperfections in this letter ; ami correct the ahie, if yoit think my unembelishcd narative worth a publication. I can do no more than give you the simple facts, as they occurred, and leave the candid reader to deduce therefrom such conclusions as to his own mind mav seem riuht and croper. And I must j11' 11113 U I 1 VI. UCIUIC OVi&lAV.Vy ' J i story will 'necessarily be long too long indeed, for the columns of a common hjews-paper and proceed directly to the relation, without fear or favor, of any one, whether he be an abolition traitor or a true friend to the Constitution and laws j of t(e Unjte, StatCS .. I am. a citizen. of Ianard Co. Illa. and usually stay within the limits of my county. But I committed the exception the falal Except lonttiU' last Summer, when t I forsook mv peacelul rurai abode for a visit to my relatives in your county. Not long after I arrived at mvuncleV, In" Sugar-creek Township, one Ab. Hacker commenced enrolling for the approaching draft. He reported me to the Sachems of the midnight conspiracy, known as the "Uniou League." and I was soon arrestsi , . ma ed and hurried ott to Indianapolis. JL ins occurred on the Gth day of last August. I was charged with having deserted from the 51st Ills. Vol. Reg , and was told that the Captain of my Company was at Indianapolis, and claimed me as one of his men, and that I should be allowed to return immediately iu case he did not recognize me. I was taken before the Pro vost Marshall, who very inquisitively examined me, and asked my name, age, hcigtitn, occupation, as well aswnerei lived, when at home. He found no such person on the "roll of tho aforesaid 51st Reg., nor was my name or description on the list of deserters from said Ixeg He remarked that my case was ahard one, and ho had a mind to let ma g"o. Brtt the pimp who arrested mo wanted his 610,00 "thirty pieces of silver" or rather paper before he would let me go. The Provost Marshall then directed the 6ame hireling who wanted his"sav-buck" for catching what he called a . deserter, to procure an affidavit - from - Ab. Hacker, which turned out to be as nice a piece of perjury as ever sent a better man to the Penitentiary. "He stated that I should have told him "that I belonged to the 51st Resr. Vol. and did not intend to go back to it, and if any man arrested me I would kill him." The deceitful cur who arrested me, next asked me to go with him down to the Soldiers Home," and see. the Captain, who claimed me as one of his men : but when we got there we found no such per-. sonage. iney men put me in me "Guard-house," when my lying conductor fcaid "here is your Captain !" He then asked me "if I had any weapons ?" To which I answered, ""none but a small pen knife," which ho Uook from me and kept. I was then locked up in the Guard house," to remain over night. T The next dav I was taken before His fjonor, the Provost Marshall, who inform - ed me that the affidavit of Ab. Hacker could not be gotten over, and. ''I would nave to go 10 my uegimcnt. l was T " a "sr again put in the loathsome Guard-house to remain another day. The next day they took all my clothes and money, and v i f k a tncf rod a chief nn.1 rvanta i Vk Uhe words "Deserter in Harness" printed on them ! 1 was then started for V lcksburg via. Mattcon nnd Cairo, w here I remained until next evening, without i , any thing to put under or over me--then to Memphis, where I remained in a Guard House o days, with upwards of 300 in the I same situation with myselt, in toe most filthy stinking place possible w all bad toftand up during' the whole .time, not having room to lieilown. . .Throdgh the Idav we were retmiifed to" gb out in the yard.wiiore wq . wer guarded by negro soldier. .There we had a speech from one of the boTf, and after .that threo cheers

went np from the crowd'for Val!andifffatTl't'''9o: om ho wishes' tTie Sofeth fVeir;

the Constitution, (he Union, and the good old. Democratic party No d-d aboli tion traitors had been" arrested ! . .1 vak' next 'cent to Vlcksbhrir.' to' face another Provost Miistial. . .While there the Lieutenant CoLof the S4ih Ills Yul.. called to us saying "if. there was any of Uh belonged to his Regiment, 'come for ward i" . ' One mntetmed forward, ayftg ktMtra belonged to that Regioetit."

"How como you here," said the Lieutenant;-"I-gnre- yon a fnrlovr for 36 days !" The man replied, "that ho had been dragged from hi? bed the 2nd Viight after he got home!" The -'Lieutenant cursed and swore - furiously; "wishihg "all tlie'damned Provost Marshalls were in hell 1" -lie then gave tho poor fellow a furlow for 60 days, and sent him back Korae.I remained. there, in another Guardhouse, for eight days, and then was Kent back to Memphis then to Corinth, 100 miles East, stayed there- one night then tack to Memphis again, to tav 4 days then down to Helena, stayed 12 1 hours then to Little-rock, stayed 112 hours then back to Helna, stayed 12 hours moie then back to Memphis, tho 4th time, stayed 2 days then to Cairo, stayed 2 days. Here I found a man from Ohio, who had been mado to "inn the

gauntlet," like myself had been to his Regiment and got discharged but fotlhd himself fast in a stinking Guard-house, there to remain until after the election. I stayed here 4 davs -then to Smithland, fctayed 33 hours. .Ilere.l li.l l a watchchain stolen from me, worth 30.00. Then sent to Evansvillcto stay 30 hours in another "img-pen then to Louisville, to stay 30 hours -them trrNnshriile stayed 24 hours then to Stephenson. Here I made the acquaintance of another victim, by the name of John A. Cun ningliam, from Johnson CountyV'Ind., who died shortly after I got there, without a Physician or any attendance. - He too had been the rounds prescribed by the Abolitionists to keep Democrats from voting ! , I remained at Stephenson 3 weeks af ter tvuniunghani died, and, then sent to Chattanooga walked through mud and mire 68 miles. The guard amused themselves along the way by burning houses and barns, and cutting down peach and apple orchards. Before wo reached our journey's end, .we were captured 250 prisoners, 500 guards, 300 wagons, with provisions, with some 600 teamsters &e. &ct,- the. wagons . and provisions were burnt. , In about 3 days we were re-c;ip-tiired. and then I was sent on to Chat tanooga. Here I was taken sick and nent to the hospital for 3 days then sent to the 1st Brigade kept there 24 hours, before I could get to see the long-looked-for 51st Regiment. And wheu my lime come, the Colonel asked, me what Regimenal belonged to V '1 replied "that I did not belong to any !" lie then askedi ".what Regiment I was charged with be longing to ?" I replied "the 51st sir !" He said that was a mitdake, for he "had not. had a man to desert !' He also said "the man who arrested you ought to be shot!" .... I was next sent to the General's headquarters. He asked 'me what Regiment 1 belonged to ? and I told him "nonel" He inquired how Icanie to have on. Deserters clothes I, and I told him that '.'he knew as well as I !" and ho , sent me to the guard-house for 2 days, after which I was sent, with 50 more citizens like myself, to Stephenson. I had the flux, and had to walk through the mild. The guard had an ox-gad which they plyed on my back when I lagged behind I was ordered to run and catch up w ith tharest I could not and the guard pelted me on the back with a large stone, which nearly knocked mcdown. " I then wished for death as a boon and blessed relief 1. At btephenson l.was put in a slop-pen, without cover, to .stay over night niV bed was simply water and mud then I got on the cars and went to Nashville to stav one week:' Here I saw upwards of 500 citizens starting for home mostly. from Ohio who had been kept until af ter the election. I here was not a d d abolitionist amongst. them., I next went to Louisville, there to stay in a guardhouse another night. And the next day 1 was turned out a free while man '' 1 had bcen Tobbed of alT my clothes, 300 dollars in cash, and a watch and chain worth 120 dollars. And now had to find my way home without a cent. A kind hearted soldier sent me to the transportation-house, where I got conveyance as near home as I could come by Railroad, and thqn; I walked ( the rest of the way. As I said in the outlet, I was arrested on the 6th day of August, and landed at homo on tne 23rd day of Octo beri I have written this letter in order to let others know how this Administration is administering' the; Government, and what kind of Liberty we Hre getting! tor permitting Abolition traitors to get into power, instead of that -party which has given us such a good and prosperous Government for 80 years, prior-to tho election of Abraham. tho 1st, x . , - t ;:Yours truly, . . . , DAVID, W. SMITH. k The Recent Elections., Tho Toronto Lcaderwhii;hfii a.Mrong advocate of the Southarn causer jiyt, the recent clettona.: , - r ; a ; - in its gallant struggle ror fn'depertdeTrcel can regret that -this party Democaric baa been defeated, for-it is far more". dsn

gerons to the South, which it cnpnrcA "Vjln:,et "nfafd the, to.win.over by fair piomtban tbrjreanv

openenemy.mai attempts 10 control 11 with the bayonet. .iV.' 1 W h 1 m aVarvlin I earns tima ? Growing old lder. w - ,

From a Lcicuvi 7i Ociobtr co. fnow be?n carried on for thirty yars, an 1 A Parallel by tho Ttmea-Russia cnd:j, ended. far. by iearicg'lJala with America. j nothing in Poland bat it army, which The warmest sympathy with Poland j the national govurnmint difia." In the and iu wrongs scai ceU enable thAYest , midst of the Russian gu irds tlu Hotel do o!Ef ofttS fol JtfWVfth tiUch f iOtoi est f Villo of Warsaw In bjeri set" on rir, the reports of the skirmishes between'the I tho-igh tho troops have fhll command of insurgents and the Russians in tho field, the Polish capital. Tho federal have. They have no result that fixes the atten-1 they .assert, gaincl possession of the Mixtion, and, though the courage that throws j .sishippi. yet l'ourteeu hteamers have been lives and fortunes into the seals so light-j burnt on it waters, and no vessel can pa ly ought to command admiration, it does up or down the htre im without running not give either tho ieaders or the localt-! the risk of being fired on from th b.tnks. ties a lasting fame. These actions are! The case are exactly parallel. The war more like via? than battles, and tho na-is continued by the pe p.i of the countiy tioual strength seems to expend itsell in in the untiring spirit of lutrel. In what them in vain. Many victories are claim- j Russia has to do, t keep her unprofitable ed. yet the total result of all th a 1 van-! and usless hold on Poland. th- federals

tagea fall short bf one subtantral success, Now, however; tho war appears to iimisierre'i 10 tue cuy 01 arsaw, an. i the conflict is taking a new torm WJllCll attracts and excites the interest of the most indifferent by its extraordinary character. In tho capital of the King lom fnC Pt.. n.l .k.l ......... .'tl.n .,.; : .. i 1 thousands of its inhabitants the Russian rulers are fighting;an invisible enemy. T! . -I'll'-. 110 secret government, w!iic;ti has,jiot a soldier or a cannon, can dispose absolutely ofa power which sets the Russian army at dofianco. Tiie enemy is-everywhere, yet cannot be struck down. Tiie Russians would be less perplexed it the revolt would show itself in any of the recognized m.des of insurrection street fights and barricades. Rut it does not gather in masse or appearin arms. The hatred is silent, implacable, and universal. All the vigilanco of tho police, has failed to discover those who direct this terrible power. ..Execution by the military 1 1 t commanders are retaliated by tne assassination of the Russian ageuts. The con fiscation of the Zamovskt Palace is rc-l vehged by setting fire to the-Hotel de Ville. It is war to the kuife and the torch, and the unknown chiefs of the revolt appear to-have at their command instruments as ready to meat death iu. carrying ou.t their decrees as. tho fanatic disciples of the "old mau of the mountains," who were the terror of the Crusaders." Unless tho' Russian generals can 'conceal tbeniselv'es'as effectually as tho opponeuts with whom they are struggling, and issue their orders from' behind 'doubta "doors ' and guards, they are in gteater'danger thah in any battle-field. Before the Russians can terminate such a condiit, it appears on it theyimust confiscate all the property and externiiua.Lc.thc whole populatiou of their Polish dominion. ;. . , W hether, the kingdoiri was jnaqc ovr to Russia iu the last settlement of Euiop. as a trust or a gift, ,it 'certainly has proved a fatal possession. Poland has been ruled by three Russian Emperors Mnce lolo, arid has been a difficulty to all ol tlleirr."' Alexahder and Nicholas wonbl have left better names in history had they not been Kings of Poland. The judg ment Europe has passed on thcnl has been materially influenced by the system 61 government they authorized or permitted in this portion of their dominions.' It identified 'the Ruwsian power and the Russian name with the worst kind despotism, and made it a kind of terror to . the nations of the West. To repel any further encroachments, in any direction, by such a government, appeared worth every sacrifice;, itnd the feeling at last foaird its expression in the war' from' the effects of which Russia has not yet recovered. Fiance, England; and Germany judged the whole tendency. of Russian policy by what Poland suffered tinder it hi of e than tv-.the internal administrntion of Russia! itself. ' And what material advantage has the government of the Emperor derived from the possession of Poland to com pensate lor the aversion of Europe ? . It has not-added to the strength of the empire nor' its prosperity. " In peace it was always necessary to keep a large army 'in Poland. It has always' been garrisoned and occupied as a hostile" territory. v Poor and discontented, the history of the connection of Poland with Russia is one unvarying rocord"f Calamity to both na tions. Contact as vulers with a more civ ilized people than themselves seems onlv to have developed all that is barbarous in tjie, Russian, character. . .Apeople with an' capacity for governing would have found some better mode of administration" posible than the brute' force which can on ly destroy what it finds existing, even its pwn prosperity. -If the .authority of. a government can only, be maintained by exterminating its subjects,' something higher than the obligations of treaties is violated. The Russians are now to Poland what the Turks were to Hungary Government -inllt ordinary sense of the word, lias ceaseu o cxit. isussia nas lost eveirthing that makes the possesion of a territory an. advantage.. The army (t is obliged to keep up must absorb m'ore than the revenue of the.king loni. Com merce, agricultre, every kind of enterprise !:J.lVv:-- ,,I.'-.;1i 1.- JT 1 111. 121. '..? -. -1 1 1 - a 1 -,.1 1 is perisning. 11 womu oc an mcaicuiaoM Ha nWRhssra ifsht n . 't 611111 V itvi'si v l MIV nillii 11 Vlll Ul A uiauu n?tl 1 iu Jj'.HCIU II, een by the aword; mgarnst the - hostility si:of tta whole Bopulation. is impossible. If U- o;-r .- . ,l. - , r-----r t ...w-w. r-.-6-.r-vo u. oppo-sot to Uem. 1 he operation is not. . 1 a ' - . . - - j r-z-:zrv ; ::::r:" . ;

miv sen the tak thev wiil hare in tiie fu

bejture. The most unfortunate thing that . could Happen lor tne Soi til wouhl le a conquest of the Ninth, it dithonlties would really bein with th? fatal acquisi tion. It would have five or six Poland ; to ileal with, very much, we fear, in the Russian manner. la Soth castas, the im mottiatc anjieal to torce indicates a want e of the higher q i liti-M of statesmanship 1 - - . . Governments were made for mon. that they might' live under them with a fair measure of prosperity and well-being. The R issian and American i lea is that man was made for the government, and that the human race must be exterminated rather than their peculiar systems hould be modified or abandoned. The present state of Warsaw will b-j thit ot the cities of the South if thoes which are selected cannot avert the catastrophe. There is very little difference between the fanatics of despotism, whether thev rule from Washington or St. Petersburg. Sol'Jiers Voting XJador Difll2u!tios. The Buffalo Courier says the following 1... 1 1 ... . .1 .1 .eiter was receive. 1 oy a genuemau in tnat y.tlj .p, .uu. uw an vaini 111 oue 01 uui ivc;uucKy nospuais : ;. OcTODEa 20. lSr.3. Tliore was one man in one of the L uisyillo' hospitals who voted a Vallanligham ticket, but he gets well pai l for it. He was arrcsted-and eonrt-m.M-tialed, bv .which he was sentenced to lie ii. the guard house for twenty one. dys. He is taken out'every'mornfiig and made to stand on a baiTel 'two hours, with a card on his back,' reading thus : -"From 'God thou earnest,, but to the Devil shall thou return.", 15 isiiles this, he has to savv wood ten hours each day for twenty-ono days. After his time is out at Louisville, then ho will be sc'nt to Chattanooga for heav ier -puifthment. . . Phe Courier adds cditonally ;. - . , '.'Wo have it moreover from an rye witness, that in the camps on tlu PotoI mac, when an Ohio soldier' was suspected of voting for Y allandigham,' he was instantlytmenaceil with the 'ball au l chain. shooting, hanging, ccc. 1 he few votes cast for the Ohio Democratic ticket iu the army were either put in by stealth, or were permited by tne authorities simply to maintain a .faint show of volition in the election. The same informant assures n that he saw, before the Pennnsylvania election day," numerous furloughs given to Pennsylvania soldiers, each of. which was made out wuh the -proviso, "to vote the Union ticket." written thereon." The solbier voting law works, it "Will be seen, most admirably. jtSirDid I ever tell you among the affect ing .little things one is always seeing in these stirring times, how I saw- on the Unll Rim battle field pretty pure delicate flowers growing out of empty ammunition, boxes, a rose thrusting tip its grace ful head through. the head of a union drum, which doubtless sounded its lst charge, or retreat, (as the case may be). in that battle, and a cunning scaiLet verbena peeping out-of a fragment of bursted shell, in which straugs cup it has been planted.' W asn't that peace growing out of war? .Even so shall the graceful and beautiful ever grow out of the horrid and terrible things that transpire in this changing but ever advancing world. Nature covers even the battle-ground with verdure and bloom. Peace and plenty soon spring up in the track of devastating campaigns and all thing1? in natnre and society shall work out tho progress of mankind an I harmony of God's great designs. Exchange. Damning the Goose. A knot of cowardly traitors were arrested the other night (by General Schenck's orders.) in the act of drinking j the following loast : "Liamn tno troose that grew the quill that made th-pen tliat wrote the Proclamation of EmnrKMpa - tion I" Provost Man-hal Fih moved by jtheir entreaties, release I the offenders by.

taking the oath of allegiance. Baltimore Ureenwicn rtinner, our evemag parlies, correspondence of ll Evening Fot. where there are plenty of nice giria. miux The Express never a wear. mt it may ; that ! Depend npon it. a man neve r exbo considered, as thus swearing, once", j periences such pleasure or grief after four.

iicaiiiat tht nMose nnill. ill KUU w h( r. v,",1 : , , - ... ' cost of that goose qu.li we; . ' i 1 I ... 0 - i - 1 , , Loss of life. 500.000. 1 InVresrio of National debt, Ttfd'BilTnor.s 01 ucnnr.. - irt. e r' ?.-

-r- 'filiation for 100 Ver. 25 cents a davilitan l.artr.

HeilCe the em that bore that quill.tate, nor in Penasvlrania. nor in Nenr Jersey. The .ea-on f it. thcr haT

, - ,.T - ; xjrThaA ,road deal of thedev 1 , . . Th NlVl(timf tj.ht'lik.. I tlHi lUUIilDi SL t . V -'-l.BBIlM 11 Li V ail ke htm--.- .:i i;.

. Our Captive Soldiers. The fact that at Ieat fifteen thocand Union soMi?:n are suffering in acaptiritT

rentlere-l most w;retchrd by -'bed rjonliouses'and mcag?r food weigh e" heavily upon the heart of eveiy pan iwtic citizen. There is a wrong somewhere. Where is it ? It will not dj to nar that the rebels arc in fault ; weraiit prove it, or neither thy conscience uor the intellect of the country will be atisfied. When the cartel wr.s avree 1 upon the confederates had an excels of prisoner--, and released them tin Icr it. Then followed tho Pope ramptign. which largely increal that exe.t ij) to to the surrender of Vicksburg and Port Hudson. We ehonM imagine that tho surplus on their hide must hare been noarly twenty thousand. Grant'n cam j paign must hava givtn us thiity-fiv j thousand, and Port Hudson five more. making a surplus of twenty thousand now in our favor. Since then the capture oa each side hare been about cctial. Major jOuld, the confederate comuis doner, protesses and publishes that he never claimed a parole except under that cartel. He goes further ; he offers to accept some orders which our War Department thinks ought to control the caitel, in the order of their dates, or to adopt any fair and reciprocal basis of oxehange. Now, it is no answer to such an offer-to ery-cMit, tve are all ri.nht, ami the rebel are all wrong." W ithoul opening the general question at Jail we may my : "Sen 1 us all ih pris oners you have, we w ill send yon an equal number; or, for so many as you send we will send an eqMal numbei." If,- how cTor, our authorities were to FUggest, in addition, that Mr. E livard Eveictt or Mr. Hamilton Fish, or Home other ge;tlcnian of known probity anl fairness, hhonld meet an? gentleman the confederate au thorities might select to exainino tho coa1 - ' .v ... (iliu 0filie exchange, and agree, if po

iii-ujble, or to state to the northern and to

the southern public the exact point and extent of divergence, we might lid the war of that mutual disgrace, the nunecea nary pain and discomfort of brave men. . Such i Staniou ability tu make-si muddle of anything that if it were certain he h.il thj control of the exchange ro would be in great' donbt if he had noi managed to make u areleft of our cootract, the cartel. If he has Htarted with the idea that we have a right to mod if the cartel without the consent of lh rebels, he is wnmg. Admitting that th South is, what the Tribune calls it, semibarbarous, it would be a great fhanie to find half barbarians more free from iuoIwnw. and more careful of the crclCea of faith, than those specimens of the highest honor and intelligence hitherto bestowed upon the planet republican officials. ' ' If our organs of power will not answer 1 he question why the exchange is r-topped; will any Richmond paper, if this journal ever leaches that city, obtain from it! War Department the figures which fchowr the condition of th j exchanges according to their books ? - Let us, as we must fight, fight like men; and hot, like D b Acres, cherish the luxury of a little abuse. AVta York World: Tho National Debt a Public .BlessingThe Abolition journals are jost now engaged in the Ian labia attempt to prove that our national debt is a gieat public blessing, because, as they hay, the money i borrowed at Ivrae, and every dollar of the principal and interest is payably to our own citizens. Such logic inpiobabfy irresistible, lnt the stupidity of the people prevent them from Appreciating it. Farmers an.l laboring men generally have not loaned a vest amount to the Government, except what they pay ia the shape of increased prices for everything, and in stamp, excise, internal rerentie and other extortions. But shoddy contractor aiid ttock gamblers, whose intellects are sharpened by gains, and who look at thing through greenback spectacles, may reasonably take this rose-colored view of the subject. Chicago limes. Ltfe's IlArnEST PEaroo. Kingsley gsves his evidence on this dispute! point." He thns declares ; . There is no pleasnre that I have experienced like a chills rSid-snnimerholliday the time, I mean, when two or three of ns used to go away up the brook, and take our dinners with us, and come home at night tired, dirty, happy, scratchet be- ' 3 o.i'i ici"bu,,,,,M with a greay nosegay. 1 three little trout, anl one hoe. the other 1 having been nsed for a boat, till it ha l 'gone down, witn alt hands, out cl sonn tmgs. iiowpoor onr-Ucrtsy Hays onr 1 teen as lie does before, unless, in-some . ; u: , .1,,, .ka ca.ses in hW hr,t-Io making, whan to 1 Knbti tstn ic nssitsv w r n rt Xs"Tho Domocrats if thev have dorid ! nothing ehe have killed eff the RepnbTheie i not as yet a Repnb ofilce in Ichanee 1 their name. "vuly uaum ' Cnn'didatas are runnin-: and wnat j me Tt,.ordinArv. th oil- dinnioni,U of Itouiatiiatbelanaj M.Gpr'