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lOXSIMKACY AUINST Til K UNKIJi. t
Highly Important llrrrlathniSrcrrt Armed
Organization tu Defeat the Government and
Aid the Rebels Origin, Organization, Ex
tent, force. Oaths, Principles, and 1'urposes
of the Conspiracy,
Tlin following is nn nhstrnct of tlio official re
port f JkiIk-AiUiicittu-(icrifrul Holt unto the
grout Conspiracy in tlio West : .
I. Ith Okiiiin, Uiktohy, Namur, dca.
.Thin secret association first developed Itself
iu the Wi'Ht In the your JB(i2, about the period
of tlio first conscription of troops, which it
ninieil to obstruct and resist. Orifjnmtly known
in certain localities us the "Mutual Protection
Sncieiy,'' thu "Circle of Ilonttr."or the "Circle"
or "KtiightB of the Mighty Host," but more
widely us the "ICniglita of 'the Golden Circle,"
it was pimply uu inspiration of the rebellion,
being little other tliiin the extension among tlio
disloyal anil disaffected nt tlio North of the as
sociation of tlio latter inline, which hud existed
for souiu yenrs ut tliu South, and from which it
derived fill the chief features of its organizn
t ion.
Iu IHfl.'l changes were iniule, ami ill tlifl An
tiiinu nf that year Vulluiidighain mid others in
stituted the secret order of 0. A. K or Order
of American Knights.
Tho i pinion is expressed by Col. Sanderson,
Provost Marshal General of the Department
nf Missouri, iu hit olliciul report upon the pro.
gross of the order, that It was fonuded by Vul
liiudighiiin during his banishment, and upon
urn is n It uLi an ut liicliiiiiiud with Davis and oilier
prominent traitom. It is, indeed, tho boast of
the order in Indiana and elsewhere, that its
"ritual" canio direct from Davis himself; and
Mary Aim I'ittnmn, formerly attached to the
coininaiid of tho Keliel Forrest, and a most in
telligent witness, whose testimony will he here
after referred to, slates positively that Davis is
a member of the order.
Connected with this was the Corps Betgique
of the ltebel General Sterling Price in Missouri,
mid tho united order extended nlike over North
mid South. Having been exposed, it was final
lv changed into the order of tlio Sons of Lib
erty, branches of which ill different .States hud
different niuiics; among them tho McCIcllan
Minute Guard of Now York.
II. ITS OltllANIZATlON and Ofi'ickiis.
There is n Supreme Council for the United
Slates and a Grand Council for each State,
witli numerous oltioers, chief of whom are the
Supremo nod Grand Commanders, the latter
Composing tho Supreme Council nnd electing
tho Supreme Coniiniiuder. For each county
there arc l'lireut Temples.
Hut thu strength unci significance of this or
ganization lio in its military character. The
secret constitution of tho Supreme Council pro
vides that the Supreme Commander "shall ho
tho commander-in-chief of nil military forces
belonging to the order in tlio various Slates
when culled into actual service;" and further,
that the Gruud CouiiiiuiiderB "shall be com-iniinders-iii-chie
of the military forces of their
respective States." Subordinate to the Grand
Commander in tlio Statu are the "Major-Gen-ernls."
each of whom commands his separate
district and army In Indiana the Major Gen
erals arc four in number. In Illinois, where
llni organization of tho Order is considered most
pei feet, tlio members in each Congressional
district compose a "briga :." which is com
manded by a "lirigudicr General." The mem
hem of each comity constitute a "regiment,"
with a "colonel" in coiiiiuaud, and those of each
township form a "company." A somewhat sim
ilar system prevails in Indiana, where also each
company isuividod into "squads,'" each with its
chief an arrangement intouded to facilitate
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U";UCrrillll mo uui u.iriitiu hi uuui.- ui w
oral outbreak or local ilisorder.
The "McClellau Minuto Guard," as nppears
from a circular isBcd by the Chief Seorelary-nt
New York in March ia.-t, is organized upon a
military base similar to that of tho order
proper.
Tho first Supremo Oommnnder was V, C.
Wright, editor of The NcieYork Daily Nrvs,
who was arrested last May and sent to Fort
Lafayette. Ilia successor was Vallandighiun.
Ill Missouri tho Grand Commander wiib C. L.
Hunt. In Indiana, II. IL.Dodd.
It is to be remarked that the supreme council
of tho order, which annually meets on Febru
ary 22d. convened this Year at New York city,
and a special meeting wos then appointed to be
held at Chicago on July 1, or just prior to the
day then fixett-fw the convention of the Dem
ocratic party. This eouvontion having been
postponed to August 2!)th, the special meeting
of thu supreme council was also postponed to
August Z7l, lit the fliiine plaoe, aim was umy
convened accordingly. It will be remembered
that u leading member of the convenlion. in
the conrso of n speech made before that body
alluded npprovingly to the sessions of the Sons
,f l.ibertv nt Cliica'iro nt the same time, ns that
of an organization in harmony with the renti
ineiiis and nmiects of the convention.
The order comprised n large army oi urim-ii
ineli. ready for loreible refinance to law, and
was relied uu as an ally by the liclal Govern
incut. III. Its Extent am Numbeks.
The "Temples" or "Lodges" of the Order
, nre numerously scattered through tho Slate uf
Indiana, Illinois. Ohio. Missouri, and Kentucky.
They uio also "flicially reported as established
to a less extent, in Michigan, anil the other
Western Slates, ns well bp iu New York, ami
nlso in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Khode
Island, Connecticut, Xeiv Jersey, Maryland,
Delaware nnd Tennessee.
Its regnlur plucei of meeting were well
known to the Government. ! numbers have
been variously sated, but Viillandigliain In his
Dayton speech last summer placed them ut
5(M),(KK).
It is tn lie noted that theorder.nr its counter
part, is probably iuui;h more widely extended
at tho South even th in at the North, nnd that
n large proportion of the officers uf the rebel
army are represented by most trusfvorty wit
nesses to I e members. In Kentucky nnd M is
souri. tho order has not hesitated to admit as
members, not only olhVrs uf that army, but
also a considerable number of guerrillas a class
who might be supposed to appreciate most rcul
ilyitsaiiiH and purposes It is fully rhown
tint n lately m iu July I t nevernl uf these
rulliim wcro initiated into tho' first degree by
Dr. Kalfus. Iu Kentucky.
. 1 " a 1 f 'II . 1
y IV.-Its Anvrn Fon.ru.
March last nt 340.000
Tlii was slated iu
men. but the number is uncertain
It is known.
however, that the members were reciuired to be
armed, that arms were purchased in great
nuanlilies, and that Urge bodies of men wero
drilled for service in tho fi.ld. One witness
estimates that iu Indiana the order had purch
ased O.tXt!) muskets nud (itl.ODO revolvers.
Many arms were leized by tho Government ;
nnd il n. C irnngton reports tint a large quan
tity uf revolvers and one huudrea nnd tlurty
Gve thousand rounds tif ammunition, which had
been shipped tn tint firm in Indianapolis, ol
which II. II- Dodd, grand commander, was n
Wuilicr; that other nrms, about tn be shipped
tnlha same destination, wero seized in New
Z , 7of JoimCrW: onTd
and that all these were claimed as
tho major generals of the order iu Indiana, and
were represented to have been "purchased for
t few friends." It i to bo added that nt the
office of lion. D. W. Voorhees. M. C. "t
STerru Haute, were discovered letters which
disclosed a correspondence between him and
et-Senator Wall of New Jersey, in regard to
the purchase of twenty thousand Garibaldi
in hi- forwarded to the West.
Anna were bwuelit from XasuO,
lurougu
Cauada, shells, ban I grenades and internal
Suchines were made for the order, and schemes
for increasing this traitorous armament were
con-tautly on foot.
The order in ills State of Missouri his count
ed greitly op n support from the enroled mi-
k& ffft if 0 air ffir 1if ' a .m-tfs Ut
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VOL. H-NO. 40.
111 in, in case of an Invasion liy I'rico, n con
taining many members nud friends of tho A.O.
K.; and that the "I'liw-J'tnv militia." a mili
tary organization of liuclianaii ci unty, ns well
as thu militia of l'lutto nud Clay counties,
known ns "Flat Foots," have been relied upon,
almost to a man In join the revolutionary
movement,
V. Tub ltrruAi,. Oaths, and Intf.uioh
' ' FOKMS.
In August Inst, ono hundred and twelvo cop
ies of the ritual of tlio O.A.K. wero seized in
the cilice of the lion. D.W Voorhees, M. C,
at Terre Haute, nud a large number nf tho rit
uals of the O.S.L., together with copies nf tho
constitution of the councils, &n., already re
ferred to, were found in tho building nt Indian
apolis, occupied by Dodd. the grand oommaoder
of Indiana, us hud been indicated by tho Gov
ernment witness nnd detective, Stidgor.
Tim 0. A. K. and 0. S. L. do not materially
-differ in their forms. A large proportion of the
members enter the order supposing it to bo n
"Democratic" and political association merely;
and the history of the order furnishes a most
striking illustration of tho gross and criminal
deception which may be practiced upon tho ig
norant masses by unscrupulous nnd unprinci
pled lenders. Tho members nf tho lower do
grco are often for a considerable period kept
quite unaware of tho true purposej of their
chiefs. lint they are bound by oaths to obey
tholi lenders, and are then drnwn into ovort
nets of treason. Tho oath prescribes as n pen
ally for Us violation "shameful death," and is
held paramount to all civil oath in courts of
justice and elsewhere. Indued, a deliberate
system of deception in regard to tho details of
the conspiracy is inculcated upon thu members,
and studiously pursued ; and It may bo men
tioned in this connection, ns a similarly despic
able feature of, the organization, that it is held
hound tn injure thu Administration nnd officers
of the Government iu every possible manner,
by misrepresentation nnd falsehood.
Members are also instructed that their onth
of membership is to bo held paramount to an
oath of allegiance or any other oath which may
impose obligations inconsistentwilh thoso which
are assumed upon entering the order.
It is a most significant fact, us showing the
iiitiinuto relations between tho northern nnd
southern sections of iho secret conspiracy. Mint
a member frmo a Northern Slate is enabled to
pass without risk through the South bv the use
of tho signs of recognition which have been es-
tanlisheil throughout the order, and by means
of whitli members, from distant points, though
meeting as strangers, are at unce inudu known
to each other as "brothers." There uro Bigus
for many purposes, and among them what are
called battle-signals, by means of which, it is
asserted, n member Borving in the nrmy may
communicate with the enemy in the field. The
meetings ol the nrder are generally held nt
night.
VI. ITS WltlTTKN l'lllNCll'LES.
The Declaration of Principles of this detes
table order asserts the justness of slavery, up
holds State sovereignty, denies sovereignty to
tho "United States of America," affirms that
it is iuooinr.atublo ith the history and nature
of our system of Government that federal au
thority should coerce by nruia n sovereign
S ate ;" nnd finally pronounces it the iuhereut
right and solemn and imperative duty of the
people to resist,' nud if need be. to expel by
force of arms the officers of tho United States
government. Willi these revolution:' senti
incuts coincide the frequent declarations, of
well known lenders of this order. For in
stance, Doald, Grand Commander of tho or
der in Indiana, quoting, in his address of Fell
ruary last, tho views of his chief, Vullandig
liiin, and uilopting them ns his own, says:
"Ho (Yalluiiilighaiii) judges (lint the Wash,
ington powers will iwt yield up its powers un
til it is taken from them by an indignant peo
ple, by force of arms,"
VII. Irs Sim:?ifio Plri'oses and
Ol'WtATIONS.
The.-io nro :
1. Aiding soldiers to desert and harboring
and protecting deserters. Agents were sent
into the nrmies fur this purpose. A certain
attorney of Indianapolis, named Wulpole, who
was particularly conspicuous in furnishing fu
cilrics of this character to soldiers who applied
to him, has boasted that he has thus aided live
hundred enlisted men to escape from their con
tracts. Through the schemes of thu order in
Indiana, whole companies wero broken up ; a
whole detachment of battery company, for
instance, deserting on one oucnsiuu to tho ene
my, with two of its guns, and tho camps were
imbued with a spirit of discontent nnd dissat
isfaction with the service. Every distraction
was offered to the arrest of these deserters.
Iu one instance in Indiana, w here an officer iu
charge of n deserter properly refused to obey
the writ, after it had been suspended in such
eases by tho President, his attachment for
contempt was ordered by the Chief Justice ol
the Stnte. who declared that the "streets of In
dianapolis might run with liliml, but that he
would enforce his authority against the 1'rcsi
dent's order." On another occasion cerlaiu
United Stntes officers who had the arrest of de
serters in Illinois, were themselves arrested for
kidiiuppiisg, and held to trial by u disloyal
judge, who nt the same time discharged the
deserters, though acknowledging them to be
such. Forcible resi, lance tu nrrest nt one
lime wns common, mid civil war was imminent
in Indiana
2. Discouraging enlistments and resisting
the draft. Enrolling officers were shot in In
diana ami Illinois, u lid outbreaks Wero excited
against the United States officers. Wher
members of the order were forced into the ur
my by tho drart. they were instructed, in case
tliev wero prevented from presently escaping,
mi'l wero obliged tn go to the field, to ase their
nrms ngamst tln-ir lellow soldiers, rattier than
the enemy, or, if possible, tn desert to the en
emy, by whom through the signs of the order.
they wciu d ho recognized nnd received ns
friends. It is to Im added that whenever a
member volunteered in the army, be was at
once expelled from the order.
3. Circulation of disloyal and treasonable
publications. Great numbers have been snt
abroad, such ns Pollard's Southern History of
the War, pamphlets made up of articles from
Ihe Metropolitan accord, Ar.
4. Communicating with and firing intelli
gence to the tnemy. Members of the order act
! f"r "'" r'M nv. and other reld
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CIUI li-puihui UUIIV JMI l.l.b, V'M. oniiui-i ami
remarks : "This department is tilled with reb I
snn-s. nil of whom belong to the order.
In Missouri, regulur mail communication
yrns for a long period maintained, through thu
agency of the order, from St. Louis to Price's
army, by menus of which private letters as
well as official dispntches between him and the
Grand Commander of Missouri were regularly
transmitted. Correspondence with the enemy
were industriously carried nn in Kentucky nud
eUnwhere. information of important move
meiits riven. Jco. The Grand Secretary of
the order in Missouri states iu his confession:
"One of the especial objects of the order was
members in stVamboat, ferry-boats.
express offices, telegraph offices, department
headquarter,, provost marshal's offices, and, in
lact, in every position where they could do vai-
uaiue service.
5. A'dmgtht tnemy by recruiting j or them
or anttting them to recruit within our tines.
This has tlto been rxteniirely carried nn by
members ef the order, pirncul iry in Ken
tucky and Missouri. Il is estimated that two
thousand men were seat Sou'h, from Louisville
alone, during a few We- ks in April and May.
1-1)1. The order audits friends at that city
have a permanent fund, to which there are
ninny subscribers, for the purpose of filling out
with pistols, ololbiiig. money, ic, meu desir
ing to join the Sonim-m service, and. in the
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lodges of tlio order iu St. Loui and Northern
Missouri, money has often been rinsed to pur
chase horses, nrms and equipments for sol-''
dieiH about to bo fonvurdcil to the Southern
army.
li, furnishing the rebels with arms, ammu
nition, Ar.
7, Cooperating with the enemy in raids and
iniiasiuns, This plan has been two fold, nud
consistud first, of a rising nf the order in
Missouri, nided by n strong detachment from
Illinois, and n co operation with a rebel nrmy
under Price: second, ot a similar rising in In
diana, Ohio and Kentucky, anil n co-operation
Willi n force under lireckiiiridge, liuckner,
Morgan or some oilier rebel commander, who
was to invado tho lutter State. A rising some
what of the character described was intended
tn have taken place in the Spring of the year,
simultaneously with nn expected advance of
the army of Leo upon Washington; hut tho
plans of tho enemy having been anticipated
by tho movements of our own Generals, tho
rising of tlio conspirators was ncocBsarily post
poned. Again, a general niovemeut of the
Southern forces was anticipated to tako place
about July 4, and with this the order was to
co-npernle. A speech to ho made by Valln.ii
digham nt tho Chicago Convention was, it is
said, tit be the signal for rising ; but tho post
ponement of tho couvuttioii, ns well ns tho
failure of the rebel nrmies to engage in tho
anticipated movement, again operated to dis
turb tho schemes of tho order. Nor are 'hose
plans yet almiidoueil, but have thus far been
frustrated partly by the energy and uotivity of
our Generals ; and it is partly tho inability of
the piihlla enemy, in the now declining days of
the rebellion,' to initiate tho desired moveinnots
which has prevented tho order from engaging
iu open warfare ; and it has lately been consid
ered in their councils, whether they should not
prooeod with their revolt, relying nlono upon
Iho guerrilla bands of Syphert, Jesse, and oth
ers, for support nnd assistance.-
8. Destruction of Government property.
Thu burning of steamboats at Louisville and
on the Mississippi, nud many other similar aots
were tho work of this order.
S). Destruction of private projtcrty and per
secution of Union men.
10. Assassination and Murder. On both of
theso points there is abundant evidence, which
we have no room to quote.
11. Establishment of a Northwestern Con
federacy. This purpose has been so often pro
claimed ami so well understood, that it is need
less to say that it formed one of tho main ob
jects of this order.
VII. Tub Witnesses and Tiinut
Testimony.
A classification of these is miido. They in
clude detectives, r be! officers and soldiers,
prisoners of war, scouts, citizen prisoners,
members of tho order who ou becoming uu
quaiuted with its purposes havu abandoned it,
officers who have inudo confessions, witnesses
before the grand jury, and many others. Al
together the mass of testimony is such as to
put tho main facts beyond doubt or contro
versy. A Stuanob PitocjKEUiNO. A strange oc
currence as Protestants wili regard it, is men
tioned by tlio Malines correspondent of tlio In
dependent Beige. Lho Koman Catholio Con
gress began its sittings nn tho 2l)th of August,
at Malines. On tho 2d of September, Father
Felix, a distinguished Jesuit, addressed lho
Congress. "His speech," says tho oorrespond
rii ,.W11S demoted t' an attempt to reconcile
tin theory of nn infallible Church with liberty
of s)nscii'iico, Tho peroration of Father Fe
lix's harangue produced an inconceivable ef
fect. 'I proposo to you,' exclaimed Father
Felix, raising his hands to heaven, 'to termin
ate this sitting by n cheer in honor of Jesus
Christ, our Lord unit Snvionr.'
"Transported witli a holy delirum, the as
sembly replied to this proposal by cries a hun
dred times repealed of 'Vivo Jesus Christ."
Ono might, indeed, have believed i lie's self nt
n banquet at the moment when the health of
the host was proposed. All that was wauling
wns the clmmpagno and tho f lasses. 'Our
Holy Father, tlio Pope, and our Holy Mother,
Ihe Church,' were shouted in tho face of fash
inn. and when the orator qejtted llu tribune,
the members of the Congress, wild with excite
ment, mounted on the chairs nnd the benches,
waving their hats and their handkerchiefs, and
crying with their heads bare, -Vive le Pert Fe
lix ! five let Jeswles ! "
Hank op Enui.anii. The Bmk of Enff-
laud wns born in just such troublesome times
ns those upon which wo have fallen. It is the
child of the English Hevolutiou of !I38. Wil
liam Patterson, a shrewd Scotchman, of whom
his friends said he had been a missionary, nnd
his enemies that he had been a buccaneer, pro
posed the formation nf a joint stock company,
whoso object should be to loan ils funds tn the
government. Parliament, accordingly, char
tered tl.e company iu ItiDI, under the style
of the "Governor nud Coiiipuny of the Hunk
hnglnnd," limited its capital stock nf 80.00(1,.
000 (wu reduce thu pounds to dollars), all of
which It might loan to the government at eight
icr cent, annual mierestjind receive also from
the government fclMl.OOO n year for exneuses
of management. The books were opened, and
to the surprise ol everybody, all the stock was
immediately subscribed lor. Tho bank nf
f.uglaud c iniilieoced operations liy lliveslili-'
its whole capital in government debts. In oth
er words, il loaned IHi.OiM.000 to the nation n(
eight per cent., nod was to receive $20,000
besides.
Fiil'.T llAttltlsoN. This fort, the re posses
sion of which so much blood has been recently
fruitlessly shed, is situated on lho crest of a
hill, a little to tho north of the Variiia road,
distant about one mile from the river, nearly
due cast from Chopin's llluff and six miles from
Itichmond. It is equal in strength, with a pro
I cr garrison, to tho most formidable of tho de
fenses this side of liichniond. The desperate
efforts which tho rebels made tn disposses us of
it. soon alter its capture ly Gen. Holler s lorces
nud tho fiuiful slaughter which this attempt
cost tlieui, attest hotli Us strength nnd the value
whi:b they attached to its possession.
The Financial .Panic) im Esulank. A
Paris letter writer says the commotion on the
English exchanges, but especially at Liverpool
oil account nf the caving in of the rebellion, is
represented by eve witnesses as something ter
rible. They nre begit uing to feel that thu day
of reckoning for their dishom-st speculations
has arrived, nnd they do not seem to conceal
their fear and trembling. The pnuia among
the French rebellion sympathizers and specu
lators is ulso perceptible, but not to the same
degree as in Euglaud.
V7" A French paper in one nf the depart
mental cities makes the following annoutioo
incut :
Napoleon III. lias just received from the
Pope the lance from Ihe tomb nf Charlemagne.
As a great Christian relic, this object is ol in
contestable value, and it is said that tho Em
peror, whose faiih in his own destiny is no se
cret, considers the girt as n prrssagc that ho is
called to fill the role of Charlemagne iu tho
restoration of (he Church.
t"F"A proprietor of a cotton mill, who is
t-omcthiiig of a I'hilosrpher, posted on the fac
tory rate the lollowmg notice : "o cigars or
good looking men admitted." When asked
1 I.- :.l ...1 . :ll .... -
tor an ejliiii:oii"u. 110 ruin, mei'iiv vtui wi
flame nzning among my cottons, and the other
among the g il. I won't admit such inflam
mable things into my establishment at any
risk."
t7 Mr. Spnrgeou has retired from Iheevan
gelicl association, owing to dissatisfaction pro
duced by his sermons on baptism and regeneration.
OREGON, MONDAY, DECKMUKIt fi, 1804,
BTKBX ObD MX BITIKK.
A Fortress Monroe correspondent of tho N.
Y. Tribune relates ns follows:
Last evening a couplo of government offi
cials who wero on duty as pickets, on being re
lieved cninj by mistake Inside onr lines, and
wero brought in prisoners. One held a olerk
ship under the Confederate government, iu the
Comptroller's offiou, and tho other iu that of
the Second Amlitor, Two sorrier and more
chop fallen desecqilaiits of tho F. F. V.'i it Is
rare to meet. They seemed, in addition to
their nfnrtificntion of being captured, ospecinl
ly puzzled how it lnppoucd that they should
have made such a mistake us they did, and
were particularly anxious to bo exchanged. In
an interview which Gen, Hutler granted them
during the evening, they unxlously iuquired of
him when they might Impo for an exchange.
"That cannot be," replied the General with
emphasis, "until the government you repre
sent, consents to exchange our soldiers, colored
as well as white whom it holds, for yours iu our
possession, man for man. Until that point Is
conceded no man ef yours can bo exchanged
on any pretext, except they nro wounded. Of
this I am fully determined, and equally sn is
tho government of which I am the representa
tive mid exponent. I owe it to these colored
men who nre fighting in our armies, in fulfill
ment of thu pludges I made them in buhalf of
my government ut thu beginning of the war,
and liy Heaven, sir, those pledges shall be ful
filled. I renewed the oath tho other day ns I
looked 011 the two hundred black heroes who
lay stark and stiff by yonder fort, with their
dead luces turned to Heaven, where they had
fallen in defense of their government which
you have been fur four years attempting to de
stroy. Perhaps, nirs, you doubt whether my
government will sustain me in this course ; but
permit me, gentlemen, to remind you that it
bus sustained me for nine months past, nnd I
have the assurance that it will continue to do
until yon nro glad and willing to recognize our
negru soldiers us entitled to tho respect und the
amenities accorded by civilized nutiuiis to sol
diers ouptured in civilized Warfare.
Moreover, wo hold now ovor sixty thousand
of your 'chivalry,' as you are pleased to style
yourselves, nnd upwards of live thousand offi
cers. Yon shall he added to this interesting
collection nnd will be treated ns they are, until
such time as my government consents to allow
that tliey and you he retaliated upon in kind.
lor the luminous outragus and cruelties which
you have, practiced upon our solders languish
ing in your prisons. When it .does consent, ns
1 have urged tn do, you may rest asBiired that
I shall sue to it that tho horrors of knowing
that their dear ones are in captivity such as our
men have endured at your hands, shall be
brought sternly homo to the sixty thousand
families of these men, throughout all the length
and breath of your accursed Confederacy."
Masunhy in the AiiMY. Some facts con
nected with the recovery of the body of the
late Lieutenant Colonel Cuiiimings, of the Sev
enteenth Vermont Hegiincnt, who was killed
at Poplar Glove, will bo of interest to Masonic
readvrs. An order was in forco that Hags of
truce should bo permitted to p ss the picket
liiii' or any iutercourso held with the enemy
so it seemed impossible to obtain lho body of
Colonel Cumiuiiigs, which was in possession of
the enemy. Finally nn officer of the Sen-nth
lihnde Island Volunteers, who wns n freemason,
was on duty on lho picket line. lie watehed
a good opportunity, nnd whrn he saw a rebel
officer ho gave the sign of distress among Ma
sons, which was immediately answered by the
rebel officer, who happened to be a Mason, and
a mutual agreement was mnde that they should
meet as friends between the picket lines.
Shaking hands, etc., tli -y found each 01 bur to
be Masons, nud ouroflioer communicates the
earnest desire of our Vermont friends to recov
er the body of Colanel Cumiiiiugs, who was
also a member of the Fraternity.
The rebel officer could not respond tn the re
quest until he went tn see the rebel General in
command, who it is supposed was also a Ma
son, for the request was granted ut' once. The
crave wns found, and the body wns disinterred
and found in a tolerable state of preservation,
and was recognized at once, lie had been
buried evidently by rebel Masons, for a bead
board was placed over bis grave with his name
and rank, nud evidence of particular care
shown in burying him. lie was raised from n
dead level in tlio soil of old Virginia to lie
again interred among his native Vermont hills
Im loved sn well.
Fraternal expression of mutual esteem nnd
high personal regard wero exchanged by tho
ollicers in blue and gray, and they parted to
meet Benin, iierhnns. on the battle Held where
nil tic uro disregarded and forgotten, e xcept
Masonry.
Several instances have occurred in this cam
paign w hero officers' bodies have beeimecov
cred onncc.uut nf Masonry, and evidence is
iiceiinnibiiing every day Ihul, dliile the rebel
officers hatu us, and would murder or assassin
ate us, they suddenly turn into gentlemen nud
philanthropists when approached ns Masons.
Till! FltKKDJIEN IN YlIldlNIA ANII Nl'lItTII
Carolina. Col. Kinsman, General Superin
tendent of negro affairs in Gen. Hnller's de
partment, has mndu nn interesting report on
the condition of the freedoieu, from which it
appears that in the section of Virginia under
Gen. Ilutb-r's control 1 12 abandoned firms
have been taken for tho hem lit of the freed
negroes and are now cultivated by them. Thir
ty -11 i no schools have been established, over
which there nre uinty nine teachers, with au
attendance iiveragiug fire thousand nine hun
dred und thirty. Tho schools have been n
great success. On abandoned lauds in thu vi
cinity of Norfolk, rented tn the negroes Inst
season, tell thousand bushels of corn was (in duced,
and sold 011 government account nt auc
tion. Within o r lines in North Carolina
there is n negro population of 17.410, the
mules nud females being nearly in equal pro
portion. (IT this number J I. (i.lii ore employed
leaving 5.7S',l to he supported by government
As means of employment nre furnished, the
nunilier supported ny government decreases
nud new settlements are now being established
lor the unemployed. ISoslon transcript.
Much in Little. George VV. Curtis, in a
late speech, hits the point of difference be
tween tlio direct purpose of the loyal North
and the rhetorical sinuosities of Geo. I). Mc-
Cli llan in the following happy stroke :
There is one Major General in the service
of the United Slates who has written his name
and has w ritten it lon-ver, iu our history, by
his memorable order of more than threu years
nun "If any man hauls down tho American
Hug. shoot him on the spot." Applause.
lhero is another Major ueiieral in the service
uf the United Stales, uud ho says, "If any
man hauls down Ihe American ling, let us go
nt once into an ultimate contention, nnd ex
I hsust all the statesmanship of the nation to see
if we cannot contrive some way to cause bun
la lnuil it nn SL'iiin " I LauiFuier. 1 II V the
mouths of these two men, each of them Major
Generals in your service, the simplicity nf this
cause has been presented to the whole Amer
ican people. .
Ouu Sltfkkinu Piuhonkiw. The Men
ilian (Miss) Daily Clarion, of August 2.1th
; rnys 1
i "Daring one of the intensely hot days nf last
week, more tunn three nunureil sick sun
: wounded Yankees died at A ndersnnv ills. W
' itunk Heaven for soeh blessings.'
I fV At St. Petersburg, Hu.sia. lately.
church tumbled to the ground when it was
1 crowded Willi worshippers, and as manr as 7,'
IKKI persons were buried beneath the ruins.
Not nio w as saved nitre.
LAWS OF OltEUON.
AN ACT supplementary to nn act entitled
"An act tn provide for tho safe keeping and
treatment of insane nnd idiolio persons,"
approved September 27th, 1802.
Be tl enacted by the Legislative ' ' '
Assembly of the Utaleaf Oregon!
Section I. That the Governor of tho State
of Oregon is hereby authorized and appointed
to make and enter into a onntrnot wit h Doctors
Hiiwthomo nnd Lorvca fur tho safo keeping,
care nud medical treatment of all suoh insnue
and idiotio persons as shall be sent to the in
sane asylum under any laws of this State ;
Provided, snul contract shall be ler n term ot
four years nud two months ; provided, further,
that tho amount for each patient per week
shall not exceed ten dollars, until tho number
reaches nnd iucludes seventy-five Stnte patients
and then not tn exceed the sum nf nine dollars
per Week fer eaoh Stnte patient shall be
charged ; ' and provided, further, that if the
number of patients increase sn as to exceed
ono hundred and twenty-live, then only eight
dollars per week shall bo nllon ed for each pa
tient during tho time such number, or more re
main iu thu asylunie ,
Sko. 2. The Governor shall take bond from
the contractors, with good security, payable tn
tho State of Oregon, iu tho sum of twenty
thousand dollars, conditioned to the faithful
perl'nrmauoo of the conlniot. 1.
Seu. 3. Inasmuch, because of tho near ex
piration of the present contract of keeping, us
there is an immediate necessity for making a
oontrnot to provide for tho salo keeping nnd
care nf the insane nud idiotio. this not shal
tako effect and bo in I'm 00 ruin and lifter its
approval by tho Governor.
Approved October 1st, 1804. " , "' ' "
AN ACT to provide for tho ordinary expenses
of the State Government, nud other general
and specific appropriations.
Be rf enacted by the Legislative
Assembly of the Slute of Oregon :
Section 1. That'the following sums ho and
the sa ve nre hereby spooiliunlly appropriated
to thu several objects hereinafter mentioned,
for two years commencing from the first day of
Boptumlier, Anno Iloniliil. one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four, to he paid out nf any
money iu the treasury not otherwiso appro
priated. Sl'.c. 2 For the salary of tho Governor of
thu State, three thousand dollars. For the sal
ary of Secretary of State, three thousand dol
lars. For tho salary of the Treasurer of State,
sixteen hundred dollars. For the salary of
State binrariati, nne thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. For thu salary of Justices of Ihe
Supreme Court twenty thousand dollars. For
the salary of Prosecuting Attorneys, tiro thou
sand dollars. ... .
r Sec. 4. For tho salary nf Pilot Commission
ers, seven hundred dollars. For tho salary of
the Adjutant General, sixteen hundred dollars
t or salary ot visiting l'hysicuui to Insane Asy
lum, eight hundred dollars.
Seo. 5. For the payment of tho expenses of
conveying convicts 10 tho penitentiary, eight
thousand hollars.
Sec. (I. For tho payment nf tho expenses nf
tlio rcuitctitiary, 1111.1 tor the salary ot oluocrs:
twenty thousand dollars.
Sec. 7. For tho purchase of grounds for In
sane Asylum nnd Penitentiary, nud building
remleiitiary, twenty-live thousand dollars.
Sec. 8. For tho support nud medical treat
ment of the indigent Insuno and Idiotic, sixty
lour thousand dollars, or so much llicreot as
may bo necessary.
Sisa 0. For tho puhlio Printing, stitching,
folding and binding, thirteen thousand dollars,
or so much therein ns may ho necessary.
Sec. 10. For rents, stationery, lighls, fuel,
and other incidental expenses of Ihe Legisla
tive and Executive departments, seven thou
sand five hundred d liars.
Sec. II. For lho pay 111. ut of the por diem
and milengu 01 presidential electors, ono nun
dred nud fifty dollars. .
, Sue. 12. To pay for newspapers for the Leg
islativu Assembly, four hundred nnd fifty did
lars, or as much thereof as may bo necessary,
' Sec, I f. The sum of ten thousand dollars is
hereby planed at tho disposal of the Governor
ol the state to lie expended, at Ins discretion
for the organization of the Militia of the
State.
Sec. 11. Fur Ihe salary of tho Private Sec
retary of Iho Governor, twelvo hundred del
lars. For tho salary of the Assistant Secru
tary of State, ncht hundred dollars.
Sko. 15. For Ihe payment to the Publishers
for punting proclamations of the Govuruor,
and lor blanks, lour hundred dollars.
Sue. 10. That nil salaries herein provided
for, shall be paid quarterly ut the office of lho
State treasurer, unless otherwise speciheu ny
law j th.it nn money appropriated by this act
for any specific purpose, shall be applied to any
other punisses in any nf the departments or
lijects iirttppruprintiou herein provided lor
M!C. 17.' Owni? to Iho pull 10 exigencies.
tin
ns act slliill take effect and be i:i force from
and alter ils approval by the Governor.
Approved October 22d, JrtU-l.
Union Ticket. The following ticket wns
voted iu San Francisco on Tuesday 1
Nuiionuldonincrulio ticket the Union. An
honorable peace after the rebels have been well
rushed. .No solely in swapping horses in the
u:ldd!u of lho stream, ror Peace Commis
sinners: I, runt, .Sherman, fehcriduu, Holler
and Hooker. The rebels must be punished for
their nltempt npon the lilu of the Kcpohlio, by
Ihe couhitutiDii ol their slaves. Ihul ninu
first; I liu Comtilutioii afterwards. A Union
preserved in thu blood of traitors will last for
ever.
Following this wero the names of tho Union
candidates.
HTTlie Philadelphia Inquirer thinks the
only way In account lor lho reiunrkalile speech
made by Jeff. Davis, nt Macon, recently, is
11 t,on tho opposition that the Confederate
President was drunk, lint .i ll. has lieen out
ef spirits for some limn, Tlie troublo is, he is
very sober, and has taken to lolling the truth
tiT At tho beeinuing of the war Ihe govern
ment took Ike hides from dead nrmy horses
and buried their liny c J bodies nt Kail's Cross
Iioaili and elsewhere, at a erst of (.iiJ.lllIU a
year. .Now 11 receives I mm a linn nt Alejau
dnu, irgiina. g.iU.uiJti per annum lor permis
sion to take the dead auimnls olf its hands. Ho
in Ibis operation the country nets a saving uf
r?IKI,IXIHs)ear.
tTAfier the ilefent of Harden at Jone iboro.
a general officer rode up In Hood nud nskrd 1
What are we In do next ' 1 he reply was :
Save our lives as wo last can. IU Hie lace
of this. how ever, Ihe copperheads nre proclaim
ing this war a failure.
ryThe Davenport Gazette says thai 1.500
of the rebel prisoners conhued on Kock Island
have recently enlisted iu the service ol the
Li lted Slates. I hey nro to lie sent to the
northwest territories to take part in operations
against the hostile Indians.
nr.Ioih Ililiiivs snvsi "I arirv In ibis wnv :
If n man it right, ho kaiil be Iu radicnj ; If lie
ix rung, he kunt lie In conservatill."
tVTho Tinuetelly Mission in India, estab
lished 21 years, has converted .1,100 souls, es
tablished 111 churches, fill schools, nud destroy.
ed 41' temples 01 Idols.
fT Queen Victoria, they say. is thinking of
the Prince nl Uldenuurg lor her third daughter,
( T Three cases of lockjaw have been cured
at Duest, I ranee, by the use of hut baths.
1411.000,001) fruues nro expended iu sup-
plying runs Willi Irerli waler
WHOLE NO. TIG.
KHI1KL TKKB0RI8M. 1 ;
fri "Pea Hideo and I'ralrhr Grave," a 'little
work hv William Baxter, nn Arkansas refugee.
sold by him in Cincinnati, and sent upon re
ceipt of one dollar, we have another talo of tho
terrible sufferings ot the union men 01 1110
South. ' " "' '" "
In the plain talks of Mr. F. W. Sumner, of.
Texas, describing his personal sxporienoe, we
have another of tho revolting and heart-sickening
scenes of tho snm-j tragedy. ' ', '
No speeches or documents seem to us sn
searching and persuasive ns each books and 1
talks. ' 1 hey reveal the true spirit of the sncin.
ety which has generated this rebellion. They
show how utterly human nature is inibruted by
slavery. The one condition of personal quiet
in tho slave States, ns we hare all along known
wns a land assertion that nothing was so divine
and humane as chattel slavery. When the
war began, it was assumed that, as secession
took plnco in the interest of slavery, whoever
was true to the Union wns false to shivery. To
betray the least regard fur the ooiiiitry,- theroi .
fore to bo suspected evou for a secret kive ;
for it was tho chiefestof orimes, visited with
tho promptest penalty of death. "
The terrorism ol tho f reach Kevniution. tlie
daily calling of the roll of victims nt the Con- i
ciergerie and Temple, the universal dread nnd ,
desolation, were uot more appalling than the
wholesale slaughter ol Southern Unionists.
Mr. Sumner tells us nf his best neighbors hang
in groups 1 of the assassins Who, dressing in
women's clothes, dragged a woman suspeo'.ed
of fidelity to '.tho Union away from her borne
and her children, tnd hung hor upon a neigh
boring tree, while her little children' shrieked
all day beneath her corpse, Mr. Suiniterhim- '
si If, flying by night. Was overtaken, and for
ten mouths wai confined in a cage twelve feet :
square. ,
Uu testimony is that of one nut ot a thou
sand witness. Men nnd women of every po-'
sition in life, who knew lho condition of the
slavehnlding society before tho war, .find their
experience coiifirnio 1 by these sad und suffer-'
ing witnesses.' Honor and humanity die In
1 lie heart of a people who will tolerate among '
them no one who is nut au abject devoteo of
tluiir brutal deity. . And it is to snub men
these murderers of our fellow-citizens wliu
dare to lovu their country, who bung innocent
women Indole their children s eyes.and who ore
lighting for au indefinite expansion of tlie system
which de -rades thorn that the Chicago lead
ers proposo that tho victorious American peo
ple shall surrender liy voting lor Mctldlan
anu roniiieion. . . '
The "conservatives" who burn orphan asy
lums, nud massacre men, ivjinen, and children
beouusu they are poor and friendless, will na
turally vote lor the candidates ut the policy
which proposes to let the fss'assins of Union
women dictate tho terms of Union. Hut every
bravo and generous citizen, every man who is
true to ll.e Union and its government, will vote
and work for the policy which proposes by
force of arms to reduce these criminals to en- 1
lire obedience to the government and to the
penalty of the luw. Harper's Weekly, , ,
Aumv Kailkoau, Who bat a parcel of'
Yankees would ever hnve thought ol building
a railroad along thu biiltle-lioe uf an army,
with one termini tho outer chain of fortifica
tions. These Yankees who have settled around 4
Richmond have done this thing.' The railroad
goes over the ground with a most subluue in
difference to its nps and downs. If you are
seated 111 tho tups ol the last cars ol a long
truin, half the time the locomotive drawing you
is out of sight over a lull ; bat the best ol all
is the covered way, whore the road rans through
the field near Hancock, undur tlie fire of the
rebel batteries of Whitworth guns on Cemetery
Hill. Thu rebels used to amuse themselves by
shelling tho trains. They never did uny dam
age, but it h ub judged best to mako sure agaiust
unships, and so a liruastwurk lor tlio railroad
was thrown up across the entire field. Dowu
into the cut goes tho tram, and whirls snlely
under the friendly cover of earth to beyond the
point of danger. With all its goings up and
oomings down, with all thu instability of its
roadway, there has never been an uooiduut on
the road, no train ever collided, uouo have ever
got olf lho track. The railroad is a great
thing. "' ' ' ''' , 1 'i
Cost of a Mou. During tho iihti'-d'raft ri
ots in July, lriti-'t, a inub seir.ed veveral grain
elevators 111 lho Atlauto Dnok itasm and do-.
strayed tlio ui by lire. Tho company owning
lliem brought an action agaiust tlie City of
Ilrooklyn, lor the loss sustained 111 consequence,
und a verdict of some $80,000 damages was
rendered iu their favor. The case wus appealed
from Iho Kings County Circuit Court tu tho
General Term of the Supreme Court.' A do
cisiiu has just been rendered iu General Term,
affirming the judgment rendered against the
citv. Judge llrnwii delivered the opinion. H i
held that the jury which sat iu tho case having
found in favor of plaintiffs, in relation to the is
sue presented, as to their negligence, that thu
Court would uot disturb their verdict; and, in
regard to the constitutionality of the law im
posing llic nhliiation upon the city to pay for
such damages, that the luw is constitutional
that Iho Legislature has the powor tn erenta
sucl' liability, und that the act is good ill form.
-.V. Y. ,Sun, Oct. 25i.
Funny Nameh. The Register General of
England has from thu census returns picked
out some choice gems, n few of which we se
lect for the amusement of our readers :
.lane Stickaioruiu, wife nf a weaver; Pay
Day, engineer; Tumeric llcurica Ulrica Ue
Gloiia dc Luvinin Kehccc Turner, wife of a
hook keeper; Matilda French Onion; Sau-
sauupiircil Scamp, linker (in plain English,
llneqiialed hcamp) ; llostiuliiiin lnlugenia
Hysplieilp, daughter nf a carpenter) llaphos
lianeali 1 1 ray lull, cooper ; Aots Apostles Tung;
lioisy I oast Im int 1 .Yiiiiiisnn Culoiiosido Kit
chen t First Sou ; Jones 1 Priuoo Albert Gam
mon; and Alberliua ltcgma Victoria Gold
Holt.
ITT Gen. Grunt left New York on IhoS'Jil
lilt, for thu front, llefore leaving, he called on
Gen. Scoll, nnd had un Interview. To gentle
men nf Ibis city. (New York) Gen. Grnut said.
on Sunday : " The Confederacy Is n mere shell.
I know it, and Sherman will prove it." Iu
nnswer tn the question whether, 111 his opinion.
"JO days would bring lho end, lie said, with m
grim smile : " I am uot a :IU days man, out wo
slmll seo what will happen in si months."
Laiiub Sale or Tm.kuhap 11 Stock. No-
golialloos w Ineli have lice n lor soirle tune pend
ing lu-iwecii the Western Union ielegrapli
Company nud largo holders of the stock uf lbs
Caiilnrnia Slate Telegraph Company, were
closed nn Friday lust. Thu Wes'ern Union
Company have purchased n controlling Interest
in the l alhloiiiia line, at n cost ol over hull a
million dollars iu gold.
I V Mr. W. llayward, late partner of Ossiao
F.. Dodge, tins been euguged at the American
Theater, in Murphy & llruy's Mimtrul Truupo.
Last 11I11I1I was Ins debut, and wo are niiuruicu
that be made a decided hit. He will prove to
beau accomplished acquisition to this cuiupauy.
S.F.Flag, . .
fiT The statistical returns new heinrt re
ceived by lho Agricultural department frum all
sections ol tlie country snows mat 1110 orops
will turn out uinrh better Ihnu lies been anti
cipated. There will he a full average crop of
all Ihe principal products, and nf potatoes the
crop is rxtiaordinnrl y large.
(7 Some Secesh Isihes visiting a hospital at
Alexandria the oilier day, thnucht Iheir in
stincts showed them a Wonnileil rebel, v'wni
they necosted t Soldier, soldier, what can we
do for yen t" The Jolly Ynnk rolled over and
j said 1 " Kiss me for my mother!" Hcoesliina
uiiuled.
uooK. a.i .ion ran vn; ,
Of fvejnleijrl,llcin NEATLY rind I'llOMITITssceuui
, V ) IMTKH OK AlilKKTIHINilj .
l.-ffftl stvertliuiiiplils, S'l nil ntr tmiart. Sill lulefUua
SI,0U uavti iu!ii'jUiml Insertion.
Laifiil Kiel ftlltrsiiilent advertisements must be orenslil e
Iruurn Insertion.
A,llnilllstraWr, notices, ftn! all Mlvf rtlsemsiili relating t
the entate nt di,oessi-U inni, rami be jirrpasl, unlets or-
JereU inibllnheil by tlie cuulyjuugT,aiiu guaranteed lo bs
So paid by litm.
A.lvertlsliiK I'llli not paldwlthlo cms ysar from Ilia time
irtin contracted, will ts I noreaisdtfreiitj-fl v per cent- each
mil pnytniMitU te'ldertnUherejifler
OLD im, W A II It ON T1IK PKAOB SMCAkS.
I desiro tn examine one chief doctrine lro "
plied in lho Chicago platform, nnd asserted by
Hint nest of Infernal traitors who met there ....
for I onll things by their right names and they T
arc a set of menu '"ami (inwardly traitors. If
they took their principles into tho fight and Mf-
tied fur them, I could respect them ; bnt I have;
nought bnt loathing fur such snooking onwards.
Not a man of them not even ns ,(bcy love) ,
treason will dare to jeopardize his personal ,.
safety in' behalf of it. They pretetuf to tell '
the people for what prlrpusj the war wo fifal1
prosecuted, 1 MuClellaiviays this war was com
inenoed to save the Union, Sir, yoa know, orj
if you do not, yon are a fool, that this war was .
commenced by rebels, and commenced to do-'
stroy the Union. ' The rebels' begun thhV 'war '!
long before we raised a finger, ado wo ought tor !
have done it lone; before wo did., . ; We lot then ,.
go on in treason n long liino befora wo tried to , ,
coax them back. I am ashamed to say it even '
now. nnd God knows if I had had tho shillalah '' .
in my own hands I would hnve knocked the i
brains out of some of their .treasonable heads. .
Why, this war was commenced by Jeff, Davis ..
himself, who telegraphed from his seat in the
Senate to the rebels In Charleston to fire on' '
Fort Snmtcr. And thsy did It. And they cap-"1
tured our forts nnd arsenals, onr mints and our ;
men. and fired en our flag. And still the Duin-, ,
ocrats these miserable sneaks of Peace men
said i " Too' can't fight, yon onn' coerce a Jt
State, yon must jnst lie down and take it."-Asr-That
was the declaration of that miserable im- .1
hecilo, James Buchanan, Glorious old Penn- 0,
sylvnnial you whose soldiers have gone forth ()
so promptly nud well, and have done yoa suoh
glory, I call nn you to reverse that declaration."'
Ves, do it withn strong arm ! I was in the !
Senate when these tilings wero being done, and,,;
I speak of what I know. I listened to tho. '
taunts of Southern Senators until my blood ''
boiled."' 1 " ""''! ' '"' '!" sl ' ' "4
Let me hero point oat the sotual commence,
ment of the war, for I want to prove to yoa 3
that we nre right iu this Why, then, do they,,
talk uf our position, for I stand nn the rook of
etefnal justice, ftnd if I stop off It In either di-r '
reotion, I shall fall, mid I ought to fall. As the' a
little steamer Star of tho West came into ,
Charleston harbor, freighted with food for the
garrison uf Fort Sumter, tliey fired upon bar'
upon the Stars nnd Stripes which the floated
and forced her back.; Had anybody raised a
an arm before this against theso infernal trai- ,
torsi Had it not been all penco on our side,
mill war bv thnni on the Government before' '
being assailed f '"Why, Senator Wigfall,' 'of J
Texas, said in the Senate before a set of North-"'
errs slinks which sat there: "Mr. Preiide.nt.
we have insulted your flag. We fired upon the -Star
of tho West, nud foroed' dor tn show lief
heels, and Voa dare not resent it!" Now; '
Northern Copperheads, take that and fet down
on your knees. - Great applause drowned the
restnl the sentence.) II yoa nave no princi- ,
nle. have vou no nride ? Are nil nf the Amer -
ienn people slaves and. cowards ? And yet here
is the Cliioftgn convention down on Its Deny 1
nnd begging for peace, ,: .. (! r
SPKCVLATIOXS 00.VCKK1UN0 THE ATL1S !
" - THJ CABLE.' '"'. "if
! The Telegraph Journal, a new London pa- t
pur, devoted to the specialty wblob. ils name
implies, indulgi t in some ourious speculations ,
!..... I,a nnio All.nll, kbKU wIimI, la ka
laid next year, with the help of the Great East
ern. It is Intended to gunge the capacity or '.
the oable at a working speed uf eight words
minute ; but, allowing only six In actual prac
tice, the Journal arrives at the following raT
suits t '., 1
Six words per minuto would amount to three
hundred and sixty per hoar, or eight thousand '
six hundred and forty per day of tweaty-fasrr,
hours, which it would be necessary to occupy
iu consequence of tho vast amount of business
which would havu to be transmitted. Allowing
three hundred working days in the year, the
number of words which it woald be practicable 1 ,
to transmit would amount to 2,502,000, or 129,-,
000 messages of 20 words each per annum, be
ing at the rata ol iisi per day, wlilott, at ita
per message, would yield a rcvenuo 01 xtWo,J
000; and, alter allowing ont of this sum 216,
001) fur contingencies, there would remain a net
reveuue of 4&!,000 as the resilt ot M) days',
operation, lit tho end of the year. The annual
disbursements are estimated at 02,000,which -leaves
a balance ef li,000. This is a oeer-
ful prospect lor the stockholders in Uie enter
tirisu. Cut the euble is not yet laid, nud when
aid. it may be as short lived as its sredeoeasor.
of 1858. ; ; . ! i t "
We liud in the Journal, however, some other
statistics which nro interesting.. The Varna
und Ilnlaklnva cable worked at tho rato of five
words per minuto ; the lied Sea submarine line
is worked up to 7 words, and tlie Malta and
Alexandria to ten. The speed of.the old At
lantic cable was only two and a half words.
The greatest speed attained ou I 'tig submarine
lines is by the use of the Hughes instrument)
next to Ibis comes the Morse instrument. Ira
proroineuts are so constantly made la this de
partment ol scientific research, that tho year
yet to elapse beluro Englaud and America pos
sess a common pulso under the sea may solve
sumo problems yet unriddled, ! ;
DKMUiUMZATIO.X IX SOlTOEUif ABMIK8.
Geo. Hood, the Savannah Republican and
the Kichmuud Enquirer have taken to telling
the truth, and their descriptions of the SnutU
eru soldiers will unlighteu the world considera
bly as tn ihe chivalrous material of which tho
Southern armies are made np. Gen. Hood
says that his soldiers straggle horribly, and that
the ollicers do not try to prevent It. ' He says
that they do not straggle iroin tlio line 01 inarcn
because they arc Worn out, nut liouanse they
want to plunder Ihe houses nf those high-spirited
Southerner who made tho war. The Sa
vannah Republican says that Hood's army was
more dreaded by the Southern peop'e than '
Sherman's army. Is this not A very dangerous
admission 1 Hitherto Southern journals have
only declared that tho South was a united poo-
nle iu arms against the laukee. How will
Kurooe now open its eyes to hear, on good
Southern authority, that the people of a great
Southern rttulo dread less me presence 01 a
Northern army than at tho army that is te set
them free from Yankee rule t Are the Georgia
armers no longer roady to give the last dollar
for the rebel cause t But wt rse than all is the
blow levelled by the Itiohmoud Enquirer at the
fallen rebel army of Ihe valley. Tlie Enquirer
says that Sheridan owes bis victories to lho fact
.. .. . ,1 I..m
lltul Wo valley is running wiiu appiu uranuy.
All Ihe rebel army was drouk ullioers, men.
pioneers and all "too drunk to command
themselves, much less an army, a division, a
brigade or a regiment." This iucludes Early,
Gordon, lihoJes, Kossor, Kamseur everybody.
Well, how long will it be now beluro this drun
ken crowd destroys Sheridan. Will the En
quirer tell ns 1 And will the Republican let us
know on what day next week Hood's luob of
strngglers Is to auulhilate .Sherman I Where
are Ihe rebel armies t iV. If. Herald,
Anotiiku Si-ekch riiott Jerr Davis. The
liiebiiiund Whig of the 10th inst. has another
speech of Jeff Davis, In which he says 1
" we iiiusi ao onr amy, ana tnas nuiy is
this : every man able lo bear arms must go to
the (rout, and all others must devote themselves
to tlie cause at homo. There must be no plead
ing fur exemption. We are fighting fur ex
istence. " ' ' "
tV The Roatun Journal says 1 " A cerrce-
poudvot draws out attention to the fact that
iho Army Heglster states tbnl General 1'hilip
II. Sheridan wns born In Massachusetts, but
received his appointment as Cipiaiu in the Idih
United Sln'es Infantry frnru Ohio. We have
been credibly informed that General Sheridan
wns born in llostoii, nud in early lire wai a
newsboy on Statu street."