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Stores, Dwlllng. to., on "'K J?vIf"a Urni.ln JlaTtford, I'hinnlx, Glrard. Goodhue, 1 other eil kuowu and retponslhlQ compa nies J82i POSSESSIONS. Agent. PAdiSAl)DLK8 constantly on hand at Strong Ilvunhitlons antl lMaki Talk lug. Corrc'poiulcnco of the Cincinnati fir.ctU Cmuisu:, Ky., April H, '.802. At a nKctlng of the Union men held lu Carlisle, Nicholas county, Ky April lllh, the folloKlmr tircnmhle nml rwohutom were ollered by Col. LconUlns Mctcnlf nml adopted. wllli but one uiwtiting voice : WiivttKiiH. Many twrfuns lmc lccn nullly of ll.it 1.1 .Imit ir!nifi llirtl rnn Ih pmnnlltliil lit man on earth, utility or trrnnn ngnliHt Hip best gocrnment cut tnteulcd by man, and 1.., h rtli.tlt ....ill. r.i.ll. IV.ittt nltii. .mat lid nml lltllV I1I.III.III5 H". ."l.ll ,,.'11. ... I.".. ,!" . ...... jnincu tne nrmips oi (iiircucniir. m i wnr nml lift lurp ulli l he m on nl nicni ion or re- Inrnliiu In n fen vrcrlu to cut the throat or every t'nlon nun or run them ncro. the Olil rlrer and lake their property ; mid othtr hni tiken olllce In a elril cnrmclly under the pro I.Miilril co eminent or (he eiiimy, nml nrp thi-nby doln nil that lliplr cowaully tnuN would permtl them tn do iisiitnst our gtorlout ruiinlrv i now, thireforo ItfhJml. That nil uch piTfom stinll never ti'lllNI ullU live in mis coumy. .inn nvarvie fohcil to ue any niPttin whitever Hint Ii re (pilml In prctcut thilr ulitrn, and will protrct and ilefiMul any matt or men lint will drltc them oft, or ue nny other mentis to rid ih country or the world or iiHi Iiersj and nil men who hie been to the .South nn real ot prclwdnl trading cvpt'dltlou. nnd did not Join the iwnile or, or aid tho eiuuiy tiut't. never tlivleti, riult their trenonablp talk' ; they mtlt l-bfjfv, or 'hure the (ate or other tmltor.; nympattiU'u with the enemy will uu longer bv lurpialtd l!tdul, That nny man who ol.itms to lie a I'nlon niitn. uud colloguing nnd elrctlntii erlng with will known jcceloti!l. and nllemptltig lo run forolllee on ttieh ground', wu will treat H4eovMliuUtiiaul tool or lmlinr. W. C. OD1JN, Chni'u. M. M. fl tews, aik. Col. Metcalf t poke in favor of the resolutions as follows : Uii'mi men, loynl men, true mm to ymir country nml hr cuusc, in the hour of peril, let mc warn you in time, before the tyrant' fool is on your tied.-. We, the fn-ople nf Kentucky, have voleil three time, ami )ia-c cIiokii our partition. We Im. e ilrcidtil Hint we arc n put, ami u willing part of (he I'nltcU Stute. Imm cxcrci'eil our prcnt State right. No lyrunt illctutl to you Hint yon should rrotalu in tin rnioii. No Congre or Ijjl!.ituro Iiiim evcrrnhl that you must nml shall remain In the Union, wliero iir (allien kit ji; but j ou linvc, nlliT maturu deliberation, ruitl, through lire polte, to the sucrcd asliec nf Tour fathers, that jr appTiii.Me tlio lwllap. nml1 III crpetuatc it, ilefeml it, tlic (or It ! Hut CjcIioM ! a mil lyrnnt come loofning up in tlio Southern horion, wi phii-ily, Munilsliil.il lily yu loort tlint Kvntniy iiirecarr for tlnrm.Tinil lliev will Iminxj it. no matter what you decide or taw you otc. Is lh.it tyranny? or is It suhmlttliiK. like honest Democrats, to the will of the peopl IcT Pucrcil Htnle rights. where nre win now? The forktil timsuw scoundrel tell yon Hint Lincoln brought on the war. Arc you lilloU? Arc jou such consummate fool that tiny can Imporc such stuff on you 1 Were you so lost to common wise as to bring on a v?iir Willi tlicm, u prove to them that Kentucky wu iieccMirj (or them lo hae? No! ywi voleil, nml then they invaiKil your State, repinllcM of nil their profiin about State ntilit. nt tlic sonu time that their hypocritical leaders In tin- State nre preaching peace, gentle peace, the invader publishes lo the world Dial mey in lend to connuer von. coerce you. sublogatp on. or kill or drive yon from your liomcf.nnd now in your mhUt arc a set of perjnml seoun ilrel. who hold office under this Uoveinmcw nnd at the same lime ore in favor of the South in favor or the South doing what T Why carrying out all these threat. They ympn thlie with tho rncmy In time or war. im chord orympilhy has been stunk? Why, they how and wish that your throils nu; be cut, or you c.ilcil from yonr country, and the Invader lo take powion. What else can they bo sympathizing with or tori Ami yci you permit thefo avonetl traitors not only to live nmons you. but lo hold ollice. Who of lou would have rut up with ft man that sym pathize.! with Illack Hawk or Santa Anna? Vet, neither of them ever altcnipud the sun jn?ntion of Kcnluehy. You nil know the ml rl ,-Uen to n ceUbrnlul pretendeil union company, by o high official, when they refused tn take the oath required ortlic KcntucK.v mi mi. ll siiniilv ndviied tlicm oiKnly to per Jury. " Oh, talc the oath, boys," say tbl svmpathizing officia', " and conatruo It to sun your consciences." They did it nnd where are tlitso perjured scoundrel now? In the nrmy of the go-called Southern Confederaey They made threat when they left here that they would be back In six wetks nt most, and would cut the throat of every Union man here or run him ncio the Ohio river, but since they have found that two can piny nt that ,rmp. mine of them nre attempting to sneak back and claim the right of citizen. Will you let such thieve ami woutd-bo robbers come among you again? No! no! Never let them make the second track. In p'uln Kng Ihh, shoot the traitor on sight. It i a right they srojuilly entitled to. Our Constitution ami ln nm for the protection or lawful till- zens, and not for the protection o( our encmie In time of war. An old villain iu a neighboring county went off with a company or other, last nminer, to the Southern Confederacy, after doing all the harm he could here, ond he has also n on now a captain in the Southern ormy, and o son in Inw that wa there, but ha sueaked back omoug the I.hicolnites here, ond is now a pria oner. Well, the nrorcsoia o.a scouaurei was a member of oor Legislature, nod arrived at Krunhfort, ind did actually take his seat in the Legislature, unmolested, ond is now nt borne ond is permitted to remain there umjiiturbed and a military Union gentleman, I understand, telegraphed to the forces near his residence, not to dUtitrli him. 0 1 his crime nnd convic tion nre so sure a thing, that It I not worth while for the people to tukc htm In hand, nnd It seems n1o tlint his treason is so plain that the official think it not worth while to bother thcnuelvcs about him in these busy times lit fiat monty ! U. C.'s, nre you nsleep, nml nre vou willing tnshepwlth such copperheads within biting distance of you? Arc you willing to have such seed nguln among you ? Shade of fath ers ! " in vain ye fought, In vnln ye lilcil 1" If wc, your olftprlng, want valor lo repel the encroachments of tyrants, or let traitor know their doum. Virginia voted lirgely fur Ihc Union, nnd she tins been subdued, poor old Imbecile, " pity thu sorrows of n poor old man." Tcnncvte voleil sixty thousand majority for Ihc Union, nml she has been trampled under the feet or the Invader. Mhouri voted forty tliotiuud majority for thu Unfon, nml her soil is crimson with the blood o( her sons, hcd by the Inva ding foe, who nro trying to coerce her out ol her allegiance, nntl make her pay tribute to n utirwr nnd tyrant. Can't you see that the sumo fute nwnll you, If you do not wul.e up ni.d slay tl.o dragon of secession, treason and trailorhin. Tl.o lime tor argument ha pissed, (lo to work, nml do not run to the military with every grievance. Correct It yniirfilvi. and remember that our law ure for the pre tictlon of loyal cltlrcn. nnd not for the pro tection of the enemies of our country. How often have you heard thcthrent that ' In a feiv week you will bo ilihin from jour country." Who made thee Ihreuts, you nil know. They left their vvivt nml children here, plainly showing that their confidence in their return, was uubntindul. Some of them have invaded Camp Chase, Camp Morton, Ft. Ijiiiivetlo, etc., and some of them arc trying to slip (isrck rmong tit. They would drive n from our country for being true to our conn try. If such n dire calamity shouM cv er Ufall you. be sure lo malic ihc sympathizer jro first In nn nddriM to the people of Georgia, IIowil Cobb. K. Toombs, M. J. Crnwfotd, nml oth ers, they wlvl-c nod orpe tlrir roblrm! now in lite fieri to " ninhc us (fil all Hw horrors ol war nt our firesides." Tliey mean by that to kill cur wive and children. A cla of men who have returned from the South lately, say that they went to the South to collect whnt wa owing them, nml Hint they huve not nfilul the cnemv. lint look at their course here amongst us. Tlicy mc udvueullug the cause or the enemy mlhcrlng to the enemy in lime nf war. I liwird one of ihem soy he did not deny Mr.;: in favor of the South In favor of the South making you feci " all the horror of war nt your fireside," I snppoc. Another one or tlHte rcturmM mule trader said n few days uen to u Union man, " All of you will catch hell lx fore long, because the Confederate were getting behind Iluell ;" and they expect u to protect them until their nllle pot here In givo us lull. If I nm not mistaken, the aforesaid Southern lover took n drove of muli" lo the South since trade was interdicted One of them had nn olUr for Ida mute tor the Government, i.ml I nm to'd ho sold he had rather take them to the South, if he never got a cent for them. Probably they arc laid In the South as n neit egg, nnd probably they arc now drawing Southern artillery on tho field to lny your brother. I heard a gentleman (?) on our street, more than n year ago, roy that we ought not to pay a cent we owed lo the d d Northerner. Look out. owner nnd bidder ; Inke fuir warning. If there nun evpect to stay lyre, they must stop their treasonable tulk, or they arc nn better than the traitor who nave gone from here nnd joined the nrmy, and should be dealt with In the same manner. 'I licy ure aiding nil they dare do. III yon defend vonr firesides? Will jou ilifend jour wives nnd children? Will jou be mealy-mouthed any longer, with viper In your mldat, who enmtder It one of the bouthcrn right lo In- vadtf jour Slnlc, cut jour Ihrouts, and make you ' leel nil iiie norror oi wur uv your omi fireside?" rather, brothers, mother nnd sisters, why nre jou bereaved? why ha your son died? why has your brother been slain T ror Having been true to hi country. Their blood cries loudly from tho ground j my murderer la in your inhht. living under jour protection nt his cote, nnd still persuading nil he can to go Into the army of the robbers, and slay, pillage and burn. The husband and brother's bone ure bleaching whero they fell in defense of their country ; and nt homo Iho" wild niotlur is screaming over her famishing brood," and you stickle and hide behind constitutional or- gumenls that arc abstraction, or have no foundation. 0, vengeance ! vvnerc is my rod : Forbearance has ceased to tc a virtue. Mad, demented fiend aro nmongst jou, doing and prompting every possible Injury to you and jour countrj-, tuklng life, liberty nnd pro pcrty. and you nro protecting them i jou atranglo nt the gnat, while they heap moun tains of Iniquity on your shrinking beads Is it constitutional tor them to kill jour brother nt Fort Dorelson, nnd unconstitu tional for you to kill hi muiderer or acces sory here? Down with them. The black vultures of hell have ascended In clerical robes and tuken possession of the sa cred n'ulplt. nod from thence have pread their ooty wings over your country's bright es cutcheon, to blacken and tatniili its respienu. ent luster. Shake off tho clreaului tncuou. Shake off the fetter these vompircs ore rivet ing on yon, nnd hurl the long-faced, hypocriti cal, traitorous scoundrels buck to their dread abode. 0, sacred nigger I thy triumph cease awhile, for cotton Is no longer king. I have just heard of the battle of Pittsburg, and have come to Ihc conclusion that Ihc wind has been taken out of the tcrribto 7oai-irgnnf, nnd think he will defer Inking Washington, march ing his victorious army across the Delaware, and dictntlng term to the cowardly Vutikt.cs under Ihc shade of Hunker Hill, until Gubriel toots his mellow, mellow horn, and wc nre nil safe lu Atiiuham't iowm. I had started to pay my respects to the nig ger lover of the South. There lias been no dic tion since I can remember riut Hie cry of nig ger was ruWed. A Constable, Cornnir, Judge, or President eoutd not be nominated but the same old tunc was ground. Ijivv nf tcrlaw wa iased to tighten the tenure by which wo held them. State la.vs, fugitive laws, Territorial Legislatures might legislate n white man to the devil If they chooc, if he had nary a ntggtr; but laws wcro pnucd to prevent them Irnm legislating en the subject of nigger. A Republican Congress passed laws to prevent thcmclvc from legislating on mgroes in the Territories, tltl the cry was more security, more concession, until they re quire nil lo kneel to Gesler's caj, or else they nre not the Simon purr, or nt Wast they nre not the Simon llucUticr pure. They swrnr that it I God's Institution, mid that iu his di vine wisdom he instigated the trader to the pious culling of catching and clalnlng the wild Afrleuu in the hold of some gloomy ship to truii'port htm from his native hills, where hi soul Is in danger, to Hie cotton field of America, all fur the glory of God and tho Increase of his kingdom ; Hint their pirsults and pleas ure In Africa arc loathsome to God ; but when they nre transported to the cotton field nml learned to raise six bule to the linml great I hi reward, tor he now rlcascth the Lord and alull have n sent In Ilmveii; while the traitor who have so long been protected iu ntnklng bluek ungil, quietly pocket the pro ceed of the cotton To nil this jou must sotintuly promise uml swear or you nre nn Abolitionist. And some of these traitor nre helptn!; tn populate heaven with angel only half black. This I- no joke ; nnd this ha been preached from ihe pulpit by the aid sooty -winged nigger satellite. They do not itnp nt Insulting man, imt blaspheme God with their obiequ om didlvlng ami pandering toa set ot corrupt, llj-hlowu jackusies, who cannot see uny 'Other ulin or object on earth through which pleasure or happiness cnu be se cured but nigger ; no other argument In poli ties but niggir; no other road lo heaven but on n ulggrr's back. They must have the Missouri Compromise, or they will brink up ihc Government. Then the Missouri Com promise must be reienlcl, It ain't fair, or else thry will knock ull the underpinning from un der Uncle Samuel. lvunsos muit be allowed to do as she pleases no intervention. Our swect-scnlid lleriah, who live in the Governor' palace and don't rule Ihe destinies ol Kentucky exactly n he would wish to, made a stxech Iu our country town when he was a candidate, in which he said that Congress had no power to legislate on slavery, and must not Intervene In Kansu ulfairs; that ho would draw his sword nml fight before he would ask Congress to pass a pro slavery or antl slavery luw tor Kansas, for that would be retting the example that Congress had tho right to Intervene, btid it might hereafter pas some law we did not like, and if wc complained they would tell us we must put up with It, because wn nketl Hum to open the door of intervention, and the point was sottled j but, behold! when Kansas herself attempts to cetllc her own business, they shift round and attempt to forcu her to be a slave Slate against her will. They have been permitted to change gtound many times on that subject In the last few jeurs. They are as unreasonable os a child with a toy ; cry If jou give It to them, cry if you dou't give it to them ; and like the spoiled child, they must nuiv be spanked and put to rest. I have heard It preached ever since I can remember, that ull wo asked was lo let u manage our State affair os we pleased, particularly our own pe culiar Institutions t that the North wanted to tuko them owoy from us without compensa Hon i thnl if the North would only ncknowl edgo that there is sucli a thing os properly In man, wc would be satisfied. Now the Presi dent ofTers to us to let us do just as we please buy our negroes if we wish to sell, nnd if we do not want to sell, why " keep them ond that Is the end of It," and we will bo protected with them, thereby ncknowldgcing them to be properly, nnd thereby offering to defeat the AbolitlonUts, in taking them without compen sation ; nud nlo spoiling the grand argument of Ihe Disuuionists, that Lincoln and his Yan kee hordes would take our negroes from us. They aro mud ut Lincoln for letting us do as we please; omo of them denying that the re bellion has anything to do with tho nigger, nnd therefore Lincoln is on Abolitionist for bringing In tho sacred name of nigger at this time. And some Union men nre very hard to please with anything the Government does, ond such men rarely complain at the Iniquity being enacted by the rebel. If Jeff. Davis has come out with the same message they would have pronounced it Ihe most liberal, fair, Impartial, statesmanlike document that was ever offered for the consideration of peo ple of common tense. Ob 1 consistency, thou nrto Jewej, made of gum elastic, and cob be stretched to suit the con:eicncc. The cry of Abolitionist is the whip that is continually held up to frighten the Ignorant Into the Dem ocratic, ond now Secession ranks. If you look nt things with common sense you ore on Abo litionist. It is time wc put a stop to thee In sults. They cannot listen to reason. The only thing that you can beat common sense Into them with ts a green sycamore club that will not bounce, or n bultet. A few whole some truths may be bitter, but nevertheless true. Tho nccuntlon Is very common that the North favor amalgamation. Now, to tell tho truth, nml shame old Nick, It I prac ticed to a fearful extent throughout the South nnd Kentucky. Go Into any or our towns and sec the different elude and color. Jel black. linfTntM brown, Mongril puppy, whelp and hound. Dili we will not speak loud on this. Some body might be listening. Vou can know every traitor in the land os plainly os you can know your hogs, by the ear mark. They hnvca pass-word, by which jou cun know them as well In the night os In the duj time that word is Abolitionist. That is the sum total of nil their arguments. I will rdutc nn anecdote tlint how a Vir ginian' Ideas on the rngro question, and It Is true. I heard it. Traveling In Virginia, 1 slopped nt night at a house where they were holding a meeting, and nny one seemed to have a right to tell what he knew. A spry juung man took the pulpit, nnd let out on the cruci fixion us follows: ' My brethren! how meek was our Saviour they crucified htm; they put a crown or thorn on hi hi ad ; they stuck a spear In his side, nml they drove nail through his hands, nnd he never said a bit more than If he had been a ntggcr!" Tellow citizens, you all know that the nig ger is the raw head and bloody bones, the scarecrow, that Is continually held up to your view, nevcr-censtng agitation. Vou must itnnd rnllnel oil night, jou must statu) tinll net nil day, with your mti'kel, over your slur ling block nugel. while they work In the field, to keep somebody from stealing them. And you must stand natch to keep down Inurrec Hon eternal vlgllnncc Is the price of nigger. All of this liiic-ntiil cry Is kept up when there Is not Ihe slightest danger. Well, gentlemen, doe not all this suggest In your mind a gleam of common sense? Dm not tho weary sentinel begin to ask himself, when will the relief come round ? Hut no re lief ever comes. Ah! me ! when or how shnll I ever find lime to enjoy myself with my loved ones ? Where I that happiness this sacred liiMltuitun is to produce ? When shall I rest! Now I see this never-ending clamor has at last beat It Into my head that I hod better take the value of theso gnus from AlrlcV burning sands, and invest iu something that will not forever disturb my peace, use the mus ket on traitor, and tukc tho hoo myself Nigger and cotton has produced this rcbellon uud should be made l.o toot the bill. There is u big nigger scare Stilton our Congress. They shrink, afraid to toko Ihc L-dl by Hie horn ; It Is not Just that loyal men should light out the battles to save their country from the In Iqulty or traitors, ond then py tho damage they huve caused. China hud to toot the bill with L'nglond. Mexico hod to come np lo Ihc office ond settle, ond the Swts rebel had to pay tor all the dishes thry broke ; nnd about tnentj-fivo dollars per head .on nigger, uml two cents on cotton, will soon pay tor cil ucatlug the Southern mind. Interesting Letter fiom u Itclicl. Tho tollowtns letter I from a Maryland gentleman, now serving In the Confederate ormy. It Is addressed to a lady lu J'liiiuue. phia. The writer wos o joting mun of great promise, whoso friends ore deeply grieved at the wreck which treason has made of hi prospects, lie possessed a peculiar gentle ness ond amiability of disposition, which man Ifests Itsctf even under present ciicumstances He gives a sad picture of his position re pentunt of rebellion, despairing of success, but resolved to bury his shame in the ruins of the cause which tempted him lodistruction. The recipient, being loyal to the Union, has no hesilaMon In making known whatever fcbc learns respecting the position of the rebels believing that neither friendship nor feeling should stand lu the way ol duty : Hospital C.S. A, JSicumom', March 31, 'C2. I wrote jou, some months ago, my dior C and I then thought, os I then said, tor the lasi tune. Hut, somehow, notwithstanding your well known scorn for one holding a position, voluntarily nssumed, In what you cull the rebel rank, despite your persistent sihnie when a kind word from you hohIu be treasured beyond price lu the face of all these, I ajaln write to you. Had health nnd prosperity coulinucd with me, perhaps I might have had strength to keep my resolution fo maintain silence to ward one who, I fear, will never forgive me for entering the Confederate service: but the heading ormy letter will tell you that I om in that saddest of all pluccs, a military hospital. The regiment to which I belong was, with others, at Centrcvllle during lie latter portion of the Winter, where wo were moat comtorla blv nuartered ond well provided We formed a part of Mogruder'i division, iu which are many Slorylaimors. fcuverai came irom me vicinity of my dear old home thut spot w hlch I so tenderly loved, and of whose beauty I was so proud. Soldier as I am, 0. 1 weep at the recollection of the happy, innocent nours nassed in that dear old home ; ond little did I thiuk when I first described its charms lo you that the t me wos rapidly approaching wnen i. should be exiled from it and vou. Hut I was telling you 1 found many of my former neigh bors here, nnd thrown In such close contact, w lih mutual sympathies nnd memories, wo hove been like, brothers to each other. Constant correspondence has been kept up with the dear ones lo Maryland, and when one received a letter, tt contained good news tor all. Lately wc found it expedient to retire before the advancing Federal force. In orJer to strengthen Richmond. In a skirmish I re ceived a wound lu the side, which Is very pain ful, and possibly may prove fatal. I was car ried by my comrades, and brought all the way to Richmond. All was done tor my relief that circumstances would permit, yet I suffered torribly during tho journey, but before I reached this place uncnnsclouincs relieved my agony. 1 om far better now, though you will sccliow tremulous is the hand that pens these lines. If I have sinned, I am sunVriug. Can you not forgive ? s I receive every attention of which the cir cumstances around mc will admit; bat our surgeon, have more to do than they ore able to perform thoroughly. This ond all the hos pitals arc crowded with the sick and wounded. Medlctnes arc scarce, and, Indeed, we ore en tirely destitute of several drugs which arc most necessary to ns. There Is also n lack of surgical Instruments, and a need of proper nurses. We have very few regularly trained nurses, most or the attention being bestowed by convalescent soldiers. This makes sorry work; It take a llttfc practice to accustom a nun to such duties, and by the time he hns n slight knowledge of the work, lit health i re stored, and he Is returned to his regiment, for the South need all her tons In this hour of peril. The Indies attempted to attend the tick, and really nld us a far at possible ; but Ihe luck of experience nnd want of nerve to bear the unpleasant tlghtt of hospital life soon drlic most of them away. With ull thews deprivations, the paint of itchncss nnd ihcdingertol wound arc greatly enhanced Ai'Rti. 1, 18C2 I wrote jestcrday until my strength utterly failed, and row I resume my pen, hoping to be able to finlrh this epistle, for one of my comrodet leant this place to morrow, ond promised to dispatch Hilt for mc. I told you jctlerdny how poorly our suffering soldiers were ntlcnded lo. No doubt human ity made jou sorrow that even rtlclt tufleml so. Hut C , what think jou It the fute of tho tick and woundul Union prisoners among us ? They ore cored for. of course ; but our surgeons naturally seek fint to pre lorvo Hip livrt of their own men; ana wimi nurse in the Confederacy but would rather watch beside one of our own tuffcrers than ono whom they must consider nn luvodcr? I stute the fact at mildly a ponlbte, tor I know that iu your estimation these Invaders ore the heroes and martyrs of a righteous cause. I would not rifer to their position among us, but knowing the resources of the Federal Government, I wonder why she falls to send relief to her sufferers in our midst. Wat there no one who so loved the Union that he or tho woulJ come even at a prisoner, to attend to jour wounded here? I know your Government proposed sending Commit tloners here for the purpose, but the Confed eracy refused lo oceept them ; yet much might lie done by individuals without an of ficlul postloo, which would not be offensive to our people. How I am spending my strength In behalf of the enemies of Hie- Confederacy ! Hut my mind pregnantly revertt to their condition, and my heart Is full of pity for them ; tor, though wc fight against each other, I cannot forget that they were once my brethren. Why, we never took a prisoner that I did not batten tn tec if lie should prove some former friend. Twice I found it so, ond jou con judge how patuful were those meetings. Resides, our men who have been released from Union prisons tell how kindly they were treated while there. 'I he accounts excited so much attention among our troop, that Ihe exchanged prisoners were forbidden to give further information, or to converse on the subject with our men. Since I have lain here, surrounded by suf fering and death, I huve thought much of tie cause of all this suffering and deso'atlon ; ond I am convinced that we of the South hod better borne far greater wrongs thou we endured, or fi-ared, than to have brought such ruin on our country. In Ihe North, they tell us compara tive prosperity reigns; but In Virginia whole villages lie in ashes; homes ore desoluled; sou, husbands ond fathers Ho In untimely graves ; poverty Invades homes where hitherto his presence was undreamed of; servoots, loved ond trusted, prove faithless. All the tics of life ore severed; and, disowned aud unre cognized by her sister nation, the confederacy struggles bravciy, but I fear vainly, tor her existence, before a too wboc power she cannot measure. We might possibly overcome the immense army brouDht against us, for though iuferior in plnl of number, men fight desperately In situations like ours; but were these repelled who knows what countless hosts would fpriog to arms from the teeming population of the North ? I fear our cause is hopeless, nnd this feeling dispirits our army ond palsies them ou the battle field. Somo ore willing tosurreo, der ond moke the best terms they can, while others swear to fight until death. Our officiul councils ore divided. Some would stand bravely nnd conquer or die; others insist on caution ; nnd this extreme prudence keeps us retreating until we ore ashamed. Hut trust me, our ormy will jet make n desperate stand nnd prove, desplto our late reverses, tbot we arc not coward, As tor me, C , I may not leave this place nllvc ; for, though I nm so much belter than I have been, the doctor tell me that danger is not yet past, nnd if I persist In ex erting myself, as I om now doing, In wrttirg this long letter, fever may tupervene and result fatally. Let it come. I have no wish to livo to see the South subdued, and through futttro years to bo scorned as a traitor. If I recover, the moment I can wield my sword, I wilt re turn lo my post, ami nt least die tike a man. I do not siy (hi in boasting or defiance, tor I really regret that I ever participated In rebel lion: bull have done It uml cannot retract with honor. Therefore, if our cause must fail, I hope to full with It. The time I short. The lilernl nrmy Is morlng rapidly upon n. 'J he final sttugglo cannot be tor distant. It may be the last time I con ask it ; will yon not tend a few line ? not to the Confederate soldier, or JeMiryou will cat! mc so ; nor even to the former friend, but to a sick and suffering man who longs lo know you have some sympathy for him. The Ratti.k or a Ykak. One year ogo, the 12lh of April, occurred the first octlon hi this wor. Tin thousand rebel opend firo upon cvinty loynl soldiers In Fort Sumter. Since then there have been fought tncuty-fiio bottle, beside numerous sklrmMic. Tho following list will show the year's work : 1. April 12ih and 13th, 1SG1, Fort Sumter, South Carolina. 2. June 10th, Dig Relhcl, Virginia. 3. July ,1th, Carthage, Missouri. 4. July 12ih, Rich Mountain, Virginia. 5. July 1 1th, Cnrrlckstord, Virginia. C. July 21st, Hull Run, Virginia. 7. August loth, Springfield, M'swurl. 8. September 2Jih, Lexington, Missouri. 9. October 9th, Santa Rom Island, Florida. IU. October 2lt. Hall Hluff, Virginia. 11. October SIM, Fredrick I own, Mo. 12. November "Ih, Port Royal. S. U. 13. November 8th, Holmont, Mo. 1 1. December 20lh, Drulntvllle, Virginia. 15. January 19th, 18C2, Mill Spring, Ky. lfi. February Cth, Fort Hinry, Tenn. IT. February 7th ond 8th, Roanoke Island, North Caroliua. 16. February 13th and ICth, Fort Douclson, Tennessee. 19. February 21st, Vo'vcrde, New Mexico. 20. March Cth and 8th, Pea Ridge, Arkansas. 21. March 8lh ond 9lh, llompton Road, Virginia. DO. M.icl, 1-tili, JIcnU,n,N'. C. 23. March 23d, Winchester, Virginia. 21. April Cth ond 7th, Pittsburg Lauding, Tennessee. 2.1. April 7th, surrender of Island No. 10. 20. April llth, surrender or Fort Pulaski. Of these actions, eight occurring In 18CI were defeats for us, ond six victories; but since New Year tho list shows on uninter rupted scries of tplendld successes for the Union nrms. leaving out the battle of Piltt burg Lundlng, our losses during the war Imvo been in killed, 2,190; wounded, -1.19C ; prlt oners, 1,110; total loss, exclusive of diath In camp, by disease, 8,1 2C. The rebel los has been In killed nnd wounded, 115,129 ; prls oners, 23,707 ; beside which, the rebel have last enormous stores of provisions, not less than three bundled ond fifty cannon, and at least nine generals killed, named Dec, Hartoo, Garnett, Herbert, Johnston, McCulloch, Mc intosh. Stack. Zollicofft-r, besides Tilghman, Huckner, Mackull nnd two other prisoner. 4v. r. jw. Ax exchange remarks pathetically, " Havo jou a sister ? Then love ond cherish her with a holy friendship." This Is ull proper enough ; but then if jou hav't got ony of your own, take some other fellow's sister ond love her. The effect is jnst as good, and sometime better. Ax Irishman went Intoo country meeting house whire an auctioneer wot selling thu pews: Well," he cries, " God has broke down ni well os the rest, ond here they are selling him out in hi own house, to pay his own debt.." A Max who won't toko a paper because ho can borrow one, hat Invented a inaibiuc with which he can cook his dtuner by the smoke of his neighbors chimney. It Is noticed that as much as ladles skirls diminish, about so much the bonnels increase. It is presumed that the hoo4 ore changing their location. What single advantage havo Ihe rebel de rived from this war except In the humiliation of their own pride ond vanity ? There Is one thing, and perhaps but one, In which the Federals well might imitate tho Rebel Coogre adjournment. Turns wos no General Jurkson to defend New Orleans against men fighting under thu old (lag of the Union. A rebel leader upon the scaffold would bo the right man In the right place. it Virqima ha dow had a jeor' cxperienco of secession. How dcs it agree with her I "J ia.h you, wife, I have got the plan all in roy head." " Ah, theu it Is In a nutshell," ! ' '' swu 'Deal with mo kindly," as tho fellow laid when bo iat down at the faro table " I'x aving a change of 'ulr," ts a cockney said when he put on a ucw velg. sssswsjs - f 9 1