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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-25


Much has been said 10 the public journals
about his ally attempts TO ape the habits and
customs Of foreign courts, and while have no
disposition TO sllude 10 them as matters Of se-
rious reproach, yet IL may be useful as indicat-
ing the metal status Of the man. ~ sees,s,
AN great men exhibit some peculiar weak
meas OF character, and If Gen. Fremont can be
cassed In thai category, his consists 10 . fever.
ish apprehension that the world will neyer, dis
cover his greatntss. The winning OF few
battles over half-starved and bareiooted rebels
would scarcely perpetuats his name beyond
dozen generanons; bnt II he could establish an
imperial court In she Western vida that wculd
eclipse those Of the most polished nations Of
| Europe, who knoWs but what Q thousand yesrs
hence his name might Gil The largest page Of
history7 The idea is certainly novel; II y pos
sesses no othsf merit, and orr sspsrsL seized u
with an appetite that wonld have done credit to
1 the vaiasst and most concelted potoutate. "a -
/ In 3 growing city IKE 81. Louis, Of one hnn,
Idrsd and slxty thousand inhabitspts, " y snAN
Iunnaual 10 dad men, Who, from ind1sty sad Z
log liis of activity, have accumulated In,
i6snss forsuQss. Among those was Colonel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-23

Man that is born Of woman AMI enlisteth as
a soldier in the Kansas First is Of few days,
and ihort Of ions
? He cometh forsh at "roveille, 'is present also
At retreat, " yea even ut "tatoo, and retirsth,
OppdrfnHy at taps ~
3 IIo dfaweth his rations from the Com mis-
safy, and dcyOureth the sane. lie strikoth his
teeth against muck "hard bread, and il salts
fed. He iill,th his canteen with aqua purd,
and clappeih the mouth thereof upon tho bnng
Of whskey barrel aud after lIltlo while
gocth away rejoicing in his strategy!
Much soldoring hath made him sharp; yea,
even the seat of his brcechos are in danger Of
being cut through.
. lie tovcnantcth with H. crsluloug farmer
for many ci ickeus, and much honey aud mi k,
10 be- Inid promptly nl the end Of each ten days;
Isd IT, hls regiment moveth On the Mn dIy to
az other pct
q Hs tent is filed with To.8to,s, cabbage,
,urIip-, ktout, aGd other delicate mor,els OF
30 lcet delicious TASTE Which abound lot in the
Conui 'aary Department.
And many othr things not in the 'return,
md which never will return; yet, Of truth, II
.ust he 'aid of the soldier oi the klnsa, First,
bat Of surety ho taketh nothing which
7 e cannot reach
3 lIo iiIoth his Mimic rifle at midnight and
the whole camp is arc used and formed into line,
when 10. his mess con- es bearing In nice pork
tr, which he s0lomnly declareth 10 resembled
lecesh, that he was compelled to pull trigger
lie giveth the Provost Marshal much
trouble ofIen capturing his guard, and possesses
himself OF the city.
TO- Al such times lager ard pre'zl4 flow
Ike milk ard honey from his generous hand.
lie giveth without stint 10 his own c1mrahe,
yea and withholdeih not from the latk ex'
ectaut HooSicr Of the lndianny Twenty
fourth
II Tho prUnt OF pig, or tho growing of a
cock, swak,neth him from the soundcst sleep,
ind he sauntereth forth, until halted by the
guard, VIII, he Instantly clippeth his hands
uIon his bread hIsket, AID tho guard ia com.
| miscration alloweth him to pass u the rear.
~. No sooner hath he passed the sentry $
| heat than 10 striketh " leo.lEe Tor the
rearost h,nroOSt and, s'ilipg a pair Of plump
pullets, returneih soliloquizing 10 himself ;
| 80 The noise Of a goose saved Rome, how mu,h
more the lIesh Ci chicken pTeseryeth the sol
| der"
~. lie playoth euchro with tho parson
| whether there shall | o pr,acl ing in the camp
On the Sabbath and by dcXtcTously turning
Jack" from tho bJtt'm, post onetn the SER
| vice.
II. And many other marvellous things dooth
| he AID 10 arc they not already recorded 10
no morning reports OF Company & 4?
CoMrASl q.
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The Philadelphia PRKss states that the true
reason why an exchange of prisoners Is not Of.
fccted, is, that England might take advantage
OF it As a virtual abdication of our right Of
treating the secossionists as rcbcls and entitlin
them to be considered as a foreign nation. la
this event England might unscfupulously roc
ogNilc the independence Of tho Southern Con.
fcdoracy. II says.
That so many pcr'ons pine In captivity in the
North and in the South, 10 mainly To be atttibu-
ted to England. Suppose that by mutual ar
rangcncnt an exchange Of prisoners were made,
what would ENGLAND 40 and say ? IIcr words
would he, "While You treated the South as r,bci
we could not NcknoNlclge it as aipfRiHi All
We could do wa, to acknowlodg, IL ~ belAgf-
rent. Between nation and her rcvultcl to-
tci-bcciuso the exchange wOul shoS cqI ali '.
The m sment you do exchange with tho South,
we shall insist that you there y cOnceic 20 il
the status OF national indopcnio-cc, and We
shall at onca sckuowlsiIc it, 10y recoS Sni1in,: iLa
flag, breaking tho block ldo you have pro j ,ini-
Ell, ard sondirg our merchantmen into tsports,
for cotton and tobicc,, rico AMI tutp'd il',
under the escort II Lccsssary Of our ships OF
war"
This ia what England would say. Shn would
act upon It, even # the present difficulty had
not arisen, AMI thus England keeps, IN North
and South, tho prisoners who bat for her,
might Just as well be restored q Freedom and
home 20 friends and relatives. II they rcmain
in prison, England holds tho key.
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THE NEW YORK SUN
MONDAY MORNING, DEC. 20, 1861.


The Toronto LEADER, a paper than which
none outside Of the southern states has been
more yirulent against the Union cause, de-
clares, In a late issue, that il would be folly
for the people Of Canada 10 close their eyes to
tho fact that they have men among them who
make no secret of their active sympathy with
the North, and have done their utmost to pre-
pare Canads for the threatened invasion, by
striving to keep 1t defencelcss; men who pre-
fer American democracy to British constitutions
alien; and, under the pretenco of favo ing
emar cipstion, would identify Canada with the
North.
The LEADER affects TO dcspise this class Of Ca
nadians as "a miserable faction, but /. is easy
to sec, from the anxiety with which the matter
is ditcu,sed that 90 far from dc'pisng this "iac-
tiou,' the LEADER stands in great awe of it,
and Ia fearful that in the event Of awar bctwecn
England and tho United States, this faction
would mako its influence felt TO the serious de-
trimont TO tho cause Of the io.mer country. Tho
eXisterce tf a strong party in Canada avsrse to
British authority, is well knoWn in England as
we'll ss in this country, and 30 much is its
power feared that the London TINEs, when the
news Of tho Trent affair first reached England,
admitted that tho Canadian province might be
lost to them In the event Of war between the
two countries.
We look upon tho matter a. a foregons con-
clusion, and It is our prcll los that il We ever
do captur Canada 1t VIII be skllful diplomacy
indeed that vill afterwards wiest it from our
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The following is an extract from a private
letter received in this city from the American
Consul 81 Tripoli
"TRIroII, Ot. II, 1861.
~ left New York on the 20.h July last, and
on the j'h September took the steamer for Tri-
poll, which reached tho next morning.
~ was received very kindly by my predrceF-
sor, and the Pacha sent me his own faidlo
horss to carry me 10 my new quarters, which is
considered here mark of particular respect.
Two days afterwards he call sd In person to see
me, ani returned his call on the third day fol-
lowing. He warmly assured mo Of his ontsr-
tanning very friei dly feelings towards our
country, to which | responded with equal
warmth.
Z" find there is no way TO live here but to
keep house. The building the one which has
been occupied by the American Consulate for
thirty years, is perfect castle. | found a
house fionting the bay. The shipping lies just
under my paror window, and II Is the best ID
cation and as good a residence as any in the
city. Nv drawing room is thirty by tSenty
feet, With high Gel ing; my bedroom is twenty
feet square. From this have tine vow Of
the hirbor, even while in bed.
60 The courtyard is thirty feet square, sur.
our dot ny h.lcpny or gailuy supported by
quarc mllts, with spacious stone steps leaiirg
D tho upper -tsrv. The court is open In the
cluo about fifteen feet each way. On tho
ircs Of the upper gallery arc four bedrooms,
he Uf which l. a bathroom, another a spacious
aning roOm; aud for all this, | ay but about
re- hundred and forty dollirs per annum. I
u.hlsoi ell the necessary furniture, which i.
ute handsome for s275.
Sly two dra.omen whom I am obliged 10
sep, cost me each a. per month, iuy cook re-
lives 81, AMI my servant si 20. Living is
tcav Ba /, mn ton fowl aCd vo setables are
"od mud plentiful a. low rates, and my table,
though we'll served, will not cos more than 81
per day. We take coffee in this morning. break.
fast. at II and inc at hali-pa I p. NJ"
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The London star aud Gcn, Scott.

The English papers arc not all against US, as
Is shown the following comments Of the Lon
don STAR upon Gen. Scotts lotter:
This letter Of Gen. SCOTS comes at the right
moment TO rebuks the mall lynant activity Of po-
litical inceLdiaries, AMI to enforce the counses
Of peace and justice. IL comedies nothing aud
asks no concessions. IL does not in tho lslst
ctnsure Capt. Wilkes, nor pronounce him legal
ly in the right. IL does not complain oil the ir-
ri,aton Of English fseling-nor deny that there
ia Contamination consequent on tho recoy nj
tlon of he secessionists belligercnts. II asks
only that n question which juri,ts alone are
competent to decide shall not bo taken as
dc ,ded, that the issue shall net b, prcjudsed
shall not be presumed TO have committed an in-
tentional iniraction Of publis law, AMI that the
United States shall not he der isd tina exercise
Of such powers as that law, detned and revised,
may pronounce 70 belong to all nations. Can
any demands be more reasonable, just and tom
perate Can any man now stand up aud say,
in contradiction TO this eminent citizen and
soldier, that the Government and people Of
America are Indifferent Of our friendship and
defiant Of our power, that they have sought
TO provoke us by deliberate and nsolent out
rags,--that there is nothing to bo said in JUS
tii ation of their procedure and nothing left
TO us but tho demand of repiration on the pain
Of war 7 We have been astonshed and az
grieved at the excess Of indiscretion into which
some man Of political respectabilny have been
been betrayed by the passing excitement. To
such errors Gen. Scott s letter will administer
mn antidote.
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Lieutenant FalrfaN.

The I.old.n correspondent Of tho Manchester
GuARptAN writes as follows respecting Lieut..
Fairfax of the San Jacinto.
Capt. Wilkes had just arrived al Ilivanl
from a foreign station Whcn the Tront cmo in.
Th'rr was a ball. at woch Mr.. Sicl and his
family were present, and also Lieut.. FuriiN,
Of the San llcinto. Miss Shl.n, IL IL said
danced With th' Lieutenant, an in her cleo A.
the prospect before her, talked 20 him freely of
the pleasant v0vag, they were anticip ding to
England. Licit. Fairfax won't 60 his captain
with the news lnl II was Nlcr that, In tho
opinion of those Whl tell this story, that Cant.
Wilkes determined, OF his own head, on tn,
bOli stroke Of selling tie S1Itharn COnmis-
sIOIcte.
We have The host authority for prono1, eng
this statement an utter alschooI. NciLhcr
Lieutenant faiiiaN nor any other oiii er OF tho
San JsOiuto attended any hail given by tho
rebel cmisfarics, or held ary in crgourse what
ever with them wbl in Havana. That officer
iid not even =. cak to ono Of tho party until .
stood on the deck Of the Trent, whom On her
way to England.
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A return to an order of the House Of Com
mons, was issued short time ago. IL onumor-
atcs the adult paupers Of Ems land and Wales
who have been continuous inmates Of workhOus-
es for five years and upwalds, and is one long
chronicle Of suffering, of imhectlity, paralysis,
idiotcy, blindness, deafness, dumbncss, rhcuma-
tism and all imaginable bodily ils. The total
number Of adult pAupers (ot those over sixteen,
that is) in Workhouses in England and Wales
who have been inmates during continuous
Period tf five years aul upEards is II, 2l6-
males, 6 1863; I, ,m-lcs 1917. Tne total numbor
{ adults in workhouscs (taklng the mean OF
tue nun Der Of adul inmates on tho lst July
lS' o and LIT Jan lsGO) including those VITO
have been ipmates fr a lees psriJd than five
,euIs, hut excu,iye ct yngran's, was 81 800. II
will thus be se,n that neatly ~ per cent. OF tho
adults IA workhcu uses have been inmates five
y,ars Cr upV Hds.
OF tho li,2it-7,77l have been inmates 8
years, but uIdCr ~ y'at5; ! $40 have bo1n in
mates 10 years, but under 20 years; l,322 have
leon inmates 20 years, but under 80 years lOS
have been inmates 30 years, lu, under 40 Yeas;
ii have been Inmates 10 years but unjer 81
years; IL have been irmatcs 30 wears bot u1-
der GO cars; 10 have bo,n inmates go years ~
upwards. The reasO sOns 9ssign,d why he L2l6
persons included in the rcturn are unable TO
maintain themselves are as follows In 59j2
cases old ago and inirmiy; in 9s9 mental
diseases; in 92l bodily disease in ,Gl9 bodily
de lects in lS2 moral defec's; in go various
miscellaneous causes II appears incidentally
from the return that Of the persons 10 whom II
refers 5J2 were brought up in wo khouse schools
10 727 were not brought up in woik khouSe schools
nd with rel aid to the residue, 2,937, there Il
no information.
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Bodies In Spirits,
The following story of a Picked Corpse is
from the OBSERVER

The following story Of Picked Corpse is
from the OBSERVER
a. It Is not generally known that at Coppet
on the lake Of Geneva, the residence Of the
la,o Madame do S,ael, and her father and
mother, the celebrated Monsieur and Madame
Ncckcr the latter arc not there buried, but
preserved In huge vat Of spirits Of vino. Tho
curious, and they are not a few, rush there to
see this mcst painful as well as d'stlrsAablo Of
sights. Il was 70 much the desire Of Monsieur
kecker that hs and his wife should he pjcklol
in this strange manner, that, fearing his own
family might not carry out bis wishes, he left
a certain sum 10 bo psid yearly TO he town for
the supply Of certain quantity Of Spirits OF
Wiae for that purpose. The Vat is placed in
the grounds lose TO the house, and par ially
hdd,n by trees which his grandson, Monsieur
10 Baron de Slael, has plated around it,
We can beat this story, says the OBSERVER,
A storek~eper over in Brooklyn went to tho
West Indies with his wife, who was an invalid.
She died there. He brought har home in a
cask Of spirits; buried her in Greenwood, and
sold the spirits to his customers! They liked
the liquor well enough, and he being a worthy
church member and good citizen, never
thought there was snything out Of tho way in
thus disposing Of the spirit when the body wa'
out Of IL.
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The London Correspondent of tho National
kTELLrGENcEH gives the following interest
ing statistics OF tho English Pos. Onice -
There is no in.titutiIn under the control Of
the British Gov, r. mcnt which produces moro
general good at 10 little individual expense
than the General Post OH'ca. From tho an
nusl report OF that well regulated establish
ment Tor 1860, We learn that tho nu nbor OF lot
ters delivered Ia that year through England,
by the Post Office, was it ur hundred and sixty
two milliUns, or at the rate of twenty-five let
ters Tor every man. W, man and child. la Scot
land, the number Of letters was iilty-fDur ml-
lions, or .evontcen per head. la Ireland, the
number Of letters was forty eight millions, or
eight 10 each person. Takiug the United King
DOM he letters delivered we're five hundred and
aixt, -four millions which il nineteen million,
more than were delivered in the previous year,
being an Increase Of "a per cent. for tho Uni
ted Kingdom The letters delivered in Lon
don wCro forty three 10 each person in
Edinburgh, thirty-six in Dublin, thirty four
in birmingham and Manchester, twenty.eight
in Liverpool, twenty-stven. Nearly seventy
ono millions of new papers were delivered last
year, and about II, 1OO, 600 book packets. Near
ly two millions Of letters were returned undo
lvor,d. Three out of four of the non-deliye-
rics were OCcasiOned by insufficient or incorrect
sddresse', and more strange, above 10000
were ted without any address at all. More
than 10000 letters now arrive daily - bearing
only the name Of an al lrcss aud the mere addi.
tiun London" Tho mails are conveyed
every we, k-day over about lil, 600 miles, VIZ,
a9,Ci7 by rtilwav ~ 297 miles by mail al-coache'
AM mail carts, 90 99i miles ON foot, and ? 2s3S
N les by Jackets ard boats. The number Of
p nns',rs in the British Isles is II, i2S, and
CA ier- end mes'ongefEj II ,sS9. The gross
revenue Of the Post Olce was e. 2G7, ,GC2 the
r'tt revenue, after paying all expenses,
II lO2, 40. This latter would he consider ably
larger If it was not thought well, for the sake
Of trade, and for political and other purposes,
to cary tho colonial and foreign correspond
c. ce OF the country at loss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-23

The following is the text of Mr.. Cobden's let.
ter, alluded to in our last news summary irora
England. Its pcrusal will abundlntly repay
the reader
To THE MAYOR or RoCHDALE, dag.
MIDHUksT, December 2 1861.
Dear Sir-I need not assure you with what
pleasure | should accept your invitation 10 he
present AT the entertainment which IL to be Of
Ierod 10y his noi shbOrs 20 my friend Mr. Bright.
IL tcmpts mo 50 ely, AMI yet | will not break
the rule by which | have prohibited my-clf
from attending any public meetings thi, win
ter, with tue view Of hu banding my hsIlth Tor
the labOis Of the coming session. Iue clfcum-
stances of the present moment mlks ms regret
my liability tO meet nv constituents. SHOULD
have been glad to have expressed my vows on
the public questions Of tho day, ospeci .lv IN
reference TO our relations with the tnitcd
States, to which a recent event has given
sudden importance | alluie, of course, to tho
capture OF Mcssrs. Sldoll and Mason on board a
British steamer On this subject should h ,vo
urged the propiety Of euSpeniing a tinil ludg-
meut until We had time to hear whether the
American Government hal authorized this act
OF their naval officer; and If 30, on what ground
they justilei the proceeding. | have seen
with some surprise the assumption in certain
quarters that, from the moment when our
legal authorities have given their opinion on
the point at Issue, the question is settled, and
that We nave only 10 lrOceel TO Chibtco lheH
award Ii is forgotten that the matter in dis
pute must be settled not by British but by in-
ternational llV, and that II the Presidents gov
ernment should ossume the rcsp0ns bill y Of the
act of their naval officer they will claim for the
reasoning and the precedents offered by their
legal advisers at Warrington the "a no consid-
Grafton which they are bound 10 give 10 the law
officers of tho British crown. To rciu'e this
would I've 10 deny that cquslity before the law
which IL the role Of all civilized states and to ar
70 gate for ourtcyhs, as irteresiei parties, arOi-
,rlry and dict,t tprial Iowers. Had been able to
neet my constituents, | should have in thrir
name, AID with, know, their full cor currence,
repul lated the lang sc Of those public writer's
wLo, without waiting TIL both parties have had
a hearing, have given uttcranses TO threats,
which, il they are supposed TO emanate from the
British people, mi st render compll ance on the
part of the American government difficult If
not impossible. Whatever be the issua Of the
legal controversy, this is question which We
cannot hope 10 bring TO more salts
factory issue by an appeal to arms We endeay-
ored to impose our lava by force, on the
America when they were three millions Of
c0louiss, and we know the result Again, in
1872, when We were belfigerents, and the
United States, with eight millions Of people,
we're neutral, and after We had for years sub
iec,ed their vessels TO search and seizure
which will now probably be adduced as prece-
| dents To justify the recent proceeding on their
pTt-s war broke out or this very question Of
bslligsrest rights at ssA, which, aftsr two years
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on the sights they beheld, and az the line OF
Blenkers well-drilltd soldiers swept by, with
cleaning bsyonets and to the sound Of glorious
music, Micco Hutka could not refrain ex-
claiming, as he pointed to them, "Dat my side,
dat my side !"
The HERALp, that Immaculate sheet, being
ever ready to reprove the sins of its neighbors,
feels called upon to give utteranco to the fol-
lowing:-
How TO START Pious DAItY JouRNAL
IN Nav loRk.-First got q chance to nibblo
az $4,000 600 Government money. then spand
$4,000 Of it layishlv, and give no vouc ieis;
keep all the small change in your pockets, and
spply u TO your ne ewspaper. 1t is tho easiest
thing in the world to manago--if you only have
the chance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-23

Tho Philadelphia GAZETTE Of tho I lth s,ys
that detective George IL. Smith, on MIndiy
last, went TO New York in pursuit of a thioi.
MIR. Smith, tc'ns personally known To the thief,
would ha'e found sNmo difficulty In tnkin, him,
but for happy cNpcdieut. By tho aid vt a
white n'ck-tie, rrCcu sp'ctaclos, and an ounce
oi handuli1c iu soap down his hair, no So c1un-
t"ftcitod the appo,rnt cc ot u woll-knnNu cl1r-
gyuan, that by inviting the thief tn gU to his
rc5.d,nc', ho led him dircc' " to tho Metropolis.
tao Police headquarters, Broomo rud Elm -ts.
When the olhcrt aud hi, man rr4choI tho door
If tho Metropolitan Police Otlicc Mr.. Smtth
invited tho ihief 10 wa In. Tho th.vf pu,l,ai
up lis ear, almo,t pushing uH h5 hl 10 LhoiT
elevation, ard thus opened out:
"What dols all thls mcan;'
at means that YOU are my phi oncr, and must
cCme IN htro with me-.
"And who tho deuce arc you2'
objective George Ii. Smlh, Of philAi l..
plia.n
"AId you moan to say tina, you're no minis
ter, nut iy cop in parsons tosgcryT
81 do, sir.''
"Ana have been sold Nv qntaking officer
ON Philadelphia, when there an't cop in all
apcnor's force that could take mo ?"
at is even 81, sir; walk in"
Tho thief, porl,ctiy nehtst at tho trap into
which To bad teen led, followed MIR. Smith into
the oili.e. He seemed TO bo perfectly overcome
by his arrest, ard sat upon bench in the ap art
nient as badly stunned rs though he had falleT
upon his II, ad fr m second tory window. III,
charge against him was the t6eft OF about
thou and dollars frum firm Ia Philadel PHI "a
upon which cha so he was locked up until
requi | II could Jo obtained upon tho Governor
Of tho state.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-23

late agent of the "Brtckinridgo Central Com
njttec," late secession writer at Richmond
DfSwn out by biographical sketch Ia tho Tor
onto GLoBK, he Acknowledges these several
corns and ADDS, moreover, that he was offered
the editership Of the Richmond ExAMISER; but
the Ministerial Iarty in Upper Canad. having
an unusually large amount Of dirty work on
band props sails were issuci, Sheppard wa tho