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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-22
Union Men in Tennessee.
SHAMEFUL TREATMENT.

A Somerse, (ky.) correspondent al Ih' -"
| cinnali Commercial, writing from thatrlae' un
der date of Jan. II, gives the following 10
scrirt,on of Low Union men in East TENNESSEE
are treated by the minicus Of jeff. Davis
| Last night good trustworthy man came IN
from Claiborne County, Fast Tennessee. lie
lel, home Oh the night Of the 9th Of this month
The Secessionis are pil!aging and destroying
and pla yps the devil generally in that section
The families of the men who have already come
to Kentucky and are enlisted in the Union army
arc objects Of especial interest to the lawiess
scoundrels.
A party of them visited the house CT E. E..
Jones, now captain in the Second Regiment
one morning Just ut day, reused his family, con-
sisting of a wife and several daughters. They
stripped the house clean of everything in the
sha pc Of wearing apparel, blankets, bed clothes.
and took the cooking utensils. They abused
Mrs. Jones and her daughters all the time, using
the most 'disgraceful language, and bestowlns
upon her husband, now in the I" lincolnite
army the most opprcbrious crithcts. In the
search, while ransacking Tie house, tbs devils
found small flag of our country. They seized
it, drew picture On it to represent Captain
Jones, fastened it to Il pole, and shot it through
and through. Then they took it down and
tossed it into the house to Mrs Jones, saying
" That is the way we will serve your Did
tory husband and departed, taking their plum
der and two fine horses with them.
Not being satisfied with this little episode,
the Secession hellions visited the hous, Of an
other Union man living near by-an old nlau:
gray haired, and feeble with declining ycars,
whose principal fault was in having a SIN ia the !
army in Kentucky. They found the old man !
1t breakfast. They abused ANA insulled him.
md made him march out into the middle Of the
'oad, AID get down upon his knees in the mud
md offer up ? aver for the success of JEFF
Davis and the Southern Confederscy. These
IRE only two instances there arc slc! and
worse occurring every day in East Tennessee.
They are not tic product!?n OF an excited en-
'gination. There are gcod. Trustworthy men
0 back them. and they are facis
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-22
A DAILY FREEMAN

Will be published at this Office until further
notice. Two editions will be issued, one to be
ready for the mail West, and the stages that
leave Montpelier in the afternoon, the other in
the morning in season for the morning mails.
Each edition will contain the latest Geographic
news to the time Of going to press.
The Terms will be,
81 ,OO per year, Or loo for three months, to
mail subscribers and those taking the paper from
the Office. 49,
$500 per year, or 81 ,25 for three months, to
village acknowledgements delivered at their
cuses or places of business.
Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms
'ruers are solicited. G. W: WILLARD.
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Important if True.

We find in the Tribune letter written from
Washington to that Journal, which prctends tc
give a conversation between President Lincoln
and Gen. Lane. i: contains u very important
matter, if true, though VIC suppose the other
New York papers will soon contain an authori-
tative contradiction of it, However, whether
true or not here it Is:
SAT the leave-.aking Of Gen. James II. Lane
at he White House. on Friday. P. NJ, IA con-
versntiOn occurred So remarka 10 and iM portant
in its scope, and so evidently designed Tor the
public eye, that feel at liberty to record it for
the readers of the Tribune
There we're present 1T the time President Lin
coin, Gen. Lane, Senator Pomroy, Commissioner
Dole, a few members of the House, and group
Of officers and cler ks from the different depart
nents Of Government
Or turning to leave Gen. Lane said W. I'll,
Mr.. Lincoln you know my way; | shall pursue
the policy With which | began, and somebody
will get hurt
To which the presiden, replied
Yes, General, understand you. And the
only difference between you and me is, that you
arc willing to surrender fusisives to loyal own
ners in case they are willing to return; while l
do not behere The United States Government has
any right to gire them up in any case. And if
it had, the people would not permit us to exer
else it..
Gen. Lane rjoincd:
That remark, Mr.. President makes me hap
pier than anything that has yet transpired since
the commencement of the war. And il you will
announce that RS the active policy of the admin
's.ration. and let us win ono victory on it, you
will be the mos: popular man ever on this con
tinent
Mr.. Lincoln returned nod of earnest AZ
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GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN, JAN ~~ 'O
a Pleasant Home.

Iva, once viewing the rose bushes III iron
Of the little cottage of a Dutch lady, ~he'
she said, probably as an apology:
IL thns it our daty to make II W pie4sao
As we can around US il dis world.
Toat remark was worthy OF Plato. Oul
house may be a cottage ii the sna"es' o''
mansions, and yet cur home may have a'trae'
tons greater than any other place.
The cottage may be neat, clean, ana inVit II.
ing. La it made of logs, little hewlug Will
remove the roughncsu outside aud in. A few
quarts of lime, renewed annually, will give
the walls Il cheerful whiteness. variety O!
trees and shrubs may be obtained with little
expense, surrounding the cottage with green,
and shade, and beautiful flowers.
How am delighted to turn IN as such a
dwelling. The street OF road in front Is clean.
no hog.pen or cow-shcd dehles it. lhe 'aml'
y may be poor; they may be even lll!erate.
But they have moral refinement. The hand
that dresses the Aowcr.bed, Or the rosc'bush
to the trellis, is gentle hand. A kind.
unselhsh hear; prompts these Improvements
in part for the public good, for the pleasure
which they give to the traveller who passes
BY.
Tbv children love their home The little
white cottage Is dearer to them than the pal
acc of the queen. They love the trees and
shrubs which they have planted and nursci.
| do not pretend that such surroundings with
out grace would insure perfection Of vrture;
but in the common course of th!ng1, vice does
net choose to dwell amidst these improve.
mcnts. Vice naturally delights to haunt the
most filthy lanes Of cities, and most neg elected
homes in the country, where the hounds dis
putc your approach; where man and cows,
pigs and children have one common yard
where swine wallow in the slough near b.,
and rub their muddy sides against tho house
and where, within, are rifles, shot guns, and
masEets, on wooden hooks, fastened to bark
covered logs. No tree gives its shade, aud
no flower is seen.
There may be virtue and p;ety there, but
ar more likely there is moral coarseness a
'ough, unpublished nature a groveIing animal
appetite, and greedincss for sef-gratihca,iop. |
in the West these men are wealthy,
'av!ng extensive grain.tields, ilocks herds,
mo money, and yet you cannot come to the
'ouSc without climbing an unsightIy lail.
ence. /! have in mind home, If it can be
allied home. which have often passed
II the surroundings Of which wer; 50 filthy,
unslshtIy. and cut Of taste, that there was
lot enc object to inspire refined emotion in
nc son Or daughter, and yet this man had
arge farm, and thousands Of dollars at inter-
st.--Amerjcau Wesleyan.
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Napoleon's Idea of Making War.

The following letter was written by Napoleon
to Augcrcau, on tho 2lst Of February: 1914:
" hat ! Six hours after receiving the first
troops from Spain you are not yet in the field !!
nix hours rest is quite enough for them. con
quered at Nangs with the Brigade of dragons
coming from Spain, who from Bayonne had not
drawn rein Do you cay that the six battalions
IRON Mines want clothes and equipage, and are
unlnstructsd' AugeYeau, what miserable exou-
SECS! have destroyed SO. 600 enemies with Bat
talions Of conscrip's, scarcely clothed, and with
out cartrld ye-b,xes. The National Guard
are pitifu. have here 900 from Anglers and
bretasno. IN round hats, without ra.tridre-box-
CO, but with good weapons; and | have made
tDem tell, There is no money, do you say -
but where DO you expect to get money but from
the pockets OF the enemy? You have no teams?
Seize them You have no magazines? Tut,
tut, that is too ridiculous order you to nut
yourself in the field twelve hours altar you rc-
ce'o this letter. If you are still the Augercau
OF Cast'gIlone, keep your command If your
sixty years are too much for you, roIinqus!l it
to the Oldest OF your general officers. The coun-
try is melaced ard IN danger 1t can ONLY be-
saved hy daring and alscrity and not by ya,s
delays. You must have u nucleus Of {, 900 n;e,
cd troops. have not go many, yet | have do
stroyod three almics, captured 70, 900 prisoners
taken coo pieces OF artillery, and thrice saved
the capital The enemy are in full flight upon
Iloyes be before their. Act no longer as of
late Ia'. Resume the method and spirit of '93 49,
v hon troncll'hon see your plume waving in the
var, and you. first Of all exposed to tho ensmy's
hTo' you WAL dc with thcm whatever you will, y"
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FROM WASHINGTON.

r., -, JahN4iY.
Inc 10th Anniversary meeting Of the Br
Directors Of the American COLONIZATION : a..
TOOK place today. The following named "
were represented Ma ssach il setts Main. r
mont, Maryland. New York pepnsvr,p.
Ohio The receipts during the pas: ,..,
$ll2,oOO, and over $ll0G in the trea.rrT ,
society's operations since the last mse,n,
been principally confined to the int,rpa. A,
Of Liberia, including the case Of the rp.,ar
Africans. Two inteliis, mt eo.ored men d,
gave the Society much valuable iniyru,,
and y gratifying account "a! aaairs in n.
puhli- Of Liberia.
Sli', it is said. will be placed in the Den
III bill as source Of considerable revenue
Il" passage by Congress to day of 5l.
thorlz!ng the President T. appan. tw, a.
tional Secretaries oi War, vas. aerorIirr
statement made in the House, lv tbr r,ql,.
the President himself.
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BY TELECRAn,
10 THE FIR EEN1.r
Z O'CLOCK. A
RON WASIJ!Ncro,-

4 speeisI 90 the Jou,na{ r.,. 1@
ner 8 speech impeachlng the lo1 az Lh'As'n I,
Bright Of Indiana, to-day was a5 5a"y d ~
In reply Mr.. Bright lost tenn -" "r' .a an1eIq,
personal in his illusions to Mr. S a1a Va
The newspaper blockade bin " ~ "a
was to day laid on the table Of -. Mf' u
The workmen in the Washln, ,'. iIo''
have refused to strike work W. Na'!
declning an appeal to The Goy~,om ne,y Fp
t'on tor the Old wages the better sta' y +
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ALLOTMENT OF PAY.--The Rutland Hrau
@y' 'hat 1t understands that the Vermont troops
nave signed the allotment roll, by whic. nearly
foo,ooo oil their payw'l coms I,ack to Vermont
every two mcn hs.
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FROM KENTUCKY

rhsr. 20 -, ,,,.. Aot'svnLE, Jan
No details Of the Federal loss b,,a '''1'' 10,
received. Gen Thomas has t,tou w. u F,
and nine barges in whi,h the rats .'' '7
their forces across the Cumberland , y,''
in their preciritate flight they fajysi . .4 y
The theory at headquarters Is thar n "s'
boats TO convey his troops across the r r;',
ward and providing other means o. ~ , .':%
,ion, General Thomas has been ,n ,.1AN
the details OF the recent battle W. Wy
telegraph Of military matters can ,,, >" N
Southern line to Louisville ami y, r a.' ="
formation has been received, ''"'
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Notice.

hold h"i i. orause County temperance so.,.
'";s Illuminate suitable person for VI officers
anc. =. Ct ana 20 promote tho capso 'aa'y Com
in, y a, wnslssa, commencing WcJra o' temper
fI,v vinuafy 29tl, and con,iruinu tHsaay even
A,iliio ,I1 DAY Addresses nav H. through the
~ ss a' .'isnas Of Temperance w;,Ls sapected.-
tho evan ~" ZOO to be present and n., tue Coun
t,on v~G'e'ses ~ rsslst in NOR !, taf'c'pate in
=. BY order of . 'o"nty
r h"h ntGe, .Secrcta,y A'"'E' PRESIDENT.
i. '"e''''' Janrery 2ol,. isso
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Don't Crowd,

lhi- i vide world we live il, and .bcr.
Is room 'or al but we must take care mt 70
crowd. \ kind nan once took IN a fv ,ra
putting 1t cut Of tho door, very gently said
no. poor thing there is room in the world
for both Of us" ~
we once saw two or three small hov, an
low seat In school, and when he ,honobt h.
Was " not seen, the boy who sat next but Ore to
' u end' would crowd ihv BOY who sat next to
INC end, til! he le'i off the seat. He aid no,
want more room hllnsali but he wa MT will.
ing Tue o;acr boy should have any room At I'll
NOW this Is SO all the world over Tb.r.
IS 70 oc great lair at the Grand Park Tho
omnibus ls full but more want to ~, r,oh
one looks out for himself and does not tb;rI
"Ac'h he will crowd. Some tumble in soma
.u'l'' up, and now and then on. tumble.
u .soss Then We will try to walk 80 as to
., on no ones toes, and if a stcr Al. o NJ
.ne way Will give our neighbor rocu, to n,s"
VIC viii not crowd him to the wall 4 lis
act 10 hi" will make US both happier "''"
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IHt Burnside EXHIBITION RI!pRIrn ,1r,rl


RIVER
New York, Jan. 81 The rniLtelpa
qaircr has the following from their Fy~,
aonroe correspondent of the l3;h, s4l
taken from the Norfolk Uap D2of. tna
dlspatch to Richmond from prominent
chant of Wilmington, \. C.. says at
thirty vessels is anchored al tho non,h Of G.
Tear river, and demonstration on W.lm,s.
IS hourly expected.
Tho Norfolk Day Boot SAVE slch !vlcf
ought TO De suppressed. ths5 only sefinsss
c'te the people, and God knows We hMrtt.0
enough without trying to create paaic
Inc same correspondent say. Rams.
prevalent in Norfolk that refugees repr~5
anoke Island taken, amt Two r.te r sat
there taken prisoners.
All the above is considered doubtful. a
other correspondent at For res Monroe fr
any such items IN Norfolk papers.
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"EN AoLLlcorfER.- rebel General wi
"a the penalty Of his treason at Somerset, wa.
fei'x A. Zollicoffer, recently member O { Con.
sreos from Tennesssee. lie was born IN Tan
nes.ee' though his family are Swiss. lie WIS a
boil-Everctt man in the recent Presidential cam.
PAM but at last plunged with bis State into
secession he was made II Brigad,er General
ana sent INTO East Tennessee in septcutsr as.
lie was about fifty years Of aye.
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The lass OF the expedition into kr0.n.
up to-day. They saw no enemy tu'ia' ': a
turn march: Only two regiments y.o,'. Ne
camred on Mayfell Creek. '''-''
A report from New OrIc4us ut Tie n.
that 1 large meeting OF the French ,.,
was held that day, to devise means g, a a
the city and the South. A comni,to. r ,'
pointed to communicate with Fedora, sr
Ship Island upon tho subject,
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HAVING CHOSEN OR CAUSE WITHOUT GUILE
NE WITH PURE MOTIVES. LET Us RENEW OUR
TRUST IN GOD AND GO FORWARD WITHOUT FEAR
AND WITH MANLY HEARTS.
ABRAHAM LNQvLx.
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TIE KENTUCKY BiTTLg--, BRILLIANT VIZ

TIE KENTUCKY BATTLE, BRILLIANT ut1s
1lnclnnati, Jan. 81. The Commrrdo''~
!s'iiIc dispatch says our fjyccs follov"l &"
upon the rebels. who rin bc.ort item u T:
widest coninsit n, like a llock Of his I'd
shecp, TO their iItrcuchments Oh the mort. W
or the river. In front OF these they Ia.
night expecting to storm them in The nl'E'.
'At with tho and Of their boats and laTsH y
enemy managed t. get across the river %'
daylight, leaving behind MI their artillery "
'h"nition, horses, tents, 50 wagon l9sCsogN
efm'stcrs and medical stores. al! Of wh~T
no our hanls. Our tr1,ps had pJi,.''N
'"e,t ihtienehments early this noTnlng
Alter reaching the opposite sid. o. 'ae ~, p,
lne rebels dispersed in every direction
ap"a ana wounded rebels were picked u
hci1' L'llcsiitr WI. found III a v4s,r@.
~ wounded.
our loss Is not known. bu: mI,t base
{ 'hsidcrablc. The surgeon of the l'In r'D
regiment tele graphs that that regiment ''5F
e"ty Killed aud wounded. Gea. luo.I'': 70,
vision embraces some of the best rrglm''f
inns depar' ment
:. 30 lar as can learn the nth Ono, lO.l '
a,aha, II Minnesota, lSth regHlaas, i.O"
,'th hencucky were among the engaged y,
"auson brigade reinforced ten. I'noma' y"
,ng saturday night, making forced mi'n
twenty-five miles through heavy roads and '
"eed 10 arrive three hours he!or' u, hs""
"n,ch they took part in spite ii thor iat's',
Tue tenor OF All Official dispatches snow ",
'ae auiir resulted IN Tue m1st brilliant WV"
VI 'he war No prominent officers On c''"
were killed.
uen: Schoeil was unable to cut OF th' I'uV
" 1h' enemy, owins 20 the blui, cdsar'"
."s co nitty ard the distractions 10 ther@
ie.lcd timtcr.
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ioAr toCRrEslEs.- A co. resno,lon.
10 t'''s experience: am one Of tbos. e. go
lot In HE las been to 60 out into an nnfr Iaole
~ Nofe at an early age; and Of naar,,,
twenty families i" which | made my ho "uaf;y
o tue course of aboa, nine years there . III
on'y .nIee or four tina, could be prone,,r " 81
.'sna;eo as happy families, and tho p ton: ael
,aol was not SO much the lack Of Inva VI
word, Of , ,h;s to manifest it," The cIosos
W 'Ios OF ms sentence gives the ru;tlu, ao
y, ,a"'iy Alterations, Of hcart-achos inquiry ,vu.ee
'I No, OF sad FACES and gloomy home ' cr"'as
70 NO. 50 much the lack love as act o q,
w manifest 1t. What a word Of m;.a caie
s 's.t' by this brief remark Vn ,s'f c Is
v. or loDF happy homes in twen,v and over y,
I AI ~ manifest, and 80 easily rewoa T". 'no
n m" IN the small, swret courte.," ''a nr =!
VIVA, "na' power resides. In a look . y. l,'e'
t lone. how much happiness or dsanio. sord'
,"lo communicated. Think Of ii rCs%a may
Home .Noga,ine. VII" yo"'--Ladies'
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fRoE THE PUTuMAt.

-, INV loRK, Jan a
" asting'on specials state that several ::
Mehts arc moving across the Potomac t:'I
i.e tennessee and Kentucky Consr s'n'nt
rel'!ced at the victory in Kentucky.
PnILlpEilnM. Jan =
The trnat'e in the Navy Yard is about -
tiedcd. More men were ready 20 % % VI
TINS morning than were required
It Is stated that the order has been col9.
Aanaed tor the Rhode Island 70 90 70 EI'''
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| 'aEN. PhELfs.--Ih: exccIlcut officer is lc,ivs
~ engaged, as we learn from, CORRESPONDENTS at
that pint, III improving tho detenc1s Of Shin
Island. lie recently said 10 conversation RES
pectIns the threats OF resignation of some army
and navy officers, il biz proclamation were rem,
among the Southern people, J." that his pripci-
ples were anti-slavcry. and he desired the co.n
'4y to kno* it He did not, however. wish To
Marin lbs eountrymen OF the South. bu, he
hevina as he did that Slavery was the ca .so Of
the war, and all oshcr trouble of UNIV moment
'nas have ever arisen Among the American nee
pie, he had right to say co. and could not see
the propriety Of longer apologizng for such a
oanetul institution. And Us for those officers
WHO are 50 fearful that She Union army may do
sone harm to the rebels, ,hoy had better como
ioFwsrd and let us know which side they arc
On Whatever may be the thought Of Gen.
Phelps proclamation, it is pretty clear tina. hi.
position az reported above is pretty nearly right
we learn from the letter Vi rorrasn,,nf,sn,
OF the fatchman, that John NJ. Sto,,o. So, IF
- .: E. stone OF Barin' has been appointed Ward
Master OF the 9th Vermont regiment, IN plscs
OF Mr.. Phillips who has been appointed Assis.
tant Surgeon.
we aiso learn from the rame correspondence.
OF the following deaths in tie regiment: bee
~ FRANK Lo'eloy, Brookieh; Bee. 2s, John
W. Dusgan, plainGcld, y. H.. Dec. 30, Owen
Marsh Berlin Jan. |. Bnej, K. Taylor, Man.
chester jan 2, Lieut.. George II. Phelps, Al
p"ny; JAN 8, Timothy Sullivan, Mt. uly.
Jan ~, Norman A. Baker, Essex Jan II
Daniel Granger, Royalton; Jan. IL. Edwin +
Chase, Granville
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If 1'nS ago q certain proprietor in TIE cou0,o
of Arau1 became very intimate with the Dnts
Srondssyy i, vac DAY in tho rlcnttude If I hi.
vaaship, ne said to him, " How wis, vo "'s
" n, were IN my county Upon which yt our
. uos' aep'lcd. "Pm thinking, If il ws ."'
'here would bosno room for yours :, i "sfe'
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in rebellion against the Union, was issued
upon due deliberatiou aud considerations
Consideration Of the actualcondftioH OF the
war. and the state of opinion in the whole
country. No one who knows how slavery
was engrafted upon the nation when 1t was
spriugiug up into existence how It has
grown and gained strength as the nation
itself has advanced iu-wealth and power /;
how fearful the people bays hitherto been
of any change which might disturb the
parasite, will contend that the order comes
too late. 1t is hoped and believed that af-
ter the painful experience We have had of
the danger to which thefederal connection
With slavery is exposing the republic, there
win be few indeed who win insist that the
decree which brings the connection to an
end either could or oughtuto have been
further deferred. The interests Of human
ity have now become identified with the
cause Of our country, aud this has resulted
not from any iinfraction of constitutional
restraints by the government, bat fron.per-
sistent Unconstitutional and ftctious pro-
ceedings Of the insurgents, who have op.
posed themselves to both" agf .-.-.
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Adm,ssIon OF the STATE OF West vlrgl-



By reference to the report Of the Con-
gressiOnRl proceedings yesterday, it will
be observed that the bill to admit West
Virginia as an independent State passed
the House by the decisive vote Of96 to IS.
it bad previously passed the Senate, and
therefore now only requires the signature
of President Lincoln to become law.
This is the bill of Senator Wiley, and
contains provision inserted by him re-
quiring the new State, as condition of
It's admission toenact system Of gradual
emancipation. As the people of West
Virginia had previously signified their
approval of this condition, as well as of
the whole bill, there can be no doubt of
the contamination of the measure by the
formal acceptance of the bill by their
Legislature, which is now in session.
One of the most gratifying features
about this matter is the staunch manner
in which the Republican members of the
House stood up to the test Only very
these had previously been known from
what had occurred on other votes The
phanlanx of Republicans which seemed
so strong at the opening of the session,
grows stronger with eanh successive test
vote. West Virginia is the twentieth free
State, and the thirty-fifth Of the national
array of States. She has stood by us
Loyalty throughout the whole of the war
has contributed moro men, in proportion
to her population, than any of her sister
States, and well deserves the recognition
now accorded to her. The troublesome
neighbor which slaveholding cOnspirators
had inserted between Ohio and Pennsyl.
yania has been converted into a convenient
friend. The union between Fast and
West Virginia, always homogeneous and
unnatural is now solved finally, and the
western section enters upon q new and
brighter career, under the snspices OI
free Institutions. A Joyous welcome tc
West Virginia in these holiday times.