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From the New York Word.
Our Cavalry Arm.

At the outset of the war the use OF cav
airy was discouraged in high quarters. Gen
Scott pronounced that it took two thousand
horses and two years time to make thou
sand efficient cavalrymen. We went on
under such inspirations, and for two years
suffered for the want Of cavalry, though
General Mcclellan, on assuming the com
mand, at once commenced an efficient or
ganization of the cavalry force furnished ia
him. His policy in this particular has been
observed since he was deposed, and we have
now in the Army of the Potomac large
and efficient mounted force, numbering
over forty regiments, organized as sepa'
rate corps. The casualties Of frequent en-
gagements, the number of which has in
creased with the peculiar nature of the ser
vice, has thinned these regiments so that
it is doubtful whether their solls show more
than half the maximum number. General
pleasanton, who commands the corps, some
time since reported his ranks reduced to
l3, 900 since he had taken command, 80 fre-
uuent had been the fights in which his men
had been engaged. A cavalry bureau, at
the head of which is General Stoneman, has
been attached to the War Department,
with general supervision of this arm of the
service. A camp of instruction for cavalry,
with accommodations for 10000, has been
recently located on the east bank of the
Potomac, some three mile. below Washing.
ton.
1t is probable that the cavalry attached
to the Army of the Potomac now ontnum-
bers the whole mounted force of the rebel
armies. In the early part of the war the
enemy was superior in this arm. We now
surpass him both in the number and efii'
cheney of mounted men. 1t is well that it is
SO, for our front in Virginia alone, from the
Rappahannock to Harper's Ferry, covers
line of l60 miles, needing constant watch
fulness at all points. In recent report by
General Lee Of the campaign which ended
at Gettysburg, that officer makes statements
in which his need Of more cavalry is signifi
cantly hinted. A Richmond journal COM
ments upon this deficiency as the probable
reason Of the rebel failure in Pennsylva-
MIA, and, perhaps, the key to all the mys-
tery of Gettysburg
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by deputy. Hei is sincere in his purpose of
melting and instigating others to deeds of
rapine and murder, but will not participate
at the tazard Of his personal safety.
From the St. Louis Rspabliean. 1
The Radical Policy.

If any one has been at . loss to know sx-
actly what ''policy" the radicals Of Missouri
desired to inaugurate in this department, q
perusal of the speeches recently delivered
at q radical meeting in the West, will, we
presume, solve the question fully and sat
isfactorily. Jennison, who is one of their
bright particular stars, indulges in such lam
guage as this: 1--WE ask you to say to the
Copperhssds, desist. Ifthey will not, PUT
THEM TO DEATH, IL necessary. II not, i
swear I'll do it for you. We are raising
regiment. Every loyal man will be pro-
tected, but every sneaking Copperhead sym.
pathizcr will be put to deatA. TGreat
cheering. say to ooppsrhsad sympathi.
zers, if you don't repent I'll hang you 50
high your niggers can't reach your old
clothes. Decree immediate emancipation
and you are safe. When my regiment
marches into this or any other State, III
say to every loyal man, sWe'll protect you
and to Copperheads, wen kill YOU lam
here to counsel you to remove every con.
servative man, or TRoUBLr CONES. You'll
be removed. have 700 men, and in few
days will be among you. Wen stand by
Platte county, but you must stand By free
dom.
We ask you to clear out Coppsrheads. Ii
you don't do it, we'll do it for you. hope
these meetings will be often-that we'll
meet on the soil Of Missouri ofteu-snd
that fraternal relations will soon be restored
throughout the whele State; but l warn
you mark the conditions upon which Ms
souri, will be allowed to have peace this
can NEVER BE, until slavery is abolished in
Missouri and Copperheads are converted or
driven from the State. .- q co.
As this friend proposes marching into
Missouri" it is Of the greatest importance
that the people should know whom he re-
CARDS as Copperheads, &c. He tells them
in his speech plainly who he means, for
says he, "Show me the man that is not 9
Radical Emancipationist, and you'll find
him either a Copperhead or fcol.". .-
Comment is unnecessary. Will the Gov
ernment of the United States permit man
to hold commission in its service who in
this manner boldly avows himself . high
waymsn and murderer? We shall see.
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Gen. Jim Lane at AtchisOn, Mis-
sOuri--He Proposes to Set up
a Government Of His Own.
From tn. Cincinnati Enc ulrer.

We learn from reliable gentlemen from
the border, that Jim Lane made speech
on Saturday night week, at the town ol
Atchison, in which he INDUCED ad tibitum
in his accustomed atrocities Of sentiment
aud language, He had, he said, nine hun
dred men enlisted, and he wanted the poo
pie of Atcbison TO make up his force to a
thousand. When they did so he would at
once commence operations. He would not
call upon the government for single horse
or a pound OF subsistence, but he lcould go
into the border counties Of Missouri and help
himself TO such supplies as he 1cdnted. All
peosle there who joined him aud did just
what he aud his men did should be oonsld-
cred as Of the right stripe. All who re
fused to do so should be considered as h'
subjects for bullets and halters. A clean
sweep should be made Of the border and
its guerrilla sympatbizers and their proper
ty. II that work did not give his mel
work enough to do, he should let them looi
further into Missouri. Moreover, he in
tended to cut Schofsld's red tape. That
Copperhead had ordered Kansians not Il
come into Missouri, and If they came b'
would doubtless order them cut. In thai
ease he would inform Gen. Schsfsld tha'
be must PUT THEM OUT, and he must brlnt
| at least three men to one TO do it With. Anc
if Gen. Schofsld did come, they bis audi
toryl would zee little Of the "cussedest
fighting that ever took place in that region
These sentiments, say our informan
were uttered with Lanes usual embsilish
ment Of slang, swearing. and mounteoani
grimacss and gyrations. He would, witn
out doubt, like to see all this done, and !
! be is to find none but defenseless people Y
murder and plunder he will head the rsi'
himself. But in the contingency ne sug
gests Of encountering an opposing iorse
three to one, or even one to one, ne wiz Q
far less valiant than be threatens 70 oe
and find it convenient TO dispatch the 10
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number of men, who were already shouting
their cry of victory. And although this
had been pronounced badly whipped army,
by commanding general itoo, and although
the other generals had left the field-in
defiance of this he rallied his men and
punished the enemy so severely that he did
not attack us all yesterday. And had he
only had some fresh troops yesterday we
might have attacked and routed the enc
my.
/ was on the field issuing rations to the
men yesterday morning when Gen. Thomas
rode along the line. 1t was tho first rest,
and almost the first thing the men had had
to eat for two days and nights; but they
left everything and rushed around the
general with yell He stopped, took off
his hat, and thanked them for the way they
had behaved. They gave him three hearty
cheers as he started to ride of, but he had
got but few steps when they surrounded
him again-they could not let him go. 1t
was a truly affecting sight-this, his old
division gathering around him in this way.
He took off his hat and said, "Well, men,
as soon as we get little bread and meat
and some more ammunition we will be
ready for them again" They made no gen.
eral attack yesterday, but felt around our
lines little and threw some shell around
near enough to some of us to make US
change our front, but believe no one was
hurt.
Our division in the two days fight lost
about 4,4O0 out of less than 5000, and
but very few of them were captured. So
you NAV know they were in the thickest OF
it, but they never fell back an inch unless
ordered to. They never took a position
that they did not hold until relieved. In
the third brigade of our division there was
uot mounted officer, except two, but what
had his horse shot; some of the officers had
their horses shot under them.
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Georgia Politics.

The Savannah Netos, of September 6, con,
tains letter from Hon. Joshua Hill, who
is nominated for the Office of Governor Of
Georgia, in opposition to the present In
cumbent, Governor Brown, ltappears that
Hills opponents have, for long time been
endeavoring to draw from him . dsclara.
ton of his principles, and that his letter
has been awaited with deep interest. Hs
states that he has no sort Of desire for the
Office for which he is nominated, and
"Sncs my resignation Of my seat a.
member OF the Congress Of the United
States, which occurred Immediately upon
the withdrawal of my colleagues, / have
taken no active part in politics. had Of
ten expressed my honest convictions that
the destruction Of the Union would bs
followed by long and bloody war, disa,
trous beyond precedents in its results TO
every section; and that the idea Of dissolv'
ing the Union with the hope Of reconstruct
ing it on q basis more permanent and pro-
tective of the rights Of the slave States,
was fallacious and absurd. compared the
the effort to accomplish such an impossibil-
lity to the folly Of taking the most delicate
glass and crushing it TO atoms, in the vain
6epe of collecting the scattered fragments
and, by re uniting them, making the shat
tered vessel more comely and durable than
il was before. ltwas strange delusion,
without which the Union could not have
been broken. believed what l said Of the
impossibility Of reconstruction. Time and
events have deepened these convictions
~ felt little comfort in the hippant assu
RANGES Of sanguine orators that the Yam
KEGS could not fight if they would, and
would not If they could. ! knew the time
was when they had fought, and believed
that, by collision with our brave troops,
they would learn to do it again. In war,
as in politics, it is unwise 70 underrsts your
adversary.
"The war, with ell its affective train oi
suffering, privation, and death, has served
to eradicate all ideas Of reconstruction,
even with those who made il the basis OF
their arguments in favor of disunion. a.
ways regarded it as impossible, ercepf ty
The success of the Northern arms, and then
only the Union in name, and not the free
government of our fathers. want no such
Union as that and will not accept it.
"The best argument In favor OF disuniop'
and the one most relied on by tsadyocstes,
was apprehension for the security oi our
slave property. III IL was not then in dan
ger, il is In extreme peril now
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THE DAILY REGISTER.
TUESDAY,. OCTOBER l3, 1858.
For the Register.
To 2. JACOB, ESQ. os.i aa.-sassa., ga

q Understanding that you are the author o.
an article which appeared in the Daily Reg
lister of the 9th inst, headed, "Are we 9
Christian People 7"E9 desire to call your
attantion to the misrepresentation, to call
them by no worse name, of which you are
therein guilty. ---r--o-re--e-
In commenting on the published senti
ments of candidates for Congress in the
State of West Virginia, you say "Mr. Hub
bard will have unconditional submission or
determination of the whole white race of the
South-yes-extermination complete and
entire" Now, submit that I have used
no such language, nor any language, which
by legitimate Interpretation, will bear such
construction.
Again you say, che THAT is Mr.. II. con-
tends, they-referring in your language to
our brothers and kinsmen South--shall be
made to pay the whole expense of the war"
A plain misrepresentation of the language
I used, which was that no terms of peace
should be entertained, which would not Sc
cure guarantee for the future, if not in
demnity for the past-leaving the indemni
ty as matter of consideration, yet neither
insisting on it nor contendiDg for it.
Now may be no better than a Turk or
Pagan" yet I have never borne false wit
ness against my neighbor.- 1 have never
put falsehood in another man S mouth and
insisted that be should make it part of
his prayer. have never been guilty of a
wrong, which when had the opportunity,
l have not endeayored to rectify. And L
now call upon you in this public manner,
as I have already done in private, to correct
the false statement you have made or to
stand confessedIy guilty of wilful misrepre-
sentation and injustice.
Yours, (by courtesy,)
------ O. D. HUBBARD.
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The Progress of RadicaIism,

. Editors who are now supporting the rad
ical policy of the administration with ear
nestness and vehemence, were, thirteer
months ago, firmly convinced that it woulo
result precisely as it has resulted ia COM
plete failure. The Boston Journal lead
ing Republican organ, declared that, to pro
claim the policy Of emancipation, would
crush out all hope of the reconstruction o
the Union Here is what it said only a
short time before the proclamation was
issued:
The objects of the war have been repeat
edly avowed in the most deliberate manner
by Congress; by the President, by members
of the Cabinet, and by the commanding
generals in the field. In the language OF
the resolutions of Congress, passed with but
two dissenting votes, ''the war is not waged
for conquest or subjugation, or for interfe-
ring with the rights of established institu'
tions Ct the States, but to maintain and
defend the supremacy Of the Constitution
with their rights and equality under it un
impaired" In the comprehensive language
of Seer etary Chase, 'the object of he war
is the security of liberty, the supremacy OF
the laws, the defense of the Union, and the
maintenance of popular Institutions" The
President has solemnly expressed his desire
to preserve the government, that 1t may
be administered for all as it was by
the men that made it. Loyal cit
izens have a right to claim this
cf their government, aud the g"rernment
has no right to withholdor neglect it,
Here is the war porlicy of the government
clearly defined by an administration ssct-
ed by Republicans, and by a Congress con
trelled by them, and no convention, made
up in whole or in part of Republicans, has
proposed to enlarge the proportions of the
war or to dictate new policy. The ind-
vidual, however high in his political stand
ing, who advocates a different policy, is just
as much ouside of the administration party
as the Democrat would have been last year
in urging the policy of excluding slavery
from the territories. We must limit tue
war to the purpose SO distinctly avowed by
ty the President, or the sun of our national
prosperity will set in darkness and gloom,
to rise again, if at all, only alter years OF
bloodshed and anarchy. Proclaim the
policy of emancipation, and all hope of the
reconstruction of the Union will be crushed
out 1t will come to this, that we must
subiugate or be subjugated The people OF
the South would defend their homes and
their fresides to the last extremity, as we
should do if the chances of war should "a
vor them. The present generation woulc
not see the end Of such contest, unless
the North should be conquered and sub
dued by foreign bayonets or internal dis
sentions. From such war We may vel
pray to be delivered.
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/ adopting them ever perpetuate their power
But I fear that with tthe exception OF Mn
and few more (Yery few) Of tha
party they will not be able to Withstand tn
terrible pressure Of their radical element.
fear that we are entering into o contest
with radicalism, and that the love ofpoweI
will produce dangerous element when ad
ded to the combustible material already
melting fanaticism. The conservative ele'
ment is always less active than radicalism-
and the wicked rebellion, for obvious rea-
sons, produces greater disparity in their re-
lative power with the masses. Good men,
fearing to encourage anything like an ap-
proach to sympathy with rebels go to the
opposite extreme for measures really tend
ing to protract the power Of the rebel lead
ers, and hence the loyal sentiment in the
Border States has been greatly impaired
while the love of the Union is crushed out
altogether in secession States. The strug-
gle will soon be, l fear, whether the South
will be permitted to return or not, and
whether our Government shall bea central
lied one like that of France, or whether
We shall continue the glorious form lnltlat-
ed byWashington and illustrated by Web
ster, Clay, Wright, and hosts OF worthies
of both parties, whose patriotism and wis
dom still illuminate the dark horizon of our
country. ..-.--- II. r.
No American can visit Europe, as friend
recently returned from abroad tells me,
without coming home more impressed than
ever with the value of our glorious heritage,
and with horror in the contemplation OF
secession, abolition, and every other form
of wicked heresy against that almost divine
instrument, our Constitution: and it al
most makes my blood boil with Indignation
when hear the fippant or designing re-
marks of men in power, tending to under
value its force in any particular. -
1t is an instructive fact that the rebellion
has received its most potent blows under
the constitutional power of the Govern
ment, and in no case has departure from
the Constitution had any other effect than
the loyal sentiment of the North and to
prevent an expression of loyal sentiment at
the South .-1-. -- .--s--
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A YOUNG soldier in the Army Of the po-
tomac, writing to friend in Boston, mod
estly requested needIebook, having ioss
bis at Gettysburg. The article WAS for
warded in due time, and wrapped in the
fold, was card photograph OF Gen: Nc
Clell.n. In acknowledging the gin, the
soldier writes-EThe picture OF Mcclellan
/, ysry fins-looks very natural all that i
wanting is the smile. IL did my eyes good
70 ses il. 1t had to 90 the rounds Of the
regiment, and from the old members rscsiv-
ed six hearty cheers.
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ADMIRAL DAHIeREN AND GEN. GILMoE

ADMIRAL DAHLGREN AND GEN. GILMORE.
We are authorized and requested to state
in behalf Of General Gilmore and Adntrai
Dahlgren, what we have before asserted
unoficially, that there is not now, and
never has been, any misunderstanding what
ever between these two officers; that the
most pleasant relations have always existed
aud do now exist between them.-Hash
Rep. &
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WEES the President vacillstes towards
conservatism, nothing 10 worse than v.cil-
lation, according to the radicals. when
he yacillates toward radisalism he 10 "ssc-
ond Washington" sceording to the same
authority. 81
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TERMS OF ADvERTIsIHG.
- OLD LINES OF NoNPAHnu, (oR INCH,
OR LRss, MAKE A SQUARE.

e-sproxAL NorIcRs Double the above rates.
Yearly Advertising on reasonable terms, accor-
= the space occupied and the number OF changes
msIS savertiseents from transient persons or srang
ei Cards not exceeding Ave lines, slope year,
or 90 for 81. months but Tor shorter period n0'nins
- U.;iI 4 he counted less than square. .
The privilege of Annual Advertising u limited 70
- Ady,rtisers' own Immediate business; and al sd-
r;asmens for the benefit Of other persons ss wen As
iIsaI adyertissments and advertisements OF auction
and real estate sent in BY them must be pald 1or
o. . Ldysrtisemsnts not accompanied with written
assctions will be inserted until foroid' ana
Notices for Public Meetings to be charged In all cases
Marriages Notices Of Funerals, and announeemsneS
.. sermons, SO cents each. - 1890
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We suppoye that some Of our high officers
may be particulars, for certainly tbsy are
no Generals. H
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The New York Independent urges that
negro should be run fos Prssioenf' i'
10 Abolitionism dyed In wool
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Further Details and Develop
-z13 meutS.

The following are extracts from private
letter by an eyewitness of the battle o.
Chickamaugs, communicated to the Illinois
State Journal e.t- -i-
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-21

X. FT. ID. NJ. d. M. R. R.-Through
the kindness of Mr.. McCbain, Freight
Agent on the Kcokuk, TT. Des Moines d
Minnesota Railroad, we are enabled to
present our readers this morning with
the number of car loads of hogs which
have been shipped over this road to our
packers, from October 96th to November
18th, inclusive, or in something less than
three weeks. The number is four hum
dred and nine car loads, the greater por-
ton of which were from Eddyville, aud
putting the average at sixty-hve head to
the car, which We understand is fair es-
innate, this road alone has delivered to
the packers in this city over twenty-six
thousand FIVE hundred head of hogs
This is what we call "doing land office
business"
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sharp Letter from Gen. Carl Schurz
CAMP NEAR CHATTANOOGA, !
Nov. 6. 1854.
To the Editors of the Lou. journal:

To the Editors Of the Lou. journal:
In your paper Of November 81 / see .
letter signed by Mr.. Leslie Combs, in
which the following allusion is made to
me: "Our children have fought in every
battlefield, and never one fed as Colonel
Schurz and his gang of freedom -shriekers
did at Charlottesville" am not 10
the habit of replying TO calumny and abuse
springing from the impure Inspirations of
party spirit, but, General Leslie Combs
being a man of note, deem it proper to
avail myself Of this opportunity to stop :
SANDER which political enemies seem bent
upon sustaining by frequent repetition.
| wish, therefore. to say, that, in as
serting that "Carl Schurz fed at Chan
cellorsville,' Mr.. Leslie Combs lies. I
choose the word "ties.' although with
extreme reluctance and regret--upon due
consideration of its meaning; for, if Mr..
Leslie Combs has inquired into the facts,
he must know tha. he is saying what is
false and, if he has made no such in
quiry. then he gives with objectionable
levily the sanction of his name to state
mcnt which is most injurious to another
mans reputation, and which he does not
know to be true. l wish to add, that. in
saying "Mr Leslie Combs lies,'' l hold
myself responsible for what say.
This may seem equivalent to a chal-
lenge, and SO it is. do not, however,
mean to fight duel with Mr.. Leslie
Combs. Being good pistol shot, l might,
perhaps, easily kill him, which | should
not like to do or, if he is equally skill
full, be might kill me-and l should be
sorry to die on SO trifing an occasion; OF
we might not hurt each other, and then
it would be farce. Besides, | am op-
posed to duelllng on principle.
But l challenge Mr. Leslie Combs to, .
different kind OF contest, which will be
preferable to common duel as test to
personal courage. / invite him to the
hospitality of my headquarters in the
camp of the Army Of the Cumberland.
will share with him my tent, my blankets
my meals; but | invite him also to &C
company me personally in the next battle
and not to leave me single moment
There Mr.. Leslie Combs may determin'
whether be will have the heart to repea
that calumny, or whether it would not b.
better for him and more honorable to re
tract it.
/ trust, sirs, you will give this lette
the same publicity which you accorded t
that Of Mr.. Leslie Combs.
Il Yours, respectfully,
Il CARL ScaURz.