The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-09-15
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Pcrmi. H is net probable hat ths scciieu
can aa n grca, 4ssl that i Interesting b
Jour readers. far he reason that The sner-
ssiir aetion q the srm e o. the West. far
removed from The hampsring ineaeaecs q At
emauals from Wash,eglon, have siranglei
'he rebellion almasi % finishing paiei. hts
sile q tie M'ss.ssPp, snI afisca ID iato
quie, orer vass region IN every dre-tou
an occasional raid only ana the thiesins op.
craiions 81 bushahaekers. reminding us that
ths country ana government aTc vel in para
irom The mos, gigantic ANA ufamaaa lgclsIa
that ever threatened ihe liberties II any
people
The people q the Nerhuc>, have nobly
redeemed their promise given At an ea,ly day
q the rebellion, and ave opened thc nAv.
giiion i ihe Father i Waters from Cano to
ths Btltse /, rrmaius nos for the armies
Of tie East TO complete the good work by
staying ap the other hand Of The government
a. IA the casc o. Aaron and llur supporting
the hands q Misses. ani the Amolek Of Sc
eessiou vii be speedily routed and over.
thrown
] had. the other day, the pleasure Of
sight q the guerrilla chief. JEFF Thompson.
aud bis stat, who with some one hundred
other rebel worthiSs we're eaptarnd At POGO
hautas, Ark by detachment o. State mill
tia that went out scouting from here about
fortnight ago. The military authorities
hcre hurried the gentleman on to ST Louis
the same evening, At his own request, as he
was reasonably solictious that his life was
not safe; aud he was not entirely mistaken
IN this opinion, as measures had been taken
here that, in all probability. would have re-
sul 81 in Riding the country Of one Of lis
worst pests, AMI sent one more assassin to
answer for his crimes before that tribunal
where justice is certainly and surely dis
pcnsel
| think ii safe to presume this region to be
one Of the most benighici in this land Of
boosted light and privilege. II is one Of my
duties, as acting Commssary Of subsistence,
to'cater for the table supplies outside Of those
furnished by the regular army rations, aud
vegetables, fruit, etc, are procured from the
farmers living in the county. who bring their
produce TO market, or, AZ is more frequen,-
ly the ease, the women act as hlckgers, the
majority Of the able bodied men having en-
listed on one side or the other. rhe igno-
rance manifested ty these people is really
astonishing TO New Highlander, aud hunil-
ating 10 one who has been accustomed to
pride himself that he is an imrricln II IL
quite rare to find one who is able to disling-
uish one denomination Of paper money from
ano ther, and the postage currency is per
fectly incomprehensibl to their understand.
ings. The simplest combination Of numbers
are mysteries past their finding out, and they
are, Of course NJ the mercy Of their custo-
mers. have asked repeatedly, for the pur-
pose Of making an item Of it, what portion
Of those living about here could be stimat-
ed 10 be able to read, and have heard no
calculation higher than one third; indeed a
highly intelligent Presbyterian minister who
has resided many years in this part of the
State, has just told me that Of those living
between here and the Arkansas line, not enc
III Of the inhabitants, living outside Of the
villages, were able 10 read or write Tese
are the chiyalry, | suppose, for whom is
claimed all the refinement, courage and ex-
cellcnce, Of which the country can boast
the only hope Of civilization and the world
The rebels that Missouri has contributed are
certainly the meanest and most contenpti-
BILE soldiers, the most malignant an / merci-
less assassius the sham confederacy can offer
to the admiration Of England. Capt. Sem
mes, or any other neutral power, IL they
would but secede and remain seeded from
this noble State, the communities they would
leave behind Alem would be immensely ben.
Gifted. and the Constitution as il isl re-
main unimpaired.
L is claimed for Missouri that hen various
and inexhaustible mineral resources, added
TO her vast extent Of fertile soil. give her adj
yantages that no other State Of our Union
possesses, and would, under favorable cir
cumstauces, make her the Empire State Of
the country. The eyes Of the nation are now
upon her as she seems emerging from the
night Of darkness into which she was born
when our compromising statesmen bade her
take her place among our sisterhood ofStatcs.
II viii be welcome day to every patriot
when the last shacke shall have dropped
from the limbs, and her people OF every coll
or shall possess aud appreciate that freedom
that a true civilization alone can supply
Then will Missouri stand up redeemed, dis
enthrailed, regenerate1, presenting to the
world higher type Of nationality, uncon-
taminated by that curse whose every breath
is corruption and whose every touch is
blight. EourSox.
EXTRACT FROM mg PRIVATE LETTER oY AN
OFFICER. Letters from H0ae- SaJbah in
Camp Soldiers al the fashionable summer