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Committed

ITO Lafayette county Jail, NEGRO MAN
i calling himself Ben, of black color, about
b feet inches high, with white spot and scar
on. bis forehead. Says he belongs to X. K
Harrison OF Caddo parish.i.La. The owner OF
said legro is hereby notified to come forward.
prove p operty, pay charges and take him away
or be will be dealt with according to law
f. M. WALDRIP, :.
Sheriff and Jailor Lafayette Co., Ark. :.
Oct. IA, 1868. Cost of adv 81 week. :
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and rich "a bubs aud daiistoerats-brvu ,ht
all this trouble upon u. They have failel;
and now let them pay. We pi y the ~,
norant men whom they have ssduced from
duty by the gllteIin. prospect Of great
rewards, as we pity 10 private life the
dupes aud accJmpllces Of those VINO Or
gauIze crime On smaller scale; but as
they hoped to gain By success, let them
suffer by The miscarriage. Our ply does
not extend to forgiveness and absoIuiion.
This is world IF compensations. Let
them mart. Left, as thry demand to be,
III possession oil their slaves. their houses
aud their lands, they caunut, though fciled
aud beaten, but wat;h aud wait fYr new
oI pUrtunlty to carry out what they b.gan.
Crime that Las no penalties is safely re-
peated. But stripped Of what ages OF
oppression have put iu their Golfers, and
lett without slaves, they. ii still malig-
liant, bee" me powerless. Wealth il never
50 conspicuously power as III war.
We urge the Administration to its
whole duty. There is the law-plaiu, di-
rect, positive, obligatory. There are the
rcbe,s and their property. the latter large
IT not ample the former still defiant aud
uusubdued. The people of the North,
before whom the prospect of taxatl on
looms up with fearful nearness, will be
sure to demand that the lay be enfor ced,
that the property be confscated to pay at
least q portion Of the accumula ing deb -
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Paraclifta Seminary.

s. STEVENSON, Principal,
Mss KATE DELIVAN. Assistant.
sc PRISCILLA MACON, Music Teacher.
rTHIS Institution viii open August 81 st
/ 1868! Fifty per cent. viii be added to the
former terms.
August 26 1868.
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PAY Ole DECEASED SOLDIERS.

THE undersigned has the necessary blanks
i and full instructions for procuring Pay,
Bounty, &c., due Deceased Soldiers and will
give prompt attention to filling up the blanks
and administering the oath required by law.
C. L. SUTTON, J. P.
Washington, March 18th, 1868.
10 Persons having claims would do
well to have the papers made out by the
lst November and send them up b tie
members of Congress.
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DR.. w. P. HART,
W ashington. Arkansas

IAN always be found, unless professionally
enSaged, at his Drug Store during the day
All Al Mrs. d. E. Williams residence at night.
=. ~ Is, 1863 lT-tf
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NOTICE.

tssrs ". L. Britt Isaac Lawrence or eth
er of them, are my authorizedagents for the
transaction of business. Persons indebted to
me, or having open accounts. will please make
settlements with them.
J. S. BRITT.
Washington, Oct s, 1862 4O-u
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OFr1cE OF TIE GRANp MASTER,

Washington, Ark, Oct 13, 1868 g
: In consequence of the occupation of Little
Rock by the eneny, the Annual Communication
of the Grand Lodge will be held at Washington
on the first. Monday of November prox. Lodges
failing to send representatives, may forward
returns to Hon. A. u. Williams, Acting Grand
Secretary.
E. H. ENGLISH,
Z Grand Master Of Masons, Ark.
q Oct. IA, 1868. 8S-S
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FxEcUrIvE DEPARTMENT.

ExEcUrIvE DEPARTMENT.
Arka delphia. Ark Oct. ~. 1863
1t is hereby ordered. that all persons who
shall join the command now being raised by
Gen. Pagan, shall Le thereby relieved from
all duty militia men OF this State
n. FLANAGAN. Governor, &c.
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dence Of his country, Will manifest the
least impatieDce at the leug'h of time
which may intervene between fights. or
at tie adoption, as a general rule OF re-
cedrng policy by our armies lnteilisent
criticism - to particular movements IS
alwsys ia place; but 70 croa6 at 'falllug
back, - a. such, indicates ignorance, cow
ardice, despondcrcv ,or want of patriotism.
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NOTICE.

A LII persons indebted tc the undersigned for
II the years 1861 and 1862, are notified that
their accounts are ready for adjustment, and
are requested to come forward without delay
and make settlements, either by cash or notes.
r.... ... ......... NJ. WISEBERG.
Washington, Feb. II, 1862. 4-tf
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Hon. James II. Page

3 nay authorized gent during nav absence
m en E. W. CAN'T.
Washington, March Is, 1868. s-tf
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SI'RESG Es1LZ
FEMALE ACADEMY,
MRS. IL. A. KNOX.

HE next session o; this School will begin
on the first Monday o. September. The
/. stees have secured the services of
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NOTICE.

VT W. ANDREWS holds my power of o
w torney, and will transact any busines
for ME during my absence.
III. GARDES.
Washington, ark, Dec. 20, 1852 n
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LSS4, pOSliFC, oDiShtOI. AhtiC oi0 lhS
rcbe,s and their property. the latter large
If not mple the former still defiant aud
uIsubdued. The people of the North,
before whom the prospect of taxatio on
looms up with fearful nearness, will be
sure to demand that the lay be enfor ced,
that the property be confscated TO pay at
least a portion Of the accumula ing deb -
FALLING BACk.-Many of our readers,
aud sume If cur writers, sometimes ex-
press surprise aud regret at retrogade
movement Of any part OF our army from a
POSITION " hich his been given out as
stronghold. Reflection convinces Us that
these regrets are generilly i.l-advised A
stronghold is often nothing moIe thar
a position for holding the enemy in check
for a rime-not place which he is COM
2 eiled to attack. Often, moreover, il az
ords The strategic policy OF the Campaign
to tie defensive party-the aggressive not
being able TO tel what value tie defensive
plrry places upon The strong position II
is generally supposed, however, by the Of
fensiye that the defensive is sufficiently
eLamored of o strong position to be dis
; posed to hold 1t against Disadvantages
which long prepared attack or fankiUg
movement may Impose. This was Nc
Clelan's mistake when he prepared 50
deliberately against Johnston's position at
Manassas. He seemed to forget that
Johnston could evacuate unawares, and
thus compel an expensive change of base
to he Peninsula. And, after following
Johnston 10 the Peninsula, the Federal
commander seemed to be equally unpre-
pared for the falling back of our army up.
on Richmond. Mcclellan was then 10 the
precise fix in which he had supposed
Johnston to b. at Manassas. Having i'm
sgined that Southern public opinion and
military pride would hold Johnston at
Manassas at all hazards, Mcclellan now
found himself on the Peninsula pushed
forward by Northern public opinion and
military pride to al attack upon the South.
eru army 10 final self-chosen position,
the main Northern army having been
drawn away from iis auxlliaries, besides
being weakened aud dsarraDged by long
aud perplexiDg pursuit.. All this was ac,
complished by falling back from two main
positions, eacr of winch had been report
ed impregnatle, in the midst Of complaints
and criticisms by tue Southern press and
people.
The first victory Of Manassas was gain
ed ny similar policy in the evacuation ot
Harper. Ferry. Still, we seem uDpre.
pared for the recent falling back Of Bragg
army, although aware that Johnston &
coun"el must be prevalent il its move
ments.
Washington telegraph., 1863-10-28


oid war, was gained by falling back so a.
to expose one Of the best PORTIONS Of the
county 10 the enemy: aud the final victory
vi Yorktown Lad never been achieved,
but Tor the manly sense of Greene In fall
ing back through the CsrOlinas before
Curnwalli,. Nothing. to use bis own
words, WIS more ''eDchaniihg" to Napol-
con than the determination OF defensive
army to fight him near the frontiers al
liz own country, instead of w4riiy retiring
before him, lengthening his line of com
munica,ion, ard leaving him to struggle
with the terrible difficulties Of time and
distarce. When, 10 tie campaign which
ended 10 the battle of Jena, Nap leon
learned that the pride and impatience OF
the Pru-sians had decided to meet ki,n in
an advanced position at Hoff, he wrote
'this u an extravaganza of which | did
not believe the enemy capable, thinkin
he would remain on the defensive alone
the line If the EIbe Commenting On
the state offeeling ID Prussia at this time.
an able historian says. "Wboeyer propos.
ed plan OF defensive warfare, however
well iouaded in reason such plan mirl |
be-whoever appealed to the external
maxlms Of pru1encc-wouli have ven
tured to say thst, to powerful enemy i
Is necessary TO oppose time, space, natp-
raj obstacles well chosen, knowing hoy
10 act upon that occasion which fortune
concedes to the able who know how TO
seize it when it presents itielf-whoever
would have given this advice, would have
been treated as Ioltroon, or traitor sold
70 Nspoleon." This is 1 lesson for Us 10
ponder
Those who object 70 the defensive poll
cy, carried ont BY Prudently retiring on
proper occasion, before the enemy. NAV
be divided iato severalclasses: 1st. impet-
nous men'who speak In haste, and correct
their views At leisure; I'd. lgnoran, men.
who know nothing Of the history or rules
Of warfare; Sd. Unprincipletf men, who
-;tire anxious for the war to stop without
caring. how, before it gets asy.;n to
them, and before il finally breaks up their
Business habits aud reliances.
In There may have been imprudent re-
treat s OF our army, and have beea such;
but az q general rule, he who knows most
about the relations add grounds of strength
Of the bellgerauts; who. have the IN st
confidence in the people Of the South,
and whose desire il that the war shall
continue until it issues in the indepea-
| I'M '.f - lErfi m t.
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Ave dollars FOR the scalp Of Sioux II seems that the
CAppewas che north part Of the state their HAIR
In the soux and the parties that hunt for scaps not
particular what Indians they kill The whole policy
about these poor creatues brutal and nhuman 70
last degree.
LAwLEssNDss IN KANSAS
Ochl accounts from Kansas agree that unprecedented
awsssness exists there hence perhaps the fact that sena
tor Jim Lane remains here Washington II Ia admitted
that the better neghborhood the Indian country south
Of Kansas, sarcastoaly suggested by Senator Coamer
last winter favors the removal or the Kansas Indians
thther. Commissioner Dole going 70 what may
be done 70 carry out the law providing for such removal
GOVERNMENT STEAM FIRE ENGINES.
Two more steam fire engines built for the government,
have arrived here, and TO DO placed in positions
where they will be for the protection Of gov
ernment property. The government fire department,
organized sby Captains samp and Hartz Quarter
masters Department slnow complete and arrangements
have been made by these officers which relieve all ap-
prehenson OF loss 70 government property from fires
THE FIFTH NEW HAMPSHIRE KsGMENT.
the Fifth New Hampshire regiment has been ordered
home 70 recruit and aid in enit r;ng the draft.
NAIL SERVICE COMPENSATION TO THE OVERLAND
COMPANY.
draft OF half million Of dollars has been given upon
Mr. Cisco In behalbf the Overland Mail Company for the
last haK years. services which, the whole, has bssp
very regular
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THE BATTLE At ELK CREEK.
Com plete ROut Of General Cooper-RebsL
Colors and Gums Taken, &c., &C.
Correspondence OF tho Leavenworth Conservatve.l

Com pIete NOut OF 0omeraI C0Oper-Ae0eL
Colors and Guns Taken, &C., SC,
Correspondence OF tho Leavenworth Conservatiyo.l
F0ET GfnsoS July Is, 1868.
General Blunt crossed the Arkansas night before last
and the enemy pickets right the riv After
driving them Q m4cs he met about two hundred
q the enemy, drove thom, after charge for many
miles, tIl they met the main force at Elk Creek, the
headquarters OF Cooper. about loe from
Fort ihs0n Here the main fight eusuod which resulted
10 tho complete rout OF the enemy
We captured thr6e stand of coIors two howNzers ard
sixty prisoners The eremys loss s tso bundrc1
killed and between three aud four hundred wounded Our
ioss In trfing-not over ten killed and twenty hvs
wounded. among the latter Is Col wiisrw. who.was
shot, while leading the gallant First Kansas cooredj rcG
ment 70 the charge Though She right lung hand and In
the face but noby hts black boys avenged bm for thsy
went in like tigers All possible care " IN bn taken q
Col. Williams.
u il reported THAI the enemy hAs -sipforcsm~rs
back Of his last ngAing place II that M true, no will
give us another very lively fight before long let bm
come along however: whip any number u them,
alter once having the getting thsm denDs slzcd
Col williams takes his fats nobly He. ID oos end col
lsetsd.
MoR1 PARrrcuLARs
COL williams wound through the brsastissuct ~ dam
rsrous q at rst supposed me ball has bsS taken Gus
ana the surgeon says no win recover The escy burned
Il Flkhoru the large amount o. conmsHsry stores gn
tbered there their warehouses We Took i've hundTe
rood runs MAJOR Hiram g. Sleeper or the old dur
ine the BATH. We received the ~ tho battle Il
Helena SIX days through desss ters from Fort
smith than from Fort scstt
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FoR1aras xosnos, July 20, 1859.

FORTRESS AoNRoR, July 30, 1859.
The steamer g. X. spauldtDg. Captain Howes, arrived
this morning Beaufort ~ c. and reports that tho
steamer George Peabody. loaded with ammunition. from
Fortress Monroe got aground on Cape Lookout Shoals,
causing her tospring aes. After transferring at Of
her 70 another sha succeeded in getting or
and ran into Reaufort.
Colonel c. W. Thomas Quassernsster At Fortress Mon-
roo, arrived to-day from Newborn
The following is list q tho deaths in thu Chesapeake
and Hampton general hospitals from July IA 70 July -
inclusive
Michael Dobbs, Co. A, 143d New York. July 10.
Edward Shatiock Co X, 112tn New York, July 20.
Daniel r. ,AmbloS, co. !, 9sth New York, July 20.
Jeremiah Alien, Go. A, 10Ih New Hampshire, July H.
Manly Bsrstow, Co II, 1l0th New York, July ~.
Corporal H. w. Hart, co. A. t4lst New York, July IA
Elias Alger Co. y, 1921 New York, July IS
William Holmes, Co. ID, lsSd New York, July Is,
Hubbard Powers, Co. A, 164th New York, July IL.
Aiouxo Lewis, Go. =, lo4th New York, July II.
John Messett. Signal corps, July IS.
Noses Shoemaker Co. &, 143d New York, July 26
Jacob Wink Co. II, l5sth Pennsylvania, July ~.
John Berkoy, Co. II, 171st Pennsylvania. July IS.
r. H. GILBERT, Medical Director
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NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE.

FoRREx MoSRoE, July 20, 1853
The United statos gunboat Memphis sailed from Hnnp-
Reads ten O'Clock this forenoon for Charleston
One OF the Baltimore mail boats tho Adelaide Captain
Cannon, arriving Fortress Monroe this morning.
received orders from the proceed 70 Nor
folk amt II Is understood that she sails from thence
Charleston She left here at eleven O'Clock this morning.
Heavy showers have visited this place constantly DUR
ing tho day.
The following is q list Of burals In the Soldiers
Cemetery at Norfolk, Va for tho week ending July 70,
1853
John Winner. nth Pennsylvania, died July 20
Corporal Jno Carter, New York battery. July 20.
Chas. Pommeli, 14sth New York, July 81.
jeremiah Pinkham, 10Th New Hampshire, July II.
Jno. Arnods, Goth New York. July %.
Sergeant Jno. b. Ayrcs, 10th New Jersey, July "a
Thos Sperkes, 112th New York July a.
Geo Atkinson, 1l2th New York, July rs.
VIM Miller 10th Now Jersey, July Is.
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WHAT ARE WE ON TIE HreH SEAS Our OH
cial records prove that We have navy num-
bering not less than three hundred vessels.
The rebels have navy consisting Of three yes
sells, and yet they are sweeping our commerce
from the seas. Who does Mr.. Lincoln suppose
Is to blame that three oan thus dsfy three hun
drede
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TIE UNoH ARh1Es AND TIE REBEL ARnxs.-
During the month Of July all Of the rebel
armies have been defeated by the armies Of
the Union. VIII Mr.. Lincoln reflect for one
moment upon the course the Great Napoleon
would have pursued had he have had opposed
to him number Of defeated, demoralizsd
armies! Is Stanton or Hallsck capable Of an
Austerlitz?
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But what was brave Philadelphia doing at this
timer Some of her citizens were talking
about digging trenches-to die in, we charita-
bly, presume. Others Hed to this city for
refuge and overcrowded our hotels The Gray
and Blue reserves-so called because of their
reserve IN regard to meeting the enemy-went
on to harrisburg, refused to be mustered into
service, ,quarrelled with the Governor, with
each othtr and with everybody else, and
finally went home to write letters slandering
the New York regiments, or remained at Harris
burg to help sell our troops water at six cents
a glass and bread at one dollar loaf. AS it
Is evident, Therefore, that our riots were caused
by radical papers and politicians. and that the
cowardice Of Pennsylvanians called our militia
away, the less the followers Of Fornsy have
to say against us ths better it will be for their
own reputation.
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GREELEY IN ANorHEK FRIGHT-Peor Greeley
10 just now in bad way. He Is in almost a.
great state of alarm about affairs at Charles
ton as he was after his Coward to Richmond"
and the first Bull run battle. Why is he
alarmed
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TEE TRIBUNE AND GENERAL Dx.-How ID Il
possible for General Dix's orders to be obeyed
in this city when the Tribune publicly COM
mands the dag Of the Union to be torn down
and to be sunk deep In tho waves.r
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NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST !, 1863

tain OF success in marching again for Washing
ton. The capture of our national capital
would not only neutralize all our victories,
but would almost inevitably end the war in a
treaty of peace dictated by Davis, under the
pressure against us OF European mediation in
the shape of armed Intervention.
We cannot be mistaken in the opinion that
although Lees army is the only army OF any
consequence remaining to the rebellion, it has
been since the battles of Gettysburg, and is
still, inferior in numbers and in all the ele-
ments Of strength to the army of Gen. Meade.
We cannot be mistaken, on the other hand, in
the conviction that few weeks of delay may
throw Gen. Meade again upon the defensive
and against a vastly superior force, unless the
chiefs of our War Office shall improve upon
their experiments with Mcdowell, Mcclellan,
Pope, Burnside and Hooker. We think that
President Lincoln has seen enough and suffered
enough from his conceited but laundering mi
litary subordinates in the War Department to
satisfy him that the very best thing he can do
is to take the reins into his own hands, and
push forward the war, without loss of time, to
that one all-importsnt object-the complete
defeat and breaking up of the rebel army Of
Virginia.
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The SouTHwEsr-B.y the accounts received
from the armies Of Ge,erals Grant and Banks
we learn that the people Of Louisiana and
mississippi are anxious yo re-enter the Union.
While the rebellion i fsa ez4remis is the moral
ehect Of the return Of the above named States
into the Union to be LOST Mr.. Lincoln should
understand that he here h ss . golden oppor-
tunity.
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n reported that q United states cecer vho has bses
pascsd under rcs. within fcw days, IN eomplsssy with
osber officials and consrstos has asaadsd the govern
ens IN large amounts upon copsrac's fos horses furnish
"a 10 thsscisy. Our troops we're mot sucsny supp'sd
with subsistence and understand bss sse 6ovsrnsr
hss .ukcd the Secretary az war % nvsssss ~ subject
m orasr shss hoss Who, nsss 'ha y sa'''sA sss
punishe~
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PATENT FAors.-Will President Lincoln take
into consideration the following we'll known
facts?-The loyal s,tatss contain population
Of twenty-one millions, their military and fnan-
cial resources arc enormous, while they have
most powerful navy. The South has popula-
ton Of six N llions, has no trade, no resources,
no navy Mr.. Lincoln, if he will reason upon
these facts can but conclude that il the rebel
lion is not tsuppressed it must be- the fault Of
his Cabinet which is incapable OF directing the
enormous. power Of the North.
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TIL INAUGURATION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAM
PAIUs-LErTER AND SPEECHES or MONTGOMERY
BL1R.-Wendell Phillips, in one Of his speeches,
com menting on a speech Of Montgomery Blair,
delivered at Concord on the 18th Of June, said
twas tho platform for the Presidential election
of 1864, and that the Cabinet were but an
election. committee to conduct the campaign.
The recent publication in pamphlet form Of
two speeches and letter of Mr.. Blair, with the
title, Comments on the Policy Inaugurated by
the President" bears out the assertion Of
Philips, who, fierce and violsnt as he is some
times lets out some wholesome truths. We
cannot, however, endorse his opinion that the
Postmaster General is the greastest liar in the
world. Mr.. Blair Is of moderate abilities, and is
very good kind Of man. He Is equally right
and wrong on the slavery question. He Is right
when he asserts the natural aversion Of the
white man everywhere to permit the equality
and fraternity Of negroes. He Is right when he
asserts the natural inferiority of the black race
He truly says that policy seeking to establish
political and social equality would prove an
ippossibility; and this Is the opinion of the
President. But when be proposes to deport the
black population from the country he IL
grievously mistaken. II would be the death.
blow to the prosperity Of one half the States
and deep injury 10 the whole. He Is there
fore partly sound and partly visionary. But
on the whole his programme is namby-pamby-
neither one thing nor the other-apd cannot
succeed. II Is "nsither Ash, flesh nor good red
herring" II Is important, however. as in
dicating one Of the platforms on which the
battle Of the next Presidential election Is to be
fought.
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DErAHMnNT OF THE SCsQtNHANNA, FKADQr ARfxlNe
GmysHrRG. Pa, Jiiy 81, 1868.
During the months d August and Sc psember corpss
win be allowed 10 be disnterreA from any q the burynG
grounds cemeteries cr battle grounds Of Gesysbuvs
The health Of the soldiers and citizens OF this community
rcqurcs the stringent endorsement OF this order and
violation Of reported 10 Ase eadquartsrs viii ness
VITA summary md severe punshn scut.
BY command Il A. Q. ALIEhAN,
Colonel Thirty six,A rseim ant commanding post.
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COPPER HEADS AND NIGGERHEADs IN THE SANE
BoAr.-T ne niggerheads and the copperheads
are work ing with different means for the same
object separation. Greeley and vallandig-
ham are trying, from different motives, to effect
the sam' thing separation. The men Of mind,
the me of industry, the men Of capital, the
men Of intelligence, the men Of work. the men
Of sens Q, the men Of patriotism and the conser-
vativo men Of all classes and conditions must
now unite to restore the Union and save the
count ry.