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49, 81. Drill and discipline makes
negroes in these 5. ;.o,.,., and !
brutal as those serts ,,,;,h
the Confederacy and the y -. he,ws.,
living among Us, with all their ~-one local
attachments, and going among sirS.
who are now openly buying and seh.~
them 10 recruiting officers, our slaves will
find no difficulty in choosing And, when
once it is understood that freedom and
home in the South are the privileges offer
ed by the Confederate aulhQrities, while
the enemy extend the beggarIy hospitalities
OF Yankee philanthropy, not only will de-
serion from our ranks be untrequent, but
The drafted negroes of the Yankee armies
will exchange services.
This subject addresses itself TO the con-
sideralion Of our people, at this particular
time, with great force. The prospect of
four more years of war before our people:
the enemy will not even ''parley" with us
without unconditional surrender, the fruits
perry, the deportation of whole communi
ties. The degradation of the people, and the
domination aud tyranny of Yankee masters.
There can be TO construction which does
not embrace surrender first, which will
not permit confsca;on aherward which
does rot ensure enslavine the white, with
ont freeing The blacks. If there are any
weak kueed people who imac inc they can
save their properly by reconstruction, lei
them study The shibboleh o! all parties IN
the United Stales-'no paTley with rebel
lion in The field; no compromise with sla-
very in the adjustment"
Unconditional surrender is first demand
ed, before even 2arley. We are TO lay
down our arms aud submit 10 the kindness
OF the Buffers Grants, Shermans, and Sher-
dans; 10 the ia:e of New Orleans, tie con-
diuou of the Valley, the misery OF Atlanta,
and, after ali that degradation; to give up al
our slaves in the adjustment. II there are
any reasons against extending the conscri2
ton TO slaves, we should like To have them
stared, but we are decidedly Of opinion
that the whole country will agree 10 the
proposition, and that at an early day the
next Congress will be called upon 10 pro-
vide for il by law.
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SOLDIERS LETTERS.
CAMP NEAR BERMuDA HuNDRED. Va. i.
October 90, 1864.


October 90, 1864.
EDITOR OF THE STAR-Cear Sir: Having
few leisure moments, will enJeavor TO
give you bIiet account Of the Columbia
county boys, who enlisted in UucIe Sans
service iot the period of one year.
We are now encamped abon FIVE miles
from the James RIVER, in Old Virginia, and
on The line between Richmond aud Peters
burg We are pretty close to he ''John-
MES" their Notifications and ours being but
half mile apsr. in places. This brings
The two picket lines so close together that
they ireqsenlly change papers, etc.
We have prelty comfortable quarters
here at present, but how long We will be
psrmited 10 enjoy Them is mailer un-
known TO US.
AS regards political matters iu the com
pany, large majority are Democrats. /
noticed letter from one OF the Company K
boys in Or. Johu's pa per, stating that the
company was strongly Republican, and that
You wlIl see by the election returns Of the
com pany that the assertion was entirely
out of place, and the gentleman who wrote
it only done so for want o! something TO
write. The truth will out You can be-
lieve the boys SWING their hats and hur-
rahed when they got the election returns.
Not only onr company but a great many
OF Inc companies III the regiment will give
Democratic mslorities at the coming Prssi-
denlial election. George B. Mcclellan is
The choice OF the soldier for President, and
in his election they hope 10 see a lermina-
-tion OF this unnaIural strife. When the
boys come of Of picket their conversation
is ,hi<: "VoIe Tor Oic Abe il you want 10
stand picket four years more" '.Vote for
Old Abe If you want 10 eat hard tack and
sal: pork iour years more" Then the song
changes, and many voices proclaim, "VoIe
for Little Mac il you don't want 10 fight
foreverD s-Vots for Lille Mac and save
your Iife and the couniry.n We receive
copy of THE STAR. in the. company once in
a wnile, aud 80 many want 10 read 1t that
il Is soon worn out. The boys all run 10
get the news inihe morning, and il does
them good to get sound Democratic paper
from home. The boys are all ia good spir-
its, thinking hai The eleclioaof Little Mac
will bring :hem home in peace ere long.
The weather is here is very fair ard
pleasant, and has been so for some time.
Having intended TO be brief, will close
You will hear from me soon again.
Yours, lroIy, TUMBLER.
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InpoRTAsT Coll g. FRI szs,
keeps constantly on hand and for sale, at
shs Recorders Office in BIoomsbure, "The
CONSTITUTION OF the United Staies," and Of
shs Estate OF Pennsylvania" in various
styles, al prices to suit, also, sundry other
democratic books. documents: and speech
%, together with legal, note ard cap pa
per pens, ink aud envelopes OF all sizes
and styles as well as theological, poetcal,
Historical and miscellaneous books, cheap
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NEAR Poisr OF Rocks, Between PErrRs BuRe
AND KicHMosD. October Is, 1864
EDIToR OF TIE SIAR--Sir: | have Just
been perusing The Columbia Republican, and
one woaId think, TO read it's columns, That
General McClelan and all of his friends, (of
which ! am one, and as are innumerable
others,) were traitors al heart. Decor, it
you wish your paper 10 come welcome TO
every soldiers leat,y must not speak OF
Lille Mac and the soldiers as traitors and
secessiohisls, for there are loo many old
veterans 10 The army for you TO play that
game upon. Yon may scum the eyes OF
gone OF your ci:izsn readers, -but when it
comes 10 The tented field, you are off the
track. Your sentiments are TOO unhke tnoss
OF the soldier 10 be respected by them.
We can hardly ges q Democratic paper
INTO our lines The Aboliiionis;s are doing
svsrythiny IN their powerto re-siect Fa,h-
81 Abe We lst The Old Keystone With the
hope q hearing 40 more Of Democratic
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CONGRESS-.

SENATE March lO-A bill was passed giving the
ranking privilege TO the President and YcePresi1ent
Mr. Sumner reported bin enscting that the Emsnci.
patton Proclamation Of JAN J. 1863 is and shall be
statute Of the United States. The amendment of Mr.
Sherman to the House bill authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury anticipate the payment OF the interest
on the public debt providing for the sale Of the surplus
gold on hand up in the special order. Mr. Sher'
nan explained the effect Of the amendment. Mr. Hen
drcks opposed it. ard moved 20 amend by directing the
Secretary to sell the surplus gold at auction after five
days notice in Washington and New York papers.
The subject postponed until tomorrow. MIR.
Pomeroy spoke the EGuazing bil in the course OF
which he announced the authenticity Of the CHASE
Circular" and set forth the policy for which those he
represented desired 10 contend The bill equaze the
pay OF soldiers was finally passed3l To 6. The bill
granting lands to aid the building Of railroad from ST.
Paul to Lake Superior was passed. Adjourned.
HoUsE-The House unanimously passed the bill In
creasing the pensions of Revolutionary pensioners l2 in
number 500 additional per annum TO cease at their
DEATH Mr. Arnold reported bill for the construction
Of ship canal for the passage Of armed and naval
sells from the MISSISSIPPI River into the Northern lakes.
As 1t provides for the issue of thirteen millions Of bonds
IL was regarded in the nature Of appropriation bill
and therefore under the rules il decided that the
bill must receive its first consideration in Committee Of
the Whole. Mr.. Arnold introduced bill of appropria-
tions oI harbors the Northern lakes and Western
rivers. Referred bin to abolish the Court Of Claims
was referred John I. Burns, the grayheaded youn-
teer at Gettysburg (wherc he wounded placed
on the pension LIST. The General Appropriation bill
was then considered in committee and reported to the
House but not voted upon A bin was introduced
granting pensions to the surviving soldiers OF the wan Of
1912 Adjourned.
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RATHER ONE-sIDED.

The exchange of prisoners between Fortress
Monroe and Richmond has been resumed, and
seems likely TO BIO continued. The Richmond
Dispatch states the terms of this exchange in
substance as follows:
/. The Robcls dictate to US the choice of our
commissioner of exchange, insomuch as they
have succeeded in constraining our Government
to forego its choice of Maj. Gen. b. L. Butler
for that service;
2. The Rebels say we are to surrender fire
hundred of their men, rank for rank, for every
four hundred Of ours that they deliver TO US.
3. They say that they are thus to get back
tho surplus of prisoners We now hold, and that
without any stipulation or understanding re-
specting our Black soldiers. That is to say:
they arc to deliver the White Unionsts they
hold as prisoners and receive the far greater
number of their men now in our hands in ex-
change for them; and then they are to be at
perfect liberty to hang or shoot our Blacks as
they may sec ft.
We don't believe this but the subject needs
explanation from our side, aud will doubtless
receive il.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

On the 9th inst the Rebels at Kinston, n. e.,
hung twenty.throe soldiers captured from Gen. foS
ters command on the ground that they were deSereS
from the Confederate service Some had never peeh IN
the service at all. One was drummer poy' ON! 10
years old. There was much Indignation among the
peope and on the same day riot occurred IN kaelsh
but all accounts of it suppressed The loyal peo
p,e of North Carolina anxious for revenge ana
they Get the chance blood viii be taken without mercy
These executions are evidently part OF the system OF
Terrorism 10 which the Rebels think themselves COM
PEELED to resort to keep the old North State in the Con
federacy. But there is restyeDess and threatening
spri! among the people that viii not miss an opPo'u
nifty TO throw off the yoke. On the Union side enist
mepts are more frequent and there is now strong
force of native troops ready for action.
We have from apparently trustworthy sources
the terrible statement that the prisons in Richmond
where Union soldiers are Kept, were mined when XII
pstrcks raid was heard Of and that ii the certain
PURPOSE of Davis or his interiors in of the capture
of the city to blow the Union prisoners into eternity
before the eyes Of their prisoners If Satan ever con-
ceyed more internal plan have yet TO hear OF it.
Our lovely Southern brethren
Cairo dispatches say passengers by the steam
e Sultana report that Shermans expedition penetrated
DtyuIu Justly "a. '.N -
that vicinity, 80 locomotives and large number OF
cars There was no fighting after leaving Canton
where Writ Adams's Rebel cavalry was encountered
Shermans loss in killed. wounded and missing was 500
largo number OF plantations were destroyed.
ABORTION of Kilpatrick's cavalry have marched
across the Peninsula TO Newport News Point, and on
the It'll were embarking for Portsmouth, Va. from
which point they will march on Suffolk where Gen.
Hickman is threatened by the enemy. The enemy are
pressing OF oil points in the department.
Suffolk, Va, was captured by the Union
forces yesterday afternoon after brief struggle On
the previous dsy there was skirmishng two miles from
the place. between the Rebels and three companies o!
COlored Union Cavalry. The Rebels lost 25; side
10 killed.
Forty of the Both Pennsylvania Cavalry were
captured by guerIlas about mile and half from Bris
toe Station Wednesday. They were surrounded
and compelled to surrender Several of them atcrwar(
escaped zsa-
All is quiet at Chattanooga; the lately re
ported skirmishes We're only target firing. Our line
now iDclose Chckamauga battlefield. Ringgold an,
Taylors and White Oak ridges to Cleveland gap.
Lieut.-Gen. Grant is now at Meade'S head
quarters, and vii, mako himself thoroughly acQaainte
with the Army of tho Potomac.
The town of Waldron, in Arkansas, GO mile
south of Fort Smith, burned by guerrilas few day
since.
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column himself with Sherman. MoPherson. Meade ana
Hooker a. his chief subordinates The secret rsasoh
for this council Of war was 10 inaugurae some mhy
movement which would help Mr.. Lincoln IN tue June
Convention 1t s felt thht nothing but military success
will prevent the Fremont and Chase me1 from disrupt
ing tho Administration party.
Now, we do not estimate very highly the
authenticity of the foregoing; but we presume
that the Editor who gave it TO the public as
yeritable reposed faith in it. Such being the
case, must he not have realized that be did great
wrong, and fearfully imperiled the public service
by its publication Would not Lee and DAVIS
gladly give q large pile of their shinplaSters for
even week. forewarning that such blow as
Is here outlined was in preparation III they
knew that such q council has been held, would
they not naturally, inevitably, be seeking and
striving to ascertain its conclusionsl And here
they are all outlined in journal whereof theil
friends here are generally patrons. Within two
hours after the above appeared in our city, 1t;
substance, transmitted by telegraph in cipher &c
Washington, Baltimore, or fIarper's Ferry, was
doubtless on its way to the nearest Rebel tele
graph station, and thence promptly transmitted
to Richmond and to Lees headquarters. What
right has journal to make such revelation
Is its course compatible with.even the McClel
Ian type of loyalty The press ought unitediy
to protest against such publications, as they
tend 10 throw us all into the hands of censon
and other military distractions, who are not
always persons of the most accurate perception
or of the kcenest discrimination. No one has q
right thus to damage his neighbours and we trust
that this offense will not be repeated.
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THE PROPOSED EUROPEAN CON.
CHESS.

At the beginning of November, 1865, the En-
prror of the French called the atten-
ton of the Governments OF Europe to
the serious and threatening antagonism
existing between the hereditary and ira
diliOnal rights claimed by the soyereigns, and
the aspirations of the peoples. In order to put
an end to this antagonism, he proposed the
meeting Of a European Congress- TO discuss all
the great European complications, and to find
for them, fpossible, a peaceable solution. Most
of the Governments Of Europe expressed
"a concurrence with the views of the
Emperor, but England fastened, prior TO
tho declaration Of any other Govern
ment, to refuse peremptorily any participa-
ton in the Congress. There was, in the opin-
ion of the British Cabinet, 10 occasion for such
IN assembly, and they denounced it as likely,
instead Of leading to solution Of the grave
complications, to make them more intricate
than ever.
Only few days after Louis Napoleon had
proposed his Congress the King of Denmark
died, and at once one Of the European ques-
tons, that of Schleswig-llolstein, assumed a
warlike aspect. The English Government felt
q strong inclination to aid the Danes, but gave
up the idea as soon as France refused the
solicited alliance. Diplomatic action being
then the only weapon with which they could
help the Danes, the English Government did
not hesitate to fall back upon the same e1pe-
dent which they had just so peremptorily reject
ed, and proposed to the sovereigns of Europe q
Conference for settling the Sehleswig- Holstsin
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that the vote by which Mr.. Boutweu's scheme

that the vote by which Mr.. Boutwel's scheme
was substituted for the bill to sell, did not
express the real opinion of the House; in fact'
that the bill was got out of the way by some
very clever but very dishonest parliamentary
tactics, and that Mr. Sherman's amendment OIL
ferod yesterday in the Senate will stand good
chance to 90 through both Houses. BE that as
it NAV, such measure has to meet the bitter
determined, utterly INSCRIPTIONS opposition OF
a powerful lobby, and we look forward to its
progress and its fate with more of fear than OF
hone. But whether on this measure or on an
other, the day is to come when Congress Will
find that it cannot any longer sacrifice the IN
terests of its constituents by such legislation as
this session has previously witnessed II the
reform is to begin with this bill, so much Tie
better. There is no time so good as the present.
and no measure of more Importance 10 the
credit of the Government
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INFORMING TIE EMILY.

We demu generally to the suppression of in
formation concerning events which have
actually transpired but there surely should
be some limit to the foreshadowing Of Military
movements which as yet are only projected.
Yet one Of our City contemporaries yesterday
saw fit to print the following as part of a dis
patch from Washington. After narrating Gen.
Grants reception by President Lincoln, it pro-
ceeds:
COUNCIL OF wAG-BIcBMoSD TO BIZ TAKEH M
MEDIATELY.
a council OF war was subsequently held in which not
only the President, Gen. Grant. Gen Halleck, and
most Of the Cabinet participated but all the military
talent in which the Administration has confidence was
called in. The basis Of the submitted for con.
sideraion was that the several February expeditions
had nearly all miscarricd and the country was becom.
ing alarmed and dissatisfied have il from source
that consider Trustworthy, that after the ground had
been gone over. Gen. Grant called upon for his
views and that no promptly responded in favor Of the
capture Of Richmond as tie first step in the campaign
and feel quite sure that orders viii instantly SO for
ward IN bring the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps from
Chattanooga and the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Corps
from the Mississippi River TO Virginia All tie
troops that can be spared from other points will
cOrding TO the statement which reached me, be incor
porated with the Army Of the Potomac and General
Banks will be reinforced with negro troops but nothing
more; and ii is expected that with the aid Of the fleet
be viii be able to take Mobile. The great bulk Of the
white troops will be concentrated In Virginia and it is
believed 30 600 men can be brought against Richmond
at an early day. Gen. Grant, understand protests
against any further attempts TO penetrate the COnfeder
acy until Richmond shall have been taken. He disa
gees with Ilaleck and places the highest strategica
yalne upon the Rebel Capital declaring that Cincinnati
as well as Washington Is threatened by it, Who will
command and what will be the route taken in this new
" On 10 Richmond my informant does not state; prob
ably 10 conclusion has been reached. think II probs
bic, however. that Gen. Grant viii command the main
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IEGISLATURF.

SENATE. March ia largo number Of petitions and
circumstances for and against the Broadway Railroad
and against overcrowdng street and stages were
presented Bills were introduced providing for the
voluntary consolidation 81 railroad o0rporations ncor.
poraing the WiliamsbuTgh Dime Savings Bank; relat
ing to the tenure OF Office Of the militia dividing the
Seventh Judicial District Of the city Of New-York
requiring corporations to produce their books Of
counts when required by Courts of this States the
luton in favor Of paying interest falling due State
stocks in paper money instead OF CON- debated at
lengththe consideration postponed until Monday
week Tho House resumed the consideration Of the
Legislative Executive Judicial Appropriation BILL
AssEsBLY-The following bills were advanced TO a
third reading: Appropriatng $4,000 for monument
10 the memory of the New York Volunteers who fell at
Gettysburg epprcpriatng $4,000 for the improvement
Of Beaver River. Recess Mr. Burke sintroduoedE 20
bill requiring all the city railroads in Now.York to
make monthly statements Of gross receipts TO the City
Controller and pay ten per cent thereof over to the
City Treasurer also 70 keep in repair the pavement
from curb to curb Of al streets upon which their tracks
are laid The remainder OF the session occupied in
the consideration Of the militia bill Adjourned.
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The Senate yesterday passed-Yeas 81, Nays
Ga bill TO eqnalize the pay of colored and
white soldiers. This bill as originally reported
was a Just measure, providing for paying colored
troops their wages past due and withheld by the
Government; but it met, in that shape, unac-
countable and discreditable opposition, and was
finally recommittcd, and subsequently reported
back TO the Senate. How much it now amounts
to we know not, but presume it is half-measure
only. 1t will be the duty Of the House to re-
store its original features.