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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS,

The freedom of the Press is the palladium
of Public Liberty, 1t is solemnly secured to
us by Constitutional guarantees, and may not
be inteffered with by any power, civil or mil
itary 1t embraces the full right Of the peo
pie to canvass and criticise the public acts of
their servants In whatever capacity. Indeed.
It I, the boundcn duty of free press to hold
up to general condemnation, readiness, co,e-
ardice and incapacity, wherever found in
the public service. And especially in time
of great public danger, to conceal the faults
of those entrusted with the public defence is
a high crime against the whole commonwealth,
for this is to relieve them of that responsible
ity which is the surest safeguard against NAL
feasance. Military power is especially a
proper subject Of jealous watchfulness for in
weak, or bad hands 1t Is capable Of the
greatest mischief. Instead of being the guar
dian and defender of our rights and our
homes-it becomes an instrument of intolera-
BILE oppression. A commanding officer who
lacks courage, conduct and all other true SOL
dierly qualities will demoralizc the best army
in the world. Laxity of discipline, absence
of vigilance, cowardice in action, will be the
natural consequences of incompetent COM
manders. and the inevitable results of these,
are disaster and ruin. To the Press, in
this country, is mainly entrusted the duty of
exposing these evils, in order that they may
be corrected, and it is false to its high Office
if It fails to do 30. While it should always
award the need of Its praises to the true and
the brave, It should denounce with equal
freedom, the treacherous and cowardly, the
weak und incompetent. To be sure, it is
more agreeable to praise them to condemn,
and ineficiency and Encouragement often
escape due exposure from unwillingness TO
complain. But let no official dressed in a
little brief authority, argue public approval
from the absence of public blame, nor accept
the interested applause of few contractors
and subordinates, for evidence of the appro-
baton of the people. For if he should do so,
he is liable to lose his head entirely, when
the public safety is endangered by his mis-
management, and the publ, Indignation
aroused thereby, and instead of correcting the
faults which have brought down upon him
this indignation, he thinks only ofsurprcssing
the expression of it. Nothing can be more
futile than attempts to muzzle the free and
loyal press of this country. 1t cannot be
done. There is no pretext eff g affor1ing in
formation to the enemy" or any other. thai
will accomplish it. Rebel newspapers have
been suppressed in Maryland and rightfully
so, but no loyal ones. Major Generals Butler
and Wallace, have done it, but aH Major
Generals are not like them "On the con-
trary, quite the reverse
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From the Army Of the Potomac.

The Ex- Rebel General Roger A. Pryor
(member of Congress from Virginia in 1860
now private soldier in the Rebel ranks. was
captured on Friday 25th ultimo by shs pickets
of the Fifth Coris, while attempting to e1-
change papers with our pickets. General
Gregss' Cavalry was sent South on the morn
ing Of the LIST instant on reconnaissance to
discover if the enemy were sending troops
South The following dispatch from General
Mesde IN relation to Greggs' movement was
sent to the Leuten art General:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY PoroMAc, |
Dec LIST, 1864, 8 P. NJ.
To Lieutenant General Grant;
l have just heard from General Gre gg
His despatch Is dated 3.45P. NJ. He reports
having captured Stoney Creek Station. which
was defended by infantry and cavalry in works
with artillery. lie Captured two pieces Of
artillery, but had no means of bringing them
off, SO spiked Them nsd destroyed the car
riages. He had one hundred and ninety
prisoners, eight Wagons and thirty males,
burned the depot wish three thousand sacks Of
corn, FIVE hundred bales of hay, a train of cars,
large amount Of bacoA, clothing, anstnunition
and other Government stores. Destroyed all
the shops and public buildings.
The second brigSde., Gregg, corhiHsnding,
had the advance, and liz reported AZ most gal
lantly carrying the enemy's position.
Gfenerai Gregg is now returning to CAMP.
No infoshatioY could be obtained Of the
passing of any troops southwark, either csvsal.
ry or infantry. The bed Of the Branch road
from Stony Greek was seen graded, but no
rails were laid.
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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

THs Philadelphia City Councils have passed
an ordinance making an appropriation of one
huhdfed thousand dollars for the families Of
volunteers, ID be reimbursed out Of q loan to
be hereafter passed.
TIE Towsentown AMERICAN says that the
Orphans Court of Baltimore county have been
for some weeks busily eHgaged in biHdine
negro children. They hrve adopted the rule
that the parents consent must be obtained
before they will act unless they (the parents)
are manifestly unable to provide for their off
spring. .,- -...
tsirEp STATES Marshal Keyes opened a
box found on board Blockade runner recently
brought to this port, and discovered nearly
one Thousand five hundred blank commissions
fof the navy and marine corps of the Confed=
errte service. They are beautifully engra-
we'd by Gates and Hess, of Liverpool, and
printed on parchment. --Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Sherman, wife of the General, left
Cincinnati on Friday for South Bthd, Indiana
where she is to spend the winter, superinten-
ding the education of theft children, who are
inmates of the Cathuliv institution of That
place: ....
A BooKsELLER's clerk in Boston was sent
uut to buy book his employer had not in
the store, and called for . The Hen which
Croweth." After an anxious but unavaling
search, he Wis asked to read the written Or
der agaih, when be found il to be " The. Hour
which Coltcth." .-.-..
GEN. HANCOCK has been preesented beat
tiful field carriage from friends in New York.
AN asylum for disabled soldiers is being es'
tablishsd at Louisville, Kentucky. a.
THE commissioner Of Internal fstcHue has
decided that real estate passing BY Inheritance
from husband to wife, or uice Uerst; is subject
to succession tax If 6 er cent. upoh It's clear
value.
THE Whole number Of immigrants arrived
1T New York up to November Both this yeaf
eleven months) is IT'S, 1852: nearly 10000
more shan for the same beriod last year.
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ORDINANCE NO. 70.

An Ordinance Supplementary to OtGagAre NJ. So,
@h,ch is supplementary to ordinance No. as, entitled
an O-dinan6e for the regulahon Of markas m the
City Of Cumberland. i>s - r.
SEC. T.: III enacted by ess Gaso- ard coSnesa-
men Of tie city Of Cumberland, That the markets
shall be opened on Monday, Wednesday ana Friday
at o clock a. m, and close at p. nj, on Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday the market shall be
opened at six clock for the sale of meats and half
past six for the sale Of all other articles from the
list day Of April. And for the balance OF the yer
at o'clock for the sals of mats, and half past
ff the sale of all other articles and shall close At
10 o'clock a. m. On Saturday evening the market
shall be opened at o'clock and cl9se :t O'clock
D. M, and the market master shalt five hotice OF
openine of the market BY he ringing of a bell
SEc, T. b enacted, that all ordinances Or psrts
Of ordinances conflicting with this be aud the same
az hereby fetealef "a esas ths otfinatce tAke
c. H. DIR, Mayor.
Passed Dec. 8, 1854.
lonS ScnlLLiyo, Clerk. Dec. St:
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OUR PRISONERS IN THE SOUTH

We are told by the Richmond Ecaminer,
that one day Of the week before last the Unior
captives confined ct Salisbury, North Carolina
some thirteen thousand in number, attempted
an escape from the terrors Of their prison
house. They succeeded in overpcwering the
inner guard placed around their place of con-
finement. but whilst attempting to do the same
thing with the outer guard, the alarm was
given by which the whole garrison was aroused
and their plans consequently frustrated. Two
pieces of artillery, loaded with grape and can.
lister, were quickly brought to bear upon them
and discharged with fearful effect. Forty
were instantly killed and large number
wounded. 1.-THE consideration Of the Off
"ccrs," aids the same paper, "only saved
.'the entire body from humiliation. Mag
unanimous men! Such fate would have been
mercy in comparison to the brutal treatment
that impelled them to make so desperate an
attempt to escape.
War, at best, is terrible, and the civil war
now raging in this, once happy country,
has produced more than the usual amount Of
suffering and terror. Its course is marked in
tears and blood and woe. Devastation and
ruin prevail where once was only beauty and
happiness and plenty. Law and order arc
forgotten; violence and crime are abroad in
the land. The fearful prophecies uttered
years ago by some Of our wisest patriots arc
being literally fulfilled. The mountains that
divide us have become the dark mountains Of
death, and the rivers that roll between us are
turncd into blood.
This IL perhaps the necessary result Of a
state Of war and cannot well be avoided. 1t
will continue TO be the case under like cir
cursstanccs until nations shall leaven war
emo more"
Lamentable as these things msy be, and
repulsive as they must be to every human
mind, they sink into utter insigui6esnee be-
side She horrors now srsnepiring in the Rebel
prison pens where so many Of our Union SOL
diers are now confined. Christian nations
have c1er been governed by some fixed laws
or feelings If humanity, especially in their
treatment of non. combataAss and captives,
and have thus TO q considerable extent caused
.tGrim visaged war to smooth lis wrinklcd Sont."
The leaders Of this accursed slsve-holders
rebellion in these United States, appear how
ever to have deliberately made up ther minds,
disregarded every Christian sentiment, every
human feeling, and to 60 beyond every thing
IN She way q cruelty We have ever read Of,
civilized or savage m their brutal treatment of
their prisoner of wS. etf
To them slope belong, the honor of de-
stroying by starvation and exposure, sR who
may thus fall into their hauds--yes all, 70,
even those who do not die are broker down
and MANNED for life.
Better far TO fall in tie tumrit and noise Of
the battle or even as those at Salisbury have
fallen, than to fall into the hnnds of the
boastcd chivalry Of the South.
Belle Isle aud Libby Priscp aud Andsr-
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From the special correspondent of the Bal
timore american, writing from Annapolis,
under date Of Sunday last we gather the fol-
lowing account Of Gen Shcrman's movements
The steamer Baltic, one Of the vessels Of
the feet of Col. Milford engaged in the ex-
change of prisoners near Savannah, has ar
rived in Annapolis Roads from Savannah on
the Both ult.
When she started for this place che had on
board five hundred enlisted men and twenty
off GERS, but tj1y-seren of our brave and hor-
ribly treated heroes have died on the passage,
and rore than two-thivds of the remainder
will follow them to early graves. Everything
possible fof the comfort Of the survivors will
be done here. ... .
The latest news from Sherman brought by
our released men is that On "Wednesday last
he was forty miles from Savannah. All
Georgia was alarmed, and the most intense
excitement prevailed. '5 F..
The Savannah papers of the Both say that
the progress of Sherman has been stopped,
but they have been making this announce
ment since his advance began. MAC.
The Savannah Republican of Wednesday
the Goth ultimo, a copy of which I have OBJ
tanned by the Baltic, states that Gnneral Sher.
mans forces were few miles beyond Millen
-sevensy-nine miles from Savannah. His
cavalry had approached Millcn. but returned
withors Aosessfss il. 1t also says that Sber.
man was gsvisg bis army brief Pest. prepar-
atory to his Advance to the seaboard..
The same paper says shst the United States
forces which lefc Hilton Head under COM
mand of General Foster. had IsntAcd at Birds
Neck, abbut twenty miles up Broad river, on
Tuesday. the Goth ult.. and portion Had
marched towards the Charleston and Savan-
nah Railrpad, 6n the direction of the Grea,
Swamp, but returned after skrmish.
1t was supposed tlsot an attack to burn one
of the bridges on tho railroad would be made
on the S0th ult., and heavy firing on that day
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sonville and Salisbury can only be named
with shudder, and must forever hereafter
be SYNONYMOUS with cruelty and terror and
wrong.
Our Government has to shis time refused
to retaliate--we do know that, as Christian
men, we could wish it to do so-and we can
only await the just retribution of God.
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At Duval Station, south of Stony Creek;
much property was destroyed, and lsrgs
amount Of railroad iron found, which an effort
was made to destroy by burning. When the
Staff officer who brought the despatch left,
the enemy were showing signs Of having con-
centratcd and were following. but he thinks
General Gregg will be Ii camp BY midnight.
(Signed) CEo; g. MEADE,
Major General.
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M A r. REID

BARGER-REib.=0 the 9Th ufty BY Rev. ".
r. DUNN, Mr.. LfAaDEn BARGER TO- Miss Lf1zR
Ftft, both Of Warrington county, Md.
LfENnBkUCE.- on the 9Th INST, at EmSHae1
church, by the Rev. <. O. Simpson, CErf Arts
c: LYNN to MARIAN, daughter of Col. Robert
Bfuce afl of this city.
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NOTICE. 81.
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THE purpose pf electhg niic Directors for the eus
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Dec ID TO Dcceriher l5h inclusive: =, ,.,
By order Of the - s"-.. 7. 7. WHITE.
,'ov. ~ lse4--w. Secretary
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NOTICE.

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Polls open at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, Gtd close at 2
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Thursday, Dec. 8, 1854.

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CTATE OF MARYLAND,

~ o1 TIVE Ut IHs pHCnE NM OF SIN
ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 2s, 1854:
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY, CON Germ:
Notice is hereby given, that app LEGATION has been
made to the GOVERNOR for a PARDON in the
in the Circuit Court for Allegany County at Octo.
Der Term, 1863, Of entieing away slaves and sen:
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months.
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open to inspection at the discretion of the Governor
By order of the Governor,
80. WIN. B. HILL, Secretary of State.
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THE WAR NEWS.
Later from General Sherman.
He is Within 40 Miles Of Savannah.

Admiral DalIgrcn and Gen. Foster in
Comm unication with Sherman.
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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-20
The DfHs.remcc.


Shortly after Stanton came into the War
Office, he wrote letter TO the New York
Tribune, then in the managing hands OF
Dana, his present Assistant, saying he had
i-a,d much about strategy and organizing
victory with apprehension. lie talked
about the days Of Joshua and the spirit Of
the Lord, and said the only way to over
come the enemy was to mov' on his works.
Perhaps score Of attempts to carry out
stanton's ideas Of strategy have since been
made, every one of which was failure and
q murdcrous slaughter to us. These little
"reminiscences are now called up b. the fol
lowing sentence in the opening Of the II
Junes special account Of the capture Of At
lanta published yesterday:
Brains, generalship. good management
under good laws. achieved what brute force
the hardest fighting. the sublimest courage
could never have attained.
Stantons strategy seems to be at dis
count at Atlanta. 1t is working however
at Andersonville, where thirty five thousans
Federal soldiers are dying at the rate Of on
hundred day.
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I have always defended Il, and never
winksd q any violation 81 i. And hive
1zry1nub6s;i shss-shs Only nfsNny -
preserve the Union il to save the Const'tu.
ton, which is its root, its sep. ana ~ SOU
--..ths way. the truth, and the Me" Of lib
er,y. IT'S supreme over the Government
sai q its departnents-it - supreme over
ANY s,aiority Of The people lsss than three
fo1rths|and IL supremacy is y. riehtful
and necessary in war as in peace. In our
government Of war it is the highest law. 1t
is above armies as well as Legislatures, and
should govern camps As much a. courts; and
to be what it was intended to be. anu W ork
~ it was desired to work, it must ALWAYS
ignore such lawless ty ant as military
necessity," and must never weld to any 9th
cr human authority than that Of the people
onstitutionally exercised. ! am for thus
preserving ii. and thereby unfolding its de
penlcnt union aganst subordinate power,
civil or military