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Utter Impossibflity OF Conquering the
south.
THE BATTLE NOT ALWAYS TO THE STRONG.
from the Richmond Wing, April 8


fFrom the Richmond whlg April g.
The Yankees indulge dcuson as old M war itself,
snd OF which no amount OF opposing experience seems
SUFFICIENT 10 disabuse the mind Of mankind The great
Napoleon whoss exploits conradicted the saying
embodied the idea In language blasphcmous as the
hictum false when he said -" Providence always
sides with the heavy battaons" One has only 10 read
Me records OF battles aud campaigns in which the Bible
hbounds 10 see how frequently how generally, indeed
Me weaker party, In numbers and muitrie OF
put victorious. The mulitudnous which the
Greeks the Cnrthagcn and the Romans engaged
illustrated frequently than otherwise the alsty OF
Me idea that numbers must prevail And the same may
De said OF modern Europe The rcaso< is obvious In
and the weaker fights not only with the material advan
hge Of bong the defensive, but With the inenser
n aroused by the feeling that II is behting for self
preservation. With the weaker party II is generally n
question OF victory death, while with the stronger Is
pnly matter OF ambition revenge. Burke, IN ono
n his finest passages on the american Revolution, the
hngungc OF which shall not undertake TO repeat,
ponted out the impossibily Of conqucrpg people
though greatly weaker than the assant animated aud
sDergzed by the consciousness OF Just cause, aud by
Me conviction that failure would be ruin. As for
sources u N idle 10 talk about them While people OK
kt they can fight II not In one way, ia another Nis
> qycsfson Of wiA Of resot"fon, y endurdne, not u
vpdns Frederick the Great said that any people who
,oud produce potatoes and powd could wage He
might even have omitted powder, IL steel remained.
Bow long did II take the whole power OF the United
States 20 bring the Indians OF Florida only 10 compro
nise-and what resources had they The venerable
Bishop Meade while lying his deahbed, aid that no
felt that he could be again young and at the head Of
ry thousand vire MANS an mated 10y the sPir o. the
I'D nartys and confcssors ready to live amid the rocks
pnd IN the OF the mountains and endure every
tmagnable pryaton and suffering sooner than submit TO
oppression and wrong, he could drive the invader from
bis state ~ Is he p rn b submit mdt utt gaze
ne tie vtc1y ard poIe free n all the technl
pal resources Of should fail The enemy relies upon
ps aTsenaS his stores bis trcasurybut these are not
methaustblc There IN something Infinitely stronger
and niore ineshanst be--ths uncomfortable will OF
people detarminaa W die sooner Than ysid An old hs
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
TINTED STATES sEvEN-rHIRTY LOAN.
BY authority of the Secretary the Treasury the under
signed has assumed the Subscription Agency for the
sale Of United States Treasury Notes. bearing
three senshs per cont interest per Annum the
sEvEN-rniRTY LOAN
These notes are issued under of IS 1885, and
are payable three years from tina. time currency are
convertible at the option of tho holder into
UNITED STATES FIvE-TwENTY SIX PER CENT
GOLD BEARING BONDS
These bonds worth premium, which increases the
actual profit the seven-thry loan, and Its exemption
from State and municipal adds from three
per cent more according levied other property
The interest is payable in currency semi-anuualy by
coupons attached each which may be Gu, Oh and
sold to any bank banker
The interest amounts to
ONE CENT PER DAY ON A $50 NOTE
TWO CENTS PER DAY ON A siOo NOTE.
TEN CENTS PER DAY ON A $500 NOTE.
TWENTY CENTS PER DAY ON 5000 NOTE
ONE DOLLAR PER DAY ON 5000 NOTE.
den0mnauOns
furnished upon receipt of subscriptions the for
wsrded at once The interest will be paid
in advanc. by the local subscription agents the time of
subscribing This is
THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET
now offered by the government and it is confidently sz
pccsed tina. It's superior advantages win make the
GREAT POPULAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE.
Less than soooo of the loan authorized by the last
Congress are now on the market This amount the
at which IT being absorbed win all be subscribed for within
four months, when tho notes win undoubtedly command
PREMIUM as has uniformly the closing the sub
scriptious 10 other loans
In order that citizens Of every town and section of the
country may be Afforded facilities for taking the loan the
National Banks State Banks Private Bankers through
GU. the country have generally agreed receive subscp
lions at par Subscribers viii select their agents. in
whom they have confidence and who only 10 be re
spousbls for the delivery notes for which they re-
ceive orders
JAY COOKE,
SUBSCRIPTION Assn. Philadelphia
LLcocKs POROUS PLAsrEns ., An. s,cs. and
ali spine aud kidney snecons 10 na IN ali deem
atsn, catarrh dyspcpsa varcose VEINS anu h III oocP
seated palms. 'nss s'' XLLsKrown, Pa, April 1885,
,sMy daughter used one Of your Porous fssters
az IA very lad pain sde and cured her In one
week. Yours truly JOHN " N. HUNTER
PRINCIPAL iBnRahDRETH BUILDING. ny.
For sale by all drugpsts -
-CoRNs. BUNtoNs, INGRowINq EAfIs TENDER
A. Feet &C., cured BY DR. y BRIGGS surgeon Chi
.cdis 2I2 and broadway Briggs AeviRtor and Cura
i've FOR Corns upons &c sold by druggists and sent By
mall 30 cts, ~ and ~
roRNs, BuNIoNs, BAD NAILS, &C, CURED WITH.
out pain, by Or RICE AZ NJ Rowsry, Ctzens' Bank.
Rces Annbilaior Corns, Bunions Chblns &c BY
mail, 90 cts and 81
ENGLISH Bo-AL VELVET AND BRUSSELS CAR
~ peting az god prcesA tremendous reduction In the
prices Of Threepy and Ingram Carpens, Rugs Mats Mat
tnrs Shades Drggets c Just received from aucton an
stock ~ great sacrifice taI ana Nimne the
elegant spring styles 81 the original HIRAM ANDLRsONs,
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torsn says that "when Carthage made war with her
opulence against the Roman serty her great disad
vantage arose from what she esteemed her greatest
strength which she placed her chief dependence
The reason Is evident Gold and silver may DO easily
exhausted but public virtue, consistency and nrmne Of
mind fortitude and poverty, are iuexhausrbie" we
have these latter, may dispense With the former;
II lack Thorn, we shall not deserve and need not ex-
peol 70 triumph.
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oRas 8. HASTINGS, Private Secretary.
The Fort sumter Ceremonies.

The Fort Sumter Ceremonies.
THE DEPARTURE OF THE ARAaO TOMORROW.
We have been requested 10 give notice that the
steamer Arago which has been ordered 70 take party
Charleston be present At tho raising Of tho old nag
over Fort Sumter, will not sail to-day expected,
but will leave punctualy at twelve NJ tomorrow satur
day. Those who hold tickets OF invitation TO 90 in this
requested to call today at the Office Of Gene
raj Van vet No II State street. and register their
nsmeA
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Music ON the Square.
From the Richmond whig, April 3

IF1Ofu HFIII
The weather is becoming pleasant again. and with the
return Of balmy spring there should be resumption OF
afternoon soirtes on the Capitol square We cpecfiy
. Governor Smiths attention 70 the almost universal
desire Of the community for emusic on the square,
not outlandish cangor, which one appreciates, but
home melodies and patriotic airs, with an occasional
speratic gem, which all can enjoy.
The citizens of Richmond have doubtless already been
furnished with the desired "patrotic airs" and an
occasional operate gen." but hardly by Extra Billy
Smith, 4" the Governor-ED. HERALD
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Richmond Market Under the Con federacy.

Flour 5000 81 600 per Dbl corn, 500 per bushel;
corn meal Sll0; bacon, $40 a SIS; beef, $40 u sl2;
pork, sl2 sl4 butter, SIS $40 per h.. lard SIS;
bay, $3.50 per 100 lbs cornhed peas, 500 $40 per
bushe white beans, $40 SIPS per bushci potatoes,
little has been done In the tobacco market since the aie
raid. Markets rather better supplied with meats
ash and vegetables. ard prizes tending dDtcnwdTds
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The Richmond WING Never % Fall Into

from the Richmond Wing, April g.
The New York 1iMes' Washington special says that
he most substantial evidence Of the design Of tho rebels
TO evacuate Richmond found In the fact that on the late
Sheridan raid the files Of the Richmond Wig and all the
surplus material of that once captured at SCOTS
vle ON James river where had been thrown on with
other freight TO tighten q canal boat"
The Especial" draws an Inference fron eapposton
The dies referred TO were 70 Hardswicksvie In
June, 1853 Tho Wing had no 'surplus material" At
Scottsville We presume that the files, from 1924 to
1851 were destroyed by the than vandas who
tured them hut they exult at the supposed in
jury inflicted upon the establishment ~ we have dupl
cate nles schicA will fall into thar possessoH
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SAN FRANCfsCO, April Is looo
The steamship Brother Jonathan, from Portland Ore
gon, brings sac, 600 in treasure.
The wreck Of the bark Industry In shoal water In the
bay, caused the death Of seventeen persons.
The miners Of 0ro6na Idaho, have driven on the Chi
nose. large emigration TO Idaho from California Is
expected. The roads to the northern mines are be-
ginning to reopen with the weather Freight Is
going forward In small quantities.
The bullion receipts for the last ten days have been
$l,70o,00o
SAN Francisco, April g. 1895.
The amount OF trade IL small for the opening OF
spring. The uncertainty TO the price OF gold and the
lack OF knowledge concerning the tariff, induce both
buyers and sellers To contract operations I'LL more
definite OF affairs. The money market is strong
consequent upon the active demand for the Of
duties by which TO draw goods in bond The duties paid
last month amount to about 81 100000
The first weekly overland mail arrived at Prescott the
capital OF Arizona March H. in fifteen days from this
city It's arrival the occasion OF public rejoicing
Considerable shipments of copper and silver are
coming forward via Colorado.
Sailed, steamer Golden Age with passengers and malls
for Panama and New York. and 600 in treasure OF
which only $4,000 goes TO New York.
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G R A N T..
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.

Boston, General Grants messenger and Mr.. Ciawson,
Postmaster at Bermuda Hundred, when he ION the 4th
INST, took possession Of the Richmond Post Once.
The Post Oace Department has OF dered the Post once
n Hampton Elizabeth county, to be opened. and ap-
sointed Kennon Whiting, postmaster
The mail boat to-day brought to Washington large
rumber Of rebel officers prisoners of war; and twenty
MO bags Of captured h which have oeen delivered
10 the War Department
A passenger who left Richmond on Tuesday after
noon, says that expected hat the railroad be-
Nsen that city and Petersburg would be In running
RIDER day large force being employed 70 repair and
Riden the track.
II appears rom statement Of the same gentleman,
mo had conversed with old acquaintance in Richmond
mat Breckenridge responsible for the burning Of
propery Of the merchants having entreated him.
hut in vain, to prevent the threatened destruction.
A rebel band either captured surrendered, and
the way up from City Point played number Of airs,
puch as 'Dixie,' and 'Life ON the Ocean Wave. "
hey appeared be delighted with their change Of posi-
Non.
In compliance with application made at the War
Department to-day Of the largest sized guns will be
sent from st. Louis Galena, Illinois, the home Of Lieu
tenant General Grant, fred there in honor Of the
iAI OF Richmond.
Major General Casey and STAFF will leave Washington
70 for Richmond, TO commence the organization
Of oolored troops in that vicinity
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The Seal Fishery.

ST. JoBSs N. f., April g. 1865.
Steamers Bloodhound Osprey and Wolf have arrived
from their seal fishing cruise with full cargces They
report vofahy upon the prospects Of the fishery the
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Theatrical.
OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Mr. J. Il. sewyn, the popular and gentlemanly stage
manager Of this theatre takes his benefit tonight The
play is the Honeymoon This Ia Mr.. sswyns nrst bene-
At in New York, and he certainly deserves crowded
house.
BROADWAY THEATRE.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean appear at this theatre on
the 18th Of April, in Henry VIII The prices will
be more than doubled Next Monday there will be an
suction sale of seats and boxes This is ne for the
speculators Mr. and Mrs Kean will play eleven nights
make tour OF the country and return 10 this city In
November for their farewell performances
NIBLo's GARDEN.
The Corsican Brothers was revived on Wednesday
evening before q crowded house Mr. wheatey appeared
AZ the Brothers. and acted admirably The scenery and
appointments were superb. The play will be repeated
next Wednesday Forrest acted Richclieu last night in
his usual style East Lynne will be repeated on Satur
day af ternoon and evening.
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WINES, LIQUORS, &c.

- 1o1IoRs. coRDrALs, sYRUPa, BrTrERs, ~
| Er,lsnbcrg, Kane Co, 2io Fulton street. man,
,, Of or 10 The trade the following low prces:9i
.I peppermint Cordial per gallon, 81 co. Baokbery
Cherry brandy, ~; Stoughton and Stomach Bltters
mas berry and i.Fuion syrup, 81 %; Gum SYRUP ~
Niso RecLhcd Sriits Imported and Domestic vins
Liauors, &C., AZ lowest market priuHA
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ABSreSate.
thousand nine hundred and fourteen Of the whole
number have been exchanged.
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TEAS AND COFFEEs.


FALL IN GOLD.
GREAT REDUCTION.
GREAT REDUCTION.
GREAT REDUCTION.
GREAT REDUCTION.
TEAS AND ooEFEEs.
TEAS AND ooEFEEs.
TEAS AND coFFEEs.
TEAS AND CoFFEEs.
NEW CROP TEAS OF LATEST IMPORTATION
NEW CROP TEAS OF LATEST INFORMATION
NEW CROP TEAS or LATEST IMPORTATION
NEW CROP TEAS OF LATEST IMPORTATION.
THE ENTIRE WHOLESALE STOCK
THE ENTIRE WHOLESALE STOCK
THE ENTIRE Wholesale STOCK
THE ENTIRE WHOLESALE STOCK
or THE
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY.
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY,
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY. 4
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY.
AMOUNTING TO FROM
100000 TO 100000
OFFERED AT RETAIL
AT NO. IS vEsEY STREET.
THE COMPANY ARE NOW SELLING GOOD
ooLoNo AT Co.,. 7oc. &c.. soc. q, BEST q 10 Pr
POUND.
MIXED, CO.,, wc., 90, Co.,, 81. BEST q 10 PEI
POUND.
GREEN TEAS, soc, 7oc &c., CO.,, g. 81 10, BEST y r
PER POUND.
ENGLISH BREAKFAST, &C., Toe, soc. soc, q. sllo BBfG
81 70 PER FOUND
YOUNG HYsoN CO.,, 7oc Soo, soc, g. q 10 BEST q -
PER POUND.
vNcoLoRED JAPAN 81, 81 TO- BEST 81 20 PER POUND.
IMPERIAL AND aUNPowDER, BEST q % PES
POUND
coFrREs (GRouND) soc.. xc.. Soc, Sc, BEST ~
PER POUND.
FRENCH BREAKFAST AND DINNER COFFEE, ss
PER POUND.
THE COMPANY MAKE NO DEVIATION IN PRICES
These Teas arc all chosen intrinsic WORTH hssp
in mind health economy high degree pleasure -,
drinking them.
CoFFEEs ROASTED AND GROUND DAILY.
GROUND coFFEEs, soc, sOc asc, best loc. per po.Da
Hotels Saloons Boarding Housekeeper and Families VIVA
use large quantities economist in that arte
BY using our FRENCH BREAKFAST and DINNER cor
FEE which We sell at the low price Of IS per poun
and warranted to give perfect satisfaction.
Especial attention given Depsrnsntn wh
defy competition.
CONSUMERS CAN SAVE FROM
50 CENTS TO 81 PER POUND
BY purchasing of the Company. Now is the time -
LAY IN YOUR STOCK.
LAY IN YOUR STOCK.
LAY IN YOUR STOCK.
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY.
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY,
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY.
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY,
IS vEsW STREET
vEsEY STREET.
IS vEsEY STREET.
IS vEsEY STREET
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
A CIGAR MANUFACTURER WANTS TO ExcHANS
sa for or s Sos No WesGs b SP street.
to bind splendid quality, for sale at 100 wac
street, up stairs
6OO OOO CIGARS AT LESS THAN ys Isa
COMPANY g. cGEEks Agent 70
street.
A MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT HOUSEHOLD FL
chance parties s rssr Gu
tsias Bureaus Beds.eAds Mattresses Extension
Twentyhird street. near sixth avenue.
OApINRr ruRNIruRE AT THE LOWEST MANUAL
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Paroled Prisoners.


From the Richmond Whig, April 81
Tho cartel Of exchange is being carried out In good
faith both the Confederate and federal governments
We have been furnished with statement from Captain
Patterson, commanding paroled prisoners, giving the
number OF arrivals from February to April 1867
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THE LAST RICHMOND REBEL PAPER

We have received copy Of the Richmond WAig, Of
Monday, April which was the last sheet issued by the
vSbcls In Richmond II must have been printed during
She exciting hours Of the evacuation but does not con-
in single line referring TO the engagements at Peters
bura or the evacuation Of Richmond Some Of the art-
ses which give below, significant and comcal in
vew Of the subsequent relation Of the citizens Of Rich
lnoud To the 'svile Yankees"
Drill OF Negro Rebel Soldiers I'm Richmond.
from the Richmond Wing, April
The new recruits, under Majors Pegram and Turner,
were drilled In front OF their rendezvous Saturday even
sing Many persons we're present-among them several
members OF the Legislature, who went away convinced
that Sambo be taught TO handle Southern mus
ket quite as well as the negroes in the Yankee army
Majors Pegam and Turner expect TO have their battalion
ready for active service In short time, III they
ean get the assistance Of active and intelligent
slaveownen Of the city interested and con-
vinced Of the importance OF this measure
tcry master should encourage his slaves enlist and
have interest with the white citizens; the cx-
ample would be extremely valuable In occurring negro
sruts in the country Steps being taken TO have
Tuiting officers in different parts Of the state, and we
ask the aid OF intelligent and energetic farmers who fully
appreciate the vital importance Of the duty II is i'm
Hortant TO have officers who have had experience In the
management Of negroes and who understand their Pc
suliar nature There should be no compusion Let
bher enlistment be voluntary, II possible They should
% promised freedom and home among those with
whom they have been raised and lived We hope our
sttizens both In cities and the country will explain
beer ut once is important to have them before the
sampagn Is far advanced. Let Vginians do their duty
and furnish t/rty thousand negro troops Tor start
Can't RichDl>fld send Gve ttousdndf
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The wounded I'm Washing ton.

The following Is list Of the wounded in the recent
hattles who admitted from the field into the
Emory Hospital, Washington, N R. Mosey, Surgeon in
eharge. Many Of the very severe:-
Levi stockwell, D, LIST Y L art. Adorun Miles, 9,
18th art; Holman Conrad II, 10Th II art;
Wenthoener, Il, 18th art; sgmond VAR, 6, 18th
Nx NH art Martin Man Eshs 10th N w. S Sses
sherey, A. sist Y; Alpheus Foster, slst NY Alan:
Dinsman, b, slss N \; George Oaks 3, sist Z; WIN
LarRin, q, slst Y; Joseph !auf, =, sist n MN
Hubbard, 7 sist u Cyrus Lynch, A Az, ss.h NY;
cOrnneil, F, i4ssh N = Jacob snider, F, i47th 3;
NY H Cook, D. ls5th N Y; Clement Arnold, G, ls5th
N.Y. Lorenzo Thomas, G, 1s5th Y; Fairer,
z, lssth X, Corp Charles Stokes, x ls5th NY;
PiSn 18th Pa cav William Villa Hinlle <, 18th Pa;
EALoucks, NJ nth Pa; James Campbell y, ssth Pa;
Band b. slst Pa; Corp Chas zeirminger, G 11sth Pa;
Barnett lsist Pa; IIumeert, lSlss Pa; Se,gt
Oonnely, b, 1oSth Pa M schmehl D. 1osth Pa; Henry
Dible, r. 1osth Pa; Thomas Folwel, l. l9sth Pa; Jo-
KsiI srops sss SSa
p; Chas freeman, B, cloth Pa; W Dare, h, 210th
aArs alea ad Pa Corp EsqSF' Ess ai ssS
1itc5eil <, seth Mass 1has Smith, K TN colorod
con, A, 10th Maine; VIM Jones' A. 10Th Maine s L Mes
SorS asi Hsnas K
Andrew Deliver K, 9Th Del; ssrss Enos LIST Mich;
fssrangeway 4, 7th wis; sergt Jno Morgan, D, 7th
Wis; Powell, E, It'll Wis., Geo Masuers, IN Wis
ssp R R6 IN ~ wa N. N, TSIpd ns.2 n ON cS
WM
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The following Is list of the wounded in the recent
hattles who have been admitted from the field into the
Emory Hospital Washington, N. r. Mosely, Surgeon in
sharge Many Of the very
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-06-30
Military Suggestions of President
4 liNtI u ~ Linnaln. -

General Hooker, in his testimony be-
fore the Committee on the Conduct ofthe
War, submitted series of brief familiar
letters which he received from President
Lincoln shortly after the disaster of
Charlottesville. They are full of the
strong common sense, quiet humor and
quaintness Of expression which mark
everything Mr.. Lincoln said or wrote on
any subject. About week after the
battle OF Charlottesville he advises
General Hooker to be content for q time
with keeping the enemy at bay, and to
put off further offensive operations until
he could get the Army of the Potomac
In good condition again. In this connec-
ton he adds :-,H sid Dfa He
II must tell you have some painful
intimations that some of your corps and
DIVISION commanders are not giving yon
their entire confidence. This would be
rulnoas II true, and you should there.
beyond all possibility ola douht.n
General Hooker found it impossible to
keep the enemy at bay, however, and
the next letter Is in answer to his an
nouncement that the rebels We're moving
northward.a The President says:-
/" In, case you find Lee coming to the
north OF the Rappahannock, would by
no means cross to the south of it. If he
should leave rear force at Fredericks-
burg, tempting you to fall upon it, be
would fight in intrenchments and have
you at disadvantage, and so man for
M ~ fI,aA ..xsx Ii
main force would in some way be get
ting an advantage of you northward.
In one word, would not take any risk
of being entangled upon the river, like
an OK Jumped half over fence and
liable to be torn by dogs front and rear
without fair chance to gore one way
or to kick the other.
"If Lee would come to my side of the
river, would keep on the same side
and fight him, or act on the defensive,
according as might be my estimate of
his strength, relative to my own. But
these are mere suggestions, which de-
sire to be controlled by the Judgment Of
yourself and Gen. Halleck.u
At the date of Mr.. Lincoin's next mis-
sive the rebels had surrounded MilrOy
at Winchester and Taylor at Martins-
burg. His suggestion for the crisis il a
great deal In very few words, and very
IF they could hold out few DAYS.
could you help them? If the head OF
Lees army Is at Martinsburg, and the
all OF 1t on the plank road between Fred
'ricksburg and Characteristic, the
anixnal must be very slim somewhere;
,ould you not break him?
....... "A. LINCOLN"
The last letter of the series is of interest
Is showing that, at this time at least, the
President was not affected with the NOR
bid nervousness as to protecting Wash
IngtOn in preference to all other conside-
rations, which has been attributed 10
him. 1t is dated June &c..
"Your idea, to send your cavalry to this
side of the river, may be right, probably.
Is still it pains me little that it looks
like the defensive merely, and seems to
abandon the fair chance now presented
Of breaking the enemy's lengthy and
slow line stretched now from
he Rsppahannock to Pennsylvania
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[Ofpheus G. Kerr OR. H. Newell) IL
Well known as an extravagant humorht,
out the following, from his volume OF
serious verse, entitled "Palace Beautiful
and Other Poems, "exhibits another side
of his mind.l .5