Year: 1864




or soldier who, for the last three weeks, vsitee
Columbia, en. route to bis home from the prison!
of the North, brings "tdings of great joy Frou
Johnson's Island, from Fort Delaware, Lafayette
Warren, Camp Chase, and Point Lookout the in
variable voice that comes to breathes of early
peace, Each one appears to agree with the other
that Lincoln will undoubtedly be elected the mex
President and yet strange as the anomaly may be
conscientiously utters his conviction that there
must er necessitate be speedy cessation of hostl
tiles. Ask the reason why and they tell you, be
cause the Democratic party will never submit to a
continuation of the war; because already silen,
revolution is at work, that is ready to burst when
ever the yet unadjourned Chicago Convent tior
chooses to- re-assemble, and dictate to the people
who have adopted its platform what they have to
do in their own behalf; because Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois, and perhaps others of the Western States
are prepared to force themselves out of Union
that has been SO hateful; and, finally, because the
majority of the people of the North are ripe for
resistance to the tyranny that has deluged tn e
country with blood.


There may be something in the declaration of
one of these officers, and very intelligent gentle
man. that within sixty days after the reelection of
Lincoln, he will be unable to prosecute the war; by
reason of difficulties a: home; but we prefer tc
watch and wait. We have so often been deluded
by these syren songs as to doubt every thing but
realities; and grateful the hope above expressed
may be to the hearts of our people, we urge them
not to relax their efforts, base thought of fu-
ture JOY on any anticipation of help from the
North. Experience has often demonstrated that
we must depend alone upon ourselves, and not un-
til we do this with will that shows the stubborn
sincerity of our hearts, we hope to succeed in
our Cause Columbia Carolinian.


sa- A London correspondent of the Richmond
Wing says:


"a letter from sensible Southern gentleman,
now in New York, says that he cannot see any we'll
grounded hopes for peace That if Mcclellan or
any other such candidate is selected by the Chica
go Convention, the real honest peace party will not
give him cordial support. That the election of
such a man will be more dangerous than the cleo
tion of Lincoln, for the offer would be made to the
South of reconstruction upon the most favorable
basis, and when refused Gas We most certainly
should refuse it would be war to the knife Be
sides all this, Lincoln evidently preparing to
use his power in the most uDscruplous manner to
accomplish his reelection and be did not believe
that any organized resistance would be made
against him That is what [ fear also. Lincoln
is placing New England Regiments in Indiana and
Illinois with which he doubtless proposes at the
proper moment to arrest the principal leaders op-
posed to him, upon false charges, and thus crush
any successful organization in those States. What
has befallen. Missouri and Kentucky, is doubtless
in store for those two States


So far over a 1000 of the best citizens of Ken
lucky have been arrested and imprisoned by Bur
bridge. Many of them have been sent to Florida
to the forts. Private letters say that of the
counties nearly depopulated, whole families
going off without even change of clothing to 6nd
a refuge from such despotism. Ladies iunumera-
BILE have been banished One letter says: "Cin-
cinnati and the border towns are filled with re-
fugees from the military despotism in Kentucky.
In Louisville hundreds of the residences of citizens
have been seized and occupied as military prisons
Notwithstanding this condition of affairs, the
Louisville papers silent though these
events had never occurred"