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Year: 1864

Within the last week, says the Louisville
Journal, three highly respectable citizens
from different parts of Kentucky, one oi
them rebel sympathizer and the other
Union men, have told ps that they heard
John Morgan say in person that Colonel
Wolford and his command were the only
Federal force that he and bis men dreaded
And We publish, to-day, q letter from q
most worthy Chaplain OF the Kentucky
cavalry, who, as readers will see, strongly
confirms, after having had the very best
opportunities of learning the truth, the
tact of the great rebel dread of Wolford.


Our Rev correspondent gives US his name,
and it is at the service of anybody that
wants il Perhaps Cincinnati, after know
ing from what danger she was saved by the
terror imposed in rebel breasts by Wolford
and his men at most critical perio Of
her life, when her her hair was standing on
end "like quilts upon the fretful porcupine, ("
will feel humiliated and ashamed that her
organs have been pursuing and persecnting
the old hero in the most malignant and
vindictive spirit for his bold and manly
though probably imprudent speech at Leg
ington. But, whatever Cincinnati may or



authorities of the Southwest will have too
much patriotism and too much sense to let
ihe eagle-eyed and lion aarted warrior be
long withheld from active service in the
cause Of the country. The radicals may
rejoice that the bold leader, who has made
thousands Of rebel hearts falter and gasp
and die, is relieved from his command, but
let them not doubt for moment that all
the swarming bands of rebel geurrillas re-
joice even more heartily than they. .f..


After the preceding was in type, we saw
a despatch from Washington, announcing
that the President, on Saturday last, dis
missed Col. WOlford from the service On
account of his Lexington speech. We shall
not for that reason however withhold from
the public either what we have written or
the letter sent to US by the Chaplain of Col,
WIS regiment To say that we regret the
gallant Colonel's dismissal from the Federal
service is to give but feeble expression to-
our feelings. If President Lincoln had
been governed by high regard for the
Union rather than by the promptings Of
resentment, anger, and wounded vanity, he
would have scorned to do what he hssdone.
His selfish and unpatriotic act will create
grief in the minds of thousands of Union
soldiers and tens Of thousands of Union
citizens, whilst it will set all the bands Of
rebe! guerrillasNto singing and shouting and
dancing. He has struck fard blow at the
Union cause and for the cause of the Con-
tedcracy. He has lifted heavy weight
from the rebel heart and laid it upon the
Union heart. He has, we have no doubt,
by this one deed, rendered inevitable the
loss of many Union lives and millions Of
Union property. But may God not suffer
our people to be punished for the folly and
selhshnc>s of their rulers. sssHss


Even the Presidents sel6shness, if it had
been little more enlightened, would not
have permitted him to revoke the commis-
sion OF the noble old hero of half a hundred
fights
Year: 1864

reflect that sound mind and body the most neces-
sary requisites to promote connubial happiness In
deed without these the journey through life becomes
weary pilgrimage; the prospect hourly darkens 10 the
view: the mind becomes Swallowed with despair and


led with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
az or nther becomes hlighted with our own.
Year: 1864

seem to be adhered to very closely here,
judging by the contents Of some of the
stores opened lately. There is one arti.
Gle Of merchandise, that is gloriously
scarce though, and that is whiskey. So
scarce is this, that the inhabitants are
taken to be temperate class of people.
heard man say this morning, that he
saw them wholesaleing the beverage at
$500 pint. There may be many OBJ
jections to marshall law, yet suppressing
the liquor traffic is great argument in
favor of it. There is recruiting office
here, where refugees from rebel con-
scription come up and declare their al
legiance TO Uncle Sam, and are willing
to show that they are in earnest, by
entering the ranks of the army, these
men will make the best of soldiers. The
idea has just dawned upon them that
they have been misled. When our own
army recruit in the enemies country, it
is sure sign that rebel patriotism is on
the wane. General Mcpherson has is
sued conscription order that has rather
of severe effect upon that class of indi-
viduals who have rushed down here from
the North to escape the draft, in addi-
tion to their being pressed into the SER


vice, they get no pay, which makes
their case one degree worse than to be
drafted. The enlisting Of colored sol


diers is carried on extensively in this
district, new regiments are being formed
at various points along the river. The
competition for recruits is quite inter
esting, as recruiting parties from differ
ent regiments often come in conflict with
each other, but have not heard Of any
serious collisions yet. Ibelieve that it is
general rule now, not to stop to argue
with native African long on the proprie-
ty of his becoming a soldier, but to
make him come, and impress into his
mind by degrees, the duty which he
owes 10 Abraham. Regiments that were
organized in the summer, have lost
heavily by sickness and desertion. these
are being filled up to the maximum
number. The leth La, has a recruit
ing party near Grand Gulf Miss, they
are doing well, and send up every few
days a fine looking drove Of A. d.
chaps.


6 A. RErp.
Year: 1864

Old Elias Keyes, formerly Firs. Judge
OF Windsor county, w.. was a strange
composition of folly and good sense. Of
natural shrewdness and want Of cultiva.
tion. The following sentence. It 10 said.
was pronounced upon poor. ragged
fellow, convicted of stealing pair Of
boots from General Curtis. a man Of con
siderable wealth in the town of Windsor


Well" said the judge. very grsvely
before pronouncing the sentence of the
court, undertaking to read the fellow a
lecture, your fine fellow to be ~.
raigned before the court for stealing
They say you are poor-no one doubts
1t who looks at you. And how dare you.
being pool, have the impudence to steal
pair of boots ? Nobody but rich pec.
pie have right TO take such things
without paying. Then they say you are
worthless that is evident from the fact
that no one has ever asked justice to be
done to you-all, by unanimous consent,
pronounced you guilty before you were
tried.


Now, you might know you would Be
condemned. And now you must know
that it was an aggrevation that you stole
them in that large town Of Windsor. In
that large town to commit such an act
is horrible-and not only go into Wind
sor TO steal, but you must steal from that
great man. General Curtis. This caps
the climax of your iniquity. Base
wretch Why did you not 60 and seal
the only pair Of boots which some poor
man bad, or could gets And then yor
would have been let alone-nobody
would have troubled themselves about
the act. For your iniquity for stealing
in the great town of Windsor. and from
the great General Curtis, the Court SEN
tences you to three months imprson-
ment in the county Jail. and may God
give you something to eat !"
Year: 1864

Correspondence fthe Nashville Union.l


HgADorAET's Co. A, Arm TESS. Cav.


March oath, 1864


Having, for reasons satisfactory to
the Department Commander rendered
my resignation as First Lieut.. or co. A,
4th Tenn. Cavalry, and it having been
accepted; / take this opportunity and
this method Of bidding adieu to the
Company and Regiment with which |
have served since Dec, 1862. To my
company 1 can truly say leave them
with regret, for each and all will bear
me out in saying that our association
has been pleasant and agreeable, and
through life l shall remember with
pride my long association with the good
men and brave boys who compose the
company The readiness and prompt
ness with which they have discharged
their duties, the patient endurance Of
hardships and trials which none but an
East Tennessean can appreciate, have
endeared one and all to me, and truly
hope that the time may not be far distant
when the difficulties and trials which
have enyironed East Tennessee gen
orally may pass away and all be placed
upon a par wilh other soldiers Of our
great Republic Whilst your service
heretofore has not been such as to at
tract attention to any great extent,
vet all who know must admit that you
have discharged those duties faithfully,
under circumstances that tried your
fidelity to your country more than any
of the other soldiers of the Republic
It was not your desire to remain in the
rear while contending armies were bat
Ting around your hearthstOnes, each
vieing with the other 10 seq who could
destroy most of the substance OF your
families, and when you have read the
hundreds Of letters from home detail
ing the piteous tale Of family suffering
produced by the indiscriminate plum
dering of our own troops, and still re-
mained true to your duty and your
country, you have shown an example
Of patriotic devotion to your country,
unequalled in this or any other war or
country. Justice will be done sooner
or later, and the time will come when
grateful country will properly &C
knowledge and fully compensate you
for your severe losses and trials


To the field, staff and line officers I
return my sincere thanks for the kind
nesses extended to me, and wishing
them, and the regiment perpeustion
Of the good name it has 30 far borne
I must respectfully bid one and all an
affectionate adisu


y. W. CUREIxR,


lstLt. Co. A. 4th i. I, Cav
Year: 1864

the side Of the sristocracy Of the land,
and bear honorable scars" or else take
sides with your bleeding country, and
tell your young ones, with trembling
voice as you gather them around your
patriarchal hearth; Il fought for the
land of Washington. l upheld the
glorious stars and stripes on many a
bloody field, and l will soon be gather
ed to my fathers, but leave you, my
children, rich and glorious legacy, see
that you transmit it impaired to your
posterity, with an injunction that they
and their children preserve it through
all time" P H.
Year: 1864




Ny resignation of the Office of Second
Lieutenant of company A, 4th Tennes-
Ses cavalry, having been accepted by
the Department Commander, take this
method of returning my thanks to the
company for their uniform kindness,
and generous conduct towards me
during our association.


When I enlisted with the company as
a private soldier it was with the exTec-
tation of serving the full term in that
capacity, but your generous support and
confidence gave me a different position,
for which l return to one and all my
grateful acknowledgements. When we
entered the service our families were
all in the Rebel lines, but now, by the
skill of our brave Generals, and the
gallantry of comrades in arms, the tat
tered rags of the rebellion have been
driven from our fields and fresides to-
wards their own native sandhills-a
cline more congenial to traitors and
treason. In parting with you, let me
assure the company and regiment, that
leave it with regret, and should you
maintain to the end Of your term the
present character Of your regiment, it
will be matter of pride in after years
to have belonged to the 4th Tennessee
cavalry To my superior officers l re-
turn my sincere thanks for their many
kind favors, and hoping their future
career may be equal to present promis-
ses, and their most sanguine expecta-
tions, and that the time may mol be
far distant when peace, with all its
manifold blessings, may again bless our
restored Union, bid to one and all a
kind adieu WN. X. GRFFTH,


I'd Lieut. Co. A, 4th Tenn. Cav
Year: 1864




Governor Brown, of Georgia, i'll his
message from which we have been quo
ting recently, gives strong testimony as
to the efficacy of arming negroes. Prac-
teal men, in looking at the question of
arming negroes, always calculated the
profit and loss of the matter. The
question was whether the opposition to
arming the negro was SO strong that
the hostility that would be excited by
arming them would overweight the mil
itary force Of the black soldiers. Gov
ernor Brown, speaking of the fifty
thousand able-bodied slaves employed
against the Southern Confederacy,
says:


"If these fifty thousand able bodied ne
grOes had been carried into the interior by
their owners when the enemy approached
the locality where they were employed, and
put to work clearing land and milking pro
visions, we should to-day have been fifty
thousand stronger, and the enemy that
much weaker, making difference Of one
hundred thousand in the present relative
strength of the parties TO the struggle.
When negro man, worth 81 900 upon the
gold basis, escapes to the enemy, that sum
Of the aggregate wealth of the State, upon
which she should receive taxes, is lost, one
laborer who should be employed in the pro-
duct;on of provisions is also lost, while one
labOrer. or one more armed man, Is added
10 the strength Of the enemy"


This is a statement OF the case that is
an argument for arming the slaves, that
the Governor of Massachusetts could
not improve upon.
Year: 1864

reasct that sound mind and body are the most nsces-
sary requisites to promote connubal happiness. In
deed, without these the journey through Life becomes
weary pilgrimage; the prospect hoafy Isir snS una
allied with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
OF another becomes blighted with our own,
Year: 1864

"Nota drum was heard, not a fu neral note
/ As his corse to the ranparts e hurried
Not soldier dcharged his farewell shot


Oer the grave where our hero was buried.
We buried him darkly, at dead of night,


The sods with our bayonets turning,
By the struggling moonbeams' misty light,


And the lantern dimly burning.
No useless coffin enclosed his breast,
| Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we wound him.
But he lay like warrior taking his rest,
| With his martial cloak around him.
Few and short were the prayers we said,
And we spoke not a word of sorrow;
But we steadfasty gazed on the face of the dead,


AS we bitterly thought of the morrow.
We thought, as We followed his narrow bed,
And smoothed down his lonely pillow,
How the foe and the stranger would tread DER hi


head


And we far away on the billow.
Lightly they'ii talk Of tho spirit hats gone,


And Ger his old ashes upbraid him.
But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on,


In the grave where Briton has laid him.
But half of our heavy task was done,


When the clock told the hour for retiring,
And We heard the distant random gun,


That the foe was sullenly firing.
Slowly and sadly we laid him down,


From the field of his fame fresh and gory
We carved not line. we raised not stone,


But we left h IN alone in his glory"
Year: 1864

10" On the completion Of tho great Pacific
Railway, no's under construction, the Transit
Tor passengers ard goods between New York
and San Francisco will occupy only six days,
when the latter port is likely to become an
important depot for the tradc to China, ia
pan, and other parts Of that portion Of the
world.
Year: 1864

Saturday, we remind those interested
and our readers generally, is the day ap-
pointed for the wood procession from the
country. There lis great need Of wood
amongst the destitute families 10 our city,
and there is abundant ability on the part
OF the farmers and wood haulers Of the
vicinity TO supply that need. For months
past there has been an average of some
seventy-tiye loads of wold per day
brought into town and sold at unprece-
dented high prices. And those who have
had the good fortune to enjoy the bene-
fits Of these high prices should be glad
to avail themselves Of the opportunity to
supply the destitute from their own abun-
dance.


Ine beautiful silver pitcher furnished
By D.. Sanford, to be presenieda as prize,
Is IN itself worthy OF very spirited com
petition, and IL view Of It's object and as
sociaiions may well be CHERISHED as a val
ued heirloom in the family Of the fortu-
nate recipient.


We republish the names Of the per
sons appointed as the Executive Commit
tee to solicit contributions of wood for the
occasion, trusting that they viii do their
whole duty in the premises aud secure
Year: 1864

s1r began my ministry in church
in the wilderness where there we're nine
teen women and one man, and | wished
him out more times than one. They
were the saints and he the sinner. was
at that time sexton and general under
taker for the church. l swept it, |
bought the lamps and lit them / would
have rung the bell, but there was none.
did the preaching, was superintendent
of the Sabbath School, and did everything
else there was to do; and though many
years have passed, aud have seen other
scenes, L have never had happier hours
since Henry Ward Beeoher.
Year: 1864

E9t- We would hereby publicly express
our thanks to Mr.. E. Hammer for his
kindness in furnishing us with an excel
lent piano, and tb Capt. Edwards for the
free use Of the Atheneum on the night of
the concert.
Year: 1864

Ever brought to this City, which is
made up of the best Foreign and
Domestic materials. Great care
has been displayed in the selection
of their Goods, which, owing to
their superior quality, make and
style, cannot be excelled anywhere.
As they have also bought their
entire stock "Cash Down." they
deem themselves justified in assert
ing that they can and shall offer
greater advantages to customers
regarding styles, prices, qualities
and assortment than any other
house in this city.


Those who intend favoring as
with call are respectfully invited
to examine and convince them
selves.


Remember the place
Year: 1864

two parties--one puts up gold, when up goes
the price of anything else ;and the other is a
party that believes success in sur army will
bring down the price of gold There are
men constantly hoping for revorses to our ar
mics, that they may put up the price of gold
in order to elect Mcclellan. Yet these men
ask the poor man to vote for them! He
would not say that the Democratic party was
composed of traitors, but he well knew the
leaders of that party are traitors to it. and
are selling it out as sheep are sold in the
shambles He stood here as the representa-
tive Of the people, not of u party Or part OF a
party, and we say down with the politicians
and up with the people. We will never save
the country by letting such politicians rule as
Belmont, the agent of the Rothschilds Of
England. He had said that in the case OF
the riot in New York, the voice of the people
there was the voice of the devil.


" o conversation with Governor Scvmour
in presence of Sanford Church, he told hin
that their party would be defeated in that
State by 40,000 "Oh. it is not the ecc.
ton, Mr. Train," said Governor Seymour
" it is not the election" "What is it 2
The Governor dudged about as much as Nc
Clelan in writing letters DO you mea.
revolution Why sir, there is no fight il
you. There are in this world two bodies
positive and negative. and when revolution
comes you will find that the absence of YOU
bodies will be much hettar and more whole
some than your presence Of mnd. You vii
sec, Mr.. Seymour, like an Irish friend o
mine who saved his life by putting his breast
plate on behind"


IIe the speaker, did not know what tc
make of such men Tie told Barlow that i
the nomination of Mcclellan was not with
drawn he would stump the State against him
Tic did not belong to any party; he was III
independent man, above all party, he was fol
the Union, and it is well that in times sucl
as these we have few Independent men il
favor of the Union He had teegrapLcd co.
night to Governor Morton. who has just beer
reelected Governor of Indiana, that in Penn
sylvania we will swamp the guuhoat by So,
900 majority. That the crew might Le saved
but that the leaders would he drowned fol
none of them know how to SWIM


We must be in earnest in this work 1--WE
want all good men to join 1t one CONNER
brotherhood IN the north We must remem
Der that Mr.. Lincoln cannot save the country
unless he receives The support of us all. W.
must drop all party issues. In the name o
our country let us all rejoice in all the effort
made to keep our Union, the Constitution
and the laws.


Three cheers were given by the immense
mass of people present. ,
Year: 1864

SALTNEss OF THE SEA AS AFFECTING NAvI-
GATIoN.-Surprise has been expressed that
vessels going to Sebastopool take smaller
cargo than if they were only going to Consta-
tinople, OF that they diminish their cargo in
the latter port before entering the Black Sea-
The reason is this-the density of water of
different seasi is more or less considerable. and
the vessels sailing in them sink more or less
according to their density. The density arises
from the quantity of salt contained in the wa
ter; and consequently. the salter the sea is,
the less vessel sinks in it. As, too, the
more sail vessel carries the deeper she pen
etrates the water, it follows that the more
salt the water the greater the quantity of sail
that can be carried. Now, as the Black Sea
is sixteen times less salt than the Mediterran-
can. vessel which leaves Toulon or Mar
seiles for Sebastopol must take a smaller
cargo than one that only goes to Constantine
pie, and still smaller one if it is to enter
the sea of Azof, which is eighteen times
less salt than the Mediterranean. The
Mediterranean is twice as salt as the
Atlantic; once more than the Adriat-
ic, five times more more than the Caspian
Sea. twelve times mere than the Ionian Sea
and seventeen times more than the Sea of
Marmora The Dead Sea contains more salt
than anv other sea; it is asserted on good
authority that two tons Of its water yields 5S9
pounds of salt and magnesia.
Year: 1864

Deacon N was an honest old codger, a
kind neirhbor. and good Christian, bellev-
inc in the Presbyterian creed to the fullest
extent /: but lackady the deacon would oc-
casionally get exceedingly mellow, and al
most ever Sunday at dinner he would indulge
in his cider brandy to such an extent that 1t
was with difficulty that he reached his pew in
the broad aisle, near the pulpit, and between
tbs minister and the village squire. One
Sunday morning the parson told his flock
that he should preach sermon touching
many glaring sins so conspicuous among
them, and he hoped they would listen atten-
lively and not finch if he happened to be too
severe.


The afternoon came, and the house was full
-everyb body turned out to see their neigh
bors dressed down by their minister, who,
after opening his sermon, commenced upon
the transgressors with loud voice, with the
question:


Where is the drunkard?'


A solemn pause succeeded the inquiry.
when up rose Decon n, his face red from
the frequent draughts of his favorite drink,
and by steadying himself as wellas he could
by the pew rail, looking up and replied in a
trembling and piping voice


Here am


Ofcourse, CONSERVATION in the congrega
tion was the result of the honest deacon's re-
sponse; however, the parson went on with
his remarks, as he had written them. com
menting severely upon the drunkard, and
closed by warning him to forsake at once such
evil habits if he would hope for salvation and
fee from the wrath to come.


And now, where is the hypocrite?'


A pause, but no one responed. Eyes were
turned upon this and that man, but the CLAN
ces seemed to be directed to the squire's pew,
and, indeed, the parson seemed to squint
hard in that direction. The deacon saw
where the shaft was aimed, and rising once
more, leaned over his pew to the squire, whom
he tapped on the shoulder, and thus address
ed him.


Come, squire, why don't you get up?
did when he called on me'