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              r -- a a . a. i i a . i - - . . ... -.- - - . - . - - ifK Ik . : o . - QS in J - s it. '' -' ' " - r -jjy? ? . " " ' ' r :v -V''-'-." 1 r ; - '- .-- ' VOLUME ?18, 1862. NUMBER, 27, ' St gtmotratit ;anntr i roiusixD imr Tciiur Mouna it fflee In Woodward Block, 3d Storj. TERMS. Two Dollar per annum, payable in ad-' ranc; $2.50 within six months; $3.00 after the expi- ' ration or the year. noma om the colors. Youth i always fair, Hope wears a gay, bright green, Grey is the hue of cave, :-. J oy in Hear en's blue is seen. Brown is the shade of sighs That bear peace from the heart, ' When the dream we have trusted dies, : And fate does her sterner port. YeQow's the false one's hue- - Too much doth it abound; Violet is friendship true, . Ah ! seldom, seldom found ! Innocence is lily white, ,. j6ve iq rogy vesture smiles. And Innocencp is pit flight Oft by that urchin's wiles. .Death stands on his dim shore Jn gloomy black arrayed, And ever calls us o'er . ; Ere Life's strange game be played. A BUND-FOLD MAEBIAGE. ,The elite of the court of Louis XIV, the great monarch of France, were assembled in : the chapel of the great Ti ainorr, to witness (he nuptials of Louis, Count of Franche a natur- . al son of toe King with Lydonie Duchess de Baliverue, a worthy heirew. . , The singular feature of the perefnp,ny was. that the bridegroom's eyes were bandaged with r a white handkerchief. ' This circunislancp ec'Ufd U? wonder of all.. ad the bride been old and ugly, they would not have been surprised. Ou the contrary, she was you ig, and qjiite pretty. ' The king alone understood this strange freak of the bridegroom, and although much enraged, he prudently held his peace, and suffered the ceremony to proceed. A few words will explain (he motive of the bridegroom. -; When Louu AlV came back from bis great . campaign in the Palatinate, he determined to unite his son. wlione valor , and daring had greatly jplpaed him, to one of the wealthy . wards of the crown. He uroi08ed the union to the young Duchess of Baliverne, and found "-: her favorably inclined. She had just come to the court, havii g just emerged from the con .vefif ft"h?e the had completed her education. jh $ had seen the young count offen, tho' he liad never designed ta cast qrie. glance at her. ' She knew he was brave and noble, and, she thought haixW.nie '4'he harsitiixter in his . escutyheou was tio objection. She accepted I'-i r..w.w.-Ql r ..L, r . n i, jAk- r ;a t,.h- JM.kij. such thing." '.t-v Th'fj k);t'Z frowned. He was not in the hab- jt f leing contradicted. , . "1 have made a formal proposition in your name for the hand of the Duchess of Baliverne, and nhe has accepted you," said he gravely. "Doubtless," said the young scrapeirrace, .. fbef tefe is excellent a nl Ijow could she refuse? Perhaps it would have been wejl to have consulted mv inclination in this matter. . J do not wish to marry. " "Are you in love with an v one?" "2Jo." . r " fhen love my Duchess. She is noble and wpajthj." . 6 v . "I am your son, and that is nobility, en-Y ough." -He lowed low as he fioke, and the , ""g Binuj . aii me conipiiment. . Aiiti uie - fpuet me. What could I do witli gold t" "sihe is the prettiest woman i i ui.v court." , 'I am tired of pretty women. 'They are al- waj s fooKs." . - . ' "pbu Id you but see her, you . would be sure - to fail in love with her." "I. will never see her," anewered the cqunt, determinedly. - ; .' "See her or not, you shall marry her!" cried the king in a rage. . : "If I do I'll marry her with my eyes shut," returned the count. Vfhe king grew purple with passion. - Harf ye, jbqy 1 . You owe me obedience as , a subject and a gon,' t is my will that you hestow your hand upon the Duchess 'de Bali-. rerne. The wedding shall take place this day fortnight. Submit to , my .will with a good ..grace, and l will create yqu a daKe on your wedding Jay. . Dare to disobey me, and 1 will atrip you of yqur title and lands you hold from - me, and cast you into the Bastile." '. This is what brought the Count of Franche . Compte blindfolded to, the marriage. r - The count placed the ring upon, the finger of the bride,. but he did not salute her; and - , when the ceremony . was over, he turned bis .back upon her, took the handkerchief from - his eyes, and walked out of the chapel. Lydonie pouted her pretty lifts, aud was al- k piost ready to cry wittt yexauon. ; V i The king took her in charge, .escorted her - &o her carnage.' and they were conveyed to. the Aotei ner nusoana occupieq. r j "Here, you .are, my ..dear," , said the king, .conducting beaUhrougq the apartments he had 'urnished expressly. for , her reception. "Here ": i: jou are at home." . . , v,"i - "But where is my husband?" .asked Lydo- - M. .-. :-.'..-.v .. r 'Silly - boy 1' vmuttered . the king, looking niuch annoyed." 'Never mind,' my dear he it yotfr husband. ' The rest will come in time." ,!? : "What is the use of having a husband, if UC Will UVk lV I puuivi UJUUIIIE. ' ' "He shall look at you, or 1 will "send him ' ' 0, no.! cried Lydonie. Mao force nim . SI - t . a - j f i - M .. - - - "to loorr at m.' it ne nas not, eonositr en- ' aare I do not wish to oblige him to look: at 'me. I see hoy His, - she eon tinned, a aad ex- "preeeionptealMirover hey countensijca. Sire, "Whr houM V'oo czriV9 u" ' "Because, ! love Wtd' 'answered Lydonie, innocently. .S tfZy: ..iiovt nun7Tr TKe kin's: pitied her sincerely, but, what could -he do? He had forced' his. son to marry her; but hs could not fores' him to lore her. He ' -r i'34 Mqn.'r aid ths great kmi, "I bare re- Ppi'rr.-- -v . .. i pove.l that you ohall marrvt" ? T4i1p;f t.,1 a rpearfij epniuppd , "ilv worthy sire and most excellent father," wh-atf -ff 1 , D"ke ajrPr,y' returned the count. "I have resolved to do no . If VuU w.?',,, "!-y W a'lgoqd as wprom- Thr kingexiiighed, jsnd looked guilty. Id .' ."WO $ uyaonie. wiin angnwn. -n e- ef loTed me, then he never.; wifl lOTe- me!" I loved hint from tie -moment' I beheldtim. 'And now l am his -fHfe, Be 'Vilfnot Took: f tnet " ' ; . . - ,''"'i:-.''vV!,.JL;i ,- fc.ae- i It would not make ! tho-izbt of the Baatile h im love his wife to send him there. ' 1 "Well, well." he said, "vou are his wife; I will make him a Duke. anj. (daresay you f wiU find honie befftVe morning. With thege words, the king withdrew. LTdpnia left aione with her sorrow ; Riitli iiu nnt nn tn droon Ion?. She dried her tear.' and looked all the better for them. like a rose after a shower. Her old nurse came in, ar.d together . they inspected her new hpme, whicl Lydonie fpun entirely to her satisfaction. The Count did not come that night. A week Dassed awav, and he did not make his appearance. Lydonie came to the coi?cla-, " " . sion that ne never wouia come. She knew it was useless to appeal to the H. tia.l mofl PronhpComntea Duke. I but he could do nothing for her She determined to, ascertain what her hus band was.alout. She dispatched a truety 8eryn,t fftrltr-tcll-gence, and. like all other wives who place ft spy upon their husband's movements, was not at "all pleased with the news she received. The Duke was plunging into, all kinds of dissipation. He was making love to all the pretty daughters of the shop-keepers in the Rue St. Antoine. In faci, for a newly married man, his conduct waehameful". - 'To leave me to run with 6uch canaille!" cried Lydonie. She paused suddenly. An idea had entered her brain. She determined to act upon it. While she was meditating upon it, let us see what the Duke was dping. One nig"ht about eight days after the marriage, the Duke, plainly attired, and muffled in a cloak, roamed through the Faubourg St. Antoine, as was his wont in quest of aJyen-tures.As he turned the corner of one of the narrow lanes that interfeoted that quarter at that period, a piercing shrink urst upon his earn, ininglel with sufTocating cries ibi assistance. The Duke's sword was out-in an instant. He was brave to rashness. Without a mo ment's thought, he plunsed into the lane. lje beheld a feinale atrugglfrjg in the grasp of a man. The man flel precipitately at hig apprqach, and the girl sank Into his arms, convulsively exe'aiming : '"Save me--oh save me!" The Duke sheathed his sward, and endeavored to calm her fears. He led her beneath the lamp that swung at the corner. "Why, you are a perfect little beauty," he cried, rapturously and in surprise. The girl cast down her; 'eyes and blushed deeply, and the Duke felt the little 'hand thai rested upon, his arm tremble. But she did not seetp at all displeased.' " Do you reside in Paris ?" " Yes; but we have, only been, here a short tun we came from lieliville mother and i." ' ; " From the country, oh ? live. -mvprettv blosponi.?" Where do you - in the Rue St. Helena." "Why, that is some distance from here. Will vou permit "me to ecort you home . J-nese sireer are flanerous. as you nave found to one so beautiful as yon." ise not to to trv to kiss me again, it vou please. 6ir," replied the 'voting girl,- innocent- b'. ;, ' ' ' - ; : . The Duke wa 'charmed.- There was asimplicity-a t'reshiic:-s, aVoiii the .'yousjg'. girl that-ple;ifei : " I give you my word as a gentleman," he s.tid, frankly, .'"'thru -.no n. tioii of .iriine- shall shall didpltjaca you it you at-irpt- niy 'escort.' ".-'She came to' his-side "and took his arm in c.onii'l.Mice. V 1 a:n not nfraij cf vavv," sh said with gie.ir smij.iic to injure me. '. '-' I ktipyf yqu are. too" good The Duke Mushed for the first tinie in he could not teil how i'n-ny years, fie knew he was jeceiving a niuch better character than he J sei ved. ' ' ';'. . - " " What is your name?" he asked, as tbey proceedtnl on their way. " Bergeronette," he replied. " What a pretty name 1 And so vou live here in Paris, all alone with your mother ?" " Yes." ' "I" dare say ypu have plenty of sweethearts?" : ' : "No I haven't qne." "What, no one that loves you? "None," replied Bergeronette, quite s&d- ly- - -: ,.' -'-' ." ..' Would you like a sweetheart?" "Perhaps." ' " J' You would be particular In yqur choice, or yoq would have bad a sweetheart before now. What kind of qne would you like, now'?' ' ' -. '" ' ! . .- ' ': .. Those sparkling eyes were lifted to his for a moment. " I would like one, if you please, like like" " Like what?" "Like you!' " Phew !" thought the Duke, " I'm, getting on here. . Now, is this cunning, or is it ira- They walked on some tim in eilence. Bergeronette checked the ' Duke in front of a little cottage, with a garden in front. There was a wicket gate leading into the garden., v; - - :.. "" ' ' ' "" " Here's where I live.' rhe said. She took a key from her girdle, and unlock ed the gate. V . tiood night, sir' said Bergeronette, and many thanks for your kindness. " She is-a Diana I" was the Duke's mental reflection. Sfyall I nevjr Thave ;lje pleasure f again T'eaid 'the Diikel seeing you againr eaia the uuke. ; Do you wish it?" she said earnestly. " ilost ardently." ' "V) ask hdr mother Ah oath rose to the Duke's lips, bat hepru- aentiv cnecxea if. . . Wiir Ton receive me to-morrow? . Yoa mar come, and If my mother is wll- .. i -. ".. - " YoVif mother is . The Duke paused and bit hU lin. " ' ' --What is he?- asked BeTgwwiette, . arch- -V - . . - " 4 BOOn tHDorrow comes so will I." "Come. Ooodnirht.w " - ' -. m - - . r P. . ' . -. one rarnea irora mm, and was about to eo- ter the garden. " ' ' - JSereronette," be said quickly i. one kiss before go. tjurelj mjr forbearance de- Berrejw . ,.. - - . ; Jbe made no answer, buf Inclined her head gently towards him. For a moment she lingered in his arms, and then tore', herself fVnm his embrace and passed quickly ihrbugK 'the The Duke determined to follow her. . When he placed Ji is hand against the gy.e, he t fouud it securely fastehed. BexgeronetU pad; prudently locked it after her. - 'ZyiJ:r. oo vae Aaite wn hi aus loogings ne naa . jt; rI " . . ; . I taken bche.lor lodgings tm his wedding day y to dream Of Bergeronette. Ths) next day he went to the cottage in Rue St. Helena, i : He waa received by Bergeronette timidly; and introduced by her o her mother a fnej matronly dame who eat spinning in the cor- ner. ami allowed the young couple to rove about the garden at pleasure. The Duke thought she was a very sensible, old woman., : . i . The P.k5 departf d, at the f nd ftf threftoiir?, more in love than ever. ' ' . " He came every day for, a, fortnight, and ev- erv day. lie pressed, his suit. ut tqere was po.v pne. way i wptctj jsergeronette couia be wn, "'n"i" .....,.. The Duke was in despair, and at his wit's the king, Bastile if end. lie liaa a stormy scene wun who threatened to send him to the he did npt return tp the Duchess. So he came to Bergeron nette on the fourteenth day, .o make a na effort to obtain ler. They were alone in the garden. " Hear me, Bergerpppttd," he cried, .when he had exhausted eyery 'argument and fpund. her still firm, I swear to ;you that were I free, this instant yvould I wel you. I confess all to vou. Ij! have told yotf that I am. a Duke, but not my title. Now you shall knowall.--I am the Dure fe Francjbe Cbmpte, and I am already marrcfd!"i: f . " Married I'' eohoed .-"bergeronette, with a smothered sireani. ;"' -" ' " I was forced into this union by the king's command. do not 'love .my wife. I have never seei0ier face'. I left her at the altar'a foot, and we have never slnc met. She possesses my title, but you alone possess my heart. Fly with me. In. some distant land we may dwell in happiness, blest by. eacTT other's society. Time may remove the obstacle to our -union; death may befriend us, a divorce may 'bei obtained, apd then,. I swear by every saint in Jieayen, you shall ' become my Ducheiea. " .Were you free, would yqu really make me your wife." V " I have pledged ny word." . "I be.lieve vou.' " '' 44 You will fly with me?" "I will." " Dear Louis," she murmured, for so, he had taught her to call him, 4,I' also have some- thing to impart to you. My name is not Ber geronette, and 1 am not what you take me to be." '.-.'-..: '" What do jrou mean ?" 14 1 have a title equal to vour own." 'Then this old woman?" " Is not my mother, but my nurse." "And the man who assaulted you ?" " my. lacquey, instructed lor this Pur pose. The Duke looked bewildered. "And like you," she resumed, " I am married!" " I'll cut your: liuaband's throat!" exclaimed the Dukii vyil'lly, " I don't think vou will when you know him." - " Who is he, and who are ypu?" . "lam Ijydoiile, Dj-chess de Franclus' Qompte, dud y(m qre fae !" ' The Duke was thunderstruck. .Lvdonie knelt at his feet, " Forgive me for this little plot," she plead- VM. . mm tw gAiu wui swve.. At lb,Uae aceeeeJt rg;hsigr my own lips I will sue the king for a di vorce.. -' ' : - .. " Vp up to my heart," cried the Duke joyfully , as hp caugljv her in ljia apms. ' " Ypu have secured our mutual happiness. Ah, none are so-blind as those -who will not sec-Little did I think, when 1 topd blindfolded by your aids at ije altar, tljat I was rejecting &u-h a treasure." ' ' ' ' They 'pitsspd their jipnpypioon in the little i-ottage, and the Duke was not sent to the Bastile. : :- -'-.; " -:' ; Gen. Morgaa's Victorious Retreat. The march of General George W. Morgan with his entire ariny, from the fastnesses qf (""umber'and Gap,' to the Ohio, will liveJ, isto- ry as one of the most remarkable - andbillful oa record. And we are glad to see that the signal mflitary ablility of the distinguished-leader of that army which has proved its right to the title of veterans, is recognized throughout the land. The fqllqwing, rorrj the New. York Bqst, is only a deserved tribute to a true hero : . f l " During the Mexican- war Colonel Doniphan made himself famous for marching a thousand men more than a thousand miles, defeating the enemy in. several pitched buttles, and subsisting himself wholly at its own expense while passing through its territory Thus he became Xenophon Dpniphkn.having imitated with suceess tne oondnct of the Athenian General, who, after the fall -of Cyrus,, brought back his Greeks in safety through hosts -of Persians, and amidst difficulties and dangers that, with most commanders,-, would hare been insurmountable. ;' - '.-; v-.''." ' But we think we have found our true Xen-ophon in General Morgan, the1 hero of Cumberland Gap. After holding that position agajnst all oppo-ositiqn for' many months, and completely stint- ung quKqe reoes irom a lavqme route oi at tacR, he was at last abandoned to his own re sources in consequence of the unaccountable management of the war on oar part in the West. The enemy1 gradually clpsed about him with an immensely superior force. Be fore Kuril behiriiiVhim on . "both flanks, tbey massed, superior numbers with their usual skill. No relief was afforded, no one seemed to think pf relieving him. General Morgan at Inst began to think he must relieve him- self, "and so by a happy application of his own great mental resources to the urcencT iof the case, he took consel of himself, tlew down the mountain cuds into ine ravine wnicn ne neki, id owide his rear secure and unapproaeluible. He then gathered together hi trains, h nu- nkions of war, and his en beistence, and started to join those who had neglected to iota hi.-n. Oast of his brilliant thought was to attack the eaeray as b went along.' lie jad nq idea of waking for them to do so. Massing hM Ool- omni as he moved along, and with reai&uegs irMftrters. at fhesr puekibna, and for sixteen days r fought then every atey a he adyanced.,, aonetiines marching twenty four hours without stopping. He came out of the struggle victoriotfs"andiin-h armed, bringing oifKJfWn thousand men ai- moet without a smuh-wjih all his war mate-. rial undiminishedtTArntithe skill 'of the' Greek be crossed heffeams, inoiiqtajps and almost deserts, sofwiiadeSiby' a superior force, and came offunhaHe: '' . This retreat of -; iqrgan srill become -v -a 2A though Qhheraldedcareer. ' Like the lauthor or Oie Anabasis, he is ' thbroughlr edotated man;, like him, a great traeUer "And obserrer or men and things; aUitor ' of. foreignr coun- vrief igr improvement in nis proieseionj an eoorage against everyjgortioo of the enemy he found in hia,wj Keifplthjpip'oqntinyatly qii the defensive,- beat theiroaarters. dashed ments are in perfect accord with his prefiorj honest representative of hifj ?Pian ".re'g! courts, and a student in foreign camps; a ripe scholar and soldier- and a good oi'-Though the opportunity of distinguishing : himself wee forced. upon him, it was just whalt he was able to turn to advantage, and he. has covered himself with. glp,ry. AH hoippr to our American Xenoplion. '' " ' - " ' '''.' - We have found a great general in .tthe nick pf tifne. ; Vet expeot tp hear from him. again. A Beautiful Tribute from aaer; to Georoc D. I'REJfTicx, the aoie and accom plished editor of the Louisville Journal, the poet and TJnipn patriot, thns mention the late domestic affliction which he has sustained. The article i& worthy of th,e warm pd generous heart of Mr Pbsntick anof the finer feelings of the squl. What a cqmirieht is this notice upon the sad and terrible contest iu which the country is engaged bow it sunders fa miliee and the dearest dpmestip lea. - The Jcurnal says: -;- - . '' r"V'OBiTUAT. William Courtlanfl Prentices died on -Monday last, at Augusta, Kv of wounds received in the conflict a( tjat place on the preceeding Saturday.' He perished in the caue ofthe rebellion. " It is not in the columns of a newspaper, it is only in the family circle or iiviiie hush of .: 'e j. I i soiiiuue, iuai- ine emoiioua yi p parppi over such an event should ; aaye utterance! The. tears of weeping. 'eyes and the fait trickling drops of bleeding hearts are not for the public gaze. The dejp.es, agonies should he content! tp fold their spder wings in the soul. Cpnsola-i tion could not cohie frOrp the world's sympathy; it can be looked Yoic only frpm God and bis angel Time. Nay, 'twere are griefs '.'that time itself has no power to allay preqoth, griefs that like running streame are deepening tleir channels forever. ' :. '' " Wm. Courtland Prentice was' no common young man. He was remarkable in his pow er and in his temperament. A moijel ofinan-ly beauty, he had extraordinary;, intellectual energy, a strong thirst for strange and curioua knowledge, and a deep passion for all that is sublime and beautiful hi poetry and pature. He was generous, manly, high-hearted, and' of a courage that no mortal peri L com e in what form it might, could dauut. . He s exulted in looking destruction face to face n all Its ways lie loved wild and dangeroas apTvehtures' for the very danger's sake. His eagle spirit lived among the mountain crags and 'shouted back to the shouts ofthe storm. Although kind, unselfish and humane, heias Impetuous, "passionate and of unconquerable prejudices. .He was not ii-n frequently 'unjust in I it judgments. and. he permitted nothing to stari' between him ana tne execution or ms pur ''This young man, if he had its directed his energies judiciously, could self a distinguished ornament i it " made him- an profession oi ine. ne migot nave been a al ? and hon- ored statesman in the service tL "teDublic. But an intense SoutTiern svniDi Ithjr.i epite of the arguments, the remonstrant4!, and the en treaties qf those who deai ly lot d him, made him an active rebel against hie tuniry.'; And, after a brief five weeks' Scits in the -rebel ranks, '.-he fell. soon jtq.lrfe oar, bi,tfiery 'rr rwjiviug meanwiMif, iir ryiroip nis gainst whose cause his strong right arm had been raised. Oh. if qe hal fallen in his country's service, fallen with his burning eyes fixed in Jove and devotion upon the flag that for more than three-fourths of a century has been a star of worship to his ancestors his early death, though still terrible, ; might have been liorne by: a father's hea'rt, but, alas, the reflection (hat he feirin armed rebellion against that glorious old banner, now the emblem of the greatest and-holiest cause the world ever knew, is full of desolation ain almqst of despair" , v . - ' . ' :' "And. vet, we shall lore to think of Court- land Prentice, that brave and noble thqugh misguided yquth, during tlje little remnant of our lives; Our love for him, uniimmei bv tears and grief, is and will remain an anjaran thine flower upon the grave of our buried ycafs." ' The Reduction of Biciuod The Richmond' Examiner of the 3d Inst,, in a long e,ditorialf argues that ".the Northern Government is' about to make its third throw for .Richmond." "After reckoning, as well as it can, the forces embraced in the old array and the new, it says: With this data, the deduction is inevitable that we must expect to see an army, aciiyeiy ana uirecny empioyea in a third attempt at the reduction of the cityi which fate, nature and fortune have combined to render the chief strategic point of the war. On (tbe direction from which the new danger is tp coriie', tlere are now really no facts sufficiently ascertained to assist us in forming : a judgment. The popular opinion is that the next advance on Richmond , will be from the iirectiqn of Fredericksburg, probably because an oilier poinig qi ipe conipass nave ueen irieu and failed. But one reflection is sufficient to satisfy us that this supposition is imprpbable. "Prom . Frederic ksburg to Riehraond is . a march of sixty rujles.' . rohj I)rufys BJuff to Richmond is a march of eight miles,' It is very difficult to believe that in a war with a naval power, the danger of Richmond is to' be loqked for in ny other direction 'than that of its navigable water. It is not improbable that Fredericksburg may be again occupied as part of the proposed Union scheme of an advance from Oentreville, intended to cot off Lee a com munication with this citv. But the serious blow will be hit. as-' be tor. ' from the river. wh ich we may again' tee ascended by a new armada and a new general, hoping to take Rich mond by repairing tjje TMaaders or JicClellan, hd proJStnng'bV hia dear-bought experience. Bat Richmond will never fall w&en it ic defen ded by an army Hire that which surrowatdtd it last June. Thooajy ooeatioa is whether the army defending Bicftfimnd . now is equal to its preueceseort . :.: ' ; ,: ; - .. " r!?eblteX on Freedom -t Speeeli Iasixl WiBSTxa, while fnCemgress knd at a period when fjree d ecussin ofthe acts of the; Adniinisration was songht to be .restrained offered the follovring, in defence 0" the freedom or speecnr L- Important as I deem it to discuss, on all prop. er occasions, xnepoitcj qi tpe meajjires at pres-. ent purenedi jt Kratlit rnore iqaportait to maintain be rtght of each dbscassion in ita fall and just extent.;; fymkntjUd, nowgrqwfng Mmm expiicii on . wis-ppin, it ancient aci.eni:.'and cqneuiptipna). xignt oiv, inw peopie eapyass nVvla t Is m home-bred righ t4i flresi puoiiamen. h fW?J'!;4:?.eiiio and. Kireege." controversy ereatniog longing to publicilife as a duty; and it is the, last 4otj.of taoee whose represeaUifre X am shall find me m .fvf jwiiog j neresrp x-. tori vate life as a. ri rh L i t"heloPTi to to abandon This hgh constitutional privelege I shall defend and exercise within this House, and in all places in time of war, in time of peace, and at all times. : -Living, I wJH assert it; dying, I will assert it; and 'shoo Id I leave no other legacy to mr children, by the blessing of God I will leave them the inheritance of free principles, and the example of a manly, independent and constitutional defeqse of them. .' Personal . Appearance of General Hal" 'r leck Commander-in-Cliief. : A. festern letter .writer has given vthalfol-lowing-pen portrait of Gen. Hal leek: " To those who have never seen Geh. Hal leek, it may be interesting, toknow that the steel engraving of him is a very correct likeness, if suppose there is but one, as I never have. seen, or beard; of moxe It gives however,' the idea of a.large man, , while he is below (he medium height, straight, active, and well fprmed. and has a brisk, energetic gait, significant of his firm and decisive character. His noe fo; delicate and well formed, hia fore- hea'd aniple, his mouth by 00 means devoid.of numor. ana n, is eye tne most remarKaoie i ey-er saw in any iian, except Professor Agassik. It is of a hazel color, clear as a moiling star, ani of a most intense brilliancy. When be looks at a'man It seems as though he'w'ere literally to read him through and through. ' " He is a fine physique is stout, burly, weighs two hundred pounds avoirdupois, has a round head, is middle aged, black hair filling fast ifith silver. He walks by the' hour in front of his quarters his tfcu'mbs in the armpits of his vest, looking mostly at the ground, but casting quick looks, now to the right, now ! to the Jell, evidently not tor the purpose or seeing anything or anybody but staring, intq vacancy the whi)e His eyes see. only the problem before him, which, with the forces qnd.er him, he is to work out a satisfactory conclusion.. He is bronzed already, and in complexion reminds one of Daniel Webster, t bough not so d.ark-hued as Webster. Such is his personal appearance. I understand that he does business off-handis impatient at long stories, arid cuts many an officer short in their verbal communications." Ife evidently .has his odd ways." I arri informed he puts on a citizen's dress and walks through the camp. ' " The other day the General helped a teamster out ofthe nqud, and. then gay e1 him a severe lecture for not driving more carefully. He laughed heartily to hear the witticisms of a'teairister upon himself. Thft Jiigb water in tbe river made a slougb all but impassable. The teamster bad floundered through it, and reaching the top of the Muff, and being in sight of headquarters, relieved himself of volley after volley of baths upon the creek; his horses! the roads, and lastly upqn QeoTSl Halleck for not haling the creek bridged. The criticism was just, but the General had already ordered the construction of a bridge,and wing xncoff. could enjoy the yerbal castigation. 1 he army evidently has confidence in its com mander, though I doubt if he is personally known to many of the officera, and : very few of the men." - ' . E. Zirby Smith. ' - The rebel General Edmund K, Smith, for. as he lately writes himself, "E. Kirby Smith," ) has, since the couimencemetif of the troubles with the South, been 'freofuentlv ' brought to n'qtice.1 He .is the on of tb e late"' Joetiu, .' L. Smith, formerly a"la'wferrifr-Litch iietu, viunnecwcui, wnere ne murrieu r ranees, daughter of Judge , Ephraim Kirby qf ' that place, the author of JZirby a Vonnecheut Re port. He (J. L.: Smith) wag appointed a Ma jor of the United States "rrqy in the early part of. the War of lKlz, was afterward promoted to Colonel, a nd served during the war he was appointed United States Judge for the District of Florida; and removed with his fam ily to St. Augustine, where he died about twen tv vears since, lie had two sons. 1 he eldest Epnraim Kirby, always known as " Kirbv rmiin, " graauaiea at yv est iroint, and was a -a - a . . trr . t- " - Captain in the Regular armv at the time of the Mexican Yar, anq was killed, while bravely fighting for the flag which his brother has deserted, at Molino del Rey, during the storining of the city of Mexico by General neon, ine omer 6on, Minuna Aircy was born in St. Augustine, is now alout thirty eight years of age, graduated at West Point about, the commencement of 'the' war " with Mexico, and distinguished himself by his bravery at the b-ittles of Palo Alto and Resaca de le Pal ma. He continued in the armv until tlje breaking put .qf this rebellion, wheq, blinded and deluded by this abominable doctrine oi State Rights and State Sovereignty, he resign ed nis.com mission as Aiajor, anu tooK uparm against "the Government. Rebel, as he is, it is bqf justice' tp say that his private character is above reproach, as a ' gentleman and a Christian, lie is a member of the Episcopal Church, and a few years since entei-tained se rious thoughts qf giving up his profession and studying for the ministry. His mother is now (or was a few months sincey Hying at St. Au gustine, and bis only surviving sister, the widow of Colonel L, B. Webster, late of the r Uni ted States Army, resides with her family at Geneva, New York. He has an aunt and a first cousin on his fathers side, who are residents qf this city. Tq prevent mistakes, it may be well to mention that there is still another "Kirby Smith," a nephew qf the rebel General, and who, it is said, is not very well pleased that l)?s ancle should take up the name by VbcH ' hfsve an loyal father was always known.'-Tbis last one of the name is J. Kirby Smith, of the United States Topographical Engineers, a graduate of West Point. He was appointed, about a year since, Colonel of the Forty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and may, perhaps, m the chances of war. meet his rebel uncle face to ; face upon the field of battle. -T-2?ew Haven Journal. Stephen A. ' Dougils on Letting the :" Slaves Free. "Hon; Stephen Ai Douglas, jn his last, celebrated speech in faror of the war, at Chicago, in May, 1861, about a month before ' he died, thus alluded to the emancipation policy: " He soid: ; -' ;' :- '": -a' "War does exist, " It is a sad thought to ev ery; patriot. f War-cfvjl. war -miist be recognized" as existing in. the Upitid States. -We rbaj no lotiger ofosebqr . feyeq io" that solemn fact. '',Tbi Government must be ' maintained the', enemies of the' cqqq try o vertbown .and the ;' 'ill ' .ilL J-a.i Jt 'tr 'ii -- . more iufeuuou4,8uu overwueiffliDg our preparations... the, lees bjopdshed an the', sborter V if'Butr jnt-eoantTymeawe muft remembei th at t h ere are eertai n ; restrain t4 . "upon men 'e actions' ia time of wjnu-We-must never for get that w.aicivtlUelartdCbristin people. and. tha.t, the! . war must be -: proe'ecuted for . the purpose and In the modexecnixed'by.CSbrjs-tUn nations. There most not be , wa? waged ga?f;t3(e GoUtotjooal pgh4 ofjenjr people 0D.the ;eartbtf nof .ciT&t U If2e4 gajn4t wo-, .meni'and cbUdrew ftnd inivntisooSaT- Lagea jpvst hot he lei Josemorthe Errors of. 1 - ' . . i i. - . w ' - . .Mfcniina0irpw:iacarixa.-.f yip jwirX nere taneiioaanch-acta c4wrl4re upon the rights of pthers, hq,Iifai. beacAch and implore my countrymen nerer to lay doo th,eir arms until they recqenize oar. Constitutional rights. ' . THE l AB Ef XKNTUCX.Y. The Battle at PeiTyTiIle--Our Loss 1,-500 Rebels Setreat Toward Harrods-. burg Our Array in Pursuii - - - ' Lq0biTii.Lx, Oct. 10. - A Bardstown dispatch to Gov. Robinson says Gen. Crittenden's force was not engaged in Wednesday's fight, and Woqda'e but temporarily, riot having arrived in season. At night the rebels retreated toward Harrodsburg, but were hemmed in, Kirby Smith's d.etachmeut having been separated: from the other rebel forces, W Dick river. "Thursday morriing we occupied advantageous situations on all sides of the enemy. Our troops are in high spirits and confident of victory, r; ..' ;"".;..:- ;-: :'"" Our loss in killed and wounded in Wednesday's battle was fifteen hnndred. The enemy's loss ia considered much larger.-- The reports of a severe battle near' Perry-ville Thursday are incorrect, coming from persons who left at seven in tbe morning, when skirmishing had commenced, wth slight cannonading others leaving the battle-field at three P. M. Thursday, say the firing ceased before eight in the raornmg, and the remainder of the rebels were then making their way toward Harrodsburg, pursued by the Federal army. " - - Col. Jacols, of the 9th -Kentucky cavalry, was wounded in a skirmish: on Wednesday riightv near Lawrenceburg, but was on duty Thursday. ' - The l6th Ohio lost two hundred and eighty-two killed and wounded on Wednesday. . Comjiany A, Capt. Ferman, of Pope's regiment, mostly from Louisville, lost in "killed and wounded all except twelve. - General Rosseau's and Col.'Pope'a wounds are'verv slight. There are conflicting stories about Lytle's death ; some represent him wounded and ririsohr. The remains of Jackson, Terrell and Web ster have arrived.: Gen. Buell's Official Eeport Perrtville. Kr., via Bardstowx, Oct 10. To II. TT. IlolUck, General-in-Chief: 2 I have already advised you of the move ment of the army under my command from Louisville. More or less skirmishing has oc curred daily-with the enemy's cryalrv since then. ';- It was supposed the enemy would gire bat tle at Bardstown. 'My troops reached this poin. on-the; 4lb inst.', 'driving out. the enemy's rear guafd of caValry and artillery. The main lody retreated towards Springljetd, whither the pursuit was continued. ; . . .. W e sent a corps under , uen. "jilbeTt on the direct road from Springfield toPerryville, who arrived on the 7th inst., withih two miles "of the town, where the enemy were found to he in force. The left column, u'd? r .pen, . Mc-Cook, came up on the Knoxville road about 10 o'clock yesterday, the 8th inst. It was ordered into posit ion . to attack, and strong recort- Lnoisances directed. . At four o'clock I received a request from Gen. McCook for reinforcements, and learned that the JettJiad been seyerefy.eDgaged torsev? eral hours,aTTdtHat ihe right and reft of Jlhat corps were being urneq and severely pressed. Reinforcements were immediately sent forward from fhe center. Orders' were also -sent from the right column, under Geri. Crittenden which was advancuig by the Lebanon road, to push forward and attack the enemy's left, but if was impossible for it to get in position to secure any decisive result. ' The action continued till dark,' Some fighting also occurred on the center. The enemy were every where repulsed, but not without some momentary advantage on the left. ,-:" ""i- : ","-' " The several corps were put In position during the night, and moved at six o'clock this morning. . Some skirmishing occurred with the enemy's rear guard. The main body had fallen back in the direction of Harrodsburg. 1 have no accurate report of our loss; it is probably pretty heavy, including valuable of ficers. Cren. Jackson and lerreJJ, I regret to say, are among the killed. ' ' ;-;- D. C. BUELL, Jfaj. Gen Commanding. ffThe Eebel Zaid on Pennsylvania Push ing on to Gettysburg Ureal Excitement Pennsyl vanianians Preparing to ; receive themf. : . ; '" "' ' ' . -. '"' . Philadelphia, Oct. 11 A special dispatch from Harrhshurg to the Philadelphia Inquirer, says that the rebels have destroyed a- railroad bridge at Scotland, five miles east of Chambersburg, and seized about five hundred horses, which they intend to carry off. No violence was inflicted, on the. inhabitants of Chambersburg. The railroad depot at Chambersburg, with its valuable contents, was destroyed, and a considerable portion of ' track torn up. ' IlAaaisarjao, Oct.. II. It is reported that Chambersbnrg was surrendered on condition that-" private property should be respected, but public property should be removed or destroyed. v The Tebels are said to le moving toward Gettysburg, to destroy the bridge thre. in 'fr-der to proent -ine" approach ul iiuoj fiout General McClel'an's a.rtjy. ' . " Philadelphia, Oct, 11, Noon. A special II arrisburg dispatch to the Bulletin says information received in official quarters states thai -the rebels were still in Chambersburg at seven'o'clock this morning. Tbey showed a disposition to move "towardsGettysburg.- r ."..-."V ' .'- .' '.' ' Qiambersburg snrrendered, as resistance would have been useless.. No violence was qf-fereil to the people. '' " ' ' '. " : WeTere pushing forward troops during the night, and are sending them on still as fast as possible!, , .'-'. , '". . ' . ; ,'V "We have nothing of a force between pham-bersburg and Hancock. ; " " v ' ' , : : '" ; -"'t ' ' HASEisBrao, Oct; il. ' This'mornin the rebels' 'des'troyed the ma" chine sbops'and rolling etock of the Chambers" burg Valley railroad company, which were at Chamberborg abd-burnt the railroad bridge' at Scotland., five mile east of , Chambersburg.- tney cav seizea aoouinve nnnorea. horses. They .have also taken "a large amouni:of . Gbv-ernment clothing, which they at 6hce exchanged lor their dilapidated' garments. ' ' " f Ay portioa of . their .. .force . moved about ten o clock, this morning in Uie direction of Oettys barf.-' miW&-Tli y.j 'rr '.'ir.--It is impossible to.leara fully -what the intention of the rebels' b : Mena it're being de- yised to'eaptdre tbeir-entire party ; -t ' At pas oeen ascenameu wisii. u ixwn ww ect'the 'Potomac near..Clear Spring early yee-lerday morning, and ?vany BIar, jrallejf j ?'wni W ?,iw.-t V ? a: J ainiaicx,t Ocf. M:: The escape ofthe rebels aercjg Jjje fQto- r - r- - ? ' . , ... mac is fully confirmed.-. After they were driven from Nolan's ford they divided, and crossed the river in small bodies at different points. The farmers who were takes prisoners by them at Merceraburg were 'paroled at the river and arriTed here to-daj. - - - The-farmers report that Generals Stewart and Wade Hampton, were both with the expedition. V - the cavalry force was a oetachment rrom Virginia and South Carolina regiments. They seized not only horses in Maryland, but swept the par's of Pennsylvania through which they passed of every norse worth taxing, .j . Chax Bxisatrao, Oct. IS. A- messenger just arrived -at " mr' camp at Steven's Furpace. has information that tbe rebel cavalry were at Cash town at the foot ox South Mountain, Adams county, in cons id era- oie lorce. - - -, . . They have been driven' back from the Potomac and are trying to escape. - Everr effort is being' nmde to cut them off at Mercers bore. but they have a man -named Logan, from Franklin county, with them, and as he is su perior guide they may escape. All our citizens have arms, and will join tfhe troops in cutting the rebels off. : Iaatek .A not her d ispatcn just received says the rebels are at Cashtown, and may attempt nasa bv a mountain road south. Perhane or the Sheppensburg road, or may by the Green. La6tle road. i . HABaisBCRo. Oct. 13 3 P.M. Since my last dispaTch Colonel ifcClure telegraphs to Governor Curtin the following; -J- . We have thousands' of rumors hat they are entirely unfounded. ' , To approach Concord the rebels"-must cross at Loudon, ten miles west of here on the pike,1 and we have news, from there hourly. Concord is at the head pf Path Valley, ah4 to enter it the rebels must go by way of Mer-1 cersburg or Loudon aud Tanetsburg, and they could not move without our having knowledge of it. - - ,; , ; yJ The report. is entirely without foundation, and has resulted from the exaggeration of the number of rebel cavalry at St. Thomas on rriday night. .' " HAKKiSBtrao, Oct. 12. Latest official accounts ?tate the rebels had escaped. They crossed the Potomac, near tb e mouth of the Monocacv, marching 90 miles in 24 hours. ' " " Pleasanton's forces arrived at the crossing just as the rebels finished, and engaged their artillery, isesult unknown Pieasantou a fore marched 78 miles in 24 hours. The Late Battle at Corinth, Hits. We have been permitted to make the follow ing extract from a letter written to bis relatives in this city by Captain O. J. Dodds : "CokiNTn "Miss., Mokdat EvasiNO, r "October 1862 - 8 P. M. f t "Through the mercy of a kind Providenee I have again passed through a terrible battle unhuTt, We have defeated utterly Price's and VTan Dorn's ; forces, "who attacked this place last Fridav morning. Our division, and one brigade of Mc Arthur's division, was attacked three miles West of the town Friday and driven into town, contesting their advance stab-' bornly, i.ich by inch. - A - --'" " Oar Brigadier Geheral, Oglesby, and Gen eral xtacRelman were wounded. - - . iiti'OUCoTmf 'ioTy&v I lost four' killed,' tL-. Abner JVlctJall, DavidrMcCaU,'"X,-P.fforf - ail from Kockville, Ohio, and D- 1. Brown, . Chesterville, Ohio; two missing and eleven wounded all . doing' well. Hye were ander heavy fire two days. ' . , .. ' 1 he rebels ars ternbly whipped; they rrotV fered very 'heavily and left their dead and wounded on the held. I think it more than probable that their whole force will be taken or disorganized. ' : " None of our field officers hurt. Dave Mo-Call was struck in the hour of Tictory.- while in front bearing up the colors. He died yei terday evening. 'He was wounded on Saturday about two o'clock. I lost about one third of the men Tha4 in the fijjht.' I wai 'struck by a bullet, but it glanced 'and' fliu'ened oa my revolver and lodged in my sword-belt. "The' fbllowitig is a list of the wounded and missing of Company F Eigh'ty first Ohio: , - - .-" -'; Wounded John Hayslip, slightly.; Geo, Easter, John Ford, severely; Wm.McCand less, bruised by a ebelf ; Jra HartwelJ; ("Chei telville, ;' 0-,) severely ; Geo. Crowe, (Che; terville, O.,. slightly ; M. Ne?yIand, Chesterville, O.J severely; John . Jones, (Ches- terville, O.,) slightly, and three others slights ly. ": ''" ''" " ..-';: ;- - :- 1 ,-'" Missing John Porter (Rockville.O.,) and S. Qorwin (Chesterrille, O.') x . ' ' The Condition of Things in Ueaphls. We take the following from the Memphis) correspondence of the Chicago Timet; The cfty of Memphis seems just now to be a rendezvous for ati the abandoned characters' in the country. " Thieves, gamblers, prostitntei and highway robbers are congregated here id most ast'ohishirig pro fusion, ' and ply" t heir to-cations with asublrroeindepeodence of or con tempi for the police and authorities that would be 'refreshing were it not eo eerioua.- The r papers this morning contain nearly twenty dif$ ferent instances of robberiia of Varioaa. deal criptions,1 some of them most impudefbt and daringcommitted under the very ejee of thl police. .Although we hare a hundred xjity.pJ li-Twi ft whole regimenf'O? soVfjr-rl'iiJ'r; i doty as PjCovodl Guard, stores on Mafc-stitTB ire entered nightly, the' gas lit; and tbV tow bers effect their purpose with as ninea sisurj ance and aangfroid as if tbey were the rightful proprietors of tbe gqods. ' In-'eevera) jnstan ces, even bales of cotton hare been stolen 'rotri the most public streets . of the city.-., Beeidel these; the mqst daring highway robberies ar4 constantly perpref rated,' and1' noj -rne BrftstTit a hundred cases is mafle by the' soldiers or th4 police. ' Think of a Ihlef entering a bedrooml threatening to sboof'the wift- if she wakenrj : her husband, 'sleeping in the same bed ; imag " ine hira coolly searching a trunk while" the husb'and 'sriapa live barrels of a reTbjTef a him, one after the othtjr.ahd biily feaying the room when the gentleman gets bold of1 adoat ble-barreTed gun, which be fires at tbe robber wilbput effect! .- '" : ' 1 " ' ; r - Bebel Teasel in England. jr A privau letter lrpn Liverpool assures , says Tuesday's . Tt-iasof the great ? actirit of the secessionists and their frienda in Xof-land. Three or four vessels cleared ai IsTNiw pool about the middle of September lutenoed to ran the blockade 'of the Southern coastVfi rj steamers were in that port, one of 'thern t Ernestine; having on board 800 tans) iroatdatee, knd the'eberfemr wer ready toloadandJzr others' wrlvrHirchsae4.within a day or two of the date ofonrcQrJetor. dent's letter, all bavin the same, dealiihationT 'Tere are.rover. ; three. iron, clad naval Teasels how' bul wing for the rebehr at Lrverpobl, and afiother-oir th j (ayd. Cr?inf3rmatUK soarce that jtfo&t&errfapxvn aarabsclutely correct; ' - . ! - 5 3 3