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l',i.ii:.Hk"!(''""rt bXVXGZXSD MFNDIill AT- . ' nociiv. X Wowing? communication 10 C.V Artiwj General of the District i- Tnnee, coutain an ac Rttut t thw nvt diabolical n J lT , f act of malignant cruelty of imcls hv .eea rvcord since t eiMmeit of the present Lgtiafeile m to P k- W iMMuMiii. .C fcet for the vile and cowardly miscreant wb,. instead' of meeting hir victotn singly in open day.de- er nigttand inflict upon h.m their war- uiL'aMn.H un: plrbtr be bed dared W pach Cjuarvu Test-, Sept. 31, 1864. -f0 DIXtl vf But ta ! compliance with yoor re- TiKrl pr.-eed to make a brief MUton-nt facts connected witD a being drieea i'wn chjircli, a" i..u and family, al New Mar-fc-r. Ec Tennessee. - After bed time, Aifust 31, o CaJcjiii" une Crajrt, -Lnro. W u. O. Si.tiH, of Hawkins ci on tr. aod: W, (aJL pcruP. (i,b Federal arm'j.) eutered my boose and tewened 6 -irons, sword. pt,, ' 1 rl." T ? (uJ iumu: um ww there. L l mere U-eu. lief-re ! -r im m regard to Cio wa-V 1 to. 1 Bueta ca tuf yrplhie were u-i tieS-tOi; wliereapoo, they Ce ,a,, twiWderainwmpanied with much proumty ; IsVTo-tto to hel! and pntsub, t deviff 2d. iNeH SCa to preach at Nw Martet. 1 . i . v r t urtered not one aiii- ordL. Aly c uclasion was a.vrrer, tUt dary forUade me to commit wtrU eitUer order. I there 5r andi ta uiy ministerial du Gm uvrT unfit the morning ot Xiu lien, I we Lieat. Sznre fa tftesteet, and heintaireU if I had preached ft. nee 1 received the i" onleri I ariiwered him I h.ui; whereupon, a he tup e,i a?, he remarked, All riUt H eo4 yon to Knoxv.lle. I rnrked. IlilidlT. l tti.aic II !.j.r ..,I-..I.In..rliaret.reac!i ilUU. BIZUi, - a ... I . I . - in r.rarh ot r . t ..... .. mvduor. aiui -leOyed me otf under the pre- teaitf f my bein ciitM to a ueij. -rr kiHtee- 1 dressed ani went Srtli wick tiii taaa, and Kn met tbree tiier uldkrt, v;z- Lt.-ie-SUOweat'anda tir'1 u,n tmkaoea to me. Te three coit CSed me toward the dep't. Cr die Srst time, I suspected that ori rrtaUtly aiwl wa e ree E.xville. They were bitter and . dlsgustmily pnVane Uiat i aaeu hits fene eOvn "here do you wish, am u g and mde ore re rurk. expreie of mrpriae at hvinjr ttiia aaldied Xroui my hoaie at Vie pased out ef town abotit b bIf a sue from my houee, when fcfaore. who auptrrintended the -U iifJr. aked me. Are you a rr el r I replied to tiiia effect : I am. ympaUiixer with the Sjuth ; I ranVdeay it without lying, and I w.t fiilaif mj word." He replied: - Thar eauugh halt." In obedi ac r hia orders, I drer off in c at. Tie ether' to men did the etue. He then ordered mete-draw -.T lrt thai not put on my -nC a : crv ir.) Ti:i I declined t --x The firmer was repeated with a. vrr:h!e threat, and a revulrer yaa upon oie. I rtpUed, w I can't ..grf rr tixat ia an in J'gnity which I U. uot cotwentto place npon my -Jeeejwaa-aaain- u, e-L. wick earsea ami threat, and the uAA at 3 hrea. I remarKeu, w. i Ain unarmed and in yourDower, h yea hve tnitaken yoor.man; wo a "ran kill me, but'yoa ea.-it make c Jrw f m'j men fort." By Slaeiuorea orders, the other two drew ff my shirt, and each Uking hil of a hand, they began infliefc .. thm one noon mv naked back, aod the Other npon my naked breast, a nt severe whipping with bicko nea prepared for the occasion. The wtt out three set of switches or ir.th, and, daring the time, Sixe-BV-.bv threats and commands, iii- d tie serenty and rapia.iy oi :-ew ; and also tiimseii oroae IU .! er vX ! ' " !' . . . i 1.- 1 t t : . s r.-.-i" w.u l-.i ;r t!.uu L I -J - ' ti,; liii.K iu Uich I4!iJa lietrxcrcn- ed Liiu.eSf t.!ctil! until he 1J worn it to nr cUb. U r re I pleaded with them to driU, tat in -.in nked theiu lo aboot iu and thus end mr oiUmct, paring them that 1 bad no leant oi ueaiu. u the dab atill fell beavilj ainl fol opon mj bmUed, blediur. lacera ted bvd." It became iuaafferabU; I tiled to aod tlie tnp, ue blow oi km the bead brought me to k. Am I Uv there, they laahed me with treh awitche; and nee Bpoo toy feet ain, knock ed down the aecond time b? S ie more aeerai oiow irom vm u of une of them haTinj failed to knk me dvwiu Onelargetcar ver eac eje I must wear to the graiN aid how maiijr other upuu my tavk, breaat and mttu may be" tear f-r life, I kno i.ut. iliey left me, and witli difiicu'.ty I p't mr ahirt prt!y on a"U ot ack t IwHwe; eiit for Dr. UUck iur.., ueM a i , .rf.i.reJ Uie VVUIIM J - - Iree ue t ij.-r. .... aiJ Ue queiit tMtuiri,; my body in a avia tion oi munt ot aitiHi-Hiia. lie treated luy caue accordance with thu preacnptjKi until tbe day I fled from my fiouic. A dajr or,..wo after I was beaten aijoftt deeribed,.mrored threa' were carrent on Ue atreeU to l;e fect that a like fate awaited any man who viaited me, or mauiftd any aympaf hy for me in my enifer tins. lrerniai t:rerwrre nwe ..t lie. Iac i-l-iwrit a-j mm. m M t I t.ie aiu.ni ' !n! M ai -' L . ' '1 q jiet anJ ioff-nie oiesi oi niy coUijrej'atiuii Ain fres'h threat a .i are beard threaU f ciarinjj and itU La c-u-e e did not if t-e C unirT. iee i.iimwj i Lit harebeeu 4e by the e -untrr. in mreia woe iltue prtie wV. o 'frii-ueO nie. WVareoownetol the Fe-Jeral mt our famUie and friend oy j ere th have M"" more, Oweu & Co. ery repecuutiy. Geu. E- Eacuetox. FllOil Tilt FUONT. Con?rrjr t-t 2-neral etl-ec'tfon, Teter '-i :.is.cSW4y wifh- ut f,e jiccarre -t ai.v ini;-Tfcr.t iu vc i . . .f rre of tiie etem' o-ir extreme r:f t. .iVf :eeii uc- .:iin t.e p irl two or three d a t- erea-e the ;iti: rvon ttfat - to tne at:, i.teJ. lt ge""'g se n-iw r Uike a:i"'tu-r itep tur tiie S'- n.m de, an 1 to do tbi, the a;ii.-t..e iif- M-adf. or wbn ever el i i" man! south of Peter" bur inn-; Take oar strong pt;too ia hia fr either by assault, or by t).- fli.i:. Tlie foruier wu!d foolhardy, and the latter movement we believe w-uld nt o-nj oe az rdou, hut would ttfiniuate in a diiasi'-t t the enemy. " The next few days, if n', indeed, tiK- next dy or two, may witness some snniug event in the vicinity of the ii-ydtoii P ank road, as every indication pints to an early move ment ot the enemy in that direction. Tt.re wsfaomeartiilenr firing on tlie right of our hue early text day morning, but it amounted to nothing. The resideace of Mr. W etmorc land and Mr. Smith, near the line of the bquirrel Level Il-ad, and at pre sent with n the Yankee lint, were hirr.e-i by the enemy two r t'tfee dav bUice. Otner dweiiinzs whicn we hve nt vet heard, hawe proband v s!iarei tae same tate. . We undertBd that tbe enmy a treatmeut f tooc citizen who hawe remainer within the'r line t pr. tect their projerty. is very harh. .M...r..,. r . - i r . ii ntrilr remal t.e-t. W'jIJ now ue glad ot aii"opp-rtuuity to avail tbesn eelves of that protection aflorded by 0berter. still continue to come inUi our lines, suine. times m consio- erable numbers. ro: Mneiae desertions , from a New Hampshire regiment became so frerjoent and Alarming, that had to be removed, and another from t:.e same State mrl tniU froi.tin its Stead. Ere UIV - V " . the lapse of mas day condition things was ooeervauie ia w giment, which wu supplanted at once by a loyal command from the Abolition State of MsAcbusett. Vm. lut r-ntnot the deser- 3 I A WW mm - M ' ti.-ci Lecrt:a frv ja at than" before, i- I t.- , v u:.-vf. . " r, ; r I ly a fjurth. i'c. i zjurj ijTt, Oct 11. . iiiii trniic ct. . it, tut. Hobt. SawrtEt A letter was re reire! here yeterday, correcting the reprt of tbe death, of. Robert Sawyer. He wa not killed, bat had hi arm bnken, and i prio ner. m i - . 'J The Battu: f Gbkat Bkthx A Hrited anJ highly 'interetiaj aketchof thi battle, bj FaaXK I. WiusLHt. haa jirt i-oe4 in pamph let form. Price, $10 per copy. Tlie finet pcimen of Molaee tliiir- raa made - Ltllu ,,:. !,J 1,r - e-unty. It w beaaliiouj cieax, au of excellent qnIitr. Lt. Jx Vi. Ikaex. Tlie nior - i a 1 a tal retnain of thia highly eeteeroed and moeh lamented yonng man, were received here Toeeday night, and yetterd cmraitted t the earth with military honr rt. Tlie funeral proceion wa lerj, and thO( cere moaie,iat!eoleinn and impreaie form of the Eficj'V churcft, to wmcii ue "''"" "'V - . . ' flt-rvae'l I eloneo, were cm ducted with an unction appropriate to the iccain. Lt. IAfc-,. hi friends arerati . . . , . . Sol to know. h.h m the. thuatlou I Ui uierio.- ewceia, 4.,H,rjjf hi ctnnpatriot itt the , e9 the arinjr: e tw, letter recently, one ! frHU Gen. La.VE, and the other from aiiarpancwera, - .v yoanz Prm helotJ.) whcb .,eak iniugh term oprofh, gallantry in battle, a.,d In en - met mi t!e wrvu-e at an ime ( Tl.rrc were few rn-re promiwing ' ii .i 1 1 I thi'.s" of the war, we know of none v..nt. ' mett : aii'l an me mm . . ..,,...-!, fJl of th.e wha-e the hope of the future .: r country. j I i.l u handsome :. i f'.Uwftll euaa - riuwu ui ' . " ,- fr fr IJr 'ft. !tv:n near no-, n..ir On TueUy the 4th iutanr, ome of the little negroes of the Doe- tor' family w a man slipping ,...,f,,i icnrp .n ine nreuiixi , A told the'r miitre of it. She rau an took her watch a large and dur aeou brut., and led by her little informer, went directly to the place designated, and finding the man atill there, commanded iiim to sorreudt-r. In terror f le do, which only needed a signal from hi mistress to throttle the man, he immediately gnrreiidered, anl marched before her to the toue, where sne kept him m etody -uhtil she could hand him over to other sate hands. He turned out to he a ya:ikfo prisoner, who wa trrir to make his escape into East Ten netee. " TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. In the Tranr Mississippi all things l.k well. Texas, Arkansas and two ,sili.Jigjrfcww4e: pawseai sion. Even the great metropolis of lite north west, St. luis, is ctoseiy jeasnred by our troop Thus has j the wrk of the pat three year been lost to Yankeesln Missouri and Ar-, tftal( itB ib cu-puHi of a fewSwu aad kansa. The same is true of Missis- j CoofedersU oSicen, sad saeb asea as are sippi, save the territory embraced ; i J pnvi ly tcmrj ee railroads and by a narrow ttrip along the river, ' r, ,K- Ttnml wkbops a Uw prie where their fleet give them a-lva-, . rS j . M oiuMsrs of thsfos- .i .-!,- CV.nll r- .. , . t-u the awabov asad ' xtes: jes noi pjoesse vj ' v . The Federals admit a loss of two tbousaud met, at Winchester on the a 19th; jmd three hundred .f.Fjnft UilL A ! . I t ' J t - . ' " i.ii i. . wt area ....? " i c i toee to a l rojt'.,iry, am.n many ot the ira lin' the country, ta ;-cedi-tnakin aud letter writing. It were well, did all tl,t baa keen laid er written tend to promote the, pWc welfare or did it betray highand patriotic tire in the miod of iboa lho e. gaged ; bat neither the one nor the other clear. It teewa rather to be an oeeir-erdent aad inglorioas ri talry for the claim of pcwacteiujr tne vreateatcauacitr lor a ort of ,low UtfW iTaprU, than t impart whole; tome couuaeU to th people, or m . pire confidence ! the occe4Sf ur caue and reaiataace to the com mon enemy. , . . . Gov. Drown, of Ga., t.k the lead then Vice President Stephen fol iowod. Their wjudjcioua baraugne are before the country. Othertbae theo.cive the hiatoric re cord am hij: tles ia ooe tUotl. William W. Uiyce, of South Caro i:.. v. erera uretMirea t near a a liuaa " c ( mod. of ill-timed and worte than iaiudieiomi talking and writing from the bquaciHW patrioU of Georgia ; hut. we eonreaa aerpnee at reauing a Tetter fr.m a rfyrewtativ f of S-mth Carolina the mother of teceewiou, urging epon the Preident lit the mwt teeidMKie wgen iJu .ii.hiirT, the propriety oi ma ki orerture of peace to the ewe- nr. even to an atrenient ot recn structieg the Uuww with them of the North, in order t apa.P th" malinaitt bate.. of o, and aecure 54 hariTHmyand recorrcHiwtioO interest and leelin" witn inai pe... pie. Poi U tter is uch an one a .nonld. and doubtle will, fa!l atill horn uton thtr mr tf H true Suth ern ptroit. It premise are wrong I -.. AVat.lttwA It written more for f . f j ,JdBg eood. , J J t fo,lh io j, , are entirely irojracf5ea le. Democratic Gain in Ctmntdieut. i The result f the town election in Connecticut n Mnoay ia-i, a en m the Hartford paper, shows larce Democratic jrains. Of the one hundred and eight towns from which ihe - weaU -i ive, .-.fiAy-fonr were - - .- - r: t t. t Tln,..rr fiftT-tWO carrie j - . l,T the ispBinan,iiuiui.i... j The Demrat carried a number of ! towns whicfi nave nee ncrcw.o.w t - r- - i......KTit, arid iirireiT reunw j the Republican publican msjoritiee'in other. The Republicans gained In four or five town ou'y. Lims in Tlac of Dluatom B. V Alexander, of Mecklenburg, says according to a three ears test, he has found Lime equally as good a preventive of Smut in wheat a bluestone. The ruode of application is'thus described: Swinyoor wheat and skim off all the grains that floa, and then i tnt vonr wheat on tho hard ground and sprinkle on the lime and stir a.th a rake nntil Ory, ' whicii will i., :, .i few minute. One bohi o: ,nuu i sutfic:eiit for 20 bushels f heat. , " Th lal" flrr from tb Adjetaat Gtt er,r a? biwjraagtths i tdierwew lot ,: ax i j lU miUt wfficefS magWirau jfei. id fact.ilv determine the dutw ef all th mak ponalauott bea lU ages of rta ad 6Ay jsar. U appears t - - , - iT ' l.aii . ' r. r r u J a iow -ader orders for service. ; ...... . .i . Tij arw d.TiJm Uree clasjrs -i ar ; svv U thirty d.yV .b tt wiU U 1 t e s. at . 1 f srnflil relived bytb saeoed, 4 the second chkts by the Uoro. rut K-MTf hih nhviatt' t!m o. t s itr of brinin forc bom iVtrraburj aqJ rJthmonJ. Ii wu!J b well for all eta of tbe Uctrr to webct good of5 ' cere aad nk their arranvinvnU, fur 4ach ill earuipty hava to tk iu turn. , ; FoIm 7?ejfKr.,riiere are , oiore or le rumors circutaid be tbe onulnunca and - Iboae wnc wera to have nothing more Impor- tnt to eniraee their attention, but jcaterday wa;on.ioaUy prtrli tic of enaation report. We mention some ofthein, tM't thal'we attacltel an ,... .- trotl to lren imi.ioerri bwlittre'aooTe. Il dr atid to warn the people to beware oftuch: One rnimr wa, that Lee bad made a cm.bied attack all aJoeg the Hue upon Grant and drove him three miles another than rhe anthoiiiie at Richmond were hi poaeionof iiewihat would lei trify the whole country anoim-r tbat Sherman had been c.pt uri-u am4her that Peterlrg had fUo -nd, another circulated by tome tm. Mi Thy an olJ ; lad who ha a aon in the 46tli N . C ISegiment, that this regiment bad been In a fight and very member of it bad been killed or woended except one. TIe old lady wa dUtreied. The mm who started thia "lMmW be looked after. WHAT THE WAR HAS ltE- ' YEALED OtHcial d.M-nments from the War office at Washington show tlut the Tankee Government has eed- the field, fnmi first to last, over ihree 'niiiiii., of "Mf b;"'. : ides, some six himdrad ves U of war, equivalent, we sliould think, m sritthVy .ve"prereWeif-ini Irons -doing, tof a million mre f men. Tliey have the ad vantage of wpei- abundant e-ipi ,pItiort;the abundant supply oi arm. -v monltiort; th finest and mst eflee orld. lieir irajoi imM snoerior to ours. Thev have the amplest sttn-k of nor.. e for envalry and artillery, are able to keep them well fed, and to replaca them as they becmie unst rviceahle Tliev are abbf to clot he and fee-l their men better than we, and to take bet ter care of them when si k or wun det, thereby adtling gmitJy o her efficiency. "Were it possible to com mute these advantage it tl,T woulddeubtless be iqnal to hall a million more. So tht,-ii msy be saiJ, what we have had to tnee. nnd have Un-n enabled to resist nc- cvsafully down to the present lime, has been equal to four and a ball million f men. Tt has always been matntaineo, though uot in an rnganf Pr'f that tbe people inhabiting the Smtb ern State were, by virtue of their descent, their institutions baJ their babit, superior m of the Northern Mates; who among d had any conception of the tuperio-nty implied by these fignrel-CouU we have foreseen what counties f 'Ven' w,,ul tretcendou agencies of dentractioi were to le landed against us ti e Stoutest heart anions u w..ulJ Inie quailed with dread, lint it wou.d have been beca.ie we .'lid not -preciate the first difierenee m im"'' iMXid aitd genius of tle two rarei. We mmht haveih-.ug'it ."i -ith-ern man equal to two or thr. e ;u; t, l.ut rouhl har.ltv hive hoped that in av war in . would be WJiifrWted with aroma and other meau of baltl Vl ,A lo -i . . six or eight "men to Jour one, WoWWBdwttTcim4Uur'.T5i . tt ha a reenled inure tliHin we evir imagiued. - It has placed the e- suncy the akill, the gviiis te Je- ii... K. rt.!.irnce. the fertilisf of reso'orce, the capacity for self- ,V-.- i ...41...:... il,u iturriotism. aemat ana suueiiifs, r the true heroism. ef the South as far above the like qualities in the Jiortn a the heaven are above the earth. In all that make man noble, in an that makes a race great,JnH that giy ejui;etty .JfUP-SiilHS!!- people aud moral grairdenr to a strngglc, the contract is b--as between tbe human and the brute creation. f;i It woaldset back the djal ot rvil izatioa; U would rdoci to "a lower i
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