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i 1 in I'su rtewmmrmmmmwwmmmmmmmm diffrftr I fiem that" (hat surrounded when 1 wit it Then yuu war In bondage, how yi. Iree. Thn wr ei "it tfte ee of an rx. penmen! hii-n nil regarded with drtibl, and runny wild iolui repugnance now tha' em 1.4 I 11. 10 a tiPfinpliant turn: m-ii lew can i 1 1 xi Hi lio H'lf.

hi cn 111 MM'iK'-ri' lno and dKi. -ill I tt -y In I'l'mr hour of ei, T'n 1 '0 1 rlr hatw II .1 1 nl t.n.et.i I 1 .1.. 11 ''1 rr-y- a 1 ui, I the Ucatt.i: nl "I tn in i U141 i 1 wele I :iii.i"l i. ,1 ai hi ri' to In 'I I k-n "ill f-I'd (lu one to aiK.n'f. Thrr" wrre gr at pr idler oe and overeouir, t'iv 1 vi umi: in a MditOiffnl vnurrr, iiom- is till i 111 111: dtia black nliili'r rnrm-rlt an to ifiTt iiiiiii.hui:i,.

oiukiis, who 1 anigiau 10 bate this onorturi.lv l' thank lit- sarli, ki, iir 1 cmb inv iin in tlli'Hin VOL, 11 a r.i 'li -fi truiv H'-l" 1 ''1'i'p ln which. I iv Mini vi All i regimen" a.aie I. Oiif, I -it iti- -I. I 1 fti. ut Ida', "'il IL 1 ihiii A ttiiie on mlnil' ll't ran tff.it ou I.

Thr li -prcior- (tiifisi tins nint a filial to am let .11 'i in tin; wi.ii'.e You r.uii all coin" liiii. nii-lar cl you ur 1 i'l" n'! unc m. in i.ur an- lir 1 i.i'J 't rr cr Cvlll-I I 'I'M I(. I Jll Iin ulk, 1'iri- 1 0 1.1 Ij'ln IUl 'I Ml t'r nl li liir. nil.

1 ln. Ymi r. i i rtmiiitO 11: ai 1 iiitii ii: 1 ruM "'1 ufiJ '(. kiiii'a 1: ii'ir ruiifil I in.r iin" IklUCI lUi'll l.iem iIkiJT t'l U.llinlj. Tl nn -I' rr-i 1 t-.

1 1 Iriy in 11 11 it ir filinvll, inn' in' r.w liltn-kbll or lil li ilV. I I. i.iiii'- LOW cn u'iiii can ti.r iU.otii ol yom run. Your iliirm or'y on tomt mi Yon bve 1 till li') or noijinn the itr-nt 'o cruh 'i oiin ei yi! our (01 n) min wl.l Lr t.e rtiur. of oik im lolly or iiir.it.inr.ily.

in otli 1 1 too, ii'l Ii i.ii 1 tliity up -a viiii who ni-jtul hffoifl in t.i-i'.iy. '1 lie yt 01 ti me upuii you. ul let men, nn'l mnv m''. too, at ttie N'urtn, air vkitn lntir.tr 1 nter cat the reMUt ot tbl ritirrnr.rnt vou nre woiklnn out. It rnrrM or faiimr cri foleiv iiim ii vnur-r'vrn an'l Hits qut! 011 nt tl." fl' vitloa unci ol yur it to Le du lr'nl mniii I hy III tttlK trytiifT ho.r.

ani b) ill" sppi eriattou jtu ol Tour anJ unuir-l conJiU'in. I know jo'i run taaKP nool ioliltcr, (or vou h.e Vou im Idea of tiir inttri li lt uy li-- Noith i tn QMi or liri't, T'rt a I'ort lluognii. Thua fur you havr nobly uiiHiiifl our nml I only ynu wlli on to iiie vnd a lutl you livr unj iovl til It'll to. To tbr Oirrrt, I ay, vou occupy a potit on ferond In icauoii I ly ami iiiiiio(tiiic to iioiiu In If: 1 country. You work rg out, undrr God, Hie nlv-tlon ol nation, fur IHI mutter la In Hi" liana's of 1 an'l ymi arc only cniryini: ou1 III? frfi't piniir.

Sro to II tlial you co your orH ll. riiilpnce Ufa uecirrd ilia; iiif! nUm iin-n ol tlm country itmiilU Lie JoMirr. arid you mlglit ai A ojl try to 1. 11 Hi up inr mir o( tiir imtilr rlvr at ir ii'l' 1 a 'iaa 111I1, ilia iixau ileAira Coil. I i'ii voi'r lirait inn III trii' wn'U.

I 1 nil only iljui uu to liolil lal'liful'y ami roiirlJ'-nily, and .1 to I iiirr or or iliacouriijril If, inri. tnlnn do not io mmtilv 111 you would nva Hum. You hi a II 01 only In itrll! your mrii ami ma' lhin (ii'ixl ulJ ir 1 ire It rlr-t and Irn j'rorc their niiiiiia, )ur tiii'ir inn" tlicre I'll, uk will ioiri, tint lliey ara ui and hxe aa much rlKnt to nold up tlielr hairl 111 tha 1: 11 ti of day ai you yournelvei. 'Irt'it 1 1. nil kliioty ami Willi forbearance, lio pa-tieiit wli'i trir Klinrti atnj liear In mind Ilia lon airr 01 ilarkuo aini ignornrira from wlili li ih Vhlur 01 your in liai irjcunl them.

Iftl rlr Inli I-Uc: fi ro'i' an I their mil. a ilark.a'l tn more raon to trai l) ll.nm plenaanily "luiu 11; (in line and lrri em mxin'tirccovit lirre a little and tnrre a little." The aiiailow ol a smdtiticcriiiif nnn retted upon tha for "i(r. I'rv, Uy nui lor lie iu nee, your jut ice and Tom ku. inrir.to re-lerm our humtiilty irom th" pn-ally, ucl lliu from lliii renulti, of Uili tcrr.Dle tin wbirii a girat wko hat truly cnaractt rtzed as tiia Murii ol all villiiiniat." Vou yourtelvet, too, aan laarn something. Some of taeafluiia In tr.li cornmnl are not tj good at they outfit to be.

You mutt touch yourtelvet and trivc enne-lly to reach the hiiou ttauilard fr what an a'Hrer it, that will hit ir.rn be. If your men ae tbit uu nre vigilant, laborl'iut and atmntive to Tour Uuurt, lU-i will lo.lo your good example and If yon err tba iiiipr-aita, tliy will foiinw your te! ex-a(u; too. I on ainniiR tae coloi ed troopa la lower ami, though I find tome poor o.Tl-eerinnr, found a tml iiiany poorer onei there. You ire mui-h superior te lhm. I advue uommanilait of reiimenlt to attfiOd pfr-ion illy to ih Inatructlon of their aubordtnaie officeia, and to teacii them from book, lor, triougb well verted In Iht pitctlcal ait ol llie tohiirr, many of tntm hav" never bad an opjiortunlty to become conveviaut military buokt.

It lut been the prauilce with tome of the mini diailrguUhol brlgtda and dfvltlon oninti'''tr in ine army to thus lntiruut their of))' ert an if it la an excellent custom. To tlio pliitea, 1 say. you ara not here solely to make momy. Y'011 ai he a lor the good of the at well at for your own prolit. Oue objert in LrlnRinir you nrre la to have thu women and rml Iren aupjxuieu, uutl to reiln the Uoveriiment of the hm-den 01 the aufpoit of i.hr tick and luiiim.

You must ee to tbl. You rnutt frd your well ulre them plenty of tound. hoIetuiii food Corn bread and baoou not enough. rations xie pro-vidrd ltr by your conirm and to thai conti ict you will be ttrlrtiy held. You mutt deal hotirttiv with jciif bHiid.

pay ihrm punctually. Jtomember tntt full bel y. and a heuw purte are the undl.lont of a prohtuh'e tervmit. Wlilie iiilnj tnee laborers, too, ymi riitiil itilve to cleyate ihoin, umI lit to truiKle wltn the onftaclet Ihey are to I'licnuntrr In their naw coiioition ol lnr, 'urnitb them wlin chuolt, and their to church, and do li vou can, both by pu cept ami exnmp to aievate (he tn In llui ti'al- of huintMlly, I l.nve been to tome pltnlaliotit wl.are 1 jiiok both the spllt and lellar el the intent the of lira ara rented out; but I lhnt nine art thoae wba eadu their duiiea, anil to thota 1 can only t.ty thai if they On nol do l.ielr duly theer tliry will be made to, 1 tne Ifttiorert I tny, yoti are to have wok, to am your bread ov the tweal ol your browt, and If yen flinc 10 woik you win cat no biead. There mutt no litlr peopia Ic-ia, no dronei.

Soma of you know dnubtlet, tint in a Pochlve trier li 11 clan of beta caliud (i'iii became th-y do no worn, and that alter the honey i made thuie thut hitre dona the woik kill all the drnnt ard catt them nut 01 the blve. Your taw will bo of t.10 drones If you do a lliry flu. Yotir tatki are lliiht. 1'here It not one who cannot lii lm his iatk and hay some time left betides. You mutt reu.ler your emuloyert a willing bruience make tbem leel tntt you are In llie work aa well themielves, and thn yon wllf stub III that mutual coinnience wbicn Is tiie ttmnR-tt bond between employer ahd employed.

When ar employers want anythmj done ihAt reimiies ilia care and labor, thay wilt choose those who are isott osvoted to their Interetu. Fathers and niot.icri.reinr ruber that you are bound In wedlock by Uod himself. Marrfate Is no idle oremony, no mare compact which may at any time be uioken, but a tacied and holy ordinance wbich it il one of th tithestof crimes te break or to disregard. Whom Ood hath joinel let no man put atuuder." Mo mania to tun away from Ma wile, anueie wile fioin tier husband, at to caprlo of the moment. Tney rnnsi live ftlthlully together till deain parts thm.

Thar has beanaothlng In your urevloua Uuction to teach yom inu. You have been cemiMlled to llvg together In a manner which, arnon: whites, would bave been illeg but si I be-hrf von iiibmlttea unwnilmly to necoutT, 10 now I trett you witlUk advantage of yimr newly, found freeJem to enjoy the lursunaoie prlr-llese of a vlrluoui, dometUc life. Let mothers lesnernbertbat they Bow have new duty to perform It tue education and rearing ol their children. What a man la he reneraUr owes to bit mother, and the proa est recollection of many a man, who hat borne proud and celebrated name, 1 had a good mother Let your children Uve to bleu the mem-oty of their mothers, and whea titer grow up to a career of usefulness and honor, let yours be the happy eotMctooaneae tnatther owe It la part to you. The happiness and the great privilege of tsa family relation, walch na.i to long been denied to mo of yoa, wilt grow upon yen more than ever, as you gradual lylearauat It Is aoanethtng of wrrlch the hand of naa caanot rob yoa aa you will treaaure it as too augbett of ail earthly blessings.

ibov all, trast la God. whose power has led you ui IM the data valley of Slavery Into th para run. llghtAf freedom, and waoeo bonadleaa love la roady jo defao sauea mora for yoa ami for us all. that bo heart eaa conceive and B0 mind measure His baaefl. cm! car, tarry yar aorrowi and your tlni to th foot of tie cress, and yer bo.r of nood aad aagalah call uroa the blwt.d aavlo, for com'ort aid ptotMUoa, tor He wilt aover fail to bmwc? th rrayw of aa humble aatt eoatrtta heaa Tear re.

liiwM UsUncU atreni and eoMroUtai. Oiva them fail rein. Do your whole duty to each other ad He la the fear and lor of that God who Miens over alu aad who, at the last day, will judge you and and all of us, aad glva arory oa hU lust and exact reward." ai KXBoaiAiiojr. Th waa listened to with th greatest at-tentioa aad respect, aad an would gladly have had -i eoatlauc loager Uiau tha brUt tima he allowed bimsed. Olfl word aank deep lot the hearts of all proeat, aad Ua day will long bo remembrd with the ilnccrett pleas ur by all who wera ao ktrtaaata a to be preeent.

words can ooavey a Ida of the mpretslveneu aad aoleouilty of the acerte. xir be had ftalsbad, a hyma wu eaaf.aad&aatlMaoU orad preacher of tola dUtitct took advaatago of the lrt ooaTtatloa.to tr than a few words of ax. lrtttoaW 1U WMbUcku the) abo of tpadss, but I caalVnt- 0iro4ourtha osTtaawklM praexhers to this, er a ay eUurt oouatry, to put gaora souad staaa MStadneatotaiTaaaaulaaf talk thaa hs aid. part, grammatical. bad but Httle JOi the.

petro lltoen or poeaatU I horsOfU heard rmofis from oegroet, bot npvor, one eintMltag so buch rhmflbt aim raaractev aathui lie told hi hearars not 10 del no Ihetneeive win tko Idea that they wera no loeger under a master 4hef had only charier tneir metier. Everybody as i fbe law an1 muttony It. Ererythlug muU l.dve a bead. Th plantation, ftie hrtuac, the ale am-t jtt.lhr army, and io'-ev that hood waa to obey the la to dii-oliey law lul coirir.iaoOt was te dieohey t'ie law. Wh.le they praited Coi for their fierdom, trie iint rol forjrt to honor hlra by domr their daty.

Tltry iM live Honesty la the Cbrie-tiana marv," sad be, and wound up by exhorting atl li 1 unit lo Christ, and reminding the aoldier that tiioiith they were In the army they nerd not think religion would be of no use to them. "Koldlcra," bald lie, hen death rumci to your bed, whefher It coun to the lent, or the held, or to the liospital, you are no account unlen you've got I rlon. Your sun protects you now, but at tue I a I day your gun won't do you no good." Afier he had finlMied, the trarhcr above-rneiittohrd aian took advance of the congregation torxpreas in If. He wut a genuine daikay, liuyo and all, and made a good deal of tpoit. The principal thing Mint I remember la hi nllualon to tontelhlng that l.e itlrd a pmiajje of Scripture, in which he said thr.t It was prophesied that "de Bouf tbould klver de ole Noel, and den after dat de Mori would kiver de whole Soul, and now my beloved hearers look whar de Norf it now wav doirn kilmr Vickt burgh Hr also wound ua by Informing hlx hearers that Ihey hadRotto get religion If they wanted to save their soul.

If yuu wmit to go to heaven you mutt leed your toul, jut de same as tf you want to live you must feed our belly." Not a bad simile lor a native of Congo. Thus ended two hours as full of amusement and Interest as any I ever parsed in my life. THf I5KVIIW. I MOKPIT. This letter Is already so fcai fully long that 1 fear you 111 fcarct-ly grant me the rpace lo describe the review ol this aftrrnoon.

fn, Thomas having notified Gen. llAkiN3 tlilt morning that he would review die troop, the time wat fixed for 4 o'clock this aflernoon. There weie three regiments on the right, C'hahdall's In the centre, and Wood's ou the left ail ttrongly repretrnted. There It no notd of Suffice it to say, thul they went through llie preparatory movements rtmarWa-bly well, and that they maiched In review, by companies, at wen at it could be done bv any tioops in this Depuitment and this i not only my opinion but that of all tho competent judges who were on the ground. 1 beard (Jen.

Tin mi Jtay that he had revlrwa that were by no inrtnl at gol at this. By the way, let me plve you the opinion of another vruy cctupctt-nt judge, W. II. oMim, formerly of the Thiileciith Ohio, who, on stopping at the landing a few minute last nig lit, came up and witnessed the dress parade of the First Aikannas, Col. Wood.

He tald- "There Is no rrjlmcnt in this army that can perform a more creditable drets parade than that. It Is as good as any I ever saw except the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania. I used to think the Thirteenth Ohio could not be beaten, but the Sever. ty-nlnth did IU This regiment Is as good as mine." Remember that no soldier of the First Arkansas ever had a musket in hit hand until a little over four month's ago. The review of to-day, like every exhibition of the black troopa In this Department, have made, cither on parade or review, or in battle, reflected unbounded credit both on the troops and their commanding officers.

It is a great comfort to know that the efficiency and excellence of negro soldiers It established beyond douot or peradventure, and the only wonder Is that this has been done as rapidly as It has surely. J. A. W. Goopaicu'a LitiDtKo, November, 1663, Uy letter describing the operation of the free labor plantation ofMr.

Bsorr, though longer thaa any sensible man ought to write at oae time, was, nevertbelesi, to use a Hlbernianisan, full of omU-alont. Let me bow sketch to your readers a few of the many interesting scenes I passed through, and endeavor to onvey some Idea of the many new thoughts and new facts that crowded my mind. RKLtatOCfl CUARACTBK Of THX NEQROKS. In this a great change has taken place, unless the accounts we have read In books and newspaoers of the rel'gious services of the negroes are infsmous and wicked burlesques. Everything I see about the Southern negroes leads me to the conclusion that tbey have been systematically and uniformly underrated.

Wbeiher tbla has been Intentional or not a part of the great scheme of civilization through Africanization-! do not know, but 10 It li. I have attended several of the religious meetings of the negroes, and tliev are far more decent, thoughtful aad Christian than ninny I have witnessed lu the North. Oo to a prayer meeting or a Sunday service In any Northern low and luten to the bilter assaults and the malignant aluie the so-called religious teachers heap upon the devoted heads of thulr enemies, both the 10m of Ilelltl and the ertlng brsthien of other denominations. I have heard even a celebrated divine occupy a whole hour wiih a ictinon which not only contained no partlde of religious tenchlng, but was Riled with violent abute and twoeplng denunciation of a hostile tect. I have heard that such things are not uncommon.

When I contrast the religious ceremonies (at they are called) of the Northern people, both among the educated and the lower classes, with such as I have seen among the negroes, the result Is not so clearly against the negroes as I bad supposed it would be. To my mind the most beautiful and touching tiling about their religious character it the utter absence of all theological maxims and ideas whatever, and the perfeot purity and simplicity of their faith. The hopeful creatures, with a humility that far surpasses the highest wisdom ol man, look on the Bible at a book of which It li not permitted to them to know the whole. The white man, thsy think, knows all about tt, but the black man It limited to the understanding of a very small portion. While.thcrelore.they long In.

tenaely to comprehend the hidden mysteries, to look behind the vail which no man li permitted to raise, they accept with bumble gratitude the simple truths which they can understand. Whether God Is singular or numerical they don't know, nor did they ever hear the question raised. Bat tbey do know that Jetut Christ came into this world and lived here, and died aa Ignominious death for the special purpose of rescuing men from sin, and howtng them the pathway to Heaven. They know this, and nothing more. The knotty questions, plau tibia doubts, theological points and historical atum-bllng-blockt that crowd en our minds at the mere state sMat of such a proposition, bave no existence for them.

Tbey aelieve simply la the love of Christ, and they ipeak of Kim ana talk to Hlaa with a famll larlty that Is absolutely startling. Thay as though they thought Christ himself was standing la th Try room. While listen lag tt tkiir tlm pi aad practical exhort, tloas 1 tra to be transported back to th day 1 of ih ptimlUv Christians, whan Christianity was not a mar twllef aor a political erd, aor yl a prafouad faltfcoaly. thkib atuoiori mrxtssioxg. I suppose that la Um the aegroos will gt to aa absurd oa this raattur of religion as the wbllos ara 1 but at present thslr faith Is of tho purest fad simplest character.

Tltey arrive by Intuition at a just com-preaetulon of those truths which ths tomes of agas hava faliea cither to demonstrate or to disprove. Taotr religion affects (heir mods of Ufa very certainly. Taos who ara professors of religion ara, or try to bs, betUr mea and womaa thaa tnoo wko ar aoL They tool that thotr tight It not act under a bushel, and though they art sincerely aarnr for thasa, they do not absolutely hat, as our paopla do, th snfortunstes who bar dug to their Wls. Thsy are Ua paly peopi I ever snot whoea religion reaetvd oa their daily Ufa. Ttlala aot aslga eultlratioa, er of a4aao4 aitllixAtloa.

buttt pram thasa poitaattdif Taryalgktrails of ehnraeter, (twi vrasiud ntdgttteykar 8t Utfa-gnrii 1 borrlow work wheneoas-ttoy attempt to quote cetp- tv. uaji iney au itavoonsitietaDM aotiiry, su aotne are very susrtw meg. They ait, too. throfw taWir lafluencs, whlek Is erp (Wat, oa th right aid. Tfer aeem 10 have a full appreeUtfe of Use dlfficul-Ua that beset the path of their race In Ua progress aad development aader th aw condltiMsof life.

II ii alee to say that th negro's only Idea of freedom is Idleness. Tbey have, one and all. a kern and profound tense of tbe relation they now hold to tbe whites, and of the crir.lt In the history of their race through which they nre now passing. Tbe preachers reflect their tewtimeata at the same time that Ihey guide their minds and the invariable ex hoi tation is to stand fatt, and persevere llmxiffh all discourage-menta, trusting to God to about a belter time by and by. Thus they are tcing educated and fitted for their new relations.

Their rrlffclous rervlrr- are sometimes very 1 once heard prayer and cbtnt mingled touethfr, which wai turpaniert by inytfilDg I ever listened to for rolemnlty and power. The chant was in a mii or key and ended with a sort of wall, whlrn, toiii i.id lu unison by both male and female voices, thi nl il the audience like voice Irom the tplrltiWDrld. 1 never heard unvthlriR so ttrunge and will, it -Lei entirely all iiro-iiton to srniie at tho ut rniiilt lanruage and odd cxprcisloni of the preuchcr, r.nJ left the mind Impietsed almost painfully. Tncy remember In their pray-err tho TrCMiient of Uie United Stntrs and all In power, and all Generals and Captains In the Union army. This petition Is never omitted.

One performance la extremely ridiculous, and the better and more Intelligent part of them ara evidently ashamed of it It It always commenced by the women. Some rtne, generally an oldish and not particularly well-favored party, starts bv selling the two persons nearest her by the hands and working their arms slowly up an 1 down, after the manner of a pump handle. After about one minute of this exercbe she rises deliberately on her toes and sinks, with a roil of jerk, into a spasmodic and very ungraceful courtesy. This being repented three times, she as.se 00, and "da cayo." By the time a dozen or so are fairly at work the scene is Inexpressibly ludicrous. I never saw this but once, for It Is not very common.

SOCIAL LIPI. The ilomestic instinct! of the negro rsce are strong, notwltiittanotng the systematic effort that bat been made, tor two generations, to crush them out entirely. It Is a wonder that the smallest vestrae of them remains. 11 appearances seem to Indicate that aa soon as they bein to leel that there will be some ttnbimy In their married relations, tiV-'y will bs faithful and true to each other In ad the domestic relations. Tho women are far better than the mm, -iB they ate everywhere.

Lei me give vou a instance lwts tltlliiK In th" tent of rn. ilATki.xs, who commands In thi dUti.c:, when the Adjutant came and Informed nlm that he had a divorc" r.ao on hund. Tue woman wanted to lea vo tho man, and the man prrferied the should stay, lie protested that had done everything he could for her comfort, havln good quarter and plerty lo eat. But the womau tald she didn't rare for that-the could laXe care of herself ha would stay by a man she lored If he hadn't but lull a blanket, but she would not stay wiuiamwi the didn't love, and she didn't lo this man. As Ihey had never been legally roamed, (like a great many couples who live falihfuay together,) llie General told tne man to go Ms way and let her alone to go where she pleated.

The man was it perfect old rascal, and she had probably fo ind It out. L'Jt could any woman place her a.lealance to her lord and muster on higher grounds Thryaie very fond of their children, and will sacrifU-e everything for their welfare, and to keep them near themselves. The soldiers, whose wives live near them, aa many do, lavish all their money on their better halves, and among the women it is quite a matter of pride to be a soUiier's wife. There are many tunny Incidents growing out ol their changed relations toward their late matters. Tney appreciate very clearly the dlfle enrs be.wcsn "then" and "now." They have already begun to put on airs and aasert their rights.

Tke women are "ladies." Thev were never so called before. It used to be my ole woman now it Is my tsdy and the employers are called women precisely according to the fashion In New-York City, where the Irish servant girls use the same phraseology, There's a woman up In the avenue wants to hire help, and 1 know a laiy who would go; but the woman only pays two dollar and a half, and the lady 1 know won't go for any sum money. Such little vanities ara very pardonable among ihose who have so little to be proud of. The negroes Hke to spend their own money. They don't like tr la wholesale way of dealing articles out lo them.

It seems to mark them as dependent, and they prefer to take their own money and spend it for themselves. They are great hands for trading among each other, and they are very sharp, too. They hire their own preachers and school teachers. Tbe price of schooling Is tweuty-nve cents a haad a month, and 1 know one sharp old girl who makes her own husband pay every month for the schooling of bis owa son. Aftsr all, the more 1 tee of this people the more I feel that we are greatly mistaken in never speaking nor thinking of them except In the light of that miserable word ntgper," with all the prejudice and pat-aionof party and clots that bang about tt.

whlcn hat done more than any on thing to distort the ideaa of ourpeepleon the queitlon of Freedom or Slavery for Ui blacks. The man who Invented that word deserves a diploma from the iievll. The more we csn bring ourselves to treat them exactly as we do whiles, to eupiv In our dealings with them precisely th tame principles of buunest and of legislation, the nearer we shall come to a correct batls of arrangement of the resent dltoigunlzed ttute of toclnty and labor, and th more we yield to that nlkser" which Is born In every American, the greater our danger ol lapsing toward the error and the crimes that have produced the. rebellion. extreme will be bad but we shall find thai Hie true prli.clple es much nearer the aid of complete Individual freedom unit abrogation of all manner of tutelage and outside interference than we now Imagine, J.

A. W. Goopiich's Lai-mho, November, le63. THE 00TER1IKKT I have now been at this place ten rind, though my has been much occupied with otlier duties, have been able to take a few notes and to observe superficially, at least, the operation of tbe system of labor that has been Inaugurated and is being carried out here by the Government. The principal point of Interest is the bearing tbe system has upon the great queitlon of free negro labor.

And 1 may say in advance that the results are most gratifying and conclusive, and prove beyond a doubt that negro not vnly will work for tctft, but tt glad to havt thr chanci that hi will save ktt money and spend tf with a food deal of judgment, and that hi loolt for-ward to th improvtmmt of kit fortuntt. In the letter 1 wrote you from New-Orleans 1 gave a partial account of the condition of th blacks in the Department of the Gulf, where there are many obstacles and discouragements to be met, and where the conditions under which they live and labor are very much the tame that they will hereafter be when all legislation on the subject It stopped and every man, black ai well at white, standi on his own bottom. Here the fundamental condition! are quit different, and tbe peculiar circumstances have been so unfortunate as to; test to the utmost extent the capacity and th perseverance of the colored people; but they have shown th same qualities of Industry and thrift, and th same determination to elevat themselves and to prove that they can become a aaif-supporting people. There axe many who are lazy and shiftless, and tuch can bo found In any community but In spite of these, I can a clear aad una qui vocal Indications that, at a race, thay possess the higher qualities of character to a degre that will ln sur their tutor prosperity, notwithstanding th pa. cullar dldanUja they labor under oa account of thli color, provided tbey are let alooe and given a fair Chan la th world.

I will now endeavor to glt. as briefly as possfjj, an Idea of th tfitera followed at this place, 0f tbe results of that system, and the under which tt has been administered. THI gTITKV. An order, dated Mlllken's Bead, La April 10, IPtx, Issued by Adjvtant-Gsa. Tscmas.

sets forth la a ft words th object! aad purposes of the Govenunmt la establishing this sysUra. The following th order Th Gowrnsaent of th United states. In order to secure the safety of eomrneroe-and aarlgatioa on the aiMiBH kiver. have determined tn Uv2 ir bank, a lovai popaiatiosw who will prUc limmtemaTtL troytng.as la mow oo.) the freedom rrfmr-ad lBtorootmo re 'Inland we-' That ma nolicr mar TZia sauua- rs speeauy receive it tioo, Gsoani and Rev. UTtrtMeu are hW apoolnted 1 Com.

nuttionera. woose duty shall be to nptrnldtbml2Z qncsSc fiaxst. A a Wm9 ewsaae) sjr-va rvt cavssasn 4 agff fJttjM MM sneaaure lo their taoral and iarallaetwal wants: awd an to a pal lo aggieuiUtxauxt aksa tlam. IL tt Mag teMMtt tt Boiler, a far it. is aw FOiwr.as nr aitssartila.

I atitrban, Member 23, 186a (natter to be left tn private eaterpriee. vsmta4JtW4riN bs 4lact la poaMwtQO of um reooaw tovonrsaasi halljoemti 4 rood rliasaoter and rSVenlarr tyi bilitr. aad product of ii ry lierMruaool Basil ds corraa tr po-tb-. I tTBl'Twl la) all OaaeS th Jast rinbiaof tnaployer aad a Abe DOfmni will be (urniaood with tnauth au.ihlnir Id eon tart, la advaooB ol their amUigs, in eonawcn(if tiieir pr-esnt extrmsdyati-tution and Irs uo cam will natrrora he tHibjooietl tacor-poreAi pumthmeat by the Luo, or Other cruel and ua Ual modes. III.

Up-iu enterfng Into the orC'ipancv of plartntlons. Ii.prct irt trill visit each plantation take an Inventory of all property uuo tbntraiaie unfathered will be tnrnrrt ovrr to beKtheretbv the such term as ah ail -cure to lb Goveriimeot iu luir share; wlill nil avrabie prorrv-lj stork, grain. Ac, will ue taken p)Ms ion of by the OovrnroDi. or told to the tote, if ho desire, at their apprtUed value, psytible out of the proeerd of the planUttluo In tie all the appraia-ero to be appointed hy th Onimniwiiouort, unlet otherwise by the rjorernuitnl IV. Afterthe testee tball hare taken posset' Ion of the plantation, a many ncgroea, of average (inal.l.

ai be ma.v desire, thai I bu turned over to Mm. upon the order of the ComnilMinaera th lessee entering into bonds to employ thein until the let ol February, 1S-4. and to fetd. cioihe and irtai humanely ali tbe nearoea thus turned over, I the clothing to be iliduoa-d ram their waiies, aud to be furnished at cost V. If Ittlmll b-' loanil Impracticable, i In eonteiuenc of the latcner-tof the sraton.l to And prraona of ufho1rut rbanuHrr and r.pontl llity to give employment to ail the nesrroTK comliiK within the line of the army the ora-mU loners may apioii.t aupiiititendenl.

nnder whose uirvlnion the soil may hj ciiltivnted for the exclusive bon fit of the or sur have the plantation orktd uiontuch terrat us, in their Judgment, shall be beuadiptcd to the welfare of the negroes, lak my car thul in oil plans adopUti, tho ncgroe shall be aeif and not a upon Ih (Government. VI. to be paid for labor ahull be ot follow Kor men. over (ifteen year of are, M-ven dot. ara i dolrnrs rcr month, for able-bodied women, over fifteen year of age, five (5) do! 'art per mocth for children betacen the aye of twolrr aud bait price children noder twelve years of age shall not used a tield-linno and families must be kept totf.

ihcr, when so desire. Ths tax on the product of the plantation, in lien of rent, shall he at the rata of two iiii dollars per bale of four nuudred (400) pounds of rotton, ana fiw: (6) cents per bushel of corn and pota-toet. VII. Whilst military protection will not be iniaran. teou for tl'e stilety of persons enruxed in cultivating tne soil, yet all troops will ha required to rive protection, when it can le done without injury to tbetervicei aod It conlideutly-, believed that toe military of the negroes will atlord ull the proo-ction necetsary.

VJ II. Commanders of the army will render the Com-mistijoiiers tuch military asma'ance a may be necesaary ritbout Injury to the tcryicc-for tbeexeeullon ot their rtutiea. The ComniUtioners will report their proceeding! to the Secretary of War every two weeks. (iiveo under my hand, at MilHken'a liend. April 10, iMfcl, by authority of Instructions from the Secretary ot War.

L- THOMAS, Adjutaut-t enerai. TDK OPFBATION Of T11K 8T8TK-. This It the whole thing in a nutshell to protect the commerce of the river and to employ the negroes. All oilier results are collateral. None were Anticipated.

Tho season as ery late and It was hardly expected that capitalists could be found who would be willing to invest their money to near ths enemy, und run iho Jounle risk of a poor crop and the attacks of guerrillas. But such Is the magic charm of cotloo that a coosidetaale number of persons have found to Invest their capital in the venture. The district r.iiw undrr the Juilsdlc.tion of the Commissioners Is very large extending from Helena, to Natchez, but the only section where much lias been done Is Irom Late Piovldence to Mllllken'i Mend, an extent of about fifty miles of the river bank, lieiwccn these points 43 plantations have keen leased some to resident owners, some to Northern men and 15 lo nrgroei. Every encouragement has been given to the development of individual Industry and capital. No associations have been formed which, by combining, might be able to control the laboring population, or dictate their own terms, or establish their ownineoiyo! conducting the institution.

It is true their rate of ages Is fixed, but this 1 simply a minimum. There is nothing lo the contract that forbids a man paying mors if he chooses. He may have a scale of wages graduated according to tbe ability of his arid', or he may, (as nearly all do.) stop their wages Curing Ub cotton-picking season, aad pay them by the hundred pounds. The amount picked varies from 100 to ooo pounds a day, according to ths state of the crop and the sklllfulness of Uve picker. The pric paid is from nfiy cents to a dollar a hundred.

No applicant for a plantation has been denied, provided be could prove bit loyalty and show a reasonable probability of his bslng abl lo carry out his contracts with the Government and with the negroes. Every man has been compelled lo Invest cash In th ondsr taking, aud to tare bis money bat, of court, been obliged to give the business bis oersonsl attention. There has been no credit whatever except for rent, and that comes oit of the first cotton marketod. Among the resident owners who nave leased plantations there bave been partial failures In the fulfillment of their contract, but these have keen owing to unavoidable circumstances, which 1 shall presently relate, or to wants of a personal character which could not have been foreseen, CONDITIONS Or CONTRACTS. The contract made with the lessees obliges tbem to employ one able-bodied laborer to every eight acres, and also to subiltt and lodge a sartaln proportion of infirm persons and chlldrea.

The usual proportion of slaves was ona to every tea or twelve acrei, thus reducing the expenses of maintenance twenty five or fifty per cent, below what il It now. All these bands would, but for the plantation system, be a burden on the Government. At present they are supported by private parties. The lessee are bound to pay their htpdi svery month, and to furnish then certain tpecind rations. As to thf part of tbe contract, there been a good deal of failure.

For a long time it was Impossible to procure anything mora than corn meal and bacon. The raid of the rebels which destroyed a vait amount of cotton, and drove away almost everybody, blacx as well at white, and th consequent difficulty In procuring supplies, have disorganized everything se much that a strict par formance of the contract has bean impossible, and though there have been, of course, tome cases of willful neglect, much of it has been unavoidable. But the Commissioners have thui far taken care, and in future will take fare, to provide, out of tne first shipments of cotton, for the payment of ths negroes In full, and security for thelg wages up to the first of February, 19(13, when the leases expire. A draft, drawn by tbem, accompanies all the ootton shipped, snd none can be shipped without their NEQBO LE88EI8. i Fifteen plantation! are leased to aad at far ai I can learn, the cqjton on these It mora abundant than on any of tne others.

One of these plan, tations is operated by two men, Bascso and Jacxsow, who employ fifty hands. They have done rery well and will make about forty balsa of ootton- worth $10,000. This will set them up for next year. Other negro lessee! win make from five to twenty bales, by which they will net a snug aum. They feel tetf proud of their success, and are anxious to buy landa next year and own cotton farms of thslr own.

They prefer to take small lots 'and employ only a few hands. Ths general rule is, thst negroes are very hard on those of thslr own race who ar under them, but If It eorrao th case of Sabcbo aad Jacisok li an sxceptlon, for the hands employed by them are perfectly satisfied. Oa some of th other plantations where they bave been well treated, the negroes are ao well satisfied with their lot, that they are anxious to remain with the lame employer next year, and go wherever he goes. Though their wages are low, they ara content to work at that price rather thaa not work at all. Oa other plantation! wtter they hare been neglected, 111 fad and aot paid regularly, they are dissatisfied and complain Terr bitterly.

Of course yoa cannot make honest mn not eaa yoa tj any tyiUn banish opprtuloa aad ustic from tt world. Soma msa will bo scoundrels la spite of all thai eaa done. TBI MIADTAkTAflll AJfD CHflOUIAOMfmi under whlek both platttera aad aegroos havs labored during th past season, havs boea so verwaelmlag that It lit wonder that anything at til has ba ao eompllstod. In ths first place, work was begun 1st. Plowing should have oovmerood' la February.

Nothing was done uttlata la April, aad much of the ootton Old aot come cp utfl jon, j. ond place, th army worm was very destructive. Hundreds aad hundred! of acres hava boea destroy ed. I bave rfddsn tor mHea through eottca Islds en which aot a grseh leaf was to be tesa. Ia th third place, the rebel made a very tntenslve raid on the S3th of Juae, which had th effect to break ap and dlaorganiM every thing.

Plasters aad aegroee raa away, and some of them hare not beea heard of, can tall. Th aerrlllas burnVi th quamre and gta houses of soma of the nneet plantatloas, and destroy, all coUoa they old. Bat tho proporty they ooau eouoa tney souia. ButU cwooorty thev toaiM- lura of r-nui las win if ootioinea apau tne iAelaod.aavtUiletoaua akenatsa alia Traaa- aLrsMvie sairtxios? tafea-to ae- fright they sreats! aWfbe treat rear which look aaUro poseosstew of Jtearly everybody for fifty miles around. AUwplanm staid at home, aao where the planter staid his negroes staid wlta him.

A few negroes also mtnalned to look after thotr and they havo been irtchly repaid for their eourag -wad good seas. Hot ovary body ikeuaddled" ta th most ridiculous maaasr. Now, II happened most unfortunately that th tlm whs this panto occurred was a critical period of the gro wta of tbe cosjob. Aw sex's neglect ruined IL and at-lowed grass aad weeds to grow so luxuriantly that the coitoa waa literally crushed out of existence. TJi plow and the lio would have this.

There are hundred! of acres planted In cotton, where you may see a few scattering plants, a foot or so la height, peeping up amid th thick, bushy grass that surrounds Hum. and thsy are all that retwala of cotton fields that, but for the nexltct, would bave been worth many thousands of doUars. We eaa aow se tlat this neglect should avcr have hapveaed, but It Is much easier to crttirl these things after we have had time to rtfloct sod to learn all ilia tlrcm stances.than It Is to prevent them. Anybody can Hod fault, but few have the nerve and th sagacity to act with judgment tn sudden emeigenclea. Nothing but the Inherent strength of the system sated Ui and tntittienctn roDrisiedln the private capital, tbe refuat of all aid from the Government, except such military protection as lb exigencies of the servlee wvmd permit and the enormous valus of tb" crop to be men t.

This raid was mlschtevoui In other respects. It created a feeling of insecurity that necessarily had a bad effect on tbe negrort, and upon taelr disposition lo la tor. Thty leit unsetiled and Hmoroui. Then, every planter makes a poor mouth about "the rild." It would have mad a fortune, but now he Is going to loss all he hat Invested." Boms of thr rascais ars making this an exouis for not paying their negroes promptly and (ceding them ell, when the trtt'ti it there is not one of them who will not more than clear himself, while many will make handsome aumt of money. But there ia no denying that un enormous amount of property was dettioyed, and tome of ths planters have really beea unable to meet their obligations, whan if there had been no disturbances, and no array worm, they would have been tn much better condition.

There Is and hat been a great deal of discontent and grumbling among all i iauci, and there has also been a great den i of suffering. Scarcely any of the negroes cn the plantations hereabouts, were raited In tuli Immediate part of the country. All have oome from Mississippi and from the pack country. Perhaps the most marked trait In tne negro character is his love of home and of the localities to which he Is accustomed. They all pine for their homes.

Tney long for the old quarters they have lived in; for the old woods they bave roamed Id. and the id fields they have tilled. The surgeoua in charge of contraband ramp tell me that a great many ol Usem actually die from home-sickness, or, In scientific language, noita'Rla. They get thinking of their old homes and if tbey have left their families, or any part ol Ultra behind, they long to see tbem. and so they become Depressed in spirits and yield reautly to tke first attack of diseair, or succumb to ins dspresalon alone.

The negroes I re are at work and earning wages, and tbey are not so liable lo sick uots, but maiyottbin when thry first came were compelled to lie for several dayx on the Isvee in the cold and rain. There was no shelter for tbem. Tbey came by hundred' to seek the protection of our troops. Many of them no-rettarlly died Irom exposure, and the memory of those days of suflerlng ami death stlli lingers among tbem- t' fader these circumstances II la UrrevltsM that there should be a great deal of discontent and complaint among the negroe. They are In a airang place among strangers.

Tbey are unsetiled, end know not where they msy be the next year. They are uncertain ol their future, and 1 have been surprised beyond measure at the pertinacity, tbe hopefulness, and the determination that exists among them. The very fact that tey have existed curing this seaaon and made such progress lo fitting them selves for a state of Ireeuoin is proof eoucluntve of an energy, a vitality, and a strength of character that very lew people, either North or South, ever supposed tbey would exhibit. rni results of this whole plantation system msy be summed up In very few words. First.

It has been proved that ths negro will work for weges, and, even In the face of the most discouraging disasters, make great profits both for himself and hie employers. Second, It bss proved thst Northern men, who know nothing shout cotton plsnttng, but who have ordinary bust. ness eapsrlty snd perseverance, can tako plantations and carry them on just aa profitably, and even more so, than ever was done before. At the present prices of ootton there is enormous wealth in nil this country if it can only bs brought ouL California never oio-duced a year to the acr. This country can do It and will do It for every aero that Is tilled snd carefully cultivated.

The present system of labor pro duoes more thaa the system of Slavery old. and II Is entirely free fmm tbe danger of Interruption and the expense tnat attended Slavery. What more cm be atked It not the future of this country wrlten down In these two facts? The soldiers of the army who havs marched from Cairo to Natrnes are fascinated by the country they have Sassed over. The delicious fruitful soil and is valuable eropa that It will produce, ar enough to excite the ambition and enlist the energies ofsny one. Northern men.

and thev aloao can manage th negroes, who will not work for their old masters, nor under their old overseen. Those who hsve beea accustomed to tne negro In a stats of 81a rery are utterly unfitted to manage htm In a state of freedom. They cannot, by any possibility, bring themselves Into that state ol feeling toward tbem that Is necessary to their management. They look upon tbem as nrers." and cannot eoncivs of their having rights like the rfitTof mankind. Thlt feeling of eon tempt the negro perceives by an unerring instinct, snd hs will never trust any man that ha believes entertains tbe old feelings toward bis race.

This has been proved In msny Instances, and there Is no doubt about IL There are, therefore, the greatest inducement for larmen and capitalists, both large and small, to emigrate from the North and occupy tbe banks ol tbe Missistlpol Hirer. There is an abundance ol abandoned land tney can protect themselrei against guerrtllai, and it the lame time protect In commerce of the river. Tbey can obtain all the labor they are able to pay for, and tf they bave only their own bands, they can earn a good deal more than any orop in tho North eould possibly pay them. Tbey will receive evsry encouragement from the Govern ment, and ail the protection consistent with Ih exigencies of the service. Tbey will be allowed to srm tnsir own negroes, and by so doing can combine together and organize a resident army all along tbe banks of the river.

No guerrillas wilt ever attack them when thev learn that they are armed aad oa tbe watch, except in such force that their approach could easily be made known In time to make preparations for defence. If the real stats of things In this coua-try could be known, I believe the whole farming pop. ration of the North would flock her tn matti. The same people that were wlUing to risk their lives and fortunes on tbe plaina of the West and among tbe golden ssnds of California will be only too glad to try their luck.on the cotton and sugar plantations of tbe South. I cannot bring within the coroput of a single let ter one-half the Information I have gained la my visit to this place.

I have only endeavored to show the practical operation of the mum that has boon lnsugurated here by the Government, and ahow hew the negroes workVs freadmen, ana further to Indicate what appeara to be the probable future of ta country under tne cnangea condition which have been brought about by the rebellion and the war. Ha who runt may read. There are more fortune! lath South than have ever been lost here, but It will take Northern enterprise and Northern energy to make A tuctu. Jt. Th Cincinnati Comntrcial, of Nov.

23, hsf these itemi Gen- Cox and Stan have not returned from fan. dusky. Can. Rosecrans Is expected la the city this week. Gen.

Lew Wallace la in New-York, awaiting orders. Gen. IfcCook Is at the Burnet House. CapL James W. Conine, ol Oen.

Cox's Ststr, has boon commissioned Colooel of tho Fifth UnHad Statss Colored regiment, which has been la camp at Aeiawaro, tots eta is. a no voionsi eaierea service at the beginning of tho, war as Adjutant of the neconu st Attorney-General Bate bag made decision advene th claims of th widow of Aaron Burr for pension money sine his death. They were married In Ibll, were divorced la New-York l6lg for his baa conduct, ana no atea in ibso. i ne statutes of New York (aa held by th Court of Appoale of that Bute) provide that the wife shall not loos rights to tho hus band's estate whsrs ins divore omswaj matrimonii waa aeorawq tor rus ooao wet oat Aiioraey-oeaerel Bates docidet that said ststuts ar aot a law ta the) ess for th actios of tho General Government, but is obssj must vv atyuujeu uyva common law prr eiplee, Tha wlf of 0ni Osterhgug diet) Thursday morslBf o'cloem tt hat wkUaot tt It. Ltrnta, Tha General I absent tn th laid, nit sad bxrsavs-mnt was Ulsfrsphod Mao.

Mrs. Osteraaut leave flvs ehtldrea. Tbe publio will s-mrjathiso with the gallant soidisr la this, his great r. W. Halleck, tho brother of Gon.

Ballock. woo waa nomlaatsd ifor Assembly ta tn Third As-sembly District I Oneida County, Nsw-York, was defeated try tho ftapiibllima George 8. Greene, who was ee-rsrelT wounded tn Ue face la the battle of Wa hatchle, Irookout Mm tain, has arrived la Gsorgs-town, D.Ci Ilia otp4 la Holaf wall. A sitter of Gen. Grant was married ta Cot lagtoa, iKetrtDcky, opposite Cincinnati, a fsw.dxys age, to a clergymaa of tho Msthodlst Church.

atnjGen. Hunter arrived in Clnclnnitl on, Nov. itfrotB tho aat ilia destination eoatrn aJt4r i i.r;, It is elated in aomt of tho Western Mpera that MaMJen. Law Wallace li to presid at tLe lo Coo and Crittsadea Court of laquiry. -Tho wife of A P.

Ho- tiled at ML Yernontladisaswo Nvsrbr IT. 5 -Oek, Coaocrang wu fotly-fotiyyas'cli t)tt ths) Oik last' -i ti i tw I nn dtaii C7 rrimTiiit Tk Irmt Bogarsliaa ftosao UpottaagniJ goHsstt Farta. IT I A book, ntUled Nut oa th, MaryUndatU MaVuTe Htrga, by Dr. Jaooss, cf Iht cltesosi Octtyibargh. has maoo It laUng somewhat ta the Army of tko- Poto-.

gardlng th battle of Cettyaburgh. tl enni.fr.. -SZd sMrroisrhfch estir eorreots, aw gives to thy world niece of ataJ qusat hlstbry, el Imperfeeflf' ktiwa outsida of sxQiJ 1 B-WtV w-m. mi fiaietsB, Kiasv Divmos. urn CataT Cant nsAS sUt-VABAasocx M-TtosTrs- Saturday.

Nov. 21. I Rt. Dr. AT.

JaeakmProffttt af tlitkmaHea mom p4 My, atuntion big ftjcenUy iboen' called to pubUciiloa from your entitled' "Notes oa lb Katrt tneasloh of hfaryJaad aad! Pennsylvania, and the of Gettytpurgh." Asa msUerofblBtorVIoesfrt to point cut yon at lav i portaat error, whloh yoa doubtless tra Mtr-tha-' -rlly road la your attributing tbo honor of reMlsbut 1 1 tha mssa wt f. ar.snng me pO'tioidoaj of Round Top" or LltUs Bound Top" HOI, to the Peaasylva. nia Reserves. I quote the following from'your Ktsa. Mm frra eorpa.

Consittlng of two ongadoa of reaAylaaU lUter res. bar log until this tlm beta bold rVswvw! went into a charge with a tetTine shoot, aad drove th rebele down tha rocky troat of that hlU. aeroos 'i the vaiiey below, and over ins next alii tat tba woods beyond, taking three bund rod prUoaeia. iTbts wat the favorable mutuant, aud me waolo rebel o4i umn was forced to retlie. in this caaigo the reoet Gen.

Baskssals fell, on tns edll oppoairbl.it Bomad Top. Our lsft was saved from tat ter th tattt aa that part of our Itnea was riorlnosly ndd for tho Cay, aad Little Round Top was ouraM! Tbe front of this our men Immediately began to cover with a network of breastwork, aad oa tho summit thev pi seed twelve 9C-nbund Parrottguaw." When the next morning dawned, It was a aeooad Gibraltar." i At about 6 P. kf.it is true, heard eherng different from that which hao so often fallen dolefully" upon our ears, nad some of the rebels said to oacfc i other, 'Listen! tbe Ysnkecs nro Bat whilst this, which we afterward found lo havs boea the cheering of Qen.CaAwroan'R men as they cbargwd aad drov the rbl down lbs face of LltUe Rowad, Arc. This reflscu credit upon tbe fancy had Imagiasvy tlon, out It Is aot history. On tbe seooad day of th battle at Geltisburga, the Fifth eorps, which Bad arrived upoa the field after a atghfs msrek from Hanover at about 7 'clock la the moralog.waaaetg In reserve until the arrival of the Sixth, which waa ta relieve IL On the arrival of Ihl eo-ps.

the Plith waa ordered to the front to support Ges.Sioxixs. Wbiloj the corps was moving rapidly to th front, th dsstga of tn enemy became more appareaL wu vtdeat i that was suddeaiy mssslog bis troopt oa lha' treme left of our line, for the purpose tumlag our flank. To guard against the successful xeeutloa of Wit design, the line on the left waa proloagad, aad the Third brigade (commanded by oae of Peaaaytva-nia's most aoeompllsbsd and gallaat Ofaeera tho lamented Gen. Vuicsjrt) Was hastily dsiaoasd frosa Can. Bassss' divlsioa, of the Fifth eorpa, and awdovod to th extreme left.

This brigade was composed of mi i tn oixieenia stiouigan, uriy-iyvrMp A-vw-ir i Eighty-third Psnnsylvania and thai Twsntleih i- Main. Th SlxUanth Michigan aad. tha forty foarth New-York went Into posltloa-oa acarlya dlroct proloogaUoa of th line of battle, who the) Eighty -third Pennsylvania and the Twentieth Malse, taking advaatag of tho nature of be grosxnd, aad a ledge of rocks formed oa th left, and at nearly a right snrls with tbe line, froatlag toward lUaad Top HllL Hsnoe these four regiments were la auek a position that they completely covered any appraoak to thlt hill by any part of our forcesU They mast have either beea forced from their position by tho enemy In froat, or tho Peaasylvaala Rsserves.la i tbslr seal, must haws charged pver themj' Howsver, nothing of this nature oscurrsd. No ssro those of tbe enemy were In front of these fouf rrgi. meats, from th eommssecmsnt of th second day's i struggle till 10 o'clock the aext mernlng whsn they I were relieved by the Pint brigade of deo.

BASrao divlsioa. I resume the aarratlva. Scaroely (ha4. tho Third brigade secured Its posltloa, oefor it wag vigorouslr attacked by Gea. Hood's entlr divlsioa.

These four regiments aloaa withstood tbe bra at of hls attack The straggle tasted two hoars. Ia tha midst of tho conflict the commanding ofStor of th brigade fell, mortally wounded. The officer next ta eomtxtaad continued the straggle, Tnese brigade of Gea ilooD'i division charged tn rapid aeceittia. At each aisault thsy were repulsed with fearful loss. Nssrly three hundred of their dead and a thousand ot their woondsd covered the ground ta front ft tbf (onr Al leeglh tha attatka ot th anemy's columns beeam weaher and weaker.

'4 Their hoot blood bad been wasted, their best eoaral axpsndH In vain, Tot a while thst columns ceatsd Irtnjj, anditretcbed thsmselret behind iht locks, ptntiaf for breath. While th enemy's force In froat were thai reiting, a fresh brigade ot his troops eaase down from the tummtt of tbo mountain ilk a cloud, and poured lit dens Are upoa tha rank of tho Twentieth Maine and tha Eightytatrd Pennsylvania. This waa the most critical moment of the day lo th left of our line. Col. Cbabkxjvi, commanding tho Twentieth Maine, ordered his leglment; to charge, and, after a desperate straggle, ho reulsd tip enemy st every point.

The imnortaac of peraaa aently dislodging tho enemy from this moantAla. celled Round-Top BIH. Induced tbo eommaadlag officer to sead to Geo. Stub for reinforcements to support this brtgad'e ta this eadearor. The great raiae of thlsposttloa history will not fall to recognise, Gen.

a Tis! prompuy sent ongsao oi nrn rvguncats of the Pennsylvania Reserve, under thst core man of CoL Pnasa, to set as this support. Three of lass regiments wer formd la tha rear of tbet T-eaUeUI Main and Eighty-third Pennsylvania. ThU line had -scarcely been formed, when th Twentieth Mala waa ordered to charge snd take tag kill. As no tlat was to lost and aa any change ot postUoa of la balaaoa of th Third brlgad might prorg SiattrdouS, the two remaining regiments of the Restrvsa ware ordered to support the Twentieth Uaine. But rapidly and gallantly did CoL Ca-irasa-Anv lsad hi regiment to the charge.that 1 wr pt at the pUt of tha baypnet th nmy trorn th hill, and took perauntfit poeeeislot.

of tb tarn a befor th supportlsg foreef eould reader him anv mate rial aaalstaao. Durisc tho night tha XlghtyHhlrd Psansylvanla was ordsrsd lab CoL CaAaiut-U-! gupport, and be lore mornlug Uua soldiers of both brigad se had made th poetUoa tsa-pregaable, by throwing up masatvo breastworks oft stene.v Thursday esses-ally ended tha struggle ear the left. Th prisoners taksa this day by the Third brigad war over gOO la number, lacludlag twe CoToaels and fifteen oomaiskaed omoers, and ever 1, IflOO suad of arms belonging to tbo enemy were espturcd. Iu Ion wu nearly 19 per canti la klUad and wounded. r-." These are briefly the faata la regard to eeoertsr) possession of this Important potUeaea tns td of 1 July last, which nre more fully st fortala ibe ofiVdat reports of that battle, I trust, upoa a earsful exaa aatioa of thos reports, yoa will readily pereelvs taag' truth, aad tha tmoarttalltv of history, demand a eer I rectloa of your Notes." Regard for tbe memory of tbo dead, and respect for th bravei of tbo Uvint-, nilk demand th correction, I bay thus; ta a pue Ua meaner, taken tho liberty of addressing yoa, be- eause your aaata lends aa hUlortosl raise to yea II thaa waetner tno vi" aw- aU slave whetitortoeflagof epreeloaebouliaaat la every breexe.

or the banner of freedom, ta 1 ha aame of Christ, 90 get up foravor throughout th ii. BffgarCaaral Com' Second BrlxadJ a 0a. a. TtW wtwtw. Aiatt ia.

a niaia vw dii -i Oswego Tims says Hoar Xwm IrrX7orr fere a dlrpocitloa to crush that paper out as 1 aoidlaga ahattal tnertgag an tho maUrf-L ks at first sf used tha leader of tho sneaey due, i e'f upon the offloo. Oa Prtday last tbe parties was ipre- teaded to bay aader the mortgage appeared la stroT force, with machlnlsta ta take down the rrssei aa matiLbuttheecelltortsLwl.hrsiiornie!.t Intrenched themsolves behind the door, wbea ver sxirmisri ensued. lioUvwe were lost, but some- body got badly kicked, and four gent-ea of Ttmss were brought befsre te cacorderf. ad battery, wbo hldithm to boil for i Ths paper was ia-iedoa Ba'ar'sy as nrutl, anit Ttmtt of that dsy remarks; hsa fr we rem. maaatara of ma ai'uaLon.

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