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F. C- DUXXIXGTOX Voluntary communications, containing In tern t- Jar or important news, solkiled from tar qaartcr. News letters from the various counties of the State eicciallydcsircd. All communications jboulu be addressed to the Editors of the Usios aud AvrniCAK." MEDICAL. SEYMOUR.

M. (Late Brigade Sargcon, U.S.1 "OCBMST AXD ATJRIST, Office 33 Cedar Summer and Cherry," NASHVILLE. Office for treatment" of of the Eye and Ear, -operations Ut, Squinting, -Cataract, oct. performed. BOX 768, 1'.

O. i I HEAL ESTATE AGENTS. 7, flMIE firm heretofore existing under the name- isthls'dav diwolved hy mutual consent. Mr. llrown retires from the holiness.

Mr. Callcnder, in connection with rhincas Uarrvlt. will cp tinue the Heat Estate business at the old stand W. Matt. IJrown i ChriryWrrct.

W. MATT. llHOWN, THOS. CALLENDEK. OABBKTT.

T. CALKSDBa. CALLENDER GARRETT, (Suceessorrto W. Matt. Bbowk Co,) "EwtlVtO jVgCJltH, IffTT 1 1 A .11 i it.

ntif? riniitiirf v(vm HmuTifilinri of Real Eta.toJ deel lw. DESIRABLE RESIDENCES 1 AX ALSO, A. NUMBER 1st. A fine Residence, containing 12 rooms, in ree tcrritorr. Also two racaut Lots aujolnme.

2d. That splendid Residence of the late James on Broad Estrcet, between Summer and High streets, eontaininc 8 besides servants rooms ana oincr out Homes. M. That splendid Residence of the late Hardin I A etc. (Jood Snrinu and houso with 8J4 acres otlanil, immedictclr adjacent to tnecity, on the, uiiarlolte 1'ike.

41h. AO acres of irround of the Barrow property. on the Charlotte Pike, which will be divided to suit purchasers. ftth. A Tery larue number of Lots In the City una i tie utnereni Aauiuons 10 iMascriue.

iaois an ivigeacld and lirownsriue. Cth. A very laree number of the BEST TARMS in tins nnd tbt counties. Apply to J. L.

n. W. BROWN. dee4-lm UnioU street. NELSON IMJRFEEE jav SO t'liorry Street, ncnr Ciilon, tm 'V 'a saJWI' sJ: n' 1 i iv a ian.o nmouni oi iwcni Biff nils null luc nujuiuuiK i .1 XHEV Bl) AND SELL CiiUnnnlvunil Stiitr Itnmls on commission, as, well iu every description of Government Securi ties1 COUNTY FARMS are offered at Tery Also, one in Wiliiamion- a i H'H A ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER, of 400 acres, in Jackson county, for sale.

CITT 5JlOl'EItTT FOR SALE. Ofi FEET on Church street, opposito thb Max- Ou well House nndMasomc icmple.ata rcason-ablopriec. Tills is central, choicu property, and is inoro than "J00 feci deep. 43 1'eot, impniveil. on Vino street, between Chureh'ahd Union, very choico location, but the Improvements are moderate.

Tho pnee is very Too 02 1'ret. with larire brick on ine street, between Union and Cedar, bcine about tbo 1 I I I in 1 1 XllOSl UCSirnUI lUCUIIVll IUI 200 reeton McGavoek street, West Nashville, on is a neat Brick Dwelling, or 7 rooms, atlelien. stable, etc. and first-rate cistern. Prtco nly $9,000.

House Mid premises in good order. 100 sct oh Broad street. West Nashville, with-elocautMrrrJilrhikv llousej tcVmUinipt rooms, kitchen, stable, twe cisierns, snrui.ucrj at $15,000. Very desirable. If not sold within ten days, this larce and choice place will "bo rented for the rtmainder of this and tho whole of next year.

sn rt Vnr'lb Market street, corner of Lol tho well-known-Pleasant Smith- houso. 50 I'oet on Pnruco street, with lanre, cleirant llrUW eontaininir 1G rooms. 2 butli rooms, kitchen, extra slic, with tas, watsr, n.l nfMlirn ItnnmvcmenL "7 it. 7 iHiii-- i 45 I'ect on Park street, with common im provements, very low. This properly runs inrousu to Summer.

40 Voet on CoUcko street, bclne the lower portion of the lot now occupied by. Department HeadquateribclonpnirtoI)r. platers. A'rice, per foot. A choico ltttlo lot on North College, Just below lie PubHO square, ai a sacriuco.

SALOON AND RESTAURANT. ii-. irr Cr Culonn and Restaurant, now doing ii prolltable business, in the very centre of at a price penecnj EDGEFIELD. Wc have ovcrl.SOO feci of ground on the most choico and desirable streets in Edgefield, for lease for five years from 1st January next, at prices which ought to be satisfactory to thoso desiring to Calh docS-lm xeiaox Munrnr.E. AI.BKBT V.

PILUX. W. BBTCE TilOMrSOX. DiLLiH mm, BEAT. ESTATE AXI COTiliECTIXG AGEXTS.

.1 DROMI6INO FAITHFUL AND PROMPT JL attention to ail business entrusted to urcare, our services to tliernblle. as General Agents, for the Purchase and SIe oi Real and Leasing- or Cityor Conntry Prurcrtyt 'Collect ton of Nots; Aesoahts and Vpncuersr i.nvetniraiion oi eiv, eic llItLIN i THOilPSON. Ofiicejorer' Sccond.fational'Bank, College street. deci-tr 25 HARKKI.S fJKAXHr.RKIES, Just'rtcelvAil. MKDART BURKE.

Southeast corner Bread and Market sU. doel5-3U cnrk.SAcioj nccKMiiEAT rLeirit. JUU elegant article. Just received and for sale by AihUAKV UllKKU. Southeast comer Broad and Market sts.

cnfl HAKRCLM XEW YORK AI'S'LES, UUU the'best In the "SeatheiU ebrair Broad and Market's. ti ir voetjme xxxrri. n. kwiko. j.ii.nvnxc, 11 I tl'l-i t'r.

I II LiiJll Waj WHOLESALE GROCERS ReceiTmgjPoiaidiiig; i ASO Storage Merchants, ran Mi 1 Comer Building Market and Church, streets, foi- ineny occupieuiny.mng,uici;rory uo. ARE RECEIVING and haro in' store the following: NO barrclsUJrown'. Sugar. U) do A' Uotlce bucar. do If do do 0 do do Stuart's Crushed Sucar, standard.

25 do do do io A no uo do I'owdcred do dodo Jlolasscs. trrup. kocs Syrup, 5 and 10 fO barrels No 1 and 2 Mackerel, SOhfdo.i iMi'Joa 200 kits do Po 25 barrels r. N. Co's Whisky, 25 do S.N.

l'ike'a do 250 boxes star candles, uj dozen brooms, 100 :) boxes raisins. COO kegs nails. iw reams paper. boxes 'assorted soap, 40 kces rinsrar. 100 boxes candy.

baskets cliampasoe, 30 cases sardines, 50 boxes starch' SO do pickles, 20 do Madder, 75 barrels apples, A 0 boxes assorted wines. 1009 barrels Flour, all trades, zu do l'otatocs, 'in i 100 boxes biro Crackers! JJ cases ifies. 100 cases assorted Liquors, Jn'adJilion to ilie alioo wo harea eeneral as sortment of groceries, all of which wcro bought during the present pressure in tho Eastern markets. We expect to goods on hart profits, and Kduld be pleased to hare our'nld friends call on us. EWING CO.

A. G. Ewinr. of tho former firm of Ewtnir. Mc- Crorr A will bo found with the abovo firn for the purpose of scttline up their business.

dec21 C. POWELL, GREEH BANKEE13, BROKERS GENERAL COMMISSION Merchants, 3g it' ROAD STREET, SEW YOKIf. CoLGunvs PovEtti formerly Powell Jvnoxvuic, lenn I.F. GREEN. formcrly.Nichol, Green Co.

Nash ville, Tenn. Cms. MuGiiEl, livine otKnoxvillcTcnn. BY tho abovo card it will bo seen we have established ourselves in New. Yor for the nur- doinir n-leentmatrr commission business: and bcinu a Tennessee house, we respectfully so licit tho natronairo or our bouthcrn mends ccn- i 1 1 i.

i. I Vancts consienmcnts to loancnrrcncy.on gold I intercsfno-pnrcHhso andTicll Iionds. anil covcrrimo'rit securities on a margin ex rnfion. rnhnin. llmirnml nnric nl.nlpnlfl Rtneks.

clusively on commission. Respectfully, GKEEXi Co dec 20 3m FKESH FAMILY "XTfE HAVE ON HAND A GOOD ASSORT-Hi AM 'fS SI If FAXIIiY GROCERIES, Consistfne in part of SllRlUV V- i Mackerel, Flour, Tobueco, Cigars, Which will dispose of at prirato sale for (air also foralo 1000 bushels of prime heavy Oats, which we wish to close out at once under instructions. Mil. WM. I'ltlCIIARD loni and favorably known to this community has taken quarters with us.

and will be pleased to see his old tnends and customers. UODSIIALL HOLLAND. dccH If ooum sircoi. i nnn bushels PEACH BLOW POTA- 1,000 UUSnELSFRIJIE OATS. In store, and for sale at prices below tho market hy.

.3 Our Auction Sale on Thursday next will em brace a fine variety of Linuors. Tobacco and Gro ceries generally, together witht he consignments above mentioned, fctiUUSItAllli A UULUduNXM toutii sircei. dccl9-3t "rE have jemov-rdouSst6ikHo tho Ware- Jiouse. corner Church and College streets, formerly occunicd bv Pavne. James A' whero wo liopo to meet our former patrons and tho pub lic gcucnuuv- -rsr i- Oaf (Stock ii 1 iVl A LARGE, AND SELECTED, And wo always sell AT Market I'riccs.

A. SPENCER CO. dco.19 D. D. DENTON CO CITY itAiir.nv AXI CAXHY JIAXUFACTOUY, AXD nno.vn STREET.

iJCiP.JJfffifflOO Dealers can be supplied on short notice Mil, with cvenrthing in our Line, made by our-BelveJCi aft rtrim Attention given Crackcra JaAnd.Caridy. Also, Bnd; Cilres; 'ctc-ictc. D. D. DEN'T0Nl G.

M. HUNTINGTON. decl-ini T7H5T- ft I I. i luu.nm.s CIIOItK Dairy Salt EC 1000 ,1.1 Car loads Brn, in itore. and for sale i decf-at-.

RHEA A SMITH. TT- STATE OF TKNNKSSUK, I K4.1sL VUUAri, written notice, at the Conn fl.i,,. win. chestcr. Tenn, for all rersonihavlngclalms acainrt said tauto to appear and file tie same with, tbo undeHgued.

duly authenticated, in the manner fiSe 1 ca or iore the 1st or April, THOS. SHORT; Clcrl DAILY INSURANCE. SAIXT lOUIS MUTUAL LiFE INSURANCE: HOME orrCE: XO. 00 XO stTHTJlIRD St (5AINT XOUIS, MIBSODRL ASSETS, JBly 83G1.C1 37 SECURELY INVESTED. Dividends declared to Policy Holders Jan.

1, 1SG5, Fovty Tcv I' I I I i i i tReader, Is Your- Life Insured? If not, what prorition hare you made for your 1 depandeftt oncs! THINK.1 Vhatwoulilbe their pecuniary situation were you to die to-morrow? If it is wise to Insure, is it prudent to Delay i DANQERO.US. DIRECTORS. JAMES II. LUCUS WILLI Robert M. Funkhouser, of Funkhouscr.t Burnett.

Chas. II. Peek, Presd't of the Philo Knob Iron Co. Rabert K. Woods, Cashierof the Merchants Bank.

-Jules Vallc. olUhouteau, Harrison Vane, Geo. R. Robinson, of Robinson Gariard. McCord, of McCord Jc' Co Machinists, John F.

Thornton, of Thornton Isaac II. Sturgeon, Prcsid't of the N. Railroad Hon. John Hogan, Member of Congress. Henry Oversteli, of Overstelz, Wagner CoM Lumber Dealers.

Nich. SchalTcr, of Nicholas Schaffcr Star Candle Dealers. William T. Gay. of Ilanenkamp Edwards.

David Ktith, of Keith Woods, Booksellers and Stationers. R. P. Ilanenkamp, of Gay Hanenkamp. Isaac W.

Mitchell. January, of D. A. January Jfc Groters and Commission Wm. J.

Lewis, of Lewis A Tobasconlsts. F. Rosier, of F. Rosier. Co.

Jacob Tamm, of Tamm Clever. OFFICERS. SAMUEL TCILLC President. i JAMES If. LUCAS, Vice President.

WM. T. SELBT. Secretary. "WM.

N. RENTON. General Agent; DR. JOHN HODGEN, Censnltine Physician. LACKLAND, CEINE JAMISON.Lcgal Adv'rs.

llON. ELIZUR WRIGHT, Consulting Aetuary. 1 SIEAS K.TtfOT,- State Agent for Tennessee. C. llARFIELI), r.

Special AgenU, Nashville, Tenn. Office: Second XMIonal'BsinU Building Nivshvjlla Local Beard of Reference: Hillman, Bro. Sons, J. A. MeAlister Jno.KirkmonV Stubbleficld, James M.

Hamilton, A. Hamilton, James Woods. Examining Physicians: Thos. R. Jennings, M.

T. jf. Maddea. dccl3 lm 7,000,000 Inilcmnlty Against Fire, River mill Rnllroad In tho iromq InO Co; of bt Cash roInmblii'Cash 600,000 Arctic, Cash Assets 625.000 Hertford, Cash Assets. 1,600,000 Losses adjusted and promptly paid at this Office, No.

25J4. Cherry street, ti. D. FARNSWORTII. 10 Agent.

GENERAL NOTICES. fU. S. A-GEIVCY, I Xo.T S9 'NORTH; CHERRT STREET. special attention paid to the COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAIXST GOVERXMEXT.i 1 NO CHARGES IN ADVANCE.

i HOWARD NELSON, Attorneys aiid U. 5. Claim Agents. RrrrnixcKS non. C.

F. Trigg. U. S. District Judge: Anson Nelson, president Second National Bank; Maj.

Gen. Donaldson, Chief Quartermaster. dcc3-lm CHRISTMAS 1 i'l lUi unto 19 If i ONLT u.h:i;! TEN DQL.LiiVRS i DELIVERED. i.oai AT 1 SOUTH COLLEGE DOOR TO NO. 2, FIREMAN'S HALL.

The only genuine Cumberland In this Market. Cheapest, because' most' economical. Clearest, being a pure Gas, and rives no headache A. STKWART. O.

n. HOLDS. decl3-lw SOAP! AWE'S IMPROVED ER.iSIVF. SOAI'. THE CIIEAPEST Rest Sonp mncSe ia llic United States.

SsndyourOrders'to RODDY MAIN UFA OTURERS, No. 90, Churcli Street, i.i X.ISIOILLE, TEXX. dee 21 dSm 5,000 li Ncn5laciu.iid lbs. New Bacon, Shoulders 100 Tierces New Tor Sale by McLAUpHLIN. BUTLER CO' deVaMn tl'AXTlSD.

ARTIES WHO T.WO CAR Loads nf Salt at lv. It. Jenol mvm two weeks mro, Salt marked and 1, ri, wilt please furnish us with duplicate. Mil' I jdinK, as aalt cannot be shipped for want of di vtlnatlon. doclS-lw Y.B.JOJ (ES.

Agent. Fkicht OvnciT 11. 15. I UwiiitTb AND AFTER.TO-DAY OUR DE10TS avtened at SK A. v.

lor Uie reception of FrolgBt, hn dcclJ lm rotgnw, ana promptly ejosea at 4 r. v. 0KES, Agent, UNION NASHYILLE, DRY GOODS. Wholesale House, T. W.

EVA KB, Late of Evans F.VASR, Late of Evans njc oARnxEK, Late of Gardner a Co. n. n. BCCKXEB, Lato of Gardner ft B. W.

JEXSISRS, Lato with Gardner ico. wjf.ronTrn, Late of Evans it 'O. 4, TSK. BLOCK, WE ARE- NOW i OPENING A LARGE AND stock of FOREIGN" AND A3IERICAJT VARIETIES, i Boots, Shoes, Hats, 4 AND READY MADE CLOTHING, PURCHASED FOR CASH Since the recent decline in priees, which wo offer to tne Trade AT TERY LOW Being connected with EVANS, GARDNER CO, of New York City, and IMPORTING all Foreign, and purchasing from Manufacturers all American Goods, and possessing every advantago of getting Goods at LOWEST PRICES We feel every confidence in saying to Merch.inls that wc will sell them as Cheap as they can purchase in AXY Having adopted the CASH SYSTEM, of botti Buying and Selling, enables us to do business on si VERHSMALL ADVANCE, so that those who buy-fronrns can compete witaa Stocks purchased any where. Having resident partners in New York, gives us advantages in keeping up a Stock, which Merchants will find large and well assorted throughout tho season.

Wc solicit an Exnralnnl Ion of irar Stock. Evans, Pite XO. 4, IXX XASIIYILLE, dccl3 3ra TENNESSEE. SNUFFS, TOBACCO L. WH0ELEY.

ASD IX SNUFF, PIPES, FOKEIQX AND DOMESTIC CIGABS TOBACCO, No. 32 Msirkct Street, 1TASHVH.IE, TENNESSEE. dest 5m JOHN B. SMITH, (Suescssor to 0 A 0 I Cor. Cctlar and Clierry Streets, (Under Commercial Hetel,) NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE' A hear' steok of fine imported and domestio i Cigars, Totacoo, Snuffs, ASO aXEER.SC DC 31 PIPES, Constantly on hand.

lm. FOR KENT. ROOM. IN THE UNION AXU A Church street. Annlr at the counting-room of the Union and Amfrican oSce.

dcc9-tf. FOR RENT. TIAWO VERY LARGE ROOMS IN THE Fourth Story ofthe.Ustos asd Ameiicas Hlock.wcII adapted Jo many purposes. Apply tthUnUDe-rTa BUNNINGX'ON CO. declO-tf W.

G. OOLLIEE, WHOLXSAtS ASD XXTA1L DWlLX SCHOOL BOOKS. BLANK BOOKS. GOLD AND STF.EL PENS, Arnold's Wrt tine; Fluid Copying Ink, Wedding. Printer's Cards, STATIONERY, And the LatesCLitcratnre of tho Day.

37: UJ IOST STREET, (Between Cherry and College.) NASHVILLE, TENN. Orders solicited for every description of IPrinting- dcct-lm PAYNE, JAMES Cor. Church and Collcjre Sts, NASIIYim, TKSN-, VFER TnEIR SERVICES TO THEIR Cirnrral CoraminKn JSes and respectfully solicit "ioey are prepares 10 reccvo COTTON AND TOBACCO, And will funrih every facility and ecommoda- tio nio inosewno wui enirusi uor vusiusm thicm. PAYNE, JAMES CO. -dect-lw AND TENNESSEE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1866.

Union and American. LETtER FE0MGEN. EARLY. He DocaHOt WaBt al'ardon-Alllstorj-of the Campaigns The Seal Strength of the CoBfedcratcs Ocneral Early's DcmoBAtratioss on WaslilugioH Tlie Strength or Ills Forces History of Ills Valley Cnmpalsn, etc To the Editor of the New York Times. Hayaxa, Dec 18, 1865.

Having seen it stated in several papers published in the United States that I am an applicant for pardon, I desire to say. through your columns, that there is no truth whatever in this statement. I have neither made nor authorized such application, and would not accept a pardon from the President of the United States if gratuitously tendered without conditions or restrictions of any kind. I have nothing to in the course pursued by me during the war, except that my services were not of more avail to the cause for which I fought; and my faith in the justice of that cause l.s not at all shaken by the result. I have not given a parole or incurred any obligation to the authorities of the United States, and I utterly disclaim all alleciance to, or dependence upon, the Government of that rauntry." JL am a voluntary exile from my own country, because I am not willing to submit to the foreign yoke imposed unon it.

All declarations attributed to me which are inconsistent with the above statement, are entirely without foundation, and I hope there will he no fuftlisr misapprehension as to my position. The reports of the campaigns of 1864 and 1865 by Secretary Stanton and Lieut. Gen. Grant, recently published, contain many erroneous statements which do great injustice to the Confederate armies. The press in the Southern States is at present effectually muzzled by military rule, and the Confederate cause has no appropriate organ by which the ears of the world can be reached.

The time will arrive, however, when a true history of Ithe warfare can be written so as to enable foreign nations and posterity to do justice to the character of those who have sustained 'so unequal a struggle for all that is' dear to man. In anticipation of that time, I will call attention to some facts which will show the tremendous odds the" Confederate armies had to encounter. Mr. Secretary Stanton's report shows that the available strength present for duty in the army with which Gen. Grant commenced the of 1864 was, on the 1st of May, 1864, as follows Army of the Potomac (under Gen.

Meade) 120.3SC Ninth Army Corps (under en. urnside) 20,780 Aggregate, 141.16G Besides this, he says the chief part of the force designed to guard the Middle Division and the Department of "Washington, "wa3 called to the front to repair losses in the Army of the Potomac," which doubtless wa3 done before that army left the vicinity of Spottsylvania Court House, as Gen. Grant says: "The 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 16th (of May, 1864,) were consumed in maneuvering and waiting for reinforcements from Washington," and Mr. Stanton says the sending of these troops to the front caused the detaching from Gen. Lee's army of the force under me to threaten Baltimore and Washington.

The available strength of the forces in those departments, on tho 1st of May, according to Mr. Stanton's report, was as follows In the Department of Washington-In tho Middle Department ...42,124 5,627 Aggregate ....47,751 of which it maybe safely assumed that at least 40,000 men were sent to the front, as General Grant says that, when I approached Washington, the garrisons of that place and Baltimore were made up of heavy artillery regiments, hundred days' men, and detachments from the Invalid Corps." and hence it became necessary to send troops from his army to meet me. Thi3, therefore, made an army of 180,000 men which General Lee's army had to meet before, as I will show, it had received any reinforcements whatever. This estimate does not include the re-enforcements received in the way of recruits received from yoluntary enlistments and the draft, which were entirely going on, nor does it include re-enforcements from the North-era Deparmcnt and the Deparmentspf the East nd the Susquehanna, where there were, by Mr. Stanton's showing, 15,344 available men Ibr duty, the greater part of which, it is presumed, were sent to Grant, as, otherwise, hey might have been brought to Washington to meet my force with more ease than troous from his army.

General Lee's army at the beginning of the campaign, consietcd of two.divisions of Longstrcct's Oirps. EwelPs Corps, A. P. Hill's Corps, three divisions of cavalry and the artillery. 1 commanded, at different times during campaign, Hill's and Ew-ell'8 Corps, and am, therefore able to state very nearly the entire strength of the army.

Ewell's Corps, to which I belonged, did not exceed 14,000 muskcta at the beginning of the campaign. When I was placed in command of Hill's Corps on the 8th of May, by reason of General Hill's sickness, its effective strength wa8 less than 13,000 muskets, it could not have.cxceeded 18,000 in Ihe beginning. LongstrCct's Corps was thc weakest of the three when all the divisions were prcsentand the two with him had just returned from an arduous and exhausting Winter campaign in East Tennessee. His cttectivc strength could not have exceeded 8,000 muskets. General Lee's whole effective iniantry, therefore, did not exceed isuskets, if it reached that number.

The ictvalry divisions were all weak, neither of them exceeded the strength of 'h good brigade The artillery was in proportion to the other arms, and was far exceeded by Grant's, saot only in the number of men and guns, but in weight of metal, and especially in tie quality of the ammunition. General Lee's whole effective strength at the opening of ilie campaign was not over 50,000 men of all arms. There were no means of recruiting the ranks of his army, nn rA-pnfntwmfcnts were received until it reached Hanover Junction, on the 23d of May. It was this lorce, tncreiore, wmcii compelled urant, alter tne nguuug ai. i Wilderness and around Spottsylvania Uurt Honse, including the memorable 12th of May, to wait six days for re-enforcements from Washington before he could move, and baffled his favorite plan ot reacinng Buhmond.

At Hanover Junction General Lee was joined by Pickett's division of Tinpstrect's corns, one small brigade of my division of EwclFs corps, which had been in North Carolina with Hoke, ana ttwo.eii brigades, with a battallion of asJillery, under Breckinridge. This force -under Breckinridge, which Gen. Grant estimates at 15,000, and which was subsequently united In tntnn nt T.vnehbunr. did not exceed 2,000 muskets. At Coal Harbor, about the 1st of Hoke's division, from i-etcrsourg joined Gen.

Lee, but Breckinridge's force WasscnioacK ana near that place, on account of the defeat and death of General Wm. Iv Jones at Piedmont, in the Shenandoah Valley, and Ewcll's corps, with two Dattauions oi arm-lery, was detached under my command on the morning of the 13th of June to meet Hunter. This counterbalanced all re-enforcements. The foregoing statement, which fully covers General Lee's strength, shows the dktiaritT of forces between the two in ttfxnnntnf. nnd it W33 nCVCr lessened after they reaciieu me vicimv -ey ,7, Richmond and retersburg, dui was gn" Tho ninniis mav sneculato as to what would have been the result of the re-mnm in mnn nd munitions of war if the tn mmnnnilrai luul been reversed, or it Lee's strength had approximated Grant's.

vw-jv "-r A the two xedcral commanaers, unmi. Butler, and certainly having no reason 10 admire the latter, I cannot but be amused at the efforts Of Grant, by the use of a. few flash phrases, to make Uutler the scapegoat Tho disparity between the Jorces oi oncn- dan and myself in the Valley campaign was ihrm that between ixe ana Grant. My force, "when I arrived in front of the fortifications of Washington on the lit thousand mus kets, three small battalions of ardNcry wth tmpoo nf which the largest were twelve pounder apoleons, and ptxut two thousand badly mounted ana crimy i r.LM, lirr-o rvirtion had thn milmada leadmc from Baltimore north. General Grant ays that two divisions of the Sixth Corps and the advance of the Nineteenth Corps arrived at Washington before I did, and Mr.

Stanton says I was met there by the Sixth Corp, a Corns, under uencrai Eory.d a Irt of the tighth Corps un-. AMERICAN, dcr General Gilmorc. My force had then marched over five hundred-miles, marching, at least, twenty miles each day, except the day of the fight at Monocacr, when it marched fourteen miles, and fought and defeated Wallace At the battle of Winchester, or Opequan, as it is called by General Grant, my effective strength was about eight thousand five hundred muskets, the three battalions of artillery and less than three thousand cavalry. Sheridan's infantry consisted of the Sixth, Nineteenth ana uook's Uorps, composed one division of the Eighth Corps and what was called the Aimy of West irginia." Some idea may be formed of the strength of the Sixth Corps, when it is recollected that the tVrmy of the l'otomac was composed ot three corps on the 1st of May previous, to wit: the becond, 1'iftli and faixth, and that its effective strcnirth then was. according to Mr.

Stanton's statement, The same ftate- mentsuows theavailablestrengthot the lorecs in the Department of West Virginia," on the first of May, 30,782, and most of the troops in this department were concentrated in the Valley. Uocumcnts subsequently captured showed the strength of the' Nine teenth Corp? to have been at tho battle of Winchester, not less than 12.000 effective men. Official reports captured at Cedar frfwil- oTinTtrnl Hint Kluirlnn' fV.vnlrv nn the 17th of September, two days before the fight, numbered 10,000 present for duty. His artillery was vastly superior to mine in number of men and guns. The Sixth Corps alone must have exceeded my entirestrength, unless it had met with such tremendous losses as to reduce its strength at least three-fourths.

From all. tho information received and capturedat Cedar Creckf lam satisfied that Sheridan's effective in- ITT! ianiry sirengin at ivincnesicr cuuiu not havo been less than 33,000 muskets, and it was probably more. The odd3 agaiast me, therefore, were fully four to one, and probably more. His very great superiority in cavalry was very disadvantageous to me, as the country was very open, and admirably adapted to cavalry movements, and my cavalry, being mostly armed with Enfield rifles without pistols or sabres, could not fight his, whose equipment and arms were complete. At the fight at Cedar Creek I had been re-inforced by one division of infantry (Kershaw'8) numbering 00 muskets, one small battalion of artillery, and about 600 cavalry, which made up my losses at Winchester and Fisher's Hill.

I went into this fight with 8,500 muskets, about forty pieces of artillery, and about 1,200 oavalry, as the rest of my cavalry, which was guarding tho Lurav Valley, did not get up in time, al though ordered to'nSove at the same time I moved to make tho attack- Sheridan's in fantry had been recruited fully up to its strength at Winchester, and hi cavalry numbered 8,700, as shown by tue.cunciai report captured. The main cause why the route of his army in the morning )t mmnlete was the fact tiis xar could not compete with his, and eU latter, therefore, remained intact. Ho claimed all his own guns that had been captured in the morning afterward recaptured, as so many captured from me, whereas I lost only twenty-three guns, and the loss of these and the wagons which were taken was mainly owing to the fact that a bridge, on narrow, part of the road between Cedar Creek aud Fisher's Hill, broke down, and the guns and wagons, which latter were not numerous, could not fee brought off. Pursuit was not made to Mount Jeckson, as stated by both Grant and Stanton, but my troops were halted for the night at Fishers Hill, three miles from Cedar Creckand next day moved back to New Market, six miles jrom Mount Jackson, without any pursuit at all. So far from its being true, as stated by atanton, that no force appeared, in the Valley after this, the fact is that I reorganized my force at New Market, and on the 10th of Novem- TT 1 ber moved down uie aiiey again, anu confronted Sheridan on the 11th and 12th in front of his intrenchments between Newtown and Kearnstown, and then retired back to New Market, because provisions and forage could not be obtained in the lower Valley.

The expeditions by which the posts of New Ureek and ucveriy were tuoscqueniiy cap tured, were sent out also ifrom my force in the Valley. The strong force which General Grant says was intrenched under me at Waynesboro, when Sheridan Advanced, jip tho Valley in the latter part February, 1865, with two divisions of cairaky of 5,000 each (10,000 in all,) consisted flf. about one thousand (1,000) infantry and a few pieces of artillery, most of my infantry baring been returned to General Lee to meet corresponding detachments from Sheridan to Grant, and all my cavalry and most of the antSllery having been sent ofFon account of the impossibility of foraging the horses in the Valley. Obvious reasons of policy prevented my pub lication of these facts during the war, ana it will now be seen that I was leading a forlorn hope all tho time, and the public can appre-. ciate the character of the Victories won by Sheridan over me.

The statements I have made are from facts coming within my own knowledge, and they are made to show the disparity between tho Confederate armies and those of the United States. These statements will serve to civo some idea of the disparities existing.in other linea. I now ask which has retired from she contest with more true glory, that hcrsie band of Confederates who so long withstood the tremendous armies and resources of the TTniiml Strifes, or that "Grand Army of tho Union," which, while being- recruited from all the world, was enaoicu oy conuiiuuiw hammering" to so exhaust. Us opponent "by mere attrition as to. compel a surrender? The world has never witnessed so.

great a political crime as that committed in the destruction of tlu Confederate Government by armed force. Other nations, in ancient as well as modern times, have fallen under tho yoke of the conqueror or usurper, becauso their own lollies, vices or crimes jjuu prepared the way for their subjugation. Many tears have been ehed over the fate of nnhap-nv Poland, but we cannot shut our eyes to the tact that the troies nau snown meir jmt nacitv to manasre their own Government ere they were consigned to foreign rule. In our case, however, tho civilized nations of the earth have stood aloot ana seen a crave anu patriotic people politically murdered. While maintaining an unprecedented struggle for the right of self-government, and manifesting at every step their capacity for it, and this, too, when under an assumed neutrality, the resources of men, money and munitions of war of thoso very nations were being freely used to consummate the monstrous deed, and thereby give the final blow to a genuine re publican government even in the States.

On behalf of my down-trodden country, j. make the appeal to those nations that they will not commit the further injustice of receiving the history of this struggle from the mmiilia nnd nens of our enemies, but that they shall wait until the time shall come true history before them. the meantime, let all my countrymen who were in a condition to know the character of the contest, put in a tangible form to be pre served for the use oi uie imure uuwuou, such facts and materials for that history as are in their knowledge or possesion. J. A.

Eablv, uen. a. Insanity or Communities We find the following reminiscence of Bishop Butler in an exchange: The great Bishop Butler had a singular notion respecting large communities an i public bodies. He was accustomed to walk aAmi attonfliwl liV lor nours in iu Dean Bartlctt, who relates that on one osjes-sion the Bishop stopped suddenly, and asked the ouestion, "What security is there against i l.JViJn.l.f Tho nhvsi- n'mi lrnow of none: and as Ito divines, we haye no data, either from the Scriptnro or from reason, to go upon, reiauve uus fair." "True, my lord," replied the "no man has a lease ot nis unuerstanain, any more than of his life they are both in the hands of the sovereign Disposer or all things." The Bishop took another tura or two, and again stopped short, Why," said he, "might not whole communities and pullic bodies bo seized with fits of insanity, iml'uriiliiaU?" "My lord." an- -prl the Dean. "1 have never considered the case, and can give no opinion concerning it." Nothing," said the Bishop, but nnvni tw ttifv nre liable to-insanitr, -Wi with nitrate individual.

can account for the major part of thonc nf vliir.lt ir read in history. The Dean observes that he thought little of this odd conceit of the Hishop at mc ui but that he could not avoid thinking, of a great deal afterwards, and applying AV of the opinion that ho would find many cases' in this country at the present time. BTJIXYTXG THE X'RESIDEST. Senator IVUsoti Tries, OKta Hand at the Game What ho Cot Tho Sub Ject of Reconstruction as Viewed by the Radical. Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune WASinwrox, Dec.

ID, 1865. In my last letter I made allusion to the fact that certain Western members of Con-, gress had had interviews with the President since the passage of Mr. Wilson's resolution, during which the. subject of reconstructiott was freely discussed and that their impressions as to his future course had not been very favorable. I confined myself to this general statement, as I did not at the time feel at liberty to go into particulars.

I am now permitted to give the subjoined full yer-sJori of what took place on the stated occasion. Mr. WiLson, with whom frank, straight" forward action in all tilings is a leading characteristic, had been anxious for gome "time to have an early, Trecandfidl ixehange of opinion with the President, relative to reconstruction. He desired to express his own views upon the policy pursued by the government toward the rebel States, which he knew to be identical with those of the majority of the House, with the utmost frankness to the Executive, and if possible, elicit from him a clear definition of the line of action he meant to pursue toward Congress whether he meant to. recognize the right of Congress to determine upon the mode of reorganizing and restoring the rebel States to the Union according to the views of the majority of both Houses, or whether his purpose was to bring the influence of patronage, and other agencies at his command, to bear in order to secure an indorsement and adop-; tion of his own plan of reconstruction.

The passage of Mr- Wilson's resolution by a vote thoroughly testing the sense of the great majority of Uie House upon the President's Southern policy, on Thursday last, furnished a proper occasion for the mutual explanation he desired, and hence ho sought the White House in, company with his colleague, Mr. Price, on the evening of the same day. The President received his visitors very cordially, and upon an introductory re-1 mark of Mr. Wilson, announcing the object of their call, invited them to an unreserved expression of opinions and suggestions. Thweupon Mr.

Wilson proceedcd.io say substantially as follows Mr. President, -vou have, no doubt been informed of the resolution I offered to-day in tho House and of the vote upon it. In explanation of it, I wish to say, that neither myself nor tho rest of the majority voting foe it, are disposed to aalcc any distinction between Tennessee and the other States, lately engaged in rebellion, in preliminary examination into their respective claims to representation in Congress, At the. same time, the joint Committee of Fifteen may, and probably will, extend to the former State priority of consideration by taking aud disposing of its case first, and to this the majority will not oppose." Passing from this special, to the general subject of reconstruction at large, Mr. Wilson continued: "I am aware that there are men in, ixm gress, styling themselves that claim to be your friends par excellence.

Now, I do not kesitate to avow that I am what is commonly called a BadicaL" I contributed, in my humble way, all I could to tho success of the party that placed you in power. Hence I claim the right to call myself the friend of your administration. 3Iyself and those acting with me in Congress ass all friendly to it and desire its entire success. But we think, and with us our constituencies, that by your plan of reconstruction felt result is not likely to be attained. We hold, at the same time, that there is one wayhiwiich it could boTeachcd.

In. our opinion, jraur efforts to reorganize the rebel States and restore them to tho Union, after an uninterrupted trial of some seven months, have not proved uccessful to the extent required to insure the future peace, safety, and prosperity of the country. Congress, in pursuance of what it considers its solemn duty, now proposes, after due investigation of the whole subject, to devise, if possible, some better plan of reorganization and restoration. The plan Congress will probably adopt will be to submit such amendments the Constitution as will, if accepted by tho State Legislatures, furnish ample guarantees "for the future. The majority of Congress expect and ask that, while engaged in investigating the whole subject of reconstruction, and devising some new plan, it may be left free to act as it may deem best, and that no attempt be made by the Executive to interfere with and influence its action by the distribution of patronage, br in any other way.

If thus left free by you, there nn noasiblo difficulty between the executive and legislative brancues oi A 4he Government. But if you arc dis posed to mterlere witn wmgress, oy patronage or otherwise, and force your peculiar ideas aud plans upon Congress and the country, you will meet with serious opposition by those who are now the friends of your administration, and desire sincerely toraake it successful. The plan Congress will probably adopt will not render it necessary for you to surrender any of your own views in relation to reconstruction. In as much as under tho Constitution of the United States, you cannot be asked to approve the resolutions of Congress submitting certain amenaraenw 10 fVmatitiitlon. vou will not be respon sible for our action, but we will be.

responsi- Idoforitto our constituents, who will be called upon to determine upon tne merits oi our plan of reconstruction. Hence there will be no occasion for serious differences bc-tween'4vi Executive and Congress, if each branch.oflthe government simply leaves the other to it Way consider fa duty. And let me-exU this: the so called Congrei the men who claim to be your exclusive.frieds, go with you to-day because, they St Jo their advantago to do but will you to-mprrqw, it they stmiitnnu it-vowr uisuiunk support you. on will Wi in the end mat the men who irom m-uaj sincere conVaQtioos, and hqneaj patriotic motives, are much more, jeliable nd trust worthy frlfcnaa than mcac time sewci. The Preadcnt, in reply, stated mat ne was anxious to avoiu a uh whiu ms friends of his administration in Congress that he would regret to sec any difficulties arise between them and the Executive- Ho then proceeded to review at length his policy of reconstruction, reiterating the points ini ts support made in his published speeches, and more lately in his message; but said nothing tfeat could be construed, into an ad- mission ot MS lauure.

on me it .1 rF ttm Twtuiant seemed to ue juuy iiemuuc. r.wV... and future sueeesa. jsor did he say a wora indicating au isicntion to abstain, from interference with Congress in legislation upon reconstruction. He did not say that he would interfere; fcst neither did he commit himself to the oppoeiK line oi action, xjun-ever pressed by Mr.

Wilson in this direction, he would notgir Uie assurance desired of him. That he would. Iiave made a formal disclaimer of a purpose to meddle with Comrress, if he did not ctttertain it, may be fairlv presumed. And this was the impres sion left by the tone and tenor oi nis re marks upon the minds of his visitors. MORE 8IOS8 OP TITE FUTURE.

The process of forming an administration Tiarfy in Uongress, witu tuc members of the Union Majority nt uot i Houses as a nucleus, and no doubt the out- richt opposition as a contingent aw.K.iun, progrJrtcfiIy. TerBaps the most significant step yet taken In it is the holding of separate caucuses, xuib nas oeui at least since the passage of Mr. Wilson's resolution. Tho call was iur a Uie supporters of the President's pelicy, for the purpose of devising, some means of insuring ito better success in Congress, and the attendance comprised au oj bcrs that had voted against Mr. Wilsons rluchncarnesl feeling hai been created among Radical members by the annonnce-ment that the PrcsTJenlhad directed certain i i- "in furtiier vt uci'wv-- appointments npon the recoinmcndaUon Congressmen at present." Thfact.

of the existence or this order was cumiuv Jpnartraest to tome Badieal tllC UIILI V. Congressmen, who had made a request for a. is given to inn eiewu.i. -that support of the executive policy to be hereafter uie precu 6- It having been stated that Emerson EJh-cridgo was at Washington laboring to ikftat thcadmisrfonof the TeB a nr. ut a.

iat denial of the leucr iro imputation, and expresaw mont of Mr. Johnsoa'a rerteratiw policy. of Mr. Petboliuk eil 2,180,000 barrel. prod act ksttyr wa ISO.

24 Politics, 1st ersanisatioa ef Parties Two 9Ccctlafri--KcfaIll. cans and Coiiscrvatlvc-i. Our Bluff City neighbors sccw. determined to lose no time, in organizing, for fuare party actiou. Two meetings were heldhut; ThHrsday night, the proceedings of which we rabjoin, as gathered from the papers of Thursday Tire KEprmucAN Meetixo.

For some days we have seen placacds on tlie street, and heard calls, too, for everybody to attend' uie mecung oi uiu ptutj, tu uc hefil CrimiBal Court rooffl, on, (AVcd-nesday)last night. It was to be a mass tneeU ing. Well, it was a mass, but a very sKiair bne, there last night. There were about sixty persons present. was called to prder; chairman prdfm.

called to! the phair. Mr. J. D. Davis was elected permanent Presidentj and Mr, George Hand, Secretary.

On motion, a comraittcfl of five gen-Ucmen were appointed to organiae tho Re publican party. The ComraittcCconsisU of Messrs. Wm. M. Connelly, Dr.

B. C. Brooks, Major W. JL Carpenter, L. P.

Hein-jich and G. I). Johnson. On motion, a committee of fivegciitlemcn were appointed to make arrangenr-enta for the proper celebration; of the. 8th dayiof -January, in commemoration of the battle of New Orleans.

Messrs. Wm. R. Ioore, W. B.

Dritt. Judco Wm. Mi Hunter. Clioate. Cocks and Mills were: appointed on that com-' TOif.ee.

It being announced that Gen. W. J. Smith, of Hardeman county; was present, that gentleman was called upon to make a sgeecli, request he and made brief speech of twenty-five, dura- lion, jtae main muius ot wmcn went mat. i.i 1 i rr r- ...1 1 ne nau rcsiucu in avuucstcc unce tuu jiuai-can war that he was-one of the members of the' Legislature who voted for the disfranchise law; that he was in favor of the judiciary bill to increase the salary of Memphis Judges that he was in favor of the negro testimony hill that Conservatism was op-i posed to popular government that it was always- opposed to liberal views; always operated against progressive movements; that it was diametrically opposed to the interest of the working men that he, was in favor of the organization of the Republican party in our midst, and concluded by exhorting all favorable to liberal yiews to vote for the Republican candidates.

Judge Hunter was called upon to make a speech. He said be came as a listener had not expected to take part in the proceedings of tho meeting; was in favor of peace and conciliation; thought we had a President both wise and patriotic; was. in fayr.of Ihe principles of the, Republican, party, and esteemed that party the one best calculated to promote the highest and best interests of the country. After Judge Hunter bad resumed his seat, Dr Brooks offered the following: Jlesolred, That we accept Mr. Beaumont the Republican candidate for the Legislature, and that wd co-operate with the work.4 men In tho support of Mr.

Louis, as their he resolution was unanimously adopted, and meeting adjourned. Tux iCojreEByATiVE The meeting the conservative party, held last night at the Criminal Court room, in Green-Jaw building, was npt yery largely attended, owing partly the unpropitioos state of tho weather and short noticei gjyen to, the public On motion of Mr. Chas. N. Smith, the meeting was called to by nominat-, icg Maj.

J. Trice, to the chalx. The motion was seconded and with, the most enthusiastic applause. On Jakingthc, chair, Maj. Trice responded to Ihemumerous.

calls of the meeting; in a few well delivered) and forcible remarks, saying that lie was the, son of a soldier of the revolution, that no was a loyal man, and had never, ia word or deed, committed, a disloyal art. Yet the radical pirty of this State had disfranchised him, and he dehianded to know what tlici causes, if indeed there was any, for such unlawful and.unparalleled legislation. His re-i marks gave the" greatest satisfaction and he, sat down amid the cheers and plauditi of the audience. Mr. Thos.

Smithy was chosen to act as Secretary by the unanimous voice of the meeting. Col. B. D. Nnbora here arose, and offered the following which were unanimously adopted.

PfrlritL Th.tt we accent the political sit uation, as it is, with its rights and its responsibilities, and pledge ourselves in good faith to carry out the views of President Johnson, so far as developed, for the restoration of rfr ouriormcr rciauuus wc uuiuu. mi WC arc in favor of legislation which will secure to tlio freedman all his natural and acquired rights, among them that of testify-; ing in courts of justice, subject to tho usual' tests of character and credibility, and of such general policy as will make the freed-, man contented with his situation, and a friendly and zealous co-worker in the reat work of building up and restoring the in-dustry and prosperity of the State. llesolvtd, That our present ljCgisiaiure naa failed to comprehend the true situation of public affaire, and their late action in refusing to accord to the right to testify in our courts of justice, U. ill our oninion. a deliberate attempt on their part to thwart the policies of President Johnson in.

reorganizing the government oi these States, and restoring them to their former position in the. Union under the Constitu tion. Besotted, That the assertions of faumner. nlltit. Iniflora nf tho ItflfltfVll party, that tho people of this State, notwith- it.

it. I .11. ,1. BtanUlllg tllCiriftJIUUill Hi. arc unreliable and nntrustvorthy, and unlit to be invested with the rights and duties of citizens of the United utterly false and unfounded, and areasiumcd for a politi cal purpose, by which they can assail, 'and if possible, defeat the restonition policy 6( our patnotio i-'rcaiucnt.

Ana tne Radicals of this State and city, who are in sympathy and secret correspondence with Sumner, Stevens the enemies of the South and of the Union, and who, by misrepresenting and calumniating their fellow-citizens, aid them in their factious opposition to the President's Policy, as devoid of truth, of honor and of patriotism; and when 'their practices are brought to light, as they surely will will be held np to the scorn and exercration of cytry right-minded citizen. IUsolted. That, order to aid President Johnson in his patnotio work of restoring the States to their former position in the Union, with all their Constitutional rights and duties, it is essential that the Conserva- tivc clement oi tne community suuuiu uc combined ahd organized, and we will therefore proceed to the election, of a Standing Committee, whose duty it will bo to appoint Snb and Corresponding Committees, aiid adopt sucli oincr measures as, in meir opinion, may do necessary lor mo emaeni organization oi uie party. The following named gentlemen were appointed a Central Committee, with power of substitution, and to appoint sub and coma- ponding committee Jor ine purpose oi ci-fecting an efficient organization of the conservative element of Shelby county, clothed with the power of doing everything necessary to carry out the objecta of the party as laid down IB uie rcauiuuwia aoujncu W. B.

Waldron, A. T. Lacey, John Glah-cy, M. D. L.

Stewart, John S-Toof, Fred. L. Warner, Peter Connelly, A. H. Douglas, A.

J. Ilavn, S. S. Rembcrt, Wm. Joiner, 8.

M. M. J. Turner. G.

M. Bartktt. Bpceches, anie ana eioqueni, were aeiivar-ed by Cols. Nabors and Cameron, in support of the resolutions, and in advocacy of a per. mancnt and stable oiganizatkn of the r.t.:.

On tiA v. elusion 'of The speeches, the meeting ad- jbliriricd. 5 1 J' A BRIEF VIKIT TO BKAZII- We are furnished the following, through! a genticman who returned a few days ago from a prospecting toaf to Brawl which may be interring to the reader: "Owtne to our hivtej touallr of contrary and lIa wte. Ow toyatj or vu lone J9'1 teiliow.finr-two dyii. Ifoinatfc br-hor of ftiosarpitwinriy beltfal sdsd MWMtlc.

It Is lsclosed br blsh moaatola, raaawc dowa aimerttothe shorw of the barj the tKyrfcesw built la the valleys between A a it sides, where not to eP forbid It. It is issw common tosceasolwl wall rwk (bi sar of a Mountain,) raaria ta 6C0 to JSO fee dtreotly back of the stores oo Hw street There aroseatc few alia ana Asaerieaa ettltaaf. batae treat al It la lenesoiaa to a viitor who do aH seeak lonaeM ft FrWeb (the latter of which Is, spokea br aft ef the ajcher classes'.) I kutariated i the tropieaj frail, whjeb were aMwlaat aad eheari Banaaas 4 a doea, oraaces eeets per aaaiked. eoooeas. prtctw.

ie, Ac. I refttard in Rio 17 mi torn bw cnmsie ie imb ier bc. cwb asit loUiy WeM elmehwhM is r-' ported eWcSy tar1 oBBiwiiw from Bbciw1 7', Ssaacrer Werates aT rellgleae Ms emira Ut mm a anew aar. recatai' www.wsia SI Tins XAswrrrSt baiivt JK.H llliw aiiss Ofiee aa4 Asserkwa IWk. cmer Chsrch aadtGsWsr steteeV, efv tk'e OfeeJ 2 BaMr WeVkly- 3 00 Prsf9rtiate rates far shorter jeriefe Sabassfesieas iavariahhi In a4vaMe.

FEEE L0YE US 3S005Lm Tim a vozm EewaHlic AdTCHtnrcsef TiiseleSHros. A NewYorfc correspondent of the- Baltimore Etatiny Telegraph reItes'We ffeHowmg story of art affair whose exposare has recently created a great sensation ia the city of churches: The Baltimorean's free-love aSkir, which has created such a coaimdtiea the of 13oecherV chwehraBd whicli I relatctl in ona of-ray Jireyfous letters, now the town talk bf ihe citj of cfcurcaw; and creating enough gossip to Mtiisfy ar irnf corps of young ladies. Some'Xarther paillcr pilars have since been obtained by which it appears that, the young Baltiniorean, who, 'Ly-tuc-bV, was quite good looklag and "of Aai hingappearance, had practiced the-'free-1orebushifcu to a codaSderabia extent, Ib: iyour Monmncntal city which, it ia said, Jed to the peculations and, final abstraction of the fuiuts of tho bank where ho- was employed. His franduleat operation ppcar (somewhat to resemble those of Jenkins, the Phrhix bank dcfanltcr of this clty now in the Tombs, who also robbed by instalments, as did our Baltimore friend; who, I am pos-jiUvely' went on in hk sad career more than 12 months, whhoat being detect-Jed by his superior officers though all the time creating considerable suspicion in the mind of the cashier1 of the bank. morning; however, jst-aWt tier lime your townsman- ivaa laaato ntiisecit, merry with the idea that his defalcations would alwaTs remain unknown, the astute cashier, with a confidential book-keeper, i locked thenisclTCl up in the bank and inves tigated the tellers accounts.

They soon found what they were after a defalcation of several thousand dollars. The ncxtmorn-ing, on his appearance ai the Imnk, jovial and dashing as ever, he was called into the cashier's private roomT and the entire matter was plainly told him. He at first kept up an air of braggadocio, but finally made a clean breast of it, and acknowledged hinWlf a ruined man. In order not to throw disgrace upon his, relatives, who are reported to be quite respectable, no criminal action was instituted against him. how' ever, and deserted by his friends, hU credit considerably impaired, he found Baltimore, after all, a place too hot to hold him.

He packed up his trunks, and along with his interesting family, made tracks for the sewer of all evil, New York. Here, however, if must be stated that the ex-Baltimore bank employee did aot arrive in the metropolis) with his pockets lined with greenbacks; Poor fellow 1 he had lost nearly all, not by the war, nor by runaway slave, as he represented, but by licentiousness and gold op-perations extending over more than eighteen months. Not only had he squaadered his own money, bnt several thoasaad dollars belonging to the bank In which he was employed. Arrived in New York, he found that boarding or keeping house in thematropoli, as ho was accustomed to, was rather expensive. He betook himself to Brooklyn, where, through the interference of soae old friends, an obliging hotel proprietor conr sented to take him at quite a moderate sum.

He visited Wall street, and by hook and by crook managed to make out well as a stock commission broker, though tho want qC capital always-confined his operations to very small amounts, compelling him to be satisfied with tery small profits. Being of a sociable turn of mind, he scon formed ac-ouaiflfances and among others yisited tho family of a yerr wealthy importer residing on Brooklyn Heights. The lady of the family was qnite fascinating, and an intimacy soon sprung up between her and" her Baltimore friend. The latter made her his confidant, told her of losses by the war and in Wall street, and created quite a sympathetic feeling on her part, which grew up to real friendship not only between tho lady and the strange visitor, but also between her husband and the Baltimorean's family. Madame often took rides with her new cavalier invited him to a seat in her pew at Beechcr's church accompanied him to fairs, coiicuru, and certainly acted In a manner a if she had no husband to care for her.

Things went on in this manner very pleasantly for some time, until the habitues, of Beech era church commenced talking, and as you know women's talk never ends, various storfc were set afloat by the tongue of gossips that Mra. 8 had been seen hero and there with the handsome Baltiniorean, and these stories reached the ears of the parties concerned. The lady's husband also heard of tho stories, but he did not mind them much, He alra had taken a fancy to the Baltiniorean, and, if reports speaks true, to the Baltimorean's wife. Still his wife hated and did not want to be talked about in, this way," so the importer engaged the young man to go to Europe to attend to some business for the house ot which ho was tlio head, and in the meantime he would look after the interests of his family. The contract, I understand, has been carried out the lettes thus far.

Tho cz-Baltimore bank clerk has leil for Europe, and the importer takes care very good care. I believe of the family, at least of the Baltimorean's wife, bat his own, poor soul, is anxious for tho return cf theay cavalier. The sedate people of Beechers church, however, are nnwilUng to let the matter rest there. They are determined, they say, to break up this free-love affair, and if they can't, then to expel the importer and his wife from the church. Quito a Well attended caucus of the pew-holders wa held on the subject night before last, bnt tlio im porterjieemcd to have a majority of friend on hand, and these free-lovers apparently will be permitted to listen to BeecherV sermons for tome time to come, as many other free-lovers do.

flmall-pox fuHonirXesr on a Stesun-bont C'ltlxena dfcwllew them beinir jttit Ashore Paaaensrera demand they hall bo debarked IratcrMtlnir HJaW-ment Sometime since, a cargo of some, three hundred negroe left this city for the, pur-pose, of working on plantations akssg the Mississippi river. Soon after leaving Cairo, the small-pox appeared among them and the events that thereupon occurred wens pronounced upon harshly by the Memphift peal. This drew from Gen. Thurston, who had charge of the negroes, the following statement: Sir. Humphreys attended in the lebaricstIoti from Ills Fanny Barker, and (Jea.

lhnoton at tended to their embarkation os t' larhle Uly. The neeroes were healthy. Jio siro --batevero. sickness, except a few esses ofdiarrtxta aafi bad colds, ilr. Humphreys and Gesu Thurston, frequently Tisited the negroes between Cairo and Point Pleasant.

There were flte black foremen in charge of this cargo of freed, who hud reported no sickness. On the arrival ef (ha Marble City at Point Pleasant. command Inr the Msrblo City, Informed (leu, Thurston thai there was a ease of smaU-jwx wssoa the nearoea. and that. ft had been put on the bank.

Ueneral Thurston went da shore asd examined uie east, and returned the aw plank, where he was In formed thattlierawas. aaotaet-case of amall-ppx on the boat. This Information, was ajven by on of Uiofivefomaenlaeharfeof Uewitranu. The second ca was ordered on shore by Uewtra! Thurston. There were several eltlrcas of Polnl VlcsMatsrkothrcateneiltoSheei tkaaetjroea'and roll them Into the river In cm they were left there.

Ueu.Tharston protieeetl to place the infected persons on the hoxricatM deck, well alt bat this amutemeut tho paaseatert not aJlo.andthedUsens,ircestlsaJraealot the Captain of the boat, and tie. Taartton con-alsded thatit woold heielt.te feufebaWakklf sad send thanerroef down the river ia eaarronf a black man who h4 had the tmaM-pox; A care-fa! man astl one who kaew wed how. to asaaace a boat, was sefectcl, and with two days 'provisions fcr.threo aes asrf every ecsifort taat was raasihl' thetwostek men and their none oat, The nurse went ashore after the Marble City had left the landlBCTmlhewaa-seea aaia to enter the skiff which aki aia Us war down stream. When the boatamved at Pecan Polntlhe entire freight of negroes was dischajed. It was at the rlwtaacdofthepsaseagers.

Ther still re-there. The neaTO wia haijtha sll-pox eaies in charge amted at.recaa l'oUU on the fau PatTlekv Ho reported that the nieht wWient to his leaving the boat ws very iacletaetit. and he had landed hts men and placed the Ib a elbis of an occupied pUntatloa. oa4.boh aeealae or the acarocs left br the SfarMa CUy. without brlnria them to, and notMa yet Itaewa a tu the fate of the two neiroe.

1 i. Sir AonBd air hwekwi and. sixteen Mtmis have baea immi free ti Patent befrt! dttrieg tha-ate yr. lawest iMiie ever made ia MMS Var, and the next 1 in OCCKvHl-WU.