"'lint be it s.i
1 ro heiii.c wit!) a clear
conscienci; that I did my duty faithfully ;
and alihough tai.; act of jiu-tiee !ia3 been
withhold, still my continued prayers will
be fur my country's safely am! prosperi
ty ; and lliat, if war should again come,
the safety of a great city may not be jeo
pardized from this precedent, which star
ing the commanding i Hieer in the face,
may prevtit him fumi assuming the re
sponsibility by which alone it my bo
secured. For yon must well know and
remember that it was martial law alone
by which we were able successfully to
defend the city; and that Judge Hall,
who afterwards imposed the line upon
me, when tho ordi.r was first read, ex
claimed wit!) uplifted hands, 'hat by thi
the ei; might be saved ; without 'it, it
'fin losto
"To you, pay friend, for the first time,
have I unfolded my feeling : determined,
if my country would not voluntarily do
me this justice, that 1 would pass to my
grave in silence and without murmur.
Utit as this is perhaps the last letter I
may write you, I could not refrain from
expressing to you my feelings on a re
view of our privations and dangers to
gether before New Orleans."
iVei ynir Flint, Huii.'Vho Pittsburgh Ua
zetlo Ktati Hurt, the liovemnietit ha ordered a
large ipiantity of onliiimicc and ball lo bo manu
factured at that place.
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