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to God to annihilate "Lincoln's hordes," and eulogize each rebel and traitor slain in battle as a patriot to the holiest of causes, as a defender of the firesides and homes of the oppressed and down trodden. The presence alone of the strong arm of the military keeps in cheek the traitorous words and acts of a half nation of people, maddened and exasperated by their own suicidal acts verifying the old adage, "Whom the gods would destroy, They first make mad." Gen. Grant, and Col. Hillyer, his Aid, whit affability and urbanity, are rigidly enforcing the laws — holding men and women responsible for treason, and while under the excellent "regime" of such officers, we may hope for a change in the sentiment and a return to loyalty from the simple dictates of reason and common sense. Yet the evidences are, that "conquered against their will, they are of the same opinion still" "simply submitting because they cannot help it — looking, hoping, expecting, praying, for a consummat