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SOME MORE FRATRICIDAL STRIFE.
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builder, but a little too dilatory in the matter of carnage, was succeeded by General Burnside.
President Lincoln had written the Proclamation of Emancipation to the slaves in July, but waited for a victory before publishing it. Bull Run as a victory was not up to his standard; so when Lee was driven from Maryland the document was issued by which all slaves in the United States became free; and, although thirty-one years have passed at this writing, they are still dropping in occasionally from the back districts to inquire about the truth of the report.
STILL DROPPING IN OCCASIONALLY FROM THE BACK DISTRICTS.
