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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
Paw of Volunteers.

So many erroneous siateneGts have been
published as to the pay OF volunteers, that the
Hon. Schuyler Colfax. editor of the ST. Jo-
seph Register, has thought it would not be in.
appropriate to state what are the actual facts.
The matter is one Of 50 much interest to many,
that we copy them:
Both Houses of Crngress agreed on incrcas
ing the pay four dollars per nEanth; but, diSl-
gre.ing on the other details of the bill, it was
laid on the table in the Senate. And on IL,
last day OF the session, within an hour Of the
adjournment, the House took up and passed. a
bill of the Senate increasing the ply THO dol
lars per month and confirming and legalizing
the Proclamation of the President calling OFT
the " V oluntcers for three years or the war, and
this bill embracing these twO points, was i'm
lneJiatcy signed by the President and is now
law. But for its passage, there would have
been no increase in the pay.
This raises the pay OF Volunteers and Reg
ulars from $Il up to 81 3 per month. There
is, in addition, an allowance for clothing of
$3.50 per month. Gf S42 per year, which, If
not expended is paid in cash to the soldier
And, at the end of the War, Sl0O bounty in
cash. No bounty land law has yet passed, but
it is quite certain that one will be passed for
the soldiers for the War, securing to each OF
them hunI1.
No law passed, giving bounty of $50 to
the three months soldiers who re'cnlist for the
war At ona time, it was favorably voted on
in the House, but was not concurred in by the
Senate, and the joint Committee Of Confer
ence, which spttIcrl the disagreeing votes OF
the two Houses, dropped it, on the ground
that it would make an invidious distinction
in the en- istmcnts for the Regiments for th~
War.
Another law passed, i,ing oil enlist.
ments for the Regular Army, from July lst,
1861, to December 3lst, 1862, to be- for
three years instead of FIVE, and Regulars to re-
ceive the same pay and bounty a. Volunteers
After january lst, 1863 enlistment of Regu
lars are to be fo= Eve years as heretofore.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

REcRUIT1SG IN THE WEST Recruiting in
northern Ohio is going on in every quarter,
and the enlstments in the various corps show
full determination on the part of the masses
to sustain the Government and crush out re-
bellion. The men enlistiug, are of the right
stamp, and will make true and all the time
reliable soldiers of the Union, Recruiting is
also more active all over the West than at any
previous period, and the ranks are being filled
up with stalwart young men from towns and
cogptry, full of music and courage. Illinois
alone, has undertaken to furnish lqyuy new re-
giments, besides replacing the six regiments
and detatched companies of three months men.
The Chicago Tribune asserts that the first of
October will witness sixty thousand sons of
the Prairie States gone forth to chastise the
rebels. The States west of the Ohio river will
by that time place in the field a quarter of a
million Of brave and hardy sci lers, and with
the gallant, energetic Fremont Tor leader, de-
cisive and auspicious results maybe regarded
as certain Cleyelsud Herald.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
The Battle near Springfield.

The battle in southwestern Missouri, in
which Gen. Lyon was killed, was characterized
by nearly if not quite as large loss of life as
occurred at Bulls Run. Although the troops
from the Southern States were in the thickcst
of the fight and sustained the greatest loss, five
regiments of Missourians having broken and
run at the commencement Of the battle and
could not be rallied, the official report of Gen.
Price shows the Missourians killed and wound
ed TO have numbered nearly seven hundred, in
cluding a large number of prominent officers
The part taken in the contest by the division
under Gen. Seigel, who succeeded in getting
in the rear of the enemy and taking them by
surprise, is thus described by one of his Cap
| tains
Captain Indcst of Company A, Rifles
which acted as skirmishers under Sigel, relates
that Sigel's force reached the rear of the Sc
cessiOn camp about day break, in time to hear
Lyons first cannon, and they plunged forward
takiLg the enemy completely by surprise
They moved down the rebels, driving them
| from ILeIr camp, ana, Whit Is Almost lncredl-
| bic, had not suffered the loss of man after a
sharp fight lasting half an hour. Subsequent
" Sigcl's cannon moved down two columns Of
the enemy. piling them in heaps. The car
mage was dreadful. Onward the Third and
! Fourth Regiment, with two or three pieces
continued to advance, driving the enemy Oh
Lyon. Unfortunately they were subjected to
a murtlerous cross fire on the Springfield road
near prairie, the enemy playing fifteen or
twenty pieces with telling effect on us. A
pesfrct hail Of grape anG she'll was poured in
upon us.
A shot from their cannon killed FIVE of our
artillery men and shattered one of our pieces
We were here about an hour trying to push
back the enemy, and having driven them about
2 mile and half from the point where We
| FIRST opcHed our fire, concluded to retire. The
captains EkirHiShers captured fifty prisoners
thirty horses, aIEl loaded two wagons Will
rifles, all Of which were safely brought Off Tht
news of Lyons fall, and the return Of the fore
operating under him to Springfield, was no
learned by Sigef's men until the latter were Oh
the road to the above place, showing how lit
tie is generally known during the heat Of bat
tie among the different corps Of the operation
Of tie other"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
MARRIED LIFE.

Ia ndomestic hippiness the wife's Influence is
niucll' greater than her lIusb1ad's. for the one
the first cause mutual love and confidence
being granted, the whole comfort of the house
hold depends upon trifies more Immediately
under her jurisdiction. BY her management
of small sums her husbands respcctability and
credit are created or destroyed. No income
stard the constant leLkayes- of ex travagan-
ceS and mismanagement; and more is spent in
trihes than woman would easily believe The
great expense, whatever it may be, is
turned over and carefully reflected ere in
cdrTed--the income is prep trel to meet it; but
it IL pennies imperceptibly sliding away which
do the mischief; and this the wife alone can
stop, for it does not COM within IN ms pro "
ilce5 eI'lterc is often m unSuS SIDccted tribe to
be saved in every IA Ilsehul'l 1t iS not in
echnomy alone til 1t the wifc's attention is So
necessary. but in thps. licesIss w'IiJh IN Ike a
wcll-Tegulated house. An unfi IiSltal cruet
stand. missing key. hutton. less shirt, "a
Fitsi table j 'tl, lnustlrslPpt with its old
contents stickihg.h.ri tal brown alAIat it are
scvcrally nOthinSs. buI each can rIise All an
CRY word or discomfort Depend upon it,
there's gtcat de Al ot dom site hrppint.Ss in a
tidy breakfast t,bIc Ma grow Satc,l of beau
ty, tired of lnilSir, arr often too we try for .on
veBation, however intellectual /, but they can
always appreciate Il well swept hearth and
smiling comfort A woman m1y love her
husband devOtedly, may sacrifice fortune,
friends, family, and country for him n-Rhe may
have the genius of SapphU, the enchanting
beauties fan Arm ida; but -melancholy tNct--
il, with these, she fail to make his home coms
Portable, his heart will inevitably escape her;
and women live so entirely in the affections
that, without love, their existence is void.
better submit, then, to household tasks, how
ever repugnant they may be to your tests
than doom yourself to a loveless home Wu-
men of higher order of mind will not run the
risk; they know that their feminine, their do
mestic, are their first duties.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
TAKE CARE OF LITTLE THINGS.

No man ever made fortune. OF rose tu
greatness in any department, without being
CIrefuf of small things As the beach is com
posed of grains of sand, as the ocean is made
OF drops of water, so the million Iirc's is the
aggregation of the profits of single adventures,
often incunsderahlc in am Dunt. Every emf
nent merchant, from Girard and AStor down,
has been noted for his attention to details.
Few distinguished lawyers have ever pract-
ised in the courts who were not remarkable
for similar characteristic 1t was one of the
peculiarites of the first Nap pleon's mind. The
most petty details of his household expenses,
the most trivial facts relative to his troops,
were, in his opinion as worthy of his atten-
tion the tactics of a battle, the revising of q
code. Demosthencs, the worlds unrivalled
orator, was as anxious about his gestures OF
intonations as about the texture of his argu-
ment or the grandeur of his words. Before
such great examples, and in the very highest
walks of intellect, how contemplate the con
duct of the small minds who can despise small
thing Merchants Magazine.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

TIE REBEL. FoRcEs.-A list OF thu rekci
forces, given by the New York News, q secestl
sion sheet, exhibits their strength at 2436O6'
men, Of which $4,000 are from Georgia; IA, 600
from Louisiana; $1,000 from Mississippi; g..
600 from Texas; $4,000 from Tennessee; t5,:
600 from South Carolina; 10000 from Arr
kansas; $4,000 from Alabama; 10000 from
North Carolina; $4,000 Eon Virginia; 1000
from Florida; ] 900 from Maryland; $4,000
from Missouri, and 1000 from Kentucky.
In addition TO that it is stated that there are
at least two hundred and Gily thousand Homo
Guards AMI fractions Of regiments YariouSly
armed and equipped. =. .t.t e
The force ut present in Virginia is stated d
one hundred and seventy-dve thousand, Of
which there are at Manassas $4,000; Rich
mond 25,OOO; Norfolk 12,oO0; Johnston's ar
my, 81 900; Cheat River, 5000; yorktown,
10000; Brenfsville, 5000; FrederickAbdfg,
5000; Lyrchburg, $4,000; Petersburg, 7,00OS-
Dumfries, 5000; Culpcpper 1000; CharlOttes-
vile, 5000; G1rdonsville, 1000; Stauntou, g..
OC6 at batteriel, &c, $4,000.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
Cheap Rents.

A good storyis told 81 Chicago about
rents a party leased fine house to mer.
chant in good business at $1,000 a year. The
panic and war came on. Te.ant informs
landlord he cannot pay such rent. "What
can You afford to pay?" "Not over half that
sum-" Very we'll; you shall have it for
$780," Towards the end OF the quarter ten
ant informs the Ian ilord he cannot pay that.
"What, can you pay now ?" NothingI ! am
doing no business Very welLsrtI 8sht my
house ttken care Of, aud you may Ctn5 WHIP
out rent" a short time after, in passing by
the house, he found the tenant moving his fuT-
nirnrc, and asked him what that was. for p
Why you don't think ! am such fool ns 70
stay in that house. when ] have found much
better one for nothing ?" So ~
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
BAGGAGE.

What sound til It is--the banging down of
the preliminary trunk. If it announces the
coming of one loved and longed for, how we
delight to look at it, to sit down on it. to ca
ress it In our fancics, us lone exile walking
cut on a windy pier yearns toward the mer-
chantinan lying alongside, with the colors OF
his own native land at her peak and the name
of the port he sailed from long ago upon hcT
stern But if it tell the near approach OF
the undesired, inevitable guest, what sound
short of the muffle,l noise made by the under
takers as they turn the corners in the dim
lighted house, with low shuttle of feet and
whispered caution, ctrries such sense Of
knock-kneed collapse with it.as the humping
down in the front entry of the heavy pOrtm- IN
teau, rammed with the changes of uncounted
coming weeks!
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

Or INTEREST To Mr.. VALLAxDIGHAM.- The
Richmond tInd.) PellAdi4n j. very inpignant
over rumop thpt Mr., Vallandi Cham proposes
to make speech in that city. Il says:
We h"pe his friends. il he has any here, will
dissuade him from making the attempt; be-
cause we fully believe, Notwithstanding we i've
in a Quaker community, that they'd have to
carry ont Of our city that dead body" he once
boasred he'd permit to be walked over in a
certain event! The people hercabouts he
leve in the doctrine that every man has a
ris ht to do as he pleases, provided he pIcases
to do right; and under that belief, they'll not
permit Vallandigham or any other scoundrelly
traitor to belch forth treason without meeting
with sure, certain and deserved punishment
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
The Response.

The order was only issued from the Wac
Department on Tuesday. On Wednesday thr
Government had received resposes from the
Governors of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont,
Rhode Island, New Hampshire. Mains and
Michigan. The Governors, in every case, re-
sponded heartily TO the call for reinforcements
and assure the administration that all troops in
their respective States, whether formed into
regiments or not shall be Immediately sent to
Washington. The number of men ready to
start, has been ascertaincd 10 be as follows:
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

. ''The Nctthern Democracy are now speaking
out, and theiL. trumpet tones will be heard
over the highest hills and in the deepest val5,@
The banner is inscribed with that beautiful
word PEA(' E. ..--,ta -.
Our re lders probably suppose the above jG
from the Cincinnati EnauiTerr the Da yt6d fsnS-
pire, Ohio Eagle. or some other Of the dove
like sheets printed in Ohio '1Aeyvare mista-
ken 1t is from the Louisville Courier "A
sheet that rejoices over the defeat Of the U. 8.
Army at Manassas "a sheet that would rejoice
to hear that Cincinnati was in flames, and
Washington in the hands of the Rebels. The
c0urier's idea of peace is submission to tha,
Southern revolution. the surrender OF tBo
Enion to conspirltors the exaltati99 ofthieyes,
and the degra+IatietI Ill honest ase1. -CFF-
einndti C5qs1iegcial. 49,. ...
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
9atriots and Traitors.

In this unhappy conflict there can be but two
parties --patrots and Traitors,--D Douglas Ldss
Sperh
This short sentence tells the whole story.
Patriots and Traitors How true it is, Ev-
cry m IN must be one or the 9th IT. There iS
no neutral position. Fer the country or a
gaiust it-wh Gu are yoa' Nor cGE ffisfA SS@
a republican democratic party during sns
war. Old issues are dead buried--mergec IA
the great question of Union or Disunion. Nor
can there be dodging In catch votes Masked
battery platforms will not do. The people
will s'orn all crlch. GlerrillA p lIticigns will
be u.lh rset -tr i.o'5 of all descriptions will
meet the doom of trlitnrs Union or Dis'
f1tnion Hlnost msn anil. pItricts will close
the right side th3 81 le oftbe whole County.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

8 Il 81
The louisville Journal of Friday, speak
ing Of the continued O6trages fthe Secession
ists in Kentucky, and obvious determination q
plunge the State into war, says; .t...ft:,
Fiends and devils ia human shape are plot
ting your ruin and subidgation. They are lay
ing their plans to have Confederate soldiers IN
the employ of King JEFF Davis introduced II
tQ this State.'n Awake! AFouseI and prepare
to meet the invader GTye not an inch to the
conspirators in your midst, for the more you
give the more they viii advance Meet them
ut the threshold If they dare intefere wish the
exercise Of any constitutional right which yoa
possess. Every man Of you 70 bis post, aBd
while you will not invade any sisteF StGtg, X
war is rendered TO you accept it Eearleasly, and
If your State is invaded welcome the invaders
with bloody hands 10 hospital graves" We
do not desire unnecessarily to alarm you, bRtr
we tell you that We understand the movementsr
of this secession party. There is danger ahead.
B. u't taken unawares. Eternal vigilance p
the price Of liberty! -
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
90 Nsw..--paere Tlr,esason.

I The 4eayeaparth Daily N,ws, of Aug. 2lst,
says: =
Accounts received here through he Santa
Fe mail confirm the report of the Surrender Of
Fort Fillmore, Teas, by Major Ly1de. Lynde
abandoned Fort FilTn16rc On the,26th hIt, and
marched toward Fort Stanton aWheu Gbout
eighteen miIcs from Fort Fillmore surren.
der cd hiss whole comHpnd, numbering sOne
five hundred men, TO thERe hundred Texans.-
The Texans afterwards tobf fSbsessiOn Of Fort
StaAtop:'i .r-.
Theft has been treqson~in this. = That is
manifest, A.,r,.-s.i i'Caf.-' .., Z, ,sy 80 =
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
PRIDE.

Pride is vice which grows up in society
so insensibly, steals in unobscrvel upon the
heart upon so many occasions, forms itself
upon inch strange pretensions and when, it is
done, wells itself under such variety of unsus-
pected appearances, sometimes under that OF
humility itself; in all which cIses Self-lOYe,
like false friend, instead of checking. most
treacherously feeds the huInOr points out some
excellence in every soul to make him vain,
and think more highly of himself than he
ought to think; that upon the whole, there is
no one weakness into which the heart of man
is more easily betrayed or which requires
greater helps of good sense and good principles
to guard against.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

DR. RrssELr Another Russell 'lcttcr.ap-'
pears. The correspondent begins to sh'w bis
band os be gets so far north as to know he.
will be safe under the Lincoln Aegis by the
time his le,ters come back to This side OF the
water He has abHsel the cc1hdence OF the
Southin giving a minute account Of the for
tifications in TennesSceR commanding the Miss-
sjssippi river. His six column letter is devOt-
cd 70 SAe ridicUlGOf lbe South, being farngO
Of the most contempt1ous comment. GreO-
ly wit aud venom could not equal it.-MObas
Register. ya
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS we hear

Everywhere we hear o.
lncn who have not heretofore acted with the
Democratic party, who now express their d.
termination to vote. With Us hereafter. Most
heartily do we Welcome thom to the rnuls.--
'Fhcre is no hope for the ntry, no safety f'r
ourselves anl children, but in the triumph Of
that good old party vbiuh always carried the
flag and kept step to the;music of the Union.
Logan Gazette. el-
Exactly 50, Just put Toombs and
Floyd and Cobb and JeGf. Davis and heir
Clique back into Office, and then We will all b.
safe They were leaders in that good old
party" you know, aud Just as long as they
were kept in Office we iidat have any war nor
secession, nor anything but prosperity any
harmony and good feeling, AMI hayut they
always carried the Htg anl kept "step to 'he
music Of the Union?" And isn't it as clear a:
mud that if that good old party" was ond
restored to power we should hencefurth ant
forever have peace and prosperity again. o
codrse it is-Setoto Gazette.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

Truth is stronger than battaiiohs text in
the Bible will outlast the pyramids of Pharaoh,
and outshine the brightest of all the stars.
As soon may Canute repel the advancing tides
of the ocean. or Xerxes restrain the waves of
Hellcspont by casting his chains over it, or the
Roman Emperor Caligula prevail with the
clouds by commanding them not to rain upon
his royal head as for any scotfrr or any sceptic,
or any opposer to resist successfully the march
of one single truth that has God for its author.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

THE DrFERExcE. When Gen: Garhett'wasf
killed by our trnol in Western Virginia. bis
body was tikn gaze rf,emh ,,msd and sent hon
to his friends; but, MEin C6f., CoFAseop !vgSs
killed hy tho rebels. tho aler sent eftee bis
body were imprisoned. Cast not your pearls
before swine, lest they tura-agnin ard rend
you"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30


A Desperate SrgugqtE IMRBSprNG.-The
Washington correspondent of the Philudc phiu
Press, writes:
"Adviccs from VirgiRiA assure US that the
Confederate forces are preparing for desperate
struggle While the battle at Manassas com.
PEELED us to retreat it shattered the southern ar-
my. Whole regiments have gone TO peices.-
The experience of many of their best officers
has closed with the tomb their victory was
gloomy and disheartenqg, and their strong po.
sition at Man:g us tl.gy feel must yield 10 tha
artillery Of Mcclellan a.aEssia
Before this encounter takes place they are
b"acing themGe,veS for the struggle. The Yir-
ginia authorities have ordered ihe militia Of
each county to repair to the county court hOu-
scs and prepare for battle. They will be cx-
pected TO furnish their own arms AMI uni
form, to leave halEcultivatcd farms and suffer
ing busineSs-to risk all they have, and life g.
self-at the demand Of an ambitious die. a.
tor. But the people of Virginia do not exhib-
it the alacrity Of spirit which had been expect
ed. Correspondents of southern newspapers
speak of them as reluctant militia and the
newspapers are loudly rating them for their
want Of patriotism, and suggesting ways and
means for their punishment The people of
Virginia, evidently cannot understand why
they should be dragged into war to please
South Carolina and the little nest Of cotton
conspirators who distilled the poison of seces-
sion into the blood of the Old dominion.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

A story is told Of thirty three Federal Prssoa.
eEs tscaping from Mapassas Saturday uight.
They were confined IN gnAtd ho'mas ia
irons. A file was accidentally got hold oi,
their hons removed, they rushed on tho guards.
killing them, and made their escape, reaching
Washington few days afterwards. Twenty
three of the escaped soldiers signify th6iE In
tention of re-enlisting tor the war They are
all old soldiers, having seen service before.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30
The Cleveland Plain Dealer ha, the follow
TRAITORS AT uoMR.

Five rebel papers have been suppressed for
th,ir open advocacy of rebclion-one in
Main. oae in New II ,mp5IIire, anIrttree in
st. Louis. If Liberty i. us "a rs the dss' ruci
ton of Liberty, there can b. no doubt'about
our duty. Tue abuse of freedom ia the masks
dangerous enemy to freedom it meets! We
unhesitatingly say, down with traitors every
where, in whatever guise they may apPear.A-
We can better aFrd to be lenient during pro-
found peace tltaIs isheq III tts midst Of a most
gigantic rebellion. We deeply regret the
necessityifor mlrtiaI law, Llboas' corpus sus-
pension. and vigiis over the press. The New
York Journal of COmmerce, Day Book and
N.ws. live by indulgence only, and THAI OF
doubtful fpqlrfctyy
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

It is reported that the Grand jury. at the
holding ofthe Uuitcl States Circuit C1urt in
Trentop. New Jersey. in September next.
viii present the ,I'rentan American, Newark
Journal. Patterson Register, and two or three
other pa 5cte, for 'rrasqu.e s,@.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

Tue seccsSionists in Washington arc alarmed
nndcrStand that IL the National City should
fall into the han,ls of their Southern breth-
ren' it would he destroyed. The c6OseqdyIRS
IL, they arc not quito ~ anxious 20 hear the
guns Of BEA6KBoARp's advancing columns as
they wers
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-30

Who are the least proper to hold this, or to
have that; to preside here, or advise there; to
be absent from this place, or present at that!
Generally speaking. those are the least proper
to obtain these ends, who most desire them
Who desires to hold prefermcnt more than the
protesting pluralist, to have place, more
than the pretended patriot; and who deserves
them less!