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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
HOW TO ADMoNIsH.

We must consult the gentlest manner and
softest seasons of address; our advice must not
fall like q violent storm, bearing down and
making those to droop whom it is meant to
cherish and refresh. 1t must descend as the
dew upon the tender herb, or like melting
fakes of snow; the softer it falls, the longer
il dWells upon and the deeper it sinks into
the mind If there are few who have the
humility to receive advice as they ought it is
often because there are few who have the
discretion to convey it in proper vehicle, and
can qualify the harshness and bitterness of re-
proof, against which corrupt nafife is apt TO
revolt, by an artfui mixture OF sweetenihg and
agreeable ingredients. To probe the wound to
the Bottom, with all the boldness and resolu .
tion of good spiritual surgeon, and yet with
all the delicacy and tenderness of fIiend, re-
quires very dexterous and mastery hand.
IN affable department and complacency of be-
hayior will disarm the most obstinate; whereas
if, instead of calmly pointing out their mis-
takes, we break out into unseemly sallies of
passion. we cease to have any influence.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16

Mercy to the BfsrciIess.

The n. Y. Evening Post sketches, with a
master hand, the contrast between the humane
caurse Of our government and the iEhumane
course of that of the Rebels:
"We restrain our soidiery from tfeadirg Tie
soil Of a State that wears the mlsk of peace
and protests her loyalty, until she casts aside
her pretense and reveals her hills covered and
her wales lined with batteries. We spafe the
lives of traitors, relying on the honor of their
oaths, and soon after find the subjects of our
mercy in the ranks of the enemy. We have
in all cases the signals of truce :;
but they confound the hospitalitieS of war by
using our banner as decoy. and having won,
by so base and GoWardy air act, an advantage
of position, they pour a murderoHs fire on our
soldiers who were about to embrace them as
brothers. We give our wounded enemies wa
ter, and with reviving strength they plunge
the bayonet into the hearts of their benefac-
tors. We give free access to our military
posts and prisoners Of war, even to Congress
sional traitors, and a perpetual truce to un-
armed traitors, while Northern men are i'm
prisoned or shot, all over the South. We
gallantry permit wives of rebels in arms to
boast of their family disloyalty in the circles
of the Capital, and indirectly live from the
public treasury, and at the same time com,
paccutly hear of Northern women, soj3urn-
ing in the South, being stripped to the waist
and then whipped with the knout, for no crime
but a love for the government Of their fathers.
We Withhold. nay, suppress the Instructions
of a servile race, while they force their negroes
to throw up entrenchnents that they may
with comparative safety deal out death to the
defenders of the Constitution We decline
the services of men whose color, as well as
whose occupations, be Objectionable to our
fastidious GOenen; and send our white citizens
alone to do the parallel entrenehing and fal
under the fire of negro battalions. We dis
course feelingly of our recent fraternaI rela
t;ois, and hope that the rebels will lay down
their arms and return to obedience to the
Constitution and the laws Of peace they
point US to their newly formed alliance with
the pirates of the seas and the Iudian savagcs
OF our frontiers. The world can judge which
side Of our national struggle glows with that
glory of 'chivalry' that accounts it honor to
give the odds TO your enemy in deadly con
Ite5t "
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
The Rebel Loss at Bulls Run.

A Baltimore letter in the Philadelphia In;
,eiircE has the following news from Rich.
u1ond: .Ff'' I'm
l am told, on good authority, that a Ulef',
chant in this city has received a late letter
from his correspondent in Richmond, which
significantly iFNcatgs that the people Of that
city are heartily sick, not only Of Secession and
its sorrowlul fruits but Of the war. Il is also,
asserted, if President Davis and his army do
not meet with greater success than they did ae
Fnil's R)p and Manassas, a counter feeling
win manifest itself among the people BY no
mcaus encouraging to the rebel President and
the cause he has cspoused, The slaughter o.
the Conrederutes is represented as terrible
much great6E tl;JSn intimated by accounts 10 the
newspapers,
The truiH regarding killed and wounded is
suppressed, as far as there is any possibility q
doing so. When the whole story Of Manassas
is told. if ever, it will prove astounding.-
Great distress prevails among the Southern
troops. They are not only destitute OF com,
forts, but Of the absolute necessities OF sub
sistence. Clothes, shoes, food, waP.smuui-.
tions, all are lamentably scarce, as Is money
a.so.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
0nnnnarfng a Peace

We are told that the war must go on until
we conquer peace. There must he no talk
of compromise not word said about ccs
sation of the war, until peace is restored
through the instrurnentality Ct powder and
ball.-Stafesp1Gn. ..,
Such stuff as the above is what eve are
told by Northern Rebels, aud by none with
more gusto than the STATESMAN. That paper
knows full well that the Federal Government
asks no more than a cessation Of hostilties
by the Rebels and the surrender Of the prop
critics o. the Government held by them. Let
the Secessionists lay down their arms anu he
treated according 10 their deserts, and the OBJ
ject of the war on the part of the Union
forces will have been accomplished. To talk
of compromise with armed Rebels IS, sheer
treason, ndulged in only by sucH traitors as
Ben. Wood, valandigham and the Statesman
clique. You will find, Messrs. Secession
Rebels, that the Union programme. will be
carried out to thp letter, notwithstanding
your incessant endcavors to msreprcscnt the
intentions of the Guvernrept, ant four re-
solves TO dcpose the President Col,n'-
bus Fact.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
A spv in the cOvor.nsorsf.,s = Z 4 Grsiss.

Julius Bing n civilian WhO was taken pris-'
oncr ut Bull Run and carried to Manassas,
and subsequently released by Beauregatd be- =
g.usc Of his being citizen Of Great Britain,
makes the following staterseut in rcgGFd to
the rebels having previous information CT our
plan OF attack: 'f';
Al headquarters he found number Of gen.
tlcmrn AMI oiIiccrG Hkom he knew personally,
or by reputation. Among them were Sena-
tors C,ingniln, Chestnut, and Mason Extra
Billy Smith Colonel Miles, Of South Carroll
ma; and CoiOnel Iorion, formerly Of the WaT,
Departm:nt. THIS httsr gsrtlenfan boasted
fEaf he Edi receicei, before ire attack at Bull
Run, d cipisr.' desPltet. from some tOll inform
ed person 1c.tiin o:Jr lines giving full details
Of our Increment, including The particulars Of
the plan Of battle, the time at tghich operations
tro,M comHFsnce and tie number Of our troops.'
The Cleveland Lender quotes the above and
add: s-{'f q
gentleman Just from Washington. who
passed through this city on Saturday evening.
stated that when in the Quarter Master Gem
cral ) effce, he wrote and addressed letter
to his brother in Richmond, to be sent via
Alexandria An employee IN the bffise asked
the privilege of enclosing letter in the samS
envelope, 10 friend in RchmOnd which was
readily and thoughtlessly granted. That let
ter, the gentleman now ayers, t0Is dddressed
TO 'Col. Jor,lon." lie recOllectod the circum-
stance and recognized Col Jordans name im.l
mcdiatcly urctf seeing the above paragraph
in the Tribune.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
VANITY OF LIFE.

When look upon the tombS' Ct the great,
every emotion of envy dies within me; when
read the epi5aphs of the beautiful, every inor
dinate desire goes out; when meet the grief
ofparents, on a tombstone, my heart melts
with c nipassion, when see the tOmbs of pa
rents themselves, consider the vanity of
grieving for those whom we must quickly
follow; when I see kings lying by those vino
depossds them; when | consider rival wits
placed side by side, or the holy men that di'
vidsd the world with their contests, reflect
with sorrow and astonishment on the little
competitions, factions and debates of mankind;
when read the dates of the tombs of some
that died but yesterday. and some six hundred
years ago, consider that great day when we
shall all be contemporaries and make our ap
pearanCe together.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
a Sad story ii Secession Anarchy.


4 gentleman lately from Mobile, furnishes
us full particulars Of the terrible fate Of Capt
Jones. Capt. Jones had homestead about
seventeen miles above Mobile, and was bleSsed
with the company Of an educated, beautiful
and devoted wife. He was the owner Of
schooner, aud was in't the habit Of making ex-
cursiors to a considerable distance from the
shore. On one occasion, fierce norther cana
suddenly upon his vessel, and Obliged him to
take refuge in the port Of Pensacola. Passing
the federal feet, be vent Up to the city and
was there arrested on the charge Of treason iu
carrying dispatches to the officers Of The feet.
An examination resulted in his discharge, as
no proof cOnld be produced to sustain the allie.
CATION. In the meantime, the news Of the
supposed treason Of Capt. Jones had spread ia
Mobile, and the Vigilance Committee which
now rules in that city determined, without any
investigation as to the guilt or innocence OF
the party inculpated, to execute Lynch law
upon him If he ever returned, He arrived
there soon aften Gn5dlfa5 jast 'tdEeh tie carr
at Mobile to rcjoin his beloved wife, when the
Committee found him, at once produced rope,
which indeed they always carried with them
in thcig. F9gnjsi and, attaching il TO d tteS bt
the roadside, swung off their victim amid hiA
protestations ofinnocencc. The dead body was
given up to his wife, who, amid her unutter-
able suffering, deEotcd Weeks to the object Of
freeing his memory from the a. bersCns Of the
mob She proved beyond doubt that her
husband, while living, was firm and uh1sav-
ering Secrssionist, the idea Of betraying his
native State having never entered his mind,
ard this she compelled the Mobile papers TO
acknowledge and publish. And thus in the
reign of terror" perished one Secessionist at
the hands of his own friends. Tue tragedy
almost equals some of the incidents of the
French Revoution.-BostonT T,dpeleT. ..-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
A Sad INSTANCE of wars'

Holmes Conrade, Esq, Of Martins5urg q
prominent lawyer and firm Union man, had
two promising sons, aged about % and 19, one,
VIC believe, following the profession Of his faith
or. and the younger q student of theology
Both belonged to Capt. Eadenbush's compa1'
nv. com goscd Of about one hundred Of the most
active young men in Berkeley county. The
two young Conrads, like nll OF t1eir c0ERPfcr-s
ions. volunteered for the war, against the con-
sent and urgent protest Of their father, who
told them that dey could not expect TO enter
his house again il they dsobcyed his eE55gEs,-7-
But 6s' ffg that they were in honor bound to
follow the fortunes Of their commander, they
enlisted for the campaign. AT ths recent bat
tle of Bulls Run Capt, Nndenb1sh's compa'.
nv was put 10 the front line, where they fought
with great bravery until relieved. When the
roar Of the cannon was over, and the etrita
ceased TO 20 on, the two brothers, the Oonrads,
were fonnd dead, locked in each others en-
brace. Together With three napre.of, TIE sgTre
company. who were killed, their bodies were
broGght to Martinsburg and buried at the
solemn hour Il midnight, the moon .shlPiiqg
beautifully. Thus has fond fathers house,
been made desllaie, and two bright young men
upon whom all his cherished hopes were cen
tered, been hurried into eternity tBoouSb0to
(Hfd) Odd Fcllo's. -
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

Beautiful things are suggestive of purer
and higher life, and fill us with mingled
love and fear. They have a graciousness that
wins u.s. and an excellence to which we inVol-
UNFAIRLY do reverence. If you are poor, yet
medestly- aspiring, keep of flowers on
your table, and they will help to maintain
your dignity and secure for your consideration
and delieacy of behavior.
Every one is the principal author of his own
misery; self has more to do in making us un-
happy than any one beside 'tHast thou not
Mr0enred this unto thyselfP'
=, They that walk with Christ in the clean
garments of holiness here, and keep themselves
unspotted from the world, shall walk with
Christ in the white robes Of honor AMI glory
iuths other world; this ig;a suitable reward. n
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
No more sympathy with Traitors

1t is a sad reflection, that while our noble
volunteers are yielding up ther lives by hun
Dire : upon the field of battle, to stay the on
wafl march of rebellion there are in the
Northern States men who, though they may
not openly rejoice at the temporary success of
the rebel army, are nevertheless nerving the
arms of the traitors for the consummation Of
their unholy purpose, by procllming to their
countrynEen, that our government docs not
deserve the confidence Of the people that in
stead of wariny for the maintainance of the
Constitution and laws of the Country, it is
contendng for the establishment of despot-
ism. In view of the sad reverscs that have
overtaken our army in the late engagement,
we trust these Northern traitors will ha We the
decency to olf,r no further insult to the loyal
people of the country by any further chatter
ring about compromise and Cancellation. The
rebellion must be crushed, aud the Northern
man who, by word or deed, does anything to
prevent it, should he made to feel the indgna-
tion of an outraged people, not through any
violation Of law, but by shat bitter scorn and
contempt which leaves its subject without
name or Influence among honorable men,
Dayton Journal
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
How tBs Civil War goes on in Mis-

EFrom the St Joseph Journal, July goth;


We published an account of the hanging Of
Capt. Benjamin Sharp and Lieut.. Jaeger
near Martinsburg, on the North Missouri Rail
road by the rebels We have now the awful
retribution visited upon the perpetrators of
the foul deed.
Sharp and his companions were hung on
Friday. On Saturday morning a body of
Gel. Smiths Zouavcs went to Danville and
arrested four cit zens who were concerned in
the transaction. Taking them to the outskirts
Of the town, they made them get down upon
thair knees, and shot them while in that pn-
sition. Their bodies were then carried back
to their families by their neighbors, some of
whom had been brought along, fof the pur-
pose. The names of the men shot we're Gran
vile Nunley, Robert Terril, lawyer, and
formerly editor Of the DapvilIe Herald, and
4 man named Hughes, and bis sen. Nunley
was not immediately killed, but received a
ball through his breast, from which he died
soon after being taken homo. The others fell
dead, receiving each several balls in the body
The same day two men were shot near Mexi-
co. under the following circumstances Cap.
tain Smith, commanding company of cav,
airy, learned that half a dozen of the men i'm
plicaited in the hanging of Sharp and Jaeger
were in house about three miles from town.
They Immediately started to capture them,
and while approaching the house, a woman
standing at the gate gave the alarm to the
rebels, who were inside eating dinner They
Immediately mounted their horses and at
tempted TO escape, when the cavalry pursued
and fired upon them, killing two, one of whom
was Captain Moultrie, of a rebel company
from Mexico. The rest escaped.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
Traitors at the capItaI.l..

Colonel Forney writes from Washington tc
the PhiIndelphin Press as follows:t - =.
Mr. Breckinringe' threatens lhe President
from his place in lhc. Senate, surpasses Rhett
and Yancey in The violence q his' denuneia-
tions of the preparations to preserve the Gov
ernment, and openly visits the Secession pris:
oncrs in our jails, holding familiar eonyersaS
tions with them Mr. Burhctt and Nj. Val
Iyif#:i{llau obediently follow his example ih
the Iiouse. L know that in many private
residence in this city these demonstrations are
anplduded; and the,;,Gereat Of our army eele-
bra'el with ecatatie saturfalias. These par
ties are not alcne. hostile to ell free Govern
ments, not merely the. tffgriated foes Of the
IEfiteG. SS5tgtes, but they are inflated with the.
65ciicf that the var + colrnimenes4 upon the au-
thoritv of the Government VII -clsse in their
complete triumph. When the Federal power
is fully restored at this point, nnd when the
ninitsty of the1aw can no longer Be insultsd
with inpunity, it will be the first duty Of the
PresiJant .gia,d Of. General Mcclellan to root
oat ali covert and overt treason ff6n every:
community over which the flag Of our country
is permitted to float, beginning with Wash
ington.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
Rn.nxrasrxrsr ron TUE wAR.-washinstOu

RE,ExtIsTwrSr FOR THE WAR,-- Washington
letter says: 5a%f'h hssts
A well known gentleman who hAsjusGretupin-
ed from an extended tour, through New Eng
land and New York, assures US that not far trom
twothirds of the returned three months militia
will VeeRlist fos the war The people have, 10
bis Judgment, not only recovered from theder'
preston causedby the disaster at Bull Run. but
are more ready than ever to respond to the cAlb
of the country, aud to give money aud blood
10 its service.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16

20 50 Fs'E l-.s BXL.
TNe rabrn was EsiT, FhS bAIny air
3 Famed brave Sow Englana's coast,
When ne Chesapeake Went out 70 seek
sWaBhor8 most vas honofiB Posts
hasweIIinR gales Soon hllsd her Haiiss
And bore her quickly sEay,
Al1nR ehs M0od To scenes Of blood
Upon thaa fatal day;
A AkHrlsa gloom Hung over some,
That seemed their hopes % nip,S
Bas a honoF's roll No bravsr soul
Than hs who ruled the ship
Tns cAanSugs Bore, Some time before,
80 By him was never received
Or fts j1st belief, The gallant Chief
His fOemen had deceived.
Adown tho side They smoothly glide,
Nor thought Of danger near,
Hat Hoon they SPY The Britons nigh,
In panoply appear
q In deadly strife 70 grip,
A nations pride Impelled each side
Nts 70 defend the ship;
Tha ships engaged, The battle ragged,
Loud ro2red the deafening cannony
rIIyietory mods To unequal odds,
And crowns the Boosting Shnnnon.
Yet on the deck, Consigned to wreck,
The nobiest victor lay;
HIs manly brow Redeemed his veW,
Tho doomed to quick Decay,
Wounded and sore, The crimson gore,
NEa In streams down from him drip,
His voice rings high, To comrades nigh,
- f'Oh, don't give up the shipP'
While strength remained, He still sustained
Inc COutebb otAfk anu uEcLu,
While cannon flash, And splinters crash,
Around, beneath, o'erhead;
Thoagh timber ereak, And blood pools reek,
1z He hopes, though hope is vain
His nag he knows Had taught his foes
Columbia ruled the main,
And were It stained He'd feel so pAined.
That on his lfeless lip.
His parting voice, His hearts best choice,
Was "don't give up t94e shipl''
Our banner bright Was his delight,
y. Beneath its folds he fell,
Bat or he died, He signined,
He proved that he loved II well.
Al This time when Ambitious man
A+- Would Fend the tie which holds
Our Union, we Know this to be
rstH A time to try mems souls;
The mighty North Stands boldly forth,
Our Union cannot slip.
Great God Of might, Defend the right,
CT g Ws WON'T gfss up tAs Snip
'-'sseEerAl Of the officers were sick. many newly e
led, and some of the crew were dissatisfied at t.
Unfolding OF their prize money"
Liberty, August, 1851.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16

In one of the recent letters to the London
Times Mr.. Russell relates curious sirgges tior
ma de by a French gentleman, now in New
Orleans, to some ardent cotton planters there.
He stated to them that even if the blockade
were broken by England and Franco, as they
hoped it woad be, the available shipping Of
these two nations would not suffice to carry
the cotton crop to Europe, and that without
the aid Of the immense mercantile marine Of
the Northern States Southern cotton would
lie and rot in Southern ports, even were they
open.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-22
Fires I'm New York.
FIRE IN CHARLTON STREET

Between one and two O'Clock Thursday morning q
fire discovered in the bedstead manufacury Of Will
liam Elliott in the building in the OF No. 80 Charlton
street. The lremen quickly the premises and OK
tngushed the fire before 1t extended to the adjoining
property The loss on the stock will he about $500; no
insurance The building s owned by John Russell 1t is
damaged about $3.50; said to be insured The fire. it IS
supposed, was the work of an incsndiary.
FIRE IN GREENE STREET.
As the hrcmen returning from the above fire Mt
about oclock an alarm OF fire given from No 12o
Greene street, frame dwelling, occupied by colored
families. The flames extended 10 The roof which was la
stroyed, together with the contents Of the attic
before the fire extngushed The nre was
caused by the explosion Of fluid lamp in the hands Of
perty Of other tenants viii amount to about $780, no in
surance. The building is damaged about 5000 no in
surance.
FIRE III SUFFOLK STREET.
Between Tour and i've O'Clock on Thursday morning
fire broke out on the second floor Of building No 173
Suffolk street, IN the turner shop OF Charles Brodbach
The flames spread 10 the upper floors roof and also
TO the fourth floor and roof of No. Ill The buildings
are owned by Beyerle, Gray Marshall They are dam.
aged to the extent of about $1,000 insured for 81 900 in
the Rutgers Pacific aud Broadway Insurance Companies
The following is list OF the occupants and their
osses;-First floor, sawmill Of Rochardt & Co
damage by water about $500; no insurance
Second floor, front room, A. Haberstadt turner loss
$500 no insurance Part OF the front ROOM Mr. Werl
machinst; loss, 5000; insurance Rear room (where
the fire commenced), Charles Brodbach turner loss
$3.50 no insurance Third floor, front ROOM John Gies
selmann, tobacconist; loss, 500; insurance Back
ROOM {. Kieselbach, turner loss, 500; no insurance
Fourth floor, unoccuped Building 17l-Basement, s.
Becherer turner loss $50 insured in the St. Marks IN.
surance Company First floor, lager bier saloon, Paul
Insurance Company Second floor fishing rod manufac-
tory Of Ehcrhardt Schwarzwaelder loss $500 insured
for $500 in the Lenox Insurance Company Third foor
Isaac stras manufacturer of leather military accoutre
ments; loss 800; Insurance. Fourth floor J. Geids
musical instrument manufacturer; loss $500 no ,nsur
ance The hre 1t is supposed, was caused by combustion
under the circular