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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-10-23
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nain phrAsral dc ilify is nsin; iscd 70 fsud his
lraiih CT n cr2y restored b. icin,iy Il once ~
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Nos only ~ The, cure The everyday cosnrlsitss
q every body. Lut also nans frnnidalle and
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pleased II furnish gratis nv Anirliaan Almanac,
containing csssihca,rs NJ fhsf rnges Trd ulfcrsiur-
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-10-23

An OnIsous AccIDEEr In the memor.
able year. 1882. The "Ailss' msn.of-wsr
was launched-s thres-decker Of eminent
besuiy. We all know that the figure ss
the ships head corresponds with the name,
and vas infsrmed that Hercules's subsii-
tuss was : mag nifcens fellow. fl 10 support
the Globe. When however. they came to
ship her bowspri', he stood % high thss
something wss found neccesssry 70 be done;
and the rough carpenter. waiting no orders.
cut part Of the globe swsy. which stood
upon the hero's shoulders. When Il was
examined Afterwards. the part Ios. 70 our
possession was observed 20 BE- America.
Sailors remarked The accident % ominous.
and the event hss not tended 70 lessen their
credulity -EngIish Psper
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NO. H..

u He news of the week enbra-
ces no very exciting news, though
matters seem 10 be very gradually
drawing 10 "A crisis, and we look for
important news ere long. The Poto-
mac is now blvckaded by the rebels.
which 1t seems to us will not lie long
submitted to Ly an army OF 200, 900
men, who are nearly dependent OH its
tree navigation for their supplies
In Kentucky the forces VI both sides
are gathering, and we are prepared
10 hear Of great battle there at any
time. The advancement of the win
ter season prevents any operations Of
either army in western v irginia, SO
that the campaign in that section is
about ended, aud it is undcretoodsthe
Indiana troops now there will be or
dered to Kentucky. In Missouri the
rebels have rctrvated to the southern
side Of the Usage. aud our troops have
not yet been able to catch them. Ii is
hoped that they may be kept retreat
ing until our troops will occupy New
Orleans, and the Mississippi river DO
opened, and that before Spring.
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lCorrsspondspcs 81 Tho Jssp-r Courier
From Dubois Volunteer.
CAMP Hamilton. Nh. Oct. IA. 1861


Nix. EDrros:-lt gave me plrasur.
last mail 10 receive letters from home.
and l am glad to hear that the war ie-
ser is getting SO high in old Dubois
Send the boys along, the more the
lnerrier, aud the sooner we shall be
through giving blue pills to Secesh
The nights are getting somewhat cod
in this country-wc had some frost
last night-but the days are pleasant.
We expect to. leave here soon for vir-
ginia, and you may look out for glo-
rious news from the 9th regiment il
We meet the enemy. The 9th is the
glory OF the world; our Colonel is =
Nopoleon himself. DO the people at
home think thr,war is joke now, or
is it in earnest. / am OF the opinion
it is in earnest. Tell the boys who
have the fever so high to come ahead;
we can'cool them down in three nights
BY giving them bed on the ground,
where the mud is about four inches
deep, and few rice crackers for
break fast, and work it oil with rice
soup. for dinner. We commence drill
ING at daylight, and drill till o'clock,
then We take crackers, and drill ill
Il; then comes soup, after which we
drill until sunset. ! tell you there is
no mistake in our bravery, ). and !
think By the time We meet the enemy,
we will be SO hungry as TO become
mad enough rots TO leave grease
spot. These eastern men can do the
talking and .bragying,..bu they want
lloosiers to do the fighting, and We
intend to do It. Our glorious State
shall not go second in rank, but first.
! am happy to hail from Indiana, and
all Indiauians are proud of their State.
Give my love to all inquiring friends.
Yours, &c. +. GRASS.
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Coughs, Colds, influenza, Hoarscncss,
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mcfoLs arc the cases AZ rs cures, that almost
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and even desperate diseases of tho lungs BY its
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other medicine ~ its kind Is too apparent 70 escape
olscrsslica, nid where is virtues are known. the
public 70 longer hesitate what antidoic 10 employ
Tor The distressing ard dangerous affections of the
pulmonary organs that arc incident TO our climate
While many inferior remedies thrust upon the
community have failed and been discarded, this
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duccd cures too numerous and too remarkable 70
be forgotten.
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From the Richmond Dispatch. S-pt. 20.
Major Generals @. w Smith and @. B
Mcclellan.


"The President has bestowed the impor,
'sn' commission Of n sjor General upon NJ
jos O w. Smith. late Superiaten snt o.
Streets for The cIiy'of New York. Genera
Smith is.a native Of Kentucky. and was ons
Of the distinguished class OF cadets thu
graduated q Wsn Poin, 10 Is46. lie gra.
dus'ed Al the head Of his elass, and besi
Mcclellan for the highs honors OF The in
sti,uiios."
Unfortunately for The Dispstch's bosss,
G ems Mcclellan and Smith didn't hoppe
10 graduate in the same class-ihe former
entering the Academy in 1882 % verdsn nd
l"plsbe.' while the latter came out Brsvsl
Second Leu'ensnt Of Engineers The
DisPatch unwistingly chssts Smith ou, 81
four yeas Of HE military career. II 10 .
tact. however, that Smith's class wss con
siJered the most distinguished. - a whole.
ths, ever graduated as West Psint. The
extraordinary number Of eight were found
qualified for commissions a. Engineers; but
Smith. insiesd Of carrying of The "hghest
honors.r took the lowest Of the eight we
hsvs mentioned. Among ihoss Who stood
higher than Smith sre John Newton, (2) Of
Virginia. and Fi'z John Porter, (3) Of New
Hampshire. the last Br,gadier- Generals an
nounced BY M. Lincoln. The :hrse rebe !
Generals now in cor mond on The Potomac
are: Joseph +. Johnston. the General COM
msndng, born in Virgins, graduated 10 Is
20, but without distinguished standing in
HE class. Peter G. T. Bssuregsrd. COM
msnding the right wing, born in Lousians.
graduated in 1888, standing two 10 his class
Gus,svus w. Smith. commanding left wing.
born IL Ken,oekp. graduated 10 1912.
stsniing 8 10 his class.
General Mcclellan ssdusted in 1916
standing 2 in his clsss--Roches,er IN. W
UniSe.
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AYERS
Ague Cure,

goR THE sPEEDr CURE OF
Intermittent Fever. or Fever and Ague,
I;cmiticnt Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb
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mating In bilinry arrangement, caused
by the Maiarin OF miasmasic countries.
No one remedy Is louder called for by the
necessities Of the American PEOPLE than sure
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We Ire now enabled 70 offer. with a perfect
certainty that il will eradicate the disease.
and VITA assurance. founded On pioof. that
\" harm can aiiss from its use in any guam
iiis.
That which protects from or prevents this
disorder mast le of immcasc service ia the
vvni'nHnitlcs here il prevails. Prrrsnfio,s is
letter 'hai cure. for the patient escapes the
risk which H. must run in violent attacks Of
Ms lalcfll distcmpcr. This "crRE'' expels
,hc mislna.ic poison Of FEVER ASD AouE
from the system and prevents the develop
mcnt - the disease. IL taken on the first ap-
pr'as'h of ~ lremonitory symptoms. IL Is
not oily the hest remedy ever vet discovered
for this class ~ complaints. but also the
rheal,est. The large quantity we supply for
lDdr. and III bilious districts, where FEvEn
,s, AGrs prevails, every body should have il
ard ne I, freely 10th for cure and protection.
Y j. hoped tliS rice viii place il within the
scarh uf AL the poor as well as the rich. A
,rcat superiority of this remedy over any
,ii'vr ever discovered for the speedy and Ger
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tlnhinc Or mineral. consequently il pro-
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iharvrr ii.3oa the constitution. Those cured
~ i are lsit as healthy Is il they lad never
iad th di~easc.
F.vcr ami .yicis not alone the consequence
IT. iAia maiic poison. a great variety of
lisr,iis siisc from iis irritation. among which
VA Neuralgia. Rheumatism. Gout. Headache.
.ilius. i,s.. Tootharhe. EnIaShe. Cafarrh. Asth-
NJ ralWtaiioii. Painful Affection Of the
Srl eH. ssstclics. Pain in the Bowels. Collie.
''tfAiyss. aul Dcfangcmcnt Of the stomach.
al a. which. when originating III this cause.
nut on the intermittent tyic. Or become period
.ral. This . Crax" cNpcl- the poison frnm
VI. llesd, and consequently cures them all
.iikr. II j. an in~als~llr pr lection TO imnii-
.raafs and r-'~rlis travelling or temporarily
siding IA ihc malas iul,s districts. Ii taken
scasirrally ~ daily While exposed 20 the in
'esti"is. that viii L. cxcictcd from tie system.
and cal.n,; accumulate in sufiieirnt quantity
y III N into s,asc. lIc,c il is even more
yslnal.le for protection tlrn crre, ard lev will
ever .r'rlr frm intriinit'rnts. il they avail
themselves Of thc protection this icL.eLy al
.Orsls.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-10-23

nTGov. Dickinson. OF New York. can
dids,s for Attorney General Of that State.
recently gave expression in . speech TO the
following noble sentiment:
Give me poverty, stripes. end chsins,
give mo shsme. give me dss,isusioa, give
me went, give me sbjecs misery ssd dis
,rsss. giveime bereavement. let ny heart
be wrung with every emotion shss can ago.
nize and sos,urs man. make me wandsrer
on the earth. end givs me On iSnobIs death,
raihsr than permit nv country 70 perish.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-10-23

TRE IRIsH Wiz ALWAYS READr 1t u
now known that the surrender oi Lexington
vas rendered . recsss'y BY the want Of
ammunition - well % BY the want OF w.
:sr. A lev Of the comps mics he'd one ~
Two rcunds len. bui the majority had fred
ihrir Ias: bullet. Alter the sure nder, an
"aicer wss detailed by Price 70 collect the
ammunition snd place il in safe charge.
This officer. addressing A ju'ant Cosgrove
OF the Brigade, ssked him 10 have the am
muniion surten Tered Clsarovs called up
dozen men. one after another. and exhib-
Ting The empty cartridge boxes, ssid . the
ssionished rebel officer: beiisve, cir, we
gavs you al The ammunition We had before
We stopped fighting. Had there been any
more, upon my word, you should had i, sIr
But will inquire. and II By accident there
l. . cartridge ie0, ~ilI let you know. =
The rebel officer turned away. rejecting
upon the slorious victory VI having csPtur-
ed men who he'd fred their last shCt.
An Irishmsn from Battle Cock. Michi-
rsn. IVES st Bu.l Run bs,tie. and vas some
what startled when the hesd Of bis cempan-
ion on the left hand was knocked of BY :
cannon bsIl. A few moments sfter. how
ever, q spent bslI broke tho fingers Of his
comrate on the other eide. The latter throw
down his gun and yelled with pain, when
the Irishmsn rushed 10 him, exclsiming I:
"Blssht your sowI, you ovid woman, sh,op
your cryin' you make more mise about il
Than the man lha, losht his head :,
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OTRecruiting still: goes on lively
in this county. Lieut.. A. Ii. Alex
ander expects to leave Friday morning
with sufficient number Of recruits to
fill up Capt. Banta's company, now
in the regiment filing up at Princeton.
The company forming By Captain
Bohart and Others, is, We understand, /,
nearly full, and will 60 into camp at
Celestine on Friday next, and leave
for the regimental camp the lst .son
day in Nov. Mr.. Mauntel, Of Pa
toka township, has gono to Indianap-
oils to procure the acceptance Of =
company for the I'd German regiment,
Col. Bracklow.
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wheat ". RvK KC,rFEE.-The Richmond
Dispstch ssys:"A farmer in the country re-
quests us 10 ssy that wheat makes much
better substitute th.n re. He hopes. he
ssys. that the establishment sf This fact will
hsve come effect upon the price Of whes,
since he hss learned that rye u already SCI
ling for three dollars . boshsl. For oGr
own part W 80 rsjoiced 70 hear q. for ~
are sworn foes 10 mspopoiists. especially
TO those Who ere trading 90 largely u this
time upon the wants u their counsrymsn--
upon the health and comfor: Of The soldiers
who are fighting their bst,Ies-upon The
necesssri.s that sustain The lives Of 81 sAei'
fellow -ciiizeRs."
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AHApr ScHoLAR.-Ws hsvs boy q
home sbos. three yssrs old. Who, By the
wsy, 10 regular .shsvsr" In HE talk. One
dsy w we're trying 10 teach him HE Alphs.
BET. end asked him what "B' stood for
George" we his prompt snswsr mo"
we replied; Il .sssads for boy" "wsl', s'nr
George : boyr' he ssksd, sriumPhsss'y.
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1--WE were pained to hear Of the
death Of Mr.. George Hopkins, a gal
liant young volunteer from this conn
ty, in Capt. Morgan's company. by
his good qualities be had cndeared
himself to all his companions in arms.
lie died in Missouri.
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A GooD As TluE--An old preacher once
took Tor HE text, "Adsm where srt ihcul
s,d divided bic subject into three parts
r'irss. oil men srs somewhere; second
some men srs where they ought not 70 be-;
and third. unless they take care. they will
soon 6ndsAemseIsee shore they wosld ssth.
lss sos BE-.
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UThc November number Of Ar
thurs Homo Magazine is received
Each subscriber 70 this magazine for
1862, willreceive splendid premium
engraving in addition to the magazine.
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01r I, u stated o fact ths. an Indisns
Clergvmao, during his prsysr on the last
Fast Day. used tho following language;
"Oh. Lord, hsd the Esu done % we'll o
the Hoosiss Ssass in furnis hing men to put
down THE rsb~IIim, We would not Be under
the necessity VI ceiling o. Thee"
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
NOTICE u hereby given that The under.
~ signed hss been appointed sdmiristrs.
tor de hoSis nrn Of the rstsfe Of joseph
Helm. late of Dubois county, deceased Ssid
estate 10 snppcssd so hs soivent.
oct.6 FRANCIS q. .CEHLHAUSEN.
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NkWsbnI lklCk--h lev osye = 90 "
Cincinnati, the evening paper failed TO 70.
lceive i's usual share Of the telegraph news
and the ne~s-boys, who hal bought large
y. were stuck How 10 get out oi The
scrsps ~ss the matter Of grave delibers
ticus. the result Of which vas that one cI
the hoys wss 70 take all The papers OF biz
comrades, and stand st . particular corner
When this vas done. three or four other
boys jumped upon him. best him, threw his
papers into the gutter. The "poor little
fellow" then rose up crying loudly, dsclsr
ing that he dare not 60 home. that biz
mother would whip him; that his snti-s cap
iial was lost. &c. The effect upon the pas.
sers-by wss g had been expected; they
contributed . sum equal TO The vsluc Of bis
Ipspers. end something over. A few minutes
after. he was with his Assaiisn,s dividing
the proceeds. and laughing over the trick
By which they had disposed Of their papers.
TaE CcSrRIBurIoS Box "a CALircRsfA.--
Thoss Who 60 around with the .oontribu.
iicn boxes in Cslifornis churches, plead and
argue the csse 70 the pews % they &c
along. In one instance the following dia
logue occurred:
Psrson L. extended the basket 70 Bill,
and he slowly shock his head. Come viii
liam, give g something said the psrssn.
Cant do it, replied Bill.
"Why not! Il not the cause good onel'
Eyes. but an not able 10 give any
thing"
'Poh poh I know better; you must givs
. better reason than that"
"WeIl, I ows TOO much money! mast b
just before en- generous you know
But William. you owe God larger deb
thsn yeu owe any one else"
That's true psrson; but then he aln't push
ing me like the balance Of my csed;tors."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1861-11-26
REORGANIZATION of Militia.

We have received cory of the ordinance
10 reorganize the militia reported to the Con-
yention by the Committee appointed for that
purpose. 1t divides the militia into two classes
denominated the active and reserue. All over
21 years of age and Under 81 years of age will
constitute the active class, all the rest the re-
serve
Musters and trainings of the reserve shall con-
tinue as heretofore. Those for the active class
shall be prescribed by the Governor. He may
furnish camp equipage to The active class, or such
portion of them as may be ordered into encamp-
ments for military exercises, and t. the reserve
when mustered into service.
When the militia are needed for active service
the Governor shall first call out the active class
or such portion of it as may be necessary, unless
the exigency is such as to require both the active
class and the reserve, but he need not call out
the entire active class before calling out any por-
ton of the reserve. In all cases where the re-
serve is called out it shall be relieved as speedily
as possible by the active class.
The term of service of the res rye shall be as
heretofore; that of the active class shall be as
follows: All under 26 years of age, four years
over 26 and under %, three years; over % and
under 80, two years; and the rest, one year.
Service as volunteer shall be estimated as ser.
vice in the active class, but shall not shorten the
aggregate service which would otherwise have
been due from such volunteer
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1861-11-26
A Yankee SISTERS Letter.

The Memphis appeal gives the following as an
extract from letter taken from the pocket of q
Yankee soldier killed in the battle near Columbus
KY. The letter is written by ''sister Jane" to
her ''dear brother" Its tone indicates more
clearly that among the masses of the North the
war is growing somewhat unpopular. The let
ter says:
"The excitement here is great with regard te
the treatment of Fremont. Mother says she is
getting to be almost segesh. She wishes thai
Washington would be destroyed and all the old
"grannies" that bear rule there She says she
would like to send Old Abe set of petticoats
with the request to put them on and retire to
private life. As for myself, my patriotism has
almost forsaken me. | read as little war news
as possible, and think as little of war as can'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1861-11-26
Engagement at Tensa cOla.-NO Loss of Lift
on our side.

Engagement at Tensa cOla..NO Loss of Life
on our side.
PENSACOLA, Nov. %, A. M.-Fort Pickens
opened fire on the Confederate Notifications IN
this locality this II orDing at niue o'clock. Gen
Bragg is replying deliberately and cautiously
So far no injury has resulted to our eide.
IL O'clock T. M.-The enemy has been
firing continually for four hours, with great IA
pidity, but wildly. There has been no loss OF
life on our side. We are returning the fire slow
ly, but with deliberations.
Two of the eneinys vessels-the Colorado and
Niagara-have opened fire uron Fort McRae.
MONTGOMERY, Nov. 23-The Nail of this
evening says that gentleman arrived here from
Pensacola, this morning, says that the firing
between Fort Pickens and our batteries ceased
yesterday evening, at seven o'clock.
The Navy Yard was fred from Fort Pickens,
but was put out by the Confederates.
1t is reported that the Federal Steamer
Niagara was badly damaged, and that breach
was made in the bastion of Fort Pckens.
A heavy fire continued ON both sides until
seven o'clock.
1t is reported that two Confederates were
killed and wounded.
Gen. Bragg, it is said, is we'll pleased with
the days work.
RICHMOND, Nov. 23.---An official dispatch,
ceased between Fort Pickens ard our batteries
at seven O'Clock, at night, in consequence of the
darkness and rain.
The casualties reported on our side, are four
killed and ten wounded--mostly in Fort McRae.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1861-11-26
Gen. FlOyd's Brigade.

As the army of Rosercra has recently beer
greatly reinforced, Gen. Floyd retreated from
Cotton Hill and took position at Shady Springs
four miles from Raleigh @. Il.
- Whilst posting pickets, Col. Oroghan, gal
liant officer of Floyd's Brigade, was killed. 1t is
reported that when we, under flag of truce, re-
quested the body of COL Croghan, the request
was refused by the enemy. After Gen. Floyd
arrived at his presant position the enemy sent a
flag of truce proposing that they would take no
more Secessionist prisoners provided we would
not take any more Union men. The proposition
was addressed to the Commander of the forces
lately encamped on Cotton Hill! COL Wharton
returned to them the answer, that he would re.
ceive no communication which was not address.
ed to Brigadier General John B. Floyd!
1t was doubtless the object of the enemy to
get an opportunity to learn the strength of our
force, but they were not allowed to get within
our lines