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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-06-07
HEGAZETTE.
CEDAR FALLS. IOWA.
FRIDAY. JUNE 7, 1861.
DEATH OF SENATOR DOUGLAS.

DEATH OF SENATOR DOUGLAS.
STEPHEN A. DouGLAs, U. S. Senator from
Illinois, died in Chicago on Monday, June
3rd, at 10 minutes past 8 o'clock, A. NJ, after
an illness of several weeks. .a aHsna
The death of this illustrious statesman is
deeply and universally mourncd. His coun-
try can lily afford to spare his services in so
important struggle as the present. He died
in the full glory of patriot, and as such he
will be remembered as long as history sur
wives. He united his efforts with those Of all
loyal hearts to maintain the Government and
perpetuate the Union; and with this action
partisanship vanished like dream, and
DouGLAs as well as SEWARD, DOUGLAS as well
as LINCOLN, found prominent position in the
heart of every lover Of his country. Now
that he is dead Nation, not Party, mourns
the untimely loss Of SO greats leader. This
is proven by the demonstrations of grief
which arc everywhere made. Still he will
live-livc in the hearts of his countrylnen--
live in the history of his nation-and live he
will as lover of his country, a sage and a
patriot. . fs..., liz az5g.s-.a-
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-06-07

TnE UNION GuN.-The Union gun cast by
Knapp, Wade a Co. of Pittsburgh has been
rified, and is about ready for shipment
destination unknown, probably Washington.
1t is said this ''Unionist' will throw an OBJ
long ball or slug, weighing SIR hundred pounds
SIX MILES, What iron or steel clad vessel
can Withstand such messenger as that?
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-06-07
NEW REMEDIES FOR

NEW REMEDIES FOR
PERM Il O r. II III CT a.
vuyIIE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA.
Il Benevolent I,sttnfiOn establish ed by specil Ey-
ooepaenL for the Relief Of the Sick and distressed,
Gctsa asttm mcm az .nsom.s Dsense5' anm e.
MEDICAL ADVICE given gratis BY the Acting Surgeon
VALUABLE REP0RTS on Spermat orrhRa, and other
Diseases OF the Sexual Organs, and II. NEW RENE
envelopes free Of charge Two or three stamps for post.
age acceptable, address DIR. j. SKiLLIN HOUGHfON,
Howard association, No. 8. Ninth ST. Philadelphia II
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-06-07
IN Office
A CARD

an ACCOUNT. OF TIE PANIC ia INOIS AND
" WISCONSIN currency shall a Il opening our
Banking House this place until monetary matters
sumo settled state. when shall be prepared TO
transact a General Banking Business.
TOWNSEND 4 KNAPP.
Cedar. Fala, Nay2etb 1a6l.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-06-07

.CHAMBHRsBuRG, Juno Ask person from
Sharpshurg Md states tho Yetels have sent
oyer 500 sick back to Winchester, the disease
being small pox and diairheaa. mc general
belief is that IIarper,s Ferry has beer csacu-
atcd BY tlc secession troops. The evidcnee
tho lending q ears. H.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25
THE DAILY PRESS.
OUR COUNrRY,s GAIL
BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

Lay down the az, i fling by by the spade;
The rifle and the bay yonet blade
For arms like yours were filter now;
Ard l.t the hands that ply, the pen
The horseman's crooked brand, and rein
The charger on the battlefield.
Our country calls; awayl awayi
To where the blood str cam biots the green.
strike 70 defend the gontlest sway
That Time in all its course has seen.
See, from q thousand cOveris-see
Spring the armed foes that haunt her track.
They rush to smite her down, aud we
Must beat the banded traitors back.
Hol sturdy as the oaks ye clsave
And moved as soon to fear and Tight
Men Of the glade and forest Leave
Tie arms that WELD the ak must pour
An iron tempest on the foe;
His serried ranks shall reel before
The ann that LAYS the panther low.
And We who breast the mountain storm
By grassy steep or highland lake,
Come, for the land we love to form
a bulwark that no foe can break.
Stnnd, like your Cwn gray cliffs that make
The ,vbirlwind, stand in her detense
The blast as soon shall move the rock
As rushing sQuadrons bear ye thence.
And ye, whose homes are By her grand
Swift rivers, rising far away,
Come from the depth of her green land
AS mighty in your march as they;
As terrible as when the rains
Have swelled them over bank and bourne,
With sudden floods to drown the plains
And sweep along the woods uptorn,
And ye who tbrong, beside the deep,
Her ports and hamcts Of the strand
In lumber like the waves that leap
On his long murmuriDg marge Of sand;
Come, ike that deep, whom DER his bTim,
He III es, all his floods 20 pour,
And fiugs the pruudts St banks that swim,
helpless wreck against his shore.
Few, few were they whose swords Of Old,
Won the fair land in which we we'll;
But we are many, we vhO hold
The grim resolve TO guard IL we'll
Strike for that broad and gOodly land,
Blow after blow, till men shall bee
That Might and Right move hand in hand,
And glorious must their triumph be.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

THE PosToFTICE WINDow.-The Phila-
delphia North american is responsible for
the following:
A Milesian female approaches. She is
short and angular, with hatchet-shaped
face, and q hatchet-edged voice.
Where's me letther ~ is her abrupt
question.
"What letter p asked the clerk.
"Niver mind nowl l want me three
cints."
"What three cents2"
"The three cints gev ye to send letther
to New Yorrick."
"What do you want the three cents for,
then ?"
"Because the letther never wint."
"And how do you know it never went ~
"Because whin me sister answered it, she
said she niver got it."
allow could she answer it if she never
got it?"
"Arrah, hould yer head Will ye gev me
me three cints, or won't ye."
"No, ma ami you must be crazy to ask
itp
"Is it me crazy ?n
"Certainly, crazy as bedbug"
"Bad luck to ye, and is it the likes of ye
that dare call me bedbug? Is there any
other way of gettin at ye except through
this little windy 2" asked the now furious
woman.
"No ma'am no other way"
"Faith, it's lucky for you then. Av there
was, I'd come and welt ye like an ould shoe
Niver mind" continued the lady as she
went away, "Pll till me husband tonight
he'll dot the two eyes of ye, so he will"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

FATHER WLDEY.-Thomas Wildey, who
died while seated at the breakfast table at
his residence in Baltimore, on Sunday morn
ing, was the founder of the Independent
Order Of Odd Fellows in the United States.
The authentic origin of the now fourishing
Order may be considered as dating from the
26th OF April, 1919, at which time was organ.
ized Washington Lodge No. l, when was as
sembled, at the Seven Stars" tavern in Sec
ond- street, kept by William Lupton, under
a call from Thomas Widey, the following
persons, who claimed to have been instituted
in the Order in other places: Thomas Wildey,
John Welch, John Duncan, John Oheatham
and Richard Rushworth. 1t was originally
self-instituted, and designed to operate ac-
coIding TO the ancient usages OF the Union or
London Order, which plan was very soon
after abadoned, and the work changed 10 that
Of the Independent Order, and under the
usages of this branch of the Order ii became
necessary TO obtain dispensation from some
competent authority, which authority was
obtained through the Duke Of Yorks Lodge,
in Preston, England, during the latter part
of 1919 Mr.. Wildey has filed every position
of honor in the gift of the members, and was
the first Grand Sire when the Grand Lodge
of the United States was instituted.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

1t is for this reason, and because territories
30 predictions as those Of the Southern States
can never be retained by armed occupation,
that we think the policy Of the Federal Gov
ernment wrong. If the whole case of the
war is tO be analysed we must needs say
the Northerners have the right on their side,
for the Southerners have destroyed without
provocation, nightly political fabric, and
have impaired the glory and strength of the
great American Republic. But, as they have
chosen TO do this, as they have shown them
selves hitherto no less powerful than their
antagonists, as the decision of so large a
population can not be contemned, and as we
can not persuade ourselves that a genuine
peace is likely to spring from protracted
war we should rejoice to see the pacification
of America promoted by other means.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

English admirers of Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Esq, whom the London Critic pronounces
one of the best of American novelists, are
getting up a splendid testimonial to this
gifted son OF Essex. 1t is to consist of a
large marble medallion portrait of the author
of the Ti0ice-told Tales, Scarlet Letter, &C.,
by Kuntz, one of the most famed sculptors in
the old world,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25
Rite.


aOh oh I'm bitten to death-Pm dead
mani haven't two hours TO live--oh,
dearp wildly exclaimed an honest country
man, not hundred miles of. as he rushed
into the house one dark evening-"pve been
bitten by o rattlesnake ~
"By rattlesnake2" asked some one
present-"are you sure it was rattle
snake"
"sure2 oh, Lord am too sure heard
him rattle, and felt the bite as plain as
day"
"Then it's gone case with yOu," replied
the compassionate neighbor, "and the
sooner you make your will the better"
"Oh, that should be cut off in the prime
of my days by such a catastrophe that
should ever live to die by the bite of q rattle
snake that it should be my fate to 60 out
of the world swollen like bladder, and
speckled as q sarpent y
"But where is the wound, Mister"
"Here, here on my instep-I had no
stocking on. Oh, I'm dead man-theres s
no help for me. See how my foot swells p
"Alack, alackaday poor man, Ipity you,
upon my soul do But there's no help
a rattlesnake bite is fatal-all the medicine
in the word can't cure it. You might as
well undertake to call man from the dead
as to cure the bite of rattlesnake." v
"But where was the snakeP asked q
considerate man among the crowd who had
run in on hearing of the fatal accident
"Where was the snake, do you say?" re-
urned the bitten man, in agony" he was
behind the barn, among the weeds"
awe had better 60 and kill him." said
the considerate man, before he kills some
body else"
ooh, mercyW calculated several voices ;
1 wouldn't 60 near him for all the world
Nevertheless the prudent man went, well
armed with club, and furnished with a
lantern, while some others cautiously fol-
lowed at distance to see the result. The
man soon described the cause of the mis-
chief, still lurking among the weeds; but
| instead of striking the blow, he merely gave
q whew-whistle, and returned to the house
"Have you killed him." asked the
| wounded man.
"Killed him why, you fool you, the rattle.
snake is nothing but poor old setting hem
that had made her nest among the weeds
and merely pecked your foot to keep you
from treading on her."
"The devil she did !" exclaimed the man
with the swollen foot, leaping up two feet
high" then twas no rattlesnake after all
hey2 Oh Lord that ever an old setting
hen should put me in such fright. Bu
I'm perfectly well, now-my foot aim
swelled bit--the old setting hen, hey
hoo-hoo-hool But, d-n her, say, fol
putting me in such fright for nothing"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25
REMOVALS.
X Il OV AL.

nOCTORS HALL & WHITE HAVE
~ removed their Office from SIS East Third-st.
to Iz5 West FOurth.st, where they can DO con.
suited at all times by The unfortunate Drs. ii q
W. have hsd many years experience in hospital aud
private practice; Their treatment is thorough and
effective, and their cures prompt and permanent,
Persons who have need f the advice of a physician,
especially those who have failed to obtain cures OF
others, are solicited to call Drs. d. W., for they
guarantee cures in all cases Of private disease the
most com plicsted and troublesome. Young men
who have been addicted to those habits Of early
youth so destructive 10 mind and body, should ap
ply TO Drs. II. q W, and be restored to full health
aud vigOr: Agus and Fever cured In twelve hours
warranted.
Ladies suffering from arrangements peculiar to
their sex should use the French Periodical Drops.
Ii s an invaluable for Irregularities &C., Of
iemales-to be had of Drs II. &W.
All letters containing fee, addressed to Dr5 Hall
4 white, l7S West Fourth Fourth st, Clncin natl,
o., promptly attended to, and remedies sent to any
address.
N B.-Ofice centrally located U75 West Fourth.
ST., two squares west of the PUstOtCe), easy of
cess, and safe from observation. se7-u
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

Work ON THE CAPITOL DoME.-The work
on the dome OF the Capitol has been recon-
menced, and is being pushed forward as
rapidly as possible. Some of the new rooms
building is being polished up and put in order
for the use of Congress.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

He who is passionate and hssty is gener-
ally honest. II is your cold, assembling
hypOerite OF whom you should beware. There
is no deception in bull dog, 1t is only the
cur that sneaks up and bites you when your
back is turned.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25
POSTAL RULES.

POSTAL RULES.
Many errors occur by persons not observing the
following regulations in depositng letters, papers
or miscellaneous publications in the ofhce tor
mailing:
ALL DROP-LETTERs MUST BE PREPAID BY
Ft r PoSTAGE-STAMPS.
Prepayment, BY stamps, required on ell letters 70
plAces within the United States.
Such as are prepaid t0H Be sen to the Dead Letter
Once and e party addressed pth not Be notified, a.
Prepayment, BY stamps, required on all transient
printed matter, foreign and domestic.
BY inserting the county in which the ONCE is To-
Gated upon all letters, many In Buperscrip-
iOn might be detected, and mistakes In mailing be
avoided.
The postage on sheet music, maps, eOraVings, RAo-
OTophs gT photographic prInts on rollers or "a paper
cOters; books bound unbound; photographic paper
and letter envelopes IN packages not exceeding IN any
-four pOuHds q at TIE rate Of cent an ounce
on fraction of 10 any place 10 the United States
Ghder GtteeH hundred miles, and al the rate Of t0o cents
an ONHos fraction Of an ounce oUer Vteen hundred
mfIes, prepaid by postage clamps.
Same rates on cards, either blank or printed, and
aad seeds or cuttings In packages not s1eeeahg
REGISTRY OFFICE.
Valuable lstters for any part Of the United States
Canada Great Britain, Fra 90, Hollands the ltAnaa
States, or States Of the German AUSTRIAN Postal
Union, Will 10 registered on application az the
once, between the hours OF ~ A d. and r; m.
Letters 10 b registered 0 NOT bs received az later
h0Ur. ,,,.,,,. ,,oDpa
once open from 71 A. M, TO 81 p. "A.
open on Sundays from 3 to l0A A; NJ;
Oneinnati. October s, 1851.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

WR YOU HAVE LOST ANY THING, ADs
LVfRTfBf Il In the PRJBS, where ysuF adVos
Hssmsnt VIII be moro likely 70 b seen than IN enl
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

TMNHR WEEKLY PR RSS NOW READY,
III Containing the News OF the Week, both Foreign
slseWhere, mp TO the hour Of going 70 press
Eor sale At the OOuntng room. Price = cents
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

Wilkes's Spirit states that NJ. Berger, the
billiard player, made $1,000 by his exhibition
in this country.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25
MEDICAL.

IA r. NEWTON, M. D,-OFFICE, ne.
We 80 West Seventh h-st, between Vine and
Vine and Rsoe. Once hours, N TO sh A. M, IL
10 2k p. NJ, Z to p. n.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

VHOMAS HUSTON, JESSE WILCOX,
y John B. Vail, Joshua Bates and Edward o. Neal
will take Iotice that William II Taylor did, the
I'd OF September, 1861 file his petition in the S9pe-
rior Court Of Cincinnati, against them and others
as defendants, wherein he alleged that he is the
OWL or Of leg estate in, aud entitled to- the possess
sion Of Lots Nos 2l and % in Morse's subdi vision
in Cincinnati, Ohio each fronting IS feet, and that
raid defendants unawfully keep him out of possess
sion thereof, and thereupon he asks Judgment
against SAID defendants for the recovery of the pos
session Of said lots. Now said defendants will take
notice that unless they demur to said pe-
ttion, on or before SATURDAY, the 3Oth day OF
November 1861, judgment will be taken against
them upon default. WARMER NJ. BATBMAN,
se26-fWy Attorney for Plaintiff.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

A closed mail, consisting of letters and newspa-
pers for states and cities Of the German Austrian
Postal Union, and Denmark, Norway, weden, Po-
land, Russia Greece IOnian Islands, etc., is sent
from this Office seml-weekly.
"West India mails will be sent by this steamer.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

NOTICB.-THk .UNDEHsIGNEQ HAs
IN been duly aepoi cd Administratrix Of Jossphua
Hobby, late OF HaWiit County, Ohio, decesse
Cineinusti, September "a. 1861. SEQ oWT
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

UNHR WEEKLY PRESS NOW BRADY,
n Containing the News Of the Week, both Eoreigi
and Local, and Telegraphio Summary OF Events
slseWhere up 10 the hour OF going 70 press.
Vnr aSis al the OountnR-rOoW Pries oants
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25
BUSINESS CARDS.

J A. FRAZER. 8. q. CHAPMAN
UAMEs A. FRAZER g. Co, WHOLE
ID SA LIE GTOcers and Commission Merchants, Nos.
SO and 6S Walnut-st., Cincinnati, o. jy2.u
ny WHITEHEAD, HORSE DOCT0H
ALS AND SHOBR, having had thirty ~
years experience with an extensive praos - Z
dee In the Veterinary art and Shoeing stE&-,ttS
combined, begs leave to inform the public ykuzI4&
thai he can be found at all times at his
pIace Of business and residence, No. Ia Riohm0nG.
street All kinds Of Horse Powders, Ointmentg and
LIniments, constantly on hand. fe6-h
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

.OUNHH WEEKLY PHKsA NOW MKADY,
y containing the News Of the Week, both BoTeigA
and Local, and q TelegTaphio Summary OF Events
elsewhere, up TO the hour Of going % press
For sale IT the OOuntinRJ >om. Prles a cents
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VNHR WEEKLY PRESS NOW READY,
n oontaiDing the News Of the Week, both Foreign
elsewhere, up to the hour OF going TO press.
For sale at the Counting room Price = centa.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25
INsURANOW.
OF HARTFORD, OoNN.
1sIs.-Chartsr PsrpsstusR
Cash Capital Enlarged Half MILES
of Dollars.

a aKNUR EsRABLIsHEB M UTHGTE
"A HATI IN I69A. ante-dsting al present leeR
Insurance. oompanies sni agencies in the insufanet
business in this city. Thirty.hve yesrs oonstss
prize and liberelity, especially commend the htat
Insurance Company e. the tavorablo patronage 2
sole survivor and living pioneer ofOinoinnsd un0ss
The lsrSeSt loss ever sustained By any inBprAzci
company at one hre in Ohio was by the Mtna,
uhillcothe, April, 1852 and amounted to tlilis2l y
mostly paid PRIOR to thirty days siter the IRE.
Lsossss paid In Cincinnati during the past six year
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25
STATE OF OHIO, HAMILTON COUNTY.

STATE OF OHIO, HAMILTON COUNTY,
, C0UKT OF COMMON PIE 1S.--[No a. 1859 y
Ethan S. Bates vs. Sol d. KemptoD, William Long
street james ). KemptOn. ct 1.-The defendants,
Sol d. Kempton and William Longstreet, are
the said Ethan g. Bates died his petition in the said
Court of Common Pleas, to forecose the mortgage
made by said James Kempton to the plaintiff on
that tract of land in said county, In section 26,
township 3, ard second fractional range in the Mi
ami Purchase, particularly described in said mort
gage and in said petition, and which mortgage Ia
recorded in the Record Of Mortgages Of sad county,
In Book No 24s, page 466. The said defendants are
required to appear and answer on or before SATUR-
DAY, the l4th day of December, A ID 1871, or the
petition will be taken as true and the PRAYER thereof
granted. G. B H0LLISTER, Plaintiff Atty.
Cincinnati, October IA, 1861. ocl7-f*Wy
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25
TIME OF OPENING ANp CLOSING MAILS.

For Mails Sent and Received TIOioe al
Delivery. Day. 0gOsel
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-11-08

The World gives this account of Gen. Hun
ter, who is said to be the officer selected to
supercede Fremont-as yet his military ser
vices have not been brilliant
General Hunter, the reported successor Of
General Fremont is about sixty years OF age.
He graduated at West Point in 1922, the
twenly-ffth in rank in a class numbering
forty, and was appointed second lieutenant
OF infantry. Having risen to first lieuten-
ancy, he was, in 1856, made capt in Of cav
airy, but shortly after resigned. In 1912 he
rejoined the army as paymaster in which pO-
siion, with the rank of major, the present
Administration found him. He accompanied
Mr.. Lincoln from Springfield, on his route to
Washington, as far as Buffalo, where, owing
to the pressure of the crowd, he suffered a
dislocation of the collar-b9ne. Shortly after
he was made colonel of tie Third Cavalry,
and then brigadieT-general. He commanded
leading division at the battle of Bull Run,
but was wounded so early in the day that he
reached Washington, travelling in an ambu-
lance, almost as soon as Mr.. Russell. He
saw no service in the Mexican war, nor in
auy OF our Indian wars"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-11-08
FROM TIE KANAwHA.
Life an the RarGvka hiIls-A tea party
broken Hp-SgferiFg Of RestsrH Virginia
Tr6ops-The "Damp unpleasant cir"

A<De ~ ule n az dDhd HtttS--a TEA OQTty
broken np-Sgfering Of Western Virginia
Tr0oPs-Ths "Damp unpleasant Gir"
CHARLESTON, Va, Nov. 2.
Ed. LEADER:-Shut up under. these Ka-
nawha hills, and with a telegraph complete
from Gauley Bridge to the Ohio, IfearI can
say but little by letter that will be news to
you; for like Othello '1ittle of this great
world can I speak more than pertains to
scenes of broil and battle" We hayn't got
the guid nuncs to paralyze you twice week,
but still we are as much entitled to cur little
excitement here as they of Washington,
though reading letters from the Potomac is
rather discouraging to man of my modesty
Some of uthe most prominent citizens Of
this town were little embarrassed the other
day by some As Of their virtuous number
starting Unexpectedly for Columbus. Taking
an oath don tsave them now. But if s'oaths"
would do it, those fellows were safe. There
was nice little tea party a few evenings
since; it was good thing, until it broke up,
and then there happened TO be aliae Of "d-d
Glue bellied yankees drawn around the house
ready to do escort duty. These incidents,
know, are not so important as the taking of
Washington, and the grand advance Of 30O.-
600 men to Richmond, but l believe they are
full as true.
No division of men in this war, sll in all,
have suffered like those in Western Virginia;
out hospital stores are arriving, AID the sick
men here are beginning to receive a few
more comforts than heretofore. Although
the winters in these valleys are not so intense
as on the Reserve; they are harder to be
borne. There is a humidity of the amos
phere that goes directly "to the bones" We
are having continual rains now, and many
who would be lively and strong in the clear
Geld of the North, sink under this incessant
dampness The residents use very large
sleeping rooms with fire places in them, in
which they kindle fires mornings and even
ings, ezen in summer.
While lam writing this, there comes a re-
port by the telegraph that big fights going
On at Gauley, which is 3s miles above this
place. A rebel force that could cut its way
through there, would soon put this place at
its mercy. @. II.