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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-12
90 inhabitants without a female

resident. Their absence has q |
tendency to make us rough and
rude III our manners, to make us
forget that they exist on terra
ts,wao. God bless the dear crea-
lures! would that they could be
induced to visit us in our far off
home,
Tosmooth our troubles and drown our sorrows,
And drive dull care away.
We are visited only by, Yankee
''peddlar women" (ugly as your
humble correspondent, and you
know his beauty cannot be descan-
ted upon,) and theyvisit us only
to sell pies, cakes, &C., at outrage
GUS prices. ! do not believe these
Eastern Virginia people have any
conscience at all, at least it does
not appear so from the way they
treat US in selling US little necessa-
ries at such eNorbitaut and unreas-
enable prices. A few items, if you
please: Sweet potatoes, $500 to
$500 per bushel; Irish ditto, ST.
Toto $500 per bushel; Cabbage 20
to 30cts per head; Milk loo per
gallon; Red Pepper, 5 to 10 cts
per pod! Whiskey sells at from
$500 to $500 per quart! Just
think-$20,00 per gallon for fence
rail and pine top whiskey! Did
you ever!
/ Our batteries below continue to
make the blockade of the Potomac
effective. Not vessel dares to
pass. From all that we can hear
the effects Of the blockade are
beginning to be felt in Washington.
] About two weeks ago our regi-
ment was on picket at the batter
les, and Just before leaving we
had an interesting confab with the
! Yankees Of Sickles' brigade, who
are encamped on the Maryland
shore opposite our guns. We be-
meaned them in every possible
manner, occasionally sprinkling
our remarks with Bull Run, Long
Tom, Leesburg, Belmont, &c., they
IN turn cursing US with all their
might and calling us by every OPP
probious epithet they could COM
mand. For an hour or more the
conversation was kept up, when
we returned to camp. 2 Of the
Yankees, claiming to be deserters,
were arrested at night by the Mis-
sissippi pickets.
/ 2 members of the I'd Mississip-
pi Regiment arrived at Camp Fish
er few days ago, direct from
Washington, they having been ia
ken at the battle of Bull Run
They were released on parole, as
also about 80 others, amongst
whom was Lieut.. Col. Boone, of the
Mississippi Regiment. They rep
resent the Yankee government as
in a precarious condition. Hoping
my lines may interest some, if
not all of your readers, will close
for the present. Twill write again
when something new ''turns up"
The Observer is always gladly re-
ceived by the ''boys"-it being the
most welcome visitor in our camp.
Send along the Obseruez, for it is
the only paper we get now that is
of any value. No chance for a
fight unless we cross the river.
Respectfully, NYLGHAU.
Col. 7urney's LIST Tennessee Regt.
P. S.-25th-We had slight
fall of snow last night, and this
morning is the coolest Of the sea-
son. n.
The Cincinnati Commercial of
late date says:
The news that the Cumberland
gap expedition has made an absurd
4.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-12

During the recent battle of Bel
mont the-fring was distinctly heard
at Fort Henry. a distance of sixty
miles.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-12

INV. Il, HOWL. I
Mr.. WALLAcE:-After the lapse
of several weeks, / again seize my
pen for the purpose of giving you
a few items from the "seat of war"
though there is nothing partic-
ularly interesting to write about.
The health of the Regiment is
not SO good as it was a month or
so ago, owing, | presume, to the
approach of cold weather. which
with its cold nights and frosty
morns, is beginning to be felt
More than 80 of the regiment are
sick and convalescent-mostly re-
cruits-which shows the folly Of
recruiting in the Fall. But this
number is not large according to
the size Of the regiment, which
numbers SCI, rank and file. 2
of the recruits of Co. &c" are
sick, but improving rapidly-the
others well. 2 of Capt. Cruse's
Co. died last week.
We are preparing, on a grand
scale, for the approaching winter.
s days ago Gen. Whiting gave or
ders to the several regiments I'M
der his command to 90 to work at
putting up cabins for ''winter quar-
tiers" AS we had sent two requi-
sitions to Manassas for new tents
and failed to get them, and Lieut..
Wilson was sent to Richmond to
procure them and also failed. and
our small tents being somewhat
dilapidated, it was essentially nee
essary to have some protection
from the pinching cold, which our
tents failed to give. Accordingly,
the "boys" turned into" the large
pine forest near our camp and in
the short space of one week erect
cd near l25 comfortable cabins,
and "stiil the work goes on"
In two weeks more the number
will be increased to lis. When
the fact is taken into consideration
that we have no tools but axes and
spades to work with, the progress
of the work will seem astonishing
we have no saws, augers, nails,
boards, &C., things essential for the
erection of house in Tennessee.
The mode of erecting the huts is as
follows: The forests here are al
most entirely composed of pine
trees-tall and straight. A suita-
BILE number of logs are cut and the
foundation laid, when, in some in
stances, a square hole is dug
nearly as large as the house, in Or
der to lessen the wood work and
to make the house warmer,-in
others only a part is dug out and
that at the chimney end" in or
der to get jams, as we have 10
rock. The house is built to a
height to suit its owners, and is
covered with poles-the roof slo-
ping one way. On the poles is put
a thick layer of pine branches,
(some with the addition of straw
and corn stalks, the whole cover
ed with a thick layer of clay,
which is beaten hard so as to
make good surface. The chin
ney is made of sticks, the whole
chinked and daubed. You cannot
imagine, Mr.. Editor, how comfor-
table these rude huts are. When
we go inside we have to pull off our
coats, 1t is so warm-and we have
to chain our cook vessels to keep
them from being drawn up the
chimney, and to save our rations.
We are as contented as if we were
in gilded palaces surrounded by
servants and all the luxuries of |
cieiliaed life-wouldn't swap places
with old Abe. Thursday night it
rained on our new efforts. Some
of the houses leaked, but this was
owing to the insufficiency of clay.
Most Of them, however, ''stood
II
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-12
The Cincinnati Commercial of a
late date says:


The Cincinnati Commercial of a
late date says:
The news that the Cumberland
gap expedition has made an absurd
and ruinous retreat is enough to
sicken the whole country. There
has been an alarm both false and
foolish, and a most abominable
stampede. While the East Ten
nesseeans were burning to advance,
and East Tennessee was converted
into a trap for Zollicofier's army,
our army, as if it were comman-
ded by IDIOTS, runs away. We
have no heart to comment on such
imbecility. If it continues, of
course the Tennessee regiment in
our army will make their peace
with jeff. Davis.
The New York Tribune thinks
the expenses Of the Lincoln Gov,
eminent are at least t,co millions
of dollars per day, or 100000, goo
per annuml With its expendi-
ture and load resting upon that
Government, it thinks it is idle to
talk about going into winter quar-
tiers with the army.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-12

Snow fell in Nashville, on Mon
day of last week.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-12
FROM COL. TURNER'S REGIMENT.


Written for the Fayetteville Observer.
2DCoRPs Army OF THE PoToMAe. I
CAMP FISHER, NEAR DUNFRIEs, VA
Nov: a. 1861.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15
CAMP MEETING INCIDENT.

Our readers may remember the story Of the
soaPlng OF the signal horn. The story runs,
that when certain revivalist of celebrity took
up the horn to summon the worshr2pers to SER
vices, after dinner, one day, he blew a strong
blast ol soti-soaP all over the astonished breth-
ten. II Is also said by the chronicler of this
E'ltem," that the brother was so wroth at this
Joke tha: he cried out loud, ."3rethlen, have
passed through many trials ant iribuialions, but
nothing fke this. I have served ahe r4.irrst.y
tor thirty years, aCC in that time have never
uttered Prolane word, but I'll be cussed if
| can'i whip the man that soaped that there
horn.'
Well, :his is strong story; but we have,
from reliable authority, something a little
stronger in the sequel to the same incident
FMS is given 10 US follows:
Some two DAYS after the horn-soaping, tall,
Swarthy, Misunderstanding desperate strollet
on the grounds aud leaned against tree, listen
In9 to the eloquent exhortation to repent which
was being made by their preacher. After a
while became interested, finally affected, and
then taking position on the ANXIOUS seat, COM
menced groaning in ihe bitterness of his sorrow.
The Clergyman walked down and endeayorpd
10 console him. No consolation he was too
great a sinner, he said. Oh no-there was
pardon for the ViIest No, be was too wicked,
there vas no mercy for him.
"Why, what crime have you committed %
SAID the preacher. "Hsve you stolen 2"
ooh, worse than that -
""hat, have you by violence robbed female
innocence of its virtue 20
"Worse than that"
'Murder, is it ~ gasped the borrifed preach
er.
"Worse than that - groaned the smnlen
sinner.
The excited preacher commenced "peehng
Off his ''dry goods''
'Hrre, brother Cole 20 shouted be, "hoId nv
coat-ive found tie fellow that soaqed that
horn ~
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
HON. ABRAH AM LINCOLN.

Fr1Iow-CITIzENs OF THE UNITED STATES
Tn compliance with a CT lstom as old as the Gov
ernmept itself, / appear before you 10 address
you briefly, and take 10 your presence the oath
nrescrIbed bv the Coustl luton OF the United
States TO be taken by th t President before he
enters on The execution OF his office L 40 not
consider it Necessary a. resent Tor me to dis
cuss those matters Of adm lnlstratIon about which
there is no SPECIAL anxiety or excitement
Apprehension seems I, exist among the peo-
pIe OF the Southern SLATE that by the accession
ola Republican administ ration, then property
and their peace and personal security are TO De
endangered. There has never been any rea-
sonable cause for such apprehension. lndeed,
the most ample evidence 10 the contrary has
all the while existed, and mas been open TO their
inspection.
Il is found ia nearly al the pubic speeches
OF him who DOW addl esse you. do but quote
from one OF those speeches when declare that
l have no pnrposs, direct ly or indirectly to IA
terfere with the institution Of Slavery IN the
States where It exists. J believe l have 40
fight 10 DO so. Those who nominated aud -
lected me did 50 with the foil khowledg- thei
| had made this aud man similar decIa' alIonS,
ard had never recauted hem, and more than
this, they placed Ia the I,laitoIm tor my acce?-
tance, as law to thrms rlves and 10 me, the
clear and emphatic resolution which l now
read
"REsoLvED, That the maintenance lnvIolate
of the rights OF he States, and especially ihe
right of each State to order and control lis own
domrstic institutions according to It's own Judg-
ment exclusively, is essr n1Ial 10 that balance OF
power on which the perfection aud endurance
OF our political fabric depends and we drnounce
the lawless invasion, by an armed force, OF the
soil OF any State or Territory, no matter under
What pretext, as among the graVest OF crimes"
| now Tei,erate these sentiments, and IN do
ing so ! only press upon the public attention
the most conclusive evidence OF which the case
Is susceptible that the property, peace and Sc
curty Of no section ART. 10 be IN anyWise en-
dangrred by the now incoming Administration.
Iadd, foo, that all the protection which consIs-
tentiy with the Constitution and the laws can
be given, will be cherrfuliy given to all the
States, when lawfully demanded, for whatever
cause, as cheerfuly to one section as to ano-
lher.
There is much controversy about The deliver
ing of fughives from service or labor. The
clause now read Is as plainly written in the
Constitution as any other Of its provisions
"No person held 10 service or labor in one
State under the laws thereof escaping into an
other, shall, in consequence OF any law or reg
wee or labor, but shall be delivered up Oh claim
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15
EXILE OF ERIN.

There came TO the each poor Exile OF Erin,
The dew on his th in robe was heavy and chill
For his country ne sigh'd when twilight repair
ing
To wander alone by the wind beaten hill,
Bnt the day-star attracted his eyes sad devotion
For it rose over is own native isle of the ocean,
Where once in the fire OF his youthful emotion
He seng the bold nthem of Erin go bragh.
Sad is my fate said the Aeart-broken stranger;
The wild deer and wolf to covert can fee,
But have no refuge from famine and danger,
home ana country remain not to me-
Never again, in the green sunny bowers,
Where my forefathers Lived, shall spend the
sweet hours,
Or cover my heart with the wild woven flowers,
And strike 10 the numb .rs Of Erin go bragh
Erin my country, though sad and forsaken,
In dreams revisit thy sea beaten shore
But alas, in far foreign land awaken,
And sigh for the friends who can meet me no more
Oh cruel fate, wilt thou Il ever replace me
In a mansion of peace where no perils can chase
ME
Never again shall my brothers embrace me
They died 10 defend III ; or lived 10 deplore
Where is nv cabin ~oor, fast by the wild wood
Sisters and sire, did 20 weep for its fall
Whsre is the mother that look'd on my childhood
And where IS the bose m friend dearer thaa all
Oh nv sad heart long al ,andoned by pleasure,
Why did it dote a ast fading treasure
Tears IKE rain drop, ma fall without measure,
But rapFrre and beauty they cannot recall
Ye, all its sad reeolectio IS suppressng,
One dying wish my or re bosom can draw
Erin, an exile beqIeaths thee his blessing.
Land of my forefathers Erin g or'gh!
e-,r,ed and cold when M, heart stills her motion,
SGresn be tay felds-ssyeetest isle oftha ocean
AID thy harp striking bsy ds sing aloud with deyo-
ton
Erin mavournin-E.;n 90 brash
-CampbeH
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15
JONES AND SEREFEENER."

We hev sad it was night. And Onct for all
we say agL
1t was night.
10 The fore room OF widder Tuttle's house sat
widder Tuttle's only darter-Serefrener. To
10 say that Serefeener Tuttle-such was her
name likewise her nature-waS a lovely gal
would be several rows OF apple trees away
from her case. Her raven tresses were redder
than her nose, expreSsible eyes, teeth-grinders,
tothers bting out-probabIy ivory. Add 10
these the form OF syrup, and you hey one of
them gals kakerlated TO make man strike his
father and kick hls grandmother, break.the ten
commandments, and pretty much everything
else.
Leastwise, SO thought Jemes Perkins, as be
knelt at her fee! that cold, cold, night
"FaIrest OF the fair sects,' inplored the
y0nth, sheer me- swar %
She SAID she would.
And he sword
"MaY be whitfield inter kiudling wood"
swore Jenes, ''may use stutfinc sarsiges if [
ever"
Here the strain caused by kneeing was too
much for Jeme' Onmentionaoles. Thar war a
Flp, then tear, and Jenes Serilumexed
a deadly pallor suriused the classic counte-
nance OF the lovely Serefeener.
sob, grashus :" she cried, then swooned.
An then Jemes he swooned too
lhen- as If this had been the signal-thun-
der bellered, lightning flashed, and the wind
Toarrd in the chlmbly.
"Jrmes-Jemes," at length called Serefee-
ner, IN The gossamer tone olan expirin' treetode,
''thls are the lyia' gale.''
Then life once more returned to the dyin'
youth. For single moment be sat on The
haIrth gracefully as Roman seniter foldin
his toggy did gather his cote tails round his
tored trowsis-soTrowfully did he gaze upon
the face OF his beloved--and solemnly he re-
piled
''It KANT be so-it's too airly %
Hardly had he seesed speakin'-or more
properly sPeakin, skasely had he dried up
when the door opened, and -! ! !%**+*
I-tir
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15

The Crowd OF HUNGRY OFFlcE SEEKERS -
Every avenue to Mr.. Lincoln and even to his
supposed future advisers, is literally choked up
by greedy. craving demagogues, who have no
thought excepting To get some greater or small
ler morsel of the spells that are about TO be
distributed. The dirty crowd that has poured
in from the West and Northwest, reminds one
of the locusts of Egypt. They fill the hotels
and the avenues. block up the passages Of the
Capitol delnge the, streets with tobacco juice
and are most ntolerable nuisance to The re-
gular inhabitants OF the capitol. Their prlnci-
Piles depend upon the State of the Cabinet mar
ket. Now that Mr.. Stewards authority is con-
firnled, they curse Greeley, Fessenden s. Co.,
and denOunce "ultIaIsts' as traitors. A few
days ago, when it appeared probable that CO.
ercionists would get the uppe:hand, they were
ready 10 hang the future P remier on the nearest
lamp post. The welfare Of the country IS their
last consideration. The North and South may
cut each others throats, aud the whole nation
90 TO destruction, for all they would do to pre-
vent 1t. the little mess OF poltage they have
come TO Washington for, and without which
many OF them will 60 away without paying
their bills, is of more importance to them than
the salvation OF the republic, and they think 1t
must be equally SO to every one else.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15

TMrs. Parlngton says, that "when she
was gal she used TO go TO parties, and always
had beau to extort her home But now"
SAYS she, the gals undergo all sorts OF declivi-
ties the task OF extortmg them home revolvss
on their dear selves" The cid lady drew down
her specs, and thanked her stars that she had
lived in other days, when men could depreci-
ale the worth of lhe female sex. "Rssides,"
she added, $50 many men are murdered every
dav, that you gals must make haste and get
husbands as soon as you can, or there won't be
any left" "Why SO, aunt % "Why, see
by the paper that we must have got almost thlr-
ty thousand post Offices, and nearly all of 'em
dispatches mail every day.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15

10 Mr.. James Shirley, OF rove Station, had
bis pocket picked while in Harrisburg, seeing
"Old Abe" on the 22d Feb. We are informed
that the pick-pocketS did good business there.
on that day. A preacher while standing on
corner, was relieved of three hundred dollars
in gold. He must have been lucky fellow
TO have had SO much money and all at one time
too, but not very lucky IN having it taken from
him. We would like to see the man who can
relieve US OF that much al one time. In fact,
we don't believe il can be done, as we never
had that much, nor never expect TO have, a,
one time.-Broad Top Miner.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15

REslGNfD.-We are sorry to learn that our
friend, Mr.. William Graham, Foreman OF Re-
pairs on Shoups's Run Division OF the Broad
Top Railroad, has sent in his resignation, which
is 10 take effect to-day, or sometime soon. Mr.
Graham is a master workman, and has proved
himself such, since his connection with the B.
T. Co. The company deeply regret his with
drawal, as we'll as host of warm friends, who
are sorry 10 lose him tron,iheir midst. Wherev-
er he may go, or in whatever he may embark,
the best wishes of his friends 90 with him fer
his future welfare Broad Top Miner.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15

TIE PRINTER DoLLAg.-The Printers Dol
lars! Where are theyl We will suppose one
OF them IS in somebody's pocket in A abama
another IN Mississippi, and a third 10 Georgia,
while Others are resting serenelr in Missouri.
dollar here and there scattered ali ove-
the country miles upon miles apart. How
shall they be gathered together; The type
toun de! has his hundreds OF dollars against the
PrInt'r; tis paper maker the building owner
the Journeyman composIar the grocer ; the
tailor and all his assistants in carrying on tue
business have their demands hardly ever so
small as single dollar. But the mites from
here and there must be diligently and patiently
boarded, or the wherewnh TO discharge the
large bills will never become bulky. We i'm
magine the print aili have to get up 40 ad-
dress TO widely scattered dollars something like
the following
''Dollars, halves, quarters, dimes aud all
manner OF factions into which ye are divided
collect yourselves and come home You are
wanted Combinations of all sorts OF men
that help the printer TO become a proprietor,
gather III such force and demand with such good
reasons your appearance at his counter, that
nothing short OF sight OF you will appeasr
them Collec' yourselves, for valuable as YOU
are in the aggregate, single you will never pay
the cost of gathering Come in here IN sIlert
single file, that the printer may form you INTO
a battalion, and send you forth again to- battle
Tor him and Vindicate his feeble credit :"
Reader are you sure you havn't couple OF
tie printers dollars sticking about your clothes
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TuVHE BEDFORD GAZETTE
II is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
RY ". ". MEYERS.
. followlne terms, TO WI

At the following terms, 10 VII
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$500 if paid within the year
$3.50 if not paid within the year
n-No subscription taken for less than SIX months.
Uz-No paper discontinued until all arrearas1s are
paid unless at the option of the publisher it mas
tonnaae of uewspaner without tne payment OF ar
rearages, is prina facie evidence OF fraad and IS
criminal offence.
nrTbe courts have decided that persons are ac-
eountable for the sub scripton price OF
g .hea tae them fro the post Office, whether they
,bscribe for them. Dr not
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vel. 4. NO. 81.
John Alcohol, my Joe John.

John Alcohol, my Joe John,
When fret we were acquaint,
| had money in my pocket, John,
But now you know, | baiut
I've spent It all in treating you,
Because ] loved you SO,
But mark how you have treated mp,
John Alcohol, my 10
John Alcohol my 10, John,
We've b1en TOO long together,
Ycu must now take one road, John,
And will take another,
For we must tumble down, john,
i hand in hand we go,
And | will have to foot your bills,
John Alcohol, my Jo!
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15

TnE California Legislature have passed re-,
solutions lndorsing the Ctntenden Compromiss,
and the views against coercion expressed by
Breckenridge and Douglas. An attempt is
making to reunlte the two wings OF the Dema-$
cratic party in that States
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15

THE " Y. Trihune saws ii prefers the pre-
servation of the Chicago Platform to FIFTY
UNIONS" THIS is the difference between
partles--one willing to surrender all tor the U
MON, the other not even rotten plank in its
platform!
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-03-15

AN ENGINE OF WAR.-There is now being
exhibited TO the citizens OF Baltimore new
gun, or movable fortress, sty led by the inven-
tor DickiDson's Peace Maker. 1t is a centrifu-
gal gun, throwing from one hundred to five
hundred balls per minute, or from one ounce
to twenty-four pounds. The gun is worked
wholly BY steam, neither powder nor caps
being used, and is certainly very terrible en-
gine OF war. 1t was ia operation on Thursday,
for the purpose of exhibiting ;its powers to
number Of military officers, all = whom de-
clared it a powerful and destructive weapon
1t is movable, can be put in readiness for action
IN few minutes, and easily worked by four
men, who, as we'll as the machine, are safely
esoonced behind an Impregnable steel amor.
IT is certainly great curiosity, and worthy
the attention of those interested in gunnery.-
Patriot & Union.