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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17
Cathedral was attended by thou
sands of the poor, who truly ieat
they had lost a mother.
Yours, J.. r..
Down on the Spectators. .

Governor A. B. Moore, of Ala
bama, has issued the following
proclamation Jon a alsif,I
|, have credible information that
sundry persons, in the cities of Mo
bile and Montgomery and other
parts of the State, are buying up the
limited supply OF the articles which
are indispensable for the subsistence,
clothing, and maintainance Of our
soldiers and people, for the purpose
Of monopoGzing the trade in such
articles, and realizing large and
unreasonable profits. l deem it
my duty to protest, in this public
manner, against such conduct, and
pronounce it unpatriotic and wick
ed; and 1 hereby notify all per-
sons authorised to make purchases
for the State of Alabama, not, un-
der any circumstances, to buy at
the unreasonable prices which
may be exacted by such persons.
Those who would take advan-
tage of the necessities of the coun-
try and its army, to enrich them
selves by such means, cannot be
regarded as its friends, and will
meet with merited retribntioA
in due season. / have no con-
demnation or rebuke for merchants
who are engaged in legitimate
trade, and only exact just and
reasonable profits. They subserve
a purpose of tnquestionable use
fulness, by procuring and supply
ing the things which the people
and government need; and they
manifest alike their patriotism and
integrity by continuing to pursue
a course of legitimate trade, unIn-
fuenced by the opportunities for
monopoly and extortion. It's due
to the community which has pat
ronized such merchants, as well as
to the country, that they should
sell their merchandise only to per-
sons needing them for consump-
ton, and in such quantities as may
be needed for that purpose; thus
contributing to defeat the designs
of the harpies, whs would specu-
late upon the necessities OF the
times.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17
MONEY OR BLOOD.

A Southern gentleman, who has
recently escaped from New York,
reports that Seward, on a recent
visit to that city, informed the
bankers and other capitalists,
that they must subscribe either
money or their blood to the Gov
ernment loan-that there was no
use in mincing matters-that the
simple question was whether the
shall get money with
out blood The Babboon despot-
ism is fast eliminating tothe height
of the highest atrocities of the
French Revolution. Bastiles are
dotted in the North, '''ette';s de
cdchet' are in vogue, a system 'Ot
espionage, which Fouch might
have envied, is in operation, ha-
6eas corpus is suspended, and soon,
no doubt, .sthe Maiden's Daugh-
ter Tor Guillotine) will raise and
lower her bloody hands on pros
trate necks. And all this goes on
in country protesting not only
to claim liberty for itself, but al
SO the emancipation of the slaves
of the South!!-Raleigh (N o.
REGISTER.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17
nmI tStoru.-A gent

A Good Story.-A gentleman
who was in Augusta, when the
Yankee prisoners passed there ON
their way to New Orleans, relates
the following conversation between
one of the prisoners and a "cuilud
gemman:' -,
Yankee, from car window, to
darkie on platform=Are you a
slave or free man?
Darkie-Well, | amt what you
might call q free niger, but Is
right smart fre'er dan you is bout
dis time.-Athens Ga } Banner.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17
Gemple of Ghe Muses.

!, a HovE LOST
30 fair and yet so desolate.
! So wan, and yet SO young
! Oh. there is grief too deep for tears.
Teo seali for teil-tale tongue
, With faded foweret in her hand,
! Poor little hand SO white
And dim blue eye, from her easement high
/ She looks upon the night.
j Only little rosebud
Only Z simple flower
! But it blooms no more as it seem'd to bloom
| Through many lone, lone hour. ai4s
As they float from her fsver'd touch away,
The petals wither'd and brown,
All the hopes she deem'd too bright to b
I. dreafn'd
Sink trembling and Huttering down.
It needs no hush of the Present
To call back the sweet calm past;
The lightest summer murmuring
May be hearl through the wintry b'astS
And the wind is rough with sob aud with sougl
Tonight upon gable and tree, .,
Till the bare elms wall like spectres pale,
And the pines like a passionate sea.
Bat she thinks of a dreamy twilight
On the garden walk below,
OF the laurels whist erinS in their sleep,
- ,b r,co in fnn blnu
The early moon had sunk away
Like some pale queen, to die
In the costly shroud Of an opal cloud
To tie June airs .remulous sigh.
All, all too freshly real;
The soft suiahed eclipse.
Hand in hand. ana heart in heart
And hethril of the weddei lips:
Those tender memories, how they flush
Pale cheek and brow again,
Though heart oe changed. aud lip estransed,
That swore such loving then
'Tis but the old. old story
Sung so often in vain;
For man all the freedom of passion,
For woraan the calm ani the pain.
Tell it the soul whose grief isIead l.
In the paor, pale, suffering face,
1t will still cling on to love that is gone
With the warmth of is first embrace.
Oh, '.is wei for the careless spirit
TO weave the web of rhyme,
And prison the idle memories 1H
That float on the breath Of tifne;
But better for many an aching heart, 'f
IL ever it might be so,
To forget, to forget the light that has set
And the dreams Of long ago. s
R. A. B.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17
sumo is correct:

When red hot shot are fired,
the ordnance used is elevated to
the position that is desired before
the gun is shotted. The powder in
the gun is kept from explosion
by means of wadding. Between
the explosive Substance and the
heated mass are generally three
layers of wads The next to the
ball is dry, second is wet, and up
on the powder a dry piece rests.
The ball is discharged soon after
being placed In the cannon.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17
Gpah Misrellany.
VICTOR EMMANUEL.

! The King of Sardinia, Victor
Emmanuel, who looks like a man of
about forty years of age, is frank
sincere, vigorous, temperate, an
early riser, and a keen sportsman
with gun and dog. He bears the
fatigues of a long days shooting
better than many of the most ac-
tive mountaineers, and he general
ly starts on such occasions before
sunrise. He makes a very light
breakfast, merely piece of bread
and slice of cold meat or cheese,
which he eats like a peasant, with
out sitting at table; but he always
makes a hearty dinner, laying aside
all etiquette, without courtor cham
berlains. One day, when out
shooting, he met a peasant, who,
on seeing the king bring down two
partridges, right and left, with his
double-barrellcd gun, went up to
him and said,
''You shoot well, You do"
"It was not aaliss, was it?" re-
sponded the king. ss r.
perhaps YOU could rid me of a
fox that steals my hens?"
''Most willingly"
eff you do, l will give you two
mute" i" GO cents.t
"Agreed, said-the king. II will
come tomorrow with my dog, and
shoot your fox"
"Give me your hand ON it" said
the man. The king Immediately
shook hands with him, and true to
his word, went the next morning,
found the fox, and shot it.
''Thank God for that, exclaimed
the peasant, '.you have fairly
earned your two mute, and there
they are
The king took them, and said,
'SThis is the first money | ever
earned" Then tossing up the pie
ces in his hand, he added, 1T is a
pleasure to receive money one has
fairly gained" The next day, in
exchange for the two mute, his
majesty sent dress, necklace, and
earrings for the peasants wife.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

A late London paper contains
the following advertisement: "a
gentleman who is about to leave
the house in which he resides,
and being desirous to return it to
his landlord in the same condition
in which he found it, will pay a
fair price for Eve hundred full
grown rats, an acre of poisonous
weeds, and a cart load of rubbish;
the weeds to be planted in the
garden; the rubbish to be left On
the door step, and the rats suf-
fered to run loose through the
house. Address," &c.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

NORTHERN HoNoR.-Ihe Chica-
90 Tribune easily demonstrates
the looseness of abolition morals.
After announcing the fact that the
prisoners released by Gen. Price
at Lexington took an oath not to
fight against the Confederate forces
during the present war, that pa
per says:
But one sentiment prevails in
the ranks of our gallant Irish
brigade, and that is to demand
that they be fe-officered and led
into the field to revenge their
reverses and win back their no
BILE commander. And they will do
it. Let them be generous y cared
for, for they have wrought well
and glorious. They viii remain
at Quincy till they are paid off.
Let them be at once re-armed and
accoutred.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

Those G,,ns at Ldst-lt was
whispered about the country soine
time ago that an English vessel had
arrived at one of our ports with
$4,000 Enfieh muskets. The
name of the vessel and her port of
entry were kept a profound secret,
nor is it our intention to divulge 1T
now, although we kno'c the vessel
has arrived and brought that num-
Der of rifles. Thirty cases of this
celebrated arm arrived in the city
Yesterday, 1pd are on their way to
Columbus. They have not been
unpacked since they left England
-aMeWpk;s Arolanche.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

Eapensire.-A special dispatch
from Washington tothe New York
Post says-"ft is ascertained that
Gen. Patterson's campaign in Viz
ginia cost the government fully
$40, ,00O.000 The sole result was
the 'cartfsre of some twenty fugi-
tive slaves, nearly all Of which
were returned to their masters.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

A correspondent, writing on
business, refers to the following
mode for making cloth water
proof;
s'Below is a receipt for making
cloth waterproof, which l have
found very useful in making water
proof clothing for my negroes to
pick out cotton in when the weeds
are wet from rains or dews; and
for tents | would as soon have
it, indeed, or would prefer it to
rubber, for it is more plant:
"To every gallon of spirits tur-
pentine put p pounds Of beeswax,
boil it well in a pot, remove the
fire, and while il, is hot put IN
your goods; move it about until
it is well saturated, then hang ii
up to dry. It will require one
gallon of turpcntine to every eight
yards of goods"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

VIM. H. Russell, correspondent
of the London Times, has contrib
'uted ten dollars for the Army
Committee of the Christian AS
sociatioh of New York. He did
not make a 'sten strike" however,
for his Yankee friends are petit
tioning Government to put stop
to his means Of telling the truth
about them. His X may not save
him from being expelled.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17
Yankeeism sticks cut wfene7t

Yankeeism sticks cut whenever
there is chance. A firm at Wash
ington has a contract for bllrying
the dead from the hospitals and
from camps at sS a head. An
other firm is undertaking, Pro-
posing to do it for S. Another
party offers to contract for shrouds
at a low figure.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

A few citizens of Vicksburg,
Miss. wentto work the other day
40 collect from their townspeople
supplies for jeff Thompson's needy
army, in Missouri, and in a few
bo,,rs procured $63S in cash, and
Suite a number of pairs of shoes,
socks, blankets, woollen shirts, etc.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

The triad of our privateersn1en
in New York will soon take place.
One of their counsel has been
sent to Fort Lafayette, and presume
others will soon share his fate if
they do their duty to their clients.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17
The sStaR Of Life for the Federal
ArBiy--Quantity Of Bread baked at
and near Washington.

and near washington.
The supplying of the "staff of
life" to the Hessian army in and
about Washington is a very for
midable matter. A correspondent
of that city writes the New York
Express: c
The operation has engaged my
attention. Beginning at the Cap
itol, | found there fourteen ovens,
in the basement and vaults at
tached thereto, baking from the
hands of one hundred and fifty
two men, fifty-five Thousand loayes.
This is the number only turned
out of those ovens. Two hum
dred and fifty barrels Of -four and
twenty-five bushels of potatoes
compose those loaves. The -four
used is ordinarily the finest and
best. When there is an exception
it Is because of seized and eonfs-
Gated -four being put upon the
bakers, in respect to which neither
procurers have any choice to
exercise. A remainder of 5000
barrels of such flour is IN course of
being worked up.
The labor is performed by civil
ians exclusively, the soldiers by
whom Government baking was
here begun, having been called to
the field. The bread made is most
excellent. The whole establish
ment is superintended by Lieut..
S. g. Green, of the subsistence
Department, by whose genius, in
dustry, and effort it has been
brought into its present state of
order and efficiency.
In addition to what is thus done
for the supply of bread, at the
capitol, there is smaller bakery
in operation in the basement of the
Treasury building, which turns
out daily from three thousand to
five Thousand loaves, while sever
al private bakeries in the city,
worked upon the government ac-
count, turn out In all some ten
thousand loaves day. There are
also private bakeries and one large
public bakery worked for the Gov
ernfnent in Georgetown, by which
are baked about twelve thousand
a day, and in the camp of the Sec
ond Rhode Island REGIMENT is a
bakery which turns out about two
thousand loaves a day. This dai-
ly aggregate of between eighty
and ninety thousand loaves of
bread is for that portion or those
portions of the army ON the Poto-
mac. Nearly an equal number OF
loaves are baked in private and
Government ovens in Alexandria
and opposite Georgetown, and in
regimental camps. The almy.in
and about Washington is thus dali
iy supplied with about one hun
dred and fifty Thousand loayes OF
soft, sweet bread, and all of beau
tlful quality, besides crackers or
hard bread in considerableamount.
The entire consumption of flour
each day, m bread and crackers,
is about nine hundred barrels. To
this extent is the army here draw
ing from the producers Of wheat.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

The Grenada Motive contains
the following pathetic appeal:
Our soldiers are very much in
need Of soap! soft soap! hard
soap!ll any kind of soap that will
take the dirt eut. We suggest
that a ladies' soap making society
be formed for the benefit of our
soldiers.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

In speaking of the recent proc
lamation which Mcclellan issued
to his soldiers, and of its contempt:
ible braggadocio, and his woful
failure in attempting to ape the q
la mode Napoleonic, a gentleman
called our attention, says an ex-
change, to the fact of its being IN
rhyme, and suggested the follow
ing capitalimpromptu transpssition
of it to poetry, which we give a-
ter the proclamation,-
'Soldiers! We have had our
last retreat. We have seen our
last defeat. You stand by me and
l will stand by YOU. Henceforth
victory will crown our efforts.
MCCLELLAN"
SSrs:--
We have had our last retreat,
We have seen our last defeat,
You stand by me, I'll stand by You,
And Beauregard will put as through.
Yes, and the way this sorrel-
headed Yankee and his grand ar
my" when Beauregard next makes
his appearance, instad of ''stand-
ing" viii be found running togeth-
er at a prodigious rate, distributing
their tracks with their heels to-
wards their hot pursuers, will he a
"sin to Crockett The motive
power Of their unparalleled loco
motion from having chad" and
"seen," is that they hadn't ortea'
stand Confederate steel. 1t don't
pay.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

The New York Herald'say that
two regiments Of negroes have
been secretly drilled IN Philadel-
phia, and are now ready to marcia
against the South.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

The Lincoln troops took pos
session of Smithland on Wednes-
day last. They commenced their
depredations by destroying fine
orchard in the suburbs, cutting
down trees and planting instead a
large number of heavy guns.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

The New York Herald of the
14th, complies from the .. S.
census of 1860 the humber of men
in the seeded States between the
ages of Is and 45, which we pre-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17

We have it from good authority
that President Davis, being ap-
piled to, a few weeks since, to dis
charge from the service some Mis-
sissippi volunteers Under the age
of Is years, whose relatives de-
sired that they should pursue their
collegiate studies, remarked that
such youths ought never 10 have
been mustered into the service,
and that he would gladly order
the discharge of every one whose
friends would apply for his dis
charge. He observed, further,
that this class of young men could
render the country more effectual
service by preparing for their fu-
ture usefulness than volunteering
as soldiers. Indeed, said he, in
making soldiers of them, we are
grinding our seed corn.-Orfoa,d
Ind.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-17
Will sneh a People Prosper!

= WE have. heard through the
Ncrthern papers of tic grand
swindling Of their regiments IN
the way Of worthless uniforms,
shoes pasted together, and hats
that aInelted eff in the first rain;
hut the following discloses a fact
almost too low and blasphemous to
gain our credenee> Yet, from the
.high source, we presume 1t Is true
The Army Committee of the
New York Young Mems Christian
Association have presented me-
mortal to the Secretary OF War,
in which they call his attention
TO the fact <Hthat, contrary to the
order respecting chapiains, requlr-
ing that they should be regularly
organized clergymen of some Chris
tian denomination, there are per-
sons of other occupations, such as
bankers, editors, and play-actors
occupying positions as chaplalns
in some of the newly formed regl-
ments.
eve have reason to believe not
only thet those persons have no
true ministerial standing, but that
they are destitute of that positive
religious character which is essen-
4isl to the usefulness of chaplain,
and the spiritual welfare OF the
soldiers. a4a@ 7~'
On this the Central Presbyterian
of Richmond, says: "The Yankees
surely exercise their ingenuity IN
every possible way, when they
even ssteal the livery OF Heaven to
serve the Devil m
Big Laya,s Nef'--We find the
following specimen of Yankee
.gasconade in the n. I. "Herald;
4 }er the VEu.-At the conclu-
sion of this war we shall have IN
the field oyer three hundred thou
sand veteran soldiers; and eur ma
: -yy-will comprise over five hundred
siips of war, and we shall have
"a naval brigade of about fifty thou
sand men. Let European govern
meuts be careful, then, how they
treat us during tie continuance oil
this war, for when we have set
.tled our. domestic troubles the
SLIGHTEST word of insult or provo
cation may let loose upon Canada
and Cuba this terrible force, and
sweep the last vestige of mon
archial rule from the Continent.
A few citizens of Vicksburg,
Miss, went to work 1.-The other day
In
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-06-14

The usdsrsigned, Merchants In the City Of Keo.
kuk, agree hereafter TO receive the notes If MI
specie paying Banks At par, for goods sold and
debts due ~, and the notes Of Missouri and other
suspended Banks 1t their current value only.
b. r. Moody. Furman Maxwell,
Cox 4 Shelley, Bartlett, Kaye Co.,
A. Bridgman Co., Ogden, Brcwnsli Co.,
8. w. ~. Tucker, G. CARRIER Co.,
A. T.. wilkinson, Farrar Avery,
Cady, Jones = Peck, IA. Durkee + Co.,
N. w. Wsstcott, Evans h Bidleman,
Lane 4 BueI, Patrick Hibbons,
Burkitt Co., Geo. Foster,
Thos. j. Rice, Wilson 4 uustip,
Kramer, Irwin 1 Co., Comstock Bro,
III. d. Woodward Co., r. ID. Foster,
kiser Hills, Geo. n. Kilbourpc.
Present current value of Missouri money 6kcts.
One per cent. premium allowed on New York kx-
change.
keakeA. June I, lss1-d
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-06-14

[ KEnxrxy Iaae I l3 > issss4.-
EHIroR GATE CIrY: Sir-I Academia llv
omitted to mention, in yesterdays paper,
bur Indebtedness for favors a. foliows: to
pho publishers Of the Gate City for pro
kTammss Of the procession and notices 10
fheir paper, to Ms. Smith u the Daily Jour
bal for notices, to Messrs. Collier Bro. for
Ice used on the ground, and TO MIR. Orson
Eaton for water, all OF which wets most
Freely contributed.
CHAS. PARSONS, Sec'y.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-06-14

t7Tbe following list are the commits
stoned and ION. commissioned officers Of the
Keotak Warrington Guards, elected Juns
10th:
Captain, VIM. Edwards; let Lieut., John
Giiiin "a Lieut., John Meyers; Ensign, Pat.
Tanning; lst Sergeant, Pat. Hayden; %
Sergeant, John Hoffman; 81 Sergeant, Den.
bic Mercy; 4th Sergeant, Mai.chi Grifhn
st Corporal, Pat. Holden; 2nj Corporal
James Hickey; 81 Corporal, Richard Ban
bon 4th Corporal, John Cook.
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