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Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

The scheme Of getting information Q
the enemys movements by means of Mr.
Loves balloon Is thus burlesqued in dis
patch purporting TO be dated
Md 10 ms below heaven July /.
DEAR WINFIELD.- There are 74,999
troop4in Riehno.S~asd not Is, 900 AZ
enormously stated in the New York Herald
and the Flag Of our Union.
As near as I can ascertain from my pres
ent altitude, the rebels are proyisoned as
follows: Five bales Of cotton, four plates
of vanilla ice cream, six of strawberry
ditto, five barrels Of -four, i've bushels Of
buckwheat cakes, one plate Of ham and
eggs, one barrel Of pork, two barrels gin
cocktails, twenty brandy smashes, three
mint julips, four whisky punches, two
lemonades, plate Of walnuts and good
deal Of malasses candy.
Gen. Beauregard and staff are now hold.
ing consultation as to the propriety of
taking their liquor straight In the way of
ammunition, they are we'll provided. In
Yddition to their pieces, they have the
Cincinnati Commercials correspondence,
and other weapons of equally great bore
and dSmall c.liber.
A letter has just been received from JEFF.
Davis, which Lam hardly able to read,
owing to the density of the atmosphere
beneath me, the. troops having lately
loaded their pipes.A
Ben McCallOch i, playing seven up with
the officer of the day. Trumps appear to
be Benjsmin's portion.
Gen. Pillows body guard are going
through change Of shirts
A man has just been detected in the act
Of writing to his wife. He is now on his
way to the guard house as spy.
Here the wire attached to the balloon
broke.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

1--WE find in our exchange papers tn,
following plaintive and very peculiar po,
etical composition, which is attributed te
the pen ofthe late Senator Douglas. We
however, very much doub the authorship: 7
BURY Me IN THE MORNING. .
BY srEHHEN 4. DOUGLAS.
Bury me in the morning, mother,
Q let me have the light
OF one bright day on my grave, mother,
Ere you leave me alone with the night ;
Alone in be night of the grave, mother,
lis a thought of terrible fear
And you viii be here alone, mother,
And the stars will be shining here,
So bury me the moniug, mother,
And let me have the light
Of one bright day on my grave, mother,
Ere I'm alone with the night.
You tell of the Savior's love, mother,
l feel it is in my heart
But, oh! from this beautiful world, mother,
lis hard for the young to part:
Forever to part, when here, mother,
The soul is fain to stay:
For the grave is deep and dark, mother,
And Heaven seems far away.
Then bury me in the morning, mother,
And let me have the light
OF one bright day on my grave, mother,
Ere I'm alone with the night.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

The CONTRABANDs SusPECTED.-A cor.
respondent of the Tribune at Fortress
Monroe says that circumstances have re-
Gently transpired calculated to weaken
the confidence that has been reposed in
the negroes who have been allowed the
freedom Of camp and fortress, aud are
employed in various ways in the public
service. He writes:
"Weeks ago, gentleman who has long
resided in this neighborhood, and who IN.
derstands the negro character we'll, told
me that he had reason to believe that Gen.
Magruder was in constant communication
with our camps and the fortress, even to
the extreme eastern side, through the me-
dium Of faegro spies, employed in more OF
less confidential relations. This suspicion
has been strengthened by variety of in
cidents, and it is not impossible that on
inquiry it will be found that intended
movements are Systematically disclosed
through this medium.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10
The Zouaves..Their History and
CharActerislics.

When Marshal Bugeau led the cam
paigas of Algiers, he found the French
infantry too heavy for the required service
Their uniform was blue frock coat, and
dark red pants. both of thick cloth with
equipments of corresponding weight
Taking a lesson from the English, as
shown in the Sepoy service, Bugeau sought
'eses among the friendly tribes and
formed them into regular corps. These
men were peculiarly adapted to the exro.
sure and exigencies of burning climate.
They were bare of leg and nrm, or if the
former were covered at all, it was with the
loose flowing trowsers of the Orient. A tur
ban to protect the head, and tight Jacket
with inoeasins, were the only essentials #
dress, and being thus unincumbered, their
speed and agility distanced the regular
troops OF all occasions of rivalry So
successful was the experiment that i. be-
came Identified with the French service,
and thedispatches from the army at AL
giers f.milarized the nation to the new and
fancifd name. AS the original levy had
been made among contederacy of the
Kabyes, called Zouaova, generic term
was hus derived. II is erronecusly pro-
nouiced Zouaive, Zoueeve, Ioaaave, or
Zooe, but the proper sound is zwave or
Zwave.
Iht to :he agility of the acrobat is add.
edihe fury Of the gorilla, and the endar.
ace of the wolf. The aboriginal Zouave
laew nothing Of the weakness Of human
". He needed no bed but the sand, and
ike The camel, was at home in the desert,
while to the extremes of cold ho seemed
equally Indifferent. For this reason they
we're the most efficient troops in the terri.
BILE campaign Of the Crimea. But pre-
vious to this the War Department had
adopted this system, and French recruits
were drilled and equipped in Arabesqae
style, and shared the name Of their swsrt
allies While the heavy British infantry
was struggling with its membranes, the
arrowy zouaves accomplished wonders -
They seemed like very demons of the
camp, happy even in its water'soaked
trenches, and loathsoms rations and re-
ioicing in the music Of shot and she'll
Many we're SO expert with Minnie rite
that it was their pride to pick of "Russ'
before breakfast, and in the last struggle
the storm of the ci,adsl-they were ths
6rst to wave the tri.color from the MAlakoff
Here their power at close quarters wa
displayed in the most honorable manner
and the Russians were bayoneted at thei
guns with rapidity that seemed super
human.
. -
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

The following recapitulation affords
useful information to volunteers and their
families:
l. After being mustered into the service
Of the United States, volunteers are enti-
tied to the same pay as regular troops.
ii. If disabled by wounds received in
service, or disease contracted in service,
they are entitled to an invalid pension
during life, or as long as the disability
continues.
Ill If any are killed or die in the ser.
vice of the United States, leaving a widow,
she is entitled to what pay is due her hus.
band and pension. If there is no wid
ow, the child or children of such volun
teer are entitled to the pay, and pension
until they are sixteen years Of age.
". If there is no widow or child under
sixteen years Of age, the other heirs o'
descendants are entitled to the pay du,
tho volunteer at the time Of his death
but no pension.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

AMENITIES OF WAR-The Troy Times Of
Tuesday says -" the conical shell fred
by the rebels at Great Bethel, aud which
was forwarded to VIM. E. Hagau, Of this
city, was opened at the u. s. Arsenal yes.
terday with q view Of drawing the load.
Instead of being filed with the instru-
ments Of death-bullets slugs, sulphur
and powder, it contained several pounds
Of rice Perhaps the slaves have the
filing of the shells, and they make them
rs harmless IS possible. The rebel shells
filled with rice by the negroes, and ours
with sswdust by traitors! Well, as Punch
says, " this is very civil war"
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

sharpe's rifle company at Hartford,
Conn, has recently received on order from
the War Department for six thousand ri.
fles, to be delivered as soon as possible.
They will receive in payment the nice
little sum Of quarter million dollars, or
$40 apiece
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10
Army Signals.

Major Myers Of the army, and .anothsr
officer, (aow in the rebel ranks,) some
time since perfected very valuable sys.
tenn Of flag signals to be used in time Of
war by our forces.
A staff Of signal officers have now been
drilling for two weeks under the directioa
OF Major Myers, at the fort, and have be-.
come so proficient in the practice that any
word or sentence can be communicated at
distance Of ten miles as quick as light
can carry it. The alphabet consists of
series of movements made by single
flag, a small combination of different
movements for each letter. The system
has been entirely changed, so that no mes.
sage can be recognized by the rebels, and
the invention promises to be one of great
utility in time of action. 1t was tried the
other day, and quite q lengthy conversa>
ton carried on between an officer On the
bastions of Fort Monroe and another on
steamer about six miles up the river. The
signals worked admirably. In the night
the substitution of light for the flag an
swered the same purpose.
The old fable Of Grscian song, when
news was carried by signal fires lighted
for leagues along the hills, and the old
beacon light that blazed with flames of tar
and casks perehed on lofty poles set upon
our hill tops, in the Revolution, live in
history as the gem Of this modern success,
and the painting horse of the aid,de camp
and his dusty rider can now rest from
their duties.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

INTIMATE ENEMIEs.-AW Washington cor
respondent Of Philadelphia paper writes
The pickets Of the Confederate and
Federal soldiery, up above the Chain
Bridge, have exchanged civilitics. Two
of them dropped their muskets and took
drink Of whiskey together few days since
The Confederate picket cried out from
distance, asking the United States soldier
if he had anything in the drinking line.-
The reply was satisfactory, and an arrange
ment was soon made, whereby both partie'
left their arms and met half way, smiled
and returned to their picket duty"
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

y-y# creature TO keep his
xed on any point in advance, it will
.lly navigate to that point without
ing, bu. distract its attention by
,r deea rom the object before it.
does the baby. This rule applies to
IN of large growth The man who
5 in life with determination to reach
.rtain position, and adhefes unwaver
to his purpose, rejecting the advice
le ,ver.cautious, and defying the au-
les + the tim,d, rarely fails, if he lives
III sDugh, to reach the goal for which
Hi out. If circumstances oppose him,
ends them to his exigencies by the
10 Of his energetic, indomitable will
II the other hand, he who vacillates in
course, yawning,' as the sailors say,
ards all points Of the compass, is pret.
lure to become helpless castaway be.
p his voyage Of life is half completed.
Nere can be no question among philoso-
&c observers Of men and events, that
Seiness Of purpose is a grand element
future success. Weather cock men are
kturs's failures. They are good for moth
X Better downright pig obs'inacy than
srnal vaccllation better willful blind
as to danger, however menacing, than
hesitancy which is forever weighing
i possibility Of defeat against the chan.
! Of victory. The men Of action, whose
,mes are writes ;sApesiAh.bly on the
Ire Of history, were men of iron. Silky
ilows may do for intrigue; but the foun
et. aud vonquerors, and '.berators, the
aviors Of empires, have .. been Of the
,arrior metal. No human eing who ha.
,itually halts between two opinions, who
,anaot decide promptly, and having deci.
led, act as if there was nosuch word as
ail, can ever be great. as Caesar never
would have crossed the Rubicon, nor
Washington the Delaware, had they not
jxed their stern gaze on objects tar beyond
hs perils at their feet.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

Linda, my boy" said an lrishman to
friend on his arrival at Calcutta, "is jist
tho finest climate under the sun: but a lot
of young fellows come out here, and they
dhrink and they ate, ate and they dhrink,
and they die; and thin they write home to
their friends pack o lies, and say its the
climate as has killed en-
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

The CONDITION OF Mexico. o.-Adyices
from Mexico the End ul.., indicate very
disturbed condition of that revolutionary
country. The reactionary forces were
hard at work, and had even gone so far
as to threaten the Capital The Govern
ment forces under Gen. Vale had suffered
defeat at the hands of Galvsr. Vale
was himself taken prisoner, and subse-
quently shot. A conspiracy had also been
discovered in the city which for its object
had the assassination of various high per-
sonages. Marquee, in the interest of Gu
olaga, was at the head of ahnns 1890 men,
and the ie..-. 80. SAID, fully sxpae..;
-...rr the Capitol with ye-- 'a'-'0 opPo'
ton. Marquee -, however attempted
an entrance, and had suffered repulse by
the ovs. nment artillerist, and been forced
to retreat to Cauntitlan. Congress subse'
quently declared the city under martial
law.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

It is q curious fact that Robert Garnett,
who was killed at st. George, Was the pro-
fession = Instructor Of Mcclellan at West
Point. He taught him tactics, and had
an apt pupil, it appears.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

By the merging Of the New York Con.
rier and Enquirer with the World, and
the reduction Of the Journal Of Commerce
the Missouri Republican is now the largest
newspaper published in America,
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

A droll story is related Of anhonest old
rmer, who attempted TO drive bull, got
denly hois.ed over the fence. Recov-
/, 10 himself he saw the anim.l on the
aide Of the rails, saving sheair with
Issad and neck, and paving the Iround.
vood man looked steadily sthim .
tent through the fence, and thenshak-
his Est at him exclaimed Dar, your
pgies; you needn'. stand tbere you
n cri..cr, . bowin' and scrap'n you
lii pssaoss, darn your curly pieur,
you know you did.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

lie was truly great man. have
known, and sometimes intimately, within
the Pas. few years, most of the leading
statesmen of Congress. l have sat for
hours and hours listening to Gen. Houston
talk Of Texas while he whitfield his little
block of wood, in his own room. l have
heard Mr.. Seward on national law in his
own library. l have taken moonlight
drives alone with that sinpnr-. genius,
Alexander II. stephens. But never have
felt the consciousness Of being in the pre-
scence of supreme genius so fully, as
when in that plain little sitting room
have heard for half an entire day the Sa-
gacity, the wisdom and the learning, that
flowed in broad, powerful stream from
the lips Of STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. He was
truly immense. It was the irrepresslble
vigor of a gigantic mind, clothed in all the
facinations of genial manner. He was
not sermonizer. still less pedant, in his
speech. 1t was give and take with each
and every one.-P Philadelphia Press.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10

A ootemporary truthfully remarks that
!" those girls who like to be kissed ths best
make the most fuss about il good
deal Of downright philosophy in that ma.
lioious sentence.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10
A Pet Lamb AstOnishca the Seces.
siOMists.


The Richmond papers tell Of Fire
Zouave who was caught and taken to Fair
fax. When carried before Beauregard he
manifested his contempt for that chieftan
by putting his thumb to his nose aud Ky.
rating with his fingers. Being ordered
under confinement, he turned about sud.
deuly, kicked Colonel who stood near in
the stomach so hard that he sat down,
knocked the Corporal who had him in
charge head over heels, and invited Beau.
regard to came on and get lammed,"
declaring that "if he didn't have muss
he'd spile.' Finding none of the surpri
sed lockers on started to meet him, he
took to his heels down lane. Several
shots were fred at him without effect. At
each successive discharge be would turn
to make grimaces at his pursuers, or jump
high in the air aud yell, as if struck. Sud
denly Lieutenant with a drawn sword
sprang before him from an adjacent build
ing. "S-a,y, what are yer about, p'intin'
that thing at me ?" exclaimed Zouave.-
Don't yer know yer might cut my bran
new weskit ?" Being marched off to jai
and put in solitary cell, he signalizei
his first evenings lodgment there, by se-
ting it on FIRE. The rebels seemed to d-
mire the cool audacity of the chap, and
Reauregard laughed heartily at his pra,ks.
A SPLENDID PERoRATIoN.-The Hon.
Joseph Holt concluded a glorious speech
in Louisville, on Saturday evening last,
with the following feryent appeal:
| Even as with the Father of Us all, l
would plead for salvation, So, my country
men, upon my very knees, would plead
with you for the life, aye for the life, Of
our great and bencGcient institutions. But
! if the traitors knife, now at the throat Of
the Republic is to do its work, and this
! Government is fated to add another to
that long line Of sepulchres which whiten
the highway of the past, then my heart
felt prayer to God is that it may be writ
ten in history, that the blood of its life
was not found upon the skirts Of Kentucky
/ s>>---
Quite an amusing incident occurred o
one Of the Washington theatres, a few
evenings since. A brigand was trying tt
abduc. beautiful tyoung lady, that's th'
way the play went, aud she struggling t
free herself, when burly volunteer in th'
ri, cried out, i" Sis, why in h-ll don't 20,
cali Tor tbs sergeant OF tie guard! Hel
protect YOU.
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THE NEWS.

: The returns Of the State election come In very
slowly. We have not yet received enough to tell
whether Bruce or Wright ia elected Canal Com.
missioner. Probably the latter will prove to be
khe successful candidate. OF the members OF tho
State Senate eighteen have been elected on Union
And republican tickets, two on Union and demo.
cratc, nine as straight republicans two as straight
democrats; but every one sustains the admnistra.
Zion in the war. 1t seems that Judges Hoffman
and Woodruff have been both defeated for Superior
court, in this city, and Mcneil and Barbour elected
Lynch is Sheriff. Genet County Clerk, Oakley Hal
District Attorney, and Purdy Supervisor.
The election in Maryland yesterday passed Of
Quietly, and resulted in the success of the Unior
ticket by a handsome majority, thus again demon
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Don QUNoTE O'BRIEN. AND SANcno -PRNzA
BERKELEY UPON TEE AaERIcaN CRIsIs.-Smith
O'Brien, who has made several unsuccessful. at
temps at Instruction in Ireland offes HIMSELF
as mediator between ouF government aad the
rebels. Grantley Berkeley, who thinks he UNI
derstands this country because he once travelbd
through part of it in company with two big.
useless dogs-wbich learned as. much as tIlea1
master during the journay-advises lis. to .sat11s
our quarrel by Immediately recognizing u
Southern confederacy. What %, cartons, ,mar'
this is, to be sure. It's very amusing to. soc
creature like O'Brcn-silly but we'll meessinf
advertising himself and soliciting our peiaor 10
as "a gentleman whose long experienceaad ;r4
mate connection with well known unsuecf ,,ae,
Instructions amply fit him, to act asar ,oa.
tor in any little affair in that line.' 1t is ao,o,
~ funny to hear Grantley Berklay--a foI,or
whose brains lie in his boots and who ,s..
stands nothing but the settlement o. b. ,o,s III
on, the turf Offering US advice ah,au a,,ot,o
- n'''t - .oin' -4's "is retty pair
""s :. Noii ANA SHOULD
revisit tho glimpsss Of sunlehs,' bo;r noa;a
ton and advice would be rust al -.
asked, regarded. accepted and re ,noctoa
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comprehensive grasp Of the subjects referred
to, or single new idea or original suggestion.
Hmakes us melancholy to read them, and We
wonder how such penny-a-lining ever made
its author notorious. But, unfortunately, ke 10
no worse than the remaining flock, and we cease
to look either for knowledge Of our affairs or
skilful treatment of them in the English jour
nails. Where there is enterprise on their part
there is want Of talent, and where there 10
talent it would appear there is dearth Of en-
terprise. The result is that the British public
must depend on the Independent press of New
York for its daily history Of the war; and in this
it could not do better.
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astitutiOn.

Tho new. and magnificent stea9as IL c,,.,
entity built for the Pacific Mai, stes ,,sb; r -
VIM IL. Wcash Esq, il now on u .rro, .,a.s :, :,
a. the foot osA!arkct street, Esst ri,r g. ~, s
-, -. aparatory to sailing for
The Constitution is3 500 tens' ,,r,hon Yru,,,.-
lows:--S6o feet IN " mn 900. =, -
anu - leet . inoAea eepea hold.
la'e A'@' NN been designed and bait with
spsciA fee'ea'c " ~" service between San Trancsco
and Panama and crnasaa = ali tho ,,osorr ,.,,,...
anu 'hpiVVehus w. securing great streretss, security
and comfort. Tier hnh1 - bnlt or tho ,bo -, ,,. -.
and yelow pine, tho FRI IN, being braced a,ro,,y rr,
stem 10 stern anu 'h iasenngs hroug Iout are unusual
y heavy ihs eng mes were built blythe Novelty Iron
Works.
In her present ~ iiion nc oppor rnitv 10 afforded for
ell Interested IN ean s;eaersa yell as the public gene
rally TO take rJeep At hcr
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sNGLIsH Conn ssPoNDENTs IN AMEhstA.-Ths
iaacrcan correspondence Of the English jons-
Yals is bccomtag Hat stale and unproiitahle.
in its insipid sraaiiing Observation-Disclosures
Of trivial tosics it seldom treats si any
o.hers--it bars the same relation to FISH, VI
eorous philosophical writing tsa.eup. ssofe does
to strong vine. And at tho same ,ig1e That it
grows v.ahy-washy in qualify it is diminishing
in quartity. The birds ga disappearing, and
those saat remain bcbsa2 woula seem to par
take q detection produced by the flight of
thoSe mates which makes them unable to rise
abcge any but tane most etble notes. Who,
therefore, cares 10 listen to them? There il
only one big Bird TO be seen in tie bush; the
Others are bad away in the inner branches and
seem AFRAID to show themselves; bat LIE Is
a rara ans Of such owl-likc micn tina: We expect
| nothing wiser from him than his looks We aie
not disappointed, therefore, to find that the
| notes he utters for the amusement o
the readers of The London Times are vory
dreary and very inane, SO much SO that even
screech such as that he uttered over Tie batti'
of Bull run would oe positive relief. We oc
casionally see an extract from some one oil ii
lengthy cffusions; but we search IN vain .or al
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Ala 10 s"e .st al twentieth Mas

tiN'1 w. ,'uS' OF Journal
uovoai s, o. s Sss @ y TO acknowledge publicly
tho ~ "a Tncise ana benevolent letter
IRON pa,Sss !, IL, Of another State The check
wh .t q - ~ ~ 80 h'n" Of t5c firm Of A. s. J. T.
smth eo. sSs one nun red dollars which tho Governor
VII pprop'ia ihe' lately to tho regiments, in slual
81, r,-..,onc,, = PROVIDENCE, IL, Nov. 4, 1861.
ms nA..oAos Jng A. ANDREW, Governor OF Massa.
s ~ p,o notice an appeal in tho Boston Journal
80 - .ftcrmastcr Of the Twentieth regiment for
o. par, arc new supply Of articles lost in tho battle
q nats 6uNfby the regiment. when men cover them,
,t, With so much glory did Tho Filieonth ana Tween.
o Regiments il appears 10 that others than their
naighbors may be allowed TO partcp5lc h Tho ro-
quigcd all, aud enclose you hundred dollars TO bo
used in such manner as may add to their comfort Mon
who viii stand The fire Of odds five 10 ono viii surely
succeed think history has 10 record that will equal Tho
| courage OF your troops. JAMES y. SMITH.