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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-02-14

u Though TIE STAR Ii printed on the fastest
s,eam press In south Of Baltimore, Its edition
40 large TO require II TO be put to press at an
carly hour: Advsrtissnssfs, therefore, should be
sent In before II O'Clock NJ; otherwise they may
may not appear until the next day.
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lust RECEIVED q large tot of BOYS,
JACKETS, from Auction, which we are sell
ing . per cent below their first cost, at No 400
itu st1eet- fe l<-lm
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SUPERIOR CHEAP SHOES.
A NEW BOAT TO RUDD,s FERRY,

a NE" DUAL TO sUDDs FERRY.
tn ST EAMER ARGO,
CAPT. Z. w. DAVIDSON,
Will run daily 10 Budd's cry, on the lower Po-
tomac, where Geni Hooker's Divi-
sion is:-leavlng foot Of 18th street. Ge&S
(Riey's Wharf Washington, at ~ -
O'Clock, Will arrive at Budd's Ferry at I o,oIook
O'Clock. "
Refreshments on board.
Fare for the trip eS, Single fair Sl5O.
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ART OF WAR
Translated By R a!s Fl {c IN E.. or..A
GEN. oAsEy,ss llS 8 aITffi TACTICS,
All Military Books for sale At Northern pnce.
Bookseller and s HsRs9N ssi EiS5 t.
Re I-Yw Intel, Repub. a ChrOn 2vl
Roe JETS; s0QU TsG
ohhF M6kSI 6E E r65AANFr'
CORNER 70 o, sy a aS8 50 g iI SOUTH srDE
M.nufscturers Of ali kinds of
FANCY &sGHTas e of kEd%;E EhsEs AND
HI Balls Parties and Weddings supplied with
the pest quality, at the shortest notice, and at the
,Gwest prlces Boquets sent TO all parts Of the city
P:s.-Fresh vioIets constantly on hand. fs7-lv
NATIoSAL STEAM NDRY,
between 18th and lSa streets, Washington.
w ASH Nc
Army, Hotels, Families, and Individuals
As we hane every facility for doing up some Ten
Tnonssnd Pieces DaIl,, our patrons may depend
for and delivered: charge. Moderate Ss 7 Oss'
WHEATLEY's DYELN6 ESTABLISH
Finding it imp ossible to give strict attention to
Il n
tend closing IL on Thursday. the 18th Of Febru-
airy. All persons having work there will please
call and take away or before that date other
wise. they will be obliged to call at my old stand
In Georgetown, where / an now permanently
located; where shall be pleased TO receivs their
orders In future, which edge self 10 execute
with promptness and dispatch.
fe 7-6t No. 40 jefferson ST., Georgetown, DC.
Blu RNsIDEs EXPEDITION.
BUT DAILY
FOR HOOKER'S DIVISION,
MATTAWOMAN CREEK,
ID The =, se,e and strong Steam Propeller, &c
pALPH," will ma q daily tip to IT,
Mattawoman Creek and back, leav EA4A-S
ing Carter's Wharf, foot Of lSk ct oE16a11
Washington, EVERY MORNING, (Sund.ys ar
oepted,l AZ 10 O'Clock precisely. ReturnIn8 viii
, sSeNM s,tsSOn nsspp Greek EVERY AFfERt
FIeiEh. taken low. and fare reasonable. For
Heisnt or passage apply on board, or 10 the Aren't
are stn street, up stairs, wasbinyton
- An omnibus will leave the corner of I'm a. and
r. ave-, every morning az 81 O'clock for the boet
fepssengers taken to the boat free Of charge.
SHIRTING AND sKIRTING COTTONS,
n, al numbers OF the best brands produced in the
upon or Europe. PERRY & BRO,
IeI -ot Penn. avenue and 9th street.
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He Subscriber has received on oonsirpmsut n
cargo Of Rsd and White Ash CO l.. ooptsipips
l5l tons, and now being landed, which he will de-
liver At the lowest rates IN lots to suit
JNO. A. GRIMES,
Agent and Forwarding Merchant,
20 NV Georsetown, ID. G.
ORANeEs-oRANGEs; ~
Just reoeived-
20 boxes prime Sweet Orasges,
loo boxes hne Isemops
By MARSHALL PAGE.
Auction and Commission Merchants
re lest COG 7th ct under Odd Fellows Hall.
S0 BUTTER AND EGGS.
w Tubs and hrktns Of strictly prime Goshen
Butter, exoelling fresh print.
800 lbs. "a Glades and fresh Roll Butter,
2 500 lbs. Bakers Butter.
Fresh Eggs recsived daily.
ID. E. DUTROw.
Ie - OF no. sou tlg nth st., near Pa. av
SUPERIOR CHEAP SHOES.
Ladies' Heeled Black CATERS. AT 30 osnts
Ladies' Heele Morocco Boots At IS cents
Ladies, Heeled Caters and Boots at 81,
Ledies Heeled Cater and Morocco Boot, livery
geod9 SI25
Bo's Long Boots, rs cents to 8 50 cents,
Misses and Childrens' Shoes. at al prIoes
Ladies Toilet Slippers, only IS cents
All to be bought st the Chap Shoe Store, 522
"a ave between ID and Sd streets.
re IL 81. w. II. DENHUPST,
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NAVY AND Army BLUE FLANNELS
/ ssversl qualities of the best X nds made
Army and Navy Blue Cloths, AID doe SKINS ~
OF qualities and colors that can be relied on
Also, our ususl full and ample stock iof Cloths
C4sslmeres. and Vestlngs. for Citizens Wear
Linen Shlrunsss and Fronting Linens, Of ell
Cotton shiItines, of all the best brands, pro-
duoed IN the Home and European Markets
fe1s6t Penn. avenue aud StntS stIsst
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24

Good ebenin, wife folks.
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24

The fop is a complete specimen of an cut.
side philosopher He is one.Ihird collar, one.
sixth patent leather, one. fourth walking stick,
and the rest kid gloves and hair. As TO his
remote ancestry there is some doubt; but il 10
now pretty we'll settled that he is the son Of a
iailors goose He becomes ecsiastic at the
smell Of new cloth. He is somewhat nervous,
and TO dream of his tailor's bills gives him The
nightmare. BY his hair one would Judge be
had been dipped like Achilles; but it is evident
tina, The goddess must have held him By the
head instead Of the heel. Nevertheless, such
men are useful. II there were not tadpOles
there would be no frogs They are not so
entirely to blame for being devoted TO externAls.
Paste diamonds must have a splendid setting to
make them sell. Only 1t seems to be q waste
Of materials to put Ave dollars worth Of beaver
on five cents worth OF brains.
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24
NO CAUSE OF DISBURSEMENT.
The Confscation Act.

Congress has taken very important step in
The passage OF the Ct OF Confscation which
has promptly received the Presidents approval /.
And we are equally confident that il will con-
tribute very essentially, by it's moral effect as
we'll as It's pTactlcal operation, to destroy rebel.
lion IN the Southern States.
What this act really does is TO prescribe The
penalty for treason against the Government OF
the United States That such law was need.
ed, no QUE can doubt. That the terms of this
law are unusually or needlessly severe, we
presume no one viii contend. Indeed. the
law, Judged either by the character OF the
crime or by the usage of other nations, is ex.
ceedingly lenient. Treason against an estab.
lIshed government is universally regarded as
the highest crime which any subject can com.
mt; and 10 every country aud in every age
il has been held to forfeit The life of the person
guilty of it. BY this bill, that penalty is au
thorlzed TO be committed TO imprisonment for
FIVE years and hne of$l0,OO0. for payment
to which all his estate shall be liable. This
| certainly, is mod LITIGATION Of the penalty OF
| trea son in the direction Of clemency.
The bill contains other provisions intended
to aid in suppressing this rebellion by fixing
specific penalties to the act aiding it, These
penalties oppIy only to those who shall continue
to aid it, in the ways specified. sixty days after
the President shall issue a proclamation calling
upon them TO return TO their allegiance. There
can, therefore, be- no possible excuse for any
person who shall take T"u in. tho rebellion
after that time. The Punishment prescribed
moreover, apply only to lhos> persons who shall
after the time designated hold office, civil OF
military, under the rebel government. This
PROVISION completely obviaIes the objection
winch has been urged against general Con
fscation act, that ii would punish the innocent
with The guilty. Accepting and holding Office
is q voluntary act, and no man can DO forced Il
do so against his will. The great mass Of those
at the South who have been forced into Ihe
Southern army or otherwise. involved in the
rebellion without their own agency, ase no
affected by the provisions Of lhia bill.
AS enc Of the pssallies incurred by persenl
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24
Passed BY.

had prayed, as the dying pray for life.
With outstretched hands and with bitter
groans;
had cried. as the starving cry for bread,
With waiting tears ana " III hungry moeus-
That once again, ere life closed for me,
might see her face whom pinned TO see.
bad boosted that if but her garments hem
Should touch the by chance as she passed me
by,
| should know, by strange. mysterious thrill
Through my lonely heart, that my Love was
nigh;
And SAID, Though we meet in heaYing
crowd,
My love and my grief must cry aloud"
1t CHANGED one day, when long years had past
Years OF lonely paia and Of longing prayer
That the lady loved, for whose sweet sake,
For whose loss my life was oppressed with
care,
Crossed my path, in her beauty ell complete,
From the shining head TO the dainty feet.
Did | feel the strange. mysterious thrill,
Sent to warn my heart thai my Love was
nigh!
Did speak my love and my grief aloud,
And tall at her feet with a bitter cry!
For she passed, and, by Heav'n saw her not
A TENDER EPIsTLE The Stockton Argus
says that love Is no dream, as the following
billet dOur. picked up IN front Of the post office,
will show:
My deer Sweetest Ducky-I am so ha DIV to
hear from you so Often-t affords me sch yraIe
plesher. You always was so deer 10 me hope
20" vii, soon bee dearer.
Y.l tn. " never limited nothing about mar
Ipt aL4 ! lever mean le-lake YOUR own
Vie l shal always remember the old
yIu p,0S.astinatIou IS the theef of time, but
mother sss noIhn should be done 10 a hurry but
| kelchin fees.
| The fondest wish Of my heart is that we may
sumo become l. Do you ever read Franklin
Extracts-hIs remarks concerning marriage 10
! delightful. Our hearts he ses, ought to as
| semble one another in every excep; they
ought TO be hetergenlus so that our union GRy
! be mixed as well as Uniiing-not like oil and
water but like tee and shuger. Truly can
feel for the mortal Waits when he ses:
The rows is red the vo!eis blew,
Shugars sweet and so are you.
Mother SEES matrimony lie better TO think on
than the reality.
rename I'll deIh or marriage your own
sweet canday. MARY ANN
N. B.-l had a kDzzen married last month
who SEES there amt no true enjoyment but in
the married state. Your sweetest duV.
| MARY ANN.
PSI hope you will lot me knew whsi
you mean TO do as there is four or five other
felIers after ne foot and shall be quite
Uneasy Till heare. Your loving sweet.
MARY ANN.
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24

PARsoN B.. the pastor of a "hardshell -
church in Middle Georgia, on one occasion sc.
lected for his text from the Second Corinthians:
" OF the Jews five times received forty 'riPss
save one" The exposition of h's text was &c
io!lows:-" My brethren and sisters, from the
reading Nv my text we find that Paul suffered
a heap in the flesh. He was beat and brua cd
and striped great many times by the wicked
Jews; fur the text says, ave times received
forty stripes save One,' and at that time nobody
knows how many stripes they did give him. foe
our tex doesn't say anything about that; bus
my brethren and sisters, judgin' from ,he wick.
ed natur Nv the Jews, think they beat him
nigh unto death"
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24
II u Nj ORC U S.

Is not the tone of the following excrutiating-
ly dismal! 1t is called The Lay of the HeR-
pecked ="
Oh, her hair is as dark as the midnight wave,
And her eye like the kidding fire,
And her voice is as sweet as the spirits voice.
That chords with the seraph's Tyre.
But her nails are as sharp as toasting fork,
And her arms are as strong as a bears;
She pulled my hair and gouged my eye,
And she kicked me down the stairs.
I've got an eye that's made OF glaes,
And I've got me a wig that's new;
The wig is fTizzled in cOrkscrew euvls,
And my eye is a clouded blue.
She may shake her knuckes full in my face,
And pu; the lamp TO my beard,
And hold the broomstck over my head
|. But I'm not at al afeared.
For I've bound her over to keep the peace,
And I've bought me a crab tree cane;
The policemen will come, and the justice, toe.
If she NEEDLES with me again.
My head was a week in the linen cap,
And my eyes month in the putch
| nsver thought that the touch Of love
Would light such birthstone match!
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24

so offending, viz, by holding Office under the
Teoel Government, their property, real and
personal, may be seized. and lis proceeds ap-
Piled to the support of the United States, and
their slaves are to be set free. Against this
latter provision a certain portion OF our North.
ern Democracy has made vehement protest.
both by public meeting, by sasolutioDs, by
speeches, ala BY their votes in Congress- But
we Sc 10 Va..u ground Of objection to it.
: A. -.l. 7:otl,ng knowingly and intention.
rs vhs of this law, should not for
p.OpeFIy as we'll as their other
e-rty, we cannot Imagine. When thus for
a. ited, the slave must Of course become free !:
for the United States Government can neither
hold slaves nor cell them. Who, theu. is in
Jured by this provision! Not the rebel master,
f'r he deserves his loss. Not the Government,
for 1t has lost nothing.
The act which also authorizes the President
to "employ as many persons of African descent
tor the suppression of the rebellion, and use
them an such manner as he may deem best. for
the public welfare" Indeed. it is absurd to
pretend that negroes may not be used, as we'll
as other per+ons, for the suppression of the
rebellion. Their work, 60 tar as it goes, is as
good as that OF others. They can save our
troops an immense amount of labor, at once
unhealthy and severe, upon FORTS sanitary ar.
rangemeRls, &c, &c.
Rebels whose slaves may escape iato other
States are deprived Of the benefit of the law
Ter their surrender. And military officers are
are also forbidden to decide upon the validity
OF claims for the surrender OF such fugitives.
The whole dill is just and timely. 1t gives
the rebels TO understand distinctly the penal.
ties they incur under the lao, as well as from
the sword, by persis'ing in their rebellion. II
gives definite legal character to these penal.
ties, and sfords, for all now engaged in the
rebellion, an opportunity to retrace their step,
If they desire to do so. And the provision,
authorizing the President to proclaim an am
nesty, secures all that can be claimed for tht
rebels on the score of clemencY, or that may b.
demanded by The public good
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24
Tas President COMPLIMENTS CoNoREss =

THR PRESIDENT COMPLIMENTS CONGRESS -
A Washington letter 10 the New York Com
mercial says: There is reason to believe that
The President receives @ small amount ofadvice
from politicians, who inIrude upon hIm with
their opinions. and who, sometimes, are rather
more emphatic that courteous. az tell you,
Mr.. President" said Senat oie day, "unIess
a proposition for Emancipation is adopted by
the Government we will all 20 TO the d..
Al this very momeHt we are not over one mile
from hi" "Perhaps not.T replied the Pres
ideRl, Gas behave that is iust about the Q.
lance from here 10 The Capitol, where yos gen.
Ilsmen are In ssssipn." ....b..-
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24

The address adopted by the War mass meet
ing held at New York on Tuesday, declares
that if any foreign government attempts TO in.
terfe:e in our affairs it must be repealed. II
urges tho necessity of united effort on the
part of the people to crush the rebellion. A
series ofeIeven resolutions were adopted The
last one recommends that the city government
give bounty Of S25 to each resident enlisting
within thirty dSysin any regiment now in the
field. 49,. =.
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24

LECTURE OS WoMAN's RIGHTS BY CoLoRED
DADY.-Good ebeninq, white tolks-good ebe.
ming !-Wite folks, | appear before you dis
ebenin to elucidate and splanify to you de sub
jec Of Woman's Rights. Ii am subjec dat, to
my mind, am jest as clar as de mud in de bot
tom OBJ de Tlbber. II am subjec dat for some
time past has been discussed by de wife folks,
who doesn't know nofin at all about it. Dey
neber did. But I'm goin 10 pitch into my sab.
jec now right off, like hungry niger into a
bowl OBJ clam-soup. l shall, derefore, inquire
Of you de following questions: Who am wo-
man! Whar did she come from! Who does
she belong TO! And 10 which way am she
goin to? Now, in de fust place, fusIly-Whar
did she come from! Yah yah yah! Did
you ebbcr hear SIGH foolish question 1t am
certain dat she am here, and nofhn else don'I
make Bit OF Indifference; and you, men-loIds
OBJ creation, as you call yourselves-ough to be
mighty glad she is here. In de second place
Who does she belong to? Dere's question
tor you 10 get through your wool Who does
she belong! I'll tell you who the belongs to.
She be ongs to herself or else how could she
glib herself away! When man and a woman
gets married, aud dey aint neder OBJ dem got
Dothn', who does de tings belong to! OATS so.
If you take de trouble to look back in sc fore
part Of Webster's Confectionery, you will see
written IN 0eee WOruS: w nat Oelunge 10 DC
man belongs to the woman. and what belongs
to de woman belongs TO herself, and jest &c
much more as she can ley her hands or" In
de next plsSe. nexIly-Whch way am she
gon to? 'Taint no use our boiherin our
minds bout where she's going to! Dis Ting is
certain she aint going TO work herself to
death. Haven't we invented washin. ma chimes
dat'll bang de clothes all to pieces in 1--WE
mlnutes! and nin't we invented cradles, TO
rock bSbes to sleep without sny trouble On de
moder's mind Yes, indeed. OBJ course we
have-aUd more. too! Wife folks, lei me press
on your MUD dat de wrongs of woman stand
heaped on de TOP OBJ her head eber since de
beglnnin' OBJ de world. and previously from all
points oh de compass. For don't it say dat
when Adam and Eve was in de Garden OBJ
Esting. dat Adam coaxed Eve to climb up an
apple tree and she clum up. and he boosted
her. and she tore her dress in limb; and Jess
as she'd got out on a limb and reached out her
hand TO get a golden pippin, didn's two police
come along and nab her. aud tote her off TO do
| station house and didn't Adam turn States
evidence. and have Eve-poor Gal-sent up q
year Indeed he did Wife, folks, I'm goin
to preach on dis subjec, and can't be stopped,
nohow.
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24

The City Councils Of Newark. N. J., have
authorized the issue of promissory potes to the
amount Of $4,000, in denominations Of from
ten 10 fifty cents. to supply the existing wsn
Of small change, 10 be redeemed BY the city
Fsumn Of ten dollars or mere. ssa
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24
P E TR Y.
A Tribute 10 Our Flag,
BY JACoB L HRMMELL..

Beneath the glorious Stripes and Stars,
Bright deeds have oft been done;
And meath thee many gsllan, scars,
Ia battle have been won.
Float on as thou didsi 10 thaa heur,
When freemen fought and bied,
And palsed be the hand 'twould lower,
The emblem Of our fathers dover.
Smyrna times., 1862-07-24

I'll scratch an bite,
An gouge an fight,
An tumble in de mud /;
An when at length
I've lost my strength,
I neber will Glib in
But I'll catch my breath
An rouse myself.
An den pitch 10 agin.
n, wife folks.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-08
a PIueky Man In Washington.
[From the Parkersburg Gazette.1

That man is Mr. Spinner, the United
States Treasurer. Some one was saving
to him on Tuesday, that it was probable
that the fate of the nation would be sealed
within three days, by the result of the
next contest at or near Centreyille. 1t is
not true, said Mr. Spinner, "for if we get
whipped there we will still make another
fight on the Potomac line and if then we
lose Washington, the war will have only
just begun Not until there has been a
funeral in every family will the govern
ment and the people make up their minds
to wage this war as it should be waged %
We like such men and suchtalk. If the
question was put by the Government to-
day, to the people of the free States, if
they would yield the struggle, there would
come up such tremendous No. as would
shake the White House to its foundation.
Will we yield Neuer Before God, neverl
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-08

were commenced in all the Northwestern
Virginia counties. Drilling should now be
the order of the day. Every county should
have its approaches fortified, SO to speak,
1t will be too late 10 take such steps when the
enemy are coming. Men with arms in their
hands without drill are of no use. No man
among them has any confidence in another.
The first assault throws them into panic
and they simply disgrace themselves and
their cause. Thorough organization and
driIl is what is needed, the same sort now
in practice in Cincinnati and all along the
free State borders.
We submit these remarks as vital to our
people. 1t is time something was doing.
We do NOT know what day will bring
forth. These are perillous and eventful
times. Organization should at once be
commenced. Ali sorts of available arms
should be brought into requisition. There
are hundrsds of rifles and shot-guns scat
tered about among the people. They are
all needed, and man is need to handle
each one of them. These remarks will ap-
ply as well to our neighbors over the river
as ourselves here They are in just as
much danger as we are. They should act
with us. The people on both sides should
form an intimatesfrate now and devise
means for the common defence. We hope
the matter will not be delayed.
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until they learned that the soldiers had
left-when they thinking that discretion
was tho better part of Yalor, retired to the
woods where they remained until Monday
morning. The worst feature 10 this raid
was the conversion of several citizens to
the Rebel cause. Three or four volunteered
with jenkins, among others were Mr.
Joseph MCGEE and Q S. Hurley, both
prominent business men OF the town.
Lieut. H. ]. Hoy, of Co. G, who has been
under arrest by order of Gen. Kelley for
some weeks, also Joined the thieviuR crew.
He has long been suspected of secession
DrocliVities but no one was prepared for
this movement. Thank God the Union
army is no longer disgraced with such a
william. The only persons who regret his
departure are those to whom he owed
large bills, of which class there were not
few. Charles CLARK, of Wheeling, a pri-
vate in Co. X, LIST Va, Cavalry, also de-
serted and Joined the rebels. The loss to
the Government and individuals will not
exceed $25, 1000.
The rebels after leaving here went to
Gl1nville, and there routed Co. g, 10Th
Va. Iofantry, but done little damage, They
then went to Arnoldsburg where they seem
to have divided, part going to Spencer and
part TO Suttonville, of this however |
have no official or reliable news large
body was seen this afternoon between
Bulitown and Sutton, and rumor says Col.
Rathbone surrendered to Jenkins.
The citizens all feel justly indignant to-
wards Capt. Fisher for ordering the retreat
SO soon, and are of the opinion that if he
had acted rightly we could have whipped
them-in which opinion fully coincide.
We are now in great dread of an another
attack and have but one company of Cav
airy, (Capt. Rowand's,) for defence. We
have been promised reinforcemeuts, but
none have arrived. Can't we have them
If not may yet have more terrible raid
to report. If there is such / will let you
know in due time. j. T. G.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-08
Their Declarations.

L. W. Spratt, one of the leading men OF
South Carolina, before the rebellion, de-
clared that ''sLAvERY CANNOT SHARE Cow
ERNMEHT WITH DBaooRA01p "SlaVery hav.
ing achieved the victory to escape the
Democracy at the North, must Gehisvs another
to eteGpe it at the South. Vice President Ste
phens, in one of his secession speeches, said
that ''SIATERT"-uOt Democracy, mark you,
or the right Of man to rule himselE-but
"SIdVery Is the chisfe0ra stone of our Gov
ernment. The ideas of the trainers of the
old Federal Constitution irTs Fundamentally
iOTong. =.