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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-10

The following document was picked ur
upon the railroad track by soldier Of the
5lst Ills. regimenr under Gen Pope.
while in close pursuit of the beds, after
the evacuation Of Corinth Ii is sent us
by Lieut.. B f Brown, late of this city
Il il seen, that in the southern mind, the
preservation at the ,'iustitution" is para
mount to All uher duties, even 10 the de,
tefse OF the lost rights" OF the >oatit.
ought not to be forced to serve his coun-
try.
To His Excellency Gov. j. j. Pettus
The Petition Of the Undersigned
citizens of Copiah Jefferson and Claiborne
counties Represent to you that Joseph L.
Robertson Residing in Copiah county is
the Owner of a fine pack of Negro Dogs
Managed and Controlled by him and said
Joseph l.. Robertson is under the age OF
50 years Being Liable to the Conscripion
Law and as we are faiIY Satisfied that he
will be of Much more BeneGt 10 the Com.
munity and Country for him 10 Remain
Here We your Petitioners Respectfully
Petition you to Grant him a Discharge
From Military service d. your Petitioners
we ever Pray &c
April Both lSG2
l. Gillum w II BawenJ p
S Taylor VIM Allen
r Calender Losea Davis
Appleton Pierce H Baker
} NJ Poaree II Z Harris
IL IA Il
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-10
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

Delegate Conve nton will be held al MI Pleasant
Oh wednesday, The 6;h dag Of August A. D. 1862 for
Se purpose 81 hputna Ting candidate for Congress
from the fhsl Go crssi, nal District, 10 be summaries,
at the next general election
Zach county in the District in be entitled 10 one
delegate and one additional delegate Zach one hun
dred Votes cast for Abraham Lincoln as President OF
the United States; and also, an additional delegate
Tor every fractional vote fifty.
All citizens who are In favor Of Aeariv nd Aoststl
supporting NE National Admin trstion in all efforts 10
sPfeaus and Gscisaiiy suppress the Rebellion are in
vhed 10 Cooperate.
X zee,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-10
Republican County Convention.

State Central Committee.
sc BROW NELL, Secretary.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn) 1862-1863, 1862-10-05

days lighting could be fairly told all ovel
the Northern States' the effect would be L
put an end 10 this war. Not that the North
would be daunted by thecGrnage or thipkitselt
unable to continue the contest, but that be fur,
Their pursued, and not worth the sacrifice de-
manded. 1t is very different to give up the
desire to possess another mans house, and TO
surrender the determination Of defending your
own. You may easily come to find the first to
be an lmprudent adventure; you can never
come to find the last an object to be ADAM
doned. This difference is forgotten by the
few shallow reasoners in this country who are
constantly telling US that 20, 200, 900 must in
the end beat 5000, 900 So they would, no
doubt, If the two populations would meet in
some great prairie, and fight it out at once
But, as the 5000, 900 can only send II part of
Their numbers against the 5000, 900, and must
maintain these at q distance from home, the
figures are by no means conclusive In prac-
tico the 20, 000, 900 dwindlc down to that frac.
ton of them who choose to go out and fight,
whereas the 5000, 900, being attacked in their
own homes, are compelled to muster their
whole fighting force. The practical refutation
of this silly %fallacy, as it is to be read in every
page Of former history, is now also to be seen
in every fact Of our cotemporary experience
"A population of2O, 900, 900 ought to give about
four millions of fighting men, but so far from
any such a number being ready to become in
vaders of the South, there seems to be no prob
ability of even the new levy of 300, 600 men
being obtained, The more the truth is known,
the smaller will be the probability of volun-
tcers coming forward to meet this waste of hui
man life, If real accounts were allowed to
circulate in the Federal States of the hardships
which are endured, the slaughter which is suf-
tered as well us inflicted, and the fevers and
agucs which destroy the hostile hosts, small
chance would there be of any bounty drawing
even the necessitous and i'll used Irish emf
grant to such a death rs that offered by the
White Oak Swamp. These false dispatches
and these bombastic general orders are, then,
something more than mere breaches Of yeraci-
ty; they are bats to catch more food for pow
der and more prey for pestilencc. McClellans
real position is along the bank of James river,
sheltcring underthegun of his gun boats, which
protect him from the enemy. SO long as he
stays whore he is he must lose largely every
nightly fever; if ne moves, he must move
over swamp into the clutches Of n victorious
enemy.
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may be the bloodshed it may cause.
We should meet n foe OF the character
that menaces us, under the black flag,
and neither ask nor receive quarter
from this day henceforward. In Eu-
rope armies have been known to pause
when they know no quarter would b.
given; officers have deserted their com
mands when conscious of the fate that
would meet them if they fell into the
hands Of the enemy whose territory.
they were invading. The way was to
declare u war Of determination, and
his life for it, we would not be troubled
with invasion hereafter. IT,.
Mr.. Phelan said the introduction OF
the resolution indicated the dawn Of a
better policy with reference to the flu.
ture defense of our country. lam now
and ever have been in favor Of fight
ing this contest under tho black flag.
If it had been erected over the plains
OF Manassas, n year ago, in my opin-
ion this war would ere this have been
ended. l move it be made tho special
order of the day for II O'CLOCK to NOR.
ROY ..,.
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Jealousy, selected Jackson toturn Pops'.
flank, and that jackson was the first tn
press the sodtof Maryland? Lee "pat,
his best foot foremost" in Jackson. Va
honor Lee, we gladly accord him tia
right to be our Commanding General:
but never shall wo forget or ignore thu
services rendered his country by that
true patriot, pure Christian, inyincibl,
soldier, Thomas J, Jackson.
The advocates of West Point diirec.
attention to Lee, Beauregard, Johnston,
Jackson, Bragg, Longstreet, and many
Others, as illustrating the value of
military education. TO deny the value
Of education of any sort is simply fool.
ish. Even the handicrafts require train.
ing. But, if we would do Justice to
both sides Of the question, we must re.
member the Opportunities which the
graduates of West Point have enjoyed.
1t is to be expected that q man will
achieve a military reputation without
q command? Who has done better
than Floyd with his opportunities?
What Pointer has achieved as much as
Price with his limited means? Not one.
Schools have their uses, in the main
indispensable; but the best tuition can.
not impart talent, much less genius.
Practice ut the bedside is, worth all tho
medical looks and lecturers; the best
school Of the soldier is in the field. The
test OF genius is the overriding of for.
mulas and the application of original
Ideas. Give the schools their due-give
also natural gifts their due-undcrvalue
neither. --Southern L. MESSENGER.
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S Is REWARD.

STOLEN 0MlMONDAY NIGHT, SEPT.
Goth, a black HORSE, branded on the left
shoulder with a small mule shoe, which formed
the letter u. He has had a sore on the top of
over yet. He trots. The above reward will
SOLOMON COOVER,
Oct Sd. tt Winchester, Tenn.
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LINCoLN's PROCLAMATION.

LINCoLN's PROCLAMATION.
Mr.. Scmmes, Of La, introduced the
following resolution, which was order.
ed to be printed and laid upon the table:
Resolved, by the Congress OF the
Confederate States Of America, That
the proclamation Of Abraham Lincoln,
President Of the United States ofAmer.
lea, issued ut the city Of Washington
ON the 22d day Of September, in the
year 1852, wherein he declares that on
the first day Of January, in the year
OF our Lord 1868, all persons held as
slaves within any State or designated
part OF u State, the people whereof
shall be in rebellion against the United
States, shall be thenceforward and for.
ever free, is leveled against the citizens
OF the Confederate States, and as such
IS a gross violation Of the usages Of
civilized warfare, an outrage upon pri-
Vate property and an invitation to ii
scrylle war, and therefore should be
held up to the cyecration of mankind
ana counteracted by such severe retail
iatory measures as, in the judgment of
the President, may be best calculated
to secure its withdrawal OF arrest it's
execution.
Mr.. Clark, Of Missouri, said tho res
olutions did not 90 far enough. He
thought the Presisont should be author-
lied Immediately to proclaim, that ev.
cry person found in arms against the
Confederate Government and its inati-
buttons, in II soil, should be put to
death, and that every citizen of the
~Contederacy be proclaimed a soldier,
tor the time being, to execute the proc.
lamation upon the persons of every
murderer, thief and scoundrel endors-
cd and acting under tho proclamation
OF Lincoln. Our people have been
murdered, our property destroyed, and
now this last and atrocious measure is
Proclaimed. 1t is now a matter of life
and death. Let us meet the exlgencv.
Ihe resolution was not sufficient. He
moved its reference to a special com.
mittee. .., |.
Mr.. Semmes, of La, considered the
question Of retaliation as an executive
question and to bsleft to the discretion
of the Executive to carry out such
measures of retaliation as circumstan-
ces may justify. ' -"
Mr.. Henry did not think the resolu.
ton. strong enough. The time had an.
rived when we should de Stare q war of
determination upon every foe that puts
his foot upon IL soil, no matter what
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[For the Daily Bulletin
WINCHEsTER, Tenn,
October Sd 1862.

SNlOuCi ou jOO-.
Editor Bulletin:
Since writing the communication
published in your paper Of to-day, on
the subject Of Extortion, have learned
Il fact which, perhaps, is not generally
known. ..
Major Moffet informs me that one of
the hoot.malScrs il this town has two
prizes tor boots. One, If paid in bank
notes, and another if paid in Coniede-
rate money, making u distinction
against Confederate money Of about
10 per cent.
This is justified like all other practi-
Cal opposition to the Government, by
saying that somebody else does the
same thing-that one Of tho tanners
in Winchester is making that distinc-
ton. -
This, ofcourse, is no excuse, and the
time is now rapidly approaching when
neither boot makers nor tanners will be
allowed TO openly make war upon the
Government; il men are determined
to be our enemies, they must so and
stay among our enemies. Men must
not be permitted to doprociato the cur
roncy upon which alone can we hope
for independence in this way. Our
currency is everything to us, and is
generally recciyd. \ few men cannot
be permitted to destroy it in this way.
If these men will go and join the ne
my we can manage them, and will
2now how to take them, but living
within our lines they know what we
arc doing, and being prctcndedfiionds,
their proximity to Us is such that they
can constantly indict upon us much
more deadly blows than if they were
at a distance, in the ranks Of the enemy.
We cannot trust men who love them-
selves so well that they canno torego
the temptation to shave government
that is protecting them and their chill.
dren from II foe moro to be dreaded
than sayages. g.
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Gen. Lees reputation now overshad-
ows all others. His fame has been no.
bly, How long he will be per,
mitted to occupy the public eye is IN.
certain.
1t cannot be forgotten that before
and after Manassas 81, Bcaurcgard was
a great name. SO was Johnston. The
two shining lights were brought togeth-
er-was it with the design that each
might be oclipscd? Such, to q certain
extent, was the effect. But Beauye.
CARDS star was still in the ascendant.
Beaurogard went to the West and made
a name still greater. History will tell
by what means and upon what fiimsy
pretext he was forcibly relieved from
duty and driven into ~obscurity for five
months. There are ~jealousies that are
ridiculous, and malignities so mean that
they become impotent and farcical.
The system OF making our great mil
itary chiefs eclipse each other by iux-
Imposition is very cunning, but it has
failed, as all low cunning, in the long
run, is sure to do. In the blaze Of Lees
deserved glory, StonewaIl Jackson has
not been forgotten. That go-ahead,
really great tighter-the pride and Joy
OF the pcople-still stands in clear re-
leaf before the public gaze. Can any
mar tell what Lee would have done on
the Chicahominy but for the unparal-
Ieled Napoleonic campaign in the Val.
ley? Shall we ever forget the work Of
Jackson in the battles before Richmond.
or the fresh laurels that crowned his
well -wreathed brow at Cedar Run? Do
we not remember that Lee-magnani-
nous Lee, ~incabable of the littleness of
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn) 1862-1863, 1862-10-05
from the Richmond Enquirer
A Patriotic Song from across the
.. a.ra ...n Waters. il. aoa.v

OF Cne following beautiful sOul-Stlrring
lines from the gifted pen of Mrs. Ellen
Key Blunt, daughter Of the late Fran.
els Key, the well known author of the
"Star Spangled Banner" to whom and
his song, a touching allusion, is made
in the second stanza. Accompanying
the lines is a model Of a national flag,
in which. thirteen stars, equal to tho
number Of the thirteen States, are ar.
ranged,in the form of a cross on a blue
ground, the red and white bars being
disposed of at present
THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
In the name of God! Amen!
Stand for our Southern rights!
Over ye, Southern men,
The God of Battles fights!
Fling the invaders far.
Hurl back their work of woe;
The voice is the voice of a brother,
But the hands are the hands Of a foe.
They come with u tramplmg army,
Invading our native sod
Stand, Southerns! fight and conquer!
In the name of the mighty God!
Ivy w piAlSlhS Jul sung VI ulutilQu! ~
Which was made to make US free,
Whilethey're breaking away the heart-strings
Of our Nations harmony.
Sadly it aoateth from u.s., ~
Signing DER land and wave,
Till, mute on the lips of the Poet;
1t sleeps in his Southern grave.
Spirit and Song departed!
Minstrel and minstrelsy
We mourn thee, heavy hearted,
But we will, we shall be free!
They are waving our flag above us, i,
With a despot's tyrant will;
With our blood they have stained its colors,
And call it holy still.
With fearful eyes, but steady hand,
Well tear its stripes apart,
And fling themslike broken letters
That may not bind the heart.
But we'll save our stars of glory,
In the might Of the sacred sign
Of Him who has fixed forever
Our Southern cross to shine.
Stand, Southerns! stand and conquer!
Solemn and strong and sure!
The strife shall not be longer
Than God shall bid endure.
By the life which only yesterday
Came with the Infants breath!
By the feet which ERE the the morn may
Tread to the Soldiers death! ~
By the blood which cries to Heaven! %
Crimson upon our Sod, .s.i
Stand, Southerns! stand and conquer!
In the name of-the Mighty God!
~. MS frl'aY .~ojtiz-rs
To His Excellency President Davis,
From his .-fallow-citizens,
81 EaELLEN K8YyBLUNT.
:, 50. j.. T. MASON BLUNT.
Of Maryland and Virginia.
PARIS, 1862. f.rg7zs frsr
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Confederate States Congress.
MONDAY, September Goth.
SENArE

The Senate met a, ii o'clock, A. NJ.
The President, Mr., Stephens, in the
Chair.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Woodbridge.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-06

The Columbus Statesman, in its wrath
against the radicals, becomes blind to its
own logic. It charges that the end and
aim Of the radicals is that slavery must
die-that this is their object Of the war,
and then quotes, to prove the assertion, the
remark Of the New York Tribune, that the
President "caa only sars the Union by
throt1ing its arch enemy "-thatis, slave
II. Isit possible that the Statesman does
not see that this quotation directly dis
proves what it charges-that it shows be-
yond eaYil and dispute, that the OI5eetistO
Gsave the Union and that TO do this the
great arch enemy Of the Union must be
throttled7 A child Of ten years could not
fail to see that this is the direct, the only
doctrine preached in that quotation.
To save the Union Is the object to de-
ssroy slavery the means TO accomplish that
object No Republican has ever assumed
to demand that the destruction Of slavery
Be- made the object ofthe war, but they have
asserted, and do continually assert that
he surest means and most humaniEing
method Of restoring the Union and putting
down the rebellion is to strike at the root
q thstree Of evil, and destroy slavery
The Statesman and its co-Workers would
sase slavery at slI hazards We would
save the Union at the expense Of slavery,
and the sooner the last goes down, the
sooner win the great impedimsnt in the
way Of the former be removed.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-06
The Drmocrnlic lirersburrs.

The unseemly haste of VaIlandigham,
Cox and Richardson to throw FIRE brand
into COngress-(they could not even de-
Gently wait until the Message had been
read, is aptly compared by the Cincinnati
Gazette, to the determination of Mr..
Gregsbury, who is one of Dickens pecu-
liar characters. The Gazette says:
HThe Democratic members have made a
severe determination among themselves to
come out strong in the Gregsbury part
that is, the part which Mr.. Gregsbury, NJ
P, pledged himself to perform if elected,
and on which he was specifically called to
account by body of his constituents,
headed by Mr.. Pugstyles. The interview
is described by Dickens"
"Whether read Mr.. Pugstyles from a
written list of questions" Whether, sir,
you did not pledge yourself to astOnish the
Government, and make them shrink in
their shoes2 And whether you have as
tonished them, and made them shrink in
their shoes or not2 Whether, sir, you did
not state upon the husings that it was
your firm and determined intention to op-
pose everything proposed; to divide the
House upon every question; to move for
returns on every subject; to place mo-
ton on the books every day, and, in short
in your own memorable words, to play
the very devil with everything and every
BODY y
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-06
The Mcneil Exeenrisn.

A st. Louis correspondent Of the Colum-
bus Crisis, (secesb, having stated that
Allsman, the man for whose murder Gen.
sral Mcneil shot ten guerrillas, had re-
turned to his home, the st. Louis Democrat
emphatically denies it, and says it is q lie
out Of whole cloth. The correspondents
story having gone the rounds Of the DEM
Ocratic prints, and furnished them with
material for long discOurses upon the
barbarity Of the Federal Generals, let us
see whether they will have the manliness
to publish the denial. But of course they
win do nothing Of the sort. They 20 into
cOnvulsiOns on the execution of any bush
whacking rebel marauder, but have no re-
gret or condemnation when those same
marsuders hang up Union men and wO-
men who have lived without crime, save
that Of loving the Union and the flag of
their fathers They are a pack of Villain
GUS traitors, exaggerating the rigOr of
Federal rule, and manufacturing the gross
est lies against the Government and its
officers, for the purpose Of dividing the
people Of the North in their attachment to
the Union.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-06
A HnreI.

The Lindel Hotel, just finished at St.
Louis, ia called the largest in the world
1t is equivalent to eight stories high, con-
tains 515 rooms, q parlors, q acres Of
plastering, acres of flooring, % miles of
bell wire, 93 miles of baso-bOard, Il miles
Of gas, steam and water pipe, Il miles or
1880 yards of hall, 80 windows, and IA
900 feet Of painted imitation Of cornice.-
The quantity Of bricks used in the build
ing is 100000. In the basement there is
q railroad running the entire length, for
the transportation Of heavy articles, and
above are two steam elevators for lifting
fuel and baggage from the ground to the
floors above. The billiard room is 68 feet
by A. The gsntlemen's dining-rOom is
100 by As, and the ladies ordinary 95 by
As. The house is not yet furnished.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-06

The New York Chamber Of Commerce
have called meeting to consider the pro-
ject Of sending over one or more vessels
with relief to the distressed operatives in
England. There is no doubt the plan will be
carried through, and that the starving
poor who have been our best and almost
our only friends in that country, will have
cause 10 bless tho generosity Of American
sympathisers. A letter from London to
the Washington Chronicle, dated Nov. 18th
shows that the relief is looked for with
anxious eyes. 1t says:
+" You may be surprised to find among
the half-starved, out-of-Bork cotton labor
ers Of Lancashire, there is very strong in
preston that they IgiH soon receive HsUnifeent
relief from the United States. They expect
this in fhs shape Of grain, and evidently re-
member the liberal and seasonable relief
which America sent to Ireland in 1849.
If the United States could be reached on
foot, half million Of men, women and
children, from the cotton districts here,
would have found their way, months ago,
to the land Of the free and the home of the
brave. In their present feeble condition
they would be Of little use anywhere"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-06
SFertIr efaII commendntIon.

worthy Of all COmmenduttons
Weareglad toehrOniele the efforts which
are being made by one officer Of the army,
and that one an OhiOan, to make the army
nursery of virtue and temperance rather
than Of vice and drunkenness. It is a
melancholy and startling fact that the
whole army, with such occasional noble
exceptions as this one under consideration,
isa vast hot-bed for all manner of private
immortality and vice Men who go into
itPure and respected, come out debased
end degraded. The teetotaIler becomes a
drunkard, and the sabbath-schoOl teacher
s blasphemer.
The exception which has been brought to
our knowledge is the command Of Colonel
d. B. Darlington, late Adjutant General
Of Ohio and now Colonel of the 18th o. S.
Infantry (regulars). He has issued a
pamphlet edition of "Familiar Hints to
Indiana Soldiers taking the Field, he be-
ing now assigned to the organization of
the recruits from that State Prom these
q aHints" we clip the following, which are
equally applicable to the soldier at home
and in the feld;
a Ssgsayiag profanes the name Of the God
ofbattIes Revere Him, if you wish His
blessing. Keep your own self respect, and
you cannot become a coward. The habit
is uumanly, useless and degrading.
&c LgiRkiHg-unless under medical advice,
Is your greatest curse. A l7eH man was made
with NERVES to sustain him under labor
he can depend upon them. Liquor excites,
but brings reaction and ruin. Coffee is
stimulus and is nutricious. Quit strong
drink.
q HLepdness makes beasts Of men-neve=
risk it. Be as pure as when at home. In
q word, be as good citizens in the field, as
II at home, where mothers, wives and
maidens. loek to you for support and
favor.n
So much for the theory. That the prac-
tice in his own regiment is successful, q
letter which has been shown the Toledo
Blade clearly shows. The writer stated
that Colonel O.'s regiment was remarkably |
healthy, that of the entire number-S,OOO !
composing g it, no more were sick than
are usually found in regiment of 1000 |
men; and that SO popular is this Colonel
with those volunteering that he has not
only the largest regiment ever organized !
on this continent, but that it has ere
serve corps Of recruits numbering over
t.so hundred men. This is the legitimate |
result Of Colonel Carrington's regard for
the comfort and well-being of his troops.