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DeSerters.

DeSerters.
It would seem from the number of persons ad-
vertsed in the papers deserters, that this is be-
coming a common crime in our camps 1t is one
which must be checked by severe punishment if it
cannot be cured by milder means Already, we
learn some have paid the penalty of death for this
ofence-an awful penalty, yet one which must be
inflicted if stop be not put to it
In many instances of real desertion, we observe
they are abandoned, graceless scamps, mostly for
eigners, who have been going the rounds and hiring
themselves for substitutes and as soon as accepted
and entering the ranks with full pockets, have
eloped to try their hands again at other points,
These men should be arrested at once and punished.
We learn that at Camp Holmes, Maj. Mallett has
very properly refused to receive a number of these
men as substitutes. Foreigners who have declared
their intention to become citizens, and who can es
tablish character will no doubt be accepted, but
otherwise they should not be.
The publication of deserters, however, as gen.
eral rule, ought to be very carefully DONE Many
of our soldiers who leave on furlough seem to be
ignorant of the rules of the service and remain OFT
beyond the time on account of i'll health or other
unavoidable causes, and fail to give due notice to
the proper officer. Others have been discharged
from the SERVICE and others have been detailed for
other SERVICE and the proper entries have not been
made on the roll books 1t is extremely mortifying
to such men to be published as deserters, yet the
fault is often owing to their own neg glect Several
such instances have been noticed in our columns
The following seems to be a case which calls for
correction -
CHATHAM Co., N. G., Aug. u, 80.
Editor NJ C. StandGrd:-
S1R:-in looking over your paper some week or
two ago, was much grieved to see my name among
the list Of deserters from company N. 18th Reg't
N. @. Troops in consequence of which 1 will say
through your columns that it was never my inten-
ton to desert was sick at the N. c. Hospital in
Petersburg and obtained leave of absence sometime
in March since that time have been too feeble to
perform military duty. You will please copy be-.
low certificate from DR.. John A. Hanks, a we'll
known physician of Pittsboro'.
Yours, with much respect,
N. M ALSTON.
P1r1sBoRo', Aug. Q, 1862.
So md
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DYE srUFFs AND MEDICINES.

RLUE STONE, BY THE KEG,) ALUM, (KEa0 TAN.
y ners Oil, (bbl Indigo, Arrow Root, Qunine. Eng
Calomsl. Opium, StrongS and Holloways Plls (dos, ]
French Brandy Old Port Wine, BLACK tssd, Castor oil
Ntrats of Silver, Blue Mass De.
E NYR HUrCHIs0H / 90.
Chartetts, 4. @, Auz q, lss2. @-tx.
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Official Vote.

In the Senatorial District composed Of the Counties
of Yadkin, Surry, Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga.
The following is the vote recently cast in this
District for Senator.
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ElectiOn Returns.

Election Returns.
The following have been received since our last
issue:
Hyde and Tyrrell.
Senate, Charles McCleese, of Tyrrell.
Hyde-Commons, E. L. Mann
We learn there was no election in Tyrrell or
Washington, on account of the presence of the Yam
KEGS.
Cherokee and Clay.
Commons, j. Ii. Bryson.
Beaufort.
Senate, E. j. Warren.
Commons, R. S. Donnell, Capt VIM. T. Marsh
OnsioW.
Senate, j. A. Murrill.
, Commons, Harvey Foy.
Yancey and Mitchell.
1t. D. NJ Young.
Currituck.
Commons, B. NJ. Baxter.
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Vance's maj in rs Cos, ss,o5s
This leaves Carteret, Chowan, Gates Jones, Le-
noir, Lincoln, Mitchell, 0usow, Polk, Pennsylvania,
Tyrrel, Union, Washington, and Yancey to be heard
from. Carteret, Chowan, Gates, Onslow, Tyrrell,
and Washington all more or less within the enc.
mys lines, and the vote in them is no doubt small
Transylvania, Polk, and Mitchell have probably
voted with the Counties out of which they were
formed We learn that JONES' Lenior, Gates, Mitch
ell, Onslow, and Yancey have given majorities to
Col Vance. Union has no doubt given majority
to Mr.. Johnston. With the lights before us we in
cline to think Col. Vance's majority will be about
SS,5O0-unless, as claimed by good-humored friend
at our elbow, itshould be 80, $685. We will publish
the official vote in full when it comes to hand.
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PIrrsRoRo'. Aug. Q. 1862

P1rrsBoRo, Aug. Q, 1862.
This is to certify that N. M. Alston is now and
has been for months an invalid, too unwel to per-
form military duty.
Given under my hand this day and dste.
j. A. HANKS, N. D,
Surg 49th Regt, n. G. Mil.
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The Vote for Governor.

We published in our last the vote of u Counties
for Governor, making 4sO93 for Vance, and l6,7e7
for Johnston. Since then we have heard from
Cherokee, Hyde, and Currituck, as follows:
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1862-09-06
Times Varied Pace.

There are few things more strange than
the different pace with which, in different
minds and hearts, time seems to tread his
onward course. To the little child, a
year appears almost endless to the full
grown man, it seems in memory but few
days, and those so confused with the days
that had preceded them, that he can with
difficulty disentagle, and fix the limits in
his thoughts of any single period. When
he attempts to review year, and ASST gn
to it the events which marked its pro-
gress, he will probably reckon among
them the occurrences of some previous
year, perhaps far from that he is now con
templating, but which, with its compan-
ions, has sunk into the boundless abyss
of the past. To the sorrowful, time s
barque seems to be becalmed, and the
slow, stagnant current on which it floats
seems scarcely able to move onwards.-
They wake in the morning, to find them
selves only where they fell asleep at night,
the same sad scene around, the. same
dreary desert before; while to the gay
and light-hearted the voyage is all too
rapid-they would fain linger and revel
in the sunshine which irradiates a pros
pect so beautiful and so tempting. But
no; the barque bounds on; and ere they
thought their sails were set, they have
been whirled from one end of the year, to
the other. Aud yet time neither hastens
nor retards its pace; its course is even
and silent it flows out drop by drop from
the eternal fountain.
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JNist&llan&ous.
THE TWO HOMES.

Two men on their way home met at a
street-crossing, and they walked on to-
gether. They we're neighbors and
friends
''This has been very hard day." said
Mr.. Freeman, in gloomy voice. And
as they walked homeward they discour-
aged each other, and made darker the
clouds that obscured the whole horizon.
Good evening"" was at last said hur-
riedly, and the two men passed into their
homes.
Mr.. Walcott entered the room where
his wife and children were gathered, and
without speaking to any one, seated him.
self in chair, and leaning his head back,
closed his eyes. His countenance. wore
sad, weary, exhausted look. He had
been seated thus for only few minutes,
when his wife said, in fearful voice:
"More trouble again.
ssWhat is the matter now p asked Mr..
Walcott almost starting.
"John has been sent home from school. !"
ssWhat?" Mr. Walcott partly rose
from his chair.
"He has been suspended for bad con-
duct"
ooh dear p groaned Mr.. Walcott,
'swhere is he 7"
Cup in his room I sent him there as
soon as he came home. You'll have 10 do
something with him. He'll be ruined if
he goes on in this way. I'm out of all
heart with him.
Mr.. Walcott, excited as much by the
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1862-09-06
A Puzzled Pig.

One Of our farmers being much annoy
ed by his best SOW breaking into his corn
field, search was instituted in vain for
hole in the rail fence. Failing to find
one, an attempt was next made to drive
out the animal by the way she entered;
but Of course without success. The own
er resolved to watch her proceedings, and
posting at night to fence corner, he saw
her enter at one end of hollow log, out
side the fence, and emerge at the other
end, within the enclosure. 81 have you
now, old lady," cried he. Accordingly
he proceeded, after turning her out once
more, to so place the log, Git being very
crooked) that both ends opened outside
the field. The next day the animal en-
tered her accustomed place, and emerged
again. Her establishment, says our in
formant, at finding herself in the same
position whence she started, is too ludic-
rous to be described She looked this
way and then that, grunted her dissatis-
faction, and finally returning to the origi-
nal starting place, and after deliberate
survey of things to satisfy herself that all
was right, again entered the log. On
emerging once more on the wrong side,
she evinced even more surprise than be-
fore; and turaing about retraced the log
in an opposite direction. Finding this
effort alike in vain, after looking long and
attentively at the position of things, with
short angry grunt of disappointment,
and perhaps fear, she turned short around
and started off on brisk run; nor could
either coaxing or driving ever induce a
visit to that part of the field. She seem
ed to have superstition concerning the
spot"
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INFLUENCE OF MUsIC.-Napoleon

INFLUENCE OF MUsIo.-Napoleon
confessedly the most consummate COM
mander that ever lifted sword, who by
his tactics out-generaled all Europe, had
a strict regard for the pieces of music
which were played by the soldiery on par
ticalar occasions. Certain tunes were
prohibited, others used only under pecu-
liar circumstances and others reserved
for the final charge, retained only to 10
let loose perhaps with reserve corps
and it is, stated that in making the famous
passage of the Alps, under circumstances
the most appalling and dreadful, if the
soldiers at any time hesitated in their
march, he ordered the buglers to sound
their liveliest notes, and if the obstacle
was so great as to bring them to a dead
halt, the whole band was ordered to peal
forth the charges of battle, which never
failed to bear them over the most formi-
dable difficulties.
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full words of Mr.. Freeman as he resigned
himself to slumber.
With renewed strength of mind and
body, and confident spirit, he went forth
the next day-a day that he had looked
forward to with fear and trembling. And
it was only through this renewed strength
and confident spirit that he was able to
overcome the difficulties that loomed up,
mountain high, before him. Weak des-
pondency would have ruined all. Home
had proved his tower of strength-his
walled city. Strengthened for the con-
fict, he had gone forth again into the
world and conquered in the struggle.
81 see light ahead" gave place to "The
morning breaketh. "-Orange Blossoms.
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STRETCH IT A LITTLE.-A little girl
and her brother were on their way to the
grocer's one wintry morning. The ground
was white with frost, and the wind was
very sharp. They were both poorly dres-
sed, but the little girl had sort Of coat
over her, which she seemed to have out
grown. As they walked briskly along
she drew her little companion close up to
her, saying, "Come under my coat, John
N.Y. at isn't big enough for both,'' he
replied. ~ think l can stretch it a lit
tie" she said and they were soon as
close together and as warm as two birds
in the same nest. How many shivering
bodies, and heavy hearts, and weeping
eyes there are in the world just because
people do not stretch their comforts lit
tie beyond themselves.
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Das" Three or four times couple APP
peared before clergyman for marriage,
but the bridegroom was drunk, and the rev.
erend gentleman refused to tie the knot.
On the last occasion he expressed his sur
prise that SO respectable looking girl
was not ashamed to appear at the alter
with man in such state. The poor
girl burst into tears and said she could
not help it.
"And why, pray?"
Because, sir, he won't come when he
SOBER"
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CAN A BODY EAT WITH 'EM.--A

CAN BODY EAT WITH 'EM.--An ell
DERBY lady who was handling o pair of ar
ti6cial plates in dental office, and admir-
ing the fuency with which the dentist
described them, asked him
"Can body eat with these things p
"My dear madam, n,astication can be
performed with them with a facility scarce
ly excelled by nature herself" responded
the dentist.
eyes, | know, but can a body eatwith
them Z" .s
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.4oetita4>
THE OLD MAID.
"A W. BATENGAN-

0 tell me why, though maid be old,
Her praise may not be sung?
And why her tale may not be told,
How she too, once was young,
And lovers came and lovers wooed
Yet left her to pine in solitude.
Her dear old schoolmates all are gone;
Her sisters all are wed;
And in cruel hours she twined the flowers,
To deck the beauteous head
OF one who stole the heart away
On which her own was SET
And made her rue the luckless day
(And makes her rue it yeti
When lover came and lover wooed,
Yet left her to pine in solitude.
Year after year she dwells alone,
While the world fits gaily by
And the tears they start in her aching heart,
But they never dim her eye;
For ner grief in her secret soul abides,
And she wears a cheerful air.
While in her bosom the treasures she hides,
Like the lock of a lost ones hair,
And dreams of the lover who came and wooed,
Yet left her to pine in solitude.
Proudly she bears her sorrowful head,
Wreathed only with winter curls
Bravey she bears the jibes and the jeers
The world at the old maid hurls,
For she knows that the lot of women is hard,
And that in the rude battle of life,
Her bosom must often be wounded and SCARED,
Whether maiden, mother or wife;
So, though lovers came, and lovers wooed,
She would half prefer solitude.
o! say not her heart is selfish and cold,
And that nothing her love can arouse,
For who but she TO the sick and the old,
Is the angel in every house?
Yes, in trial and trouble the old maid is near,
With n balsam for all our woes,
And she e er lends an ear and drops kind
tear,
When to her the young maiden goes,
To tell of the lover who came and who wooed,
Yet threatened to leave her in solitude.
Than tell me why, though the maid be old,
Her praise may not be sung?
And why her tale may not be told,
How she, too, once was young,
And lovers came, and lovers wooed,
Yet left her to pine in solitude.
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FIDELITY,-Never forsake friend.
When enemies gather around when
sickness falls on the heart; when the
world is dark and cherries, then is the
time to try true friendship. They who
turn from the scene of distress betray their
hypocrisy, and proves that interest only
moves them. If you have a friend who
loves you and studies your interest and
happiness, be sure to sustain him in adj
versity. Let him feel that his former
kindness is appreciated, and his love not
thrown away. Real fidelity may be rare,
but it exists in the heart. Who has not
seen and felt its power? They only de-
ny its worth and power who never loved a
friend, or labored to make a friend hap
Ply. ag
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Bar "What makes you look so grum,
Tom ~
"Oh, I have had to endure sad trial
to my feelings
"What on earth was it Z"
"Why, had to tie on pretty girls
bonnet while her ma was looking on.'
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The RIFLE.-It is now unknown where
rifles we're first made, but they were used in
Europe in the 18th century, and in B6r-
lin, Prussia, there is small rifle cannon
having ID grooves, which bears the date
Of 1864. 1t isa breech loader. In the
American revolutionary war the English
had several 2 FOUNDER rifle cannon, the
range of which was 1,$00 yards, while in
accuracy they surpassed oil other pieces of
that period. 1t was in the army under
Washington, however, that select corps Of
riRsmen were first employed. Il is said
that their success led first to the introduce
tion Of rifle regiments into Eutopean ar
mics. &
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D1- In Upper Austria che miners and
peasants, old and young, strew arsenic
like salt on their bread, and eat 1t without
injury, to preserve a youthful appear
ance sa
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1862-09-06

rSrThe woman who never interfered
with her husbands affairs, arrived ID town
tho other day. She is an---old maid.
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B@- Nature seldom lavishes Of her gifts
upon one subject: the peacock has no
voice; the beautiful Camelia Japonica has
no odor; and bellies, generally speaking,
have no great share of intellect.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-12-10
Army Correspondence.
HEAD o. .RrERs, 36rH Re- IMENr,

! HEAD GU ,RrERs, 36rH Re- jIMsSr,
! Camp rankin. Iowa, Dec. 5 1861
| Messrs. Editors:-'Things move along in
the 3oth about after the old style. The health,
OF the regiment is quite good ut present only
, n lew cases OF lung fever lett - the last re.
mains Of the measels.
The 3Sth Las been ordered away and to re.
port ut Memphis Immediately, and we expect to
leave here in n very short time.
Our It. Col. has received permission from
the War Department to raise Battery, to go
| in connection with our Regiment, which will
make the 3sth one OF the best Regiments the
State has furnished, and great circuit is due our
It. Col. for his untring efforts in bringing
| about 81 n an ent ,rprise
The 4 d Regiment is filing up very slow,
imagine the sous of Erin don't like to STAGE
the music" There are only some two or three
companies Of them yet in camp.
Tie boys Of the 3'th, have generally signed
the Allotment Rolls, whereby their pay, or the
Or friends, several'y desi gn.ted by them in the
Rolls, Instead of its being paid t. then. in the
field. and the State Bank Of Iowa, at Nc.
GregOr, has been designated by the Fayetle
county boys t. distribute it AS par Allotment
Rolls that being the most central and con
venient point.
The weather is quite cold here ut present
the RIVER is about closed, AID business IN the
city ~ pears t. be quite good, but patriotism is
far below par, and the draft IL sneered at with
impunity suppose they think they are all
right IS long rs D. A. Mahony remains with
thcm-but Father Abraham will come down Oh
them by and by, and then just imagine what u
'.ske,iaddii"g" there will be amongst the ia.
tives.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-12-10
For the Times.
Charity Begins Mt Home.

MEG RsG0R Dec. 9Th, 1862.
/. Messrs Edtorx:-I would beg to call the
Intention of the good citizens 81 McGregor, to
the condition., wants and necessities OF what ia
termed War Widows" The wives and ch Id
rem Of the brave boys who have & ne t. de-
fcnd our country's honor. Many Of them to
nv cert lin kn0wle ge, ARE to-day destitute Of
the common necessities Of life Is this state
Of things to last? tru.t not, but am firm in
the belief that when some proper acLi II is taken
it will be found TINT the people Of this city a.c
too just, will not say generous. TOR it needs
NO generosity to do marked duty, to allow this
state Of things to continue.
IL the sanitary Associations would bring
lhe;r sympathy li,tl' nearer home. it, bene-
fetal results would be much IN re- gratifying to
those who are engaged in it, and render vast
more amount of good and give much better
satisfaction to the soldier. -...e...
Who believes for moment That there 10 a
soldier in the field that does not care much
more for the comfort of his family thln for his
own? believe there il not one, aud tn t we
can render them n more thankful all by admin
istering t, the wants and necessities of their
families than extending the same to them
The U S. sees that the soldiers are cared for
IN every particular, and the people ut home
should have-a jealous eye to the needs Of their
families. -.......
would suggest that Soldiers Family Aid
Society be organized, and that those who are
found necessitOus. should be ut once cared for
and taken under its projections. Who will
move in the matter? for one, can be consid.
cred enlisted in the cause, to the full extent Of
my ability, tor and during the war, always OK.
cepting that it should myselfbc drafted.
o. McCRANEY.
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u There havin, been rumors about town.
which have gained some credencr, that the last
box Of sani AIRY supplies which were forwarded
from this place never reached their destination
the subjoincd letter, announcing their receipt
has been handed us Tor publication Ivy Mr.,
Remick. the active President OF the M.Gresor
Branch SANITARY Society:
LADIES UNIoN Am SOCIETY,
st. Louis, Dec. Z, s62
II. A. Res,ick Presl San. Society,",
.Hcf.,.yor Branch:
DEAR MAEAME:-We are in receipt OF the
BOX OF hospital stores forwarded 10y your Soci-
ETY. some time since.
am happy in behalf Of the Ladies Of our
Society, to thank you most heartily for your
kindly aid and sympathy which prompted the
sending OF SO many little comforts a,ll deIic.-
cies for our brave but suffering soldiers. B.
assured, every article prepared by you with so
much care aud thought, will be use for tn
good Of those who may he 8 eking rest ration
in the Hospitals, or in camp away from home
ard its kind attentions.
Thanking you again for your assistance in
our work, aud wishing you success in your FL.
ture efforts in this work in which we are al SO
much interested. 3#
am yours, gratefully and truly,
II. A. ADAMS, Sccy
l.. u. A. Society.