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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

Capture Of Memphis-Partionlars Of the Battle
CAIRo. June S.-The steamer Platte Valley
the first boat through fram Memphis. arrivct
here this morning. The flotflla, consisting O.
five gunboats and eight rams, left Fort Pillow
on Thursday morning. Finding 40 ohstruc
tions at Fort Randolph, the flotiIa pushed on
and at eight o'clock on Thursday evening our
| gunboats anchored two miles above Memphis
| the rams remaining short distance above. A
I reconnaissance was then made
The rebel feet. consisting OF the Gllowing.
Gen. Van Dorm, Aag-ships Gen. Bragg, Gen,
! Lowell. JEFF. Thompson. Beauregard, Little
Rebel and Sumter. were discovered lying near
Memphis. During the night the rebel feet
moved down the river, and at Daylight were
sceR coming ap 10 line of battle, Our gun
| boats had IN the meantime weighed anchor,
and followed by several rams. moved slowly
towards the rebel feet, when a shot from the
Little ReLelS rified gun, at long range, fell
within shoEt distance of the Cairo, which
was in the advance. The Cairo replied with
a brOadaide, and soon the engagement became
general, at long range. A
The rebel ram "BeaureEa7a" heipg in the
advance was singled out by the Federal rams
Monarch aud Q1eeR, each striving to be first
TO strike her. The Monarch suoceeaed in
striking her amidships, almost cutting her in
two. causing her TO fill and sink Immediately
IN the channel. -.
At this juncture the Little Rebel made
dash at the Monarch, which by this time was
in the midst of the rebel fleet, but by skillful
movement Of the pilot she dropped out of the
way, and the blow intended for her struck the
rebel boat General Price" taking away her
wheel house and running her ashore, where she
sent shot, which, unfortunately for the rebels,
struck the "General Lowell; p rendering her un-
manageble. Immediately afterwards she was
run down by the Federal ram Queen.
A broadside from the gunbuat Benton took
effect on the JEFF. Thompson, when she was
run ashore and burned
-Four of the rebel boats being thus disabled,
the remainder retreated down the river, pur-
sued by our boats, resulting in the capture of
the Sumter, Bragg and Little Rebel. Capt
Montgomery with moat Of his officers and men,
succeeded in making their escape on the Ar
kansas shore.
'Fhe Federal ram Lancaster was attacked
during the fight by the rebel ram ReauFegard
and slightly disabled.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
The sOnlpre Aspects Of the War.

The discharged soldiers from the hospital
crippled heyond the power of further duty
are beginning to contrast VITA a shade o
gloom the Gaieiy of the pFomeDades. The
spectacle is a sad one, and the more so because
from the eyes Of the present generation it will
never disappear. Wounded men-some arm
less, some with legs shot away--are seen in
the streets singly and in little groups, living
monuments of traitor malignity ana fratrcidal
ambition. OF the 1000 men in the hospitals
in this oity, at least 1000, VIC arc informed
are incapaciated from further service, and will
pass mutiated to their graves.
We see the poor fellows everywhere, limp
ing uncouiplainingly along, content that they
have fought in good cause, ana grateful for
any courtesy shown to them. We have seen
puppies in broadcloths who contumaciously
jostled against. them. Ne have. seen noble
hearted ladies in costly silks not too proud. to
yield to :hem the right of way, and to salute
them as they hahhled past. We saw such a
lady yesterday quietly pass to the conductor
the fare for four crippled soldiers who entered
the vehicle as she alighted, and who passed on
their way none the wiser until the conductor
them on the subject. .ao,srids
Ifanybody is entitled to regard and kind
treatment it is the wounded soldier. For fifty
years. to come the naimed ard the crippled
viii temper the splendofs Of the promenade q
Phil Gasette.-s5s7o i7- t7zs asr .z.7i '-''-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
PURSUIT OF PLEASURE,

D We smile atZfle ignorance of the savages
4 who cuts down the tree in order to reach its
fruit; but the fact Is fiat blunder of this de-
scriptiop is made by every person, who is over
eager and impatieat ia TIE pursuit ofpleasure.
To such the present moment is everything, and
the future is nothing; he borrows, therefore
from the future at most usurious and ruin
ous interest; and the consequence is that he
finds the tone OF his feelings inpaiFdtl his self
respect diminished, hishealth Of mind and body
destroyed and life reducedFto its very dregs,
at a time when humanity speaking, the great
est portion of its comforts should still be be-
fore him. sAsU&A~a se's s~S~-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
Origin Of Jeff. Davis


Mr.. Mercer, the spirited editor Of the Nash
vile Union, was formerly an editor at Hop
kinsville, Kentucky, and doubtless knows
whereof he sfirms in regard tq the early histo-
ry Of JEFF Davis. For the truth Of the Follow
ing statement, be refers 10 hundreds of the
citizens of Christian gnl Foda counties IN that
State. The Union saFsi a.n rd-7 -dI s.
JEFF. Davis father lived for number nf years
in a log cabin situated in what is now the town
of Fairyiev, twelve miles from IIopk ,ysyi lc,
Ky. The hppse is nov weather boarded and
used as = ataycrn.- Old Davis was man Of bad
character, horse-tralcr- and swiDdler, and of
very low habits. A fine horse gas missing on
one occasion in the neighhorhood, under such
suspicious circumstances that he found It saf-
est 10 leave the-county imGnediatcly and Hy 10
Mississippi, .IefE Davis is bis illagitiniate SON
born some miles distant from his fathers house,
and taken home by him when several years of
age. These are notorious facts. Some of
Davis relatives still live in that part Of Ken
lucky. We would never have alluded to this
sinister bar on Jeff's escutchon, were not his
friends continually prating ABOUT Southern
qentility aud the low breeding of Union people.
Our own opinion is that JEFF birth does him
more credit than any portion Of his subsequent
life. ~ g..
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
EVILS OF GREAT CITIES.

In cities the soul Of man grows proud. He
needs at times to be sent forth, like the As
syrian mouaFch, into green felds..a wonder
Gus wretch andsWeetlless,' to eat grceu herbs,
and be weakened and chastised by the rain
shower and winters bitter weather Morco,
yer, in cities there is danger Of the souls he
coming wed TO pleasure, and forgetful ofits
high vocation There have been souls dedi
Gated to heaven from childhood, and guarded
by good angles as sweet seclHsion7 for holy
thoughts, and payers. and all good purposes;
wherein pious wishes lwelt like nuns and ev-
cry image was saint.aandsa yet in life's vicis-
situdes, by the treachery. Of OCCASIONS by the
thronging passions of great cities, have become
soiled and sinful. They resemble those con
vents on the river Rhine which have been
changed to tayerns; from whose chambers the
inmates have long departed. aud in whose
closters theslooistsps of travellers have effaced
the image Of buried saints, and whose walls
are written over with rihaldry and the names
Of strangers, and rcscund no more with holy
hymns, but withreEalry aal loud voices
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
Buffers Plain English.

Gen Butler does not mince the words with
which he addresses the rebels whom he finds
in New Orleans. In his order for the feed
ing Of the destitute and the hungry, he thus
speaks Of those who have remained in the city
and kept up the reign of lawlessuess, to which
the papers have so humiliatingly confessed:
Fugitives from iusticc many of them, aud
others, their associates staying because too
puerile and insignificant to be objects Of pun
ishment By the government of the United
States.
They have betrayed their country.
They have been false to every trust.
They have shown themselves incapable Of
defending the State they have seized upon
although they have forced every poor man 4
child Into their service as soldiers for that pur-
pose, while they made their sons and nephews
officers
They cannot protect those whom they have
ruined, but have left them to the mercies and
assassinatioBs Of q chronic mob. q 5
They will not feed those whom they arr
starving. ase er .e' a'u
Mostly without property themselves. they
have plundered, stolen and destroyed the
means of those who had property, -leavipp
children pennilsas and old age hopeless.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
What a Virginia CqztFaSand Can Do.
Prom tha National Intelllgcncer.

A lady of this city, desiring to procure a
"helpa" made application at the headquarters
of the "contrabands" on Capitol Hill, when
the following colloquy ensued between herself
and a femala contrsNapd wha bad escaped from
'scryice" in Virgiaia;
Lady,-Well. Dibah, you say you want a
place, What is it that you can do' Can you
cook?
Contraband-1so m; nanny, she allays
cooked.
Lady. Are you a good chaRbcrrpaid
Contraband- - Sister Sally, she nllays did the
chambers.
Iady.-Can yoa wait in the dining room and
attend the door2 ..s ...
no, m M Jim, that was his
work.
Lady.-Can You wash aud iron?
Contraband.-W Well, you see, mn, Aunt
Becky, she allays washed.
Lady Can you sew?
Contraband.- Charity, she sewd.
Iady.-Then, what in the world did you
do?
Contraband.-W allays KEEP the flies of
mistia
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

FIVE SISTERS DRowNED.--A deplorable
casualty occurred at Toronto on Sunday
Wm. Ward, lad about fifteen years of age
embarked with his FIVE sisters in sail boat
for u cruise on the Bay. The eldest of The girls
was thirteen and the youngest four years old.
The boy and two oldest girls were acquainted
with the management of boat. The Toron-
to Globe saysi
After sailing up and down the Bay for an
hour or so, when about half mile out from
Mcssrs. Gooderham & Co.'S wharf, William,
who was steering the boat with an oar, at
tempted 10 put ii on another tack. At this
time there was a stiff breeze blowing from the
south west. He sat upon the gunwaIe in or
der that he might have greater purchase
over the oar, when the sail suddenly tapped
against the mast and the boat capsized. All
who were Oh board instantly fell into the wa
ter. The boy made every effort to save his
sisters and to right the boat. After consider
able effort ne succeeded in getting the boat on
her keel again, and when the two eldest ofhis
sisters came to the surEloe lie managed to get
them into the boat which was half filled with
water. When about to get on board himself
the wind agail caught the sail of the boat,
and in an instant she was capsized a second
time, and the poor girls along with the lad
who had acted so manfuIly, were again battling
for their lives in the water. lie made aaoth-
er attempt TO save them, but they sunk before
his eyes to rise no more in lie. The boy al
though much exhausted succeeded in getting
hold Of the boat which was being driven hith-
er and thilher by tho wind and waves, and
shouted Justify for assistance He was finally
rescued in a very exhausted state.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
Important to soldiers and their widovs

Important to Soldiers and their WidoVSl
That the soldier, or his widow, or his heirs
may not be swindled of his just dues by pet
tifogging attorneys, we publish the following
sections of the act TO grant PENSIONS which
passed the House of Representatives few
day since; ras
Sec. Z. Ind be IL Jipt5sr enacted, That
the fees of aceEts and attorneys for making
out and causing to be. executed, the papers
necessary to establish a claim under this net
for a pension, bounty and other allowance be-
fore tine Pension Office, shall not exceed the
following rates: For making out and causing
to be duly executed a.declaralion Of the ap-
plicent, with the NECESSARY afl;daTits, and for
wardng the same TO the Pension Office with
the requisite orespondcnce, five dollars. In
casea wherein additional testimony is required
by The Commissioner of Pensions, for each
affidavit so fequircd, executed Gnd forwarded,
Except the afidavits of surgeons, for which
agents and attorneys sIall not he entitled to
any fees) one dollar and City cents.
Sec. s.. hid be it further enaftsd, That
any agent or attorney who shall directly or in
directly dsmand or receive any greater com
pcnsatioa for his services than is prescribed in
! the proceeding section of this act, or who shall
contract or agree to prosecute any claim for a
pension or bounty or other allowance under
this act, on the condition that he shall receive
/ a per eentum upon, or any portion Of the q
mount of such claim, or who shall wrongfuTy
withhold from a pensioler or other claimant
the whole or any part Of The pension Or claim
allowed aud due 10 such peusioner or claim
ant, shall be deemed guilty of high misde,
fneanor and upon conviction thereof, shall fol
every such ofense, be fined not exceeding Ss0t
or imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding
two years. or both, according to circumstances
and aggravetions Of the offenae.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
FRIENDSHIP.

All attachments sqbside after time but such
as are founded on the solid basis of congenial
tastes, disposition and pursuits. We look
back with anguish on many things, but on
none with SUCH bitterness of heart as on the
unkindness of ttose who we're once so kind
Real friendship is no common blessing. Love
is but more agreeable modification ofselish.
ness. Whea its object ceases TO give pleasu.
rabIe sensations, love takemP its rapid fight
but friendship-sublime friendshipr outliveE
aefurn4ity, age and 1iResss.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
How to Get Rid of the NeRro.

The Spanisd government has made propo-
sition, throug! It's Minister here, TO take all ne
groes who escape from their masters, and re-
move thea to ~. Croix, free of charge.
It then proposes to put them under an ap
preniioeship # three years, permitting them
10 receive regular wages. At the expiration
of their apprenticeship it is proposed TO free
them Internationally.
The correspondence has been sent by The
State Department TO the House judiciary
Comnittee.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
PAasTNa AWAY.

4AA~A~AAAN
Passing away q whisps1s the wind,
AZ it treads its trackless course
And passing away doth the bright riu say,
As Il leaps from its crystal source
All passing away fne stream Of time,
To obiiVion's vale, in q far OF cline
Natter and man, we make no delay,
10 eternity k1R rs fsE s1s assias Fs aH'E9
Passing away mark the furrowed brow,
And the head with ITS siIyery hair
And the furrowed cheek how they plainly speak
That they're leaving world Of care.
Yes, passing away even beautX5ss flower
Is fsatps ~ q "a e seesE EsllsE PoEeri A
Ado8n TO the toomb they are passing away
Passing away shri6lrs me ocean's wave
As IL breaks on the beaten shore,
And the tortured tide IS left to chido
The cliffs with their hollow roar.
Az passing away both from palace ard cot, 4
Tbs nlaces whirA lkneqf Us, viii soon know us not
WhctnsF PEASANT, or prince, natures last debt TO
At the nat Of God, VIC are passing away
Passing away, for their hoar S past
Earth's things they're motley pyre;
The monareh's throne, and his sword ard crown
And the pen and the poets Tyre
All passing away, cen the PomP Of arr,
And the pride of the dcsppt must all depart;
And the relics OF rea Inns must each decay,
And tho names Of The nations be passing away.
Passing away ey sa Time hlraseR - "a
Bends under his load Of years
His limbs are frau, and his check grows pale,
Win the furrosrs q Borrowing tears
With his broken scythe, with a silent tread,
He IS passing on TO the home Of the dead;
Wfth.a bel5dhg form, and with locks grown gray
Old Time himself is passing away.
Passing ava y-lralI Ibgt Cpd 'szBright thrope5 O.
AID bis servant 'R-thre1e above,
And his grace divine, and the boundlcss mine
or God's eternal dove
Ahd hts viii 20 save. through SaTiour's blood
The child Of faith who hath washed in the food ;
Even earth 10 its franz worn doth all decay,
But Cod in his love shall meier pass away.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

Mrs: general Lee and 3frs. General
Beauregand are now within our lines
If they will pardan the apparent want
of gqllantry, we propose to exchange
them for their husbands. Canthe chiv-
aIric husbands be so uHgallant as to
refuse to accept our Offer? IProvidepce
IQHrnal. reise-7
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
Owning Up-The Rebels Do Lie.
IFrom The Richmond Whigl
REPORTS OF BATTLES.

why the reporting Of battle by tcle-
graph by letter or by word of mouth should
deprive man of every particle of common
sense, or every spark Of principle, we know
not; but the fact is so. A battle is no sooner
begun than we are notified by reliable" dis
patch that the "whole army of the enemy will
| certainly he killed or captured" This we
heard in regard to Donelson, EIkhorn Shiloh,
and nearly every other battle which has been
fought. 1t has been claimed that the people
| of the North are lisrs. and that We of the
South are truthful. This is a delusion We
are fast learning TO tell as many lies, as big
/ lies, rs foolish ara selfcrident lies as the
Yankees Everybody knows that the whole
army OF the enemy will certainly be killed or
captured means that the C0nederates will
be defeated next day. But why choose a pre-
| poslerous lalseheod 10 convey .disagree2 bic
truth? Why not say '.the advantage is so far
on our side, but the battle is not decided yet;
the euemy's re-eseorcements may come no ?"
Or, when The stories of passengers by the clrs
| are given, why not sift them. rejecting rigidly
all that savors of the least doubt, and report
ing only what is well authenticated Why
raise false hope and false joy III the people?
Another piece of stupidity on the part Of
| our newspaper and telegraph men, is the in
ordinate putting Of this OF that general
Endless ridiGule has been heapcd upon Mr..
Davis by comparing him to Washington; and
we have been panied TO see Mr.. Breckenridge
yictimized by dispatches from the battlefield
of Shiloh. Hind nan had his leg shot of, but
that is a small matter when we consieT that
Breckinrdge "won immortal honor" by having
every rag OF Ibis clothes shot away, his "horse
riddled," and even "his hat swept down !; not
withstanding ghich, (tbc frightful deprivation
of lis hat,) he fought undismaycd. We m can
no disrespect to Breckinridge quite the con
trary. We are only angry that his friends
should permit he reporters to make him out
jackdssical figure in history.
Unless IRE can go back 10 the old habit Of
telling The truth, and using moderate language
quit shaking Savannah with an earthquake
from 2 iRTt that surrendered after four men
were wounded, and cease to initiate the bonn
bastical and mendacioqs lingo Of the Mexicans
and the Chinese, we had better shut up the
telegraphc offices and suppress the newspa-
pers. Let us show to the world thai we are
Southerncr rs-lovers of truth, and of plain,
honest speech, or else let MS go back to the
Yankees we so rucl resemble. The country
IS sick of the inefflble nonsense OF the kuavos
andfo6ls who pretend to report our battles.
The LOSSES At SHu.oH.-1'he official report
of Gen. Beauregard of the battle of Shiloh
having been receiveds we present a statement
of killed, wounded and missing, compared with
the Official statement Of casualties in the Fed
eral army during tho engagement as published
a few weeks since: oEf 7a tHfu ST. =
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
AfonMoNs ARn1rEn-The shin Am

d MoRMoNs ARRIvEp,-The ship Hum
boldt, -atlNow York, from hamburg,
brought pcaEEy a5Q Mormon converts,
mostly North, Germans,o Danes and
Norwegians,. on their way to- Salt
Lake City. They come,out in charge
of gH elder, who has sac, 600 in gold
belonging to bis Cock .Aaara'-7 ~.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

Congress has passed the Senate hill
rcconiziug the independence Of Hayti
and Liberia, and our Government is
aaGnt to open negotiations with them
for. diplomatic intercourse, 81 --rz
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

The line ef the army before Richmond ex-
tends distance Of fifteen miles, and forms an
arc of a circle. the two wings being nearest to
the city. ~ Gen. McClellans headquarters
a telegraph extends TO the headquarters oi
each division Ivy which means the General is
kept advised Of every movement that takes
place along any part Of the widely stretched
lina.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
Killed and Wounded.

The number of killed and wounded in bat
ties during the present war is not go great as
many have imagined. According to state
ment in the New York Herald the whole num-
bcr on the Union side, with the exception Of
the loss sustained in the late engagement near
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

5 New Yong, May 29.-The steamer Stanton
from London, arrived this evening II charge Of
a prize, crew from the R4nbOat BIenville. She
was eaptared the morning of the 2bth, Of
Cape Rossan, while attempting to run the
blockade at Charleston. Her cargo consisted
OF brandy, wines, salt petrs. &e.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

The bereaverndnts OF lIe war. no far ma the
single city Of New Orleans lie concerned, have a
stated by the New Orleans Delta. that there
are now no fewer than twenty~four hundred
orphan children Ip the several asyTums q
that city, - -. =. ...s
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

The capture of New Orleans has mads the
London Times see American affairse In q new
light. It now admits that the courage and
the prospects Of the rebels are alike dubious.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

Five hundred nnd sixty internal machines,
for destroying vessels. were brought to Savan
nah frorn England. I'm the steamer FinC,l.
which ran tho blockade. But England still
claims to be strictly neutral. a.I
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

At the battle Of Waterloo alone the loss on
the side of the victors, in killed and wounded,
was nearly four thousand more than the entire
Union loss thus far in the present war. a--
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

Ao''1i'' - : fFTf. - 1890 o f.st t0'"""
We question il, in the whole range Of kisto-
ry, there can be f0gnd the record Of q battle
of such magnitude as that of Shiloh, in which
there is little disparity in The losses of the
respective armies in killed and wounded accord
ing to the official reports, The difference Of
but I in killed and 100 in wounded, looks very
much as if NJ. Beauregard had arranged his
agures after he had seen those of General
Grant.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

BlencIzer's Germans are said to be behaving
tadly--burning, piunder;ng, and ravisbing.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20

We advise all IN need. to buy MATrHEws,
vEHErIAN Tara nYF, the best ip use.