Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-20
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w hen the present war shall be over, what
+. glorious history may be written. Not that
the world viii not TEEN with histories of it
But speak not of great generals and com
manders, who, under the inspiration Of leader
ship, and with the magnetic eyes of the world
upon them, shall have achieved their several
triumphS, but of those who have laid aside the
plough, and stepped from behind the anvil,
aud the printing press. and the counter, and
from ont the shop, and with leaping pulses, and
without hope of reward, laid an honest heart
and a strong right arm on the altar of their
country; some TO languish in prison, with un-
dressed wounds defying tauuts and insults, hun
ger and thirst, their places Of sepulchure even
unknown, and their names remembered only
at some desOlate hearthstone, by weeping
widow and orphans, and yet whose last pulse
beat was ''for their country" By many fire.
sid shall old men tell tales to wondering
childhood, that shall bring forth their own
precious harvest; sometimes of those who, en-
closed in meshes too cunningly woven to sun
der, wore hated badges over loyal hearts, and
with gnashing teeeth and listening ear and
straining eyebals, bided their time to strike!
Men who planted, that the tyrant might
reap; whose wives and children went hungry
and shelterless, that he might be housed and
fed. Nor shall women be forgotten who, with
quivering heart but smiling lip, babe God.
speed to him, than whom only her country was
dearer, and turned bravely back to her lonely
home, to fight the battle of life, with no other
weapon than faith in Him who feedeth the ra-
vens. All these are the true heroes of this
war; not alone they who have memorials pre-
sentcd, and as they die, pompous monuments
erected, but the thousands of brave fellows
who know, if they fall, they will have mention
only among the "list of killed and wounded.
Who, untrammelled by precedents, shall write
US such history?-Eanny Fern.
Mr.. Bailey, Agent of the Government at
Cincinnati, in passing soldiers to their homes,
has given passes to 708 soldiers during the
past week. or these passes, 43O were to Ohio,
90 to Michigan, 33 to Kentucl1ey, 81 tc Vir-
ginia, ) to Missouri, . to Pennsylvania l 10
Nebraska, and 5 to the regular army.
Hon. c. p. WoLcorr, formerly Attorney
General of Ohio, has been appointed Assistant
Secretary of War No better selection could
have been made.
It IS believed that ten hundred and eighty
Delaware slaves have disappeared since the re-
bellion.
Adjutant- General Buckingham, of this State
who has been on special service at Washing
ton for some time past, has resigned. The
reason assigned relate 10 his private business
affairs. He contemplates removing to New
York.
Billy Wilson occupies the splendid resi-
dence, at Pensacola, of the rebel Stephan r.
Mallory. Billy, it is said, lives like Lord in
his new quarters, and walks about wit h
gold headed Charter Oak cane, with MaIlorys
name engraved upon if, and which he confs-
Gated when he took possession.
Lieut.. Howell, of Spratt's First New York
Battery, who was at the battle of Fair Oaks,
saw the rebels knock out the brains of woun-
ded soldiers with the butts of their muskets;
saw them bayonet others; shoot prisoners who
asked for quarter, and run their bayonets into
poncho tents, where they must have pierced
the sick and wounded.
The New Ironsdes is still lying at the foot
of Reed street, I'hilapelphia, receiving her
planting and machinery. Two rows Of iron
have been placed upon her, and the iron PROV,
which extends from her bow, is a very mass
i've piece Of work. No vessel afloat would be
able to stand the force of such a weapon, if
properly struck by it.