The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-03-25
NO. SO5.


Tho Monitor cost s275,o00, and her first
labor has been equivalent to saving many hun
dred times that sum. Tho original coat Of
such vessels is hardly ono half that Of common
| first class frgates, while they ar, not LIABLE.
as our frigates are, to decay, and consequent
ly will cost little for rep1irs. II is held that,
90 the score Of economy alone, keeping ef3.
cheney out of the question, the best policy Of
our Government will be TO have sufficient
supply of iron.clad ships and floating batter.
les as soon as they can be constructed.
Many exaggerated statements having been
made as to the mortality in the army, il ia.
ascertained from official sources that tho mum:
Dor Of deaths among the regulars stationed at
Washington, for the quarter ending with Mar.
1861, was %; for the quarter ending with
June, 33 regulars and 4e volunteers; for the
quarter ending with Sept, 48 regulars, 10 VOL
unteers, and for the quarter endinr with Dec.
los regulars, 2970 volunteers. Total DEATHS
5000, Of which 100 were from wounds. The
above deaths were in 257 regiments, including
those Of the army Of the Potomac.
A bomb shell (not exploded) which fell in
from the rebel batteries at Cockpit Point, was
sent as "trophy" to Camden, New jersey,
and while two young men were handling 1t
in the bar-room of the Weccacoe House, last
Saturday night It exploded, killing both N.
stantly, and shatteriag the entire building
One Of the young men was son Of Ex-May.
or Hammel, and the other was Remington
Ackley, agent of the Northwest Copper Com
pany, Lake Super r, then on visit home.
The sharpshooters performed important
service at Fort Donelsor. 1t is said that
Floyd swore il he captured one Of them he
would shoot him off hand. One Of the boys
Of the lth Illinois stood behind a tree aud
fired forty rounds each time taking bite Of
hard bread and sip of coffee between firing.
One man in the Second Iowa had two bull
lets through one leg, splintering the bone in
each place, yet begged ,of comyade to place
him against tree, saying he was, good for
forty rounds more, and did sit and fire his
whole ammunition at the rebels. 1t was i'm
possible for the rebels to bring their artillery
to bear up,n our men, for the sbarpshooters
would pick OF every man that attempted TO,
load a gun.
A Richmond correspondent Of the Charles.
Ton Courier, throws considerable light upon
the whskoy question in Virginia. He says
that "wittin SIX months two hundred addI-
tional disteries have been established in Vir-
giuia, and that they are buying up all the
corn their profits being 50 enorm Nus that they
can afford to pay the highest prices for it,
He next describes tho peculiar virtues of this,
corn whi>key: at carbonates Tor burns into
a crusO the mucous membrane Of the wind.
pipc, sets tho brain on fire, and sends a cold
tremor through tho system. A soldier taking
bali doz'n nips is drunk for week, and a
second or third repetition Of this experiment
drives the breath out OF his body. The city
is crowded with re enlisted soldiers on fur
! lough. hundred whiskey shops are in opo-
ralicn on Main street and the side alleys
Drunken men reel out, tumble into the gut.
ters, sprawl over the sidewalks, braadsh
knives and pistols, and oftentimes indulge in
tho4e deadly conflicts which fill cur prisons
with candidates for the gallows.'