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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-03-06
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uSaN ~ eo1C oAssSSSsV'AeSs~S
was invited on Sunday morning, by Gen.
McClernand, to take ride o7cr the battle
field. It would be difficult to describe in =
few words the scenes which met my view
The hattlclgroundwas chiefly confined 10 tho
space outside the rebel Notifications, extea,
ding up the river bank distance Of two
miles, to the point where Gen. McClcrnand's
force rallied from the retirement which they
were at first forced into by tho inpatpouks
charge Of the enemy. 1t mu.t bc rernein-
bcred that it was here that the grand sortia
was made by the rebels up the river bank
with the intention Of turning g our ri sht flank
and cutting their way out. Some ten or
twelve thousand men composed the farca
sent out for this purpose. They advanced
under cover Of deadly fire Of artillery. and
drove Gen. Netherlands force before them
a distance of sixty rods. Our troops lere
made stand, and having been ro-enforced
by one or two regiments, began the assault.
before which tho enemy were forced to re-
treat. The ground was contested with daa.
paration, and the slaughter on both sides
was immense. The whole space Of two
miles was strewel with dead, who lay in ey.
cry imaginable shape and form.
Federals and rebels w-rs pro,niscuou sly
mingled, sometimes srapple.l in the fierce
death throc sometimes facing each 9th er a.
they gave and received tn. fatal shit or
thrust, sometimes living across ono another,
and again hcsped in piles which Law six or
seven deep. could imagine nothing moro
terrible than the silent indications OF agony
that marked the features of tn. pcle corpses
which lay at every step. Though dead. anil
rigid in every muscle, they still writhcd AMI
seemed to turn 10 catch the passing Lreeze
for cooling breath. Starin. eyes, gaping
mouths, clenched hands and strangely con-
tracted limbs. seemingly drawn into t'c
smallest co,npass. a, il by a mighty effort ta
rend ass,,n,ler some Irresistible bond which
held them down to the torture of which they
died One sat AGAINST a tree and with
mouth and eyes vile omen. looked I'M into
the sky as il to catch elanc. at its fie,tins
sn;r;t Another clutche,l the branch of An
over changing tree. and hung half suspended
as in the death panc, he raised himself part.
" from the ground. The other hand crus,
ned his eaithfnl p,pslxet and In. con,rc,. :
sim Of the month told tho determination
would have ham fata, m a f,c h., ,;fp sbh-d
a minnie later A third cln,v with both
hands to bayone, which wa, buried in tho
ground In tho act Of striking for the seart
Of a foe Great numbers Law in ,e.ns inst
as the fire Of the artillery moved them down
manvli,v their forms into an almost undis.
m,ss M.nv os o.r .men had
ev;d..,t,v e,lle, v;c,;,,s 70 ,he roho, .h,-n.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-03-06

DtUtucI, Uc SttVtIS
Grief shall not always be.
There is still joy for thee;
There are bright days to SOS
Do thou no wrong
Keep to the true and right:
Watch for the coming light.
1t shall break on thy sight,
Though it be long,
lf,hcu shalt well endure,
So shall thy soul be pure -
Brother, be strongl
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Of prayer, the countcnance grow calmcr, the
lips stsadier, and when the eyes opened
again, there Was light in their depths that
could have come only from heaven.
4 thank you for your courage, he said,
more fcebly, taking the han'l Of tho chap
lain.
The bitterness is over now, and I feel
willing todie. Tell my mothcr'--he paused,
gave one sob, dry, and full Of the last an
guish Of earth tell her how longed to acc
her, but IL God..wil permit me, I will be
near her. Tell her to comfort all who loved
me, to say that thought Of them al. Tell
my father that am glad he gave mo his
consent, and that other fathers win mourn
for other SONS. Toll my minister. by word
or letter, that Thought Of him, .and that
thank him for al his counsels. Tell him that
I find that Christ will not desert the passing
soul and that wish him to give my testi-
mnny to the living. that nothing Is OF real
worth but the religion Of Jesus. And now
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The sentlsnian is not the highest typo of
man. The great man mug know tie
sorrows an | duties Of the poor. Erer;
an
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A grand ball was recently given It San
Francisco, in honor Of the officers Of . Rus.
sIsn map-sfwT lying in the harbor. A Jen-
kius. 10. describing the affair, says the on.
cars. tue TO the instincts Of the Russian
besr. huggpd the girls In the polka IN TIE
most natural and charming manner. aud The
latter rather seemed 10 Ike Il.
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SuuseAN ~ tAbaO euC VAsubnSCHSs
Some attention should be given to one Of
the most oppressed and Sabbath ridden Of
all classes ministers Of the Gospel. It
seems Ike perpetual sarcasm to hear these
ovcrworkcd men thanking God for this day
Of rest! Rest? Why. half the ministers
sat up half tho night Of Saturday to prepare
their two sermons; they rose on Sunday
with throhbing..templcs; they wrought in
their studies till the bells toll; they officiatc
in the most cxhausting services for an hour
and half They rest one or two hours,
and then return, for another cxhausting SER
vice Of like duration; and at evening, being
now strung up:toIthc highest nervous tension
conduct an evening prayor-mecting. or per.
haps preach third time. Then the man
lies awake all night, sleeps few hours on
Monday Morning. and on Monday afternoon
or Tuesday wakes up in the purgatory Of
minister's Blue Monday. This is charming.
ly entitled atlay ofrest! And like to :it is
the service Of many a man and woman. over.
tasked in brain and ncrvo all the week, and
then, on the day Of rest, working harder
than any other day Of the seven. The fact
is that church labors arc 80 arranged thai
the overworkcd are taxed still .:morc, and the
indolcnt do nothing at ALL They rest whe
should work: and they work who should
rest. There isa vast amount Of pulpit DIES.
ecration OF the Sabbath. and Sunday school
violation Of Gods laws Of rest, and Of church
disregard of Christian obscrvance.-H
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what Becomes 81 the SILVER.
Europe and America have been drained
Of silver 70 supply the demand ofthe British
East India Company, who, since 1880. have
required their revenues to be paid in silver.
In this country the intrinsic value Of silver
has been reduced about Z pef cent. in order
to keep Il here. The drain from Europe still
continues. Tho gold that Is brought into
England is sent to the ntlnent. exchanged
for silver, which finds its way to India, and
there disappears. During the last twenty.
Ave years the shipments Of silver to India
have reached the enormous sum Of $780,
oO0, 900, Of which $92 1000, 900 hare been
re-exported, leaving $3.50, ,0Oo.0oo unac.
counted for. And these shipments have
lately been on tho increase. For the 6rst
ive years Of the term named, the shipments
were 445, 600, 900, showing An average Of
only $4,000. 900 per annum, while for the
last ave the shipments have been 4al5, ,o00,-
900, or $43. .o00. 900 annually, and the cur
rent is not checked. The movements Of spe-
Gle in Ill other lands can b distrinctly traced
but here the keenest sagacity Is at fault.
With the shipments to India there has
ever been An insolubls mystery. II is like
. stream emptying into bottomless gulf.
with returnless Aow. Some have coniect
ured that the silver thus sent to India Is used
up in ornaments but this would only &C.
count for small portion Of the Immense
total. We should not bs surprised II the
secret Of this dow Of treasure in ono direc
ton was found altogether in the method,
taken for its preservation in that distracted
country, by burying It in the ground.
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Indeed! what poor fellow goes next a'--
rejoined the young man. with . mournful
inquiry.
There was no answer I; for the wealth Of
worlds the chaplain would not have spoken
now. That tone 20 unconscious Of danger I
that eye 20 full Of sympathy ! Still : strange
silence | What did he mean The sick
mans inquir;ng glance changed for . mo-
ment to one Of intense terror. He raised
both Arms-lst them fall heavily upon the
coveriet ct his side, and in voice totally
altered BY emotion. he gasped.
Great heaven you mean me-
NY dear friend 7 said the chaplaid un.
manned.
4 am to die thep-and- -how-long = his
eyes once more sought those Of his chaplain.
You have made your peace with God,
lot death come as soon ~ il viii, He will
carry you ever the river
Yes; but this 10 awfully Sudden aw,
fully sudden r his lips quivered he locked
up srievipgly-'and | shalr not ZEE my
mother
Christ is bettpr than mother murmur
ed the chaplain.
'Yes.' The word came ia : whisper. Hi
eyes were closed the lips still vorp tha
trembling grief, a II the ohastissment wa,
too sore, too hard to b. borps, but - ID,
minntss passed, aud the soul:liftsd itself up
! stronger and more steadily upon the wing
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Halleck and Order No. 3.

Many have feared that the appointment OF
Gen. Halleck as Commander in Chief, was
not Indicative Of new and vigorous policy
in conducting the war. They have thought
that it looked like practically Ignoring the
recent action of Congress in favor OF confs.
eating the slaves OF rebels and arming the
loyal blacks. But we are inclined to believe
that this fear is without substantial founda.
ton. Ii is true, months ago, llalleck rs
commander in the Western Department is
sued Order No. ;, which many persons justly
deemed unwise. But when questioned rs to
his views of that document he plainly indi.
Gated by his answer that he would be ready
to ADOPT another policy whenever the proper
authority Of the nation should see fit to 80
express its wishes. The matter, il will be
remembered. was brought up in Congress,
when Mr.. Blair read letter, showing how
Gen. Halleck understood his order and his
duty. Ii was as follows
"To Hon. E. p. Blair. Washington:
DEAR COLONEL: Yours of the 4th instant
is Just received. Order No. 3 was, in my
mind, clearly military necessity.
Unauthorized persons, black or white. free
or slave, must DO kept out OF our camps un.
less wo are willing to publish 10 the enemy
everything we do or intend to do.
Ii was military and not political order.
Am willing to carry ont any lawful in
structious in regard to fugitive slaves which
my superiors may give me, and to enforce any
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VINO WAS IA capital story is told us
of an old farmer in the northern part Of this
county, who had been saving up to take up
q mortgage Of $4,000 held against him by a
man nearer the sea shore. The farmer had
saved up all the money in gold, fearing to
trust the banks in these war times. Week
before last he logged down his gold and paid
1t over, when the following colloquy ensued :
why, you don't mean to give this $4,000
in gold, do you 2 said the lender.
Yes, certainly said the farmer, Il was
afraid Of the pesky banks, and so I've been
saving up the money in yellow boys for you
this long time
All right responded the lender, 'only |
thought you didn't take the papers, that's
all.
Take the papers! No, sir; not I. They
have gone on so since the wars been going
that won't have one of the dish things
about. But the money is all right, isn't
it?'
Yes, all right, $4,000 in gold. All right,
here's your note and mortgage
And well he might have called It oil right,
as the premium on gold that day was % per
cent, and his gold was not only worth the
face Of his bond, but $40 besides, enough
to have paid for his village newspaper for
himself and posterity for at least three GEN.
turtles. 1t pays to take the newspaper
NOrirdk Gazette.
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From Washington.

WASHINGTON, August 4.
The following order calling for militia
from the several States has just been issued /:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, Aug. 4.
Ordered, first that draft Of 800, 900 mi
litia bc immediately called for under tho ser
vice of the United States TO serve nine months
unless sooner discharged. The Secretary Of
War will assign the quotas to the States and
establish regulations for the draft.
Second,-that IL any State shall not by the
18th Of August furnish its quota Of the ad-
ditional 500, 900 volunteers authorized by
law the deficiency Of volunteers for that
State will also be made up by special draft
from the militia. The Secretary OF War
will establish the regulations for this pur-
pose.
Third.-the regulations will be prepared
by the War Department, and presented to
the President with the object Of securing the
promotion Of officers Of the army and yolun-
teers, for mcritorious and distinguished ser
vices, and Of preventing the nomination and
appointment in the military service, incom-
petent and unworthy officers. Tho regula-
tons also provide for Kidding the service Of
such Incompetent persons as now hold com-
missions.
By order Of the President.
(Signed) EDwIs NJ. STANTON,
Secretary Of War.
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Stamp Currency.

A correspondent OF Boston Journal gives the
following descriptions Of the new issue ofpost'
age stamps for currency:
There will be four denominations, two sizes
aud two cblors. The Eve cent stamp will be
the same as now used, being printed in brown
ink. and In the centre Of = piece OF heavy
hank note paper one aud three-quarter inches
vile by two and three-qusrter inches In length,
some ornamental designs and lettering I'LL up
the border.
The ten cent stamp will be the same sire as
the Ave cent, being printed in green ink.
The twenty-five cent stamp will be the same
width a. the 1--WE and ten stamps, but viii De
one-hsff inch longer. II Is composed OF ave
cent stamps overlapping each other. 50 that
they cannot be used separately. and VIII De
printed In brown ink. The border will be hlled
up with appropriate designs
The any cent stamp will be composed OF ten
cent stamps overlapping each other in the same
manner, on sane sire paper rs the twenty-five
cent stamps. and will be printed in green ink.
The proofs were shown me to-day 40 the Post
Office Department, and the plates are TO be i'm
medliately prepared for printing them.
The public need not expect 10 get them In
les than two or three weeks, and these In lin
tied quantities. In the mean time they will
have To- be careful OF What stamps they take or
give in the way Of change, that they do not
spoil them by allowing the gum TO get damp.
They should keep them in envelopes, and small
Quantities In each.
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THE UNION AND yeURNA
Foreign Intervention.

For once we can breathe easy in relation TO
all interferences in our Affairs from European
powers for some time to come. The long and
continued agitation Of American Affairs by the
English press and people, made II almost ne
cessity for Parliament to take some action in
the premises. Such action was taken. and the
substantial result was to let the ministry deal
with the subject as II saw At.
The views Of the British Government may be
gathered from the speech Of Lord Palmerston,
which we publish in this issue. His opinion
seems to be, that for any practical results to
follow the recognition Of the rebels. as an in
different power, intervention must follow, and
that war between the United States and Great
Britain would be the inevitable result Of any
Intervention whatever. The latter is an ex.
tremity in which he. at last. from the tone OF
his speech, sees Disadvantages altogether great
err than advantages; that England cannot af-
ford TO interfere in behalf Of the rebels at the
expense Of war.
The question. as he treated it, and as 1t un-
doubtedly is, was one of war or peace with this
country; and ii is legitmately drawn from
his speech, tina, he deems the British Govern
ment altogether unprepared to enter upon such
q contest.
We are glad that this question is at rest for
while, and. IL We mistake not, the events
which will transpre on this continent for the
next three months. will render oil discussion
Of the subject in the English Parliament un-
necessary
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WHAT TIE UNCLE rnINKsOr THE NEPHEW,
Rev. DR.. Robert j. Breckenridge Of Ken
lucky, in an article on the rebellion, thus
gives his opinion of his fayorite nephew
John @. Breckinridgc:
"The conquest Of his own State by arms
was one OF the points in this atrociou'
scheme. to the defense of which the Ken
lucky Senator lent himself, at Washington
in his vehement opposition to the federal adj
mnistration and in the support Of which,
on his return to that State in August, 1861
the conspintor become refugee, q general
in the army Of traitors, and the general IN
invader OF the land to whose defence he owed
every drop of his blood. His expulsion, as
a traitor to the nation, from the Senate OF
the United States, few months later. was
the Just and natural result. He had not ev'
en- the poor excuse that no was loyal to Ken
lucky. He was traitor to her also and that
with a treason aggravated almost beyond his
toric example, and destitute Of every prctex'
ever plead by traitor before"
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Tho Name Cavalry.

The Kenncbec Journal gives tho following
from letter of an officer in tho Cavalry
Regiment to a gentleman in Augusta:
WATERLOO, Va, July ODD,
On the march towards Richmond.
A few days since, a New York Reporter
called on Gen. Ricketts, to collect items OF
news relative to his forces, &C., and inquired
what regiments composed his division. The
General named them. what cavalry have
your The LIST Maine cavalry what!
said the reporter, lis that famous Maine cav.
airy here that have heard so much about 2
Yes. replied the General, 'and so long as
have the Maine Cavalry in my division, ! do
not want any more. I consider them the
best regiment Of cavalry in the service. In
fact. they arc the only really good cavalry
regiment Fever saw" Gen. Banks has said
that our regiment is the FIRST in the service.
They saved by their desperate charge at Mid
dleton, his entire baggage train.
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HEADo'Rs Army OF THE PorosAc.

HEADo'Rs Army or THE PorosAc,
August o, 1862.
The army Of the Potomac has again assumed
the offensive. The reconnaissance male yes
tertlay under Gen. Hooker 10 Malvern Hill,
White Oak Swamp Bridge, and in the direction
of newmarket and Richmond was iu every re-
spect q complete success The troops lett the
camp about dark, night before last, arriving nj
Malvern Hill at 4 o'clock yesterday morning,
n distance Of ten miles. Here they encountered
two regiments Of Infantry and battery posted
behind earthworks. Fire was Immediately
opened upon them by Capt. Benson's battery
and section Of Capt. RObinsOn's. The infan-
try was not engaged The firing lasted about
three hours, when the rebels ingloriously fed
by the river road toward Richmond. holly pur
sued by our troops, who succeeded In taking
100 of them prisoners. The loss ON our side
at this point was theee killed and eleven wound
oil.
Col Ayerili, with 500 cavalry, took the Qua
ker road 10 white Oak Swamp bridge. There
they found the 10th Virginia cavalry drawn up
20 receive them. Achsrge was Immediately or
dered, which broke the rebel lines, when they
flei. Col. A. followed them three miles, taking
81 prisoners, without losing man.
Gen. Pleasanton. with force Of cavalry took
the Newmarket road, and pursued some OF the
retreating rebels 10 within q short distance OF
Newmarket, 10 miles from Richmond, where,
meeting two brigales Of rebels, he fell back,
bringing over thirty prisoners with him.
The troops went into camp ON Malvern iilll.
Gen. Mcclellan went 10 the scene OF action ear
ly yesterday morning. but has not returned.