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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19

ABDUCTION BY AN OURANG -OUTANG.
"A recent traveller in Borneo relates an
abduction case which exceeds in novelty
anything which has occurred among the
fast population of our large cities. A
monstrous female ourang-outang, taking
a fancy 10 poor Murut gentleman whom
she saw bathing, dragged him by force
to a tree, which she compelled him to
climb, lodged him in warm nest watched
him with feminine jealousy, ted him with
fruit, palm cabbage, and forced him to
travel from ore branch to another instead
of treading the ground. The tale is a
tragedy, for the urgraleful Murat not
only ran away at the first opportunity,
but afterwards shot the forest syren with
a poisoned arrow.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19

WANTED TO BE DPPED.-At the
close of very interesting service in the
winter of 1861, large, honest looking
woman came up to the writer of this
paragraph, and with great feeling broke
into a strain Of earnest desire, that she
might at the very first opportunity be
permitted to join the church. Upon in
qnlry we soon saw evidences of renew
ed nature and warm Christian impulse.
-" Ah,' said she, my husband was dip
ped years ago, and have all along felt
1t my duty to 60 with him. am a Me-
'hodlSt, but want to be Baptist" We
questioned her as to her motives, and
telt quite pleased with her spirit. One
OF my deacons said to her, :" You feel
then that it is your duty to be baptised ?"
q" No, not bit OF it," wa, the quick re-
ply, 81 have been troubled enough about
that already l want now TO be dipped
just as the Savior was then I'll know
Pm right g. That's all right" respond
ed the deacon, "you want to be INNER
sed-that's what we believe ill.," mo!
no = replied the poor woman, with
something of sadness and disappointment
IN her countenance, 81 don't want that.
| am poor ignorant woman, and all
can do is TO follow Jesus, and he was
dipped in Jordon, and its dipped | want
to be. | have been christened, and
have never been happy about it; and |
am resolved now that | won't be put off
with baptism, nor immersion, nor any
thing of the sort ! want to be dipped,
and | come to this church bero.,so Know
that they dips 'Aer members as comes
to t4em to follow Christ. That's the
reason why | don't want to be immersed
i want to be dipped" The good lady
made a happy candidate, and has not out
lived the satisfaction she felt in following
her Savior. But she would never be
satisfied with the Bible Union rendering
Of Baptizo.- Christian Chronicle.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19
Haverhill, July l3.

MEMORY OF THE DEAD.-ln almost
every household there is an enshrined
memory, a sacred casket, where a lock Of
shining hair, a ring or faded picture, tells
of some one long since gone. The
Younger children, as they grow up, learn
to look upon the picture of the dead
brother or sister as on the face of an an
gel. They wonder if they shall ever be
as good as they were. They look with
tender awe upon the various relics of a
sister never known, the broken plaything,
the unfinished piece of work with the
rusted needle just where she left it; and
seeing their mothers tears, and hearing
her speak Of the child that was or would
have been more lovely or intelligent than
any of the rest, they meekly wonder ii
they shall ever deserve to be loved as
she was who is now in heaven.
One beautiful trait of humanity is the
tenderness with which we cherish the
memory of the departed. Let death
take from the household the troublesome
and ungoverable child, and all hat is re-
nembered is bis sweet and gentle words,
lis rare qualities, his beauty and manli-
less. The child stands before his parents
eyes, not as what he was, but as he might
lave been had all God put in him been
perfected by love and grace.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19

Esy The town of Claremont, n. H.,
has enlisted "a men more than was re-
quired to fill both quotas under the calls
of the government, and all are enlisted for
three years.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19


a fellows mouth, and they heard bullet
whizzing through the air, and he Just
stuffed the bread down his throat, and
then they laid down flat till it went over
them For his coolness and good soldier
ship that day they made him corporal,
and very anxious be was that l should
see and explain TO bis 'ould woman what
good luck had come to him. Next in the
desperate fight at Fair Oaks, and coming
out unscathed, began to believe even as
he did, that he couldn't be shot. But at
last death found him. Four dreadful
days he fought in those fierce battles be-
fore Richmond, with a dash and abandon
that only an Irishman ever carries into a
fight, never losing through those long, ag-
onizing hours one jot Of heart or hope.-
just at nightfall an exhausted few among
whom was he, we're ordered to hold a
narrow pass until the transport wagons
were out of danger, or until reserves
came up. Against the heroic few rushed
many fresh, well-armed foes; but they
held their ground, their number slessening
fearfully after each onset of the enemy,
but not a thought of yielding in any
,eart. At last when their strength was
we'll nigh gone, and their ammunition
clean spent they saw the glitter OF the
bayoaets of the long wished for reserves.
My man, jimmy Malony, looked in his
comrades bleeding and blackened faces,
and signed them not to notice !heir com
ing, Tor his quicG eye saw that the rebels,
just ready for another charge, would fall
right upsn the cleaning weapons. He
was not wrong too late the pressing
ranks saw the trap, and with an angry
oath the leader half checked his horse as
If to draw back. Then Jim's derisive
voice rang out;
"And faith, ye would come on fast
enough, when we were but handful, but
now you have got to walk up and get
your own share"
"Take that, you blasted hireling, and
see if it won't be long day before ye
open your mouth again" shouted the an
cry rebel, rushing against him with his
sword, as he shouted to his men to come
on.
"And It's about that we'll settle in par
adise," shouted jim, picking up a loaded
revolver and aiming it at the others
heart
He meant the ball should do its sure
work before the sword fell, but the ground
was damp with blood, his foot slipped,
and the same moment the sword made a
cruel wound in Jim's breast and his life
blood gushed out. Undaunted to the last
be gasped,
Il told you boys, they hadn': bulle:
would kill me. BE sure now that ye
light for yourselves and me, toe" and his
soul was gone.
Anne Bradstreet, do you wonder that
[ keep this stick of candy, that my tears
all on it, rs it speaks eloquently unto me
That long to work day and night, if by
hus working l may add one item Of
comfort to the lot of those who stood by |
Inns side in those awful hours, who
,ome from that field of blood, wounded,
aint, yet strong enough to tell with kind
ing eyes and flushing cheeks Of his gal
ant deeds, as well as Of hundreds more, {
ust as noble as his p It
Hayerhill, July l3.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19

sT The yield of herrings on the Eng
lish coast this year is enormous. On
two nights in one week in August, three
million fish we're brought into a single
port. Their value was $4,000.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19

The sufferings of the wounded left on
the battle field must have been terrible.
Many of them have been brought in,
and are receiving every attention.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19

A Frenchman has discovered me-
thod of extracting alcohol from coal gas.
If our tipplers hear of this, the price of
coal will be higher than ever.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19

The legislature of Virginia has been
called together to devise measures to Sc
cure supply of salt, for preserving
meats. We wish they were all in a pic
kle together.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19

e. The population of the Sandwich
Islands has dwindled to $1,000, from
10000 in 1928. Disease is carrying
of the inhabitants by the thousand.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19

s9y New Jersey has made up her quo
a OF the 100000 men, without draft.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-19

The number Of lives lost on board the
Golden Gate" is stated to be 19S.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-08
yRoh N'CLKLLAS's ARMY.

The army correspondent Of the Associated Press,
who claims to have arrived at Fortress Monroe drect
from General McUeaus headquarters reports that al
ter seven days hard fighting Mcclellan, pressed by su.
peror numbers forced 10 retreat 10 point on tue
James river Turkey Island where what remains oil
the army safe under OF the gunboa and where
lold it is being renJcresd The battles, II
Is said, have been "the most destructive oil human
life that the world has seen" having resulted IN
loss In killed aud wounded, Of not Lees
than forty five thousand men, OF which, 1t assumed
that the Federal army lost fifteen housaEd and the Con
ederaes Dc uoe that number All the bridges across the
OhckAkominy said have been blown up by hcUle
Ian in his retreat and all the property, stores, a. des
royed which he could not save. The siege guns, or
portion OF them-for the accounts dfsr-fel into the
names OF the Uonederaes who also said 10 have taken
about forty pieces OF artillery. Some OF the enemJs
artillery is reported to have been taken by Mcclellan,
together with many prisoners; but rather than Do en-
cumbered win them they were subs quenty released
hcOalls division suffered terribly in the fight between
Savage Station and Fair Oaks; Mccall himself being
wounded and taken prisoner General Reynolds was also
taken prisoner, but the fate OF their respective COM
mands Is not stated. Generals Meade aud German and
Burns we're severely wounded the former having since
! died in this city. Generals Sumner and Heinz eman,
being but slightly wounded, remained on the field From
the same source learn that the part OF the Con.
(ederales Generals "StoneWall Jackson" and BrnWell
Rhett OF South Carolina, were killed
1t can scarcely be said that the kilograms from which
We have ust quoted tler, in any essential particular,
.ha. grave of affairs the Peninsula which was
Indicated BY previous intelligence from that quarter
If Gen Mcclellan can be rapidly and heavily reinforced,
and If, also, supplies can be furnished him by way OF
Inc James river the position which he occupies may
possibly be successfully maintained and bis new base OF
operations may become firmly established. But the dit.
fcuies attendant upon pushing troops aud supplies up
NE james river in the lace of an active ana vglAnt
who un6sputed possession of that narrow and
,oriuous stream be enormous, and will unques.
ionaby lax to tie uermost the capacity o! the naval
lila and the vigilance and bravery o! the officers in
command,
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-08

maturity and vigor Confederate Independence, nov
achieved ube million fold more valuable than had It
been acknowledged year ago, before this Confederate
people had carved Gu, name for itself upon the fiery
scroll Of history We shall enter into the family Of ma
Ors. with vzlr up and victorious sword in hand and
lake cur place At s cOusci boards, the youngest and
l,es born but worthy of the cOppanOnishp and peer
are of the Scared and battle powers Of the wor'
We msy for tbs fret time since the began, hold up
our heads ard say I'VE ready for the celebration Ct
our national baptism. We have cur spurs, let US
be knghted on the 6sd"
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-08
JEgFgg 'oN


-Four syS.emsiC movements nave no. been mste ~
t,s enemy -s' ts- civ 70. .uag a each ,lse &c SIS
al failure. Iss fs. "a thc al,emp. made under TIE
direction o. Fsfylne BlEer sh,l sss 80 abruptly AID
completely checked 5g Genera, Esgrudsr a; Bethel
Tee usTt vas she onward % Richmond" o. M,D5Wal
sad "sse .ai Army, ops-a..lg under the commands
% Old Scott, slea Beau;eg,rd a0d Johnston 6Torgh,
70 q halJ Eh-7. and back step a, ka1assas. After
iccs RESI-, came tss g1a-boa e, 5srimen, sach Al,
banked =. Dressy's B-f And thea Mcclellan, with
nis m-.t,liucl5 Amy and oJeogeau erginery OF var
from re ogk river 10y way Of the Parur 4sY. Auxiliary
a all these, have Jssa tie attempted uogensats from
NoF;h Uaro.-s By -,y Of SgG,s or Weido., from
Ae0tuc'y oy wsy o Cumberland CAP. .rsn the klos-
-ha b. way q isSb5arg and Dublin y .r0'. tom
bs-Psr's Fsrry o, -ay % WiDcas.sr and Ssga.ga-
fEsza s10siis-y ATTEMPTS have ai-d a. isU,y toe
EoTsue-ts thsy "a, ia.sUdyj 10 aij VII these NUT
og0ed failures 5ais'y tbs l2gs-es ia. the Pre- o.!
Richmond il g--s,.la.s 20 'ssm. We think To-. W.
fancy they p1-F9Ii 7 tor themselves oyp0r,r1,
90 islgn rha. s5-lo Yet c1ncgsigeiy than t1Sy
trTs tlsrtJ Gol5 GcCs.au has stepped biz re'r-s-
80 L-sly slglgei rtCsSA1SlE, and, probably rs'r.
tasc-y h5 battered and llrj1ish>d aru7 de vii make
desperate 5r5gi h retrieve hms,L His neat stsryt
-a be Or Toe s2glsis Of Tire J.1ss. ia COZ lnc:icu
s-l l.7 gua.b,aE 10 he river, AID With lie eo.OTera.
uou u Burnside from Sor.h Cl-o1s. The battle ~
0e Tough, a. o. near Dflwrys Ban if DO MOI attack
nix before be ss.s dD 50 go. We have nothing to tear
t5u the combat We never yet heard that il vas more
dE--, TO sl.P 90 army tie secoud tL2a lie frat Zine.
0lS cls.sotIzs 20 another attempt are btssd ugCa
te very u-,srsia presumption ,hsl troops cante
recruited 10 Yankee lad, and The sri more Uncertain
60 tbat Esss Ill be foreign niger in the PIE before
b'Cisiaa gC;s ready sEa.a. Oar real expectation l.
sat L'1col "a. t1' tsy,ry oov business recru,irC
md hat iaers vii be PotgJt vice from across the
Se-s before acCllaE rented AID crippled army ready
- ~ az new C-ye-tczs.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-08
Mc,IeIian's Army.

Ia view Of the recent event, the following editof'
testimony from the New Jrk Tribune Of the IA uli'
~ q, the strength Of MoUlenans aImy, deserves to be
placed upon record:
We rave late private sdy.ces from our army before
Richmond 10 spite Of is heavy losses 6y sickness, Pu
y.on AID combat {. is today the srOngCs, aud most
Il c:vs army ever ass mt ed on this coaunent-mucb
.,ro2g,r even 10 MURDERS than IL generally supposed.
T. has more sad better arlery than any other army II
thr vol ever had.
Yet tlr While longer must the sEord and the bSyo-
net writ IN sitsrs cf fre fresh bsroc page in the aD'
IA IS o.! he American Rcpubc Taen cometh Welcome
p.-sf
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-08

and retired under order-bnrning oommssay and other
property before they went and destroying bridge owl
the Chickahomny as they crossed it. An attack IN great
force upon Smith dvifion also made. The Vermont
troops and New York 1884, and Others with Ayress bat
terry and Cowans, repealed it with terrible slaughter
Supsraboundpg in regiments brave ar soute ss
teers the OonfeoeTates rolled their fresh men n
sive upon Sumner, and thereby carried the gen
sral assault to the lines Of Hooker and Ksarney. Ca
the left-Ed1 The ground is swampy wilderness
dotted with ciearngs, IN corn and wheat and oats.
battle all aorg the front We occupy be
from balloon The woods will hide the most OF it,
They will mask nearly all Of battle in front Of the
corps d drnss or Of the divisions either.
IL P M-There is council Of the three or four best
nds in the army at this late hour Of the night II they
decide that not strorg eneugh TO maintain
DO ition against the longaccumulated numbers Of the
enemy, and that We must retreat tomorrow on whom
shall res; the grevous responsibility OF resisting or re
fusing hcClellan's appeals for renforeemenisH
Ldt1-l2k. A. h.-Count de Paris took prisoner
Confederate Major, who belonged to Jacksons army
de said he had been in the Valley Of the Shenandoah all
winter and came yesterday with part Of Jackson
army. The Of it arrived this morning The whole
of t here. He said that in the attack on our right
the Oonfederates had from sixty to eighty thousand
troops. This vi" explain the enormous IRE under which
men were borne down and swept away, precisely
some Of the regiments were swept away at the Seven
Pines.
On the Confederate side it is estimated that full sixty
thousand men took part in the action. General Lee is
known 10 have been in command and under him Gene
rails Hill, Anderson and Branch.
1t late at night when the firing ceased. Az this is
written it is now past midnight. Bodies Of the dead
cover the hill sides and fill the Businesses of the woods
The groans of the wounded fill the air, and anxious
scores wandering YEARLY about in quest Of missing
friends. Generals cannot find their brigades 0olones
their regiments Captains their companies and rice
Each waits with anxiety the dawnipg morrow, to know
what Of hope il shall bring of those missing, and Of
fate 10 themselves. Il is mournful sight
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-08
TIE rIGnrINs on MONDAY.

The Maryland News Saeet, Of 81 inst, says:
telegram from Washington wbct though dlted at
Fortress Monroe on Tuesday did not reach until last
evening announces the arrival Of gunboat from the
Gene OF action on the James river about ten miles
hove Civ Point. The gunboa: brings the fret ntel
seucs in regard to the situation Of tia. portion Of Nc
u. Inns army-tLe centre aud left wing which, in &C
eordance with the contemplated stTategec movement,
was arranged should advance within striking distance
of Richmond, ard tske that city by coup de main -
From this Learn that the army had up 20 Mcr-
dly evening lss been fighting for tour days, ard hsd
before hyperion numbers about seventeen mea
The fighting on Monday il ia said, WAS most terrific, but
6aAly after a nguinary cothcE OF four hours' dura-
ion The Com, derAt,s brought within range OF the
ire from The euubolts the james rivsr which they
vthstood for blu. two hours and then retreaed. The
Federal troops ure reported to have taken during their
r. grade movement, large number OF pieces CT ar
tuery and some thousand PrsOuers-smor the lt
orirg General Aagrudcr; but, in turn, Mcclellan WIS
Obliged TO a5andon all bic siege guns after Hpkng them
and burning the oarages ard to leave many OF his sick
and wounded behrd him. There are, of course, is
added in conclusion innumer bic reports and rumo,s
At the Fortress but nothing has been stated in the ele
cram but what appears to be authentic" SO the inor
nation must be regarded entirely unofficial AID there
lore sui sct to future revision.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-08
IEs aonFsderass Nts,e..

TIA NOBLE Ajsr'asT, 20 an sleQ ieas article elci.
Isss We ooul.ry Ss glorious inpa's, given 20 tLs
Uslss ~ !,s eve Ps0E! .l slys -ho have e,iaI
ulis % their minds e. seseP death - the alternative
81 sAEsJ and uaaissilg The esrres.ness OF tia
'Htssz1allo1 D. ~ thl. mortal ho,osm "a capable a.
sa hOury mixing gard history for the pages which
Esoo-i h1zIa aeiozs. Ills history casts 81 sdows
byCTs g. aad have living faith that within a few
IrcGlls, per p Tasks days the grand outline
.. lie r1'aaos s-ay viii loom up aud the UoafedeFate
ss.sss vi s'aad r.co5lE'5 before Ibs Worll Tee
s-d l1depelis1t ragG-,ll freedom Ind Independence
b.1Ts.y ssd sirgy soa BY toe sEOr1.
Zoe Enss too serious and the crisis too solemn for
- boss Ing To 74uas the courage and eoas.sacy of
Jt5 noble army .aa stands living tul y,lk Of breasts 10
the eapss arougd olm1nd, ao1ll Be Lut paint he
ny o. the Toz, Poetry sad Rhetoric poversss to
he q en- h5 conception Of Or deepen ne gratitude Of
tie Millions living ali yeg Unborn fos the sClEslcr6cag
devotion Of these brave Confederate sodies We feel
oct csa1oS express cur Animation We thank God, out,
are enable 70 utter Ia words al that We owe to tksir
yao7 sad his goodness Jehovah reigast6 and the reo.
pie cl1 nos see thrOgi the saaioss and darkness Of
tia and AdVsrslty through which they have been led
IRE noble fruits Of His Christening hand
NlionAl liberty Is only 70 Do VstsEei by humsH
hl,cd Il 4 in tie s;0,m Of var that the germ plant
e. and amid the Fab Of guns and the clash Of arms
tsas is 4 born. Adversely and struggle the dseip
has appointed Of Psoyi&snss to hEsdsa iS wood into
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-08

The WANT OF ToBLCco IN EURoPE-The same anxiety
which the American inspires in Europe on the sup
ply of cotton extends also to the supply Of tobacco
We extract from the Op!'iOa Na.ioHais the following
remarks:
England purchases from the nited States about htty
thousand hogsheads on which she imposes duty Of 'e
millions of dolars; and France buys about twenty thou
sand hogshesds, from which she obtains revenue Of
more than four millions Of dCllars.
An important deficit in the supply OF tobacco would
create grave embarrsssments for all the governments OF
Eutope but above ALL to the Eoglsh, French and Dutch
Isis to be feared this deficit will be ssrmingy obvious
he coming year. An intxorabe fatality 10 follow
opaoco at the present moment For two consecutive
years the crop has almost entirely failed in Brsz and in
Cuba the plant has becom, diseased, greatly reducing
he crop A. no time has Europe been so much In need
Of the tobacco OF the United States, and they have not
enough for their own consumption. The question Of
obAcco s then the order Of tho day, and requires
SOLUTION no les rressng than the cotton question.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-08
Ga srRIors RlEEKsrn ApxIrrEp.

The New York Times, after careful review OF the
5u,tiop. end guided by information derived from per
sopa interviews with ts correspondence who left Gen
NcClelaus headquarters on James river on the after
noon Of Monday last, and reached New York on Wed
aesday comts to the conclusion that there Is now no
room TO doubt that our army has met with very ser
Gus reverse and that il ia in condition Of peril Which,
# not imminent least calls for the instant and ener
gate efforts of the Government and the country. After
living brief summary OF the events that had trans
oir,d that journal sdds-"Oeyond ali question this in-
70 lscnce will fall with heavy weight upon the pubic
heart II is entirely unexpected aud skaters the high
hcpe which the whole country has late INDUCED with
the fall of Richmond the enc OF the Rebellion is close
1aud" The most noticeable feature Of all is that, up
20 the present writing, 6tf,ia despsch from GENT
Mcclellan has been given to the pubic-the only know
edge we have OF the sanguinsy battles that have been
fought the losses sustained and the reVerses expert
need being derived from irresponsible persons.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-08
OBITUARY.

called Upon record the death OF dear bother An
other bright the altar Of he ty has bet Ade
JAMS " HZE, NIB OF the 18Th Mss sppi Reg nen
npAny hartil fell III; ht Of ChieEShominS, on
Vdsy ne 2sih June while his Rerlmeat mAspg desperate
chag. he ruck b. MINI bali IN n len east and
fingered l tie morning when he b:ea,hd his last NY
br5her Of Lnco county Tenn AID vas IN bis 70
year Of his irStl his hou Ia hAsaAh county
Mississippi
Ne has been exemplary one AsAs'n he vas ever dnu
.youAte roher Kind AID gente man n bic and
grnrOas sodsr brave shd c'ivA,us lie was ever at
post duty. In language Of I Ia i7ny AUAys
10 nj, pl.'S 4"
br Their Treissr Of religion, and cne OF his mes
mNes de he expressed himself ready -
Tn IS reUs. hal that he no: die with lis mother
n r hand could his brow her tears be seed Ger
BIZ grave
N, Us hard give up Iu,h brother vet must bow TO
h- Of Heavenly BAths. He dostn al "a ngs hight "A
added - the HeAyeay galaxy, Suo hsr shAeon 70
Absyr Let fJlsU he followed Chri and be
read NEE: DEATH when cur Summ.n, con's
g. A. H.. asa Mss. Regt.
Rchu Odd, jay Z 1861.
- Nerp,Is Appeal VII pIetse copy.