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The New York herald., 1862-01-09
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

By the arrival of the Bremen at this port and
the Bohemian at Portland, we have details Of Euro
pean news to the 9th ult., and by the arrival OF
the Canada at Halifax advices to the 10th have
been received.
In England the government, on the one hand
was continuing its preparations for war with un-
abated vigor, while on the other various religious
deputations had waited on Earl Russell urging the
preservation Of peace. The newspapers were en-
gagged in speculations upon the American question:
but their opinions are Of little consequence in the
present state Of the case.
There are symptoms Of trouble in India. Bat
teries Of artillery on the point Of embarking for
England had been detained in Bengal.
The English Board Of Trade returns for Novem-
Der show falling Of in the exports Of eight per
cent as compared with the same month in 1850,
almost entirely made up Of cotton manufactures.
The decline of the eleven months is seven and q
half per cent.
Public securities, both in London and Paris con-
tinued depressed while no sales of American
stocks are reported. The Liverpool markets had
undergone no material change.
The government Of Prussia has addressed a
despatch to the Minister Of Prussia at Washington
in reference TO the arrest of Messrs. Mason and
slidell, condemning the proceeding Of the CON-
mander of the San Jacinto. In other respects the
| continental news is unimportant.
The steamship Bremen brought 436 bales Of cot.
ton on freight.
II appears by the telegraphic dispatches from
Washington that General Rosecrans will arrive in
town to-day. General Rosecrans is one Of the
distinguished soldiers this rebellion has pro
duced. Under General Mcclellan he led of the
brilliant campaign in Western Virginia with the
| decisive victory at Rich Mountain.
Our state Legislature OF Albany was in session
again yesterday, and the number Of bills and reso
lutions noticed gives promise Of considerable
| work before the members of the two houses. Ir
| the Senate petition was presented to have the
fees for auction duties in this city refunded to The
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10

We offer the balance of onr Fall and Winter
Stock of Dry Goods, Eurs. &C.. Mt re-
duced prices Tor CASH to close before the season
is over. Persons in want may depend on getting
some decidedly CHEAP GOODS, ms we prefer
disposng of many kinds of merchandise AT
COST, and EVEN LESS THAN COST, than to
carry them to another season. We invite an
examination
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10
Dogs and other Animals.

1t is bard to believe that two races so spliced
together as the canine and human do not lap
over hard to feel that some dogs are not better
worth saving than some men some men more
tt to rot in unhallowed ground, and be forgotten.
than some dogs. Creatures so intelligent, aud
yet so patient Of our neglect so sensitive, and
yet so forgiying OF our roughness and ingrati-
lude So gentle when we do not seem to love
them, 30 over-joyed when we do So uncom-
planning, even of hunger, if We are not ready
TO feed them-even of storm and cold, when
turned out from the bright FIRE, on the winters
night, to watch for us while we sleep warm in
our beds So ready to fight and die for us, and
our poorest belongings Surely, for qualities
like those, though they go upon four legs, quail
tiles that would grace a Christian or q hero,
there should be some other vesttue in religion.
We might even let child pray, it seems to me.
that, through the open door of Heaven, for the
humble, where he is taught that the beggar
that takes aims from his hands may sit above
him, his faithful dog may be permitted to look
in.
Animals of different species, says Dr. Burnap,
are capable of forming attachments to each
other He relates an affecting anecdote of this
kind When the American army, in the Revo-
luton, lay at Valley Forge, during the nelement
winter of l779-S0 the stable of the Governor,
then Colonel in the army, was tenanted by
three animals of most diverse species, but of
affections the most cordial and united-a horse,
dog and drake. No sooner did the horse lie
down at night than the dog came and lay close
Mt his side; then the drake as invariably crept
into the little oval nest created by the dogs
head and body. In this position they passed the
cold winter night, and were invariably found by
the servant the next morning. The dog and the
drake became devoted friends. At the close of
every meal, they resorted to the Colonel's quar-
tiers to be fed, and the shaking of the table-cloth
was signal for race between the dog and
drake, which would arrive first, and get the
incest bits of their common repast. Usually,
the race was pretty even one, the drake making
up for the shortness of his legs by the strength
and activity OF his wings. At length, however,
there came deep, light snow. At noon the
table-cloth was shaken as usual and the dog
commenced the race, bounding through the
snow, and was soon near his dinner. Not so
with the drake. He began his usual career with
great impetuosity, but soon began to tumble
from one hole into another, until he became ex-
hausted. But what did the dog do? Did he
rush en- and dsvour his meal alone? By no
means. He missed his companion, looked be-
hind, and saw him struggling in the snow he
galloped back, took the drake gently in his
mouth, and bore him off to share the meal with
his nOble-minded companion,-W Wills.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10

AN INoIDENT OF THE BATTLE OF THE FORTS
Captain Boggs, of the Varuna, tells story of n
brave boy who was on board his vessel during the
bombardment of the fort on the Mississippi river.
The lad who answers to the name of Oscar, is but
thirteen years of age, but he has an old head ON
his shoulders, and is alert and energetic Dur
ing the hottest of the fire he was busily engaged
in passing ammunition to the gunners and mar
rOwly escaped death when one of the terrific
broadsides Of the Yaruna's Rebel antagonist was
poured in. Coverd with dirt and begrimmed
with powder, he was met by Captain Boggs, who
asked "where he was going in such a hurry 20
"To get a passing box, sir; the other one was
smashed by ball !" And so throughout the
fight, the brave lad held his place and did his
duty.
When the Varuna went down Capt, Boggs miss.
ed his boy, and thought he was among the victims
of the battle. But few minutes afterwards he
saw the lad gallantly swimming towards the
wreck Clambering on board of Captain Boegs
boat, he threw his hand up to his forehead, giving
the usual salute, and uttering only the words
Gan right, sir report myself on board, " pas
sed cody to his station. Soyoung lad SO brave
and cool iu danger will make himself known as
years go over his head.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10

A REMEDY FOR SMALL Po3.-Dr. Frederick
Morris, resident physician of the Halifax Visit
ing Dispensary, N. S., has written letter to the
American Medical Times, in which he states that
the ''Sarracenia Purpurea," or India cup, q
native plant of Nova Scotia, is the remedy for
smallpox in all its forms in twelve hours after
the patient has taken the medicine. That
"however alarming and numerous the eruptiOns,
and continent and frightful they may be, the
peculiar action of the medicine is such that very
seldom is scar left to tell the story Of the
disease" If either vaccine or variolous matter
is washed with the infusion of the sarracenia,
they are deprived of their contagious properties.
So mild is the medicine to the taste that it may
be largely mixed with ten and coffee and given
to cOnnoisseurs in these beverages to drink
without their being aware of the admixture.-
The medicine has been successfully tried in the
hospitals of Nova Scotia, and its use will be
continued.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10

ANIMAL WIsDOM.-As most animals depend
much upon smell for their existence and safety,
it Necessary to advance upon them from the
leeWard side, if the aim be to get close without
being discovered. In pursuit they always trust
for guidance to the same sense, and may be
heard forcibly inspiring the air when they have
lost the scent of the object they are following
The insects with which they are covered supply
them with another, means of knowing, inasmuch
as they attract a number of birds, which sit
quietly picking them off when nothing strange
is in sight, but fly away when any object excites
their alarm. So well does the rhinaeeros uu-
derstand THE that he goes on feeding with the
on his back hut the momont they tly, the huge
animal raises his head and turns in oil directions
to catch the scent Whether he accomplishcs
this or not, he generally feels so uncertain of
his position, from the flight of his companions,
that he moves to some other locality.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10

SuFFERINGs OF THE UNIoNIsTs or EAST Ten
NEssEE.- Although the Rebel authorities in East
Tennessee forbade Unionists leaving the State
under pain Of death, shooting and sabering all
who attempted to do so,and promised au amnesty
to all who returned, Mrs. Maynard, wife of the
Hon Horace Maynard, member of Congress-
was compelled to leave her home and property
in Knoxville, Tenn, at SO hours notice. ami de.
part the State The wife of Governor johnson,
dying of consumption, and separated from her
gallant husband, was also very recently made the
object of Rebel insoleuce and cruelty. While
thus sundered from her husband, and suffering
with bodily affiction she received a message sim
liar to the one sent to Mrs. Maynard Well may
The Nashville Union exciaim;
The cruel barbarities of Clayerh0use, the perse.
cutor of the Scottish Covenanters, never reached
greater depth of brutal maliguity than this deed
of Col W. NJ. Churchwell Of the Rebel army al
Knoxville. Its enormity is 50 great that no com.
ments can highten the natural indignation u
reused in every bosom at the simple recital of the
fact. Fortunately some one was sagacOus enough
to suggest that this inhumanity to sick lady OF
account Of her husbands loyalty would injure thu
Confederate cause, and the order was counter
manded. How long will mon and women ad
vocate a cause stained with such inhuman out
/ RACES
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10

ling day upon Hn income of nothing, and going
/ on jOyously, with no lack Of credit. We did uol
expect this in Europe. People at distance
cannot comprehend these popular delusions.-
The Tulip Mania, the South Sea Bubble the
Great Darien scheme the YigO Bay scheme in
our fathers days. and perhaps, the Suez Canal
project in our own are things which people, not
in the vortex, look upon with wonder and amaze
ment, and are astounded that they endure SO
long as they do. Here is this great bubble Of
American fnauce swelling and swelling before
ones eyes and we all think it must burst to-
morrow. Yet it goes On. This gigantic bubble
may, therefore, last for some time yet long
enough, perhaps, to take Richmond, and drive
the ConfGderaies back TO some other strategical
point, and even to follow them up there and dis
perse them. 1t is not the less real for the mo-
ment because we know this fabric of fairy credit
to be short-lived. All the millions and hundreds
of millions which we see flying about are like
the sparks that fly upwards from bouquet of
fireworks; but amid all this evauescent glory,
what is real is, that Mr.. Lincoln is discovered in
the blaze leisurely but resolutely eating his ar
tichoke.
But when he has sucked the last leaf, and has
even daintily prepared and swallowed the core,
there is yet another operation-he will have TO
digest it, When all military organization in the
South hns has been dislocated, and all social and
commercial organization is also broken down !;
when Richmond is subdued and Norfolk is taken I;
when Savannah has n Northern garrison, and
New Orleans is being vigorously galvanized into
commercial action when Beauregard is name
of the past, and Jefferson Davis has been so dealt
with that Northern statesmen lose their interest
in the Cavesdroppings Of his coaehman-when all
these things have happened, then will begin the
terrible nightmare caused by the necessary pro
cess of attempting to digest that delicious arti-
choke. Some of the Northern statesmen already
profess to their friends thnt the thought OF what
must be done with the South, when it has been
,onqueled haunts them in their dreams. We
hear 1t has already been proposed at Washington
TO cut this knot by ruling the conquered States
as Territories, by Governors appointed by the
President, and approved by the Senate, as in
the case of foreign appointments. 1t is seven
millions of the Anglo-Saxon rhce whom it is pro-
posed thus to rule. What will be the numbers
and the cost of the military and naval force
necessary to do il? ?s this what is meant by
restoring the Union If 80, then the capture OF
New Orleans and the occupation of Yorktown
may be steps to that long wished for end But
if Mr.. Lincoln proposes to himself first to pull
to pieces and eat out of the sweetness of his ar
tichOke, and then put it together again with its
leaves all crisp and green, the more of those
leaves he pulls off the further he seems to be
from any chance of ever accomplishing his origi'
nal object.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10
" GREAT nxpHoTATIoNs."


WGREAT EXPECTATIONS"
ny THE BARD OF TOWER HALL.
As Charley Dickens
Well conjectures,
In one of his
Romantic lectures,
Great Expectations
Often fail us,
And disappointment
Will assail us.
Young folks who wed
Aud hope for rapture,
May with repentance
End the chapter.
And many other
Hopes and fancies
Are proved to bo
Extravagances.
But he who at
Tower HALL arrays him
Indulges hope
That meier betrays him;
However great
His expectations
No disappointment
Brings vexation.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10

To verify the above statement of the " Bard'
is our aim and purpose. That we have been
reasonably successful, thousands of regular GUS
toners can testify. We are daily receiving
desirable styles of new goods, and although our
sales this season have been unusually large and
rapid. we are enabled, by unequalled manufac-
turing facilities, to keep up with the demand,
and still offer the largest and best assortment OF
ready. made Garments in Philadelphia; also, a
full aud complete stock of Piece Goods, for order
work. Every one can be suited from our stock,
which Comprises all styles, qualities, and prices
of goods We buy and sell for cash only there
fore at the lowest possible prices. Tower HALL
No 518 Market Street. Philadelphia.
BENNETT & co.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10


A FELINE SERENADE.-Cats are very well in
their way, and as a kind of military police to
restrain the miserable rats and mice who, like
rowing bands Of guerlllas, infest pantries and
cellars, they certainly do good service. But we
decidedly object to the cat, considered as a mu-
steal instrument.
Some men there are, love not a gaping pig,
Some, that are mad, II they behold cat
says the great original pawnbroker, Shylock,
and although we are not exactly included in the
latter category yet we confess to getting ''mad'
frequently at the cat-er-waulings Of the cats on
the wall Immediately under our window while
We are trying to court Morpheus. There is an
unhappy Romeo of tom cat who comes nightly
to see the Juliet of neghbor, but from the
sounds last night, it is supposed that some
Tybalt encountered him, and that if the result
was at all commensurate with the noise raised,
neither Of the Tabys can now be alive to tell
the fearful tale. Cats are like opera singers.
Before their contests, they have to stop and sing
several solos, in which they express their su-
preme contempt for each other, and oil of each
others relatives, and brag about the infnitessi-
NAL short time it will take to chew one another
up. The cats and dogs in the neighborhood,
comprise the chorus on these occasions, and the
opera is prolonged through the summer night,
until the listener tossing about on his mattress,
can stand it no longer, and rising, throws bou
quets to the principal performers in the shape
of boots, bOotjacks, and waterpichers. A
parlor pistol and good supply Of ammunition
| is the only safeguard in q oat-infested neigh
borhood, and the pussies scatter before it, like
the rebels before the victorious Mcclellan
brooklyn Times
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10
The subiugation of the South.

From the London Times, May TO-
The Federals are working out the old meta
phor, and eating up the South leaf by Leaf, as
man would eat an artchoke. 1t is pleasant
occupation to one, not too hungry, leisuTely in
olined, and with plenty of time on his hands;
but the artichOke is not vegetable exactly
adapted to n passenger who has but ten minutes
for his dinner, aud who has to make his way by
the express train, which will not wait. New
Orleans was very large leaf, quietly pulled off
and peaceably discussed, and now Yorktown is
another, enjoyed with equal ease and comfort
To a military mind the evacuation of Yorktown
will probably cause no very great astonishment
So long as the wholesome terror imposed by the
Merrimao continued, Yorktown was o good
strategic position. Directly, however, 1t began
TO be suspected that the Merrimac was not likely
to repeat the achievement of Hampton Roads,
there was a strong possibility of a fleet of ships
of-var and transports running by the river forts
on the York river and the james River, and
landing an army in the rear of the Confederate
lines. thus cutting them off from Richmond, and
putting them between two fires. Napoleon might
possibly have been glad Of an opportunity to ami
| hilate, in two blows thus divided enemy butil
! is not in accordance with what we know of Con-
federate tactics to seek any such dangerous OPP
portunties The Fabian policy has hitherto
been the policy of the South. They have from
\ the first been hoping that something might turn
up. Originally they believed Europe would
c1me in mass to rescue King Cotton. Disap-
pointed in that, they were convinced that The
No rth would be divided, and then that the fund!
world fail. Now they are probably living partly
unou the remnants Of all these broken hopes
and partly upon the anticipation that the heat'
of summer will melt away the hosts they eannO
vanquish. Delay they think to be equal to vic
tory, and to some extent they are doubtless
right. But it is a policy which may be carrie'
too far, and, bit by hit, they may give up 81
much that they may at last have nothing yer.
much worth fighting for. The danger Of bein
surrounded would, however. appear to be a sui
fcient strategic reason for their last achieve
ment in abandoning their Yorktown lines
Now the capture of Richmond would be
tremendous victory to the Federals The mum
berless arms of the great invasion are stretcne
out over the whole land. The Mississippi mn ~,
be sold to be forced throughout its entire lengtl
and wherever shps-of-war can tioot no Uohluel com ~
ate force can show itself in safety. war nj
been carried on upon scale never before lhougl
possible, and upon principles which TO SOD, 90,
Europe were thought the widest delusions ~
soldier who lived upon his pay, and spent halt
= crown out Of sixpence a day, at least had
1 sxpepce. But here is America, turned soldie
d spending on both sides a million and u half ste
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10
DoltrHat alt0 @tatesmatt
Astrma at the Capitol.
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, 1862
by JOHN C. WHITTIER


When first saw our banner wave
Above the nations councl.ha
heard beneath its marble wall
The clanking fetters of the slave
In the foul market place stood,
And saw the Christian mother sold,
And childhood with its locks of gold,
Bue-eyed and fair with Saxon blood
l shut my eyes, held my breath,
Aud smothering down the wrath and shame
That set my Northern blood aflame,
Stood silent where to speak was death.
Beside me goomed the prson.cell
Where wasted one in slow decline
For uttering simple words of mine,
And loving freedom all too well.
The flag that 1oated from tho dome
Flapped menace in the morning air.
stood, periled stranger, where
The human broker made his home.
For crime was virtue: Gown and Sword
And Law their threefold sanction gave,
Aud to the quarry of the slave
Went hawking with our symbol-bird
On the oppressors side was power;
And yet knew that every wrong,
However old, however strong,
But waited Gods avenging hour.
knew that truth would crush the lie.-
Somehow, sometime, the end would be;
Yet scarcely dared hope to see
The triumph with my mortal eye.
But now see it In thc SUI
a free lag iloats from yonder dome,
Aud at the nations hearth and home
The justice long delayed is done.
Not as We hoped, in calm Of prayer,
= The message of deliverauee comes.
But heralded by roll OF drums,
On waves of battle-troubled air y
MIDST sounds that madden and appal,
The song that Bethlehems shepherds knew !
The harp of David melting through
The deinonagonies of Saul
Not as we hoped but what arc we
Above our broken dreams and plans
Good lays. with wiser hand than mans,
The corner stones of liberty.
cavil not with Him the voice
That freedoms blessed gospel tells
Is sweet to me as silver bells,
Rejoicing yea, will rejoice
Dear friends still toiling in the SUM-
We dearer ones who, gone before,
Are Watching from the eternal shore
The slow work by your hands begun
Rejoice with me The Christening rod
Blossoms with love; the furnace heat
Grows cold beneath His blessed feet
Whose form is MS the Son of God
Rejoice Our NIarahs bitter springs
Are sweetened on our ground of grief
Rise day by day in strong relief
The prophecies of better things.
Rejoice in hope The day and night
Are one with God, and one with them
Who zee by faith the cloudy hem
OF Judgment fringed with Mercy's light
Atlantic Monthly for jun
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10
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succfssoR To II. O. BASSlNo,
Nh sDnA vHornro1 ea,aaa

ANOs <ON NheAA AAGN 5hEGCN9
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WIN BEATTY SONS AXES, uATcuETs and
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AMERICAN SCREW coMPANys GnILET POINTED
RUSSELL 4 ERWIN MANUFACTURING coMPANY's
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FITCH MANUFACTURING CoMPANY's CABINET and
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CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CoMrANYs CUT
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q. AMEH SONS SHOVRlS and SPADES.
JRNNlNG Il PUGnS AUGER BITS.
WILLIAM BUTCHERS CnlSELS aud PLANE BITS.
NEW ENGLAND BUTT COMPANY'S BUTT HINGES
and SAD IRONs, &c Ne.
L. Q. sTEPIIRNs & co.'s BOXWOOD RULES.
BALDWIN TOOL coMpANY's BENCH and MOULDING
PLANES
sPENCERs and MOSS and CANDLES FILES and
RAsPS.
BUILDERS AND SHELF n4RpwARE,-a full assort-
ment
All of which arc offered at low irces
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10


PLAIN WORDS ny a KENTUCKY UNION MANA
loyal citizen Of Carlisle, Kentucky, writing from
that place. May 10th, says: This rebellion has
done more damage to the negro property of Ken
tucky than the Aboitionists have ever done. or
could do in hundred years. AT the beginning
of the rebellion No l hands were worth from
81 200 to s., 500, and No l women from 5000
10 81 200. A few days ago trader told me thaI
he saw four No. hands sell for 81, 100 for the
lot-say, three-fourths of their value lost in lit
tio more than year. Four Thousand dollars il
the tax laid on the seller in that one transaction
by his Southern Rights friends. At the time thel
commenced to snake a spoon or spoil a horn
we had the most stringent laws. We held then
by the seyerest State laws, backed by Unite
States laws, that were framed and dictated by tn
South, but not content with all this the slave
ocracy must have slave laws over territory wher
a slave never did noe never will exist. won
der if they want O slave code for the moon
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-10

ID ELlEF FOL THE AFFLIcTED.-Frosted speedily
IL cured by e Smiths Ointment for Frosted Feet
or sale at u Agents, A H. 0Tmshaw, nrusgist and
Chemist Nc G09 Market Street.