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effort made TO get them off BY railroad
and boat Private carriages, hacks and
carts were stopped in the street and pressed
into service, and some Of my friends had
to get their b ggage to the station in
wheeIbarrows. Advantage was taken Of
the confusion and dislnay Of the hour for
private injustice and irresponsible oppres-
sion The selfshness developed in such
crisis is humiliating-
Who i to blame for this reign Of ter
ror? ! give the facts and the reader may
draw his own conclusions. The news got
out about the time congregations were
assembling for church service. i know
Of two or three instances in which the
minister had just taken his text, when the
congregation melted away. Some left
their homes without packing up change
of apparel. Others, more thoughtful,
staid to ascertain the extent Of danger,
provided themselves for the journey, and
left their houses in the cure Of trusty SER
wants or resident friends. But the hasty
exodus involved great abandonment Of
private property. Those who could com.
maud carriages rode out Of the reach Of
danger, or took the cars at way stations.
saw no stars or stripes anywhere in
the city on "Wednesday. My neighbors,
who left Thursday, say there were none
up then. The only flags up were yellow
flags, over the hospitals, and these were
flying Sunday evening.
Wednesday evening. Gen. Floyd was
counseling with some of the citizens on
the destruction of the railroad and sus-
pension bridges over the Cumberland aud
combustible material was at hand. l did
not cross over lest should not be able to
recross, such was the uncertainty as to
the hour aud manner of destruction. /
was tod that the General thought of cut
ting the wires and dropping the bridge
into the river. lie concluded fnally to
cut the bottom out and leave the wires
hanging This was done Wednesday
night When / left it was doubtful
whether the railroad bridge would be burnt
or the draw merely broken At o'clock
next morning the bridge was burnt. Oa
Capitol Hill, such of the State papers as
conld not be carried off, were burnt, a
also the old guns, ETC., of the armory in
the basement OF the Capitol. The build
ing where chemicals were prepared for
the government was burnt. Mr.. BreR-
hams foundety, where e large amount Of
cannon aud Oall have been cast, was fired.
These are the only frings am informed
Of up to Thursday.
Washington telegraph., 1862-03-12

the volunteer, let him do SO freely. but
not afterwards present an ut to the
county court, asking it be refunded by
taxation. This is not the way to contrib
ute to the advancement of so great a
cause as that in which we are now enea>
ged. Every act of this kind is a draw
back upon our progress. 1t serves to chill
the ardor, and to dampen the courage of
the soldier, and if persisted in must end
in disastrous consequences to the cause
Let us oudy for the time being with the
idea of speculation aud profit, and but
remember that our country, with an un-
dertaking of great magnitude ahead of
her, is poor. Her resources, though ex-
tensive, are yet crude and undeveloped,
and she has embarked in the undertaking
clothed in tatters of honesty aud bleeding
almost at every pore. Let not the syren
song of Hope delude US with the idea
that the work ahead of US is Of short con
tinuance, and easy of execution. All
history refutes the idea, and plainly proves
that immense bloodshed, aud vast out
lay of money are the price of a people S
glory aud independence. Without all
this it would never be properly appreciate
ed; but if acquired without any effort, it
would soon prove prey to the madness
and folly of its children, who would feel
themselves in possession of an immense
estate, queath I'd to them, and not ac-
quired by the Divine ordinance ''by the
sweat Of thy brow shalt thou live"
Respectfully, &c, . ...
Washington telegraph., 1862-03-12

TIE Hour AND THE LEssOs.-Ths
following observations of the Charleston
Courier are so truthful aud appropriate
that they will be read with interest every
where: The disaster which has just befal-
len our arms, mortifying as it must be to
national prize, has proved y blessing il
disguise. It has reused the people, Lii up
the torches of patriotism as they used to
burn In the o'd Revolution, inspired our
sOlliers with desire to avenge the losses
We have sustained, and has impaired Q
desperate earnestness to every man, wo.
man aud child capable of appreciating
the condition of affairs in the continued
main tainance of the terrible contest in
which we are engaged. We should,
therefore be far from dependency. Fif.
teen cr twenty thousand Yankees, landed
anywhere upon the C last undefeDded by
corresponding number, and supported by
q feet Of gun boats, must succeed in get
ting possession. 1t would be idle to ex,
pect otherwise, and imbecilc to be dis
colraged by the fact. Our true policy il
to prevent such superficial successes from
repaying the cost. Keep the enemy where
they are. Contest their advance into the
Interior step by step. Fight them any
how and with every eapon-by the torch,
the bayonet, the powder train and rife,
anchor them d1wn in their first footsteps
upon the soil. We discover already in
huences at work in the minds of the peo-
pie, which promises rich fruition, and
we at last begin to appreciate the necessity
of raising every hand, employing every
faculty, ani developing every resouree
that can be of use in beating back the m.
cry wave of invasion rolling upon ".
Washington telegraph., 1862-03-12

"TuE CRIsIs."-Under the above head
ing the n. Q. Bee Of 2lst, had very
able and interesting article, from which
we extract the following:
The recent triunphs Of the Federalists
have been achieved in pursuance Of plan
which they never sought to conceal. They
very frankly avowed their intention to
amass from one hundred to one hundred
and fifty thousand men in Kentucky, and
they did so, our Government looking on
with strange indifference. They promised
to penetrate the Southwest by way of the
Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, and
they did SO, even the local authorities,
with marvellous inexplicable sense Of So
curity, never seeking TO place obs;ructions
in either of those water courses to shs
progress of the Federal gunboats. They
declared their intention to capture Forts
Henry and Donelson, and they have sue
ceeded--not, we admit, without manly
aud heroic resistance, especially in the
siege Of Fot Donelson. Thus far, il
must be confessed. the Federal programme
has been faithfully carried out They
boasred of their ability 20 take Columbus,
and possibly they may, although b We have
some hopes that that stronghold may defy
them. They are bent upon the oceupz-
rion Of Nashvil e, and at the time this il
written we cannot say whether they have
succeeded or not but we are inclined 70
think that this part of their project viii
hardly be attained, save at the cost Of
considerable blood-letting. Still, so fal
as actual achievements are concersed, II
il unbeatable that the Yankees bsve 40
conn pllshed precisely what they originslly
published as the object OF the csDpsl8n-
Washington telegraph., 1862-03-12

WHAT THEY THINK OF PRICE.-Tht
New York Times is very anxious to see
Priee-the gallant aud in vincible warrior
of the "bagged" by the Black Re
publican hordes under Curtis. 1t says
that he is probably the sharpest strategist
Ia the field fer tborder warfare" and
'lways manages -someway or another to
escape being caught in the folds of the
"anaconda," " Says the Times:
What tie Sumter is on the seas, Gen.
Flee is on the laud-everywhere present,
yet never to be caught Now he is up on
lAe Missouri river, now OH the Usage, and
AOT away down among the Ozark hills /;
anon he skirts along the Kansas border,
akulks down into Arkansas, or rushes to
wards the red mans reserve; now he
'ufos his front towards ST. Louis, and
again, no man but himself can tell of his
'nereabouts. The military Craps" in
'nieh he Is to be caught, he adroitly
sslaes; the military sacks in which he is
20 De "bagsed," he carefully keeps away
from aud even the great military ''ana-
eonda canhot get chance of Bringing
HIN within its coils.
1et' both the pirate Price and the pirate
Vqni'sr w. must be caught, and that speedily.
want Two heroes--a naval hero to
81 the sea pirate, military hero to
Vaten the land pirate; and we promise
'tat both heroes, when the work is done.
'aali be crowned with such honors and
sory as will reverse forever the Galsc old
sW, that republics are grateful
Washington telegraph., 1862-03-12

ls- A Stanford .(Ky.) correspondent
" The Cincinnati Commercial referring
"sae battle of Fishing Creek, says:
Il fouf hundred seeesh horses just passed
s%'odgh here; the men were offering them
VT ten cents per dozen.
and yet, the New York Herald, in or
MI. -, &c make up its estimate of sshalf a
H. aloo dollars worth of booty taken from
' repels," put down these same secesh
40f'es as worth slOO,OO0
Washington telegraph., 1862-03-12
PRAYER

d tst thou within a care 20 deep
1t chaseS from thine eyeliis sleep. .
To thy Redeemer take that care,
And change anxiety to prayer.
Hast thou a hope, with which thy heart
Would almost feel it death to part?
Entreat thy God that hope to crown,
Or give thee strength to lay it down
Hast thou friend, whose image dear
May prove an idol worshjped here?
ImpIore the Lord that nought may be
\ shadow between heaven and thee. l
What cr the care that breaks thy rest
What er the wish that swelis the breast.
Spread before God that wish, that care,
aud change anxiety to prayer.
Washington telegraph., 1862-03-12

e6rThe preacher wno spends his oIghes
in writing dull sermons stays Awike fo'pus
his hearers 70 sleep.
Washington telegraph., 1862-03-12

FEDERAL REPORTS FROM CLARKs-
VILE The following dispatch was SEM
to Cincinnati after the occupation OF
ClarksvilIe by the Federal troops:
.a Ciarksville, Tenn, Feb. 2l.--Commo-
dore Foote came up the Cumberland tc
this point yesterday, with the gunboats
Conestoga and Cairo. The Notifications
on each side of the river are deserteh
and two thirds of the inhabitants have
fed. White flags are flying in every di
On the approach of the gunboats the
rebels set FIRE TO the railroad bridges ovel
the Cumberland aud Red rivers One i
destroyed and the ether but little damaged
Commodore Foote issued proclama
ton for the people to return to their bu
siness. There is . large amount Of Con-
federate stores here. The rebels left q
Sunday.
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The Cecil Whig., 1862-04-19

Pittsburg aud Carondelct took posi-
tions in the middle of the stream, after
very good mornings work.
Three miles below us, on the Ken
lucky shorej were lying the Carondelet
and Pittsburg-the low, ominous, snap
ping turtles of Com. Foote'S fotilla-
looking out eagerly for more Rebel bat
terics. Two miles above, besides New
Madrid, was still more cheering sight,
in the shape of the four sterfi- wheel
steamers, Emma, Trio, W. B. Terry,
and Hetty Gilmore, which Col. Bissell
brought across the country, from the
feet The exploit is unparalleled, at
least in this country, and is one of the
most novel and marvellous which has
been performed during the war. Two
weeks ago, Colonel Bisscll, with his
indefatigable engineer regiment, started
with those boats from the Commodore's
fleet. He has brought them sirteen
miles, through corn-feids, woods,
swamps, bayous, and sloughs, compelled to
cut canals "a portion Of the way, and to cut
through heavy timber nearly all of it For
channel twenty feet in width, all the trees
often two or three feet in diametor-were
sawed off four feet under water; and for a
space halt as wide, on each side of that,
they were all chopped off at the water $
edge. At first the project was laughed at
as utterly chimercal but the Engineer
Regiment, unappalled by mud, water,
cable, and here, as the fruits of their labor,
are four steamers, two RATS, and ten barges,
which they have brought around the enemy S
batteries. The work was finished last night.
This morning Col. Bissell gave orders to
have all the officers and men of his regiment
who We're fit for duty, report to him at New
Madrid. One lieutenant was the only man of
the whole nine hundred who reported so
arduous have been their labor, that all the
others require rest, before they are in work
ing order.
The Cecil Whig., 1862-04-19

FALL OF Fort CRAIG.-A letter has been
received in New Orleans, from San Antonio,
in which it is stated that authentic intelligence,
Of the surrender of Fort Craig had beeu
received there. The capitulation was uncon.
ditIonal. Colonel Candy, the Federal COM
mander. proposed that himself and command
lie permitted to depart, on condition that they
pledge themselves not to serve again during
the war, but General Sib!ey insisted upon an
unconditional surrender. With the fall Of
Fort Craig, the last vestige of Federal rule
vanishes from New Mexico.
We are now masters Of that vast and
wealthy region, have taken all the enemy's
strongholds, captured some fnr thousand Of
his men, besides an immense amount Of pro-
visions tor man and horse, and large stores of
ammunition and arms. The quantities of
provisions must bo large, as Fort Craig was
said to be in condition for six months siege.
All honor to the Texen Rangers!
The Cecil Whig., 1862-04-19

SctttnS Sbrghan Scrt.-A writer in the
Prairie Farmer says, from expersmcnts made
last spring. he learned that the seed shorill
be scalded bef"re planting. One of the
greatest difficulties in the cultivation of the
cdne, has been the fact that it required
three or four weeks after planting before it WAS
large ennhgh to be readily distinguished from
grass, during which time the weeds generally
become so large as to render its cultivation
difficult. This difficulty can be ohvatcl in
great measure by scalding the seed with hot
water, letting It stand in the water ten or
twelve hours, then pour the water off and l,'t
it stand in o tight vessel in warm place
three or four days, till it has sproutcd then
plant on newly prepared land, and it will
come up as soon as corn. or some ten days
sooner than il would if not scalded 1t
should be planted at the commencement Of
the complaining season, on very rich. warrn
land, sandy soil, and should be we'll culti-
waited with the shovel, plow and hoe.
Basket H'iilow.-Ths Taley Framer, speak
ing Of the cultivation of the willow, says -
&C We have for many years grown the best
Kind OF willow in Kentucky. 1t grows with
such luxuriancc as to require but little cult
vaiion after the first year. 1t is proragatcd
from cuttings, with AS much certainty as any
seed of grain may be grown. working wi h
the plow. cultivator and hoe, a few times, is
all the cultivation that is necessary; for when
the plants become established, the ground rs
so mnoh shaded that few weeds will grew
among them. For coarse basket, for farm ur
other uses, the unpeeled willow is superior TO
any other material, while the Amer portions
can lie peeled and wrought into baskets of Il
better quality. The increased transportation
of fruit BY railroad requires an immense num-
ber of baskets, and this demand will continue
to increase as this important branch of horti-
culture increases with the demands of the
population and the increasing facilities for
m mketing."
Raising Early Chickens in Hot Bed.-A
writer in the .american .7gricuuuria has rails d
two bioods of line early chickens. hatchrd
January 18th and Goth, by keeping them f,r
season under glass, iu Al unused l!Vtbed.
The Cecil Whig., 1862-04-19

Lime for Corn.-A correspondent of the
Ohio Farmer, living near Akron, says he raised
last year 2 200 bushels of corn from 20 acres,
His method OF culture is as follows: s.First
pillow the ground well, then top-dress with
about thirty to thirty five bushels of lime to
the acre; cultivate well before planting !:
plant with horse drill, middling deep"
How Murh Corn 10 the HiH.-A correspon-
dent of the Ohio Culfip0tor states that he
experimental with corn last year to deter
mine the number of stalks for a hill. He
planted rows with two, three, four and five
kernels. ard found no difference IN the yield.
That with two stalks was the heaviest and
tiprued the best.
The Cecil Whig., 1862-04-19

0%Thc Louisville Journal, of the 5th inst,
compliments certain " ladies i" of Nashville
thus:
GA distinguished gentleman just from
Nashville informs us, that, understanding the
exceeding moderation and kindness exhibited
there by the Federal authorities, the violence
of some of the rebel women goes beyond all
bounds. They seem less like women than
She e-devls-or we may as well say he-devils,
for they unscx themselves. They wear un-
concealed pistols and dirks in the street, and
not unfrequcntly they sit or stand in the win
dows Of their houses and spit upon the Off
GERS that pass along.
sc The fact that these Jeiebels have not
been punished for their outrageous conduct
shows most extraordinary forbearance, if
not too great a torbearance, on the part Of
those to whom the power and the duty of
guarding the peace are contded. A woman
that menacingly sports deadly weapons in
public, and voids her spittle upon quiet
pedestrians, is entitled to no more impunty
an the score of sex than she wolf or hyena
Most certainly men should be protected from
the saliva Of shch a creature, for any man
would sooner have on him SO much yitriol or
rattlesnake poison.''
The Cecil Whig., 1862-04-19
Cambridge Inteiligencer.

BLOWING OFT A CANDLE.-There is one
small fact in domestic economy which is not
gene erally known, but which is useful as saw
ing time, trouble and temper. II. candle
be blown out holding it above you the wick
will not shoulder down, and may, therefore,
be easily lighted again; but if blown upon
downward, the contrary is the case.
The Cecil Whig., 1862-04-19

ScoTcn SroIc.-" All lJohn, you won't
have me much longer. l shall never leave
this bed alive" sc Please thce-self Betty,
and thce'il please me-" returned John, with
great equanimity. {" have been good wife
to you, john" persisted the dying woman
"Middiin', Betty, middlin'," responded the
matter of fact husband.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-03-08
NoE-interven:ion in the American Cues.
ton.


In its issue of the 9TH, the London Tines
is emphatic III favor of non,interveLtion in
the American question, or with the block
ade. 1t says IN regard TO the latter:
q" IT we ask the Federal Sta.es to let
cotton come out OF the southern ports. it
must be on the ground that blockades are
no longer toleratle, and ought to be-
abolished, Ike privateering The part-
sans OF this change in the law of war assert
that the restriction on trade ought TO
relate only to the goods contraband Of
war and that at al! times the ports Of a
oeH!gerent State ought 10 be left open to
neutrais, who should be free to trade lust
as IN times Of peace To such doctrine
We must give iirm opposition. The idea
OF aoo!lshInS blockade seems to US one
that can Uniy keep its place in a mind
incapable OF logical reasoning That two
nations should struggle to overcome each
oiher aad ,Aat yet each should bind itself
10 interfere In no way with the trade
which makes its enemy capable of lesist-
ance, seems TO US an ah-urlity too great
for serious discussion Tie right of put-
ting stop 10 all the commerce of the
enemy whether 10y land or sea, is no oce,sarv
Il the carry ylng on of war, and can never
be rei!nqU!shcG. Mr.. Golden and thosa
VINO think with him. seem to imagine that
there l. a great difference between the
practice III the two cases; but it is Ger.
tanly not 50. All trade is prohibited to
an enemy, whether by land or sea aud i.
would bt a reasonable for our merchants
to expect the Federals TO allow their enc
mics 10 use the Charleston and Savannah
liuilIoaI for the purpose of internal traffic
rs TO Use the ports which it connects for
the purpose ot shipping cotton. We. as a
great naval power should be the last TO
demand what would be not only contrary
TO reason and justice, bat to our own
dearest Interests