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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-05-09
NoRrHERS ITEMS.

Private letters received at Washing
ton from Gen. Hunter. the Federal com
mander on the south Atlantic coast. an.
nounces that he is about to arm the me-
groes.
The Federal House. By large vote.
passed Morrill's bill prohibiting polygamy
in all the Territories. and repeating the
laws of Utah on that subject.
The Federal papers OF The 29 uli. re-
port Fremont in possession OF Siaunion,
Virginia There is no truth in the intel
ligence.
The Lorthern papers state that the
Richmond. Hartford. Brooklyn and lro-
ouois, of Com. Farrsgut's fleet, were
plated with heavy chain cable. from
their ports 10 a point below the water
line. previous TO the attack on the Mis-
sissippi forts.
The flood at Cairo is the greatest ev-
err known. All the Federal stores we're
placed on board their transports A
dispatch dated the 28Ih. says: The nv
err is rising rapidly-two inches within
the last ten hours. IL seems now impos-
sible to avert the great calamity.
Letters from Pittsburg Landing. pub
Iished in the northern papers. say that
there is much sickness among the Fed
eral troops on the Tennessee. the re-
suit of fatigue and exposure in an IN
healthy climate.
HUMAN NATURE-For the benefit of
the people of the present dsy We make
the folio xing extract from Volume ;.
Macauiay's History Of England
So 1t is the nature of man TO overTste
present evil. and TO underrate present
good to long for what he has not. and be
dissatisfied with what he has. This pro-
pensity. as it appears IN individuals. has
often been noticed both by laughing and
by weeping philosophers. Ii was ga
vorite theme of Horace and of Pascal. Of
Voltaire and of johnson. To It's inilu-
ences on the fate of great communities mas
be ascribed most of the revolutions and
counter revolutions recorded in history
Down to the present hour reJoieings ike
those on the shore of the Red Sea have
ever been speedily followed by murmur-
iugs at the waters of strife. The most just
and salutsry revolution can not produce
all the good that had been expected from
it by men of uninstructed minds and san
guine tempers. Even the wisest cannot.
while it is still recent. weigh quite fairly
the evils which it has removed. For the
evils which it has caused are felt and
the evils which it has removed are fslt 10
longer"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-05-09

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vet. with = cape trimmed viii Ffnss
Tbs 6nier will he Iiee-sllr Rewarded -
leaving IL ~ this oeiee.
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FOR RENT.

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house and al necessary e1t-ae1s~s s~s@
garden and orchard. and aesss affr~s s<r~s
OF ealtivztabte tAa3-the plse~ - - &rFs -
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10 be deducted fresn the r~af-
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Har-on Co. vii please euza- tsE~aF4
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with this request. wiu - 4<~lt ~itA aecor4-
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Bring your Csra sad sea sash have 49,
good Neal a. I caa uake-
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-05-09

LIGHT. LIGHT LIGHT
HOME PRODUCTION.
StTEAGOPrENE OrL- a sahsf5sute Scr Far
- afne or Ceil tslL O. r. ssttRsrd o. th- az
of Goal 05l Lamps. Vita sli,ht siswratfaa ef
the burner. and j. a. safely usssA
The shove q manufactured hx = n Gaiz.s--
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his store AID see 5s b9ra-
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November :. ISL aa-ss
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1862-10-18
The Iemon-Possessed South.
" 4 vail for the noble dead,
A woe for the murderer's head :

woe for the murderer's htadH
When the brief announcement reaches us, as it
does by almost every mail steamer nowadays, OF
the fall of some well-known officer or well-loved
friend thrill of horror moves us, and quiver Of
unwonted feeling stirs the blood. We impulsive-
ly ask, who is to blame for all this3 Where is
there any cause, for such dread desolation Has
the race of man become infatuated, that each
others blood must be so shed Or hath demon
been sent up especially to urge us on to war, be-
cause we had become too. prosperous and happy?
The answer is too sad. A devil has sprung up,
to which it is wholly owing. The spirit of Seces-
sion this it is which has perfectly possessed and
fully filled the hearts of the South. That is to
say the late rulers of that once fair and happy land
now temporarily wrenched from under the pro-
tecting power of the Federal Government, and
given over to despotism blacker and more fierce
and unrelenting than any this age of the world
exercised in Austrian or in Turkish lands. The
RULERS OF THE South sswaxed fat" in their self
sufficient greatness, and kicked against all laws and
all restraints alike, whether human or Divine.
They grew wise in their own conceit-wiSer
thln their 1alncrS, WIZ psiSSCu
fiery ordeal of surging and bloody war-and
they ignored all true and healthful legislation.
The experience of our 80ye national existence,
so brilliant as to be wondrous and dazzingelight
in the eyes of the whole human race, was nothing
to them Truly, a demon only could have inspir-
ed the thought to rcnd asunder the bonds of fel-
lowship.which so lately bound us
Oh, woe unto you, olgarchists and aristocrats,
overgrown with fatness even unto bursting; woe
to the cankered hearts and ferered brains that
could conceive so black and foul plot treason
TO so fair a State To you, late RULERS OF THE
SoUru, is due the throwing wide Erebus' gates,
and diffusing abroad over the land the subtitle
yapors of death, like hot and penetrating poison,
through the very air. Oh, woe unto you, insanity
stricken followers of your prime Luclfer, Jeff.
Davis Woe unto you, late lord-like rulers in
too fair guise You have partaken of the bctel,
the baschish, the insane root, and ''not all the
poppv nor the mandragora" can set you right
again. You have chosen the shade OF the upas
YOU are dancing, might and main, the tarentula
You would not have wealth and independence;
that horrid word INDEPENDENCE! No! Slavery
and War; rather. Not Peace, with wealth and
independence. You'd have no more OF it nor
ANYTHING so tame. So mote it be
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1862-10-18

CANNON OF LARGE CAL1BRE.-Many people sup
nose cannon Of large caIibre are comparatively Of
recent origin. This is an error The 32-inch gun
(of Constantinople), and also the % inch ones OF
the Dardanelles, were made many years ago. TIE
GREAT GUN of the Kremlin, in Moscow, is trite
larger than either OF them, being of 3G inch cali
bre, IS feet long, and weighing 97,5OC pounds
An inscription on this small pistol shows it was
made at Moscow, by Andrew Tchoff, in the year
1904. which corresponds with the year 1886 OF the
Christian era Here is gun weighing almost live
tons, and made 216 years ago! Verify, there Is
"nothing new under the sum-
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1862-10-18
>[Written for TIE NsU SOuth.]
A Leaf from Beaufort, s. G.

A teacher of the contrabands > at Beaufort
S. c., wrote thus to me in August, 1862 IL sent
you leaf which / plucked lfom the grave o
Daniel S. Legrow, young man aged only twenty
two, who was in the Eighth Name He i
buried in quiet, beautiful spot, short distance
from town. Some frienl or comrade has placed
board at the head of the grave, bearing his name
and age, and adds He was shot on his posi-, July
5tb, 1922 Hence the following lines
look upon this simple l,af
And high thoughts stir my soul;
Whence hath it power, this leafet small,
Ny spirit to control
A thousand leaves my daily paths,
As Autumn trophies, strew,
Why should this lonely, welcome leaf
Speak to my spirit so :
1t grew above soldiers form,
1t decked martyrs grave,
Who nobly died upon his post,
HIS country's Life to save.
Through years to come I'll chcrish it,
Memento of that shore,
Where Freedoms champion sleepeth now
To wake on earth no more.
God bless, if, in far, loyal Maine,
His mother often weeps,
At thought of that quiet, lovely spot,
Where her belovedssleeps.
God bless ea- mourning, lonely friend
Who waits for him in vain,
ARd'bid them trust with childlike faith'
TO meet him once again
Where, crowned with everlasting life,
Earth's troubles all o'erpast,
Long severed friends, to part no more,
In bliss unite at last.
Watch, angels! .o'er his lowly grave,
Guard well the patriot dust
While mourning friends, submissive, learn,
Gods chast'ning love to trust.
MRS. J. II. HANAFORD.
BEVERLY, Mass. Oct.3 1862.
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1862-10-18

= Mrs. Partington says that IKE has gota horse
SO spirituous it always goes off in decanter.
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1862-10-18

w The following ''lines" We're picked up on
the forecastle of the Wabash. They, evidently,
are the producti n of Jack Tar, whose abstinence
from the diurnal "tot'' has made him childish,
taking his mind back to the days of Maternal
Goose:
Jack lost his Gill
So said to Bill.
Il know hadn't oughter,
But at seven bells
! cuss the Welles
That give us nought but water. 30
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-09

ST. LOUIS June IA special to the Republi-
can, dated Fort Pillow, June ), IL a. NJ, says:
The rebels really evacuated this fort Tuesday
night. leaving one mortar and two guns.
The work of destruction has been complete.
The barracks, hospitals, buildings, horse sheds,
forage barges and three large commissary de
pots with full stores, were all burned Over a
dozen heavy guns were left, a part of them
spiked, the balance burst, and carriages burned.
A reconnaissance TO Fulton. two miles below,
does not reveal the enemy there. COmbustibles
are burning at several points, and it is feared
mines are underneath The Notifications are
unusually strong Several heavy guns were
casemated by heavy wood work thrown over
them in form OF covers in the river bank, all OF
which were destroyed. No small arms or camp
equipage remains.
The Republicans correspondent says:
From all the information can gain. there is
no doubt fleet steamed directly 10 Mem
phs. Late refugees from Memphis says so
Foulkes of the Avalanche. will be one of the
first to hoist the Federal flag upon the approch
of the Union hotilla They say he has preached
secession doctrine under protest for several
months and has been twice imprisoned for hi.
fearless denunciations of Confederate authorities
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-09
by rELEGRAPH.l
New York Market.

NV DIRK, June q
Flour quite steady. with a moderate business
doing for export and home consumption; sales at
81 20@4 - for superfne State; 81 45@4 % for
extraState 81 20@4 - for superine Western;
81 I561 o. for common to medium extra West
ern; 50 05@5 ID for common to good shipping
brands extra round hoop Ohio, and So 2506 %
for trade brands, the market closing dull.
Whisky heavy and lower; sales at 23@24c.
Wheat about lc better, with good demand;
sales of Chicago spring at e6c@Sl Oh; Milwau-
kee club at 97c@l Oh; amber Iowa at 81 O4@
| 05: common winter Illinois at 81 DIAL o.;
winter red Ohio at 81 l4al 10, and white Mich
lgan at 81 %.
Corn a shade firmer, with good export de-
mand: sales at 4S(049c for new mixed Western;
50655c for old do; and 45d41c for unsound
Sugar continues firm, with good demand; fair
to good refining quoted at Ga ale
Molasses firm, with moderate demand.
Pork dull. heavy and lower sales at Sll %
for mess: Sll 50@l2 90 for Western and city
prime mess; and - O0@9 p for prime.
Beef rules very quiet and market without de-
cded change in price
Butter rules in favor of BUYERS; sales of com
mon Ohio at l0@l2c for yellow Ohio in frkins
ia &c for do State in tubs.
Cheese dali and heavy at IG7 &C for common
20 good.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-09
STATE Convention.

JEFFERSON, CiY, June 6-In convention to
day the Committee on Elections reported an or
dinance to enable citizens of this State now in
military service TO vote at the coming August
election.
The special committee on the seats of absent
members, reported in favor of expelling Price,
Crawford, Hat cher, Wright and Turner on
grounds of active rebellion and in favor of sim
ply declaring vacant the seats of Chenault and
Watkins.
1t was moved TO strike out the name of Mr..
Watkins for the reason that he bad renounced the
rebellion and been pardOned by the President:
but after discussion the motion was lost, was
also motion to simply declare the seat of
Wright vacant. The report was adopted.
The petition of 700 citizens of the 4th Senate
rial District asking FOR the expulsion of Prince
l.. Hodgins from the Convention as being un-
worthy TO represent the Union people of that
District. No better evidence of his tratorOus
and conduct was needed, than that he has aided
and abetted the rebellion, and has not dared to
show himself in said District since last Septem-
Der.
Mr. HodginS asked for the appointment of a
Committee to investigate his case, which was
agreed to.
The discussion on the ordinance defining the
qualifications of voters and civil officers was then
renewed, aud after several speeches for and
against 1t, the motion oil Mr.. Orr, made yeSter-
day, tostrike out the clause distranceising per
sons whb have taken up arms against the Gov
eminent or given aid or encouragement to the
rebellion, was carried-44 against "a, and on mo
ton the ordinance was recOmmitted to the Com.
mittee.
Mr.. Howell moved to instruct the Committee
TO report an ordinance on the basis of his minority
report, namely, deferring all elections until the
regular gubernatOrial election, now that the dis
franchising clause was rejected. There seemed
to be majority in favor of this proposition, bu
without reaching vote on the motion, the Con
vention adjourned.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-09
FEDERaLS APPROACHING CHARlESTO
SOUTHERN NEW =
AFFAIRS AT NEW ORLEANS.
70 EIG N N Z w 8


WASHINGTON. June 6-The specials are not
of great importance this morning.
Til. Herald says:
Those interested in the House tax oil as il
passed the Senate to-day, can form some idea of
the changes made in il by the remark of Sena-
tor this evening that the House Will hardly be
able to recognize its own offspring. The House
will probably discuss and reject many of the
Senate amendments This will consume much
time, notwiths standing the desire manifested tha,
such a bill should speedily pass.
The Tlmes's dispatch says:
Ii is now conceded that cur loss in killed and
wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks was much
larger than at first stated. 1t will probably reach
1000
The correspondent OF the Newark Advertiser
on board United States steamer Augusta, off
Charleston, South Carolina, says:
| have barely time to forward letter by the
prize just captured off this place, which is on its
way northward The news here is quite import
ant. Our gunboats within four miles of
Charleston, by way of ShOrie Inlet, and we all
expect soon To attack II.
The Tribune editoriaily says:
We learn through a private channel, in which
we confde. that the Uuonists OF Texas will soon
be heard from. We understand that their ar
engagements tor restoring their State to the Union
have been quietly matured, and that they have,
ere this, thrown the old flag to the breeze, under
the lead or Gen. Sam. Houston. We cherish
strong hopes that the rebels OF Texas will soon
turn up missing, and not "Old SAM" and Uncle
Sam" will have possession OF the State. We
await further tidings with lively interest
The Tribunes despatch says
Col George + Shipley of Maine, who is at
present military commandant of New Orleans
has, upon the recommendation of Gen. Butler
been appointed Military Governor of Louisiana
Capt Schultz arrived to-day with the treaty
with Great Britain for the suppression of the slave
trade. signed by the Queen. Notifications nav
inc been exchanged, the treaty is now law.
Ii appears that 40 prizes have been taken by
our cruisers. In consequence OF the delay of Gov
eminent officers in condemning the rebel vessel:
aud cargoes captured it is impossible to state the
value of the prizes, hence estimate can bt
made of the enormous amount of prize money Il
/ be distributed among the sailors in the naval ser
vice. Some idea may be formed. however oil
| the total, by the single case of the Circassian
which arrived at New \ DIRK few days ago
/ This vessel and cargo is valued at a million
and halt dollars The sailors who Captured
her will probably receive 81 500 each. 1t is sale
/ there are some fifteen vessels equally as valuable
were trying to run the BLOCKADE
1t is said thatEnglish spectators in arms have
shipped about % 900 English rifles to Nassau
where they dispose of them TO rebel agents whC
reship them in the expectation OF running tn,
blockade This is the way the British have beer
acting rs neutras towards US in order to proven
the horrors OF civil war.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-09

Kansas CRY. June ! Z The Santa Fe mail with
dates 70 the 26th has arrived.
The Texans had real he'd Me-Silla with five
pieces OF artillery and 4 enty seven wagons Ii
is said after stopping attfort Fillmore o. rec. uit
their exhausted energy !hey will continue their
homeward hound marchs
Gen. Slbley i reported 10 he AZ Fort Bliss. far
in advance of ms commfnd. taking care Of him
self
Captain Crapton. whst oll0Wed the trail Of the
enemy's retreat reports 1hat il bears evidence of
suffering and destitutioii from one end 90 the
other. Some remains n men were found in some
places which had not bossr inferred. while Others
partially Inferred had ben exhumed by wolves
and the flesh devoured
The ruins of agOns embuances and caissons
clothing and arms, carcsSses OF mules aud horses
marked the line Of retrs1t
Great distress prevail Il among the people in
the Territory owing 20 he partial disbanding Of
the volunteers.
kdvices from Fort c yig 20 the oath ut. state
that early on the momfg Of the sd Capt Til
ford who was statone,1 with thirty five or forty
men on the east side of the Rio Grande, seven
miles below Fort Craig. received summons 10
surrender 10 a band of 600 Texans. supposed TO
be a Struggling guerrilla party of SibIes's com
mand.
He refused TO do I and Immediately gave
battle and fought three fours, when he retreated
to Fort Craig with tht loss of three wounded.
Three of his wereEdrowned while crossing
the river.
The loss of the Texajs j. not known.
Two companies of colorado volunteers were
Immediately sent ia purli Of the Texans.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-09

Foreign News,


NEW YORK, June THE steamers Southwicl
and Gladiator from Nassau, with cotton, turpen-
tine; &C. had arrived at Liverpool
The Post SAYS If Davis and Beauregard defeat
the Federals the independence of the South will
he achieved. If they overcome tile South
may be considered vanquishel.
ERANCE-The Paris Patrie denies the rumors
that France intends 10 withdraw from Mexico
The Sumter continued at Gibraltar and the
Tuscarora at Algiers.
Two ships are up for New Orleans at Liver
pool.
1t was reported that NJ. Thouvenal had sent a
letter to the Papal Government that France has
no intention OF making any change in the Roman
question.
CAPE RACE, June THE North American
from Liverpool on the Doth ult via Londonderry
on the Both, boarded of this point at noon
to day Ell route to Quebec.
The defense commission appointed by the
British Government to inquire into iron plated
ships and Notifications have unanimously con
Guided that the latter must continue to form al
essential feature in the defense of the country.
The Daily News defends Gen Buffers course
at New Orleans.
The House of Commons inquired into the re
lations between England and the Federals ant
COnfederates
The Grand Duke Constantine is appointed Vice
roy to Poland.
The London News says there is nothing what
ever in the proclamation of Gen. Butler to ex
plain the wrath justify the indignant criticism
of rowdy senimentasts. 1t contains provisions
usual and necessary in such cases and nothing
more The talk of coercion and tyranny is Ut
terly absurd.
In another article the News reviews with salts
faction what has been done towards emancipation
ana speculates upon what is To come. 1t look
upon the mean whine of the South as the great
est difficulty.
The Times replies to an article in the New
York Journal of Commerce as to the hostility L
England which prevails in both sections of tn,
Union. Ii deeply regrets this hostility and ar
CUES that no wilful provocation has been given
but as to the course which the Journal recon
mends England to pursue TO remove this hos
tity the Times points its unreasonableness an,
regrets that it can not be complied with and hope
that calmer and more reasonable pretensions ma
soon prevail
Mr. Spence had addressed another communi
cation to the London Times referring to the tao
tics of the COnfederates He says it is planl
useless TO continue the war on the principle o
two men fighting three and a gunbOat, hence the
resolve to call in their outlying forces and con
centrate upon Richmond with the view also G
falling back thence unless tempted by circum
stances to engage in a general action. The bus
ness of tactics in unequal war is to exhaust th
strength of the enemy before graphing him ]
action Gen Haieck at COrinth appears unaC
cOuntable. He remains stationary on groun
fertile with fever and there NAV be truth in th
statement that half of his army is now on the sic
list
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-09
From FOrtre,. monroe.

FORTRESS MONROE, June THE Fortress
Monroe correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
writing under date of the 9th says:
From City Point | learn to-day that our war
vessels in the James river above City Point hav e
run the batteries at Drury's Bluff, and it is ru-
mored that the Monitor has passed through the
distractions, sinking the rebel gunboats about
Richmond Ii this be true the Monitor is at
Rockets.
number of powerful gunboats have been
sent up the river during the past two or three
DAYS and our fleet below Richmond is now quite
formidable, consisting of six vessels armed with
the very best of naval ordnance