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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29
The Women of America.

The women ofour land have distanced all
their sisters on the earth for general steady
devotion to the material needs of the soldier.
We may challenge any people to show such
perfect devotion manifested in such way.
When the history of this war is written, the
Sanitary Commission will take a large place
in it, and the Sanitary Commission will have
to write, 1--WE should have been able to do
very little for the comfort of our men. haC. il
not been for the untreing devotion of our
women, and their generous boundless gifts Of
what was most nodded" OF the part faken
by women in that which pales all gifts Of food
and garments, cannot at this time adequate
lv.tell. Mothers gave their sons, wives the'r
husbands, and then sat down to their daily
| life. That is a portrait of young mau' the
only son of his mother, and she was a widow, -
friend sa' d 10 me one day opening her album;
"they are rich family; lie was educated III
the best schools. and hal just come back from
a tour in Eurore when the war began; he
went into the army at once, and wrs killed
! Balls Bluff"
\ lady, now the widow Of one from our
own State who fell at l'ittsburg went up 10
the field on one Of the first beats, and when
she arrived found her husband dead. The
novelist, who processes TO give us life as ii
ought to be- will say. Then she sat down by
his bleeding corpse all night long and wept.''
The angel who writes down in the book kept
in the archives of heaven life as it is. has writ
ten out in fair golden characters:-Th vile
of Gen. Wallace, of Ottowa, went to Pitts
burg TO find her husband who was represen-
/ Oh,
looked on The face of her dead, and wept for
a little season. But she saw all around him
Oh the boat the men who had fought and fall
en- with him there yet alive, in pain and thirst
with none TO help them. So she turned away
from her dead, sent back her tears into her
heart, and turned to the living, and all night
she went from man to man with water and
words of comfort. and the holy succor that
must come out of such an Inspiration in such
a place.-Sermon BY ReU. Robert Collyer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29

place en- route. Some Of the men reached
here last night and marched out TO share our
beautiful grove with US. They are all fine,
large men. Our camp presents grand ap-
pearance, being thronged with fair forms
searching for friends, aye, lovers. among the
dust-covered, foot-wearried soldier boys. =
Capt. Mcfarland is in command of the post,
and Capt. Mcad commander of the camp
Our boys are circulating among the new arri-
vals to see if they can fnd any friends Of the
days of "Auld Lang Syne.7
On Sunday morning last, Lieut.. Crawford
was sent to Ravenswood with dispatch to
the llth Virginia TO move up the big Kanaw-
ha, then being vacated by Gen. Cox. 1t is
needless to say that be successfully accom-
plished his mission.
Lieut.. Col. J. F. Hay, of the 9th Virginia
took command of the post on the departure
Of Col. Hunter, but as be expects TO go East
in day or two, Capt. Mcfarland is acting
iu his place. Orderly E. A. Stevens is not
so badly wounded but that he can procure our
grub and rations. Simmons still circulates
and attends to his own business
The Delaware boys are generally capital
fellows, and Eaut, although be cannot speak
our language very well. is admitted on all
hands to be an excellent cook. W. Springer,
L. Croft, F. Davis, J. Grifiihs and others, who
it was feared would not stand the tolls Of a
solGierS' life, stand it with the best. ! had
promised not TO trouble you with any more
of my uninteresiing letters but am compell-
ed to write this last 10 vindcation of all
Please be kind enough to publish as written,
as 1 will be responsible for all have stated.
D. w. G. LUGENBELL.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29

What charm then-what weird power les
in these straight lines ofleter, that they should
find tie way 10 every house, and stir up a re-
cuiur interest in every heart? They give rude
etching and photographs Of man in all the
varying phases of his character character
developed in every possible c1nditinn- under
every Conceivable form of trial; and thus they
appeal 10 our sympathies and desires in every
way. The struggles and aims, the fears, am
biIion, hopes, cares, passions; crimes and vir-
tues Of man, are here set down faithfully in
shorthand. The newspaper makes Shake
spears OF us all. It furnishes US with an out
Iinc-it may be some fresde tragldy-we can
at will fill up the sketch with details of the
most romantic interest; he materials are Civ
en-, we can weave them into web, hu d and
patterned as gorgcously as we please 1t sup
plies US with few bald facts relative TO some
mysterious occurrence straightway We are alb
sOrbed in the exciting process of completing
the imperfect story, our minds pursuing a
thousand probabilities. yet still left unettered
III Il boundcss universe OF conjecture. The
deiails Of some strange scheme or deed arc
laid befOre us--at once all the facullies of the
mind arc engaged in the work of tracking on,
the hidden motives; unraveling the complica-
tions; developing the secret source or agency
in short solving the mystery in whatever form
il Iuay present itself. Most people laugh a
The countryman who wished Il newspaper ''wi
plenty O guild murders int" But the "gui,
mprJtTs' aoHLtle>s meant those which the ut
most Ingenuity OF eonccalm@nt had shroudet
in thorGugh mystery; and the desire probabl!
inlicated--rot a weakness not an unnatu
raj gloating over the most brutal form o
guilt, but the strong though morbid working
Of high qp tlity of mind
The feeling ot power evoked By the news
paper is another element OF attraction in il
it sets before US all the kingdoms of the worl,
snd all the glory of them; by it we sit in th'
councils OF kings, and take part in tiIose de
liberations by which the desinies of the woriC
are controlled; by it we stand in the Assem-
blies of the wise, while genius displays a.
her dazzling treasures; and 10y it we can, witt
the diciples Of science. explore. investigate
and acquire new riches Of knowledge in ever.
direction where the Creators own hand ha
written the incxhaustless wonders Of his wis
dom Good Words
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29
Army Correspon derce Delaware Gazette.
Frcr- TIE e6th Regiment.

CAMP HUNTER, near PARKERsBURG, VA.
August 20th, 1862.
Editor G.szsHe in your issue Of the 18th
inst. appears a letter from this place, purpor-
ting to give an account of a battle fought the
evening previous, in which company G, of the
S6th. act conspicuous paIt signed by my
signature The letter is a base forgery, and
the battle the same. / know who the base
william is, and, but for his relatives in Dela-
ware, would divulge bis name. Suffice to
say that The lar and Jorgsr is a non-eommis-
stoned officer, t hQ had not been noticed in any
OF my letters, simply because he never did
anything worth penuirg. Let that gentleman
beware how he fOrges my name the second
time. Company G has been in 10 fight since
entering the service have not seen a gun
fired, excepting at a target. and none of our
non n-commssoned officer ever met war, nor
never have been wounded SO much for that
FORGED LIE.
On Monday last, Gov. Pierpant spoke in
this place. and as they were firing a cannon
one sent here by II, A Wise. 10 repe any liz
vasion of This State by the friends of John
Brown from Chic; through carelessnes it was
prcmaturey discharged, and one man killed
ard a second dangerously wounded.
Company Is, at Clarksburg, had fight with
the guerriIlas near that point some days since
in which they took AZ prisoners, and killed 4
No loss was had by Company b. Company
II Surprised a camp Of 80 bushwhaekers re
Gently and took the whole posse prisoners
They have been forwarded to Wheeling. Col
| Hunter, previous 10 leaving. iuaugurated {
mode Of dealing with the rebel sympathizer
which is having a happy effect. Many are ar
rested for refusing to take the oath; among
them, not few females. Lieut. Vining leave
this evening with a squad of these fair rebels
and one man. On Tuesday, Capt. Mead anC
the I'd Lieutenant OF Company /, arrested
deserter from the 1st Virginia Cavalry. Com
pany c does her share in arresting bushwhack
ers, but that big fight has yet to take place
and when it does come off, that .forger wi
not find it Unnecessary to write you.
D. B. Flagg has some kind friends at Mari
eta, who, few days ago, sent him some youn
chickens and lot of peach pies, which he d
vided among his mess mates. The boys sa
Ohio things taste better than articles of th
same quality does in this State.
Gen. Coxs brigade having been ordered
the Rapidan to re-enforce Pope, takes tn
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29
Stock Pavg. all the Time.

The heading Ofthis article says the
VlJley Fa1 n1e1', was the remark of an
old farmer the other day, while de-
ploring the failure of his wheat crop.
One year the wheat fails, another
year the oats, another year the corn;
Ppt says he stock pays all the time
He moreover, remarked that the far
mers who early give their attention to
stock raising had gone right on with
out set-backs, and had outstripped the
grain growers.
There is, no doubt, much truth ia
the old mans remark. Stock is the
surest and most remunerativo. But
in thickly settled regions il is better.
and safer to divide the interest be-
tween the two. The two assist each
other and improve the farm. Waste.
straw and offal OF the stock will go
on fertilizing the soil and improving
its capacity for productiveness. The
strength of the soil is a greater desid-
eratum with the farmer. The soil is
the mine Of wealth--his treasury
the bank Of deposit. He must keep it
good, or his paper is protested; his
reputation as a farmer is dishonor-
cd.
1t is well to keep variety Of stock as.
we'll as to raise a variety of grain
crops. The general profits. of each
year are thus kept nearly equal
Farming may be done closer, less
wasted and more made.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29
Artemus Wards COurtship.


Tbare was menny effectin ties which mad
me banker arter Betsey Jane. Her father
farm jincd Ourn; their COWS and ourn squench
their thurst at the same spring; owr mare
both had stars in their forrerds; the meezul
broke out in both famerlies at nearly the SAM
period; owr parents (Betsey's and mine) slep
regarly every Sunday in the same meetil
hows, and the nabers used to obsurT, 'hoV
thick tie Wards and Peesleys air.
1t was sublime site, in the spring Of tht
yere, TO see our several mothers (Betsey's anC
mine) with their gowns pinned up 50 they Good
ent sIlc 'em eftcshunitely bileD sope togethe
and ahoozen the nabers.
AlthO l haukered intensely arteT The objic
Of my affecshuns, l darsent tell her of the iret
which was rain in my manly Buzzum Id,
try 2 do it, but my tung wood kerwhollup uG
agin the roof Of my mowth and stick thar ik,
deth TO diseast African OF country post
master to his ofic, while my heart whanged u
gin my ribs like an old iashuned wheat FlalC
against barn door.
Twas a carm still night in Joon. All natur
was husht, and nary zefftr disturbed the screen
siluns. ] sot with Betsey Jane on the fence ol
her fathers pastur. Weed been romping
threw the woods, kulin hours and driven the
W BOD chuck from his Nativ Lair $50 TO speak,
with long stix. Wall we sot thar on the fence
a swinging our feet to and fro, blushin as red
as BaldinsyilIe skoOl hows when first painted
and looking very simple, make no dowt.-
My left arm was olepide in balusin myself on
be fence, while my right aim was wounded
IuYiuly round her waste.
] cleard my throat aud tremblingly sed,
'Betsey you're gazalle.
l thawt that air was purity fue. ] waited
TO see what cfTtcll It would hav upon her. II
evidently didn't fetch, for she up and sed:
Youer a sheep.
Sez l, Betsy think very much Of you
l don't bleev a word you say-so there now
cum! with which observation she slipped away
from me.
I wish thar was winders 2 my SOLE scd /,
so that you could see sum of my felins.'-
There's fire enough IN hecr, sed striking my
buzzum with my Gst, to bile all the cornbeei
and tur1ps in the roberhood. Versoovious
and The Crater aint oircumstans!'
She bowed her head down and commenced
chawin the strings of her sun bonnet.
'Ah, could you know the sleep,ess mites !
worry threw with on your account, how vittleF
Gees 10 be attractive to me and how my limbs
has shrunk up, you woodent dOwt Case on
this wqstin form and these ere sunken cheeks
j should have continnered On in .his strange
probal for some time, but unfortunately lost
my Galluns, and fell over into the pastur ker
smash, ,tarein my close and seveerly damagin my
self generally.
Betsy Jane sprang 10 my assistance in dub
bic quick time and dragged me 4th.
Then drawin herself up TO her full bite she
sed:
L won'r listen to yure noncents no longer
Just say rite strate owt what you're driven at
If you mean gettin hitched, l'ME IN.
] considered that air enuff for awl practikai
purposes, and we proceeded immcjirly 10 the
parsons and was made that very mite.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29
NO. 90.
cassius N. Claws speech.

The Hon. Cassius NJ. Clay made lengthy
speech at the Ladies' Soldiers, Relief Fair, at
Washington, on Tuesday evening, the sub
stance Of some part of which is given below:
He said he was one of our foreign minis
tiers who had been singled ont foY abuse in
the European. papers in the interest of the reb-
els, which he took as compliment to him
SELF and evidence of his irmness to bis coun-
try's cause. England he spoke of as our bit
terest enemy, with malign press inspected
by Government, and tFuthfullY representing
its spirit. France, he insisted. was not un-
friendly. Americans had imbibed unjust ideas
on this subject, solely the reports Of the Brit
ish press. The Emperor was known to be
friendly to this country; and he cited official
statements in the papers in our favor. He
utterly denied that France desired to inter.
fere. but said that persistent efforts have been
made by the British press to make us believe
she did or Russia he could hardly find words
enough TO express his admiration. He spoke
of the Czir as one Of the greatest and wisest
of mouarchs; referred to his bene6ceDt ez.an-
cipation policy; declared that the United
States could rely implicitly on bis friendship
in any emergency. He assured his hearers
further, that England knows Russia and France
to be the firm friends of this country, and
would therefore not dare TO interfere with our
efforts for the suppression Of The rebellion.
With reference to our war policy he urged
the earnest prosecution Of the war using ev
cry means in our power to crush the rebel
lion. lie was ready to serve the Government
in any way bis service could be made availa-
BILE but would strike only for liberty, and
would never draw his sword for the Protec-
tion orrebels' slaves.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29
For the Delaware Gazette
Horace Mans Advice to Young Lawyer.

you say you have devoted yourself to the
profession Of law. It is a noble profession
The common law as contradistinguished from
statute law, has its deep foundation in Morals
Some base materials have been wrought iato
it 10y rude hands, during long period Of dark
ness and semi barbarism; but it is still noble
structure. The questions, which its true High
Priests perpetually ask, are what is equitable
what is JUST what is RIGHT
"Practicing your profession, always seek foI
principles and make precedeats bend TO them
never the reverse. Never espouse the wrong
side oi a case knowingly; and if unwittingly
you find yourself on the wrong side, leap out
Of it as quick as you would jump out of vat
of boiling birthstone, SHOULD you accidentally
fall into one. 1t is utterly amazing TO me bow
a man can triHe with his own mind. If you
destroy the celestial temper Of that ms runent
can you ever expect to restore its keenness
again? It is impossible! What would you
think Of poor barber, who should batter the
edge of his razor against flint as preparatory
to shaving? Well, that would be wisdom
wisdom ten times distiled-compared with
The man who would wear off the edge of his
conscience against known error. To tell a
single lie is held dishouorabl ble-and what is
known SOpl'strI but ssries of Aes-a pro-
c ,ssion Of them-which the false reasoner mar
shais and marches to their vile work. l would
not have my name 60 down in the law books
attached TO any argument, which any fair
minded man could believe to have been insin-
ceIe. If a bad man wants such work done
he shall not have my soul to do it with
This advice would seem invaluable to all
lawyers, and should not be unheeled by any
except such as aim 10 succeed by base tricke
ry and dishonesty. If bad man with a dis
honest case. asks the services of an Attorney
as soon as he understands its true nature, he
should promptly and unhesitatingy inform
him that be ought not to succeed, ard that he
cannot by honest means; and candidly advise
him to approach his opponent courteously and
adjust the difficulty in fairness al d honesty
This would be far more creditable than to ad-
wise the prosecution of an uni lSt claim, often
sustaiuable only by falsehood and perjury
which by sophistry, and trickery, and falsely
asserting and pretending to believe what HI
knotos 10 be false, might be so managed as tt
wheedie Jury to the finding of an unjus
verdict. TRUTH.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29
Deep PlOwipg-OppOtite Results.

VIVA. ID. Sbelder, of WAYNE Co..
gives in the Rural New Yorker the
result of two experiments in subsoilE
ing. He purchased farm few years
ago, that had been worn out ! Y shat
low blowing. The first year he sow
ed FIVE acres of oats, upon ridge
which had a gravelly hard pan some
six inches below the surface; he plow.
ed shallow and the crop was hardly
worth cutting. The next year he used
the Michigan Double SubsOil Plow.
running it ten inches deep. which
brought up some four inches of hard
pan. The Oats on an average we're.
four and a half feet high--a very
large growth. Another lot in the
same place, on fiat, he plowe1 about
a foot deep. The soil was a black
sand. whe result was the reverse Of
the above--itnearly spoiled the land.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29
A War of determination.


il is said that Gen. Mccall, who was cap
tured in the battle before Richmond and ha-
beer released has returned from Richmond full
y convinced that this war must result in un-
conditional submission of the rebels or their
extermination And in this belief he is not IL
lone. There are thousands of others who have
believed from the first that there was no posi-
biIily OF compromise or conditions with the
armed traitors There are tens Of thousands 0!
others who, when the began, had hopes el
conciliation and peaceful settlement upon
honorable terms" but who Lave so clearly
followed the history of the war, and SO closely
studied daily occurrences and their effects,
that they are uow irrevocably convinced, that
with snch devils as the southern traitors have
proyed themselves TO be, theFa is &c possible
Cancellation aud no peace save that forced at
the point of the bayonet. The demon of rebel
lion can only be subdued by fire and Swords
and the sooner every one of our commanders.
both civil aud military learns the tact, the soon
er the terrible warfare of wrath and righteous
vengeance will be adopted, Eith all the vigor
that can be infused uto the shifting arm. We
may learn something, even of rebels, and many
a bitter lesson has besR taught through this
war War to the kuife and the knife to the kilt,
has been the Southern battle cry, and only
when We adopt the same motto, will we sue
ceed in restoring the dominion Of the COnstitu-
tuition and the Laws CLere. Leader.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29
How to Escape Drafting.

One day in the last week. an adroit speculn-
tor, calculating on the fears as well as the Gu
riosity of those liable to military sevice, ad-
vertised in ore of our city papers that, in con-
sderation of the sum OF one dollar, sent to him
by post to certain given address, he would
directly communicate an iniallible method by
which each person receiving this valuable in
formation could avoid the draft. AS many al
four hundred letters, each enclosing a dollar
reached the ingenious advertiser within twelve
hours in every instance, he conscientiously
performed his promise. aud, without delay or
evasion, communicated how to evade the
draft. The secret, which is we'll worth know
ing, was Communicated in the single word
E.l1sr.-- Philadelphia Press
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29

DocTpRs CERTIFICATES CT NO AvAIL.-We
are requested by the surgeon general to state
that DOCTORS certificates of disability" will
oe Of no eegthg qyEil exeeRt for mere state
service. Under the orders from the war depart
r'ent everybody, within certain ages without
reference to his physical coudition-will be
subject TO draft. IT. after they have been
drafted they are found to be disa bled, they
will be exempted. People, therefore who run
10 their physicians 10 get certificates or phys
icaI unftncss to" shoulder arms" waste their
time and breath in vain.--[ Albany Journal.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-29
Regulations for Drafting.
GENERAL ORDER NO. 80.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
WAsr1SeroS. Ans. QLh. 1852.

WAsuINGToN, Aug. 9tb, 1862.
Regulations for the enrolment and draft of
three hundred thousand militia, in pursuance
of an order of the President of the United
States, bearing date August 4th, 1862. where
by IL is provided that draf: of three hundred
militia be called into the service of the Uni
ted States. to serve for nine months, unless
sooner discharged, and that the Secretary of
War shall assign the quotas TO the States and
establish regulations for the draft; also that if
any States shall not by the Fifteenth of Au-
gust, furnish its quota of the additional three
hundred thousand volunteers authorized by
law, the defency Of volunteers in that State
shall also be made mp by special draft from
the militia, aud that the Secretary of War
shall establish regulations for this purpose
1t is ordered:
Fist. That tI,e Governors of The respective
States will proceed forthwith TO furnish The
respective quotns of three hundred thousand
militia called for 10y the order of the Presi-
dent, dated the fourth of August, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, which quotas have
been furnished TO the Governors respectively
by communication from this Department of
this date, according TO the regulations here
| matter set forth.
Second. The Governors Of the several
States are hereby requested forthwith to de-
signate rendezvous for the drafted militia OF
said State, and TO appoint commandants there
for, aud notify the Secretary of War of the
location of such rendezvous, aud the names OF
commandauts. it is important that the rem
lezvous should be few in number, and located
with u view to convenience to transporta-
4 lion.
! 1hitd. The Governors of the respective
( States wi!l cause an enrolment to be made
/ forthwith, by the assessors of the several
counties, or by aRy other officers TO be ap-
! pointed by such Governors. Of all able bodied
male citizens between the ages of eighteen and
/ forty.fve, within the respective counties, Civ
ing the name, age and occupation of each
! together with remarks showing whether lie is
in the service of the United States, and in
what capacity, and any other facts which may
determine his exemption from military duty
All reasonable and proper expenses of suct
enrolment and Of the draft hereinafter pro
vided for, will be reimbursed by the United
States, upon vouchers showing The detailed
statement Of service performed and tbe ex
penses incurred, to be approved by such Gov
ernor.
Fourth. Where no provision is made b,
law in any State for carrying into effect tht
draft hereby ordered, or when such provision
are in any manner defective, such draft shaI
be conducted as follows:
First. Immediately upon completion of tn
enrolment, the lists of enrolled persons shal