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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-08-08

$50 tons register arrived at Philadelphia on
Wednesday, IN charge Of Prize Master Greston:
Of the United States steamer Mount Vernon,
by which vessel she was captured on the 10Th
ult., off Wilmington, Y. c. She hss a cargo
Of salt, which was obtained at Turks Island,
and when captured was attempting to run into
8 Southern port
The Home Guards, Of Philadelphia, it ap-
pears, are declared to be 2 portion Of the mill
tia, and have been ordered to prepare Tor ln2-
mediate active service.
The communication with Virginia from
Washington is still kept up by the chain
bridge. The farmers and market people thus
make sales aud procure supplies, using passes
granted by the military authority.
The publication Of the brooklyn Evening
Star is to be suspended after Saturday next.
The Star is the oldest paper on Long Island
having been IN existence for fifty years, 1t
was the only avoved republican paper publish
ed in Brooklyn. It tsuspe57<js "a account Of the
times not affording it a support.
The receipts at the New York Custom House
on Wednesday, were: Imports, $79,5l5, 45;
Withdrawals from warehouse, S3l, 1872 l5.-
Total, $ll0,707 60
Commodore Davis and General Curtis are to
consult with the departments ia rea@.rci 70 1u-
ture movements Of the Arr25,sF"tne Southwest.
In future there will be concert Of action be-
tween them.
4 dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercial
from Descherd, Tenn. says that General Robt.
McCook, was murdered, while riding IN his am
bulance, on Tuesday, in advance Of his brigade.
All applications for passes TO the army OF the
Potomac are now positively cefused, and the
sick are to be removed elsewhere. Passes to
places within the other military lines are also
70 he more restricted than heretofore.
Can't. Gansvert, Of the gunboat Adirondack,
has informed the Navy Department at Nash-
;neton Of the facts attending the recent pur-
suit By him Of the steamer Herald, represent
ad hv the Nassau papers TO be B itish vessel.
From Can't. C. s statement it appears the Her
aid has b2en running from Nassau TO Charles
ton with warlike supplies, and Was returning to
Nassau with cotton. She was commanded b.
Can't Coxsetter, who was formerly Captain. Of
the nriyateer Jeff. Davis. The case, it IS sad,
WAS va; not not continued within the British jurlsdlc-
tiOn.
The Hagerstovn md. Herald gives anoth-
ar 1ono list Of names Of citizens Of that county
who have been compelled to take the oath o]
ou..;noo z Keller and Joseph Williams:
who refused to subscribe to the oath, were sent
n nrison. Henry Rice, who was arrested last
week and subsequently, took the oath: Is not, II
;s said. "Dunker, as has been stated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-08-08
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q r,,o Now York Herald says" According 10
II ooconots the watering places are dong well
.b;s voar The easiness Of money, the low
.s.os of discount at the banks, and the brisk
aoss IF trade generally caused by the large
oon+rocts piven out by government, have rem
>3are5 mercantile men more disposed this sea-
.son n afford their families their accustomed
.tr;o to the country. Long Branch, which now
boasts Of fourteen hotels, IS chock tulI; Sarato
@ga makes fair average show, and Sharon
Snr;ncs and Newport are also tolerably we'll
attended. Still, on the whole, the larger Wa
3prng places are far from exhibiting the same
.oo;matior that characterized them In former
years.
b An old fogy, farmer in Fairfield county,
.Nassachusetts, who scorns the idea Of taking
the papers, recently paid off mortgage and
mote of $4,000, all in gold, having saved up
the "rocks, " through fear Of the consounded
hanks. He was not aware Of the twenty per
cent premium on gold, and therefore, lost
.s4c0 for despising the press, which would have
#kopt hlm nn Wlth the tunes.
. War meetings are being held in nearly all the
cities and towns north. 4 very large meeting
took place in Boston, on Wednesday night,
which was addressed by Edward Everett, and
Others
. In France, where conscription has been
largely resorted to in different Wars, the prac~
=vice now is for the government 70 accept money
fronl the drafted men instead Of substitutes,
The price required in such cases is $3.50. We
see it stated that it is also the practice OF the
French government to pay bounty Of $40 TO
T0lunteers, but it is presumed this is III lieu OF
all other pay The enlstments are for seven
syears The New York Herald proposes that
the \, s. government shall announce that upon
sthe payment Of five hundred dollars, it WI pro
vide substitute for any drafted man. These
goyemment substitutes should be drafted from
among tLose not exempt BY the present laws
.or by the payment OF five hundred dollars.
Il Lieut.. Raymond, Of the 86th New York
olunteers, who has been for several months
most efficiently connected with the provost
guard Of Washington, has been relieved on &C
count Of i'll health from that duty, and (being~
"a 4, cIergyman) been assigned to duty as chap
. IAN OF the Trinity and Thirteenth street Bap~
!. . tst Church Hospitals in that city,
i The Bank Of England rate Of discount is
!. . now only two per cent, per annum, It has not
\ oeen 50 low since 1872.
D Jonathan Pinkney, ESQ.,, died at Annapolis,
#O0 tuesday morning. He was Secretary Of the
. .''ate Senate at one time, and occupied other
. positions Of Loaeg.. .>., .>--
The New York herald., 1862-10-09

RuMoRs IN WALL SrREET.-Wall street was
filed with rumors yesterday. One rumor was
that McClellan's army was defeated by the
rebels at Martinsburg, and had lost forty thou
sand men. Another was that poor Greeley had
been appointed generalissimo of those nine hun
dred thousand abolition recruits, with orders to
proceed to South Carolina and open negro
schools. Another was that General Mcclellan
had been made Gcneral-in-C Chief, vice General
Halleck who had taken the field with Buell's
army. Another was that the President was
consulting with the Cabinet upon the exped-
ency of arresting Governor Seymour, Jimmy
Brooks and Fernando Wood, shutting up Tam.
many Hall and selling Mozart Hall to pay its
debts. Another was that England and France
had intervcned, and sent over several thousand
iron-clad vessels, covered with six-inch plates,
to open Charleston harbor. Another was that
the rebels had become scared to death at the
emancipation proclamation, and hoisted the
white flag. Another was that Senator Sumner
had enlisted and Senator Anthony resigned his
seat II is only necessary to say that most Of
these rumors came from Wall street to demon
strate their untruth.
The New York herald., 1862-10-09

LISTS OF 4.HE PRosCRIBED.-In the civil wars
of the Roman republic the dominant faction
made out lists O. persons prescribed, and either
killed all such persons or chased them out Of
the country The radicals have begun to play
the same game. At the Brooklyn mass meet
ing General Cassius M. Clay announced the
names of Governor Seymour and Fernando
Wood for execution. When are they to be
hungs Letit be before election, 10 that there
may be no danger Of Seymour's being elected
Governor, and let all the other democratic
nominees share his fate, 20 that the radicals
may win all around.
The New York herald., 1862-10-09

The RAILROADS AND THE WAR TAXA
tax has been put on the receipts Of rail-
road companies, by section 80 Of the Excise
Tax law, at the rate Of 'three per centum
Of the gross receipts Of such railroad" &c. The
New Haven Railroad Company, instead Of bear
ing the tax themselves, as is the intention Of
the act fasten 1t on the travelling public, and
at rate far exceeding the amount levied and
demanded by the government. For instance,
the fare to New Rochelle has been and should
still be forty-fve cents, the tax on which would
be less than one cent and half; but an addi-
tional FIVE cents, or eleven per cent, 10 put on
by the company as war tax. Thus the people
are made to pay the New Haven Company a
premium of nearly four hundred per cent for
the enforced privilege Of paying the cOmpany's 3
taxes.
The New York herald., 1862-10-09

SUMNER SUPERsEDING THE CoNsTITUTroN.-In
his recent speech at Boston Senator Sumner de-
clared that the country was now governed by
his ideas, and that his opinions were now the
laws of the land. This explains why SO many
people think the country badly governed,
and why so many more do not like the laws.
The vast majority Of the people prefer the
The New York herald., 1862-10-09

THE OBJECT OF THE WAR.-The Jacobins of
France tore down all government, but built up
none. Our Jacobins are doing the very same
thing When the war began, its object was the
restoration Of the Union. Now the radicals de-
clare that this object is changed and that uni
yersal freedom il substituted. Universal free
dom is apretty phrase; but what do the radicals
mean by it DO they mean that IL our armies
conquer the rebels before the 1st Of January
the radicals will not permit the war to end un-
til slavery is abolished Do they thus promise
us another civil war here at the North, with in
discriminate cutting, slashing and hanging? Or
suppose the war be not over by the lst Of
January, are we then to free ali the slaves, en-
courage servile Instructions, depopulste the
South. take the seeded States back with only
their black population remaioing, organize emf
grant societies to repeope that part Of the
Union, and thus enter upon a tremendous series
of gigantic experiments in regard to free and
slave labor, amalgamation and other such prob
lens. which will convulse the world and ruin
the nationy Who can say what the end will
he? The end Of Jacobin war il indefinite and
undecided, and depends entirely upon che.nce
and circumstances. The American people want
no such war.
The New York herald., 1862-10-09

good .. Id constitution to the new-fangled code
de Sumnsr.
The New York herald., 1862-10-09

UNSCRUPULOUS PERvERSION or THE TRUTH OF
HIsroRY.-Mr. Cassius NJ. Clay says Jefferson
went down to his grave melancholy because he
saw that slavery menaced the existence of this
great people. Now, when the Declaration Of
Independence was drawn up by Jefferson every
one of the thirteen colonies held slaves and
Jefferson himself was STAKEHOLDER then and to
the day Of his death. When the constitution
was adopted, eleven years afterwards, every
State but Massachusetts, held slaves. Mr.. Clay
admits
There is responsibility In the constitution for tho
existence Of slavery in south There the clause
returning fgitives and the clause pledgng the govern
meat to put down nsurrcciion In the south.
Mr.. Clay does not disguise the fact that he
would sweep away the constitution by revolu-
ton, and instead Of suppressing servile insur-
rection he would say to the negroes, run for 1t;
defend yourselves and fight for your liberties. p
Now. Jefferson declared that his fear was not
that slavery would cause any evil to the gov.
ernment, but anti-slavery or aboltionism; and
SO sensitive was he about the mcddling of the
fanatical crew of New England, even in 1920
when they forced the Missouri Compromise
the first overt act of rebellion against the CON
sttution-that he called 1t "the knell of the
Union,- and said the announcement of the mea-
sure alarmed him like q fire bell at night y
Such are the desperate expcdients that unscru-
pulous politicians like Cassius N. Clay are
driven to, venturing, as they do, to falsify the
notorious facts Of American history.
The New York herald., 1862-10-09

GOVERNMENT FRAUDS.-There are rumOrs OF
government frauds Of the most extensive char
acter. We fear there is too much ground for
them. Let the truth come to light. It will not
do to keep back the facts from the people. In
the case Of the Indiana State bonds movements
are being now made to make q scapegoat Of
one individual, who is indicted. The evidence
in the case shows that men in this city are the
victims of the officials in Indiana, and that they
knew all about the frauds and reapsd the bene-
ft. In truth, they compounded with felony,
and are liable to be indicted themselves.
There are officials connected with the federal
government who are believed to be in the same
predcament. The frauds are Of an enormous
character. Indeed shese frauds may be estimat-
ed by fact which is notofious--viz: that
in the retreat of General Mcclellan from the
Chckahominy to the James river millions
worth of property was destroyed delb erately,
when il might have been saved. This was the
csse at tho White House and at other points.
The object Of the destruction was to charge the
government double or treble the amount lost,
whereas, If IL had been saved, no money could
have been made by the transaction. Under
such circumstances, Is 1t not almost impossible
for the cause OF the Union TO succeed2 The
scoundrels ought to be hung from the hrst tree
The New York herald., 1862-10-09

OUR IRoN-CLAD FLEGr-This morning another
of the Ericsson gunboats-the Montauk-will
be launched from Mr.. Rowland's Continental
Works, at Greenpoint. This will make the fifth
of the Monitor feet which has been completed
namely, the Monitor, the Passaic, the Whining
ton, the Nahant and the Montauk. We under
stand that each succeeding week will witness
the launching Of ons.or more, Of the same class
Of vessels, so that by the first Of the new year
we shall be in possession of the most powerful
feet of iron-clads, adapted for operating inds-
criminately in deep or shallow waters, that any
government can boast Of. With such means
we can easily capture all the Southern ports
that have resisted our arms clear the Mississippi
from one end. to the other, and bid defiance TO
any European Power that may be disposed to
take up the game of intervention. Each Of
these vessels il worth q small army IN ITSELF
and aided by them we shall have no difficulty
IN reducing the rebels to submission, and bring.
ing them within the pale of the constitution, be-
fore the emancipation proclamation Of the Presi-
dent. goes into operation.
The New York herald., 1862-10-09
THE SITUATION.

New York. Thursday, October o, Is6;
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IRAsBURGH, VERMONT, FRIDAY, MAY %, 1862.

has his odd ways. / am informed that
he puts on citizens dress and walks
through the camp. The other day he
helped teamster out Of the mud, then
gave him severe lecture for not driv-
ing carefully. He laughed heartily to
hear the witticisms Of a teamster upon
himself The high water in the river
made a slough all but inpassable. The
teamster bad foundered through il, and
having reached the top of the bluff, and
being in sight OF the Headquarters. re-
lieved himself of volley after volley Of
..4L4--f,v,. rte creek, his horses, the
roads, and lastly upon Gen. Halleck for
not having the creek bridged. The crit
icism was just, but the General had al
ready ordered the CONSTRUCTION of new
bridge, and being incog, could enjoy the
verbal castigation. The army evidently
has confidence in its commander, though
| doubt if he is known personally to ma
ny of the officers, and to very few of the
men. l should judge there was little
about him which could inpart magnet
ism for the elau, or dasl, with which
great commanders in tie field inspire
men to accomplish daring deeds and great
results. CARLETON.
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MATRIMoNIAL.-I have lived solitary
long enough; | want somebody to talk
at, quarrel with-then kiss and make up
again. Therefore l am open to propos-
AIS from young ladies and fresh, widows
of more than average respectability, toll
eTably tame in disposition, and hair of
any other color than red As nearly as
L can Judge of myself am not over
eighty, nor under twenty. five wears of
age. In height am either five feet eight
or eight feet five, forget which. Weigh
100, 800, or 531, one of the three re-
collect each figure perfectly well, but as
to their true arrangement am somewhat
puzzled. Have a whole suit of hair.
dyed by nature and free from dandruff.
Eyes butter-nut brindle, tinged with pea
green. Nose blunt, according to the
Ionic order of architecture, with touch
OF the composite, and mouth between a
catfish and alligator, made especially for
oratory and the reception of large oys-
tiers. Ears palmated, long and elegantly
shaped. My whiskers are comDina-
ton Of dogs hair, moss and briar bush
well behaved, and feart1iy luxuriant.
l am sound in limb and on the nigger
question. Wear number ten, when corns
are troublesome, and can write poetry by
the mile, with double rhyme on both
edges-to read backward, forward, cross
wise, diagonally. Can play the swine
angle and base drum, and whistle Yam
kee Doodle in Spanish. Am very cor
rect in morals, and first rate at tenpins
have regard for the Sabbath, and never
drink only when invited, Am a domes-
tic animal and perfectly docile-when
towels are clean and shirt buttons all
right. If l possess a predomirating vir-
tue, it is that of forgiv;ng every enemy
whom deem it hazardous TO handle. 1
say my prayers every night, mosquitoes
permitting; and as to whether | snore
in my sleep, want some one to tell me.
Money is no object, as l never was troub-
led with any, never expect to be.
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ons only because it impeded fight. The
blacks of Williamsburg are rich in port
able property to-day.
The battle of Williamsburg, in Heintz-
elman's portion, was an infantay battle
purely. The use of artillery was almost
impossible. 1t was a square, stand-up
fight with leaden balls and steel bayonets,
for conducting which to a successful is
sue no man in the United States could
have been better chosen than this griz-
zled and bronzed Pennsylvania of thir-
ty-three years active service. 1t is not
the fatery Of compliment 10 say that he
saved the battle and saved the army. 1t
is truth which the soldiers and officers
gratefully feel and surely know. From
the beginning of the action to the end of
it he was without a superior in rank, and
received not single command. He did
what be did unaided and unadvised, and
an advised people will surely give him
his reward"
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The GLASS OF WNE.-Many years
ago when | was quite young, received
an invitation to spend an evening with a
company of friends at the house of
young lady with whom I was very init
mate. Reuben was invited, too, but he
could not go, and very much dsappont-
ed he was. His handsome, honest face
was always the life of company, but
had to 60 without him. As the evening
passed on, and it was nearly time for US
to separate, wine was brought into the
parlor, and one young friend brought me
a glass. For the first time in my life l
took 1t from his hand,-God forgive me
for the act. That night, as l lay upon
my bed, many bitter, reproachful
thoughts passed through my mind, but
crushed them with the thought, Reuben
was not there, and did not set him
bad example at least"
But some months after received an
other invitation to spend an evening ac-
companied by my brother, with the same
friends. | was sick and unable to 20,
but Reuben went without me. From
that very evening | noticed change in
my brother, and noticed that the danger
Gus cup was often lifted to his lips. Once
l spoke to him about it; and l shall
never forget the manner in which he
shook me off, and the angry manner in
which he spoke the words that almost
broke my heart, "Rachel, you need not
reprove me for what you have done
yourself" They had urged him to
drink, upon the ground that his sister
had taken wine, and he had taken il upon
that plea. Dear children, three years
ago l laid my brother in drunkard's
grave"
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PROGRESS OF EVENTS.

April 30.-Yesterday General Wal
lace, who commands the right Of Grants
corps ddrnaee, moved upon Purdy, lit
tie town fourteen miles directly west Of
I Savannah. The rebels have been in
force there for some weeks. 1t was not
Purdy that Gen. Wallace desired to oc-
cupy, but the Mobile and Ohio railroad
Or rather two bridges upon that road.
1t was ascertained that six thousand reb-
els were at Bethel, a station west of
purdy,and twenty miles north of Corinth.
Posting his infantry A~ Enough he m1di-
tated an attack upon Bethel, Gen. Wal
lace dispatched his cavalry, under COL
Dickey, to seize and destroy two bridges
and tear up the track, The work was
done. While destroying the bridges an
engine came down the road with four
men, who were taken prisoners. The
engine was run off the road and precipi-
tated down an embankment, and the par
ty returned without loss. The fact that
6000 rebels were stationed at Bethel is
significant, it indicates that Beauregard
intends to make stand at Corinth, and
that this was intended as a fanking force,
probably to advance upon Pittsburgh
Landing to seize the steamer when the
attack was made in front. Beauregard,
without being great general, is crafty.
1t is the plan Of Bull Run over again.
You remember he had a force under
Ewell, at Union Mills, ready to attack
McDowelPs rear, but that Ewell failed
to receive the orders, and did not move
The movement of Gen. Wallace, and the
discoveries he has made, will effectually
guard our right flank from being sur
prsed.
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Poverty not SO Great a Curse.

If there is anything in the world that
a young man should be more grateful for
than another, it is the poverty which ne
cessitates his starting in life under very
great disadvantages. Poverty is one of
the best tests of human quality in exist
ence. A triumph over it is like gradu-
ating with honor from West Point. 1t
demonstrates stuff and stamina. 1t is a
certificate of worthy labor creditably per-
formed. A young man who cannot stand
this ties! is not good for anything. He
cannot rise above drudge or a pauper.
A young man who cannot feel his will
harden as the yoke of poverty presses
upon him, and his pluck rise with every
difficulty poverty throws in bis way, may
as well retire into some corner and hide
himself Poverty saves a thousand times
more men than it ruins for it ruins only
those who are not particularly worth saw
ing, while it saves multtudes Of those
whom wealth would have ruined. If
any young man who reads this is so un-
fortunate as to be rich, ! give him my
pity. l pity you, my young friend, be-
cause you are in danger. You lack one
great stimulus to effort and excellence,
which your poor companion possesses.
You will be very apt, if you have a soft
spot in your head, to think yourself above
him, and that sort of thing makes you
mean and Injuries you. With full pock-
cts, and full stomach, and good linen and
broadcloth on your back, your heart and
soul plethoric, in the race of life you will
find yourself surpassed by all the poor
around you, before you know it.
No, my boy, if you are poor, thank
God and take courage, for he intends to
give you chance to maks something of
yourself If you had plenty of money,
ten chances to one it would spoil you to
all useful purposes. Do you lack educa-
tiOn ? Have you been cut short in the
text book Remember that education,
like some other things, does not consist
in the multitude of things man posses
ses. What can you do? That is the
question that settles the business for you.
Do you know your business? Do you
know men, and how to deal with them
Has your mind by any means whatsoever
received that discipline which gives its
action power and facility? If SO, then
you are more of man, aud thousand
times better educated than the fellow who
graduates from college with his brains
full of stuff that he cannot apply to act.
ual business-stuff, the acquisition of
which has in no sense been a disciplinary
process so far as he is concerned. There
are very few men in this world less than
thirty years of age and unmarried, who
can afford to be rich One of the great
est advantages reaped from great finan-
cial disasters is the saving of large crop
of young men.-7imothy Titcomb.