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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11

BEAUT1FUE AND TRuE.-The following ex-
tract from the reply of the President TO the
address of the New School Presbyterian
Church, will find a hearty response in the
heart of every loyal citizen. The beautiful
words and truthful sentiments should be deeply
impressed on the minds and hearts of all
classes:
The men of our generation whose memory
will be The longest and most honored, will be
they who thought the most earnestly, prayed
the most fervently, hoped the most confidently
fought the most heroically, and suffered the
most patiently in the sacred cause of freedom
and humanity.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11
a History of Events Before Rtch-
monds

The Position Of Affairs Monday Night.
TrOm the Special Correspondents of the ~ Y. Tmes)
ARMY OF THE PoToMAc, on JAMES RIVER,
Monday Evening, June 80.
Events of the gravest character have trans
pired within the last five days, touching the
condition and prospects of the army OF the
Peninsula. Acting under the necessity which
the Commanding General has long foreseen,
the widely extended lines of the army with its
miles of well-constructed defenses, stretching
almost from the James river on the left, TO and
beyond the Chckahominy on the right, have
been abandoned, and the army before Rich
mond has fallen back to a more practicable
liue of defence and attack, upon the James
river. Hither :he grand army, with its i'm
mense artillery and wagon train its Commits
sary and Quariermaster's stores its ammuni-
ton; its cattle-droves, of 2,540 head in fact,
its entire material, horse, foot and Dragons,
bag and baggage, have been transferred
The maneuvre, however--one of the most
difficult and dangerous for a commander to
execute in the face of the enemy-Eas been
! accomplished safely, though under circumstan-
ces of difficulty and trial which would have
taxed the genius of Napoleon. The army
has been engaged in constant conflict with the
enemy Cor six days, during which their highest
energies have been taxed TO the uttermost.-
We have had no moment of repose- no op-
Lortunity scarcely TO properly care for the
wounded and to bury the dead.
The enemy have closely watched every
movement, and with an army more than
double that of our own, have had the ability
to constantly launch fresh troops upon our
rear, an advantage which they have been
quick to discover. and remorseless 10 improv-
ing Their perfect knowledge of the roads,
paths aud bridges, and the topography of the
country, which has taken US time to learn, has
placed an immense advantage in their hands.
Heaven grant that here, under the shadow Of
these hills, and with the cooperation Of the
gunboats, our overtaxed soldiers and officers
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11

The loss by the great foo in the Lehig val
ley is estimated at i've million dollars. The
Philadelphia Inquirer publishes an elaborate
report of the disasters, which says that about
one hundred persons were drowned by the sud
den rise of the waters. At Maunch Chuck,
there was high lock which gave way en-
quilting large nun Der of beats on which al
least fifty persons were sleeping, all os whom
perished. At that point the water was twenty
seven feet high, being six feet higher than il
the food of l64l.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11

Hanover, the birth-plce of Henry Clay and
Ashland near which he was buried, Mount
Vernon, the abode and tomb of George Wash
ington; and the Hermitage: the lovely residence
and final resting plac of lion-hearted Andrew
Jackson are now all within the lines Ofthe
Union army and guarded by the Federal flag
0 whose glory their honored and useful lives
twere given The dust ofevery dead President
of the United States is enclosed by the national
lines.--Nashvile Union,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11

The London Times bas scornful article
concerning the agents sent aboard by the
Southern COnfederacy. 1t styles them "a sci
of ignorant, narrow minded, slave holders, and
agents of shareholders, iufrm in judgment
and reckless of the truth" The Times in this
has hit the exact truth. The ignorant and
narrow minded creatures assume to own Eu-
rope, and displayed all the disgusting airs of
vulgar pretenders to refinement and aristocra-
cy. They owned negroes, therefore we're el-
evated above ordinary human nature. They
represented cotton, and therefore owned com
merce, and had mortgage on all the nations
of the earth. The fact is they behaved more
like pack Of ignorant and vicious negroes
than like intelligent white men. The fact
seems TO be that in the secesh regions the
whites have become exaggerations of the pc
culiariiies Of the negroes. Their behavior is
constantly that of black barbarians in the
deserts and .jungles of Africa. 1t is the mig
ger in them that is their great difficulty
They are emphatically Ignorant, narrow
minded and conceited, very infrm in judg-
ment and great liars Cincinatti Commercial.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11
LETTER FROM Col. CoRoORAN.-Col. Cor
coran is not only brave soldier but man Of
the most sensitive honor- Few men we fear
would have written the following
RICHMoND. W Sunday.

AAS AtooN cSlioAt4HS H0HSt- 4CW i4ACu VIC tGdE
would have written the following
RICHMOND, VA, Sunday.
May IL, 1862.
To Capt Jas B. Ktrksr, No. 599 Broed.raai
My DEAREST FRIEND: learn by your let
ter, and also through other sources, that his
Excellency, Gov. Morgan, has been pleased to
appoint me one of the Harbor-Masters for
New York. I am confident that the appoint
ment has not been solicited by any of my
friends. ] therefore feel that his Excellency
could be actuated by no other motive than
that OF the kindest considerations for my well
fare, and, while am infinitely grateful. sam
obliged, under existing circumstances, respect
1aly to decline the acceptance of the appoint
ment. Many reasons clearly demonstrate the
pFoprietY Of my action, among which 1 men
tion the following; First-If in the possession
of my liberty before the termination of this
wicked rebellion, I desire to serve my country
in the field, by assisting to suppress it: and
second-I cannot possibly think Of accepting
a salary for duty really performed by another
person You viii, therefore, please have any
money which may have been paid to Mrs. Cor
coran by Nr. Barber Immediately refunded
And, as I have no opportunity at present of
writing to Gov. Morgan and expressing my
sentiments, will you do me the favor of per-
forming the service, and take occasion to ex-
press my warmest thanks?
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11
Free Lands versus Slave Lands.

The people Of Maryland are much exercised
upon the subject of gradual emancipation, and
some OF the papers Of that State openly urge
it, as the only means Of safety for the State.
A writer in the Cambridge Intelligencer tells
the Shareholders of Maryland some plain truths
regarding their interests. He contracts the
value of the adjoining counties of free and
slave States, showing the great preponderance
of value on the part of the former. He shows
them that in the counties of Ohio adjoining
Kentucky the value per acre is S32 81; in the
counties of Kentucky adjoining Ohio it is on
ly SIS 81 per acre. In the seven counties OF
Pennsylvania bordering on Maryland, consist
ing of Chester, Lancaster, York, Adams
Franklin, Bedford and Somerset, the average
value per acre is $50 81; in the seven counties
of Maryland bordering on Pennsylvania, con
sisting Of Cecil, Hartford, Baltimore, Carroll
| Frederick, Washington and Allegheny, the
average value per acre is only S44 II. Casl
value Of farms in the former, $IO0,7I4,042; in
the latter, only SIG 6529,37I. The further WE
recede from Maryland border, and get into
| those counties where slaves are most nunlerou!
the difference is still more striking, the aver
age value per acre in St. Marys, Calvert anC
Charles being only S24 30. If we run likt
comparison between any other free ard slave
| State on the border, the same bumilating e
suit is presented. With this exposition befor,
them, he urges the people of that State t,
grasp the banner of Emancipation, and neve
weary of our labors until we have planted ii
standard upon the capitol of every common
wealth in the South
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11
A few days ago, Mr.. Appleton oaksmith

A few days ago, Mr.. Appleton Oaksmith
was the publisher of the Great Republic Month
ly, a pro-slnvery magazine, which knew "no
north, no south, no east, no west" nor indeed,
anything else of any consequence. Mr.. Oak
smith has just been convicted of fitting out a
SLAYER and is 10 be imprisoned five years and
pay a fine of $4,000. He is a wealthy but
good-for-nothing sort of fellow and his i'm
priso ument will keep him out of mischief
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11

WARM DEBATE IN THE SENArE.-There was
warm debate in the Senate on the 25th ult.
on the Confscation bill. Two Republican
Senators-Browning of ILL.,, and Dixon, oi
Conn.-spoke against it. Ben. Wade made a
characteristic speech on the other side, Great
ing, the correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
zette says, quite sensation. He read an ex-
traordinary order, issued by General Mellow
ell, for the protection of the property of q
noted rebel at Fredericksburgh, which had a
stirring effect. Generals who exhaust their
armies in protecting rebels, have been conspic-
uous in this rebellion, chiefly for their failures
in the line Of fighting.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11

Unjust riches curse the owner in getting.
in keeping, and in ira nsmitting. They curse
bis children in their fathers memory.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11

Gen. Pettigrew, captured at the battle of
Fair Oaks, before Richmond, was removed
from the residence of George H. Williams,
Esq, in Baltimore, on Thursday and placed
on board of one Of the Ericsson propellers. en-
rout for Fort Delaware. General P. had i'm
proved considerably since his arrival in Bal
timore, under the care Of DR.. Thomas H. Buck
Ter, but his would IS Of a very serious nature.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11

When the heart is pure, there is hardly
anything which can mislead the urderstan-
ding in matters Of immediate personal con-
cernment,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11

Dr. johnson used to say, "He who waits
to do great deal Of good at once, will never
do any"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11
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LIN GGs
By LIZZIE,
Wraeu on tAe 1susA q J. L. NeCuuosgA, at Pizsbuyg
Landing, ZsHH-
He sleeps in peaee-that last long sleep,
Far from his friends away
Der him no loved comes 70 weep,
And on his grave in sorrow deep
The last sad tribute pay
He sleeps in peace-no cannon roar
Shall rouse him from that quiet rest,
His trials and haFdships ali Ger,
And guardian angels safely bore
Him 70 Sayior's breast
He sleeps In peace-And there Is still
One Consolation left;
We doubt not twas the Fathers viii,
Who the deepest anguish STILL
While thus bereft-
He sleeps in peace-no sorrow now
VIII ever cause him pain :
I'm still the thFOb5ings Of my brow,
And meeky at his alter bow,
Praying that we may meet again
June 2oth, 1862.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11
wrltten for che Delaware Gazst.e.

Written for The Delaware Gazette.
THE MoUREERs.
BY H WARREN ALLEN
stood beside a bier to-day
Which bore a soldiers nfeless clay,
! saw him laid TO rest away
where close beside sister slept:
grief his dear vigls kept.
But most maiden bowed and wept-
A maid-whose closely veil
Hid not her tears, and vssage pale
Nor checked the sobs which told her tale.
Whose sparkling eyes, and form petite,
With winning grace, and manner sweet,
Had made Poets song complete
Twas well her tears Of sorrow fell
For love had witching spell,
And each had loved the other we'll
and when the wars dread din were o'er,
Peace should have brought its '.bliss
store''-
Each to the other something more
But no a wasting fever Iad
Its hand upon him, and he staid
To die from home, victim made?
For had he had the fostering care,
And smiles Of homo and friends to share,
He yet had lived in promise there
We placed him his bed
Our falling upon 1t sheC,
While winds were playing Ger his head.
We came away and left him there,
The trees above from branches fair,
Shall drop dew tears for cold care.
while we in Iifeis stern duties bold
Shall learn o hearts grow cold,
Nor let this grief possession hold
Yet when her eyes loves glances dark
To-day's face shall fore stark,
Ifl think her smile bat hides her heart.
HERNr's HoNE, 1so2-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11
THE aUNBoATs BRouanr rNro Ac1IoE.

The firing now became incessant, the explo-
sion Of shells constant and most terrific IRON
both lines, and The roar Of muske ~, mingled
with the shouts and cheers Of tie COZ tending
forcts live cruld have seen III, m, and esti-
mated their ST. ongth q number, it woaid have
been some relief, but th. we're adYaA4cing ar
parently, 10 within less than mile Of our 20
sition, under cover Of woods 1t was very ev.
ident that our mea were being driven in, and
that tee; by ats-OyerwhelmuiHg force At this
juncture two of our gunhuhts, the Galcna and
Aroostook moted forward some halr q mile aud
opened Gre upon the let with their 81 pound
ers, the shells exploding in the edge Of the
woods along the line Of hill where it was sup.
posed the enemy would attempt to turn our
left. No doubt these terrific mis- lies had an
excellent effect in de'e1ing them from this en-
terprise, and in retarding heir advance. Iaso
longe raEgc there was danger that some of
our own men might be hit, and signal sta
tion was established on the top Of an on house
overlooking the field, and also CON nardlnh a
view Of the riy,r. The firing from the tIalc-
ma was directed in front by these signals. u q
Jpcob Bell, and also the Aroosto K: llred sew
eral shells during tho last art Of tho battle
During the evening, and while thb fciif was
going on, crowds ef dusty men rushed dowa
to the river, and plunged 10 TO The. Con
sideriug the circumstances of ths army, ths
was hardly tbs iRie to adju ones toll t.
Meantime tie contest ragged with terrible
fury along cur whole ront and right. Explc
ding shells lilled the . r. and a ds1ot scream
oil overhead snthi,k was the cloui # du-'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11
now 1gE RETREAT WAS ooxDccrED.

The retreat was conducted in she most per-
feet order. There was no trepidstion or
haste; no smashing up ofwagons by careless
or fast driving, and not a single accident of
any consequence 10 believed to have occurred
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-01
From EsatOn Isouge.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
writes from Baton Rouge as follows of the YAM
kee reports of the fight:
On a Yankee anyhow There is no mag
nanimity in them. They are jealous of the part
taken by an Indiana regiment in the late fight,
and ashamed of their own. Consequently. every
cursed nutmeg, from the hi chest to the lowest,
will persist in miSrepresenting US. Gen. Butler
the head of the New England Division, feels
bound TO favor it much possible. At the
same time do him the justice TO say that he
does not misrepresent US, except by implication.
He only does injustice by mentioning in the
same connection with regiments who eternally
diSgraced themselves. and the uniform they wear.
The New Orleans papers are edited by Yankees.
One of them states, editorally, that Gen Will
liams killed while trying TO rally the 2lst re-
giment, which was thrown into dsmay. a ''pas-
senger" from Baton Rouge probably Yankee
sutler. running away from the prospect of another
fght), informs another one of these Yankee edi-
tors that Gen. Williams was killed while cheering
on our men to retake gun which they had lost.
The simpl facts are these: Gen Williams, after
denouncing the 18th Maine and 7th Vermont as
"sheep," publicly complimented our regiment as
the only which had not been broken and
scattered.
At one time Browns mule battery, supported
by Michigan troops. compelled to abandon
one gun, the last charge of canister from which
fired body of rebel troops not t,oenty PAGES
distant but the brave Michigan boys soon
drove the enemy away, and gallant Lin Brown
saved his gun. From this gun five gunners were
shot down at one fire. 1t stationed at least
half mile from where Gen. Williams fell. This
passenger from Baton Rouge" failed to state,
while on the subject of guns, that company +, of
the Dist Indiana, three times manned 4 section of
Everett'S battery from its own ranks, and hauled
off the guns by hand when the horses shot
down, and also that the Indianans hauled off a
section of Mannng's battery by hand. after It
had been abandoned. The honest truth is just
this: The 18th Maine broke at the first fire. and
never reformed Theyshad twenty-six men killed
and seventy eighty wounded, without firing
more than one volley, which they fired in the air.
The secesh shot them down as we used 10 shoot
rabbits in Illinois. The 9TH Vermont fired into
US. They had few men killed and wounded by
bullets that first passed through our ranks. When
ordered to move up our support. they failed TO
do so, and many OF them broke and RAJ. TO town.
While the 2lst Indiana. the 9th Michigan, the
3OIh Massachusetts and the artillery were fighting
the battle, lot of cowardy skunks down
in the town plundering houses. The 4th Wis
consin and 9Th Connecticut had no opportunity of
engaging in the fight.
L know all | have here stated to be strictly
/ true, and | am responsible for what say
G.. G. II.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-01

ton in that? [sNo."]- Is it anti-American2 If
we are the majority, and if we know that the par
ty in power is ruling US to our ruin, why should
we not put it down? We think that they have
ruled TO our ruin. and having the majority we
may exercise our right ofputtng them out by the
ballot
They began with 100000 men, and now they
want 600 900 more. What have they done with
that army? What conquests have they made?
[Cheers for McClelan.l Yes, and what are
they doing with Mcclellan? 1t is said that Nc
Clellan is to lie removed Let see how it is to
be- Three cheers for Mcclellan and three cheers
for Col. Murphy
want to know whether any Government that
ever exercised so much power, with 100000 men,
ever accomplished results so Insignificant Are
we any further advanced in the conquest of The
Southern States than we we're at the begieningI
We were told il would take put sixty days, then
ninety days, to crush out the rebellion. Laugh
ter And with what object has this war been
prosecuted i hear that the Government has
/ lately decided TO change its course; but we have
no proof that this Abolition scheme is dead But
what has been the whole object of the war previ-
ousy? Has there been any other objectI
There has been none, and if they could accom-
plish that object where should we be with those
four millions of blacR turned loose in the North
ern States? Are we to marry them? to work
to be disposed off will tell you. These poor
negroes, whom the Abolitionists love less than
! you or i, would have their throats cut in
of races, and that would be the end of this
scheme of the AbOtiOnSts. | say further, that
more corruption unGer any Administration than
that which rules was never seen here, and
seldom seen in any other country. Look at the
| fortunes made in contracts.
Look at the reports of the House and Senate
/ Committees-all Republican-and you will see
the evidence that corrupt Government has
never managed until Mr.. Lincoln came into
power. You recOllect that one of the last acts of
the Senate, as now composed, was to refuse to
pass vote of censure upon Republican Sena-
tor, whom a committee reported against. Who
is to say nay? [Cheers What are we told?
Why that Democracy is treason; freedom is trea-
son; he press is treason. They say it is treason
for the Democratic party to organize; it is trea
son TO vote against this Administration, or to do
anything except to support those in power. We
will support the Government and the war. and
say that the idea that is now given out that we
are not to organize against Abelitionism, is mon
strous. 1Cheers
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-01

"a All accounts from the southern States
concur IN representing scarcity of manufactures
as having reduced all classes of the people to pos
tive suffering Every device has been used to
cloth their soldiers carpets and quilts have been
used TOR blankets and every yard of cotton in the
country has been taken by the government for
tents. IN arms they are badly deficient The
intercepted dispatches from Hindmau, begging for
old muskets and condemned artillery, prove to
what desperate straits they are driven. 1t new
army, by the operation of IA stringent conseription
should be brought into the field by the last of No
vember. it would be impossible for them to arm
and equipH. This consideration. and the suffer
ng OF the inhabitants, are inducing reflection
We firmly believe that a large portion, probably
one-t third of the Inhabitants of the most hitter
seeded States would rejoice TO see the old flag
over them again.
The Southern people not blind. and when
they can be assured that the prOscriptive meas
ures OF the malignant ahoitionists will not be al
lowed to work their ruin. they will OF themselves
crush rebellion. They will not yield until the
assurance be given. The letter Of the President
will open the eyes Of thousands, and "A conserva-
tive Congress would entirely dispel the mist that
jeff Davis and his workers have raised The
rebellion is strong because the Southern people
are deceived IS to the ultimate purpose of the
war. They mast be undeceved Their misery
causes them now TO look anxiously for means to
extricate themselves from their terrible situation
If they look to US, what shall be our answer 7
Conhscation and death. or the old Union The
President has ordered AN election in Two of the
North Carolina Congressional Districts. Ten
nessee will send probably two Representative.
Thtre are signs of returning loyalty in New Or
leans. and in the northern portions Of Arkansas
and all through Texas. There is Union feeling
at the South, and it must be encouraged by every
means consistent with the honor of the Govern
ment.-Chicaqo Times
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-01
Inc Rafrleinyi Virginia.

The report of General PORE claims great vic
tory over the rebel forces under JACKSON at Bull
Run. We hope it is true. But he is given to
exaggeration and We therefore receive the ac-
count of the battle with due allowances. His re-
port of the capture of prisoners at Corinth and
even Of his late battle at Cedar Mountain did not
in either case correspond with the facts. A
great and sanguinary engagement has undoubt-
eddy been fought upon bloody battle
field, and if it has resulted, or if its
results approxmates to what is claimed by
PoPE, the repulse will be terrible blow to the
rebel cause. They have made bold movement
menacing the Federal Capital, with the hope Of
disOrganzing our armies in detail before rein
forcements can come to their relief. If repulsed
as decidedly as claimed by General PoPE, the OBJ
jects of the rebel commanders will fail of &C
complshment. But we do not feel disposed to re
joice over the reported victory of POPE, until we
know we are out of the woods