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Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

A Story OF GEN. SIGEL.-On the return of
Gen. Fremonfs army from the Southwest, 81
gel commanded the division that came by Leb,
anon 10 Rella. A few miles This side of Leba-
non the army encamped over night on the farm
of man who was in sympathy with the rebel
lion, and his fence-ralls were all burned for fire.
wood, and his farm stripped of whatever was
useful and necessary TO subsist the troops and
horses of the train. in the morning the farmer
came with large bill of damages, and asked
for payment The Quartermaster came to Gen
Sigel TO know what should be done about It,
Col Wafmoth was present, and the General
asked him whether the man was loyal citizen
The CoIenel replied that he was conditional
Union man al first, but that he had afterwar rd
mpathzed with the rebellion. Turning to
the Quartermaster General, Sigel then replied,
d" Mr.. Quartermaster, then you Synpdthize with
the Government. 1t is hardly necessary to add
that the secesh farmer did not obtain what he
came for.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10
ISCELLAN OUS,

QUAKER GUNs.-Much ado is made about
certain Quaker guns (wooden guns) which
were found in position at CsntreviIle, after lis
evacuation by the rebels, and which are held
up as proof positive ofthe cowardice or irefi.
ciency of Gen. Mcclellan. This view eau be
taken only on the assumption that the works at
CeDtrevlile were never mounted with any other
thaR Quaker guns-a conclusion which could
be arrived at only by those who are entirely
ignorant OF the arts and practices Of war. For
this device is constantly and successfully used
by comma nders who intend to retreat from forts
or entrenchments. Next to his men an officers
first care is his artillery. But to remove his
guns In the sight of the enemy would be to no.
ufy him IN the quickest and most unmista kable
manner of the intended evacuation. SO his
p;ckets are strengthened, and even pushed for
ward, as if for an advance, then in the night
the guns are removed, and wooden ones, of sim.
liar size and appearance, SO like as to make
detection even with glass impossible, are sub
siituted for the real SIMON Pures Daylight
manltests no change in the apparent strength
OF the works; the bulk of the troops move off
by daylight; aud when the next night comes
the Pickets withdraw suddenly, and run for it.
There is obviously no protection against this
trick, except nightly driving in of pickets,
and reconnaissance in force in the dark, which
is generally more harrassng TO those who un.
dertake it than to the enemy, and is rarely
productive of much good. The supposition
that because the rebels lett only Quaker guns
behind them. they took none Of +" the worlds
guns with them, makes it plain that they did
not use up all the world in making sham arlil.
| lerV,
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10
AN INCIDENT OF THE BATTLE OF Pea R1DG

AN INCIDENT OF THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE.
"A correspondent of the New York Tribune,
10 his account of the battle Of Pes Ridge, says :
On Saturday, while the forces under General
SIegel was charging the enemy aud driving
them from the heights they had occupied, one
rebel officer, captain of Louisiana company,
seemed resolved to throw away his life AS his
fellow. soldiers retreated, he advanced further
towards our troops, until he was almost alone.
He waved his sword, and cried in a loud, ring
ing voice for his men to follow him, and de-
nounced them as towards if they reIreated.-
They headed not his appeals; and seeing him
self deserted, he ran towards our advance,
shouting like a madmau, saying something that
sounded like, 4" am as brave as Cesar. If we
are whipped do not want 10 live. Come on
you Yankees"
Our infantry were anxious TO take this South
ern Hotspur prisoner, and would have done SO
haG not one OF our batteries opened from the
left on the retreating foe, aud in this storm OF
iron swepl down the single life, which, 80 full
OF tierceness, ebbed itself away in the sOdden
aud Implying ground.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10
ParsOn BrOwnIoW ard the Southern
Clergyman.

Monday morning Parson Brownlow met some
thirty Methodist preachers at The Methodist
Book Concern, ard made brief speech. He
knew only three Methodist preachers who were
loyal. Bishop Souie condemned the rebellion
he did not dare TO do more, because he would
be hung, old as he Is. The Bishop had TO
swear to support the Confederacy. Mr.. Brown.
low said the Southern Churches were ruined
for good. Union people would not hear seces.
sion preachers, nor secessionists those who
were loyal. -
He, the speaker. owed his escape to the pra-
tests of his friends in East Tennessee, (Which is
Union five to one,) and to the political civilian
leaders of Tennessee, saying if he, (Brownlow)
was kept twelve of their lenders wou d be sac-
rihced. His wife and children were detained
as hostages for his good conduct" " He tod
his wife to make up her mind to be executed,
as he should certainly speak ard write against
the Confederacy.
The worst men, he remarked, in the South.
ern Confederacy are Methodist, Baptist, Pres.
byterIans, and Episcopalan preachers. They
drink and swear week days. and preach Sun.
days. When they became secesh they bid
| farewell to truth and decency. The Confedcracy
originated in lying, stealing. and perjury
Floyd did the stealing the common masses the
living, and fourteen Senators from the Cotton
States the perjury-the latter class while still
retaining their seats in the U. S. Senate, and
making pretense OF observing their oaths, but
at night, TIL twelve o'clock. holding secret
meetings, sending dispatches to their respective
States to pass ordinances of Secession, to seize
forts, &C., g..
Among other instances illustrating The spiri,
| prevailing among the SUntheIn rlergy, Mr.
| BrownOw aid that the pastor OF the First Pres
| by'erian Church in Knoxville called union
pray meeting to pray that BurDside's feet
might sink and the blockade be raised The
same minister had said that he would rather
use bible printed bound in hell than one from
the North. Also, that Jesus Christ was borr
on Southern soil, and that all his apostles were
Southern men, except Judas lscariot, who wa.
a Northern man. This was SAID openly, from
his pulpit on Sunday
MIR. BrowGlow is of opinion that there are
better men in the place where the Presbyterisr
parson looked for his next edition ui the Bible
than the Southern. He had seen god m"r
taken out Of his prison in knots, and ore by one
and hung-fathers and their sons. He was o
opinion that it was time to hang on our side.
Mr.. Brownlow intimated his intention o
: going back to- Knoxville to re establish hi
paper, which he had edited for twenty fiv,
years, aud which had more subscribers thai
all the papers in Eastern Tennessee com
bned.-Cincinnati Commercial
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10
NEW SERIES---VOLUME VII.--NO., 40.
POETRY.
To the Secession Sympathizers.
NO THANKS TO Y0u.

Twill be no thanks to you. good sir!
Twill be no thanks to you,
When our troops come marching home frem wa
The Red. the White, the Blue,
Still floating Ger them like cloud,
1: OF glory as they come:
While nations blessings, long and loud,
Shall shout their welcome home!
OH then twill be no thanks to you!
You frowned upon their toll:
At best. twas fslly in your view
Until you saw the spoil.
You sighed. and looked amazing wise
AT Justices long delay;
And talked about a " compromise"
To keep the hounds at bay.
Oh! yes, twill be no thanks to you!
You never spoke one word
Where heart and hands and all were due,
That have ever heard
0ss cheering word of sympathy,
O0e patriotic prayer
One word offaith and hope, to be
A charm against despair.
Yet you shall reap what they have sowed,
A country shall be yours;
For herses' blood in streams has flowed,
A richness that endures.
Go, eat the fat, and drink the sweet,
Bought by the brave and true
AAd yet remember as you eat,
lis no thanks to you!
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

PARsoN BRowNLow's RESOLUTION N.-Parson
Brownlow. in speech delivered at Cincinnati,
speaking ofhis persecution and imprisonment,
says:
The Brigadier General commanding at Knox.
vile came in TO see me one day. The prison.
ers all rallied around to hear what was said
Hesald, " Brownlow, you ought not to be here" :"
al think so, too," said /. "Now," saws he,
come along with me and we will make 1t all
right. We will SO up to Judge Humphrey, at
the Court House, and you can take the oath OF
allegiance TO the SouIhern Confederacy"
turned round to him at this insulting PROPOSE.
ton. Sir" said |, before will take the
oath ofallegiance TO the Southern C0nfederacy,
to obtain my freedom, | will rot in jail with
disease. or die with old age. Nay more-.I deny
that you have government; deny that you
are authorized TO administer the oath of alegi-
ance to your rolton mob government, which nc
power on earth will ever recognize. Before
will do so will see the entire Southern Con
federacy in hell, and you and on the top of it, >
Sir" said he, that is id plain talk
" Yes, siree," replied l. He tipped his hat
made bow, which returned, and we parted
hope TO meet him again, and that will b.
when the Federal army takes possession o
Rockville.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

Qua Nsw IRoN CLAD NAvY.-Senator Hale,
as chairman of the committee on naval affairs,
has reported bill appropriating fifteen wllron
dollars for the commencement of an iroH.clad
navy. The terms of the bill are comprch hensive
and iudicious. ahd provide for the construction
of a steam ram of five or ak thousand tons bur.
den, at cost Of q million of dollars or under.
and appropriate $l3,000,000 for the building
of iron.cla gunbosts, 1888, 900 tor the compile
tion of Stevens Battery, aud $500.000 for ex.
tending the facilities of The Washington navy
yard. 80 as 70 roll and forge plates Tor the ar
mored ships.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10
A Young Mans First Lesson.

=
Timothy Ti,comb is guilty of uttering many
very blunt truths, and here is one from his let.
ters TO the young:
IL take it that the first great lesson young
man has to learn is that he is an ass. The ear
lier this lesson is learned the better it will be
for his peace of mind and his success in life
Some never learn it, and descend into the even
ing OF their exislence, their ears lengthening
with shadows as they grow. Some learn il
early, get their ears cropped, and say nothing
about II; while others sensibly retire into mod
est employments, were they will not be noticed.
young man reared at home, aud growing u2
IN the light of parental admiration and frater-
nal pride, cannot readily understand how any
one can be as smart as he is. He goes to town
puts on airs and gets snubbed and wonders what
II means; goes into society and finds himself
| tongue-tied; undertake. TO speak in a debating
club, and breaks down or gets laughed at pays
attention TO a nice young woman, and finds Q
very large miIten OH his hands, and in state o.
mind bordering on distraction, sits down to rea.
son about it, This is the critical period of hi
history. The result of this reasoning decides
fate. If he thoroughly comprehsnds the fac
that he does not know anything, and accepts
the conviction that all the world around hin
knews more than he does, that be is but a ci
pber. and whatever he gets must be won b.
hard work, there is hope for him"
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

A Rich AFFAIR Man DrGws on a City
Firm for a W1e.-A few days since; says the
Cleveland Herald, a respectable business frm
on Water street received letter from custo.
mer near Youngstown. enclosing an order for
Ia WIFE! The customer was rich, middle
aged, a Dutchman and widower. He said he
wanted a wife right of, and had no time to look
up one for himself, but should be in town in
the the course of day or two to marry the
woman which he depended on his city friends
haviag ready for him. Such an order rather
took the merchants aback. but the man was
too good a customer to disobliged. AS they
had no supply of the article on hand, for sale,
one oil the firm went out to hunt one up, and al
an Intelligence cfice got track of a girl who
could speak German and English, was tolera-
bly, good looking. and very much wanted to fad
husband. A bargain was struck. The
DUtchman came in, found the article ready for
him, approved Of il, and got marred, and took
| his curious purchase home with him. We did
not learn whether the firm charged a specia
fee. or per centage commission on the lnarke
valae of the article. ttaa
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

NEwBERN, N. C.-The Newbern Progress
is the title of spirited news paper established
at Newbern, by our soldiers. From the num-
ber of March % we extract the following:
Newbern is a most lovely and beautiful city,
Advantageously situated, it is the commercial
centre of large section Of the county, and
large amount of business is done here. Ii has
good harbor, railroad communlca ton, aud all
the modes of transit demanded by business
people. The city Is laid out in squares, he
steee's running at right angels, aud abound
ing in shade trees. Newbern boasts also of
theatre. magnificent Masonic Hall, churches,
academy, aud all the et ceteras of civilization
1t certainly must, in midsummer, be para
disc; even now the grass is green, peuch and
plum trees in bloom, the trees preparing to put
on their leafy vestmenls and cheeriui aspect
reIgns here. Citizens and merchants who, In-
fected with the panic, fled on the approach of
our victorious forces, are beginning to return,
and "order once more reIgns in Warsaw"
We have two marine railways chine shops,
rosiO and iurpentine sills cotton gins, ETC., in
Vulnerable. In fact, Newbern lie in advance of
anything we have seen in the South, since we
entered Maryland. May she now continue 10y
al, and go on aud prosper.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

How THE REBEL WOMEN BEHAvED AT WIN
CHESTER, WA correspondent writing to a
PIttsburg paper, from Gen. Shields division,
Winchester, says: +'t
"The first day or two after our arrival here
1t was seldom that lady could be seen in our
streets, and the place seemed deserted, except
ing by the military. The past few days they
have ventured out. and 1t is amusing 10 watch
them exhibiting their contempt toward the
United States Government by walking off the
sidewalk into the street and around, whenever
the Union flag is suspended from above, and
under which they would otherwise pass
would not have believed it had not witnessed
atrequent occurrence of the same YESTERDAY
aud to-day. In one locality of the principal
street of the place Union flag was suspended
over the sidewalk trsm the second story. Al
mos every lady would walk into the street and
around 1t. The occupant of the house thinking
to establish permanent Blockade II block
ade 1t was, added two more flags to the one
already untured and attach the same 10 a rope
| extending across the street and sidewalk, but
the bunting did not quite reach, aud a space
was left in the centre, over the street. From
both sidewalks they would file right and left
and pass into the street and through this gap
over which the flag did not reach. They did
! 1t apparently not TO attract attention, and al
! though they would commit an objectionable
crime were they to pass under the flag OF ouI
Union"
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

RETURNING TO HIS SENsEs.-Iu late nnm-
Der OF the Nashville Banner we find the
following evidence of the benefcil effects of a
wholesome coercion:
ave can support the Constitution of our
fathers in the future, as we have sought to do
10 the past. We con sustain Union OF equal
iiy, such as Webster and Jackson aimed 10
preserve. To such OonstitUt ion and ssch a
Union we have been ever ready to pledge the
ardent vows of a patriot ...
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

PeINTs OF Honor. eredith P. Gentry told
Psrson BrownIow that he only excepted seat
10 the rebel Congress to show that he was not
afraid of Mcclellan capturing Richmond. IL
was point of honor with him.
"fes, Gentry" replied Brownlow, "and
there sanother point Of henor which you have
tailed TO menllnn. Buell. and his army are at
Nashville, and are therefore nearer to Bedford
county than Gen Mcclellan is TO Richmond.
You are like plsmire on a cieos hrch at each
end; you have point of honor on ether side
OF you" Gentry acknowledge the corn.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

A man who was sentenced to be hung was
visited by his wife. who said: My dear, would
you like the children TO see you executed t''
No." be replied. "That's Just like you
you never wanted the children TO have aDy
eOioyment.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

The editor ofthe Woonsocket Patriot makes
merry over The mistake of an old Shanghai hen
OF his that has been " setting" for FIVE weeks
over two round stones and piece of brick
" Her anxiety" quoth he, :" is 90 greater than
ours to know what she will hatch. If it proves
to be Orickyard the hen is not for sale.''
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

A youngster was once desired 10 state his
views OF the causes which lfd TO The downfall
OF The Roman empire. In reply he wrote that
alter mature r"fecnon and extensive reading
he concluded t,ai he cause of the ruin Of that
gigantic power was thai 9 its bottom fell out"
Rather new view ii jae subject.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

Gen. Mansfield keeps the Federal flag Hying
on the mainmast of the frigate Cumberland,
The top OF which sticks out of water, within
rife shot Of his entertainments at Newport
News. He says 1t shall wave there until the
waves break up The good old ship.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

DR HAYES BRIeADE SURGEON. Yesterday
the President sent to.the Seaste the nomins I on
OF DIR. ]. Hayes, who distinguished himself in
the great Ar'lc Exploring Expediuga. to be
Brigade Surgeon.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

A PRINrER's ToAsT The Printer-ihe
master of all trades. lie beats the farmer with
his tas hoe, the carpenter with his rule and the
msson in setting tall columns; he surpasses
the lawyer and doctor in attending TO his case,
and beats the parson in the management of the
eUfL
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

BITTER The Norfolk Day Book, under the
caption OF Whlskey, WhIskey, Whiskey,"
says: In the cars, at the shanties, at the gro
ceres, In village IaVerns and city hotels
"hlskey. Officers with gold lace wound in as
'onish'ng Involutions upon their arms, private
soldiers 10 simple homespun, and civilians ia
broadc'clh, all seem to drink wbiskev with
persistent energy end perseverance,. They
crInk 1t, too. In quantities which would astonish
the nerves OF u cast Iron amp post, aud Of a
quality which would destroy the diges,!ve oT.
gans OF the ostrich Truth is often uup.eaant
to tell, but the public safety demands tha, the
wee IN question should be rebuked and reform
ed; tor IT is a fact which tina press should
neither palIIate nor conceal. that whiskev which
is no more akin to rye than rye is to coffee
whIskeY which IS of the unadulterated tangIe
loot chain lightning disullation. is guzzled
down IN manner alike revolving to public de.
cency and the general good.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

TRAVELLING REsTAuRANTs.-A restaurant
car 10 now attached to one of the trains on the
Philadelphis, Wilmington and Baltimore rail-
way. Eatables are furnished hot in these cars,
to be eaten there, or handed on trays 10 passen-
gers at their seats.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10
1900

The Rev. DR. Moore; of Richmond, delivered
lecture in IAaI city on the origin aud mean.
log OF words, IN which many curious facts we're
developed, among which were that the word
Davis means God with US - and that Lincoln,
when subjected to genealogical analysis, means
"on The verge Of precipIce''
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

DEATH PROM THE BITE ORA RAT-A. w.
EASEL, an old resident of Bolton, died last week
from the effects Of bite from rat which he
ineautieesly stepped Epou ~sile barefoot
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

SINGULAR CURES IN PHILALELr.tA.- The
HaH, the Lame, the Blind cured Gy ICuGhing.
w hat we are going TO relate, we cauno, ask
our readers to believe. We do not know what
TO think Of it ourselves but we will oiv. II
with our aulhorHy 1t can do no harm. nd if
1t works good, even in a single case :-ifi, re.
lleVes any pain or distress from its influence on
The Imagination or any other cause, we shall
thinK ourselves we'll paid for the trouble we
have been at in ihquirng into and writing in
relation to this singular affair.
On Sunday morning last, at Samson street
Hall, in Philadelphia, DR.. J. R. Newton. of
New York offered to cure all who would call
Oh hIm with any disease. His system is prin.
clPally by strikin@ teen with his hand, and
strange as may apes, rnarly hundred were
cured or professed TO be cured in that wav.
On the authority OF DR. Il. T. Child of 634 N.
Race street. PhIla., aud others whom we know
well, we give the following. A Mr.. Woolson
bugler from Vincentown N J., lost his voice
some months ago, and it was restored in two
minutes by DR.. Newton. A Miss Shultz sut.
tered from a fistula lacrymalis or obstruction
OF the tear bag and was instantly cured by tha
doctor. A Mrs. White was instantly cured OF
i"e hip disease. They came on crutches and
walked away without them. A Mr. Kite in
10Th above Spring Garden was cured in one
operation. These few cases we mention thar
people who sntfer from any chronic disease in
tails State may knew and Try hrm. AS he
charges nothing for those not worth thousand
dollars~-lheEe ean be no harm in seeing him
and II he car work no good, the manipulation
ot hands can do no injury. We were shown
cru'ches, and expensive machines 10 enable
people to walk with hip and other disease that
have been left with him by those who walked
IN with them and went awey without them.
Dr ChIIds with whow we conversed with, can
not account for II, unless it is from some mag
netIc lnhnence-or strong faith and ina gina.
tlon on me parties cured. He could only stay
10 Pb'IadeIp phla one day but he will be there
again ~ two or three weeks.-Blue Hens
! Chlckem
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

A PREss ron PARsoN BRowNLow.-Among
the many testimonials Of kind feeling towards
the patriot martyr of East Tennessee, il is pro-
psaed by his New York friends to give him q
I" Hoes last fast" with which to upsoot the last
vestise Of secession at his old home. He has
been invited TO make the Aslor House hiH home
as long as he remains in New York. His notes
of the rs4 and decline Of secession in Tennes-
see, will take The name of " Brownlow's
Book" Il. a.,. ... ~.
gWhat are you driving at now - asked Jack
Of friend, the other day, whom he met. sr,
"Well, have just completed hard four years
Job" said he.
% What is that?"
"Whys gel married yesterday. I've work
ed hatd Tor II ter tour years, lack"
1-eFF - S
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Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

The rebels have, sInce the war begun, occu-
piedat least half dozen places wAich they call.
ed Gibralters," and from which they have
declared they never could be driven. But
they have been driven from them, or have fed
without being driven, one after another. Now
they are begiuning to call each of their new
impregnable positions BY the name of Their
moPYl@. a ais eea eat s
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LOVE at FIRST SIGHT.

5 ELECT STORY.
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Writing a LOve-Letter Under Difficulties.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-10

Since the commencement ofthe war twenty
three important battles have been fought, with
the following result:
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BIZ JOHN D coueHLIN.
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