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The New York herald., 1862-12-31

SJa--A battle took place as LAbadtsvile, On bayou
LAourcse, Louisiana. no Union troops were under
ne oommanA q Gea Weitss, and ths aght listed bat
infantry Our los was severe being eighteen killed and
seventy lour oansed The rebel loss was six killed,
nfteen wounded and Two hundred and eight prisoners
A6th- Brigader Ge0sral Herron with the Frst Iowa
rebel camp four miles east OF Fayetteville, Ark. Our
numbered three thousand, dpmsnded by Colonel Crs-
vens After sharp engaged>pt OF "a hour the enemy
completely routed, leaving II his camp equipments
and few wagons The loss Of te emy was Els ht dead
on the aeld Our loss was i've wounde< one mortally
The New York herald., 1862-12-31
Arrivals and Departures.
ApRYXAIl

son and lady Capt Sears lady and Dr eaA
Goslngs, Mr. Wilkinson. Capt MichelsJ Fauborough ~
Adear, Mr. Ossaye. lady and child Gsheu, John Scott
and 30 In the sieeragc
DEP ARTUREs.
MISUNDERSTANDING Norwegian. from Porland-Mr Osl-
well and lady, Blanchard Charles Ross, lady and
want, two misses Ross William Rae and lady James Dess.
Jr. Alfred Knight John Wite. McBaijne, John Ga2,
Mr. Woo ihouge and son, Eliza Dunlop q Cragband, y
knight, Cowell and lady. Mrs Woodward and son
In the steeragc
HAVANA AND Nrw ORLEANs-Steamshp Bio Bio--For Me-
vana-M Fshcl d L RIM, ID Tallmadge, X d Baid, j
Van Tasssl Plow Clark, q Gerosa, Jos Davis anl
wife, John Bernaho Dominck Baryer Catherine Barber
Gonsale Acoss Florence Lopez Manuel Mueres Gabriel
Bssary Galendo Charles kreiger James Mcdaniel Philip
Milligsn. For Key west-Captsin Parker Mrs Keths1
MeDornick For New Oreans-J Wilcox, Mw zuberbss.
two children and Eastman, Edward Taylog.
VIM McCracker Robt Gunnieman. Clarck, Albert 1ir-
rel and friend Mrs " Smith Mrs r G Drew Hsllock
Jos Dreyfns solomon Stern, Buabcs Gnrtez. Far
rc T. TsntoT, Jno Cosgraye James Lee, w II AymAx.
Caharne Magic, Mr. Derepa, Mrs Delinco, Mrs BonSr.
81 A Moss.
The New York herald., 1862-12-31
Personal Intslligence.

F0roOneI AntelII8enC0s
Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Autocrat OF the Breake
Table," Is stopping at She Brevoort House.
Captain r. Simonson, Of Boston; William MaeOa. q
Taunton; K. A. Coe, Of Detroit, and q. g. Hazard Of D
fao, are stopping At the St. Nicholas Hotol. s
Colonel Poe and Major Williams OF the United States
Army; L. B. Hanks, OF England; E. Ten Brock OF Iowa;
+. Gecey OF Wisconsin,; W. s. Davis, Of CALIFORNIA; 3.
t. Featon Of SYRACUSE and j. SsLloyd, Of New Jcgsy,
are stopping At the Metropolitan Hotel s
Hon. J. S. Morrill,. OF Vermont: T. G. Henry, Of P1ss-
land: Captain J. NJ Rogers, United States Navy; Hon O.
G. Myers Of Ogdensburg A. l.. HobsoR OF Portland CT
+. g. Ailen o Boston, George ATues, Of Chicopee MrG
Worden aud Mrs. W. II. Seward, Jr., OF Auburn Mr.
g. G. Davidson and Miss Hamilton, Of Albany NJ s. Seee
son. Of Boston C. f. Sellers and A. Get;cy Of Phia6ea
pha, are stopping at the Astor House.
The New York herald., 1862-12-31


1sth.-Another FAST and prayer day was observed in
the bogus ccrfsaeracy.
Union Ace, carrying rebel prisoners TO vicksburg for
exchange drcd into at Prentiss, Miss. The COM
mander of the gunboa having the fleet under convoy inn
mediately landed aud allowed the inhabitants fifteen
minutes their women and children at the e1
piraon OF which time he sheed and burned the town.
The proximity OF the rebels to the Penns ylyana bcr
der caused tue Governor call the militia Of the State TO
arms, and over seventy hve thousand men responded
flag OF truce from the rebel army of invasion came
into the Union camp on the battle field Of Antietam.
asking permission 10 bury their dead. Permission was
granted, and the day occupied in buryns the dead
aud taking of the wounded.
I0th-The rebels evacuated HarIers Ferry, leaving
three hundred their sick and wounded soldiers. Be-
fore aving they burned all the government property.
six hundred gueraa attacked Oweusbofo, KY, in two
bands. Colonel Nstter commanding the Union force,
attacked Of the bands and slain. Eve Of our
men were wounded. The rebels lost five killed. At
noon shellcd the rebels, killing three, when they
retreatcd.
At daylight General Mcclellan discovered that the rebel
invading army Sharpsburg, Nd, had changed their
position during the night and about nine O'Clock II was
manifest that the rebels In full retreat The Union
cavalry Immediately gave chase, and during the remain
the day annoyed the enemys rear guard and took
three thousand prisoners.
1Oth--ceneru Rosccrans attacked the rebels under
General Price, about two miles from Iuka, Miss, Ia the
afternoon and tho Sight lasted until dark. The enemy
retreaed during the night leaving their dead the
icld The following the cffcin statement OF the result
The New York herald., 1862-12-31
So tursiay, November !,

The government postal currency, constituting fractional
parts OF dollar having been issued in suciens ouanti
ties to satisfy the demands Of trade the letter swps
were gradually Withdrawn from circulation.
General PIeasanson with detachment from the Army
OF the Potomac, up with the enemys cavalry ana
artillery at Philomont Va. The Ggh, which was con-
due wholly by artillery lasted about i've hours, when
the enemy rereated TO Unon small town three mills be.
yond eenemys force consisted OF portion OF Stnarts
cavalry and battery Five Of them are known tc have
killed. After the artillery firing ceased the rebels
came out into apple orchard and fired from behind the
trees. They were finally repuseA, we losing one man
killed and fourteen wounded The Union troops then
entered apdoccupied Phognont subsequently General
Psasanton party In pursuit Of the reses towards
Bloomfield. They up with them, and another
skirmish ensued which lasted nearly four hours when
tho enemy fed leaving their dead tho field Our loss
was twelve killed anG wounded.
2d-An engagement occurred near Williamson, N. G.,
which ives barren Of benefit TO either side The forces
engaged were not over FIVE hundred and the losses
were about equal being three killed and between
thirty and forty wounded
General Hancock with detachment OF his force drove
the enemy out Of Snickers Gap Va and took possession
General Peasantcn renewed the attack on the rebels be-
yond Phdomont and drove them beyond the town 81
Union.
3d-The prisoners exchanged up 70 the present date
-~~' -
, 1862-09-20

These good and great men had gone to their
graves, but the memory of their names was fresh
in the minds of the lovers of progress and of west
ern development, and one more effort was made
by the friends of the North Pacific to secure to
us its peaceful possession, opening up line over
Lewis and Clarke's route by which our citizens
could travel towards this newly explored region,
and thus estrblish an infant colony-an outpost to
our fast increasing Republic.
With this view DR.. Floyd, the elder, (whose
mantle fell upon so shameless a son as the late
Secretary of War; at that date representing his
district in Virginia in the House of Representa-
tives was among the first to bring the matter up
in practical shape by introducing before Con-
gress bill to open a communication from the
Columbia to the Missouri, for which $4,000 was
asked, but which was allowed to slumber on the
table of Congress without successful action.
Though much detailed information was by this
time added to that gained by Lewis and Clark,
still nothing was done by our Government till
later by which we have been enabled to build up
an important arm of our confederacy upon the
racine coast.
Among the any warm admirers of Lewis aud
Clark, man who studied to appreciate their tolls
and their labors, was the late Colonel Benton. In
his aims and efforts to make his favorte State of
Missouri what she is doubtless destined to be-
come-the great central State of wealth and i'm
portance to our nation-he early devoted his la
bors and the powers of his mind towards the open
ing of a practicable highway across the route pur-
sued by these early pioneers. The future por-
trayed not only for the city of ST. Louis the State
of Missouri, but the country at large formed the
oft-repeated theme of his eloquent appeals in the
Halls of Congress- and why ne abandoned this,
his then favorite project for routes amid snow
clad mountain ranges, and over alkaline plains
and arid deserts, nevercould understand, unless
chasing him among the sectional partizans of the
day, who, for private views and private interests,
are often ready to forsake long cherished friends
and projects, and marshalling their talent under
a new standard with new pledged friends, for the
pleasure and profit OF the hour
Conclusion nert toeek
, 1862-09-20
The old Homestead.
BY MISS ALICE GARY.


When first the skies grow warm and bright
And flash with gold the hours,
And In her pale faint robes, the Spring
Is calling up the flowers
When children, with unslippered feet,
Go forth with hearts ofglee
To the straight and even furrows
Where the yellow corn must be;
What beautiful embodiment
Of ease, devoid of pride,
Is the good old fashioned homestead,
With doors still open widel
But when the happiest time is come,
That to the year belongs,
Ofuplands bright with harvest gold,
And meadows full of songs;
When fields of yet unripened corn,
And daily garnered stores,
Remind the thrifty husbandman
OF ample threshing floors
How pleasant, from the din and dust
Of the thoroughfare aloof,
Seems the old fashioned homestead,
With steep and messy roof
When the woodsman plods, with ak
Upon his shoulder swinging,
And in the knotted apple treo
Are scythe and sickle hung;
When light the swallows twitter
Meath the rafters of the shed,
And the table on the ivied porch
With decent care is spread
Then hearts are lighter and freer,
Than beat in the populOus town,
In the old fashioned homestead,
With gables sharp and brown.
When the flowers of Summer perish,
In the cold and bitter rain,
And little birds with weary wing
Have gone across the main;
When curls the blue smoke upward
Toward the bluer sky,
And cold, along the naked hills,
And white the snowdrift lie
In legends of love and glory
They forget the cloud and storm,
In the old fashioned homestead,
With.hearth-stone large and warm!
, 1862-09-20
HENRY LAW

FORWARDING AND COMMISSION Merchant
Il Front street, Portland, Oregon.
Importer and dealer in Eastern Wagon Timber,
Hubs, Spokes Felloes, &c.
Also on hand and for sale General Assortment
of Oregon Produce.
A constant supply of the Celebrated Standard
Mills Flour on hand and for sale in lots to suit.
ly
, 1862-09-20
J. w. COOK.

MANUFACTURER and Wholesale and Retail
WI Dealer in Tents, Awnings, Wagon Covers,
Ceilings and Sacks. Portland, Oregon.
Tents, Awnings, and Wagon Covers, made to
order.
Flour and Grain Sacks constantly on hand and
made to order.
Orders from distance promptly attended to-
All orders made returnabe by the first conveyance.
Iv
, 1862-09-20
GRADON B. STUDERUS.

"AGON, CARRIAGE AND BUGGY MANU-
w facturers-Front street, Portland, at North
end of the Bridge, nearly opposite Bessers Saw
mill. (ShOp formerly occupied by Hay & GradOn.)
Wagons of every description made to order
Orders from the country promptly attendedto.
Iv
, 1862-09-20
Prenticeisms.

We ask the men of Kentucky, as Charles An-
derson asked those of Ohio: Will you remain the
proud, full heart of the great Republic, or will
you forever become bleeding frontier, desola-
ted border
If all the great Powers CT Europe were to in.
tervene, this country could never be conquered.
And, even if it could, it would sink only amid
seas of blood and oceas of flame.
We all owe allegiance to the Federal Govern
ment, and the debt must be paid. This is a case
in which Imprisonment for debt has never been
abolished.
We don't know whether the bite of a rebel is
venomous, but we would about as soon risk the
bite of tarantula, rattlesnake, or a mad dog.
The devil is probably rich, but, if he had to pay
his taxes as a member of the Southren Confedet-
acy, he would soon be poor devil.
We cannot learn that Hunter is doing anything
in South Carolina beyond devoting himself to his
negro school.
The prosecution of the war with the most tre-
mendous vigor is the only recipe for the estab-
lshment of peace.
~ SSb"oliSu 0HS bSib4S ASiSh VI pSoSS anu
prosperity, we must inaugurate hard rain of bull
lets.
If we are tired Of our liberties, it is time the
earth should be tired of our living presence.
The first great want of the time is men. The
second is money Let both be forthcoming.
The abolitionists need not think that this war
can be brought to a close by necromancy.
Hereafter our armies will not mince matters ex-
cept when they cut up the rebels.
Fellow-citizens, "go where glory waits you,T
and don't let her have to wait long.
Martial law has its faults, but it is better than
mob law and better than no law.
When the devil rebelled, God didn't swear him
and ask him to give bonds.
The restoration of the Union seems likely to
cost us more than we have been in the habit Of
supposng. Well, the more it costs us the more
we shall probably value. it when accomplished.
Perhaps It's best SO.
The Union girls of Baltimore, to enable the
young men to 90 into the armies, offer to take
their places behind the counter and keep their
situations until they return-and marry them
then.
The United States authorities are tired of en-
ercising undeserved forbearance. Avenging JUS
tice has slept but she has had stern and terrible
dreams She is stretching herself and rubbing
her eyes now
All of us have boasted thousands of times of
the bravery and devotion of the men who estab-
lished our Republic. And what will all the COM
ing ages say of us if we fail to preserve it.
Our old regiments, we trust, will all be filed
Immediately. We guess that the halfstarved
rebel regiments would be glad to get their ELL for
once.
Morgan touched no sympathetic cord in the
heart of Kentucky but came very near touching
another kind of cord.
We shall yet have redeemed Republic and
live in peace. The Union will pc preserved
and not in jars either.
Proper Notifications are necessary, bat soldiers
kept too long in digging trenches dig their own
graves.
Every dscourager of enlistments among us
holds military office he is Aid to the rebel
lion.
, 1862-09-20
BOOT AND SHOE SHOP!
HUMASON g. ODELL,

o. HUMASoN. II JAS A. oDELL
A TTORNIES AND COUNSELORS AT LAW,
N Dalles, Oregon.
Prompt attention given to collections and other
business placed in their hands.
March %, 1862 15ly
, 1862-09-20
DENTISTRY.

OHARLES HERZOG PRACTICAL DENTIST,
~ has recently received new set of instruments,
and Dentistry material and now feels well assured
that he can give better satisfaction than to those
who may patronize him. Charges moderate, and all
work warranted.
Office 4th door above the Union Hotel, Main street,
Walla Walla 2ly
, 1862-09-20
CITY Brewery and Bakery.

" MEYER, Manufacturer and Wholesale and re-
II. tail dealer IN Lager Beer; Bread, Butter, Wa
ter, Boston, Sugar, and Soda Crackers Pilot Bread
Pies, Cakes, &C., and dealer in Family Groceries,
Fruits Vegetables and Wines and Liquors.
Main street. Wala Walla, at the sign of Bakery -
a few doors below Kyger e. Reese's [ly
, 1862-09-20

AN IMPoRTER.-The Hartford (Ct.) Colrdnt
denounces as an imposter the man calling him
self the Rev. Mr.. Clark, son of the rebel Gov
ernor Of Texas, and son-in-law Of old Sam Hous-
ton, who recently gave a pathetic account of the
death Of Houston, his recent conduct, as stated
by the Courant, warranting the denunciation.
, 1862-09-20

BUYING GLovEs.-General Howards right
arm was shattered during the recent battles, and
was amputated above the elbow. While being
borne on litter, he met General Keamey, who
had lost his left arm in Mexico. g. want to
make bargain with you, general" said Howard,
" that hereafter we buy our gloves together
, 1862-09-20
Dr. I. H. HARRIS,

T ATE of Yreka, Cal, offers his professional ser
i vices to the citizens of the city of Walla Wala
and surrounding country. He will devote especial
attention to the diseases of Females and Children
Private consultations held at his office, on Main
street, opposite Buckley's Saloon.
, 1862-09-20

MASSACHUSETTS FINANCES. The $3.50, 900 ad-
ditonal to the "Union Fund" scrip of Massachu-
setts five per cents. has all been taken up at an
advance of one and half per cent. premium
The total amount of the bids therefor was $2,-
794,5O0.
, 1862-09-20

A PRINTERS SToRY.-"It was pretty exten-
sve breach of the peace that battle at Shiloh,"
writes a Chicago printer from his prison at Macon,
Ga. "The roar of musketry from six in the
morning till night sounded like an immense wa
terfall. No cessation, no rest-continual and des-
perate fighting. Dead men lay literally in heaps,
In some places where the wounded lay the brush
caught fire, and we could hear them scream as
the flames reached them. shudder when think
of it. Another remarkable feature of the battle
was the number Of dead negroes lying about in
secesh uniform. Draw your own inference. J
have seen negroes with guns in their hands acting
as sentries. No cotton is allowed to be raised
this year-the attention Of planters being given
chiefly to corn. No more whisky can be distilled
in the Confederacy. Whisky is scarce. Every
thing is scarce-but the guard l would like to
make myself scarce, but the guard is in the way,
and Trey have strong proclivity for shooting If
Yankee crosses their beat. They shot at
somebody who tried to escape last night; looked
at it in the morning, and found it was the fence
We have facilities for bathing here. and the men
avail themselves of the chance. To-day did nay
washing Zone shirt) hung it up on the grass and
stood guard over it till dry. Somebody may think
it hard to have only one shirt, but console my
self by thinking that many of us have none"
, 1862-09-20

A DAsHING CHAPLAIN.-The Chaplain Of the
Vermont cavalry regiment, Rev. Mr.. Woodward
Of Burlington, is about as plucky chaplain as
there is in the service. He frequently accompa-
nies scouting partes and as his horse is one Of the
feetest in the regiment, he is often in advance Of
the party when there are rebels to be chased
Not long since, in the Shenandoah valley, Mr..
Woodward, single-handed, ran down and captur,
ed two of Ashby's rebel cavalry, and would have
bagged the third if it had not been for the unfor-
tunate circumstance that while drawing his pistol
to send eaden messenger after flying rebel
who would not heed his summons to surrender,
the chaplain shot bis own horse through the neck,
The horse was not very seriously wounded, how
ever, and the chaplain regained the regiment
bringing his two captives with him.
, 1862-09-20
REVIEW

OF the Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1905,
from st. Louis to the mouth of the Column
bia--by CAPT. John MULLAN, u S. A.
, 1862-09-20
w. PHILLIPS,
i. r. CARDWELL.

~ ENTIST-will visit Walla Waa on profession
~ al business within few weeks. Definite no.
ice of the time will be given. ly
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-13
BROOM CORN.

10 the Editor Of the Whs:
In your paper of the q ult &c" desired iriorms
ton the management! OF crop OF broom cora. F0i
one the writer is glad TO such inquiry, as
eviuces desire TO be Independent Of fsokeedom ia .
small but important Of everyday domestic con
venence For a large portion o our sSoeping, well
well as other materials not oaly city, but esg
many of country people have for years besn paying
tribute to the North. Yet broom be cultivated
aud broOm5 manufactured easily in Virginia in an
section of the world Iis to be hoped thst for all com
ing time, our own LANDS and hands will entire
Iy supersede the .lkee article in this well thor
slnds of other copvenicnces equally within reach.
Mlny years ago, the writer OF this had some expert
snco in cullyatng broom corn, and if ho is not antc
pated by sber correspondent will cheerully give
&C" and others the benefit of that eIpe cnce and will
you allow him lote to express the hope that
try people will turn their attention. least in de-
gree, to this subject.
Any land that wilsproduce is equally well adsp
ed to broom corn. The OF planting is about tba
same. The mode however, is different. Broom corr
may be broadcast 10: very thick, say half bush'
10 the acre. il you want fac article for nice work. such
as clothes wisps in such you want small stalks
aud short brushes but for ordinary purposes you need
stouter s.alks and longer htusses To secure thes,
without having either too rank tho beet way Ia 10
in drills abou; ihickly garden peas buSh beans
are Gown. The drils should De about thirty inches
apart 50 az to admit the OF the cutivaor hoe
With these implements aud the times of their USE the
rules usually pursued in tho culture Of may bo
adop'ed.
When the broom part we'll developed bu! not en-
,irely msured, each sAh should be broken, aud The
head allowed to hang Inverted till the time OF gathering
This will require frequent attention ald the exercise ot
some Judgment II not broken soon enough, The Wind
AID rain will berd down portions OF the Top aud thus
render them uLf for it broken soou there will
be tendency in the top to rise again, aud The same it,
Jury will ensue. Ths stsk should not be broken at
Joint for that would be death. tu between the pint
about foot below the basa OF the broom part
# shoull be cut the place where has been broken,
soon after the seeds have matlrej aud properly dried
by one or two days sun and then put under shelter
use. The seed best separated from the top by II
strong horn or iron comb What seed is not needed for
future crop will furnish fool for fowll, pigs S an
not sure it would an ,wer hOrsc feed if CbtAiGj
in sufficient quantities. Nv conviction is, that in the
present condition OF the country, broom Is an ait
clc, tho raising and manufacture OF which v Il pay.
HFH.