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The weekly Butte record., 1862-02-15
At Eventide.

What spirit is't that does pervade
The silence Of this empty room'
And as l lift my eyes, what shade
Gides OF and vanishes into gloom ?
I could believe, this moment past,
A known form filed that vacant chair,
That, here, kind looks were on me cast
never shall see anywherel
The living are so far away,
But thou, thou seemest strangely near;
know'st all my silent heart would say,
It's peace, its pains, its hopes, IFS fear.
And from thy calm supernal height.
And wondrous wisdom newly won,
Smilest on all our poor delight
And petty woe beneath the sun.
From all this coil thou hast slipped away
As softly as the cloud departs
Along the hillside purple grey
Into the heaven of patient hearts.
And 1 who, ignorant and weak,
Helpless in love and quick in pain,
Do eyermore, still restless. seek
The unattainable in vain
Find it strange comfort thus to sit
While the loud world pnheeded rolls,
And clasp, ere yet the fancy fit,
friends hand from the land of souls.
[Chamber's Journal
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0CE ANrIPoDES-The Chinese are our an
tipodes in manners and customs as well as in
their location upon the globe. One of the mis-
sionaries to that country writes: "The Chi
nese parents select the wives for their sons,
and decide whom their daughters shall marry
Their badge of mourning is white, and their
funeral cards are written with blue ink. They
mourn for the dead by proxy, and select a
burying place by the aid of one who makes
that his profession. We read horizontally ;
they perpendicularly. We read from left to
right; they from right to left. We uncover
the head as mark of respect they put on
their caps. We black-ball our boots; they
whitewash theirs. We compress the waist
they, the feet. We give the place of honor on
the right they, on the left We speak of
north west; they, of west-north. We say the
needle of the compass points north; they, to
the south. We shake the hand of a friend in
salutation they shake their own. We locate
the understanding in the brain they, in the
belly. Our officials designate their Office or
rank by star on the breast Or epaulets on
the shoulders they, by button oa the apex
of their caps We page our books at the top;
they on the margin. We print on both sides
of the leaf; they, upon one. We place our
fOot-notes at the bottom they at the top OF
the page. We mark the title of book on
the back of the binding they, on the margin
Of the leaf. In our libraries we set our volumes
up they lay theirs down. We keep our wives
in the parlor; they keep theirs in the kitchen.
We put our daughters to school they put
theirs to service. We propel our canalboats
by horses and steam they pull theirs by men.
We take our produce to market by railroad
they take theirs on mems shoulders. We saw
lumber and grind flour by steam and water
power; they do it By human muscle. We
turn a thousand spindles, and fly hundred
shuttles without single hand to propel they
employ 4 hand for each We print by q pow
er>press and metal type; they, on wooden
blocks with hand brush.
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The GRAvE,-Always the idea Of unbroken
quiet broods around the grave. 1t is port
where the storms of life never beat, and the
forms that have been tossed on its chatting
wave lie quiet for evermore. There the child
nestles as peacefully as ever it lay on its moth
ers arms. aud the w0rkmau's hands lie still by
his side, and the thinkers brain IS pillowed in
silent mystery, and the poor girls broken
heart is stceped in balm that extracts its Sc
cret woe. and is in the keeping of charity
that covers all blame.
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NY Home.
BY MRS. H. b. NOBLE.

Ny home is not a rose -wreathed cot,
Where bees with the blossoms play,
Such as poets and novelsts rave about,
In their most dcectable way;
Ii has never woodbne 'gainst the roof,
0rjasmine over the door;
No tiickering sunbeams through the vines
Make pictures upon the floor.
My home Is only suite of rooms
Up pair of unpainted stairs,
Where some of life's blessings find their way,
And some of its darking cares.
And yet good sooth, know to day
OF many beautiful home
That IS like, in illusive loveliness,
To breakers hidden by foam.
And turn with smile to my humble home,
And bear with a sweet content
It's daily burden of toll and care,
Which the Master hath wisely sent.
have books and paintings, modest share;
! have simple treasures, good store;
And the honest love of one manly heart
Then why should sigh for more?
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A GENTLEMAN while taking drive through
one of our country towns, accompanied By his
Irish servant, had the misfortune to have his
vehicle smashed up. and himself and companion
thrown violently to the ground, by his horse
taking fright and running away. The gentle
man was somewhat bruised, but not seriously.
His principal loss was that Of bis wig, which
had been shaken of; and on picking himself
up he found Pat in a mach worse condition.
holding his hand to his head with the blood
tricking through his fingers, and holding his
masters wig IN MS other hand, which be was
surveying with the utmost alarm and horror.
Well, Pat" said his master, are you
much hurt ?"
Hurt, is it? All, master dear, don't yoa
see the top Of NE head in ne hand -
Pat in his terror and confusion had mistaken
his masters portable hcad-pieca for his own
natural scalp. and evidently regarded bis last
hour as arrived
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KIND WoRDS.-Never be afraid to speak a
kind word to suffering fellow being it costs
you nothing, and it gives the one on whom it
is bestowed great deal of pleasure. A kind
word possesses much power; it often heals q
heart lacerated and almost broken it often is
the instrument by which the erring one is turn
ed back into the path of truth and virtue
Never look cross and utter unkind words be-
cause the one before you is clothed in ragged
garments, for you know not how soon fortune
may take to itself wings you know not how
soon the sun of prosperity may set 10 your life
sky, and all around and above you clouds of
misfortune and destitution may hover. o,
traveller on the highway of life, whisper kind
words Of encouragement and hope to fellow
travellers, and you viii loose nothing, but will
be fully rewarded hereafter, for every word Of
kindness, every act Of love and charity.
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BATTLES or The Observation-Disclosures
first batte-was fought April 10, 1775 Bun
ker Hill, June L, l775; Long Island, August
~, 1776; White Plains, Nov. 30th, I7776 !;
OF the Lakes, July >, 17777; Skenesborough,
July I. l777; Albany, August l6. 1777
Brandywine, September Il, HI; Saratoga,
October 17.7i; Germantown, October !, III;
ST. Lucie, I718: Rhode Island, IFS; Briar
Creek. l779 Camden, Aug. Is, 1850; Broad
River, February. l78l; Gullford Court House,
March l6, ISL; Camden, April %, ISL
Hobkirk's Hi, 17sl Entaw Springs, ISL
Yorktown, October %, Isl.
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He who talks too fast, outruns his hearer'
thoughts. lie who speaks toe slow, gives hi;
hearer pain by hiuderiug his thoughts, as o ri
der gho fTeis his horse by refining him in too
MUCK
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place TO reside il, coupled IS il was with the
miseries and satfezings she had endured while
her lover had been absent. She dreaded living
there again when he was at sea, and they
therefore determined to come TO the New
World where there was a better chance for
employment in the Merchant service than
England offered. The young wife was but too
happy to turn her back upon the friends who
had deserted her, and to make her home
among her husbands kindred in the New
World.
They were very near peuniless when they
arrived in New York, but her husband found
friends at once-what was better, employment.
It was in the summer season, when old captains
are 10th to make voyages TO Southern ports,
and therefore stay at home. and permit younger
men to run the risk Of dying of fever in their
place. 1t was in such position as this that
our hero found himself soon after landing on
his native shore, from which he had been ab-
sent so long. He took the command of q
ship bound to New Orleans, as yellow fever
captain, and placed his wife in cottage in
Brooklyn. She parted from him with pre-
sentiment that she should never behold him
again, for she knew the risks he encountered ::
but he had no fear and the hope Of gaining a
regular employment would have caused him to
encounter much greater risks than he did
To his wife it was a prolonged agony during
his absence she had many kind friends to
console and encourage her, but she was 50 Sc
riously convinced that she had seen her hus-
band for the last time, that she never smiled
after parting from him. When the time came
to expect the arrival of her husbands ship, her
anxiety increased every moment until her fears
became intollerable She tried to suppress her
anxiety, but her friends saw too plainly how
fearfully she suffered, and when at last the
news of the arrival of the ship at quarantine
and that the captain was on board ana well
was received By the agent Of the ship, they
hurried to convey the joyful intelligence to her
She saw by their looks that they had good
news to tell, and as they broke the glad IL
dings to her, she attempted to speak but
Instead Of words, only blood flowed from her
lips. The excitement had proved TOO great for
her. She had burst a blood-yessel. They
called in medical aid, but it was of no avail
She never spoke again; and when her husband
enterd her apartment, he found her wrapped in
her winding sheet.
Here this little romance of real life should
end and the readers imagination be left to
picture the distress of the husband But real
life is not altogether what the Imagination
pictures it. The husband was stunned by the
spectacle that presented itself when he entered
his house, and his grief was as unconsolabie as
the grief of most husbands. Among the
neighbors who came in to offer their services
was young lady who bore a very striking re-
semblance to his dead wife; she was assiduous
in her attentions, did not dscrt him when the
funeral was over, and wept at the mention of
the unhappy woman, and was so truly sympa
thetic in ther grief, that before the captain
sailed on his second voyage, be left her behind
as his second wife.
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WHEN children who are born with silver
spoons in their mouth grow up, there is seldom
anything Of them left but the spoons.
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MARRIED life oftea begins with rosewood
and ends with pine. Think Of that, my dears,
before YOU furniture your parlors
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The fellow who said he would " see the bill
paid" probably had good eye-sisht
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IF you wait for others to advance your in
terests in this world, you will have TO wait Sd
long that your interests viii not be worth ad-
vaueing az all
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The discovery of truth by slow, progressive
meditation, is wisdom. Intuition of truth, not
preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius
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THERE is young lady up town who says,
that If cart wheel has nine fellows, it is a
pity If I woman can't have one. Sensible girl,
-
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To secure independence, the prctice of sim
pie economy is all that is necessary.
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Agents for Record.
Business Notice.

Messrs. THo's CALLow and D. NJ. BIsnoP, having
purchased interests in the RECORD Newspaper and
JOB Printing establishment, will hereafter be asso-
cated in conducting the business of the same. No
change win be made in the Editorial control of the
Paper.
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WOVEN never truly command till they have
given their promise 10 obey
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LABoR.-Labor is the magic key that un~
locks the portals of Success, The nation that
encourages, dignifes and exalts labor, has laid
the foundation of durability and lasting great
ness. 1t is this that makes men and builds up
nations. We pity the individual who con-
tennis honest toll. He has yet to learn one
important lesson of life. The noblest minds
have felt it no disgrace to labor. In fact, if in
the wide universe there is one thing more use
less than another, it is the drone, too proud to
work, and too stupid to live without work
We hold that the intelligent, upright, laboring
man is natures true nobleman, and that the
only sign manual recognized in the Courts of
Heaven is the seal of merit.
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MEDITATIoNs on TIE DEAD.-Go to tie
grave of buried love. and mediate. There
settle the account with thy conscience for
every past benefit unrequitted - every past
endearment uuregarded, of that departed being
who can neyer-never-return to be soothed
by thy contrition II thou art a child and
hast ever added a sorrow 10 the soul, or
furrow to the silvered brow Of an afectionate
parent il thou art husband, aad hast ever
caused the fond bosom that ventured its whole
happiness in thy arms, to doubt one moment
of thy kindness or truth if thou art friend
and hast ever wronged in thought, or word, or
deed the spirit that generously con6ded in
thee; if thou art a lover, aud hast ever given
one unmerited pang to that true heart which
now lies cold and still beneath thy feet then
be sure that every uukind look, every ungra-
cious word, every unsentle action, will come
thronging back on thy memory, and knocking
dolefully al thy soul then be sure that thou
wilt lie down sorrowing and repentant on the
grave, and utter the unheard groan and pour
the unavailing tear; more deep, more bitter,
because uuheard and unavailing.-( Irving.
Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-14
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SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 1873
JN0. A. RAwLINS.
Assistant Adjutsnt General.

HEADQUARTERS, DTsTRIoT OF WEST TENNESSEE
MEMPHIS, July g. 1862
Complaints Of recent Irregularities, brought to the
attention Of the General ommandng render necessary
the publication Of the following orders:
omcers, non-eommissoned officers, soldiers and per-
sons In the service Of the United States forbidden
trespass upon the orchards gardens private grounds
Of any person or PERSONS In any whatever
interfere with the same, without proper written author-
ty so to do Marauding, perng and any unauthorized
and unnecessary seizure or destruction of private
ery is prohibited by General Orders the Department
Nos and b. ssries of 1851 and will be punished viii
the extreme penalties imposed by the laws of War; woh
Is death.
II. Commissioned officers of companies viii not pass
their camp lines without written permission of dis
trct brigade regimentaI commanders, and then only
to be given In the letter Of permission Non.
commissioned officers and soldiers are prohibited frsn
leaving camp at time, except when detailed on duty
or on the written permission Of the Regtmertal Com
manders, who may grant such permission to not more
than thres men at any one time from each company to
Be absent under charge of non-conmissioned officer
who viii be held responsible for their good conduct
III. The pickets and guard reIefs will remain at their
In mediate picket guard Stations unless in the dis
charge Of proper military duty and wiz not stragge
therm under penalty of being arrested and severely
and summaEily dealt with.
". No commissioned ofcsr non-commisrioned officer
soldier win be permitted be absent from after
Y. The military police patrols, and picket guards wi
sTsss al pecps found violating any Of the provsios
q this order, sthsr b. rsspsssng upon the gardens
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A nai.,ls.,ppi refugee.

Joseph Taylor, of Warren county Miss
Union man who lives about six miles from
Vicksburg on the Yazoo, comes to st. Louis
on the Queen Of the West q refugee and
volunteer. He is we'll acquainted in Vicks-
burg and up to the 18th of July was IN the
city almost daily thus being fully acquainted
with the state of things there. He was al that
time arrested ana put in Jail there on suspicion
of being disloyal TO the confede-acy, but offered
the opportunity to enlist of which he at length
awaited himself, and joined Johnson's cav&lry,
but with the intention Of escaping the first op-
portunity. His service in the confederacy
lasted about two hours only, aud he claims no
pay or pension. he escaped and got to Com
modore Davis foti.ls. He was on board the
ram Queen of the West when she made her
onslaught on the rebel ram Arkansas, which
adventure failed through Misunderstanding
and want of co operation by the gunboats
which wss expected.
OF the operation by the Queen of the West
in this attempt, her exposure to the fire of two
six gun batteries, the manner in which she
was riddled without the loss of life, Taylor
gives vivid narrative
The rebel force at Vicksburg, he says, did
not exceed 1000 effective men. This he de-
own conservation s Sucf Vas tie want Of pro-
visions, that the soldiers then had what was
called but quarter rations, and that of poor
quality. The commissary declared, in his
hearing, that he had secured the country for
eighty miles, and that it was impossible to find
subsistence a very few days prolongation
of the siege, be asserts, would have resulted in
starving out the rebel force.
Provisions are very scarce. He thinks q
hundred pounds of bacon could net have been
bought In Vieksburg for one hundred dollars
because it was not there to be bought or sold
at any price. For barrel of inferior -four.
Taylor paid thirty-three dollars in juneau
article so poor that in ordinary times he would
not use it.
Vicksburg was entirely destroyed, the poor
or people scattered few miles in the country
and hnding such shelter as they could, while
those who had the means of removing to a
greater distance had taken refuge with rela-
tves, friends or acquaintance inland Re-
ports of deaths among those who had removed
were of daily occurrence, many Of them, he
believes, from want, if not actLal starvation.
There was no medicine to be had in Vicks.
burg at any price, EtattT s.
The houses in Vicksburg, he says, were rid.
died by the bombardment from the feet.
They were, however, unoccupied Several
were burnt by the she'll. His fare, while in the
JAIL, was very scanty-a piece of corn bread
twice day, aud water. The rations served to
the soldiers are of the poorest quality. the
meat being that of such cattle as could be
found and wholly unfit for slaughter.
10 MIN II seemed almost miraculous-after
the stories he had been told of want in the
Nortn--to ma provisions plenty and cheap.
Taylor Is hentuckian, but for the past twelve
years has lived upon the Yszoo. and. "a he
says, has never taken the Confederata oath hpt
at all times has refused to do so.-M ,.so1.y;
Democrat dug. 8.
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GENERAL MEDICAL ORDER No. 3.
HEADQUARTERS, DISTRICT OF WKsr TENNESSEE,
MemphisN LnlY 8 1s62

HEADQUARTERS, DISTRICT OF WEsT TENNESSEE,
Memphis July 3, ls62, !
SECTION l. The rank of medical well as other officers
is decided according to Section and Section g. of the
Revised Army Regulations Where therefore surgeon
the United Stats Army, Brigade-surgeon serves
with Division, holding his commission from the Pres
dent-he takes precedence before all regmena surgeons
and is the senior officer.
circuls. issued from the Office, Washington,
through the Acknowledgement Of the Urited States Army,
defines that the senior Medical Officer of Division is
ex-oficio to the Medical Director thereof
SIC 4kfeiicsl Directors of Division viii inspect the
regmental hospitals instruments, medicines and stores
and that they always in efficient state for instant
use.
SEC. 5. Medical Directors of Divisions will that
Surgeons regiments carefully keep the various records
required by the regulations.
SIC f. To facilitate labor, Medical Directors of Dyi-
sions will require the senior Engineer of each brigade to
collect from the Regimental Engineers their monthly
and quarterly reports consolidate them for the brigade
and send them to the Directors of Divisions who in
VIII consolidate the brigade reports and transmit to the
Medical Director Of the District the consolidated division
report without delay.
SEC. s. RegimentA Surgeons WILL every morning, make
the commander of their regiment the morning report
required by regulations and sead copy of the
the Medicad Director of Division.
By order of Major-General Grant
JOHN c. J. HOLSTOE,
jy4:tf Medical Director.
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SPECIAL ORDER NO. Il.
DISTRICT OF " EST TENNESSEE
0FFIcE OF THE PRovosT MARSHAL GENERAL.
MEnrAIs, Tennessee July 10, 1862.

OF TkNh
OFFICE OF THE PRovosT MARSHAL GLNERAL.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee July 10, 1862.
Ths constant communication existing between the So
called Confederate army, and their friends and sympa
tizers the city of Memphis, despite the orders here
tofore issued and the enforce them consrains
the is uing of the following order:
The families residing In the city of Memphis, Of
the following PERSONS required to move outh beyond
lines within five days from the date hereof:
/. All persons holding commissions In the so-called
Confederate army, who Voluntarily enlisted in said
army, who accompany and connected with the
same.
H. All persons holding Office under in the employ Of
the so-csled Confederate government.
III. All perso.s holding State, County municipal
Offices who aim allegiance to said soaed Confederate
and who have abandoned their families and
gone South.
Safe eoEduct beyond our lines will be given TO the par
ties hereby required to leave, upon application to the
Provost Marshal General, the Provost Marshal Of
Memphis.
BY command of Major General e. S. GRAFT.
.. VIM g. HILLYEB,
jy11-d Colonel and Provost Marshal General.