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kept to private justice. Whatever are
the evils Of the past, let them wait until
peace gives time, and opportunity, to con-
slider and apply the remedies. When the
trials, and sacrifices Of war, have been
endured when we have learned to val.
ue the virtues Of self denial, generosity
courage, Intelligence i'm word, true
manhood I'VE may be better able to
heal the disorders, which have been en-
gendered by mean seIfishness, and the
greed Of gin.
1t is unpalriotic, rs it is uncharitabIe
and unchlistian, to reproach one another,
at this time, whether we occupy tue
equally unfortunate positions Of creditors,
who cannot be paid. or OF borrowers who
cannot pay. II the ,ouchstone OF truth
were applied, it might most probably ap
pear that all were in both positions. Do
we not know that il is the borrowing sys
tenn, and not the men engaged in it,
which has brought upon theNwhole coun.
try, the present confusion and dis,rusl
Men and women, priest and people, Gov
ernment and citizens, have all preferred
the worship Of the Golden Calf to tha,
Of the Father aud Lord OF all. We must
submit, rs the Children Of Israel did, TO
have that idol, which WAS made Of "the
golden ear rings from the ears Of (hei)
wives and OheiD sons and daughters"
"burnt and beat to powder and strowed
into water, and drunk; SO tha, it may
be cast out, as filth from the very bowels
Of the people.
1t has been to the honor Of people Of
the South, that no where; among US, have
we behed the sordiG huckslering about
money, which now perplexes the usurpa'
ton Of the North. Every where, our
banking institutions have manifested the
patriotism Of those who control them.-
Their means, such as they are, have ever
been freely, and cheerfuIlv, exchanged for
the public Scrip. They have come for.
ward, with all their financial ability, to
the aid of our Governments; and, although,
in doing so, they have acted wisely for
their own best interest; still, they may
have displayed n less liberal spirit, and
may have demanded special advantages
They seem to have acted with prompt
ness, and, wiihs,anding the tendencies
Of the money power, to ex,ortionate, ami
narrow minded selishness and timidilv,
they have risen superior to the tone aud
temper of the system, in which they have
been trained
Let us not then, indulge in recrinina.
ton, and mutual reproach but let US
rather employ our minds IN devising the
best means for accomplishing the great
Object IN view and let US have manly
confidence in each other. Let us not con
found things, which are not the same, in
a common censure. Whatever NAV be
wise, and practicable, and just to all, let
that he done.
CAMILLUS.
Lancasterville, February Il, 1862
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was thought Of her complaint until, alas!
it was too late.-AykdnSas paper.
Northern and European Intelligence.
NORFOLK. February 1.-The flag of
truce boat to-day brought ln:e Northern
papers, from which the following items
are extracted
The steamship Nova Sco,ian, bringing
five days later European intelligence. has
arrived.
France is sending additional troops to
Mexico. The French will take the lead
in the advance on the CITY of Mexico, and
vii! hold the country until arrangements
are made. England will not Object, as
she has no desire to uphold the Monroe
doctrine.
Cotton is falling in Liverpool. Bread
s,uffs rising.
The New York Herald, Of the 9Th,
says that powerful conspiracy exists in
Congress to oppose Lincoln and break
up the union. 1t SAYS it Ia very evident
that th" European Powets are resolved
to break the blockade.
Mayor Opdyke. Of New York, writes
that unless the floating debt is promptly
paid. it will be difficult TO obtain sup.
plies for the army at any price.
I ~
eral Hunter and returns to the Senate
The ministerial journals of Enlaud and
France keep up fierce TRADE against the
stone blockade. The attitude Of France
is very menacng.
The French steam despatch boat Per.
felt nj Cherbourg la, received orders 20
sail to North America on a special mis-.
sion.
Chase has written another letter to the
Committee on Finance, urgently calling
tor immediate action.
J. ID. Bright ha. been expelled from
the Senate.
The floating debt Of the Federal Gov.
erninent is Sl20.000,000, and increasing
million or two a day.
Prince Napoleon is seriously i'll.
The Liverpool Post says the war mus,
be Immediately stop 'rd. by mediation il
possible, by force if necessary. France
ID to lead in declaring the blockade in
efficient. 1t is said tho French Minister
is to join Lord Lyons in protesting a.
gains, the checking Of Charleston harbor.
Earl Russell, in a despatch TO Lord Lv.
ons. says the "checking Of Southern har
bors is "A plot against the commerce Of
all maritime nations. and against the free
intercourse Of the Southern States with
tie CIVILIZED world" Lord Lyons is TO be
instructed to protest agains, any further
stone blockades.
The Confederate steamer Sumter has
reached Gibraltar, and burned another
American ship.
R,cuuoxn F.h ,,-Tho Nan Vol,
! UeraI Of The lO,h ssvs ,b,, ,ba o,,
boats attached to the Burnside exned;,ioD
had nin.-;nch ou,. sII q, than IN. h,r
,.l no,n,o,.
Wv. p""
a d'sPatch 10 The CINCINNATI CONNER
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Intelligence reached us Yesterday that
Fort Henry. on the Tennessee Rn O., in
command Of Gen. Lloyd Tilghmau. Ct
Kentucky, had fallen on Thursday INTO
the hands Of the Federal army, after q
brisk engagement Of two hours duration
with his gunboats, lasting from l2 o
clock N. to 2 p. m.
Further dispatches fully confirmed this
intelligence, and snnounc. the safe ar.
rival Of the body Of the garrison, com
posed, Of 5000 men, at Fort Doneson,
eleven miles distant on the Cumberland
River, at IL O'Clock Thursday night
Gen. Tilghnan, Maj Gilmer. Capt. Mil
Ter and eighty officers aud men, were
surrendered with the Forr. having 70
manned in the Fort TO cover the retreat
Of the forces which we are inclined To
believe WAS inevitable from the high water
OF the Tennessee, running almost into il
and threatening hourly to inunla,e it,
thus making it s"s'aughter pen" for the
shells Of the enemy, whose boats could
take position TO completely command
II. The location oi this fort WAS unfor
tuna.ey made, during the period Of Ken
tuckv neutrality, when the President Of
the Confederate States and the Governor
& a., L., 4.
respcc, the position OF our sister State.
and before the forces Of Lincoln had he
gun TO make campaign grounds OF its
soil. Under these circumstances, il WAS
found Necessary 10y the engineer who 10,
Gated i! to refrain from occupying an EN-
inence on the opposite bank Of the river,
which lies in the State OF Kentucky, and
which commands tie fort. !, was
deemed, however, sufficiently strong 10
resis, any force which might probably be
brought against it by the enemy by
water. the Lincoln Government no, hav
lmg then devised the system OF iron clad
gunilees which il has since Adopted
The proper location for our fort ought TO
have been ~ the "narfows" between the
IrEnessee and Cumberland rivers, where
the two rivers approach each other IN
their winding courses AT distance OF
only three miles, tie intervening tongue
"f land being ele, atel and comnar ding
both rivers. tn. considerations We have
mentioned prevented its location at tina,
point Fort lleurv is an elahora,e and
well constructed earthwork, AMI had it
been in commanding position, would
have excited the ad dmratiuu Of all enCi-
neers. We cannot describe il for want Of
sufficient information M to its construc
t'on and approaches. II was, however,
generally regarded by military men, in
consideration Of lis situation, ~ a weak
for'ica,lon, which WAS compelled to fail
whenever i, was approached in suflicien,
force 10y land and water. II WAS provi.
ded with some Of the best guns iu the
service. both rti,d and smooth bore, Ten
32's, one eight itch columbiad, and one
Responder rifed gun.
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Warming 10 Snuff DipDers Mi

Warming TO Snuff Dippsrs Mia.
Gibson, beautiful young lady. died from
the effects Of snuff dipping. in Arkansas.
She fell asleep with the "mop" 10 her
mouth, and was found a corpse some
hours after. A post mortem revealed tho
fact ,ha, she had swallowed the juice,
which was converted INTO nicotine, a
deadly poison /; her lips, cheeks and breast
we're smeared with the foul snuff 10 her
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dying struggles, alone in her room. Be
fore she retired she felt dreadful sick
ness, having swallowed some OF the juice,
but she had used it so long that nothing
was thought Of her complaint until, alas!
it was too late.-Arkdnsas paper.
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5 D u Il IL G. A r 0 l. IN A =.
LANCASTER DISTRICT.
(In the Common Pieas)
Dudley N. U'sery,et al. } Decl"ra'ion

vs.. in
Samuel Spence. ! Attachment.
Whcrea, the Plaintiff did IN the second
day Of December 1861. file his Declaration
against the Defendant, who (ns it i- said) is
absent f:om and without The limits OF The
State and has neither wife nor Attorney
known within the same, upon whom copy
Of the said Declaration might be served.
II Ia therefore ordered tla, the said De-
fendant do appear and plead to the said
Declaration, on or before the third day Of
December next, which will be in the year
OF oui Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty.two, otherwise final judgment will
then be given and awarded against hn,.
ii. J. HANCOCK, Crk.
Dec. 4,h, lS6i.-l3-Iy.
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(Latrr)

CHATTANOOGA, February lo.-Ths enc
my have again returned to Florence. No
bridges have yet been burned, but rail,
road communication between this place
and Memphis is entirely cut of. The
report tbats fgb, bad taken place at
Bear Creek, is untrue. The Lincolnits,.
a. las. accounts. were landing at East
port, Mississippi, on the Tennessee River,
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Important from Chsttanoops

CHArrAsooaA, Tenn, February o.
The enemys gunboats reached Florence,
Ala, about ioar p. m, Saturday. They
landed wi,hou. resistance, and occupied
the town. Lest n'.ht they were within
a mile OF Toseumbia. This morning they
had left Florence, and returned to- their
gunboais.
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The First Year of the War.

From statement recently published
in the Charleston Courier, and said TO be
complied from official reports, we take
the following items, which exhibit the
victories, defeats, and losses on both sides
during the past year:
Confederate victories, SO,
Federal victories, 8,
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LANCASTER SOUTH CAROLINA MORNING. FEB
The Fall of Fort Henry.

I From The Nashville Union and american,
In I
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Confederate victories, So,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-05
The nrnn.

A Washington dispatch of Friday says that
q nisapprehension exists in the public mind
with respect to the order issued by the Govern
ors ofseveral States for the postponement Of the
DRAFT until the 10th or 18th OF September
These orders are not. as is supposed 10 some
quarters, issued under the direction or By the
permission of the War Department: nor do
they foreshadow the adoption Of any course
differing from that announced in the published
general order of the Department Oh this subject.
On the contrary, circular letter, called out
by complaints and petitions from various quar-
tiers was recently sent to all the Governors to
the effect that in the present exigency the Gov
eFnment did not feel at liberty TO revoke or
modify the order fixing the 1st of September
as the day for drafting to commence: that,
however, if Governor, finding it impossible to
complete The enrolment and other prelimina
ries in season should fix later day, he Woud
do so on his own responsibility. That is 10
say. il the State Government could not obey
the order Of the General Government, the Gen
eral Government must make the best Of it.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-05
Latest News from Centerville ane Fairfax.

Washingto ton Sept 3.-The city TO night is
in stat" OF great excitement, aud not with
out cause Last night there was serious Skir-
mishhg along our whole front, during which
we lost two of oar best Gcnerals and other
yaluuB B1e officers. Il is stated that it WAS
Hookers brigade which drove the rebels hack
but this mile of skirniShing was attended with
great l,ss OF life
~ I this morning a train Of 100 wagons Of
conmisury stores was intercepted by The enemy
between Fairfax aud CenlerTillc and driven
off toward Cenierville heiorp il could be over
taken. When this raid. OF our rear n Cen.
teFyille, was known, the necessity aI guarding
that direction eaustsl our whole army TO nban-
don Centcrville, and il WAS rnas<ed tliis side of
Fairfax Court Huuse. This noon it again
marched. and by evening the advance was in
sight of Munsou Hill,
The rebel cavalry followed at distance
but male no attack.
Washington. Sept 81 90 paro!cd prison.
ers. seine taken at Manassas, arrived this even
ing, They report that Gen. Lee las establish
ed his headquarters three miles beyond Bull
Bun. on the Warrington turnpike
| The only force al Fairfax was Stewards re.
| bel cavalry.
| Our men are engaged in burying the dead
/ Reports saw rebels marching to the rear OF
the Warrington pike towards Thoroughfarc
Gap.
Washington is qnict and excitement has sub
sided. The dispo<itiod of troops the last p
hours has restored confidence,
PHnIDELrmA. Sept. The Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia Nortl
4 American telegraphs that it is now under
stood that the period of drafting will Ne lei
with the Governors of the respected States t
decide for themselves, as the Government i
not disposed to push the matter, unless tn
emergency should be such as to render sing
days delay fatal.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-05
Slave Territory Free Territory.

The State of South Carolina and the State
Of Indiana have each IS ,OO0 miles of surface.
The ancient den of despotism was settled 200
years ago, and has now 100000 free iuhabit-
ants and 100000 slaves. The free State was
settled 20 years ago, and has now 100000
free inhabitants aud not slave. Indiana is
rich in corn aud wheat, the staples OF the
North; South Carolina in cotton, the staple
Of the South. Whence then, this vast differ
enee in their social and industrial development?
Solely from the human bondage which has
cursed the Southern coGntry, paralyzcd its
energies, enerYated lis inhahitaBts, brutalized
Its higher classes and degraded the lower, un-
Ill all coming time viii not restore all its orig
inal vitality In the free State, every man is
what he chooses to make himself, and he fairly
possesses all that he honestly earns. Inver-
sely, 'hen, he honestly earns all that he pos
se<ses, his enterprise and his achievements con-
etantly stimulating each atiler.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-05

The provost marshal Of St. Louis has noti-
Red seven well known secession females to quit
the city in forty-eight hours on pain Of i'm
prisonment for refusal.
Anthony Burns, whose surrender as a fugi-
tive in Boston, a few years ago, created 50
much excitement at the North, died at St.
Calherines, Canada West. where be was pas
tor ofa Baptist Churcb,On the 9th of July.
On the 9th inst. over 200 Confederate
prisoners were released from Camp Chase.
Ohio. There are 600 political prisoners there
yet
In St. Amanda, y. y. formerly North
EIba) where John Brown lived and was bur
led, of the eighty voters in the town, serenity
have enlisted. Their neighbors and the wo-
men agreed to gather in the crops for those
who are gone, and are doing it. The women
may be seen any day at work in the fields.
A correspondent writing from Cumberland
Gap on the 18th ult gives the following view
of affairs there: I'VE have large army of
secesh in front and 5000 or 10000 in our
rear. Last night all our trains dae came in
safely. We have no fears We can hold at
bay an army of 10000 as long as our provis-
ions last. Say 10 all our friends that this for
tress shall not fall into the hands of the enc
my. The moment an enemy shows himself
within three miles of Us shell whistles at his
head. They are on every hand, but they are
watched"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-05

The goth Regiment left for the seat of war
Monday morning last. and the following morn
ing were doing picket duty near COviDgton,
KY The departure of the Regiment though
it occurred carly in The morning and in the
midst Of a rain storm, was witnessed By a
large concourse of people.
Saturday evening the Regiment paid our
town visit, I.iept. Col. Brown in command
They made ine appearance and attracted a
largo crowd Of spectators. In point Of ma
terial the regiment would not suffer by com
parison with any other raised in the State, and
considering the very short time that had elaps-
ed since they were mustered in and organized
the bearing and movements of both officers
and men were highly credtable.
From present appearances it is not likely
they will be long il finding an opportunity tt
test their fighting qualitiee; and should thu
occasion occur, we doubt not they will fully
meet the expectations Of their friends ip theii
department 90 the battle field.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-05

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The Government of the United States docs
aot accept the plan proposed by Governor
Tod in his Proclamation declaring that he
would keep record of all men who provided
substitutes for the War. and use his influence
to gard them against draft. The Secretary oI
! War has published an order that contracting
for substitutes is against the recruiting service
and therefore be forbids it and declares heavy
| penalties viii be visited upon all convicted o
such misconduct.
1t Is great fact on which The future histo
rian will dwell in carefully wrought sentences
that after fifteen months of war,-after the oc-
cupation of Border States by Federal Soldiers
after the Mississippi river has been taken from
rebel control; after all the const has beer
blockaded; New Orleans under the old flag
and Richmond for weeks under direc
siege, the pivotal battles to crush rebellion, are
being fought on or near the very fields where
the first great clash Of arms was heard,-tha
after ffleen months of War all is not quiet OF
ibe Potomac.
At Anondale, Butler county, Penn
sylvania, all male inhabitants have
gone to the war. So the PostoffIce
can only be kept in operation by ap
pointing lady. Mrs. Nancy Black
has been appointed.
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gutciaI Aotites.

PRESERVE YoUR HEATH.--It is said, I'VE live
in fast age" and this may ls. considered most
etnphaticrlly So when we reflect that the av
erase age of the generation that is now on the
stage. is put down at thirty three years Our
fathers, who have gone before us, lived to the
rood old age OF threeScore and ten. Thurc are
but few however If Us, that will see fifty years
and the fault lies in US. Life may bc spun cut
to- us, and live to enjoy even more than
they, if we would take the precaution to guard
against the ulalA,lies of the day. We are sub
iect T., the dyspepsia. to custiveness. to dropsy
tn eompl ints of kidneys. of the liver, heart
ami stomach and heed them, in their earlier
stages, ax little as We would the scratch on the
finger But soon they are fastened upon us.
and a member OF the human family is wipe'i
off the stage There is a certain for these
diseases III any of their stages, and no man OF
sagacity will allow himself TO go day with
! ont providing himself with Dir. HAlSEf' S
! FOREST VINE and PILLS.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-05
The Condition Of England.

The London Morning Herald OF July l4th
contains the following picture of the present
condition of England. The Herald is one Of
the btierest of our opponents, and one Of the
warmest advocates Of intervention in our af-
fairs:
I've are actually spending more thaa orr
income; we have used up every extraordinary
resource, every additional windfall; we have re-
duced our balance at the national bankers; We
have Increased our debt in time of peace, in
one word, we ARE drifted into a state Of chron-
ic deficit We are in financial straits; we are
enduring a cruel pressure Of oftaxation, made un-
necessarily painful by proaisate fnancir,
whose policy is has been 10 subordinate the
public interests To the greed Of a clique and
the convenience OF a Cabinet. And all this
while our revenue has lost its much boosted re-
Cooperative power Receipts are waning,
trade is falling of, the country suffers from
deep and widespread commercial distress. Ii,
under sIch circumstances, an extFayngant ex-
penditure is still To 60 on in conjunction with
rotten and ruinous financial pniicy, much
more than the reputation ofa minister already
sclrdizcredi- ed, much more than the stability oi
a government already ;oitering, will he leopard
ized."
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-05

The report made TO the Governor by Conn
missioner PowELI. shows the following results
or operations in this county in connection
withthe proposed DRAFT
Whole number of enrolled men, as returned
by the County Auditor. AIS
Deduct exemp:s and those in the service 22I9
Leaving subject to draft 22a9
or the cxempts 738 are on Surgeons GER
tiicate OF physical d;sability-92 90 on evidence
on other grounds of exemptiou-and 1889
abroad Ia She service.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-09-05

1t is stated, says the Cincinnati Commercial
by military men who have official information
that draft for two thousand men in uamil-
ton comfy, is now inevitable. Nothing can
prevent it but the most extraordinary recruit
ing for the old regiments.
LOUIS NAPoLEoN's CoAr. Louis Napoleon
has come out with half military blue froch
coat All Paris have them and they'll be the
ton here next summer; out in the mean time
il you are troubled with cold. cough, SORE
throat or hoaFseness, try few of Bryan's Pul
monic Wsfers, 25 cent? box, at.
A CURE FOR DIPTHERIA.--The Eastern FIX
press says: "A lady friend informs us, fol
publication, that piece of camphor placed
on the tongue, and left there to dissolve, is 1
sure cure for this dreadful malady. She sayI
it has been tried efeetually to Ter knowledge