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The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-07-10
SENDING CITIZENS OF ALEXANDRIA
,oUTH.-The Alexandria (Va.), Gazette

SENDING CITIZENS OF ALEXANDRIA,
soUrHt + --Frhe 4 Alexandra Ya,) Gazette.
of Saturday, says:
This community was again much agi-
tated to-day by the contradictory rumors
aud reports relative to the order for send
ing persons South. The general impres.
sion, however, at the time of putting our
paper to press, upon information said to
have been received from Washington to-
day, was, that the order had been either
revoked, suspended or modified The re-
port as to the suspension Of the order
mostly prevails. We presume the Mill
tary authorities will give official notice
on the subject of any change. VI '.ai'.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-07-10

1H3-The &c Southern Egs' has q more extended cir
cuatiOn among the intelligent farmers and business meu
of Hartford, than any other paper in the county. No
Lock Hospital ether obscene "Lottery'' adver
tsemenls will appear in columns at any price. A
large number OF subscribers pay for their in ad
vance, and consequently just advertisers de-
sire TO reach.
The attention of respectable and legitimate advertisers
Is directed IN the above facts.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-07-10

what they have injured us. We think,
however, that we have touched them in
their tenderest spot, viz their pockets"
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-07-10
JTo Correspondents.

ALI communication for publication must be accom-
panied with the real OF the author or no atten-
tion will be paid TO them real name of the autho.
will not be published unless desired, but we cannot
consent TO insert com9nnicauons unless we know the
writer. ''' '-''
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22
(For the Bradford Reporter. }

Mr. EDITOR Permit me TO call the atten-
ton Of the public to the law respecting guide
boards at the corners where roads Cross
Any person who has travelled much in this and
the adjoining counties, must have noticed the
lack of these useful index boards the hands
of which direct him which way to go. He
has also many times, doubtless, been at con-
siderable trouble to find his way when he has
come to four corners, or where roads fork, be-
ing frequently some distance from any house.
In such cases very great Inconvenience is fire.
quently experienced, persons sometimes having
to 60 back or forward hundreds of rods or run
the risk of going miles out of their way. The
law is so plain on this point, that | do not see
why it is not enforced The act of June 18th,
1886, as found in the pamphlet laws for that
year on page 564, section 6I, reads thus =
" The supervisors aforesaid shall cause posts
to be erected at the intersection of all public
roads within their respective townships, (where
trees are not conveniently with boards firmly
fixed thereon, and index hands pointing to the
direction Of such roads, on which boards shall
be inscribed in large and legible characters,
the name of the town, village, or place to which
such roads may lead, and the distance thereto
computed in miles.
If any supervisor shall, after ten days.
personal notice, neglect or refuse to put or
keep up in complete repair index boards as
aforesaid, such supervisor shall, for every such
offence, forfeit and pay sum not exceeding
ten dollars"
Subsequent to 1886, special act relative
to roads was passed, which act embraced Brad
ford county Material changes were made,
but that part quoted above was not repealed,
or changed, only in this respect. In the ceun-
ties embraced by the subsequent act, three
persons were to be elected who were to be
styled road commissioners" and the Office of
supervisor was done away with Thus the
road commissioners are now as much under
obligation to keep up these index boards"
as were the supervisors.
I have travelled on almost every road in the
county, and doubt whether have seen twen-
ty-fve index boards" lettered and kept in
complete repair" as the law directs, in the
whole county. Why this is so am at loss
to determine. For persons travelling in their
own township, or its immediate vicinity, their
absence is no great Inconvenience, but to stran-
gers it is otherwise, as have frequently found
to my great perplexity.
The law appears to give any person the
right to notify The supervisors, or commission
ers in this county, that these index boards
are not kept up, and if one half of the fine goes
to the complainant as it does in many cases,
some money might be made, or the law would
be complied with. x.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22

HIsToRIcAL ExCERPs -" Rushes were used
to strew the floors in Normandy when Viii.
liam the Conqueror was born, for at the very
moment when the infant burst into life, and
touched the ground, he filled both hands with
the rushes strewn upon the hoor firmly grasp
ing what he had taken up. The prodigy was
joyfuily witnessed by the women gossipping on
the occasion and the midwife hailed the pro-
pitiouS omen, declaring that the boy would be
king"
"When Harold was in Normandy, William
took him with him in bis expedition to Brit
tainy, to make proof of his prowess and at
the same time with the deeper design of show
ing him his military equipment, that he might
perceive how far preferable y as the \ orman
sword to the English battle axe"
Harold's spies, before the battle of Has
tings, reported that almost all the Norman
army had the appearance of priests as they
had the whole face with both lips shaven. For
the English leave the upper lip unshorn, suf-
ering the hair continually to increase which
Caesar affirms to have been a national custom
with the ancient inhabitants OF Britain.
"The English at that time wore short gar
ments reaching to the mid knee they had
their hair cropped, their boards shaven, their
arms laden with gold bracelets, their skin
adorned with punc;ured designs They were
accustomed to eat till they became surfeited,
and to drink till they were sick. Those latter
qualities they impaired to their conquerors
as to the rest they adopted their manners"
Etherbald, of Merca, who died in 1866,
exempted all monasteries and churches in bis
kingdom from public taxes, works and impo,
sitions, except the building of forts and brid-
ges, from which none can be released. He
also gave the servants of God perfect liher-
ty in the protection of the product of their
woods and lands and the right of fishing Err
go, there were rights of the feudal character,
and game laws before the conquest"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22

LoNGEv1TY-There is nothing in the system
of nature, which in our present state of knowl-
edge appears unintelgible as the scale of Ion
gevity. 1t must be admitted, indeed, that our
knowledge upon the subject is very imperfect;
for all that is known of domesticated animals.
and the accidental facts that have been pre-
served concerning others, tend to the strange
result that longevity hears no relation either
to strength, size, complexion of organization,
or intellectual power. True it is that birds,
which seem to rank higher than beasts in the
scale of being, are also much longer lived
Thirty is great age for horse dogs usual
ly live only from fourteen to twenty but it
is known that the goose and hawk exceed
century. But fish, evidently lower rank in
creation than either, are longer lived than
birds it has been said of some species, and
of certain snakes also, that they grow as long
as they live, and, as far as we know, live till
some accident puts an end to their indefinite
term of life And the toad 1t cannot indeed
be said that the toad lives forever but many
of these animals which were cased up at the
general deluge, are likely to live till they are
released by an accident in the course of cen.
turies er 1855
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22
YOnrs.
L. 4. N.
Capt. Commanding Co. D., Hist Reg't p. V.
HEAD QUARTERS, ARMY CoRPS,
CENTRE GRAND Division, ARMY of POTOMAC, :
CAMP NEAR FALMoCrH, Va. Dc. 20, le62.


CAMP NEAR FALMoCTH, Va, Dc. 20, le62.
To Lieutenant Colonel JAMES DICKINSON, Assistant.
AdJutant- General, Centre Grand Division:
CoLoNEL.-For details and particulars as
to the movements and operations of Brigade
Regiments and Battalions, and the acts and
duties performed by individuals, and detach-
ments, | beg leave to refer to the reports of
some individuals, some of which are very elab-
crate and circumstantial
The state of affairs when Birneys lst Di-
vision arrived on the ground, followed soon af-
ter by Sickle's I'd Division, was anything but
promising Their opportlne arrival, however,
first checked, and then drove back the advanc
ing enemy, who yelling were in hot pursuit of
the two exhausted and retiring Divisions of
Mead and Gibson, saved all their arms which
had been entirely abandoned by their supports.
Doubleday's Division from being cut off, and
taken in reverse, left of Smiths Corps, (Which
had not been engaged) from being turned,
and possibly, if not probably, the whole left
wing of the army from disaster But in do
ing this valuable and important service, the
lst Division lost upwards of q thousandS as
brave men as ever pulled a trigger.
Of the conduct of this fine Division, can
not speak too highly ; composed as it is, of
regiments of almost every State, from the
Penobscot to the Mississippi. The whole
country may justly feel proud of its well earn
ed fame. The new regiments appeared to vie
with their veteran brothers in arms, iu cool
ness courage and efficiency.
When all act noby and we'll it is difficult
to distinguish. l must, however, be permit
ted to compliment Brig. General Birney, on
the handsome manner in which he handled
his Division, and his Brigade Commanders,
Gems. Berry, Robinson and Ward in the way
they fought their Brgades also Captain
Randolph aud his officers for the style in
which they used their guns, all the while un-
der fire of enemy, proving the value and eff
cheney of thorough drill aud discipline.
We, who survive, have to mourn the loss of
many brave hearted brothers in arms, but in
no way are we discouraged or dspirited by
the failure of our efforts to conquer a brave
and powerful foe, and all we ask or desire is
to be led to renewed effort in a just and holy
cause
lam, Colonel Very respectfully,
GEORGE SLOVENIAN.
Brigadier-Gencral, Commanding Corps.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22
0rigiual 4osttg.
written for the Bradford Reporter.)
AUTUMN RAIN.
By PHILA H. CASE.

Rain rain rain
Pattering over the window pane,
Singing dismal, sad refrain
To the winds low wall;
Moaning thro the vale.
, rooriem dirgc for the loved and lost,
vor the dreary hearts, on the dark billows tost-
The wild. black bllows of bitter pain,
That snrreth Up tor the noble slain
Rain rain rain!
Sweeping down on the battle plain,
Oh! will it wash out the purple stain
OF the hearts warm blood?
That flowed in food
o,or the terrible field where our brave men fell,
vbIe true men, fighting long and well
For their country and homes, Oh Autumn rain
Srsep down and wash out the crimson stain.
Rain rain rain
Dripping down again and again,
Like teardrops wrung from heart OF pain,
Are they tears from the sky
Are the clouds floating oy
Weeping such crystal drops over the land
Weeping such tears for the brave, noble band
On the battle field, still in their glorious sleep?
While the wind er their unmarked graves lone vigil
keep.
ROME, Pa.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22

A SACRED MEMoRIAL.-AmoDg the articles
rsturned from the battlefield with the dead
body of young soldier from one of the Con-
uecticut regiments, was Bible which had
been given him by praying mother On ex-
amining the Bible, single leaf was turned
down, which pointed to the following verse !:
There is Joy in the presence of the angels
of God over cne sinner that repenteth."
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22

Ba~ A western paper thus apologies for
poor issue:-" The Editor is absent, the fore
man has the toothache, the devil is drunk and
trying to drink lager beer out of boot.jack,
the press is out of order, and we amt we'll
ourselves; so please excuse poor paper this
week." .
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22
From the 141st Regiment, P.V
CAMP NEAR FREDERICKSBURG,
Ion,oru q lOeo

EDITOR REpoRTER-Dear Sir i: | forward
to you this complimentary extract for publica-
ton, as the l4lst Regiment Pennsylvania
Volunteers were engaged in the great struggle,
and composed part of Robinson's Brig.
ade which supported the battery all through
the hottest of the fight. l am happy to say
that not man faltered, but all stood up to
the work nobly.
Yours,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22

n9- dad. want to ask you question:"
"Well, my son." ''Wby is ueighbor Smiths
liquor shop like Confederate note ""I can't
tell, my sou" Because you can't pass it, said
the boy go strait to bed,you rascal, or I'll
make a smash of you"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22

BaP The substance of verdict of recent
coroners jury on a man who had died from the
effect of intemperance, was, Death by hang
ing-round rum shop"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22

na- To preserve Apples from rotting, put
them in dry cellar, of easy access to o large
family of children,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-22
TOWANDA {:

r,rrsday Morning, January 22, 1863.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-05
The .sGreat Consplracyn Case.

The examination of the persons charged with
eonspiring to release rebe. prisoners In Ohio,
will be commenced to-day. before the United
States Commissioner. Il ls only fair that there
should be asuspension of public opinion in this
case until all the facts are made known with
out coloring or distortion. There is reason to
believe that an exaggerated estimate of the
verify and Importance Of the Conspiracy"
may have been entertained, and that this will
become quite apparent when the testimony ia
taken and subjected to analysis.
We extract the above from the Cincinnati
Commercial Of Nov. 4. It's admonitlon for q
suspension Of public opinion in the case until
ell the facts have been made known, would
have come with better grace at the limo Of
the arrests than now. But the Commtreisl and
its party sought TO make the most Of the matter
to ipjure the Democracy In the New York and
other elections which took place on yesterday,
and these being over wea'e now told that there
is reason to believe that an exaggerated esti-
mate of the verify and Importance Of the
conspiracy" may have been entertained.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-05
The Two Policies,

There are 1.-TWO pollcies;" and the ALBANY
argus thus, very correctly, describes them:
1.-The Republican Polioy-to hold ont to the
rebels no inducement to return to the Union
no hope Of pardon or restoration 10 citizenship--
nothing but confscatlon, extinction Of theiI
States as political commudit tiles, and division Of
the soil among emancipated slaves nothing, ir
a word but black despair. This is the Republl.
can policy.
2-Conservative Polioy--to m eel the rebel
lion with strong military arm, and with the
distinct and firm assurance that no star shall be
plucked from the flag oi the Unlon-but at the
same time to hold vide open the door for tho re-
turn OF she rebel States to their constitutional
position and their former status In the Union,
whenever they will lay down their arms and re-
new their allegiance. This Is the Democratic
and Conservative position.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-05
The Maryland Election-Gen. schenck
and Gov. Bradford In Conflict.

A special to the Cincinnati Commercial, dated
Washington, Nov. 3, says;
The elections to-day and to morrow absorb
much interest here, and In the adjoining State
Of Maryland there is considerable excitement.
Gen. Scbenck has issued On order directing all
Provost Marshals to assist Judges of elections
in preventing all disloyal or unqualified persons
from voting. Gov. Bradford thereupon issued
a proclamation repudlating Schenck's order,
setting forth that the election privileges and
rights of all citizsns should be duly and
unrestrictedly observed, even though the pow
er OF the State should be brought into requi-
elion. .l
Gen. Schenck bearing Of the proclamation,
issued an order prohibiting the Baltimore pa
pers from publishing it.
The Cincinnati Gasetts's Washington special,
of the same date, says:
Gen. Schenck has issued an order requiring
voters to take the oath of allegiance In Mary
land. If called upon to do 30. He was here
to-day In consultation With the President
about IL.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-05
The Bull Run battle field presents ghsst
ly spectacle. A letter writer says:

In the long, luxutisnt grass one strikes his
foot against skulls and bones, mingled with
the deadly missiles that brought them to the
Garth. Hollow skulls lie contiguous to hem
ispheres of exploded shells. The shallow
graves rise here and there above the grasa,
sometimes 10 rows, and sometimes alone, or
scattered at irregular intervals.
Through the thin layer of soil that hides
the nameless hero WHO gave bis life for his
country, one gees the protruding ribs whence
the rain has washed their covering, foot or
an arm reaching out beyond its earthen bed /;
and once saw one Of these long slsepers
covered snugly up to the ohm, but with the
entire face exposed and turned up to the pass
or hy; one could imagine him soldier lying
on the field wrapped up In his blanket, but
shat the blanket was Of clay and the face Was
feshless and eyeless. r'o
In one case foot protrudei, with the flesh
stlll partially preserved; In another ON entire
skeleton lay exposed upon the surface, without
any covering whatever. TIE tst.e. Of What
had been his uniform showed that he had been
q cavalryman. The flesh was, Of course, de-
but the tanned and shrlveled ekin
still incased the bony framework Of the body,
and even the fngeF.nails were in their places.
The llganents that fasten the joints must have
been preserved, for he was lifted BY the belt
which was still around the waist, and not bone
fell out Of Its place.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-05
Chsa,IOg the People.

.rhe Aoe.ltion jouI eIls als g9Utl1v4ily ssp.
sessniIng 10 theIs deluded rsRdeFs, shat IN Bal
timoYe now. as In New 0slsana or In Nash
vile, areat changes Of public oplnIen are going
on In their favor--aa II, independents OF Abe
military forcible action of their Schencka,
their Buffers, etc., Baltimore just now 10 rep.
resented to be In state Of negro and whlte
equality and fIeternizstlon-a II we could
credit them, the old "Roughs" there now q.
ish negro even more than they cherist or
man. F9 AAwhite
All this ls delusion-the - -rsv..
the writer's up of Il knc- I'D deluSloa--and
Scaenck and his armv' ,MN we'll. But take
single Lincolns- from Baltimore, and not
elected from - -aember Of Congress can be
public me-" .nat city, or from the State. The
itary' >S,ings, 90 called, are humbuga-mil-
o. numbugs-claqur concerns, got up for
,>seats, and intended to be cheats.
{ The gulliblllty Of Republicanism, 80 II seems
to us, amounts to . disease, q monOmania -
They, no doubt, credit ell these stories from
Baltimore, and New Orleane, and Nashville
and Memphis, just as they credited the fancy
that In holiday Of three months 75. 600 men
would end this civil war, and that all we had 10
do was "to march oD," with "John Browns
SOUL" from the Potomac 10 the Rio Grande.-
Five hundred thousand OF our souls--not John
Browns soul--have now taken their fights
from our bodies eince John Browns seoul
marched on" and when this flight Of souls Is
to end God alone knows, as the war goes on
Nevertheless, the Republicans continne as
gullible-lhe same dupes, and the same devouT-
ers Of lies, with the fame wonderful creduloua
NAV! When and where 10 this Republican
gullibiliiy to endi-Exehanse.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-05

The Army and Nssy Jousnsl eIvss, atahplas
statement Of the numbos Of troops furnished Nv
the States named below from ths bsgIcning Of
The war to the list of January, 1863. The table
10 said to have been prepared from Official re-
ports, and 10 be 90 complete asit was possible
10 make II. The information furnished BY some
Of the reports was 90 obsouys that II was found
very difficult to decide to which class OF SER
vice the troops iurnished belonged. Bat the
classification below is believed to be In the
main correct. P'it'.' t.6
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-05

SOME Of the self-s.yle,l "Union" party object
cd to being classed with the radical Abolition
lists. To such We commend the careful con-
sideration Of the following statement Of cor
Respondent of the New York Tsituae, relative
to the recent Massachusetts State Convention
Of the party that boasts Of having just achieved
great triumph in the election In that ssate---
Read itand see to whom the victory justly be-
longs: -,y-s-. Woo -u 4.
Il will be borne In mind shat there were near
y 100 delegates ia attendance, and that resolu.
tions, radical without apfecedent In theipolitic-
al history Of the State, were under copsidsrs.
tiop, and thus unanimopsly adopted. In their
admirable speeches Wilson and BfoutMell, Dana
and Eliot, ranged themselves fully alongside Of
Phillips and Garrison, and the ConyentIon, with
united, enthusiastic voice, said amen! The
eubiect Of the future political relations of the
Insurgents was under confederation. Massschu.
sets leads the way ,5T1 i'i s5I tbr " o.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-05

The New Yorker ssys that If States Rights
are to be ignored 10 the "New Union with the
modern Improvements" there is no senae or
propriesy in giving New Eoglaud, with less
population, six times larger representation in
the National Senate than New York-slx times
more power in the governing of territories, In
the ratification of nominations, and 10 the i'm,
peschment Of President. II the Republic is
to be remodeled, let IL be Model Republic"
In earnest.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-05
The Public Debt.

The following is published as on approximate
statement of the public debt of the United
States on the lat Of September last How near
II spproximates the truth we do not know. OF
course, 1t is impossible to arrive at an accurate
statement Of the whole debt aS 1t is shifting
from day to day. The official reports aOOn To
be made to Congress- will doubtless throw some
additional light on the subject. This is the sp.
nyox ia alta am ant YaferFad tn.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-05

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