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Miiirary. Exscutio,n.,

~oSs feVocrts,t vi SOfHpADy y
Both Geofcia Regiment, yesterday. be
- tween the hours Of two and th,et
O'clock sufisred the severest penalty i'm.
posed by military law. .,..'.$ =
- Ths said Roberts was a native O,
Giimer county, Geo, gia, and had n wife
liis crine was dese,tion. ~. A. =,
e.. A large crowd, of ci,izens and soldiers
gathered about the barracks at an early
hour, all eager to witness the first mill.
fary execution tbst has ever taken place
in our city. Through the poliieness OF
the officer Of the dsy, wa were pe,mit-
, tel to see the prisoner while yet in..the
-barracka.- lie WAS attended by The
Revs. Kramer and MaIoy, by whom re.
Tgjous exercises Of n ve,y impressive
character wore kept up f5r seversI hours
previous TO theexecuiion. The prison
81 Was much affected, and expressed Iii,
readiness. TO meet the grim monster,
!. which he knew WAS lowering ,abuui him
in so terrible form. = -. -. :
=" A few .mimniss past ore J G was
brought from, the Bmrack. and Seated
upon hfs coflin.. A guard cf twenty
fnur m.n was placed around him, and
lie was marched cif 10, tire place Of ex.
ecuiion. The .d emh leai cf the drum
Icing The oply musjc lhat i,enled The
dead marrh ON l,is pars. Ills spiritual
nii is"rs rode with hin, and he was ob. ;,
'tessed 20 converse with rhan rs they
rss-ud along. He had none pf that
dngge, rxrressiun Of fcounienance which
a
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= Estate SALR.-We attended the Es
tate sale Of Jacob Martin. deceased, on
.'ast 'ruesday-Capt. +. =. Robertson,
auctioneer. The plantation which was
sold first, consisting Of over 900 acres,
brought Sio per acre, the most reasons
able sale made.s Milch. COWS went to
the neighbethood of 5000 yoke of
oxen IS 10 smulesfsold for as high rs
'$loOo--an old pony horse 5000 fat
hogs 90 cents per pound, gross. Ne
gyoes sod rs follows: q woman 4S years,
hnsonna, $500; d gill 10 years, So sos /;
a eixt 40 Gears, 80 I07o., a gill "a years,
'$2.226S . <bsy'43 years, unsound, $2,-
no; a boy II y ssfs, 81, ,6s5 "a boy 5
years, s., ,o05 boy 6s ears, 81 900,
other articles at proportionaie prices.---
We we're toldsBy the Aucfioneer that
articles generally brought more at this
sale than at the late estate sale Of DR..
Deviin. Too much money afloat for
the good Of The country.
e. -. -. r Abbeviie Press.
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A Bro uUyr.-4The Lynohburg Re-
publican says a party Of gentlemen
from Albemsrle, numbering sixteen,
took nino days hunt in Augusta, a
few days since. and killed 80 deer, 3
wild turkeys, ]. fox, / coon, % peas
ants, wildcat and 2 ra,tlesnakes--tlie
most successful hunt on record in This
section in the sanespace pf ii,ne. 2he
game, at the present market value,
would Bring, if sold, over $4,000.
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A Coon AsswEa.-A kind.hearted
lady was once feprovei quite sharply
by friend for giving money 70 asiran.
ger, who seemed to be very poor, and
asked CHARITY in the streets. -.
Suppose he speu, The. money for
rumi" said The saspec,iug aud censari.
Gus friend. -. = 49, =
The quick aud generous answer y-as
If sou must suppose at all why not
suppose be will spend tbs money Tor
bread ! :. Why ;suppose what Is evil
about any one when sou are at liberty
10 suppose what is good and poble r.
- That lady had the true Christian
spirit. -. - ~ 80
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The Late Affair on the Rappahan
q. - y -. Innclc - = = y

e -.
5 The Richmond Examiner ofthe Iolb
contains the following particulars Of the
affair: - .,e - :
. About one hundrej and fifty Of our
men. who were wounded im4the battle
st. kehys. Ford, on Saturday reached
this city. on yesterday morning. From
their- reports, and information derived
from otherpsources, we make up, some
acc5unt loflIie, ,aifair. .. y .
upke's aud Havs' .biiYades of Ea,ly's
division, with two batteries of artillery.
wore on picket, north Of the Rappahan.
mock, AZ Kclly's ford. The two brig.
sdes numbered only about two thou
sand. About l2 o'clock ;hhe enemy
made sudden and unexpected attach
~ such forcethst ihcir SIX i,isfis ers atone
seemed to outnumber our whole force.
aud 50 quietly had they approach ed
that they. seemed TO Iise mp out of the
ground. They were, evidently we'll in.
formed Of our force aed position, and
had come down 10 surround and cap
,tue rs. =. .Witllthis intent their first eff.
fort was to cut ms off from ihe river. ..
Our men fought with The greatest
'coolncss and ga!lan:ry; and maintained
the 6gh; for seeeral hours with a good
prospect Of sictory. and IL is thought
would have rePulsed and driven off the
enemy. hut for the civing-out of their
anmuni;ion, both for cannon and small
arms. l.. g. ~ - - =.
Oar artillery is said TO have PLAYED
terrible havoc in the hoavy' columns
Of the enemy, but tho ammunition bo.
ingaenlirely exhausted, nothing was left
but retreat or surrender. AS they were
forcing their way towards the river the
enemy closed around them. and a hand
to hand fight ensued, in which mum bcrs
on bo,h sides, were Killed. About ak
hundred of our men succeeded in-reacI,-
ing the liver and escaping. Msnv are
said to have been drowned in the cross
ing. y, [".'..E '..'-...
1t is stated that the two batteries
with. the brigades were the second and
third companies of Richmond howirzers.
But this is doubtful. Our whole loss in
this unfortunate affair in killed, wound,
ed, apd missing could not have been
more than fifteen hundred. Hays brig
ade, OILY numbered nino hundred men
ut the battle of Gettysburg, and j, is not
likely that is strength has been much
increasedsince.;. lIoke's brigade, tits not
likely, numbered more than n thousand
or twelve hundred OF the two brig
AIDES six hundred men escaped. =.
:, Colonel Goodwin, formerly one Of the
Povost Msrshals If Richmond, was in
command OF lIokes brigade, and is said
to have been wounded.
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From the Southern watchman.
Goldman Bfyson Dead

Dear. III 1tc6man This fIoyoriosss
bandit Chief aud tory was Killed IN hia
own house last week, by q squad Of men,
mostly Indians. Thefeis no doubt as
10 The certainly Of il. A very respect
able Citizen From .Hiwassee, Ca, was 10
Murphy Hast Saturday and saw Brysons
boots, pistols, fu'lopgh; 1from Burnside,
for recruiting service, bis vest, that was
bloody where he was bayoneted. and
his muster roll, which is ratasv AM inn,
portant document. So -
Captain Vaughn, from, Tennessee,
surprised aparty Of Bryson's men that
nss 'ssr!.sa fss dinner below Murphy,
anu etPtureQ- caF<-:-S-npa s.Svont.an
mon, aud killed four, and this psse.@ psHseea
Indians.pursu Bryson fourteen miles
through the. mountains, 10 bis own
bouse, md shot seven balls into him.
and ran y bayonet through him. lie
had but six dollars about his person,
and that Confederate money.
Thus. ended the inglorious race. of
this tory cbieftain, who has. made. 4
name and fame by the side Of which
that Of Benedict Arnold stands in an
enyiable contrast, The name Of. Gold.
man Bryson will be execrated long after
tho tory has been forgotten.
Respectfully. =
: ,- MP. CALDWELL.
Nacoochee, Ga, Nov. s, 1868. 81,
p. S.-Since writing the above. I
have learned, with regret, that the to.
ies on Mossy Greek, in this county,
have just killed Mr.. Lewis Pitchford,
having shot him in his own house. ;.
lie was a clever and,respeciabie chi
zen, a member of the State Guards" {"
and acceptable member Of the NJ. E.
Church. -. M. p. &. .
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A Brave WoMAN.--The special cor
respondent of the Memphis Appeal tolls
the following good story Of Tennes.
see matron's coolness under FIRE.
The occupants Of Cravens house ars
mostly females, and, although the place
has been persistently shelled since the
Federals opened. fire, and from ten to
fifteen projectiles have passed through
the premises, the ladies have determin-
ed not 10 bulge an inch and you know
th1 couplet, ...>|
When n woman win, she will. depend ont
And when she won't, she won't and that's
the end ont
In this case she won't" A few
DAYS ago while the shelling- WAS the
heaviest, and our men were skedad> =
ding" across the line of fire as indus.
triously as their locomotive apparatus
would permit, the ladies wero coolly
preparing for dinner. One Of tho sur
geons who was in the house, says that
while, he. was.ibere a-fragment penstrat.
ed one of the rooms. Without being
in the least disconnected, the Tennessee
matroa spoke up in tone very much
like that in which she would reprove q
servant for breaking china plate,
I" Eliza, go in there and see whai's dam.
aged this time" ,.s>.,s 80 = =.
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2 God grsht, o Solomon, that die /
csowp may never bow, thee % the. dust,
bnt that g may Be a. Z sxreaslf of light
sround thy brcw.n ~, .
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wrr ne took fksspsrs iIks.aiisrenss
Psessas thsy hsss to-ssrssoh isr~ w,
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In what slip have the Most people
been Mrcckedl Courtshir.
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Caisksiiver- Dimes in lie hspds Of
,.druukasd. -.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-03-06

rates, and then Il will DO moro generally
used. Already steel axles and tires for loco
motives have superseded, in measure, those
formerly made Of wrought iron; and when
steel can bc made and forged in largo masses
It will bo employed for all the large shafts
and working parts of marine and other en-
gines. If fsteel could bo produced at 500 perl
ton, capable Of bearing strain of forty tons
on the inch, bridges double tho span Of those
made Of iron would DO erected.
For oil machines and structures wherc|
welding is not required, steel is far superior
to wrought iron. We import all tho steel
for manufacturing our wire, saws, axes and|
fino tools of every description. These arcI
permanent applications of this metal, for|
which 1t will always DO used; but beside
these, new applications Of steel are being
made constantly. Thus several trucks Of steel
rails have been laid in England, and these
have now been tested for about four years
with the gratifying result that they arc about
las good to-day as when laid down, and they
last as long as three sets of iron rails. It isl
probable that all the railway lines in the
world will yet bc laid with steel rails. just
think of fifty thousand miles Of railway in|
America yet to bo furnished with steel rails.
Their first cost is greater, but they aro the
cheapest rails in "the long rum" English
and French civil engineers are now advocating
their use, and their general application can
not bo long delayed. Avery aattering pros
|pect, VIC think, is presented to those who
early engage in tho manufacture Of American
steel. Scientific American.
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American Steel.

Webovo freouentlv urged upon our metal.
urpists and iron manufacturers the importance
OF engaging in the production of steel to
supply all our wants in the arts. Success
has attended the efforts of several parties who
have engaged in the manufacture of steel
west of the Alleghanies, and we sec no reason
to doubt that similar success would attend
like efforts in other parts of our country
In Pittsburgh there aro several establishments
in which steel is made, and is has taken the
nlaco of coarso English and German steel
which had becn used in Tho fabrication Of
tbo cbeaner sorts Of imnlements and tools.
Tho pi,tsbucb ,teol ;s .oua, IN oualitv To the
.,,,o ,o,o;,n ,,,aos wh;Io ;,s co.. Il les.
honoo -. r.o = bocom;n, vorv general In the
West. All the finer sorts of steel, however,
are still imported in great quantities from
England; also much of tho moro common
qualities for tho eastern sections Of our coun-
try. Now. it appears to us that all the steel
we require could and should bc manufactur.
ed on this side Of the Atlantic. We have
oil tho necessary natural elements for produc.
ing every quality of il. The best English
steel is not made from native iron, but from
imported Swedish and Russian brands
Long experience and acquired skill. with
cheap fuel, are the advantages which have
made England tho steel mandatory of the
world. In several sections of tho United
States there are unlimited supplies of the
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-03-06
BIDDEFORD, MAINE, FRIDAY MORNING,

hand, and faithfully promised never to ro'
veal the circumstances Of the boat ride, and
|forgave him for his rashness.
The two rivals were rivals no longer and
Clifford lived with the lovely daughter OF
Gabriel Heath during many years Of happi.
ness, and successful in business and gcneroud
lin thought no was the pride Of the village.
Age tempered tho rashness Of Wilson,
who after tho dcccase Of old Gabriel Heath,
was the quotation Of his pioneer friends
Thomas Clifford never revealed tho secret till
his dying day.
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WIt isstatcd that DR.. Barclay, an Ameri-
can physician who has long resided in tho
East, has recently discovered the ruins Of
quite largo city, with an excellent rock.
bound haven, which has been christencd Port
Salem, ten miles below JaGa, ut the very
point where the SEQ makes its nearest APP
proach to tho Holy City. II will require
but small expense to make II q safer har-
Dor than any port between Alexandria and
Antioch. There is very gradual ascent
from it to Jerusalem, without crosdng .
single valley, mountain, or hill, approaching
the city by way Of the plain OF Rephaim,
by which II Is proposed to construct . fne
pilgrim highway. ..'',i' H'i -l'e
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GES. BUTLER ON JErr. DAVIS PRocLANA-
rIos.-A Washington correspondent Of tho
Cincinnati. Gasette salls this story y,
"deneral Butler hus told h'sb6 hsls sbs
course which he should have pursued with
reference to tho proclamation Of JEFF. Davis
against him had II reached New Orleans
whilo he was still in command. Ho would
have sent rebel General and several other
officers then in his hands to Ship Island, with
orders that upon receipt Of authentic infor.
nation by the officers in command there,
that hair Of Buffers head or any Of his
officers had been touched, these rebel prison.
ers should oil be hung ut once. "And,"
adds Butler, JEFF. Davis knows mo vol
enough to believe that what I promised |
should perform. He knows that Mnssa-
chusetts man who dared to vote sixty.four
times for him ut the Charleston Convention
would dare to do anything"
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CROMWELL ON DESTRUCTIVE CONSERVATISM.
In speech to Parliament in 1866. the Great
Protector, defending his administration,
touched upon doctrine which is popularju just
now with tho friends of secession and tho
enemies of tho national life, and exposed It's
fallacy, almost as II by anticipation -
"If nothing should ever bc done," said no
"but what Is according TO Law' the throat Of
the nation may bo cut while we send for
some to make Law Therefore, certainly 1t
Is pitiful beastly notion to think, though
II be for ordinary government to live by law
and rule, yet II o government in oxtraordi.
nary circumstances 60 beyond the law even
for selfprescrvation, It is to DO clarmored at,
and battered ut. When matters OF necessity
come then, without guilt. extraordinary rcme-
dies may be applied.
"And must say do not know ono &C
ton ot this government, no not one, but 1t
hath been in order to the peace and safety
Of this Nation"
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4oetrp.
NOW.
BY A. A. PROCTOR.

Rise for the day Is passing.
And you lie dreaming on;
The others have buckled their armor
And forth to tho fight are gone,
A place In the ranks awaits you,
Each man has seme part to play;
The Past and the Future are nothing,
In the face Of the stern To-day.
Rise from your dreams OF the future,
or gaining some hard fought field;
or storming some airy fortress,
Or bidding some giant yields
Your future has deeds OF glory,
or honor (God grant II mayO
But your own viii never be stronger,
Or the need so great as To-day.
Rise II the past detains you.
Her sunshine and storms forget;
No chains so unworthy TO hold you
As those OF vain regret,
Sad or bright, she Is lifeless ever,
Cast her phantom arms away,
Nor look back. save TO learn the Lesson
or q nobler strife To-day.
Rise for the day Is passing;
The sound that you scarcely hear
Is the enemy marching to battles
Arise for the foe Is here'
Stay not TO sharpen your weapons
Or the hour will strike at last,
When from dreams OF coming battle
Yoa may wake 10 aud 10 past!
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"A CnrLDsy FArn.-When tho battle Of
fredericksburg was In process little boy
asked his mother. to kneel down with him
and q younger brother to pray for the safety
Of our soldiers. When they arose he remark.
ed to his mother that perhaps their prayer
had turned bullet from the head Of Adult.
ant Dodge, an intimate friend Of tho family.
A day or 90 afterward dispatch was recciv.
cd by tho friends Of officer Dodge in that city,
stating that hc had been killed in tho en-.
gagelnent. The little suppliant received this
intelligence with q sad countcpancc, but said
nothing. On tho following day, however.
another dispatch was received, conveying tho
information that Adjutant Dodge was not
killed, but that hc had been thrown to the
ground in an inscnsible condition by ball
having struck an intervening object which
saved his life. Ho had then entirely recover
cd from the injury, however. and was we'll.
Upon subsequent inquiry, it was found that
the prayer and the officers pcrilous moment
occurred at exactly the samc hour. When
the little friend Of the Adjutant heard of tho
la,ter's safety, he exclaimed in ccstacy Of joy,
81 know it, mother; know II; l told you
so!''
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u No man can help the great cause Of
his country moro than by keeping up Its cred
It, and by maintaining, in tho eyes Of his
countrymcn and tho world, the value Of tho
obligations issued by tho fountain head Of
politics and finance. But apart from this
fundamental principle, It Is very certain that
nothing-''not even bricks and mortar" can
deserve moro truly the title of"sccurity" than
the promises Of tho general government to
pay that upon which all other pccuniury TO
lations may be said to depend. If the gov.
crnmcnt perishcs, individual responsibility
must perish and with the fall Of the great
temple itself oil It's dependencies and sup.
ports must DO crushed In tho ruins.
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MARCH 6, 1863.

diers. All these things hnvo done harm, and
many conversations related to them take
place with the soldiers. heard man in
Washington the other day, near mo-he did
not know mel was in citizens dress and
he was talking to halfa dozen admirers about
him-say that he wished and hoped to see the
guillotine established again ho wanted to soc
the heads rolling from the block by the thou.
sand. heard another man, who was try.
ing to show some special enthusiasm in favor
ofthe governmental Administration-and
ho was doing tho Administration harm at
the time. ....t
heard another man, coming in the cars,
last night, talking to a soldier, and ho talked
in strain which l call reasonable. He
was trying to impress this soldier with the idea
that he ought not to return to his duty in
the feld-that this war had become politi.
cal war-that the President of the United
States (only he used very opprobrious cpl
thet in speaking Of him) was fighting for a
political party-that these men were being
sacrificed in tho field for that purpose. This
was wrong. Tho soldiers did not seem to
believe it. He did not seem to be oftho same
opinion, and l prayed that ho might not be.
There are mistakes in our private circles, and
in our intercourse every way. l think that
while we should entertain opinions with ref:
ercnce to the policy of the Government, it is
our duty to be temperate in our expressions,
and use all the powers that wo havo within
tho limits of our duty to the Constitution
and the Government as II now is, to bring
about changes when wo think they ought to
be.brought about, but never to resort to what
wo are fighting against.
We are fighting against the people of the
South simply because they did not want to
live under President elected IN accordance
with the Constitution Of the United States,
and I know we would be doing very wrong
w tuiuh iOE Ouo mOiucuss w SOuioob va Nv
tempting to force the Government of the Uni,
ted States to give up what the Constitution
gives it the right to do. The President OF
the United States has right to maintain
such people about him as he pleascs. The
Constitution gives him that. He has been
elected for four years; halfof his term isgone
If tho people don't like him, at the end OF
four years they can change their policy. !
do not mean to say by this that the. people
do not like him. lido not express my opinion.
But these arc the things that are dcmoralis.
ing tho army in the icld-but they arc not
domoralizing it to any great extent am sure
of that. r.l
It's demoralizcd probably no moro than any
large army in the field has been some time
during its existence. And now you will par.
don me il simply close my rcmarks with the
expression to You ofmy earnest and high ap-
probation of tho value of the labors of your
association, and shall constantly pray to
God that you may bo prospered in this great
work that is before you, and that our armies
in tho field may bo strengthened for tho work
that is before them, and that our Government
may bo roestabliShcd in purity and peace.
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Powrs OF GKyius. Sometimes Q single
word spoken BY tho voice Of genius goes far
into the heart. A hint suggestion. an unds-
fined delicacy Of expression. teaches morn
than We can gather from volumes Of les gif.
ted men. The works which We chiefly study
arc not those which contain tho greatest fund
Of knowledge, but which raise us into sym.
paihy with tho intellectual energy of the su.
thor and through which great mind null
tiplies itsolf. Claiming. g
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srcRrrs.-wo must regard every matter
as an entrusted secret, which we believe the
person concerned would wish to bs consid-
dercd as such. Nay, further still, We muct
consider all circumstance a. secrets entrus-
ted, which would bring scandal upon another
II told, and which 10 is not our certain duty
to discus, and that In our own persona and
to his face. Tho divine rule Of doing as we
would bo donc BY. Is never better put to tho
test than In matters Of good and evil spca
ing. N' --iH '''
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Gorrnxs IDEA OF DrArn.-At the ago Of
scvensy.five. one must, Of course, think fro
quently Of death. But this thought never
gives me the least uncasine@. I am fully
convinced that tho soul is indistructiblc. and
that its activity will continue through etcr.
nifty. Ii like the sun, which seems to our
eyes to Get in night, but is In reality gone to
diffase It's light elsewhere. Even while sink.
ing it remains the same sun. 'e'"I