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The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-30
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BY 1.-THE UNKNOWN"
Onward, on in thy joyous way,
Youth and hope are around thee blooming,
Bright is thy sun with his morning ray,
Rich is the prospect his beams are illuming.
Onward still-there are those who long
To see the blessed as earth can make thee /;
Those who hope that the lovely throng
OF thy early charms will meier forsake thee.
Then go on in thy bright career,
Blessing and blest in the love of many;
Calm be the eve, as thy morn is clear,
And the last day of life be the sweetest of
any.
Still may the sunshine of inward peace
Gid every cloud that in time shall beset
thee;
Still shall thy number of friends increase,
For those who have known thee will never
forget thee.
BALTIMORE, January, 1862.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-30

Da5~ Which is the most trying to a
woman-a greenhorn of servant girl or
stove that "won't draw the day she ex-
poets company?'
Mrs, Jones hired, the other day, a Miss
Mcnermott, just from Cork. Miss Nc
Dermott was ordered to ''boil the tea-ket-
tle" "The what ?" 'sThe tea. kettle"
"An' do you mean that?' Certainly
if | did not, | would not have ordered You
to do it-and be quick about it." eyes
marm." Miss McDermott obeyed or
ders. In about half an hour afterwards
Mrs. Jones resumed the conversation
"Where's the tea-kettle, Bridget p aIn
the dinner-pot, marm." sIn the what ?'
"In the dinner-pot. You told me to boil
it, and I've had scald on it for nearly
an hour" Mrs. Jones could hear no
more. She had rush Of blood to the
head, and went into swoon. The laat
we saw of her she was being carried up
stairs in an arm chair.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-30

CURIosITIEs OF WATER.-Water ex-
lists around us to an extent and under
conditions which escape the notice of cur
sorry observers. When the dyer buys of
the dry salter one hundred pounds each
of alum, carbonate of soda and soap, he
obtains in exchange for his money no less
than forty-ive pounds of water in the first
lot, sixty-four pounds in the second, and
valuable quantity, sometimes amounting
to seventy three pounds, in the third.
Even the transparent air we breathe
contains, in ordinary weather, about five
grains of water difused through each Gu
bic foot of its bulk, and thus rarifed wa
ter no more vets the air than the solid
water vets the lime or opal in which it is
absorbed. Of plaster of Paris statue,
weighing three pounds, more than one
good pound is solicited water, combined
in the proportion of nine grains of the
eal tn Ingredient to one of the fluid. OF
an acre of clay land foot deep, weighing
about one thousand two hundred tons,
at least four hundred tons are water; and
even of the great mountain chains with
which the globe is ribbed, many millions
of tons of water are solidifed into earth.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-30

s<-"Wclcome, little stranger as the
man said when he found three-cent
piece among his postage stamps
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-30
INSPIRATION OF THE HEARTH.-Ther

INSPIRATION OF THE HEARTH.-There
is legend of an artist who was about
to carve from piece of costly sandal
wood an image of the Madonna; but the
material was intractable-hi hand SEEM
ed to have lost its skill-he could not ap-
proach his ideal When about to relin-
quish his efforts in despair, voice in a
dream babe him shape the figure from an
oak block which was about to feed his
hearth. He obeyed, and produced mas
ter-piece.
This story represents the truth which
mysticism upholds, when it appears as the
antagonist of superstitious externalism.
The materials Of religious happiness lie,
as it were, near at hand-among affec-
tions and desires which are homely, COM
mon and of the freside. Let the right
direction, the heavenly influence, be re-
ceived from without, aud heaven is re-
garded with the love of home, and home
sanctifed by the hope of heaven.
GREAT MEN.-Alexander had q wry
neck, William the Conqueror, in his lat
ter days, was scarcely able to move from
corpulency. Hannibal and Philip Of
Macedon had but an eye apiece. Caesar
and Mahomet were troubled with the fall
ing sickness; and the ndfthera hero,
Odin, is said to have been but little else
than compound of diseases. When Vol
taire was first introduced into the Russian
palace, be was desired to enter a closet,
where lie found little withered figure
under the clothes, shivering with ague-=
lit was Frederick the Great.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-30

se~"Tm particularly uneasy on this
point as the fly said when the boy stuck
him on the end Of needle.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-30

gkT What is that which IS ever before
us, can never be seen, and yet III are look
ing toward it2 Tomorrow.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-30
Longitudinal Rivers.

A river that runs east or west crosses
no parallels of latitude, consequently, as
it flows towards the sea, it does not change
its climate and being in the same climate
the crops that are cultivated at its mouth
are grown also at its sources, and from
one end to the other of it there is no va
riety of productions-it is all wheat and
corn, or wine, or oil, or some other staple.
Assorted cargoes, therefore, cannot be
made up from the produce which such
river brings down to market. On the
other hand, river that runs north or
south crosses parallels of latitude, changes
its climate at every turn and as the trav-
eler descends 1t, he sees now agricultural
staples abounding. Such river bears
down to the sea "a variety of productions,
some of which some one or another of the
different nations of the earth is sure to
want, and for which each one will send to
the market at its mouth, or the port
whence they are distributed over the
world The assortments of merchandise
afforded by such a river are the life of
commerce. They give it energy, activity
and scope. Such river is the Mississip-
pi, and the Mississippi is the only such
river in the world.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-30

o. Have confidence, but be careful in
whom you place it.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-30

A SHARPER.-"Sonny, where is-your
father ?" "Father's dead sir.'' "Have
you mother ?" dyes, I had one, but
she got married to John Dankin, and
don't be my mother any more J, cause she
says she's got enough to do to tend TO his
young 'uns." "Smart boy here's a
dime for you.' "That's We, sir; its the
way get my livin.' "How 7" "Why,
by tellin' big yarns to green 'uns like you
at dime pop"
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-30

BY 1.-THE UNKNOWN
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06

ST. PAsI., March 2, 1868. I
A before figure denotes below zero.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06
The Fighting Force Of the Loyal
States.

1t is stated that six or eight hundred
thousand men will be required under the
Consumption law, and it becomes matter
of interest as to it's precise effect upon pop
ulation. 1t is estimated at the census
Office that the number of able bodied male
whites between the ages of twenty and
thirty-fve, in the loyal States, is, in round
numbers million and halt, which num-
Der of course includes the same class who
are in the army now and will be discharged
from the service in June or July. Thus it
will be seen that about every other man
will be called into the field According to
all military authorities men of their age
will not be subject to much loss from casu-
alties in campaigning. They will thus pre-
sent, in connection with the old army, a
tremendous and probably irresistible array
to the harrassed and worn forces of the
South.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06
Military JealOusies Encouraged by
Stanton.

The St. Louis Republican, abiding to
the supersedure of Gen. SHERMAN by Gen.
MoCLERNAND, in the Vicksburg expedition
says it has been one of the great drawbacks
to the success of our cause that personal
and military jealousies have been so prom
inent in most Of the enterprises of the war,
and that the remedy for these discouraging
influences is to be applied at Washington,
laying the axe at the root. The War Of
flee has suffered, if it has not promoted, the
endless chickering's which have thrown so
heavya weight upon the labors of our
self-sacrificing and patriotic private soldiers.
McCLELLANs efforts in Virginia were
constantly thwarted by this evil spirit.
Gen. Pope assigned the responsibility of
his failure to the same cause. Attempts
were made to paralyze the influence of
Gen. CURTIS in the Southwest by the
friends Of SIGEL. Gen. BUELL. suffered
UNNECESSARILY from similar intrigues, in his
Tennessee and Kentucky campaigns
The efficiency of the army of General
BANKS will be affected by the senseless
opposition which sprang up against that
officer almost Immediately upon his arri-
val at New Orleans. And there can be
no doubt but the quarrels of General
HUNTER and General FOSTER, in the De-
partment of the South, have served any,
thing but a good purpose in securing the
triumph of the operations against Charles
ton and Savannah.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06
Mr.. Brisbin's Speech upon State and
Federal Authority, and upon the
Civil and War Powers Of the Gov.
eminent.

We omitted, at the time, to comment
upon the remarks of Mr.. BRIsBIN, of this
city, in the House of Representatives, in
support of Mr. PoRTERs resolutions, which
provided, in certain contingencies, for the
removal of the Indians from thu State, and
by its authority. The Radical papers, how
ever, have SO misconstrued and perverted
the speech referred to, that we undertake,
even at this late day, to set Mr.. BRIsBIN
right before the public, through a brief
analysis of it. 1t was our duty to have
done this before, because the positions ia
ken were in themselves correct, and were
substantially those which have been set
forth in these columns since the commence
ment of the war; and which, rightly I'M
derstood, meet with no opposition, except
ing at the hands of the Radicals, whose
views of government can be practically
enforced only under an absolute, irrespon-
sible despotism.
The resolution which gave rise to the
debate, contemplated, in the event Of a
failure by Congress to provide for the re-
moval of the Indians, that the Governor
should take efficient measures to protect
our people upon the frontier, even to the
removal of the entire Indian population.
It was claimed by the opponents Of the
measure, that this was without warrant in
the Constitution, and, therefore, revolu-
tionary.
Mr.. BRIsB1N urged that article one, Sec
ton ten, of the Constitution of the United
States, expressly sanctioned the object of
the resolution, by providing, in substance,
that either of the States might engage in
war when "actually invaded, or in such
imminent danger as will not admit Of de-
lays" and that this power implied all the
possibilities within the purview OF the
measure under discussion.
Again, he argued, in the same connec-
ton, that the States are sovereign, except
where they have in terms or by incidents,
surrendered their. sovereignty; the States
and the people,, having by the terms OF
the Constitution, expressly reserved all
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Erening Post says, "the ru-
mors which have been paraded in certain
journals, respecting the probabilities of a
war with France, are known here to be
pure speculations. There is not so much
danger Of war with France to-day as there
was six months ago. Some of these for
eign war articles are believed to be written
by men who either desire to break down
the Government, or to affect the stock
market for private purposes. lam inform
ed, on excellent authority, that the State
Department have no fears whatever of any
immediate trouble with the French Gov
eminent. There is nothing in the recent
correspondence between the two govern
ments to warrant any such belief"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06
Important Statement from General
Halleck.

The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette makes the following
statement on the authority of General
Halleck =
To-day, as member of the Military Com
mittee well observed, the question is not ''Will
you adopt this or some other way of raising
your renforcements?' but Twill you draft by
sweeping and universal CONSUMPTION, or will
you abandon the struggle?" This very morn
ing Gen. Halleck declared that there were over
t,centy-two thousand deserters from the army of
the Potomac alone! Our other armies are de-
pleted in a similar degree. We must either see
them gradually melting away till we stand pow
erless before armed and triumDhat rebellion;
or we must make the whole military strength
of the republic available to defend the life of the
republic.
This agrees with the statement of the
Louisville Journal one day last week, that
the Kentucky quota of troops has materi-
ally diminished from desertion, added to
natural causes: yet the editor expresses
doubt whether the evil prevails to greater
extent than among troops from Indiana
and other States. This is subject which
demands serious inquiry.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06
Battle OF MurfreesbOrO.

Gen. RosEoRANs' official report of the
battle OF Murfreesboro states that the Fed
erals engaged numbered A, 400; and that
their loss was 1888 killed and 1915
wounded total of SITS, or 2o.03 per
cent. OF the entire force in action. The
Federal loss in prisoners was notfully made
out at the date of the report, but it was
believed that it would fall short of 9 800.
The rebels engaged are estimated to have
numbered 400, and their loss, Judging
from actual returns of three divisions, is
set down at 1s, 5GO, Or to the Federal near
ly as l65 to 100.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06
The WHEELS OF LEGISLATION STOPPED

The WHEELS OF LEGISLATION STOPPED
BY CRINoI1NE-The Washington CORES
pondent of the New York Commercial
SAYS the wheels of legislation were actual
ly clogged on Thursday, and the Con-
gressional machine could not work, be-
cause some thirty girls thought they should
receive six dollars week instead of five.
They are the press-feeders in the Govern
ment printing Office, and after they had
"struck, they actually refused to let any
of the journeymen run press, although
the Finance Committee were waiting for
the bill, and the Senate desired few
copies of the appropriation bill. There was
no alternative, and the demand was agreed
to, whereupon the presses have again
started, and "pub. docs" are being print
ed as before.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06
Our Army Correspondence.
Letter from the Second Regiment.
THE REGIMENT COMPLIMENT.
ED BY GEN. ROSECRANS.

CONCORD CHURCH, Tenn, Feb. %, 1868.
To the Editor of the Pioneer:
The "Second 'is gradually gaining fresh
laurels in the field, by their good conduct,
soldierly bearing, and perfect discipline.
The following letter from Headquarters OF
the Army Of the Cumberland, will crafty
those interested in the welfare of the
"Second," and do honor to our "North
Star State:''
HEADQUARTERS DEPT OF THE CuNBrRLANp
INSPECTOR GENERALS OFFICE
MURFREEsBoRO, Tenn, Feb. I, 1868. }
Col. JAMES GEORGE, Commanding Company
G, Second Mimi. Volunteers:
Subtitle General commanding desires me
to state that he is extremely gratifed to learn
that your Regiment is amongst the number
that may be held up as an example worthy of
imitation.
Those who submit. to discipline cheerfully
and take soldiers pride in their personnel, p"
he feels confident can be relied upon in an
emergency.
The General desires you to read this on pa
rade.
l am, sir, very respect'y, your obt sv't,
JAMES CURTIS.
Captain U. s. Infantry
and 4. A. Insp'tr Gen1.
The health of the regiment is good.
Col. George started for Minnesota on sick
leave, but was unable q learn to get fur
Their than Louisville, where he is being at
tended at the National Hotel We have
been daily and hourly expecting an attack
from Wheeler's command, who are prowl-
ing around too close for comfort. From
reveille Cat o'clock until after daylight,
the men are in line of battle, ready for
anything that may come around.
1t rains almost necessarily, and mud
will average about six inches deep.
Major Davis carries ON the institution
now, Col. Bishop being President Of a
General Court Martial, convened here
q NJ
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06

| .'tAs.
THAD. STEVENS, the Oldest and vilest
sinner Of the radical Congressional gang,
produced with great gusto before the
House, on the Oath ult, letter written
by Gen. Soorr to Secretary CAMERON, in
October, 1861, in which he complains that
proper respect is not shown him by Gen.
MCCLELLAN, and that his orders are dis
regarded. We publish this letter this
morning
The first thing that will strike the public
in connection with it, is the fact which
this incident demonstrates, that the records
of the War Department are open to the
free inspection and use of MCCLELLAN's
enemies; for Mr.. STEVENS, in presenting
it, stated that it was copied by permission
from the Department files.
The second point which will be appar-
ent to all, is, that MCCLELLAN could not
have communicated directly with the Pres
ident and Secretary Of War, to such an ex-
tent as to call forth the protest from Gen.
SooTr, without the existence of plain and
overwhelming necessity, nor without the
express permission and direction Of the
President and Secretary.
This necessity may be gathered from
Gen. SooTT's letter. In that he confesses
himself "unable to ride in the saddle, Or
walk, by reason of dropsy in his feet and
legs, and paralysis in the small of the
back These did not comprise all OF Gen.
SCorrs ailings. He had frequent attacks
of vertigo, affecting seriously his mental
faculties, and particularly his strength of
memory. With his physical intirmities,
the tremendous labors which he had I'M
dergone had utterly Frustrated him, men
tally as well as physically. He was the
last one to appreciate his own changed
condition. He was retained in his posi-
ton as General-in-C Chief for months after
his most devoted friends considered him
inco npetent to perform its duties. He
was permitted to fill the position nominal
]y, however, while thus disqualified, out of
consideration for his long services and
sacrifices, and because it was feared his
withdrawal would work injury to the Gov
eminent in foreign countries. But, when,
as his letter shows, he insisted on remain
ing and directing the details of military
operations while suffering from dropsy,
paralysis, and vertigo, the actual necessi-
ties of the case compelled the Presi-
dent and Secretary to overslaugh him.
This was done with all the kindness and
delicacy possible. MoCLE1LAN's part was
played in strict compliance with the orders
of the President and Secretary, and in
accordance with the public necessities :;
and it is the height Of meanness on the
part of the Government to send forth this
letter of Scorr's for the purpose of injur-
ing MCCLELLAN for conduct which was
imposed on him by the Government, and
by the interests and demands of the SER
vice
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06
Meteorological Notes for February.

The moderate character of the passing
winter was fairly sustained by the last
winter month The first ten days of Feb
ruary gave some promise that the month
would equal in GOODNESS that of 1862, which
was allowed to be one Of the coolest ever
experienced in Minnesota, their mean tenn
perature being but triie above zero
But after the 18th, with rain on the 18th,
the weather moderated, and continued
mild to the end of the month. The season
OF sleighing, which did moi. commence until
the Oath January, LASTED but little over three
weeks. The winter has not been a propi-
tious one for the numerous invalids who
have sought relief from this Northern eli
mate; and the character of the latter for
consistency seems in danger Of suffering.
Present indications look to an early
spring, and speedy opening of navigation.
Observations of the thermometer yielded
the following results
Maximum of the month Q7tD. .... 100
Minimum - g (3d)...-31e
Highest daily mean 07tD. ........... 500
Lowest g CD. ........ 1879
Greatest daily range Q6tW. ......... $50
Least g. - (25th). . -
Range of the month .. 10
Mean temperature of the month ..... 1926
Rain fell on one LAY to the amount Of
20 of an inch. 1t showed on four days to
the depth of ten inches. The whole
amount of moisture deposited was .93 OF
an inch. Fair weather equaled ten days.
The winds were variable, and only once at
all high, coming chiefly from points to the
East and West of South.
COMPARISONS with former wears:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06

A few past winters compare as follows.
In the absence of any record for Deem
Der 1858, that winter is omitted:
Mean temperature, winter of $50, go, 1924
" % go, 61, 13o. S2
" - 81. 62, 1Oo.52
." g 90, '63, 1914
ST. PAUI. March 2 1863 p.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-06
The New York papers publish the
following card from Gen. Scott:

Gen. Scott once more begs to be excused by
correspondents. Rheumatism in the hand
makes it difficult to write. Hence the mass of
unacknowledged letters-mostly asking for au-
tographs-is daily increasing upon him. As it
is impossible to answer one in fifty, he must,
in future, neglect all not on matters of impor-
lance.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-03

A SERIOUS JOKE befeIl the accomplished
Swiss General, FOgliardi, at the late battle
of Charlottesville. Accustomed TO the
broad, open and clear European battle
fields, where the whole army corps can
charge in battle line without i'm edements,
and where the surgiug squadrons of cav
airy are the sweeping comcomitan:s of
every army, he could not exactly see how
3 great battle could be fought in that tan
Rled impenetrabte wilderness, and remark
to staff officer, noted for the force and
brevity Of his expressions. as we'll as his
great personal bravery; "Zis is not II bat
tle-zis is grand skirmish "a skirmishl'
reiterated tho staff officer, "rd have you
understand, sir, that two or three skirmish-
es like this would wipe the whole Swiss
nation off the face of the earth, sirr' and
be rode down the line into the bullets,
with as much sang trOid as though eating
his breakfast.