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Letter from the 4th Del. Regt,
CAMP VERMONT, Virginia, !
December 18th. 1865. (

CAMP VERMONT, Virginia,
December 18th, 1862
We take the liberty to publish the following por
ton of private letter from the 4th Delaware:
We were ordered from our old camp, "Tom
taScy," on the l2.h inst, and after iatipu.,ng
march OF or miles, wcr3 brought to a halt at this
place. aboIt two miles from Alexandria and or 7
from Washington; relieving brigade Of Vernon,
Regiments (mil;ia) months men, they prorcedin,,
TO Fairfax Court House. We are now in excellent
WINTER quarter, our predecessors having built them
Tor thcHs IVES. Our brigade i, the 81 composed of
the 4lh Delaware, 21th .I1ine IlIth and II5lji
Ne" York Volunteers, Col Gr!siaw being ar act.
Ins Brig.-Ciencral BY right Of seniority His quar-
icrs hra III the house of an old gentleman Gft,erc
are any rebel gcutlcmcn) by the name of Mason.
c'n'ih to our not ri ,us rebel of that name. lie
'l'rhiy refuses any kind Of flvors whatever TO
talon soldiers, aud the Iol. is only there in his
house By the right of power, tie od-is not al
"'"' 10 leave our lines, his darkies to use tn,
water from the springs Iher. b, ing two near the
h'u'cJ tor fear Of ircichcry. There is the remnant
OF whit" lag flying from the gable end Of his
house. Tho Whole country around is one b,rren
waste no ssns Of cultivation anywhere to be seen
understand thIt our present cncampment ground
was fine apple orchard, but there are no sirns ..
trees n1wl a,d that hc Mr.. VI has a bi aoains,
"ur '''v'ra n"nt for 5SJ,OJ0 dImAgcs; whether or
not ne will c l.rct it remains to be seen.
Mr.. Afmilagc and Denucy Stevenson b.vo H.,,,
detached ior the ambulance corps, the seloctio, 8
De'ng made solely with eye to tru4.wortnnes,
am acting as AdIuiant's clera we arc all cxcmp,
"n any other duties excepting those Of our d,tf,.
cnt departments, and Consequently are less exposed
'ian many others.
Inc health OF the regiment is good-very few sick.
The Rev. ". II. Fries has been duly appointed
Chaplain OF this regiment, aud will be with Il. in i,
f,S days.
fo:got to say that this Brigade is doing picket
dl'y at PRESENT. They connect with zen. Abrrcrom
b c's lat, on the Orange and AIcxapJri, y p
VIII Keep You informed Of matters generally.
! ours with respect,
DAVID G.. PEgEGoY
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COntented John.
BY MISE TAYLOR.

one honest John Tomkins, hedger and ditcher.
AithOrgh he was poor, did not want TO be richer
or all such vain wishes to him were prevented
by fortunate habit of being contcnted.
1nough cold were the weather, dear were the food
J"hn never was found in "a murmurnp mood.
i ror TINS he was constantly heard 10 declare
What he could not prevent he would cherrG,II, b.o
TOT why shonld grumble and murmur D, he said
II cannot get meat I'll be thankful for bread
ana though tretung may make my calarnties deener
"'''I c1n cause bread and cheese to be cheaper -
II II John was afflicted with sickness or pain.
ne WISHED himself better, but did not COMPLAIN
INot lie down 10 fret IN despondence or sorrow
but SAID that he hoped to be better tomorrow
II any one wronged him or treated him ILL.,
" W NY John was goOd-natured and sociable still:
e.. or nc Sald that revenging the injury done
"ouId DC making two rogues where there need be
And thus honest John, though his station was hum
BILE, ''1'''-
Passed through this sad world without even grum.
And 'twere well if some folk, who are greater and
richer,
Would copy John TOmkins, the hedyer ard ditcber.
RECENT DECISIONS UNDER the Tax L,w.-Tbe
Commissioners of Internal Revenue has decided that
persons who make ladies' dresses to order are NOT
to be considered as manufacturers under the tar
act
Mllers are to pay licenses as wholesale or retail
dealers according to the manner in which thcv make
sales.
Owners of carding machines, doing customer
WORK Tor community, not considered manufac
turefs' and therefore not required TO take out
license.
Farmers slaughtering beef. and selling part
thereof must P.y duty of thirty cents ,f the beef
exceeds eighteen months old and FIVE cents if under
eighteen months.
Farmers buying calves, and keeping the same
until grown, are not considered cattle brokers' and
are not required TO take license as such.
Any persons slaugh,crng animals, and selling the
Same' be they many or few, are subject to the
tax.
license to wholesale liquors concrs no authority
upon tie the party holding such license, to r,t.ll
hqnor. Nor docs Il license to s. liquor authorize
the sale Of any other kind of merchandise
farmer who sell the products Of his own farm,
by travelling from house to house is not a pcdler
lhc nhk OF a farmers is considered as a,nonp
The products OF his farm, and no license is required
ior the sale thereof. person OF lcr than a t;rm,,
who Keeps cows and make the sa r Of milk an occu
patton is not embraced in the above ru.ng and w,
be required to take out license
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WHOLE NO. $50

COMPENSATED huA>c.iAno>.-The sum
expended IN carrying on the war since the
President proposed compensated EN- ,nci-
Eatlon," nine months ago, has been $500
792.O93. This sum, if applied for coinpen-
sation' at the rate Of $500 head. would
have ranSomed ,022, $40 slaves, being more
than One-fourth Of those in the whole na-
ton, and equal to all in the States of Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and
Missouri, with a balance OF lOl ,9I2 in any
other State Such practical calculations
will perhaps bring about a speedy solution
OF the present problem, which the President
50 honestly presents to Congress and to the
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by these doctrines contributed much to the
overthrow Of the old Pro-Slavery rule; and
it was incumbent upon the present Admin
istration to purge tn, Government of ill
recognition Of them, on the first fair oppor-
tunity. This. so far as regards one Of the
two most tlagitious doctrines, is now done
by the elaborate and conclusive opinion of
the Attoney-General on the ease submitted
by the Treasury Dcl tment The her
namely, that the Constitution by its own
force carries Slavery into al the Territories
Congress has already wiped out by its
law positively and for,ycr inter,licting
Slavery i'll any Territory whatever !.
Times.
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Frank Blalrs election to Congress is to
be contested by his opponent, Mr.. Knox.

rHoT"GRArHs FOR l8G3.-The Bishop of Montreal
says the Nom Journal has requested all those ncr
sons VINO intend te call on him the coming New.
rear day. TO prepare Carte de Vsite and leave !,
WIN ", tii'r names and addresses written on the back
ms Is go"d ioF the photographers, and we might
bIshcP; for, II he have large number of caIers as
ne Is hNeIy to have, he will make quite coection
OF pictures. We understand that this idea is 10 be
carried out IN New YORK this year; and we wouId
respectfully y! Say to our lady readers that they notify
Il'lf gentleman ife"I> that this is their wish What
an addilInn tins would make 10 the leaves of ,bei,
albums! We know some favored b,Ijes wbI, oo',,J
easily nj l!rgc book il this wav while the cal
iet interview with each lady friend IS necessarily
OFief' his second self might be cont nua ly in sight
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when THINK how ii mangled Able. The piece
struck him in the back, and completely severed his
back bone, letting his entrails out his back. Our
Company: lost two killed and five wounded do
not know the exact loss of the regiment, but il il
heavy. Our Company is reduced down to 81
out of that number for duty, the rest ar
SirE
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one dsy the telegraph will tell us of two vas
as to be abe to sec the whites OF each ,,bars'
ana yet the very next day it Will cody talk as III
had never dreamed Of their being within twcntv
miles OF each "ther. We don't suppose that tbs
hghtnlng itself is charg, abe with living. but ;ts
managers lie like thunder. ~ 40
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A Coon DAYS WoRK.-Wc determined TO act nm,
our advice given in another article TO bring on tho
paper stock; J" consequently we spent one day in
securing every nook and corner Of our Office for the
precious material The result astonshed us. We
had an accumulation Of $500 lbs of useless material
which we readily sold at nine cent per pound, which
nctted ahandsome remuneration for our DAYS work. :,
Scientific American.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Bravery of the Delaware Boys in the
Battle Of FgederiCksburgh

The following, from a correspondent,
shows the courage and bravery of the Blue
Hens Chickens under fire:
At II o'clock, Gen. Frenchs aid rode up
to Major Smyth-who was in command of
the lst Delaware, the Lieutenant-C Colonel
having gone to WaShington-and told him
he wished our regiment to clear the wav
and DO the Sklrmishing; Immediately the
mems blankets were thrown off in large
foundry near by, and we went out to the
upper side OF the town to deploy, and then
the enemies batteries and sharpshooters
opened upon us indcScribable showers of
shot, shell, and rifle balls, notwithstanding
our men (the Sta Ohio on our right dep!ov-
ed and drove the rebel skirmisherS out of
houses and from behind fences quarter of
mile until we reached rise, or ridge of
ground where We lail down and gave tit for
tat with the enemy. and there we laid one
hour before any rcintorcCmcntS came up TO
help us. The rebels, concentrated behind
stone wall about 100 yards in the hollow
between us and their batteries, and in their
rifle pits and in some houses to the right of
their batteries and from II o'clock till
after three In the afternoon we stayed under
hotter fire than at Antetam Line after
line OF relntorcpmentS came up and tried to
charge the enemy from behind the stone
wall, so as to form and 90 up the hill to the
batteries, but it was no 90. The shellinp
was murdcrous, and the infantry WAS as bad
no lines could stand it and they broke, one
after the other, ana at night GO lines in alb
they were no further advanced than we
were in the morning and there our forces
now hold.
Our regiments loss is very heavy. nearly
as large IN proportion to the numbers en-
gagged (3OU) as at Antirtam
Whilst we were engaged and wondering
why our reintorccmcntS did not come up,
Gen French ro'tc up to kimbalS Brigade
who were at the skirt Of the town and cx-
claimed: . For Gods sake men, move w
and help the lst Delaware. just look at
them all alone, exposed. Look ut them
Look at Them On. On. for Gods sake
on! Double quick quick! &c, &c
Indeed, our boys are pluck We were
the only ones that really did drive the enc
my during the day, and every line that
came up got behind us and commenced
firing, and when the officers Of the Irish
Brigade dil get their men over US. they
broke immediately "Gcn. French saws
we are really brave boys"
KILLED ASD WOUNDED THE FIRST DELAWARE
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~ Is pity that iirnerI Mcdowell, now that il is
'S'aD.> .>hrd on >nc!I hugh authority as Hcntzleman
ana MrOh EAn t!'at he IS high priest Of temperance
Cannot oeconc leader Of fashion in this resnect in
af"y a"d Congressional GIRLS. Of all the places in
n 4, world !" winch facilities to get drunk abound.
"a,l',si'n S'a'ds accommodation the grand
gentleman who nddlcS his brains awav by swallow
my expansive liquors drawn from falsely labeled
oo' down 10 'h rcri,st gutter 10 f ihat presents
ms anSgh'iy v'Sige and hlolted form at the chean.
est o bars "hrre the nsnst 'ilainons compound of
poison are stcalttiIy ret ilcd
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lhe Third Delaware is now doing Pro-
Vost duty at Frederick, Nd. The m,n
complain of hardly ever receiving letters
from home. They do not know whether
they are written or not Lieut.. Lancashire
OF TINS regiment has resigned, and Can't.
----- is under arrest.
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Bravery OF QUA NATIONAL SoLnIERs,-Gen. Lee.
in his dispatches giving an account of the battle a,
Fredericksbugh, admits that our troops fought with
ths most desperate courage. sh
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at COmPeigne hc Empress Ru9cnic's gucst Gor
week. she must take with her no less than tyysntv-
eght different toilets for the fair guests are expeet.
eu TO dress four times day, and it isn't at ali tbe
ullng 10 appear twice IN the same costume.
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hUT ANY BUTTER nHar I" said a country Gus.
!s'ner' VII" w'i""d i'.io dry goods store in one Of
lhe Eastern chi H:id io,s.d much Ike a character
"ho knew lr'.' a,l .anrr OF himself than he
@ "aFed to TIL -, = -epIled the merchant
.grs ." ..''. Wan, to buy any
HsE -, dry rood1 store here"
90 wa" t'cn, "a, ,o 'u'd Lie 10 buy 50 ne
e!LcNchs-."t as tl- ,"na mighty sight nicer tu."
~ 'F, tel tnn "" sons deal in anything but
oGy gods t.a'..'t ~ol i y"u j mic, hird quarter
on IoFh TIL yu, 81, deal IN dry goods
dried pelctes 2' O'
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lHE SORGHUM ChoF.-It is est mated tia, tks
sorghum crop tbs year has been fl :ent to supplv
more than nal! thc >yIup and molasscs wanted IN
mi country. Tne syrup j. id t, he unusuallv
rch and pleasant tii> FIJI. The yield in 1859 was
less tnan elgnt millions "f gallons; this year il is
,''i'1cu at hrty millions About two hundred and
nifty acres ot lnJ are employed IN the cnt;vat;oH f
the cane. ''' ""oh "
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SIARr>-The Hartford Press does the fol-
lowing comPIimcnt:-'' The NIiddletown
oe'"'"cl has reduced its size. There is
enough OF 1t now, such as it is"
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The RAvAGEs OF WHIsKEY.-The Cincinnati
Times correspondent with General Grants army
represents that the ravages of Whskey have been
terrible among the officers in that military depart.
ment' lie was scarcely able to recognize many
gen tlemen whom he had met a year ago--so awful.
y had free of the bottle distorted their features
1t was notorious that at the late battle of Corintb
many ofthem were so drunk that their recollect,ons
OF the events were very ndistnct. Great pains are
tiken to keep liquor from the common soldiers. who
are severely punished if they get drunk, and it is
pity that means cannot be devised to prevent the
officers from uniting themselves for duty by tin.
pling. = "
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$1,000

lhe Russian Z nancipation is already beginning
10 snow g'"d tTuils. The Government of TmJs
winch formerly had ten village schools with 256
pupils now, clgh,rcn months later, numbers 1923
schools with Ib,3e7 pupils. In the Government Of
''hOirSk the numhcr of Schoos rose during the
same period from 20 to 277. Of pn,,ls fIon G75 -
4,l92; IN Pond"a, from $50 to ,2o8 schools. and
1850 to 5000 pupils. "''O
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The Delaware Inquirer OF Saturday con-
tainS the fOllowin~.

>i''"''lN I''4 t"oi vi 'CItNItllN con-
tains the following:
a MARES NEsr-TAst Friday EVENING"
llMh inst, } the 8 untcrrifirl" held meet
M IN thc levy court room in Dover. to con
s,dtr the propriety o. contcsting the election
OF Gov. Cannon. elect, when it wa. T. solved
that there should be one man appointed for
elch Hundred in the State to canvass and
collect facts Of illegal votes cast At onr Inst
election for Mr. Cannon. and il appears as
though all the canyaSserS chosen are a,p;-
rants for the high position OF serroant-at
arms Of the House OF Re, r.sentativrs in
onr next legislature; therefore they will
make, on Saturday next. the 27th a yoIurn-
nous report, as each of those would be s.,r-
geant-at-arms are conflpnt ofthpir appoipt-
m'nt, and know that if the election Of lTr
Cannon Is contested it will immensely swell
their fees, and snch reports rs ta~v will
produce, will be a>tonshin even 20 the M
tlveS, as they care not how it may b. da..ilcI
so 1t IS brought about We ask ATes<rs
Booth, Salisbury AMI StockIy, SC, if the
above programme is not on the bills
=. S.--HorA-Thc c1n,l.dltes TempI.
jefferson, &c, are to be hpec,rl.
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II your friend goes into speculation don't be.
cause he happens 10 break, break bsitI him.
f## y FthsFtf@ # "a tne 70 #tff
WV g53I ssaasaa.s
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REGIMENT.

Co. A.-Corp. Samuel Weir, killed.
Sergt WIN. Hlnklr, wounded.
Corp. Wm. Posilcs,
Al ~ IIpun,
" BEN. Cox.
Chas. Rlmbo,
PrIvat. SAml. Alexander, wounded.
O,c4r Farra,
:. Jc>scv + sSr
Co. B.-C'pt. J. G. Nichols, wounded.
Scrgt. Benz. Boga, "
Privt. Nlcla Welsh,
TnaS. Sn"X, "
VIM. II IN lton, "
Wa. VI. Smith,
Co. C.-Capt. William Snith, wound d.
Corp. Chas. MyCliraw,
Privt. Wn. Anderson,
Mluns Bylc,
VIM. IL. Bcgss,
Joshua Green,
Il Chas. Gallagher.
Warren Harrington,
Co. D.-Lieut. IleRry Darlington, Aillod.
Privt. John RI. Able,
Sergt. WIN. J. Blrney, wounded.
Corp DAVID s. Riggs,
Privt. Samuel Banning,
Chas. II. Collins, d"
r, w. Plumer,
Co. E.-Capt E. p. Harris,
Privt. Napoleon Adams, &"
Thomas Carey.
Chas. II. Dear,
Robert Watson,
+. Holloway,
" Jacob Obicr,
- Mcdowell,
Co. F.--Corp. Peter Garretson, wounded.
" WIN. Barney,
PrivI. John HcKinscy,
Richard Simpson,
-" VIM. CIntwcll,
Co. G.-Curp. G:org. w. Reese, killed
Serg,. Henry Higgins, wounded.
Corp. 5. r. Thomas,
Priv,. G. w. Simmons,
-" Henry Kits,
Co. H.-Sergi. George C. Scmple, killed.
Lieut.. f. G. Alexander, wounded.
Sergt. WIN. Miller,
Corp. WIN. X. McClurR,
Privt. John Miller,
WIN. w. D,vis,
Co. IA S. Phillips, wounded.
SECOND DELAWARE.
The Second Delaware fought with equ
courage and lost in killed and wounded 4
whose names were published in our Ia
issue.
The President AND THE SoLDIERs-A Congre
man, speaking the other night 10 the President
the bitter cold night, sad what terrible night Il
must be for the unfortunate soldiers who were but
provided with sh.lter. The President answered
:" would that had one Of their places! There
not man in the army with whom would not W
lngly exchange places Tonight.
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one me honest John Tomkins, a hedger and ditcher,
although he was poor, did not want to be richer
or all such vain wishes to him were prevented.
BY fortunate habit of being contcnted.
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IHE lIERoEs or DEuoCRAcY-It IS a siyntlfc,t,l
fact that tue democracy ulaI!est particular rcrar1
for those individuals IN society who have exniorted
positive reasonable procly.te,. Thus in Ohio they
nave Just elected to the State Legislature, and are
eAaltlng 10 the dignity of leader and u MARTYR. DR.
Edison b. Olds, who was sent to Fort Lafayette for
reasons like the following, stated in the Cincinnati
Commercial:
Ihe war ne characterized as an abolition crusade
Tie FFcl ldeAt as tyrant, and irJthng at the mouth
and rolling his eyesln prophetic phrenly h. declared
tAt ne saw blood at the polls, and that If the Demo.
cr1tS were not permitted to succeed--Hot merely Ia
'ote-but II they did not succeed at the baIlotbnx
they would ut the point OF the bay yenet ia ,tlsr
words, he was Tor violent measures, it the minority
was not pcrnllted to govern. lie threatened the
same bloody revolution against the decision th,
mlJorIty IN Ohio if adverse TO his Wishes Nlncn the
r'oeS 0! the South have cImmcnccd against that OF
the majority OF the nation South of the Ono Ods
would have been an active, violent traitor"
And Of stuff like this Democratic heroes are m de
IN this day Of nations travail!
The PAtER FAMINE.-It was stated at the Edit,.
rial Convention at Newton, last week bv one of the
editors OF Camden, that rye straw, delivered at the
paper mill in Philadelphia, was bringing ten cents
pound. The rag mills there now are all bcing
changed to grind straw. and rye straw is the only
straw that can be used with advantage. Hitherto
the mills arranged for straw have been making i'm
m""se profit, and notwithstanding all are engaged
in making straw paper the price of their manufac
turrd goods is going up, whilst straw is becoming
scarce. Immediate supplies are in demand, and thew
cannot get enough of it by offering the extraordinary
price of ten cents pound for it in the sheaf at
the mill.
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The Second Delaware fought with equal
courage and lost in killed and wounded 43,
whose names were published in our last
issue.
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ssr 80 vi A.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-08-07
tontiusirtiInS.

What English word Expresses the Lat.
in for cold Jelly" dUcs---( Ge,idus)
Why is wit like Chinese lndy's FOOT
Because brcvlty is ihc sole of IT,
Why is blacksmith like n safe stccdl
Because one IA a horse .shocr and the 9th.
or In sRrc hore.
Why are nuctioncrrs ugly mon De-
cOusc they are always Jor.biddipg.
What sort Of desire docs the modern
Cupid excite cupid iy.
What is the difference between a law
suit and lawyer! Sometimes the one
Tont lie, but the other uW
Whit is 1attcr th1n u nat A Fat.
ter.cr.
Why is an eclipse like n man whip-
ping his boy =! 1t is a hiding OF the sun.
When are books like mummics When
they are bound in cloth.
Why lisa gracious man like bcncyo.
lent one lie is always Cor.giping-N
Y. Evening Post.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-08-07
The Mule.

A correspondent of the Wiscon.
sin Farmer, sums up the merits OF
the mule as compared with the
, horse as follows:
= |. He is much more easily and
,cheaply raised than his cousin, the
, horse, ., lie eats but littlo more
= than halt as much when matured.
3. He is satisfied with and thrives
! upon a coarser aud less expensive
,,kind of provcnder. 4. Itcosts less
TO keep him in harness and in
.*hoes. 3. lie is proportionately
detronger. 6. lie is much tougher,
Z. He is less liable TO disease. S.
lille has moro sense and docility.-
no. lie is better adapted to some
important kinds OF work. 10. He
ISIS a trucr puller, and when loaded,
M quicker traveller. II. lie sells
for a better price. IL. He lives
.more than twice as long, IS. He
sis better looking. No accounting
for taste IA. In nothing but fleet.
ness is he excelled by the horse.