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How the Negroes Fight.

The New York Herald has all the time
doubted the efficiency of the Negro regi-
ments in battle. gives place to long and
Interesting letter from its correspondent 10
Banks army, at the siege of Port Hudson.
which speaks of the conduct of the Second
Louisiana [negro] regiment, rather euthusi..
astically. According to this correspondent
no more desperate fighting ever took plsca
any ywhere-and there we're incidents-he
says: CONNECTED with this colored regiment
which have raised them very much in my
estimation; after firing one volley they did
not deign to load again. but went 10 with
bayonets. and wherever they bad . chance
il was all up with the rebels; they went in on
The advance, and When they came out, sir out
of niae hundred men could not D. accounted
for. IL is said on every side that they fought
,0tth the desperation Of tigers. One negro
was observed with Rebel soldier 10 his
grasp, tearing the flesh from his face With
bs teeth, other weapons having failed him.
We have before Us letter written by an
eyewitness ofehe same conflict. which has
the following paragraph In relation 70 the
colored regiment
II assure you I was utterly astounded At
what then took place. These negroes seemed
suddenly actuated with the fury and strength
of demons they clubbed their muskets aud
swung them around their heads, literally
knocking out the brains of their opponents.
and not shout, not cry escaped them.--
1t was positively the most intense picture
of human fsrocity that have ever seen. aud
when turned my head. I found that sever
al OF our Officers aud meu were standing
with their guns and swords half raised. In
tensely absorbed in the novelty of this new
method of Rebel snuihilstiou.
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HARMONY IN AaE.-All men whose cult.
vation keeps pace with their years, grow
better looking" as they grow older aud
older. They need not regret the roses of
spring, for they are exchanged for the
richer fruits of autumn, which represent all
the worthy labor that has been expended in
the years Of manhood while they grew and
ripeued. As man lives on, all parts har-
monize more perfectly to produce unity
and wholeness. Not a gray hair can even
be missed without disturbing the ooncordi
not wrinkle obliterated without destroying
some part of the beauty of age. Ibave seen
some old people "got up" in manner to
look actually fright'ul, while. ! doubt not,
they supposed themselves In condition to
challenge admiration. 1t is quite amusing
10 see old fellows OF fifty or theresbouts. re.
juvenated as they believe, with wigs on their
heads, and hair dye on their whiskers. and
playing the agreeable at balls and parties
and in the horse cars. to girls whose moth
ers had resisted the charms of their youth
They think II Is oil right. but The girls laugh
at them and call them old fools.
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P andora's Box.

Pandora, according TO hea then mythol.
ogy, was the first female created. She
was formed Of clay by Vulcan. at the re.
quest Of Jupiter. AS soon as endowed
with life, all the gods are said to have
We'd with each other in presenting her
with gifts. She received beauty and the
art OF pleasing from Venus, the power of
captivating from the Graces Appollo
taught her 10 sing; Mercury instructed
her with eloquence, land Minerva endowed
her with wisdom. Hence she was called
Pandora, from the Greek words pa,
doron. gift, intimating she was all gifted
Jupiter finally presented her with boz
filled with innumerable evils, which sh,
was desired 10 give TO the man who mar
ried her. She was then conducted b,
Mercury to Prometheus. He, suspicioul
Of deceit. wo'd not accept the present; bu,
his brother, Epimelhous, less prudent
married her. He having accepted ane
opened The box, there issued multitud.
Of evils and distempers, which speedily
dispersed themselves over the earth, and
have never since ceased 10 afflict man
kind. He shut the box up again in haste
but all were gone. Hope alone. which
Jupiter had compassiouately enclosed in
his unhappy gift, had not Time TO escape,
and consequently is the one consolation
OF wretched mortals. Hence the express.
ion, "Hope lives at the bottom"
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Views of Jefferson Davis in 1860.

In a debate which took place n the Sen.
ate of the United States, 10 May. 1860. be.
tween Jefferson Davis aud Stephen A. Doug
las, with reference to slavery in the Terri.
tories, the former secuted the charge that
there was any design at the South to dis.
solve the Union, in the following terms:
The last point which will notice is his
reference to the Southern League. He
reads from the Southern League constitu-
ton, or whatever it isl do not know-to
show that there was an organization TO dis
solve the Union. Does the Senator believe
there was lodge in that Southern League
outside of the State of Alabama ?
Mr.. DOUGLAS. did suppose so, for the
reason that Mr.. Yance2 refers to it in bis
letter to Slaughter, id terms of approval 4;
and, in the lotter to Pryor, explaining the
Slaughter letter, he says there is a we'll
maured plan throughout the Southern
Statos, and approved by tho best men in
Virginia evidently referring to the South.
ern League as spreading throughout the
Southern States, and then existing in vir.
gina, with the approval of the bes. men.
Mr.. DAVIS. know very little about 9th
or peoples secrets, and have very few of
my own to keep; but will say that, if there
was lodge outside of Alabama, / do not
know of it. Further, / will cay that do
not bolieve there was. And moro, l will
say, from tho best information have, there
was not one hundred in the organization in
Alabama I have been told, about seventy
five. do not think tho Union was in any
danger from lhem., Ihnue great confidence
in the strength cfSthe Union. Every now
and then hear that it is about to tumble to
pieces, that somebody 10 going to introd uce
a new plank into the platform. and, if be
does. tho Union must tumble down until
at LAST begin to think it is such q rickety
old platform that i is impossible to prop il
up; but then bring my own judguen. to
bear. instead of relying on witnesses, and
come to the conclusion that The Uxion is
strong and scfe-strong in itspoi0er as ,Deil
as in The affections Of the people that 1t
holds high prizes get. and the danger is that
it will overwhelm the States BY it's wide.
spread patronage. The danger is consoli.
dstion; and l wish it was in my power to.
day to strike three-ffths of the patronage
of this Government from 1t, that the State.
might rise 10 their relative dIguity. aud the
Union be less strong than il is--mors strope
perhaps in the affections of virtuous peo,
pie. but less powerful 10 its influence upon
those who follow iu the wake of spois.-
But. sir, l have very little apprehension tina,
the Union is about to be destroyed by sew.
enty'dve men anywhere very HiAs oppye.
hen'Io" that thus great Gopsrxment eas B.
eru'hed by q seerei orgdairatisn. No, cir /
1t will require men, brave men, iutellIgen,
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WISE Discomfort CoMMEsDABLE.--Had
man evsr been content with "things IS
they are." plodding the same dull road
with incurious satisfaction, Time would
Fave grown gray in ignorance: deaf. blind,
and stupid, lie would never raised his eyes
10 Heaven. to discover the glorious phe-
nomena Of the stars, nor directed them to
earth, to develop the latent treasures con.
cealed in her bosom (; the caves Of ocean
would have yet been unfathomed. the
mysteries Of the deep unexplored and
each retty abori2ine. in quiescent barba-
rism, would have formed no wish for in
tercourse beyond his own paltry commu.
nifty. Man would have felt no care for
aught but "meat cloths. and fire." thus
remaining 6t companion for the brutss BY
which he was surrounded; and holding al
10 common with them but the pro6lles'
prerogative Of speech. Therefore. sOis.
discomfort is commendable. and should bt
encouraged.
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have had a vast majority Of the higher
offices OF both army and navy, while a
lsrgerproportion Of the soldiers and sail.
ors were drawn from the North. Equal.
ly 80 Of Clerks. Auditors and Compiroll-
ers fiIliug the Executive department /; the
records show for the last fifty years, that
OF the three thousand thus employed, we
have had more than two thirds OF the
same, while we have but oce third Of tne
white population Of the republic.
Again, look at another item, and one,
be assured, in which we have a great
and vital interest i, is that Of revenue,
or means Of supporting government.
From Official documents, we learn that q
traction over three -iourlhs Of The revenue
collected for the support OF government
has uniformly been raised from the North.
Pause, now, while you can. gentle.
men, aud contemplate carefully and can.
didly these important items. Look at an.
other necessary branch of government,
and learn from stern statistical facts how
matters stand 10 that department.
mean the mail and pos:-office privileges
that we now enjoy under The general gov
ernment, as it has been for years past.
The expeuce for the transportation of the
mail in the Free States was, by the repor,
OF the Postmaster General lol the wear
1860, little over $4,000, 900, while
the income was 100000. But in the
Slave States. the transportation OF the
mail was Sl4.7l6,U00, while the reve'
nue. from the snme was SS,O0l ,O26
leaving a deficit Of 90, 1875, to be sup
piled by the North for our accommoda
ton, and without it we must have been
entirely cat off from this most essentis
branch of govrnmcEt.
Leaving ont Of view, for the present
the countless millions OF dollars you mus
expend in war with the North with
tens of thousands Of your sons and broth
ers slain in battle, snd offered up as sac
rlfces upon the altar Of your ambition
and for what, we ask again Is it for lh'
overthrow Of the American government
established by our common ancestry, ce
mented and built up by their sweat an,
blood. and founded on the broad princi
pies Of Right, Justice, and Humanity
And, as such, must declare here as
, have often done before. and which h'
been repeated by the greatest and wise
e of statesmen and patriots in this and oil
{ er lands, that 1t is tie best and freest go
r ernn'ent-Me most equal in its rights
: tile most just in its aecisions--the most ie,
+ lent in its measures, and tie most inspiri,
in t.s principles TO elevate the race of me,
that the sun of heaven cver shOne upon.
Now, for you to attempt 10 overthro
such q government as this, under whie
we have lived for more than three qua
ters of a cen,ury-in whidh we ha,
gained our wealth, our standing as n
,ion. our domesli, safety while the eli
ments Of peril are around US, with peat
and tranquility accompanied with unbout
ed prosperity and rights unassailed--
the height OF madness, folly and wicke'
cess. to which l can neither lend IN
sanction nor my vote.
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Cusrorrrrs or NATURE Among tho %.

CURIoNrIEs OF NATURE Among the ps-
pers published in costly style by the Smith
souian Institute ct Washington. is one on
the microscopic piants and animals which
live on and in the human body. 1t describes
quito q number OF insects. The animal
which produces the dsease called itch. ID
illustrated by an engraving half an inch in
diameter. which shows not only the ugly liz.
tie fellows body and legs. but bis very toes.
although the animal himself Ia entirely In.
visible to the naked eye. When Lieut.. Ber-
rymsn was sounding the ocean. preparatory
to laying the Atlantic telegraph. the quill %
the end OF ths sounding line. brought up
mud. which on being dried. became pow.
der so fine that on rubbing Il between the
thumb and finger. Il disappeared 10 crsvices
Of the skin. On plaeing shis dust under the
microscope. II WAS diseovsred'to consist Of
millions Of perfect sheIls each Of vhsss bad
Q living animal.
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FLOWERS.

We wroathe the locks Of youth.
We come to boauty's aid,
Aud in sweet ministries of love
All unreluctant fade.
We grace the bridal FEAST
From sun and shower We bring
Scch robes of radiant tint as sbamed
Judeas gorgeous king.
We shrink not mid the shroud
Our sad abode TO take,
We keep our vigil DER The tomb
When all beside forsake,--
Down in our own dark sleep
We sink at wintry hour,
But In new glory rise,-to show
The souls immortal power.
l.. IL. SIaoURNEY
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HEALTH Most of the maladies which af.
flict mankind, are tho results of intemper.
ance in eating and drinking. The inmates
of our prisons have PLAN and healthy diet,
and, without much exercise in the open air,
are seldom sick. Their lodging rooms are
not very capacous, yet We suppose they are
pretty we'll ventilated. DR.. Hall, in his
Journal Of Health. gives the following good
advice:
"If the body is tired, rest; If the brain il
tired, sleep. If the bowels are loose, lie
down 10 warm bed and remain there, and
eat nothing until you are we'll. If an action
of the bowels does not occur at the usual
hour, eat not an atom until they do act. at
least for thirty six hours; meanwhile drink
largely of cold water or hot tea. add exer.
else 10 the open air to the extent of q gen.
tie perspiratiop, and keep this up till things
are rightod; this one suggestion. if prae-
t;ced, would ssvo myriads of lives every
year, both in the city and country. The
best medicines in the world are warmth, ab-
stinence and repose.
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WHOLE NO.7O4.
HEAp QUARTERS PRovosT MARSHAL. J
18TH ConG. DIST. or ONO. WAR
REM June 40 1S63

HEAo QUARTERS PRovosT MARSHAL.
18TH ConG. DIST. or OHIO. WAR
rem, June 80, 1868.
Attention is called to tho following ex.
tracts from circular No. 80 from the War
Department, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
PRovosr MARSHAL GENERALS OTr1cE,
Washington, d. c., June "a, 1868.
CIRCULAR,
REGULATIONS IN REGARD TO SUB,
sTITUTEs.
lst. Any person enrolled and drafted,
may. at any time, on or before tho time at
which he is ordered to report at q rendez.
vous, obtain and present to the Board Of
Enrolment Of the District in which he re-
sides, substitute.
Cd. The substitute must be in every re-
speot suitable for the military service, which
shall DO determined by the Enrolling Board
in the manner prescribed for examining re-
cruits.
Sd. Every substitute, after being OK.
amined and approved by The Enrolling
Board, shall enlist in the service of tho
United States.
4th. And when be shall have so enlisted,
and reported to the Provost Marshal for
duty, the Board shall give the person who
has furnished the substitute q certificate of
exemption, setting forth that the person sis
not properly subject to do military duty
during the time for which he was drafted
by reason of having jurnshed an
acceptable substituie."
9th. Every substitute, who shall have en-
listed and reported to the Provost Marshal.
shalt be held subject to all pains and PEN
alties for desorilon or other offences, in tho
same manner as other soldiers, and the per.
son who has furnished the substitute shall
no. be responsible for tSe acts of the sub
stitute, committed after he shall have on.
listed and reported to the Provost Marshal
for duty. as required in the preceding para.
graph.
9th. The Board OF Enrolment will give
4 public notice, after draft has been made.
A that they, between such hours on every day,
a up to the tine when the drafted men are
n ordered TO report at q rendezvous, heat
1. propositions for substitutes, and examine
K persons so Offering
e 7.h. All persons who may bo drafted
- and all who desire to present substitutel
- shall give notice in writing to the Board o
n Enrolment that on such day they vii
t, present substitute. giving bis name. rosi
d deuce, age. aud stating whether he 10 81
% alien or citizen.
y 9th. Substitutes, after boing enlisted
are to be considered as. 10 oil respects, OF
the samo footing with other soldiers, re-
I ceiving the same bounties, pay ard allow
n auce, and ameaole to the sames reguls.
:, tions and discipline.
|, JAMES B. FRY.
Provost Marshal General.
BY order of the Board of Enrolment
D. CALDWELL,
Capt. and Provost Marshal.
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"ToUcH Us GENTLY. TIME !"

Touch US gently, Time
Lot US glide down the stream
Gently--as We sometimes glide
Through quiet dreaml
Humble voyagers ere We,
Husband, wife, and children three
One is lost--an angel fod
To the azure overhead.
Touch US gently, Time
We've not proud or sonring wings;
Our ambition, our content,
Lies In little things.
Humble voysgers are we
Ger life's dim, unsouDded sea,
Seeking only some calm climo--
Touch US gently, Time
BARRY CORNWALL.
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A Coon ONE.-Judge Davis Of the
United States Supreme Cour, was holding
court at Indianapolis, on the day Vallsn.
dighsm was arrested. During the inter-
mission OF the court for dinner, the Judge
ga, at tie hotel. while the members Of the
bar were arranged along its sides, among
whom was Voorhees.->The Judge, in his
peculiar way called out to Voorhees,. who
was at the lower enc OF the table. "voor-
bees, you had better look out--.-thsy have
got down to the Vs., This set the table
in q roar. and Voorhees, appears to have
appreciated tho point.
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G GossrprRs.--The common fluency

GossIpERs. common Huency of
speech. in many men, and most women.
is owing to scarcity Of matter, and q
scarcity Of words; for whoever is master
Of language has a mind fell Of ideas.
vii! be apt, in speaking. 10 hesitate upon
choice of both; whereas, common speak
ers have only one set Of words 10 clolbe
them in; and these are always ready q,
the mouth; so people can como faster out
Of church when it Is almost empty. than
when crowd is at the door.--Swyy.
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men, united and acting openly. defending
their fresides, under the promp,iugs of the
highest motive that sustained our fathers
in the Revolution, whenever war shall sue.
cessfuly be wagcd against this Government.
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The perfumes Of thousand roses soon
die. but the pain caused by one of its .horns
remains long attor. A saddened remem.
brauce 10 the midst Of mirth is like that
thorn among the roses.
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Our Military CORRESPONDENTS

UNION HOSPITAL, MEMPHIs. June 9th, 1863
EDITOR observation-disclosures l cannot
give you late items of news from below,
am inclined to write, for a few may DO in.
terested in this hospital. There are three
hundred and twelve wounded and sick in
this hospital. have visited other hospitals
in the city, of which there are TWELVE
They are all we'll regulated, and every at
tention is paid to the sufferers which can
add to their comfort.
left the field in rear of Vicksburg six.
teen days ago. The widest rumors are
afoat in regard to the operations below.
Reports from rebel sources say that Grant
will te dislodged, and probably annihilated +;
but one needs only to 60 to the rear of the
doomed city as far as Black River, aud e1-
amino tho works and country, to satisfy
himself that Vicksburg IL realty doomed J
for no force that the Confederates can send
could tlislodge Gen.. Grant. The country
from Black River to the city is rough in the
extreme, and affords admirable chances for
the construction of defences. Pemberton
was accused of treason by bis troops after
the battle at Champion Hill, aud be 10 holding
oct for the purpose of starving his army to
o realizing sense of bis loyalty to tho Con.
federacy. I understand that our troops
now hsvo their tents and camping equipage,
and are in high spirits, and look forward
with pleasure TO the not. far distant Cay
when they will be ordered to walk into the
city.
Copperheads are now very scarce in the
army. All were we'll pleased to hear that
the chief of Northern traitors had been dis
posed of. I think thele is much more dan
ger from dealing lightly than from rough
treatment still favor hanging the leaders
both North and South, and, il hanging
makes them notorious and martyrs. let's
have them ell notorious martyrs. do not
believe in mob law ss general thing, but,
10 some extreme cases. Iose of hanging 10
the best remedy that can be applied; and
II, in those aggravated cases, the people get
the start of the slow authorities, il only
demonstrates their loyalty to that Govern.
ment to which the hanged we're avowed en-.
emies. In the early part of this struggle,
II Was thought best to "deal gently with the
erring ones," but it did not work we'll. A
change was made, and what a rebel howl
and how our armies succeed
m ~
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He who 10 false to present duty breaks
thread 10 the loom. aud will find the naw
when be may have forgotten the cause.
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IHrArE the example Of tho locomotive
He runs along, WHISTLES over bis work, and
yot nevor takes anything but water whom he
wants 20 "wet his whistle"
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eTAll kinds Of fmerchantable producetaken
10 payment, at the market price.
.s.No paper discontinued until all arrearsges
ere pa i'd except At the option Of the Publisher.
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Juno 2stb.--Last night, Maj. Lynch, Of
the Hath Ohio, arrived from vicksburg He
brought the cheering intelligence of the fall
OF Port Hudson, with nine hundred prison.
ers. Ho says Grant published the dispatch
in an official order. Later advices from be-
low fully confirm the statement. The Con-
federate backbone isbroken. Soon Vicks.
burg must yield. T. C.P.
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LIST OFPURLIC OFFICERS:

NORMAN l.. L.CHAFFEE.. District Judge.
PETER HITCHCOCK. .... -. Sen ator.
BENZ. B. WOODBURY.."...R .Represen tative.
NC CANFIEI.D""....... Probate Judge.
WM. N. KEENY .....""..........C Clerk.
G. Q. FIELD -. .''..... .... ........ Auditor.
@. R. .NEWCOMB. ....".... ..Treasurer
CHAS. II. LAMB B....."...." .... Recorder
D. W. CANFIELD.. ....Pfos. Attorney.
AUGUSTUS E. MlLLER.... .... Coroner
SETH EDISON ...""...." "..Surveyor
J. o. WORALLO,l
J. v. WHITNEY, ...."" School Exrs.
JOHN NlCHOLS,\
J. w, COLLINS. ..."
LEWIS G. REED. 5000. c.,,r.rs
S.GAYLORD, Js. ...... "''h'''''""'''
ALEX. Nc NISH.)
A. D. .HALL""..A
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