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Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20
A Mothers Hand.

In one Of the fierce engagements with the
rebels near Mechanicsville, in May last q
young lieutenant of Rhode Island battery
had his right foot shattered by fragment Of
she'll that, on reaching Washington after one
of those horrible ambulance rides. aud jour-
ney of weeks duration. he was obliged to
undergo amputation of the leg. He tele-
graphed home, hundreds of miles away that
all was going well, and with soldiers forti-
tside cotiiposed himself to Bear his suffering 3
alone. Unknown to him, however, his mother,
who had become anxions for the welfare other
son, had come to Washington. She reached
the city at midnight, and the nurses would
have kept her from him until morning One
sat by bis side tanning him as be slept. her
band on the feeble, fuctuating pulsations
which forbode sud results But what woman's
heart could resist the pleading of a mother
then :. In the darkness. she was finally al
lowed to glide in and take the place at his
side. She touched his pulse rs the nurse had
done. Not a word had been spoken; but the
sleeping boy opened his eyes and said g That
feels like my mothers hand Who is this
beside mel 1t is my mother; turn up the
gas, and let me see my motherw The two
faces met in one long, joyful sobbing embrace,
and the fohdness pent upin each heart sobbed
and painted and swept forth its expression.
The gallant fellow just twenty-one, his leg
amputated on the last day of his three years
service, underwent operation after operation,
and at last, when death drew nigh, and he
was told by fearful friends that it only re-
manned to NIKE him comfortable said :" he
bad looked death in the face too many times
to be afraid, now" and died as gallahtly as
though falling under the enemy's fire Oh the
field of battle.
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How Gen. Grant First Entered the Service foz
the War,

Never vas the quotation, " Man proposes.
but God disposes," more strikingly e1empli6sd
than in the following snecdote Of Gen. Grant:
| At the commencement Of the rebellion nn
illinois representative called upon Governor
Yates, to recommend to him Mr.. Grant as. .
6t person for some military position. The
Governor had received applications from some
men over six feet in heighth and of muscular
frames, and therefore curiously eyed the small
man attired in homespun, that stood before
him as an applicant He then asked his
grounds for making the application.
II was educated st West Point" said
Grant at the country's expense. served
in Mexico. and when went out to Oregon, I
thought had returned to the country an
equivalent for my educatiob, 50 1 resigned
The country is now in trouble, and wish to
serve her in her need" It
Governor Yates had no appointment for him.
and he therefore left. A short time after this
occurrence, the Governor. was very much
distressed in regard to the raising ofthe quota
of the State. He had plenty of offers for Of
fccrs positions, but he personally did not
know the minutia of regimental organisations
how many priyates7 composed'a company.
or how many subordinate officers there should
be in regiment In his distress he asked
the representative if that plain little man to
whom he had been introduced knew anything
of these matters. The representative replied
by bringing Grant into the Go7ernor's pres
ence.
''Do you understand the organization Of
troops ?" inquired the Governor.
The reply, was in the affirmative. ~ '.'
"Will. you accept "a desk il NY Office for
that purpose p was the next question.
Anything to serve my country" was
Grants reply 80 -.rr
And to work he at once went atd but for
this, Grant might still be unknown to the
world. BY his energy, Illinois became noted
for the speed with which she filed her quota,
When the 2lst Illinois volunteers we're or
ganizod, a fine looking man was chosen by the
company officers as the colonel, but having no
military capacity, the regiment fell into disor-
der and became the terror Of the neighborhood
where it was encamped The Governor re-
fused to commission the nominee of the reg.
iment, and asked Grant if he thought he could
bring the turbulent mass to order if ho were
appointed colonel of the regiment. Grant
thought he could Half an hour afterwards
an. application. was made to the Governor 70
setd regiment to Quipcy-one hundred and
twenty miles miles dis.ant--but the trouble
with the Governor was not the want of men,
but the lack of transportation"
' Send my regiment" said Grant," ''and
will soon find the transportation" .5
The command was given. and before night
the regiment was under orders to march On
foot the regiment was transported to Quincy.
and when the men were ensamped they we're
reported as belonging to one Of the best dis
ciplined regiments of Illinois volunteers
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Is THE WAR A FAILURE2

THE CHICAGO CONVENTION declared that the
War against the. Rebellion had proved a
Failure. They put this forth as g the sense
of the Am rican People )" and on the strength
of this declaration. they demanded that ." i'm
mediate Efforts to be made for CESSATION
OF HOSTILITIES"
Is this true? Is the War in which we have
poured fourth our blood and treasure, in
which thousands and tens of thousands of our
sons and our brothers have laid down their
lives,-A FAILURE? Look at the facts:
When the rebels began the war they held
everything South of the Ohio River and the
Pennsylvania line, except the City of Wash
ington. and that City their Secretary of War
declared they would take within three months.
They held the State of Missouri. .running up
far North of. the Ohio line. and tue whole of
the vast territory South of the line of Kansas
Where are they, now9 They haye lost the
States of Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Missouri. Arkansas, Louisiana. Mississippi,
mo- than half Of Alabama and Georgia, all
the Territories, and the last ghost of chance
of ever taking Washington! Does that loOh
| like ]" FAILURE?"
When the rebels began the war they had
seized and captured, by treachery, every fort
and military post along their Atlantic sea-
board, except Fortress Monroe; every one on
the the Gulf of Mexico, and all on the Mis-
sissippi River. Our glorious Army and Navy
have taken from them every one of these
forts except those that protect Charleston har-
bor, and every seaport except that and Will
mington.. Does that kook like "FALuRE?''
When ah,y began the war they had / ,O63,-
$50 square miles Of our territory in their pos
session; now they have only 345, ,666. Then
they numbered 12,l21 ,S14 of inhabitants !;
now they number only $3.50, ,241. Then they
counted four millions Of slaves within their
dominions. Our Armies have set free, or
withdrawn from their control, at least half
this number. and have shaken the accursed
institution to its very foundations. Doss Mii
tdoh like \" FAILuHET p ~, a. az. a.a 3
They began the war with a million Of fight
ing men-slaves tilling their fields and allow.
ing all their able-bodied Whites TO- rally around
the rebel standard :. They had splendid officer,
educated at our expense. troops thoroughly
drilled in preparation for this rebellion. arm.
and munitions Of war stolen from our ,arsenals
navy yards treaeherously seized from US in
which to ct out pirate craft to prey upon ou,
commerce. the aid and comfort of foreign ma
tions. and everything needed to enable and
encourage them to; wage long, costly and
btoody war, We fave destroyed nearly every
one of their armies, used up the whole Of theil
available fighting material, exhausted theil
supplies Of arms and of food. captured their
guns. Destroyed their privateers. seized theil
fortifcatiohs. driven thenbaek .pon the Gulf
i and brought them at last to, the very verge
of military amsitiou- Does this look III.
!" FAnsSf?"
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How to Tell a Lady.

Two womea shall get into an omnibus, and
though we never saw either Of them before,
we shall select the true lady. She does not
litter when gentleman handing up her fare
knocks off his hat pitches it away over his
nosej nor does she receive her change" after
this (to him) inconvenient act of gallantry
in grim silence. She wears no fowcred bro
cade to be-, ,troddcn under foot, nor ballroom
jewelry, nor rose-tinted gloves but the lace
frill around her neck is scrupulously fresh
and the strings under her chin have evidently
been handled by dainty fingers. She makes
no parade of watch if she wears one nor
does she draw off her dark neatly fitting glcve
to display cctert tatous rings. Still we notice
nesting nthc straw beneath US, such a trim
little boot, not parer-soled, hut of an anti
consumption thickness the bonnet upon her
head is of plain stray, simply trimmed for
your true lady never wears {" 4 dress hat in
an onl-ibus. She is quite as civil to the
poorest as the richest person who sits beside
her, and equally regardful Of their rights. II
she attracts attention, it is by the unconscious
grace of her manner, not by the ostentation
of her dress. We are quite sorry when she
pulls the strap and disappears?if it we were a
bachelor we should 60 home to our solitary
den, with resolution to become better and
a--marricd man
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

ElGHr TO- SIxTEEN Lord Shaftesbury re-
Gently stated, that, from personal observation.
he had ascertaned that of adult male crimi-
mails CT that city, nearly all had fallen, into 4
conrse. of crime between the ages of eight and
sixteen years; and that, if a young man
lived an honest life up to twenty years of age,
there were forty-nine chances, in favor, and
only one against him, as to an honest life
thereafter. .... -
This is fact of singular importance TO fa-
theirs and mothers. and shows fearful respon-
sbility Certainly parent should secure and
exercise absolute control over the child under
sixteen. 1t cannot be difficult matter to do
this, except in. very raro cases and if that
control is not very wisely and efficiently sxer-
cised it must be the parents fault; it is owing
to the parental neglect of remissness. Hence.
the real source Of ninety EIGHT ger oent. Of
the real crime in country such as England
or the United States lies a. the door of the
parents. 1t is fearful reflection. We throw
it before the minds Of tho fathers and mothers
of our land, and there leave it to be thought
of in wisdom, remarking only as to the early
seeds Of bodily disease that they are, in nearly
every case, sown between sundown and bed
time, in absence from the family cicle; in thu
supply of spending money never earned BY
the spender opening the doors of confec.
tionares and soda fountains. Of beer and to-
bacco and wine shops, Of the circus, the negro
minstrel, the restaurant and danoe-then fol.
lows the Sunday excursion. the Sunday drive.
with the easy transition. to the company Of
those whose ways leads to the gates of social.
physical and moral ruin. From eight to six
teen---in these few years-arc the destinies Of
children fixed in forty-n cases out of fifty
fixed by the parents! Let every father and
thothsr solemnly vow, By Gods help. tn
fix my darling's destiny for good, by making
home more attractive than the street,"
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PO E TR Y
TAKE OFF THY SWORD, MCCLELLAN

TAKE off thy sword, Mcclellan,
Take off thy coat of blue;
Strip quickly from thy shoulders
Those starty badges two;
You are no more a soldier
You've changed your base again;
On Peace's platform standing
The garh of war is vain.
-.' .r. - ,., .,.,.t -
When first we met, Mcclellan,
You led a hero band;
A grand devoted army
Was then At thy comiaand.
The finest on the planet,
= 1t longed to meet the foe;
1t needed but leader,
TO strike the crushing blow. .-
And then, how full, McClellal,
You filed nations eyes?
When eer thy name was mentioned,
u We felt our courage rise.
We thought you were a saviour
Sent to our country's aid.
To bring us back the Union,
The same our fathers made.
Where are they now, Mcclellan,
Those heroes whom you led?
A cry of anguish answers, ....
"Alas they re with the dead"
They sleep in peace eternal
Those true devoted braves;
Ths only peace you conquered,
The peace Of soiiiers' graves
Alack, alack, Mcclellan,
Our faith, was hard to slnike
We trusted long vorr promise,
That YOU would Richmond take;
Till back you staggered leading,
Your back toward the foe,
With columns torn and bleeding,
And banners dropping low.
But now you hold: Mcclellan,
Another high command,
Again force is mustered,
Aud you lead on the band.
And is that force enlisted
To fight the Unions wars,
And plant on Richmond Hill tops,
The flag of stripes and stars
A'as alas, Mcclellan,
A ,raven crew you lead,
"Peacc'' glistens on their banners
While yet our soldiers bleed.
They basely cry surrender"
Ere the Union is restored,
They kiss the feet of traitors,
And throw away the sword.
Have you no shame, McClelan2 ..
Have you forgot the past?
Have you so long led freemen,
To herd with slaves at last2
Alas, alas, Mcclellan.
1t seemeth so to be,
When you raise the flag Of traitors
And drop that Of the fres.
Take off thy sword, Mcclellan,
Take off thy coat of blue,
Strip quickly from thy shoulders
Those starry badges two;
You are no more soldier,
You We changed your base again,
On Pcace's platform standing,
The Garh Of war is vain.
Missouri Democrat
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

THE best pleasures which swecten
life most and leave no bitterness behnd-are
cheap pleasure. What greater pleasure can
man enjoy than the sense Of being free and
independently 81 The man viii Els fine house,
kis gisteriIg carriage. and his rich banquets,
for which he is in debt, is slave prisoner.
forever dragging his chains behind him through
all the grandeur of the false world in which
he .nores
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TESTIMONY OF. GEN. sEYMcuR =.

TESTIMONY OF, GEN. sEYMcuR
WnLIAMsrowN, Mass, Aug 10, 1861.
My DEAR SIR; You ask for my impress
sions of the present condition of the Southern
Gohfederocy, and you shall have them. For
the beneft,cf our cause, wish they might be
impressed upon every soul in the lard, that
the confidence begotten of my three months
observations in the interior of the South might
be shared by every man who has the ieaut
connection with the responsibilities of this
struggle. And am sure that these opinions
are not peculiar to myself. Ecery one Of t.s
Eyty officers just e.rchapged, DiN say the same
every one of our men, whether from The
jails Of Charleston Or the pens of Macon and
Andersonville, will confidently tell the same
story. ...,., .a. -,. nd 81 r.
I'd The rsbe. causs Is (ua Jai ing from erhaus-
tior. Their two grand armies have been re-
enforced this summer from the last resources
OF the South. From every corner of the land
erery old man and every boy capc,ble Of bear
ing,a rifle has boen impressed, Dizingty ar ,tn-
piHtagly, and hurried to the 'front.' Lees ar
my was the first SO strengthened-t was at
the expense of Hoods. ~
There is certainly no small proportion OF
the Southern people despite the lying decla-
rations of their jonrnals-as we had good oc-
casion to learn) that Rct.enly fayors the pro-
gress of our arms, but that daily prays that
this. .exterminating war may very soon be
brought to fnality by our complete and per-
feet success. They have had too. much Of
despotism-not enough of the triumph prom
ised them. Many intelligent Southern gen.
temen do, indeed, expresses strong hopes of
their ultimate independence. but such hope is
| not shared BY the masses. Disappointed from
the first in not having been acknowledged BY
foreign powers-more bitterly disappointed in
their general expectation that Northern COW
ardice or disscnsion would secure their ends
but single chance remains, and that Is in
tile result Of the r,e1t election for President. -
IF a Democrat succeeds. M. Lincoln, Mey
profess feel sure Of Negotiation aud their
! Conysderacy. They beliere Democrat pia
be elected. In Mr.. Lincoln''s reelection the y
see only subjugaticr, anhihilation- the
war must then continue, and continuance is
failure and ruin ., ,------@-----r.
In military affairs it is an excellent rule
never to do what the enemy desires is it not
equally true in politics ~,
| Certain 1t is that the only remaining hope
Of the South lies in Mr. Lincolu's defeat.
What weakness. to think we cannot con-
quer the South Behind the James, only bows
and old men are to be seen, while here men
bpy and. sell %, siri the 0iden days Of quiet.
J and regiments of able-bodied citizens crowd
the streets Of our cities. There is but, oue
course consistent with Northern safety or
honor Let the people awake TO = sense Of
their dignity and strength, and-s few months
Of comparatively tridipg exertion, Of such cf-
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ADAM was fond of bis jokes. and when he
saw bis sons and daughters marrying one an
other, he dryly remarked to Eve. that if there
had been, no apple, there would have been no
pairing.
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LAW is like sieve; you may see through
it, but you must be considerably reduced be-
fore you can get through it.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

Why are the ladies the biggest thieves in
existence? Because they steel their petit
coats, bone their stays, crib their babies and
hook their dresses
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

A lady who had boasted highly at dinner
party of the good manners of her little dar-
ling, addressed him thus: .. .-. ..
Charlie, my dear, wont you have some
more. bcpns % ..,..5 .-. r...
No" was the ill-mannered reply Of the
petulant cherub. ...,
"No." exclaimed the astonished mother
mo what p ....
.No BEANS" said the child
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County Directory.

Jucyc Of tie Circuit Court-ilon. d. WElSEL.
Clerk Of Me.Circ0H Court-liORACE RESLEY.
Register Of HWsr-GEO. w. HOOVER. D.
SirrG-BASIL-T.. GARLITZ. I,
.Siate 5 4norney GEO. A. TilRUSTON.
Snrreyor-JAMES CHISHOLM, in.
Judges Of the 0rphdnsi Court
J b. H. CAMPBELL,
. .. DOUGLAS PERCY,
,.. "A. NJ. L. BUSH.
County CommissicnerS-- 49,
CHARLES RIDGELY,
.-r. ... ELIJAH FRIFND,
JOHN BELL, t.-.1
''' J. Fl. STALLINGS,
.. .'.rr . J. l.. T0WNSHEND.
Tar CoHsctor--S. L. TOWNSIlEND.
Clerk 10 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BROWN, r,yS.
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Bon, how is your sweetheart gettin,
along :" Pretty well, I guess ; she says
needn't call any more"
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

Why is a fashionable lady like rigid econ
omist? Because she,makes great deal ol
hustle about little waste.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

IT may be very well to go your own way.
but you had better first see hat you have a
way to go.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

Why is an unservicrable. gun like an office
holder? Because it kicks nightly when it is
discharged
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

TRuE love is nourished BY showers of ad
verse fortune as the roses and violcts b,
vernal rain.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

AN Amazon. out West. IN describing her
runaway husband says: Daniel may be known
by a scar 20 the pose, where ] scratched hi n.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

How an old maid eyes single gentleman !!
She looks at him as she does at dog in dog
days wondering whether he intends 70 bite
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

WHICH is the most powerful, the earth or
the sea? The sea, of course. it has such
heaps Of muscles.
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"DIDyou take the note, aud did you see Mr..
Thompson, Jack p 'Ecs, sir" Aud how
was hs?" "Why, he looked pretty well, but
he's very blind" Blind what do you
moan?" why. while wur in the room he
axed me wlIers MY hat wur. and I'm blessed
if it were not On my head all the while
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20


OcroBER.-With dyed gar,ncsls of Grim
son and sandals of gold the prophet w,hks
once more upon the hills, and proclaims the
feast Of the year to the inhabitants of the
earth. The orchards are mighty tables bend
ing under the weight of the great banquet
which October has piled upon them The air
is delicious nectar, which we can quaff with
out measure or price.
Then there is the wonderful architecture
and painting of the sunsets the white em-
broideries of mists scanned with gold, upon
the hills ) the stately splendors of the trees
as the frost fushes them into their last glory
and the tender, serene, solctht light, that has
parting in its smile, not exactly sad, but
yearning and tender as the last smile of ols
who goes home tc heaven. !. - .,.
October p :. 1T is the farewell of the yea,
Its .'Finis'' of beauty. Beyond it lie de-
cay and death, but the face of October is moi
on1 that mourns, 1t is face which says, Sc
rene and victorious, Il have finished the work
which Thou gavest me to do!'
Oh, reader. if our lives fall into autumn
may their last days be calm, serene, rejoicing
like October's!
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-20

WHAT is that which inan may have, never
possessed. and yet leave behind him? A
will