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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-08-17

6EororA.-sherman il losing strength
every LAY BY battles, deaths and desertion,
while We are gaining every day. They
gel no feintnlcements and can ret none /,
while We have been heavily reinforced aud
are expecting every day 10 hear that his
lines oil communications ere cut Of. Time
Is all We want 10 annihiIate Sberman's ar.
mr., and time lie seems disposed 10 give
Us. lis strange that he does not attack
rs, when lie mus see that his chances Of
success arc daily Becoming less and less.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-08-17

MoBlLE.-By the last adyices we have,
Fort Morgan was safe and the garrison in
fine spirits. A number oil the enemy's
feet had passed that fort and thereby got.
ten between il and the city. But there is
another formidable fort and several power
ful shore batteries above; indeed the de-
fences of Mobile all the way up the river,
are Of character and condition 10 iniiict
immense damage upon hostile naval force
attempting TO make its way up TO the city.
We make this statement on. the authority
Of journals in position TO be accurately
informed in the premises, aud unless We
have been grossly deceived BY these jour
nails, the Yankee vessels, after slipping BY
Fort Morgan, will just begin 10 realize the
perils and obstacles that they have te en-
counter in an advance upon Mobile By way
Of the river. Our recent dispatches from
that quarter breathe 10 despondency or
alarm at the loss Of our Rams, but speak Of
the state OF affairs there as hopeful and
cheering. We shall soon learn the result
Of the further operations Of the enemy with
view 10 the capture. Of Mobile, and we
look for them with confidence that all will
be right. Rqhigh Confederate.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-08-17

Northern papers state that many coun-
ties in Mississippi are oserrun with guer>
rllas. and war of retaliation has COM
menced which has led to the most fearful
atrocities. The Paw Paw militia Of Platte
county, organized and armed by General
Rosencranz for the defence Of that section
Of the State against guerrilles, have for the
most part made common. cause with the
latter. Gen. Rosencranz. by authority Of
the Yankee War Department, has called
for nine regiments Of six months volun-
teers, for the protection Of Missouri against
guerrillas. Raleigh Conservative.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-08-17

Coop News FROM A1LAsTA.--A gentle
man in this city las received dispatch
from high officer in Hoods army, and has
kindly permitted Us TO make tie annexed
extract:
Atlanta, Aug. s.-The enemy have thus
far been defeated in every engagement.
They are evidently much dispirited since
they lost twenty eight hundred Of the
raiders, in endeayoring to penetrate Cen
tral Georgia.
Atlanta is safe. All are hopeful and in
the best Of spirits. Chronicle and Ssnftr!.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13
4 Zig in CrinOIine.

The wide disiended skirts of LADIES' cress-
es of the present day have been the cause
OF many sad, but also of many amusing
scenes. An iucident of the latter class,
which happened the other day in Mont
rose, is one OF the most laughable we have
ever heard (says a Montrose paper "A
young lady, dressed in fnll fashionable at
tire, including an ample crinoline-extend-
ing dress, was in friends yard, looking at
the cows, perhaps, and during the time she
was there. fine small porker was roaming
at will in the yard. The pig impeIled no
doubt, by curiosity, commenced to make
close inspection OF the young lady while
she was inspecting some other animal; and
having ventured rather near, was caught
and Gagged within the comp of the crino-
line. Not liking SO small siy, wide tho
the skirt was, the pig soon made known TO
the owner OF the crinoine the unpleasant
fact that he was within, By making desper-
ate efforts 10 get ont. The young lady was
in sad fright al the commoiion within her
dress, which was not lessened by hearing
INC kluiihue WNdI bOIt oil
a tenant she had got but, Notwithstanding
the shock 10 her nerves, she made anxious
efforts 10 get the pig out. His swineship,
however, had got his snout fixed in the net
work of the crineIine, and his ejeclmeni
was found TO be no easy matter. a 'gord
of creation" who was attracted TO the spot
by the noise OF the struggle, was so struck
with the absurdity of the scene, that his
rislble faculties fairly prevented him from
rendering assistance. The Struggle did not
last much longer, however, for the pig, as
sisted by theiresisting strength of the lady,
made his exit by carrying away one hall
of the cage on his snout. The lady re-
treated in as great hurry as the pig-in a
state tha! can better be imagined than des-
cribed
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

CROOKED ENoUGH.-Speaking OF the Rio
Grand, writer says ys:-'Imagine one of The
crookedest things in the world, then imag-
inc four more twice as crooked, and imag-
inc to yourself large river three times as
crooked as all these put together, and you
have faint idea of the crooked disposition
of this crooked river. There is no driiiwood
in il, from the fact that it is SO crooked that
timber cannot find its way down far enough
to lodge two sticks together but few
snakes, because ii is not straight enough TO
swim in and the fish are all in whirlpools
ia the bends, because they canno, find their
way out. Birds frequently attempt to fly
across the river, but light on the same side
they start from-beiug deceived by the
crook.-ludeed you may be deceived when
you think you see across il and some OF
the b'hoys say it is so twisting there is but
one side 10 it.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

In AN effec,ing account of his courting
with "Beisy jane" Anemus Ward says -
"There was many sfecten, ties which
made me banker after Betsy Jane. Her ia
theirs farm jined ourn; their cows and ouru
squenched their thirst az The same spring !;
our old mares both stars in their forreds: the
measels broke out in both families al nearly
the same time onr parents fBetsy James
and mine) slept regularly every Sunday in
the same meetin' house, and the nabors
used to o6sarVe :-"Iiow thick the Wards
and Peazles air n Il was a sublime sight
in the spring of the year to see our several
mothers (Beisy's and mine) with their
gowns pined up SO that they couldn't sile
'em effecshunitely bilin soap together and
abossing the aeighbors."
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13
Josh Billings on Dogs.

Dogs are various in kind, and thanks tew
an all wise Providence, tha are various in
number. They are the onla animal ov the
brute perw ashun who have voluntary left q
wilde siait OF natur, and cum in under the
flag ov man. Tha are not vagaboHes bi
choise, and luv tew belong to sumbody.-
This fact endears them tew us, hev al
ways rated the dog az about the seventh
cusin tew the human specious. Tha kant
| talk, but tina kan lik yure hand; this shows
that their hearts liz in the plase where other
( folks lungs il ! Dogs in the lump are use-
ful, bnt tha are not alwas profitable in :he
lump. The Nufoundlin dog is useful to
saiv children from drowning, but you have
got tew have pond OF water, and children
running around kareless, or else the dog
aiut profitable. There amt nothing maid
boarding a Nufoundlin dog. Rat Tarriers
are useful to ketch rats, but The rats ANT
profitable alter yu have keiched them
The shepard dog is useful tew drive sheep,
but if yu hav tew 60 and buy flock ov
sheep, and pay more than tha are wuih, list
W ACCP thO Jug OicoJy ttlO dO5 dtul pIOtiltd-
BILE, moi mulch. Lap dogs are very useful,
but ii yu don't hold them in yure lap all
the time iha ainl profitable at ali Bull
dogs are extremely useful, but yu hav tew
keep bull lew, or else you can't make en-
nything on the dog. The Coach dog is one
OF ov the most usefullest ov dogs kno ov,
but yu hav got tu hav coach (and that
amt alwas pleasantly or yu kant realize
from the dog. Thus we see, that while dogs
are generally useful, thare are times when
lha aint generally profitable. I don't re-
ally Inv Yaller dog nor mad dog, but
with these iew unfortunate exceshuns, it is
dredful hard work for me iew sa a hard
word again dog the wag ov their tails is
what takes me. Emmy man who will abuse
a dog will abuse a woman, and emmy man
that will abuse woman liz thiny-five or
forty miles meaner than-a pale yeller dog
These are mi continents, and shant
change them, until i receive notice that The
camel has smoothed down the hump on his
back, and the sarpent ceases tew wiggIe
when he waHders.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13
Russia and the Loyal Leagucrs.

The latest news from Warsaw announces
an increase of the arbitrary rule of Russia.
| Thousands of men and women have Seen
seized, stripped naked 10 their skin, and
whipped. A writer says:
IA new issue seems TO have arisen to di-
vide the Democrats and the Republicans.
The former are taking up the cause OF Po-
land, as against the pro- Russian procivitss
and demonstrations of the administration
and its supporters. At the grand mass
meeting at Cooper nstitute, there were
loud and vociferous cheers for Poland and
the Poles, together with groans for the Rus
SLAMS. | hope it is not reasonable for me
to confess that was glad 10 hear both the
cheers and sroans, not that loved Russia
less, but Poland more. ] cannot make il
right that for the sake of an expediency,
which is doubtful and al best only tempo
rary, we should so suddenly ignore all odr
old traditions, forget The memory of Kos
ciusko, and take side OF the powerful op-
pressor against the heroic oppressed. But
we have been for long time travelling in
this direction, and fear that we have yet
further 10 60 in The downward path before
we find the depths of national ignominy
The Administration press of course, sneers
at the Democratic opinion expressed at The
Cooper Institute, and slurs over polish af>
fairs with as few words as possible. They
would not for the world tread on the teAdor
toes of our distinguished Russian visitors
by whose presence we are SO highly hon OF
ed. What pity the unfortunate Poles had
not been born black l'
Never before in the history of this country
has considerable portion OF the Americans
sympathized with despotism and given
their moral influence against people strug-
Cling for liberty. We have been the friends
OF Poland, Hungry, Ireland, Italy, and OF all
The oppressed nalionalilies. Now we are
placed in the attitude, through our Repub-
lican Administration, of spmpalhizing with
the Russian despot against one of the most
gallant, but cruelty oppressed people on
the globe--a people united to us by the
strongest lies OF Revolutionary association,
who sent their Kosciusko and Pulaski and
Others 10 aid Us in the dark days OF 1776i
and who under Washington, poured out
their blood o'er our cause.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

AS THE cold blasts of winter strike us, lei
US remember that they strike the contra
bands as the chills of death, by reason o.
their having come from warmer climate,
and the scantiness of their covering Sup.
plies are needed now as winter is setting in
- Cleveland Leader.
Yes, and "the cold blasts of winter strike
hundreds and thousands of poor white peo-
pie, as the chills of death In the garrets,
and damp cellars of our large cities are hud-
died together thousands of shivering, half
famshed men, women and children, some
of them wives and children of men who
have sacrificed their lives in this "cruel
war; but the Leader has no words of sym.
pathy or appeal in their behalf They are
unfortunately white The contrabands en-.
gage the entire attention of these Abolition
negro worshippers. They urge On the con.
flici OF brother against brother, and shout
hosanuas as rank after rank of brave men
are swept away in the tide of battle, aud all
for the negro. '40h, Liberty, what crimes
are committed in thy name !"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

SoMEBoDY's DEAD.-There is black crane
Oh the door, somebody's dead Yes within
has fallen another chip from the block of
humanity and the ax-mau, Death, is swing.
ing his weapon for another blow. There !
the bell is ,olling somebody's dead slow
rolls the sound, aad how they resound,
reaching clear into the heart of the thought.
ful The coffin maker is fixing a coffin ;
somebody's dead. Tha, beautiful polished
box must soon moulder and rot the worms 5
will crawl over it-worms, the only witness
Of mortality dropping away, departing from
shape AMI substance. There gose the
hearse somebody's dead. All hats the
last ride and the passenger will not
come back, the stay away is eternal.
Somebody's dead all the time mankind
are dying the earth is our producer and
consumer, and will lie no Grape upon her
door and wear no black in mourning for our
loss. While we are dying she smes, and
laughs, and dances forward in her perpet-
ual Joy.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

A .RoMANrIc FAECY.--0n the shores OF
the Adriaiic Sea, the wives OF fisherman,
whose husbands have gone far off upon the
deep, are in the habit at even-tide of going
down TO the sea-shore and singing, as fe-
male voices only can, the first stanza of a
beautiful hymn; and after they had sung it,
they listen till they hear borne by the wind
across the desert sea the second stanza,
sung by their gallant husbands as they are
tossed by the gale upon the waves, and
both are happy.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13
Gboiee postrn.
ON FRIENDSHIP.


How hard il is 10 find friend,
Ga whom we always can depend
Sometime we :hink this friend is got.
Till trial proves we have him not.
Some, 10 serve ther selfish ends,
Declare and vow they are your friend !;
Bot soon as serving self is o'er,
Behold !! they are your friend no more.
Others will act par: more base,
Always be friendly to Jour lace
foa turn your back-,hen they your name
Expose 10 scandal and 10 shame.
Apparent friendship others show,
To find oui all that you may kaow
Your secrets thus are all pumped out,
Ard they afs handed all about.
Those who Of others tell you much,
My counsel is, beware of such
Something 10 tell of all they know,
As freely they will speak OF you.
A faithful friend highly prize,
A treacherous one | do despise-
All in suspense, look around,
Where can real friend be foundl
Where'er disposed friend TO trust,
Be always sure TO prove him first
And when he's tried then trust him kind,
faithful friend is hard TO find.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

FEMALE SM MUGCLERs.-The Evening Post
says: "The provost marshal of Memphis,
Tennessee, some days since, had in cuslo-
dy several ladies. soma of apparent re-
spectabiliiy, suspected of having been en-
gagged in smuggling goods into the Confed-
eracy. Some strange developments were
made. One had on a belt OF the finest lin.
en-, adjusted TO answer to the purpose of a
hustle. Her corset was filled with pieces
of gold coin, quilted in, 10 the amount OF
one thousand and two hundred dollars
Another had her form we'll rounded out
with padding made of the best dress silks,
worth Eve dollars and upward per yard
Her hose#ere found to conceal a quantity
OF gentlemen's cravais, which were swath-
ed carefslly about her legs. The third la.
dy's ample hoops were found 10 cover 9
number of yards of broadcloih. Her bust
was filed ont by museum OF articles,
consisting mainly of ieweIry, silk thread
needles and medicines. The fair smugkIeFa
were detained for trial.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

The CRIME OF SLEEcE.-"The man who
stands by and says nothing when the peril
OF his government is discussed cannot be
misunderstood. ."-LINcoLN
".The government is now in peril, and
we trust no one will be guilty of the crime
of silence. Mr.. Lincoln condemns it. Let
US all therefore cry aloud and spare not.
The grand and glorious heritage OF our faith
ers. the product of their blood, their tears,
and their sufferings, through seven long
years of doubtful struggle, is now about to
be lost. The President of the United States
has no desire to save it. He sets aside the
Constitution. II your neighbor's house was
on fire, you would run and cry "a fire, fire, y
until you had awakened the intinates.
But our Constitution is on fiFe-lhe sboli-
tionisis are burning it up, and shoul( we
not cry aloud until the people see the dan.
ger atthreatens them Let no one Iere-
after be found guilty of the crims of
silence"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

AT the Ladies' Fair recently held IN CO.
lumbus, Ohio, pretty Indian girl was OBJ
served exerting her persuasive powers 20
their utmost intension trying to induce acer-
tain military gent, who ranks as Captain, to
buy bead basket, or some other ornament
she had in her Possession. AS The gallant
Captain had been gouged an unlimited
number of times during the evening, be-
didn't see il ; but, thinking 10 starlle the
maiden, said, jokingly, "Don't want to bay
your trinkets but Pll give you five dollars
Tor kiss" The maiden reflected mo-
ment-she was laborihg in noble Cause,
for the soldiers good-"surely in such a
case there's no harm ;" so, in the twinkling
of the eye, she said 'Done, sir ]" and, as
he expressed it, she gave him whopper
right on the cheek. Military drew back,
abashed. The crowd saw il and laughed.
There was but one way of escape-he pull
ed out his somewhat depleted wallet and
foTked over V. He then rushed frantically
up stairs and drowned his sorrow in how-
ing bowl of oyster soup. The maiden in
the meantime, maintained her accustomed
tranquility, and yet survives, a 6,ting mon-
umeRt TO woman's patriotic spirit.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1868.
FRom The oHrcAeo TINES.
A AREFIEW.


Everything indicates that the campaign
Of 1863 has reached iss end. and that, for
the nexet four or five months, active opera
tons will not be resumed upon a scale OF
any great magnitude. Meade has desisted
from the pursui: OF Lee aud fallen back to
the hilher bank of the friendly Rappahan-
mock Grant, owing 10 the necessity OF ac-
cumulating supplies, and the execrabIe
character OF the mountain roads over which
his advance must necessarily be made, will
mol BE likely 10 leave Chattanooga al pres
eHt- LangsireeI, By the defeat OF Bragg.
has been compelled to raise the siege o!
Knoxville and abandon the project of recap
turing East Tennessee by which Quiet
PFevailsai all the prominent po,n.s along
The line OF Federal operations.
On The first day OF January of the year.
the Federal army, under Gen Rosecrans.
was 5u1ying lis dead xhich had fallen the
day previous at the tremendous battle Of
Murireesboro', or, as generally termed,
Stone River. That same night Bragg. un-
der cnver OF darkness, withdrew bis dis
heafiened forces, and took MP a new line
OF occupation upon the south side OF Duck
River.
Thus, Al the opening of 1863, The rebels
held, west OF the Mississippi, all the coun-
try south of the Arkansas River, and on the
sss, of The Faiher.:of. Waters, nearly, or all
south of line which commenced on the
rivsf al Vicksburg, ran up the Yazoo River
10 fazoo City, then ran of irregularIy 10
The northeast ill iireached Bragg in Ten
nsssee, on Duck River. From this point il
continued eastward, including East Tennes.
seq, until IL reached It's terminus in The
east somewhere not far from Fredericks-
burg, on The Potomac River The States
held by The confederacy were about one
halt OF Arkansas. nearly all of Louisiana,
Texas and Mississippi, all of Alabama,
Georgia Florida, Norh and South Carolina.
with trif1ing exceptions and The west part
OF Tennessee and Virginia. The Federal
forces held two hostile Southern Sta,es-
Missouri and Kentucky held half of Ar
kansas. and had effected Judgments on The
coasts Of all The others.
How much hare We gained during the
present year Nothing ia Virginia the
remaining half OF Tennessee of Mississip-
pi about oue-third, or, practically, the coun-
trJ lying west OF the railroad that runs from
Memphis TO Mobile and the navigation of
the Mississippi. IN Arkansas, the chief
difference between the beginning and end
~ fho reo~ =. d. 80
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

GEN GRANT IN HORSE TRADE.-A few
CoEgressmen OF the train to-day entered
into conversation about the merits of diff
ferent Generals in our armies, in the course
of which one of them told The following
story about Gen. Grant:
81 knew Ulysses Grant when he was a
little boy We used to go 10 school together
near Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio.
The boys used TO plague him creadfnlly
abonl horse trade he once made. When
he was about twelve years old, his father
sert him few miles into the country 10
buy horse from a man named Ralsion
The old man told Ulysses TO offer Ralston
fifty dollars at first if be wouldn't take that
10 offer fifty Ave, aud to go as high as sixty
dollars if no less would make the purchase
The empryotic Major General started off
with these instructions fully impressed
upon his mind. He called upon MIR. Rails
ton, and told him he wished TO buy the
horse.
'.How much did your father tell you 10
give for him 2" was very natural inquiry
from the owner of the steed.
"Why," said Ulysses. "he lold me 10
offer you fifty dollars, and if that wouldn't
do to give you fifty-fve dollars, and it you
wouldn't take less than sixty dollars, TO
give you that"
''of course sixty dollars was the lowest
figure, and on the payment of that sum,
the animal became the properly of the
young Napoleon"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

A counirymen once brought piece OF
board 10 an artist, with the request that he
shosld paint upon it ST. Christophe as
large as life. "But," returned the artist s'that
board is too small for that purpose" The
countryman looked perplexed at this unex-
pec,ed discovery. "That's bad job, /" said
he "but look 'ere sir, you can let his feet
hang down over the edge OF the board"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

The CAT MARKET.-There is a man VIII o
regularly visits one of the river towns and
buys up all the cats that lie can find, taking
them to New York. The country people
are in doubt whether they are bought for
the furriers or the sausage makers
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

Very TIsFAcToRy-"Chares, do you
know what people are saying about Us 2"
"No, dear; what is il ?''
"Why, that-lhat-you-a and-and-J-
sre-a-going 10 be mar-married !"
Fudge lei them say SO. We know be,-
ter. We are not so foolish as that, are we %
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

An lrishman lately fought duel viii
his most intimate friend because he jac.se.
~ asserted that he was born without mir
o his back.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

The wind il blew, the snow it flew,
And raised particular thunder
With skirts and hoops, and chicken coops,
And all such kind Of plunder.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

IT is unhealthy TO fall in love With anoth-
er mans wife. In Arkansas, this kind Of
thing usually terminates in desihn the firss
year.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

A modern tourist calls the Niagara River
s'the pride OF rivers" That pride certainly
has a tremendous fall.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

SMoKISG CAP-A patriotic old lady re-
Gently sent three smoking caps as presents
TO officers in the Potomac army. One was
for General Meade, and the remaining two
she desired 70 be presented to two generals,
one OF whom must be a teeio;eller, and the
other one who never INDUCED in profanity
General Williams, chief OF General Mead's
staff, took the Anti Profanity Cap, and Gen.
Hunt the Temperance Cap.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-01-13

SoRRow grow less and less every time
they are told, Just like the age Of woman.