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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09
AnIncident on Picket.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
meTciaL relates the following:
One day the l0Sth Ohio Regiment was
on picket near Rossville, when a rebel
Captain and two of his men entered
The Captain walked in, and, on surren-
dering himself to one of the pickets, rec
ognized him as his own son-a resident of
Cincinnati, whose name is suppressed for
obvious reasons. Rushing forward, the
Captain was in the act of clasping him in
his arms, with the exclamation, 20, my
son." when the soldier rudely showed him
from him with the remark:
''Your soni Get out. you internal old
rebel! Do you suppose would have you
for father?"
But, am your long absent faith
er," persisted the rebel.
my father Well, boys, that's go"
laughed the soldier. Here's a id old
rebel says he is my father, when my faith
er, has been dead these seven years.
The tears started from the old mans
eyes, and resting his head upon q stump
he wept like child, while the pickets
looked on in astonishment. Composing
himself, the rebel Captain called the SOL
dier 10 him and related incidents Of FAM
lily nature that were unquestionable evil
dence of the truth Of his assertions. The
old man had been engaged in business in
Cincinnati. failed, fed South, leaving his
family to shift for themselves. For awhile
letters were frequent, but at last they
ceased altogether. A few months after
the family read the death of its absent
loved one in a Southern paper. Time
passed on, the wound caused by death
had been healed, the son enlisted in the
lO8th, and on Tuesday met his long
mourned parent under the above circum-
stances. As the old man recounted min
utely all that he had passed through in
the South. the picket gradually softened
and he, too, found relief in tears.
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Lots Wife.

From a narrative of late expedition 10
the Dead Sea, edited by L. P. Montague,
notice of which we find in the last Lit
eTGry World, We extract the following:
WEDNESDAY, 26th.-This morning We are
examining the hills of Usdoni, and seek
ing with good deal of curiosity the ever
famous pillar of Salt" which marks the
judgment of God upon Lots wife. On
pulling around the shores of the sea we
saw an immense column, rounded and
turret shaped, facing towards the south
east. This, we are told by our Arabs.
was the Pillar Of Salt in which Lots wife
was encased at the overthrow OF Sodon.
With some difficulty we landed here,
and our esteemed commander and DR..
Anderson obtained specimens of il. Our
boats crew landed also, and their curios-
ity was grsti6ed by gathering specimens,
some from its summit and others from
its basis. II was measured and found to
be sixty feet in height and forty feet in
circumference. We cannot suppose that
Lots wife was a person SO large that her
dimensions equalled those of this column.
Many think that the stature of Lots wife
was equal to the pillar of salt which the
Bible speaks Of. let that pillar be where
it may, and whatever be its size. They
viii not probably credit this is the pillar,
their preconceived notions having much
to do with the matter, and they would
have every body think that she was at
once transformed into column of very
fine grained, beautiful white salt, about
five feet or few inches more in hight,
and in circumference that of q common
sized person of the nineteenth century.
Be that as it may, no two minds have.
perhaps, formed exactly the same
opinion on this matter who have not Vis-
tied this spot. But here we are, around
this immense column, and we find that
it Is really of solid rock salt, one mass Of
crystalization. 1t is in the vicinity which
is pointed out in the Bible in relation to
the matter in question and it appears to
be the only one Of its kind here. And
the Arabs of the district to whom this
pillar is pointed out, declareik to be that
of Lots wife, the identical pillar of salt
to which the Bible has reference. The
tradition having been handed dswn from
each succeeding generation to their chill
dren, as the Americans win hand doEn
10 succeeding generations the tradition
of Bunker Hill Monument near Boston.
NY own opinion of the matter is, that
Lots wife having fingered behind IN dis
obedience to the expressed command of
God-given in order to insure her safety
that while SO lingering she became
overwhelmed in the descending fluid and
formed the model or foundation of this
extraordinary column. If it had been
produced by common, by natural causes,
it is but right to suppose that others
might be found Of similar description.
One is scarcely able to abandon the idea
that it stands here g lasting memorial Of
Gods Furnishing most deliberate act Of
committed at time when
he was about to show distinguishing re-
gard for the very person. We carefully
brought away our specimens, intending
to show them to our friends in America.
when we shall have the good fortune to
arrive there, and talk with them on the
subject.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

A correspondent of the Richmond Dis
patch was with the division of General
Pickett, which recently made demon
stration on Newbern. The correspondent
gives this sketch of the rebel general at
perplexing moment: r
"Gen. Pickett was standing under
tree, in full sight of the town and its for
tifcations, his staff lying upon the ground
around him, looking anxiously toward
the Trent, twirling his sword-knot around
his small white hand, or, as if in perplex-
ity, fastidiously biting his 6nger-nails."
"Twirling his sword knot around his
small ,0kits hand" and '.fastidiOusly biting
his finger nails" Is an exquisite touch
The Yankees did not operate to please
the exquisite General, and then the cor
respondent says:
Seen. P. looks more perplexed than
ever, and twists his sword knot more rap
idly, and bites his nails more persistent
ly."
If the Yankees do not quit peplexing
this General, it is evident that he may be
driven to fastidiously eating'all the nails
off his small white hands, and that would
be pity.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

ST. PAUL's PEksoN.-How little stress is
often laid on the external appearance =
The Prince of Apostles seems to hint con-
cerning that his bodily presence was not
calculated to command respect. St. Chry-
three cubits or four and half feet high.
But Neciferous has given US the most
circumstantial account of PauPs person.
st. Paul was of small statute, stopping,
and rather inclined to crookedness, pale
faced. of an elderly look. and bald on the
head His eyes lively, keen and cheer
full, shaded in part by his eyebrows,
which hung little over. His nose rath-
er long, and not ungracefully bent. His
beard pretty thick with hair, and of
sufficient length, and like his locks, IN
terspersed with gray.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09
Grant and Sherman.

The strategy recently displayed in the
District of the Mississippi, has been, il
must be admitted, something consum-
mate. Evidently the persons intructed
with the secret of the campaign now in
progress were few, and capable of silence.
The first remarkable indication that
something extraordinary was about to oc-
cur, was the evacuation of Coriuth.-
Then followed the sudden concentration
Of powerful army at Vicksburg. The
rebels were unprepared for offensive OPP
erations commencing in February. They
thought. as we thought, that our chief
work for the time, was the reorganization
Of our armies. 1t was a surprise to hear
of the forward march of our troops, while
the railroads were lined with re-enlisted
veterans, and the whole country lively
with the boys in blue, enjoying a holiday.
But Sherman set out from Vicksburg, in
a style that means business, and the won
der was, where, in all rebeldom, he could
be going. Advices from Chattanooga
were, that our troops thereabout were
quiet, but day and night the cars were
moving, and supplies were being rapidly
accumulated. General Logan. with his
corps, marched south, and was supposed
TO threaten Rome, and this aroused a
conjecture that he might be- cooperating
with General Sherman. But quietly and
quickly he returned, and the next thing
heard of him he was at Chattanooga, and
several divisions were moving up the rail-
road toward Knoxville. Just now, Sher-
man was heard from on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, and the plan of our Gen
erals seemed to clear up. Every body
North and South could see i'll Sherman
was striking for Mobile, and Grant was
throwing his whole force into East Ten
nessee 10 crush Longstreet. General
Polk, commanding the rebels in Missis-
sippi, notified Mobile that Sherman was
about to attack it, and the non-combat-
ants were invited to leave, and all the
available arms-bearing rebels were hur-
ried there. Farragut was, meanwhile,
laundering at the Passes. South and
North. every eye was on Mobile, the Gulf
City. Longstreet, also, was alarmed, and,
after maneuYeringa a few days. commenced
a retreat toward Virginia. But the latest
news changes the complexion of affairs
materially. Sherman, instead of being
heard from well on his way to Mobile,
turns up at Selma, and is marching on
through the center of the Gulf States ;
and Grant is pushing his columns upon
Johnston with characteristic energy and
celebrity. At Sherman's rate of move
ment, he must, by this time, be at Mont
gomery, and it is difficult to say why he
should not go on to Atlanta, tearing thro'
the very bowels OF the Southern Confed-
eracy; and if he should meet Grant there
before the time the country expected the
campaign of 1864 TO be fairly opened, we
do not know that we would have any
right to be astonished. Certainly the OPP
erations now being carried on in the
Southwest are, comparatively, the most
daring and comprehensive of the war,
and promise the most decisive results
Cincinnati Commercial
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A late London letter to the New York

A late London letter to the New York
Evening Times contains the following:
You have heard much, and will hear
more of the depopulation of Ireland, but
curious changes are also taking place IN
English populations. The entire popula-
ton of the country is increasing in spite
of heavy emigration; but it appears 70
be gathering into the towns. London in
creases at the rate of 60, 900 year. Many
of the large towns are growing rapidly
but the agricultural population is falling
off In ten years the number of farmers
and graziers has diminished twenty per
cent. The farms are larger in size. There
are 1900 fewer proprietors than there
were ten years ago. All the land in Eng
land is now held by about SO, 600 persons,
and the number Of laborers has dimished
in fully as great proportion, partly by the
increase of grazing farms.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09
Tor the Chronicle.
4 LITTLE WHILE


A little while and we'll all grow old:
The step grow feeble. the heart grow cold,
And the trials Of earth which we must bear,
Will darksz the heart and silver the hair.
A little while. and how short it will seem.
The joys Of this earth will appear like dream;
Vel talk of the loved who are with Hs now
With mournful voice and care worn brow.
A little while aud the household band
No longer will journey. hand-in-hand;
They III be severed, and some go Ger
Acr0ss the river TO the other shore
little while, for the years soon fee;
That veil that hides futurity
Will be raised, and then well see
With smiles or tears, our destiny.
A little while. and well all be laid
Deep. deep in the Garth by the sexton's spade,
And the busy world viii still move on.
Few caring that We cEe gone.
A little while. and sEain we'll meet
In silence round the judgment seat;
httle while, and our lots vii! be
Bound up and sealed eternally.
little while and that angel viii
Proclaim Der valley and Ger hill.
On foot, on sea and on shore,
That Time, Old Time shall be no more.
A little while. Oh mortals see
Our helplessness and frailty
Lift up thine eyes! look up afar,
And lot thy guide be Bethlehem's star.
Ha55erd. o.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

Four THoUozrs FOR PESNY.-Conyer-
sation is a republic that perishes the mo
ment one sets himself up as Dictator.
Pedants who prescribe pleasantly are
like cripples who decry dancing
Children talk of what they are doing
young people Of what they will do-and
the CD of what they have done. =
Our habits are at first the slaves Of our
desires, and at last their tyrants-ike an
old servant who begins by obeying rs in
all things, and ends by domineering over
ug
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

When "Squibob" was in Boston some
years ago, sauntering up Washington
street one morning, he noticed the sign
Call and Tuttle." He walked in, and
with a most perfect non chaLanee, said to
the polite head clerk, Il want to tuttlel"
Hes not in," blandly responded the
clerk. cit don't make any diferance,"
said Squibob, unless there is too many
ahead of me T; I'il call again; / should
like to try it. never fulfilled in my life,
that is, not as know OF, and when saw
the notice Call and Tuttle, thought
would see what it is like"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

CoxsERvATIsM-says the Nashville I'm
ion is Copperheadisnn in its Sunday
clothes; the devil with his hoofs in his
boots and his tail tucked in his breeches;
Indifferent whiskey laphar painted for
a street promenade to entrap the YER
dant. 1t is as bad an ism as the rheums-
tism.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

In Philadelphia paper an advertise
ment of patent medicines says: "One
bottle viii act on any complaint whsteV
er, if the patient is reconciled to lis fat"
This is giving fair warning, and anybody
who takes the mixture after the recon-
mendation, must be ''reeonciled to his
fate"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09
Dickens Cradle Song of the Poor.

Hush, cannot bear to see thee
Stretch thy tiny hands in vain;
l have got no bread TO give thee
Nothing. child. to ease thy pain.
When God sent thee first TO bless me,
Proud and thankful. too. was /;
Now. my darling. /. thy mother.
Almost long 10 see thee die.
Sleep. my darling. thou art wear.
God is good. but li61s dreary.
have seen thy beauty fading,
And thy strength sink day by day
Soon l know will want and fever
Wsste thy little life away.
Famine makes thy mother reckless,
Hope and joy are gone from me;
could suffer all, my baby,
Had / but crust for thee.
Sleep. my darling-thou art weary,
God is gOod. but life is dreary.
am wasted dear, with hunger.
And my brain IS sore oppressed;
have scarcely strength to press thee.
Wan and feeble, to my breast.
Patience. baby. God VIII help US.
Death will come TO thee and me;
He viii take us to HIS Heaven,
Where no want nor pain can be.
Sleep. my darling-thou art weary
God Is good. but life is dreaey.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

During the recent cold weather at Par
is there was q grand rat hunt in the sew
ers, and forty-fve hours dispatched ILL.,
900 rats. This is very promising affair
to all interested in kid gloves!
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

Want, sorrow, disease, all that men
call evils, are but disciplinarians that in
sist upon the scholars learning himself,
and punish him till he does.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

A PATLASDER, angling in the rain, was
observed to keep his line under the arch
of bridge. Upon being asked the rea-
SON, he replied: "Sure, an won't the
fishes be crowdin' to keep out Nv the
vet"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

Teach your child to take care Of him
self. many parents use their children
only as kind Of spool on which to reel
off their own experience.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

You look,' said wag, to pale hag-
gard smoker as if you had come out Of
your grave to light your cigar, and
couldn't find your way back again
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

Men of the noblest disposition think
themselves happiest wnen Others share
their happiness.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

A dashing and fashionable widow says
she thinks of suing some gentleman for
breach Of promise, so that the world may
know that she is in the market.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

When lady, fishing for a lover, euz-
ningly adjusts her features for the ppr-
pose, each of them is an acute GrgLs. 5l
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

If man cheats you once, blame Inn
if second time, blame yourself
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e.x. FIELDS. ~. ~
&C. II. FIELDS a PEFPERs,
os.lers in Groceries. Flour, Produce. PIoSls.2ns.
Cora oats Potat0es, Fish, SAT- -
s4e'l e Ts@rsn o5io Aprs lss2
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wholes.Ie Dealer in Saddlery. Carriage Hardware
ssddles- Trunk, &e. Wsrrsn.O. lFebS 'o4
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GRocERS.

JHsnrH.
fREER q SMITH,
Dsalsrs in Groceries and Provisions. Wooden and
Stone Mare Market Street. Warren. OElo-Oetl5
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

J. yAuTKoT. 7. h AcALAi.
j. vAUTROT d CO.,
f,nor.srs Of Cola and Silver Watches, and Dealer
IN JeWelry, Silver Ware. &C., Market Street, war
rem. Ohio. -
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

Aslesaie and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Amer
ican Dry foods, Groceries, Crockery, &C.. Corner
eli Main and Market Streets. Warren. Ohio.
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@. w. MEssER,

Dealer in Fashionable Millinery. Rooms over Nc
Combs and Smiths Store, Warren, Ohla. All ie Or
dsrs promptly attended to- tFeo o4
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+ q JDINes. o.
IDDINGs 4 MORGAN,
os.lsrs In Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, ~ k
Crockery, Hardware, Carpetng, Sole Leaf Street
At The sign of the Empire Store Market
Warren. Ohio.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

n 4 FFck1 4. PECK.
PECE d BROTHER,
WI elese. AM Retail Dealers in Foreign and Do
u este by Co. IDS. Silk an Straw Bonnets, Trim
nstags, Varieties Ac., at the IN Of the KaTTez
Dig Goods .2tore's phGnix Block, Warren, Ohio
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

w PoETRK VI. PoBfkR
w.. Aw. PORTER,
Dealer in School and sIisceI aeous Books Station,
cry, Wall Paper Periodic boE Spnle .ii SHo
Aagannes at me New York A S''ie 41A
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b uxe T. BROTHER.

KING 4 BkOIHLh'
xv,4cb.s Clocks. Jewelry Silver. Pisted
and Brattanis Ware, Lamps. feney 1oeos. q q Z,
Ne Z. Main Street, Warren. Ohio. Al kth1s q. y y
Clocks and Watches carefully repaareo anu "~
saDted.
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a, $, F-lTs; PsRKs & wENrz,

Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry GoodsS 5ock-
ery Boots, Shoes and Leather, Carpeung; EapSl
HsnrinEs. Window Shades, Ready Made Clothing
e always cheap for ready pay at the New 1erK
store Market Street. Warren, Ohio.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-09

Physician and Surgeon Girard, Trumbull county,
Ohio Particular attention given to Diseases oi
the Lungs. Chreaic Diseases in general.
, 1864-04-23

A lady who has just opened boarding
house not thousand miles from Denver
City, G. T., has posted up the following
Rules Of the House:
Gentlemen must not put their feet on the
mantel in the winter, or out Of the window
in the summer.
Ladies must not write their names on the
glass with quartz pin. If they use an air
tight, they must regulate the damper them
selves, and not ring every ten minutes for
the chambermaid.
The single gentleman must not plny the
trombone, nor mako love to the servants,
nor comb his whiskers at the table. If he
does, he won't answer.
The lady must not turn up her nose at
anything on the table, unless she has q
natural pug.
Nobody must drink with a mouthful Of
victuals, nor fight for the top buckwheat
cake.
Terms liberal, and board must be paid
weekly in advance.
"What is the reason that men never kiss
each other, while the ladies waste world
Of kisses on feminine faces?" said the Cap
tain to Gussie, the other day, up at Normal.
Gussie cogitated minute and then answer
ed: "Beeause the men have something
better to kiss, and the women have not"
The Captain "saw it" Immediately.
Never buy goods Of any dealer that don't
advertise. You can be sure that he is close,
stingy, and lacks sufficient energy to take
advantage Of the markets and buy cheap.
In fact, it is q safe rule to set it down that
you will have to pay twenty per cent. more
for goods to merchant that don't adver-
tise than 70 one who does.
Daddy" said young hopeful, "let's
20 up in the nine-pin alley and roll"
"Roll, what do you know about roll.
ingw :,
aMe knows about it! Why, can roll
your darnod eyes out in ten minutes"
A poor man in Leeds, who bad q gossip
Ing wiio, informed friend Of his, "as q
great secret" that his wife went out Of thu
house every day forty times to gossip with
some Of her neighbofs, and that she re-
maiacd out two hours each time.
, 1864-04-23

Is worth keeping. II fSr
---- 3 q
lnquiring Young haay[O deaf, ten
"e r. nOw SUnn w;Sn S;S.aV VIII IN iS TsS!,,
ec!snS NIVtuM eI I
- .ne s;.O wv nuy~, ;tS. anu ~ = f. 80 - N, M
ThEs I H. t .,sS soSS' ~. dorS ~ .or.s.sS ~ -
nnsn nS I .ulneS "ls Gun uOMn " - ny ~
and ,s.. .s., 81. ~ ~. > :.
lKq6iring YOprg Lady- Well, dear
well, what did be DO hextl
Expectant Wife, Nothing, dearj but /
said yes, and, gracious how hi, Kissed mel
Then, dear, I laid my head upon bis shoul.
der and then be talked, dear. Q, how l
trcmbled; ! Thought ! never could 50
throughit. +
.4s.,.i !.
Mr: Taylor, OF the CnlcagC t0arhal, IN
one q hls letters trcE9 ChattancCg1, relates
Ins ,01OMing incioens; a soicier, AMY
I,oGieo Win Dui!etS, hke one OF tnose pat
tle-fiags OF Illinois, lay on 2 blanket, gasp
ing tor breath. az, Jenny said eOalrede
ana a friend before TINS cruel war began!
who is going home on q furIough, SJem.
my, what shall I tell them e Home fof
yoh?" as lIlg sss'a
Tell them,s, sdia he, that there IS
hardly enough leit of me % say T. but
hold down here q ininute-tell Kate there
is enough left Of me to love her tin tiil l die r.
Jenny g6t, his furlOugh that night, and
left the ranks forever! '''-
i. /. ID ID q
, 1864-04-23

A philosopher, who has studied out al
most everything, says he Is satisfied that
the reason Why girls arc IN the habit Of
pouting out their lips IS because they arc
always willing that theirs shouid meet yours
half way.