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The mountain Democrat., 1865-02-04

Catholic Chureh-Rev, !. La....
viii CAeiate In Georgetown on every aTUt ersS.v
Of the month also, in Coloma Church on tho 1h,.$
Sunday. Divine service commences Al 10 a =
Vespers, In st. Patrlek's Church, PIaeeTVili,. !.
every Sunday evening, At quarter past Z. I'M
The mountain Democrat., 1865-02-04

GEoReETowX.-A correspondent writing from
Georgetown under date Of the I'd inst, says !:
" Mining matters are looking up in this vicini-
~, and when the weather moderates-it has
bssn enid and disagreeable, too much so to
work Out-we will have flush tines We will
not suffer for want Of water this Summer as we
did last, to the annoyance Of our creditors and
incon venience to ourselves. We were out of
money and out of work the greater part of last
Summer and Fall next Summer and Fall we
will have both, and be i'm circumstances and
feel proud and independent. To have neither
money nor work is depressing and lowers a
mans pride wonderfully. l learn that the mi
ners about Garden Valley, Spanish Flat, KEEL
Ssy, IN fact, eli through that neighborhood, an
ticipate lively times this season, and l have
every reason to believe that their anticipntions
will be realized. 1t puts me in mind Of old
times 10 sec DO many miners at work. Many
Of them have returned from Nevada and Idaho
Territory, tired of wandering about in search
aher rich diggings, and express themselves
satisfied with their experience, and say they
would rather work here for moderate pay,
WHARF they have all the comforts of life, than
in Nose places they left. for high wages. You
will hear good account from this neighbor-
hood when the weather permits US to work."
The mountain Democrat., 1865-02-04
In run FIuD--Ths Union snpoupcss ,bs. III.

In ZEE FIELD.--The Union announces that the
lheads " Chief Juslics Sanderson will present
his name 70 the next Abolition State COuven-
ton for denomination for Justice Of the Su-
prsme Court The Union says, Judge San
dsrsNn's judicial career hes bees married BY
great professional ability, steady and untlriDg
industry, and by ell the qualities both Of per-
sonal character and mental endowment Beces-
sary TO make the wearer of the ermine worthy
Of his high Office" Personal character and
mental endowment" will operate TO bis disad-
vantage II a Convention Of "ShoFt- Hairs, :"
where men Of the Felix 0'Byrue stripe will be
popular and successful. We throw out this
hint for the benefit Of the Chief Justice and his
friends, and ifthey are prudent they will act
upon it. Sanderson has nothing to gain but
everything TO lose by cooperating with the
''Short Hairs" who have no respect for "per-
SoBal character aud mental endOWmeuts," and
HA4,hAve.tbeiF candidate alses&S, ANleclsd 4
b whispered that the chief Of the "Short
Hairs" jealous of the influence aud mental en-
dowments Of the Chief Justice, has instructed
his followers to throw him overheard and
named his successor. There is some truth in
this report, il We may judge from the conduct
Of the Chiefs followers iu this county who are
secretly working to pack the county conven-
tion against the Chief Justice.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-02-04
SUNDAY MORNING."

RETURNING FROM MARKET"
Which alone worth the price OF subscription and
can only be obtained by subscribing through us.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
THE LAST OF JUBAL EARLY.

The rebel General Early, in July last,
with yeteran-f fighting army of some 3d.
900 men, swept down the Shenandoah
valley, and down through Maryland to
the very door of Washington. Subse-
quently, from the terrible thrashings CIV
en- him by Gen. Sheridan in the battles of
the Opequan and Fishers Hill, he was
compelled to procure from Richmond a
fresh supply of men, artillery, small
arms, and provision wagons. This second
army, in October, was so horribly cut up,
routed, and despoiled of its artillery and
wagons, at the battle of Cedar Creek, that
poor Early was again compelled, with the
remnants left him of his command, to re-
tire to the head Of the valley for repairs.
There, in his late terrific raid, Sheridan
overhauled him, at Waynesburg captured
all that was left of the army of Early,
except some two hundred men, and the
bad old man" himself. But he was fol-
lowed up and so hotly pursued that in
the rear of Richmond he was again over
hauled, when it was discovered that his
fighting force was reduced to two men
one private and an orderly. These three
all told, were attacked by three of Sheri-
dams troopers and dispersed, Early, sol
itary and alone" saving his bacon Gy
swimming his horse across the South
Anna river. This was the last of Early
Army of the Valley" and we guess the
last of Jubal Early.-N T. Herald.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
The LOCALITY uE The LAsr DITCH.

We should not be surprised if, when
Richmond had fallen, and the discounted
leaders of the insurrection had been
driven from every city and almost every
house Of the South, they might still find
one safe place of retreat. It is in the
State of New jersey, and among the
members of the legislature, whose devo-
ton to the rebellion seems to be as ar
dent as that of any journalist at Rich
mond, and whose hatred of the loyal
army as malignant as that Of any bush
whacker of the Valley.
This New Jersey legislature has recent
ly distinguished itself by voting against
the amendment of the constitution which
proposes to remove from the statute book
the odious cause of this bloody civil war
It has had the proud satisfaction also, re-
Gently, of voting against an act to give
the right of suffrage to the brave Jersey-
men in the field, who are exposing life
and limb in defence of the constitution
and the government But the degrading
littleness of its spirit was, perhaps, most
strikingly exhibited the other day. when
bill was before the Assembly to incor-
porate an association in Sussex county,
for raising monuments to those natives of
the county who had fallen in the militia
ry service, engaged in the suppression of
the present unholy rebellion.
AS soon as the preamble was read, a
Mr.. IIiff jumped up and moved the word
'unholy' be stricken out, and his demo
cratic friends carried the amendment. 1t
was then moved successfully by loyal
members, to insert wicked and oauseless,
'causeless' alone, and finally so mild a
term as 'uniustifable, but the majority,
by a solid vote, refused to condemn the
rebellion in even thatmilk and water way.
At length one of their own number
moved to insert the word righteous,
which unquestionably expressed their
real feelings, but not enough of them
were sufficiently bold to declare them
openly, and so, with the aid of the Union
votes, righteous was also rejected. Yet
they had deliberately declared that the
rebellion was neither unholy, nor wicked,
nor causeless, nor unjustifable, and only
the fear of political consequences pre-
vented them from declaring that it was
riQhteous-EUeninO Post
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
supMIssIuNIsTs IN cHARLEsruN.
From the Charleston Jan, 14) Correspondence of
london Times.

IRON Ine CnarlestOn Jan l4) correspondents OF the
london Times.
It is hard for the visitor who comes to
Charleston, fresh from Richmond and
Virginia, to understand that the non
combatant population of South Carolina is
homogeneous with the inhabitants of
Richmond, and nominally of the same flesh
and blood as the indomitable rank and
file of Gen. Lees army In Richmond
there was, one month ago, no more
thought of submission or faint-heartedness
than in the breast of Walker and his hero
ic associates at Londonderry, in 1890, or,
the intrepid ranks which garrisoned Sara
gossa in 1908.
In Charleston, the fountain-head of Sc
cessiOn, the nest of rebellion, the cherish
ed city of the ''Gamecock State"-in
Charleston, which should draw it's inspi-
ration from the grim walls of dilapidated
but still defiant old Sumter, and set an ex-
ample of iron-hearted resolution to the
associates whom it precipitated into rebel
lion, there is croaking and dismay, infrmi-
ty of purpose and resolution. Many are
the original secessionists-the "fre-eat-
ers" of the New York Tribune-who once
Knocked at old Virginia because she was
slow to tread the thorny path to which
South Carolina lured her on, but who now
faint by the way and prattle of the "best
terms that can be obtained from mag
unanimous foe" while upon some lips the
ominous word reconstruction" is aUdibly
breathed
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
TIE PRnnueTs nE FLORIDA.

A Wisconsin man, writing from Flori-
da, gives the following particulars in re-
gard to the climate and fruits:
The winter has been the coldest known
for more than twenty years, but the
oranges and lemons are uninjured, though
the guavas were all cut down by frost in
November. The thermometer fo- weeks
at time has been below 30 and one time
down to q above zero. At 10 it chills
the inhabitants as bad as at zero in Wis
consin. A very safe and profitable bust
ness in raising southern fruits may be
done here and at all points south of this,
but further north it requires more care
and is more precarious A hundred
miles further south all the tropical fruits
may be grown successfully. There is no
frost, and bananas and pine apples are
grown without hindrance, in addition to
oranges, lines, lemons, citron, guavas,
pomegranates, &c, &c. Atno distant day
this business of fruit growing will be ex-
tensively praeticed.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
Mr.. NASBY LAMENTETH OVER THE APOSTAcY
OF THE SAINTS.
SAINT REST. (wich Il in the
Stait Nv Moo Gersy, March the %.

SAINTS REST. (Which IL in the
Stait Nv Moo Gersy, March the %.
[ hev peroosed the papers agin.
To me, nOozepapers is prizen and the
TELEGRAPH Wus ner Waterd Wisky
Fer they bring tidings Nv evil to me,
and tldIngs Nv crate COY to the Ablish-
nists.
Wilminton hez follerd Charlston and
Columby is mass Nv rooins.
Sherman hez gone and did it agin, and
Bragg suckums to Skofeld
Lee is in Richmond like a rat in a els
tern-he can't get out, and is it's shoor
deth to stay.
Weepin L can't do, fer my waterworks
hev given out frUm too mutch yoose;
cussln is ny no avale, fer l can't do jutis
2 the subgick
And the household Nv the faithful hev
postatized-they bow thee knee to the
Molock Linkin.
Wher is them who bought revolvrs to
resists the drafts?
Lol them ez Iiv in Moo Hamsheer is
film afydavits that they bot EN- to plant
corn by shootin the kurnels atween the
cracks Nv the stuns in their feelds, ez is
the custum Nv the country.
Them ez liv in the West, sWare CRATE
oaths that they bought EN- to shoot rats
with.
Wher is them ez swore solem oaths in
their Lodges, to give neither man ner
doller fer the war?
Lo! they shell out their hundreds to
draft funds, and er bizzy gittin in substi-
toots.
Wher is them who swore eff they had
to go they wood shoot North?
Lo, they wuz draftid and they went
like lams to the slaughter and er now en-
thoosiastic in the KILN Nv ther Southern
brethren.
Wher is them who swore no nigger
shood cum North?
Verify. the contraband sweateth on
their farms for II dollers per munth-fer
his laber they hug him to their buzz
yum.
Where is them who protested that
greenbax wood be wuthless, and swore
they wood never take EN-?
Lo, they sell their hOsses and their
wheel and their lands, and will receive in
pay therefor nuthin else-they hoard EN-
clost, ez the hat will show that goeth
around at the close Nv my lectures.
Wher Is them who contribited to the
support of Vallandygum?
In my distress l asked Wun Nv EN- fer
a single quarter, and he bade me be dam
ned.
Their is no faith in mankind-there is
none trOo-nO not wun.
The party has fickered Quit stand
eth not up in its strength-it hez no more
back bone than cal.
In disgust [ spit upon tin my wrath
[ leeve it too its fate.
Vallandygum and VOORHEES, hev gon
in2 the law-I shall embark in2 bounty
jumpin.
PETROLEUM V. Massey,
Lait Faster Nv the Church Nv the Moo
Dispensashun.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
SECRETS OF HAPPINEss.

A susceptibility to delicate attentions, a
fine sense of the nameless and exquisite
tenderness in manner and thought consti-
tute, in the mind of its posessor, the
deepest under-current of life, the felt and
treasured but unseen and inexpressible
richness of affection. It is rarely found
in the characters of men, but it outweighs,
when it is, all the grosser qualities. There
are many who waste and lose affection by
careless and often unconscious neglect
It is not plant to grow untended the
breath of rude indifference or rude touch
may destroy forever its delicate texture
There is a daily attention to the slightest
courtesies of life which can alone pre-
serve the first freshness of passion. The
easy surprise of pleasure; the earnest
cheerfulness of assent to slight wishes
the habitual respect to opinions the po-
lite abstinence from personal topics in the
company of others unwavering attention
to his or her comfort, both abroad and at
home, above all, the careful preservation
of those proprieties of conversation and
manner which are sacred when before the
world, are some of the secrets of that
rare happiness which age and infrmity
alike fail to impair or diminish.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
EuRInuS PLAEARn.

Large placards had been stuck about
LiEperRoOl I6.p giving the following, from the ne
the fall of Charleston
Babylon the Great is fallen! is fallen!
for her sins have reached unto Heaven,
and God hath remembered her iniquities;
and the merchants Of the earth shall weep
and mourn over her, for no one buyeth
their merchandise any more. Merchan-
disc of gold and silver, and precious
stones and of pearls, and fine -four, and
wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses,
and chariots, and slaves, and souls of
men; and every master, and all the
company in ships, and sailors, and as many
as trade by sea, BLOCKADE stood
afar off, and cried when they saw the
smoke of her burning, saying, What city
is like unto this great city?"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
POWER OF GENrLENEss.

No bad man Is ever brought to repent
ance by angry words by bitter, scornful
reproaches. He fortifes himself against
reproof, and hurls back foul charges in
the face of his aceuser. Yet guilty and
hardened as he seems, he has a heart in
his bosom, and may be melted to tears by
gentle voice. Whose, therefore can re-
strain his disposition to blame and find
fault, and can bring himself down to a
fallen brother, will soon find way to bet
ter feelings within. Pity and patience
are the two keys which unlock the human
heart. They who have been most success
full la borers among the poor and vicious,
have been the most forbearing. Said the
celebrated St. Vincent de Paul, eff it has
pleased heaven to employ the most miser-
able of men for the conversion of some
souls, they have themselves confessed that
it was by the patience and sympathy he
had for them. Even the convicts among
whom [ lived, can be gained in no other
way. When [ have kissed their chains,
and shown compassion for their distress
then they have listened to me. '-Jerenpy
TdVLOr
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
CONFESSION OF KENNEDY.

The incendiary rebel Kennedy, hung
at Fort Lafayette, made a confession OF
his crime. He stated that after his es-
cape from Jonhson's Island he went di-
rect to Canada, where he met number
of Confederate officers, and soon after
went to New York where he stayed some
time. There were eight men in the par
ty, whose object was to retaliate upon the
North for Sheridan's course in the Shen-
andoah Valley. 1t was originally intend
ed to set fire to New York on the night of
the Presidential election, but as the phos-
phorus was not prepared, it was postpon-
ed until the night of the 25th of Novem-
ber. Of the eight men who formed the
original party, two fed to Canada, leaving
but six. Kennedy set fire to Barnum' s
Museum, Lovejoy's Hotel, Tammany
Hotel, and the New England House.
The others only set fire to the house in
which each was stopping. The next
morning they all met at the Exchange
Hotel. Kennedy and his companions es-
capped to Canada. In visiting Detroit on
his way to join his command, he was ar
rested by detectives.
Kennedy was born in Louisiana, was
literally educated, spent two years at
West Point, then lived at home until the
rebellion broke out, when he and his
brothers entered the rebel service. He
appears in all respects to have been a
hardened rebel rascal, and in his confes-
sien, made the night before his execution,
the incendiary claimed that setting fire to
Barnum's Museum was simply reckless
joke, and that ''the killing of women and
children was the last thing we thought
Of
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
DO IT WITH THY MIGHT,

Fortune, success, fame, position, are
never gained but by piously, determinedly,
bravely sticking, growing, living to thing
till it is fairly accomplished. In short,
you must carry thing through, if you
want to be anything or anybody. No mat
ter if it does cost you pleasure, the So
ciety, the thousand pearly qualifications of
life No matter for these. Stick to the
thing and carry it through Believe you
were made for the matter, and that no one
else can do it. Put forth your whole en-
ergies. Stir, wake, electrify yourself, and
go forth to the task. Only once learn to
carry a thing through in all its complete
ness and proportion and you will become a
hero. You will think better of yourself
Others will think better of you Of
course they will The world in its very
heart admires the stern determined doer.
It sees in him its best sight, its brightest
object, its richest treasure. Drive right
along, then, in whatever you undertake.
Consider yourself amply sufficient for the
deed. You'll be successful. Never fear.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
EXPORTING PRAISE FROM ENEMIES.

We may well open our eyes with won
der when we see such journal as the
London Illustrated News, always hereto
fore unfriendly to our cause and very sar-
castle and abusive of our public men, say
ing of President Lincoln that, "The lu-
dicrous falseness of the popular estimate
of this remarkable man must by this time
have become apparent to all capable of re-
fection. No man could have spoken more
simply and nobly over the dead at Gettys-
burg more firmly, and at the same time
wisely and moderately on the question of
emancipation more tersely and unan-
swerabiy than in rebutting the charges of
illegal arrest The same spirit pervades
all these utterances-that of magistrate
severely conscious of his responsibilities,
disinterested, energetic, circumspect'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
wHAr BECAME OF TIE CHARLESTON MERCURY.

We conversed yesterday with a gentle
man who arrived in this city on Monday
evening from Sumter, S. G.. In order to
reach here he purchased horse at Sum
ter, for which he paid, in rebel scrip, four
thousand five hundred dollars. After
leaving Florence he was obliged to swim
his horse over the Santee, a distance of
four hundred yards. This was success
fully performed by an old colored guide,
to whom he paid the further sum of one
hundred and fifty dollars. By means of
an old batteau he was enabled to save his
buggy, which was brought around through
the marshes and over several small creeks
to this side of the Santee. Our inform
ant states that he Travelled several days in
company with the pressman, who had been
in charge of the freight car, chartered
specially for conveying the press, type, files
and material of the Charleston Mercury
establishment from this city a few days
previous to the evacuation This ear,
with number of others, was at the juno
ton of the Charlotte and Columbia Rail
road on the evacuation of the last named
place. In the confusion which followed,
It was impossible to procure locomotive
to remove the train, and the whole OF
the cars, together with the buildings, u,
at the junction depot, were burned. The
pressman also stated that the Mercury 5
car contained the private and official cor
respondence of Hon. Il. b. Rhett from the
commencement of the war, with a large
amount of money, notes, bonds and other
valuable papers, all of which was destroy
ed by fire. Charleston Courier, March 10.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07
.152.OOO
GEN. LEES TESTIMONY.


A Committee of the Rebel Senate was
engaged early in the present year in an
inquiry into the condition of the Confed-
eracy. Among the witnesses summoned
before them was General Lee, and the
following are extracts from his testimony,
on the 24th January 1865
Question by Senator Hunter-What is
your opinion as to evacuating Richmond,
and withdrawing the army to North Car
olina.
An my opinion, it would be bad
movement. The Virginia troops would
not go to North Carolina: they would go
home.
Q.-Do you think we have troops
enough for the next campaign?
Al do not We cannot last till mid
summer.
.Q.-What do you think of the policy
of arming 100000 negroes?
A.-If we are to carry on the war, that
is the least Of evils; but in such an event
the negroes must have their liberty.
Q-Do you think we could succeed by
putting the negroes into the field.
A.-That would depend on circum-
stances. We could at least carry on the
war for another year.
Question 6y Senator HiU.-What is the
sentiment of the army in relation to
peace?
At as almost unanimous for peace
The men will fight longer if necessary
but they believe we cannot continue the
war through another campaign.
Question by Senator Graham.-W What
is your individual opinion on the subject
of peace?
Al think the best policy is to make
peace on the plan proposed by Mr.. Ste.
phens. The people and the country
ought to be saved further sacrifices.
Question By Senator WaIker.-If peace
be not made before Spring, will you con.
sent to take command of all the armies
of the Confederacy, with unlimited
powers?
Al will take any position to which
my country assigns me and do the best
can, but do not think I can save the
cause now. No human power can save it
Had | been assigned such place one
year ago, think could have made oul
condition better than it is now.
Question by Senator Orr.-You think
then, General, that the best solution OF
our difficulties is to make peace on the
Stephens plan?
A.-That is the best policy now.
think the Army and the people ought tC
be saved if all else is lost.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-07

ter recently from her mother, living in the
city of Geneva, Switzerland, which states
that regularly in the church she attends,
prayers are made every Sunday for the
success of the North in its struggle against
wicked rebellion. for the continued
health of President Lincoln, and for the
speedy extinction of every vestige of
slavery from the great American republic.
This is a beautiful and touching incident,
showing how the hearts of the honest
lovers of liberty everywhere go with us,
while the defenders of privilege, inequali-
ty and lnhuma9lty carry Y tnelr sympathies