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flags to their troops, Gen Johnston, on con
sultation at Fairfax Court House, Va,
with Gen. g. w. Smith, commanding the
Army Of the Shenandoah Second Corps)
and myself, commanding the Army Of the
Potomac First Corpsl, decided to adopt a
battle tiag" for our forces. Many designs
were presented, and we gave the preference
to one Of those offered by Col. s. b. Wal
ton, commanding the Louisiana Washing
ton Artillery, which ccrresponded closely
to the one recommended by Col. Miles to
Congress ~ our first national flag. Both
were Oblong, the feld'w was red, the bars
blue, and the stars white hut Col. Wal
tons had the Latin cross, and Col. Miles
the St. Andrews which removed the objec-
tion that many Of our soldiers might have
to fight under the former symbol. Gen
johnson preferred square flag to render
IT more convenient to carry, and We Off
cially adopted in September, 1862, the well
known battle flag Of the army Of the Po-
tOmac, as it was first called, to which our
soldiers became so devoted. Its field was
red or crimson, its bars were blue, run
ming diagonally across from one corner to
the other, and the stars on them were white
or gold, their number being equal to the
number Of States in the Confederacy the
blue bars were separated from the red field by
a small white fillet. The size of the flag for
infantry was fixed at by 3 feet, for artil-
lery at BY 3 feet. and for cavalry at q by
24 feet. Ii hal the merit Of being small
and light. and Uf being very distinct at
great distances. But il was not accepted
by the Confederate Government until X
had been consecrated by many hard fought
battles. when IT became the union" of our
second and third Confederate national fag.
When | assumed command Of the troops
in Western Tennessee. February, 1862, /
found that Gen. Polk had adopted for his
forces flag nearly similar 70 the one had
designed for the Army Of the Potomac.
j. T.. a blue field with white st. An
drew cruss, and blue OF gold stars. Gen.
Har'lee had for his division a blue feldwith
afull white circle in its centre. | gave or
ders to have them replaced as soon as prac-
ticahle. BY the battle flag If the Army "
the Potomac. ln September, 1862. when
] returned to Charleston. | substituted the
same banner for the State flags. then prin-
cIpally used IN the Department Of South
Carolina. Georgia and Florida il became
thus IN our armies the emblem of South
ern valor and patriotism. Should we ever
be compelled to have a foreign war, trust
that this standard will be adopted as our
national cattle flag, t. which Southerners
will always gladly rally in Just cause.
The State flag referred to by you was
adopted hy the Secession Convention, ana
contained thirteen stripee-four blue, siN
white and three red commencing at the
top with thecol"rsas written The '.Union"
was red. with its sides equal to the width
of seven stripes in its centre was a single
PALE yellow star, with five points
] remain yours very truly,
u. A. DEaU kAA.aHD.
Capt George Henry Preble, United States
Navy, Naval Rendezvous. Boston Nav,
Yard. Mass.
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Pats View of Tooth-pulling.

och, doctor, me darlint, just come here minnit
I've got bad tooth, and the diyil T. ia il
Il kepes slch hoppin and iumpin about,
think On me suwl must have the thing ont
och, nov. do he careful ts uncunmenlN tndcr,
Och, Muthsr IT Moses on Murther
l, II OUT Faith | thought you, Ter NartiI,
The top II me head from IN, budl Na> lSrtn
The >in>aTiun, say, Was uncnmmuulN queer
As though a big engine went IN az each
And met each other with a terrible crash
Which sint all their iNin', a. general smash.
And now for this torture suppose I must IuA
How much Is it, sir, half dollar. YOU
it, too much for a halt minuit> work.
You ought to pay twas earned with Jerk.
The blacksmith will pull thirty minnt>, and ~iilii
To- pull thirty more and he'll charge hut q >hiilin
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Fruu III. N-~ ,'ri-aI,- Il.1,tsf
A LEAF FROM HISTORY.
Origin sG she Re@~I massb~ Fl@@--l~ss~v Fr~ma
the EN-R~AeI Beswrvxmrd.

The letter we publish below from Gen
Beauregarl. was written IN reply a. a com
municatinn received ~ him fr,m Capt
Preble. H. ;. n. IN which the General vas
requested t. furnish information CONCERN
ing the origin II the Confederate battle
flag. Gen. BeAurrgarls letter contains
much that is new on this interesting sub
ject.
In this connection We N"uld state that
the General has been furnished. we under
stand, BY Mr.. L. e. Hancock. ~ the New
Orleans Times, original drawings to show
that Mr.. H. designed for the use Il the
Washington Artillery Battalion. when that
picked corps left here under CoI. J. b.
Walton's command, at the breaking out Of
the war, battle flag that Is the counter
part Of that which was subsequently select
ed by the General himself As shown in
his letter, Col Walton had the original
drawing by Mr.. Hancock. This and all
the other papers alluded "a, including a
very interesting letter to General Beaure-
gard ON the adoption If battle flag by Col
Porcher Miles Of the Confederate Congress
in 1861, are now on hle in the archives ~ the
Southern Historical Society. IL which Rev
DIR. Palmer If this city is the President
and DIR. Caldwell the Secretary
GEN. BEAUREGAKD's LETTER.
New ORLEANS. Jan. "a, 1872.
DEAR SIR In answer t. the inquiries
contained lnyOur letter of the ID inst ,rela-
tive to the origin Of the Confederate bat
tie flag" and the devices of the Louisiana
State flag on the City Hall of New Orleans,
when Commodore Faraugut appeared be-
fore this city in April, 1862, | give you with
pleasure the following information
AT the battle Of Manassas, on the 2lst Of
July, 1851, found il difficult 10 distin-
guish our then Confederate fiag from the
United States flag (the two being so much
allkel especially when Gen. Jubal A. Early
made the flank movement which decided
the fate Of the day, and | resolved then to
have ours changed if possible, OF to adopt
for my command battle flag which would
be entirely different from any State or Fed
eral flag. After the battle it was found
that many persons in both armies firmly
believed that each side had used, az a STRAIT
agem, the Aags Of his opponent. Gen. Jos.
Z. Johnst n. commanding the Confederate
forces, determined to have the troops fur
nished with their State flags, and entered
into correspondence with Col. William
Porcher Miles, Chairman of the House
Military Committee, TO have our national
dag changed. But that was found to b.
lmPracticable at the time, and none Of the
states, except Virginia, having furnished
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RECEIVE MONEY ON DEPOSIT
AND
ALLOW AN INTEREST THEREON


Ii4fl- Va IafLASb aud ENGLAND in % ,uit. 90 ii
sterling anna uUWari
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Capt. George Henry Preble, United States
Navy, Naval Rendezvous, Boston Nav,
Yard. Mass.
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A CINCINNATI correspondent says Davis
and Parker are gaining strength every day
in this vicinity.
Two hundred and seventy-two miners
we're killed and six hundred and twenty
two wounded in the Pennsylvania anthra-
cite coal region last year, making two hum
dred and twenty widows, and five or siN
hundred orphans a greater destruction Of
human life than has been effected by all the
railroads in the United States in five years
o. application BY the State Working
mems Assembly, the use Of the State As
sembly Chamber ut Albany was, on motion
Of Mr.. Jacobs, Of Kings county, granted
by that body in which 10 hold the annual
session of the Machainists and Blacksmiths
International Union of North America, on
the third Wednesday Of September nexrs
The session is expected 70 be the largest
ever held by that body.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

A MAN who was told by a clergyman tn
remember Las wife replied that he had
trouble enough with his own. without re-
memberIng other men wives.
How did you learn that graceful att
tude asked gentleman Of a fellow, lean
ing IN maudlm way against post I've
been practising at the glass, was the re-
ply.
A FAIR-HAIRED. love-sick youth in Ohio
presented his ''girl' with pair Of those
new-fangled metallic garters ON Christmas
He thought they were the latest thing IN
brackets, and he only discovered his mis-
take upon requesting her to ''try them on.
lie d"es not 90 there any more.
II is said an English nobleman Of the
''olden time" offered a reward Of $50 u
any "ne who could find rhyme for ''por
ringer. The offer produced the following
The King he hat a daughter fair
tIe gave the Prince II Orange her
AMI n"w. my lord hope you'n own
I've found rhyme for 'pOrringer."
\ CLERGYMAN once preached a very long
sermon from the text Thou art weighed
IN the balance and found wanting" After
the congregation had listened about an
hour some began to grow weary and went
N"Ar 'eiiNAS S''h A'AApNNAy Sltdl4l " L4lt
annoyance Of the minister, whereupon he
stopped in his sermon and said That L.
right gentlemen, as fast as you are weighed
pass out. No one else passed out
4 MATHEMATICAL CoNUNDRUM.- a
4 poor lone youth, with waxed end to his
moustache, should write a young lady In
this city to meet him by moonlight alone
and the young lady's old mother should
come III on a tangent and tan the gent until
the plane Of his coat tail formed an angle
with vertical line, would the hypothenusr
If the community be equal to the sum "
he squares described by the young man il
\ 'gittin away from dar Z" And if so-how
A notable tragedian being gengaged to play
Macbeth at a country theatre, at the latest
moment the man who was to represent the
messenger i'll the fifth scene of the last act
fell i'll. The prompter, however, was equal
to the emergency. He got hold Of .'su-
per, an lrishman, whom he drilled to re-
peat the few ill-omened lines, and instruct
ed him how to deliver them. When Mac
beth was ready for him, on went the Irish
man, and got hravely through his task
"A did stand my watch upon the hill.
looked toward Birnam. and anon methought
The wood began tU move
Liar slave Y cries the great tragedian.
flying upon the terrified super" and grasp
ing his throat Down on his knees drop
ped the messenget, gasping in his agony
''On my soul, sir, that s exactly what the
prompter towld me to say.
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A WESTERN editor speaks Of his rival As
''mean enough to steal swill from blind
hogY' The rival retorts by saying: He
knows he lies never stole his swill. /"
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SGrtMgs Department..
o., k-a! Estate Ian and Trust Company, urgltiLed
sier a special charter granted by the State ~ ILLINOIS,
h al tie powers and privileges Bankers, have been
Induced establish a Department for savings. With
giving SOceties Institutions and individuals no
are dtsiruuS uf saving their money, secure and con
Nrneut investment Tor such II their fuis are not
needed Tor current rNIenses
Deposits drAr !" any number 4 dolar> "il be
Tr,elyri-
4 General Banking Business also Transacted.
TRUSTEES.
Br<IAuI< IouBAKB. BENJAMIN j. SWEET,
FEKNANDu JOS r.. q. l.. FORT,
J,,SIAH IoNEAKD HESRY q. CHILDS,
: 4 BEIGC>.
RL\J LOMBARD President.
: A BRIGGS VICE President.
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LOAN AND TRUST co
SAVINGS BANK.
No. 685 Wabash av., near Fourteenth-st.,
and III West Washington-st.
CHICAGO

utII,r H"rKs: Daily, 10 A. NJ. to 4 p. NJ
Saturdays, to Or Nj
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The "Mrs' Sands wslI," one mile south
east Of South OH City, that has caused
such tlutter among oil men for the pas,
ten dsjs, has settled down from 800 to Q
1l0 barrel we'll. This Mrs. Sands 10 one Of
the lucky women Of this section, snd q lit
tie sharp with Il. II is said that Q short
time age she went to New YORK and repre-,
ssntsd herself 40 poor widow woman,
with . large family to support, and wished
10 buy this two hundred acres Of the CON-
pany, needing It for pasturaee (or some such
use), and succeeded In purchasing it for
Sl,S00, paying small sum down. She
came home and sold small interest for
10000, and Immediately set about the
drilling Of the tes! we'll, which has resulted
10 The one mentioned above. She now asks
round half million for her interest, and
Will no doubt get very near that amount.
Erie Dispatch.
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Mrs. A. W. Pace, wife of jacksonville
(Fls. merchant, and daughter OF Mr.. Geo.
Damon Of Tallahassee, seem to no suffering
from some mental dersn cement, and ber
husband took her to ser parents 10 Talabss.
see on Wednesday last That night, she
called the family aroand her and exhnrtsd
then,to prepare for . great and sad cslsm-
iH. The next morning early her father
went out to procure bottle Of wine 10.
her, and 5000 after bis departure she took q
kerosene lamp or osu, and ss,urating her
self from head to foot, put match to It,
and 10 moment was enveloped in the
flames Her husband and others hearing
SsrsbtIeks, ran to her rescue, aud throwing
b6okst Of water over her endsavored to
sxti1guish tse asmss This proved sna-
vailisg and her husbsud, seizing . blanket,
threw It around her, and finally succeeded
II putting out the Asmes, but not until the
poor victim WAS burned to such an extent
shaItshs died 10 few hours.
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Ao I''ino: young man, who has recently
died, left . romstic story behind him, which
10 full Of warning to designing women. The
man was In love with . girl Of the usual
amount Of beauty, when, for some unknown
cause, . quarrel occurred and separation fol
lowed. In bis spite be married somebody
else. Some time sf'sr he discovered the
quarrel was caused BY the woman be mar.
ried. She bad redated and old love letter
and sent II to the drst lady, thus causing
the quarrel which secured for herself hus-
band. When Il . grIskstricksn man realIz.
Cd the state Of affairs hs smothered bis wife
10 death with . pillow. deceived the jury
that sat on her body, and died Of . broken
heart, leaving the written ooniesson behind
him. The girl be did not marry 10 some
one slss's vile and three persons happy
mother.
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The Diamond Furry.

rFrom the Denver News Of October 18th. ]
The excl iMment With regard to the stones
-whsther precious or not, makes no differ.
ence to the general public, who are ever
ready to gnlp down sensasions-of New
Mexico, Arizona or "down there" as the
returned iamond-sesrcbers mysteriously
put 1t, still keeps up, and each days ad vices
but add fuel to the flame that . fortnight
ago bade fair TO flicker its iasL
Yesterday there was another arrival Of
precious stones 10 Denver, from the South,
and .hey were raptuousiy admired BY those
who sonldn't tell diamond from 'turnip,
and severely criticized BY others who knew
q s'hawk from handsaw." kr. L. SpIegel.
berg, OF Santa Fe. came IL yesterday On
route East, end brought along, just 10 HlI
up the chlneks in bis baggage, . couple Of
small boxes Of Arizona diamonds, garnets,
rubIei, topaz, emerslds, etc. At least the
diamonds were about % near 10 nrsl water
Arizona gems 90 have "smigrsted" from
that section. They were various 10 size.-
from the little end Of nothing" up to lima
bsan-and. accounted worth most fabulous
sums. One party, however, though that .
ozsn wagon loads Of the same "dismonds'
might be gathered anywhere about Denver
or in the mountains. Others were confident
that the GENE were real, while expsrisncsd
eyes put them down 40 quartz crystals Of
average order. The other stones were Of
the more common order, and probably Of
more value than the diamonds. They will
be taken TO New York, where Il 10 expected
they will be judged. Mr.. Spieselbsrs says
there are about iour hundred men Ia the
diamond districts, while many others ere
about Santa Fs waiting for things to turn
up.
We expect to be able 10 . few days to
pressn. some facts regarding this sensatios
Of the day which probably cannot b. con-
trovsrted.
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An supper School Of Iudusty" hiss bsen
established ut Rouen, France, undef the
auspices Of the Chamber VI Comnsrcs and
The other bodies. The school will not only
give that general education necessary fvr
The management Of any industrial work, bu,
also tho special instruction required 10 oil
the chief departments OF national Industry,
sucn ss spinning, weaving, dyeing, the
chemical arts, machine making, 10.
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Women have some rights 10 Utah though
Aormonsm tends to keep them 10 drudgsry.
In case at law between two women 10 Q
Justices Court held few miles from Salt
Lake City . jury was demanded, and on
that jury were three women. The Deseret
News ssys the deliberations and verdict of
the jury women were marked by quite as
much dignity and decorum and good ssnce
as ever were shown BY . jury oil men,
That 10 not paying the women very high
compliment, for the conduct Of juriss often
Ia 10 no way eredable to the judgment or
sound sence Of the members thereof. There
10 no reason Why wsmen should not make
just as good Jurors % men, In fact, the
great essential iu juror is patience, and In
that virtue the female sex excel.
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II muskra.s are aoy authority tho winter
10 to be an open one. A gentleman who bas
Travelled through tho muskrst country oi
the North West teports to tue WInons Re-
publican that the maskrsts have not brok-
en- ground for their winter residences,
whereas last year at this tiwe they bad oil
their butts built, large, bigh and thick. -
We have 90 abiding faith in the forsssIsg
quslitss Of the ground bog, bnt await dst
vslspments before giving much faith to The
muskrat theory
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The adjourned meeting Of tho banker, Of
Aes oil region IVES held q OIL City, les. eve
aing. The Comni.tes on Resolutions r..
pssasd The following;
WAsrsas, The Produesrs Of Petroleum
through their Couscll, have asked the aid
end evaporation Of the bankers Of the Oil
Rsg'ss b their plan to protsc, the Interests
1t Prsdaesrs, and
Whessss, the production Of Petroleum is
shS foundation Of oil ths industrial inter.
esss Of The Region, sustaining not snly our
FAnsrisa ut our manu- factories, machine
shops, and banks. directly or Indirectly, and
believing Il 10 be shs duty of uoneyed
cspofssisns end companies 10 encourage
and sustain oil legitimate branchs. of busI..
osss sat arsds that help 70 increase the
wealth Of she couatry.
Resolved, That any plan based upon strict
Nssiaess pslsoiplss, which the producers
may present. ssd which does not ipjurlously
Satsrisrs win e<he branches Of the trade,
SW receive our Aearty sympathy.
This Is vis,asl rejection Of the plan Of
the PsHoleun fssdut,er's Agency BY the
Assksrs. What action the Council will
take 10 the matter remsins 70 be seen. The
market to-day h souNwhst Depressed
el,1s hsins the best eRsr-but whether It
ss'sss ron che sesioa OF the bankers It 10
bard TO tell. Assauas, lot the producers
~ 81 discouraged. We hsve not yet lost
hits 10 sbs esnss. II the present plan
saouh prove failure, although We cannot
~ bow Il ell, some other one must be or
isisstsd. Let us have anything but South
Improvement CoupsuIes, Reausr's Combs
.nat!ous, or rinss Of piunderers, whose only
Aad end elm appsars 10 no concentrated In
N effort 70 ses whIse cen stssl The most su,
of sus rests'a
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A stranger registering bis name % Louis
Patterson. Of Baltimore, died o. Monday
last at the Ellsworth House, Erie city. frem
90 overdose Of morphine administered BY
himself. He leaves nothing BY which to
Identity him, bis name upon his clothes
having been carefully blotted ont. A vial
Of laudsnum and considerable quantity Of
morphine were found In bis room. The
suicide 10 supposed to have been Dremedl,as
ted. He WAS tall, muscular, we'll formed,
finely dressed, and sbout twenty eight years
old, and the letters 81. p" prieksd 10
India ink on each arm. He came to The
hotel on Thursday last and appeared 10 bs
10 perfect health. and exhibited no symp-
tome Of Insanity. HIS coalition Vas dis
covered two hours before death.
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10 The course Of an interview with The
captain Of one Of the ILL., fated Arctic whsI-
srs, on the Northwest passage, Q San Franz
disco Newspaper reporter hes been convinced
sost there 10 no such thing - 40 open polar
aea. The psrson interviewed also express
Cd the opinion that the prsc.Icsbili,y Of .
pssssss from the Pacific to tho Atlantic is
impossible, that crossing The country With
dogs and reindeer was all theory, and tbs.
there was 90 such thing a. an open sea.-
The captain, whs bad been up 10 latitude
ssvsn'y-two degrees, believed there was
contlnsn! Of Ice, possibly with . current Of
water beneath, and that solid Ice exists be.
ysnd that latitude that never did come out
asd never will-shus conflicting somewhat
With Psrrys opinion Of the Northwest pas-
sage. fit BE- true that there 10 On open
polar sea and circulating superficial current
spars OF the wrecked Arctic whaiers may be
cast ashore In the North Atlantic, relies for
the curious and bones Of espteution for the
seisntista
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The Wallace sIstefs made their opening
bow 10 q large and fashionable audience, ai
Sobers Opera House, last evening, In the
opera buriesqne Of the Savage Bells."-
The play was exceedingly vel, rendered
throughout, and elicited merited applause
and frequent eucorss. Since! their last sp-
pesrance in our town, these talented ladies
have improved wonderfully, both 10 mien
aud knowledge Of the histrionic art. Miss
Jennie With her dsshiog and piqusut man.
nsf Of sc'iss out the several Oh sraeters ta-
ken BY her, sod Missss Misnis and Msud 10
their several specislsies, would be bard to
excel.
This evening will be produced the fairy
extravaganza, entitled, "Ailsddin, or, The
Wonderful Scamp 10 which Jennie. Min.
ME and Maud will appear, supported BY the
entire strength Of the company. A laugh
able farce, sougs. dances, &c, will be inter.
spersed 10 the programme. Give them 10
bumper ct parting"
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The attempt to enforce the saloon elosios
order in Chicago failed on Sunday. The
clamor growing out Of The enforcement Of
the ordinspos on the previous Sunday
weakened the spines Of the executive officers
from Mayor Msdii downward, ana the SEQ
ond Sunday saw the saloons doing business
% usual.
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We hear Of no more cares OF the horse
disease In this place. Smswlsy's horses are
gradually improving.
The disease hes broken out 10 Oil CITY
and 10 rsging violently.
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Our English brethren seem to be doing
far more than We to ensble the working
classes to better their condition. They are
throwing open magnificent museums for
them; are writing popular scientific works
for them; are trying to educate, not only
their children, but the men aud The women
thsmselves; snd, best Of oil, are promoting
so-opsrstiou BY every means 10 their pow
or.