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Year: 1861

WASHINGTON, Monday, June 3, 1861. I


At ten o'clock on Thursday night the
Twelfth had orders to march at once. No
one but Col. Butterfold Of this corps knew
the destination. 'Twenty-four hours ratons,
one blanket and knapsack, was the order.
Our men, tired of barrack life, sprung with
alacri;y at the command, and before the
small hours Of the morning we were across
the long bridge and on the sacred soil of Vir-
ginia. Taking the srouts step in quiet and
silence, the men moved along till we passed
the encampments Of the Massachusetts, Fifth
and the New York Iwenty-6fth and New
York Eighth Horse Guards, whom we came
10 stand-stil about seven miles from Wash
ington three miles from Arlington House and
two from Alexandria. We were put in COM
mand of Reaches Mills, all important post,
and one needful to be guarded while intrench-
ments were dug and fortifcations thrown up.


Gen. Mansfield did the regiment the honor
to say that he sent this one to lead in the
possession Of Virginia because it was best fit
ted for the work, and of its discipline and
valor he had the highest confidence.


All was silence and desolation long our
route. God seemed to have done perything
tor this land-man nothing. The scenery
W as delightful the soil worn out-the nat
ural growth abundant, the tillage thin and
dwa1fsh. No man or child seemed aware
of our approach, and We halted amid ST.
lenco that was oppressive.


At about 4 A. NJ. on Friday we came to
halt. Three dilapidated old windowless
houses-oc occupied by one black man and fill
ed with all manner of vermin, which must be
numbered among tho peculiar institutions of
Virginia-were open to our comfort. Our
men are tentless. Bu: good march is a
wonderful wooer Of natures sweet restorer,
and all the men, tired and worn out, fell
asleep on the ground. But amid much peril,
an unscrupulous foe, that skulks in the BUSH
os and then runs, the men had to be alert
Pickets were established, guards made strong,
ammunition distributed, and the men put on
their guard.


A better set of men l never saw. Ten
days they bore tlis life without murmur.-
With axes in h,nd they feled trees and made
booths to dwell in, and bore all the privatioos
without complaint. A little expedition was
planned that would have told we'll for the
pluck of this command. But the blunder
Of small corps of Uncle Sans men spoilt
it all


The Staff of the Twelfth are we'll known in
New Y York and it would do their friends good
to have looked in on them in camp. But one
room could be used with comfort or safety
Indeed, the Surgeon, who is quite small
man, undertook to have a room to himself
He was taken up bodily, ,and had not the Staff
Year: 1861

PENSACOLA, Nov. 5.-A boat, with a
white flag, came over yesterday from Col.
Brown. Her mission will rejoice the hearts
of all who have kinsmen and friends whom
the chances of battle flung into the hands Of
the enemy on the 9th ult., and whom we
thought had several weeks ago sailed for
New York. The day after the fight they
were taken on board the frigate Colorado,
where have remained ever since, and some of
them in view of their camps and comrades.
Poor fellows, how they must sigh at the
sight of their soldier homes, and long with
their late comrades round the camp fire to
talk and eight their battles Ger" e.


On Saturday and Sunday they were per.
mitted to write, and their letters brought
over, as above stated. Their contents are
of personal character, not being allowed
to communicate any Information concerning
the enemy. They speak of their treatment
as kind, even to generous hospitality.
Year: 1861

band has gone to the war, heard in conver-
sation the remark that the Government
wanted moro cavalry and more infantry
She replied that she knew nothing about
the cavalry but added with sigh, that If
more infantry we're needed the Government
had better send some of the volunteers home
again.
Year: 1861

WHAT Is 1T TO BE PoLITE.-Politeness is
trait which every one admires aud which
coniers upon its possessor a charm that does
much to pave the way of life with success.
But is very much misunderstood. Polite
ness does not consist in wearing a silk glove
and in gracefully lifting your hat when you
meet an acquaintance. 1t does not consist
in artificial s,nhes and pleasing. fattering
speech, but in sincere and honest desires to
promote the happiness of those around you
IN the readiness to sacrifice your own ease
aud comfort to the enjoyment of Others
The man who lays aside all selfshnass in
regard to the happiness of others, who is
always ready TO confer favors, who speaks
IN the lanyuayp Of kindness and concilia-
tion, and who &tud;es to manifest those lit
tie attentions which crafty the heart, is a
polite man, thddgh he may wear home
spun coat, and make very ungraceful bow
And many fashion able who dresses gem
teelly and enters the most crowded apart
ments with assurance and ease, is q perfect
compound of rudeness and incivility. He
who has heart flowing with kindness and
good will towards his fellow men, and who
Is governed in the exercise of those feelings
by good common sense, is the truly polite
man-and he alone.
Year: 1861




The Zanesville Courier says that there
Is not word of truth in the reported
burning of President Lincoln in efigy in
that place, as reported by telegraph, aud
characterizes the report :" a horrid slander," /"
and odds;


Who the author Of this outrageous SLAM
der on the people of GAINESVILLE and this
community is, has not yet trsnspired, but
we are hopeful that the man or the men
who hesitate not to thus slander our COM
munity, will speedily receive their appro.
pirate reward. So far as We are aware
nothing so infamous was ever published Of
our citizens.


The people Of Zanesvills and of Mus
kingum county have, in the last seven
months given abundant evidence of their
loyalty to the government. Their repre-
sentatives have fought and bled on many
battlefield Of the country, and some Of
them have died there; and many hundred
more are now suffering in the service Of
tae government, while some one here at
their homes, with the malignity of g hend
strikes the most foul blow at the head of
the Government that ever yet disRraced
any community. Let the man who would
thus disgrace our. people have no place
among them.


We can offer no apology for those who
hesitate not to give currency to such a
mean slander, and We are persuaded that
the newspaper that will circulate such q
gross lie upon our people is unworthy their
patronage.
Year: 1861

The recent order for promoting from pri-
Yates in the ranks Of the army TO the line
Of non-commissioned officers, was listened
to BY the army with much pleasure. Atthe
end Of the parade the men crowded around
their fortunate companions with eongratu-
lRtions and exultation over the encourage
ment 70 common soldiers involved in future
assurance that consistent good military
conduct VIII hereafter earn q lust reward
in the United States army. The command
ing officer, in issuing the command, SAYS he
takes this occasion "to impress upon the
rank and hle the necessity Of qualifying
themselves for similar positions if they have
the laudable ambition Of rising in their
profession Obedience, sObriety and an
honest discharge Of their various duties,
must be their stepping stone, and the COM
handing oRoer will not forget 10 notice the
conduct Of the men under his command,
and, 50 far IS in his power, will endeavor
70 aid those who exhibit the high tone and
military pride In The performance Of duty
which never fails to command the respect
Of their officers"
Year: 1861

New YoRE, Nov. 9.
The funeral procession of Gen. Baker
passed up Broadway at noon. The hearse
was drawn by four white horses. The re-
mains are to lay in state in the City Hall
till Monday, when they are to be escorted
by the list Regiment to the steamer North
eVn Light, on which they will embark for
CaIiSernia
Year: 1861

Ba A cheerful little history affecting very nearly the personal convenience and personal safety of certain blackguard Editor in the north east part of the county is having an airing in our streets.

 If it shall become necessary to give it the pub Ecity of an appearance in print, it will exhibit the editor alluded to, in not very enviable or courageous position. At any rate we shall pos sibly hear less hereafter of his tirades upon Litch. field and Litchfeld people. Nor will the history spare some of his pitiable anonymous correspon- dents, who have been unkennelled at last.
Year: 1861

 FARMERS OF L1rcHFIELD COUNTY: You who can not shoulder the musket for the defence of Freedom and Truth in this glorious struggle, do not think that you are to take no part in the great eontest There is something for you to do-each of you, here among the rocks and hills of your country. You may be disqualified for active service on the battle field, but we beg you to remember that there is another kind of field for you to at tend to, and which may be in some danger of neglect.

 You may have sent your son into the army all right we wish you had ten more Jonathans or Ezekiels or Benjamins to offer; but remember, the old .tarm must be made to bring forth twice it's usual amount of crops this year. Now don't settle down into the ruts and jig along just as usual, but look at things in practical way, re- membering that war is upon us, civil war, that many strong hands who have usually been ready to hold the plough, are this year to be in diff ferent field of action, that bread is what VIC shall want bye and bye, and that you must strain every nerve, and pour the seed into the ground broadcast. Put in more corn, rye and oats :; plough deeper than ever; find patch of ground for potatoes twice as large as you filled last year. Don't think because your farm is small and stoney and unproductive, that this appeal is not for you. Why, man, you can raise pota- toes on the side of a rock this year, if you go to work in the right spirit

 Prices will be high, (pardon any allusion to g sordid motive,) therefore let every man in the country who owns one acre, or half an acre of land, put upon it four times the amount of la bor that he has usually done, and he will be richly rev warded in more ways than one.

 A. B. c. Side Hill, May, 1861
Year: 1861

0B-[All the regular telegraphic reports for the newspapers are made up by the New York associated press. No telegraphic operator or agent is permitted to make up such reports

 The telegraph company has no agency what ever in the preparation of dispatches for the press, nor is it in any manner responsible for the character or truth of this kind of news.l
Year: 1861

hood out OF the way, and only get in the
way when they have become, in spite Of
all sorts ofill.trestment, useful and orua,
mental members ofsociotv.


This child Was still speaking said my
grandmother, when ] rushed out. I had
been mother once, and I could not liz
ten to these Ingocents ia that fearful
waiting chambar recapi.ulattng the woes
that h2d sent them there, any longer


felt impelled to revisit earth came
In no light could make me visible to
you uudl your tallow candle was brought
in.


Ny dear, remember what I have told
you. Some of these days you may be a
mother. Be more careful of the sacred
charge oflittle children. Think for them
feel for them. DO not, to ease your care,
sink them in unnatural slumbers or give
them over to selfish nurses, Upon you
hangs their liyes-iu great measure their
happiness both here and hereafter-I BEG
you will give


Just at this moment the cock crew loud.
ly. The yoicoat my elbow was still. look
ed aTound-the rocking char was empty
the ghost had vanished.
Year: 1861

The Pittsburg Despatch contains the fol-
lowing interesting information There
is no method of spiking a cannon which
will forever prevent its use. If the spike
is made ofiron or unhardened steel, it
may be removed by the drill. If it is
loosely inserted, or without much force,
it may be blown out by firing charge of
gunpowder placed in the bottom of the
bore. But if the spike is madc ofharden-
ed steel, to Git the vent closely, and is dri'.
ven in with great force, and if its lower
end is made soft and riveted within the
bore, then neither the drill nor guupow-
der can remove it; the vent remains per-
maneutly closed. The remedy, in such
cases, is to drill new vent, which may
be done without impairing the serviceable-
ness OF the gun. A new vent may be drill,
ed in any cannon by skillful machinist
in two or three hours.


In experimental firing, when vert be-
comes 10 much worn and enlarged we
drill a new one, and sometimes as many
as three or four vents are made in the
same gun, and many hundred fires are
made afterwards.


During the recent Crimean war, an ar
ticle relative to spking cannon was pub.
lished in the London Tines, in which it
was asserted that the use of a new pa
tent spike would destroy the seryiceable-
ness ofthe gun. The spike was described
rs piece Of finely tempered steel, turned
to fit the vent, but to move freely in it,
and turning out in forked spring in the
bore. This spike it was alleged, could
not be removed, as it would turn readily
with the drill but it seems that the pos
sibility Of cutting or breaking Off the tongs
or forks of the snring inside the barre
was not considered. The communication
given above, from high authority, may be
looked upon as conclusive that the worst
effect of spiking would he a few hours
delay in the use of the guns often an I'M
| portant matter
Year: 1861

SUNDAY SHOES. Strange that all kinds
of leather arc too poor to go 10 church in
on wet Sunday. What is the matter
with all our tanners that shoes cannot be
made which are proof against Sunday
mud and Sunday wet' Mutiludes Of
people run around all the week in ordi.
nary leather, and no harm comes to them.
But if the pavement be the least wet on
Sunday morning, they arc certain that
they shall get their feet soaking wet, and
they might as we'll order their collins at
once, as to 60 out in such shoes as they
have. What is the mystery that makes
leather which is so impenetraJlo on all
the other days Of tho week, not much
better than brown paper on Sunday nom.
ing2 Who will make his fortune by pro-
yidiug tho vast army Of stay-at-homes
with q patent improved churoh-going
shoe, warranted water proof on Sun
days1
Year: 1861

n7rA fellow went into store at Troy,
on Saturday evening, and requested to
have his cap filled with molasses, as it was
for wager when the full cap was hand
ed to him, he complained that it was mus
ty when the grocer went to smell it, the
thief dashed it in his face rendsiug
him blind, and then robbed the till OF
six dollars,
Year: 1861

POVERTY OF QUEENS FATHER In
sketch of Queen Victoria, alludng to the
poverty of the Duke of Kent previous to the
birth of his royal daughter, it is stated that
he was anxion that his offspring (the present
Queen should be born in the country which
she might be destined to rule; but he was
absolutely without means necessary for the
journey. lie was residing at Amorbace,
small town in Germany, and from there wrote
to his relations and friends in England for the
remiltances. In one of his letters he wrote
thus: "The interesting situation of the
Duchess causes me hourly anxiety; and you
who so well know my views and feelings,
can easily appreciate how desirous l am TO
hasten our departure for Old England. The
event is thought likely to occur about the
end of next month. My wish is that it may
take place about the 4th of June, as that is
the birthday of my revered father, and that
the child, too, like him, may be a Briton
born" The royal and noble friends to whom
the Duke had applied for assistance, declined
atfording it, lie was indebted for the means
of reaching his country to persons of COM
pGratively obscure condition. lie arrived
with his wife at Kensington Palace in time
for his daughter to see the light upon British
soil on the oath of May, lSl9 his first and
only child. AleXandrina Victoria, was born
London paper.
Year: 1861

PgNcHs OPINION OF EDIToRs.-A public
servant and withal servant of the devil A
good natured fellow, must always smile
bow to everybody; be killingly polite on every
occasion, is always expected to know the la
test newsis styled "muggins" if he is not well
posted; must please everybody and is sup
posed to never need the one thing needful ;
must work for nothing and board himself
must trust everybody, and is considered a
great bore if he presses his bill; must be a
ladder for all political aspirants to step into
office, who become Independent, don't owe
him anything considered at best sorry
dog, who can't expect better treatment than
kicks and cuffs; and finally summing it up,
he is expected to be man without mode
and without a shadow.
Year: 1861

A PREACHER went through the Sunday ex-
ercises at his church in South Carolina the
other day with blue cockade on his should
er, and a big porker walked through the
streets of Nashville about the same time with
one upon the end of his tail The latter
badge was in a more appropriate place.
LoNisuiNe Journal
Year: 1861

THE Constitution which was for long
time the acknowledged "organ" of the Adj
miustraton has of late taken such strong
secession ground that the President at last
made Up his mind to repu4iate it. Ills de-
sire, $50 Democratic Senator says W as to
write letter repudiatipg the sheet, but he
finally permitted the editor to perform hdrd
kari, and disembowel his editorial position.
This the editor has done in an article which
is known to have been written at the Presi
dents instig0tion, if not virtual dictation
saying:


1--WE again, and for the last time pronounce
the assertion that the President or anyt ody
on earth, but the editor and proprietor of
this paper, is responsible for its opinions, to
be deliberate falsehood"
Year: 1861

CHILDREN Of any age can now have their pictures
" taken perfect, we have built Room expressly
for their Groups of Children also taken frac-
ton of q second, In clear weather. Mothers need not
now have the trouble TO take them TO Gallery dozen
times, and at last put up with caricature, If they
Will but go at once to


feb1S-G HUGHES, PRENIJTM GALLERY
Year: 1861

DEW. There is dew in one flower and not
in another, because one opens its cup to
take /, In, while the other closes itself, and
the drop runs Od. God rains His goodness
and mercy as widespread as the dew, and
IL We lack them. it is because We will not
open our hearts TO receive them,
Year: 1861

An Illinois correspondent of the ST.
Louis Democrat threatens dire vengeance
on that city in case she should take sides
with the secessionists. In that event he
says


This Southern gate of commerce is all
that will he left her thus shOrn of her splen-
doris, and even this will be at the mercy of
the State of Illinois, and can be destroyed
without an act of hostility of which she
can have a right to complain. The Missis-
sippi river can be made to run away from
St. Louis and nnder the Illinois bluffs, leav-
ing your city high and dry, seven or eight
miles from the river with foreign soil lying
between the river from the present site of
Illinoistown to what will then be the west
bank of the Mississippi river. The people
of the city of ST. Louis know very well this
can he done. They have spent many mil
lions of dollars to prevent it from doing it
ITSELF and have been allowed by the Legis-
lature of Illinois to build dykes and revest
the shore on the Illinois side for this pur-
pose. But it cannot be expected that Hi
nOis will be thus courteous and cOmplaisant
to a foreign State, as she has been to her
sister State of Missouri under the glorious
stars and stripes. 1t is we'll known that di-
rectly opposite to the mouth of the Mis-
souri, river its rapid current presses the
sluggish Mississippi against theIllinois shore,
and an artificial channel at that point would
conduct the united volume of the two
streams into the lakes which lie at the foot
of the bluffs, aud which are supposed by
many to have been the ancient bed of the
stream, and this would take the river away
from the river and throw it within the
jurisdiction of Illinois, until at the foot OF
the lakes, near Carendelet, it would again
re-enter its present bed or channel. This
can be done; it has been done at many
points on the Lower Mississippi, by running
a ditch across bend of the river, and the
/ force of the current itself has done the rest.
VIII it be done If Missouri goes out OF
the Union, it will be matter of some pride,
to say nothing of the profit of the thing,
with the people of Illinois to establish a
rival city here in Illinois.
Year: 1861

Manhood will come, and old age will
come, and the dying bed will come, and the
very last look you shall cast upon your ac-
quaintance will come and the agony OF the
parting breath will come, and the time when
you are stretched lifeless corpse before the
eyes of weeping relatives will come, and the
coffin that is to inclose you will come, and
that hour when the company will assemble
to carry you to the churchyard will come,
and that minute when you are put IN the
grave will come, and the throwing in OF the
loose dirt into the narrow house where you
are laid, and spreading of the green sod over
it-all, all will come on every living crea-
ture who now hears me and in few brlef
years the minister who now speaks, end the
people who now listen will be carried to their
long homes and make room for another gen.
Grafton. Now all this must and will hap
pen-yOur common sense and your common
experience serve to convince you of it. Per-
haps it may have been little thought of in
the days OF careless, and thoughtless, and
thankless urcopcern which you have spent
hitherto; but call upon you to think of it
now, to lay it seriously to heart, and no
longer trifle and delay when the high mat
ters of death, and judgment, and eternity
are thus set so evidently before you. And
tio etoAhSs nHeIe"A'H an 0ti''i Z


the blood lieth upon your own head and not
upon mine, if you will not listen to them
the object of my coming among you is to
let you know what more tidings are to
come; it is to carry you beyond the regions
of sight and of sense, to the regions of faith,
and to assure you in the name of Him who
can not lie, that as sure as the hour of lay
ing the body in the grave comes, so surely
will also come the hour of the spirit return
ing to God who gave it. Yes, the day of
final reckoning will come and the appear
ance of the Son of God in heaven, and His
mighty angels around Him, will come, and
the opening of the Books viii come, and the
standing of men of all generations before
the judgment-soat will come, and the solemn
passing of that sentence which is to fix you
for eternity will come.-Dr. Chalmers.