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Year: 1861

DARNEsTowN, October A gentleman
who came from near Poolesville last evening"
states that he heard fciug at noon, in the
direction Of Edwards Ferry. He saw
great smoke arising from tie same point,
and thinks it was caused by the burning of
a warehouse On this side Of the river.


Rumors are current here that General
Stone will shortly lead an advance over the
Potomac. The force under his command
has been strengthened largely of late.


Private W. NJ. Myers, of the New York
Nineteenth, was recently tried and sentenced
to be shot for deserving by the general court
martial but from the evidence it appeared
that he was on his return to the regiment
when arrested, and that he was overtaken
by liquor, causing him TO be absent longer
than his permit allowed. The members of
the court therefore unanimously recon-
mended him to mercy, upon his solemn
promise never to drink any intoxicating
drink. General Banks commuted the sem
tencee into forfeiture of S. per month of his
pay for one year, and the gratiied culprit
was yesterday returned to his regiment.


An unconfrmed rumor was circulated YES
terday that the rebels had fred into and sunk
O canal-boat, carrying heavy baggage for a
brigade stationed on the Upper Potomac.


The Potomac is now fordabe at several of
the fords between the Great Falls and Point
OF Rocks.


The enemy are known to have largely aug.
menred tnoIr force in the vicinity of Lees
burg, but military authorities are of the
opinion that it is only a feint, and that on
the first demonstration of our forces they
will fall back upon the Manassas Gap Rail-
road, and thence down to the Junction.


No apprehension was felt of any attempt
on thei- part to cross the river, or make any
serious attack upon us at long range over
the POTOMAC.
Year: 1861

TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTIoN.-We
heard yesterday, says the New York Tribune
of Wednesday, of an act which, for heart
less and cold blooded atrocity, stands almost
without parallel. A worthy citizen, of ad-
vanced years and unblemished reputation,
an old resident of this community, lay on
his death bed. In the awful hour, when his
weeping wife and children stood around him
and the damps of mortality were settling
rapidly around his brow, the deep stiffness
which prevailed was suddenly and rudely
interrupted An inhuman creditor of the
dying man forced his way into the chamber
and to the bedside, and, utterly unmindfll
of the awfully impressive scene before him,
laid upon the bosom of the dying and un-
conscious debtor legal summons to answer
for small Indebtedness Within one hour
the debtor was corpse. This incident
which is told to us on undoubted authority,
exceeds in Enthusiastically the widest crea-
tions of fiction itself.
Year: 1861

The fetal fondness for indulging spirit
Of r,dicule, and the injurious aud irrepar
able consequences which sometimes attend
the too prompt reply, can never be too
seriously and too severely condemned.-
Not to offend is the 6rst step towards
pleasing. To give pain is Is much IN
offence against humanity as against good
breeding and surely It is ~ well to OBJ
stain from an action because it 10 sinful,
IS because it 10 impossible. A man Of
sense and brs sding will sometimes join to
the laugh which has been raised at his
expense BY an ill.natursd repsrtee; but
If il was very cunning, and one Of those
shocking sorts Of truths which. as they
can scarcely be pardonsd even in private,
ought never to be uttered in public, be
doas rot laugh because he is pleased, but
bectase he wishes to conceal how much
he is hurt Al tho sarcasm was uttered
BY u lady. SO far from seeming to resent
it, he will be the FIRST to commend it but
notwithstanding that. he will remember it
as trait Of malice, when the whole com.
pany shall have forgotten it as str oke Of
wit. Women are 20 far from being privil
eyed BY their sex to cay unhandsoms and
cruel things, that it is this very circum.
stance which renders them more intoler-
able. When the arrow 10 lodged in tho
heart, it ID no relief for him that is woun.
de1 to reflect that the hand which shot i
80 fsir enc.
Year: 1861

We heard lawyer and doctor dis
putting the other day about bill fellow
owed each Of them lie was only able TO
pay one of them and lei, it to them to
settle which ought to have it.


81 ought to have the money. OF course
said the lawyer Il saved the fellow from
going to ,he penitenuary."


We'll" said the doctor, II have savei
him from going to he'll !" 1t is needless
to add who got the mouey.
Year: 1861

no sale Of lands or other property at half
the original prices. These considerations.
the most potent, VIII surely bring a crisis
this summer, to be decided at the ballot
box or in blood Mark the prediction
Year: 1861

Has faced about, and from the dry and dusty
the town is now changed to the wet and sloppy.
Saturday was dstressingly gusty and dusty; so


the rain which came along yesterday afternoon
was not grunbed at. Yesterday being st. Pat
rick's Day, it would have been wonderful had it
not rained for the day has mostly, if not always,
been a rainy one, so far back as we can remember.
Year: 1861

.-3~ 1t should be borne in mind that the
Daily News contains the latest intelligence
received at this point. The paper does not
go to press until after the arrival of the mail.
1t is delivered by Carrier for So per year or
81 for six months. %
Year: 1861

good conscience and resolute hearts,
civilization win go with them, and the
heresy AMI incidence that slavery has
begotten will resign o beautiful and
fertile section to tree industry, free
Gospel, and free thought.


The crusade we wage has nothing of
fanaticism about it. And while the
results that we predict we're not the
objects for which the war was begun,
a greater hand than ours, that is gui-
ding the elements for the welfare OF
mankind, will make them, If not inten-
ded, not less inevitable.


Our motives nave changed since the
commencement of the war. We are
almost prepared to accept any instru-
mentality or advocate any reform. =
Constitutional obligations have res
trained us, but the most prudent be-
gin TO assume that those who break oil
laws deserve little protection. Each
event will radicalize this contest, and
enlist new motives, so that, to the phi
losophic eye, these


"Spirits


Of great events stride on before the events,


And in to-day already walks tomorrow.
Year: 1861

Important battles are soon expect
ed in Kentucky, if the rebels do not
fee at the approach of our armies
which it is supposed will soon make a
simultaneous advance on the south
eastern and southwestern sections Of
the State.
Year: 1861

Our FOREIGN RELATIONS. Those
who are affected with weak nerves
will probably be relieved by the fact
which was asccrtained at the State
Department yesterday, that the ad-
'ices received by the mails of the
Arabid are more than usu9lly satisfac
tory; but there is great activity in
schemes for he violation of the block
ade and intrn 'ucing contraband goods
Year: 1861

The report published in some Of
the morning papers purporting to be
official, and stating that it was the
Vancennes and not the Preble that
was sunk at New Orleans is not from
the Navy Department. No official
report has been received, nor is one
expected in less than ten days.
Year: 1861

IMPoRTANT MILITARY MOVEMENTS
1t is now decided by Government
to pnsl sixty thousand Eastern troops
into the West-one half into Nilsson
ri. These, with the Western troops
going toward, will swell the Western
and Southwestern armies to vast pro-
portions Out of tho e pushing on
into Missouri another wing will be
formed, under new command, to
proceed with the new gunboats and
transport steamers down the Mississip-
pi during the autumn months. Gen.
Wool, it is thought, will command the
river fleet and army In these three
three bapches of the Union army
there will be not less than 100000
men, and the Government will expect
the most energetic movements at the
hands Of the officers in command, and
no rest until the Union has asserted
its authority and rebellion has been
thoroughly crushed out
Year: 1861

As old Boreas is soon to make his appearance
it is all important to prepare yourself with q
good Gas Burning Parlor Stove, or agoOd Cook
ng Stove the best place to secure these is at
the Premium Stove and Tin Ware Establish
ment, Church street, where all Stoves are war
ranted to be as represented or no sale.
Year: 1861

A Washington despatch announces
that the Administration is convinced
of the necessity of the reorganization
of the Union forces in that department
and that Gen. Fremont will not be
continued in command of it. 8t
Year: 1861

That no inferior stoves are kept at the Premium
Stove and Tin Ware Establishment, Church ST.,
they are all warranted No. /, if upon trial
and examination they are found not to be as rep
sesented can be exchanged.
Year: 1861

That the Tin and Sheet Iron work done at the
Premium Stove Store far excels that of any 9th


er Shop in the eounty-not only in the material
used but in the style and superior workmanship
-as none but first class wOrkmen are employed.
Year: 1861

~ People do thousand bad things, and
because they continue to exist-not to live
IN the full SENSE of the word-they keep in
the bad practice. and laugh at national" per-
sons who are careful about little things
The housewife who has fine COPPER or
brass kettle, which is SO handy to use will in
all probability, throw down the .ig,icultur-
Isl when she reads this item, with the remark
that ITS al book nonsense" But We wish
TO tell her, nevertheless, that every item of
sauce or food she cooks in a copper or brass
vessel. is poisoned. The amount of poison
IN each case may be small, and a person with
vigorous constitution NAV eat out of brass
or copper for many years without diving, but
from what We know of The chemical nature
and affinities of copper, We would JUS, as
soon take a small dose Of arsenic a. to eat
fruit, or other food cooked in copper or
brass kettle, unless the inner surface be
kept perfectly coated with tn.-Iyricultur-
isf.
Year: 1861

SNow.-Iassengers on the Cincinnati
train this morning report quite fall OF
snow between Columbus and this point


A man drove into town this morning with
a load of wood from the county and there
was a couple of inches of snow on the top
of the load.-Chreland PaindsaieT, Pov. Is.
Year: 1861

When sheep are sheared, as soon
as the fleece is off. take q stiff brush,
dipped in a solution of salt and
soap (whale-oil soap is the best,)
in water, and rub them all over
with saturated brush, which will
produce a white lather or foam.
This stimulates the skin to red
ness, and prevents the animals from
taking cold; it loosens the scurf,
and promotes the future growth of
the wool, and also improve its quail
ity. And the application is a sure
exterminator of the vermin. For
want of the brush, a woolen rag
might answer the purpose. The
application, if used, will be found
productive of many good results
1Co. Gent. ,.trt El
Year: 1861

THE GLORY OF SUMMER.-God's works
are better and more beautiful than our
poor idea OF them. Though ] have seen
them and loved them now for more than
thirty summers. have felt this year,
with something of almost surprise, how
exquisitely beautiful are summer foliage
and summer grass. Here they are again,
fresh from God The summer world is
incomparably more beaudful than any inn
agina,iOn could picture it on dull De.
cemoer day. You did not know on New.
Years day, my reader, how fair thing
the sunshine is. And the commonesl
things are The most beautiful. Flowers
are beautiful lie must be blackguard
who does not love them. Summer seas
are beautiful, so exquisitely blue under
the blue summer sky. But what can
surpass the beauty Of green grass and
green trees Amid such things let me
live and when l am gone, let green
grass grow over me. | would not be
buried beneath stone pavement, not 10
sleep in the great Abbey itse!f.--Rscrsa-
lions of Country P0rson.
Year: 1861

IIorE. What a bright organ is Hope
As the gloom Of disappointment appears
to crowd around us, Hope emits its rays
upon the mind and enables IL to avoid
the rocks of Despair it gathers over the
heart a casing OF steel TO guard il against
the corroding influence Of time, and the
soul, being guarded with its protective
power, pes forward in the path shat
lights up before it. What beautiful land
scopes does it paint ia the distance lHsa
jewel placed in the soul, cat into prisms
that its light may be reflected on all OBJ,
jects that surround it, circling the brow
with smiles, bright and beautiful, wreath
ing the form with beauty.


What would we be without Hope? A
dreary waste, like ship without an an
or,drifting before thewind.


Cold FErr.-Gf you have Geld feet, i'm
merse them morning and evening in cold
water, rub them with rough towel, and
run about your room till they warm. In
one month you will be entirely relieved
All these red pepper and mustard appli.
cations are like rum to the stomaoh-re,
lieve you to-day, but leave yeu colder to-
morrow.
Year: 1861

PRovosr JUDGE FREEsE's Court at Alexan-
dria has been closed by order of the Secretary
Of War, and the Provost Judge has been order
ed to take no further cognizance of civil cases,
and to dismiss those now under consideration
The Judges decisions were received with great
favor throughout the country, and as he was
disposed to make the rebels pay their honest
debts to Northern merchants; they were fast
pouring in their claim' upon him. This bust
ness is now stopped, the order being to limit
the Provost Marshal to the exercise of powers
properly belonging to his military character
and necessary to the enforcement of a safe
police.
Year: 1861

A WOODEN TENT-In the front yard of the
War Department may be seen great variety
of tents, which may be supposed to be rival
candidates for G Ivernment favor, as the chosen
shelter for our splendid army during the ap-
preaching winter, Among these, the greatest
novelty, is the wooden tent of Hawley and
Maughlin, Of Baltimore. Not that there Is any
hing new in the idea of wintering an army in
huts Of wood, but this tent is made in sections,
and is put together without the use Of nails
screws, or other similar fastenings. 1t can be
put up or taken down in a few minutes, packed
in an ordinary wagon, and transported from
place to place without injury, and with the
same facility as the canvas tent, while 1t is
much warmer, and more water-tght than the
common article. The roof pieces have q
water-tight lap, and the ridge pole is grooved
to conduct off any water that may drive in
under the ridge of the roof. The largest piece
is eight feet long, by two feet eight inches
wide. The weight is under 400 pounds, and
one wagon will carry the tents for twenty five
men. The principle of construction admits Of
indefinite extension in either direction, and the
parts are 30 made as to fit in one tent, as well
as another, avoiding the necessity for marks to
indicate the parts that go together.


Altogether this tent seems to present the
means of aflordiug our brave defenders a
cheap, dry, and comfortable winter shelter,
capable OF being removed without loss, when
q movement becomes necessary. Many of them
have already been ordered by suffers and
others connected with the military service.
Year: 1861

The RENLAR ARMY.-Tbere can be no doubt
that the increase of the regular army from
1900 TO 10000 has proved most signal fail
ure, as well as a most expensive one, 30 far as
I've present war is concerned, unless, indeed,
il is assumed that the war is to last for period
which the country would be very unwilling to
,ntemplate as possible. Some Eve hundred
commissioned officers were long ago appointed
to command the new regiments, which have
wen now only recruited about four thousand
men. 1t is not merely the pay Of these officers,
heavy that is which is lost, but their services.
A large number of them are West Pointers, and
have served in the army, and we need them in
he regiments which are filed and active.


Measures which have turned out unfortunate
!y. are not eces'arily to be condemned as
having been unwise. All the difficulties OF
recruiting men for these new regular regiments
rould not be foreseen, and the whole thing has
II ned out mach worse than the strongest op
poncnt of the measure Of increasing the regular
.rmy could have anticipated.


What is to be done with these fragments of
the new regular regiments, we do not know,
hut presume that something will be done to
consolidate them and make them available, and
also to make use Of the officers attached to
til N. As to the officers, means of making
thea useful is found in the Legislation of the
rxt,a session of Congress, authorizing the en-
u ymNnt Of the officers Of the regular army in
he volunteer service, without prejudice TO
til air rank in the regular army.
Year: 1861

1t is much regretted that while in the
enjoyment of health, so little attention is paid by
many, to the preservation of so nestimable bless
ing Luxurious living habits Of Incidence, exposure
to sudden ch anges Of temperature and neglect of the
premonitory symptoms of disease are the precur-
sors of many fatal maladies. Taken upon the first
indication of an attack fanything will relieve the
sufferer purify the blood restore vigorous circula
tion and thoroughly renovate the system it is Sands
Sarsaparilla.
Year: 1861

RECRUITS FOR THE FIFTEENTH.- Lieut..
Jorgensen sent ten recruits to Camp Cameron
yesterday morning. lie expects to be able to
make up squad of thirty men by next Mon
day. They will then be sent to Poolesyillc
under the charge of Sergeant Freeman, the
cool bearer of the fifteenth.
Year: 1861

The BosToN Posi-, speaking Of the munich
pal elections in Boston, Charlestown, and
Worcester, says that mo stone that partisan
ship could leave unturned was omitted by an
INSCRIPTIONS opposition. This was mainly OF
an abolition sort, so AS TO bring up in solid
phalanx the abolition vote. To this new par
tisan opposition were added a bitterness Of
personality, and pervesion Of fact well nigh
unparalleled. Such an opposition was success


ful in Worcester" &c. The application ot TINS
style OF criticism to the election in this city Is
purely absurd. With the great majority ot
citizens the question OF politics did not have
a feathers weight. And it would not have
been possible for such consideration to have
entered into the election at all, if the unfortun-
ate incidents Of the first caucus had not rem
dered the movement in favor Of MIR. Al
drch unavoidable. On this subject, the
Boston Post has not been correctly post
ed. 1t is still farther wrong in its assumption
that unusual personalities had any prominent
part in the election. Never within our remem-
brance has there been a closely contested local
election when the respect and consideration
for the opposing candidates personally was
more marked and universal. However ami
mated the contest may have been it was
topic OF common remark that there was shown
so little of that spirit of personal abuse and
detraction which sometimes prevails, and
which the Post, in the absence OF information,
attempts to unjusty Iasten upon the majority
of our citizens. 1t has mistaken the issue and
character of the election altogether.
Year: 1861

Secretary Cameron Bagsthe Spoi's.
The following from the New York
Herald of the goth ul:, shows that
Lincoln's Secretary Of War is not to
be foiled in his control of such a
lucrative place as the monopoly OF.
selling goods to an army Of perhaps
a halt million of men. He has bag
ged the whole game


The difficulty about the appoint
ment Of certain army suffers has oc
casioned change in the mode OF their
appointments Hitherto they have
been appointed by what is dcnomina-
4 Council Of Administration, compo-
sed of the commanding officer and
the three officers next in rank Of any
part Of 3 regiment for which the
sutler was to be selected. BY an or
der of the War Department these APP
pointments Will hereafter be made by
the Secretary of War. The posi-
ton OF sutier is lucrative one. It
gives Il monopoly i'll the way of sell
ing goods, and the pay is assumed
by the army regulations to the ex-
tent of the pay Of each officer or man
indebted to the sutler. The profits
are estimated by experienced army
officers at one thousand dollars per
annum per company in the field, and
as the new regiments to be raised
will number each over twenty-three
hundred men, the post Of sutler to
one Of these regiments is one of the
most lucrative otficies in the gift of
the government.


Considerable dissatisfaction has
been expressed at the assumption by
the Secretary of War of this exten-
sive patronage-hitherto controlled
by the officers of the army themselves.
AS they are to depend in a great
measure upon the honesty and clever
ness Of the sutler for the comfort and
accommodation of themselves and
the soldiers under their command,
they believe they ought to be allow
ed to retain the privilege Of selecting
the person who is to furnish the ex-
ira supplies that are usually procur-
ed of the sutler. They resent this
innovation with much warmth, and
insist that it will prove a serious de-
triment to the service.
Year: 1861

n Scrap from Hastory--It is a
circumstance some what remarkable
that Virginia was the eight States Of
the thirteen to give in its adhesion
to the Federal Constitution in 1857
and is now the eight State Of the
South to secede from it. But what
is more, her recent reclutance to leave
the Union only equalled by her origi-
nal aversion to become IA part of it
under the Constitution that was pre-
sented for ratification.


The Convention of 1887 was COM
posed of members, a majority of whom
were elected to reject the Federal
Constitution and it was only after
the cause declaring that 1.-The powers
granted under the Constitution. be-
ing derived from the people of the
United States, be resumed by them
whenever the same shall be perver-
ted to their injury and oppression,
and that every power not granted
thereby, remains with them at their
will" was inserted in the ordinance
of ratification, that six or more of
the majority opposed to the measure
consented to vote for it. Even with
this accession Of strength, the Con-
stitution was carried only by vote
Of 80 to 7S.-Charleston Courier.
Year: 1861

The dullest times we ever saw, and
the warmest weather we ever expert
snced, is at the present writing. Bus
mess is very poor, and but for the arri-
val of an occasional wagon from the
interior, the whole city could be com
pared to Quaker meeting.