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Year: 1862

Archbishop HUGHEs,-It has been
supposed by the people of tho South
that Archbishop Hughes, of New York,
bad been sent to Europe for the purpose
ofadvancing the interest of the Lincoln
government by using his influence to
counteract the representations of the
commissioners sent from the South.
But the Staunton Spectator expresses its
qualifications at learning from a SatiStac'
tory source, that his mission is for a
contrary purpose. From a priest Of
the church Of which Archbishop Hugh
es is the the head in this country. and
who lives beyond the limits oftho South
ern Confederacy, the Spectator learns
that the archbishop has been deputed BY
a council Of the Fathers" of his church
to use his influence to secure the inter-
cession of foreign powers in behalf Of
peace and recognition Of the iniepCn-
dence of the Southern Confedtraoy.
Year: 1862


AN ACT 70 e1ieaa the time for the


collection Of the T'a1es Of the cur.


rent fiscal gear.


SECTION l.. Be it en8c.cd BY tho
Legislature Of the State of Mississippi,
That the time for the collection of the
State and County taxes for the fiscal
year commencinf on the first day of
May last, be and the same hereby ex.
tended as follows, to.wit: Immediately
alter the 6rst day of June next, the Tax
Collectors shall proceed to collect the
SAID taxes by distress and sale of person.
al properly, and to advertise the lands
Of all persons who shall not have previ-
Ously paid their taxes; for sale on the
first Monday of July following. The
tax deeds to purchasers shall be filed
with the Probate Clerk on or before the
second Monday of the said month of Ju.
ly, and the collectors shall at the same
time file with said clerk the list of tho
lands sold to the State or to individuals,
and shall at the same time present to the
Board of Police Of bis county the report
insolvent and delinquent taxpayers and
of the said Board ofPolice shall meet on
that day to receive and act upon the same
and list of the allowance made shall
be certified by the Clerk, and transmit
ted to the Auditor on or before the
twentieth day of the said month of July.
The collectors shall only be allowed au
additional compensation of five per cent
on taxes collected after the said first day
of June, and they shall pay over all tax
es collected to the State or County
Treasurer within thirty days after the
said first day of July, or be subject to
all the penalties by law, for not paying
over such taxes within thirty days afte.'
the first day of June, and all the laws
regulating the collection of taxes shall
apply to the collection of said taxes, ex-
cept so far as the same arc altered by
this act, and THAI this act shall take et-
feet from its passage.


Approved, December 20 1861.
Year: 1862

ss.s.s.s...
Oh dear, its shameful I declare.
To make the men all go,
And leave so many sweclhears here,
Without a single beau.
We like to sec them brave, It's true,
And would not urge them stay,
But what arc we poor girls to do,
When they are all away?
We told them we could spare them there,
Before they had to go,
But bless their hearts, we wernt aware,
That we should miss them 20.
v e miss them all in many ways,
But truth will ever out,
The greatest thing we miss them for,
Is seeing us about,
On Sunday when we go to church,
We look in vain for some,
To meet US, smiling, on the porch,
And ask to see US home.
And then, We can't enjoy a walk,
Since all the beauz are gone,
For what's the good ito use plain talk,
five must trudge alone ?
But what's the use of talking thus,
Well try to be content
And if they cannot come to US,


A message may be sent.
And that's one comfort any way,


For though we are apart,
There is no reason why we may,


Net open heart to heart,
We trust it may soon come,


To a final rest;
We want to see our Southern homes,


Secered in peaceful rest.
But If the blood ofthose who love,


In freedoms cause must flow,
With forvont truet in above,


We bid them onward 90.
And we will watch them as they 60.


And cheer them on their way,
Our arms shall be the resting place,


When wounded sore thew lay.
Oh.if the sons of Southern soil,
| For freedom S cause must die.
Her daughters ask 20 dearer boon,


Than by their side to lie
Year: 1862

Terrible E1ploit ofa Ry2ed Con.
non Ball. The Boston Courier pub.
fishes letter Of a correspondent on
board the United States steamer Mas
sacnusetts, off Ship Island October 26,
giving an account of the affair between
that vessel and Confederate steamer,
in which the following extraordinary ex-
plot of a riAed cannon ball is chroni-
cled;


During the action think We hit her
four times, and l know she hit US once
with a sixty eight pound she'll tthat is
tue way we got the exac. size of her IL
acdgun.) The she'll entered on our star
board quarter. just above the iron part
of the hull, 1t came through the side
angling LAS it were little abaf his beam,
when it struck us), and took the deck in
passage way between Two staterooms and
completely cat If eighteen Of the deck
planks and then struck beam which
canted it up a little, 50 that it took the
steam heating pipes under our dining ta-
bic cutting off five Of them, and tearing
our dining table all to pieces then went
through the statcroom bu)khead and
ceiling of the ship on the opposite side,
struck one of the outside timbers, and
broke every outside plank abreast of it
short off from the spar to the gun deck !;
it then fell down on to the cabin deck
and exploded, knocking four staterooms
into one, all the glass and crockery ware,
shattaring the cabin very badly, break
/ ing up the furniture, and, setting fire to
the ship but we had three streams of
water upon the fire in very short notice,
and put it out before it did any damage
keeping up our chase as though
nothing had happened
Year: 1862

~Tho good people of our quiet
little village were very much astonished
at the discovery Of the body Of man
hung to the limb Of tree IN the Court
Hou SO yard on Tuesday morning last.
1t proved to be the body Of A. j. Wick.
late of Tensas parash, who had been for.
chilly taken from our Jail during the
night and hung lie had been arrested
in Tensas parish and charged with the
crime of entering the sleeping room of
Mrs. Tyson at the dead hour of night
& cleaving open the head of her sleeping
infant child and dealing a murderous
blow upon the head Of the mother, be.
sides iuAicting mortal wound upcp
servant girl, with ahatchet, leaving there
the awful evidence of the most shocking
tragedy that it has ever been our pain.
full duty to record. lie had some two
weeks since been transferred from the
parish Jail Of Tensas, to our parish Jail
for safe keeping, where be met the aw.
ful doom which We have related. An
inquest was immediately held upon his
body, with a verdict that "tho deceased
came to bis death by being hung By
persons unknown to them" His body
was removed on Wednesday by bis re
latives for intermeut. This melancho.
ly affair has cast a gloom over the feel.
iugs Of some of our people who have
known the unfortunate deceased fo-
many years


Coucoria Iptellirencer
Year: 1862

THE CAUSE OF SUDDEN DEArH-Dr. Hall,
in his Journal of Health, says that very few
Of the sudden deaths which are said to
arise from a disease OF the heart, 40 really
arise form that cause To ascertain the
real origin of sud len death, the doctor
says the experiment has been tried in
Europe, aud reported to a scientific con-
gress held at Strasburg. Sixty eight cases
OF sudden death were made the subjects
Of thorough postmortem examination.
In these cases, ouly two were found who
died frem disease of the heart Nine. out
Of sixty nine, died from apoplexy, while
there were forty-siX cases Of congestion OF
the lungs; that is, the lungs were so full
of blood they could not work, there not
being room enough for a sufficient quantity
OF air to enter to support lifs. The doctor
goes on to enumerate the causes that may
produce congestion OF the lungs. They
are-oold feet, tight clothes, costiveness,
sitting still until chilled through after
being warmed by labor or . rapid walk !;
going too suddenly from a close heated
room into the cold air, especially after
speaking; and Sudden deprexs,og news
operating on the blood. These causes of
sudden death being known, An avoidance
of them may serve to lengthen out yalu-
able lives, which would otherwise be lost
under the verdict of heart COMPLAINT.
That disease Is supposed to be incurable,
and hence men may not take the pains
they would to avoid sudden death if they
knew it lay in their | over.
Year: 1862

In the March number of the Atlantic
Monthly the Country Parson' has
charming little essay on The Sorrows
of Childhood, in the course of which he
makes these remarks:


An extremely wicked way of furnishing
children is by shutting them up IN dark
place. Darkness is naturally fearful to
human beings, and the:stupid COST stories
OF many nurses make it especially fearful
to child. 1t is stupid and a wicked
thing to send child on an errand in a
dark night do not remember passing
through a greater trial in my youth than
once walking three miles alone Git was
not going on an errand)i in the dark, along
a road thickly shaded with trees. was a
little fellow; but I got over the distance
in half an hour. Part ofthe way was along
a wall of churchyard-one of those
CHASTITY, weedy, neglected, accursed looking
spots were stupidity has done what it can
to add circumstances of disgust and horror
to the Christian long sleep Nobody ever
supposed that this walk was a trial to a
boy of twelve years old, so little are the
thoughts of children understood. And
children are reticent; l am telling now
about that dismal walk for the very first
time, and in the illness of childhood,
children sometimes get very close aud real
views of death. remember, when / was
nine years old, how every evening when |
lay down to sleep, used for about year
to picture myself lying dead, till felt as
though the coffin was closing around me.
/ used to read at that PERIOD with curious
feeling of fascinotion, Blairs poem, The
Grave But | never dreamed of telling
anybody about these thoughts. l believe
that thoughtful children keep most of
their thoughts to themselves, and in res
pect of the things of which they think
most are:ofprofoundly alone as the Ancient
Mariner in the Pacific. have heard of a
parent, an important member of very
strict sect of the Pharisees, whose child,
when dying, begged to be buried not in a
certain foul old hideous church-yard, but
in certain cheerful cemetry. This
request the poor little creature made with
all the energy of terror and despair. But
the straight Pharisee refused the dying
request, and pointed out with polemical
bitterness to the child that he must be
very wicked indeed to care at such time
where he was to be buried, or what might
he done with his body after death. How
!; should enjoy the spectacle OF that nm
natural. hairless, stupid wretch tarred and
feathered! The dying child was caring
for a thing about which Shakespeare cared !;
and it was not in mere human weakness,
but by faith, that Joseph, when he was
a-dying, gave commandment concerning
his bones.
Year: 1862

officers and men. You may rest assured
ii ever they get where nerve and courage
are required, they will be equal to the
emergency and acquit themselves nobIy.
Health Of the company is good-very
anxious for fight


Yours &c,


ADVANCE
Year: 1862

WASaANAON1 @SkS'
To His Ercelzency the Pesident:


I have been informed by Senator that
be had seen note in pencil, written BY q
colonel of cavalry mortally woundedin the
recent battles, stating, among other causes,
that he was dying . victim to McDowelPs
treachery, and that his last request was this
note be shown to you.


That the colonel believed this charge, and
felt that bis last act on earth was . great
public service, there can be no question.
This solemn accusation from the grave Of .
gallant officer, Who died for his country. is
entitled to great consideration, and l feel
called upon to meet it as we'll as 30 gen.
eral . charge from one now no longer able to
support it, can be met


l therefore beg you to please cause .
court Of inquiry to be instituted for ito
investigation, and in the absence OF any
knowledge whatever ss to the particular
:ct or acts, time or place, or general con.
duct the deceased may have had in view, !
have to ask that the inquiry be without
limitation, and be upon any point and every
subject which in any way b supposed to
have led 10 this belief-that it may Be
directed 70 my whole conduct - general
o@ee', either under another Or whilst IN
separate command to ny correspondence
With any Of the enemy's commanders' or
with any one within the enswys lines; to
Year: 1862




We are in hopes that the raid upon Salina
will not be without its effects. The ordinary
pursuits of life must succumb to the demands Of
the hour. Every man must turn his attention to
military matters. The safety of all that is dear
to man neeessitates the organization of the peo
pie. The Rebellion has assumed such proper.
tions that those upon the Border must be on the
alert. The Rebel War Department has recogniz.
ed the guerilla system of warfare, and who
knows but that this raid. and the one upon
Olathe, may be but part of o concerted plan,
having for its ultimate object the ruin Of our
State. Who knows but that upon the heels Of
this there may occur, in rapid succession. out
breaks Of q similar nature all over the State I
We have sympathizers enough in our midst to
Justify the assumption that such is the case
The character of the rebels, their bitter hatred
Of KansAps, and the desperate straits to which
they have been driven, justify the people in pre-
pairing for the worst. In our present defeneeless
position, it would require but . very small body
Of men to blacken these lovely prairies with the
ruins of our industry.


Will the people lie idle while this work of
desolation is going on or will they improve
the present lesson, and prepare to punish these
marauders, and restore safety to their families
and propertyf We ak, in all candor, What
security exists against the Indians but few
miles from 10, with such white men among
themf Can any one contemplate the honor and
cruelty which 10 80 imminentf Follow the
Indian outbreaks in the North West, asd you
will see that they are rapidly spproAchisg us !.
We should bear in mind that our nearest neigh.
oos, the Pawnee., are one Of the most miserable
and DEPRIVED class Of beings on Gods fsotstool.


But whatis to be donef Organized organize
BY this means. and none other. We can obtain
the arms for defence. At present. we doubt
whether there is even . pop-gun in the whole
country. By organization. too, We would be
able to affect something should they come. The
Governor calls upon us to organize, and we must
respond. Good citizenship demands it. The
holiest ties Of manhood urges. The happines.
of this generation calls for it. Let u be on the
satsh. The victory belongs 70 the vigilant and
Ihs actsYs.
Year: 1862

C We learn through the Leavenworth Times,
that General Stone returned to that city from the
East. where he has been in the interests of the
Pacific Railroad. He has made arrangements
with responsible parties from Canada, who will
undertake the work on the road, and it will be
commenced by the First Of November, at Leav-
enworth and Kansas City. The State is much
indebted to General Stone for the jealous part he
has taken in this matter, and for the successful
completion of arrangements guaranteeing the
commencement and completion of this road,
which will be of paramount importance and ben
eft to the State.


Although not desiring to speak at length upon
this subject at present, we must drop word of
warning to ourpeople. If the macbinations now
on foot be successful, they might as well not
begin the work now spoken of. 1t is contem-
plated to get charter through the Legislature
this winter authorizing the construction of
road from st. Joseph, across the North East cor
ner of the State, to the Tooth meridian. The road
in such shape. will touch about four counties
1t will divert trade from this great natural chan
mel. the Kansas Valley. 1t will totally ignore
the interests and voice of nineteen-twentieths of
the people. and conflict with the original inten-
ton of the Railroad Bill.


Money will be lavishly used by various inter
ests in the East for the consummation Of such an
end. The people, then. must be watchful of who
they choose to legislate for them the coming win
ter. Let them send men whose integrity of
character is irreproachable-men unbuyable. 1t
would be we'll to look to the matter in season.
Year: 1862

The INTRIGUEs OF THE GoyERNoRs.--A para
graph from the Washington Star, which we
published yesterday, shows that the Governors
have been at the bottom of whatever misun-
derstanding has existed between General HgeI
and General Halleck and the War Department
Their proposition for reserve force Of 100000
men is only another mode Of getting at the
$4,000 men to be commanded by Fremont, and
$4,000 by Mitchell, which the selfStyisd
National War Committee" demanded to have
the power Of raising. When we consider that
these Governors have kept back reinforoements
to the serious peril Of the national army, their
proposition to be entrusted with force Of
100000 mon is certainly very suspicious, to
say the least OF it; and we trust that the
government will not yield its assent to any
such dangerous demand. The designs Of those
men are evidently revolutionary.
Year: 1862

THE PosTA1S CJERENCY.--Very great and not
unjust complaints sre made by the public against
the recent order from the Post Office Department
repudiating soiIcd or defaced stamps for post
age, when il is impossible to use stamps for
currency without soiling them and impossible
10 get along without using them in this way.
The department can very easily obviate any
necessity for such an order by instructing its
employees to destroy the stamps upon letters
passing through the post Office, instead Of mere
ly marking them, ~ at present. This would
make impossible for any person TO use
stamp twice or to clean cancelled stamp, the
abuse n which the department complains
But even supposing few hundred stamps
should be cleaned and used twice. the people
have to ~ for The lOss and they would rather
pay IL thousand times than submit 10 the an
!noying Inconvenience which the department il
causing by repudiating soilsd postage stamps
before the government has any other sort Of
currency ready for distribution and circulation.
The idea Of sending valuable letter to the
Dead Letter Office because the stamp il little
soiled OF corner Of it torn Of would be absurd.
II it were not dishonest Here Is q chance for
the government to obtain from the people
thirty, forty or City millions Of dollars without
interest, by issuing the postage currency or
supplying and encouraging III demand for
postage stamps. Why tbs chance 10 not taken
advantage Of efacial blockhesds, numakulls and
.sckpudlings only knew.
Year: 1862

TIE New TAX LAws.--In every days paper
the public will find advertisements Of assessors
under she new tax laws explanations Of how this
tax or that tax is to be applied and collected, and
all sorts Of information about the operations Of
this system Of internal revenue, which is as new
to us az IL is familiar to most Europeans All
such paragraphs should be carefully read, and,
If possible, preserved by the people, 30 that
they may be able to act understandingly in the
matter, and 70 assist rather than embarrsss the
tan ofacer. or course our system Of taxation
will not work very smoothly OF FIRST but II
every one will try 70 proceed honestly and
bon0ably, and VIII remember for what the tax
Year: 1862

is paid, and how imperative duty 1t d to pay
It, there will be but little trouble and confusion.
and everything will 60 on comfortably in the
course Of two or three months. Stay-athoms
citizens can now do something for their coun-
try for ii is no less act Of patriotism to pay
this tax than to shoulder musket and go to
the wars
Year: 1862

A LII persons indebted to US, who have no
- made settlements, are hereby notified to
come forward and arrange their liabilities.
either with money or by note. as we are com
PEELED to have some money and desire to close
up our books. We much prefer to exchange
accounts for money. but if you have not the
money come forward, gentlemen, and close up
your accounts by note.


We are just receiving a fresh supply of choice
and select articles, which we propose 10 sell On
reason Bile terms for cash AS the houses with
which We have been dealing refuse to sell to ms
% any terms whatever except for the money.
we are compelled to change our business from
q credit to a cash system, and for the present
At least We will deal strictly on the cash system
and no other.


HART & OGDEN
Washington, April 80, 1861. l6
Year: 1862

They have the best care, and all seem to re-
alize it, We were not personally acquainted
with any of them, but they were glad to see
any one from Maine, and wanted Maine pa
pers. They speak very highly of Col. Beal,
and manifest much enthusiasm when he is
mentioned, and say they will follow him to the
cannon's mouth. We have been promised a
complete list of names this week, and when
we go again shall probably see them all.


Two FRIENDS.
Year: 1862

git appears that some Northern ladies
are more loyal than Others. The most loyal
class is said to be that which "wears red on the
cheek, the white on the neck, and the blue in
the eye"
Year: 1862

EE- The I7th day of September-the
day upon which the Democratic Congress
ional Conventions are to meet in the fourth
and fifth districts Of this State--is the an
niversary of the day upon which the Fed
eral Constitution was reported to Con-
nreSS
Year: 1862

The body of a woman who was supposed
to have died on Milton street, Cincinnati
wvs buried last week, and on Wednesday her
husband, who was soldier, arrived home
from camp. Anxious to once more behold
the beloved features Of his departed wife be.
fore her remains were deposited in the grave,
be had her coffin opened in the presence OF
several friends, when, what was his horror
and astonishment TO find that she had chang
ed position, and was lying fat upon her face,
bavius in her struggles and extreme despair
torn the flesh entirely off one of her shoul.
ders. The feeling of the husband and
friends can readily be ina gined at the expo
sure Of such an awful death. The lid Of The
coffin was replaced and the body lowered in
the ground,
Year: 1862

There will be q rush Of women towards
Washington at once. The fair sex will be
excited beyond measure to know that female
clerks are 10 be appointed in the dead letter
Office, 10 read and return letters. What a
chance for learning secrets.