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Year: 1862

Among the wounded brought from
Pittsburg and placed in the Fourth street
Hospital, Cincinnati, was an officer IN the
Second Iowa regiment He relates, with
more yividness than our pen can com
mand, an encounter in the great battle
which has not yet been published.


The officer was wounded on Sunday


On endeavoring to make his way to the
river, he fell exhausted in 4 ravine, which
at the time was within our lines. He
made himself as comfortable as possible.
and lay there patiently awaiting the arri-
val Of friends 10 carry him away Mon
day morning he was surprised to find
that he lay between the contending ar
mics. On one side of the ravine, a I'm
ion battery was planted, and on the other
a rebel one, each one supported by dense
masses of infantry Both batteries open
ed fire. and for hours the shot and shell
flew thick and heavy over him He lay
so near the rebel battery, that he could
not only see their movements, but hear
their commands The shot of the Union
battery were very effective, and n Gener-
al officer, whom he supposed to be Beau
regard, declared it must be taken at all
hazards. He selected for that purpose a
brigade, composed Of Louisiana and Tex
as lce eiHiSHts- iAeoc etoOpo NSiC Oh uIii'
formed, some of them very handsomely
and the regiments had very gorgeous ban
ners. He judged them at once to be
crack regiments He heard Beauregard


address them, telling them that much
depended on their taking that battery
that they could and must do it, and that
if they returned without occupying it
they should be dlsgraced. The orders
were received by the entire brigade and
| they moved off with the steady tramp ot
veterans. There was a moments lull II
the fire Of the national battery, but i


was only to substitute canister for shell
The next moment the guns belched forth
Year: 1862

I'll teach YOU to come here stealing,
you pilfering, scoundreily abolition


kerouse


Jack had dexteriouslv thrown the end of
the plank sidewise, and Robinson and his
dogs were foundering and figh ing and
climbing over each other in four feet of
water. Jack gave loud shout, took TO
his heels and at he appointed rendezvous
found comrades with IA hive of rich honey
Year: 1862

DR.. Hunt formerly OF the Buffalo Ex-
press, writes his convictions to that paper,
as follows:


II have had a good. deal of gossip to-day
with friends about the great question: Can
the South be sGbiagated My convictions
are growing stronger that subjugation is
the word, that nothing but a hard, stern,
relentless rule will ever bring these people
to their senses, and verify believe, with
belief based upon great deal of study,
that the abolition of slavery is the only
thing that will ever restore a harmonious
Union. No Northern man has any idea Of
the meanness and Generalization begotten
by slavery, VThe pRtriarehal Institution
has utterly ruined the white race of the
South, men, women and children. For in
stance, have the best authority for stat
ing that highly respectable families in
Norfolk, live upon the prostitution Of their
female slaves. The not fair but very frail
mulattos and uadrOons of Norfolk have
been colonized BY themselves and placed
under guard. This step has stopped the
regular income Of some of the aristocratic
families in Norfolk, and the lady owners
are begging for the release Of their SER
wants. They had better starye than live
thus upon the wages Of infamy.


Quite recently two Of these daughters Of
the South stopped on the cross-wall, pur-
pOsely to compel carriage containing two
Northern officers to turn out for them.
Such sneaking insults are common. The
whole population is rebel The talk about
Union sentiment-What little talk there is
lis all hUmBug. The only way out of the
wilderness is to render the labor of the
country homogeneous in character. Insti-
tute slavery at the North and we shall have
q real Union. Establish freedom at the
South and We shall have the same result.


It is emplIaticAlly a big job, but after the
first cataclysm, two generations might
make decent men Of the SOutherners, and
immigration from the North would have
vast influence for good. The cure must go
to theIroot Of the evil. These big planta-
tions must be cut up into small farms, and
district schools will be sprinkled among
them I say put this thing through. If
A necessary make the South a wilderness,
let the world bear the burden thrown upon
4 it, but save to the human race our grand
4 experiment in free government. And tits
terribly probable that is failure if slavery
1iVes.H ...------
Year: 1862

NApoIEON's CAxPuGN m SaxoNY AND Nc
CLELIAE's CAMPAIGN In VRaINuA.--On another
page We publish an original article, In which
the campaign of Mcclellan in Virginia and that
of Napoleon in Saxony, which resulted in his
exile to Eiba, are compared The war against
Napoleon was to establish the divine right of
kings, and to overthrow the popular rights and
national independence Of France. 1t was war
to dismember the French empire. and to de-
throne q ruler who was the peoples choice
The present war against the United States is to
dismember tho republic and supersede the
lawful chief magistrate. The conspiracy then
was against human freedom, which triumphed
In the American Revolution, and afterwards in
the French Revolution; and the hostility of Eli-
ropean monarchs to those principles to-day is
revealed in their sympathy with those who now
in this country are seeking to overthrow the
temple of liberty. The origin Of the attack
upon France and the United States is the same
The gold Of England supplied the sinews of
war 20 Russia and Prussia, as it has done to the
abolitionisis and secessionists of America In
both cases she was at the bottom Of the war;
and In both she has labored to prevent peace
But not only in the objects Of the war, but in the
manner in which the campaign was carried on,
there is remarkable resemblance. 1t was
race between Napoleon and the Allies to see
which should first get possession of the others
capital. The interference with Napoieon's
plans by his generals was fatal to him the in
reference with Mcclellan has been so far dis
astrous I: but IL the interference is put stop to-
even now the lost ground will be retrieved,
and the military ability Of General Mcclellan
will be fully yindicated.
Year: 1862

ONSLAUGHT or THE TRIBUNE ON GENERAL Nc
CIrrLAN--A REASON THEREroR.-The Tribune
Of yesterday contained furious onslaught upon
General McClcllan and one Of the reasons for
such reckless course is that the Tribune is for
hidden in the camps Of that general. lie does
not like the reasonable sheet, and will not suf-
fer the minds Of any Of his troops to be con-
taminatcd with its disloyal and fanatical scnti-
ments. Hence the malignant Tribune attacks
him even in presence Of the enemy.
Year: 1862

The JAcOBIN WAR COMMITTEE AND THE CABI-
NET.-The subject OF the secret consultation be.
tween the Jacobin War Committee Of this city
and several Of the Governors of the New Eng
land States has at last leaked out. They weve
trying to contrive way to reorganize the Ca
binet. These intrigues in regard to the Cabinet
are quite as intricate and mysterious, much
more amusing, and not half SO dangerous, as the
intrigucs for and against our generals. So long
as the radicals busy themselves with plots TO
oust the Cabinet nobody is hurt but when
our generals arc interfcred with lives are lost
and the country brought to the brink of ruin.
We can therefore afford to admire the harm
less mining and countermining now going on
to turn out and retain the present Cabinet. II
is very amusing, for example, to sec the Chase
men blowing up the fuse which is to explode
the whole concern, eager only to destroy
Seward, and hoping to save Chase out of the
wreck and keep him in the Treasury Depart
ment. Secretary Stanton is drilled from every
direction, even Wendell Phillips joining in the
attack; but he is considered powder proof.
Bchind-and encouraging the group of Cabi
net sappers and miners-stand Sumner, Wade
and Company, licking their lips in eager ex-
pectation, and ready to slip into the secretary
ships as soon as the present occupants are
blown out OF them. All these busy workmcn
will labor i'm vain, however. The Cabinet i
now as sound as rock, and Old Abe has put
his foot down, and keeps it firm.
Year: 1862

Our Mar or THE UrPER PoToNao.--For the
information OF our readers We publish to-
day carefully prepared map Of the Upper
Potomac river, between Washington and
Hancock distance OF about one hundred
miles embracing between the places indicated
all the points occupied by the rebel army and
our own forces on both sides of the streams.


Down to the Little Falls, at the Chain Bridge,
three miles above Washington, tie course of
the river ID through mountainous and rocky
region and the stream Is generally shallow and
abounding in rapids and falls. Az Wliiamsport
there is q good ford. TWAS here that the army
of General Patterson crossed over In the spring
Of 1861, to look after that Of General Joe John
ston; and it was here that General Banks in lis
retreat from Stonewall Jackson, crossed over
Between Williamsport and Harper's Ferry there
are several other fords. and at this ferry. CON-
manded by our batteries on the heights, there
is substantial bridge, built on the stone piers
of that destroyed By Joe Johnston in his retreat
up the Shenandoah valley on the approach Of
General Patterson. Between Harpers Ferry
and the Point of Rocks there is no ford
for an army, on account Of the project
ing gable ends of the Blue Ridge chain of
mountains, through which, in this interval,
the river passes. From the Point Of Rocks
down to the neghborhood of Leesburg there
are several fords and ferries, all of which, we
Judge, are now commanded by General Nc
Clellan. From the Great Falls down to the
Chain Bridge the course of the river is through
wild, rocky defle or, canon, rendered only the
more wild and forbidding to footman or ferry
man by the succession of falls and rapids which
mark this portion Of the stream. AT the Chain
Bridge we reach tide water, and here the shall
low, brawling Upper Potomac ends, and the
calm, deep and majestic Lower Potomac begins


But as the upper river, on account Of the vast
mountainous region which it drains, may be
rendered impossible for several days to an
army, at any ford by single nights extensive
rain, the reader will need no further explana-
ton to show the critical position of General
Lee, with onehalf his army in Maryland and
the other half in Virginia. and the dividing river
threatening an impossible freshet from the late
extensive rain. Hence we are not surprised to
hear that the latest movements of Lee indicate
his evacuation of Maryland, leaving the liberia
ton of her plundcred people to more conve-
nient season.
Year: 1862

"Bachelor" Is too late, though his hint Is
none the less thankfully received. We have
already made arrangements to have table
spread for just euch cases, and others who
may prefer buying dinner on the grounds to
the trouble Of packing up and carrying one !;
and we promise your Lonesome correspondent
that if favored with his company on our ex-
curslon to Fair Oaks Grove on the Fourth, he
shall have IS good lunch as money can buy
Of John Wright. MANAGERS.
Year: 1862

MORE the scenic artist
ut McVicker's, and bis assistants have been at
work for the last month on scenery aud ma
chinery for a new play which will soon be
produced in manner to eclipse all former
efforts, and conclude the present season with
= fnrnrc
Year: 1862

The MAE QUEsTIoS.-It is believed that the
joint resolution, Introduced In the Senate by
nation Of Sept. 90, will pass both branches of
Congress by decisive majorities as soon as the
delays Of debate and parliamentary tactics can
be overcome. Not only is 1t felt to be due to
the President that he should have legislative
support in this most important measure, but
Senators and Representatives are also animated
by laudable desire to identify themselves
with policy the success of which is so clearly
foreshadowed by events. As the first day OF
January approaches it is more and more appar-
ent that the proclamation will utterly crush the
rebellion.
Year: 1862

j be good looking but undoubtedly Of warm and ardent
sirous Of ndng QUE who could comfort him In his solitude
with view nafmony She must be young pretty and
well educated. Money object. Address e, a. hox 500
Post once,
Year: 1862

HoSob 10 ADMINISTRATIONS for Tie appoint
mcnt OF Ericsson, The inventor and constructor
OF the famous Monitor, TO the position OF a
clicf engineer or special department Of the
navy for the building of iron-clud gunboats,
are already in extensive circulation, and one
may be seen and signed at the HERALD Office.
We hope that the Secretary Of The Navy will
need no such incentive TO reward Captain Erics-
son for bis great services. Other countries arc
never sloy tASSeogniso such distinguished
merit, ana We should prove that our republic
al least, Is not ungratefu!.
Year: 1862

From the brilliant success which has
attended his arms in every portion OF
his Expedition in this State, General


Burnside has attained a reputation
second to that of no General in the
Union. There is not SOLDIER officer
or private, who has served under him,
that does not feel that this is justly de-
served not a man of them who does
not follow, with an interest almost
amounting to personal affection, his
everv movement and action. He has
gone to Virginia, where he will, doubt
less, be placed in command OF a far
larger number of men, than that with
which he set forth from Annapolis
The sterling qualities Of his mind and
heart have won for him the esteem and
regard Of the President as we'll as of
the nation. Events at the North most
assuredly signify that in the great ar
my under General Halleck, he will be
second to no one. The union Of his
army with that of the Potomac, and
of Virginia, seems to be no longer
doubtful. General Halleck, fresh from
the laurels of the West, Will take COM
mand in person. With three such
Generals as Burnside, Mcclellan, and
Pope, and with the vast reinforcements
which are pouring il from every State
of the North, this great army must be
invincitle But with whatever ad1ni
ration and pride the soldiers Of this
Department may regard the other
great leaders, their love is for General
Burnside. They will 1eel as though
they had a sort of right to share with
him in his new honors. They will re-
call the dangers and tolls which they
underwent with him at uatteras, at
Roanoke Island, and Newborn, ,-thcir
confdence III him, which never for
moment taltered. They will rejoice
with him in every new success. This"
they will say, 'is our General" And
wherever his ncw pos ton and his new
d>ties may all linn, they will hope
that il may be again their happy f)r
tune to serve and fight under him.
Year: 1862

THE WINTER CAMPAIGN.-With the exception
of Washington and the elder Napoleon, leaders
of armies have always been accustomed to re-
tiring their forces, during the cold months of
the year, into winter quarters. Even the gene
rails of the Southern confederacy, had arranged
to follow this established precedent. The
army of the North has no similar intention.
Precisely during the months of January and
February the extraordinary spectacle will be
exhibited to the world Of naval and military ope-
rations on the most comprehensive and extended
scale ever recorded in history. The great
Northern avalanche is just about working itself
loose from the pinnacle on which il has hitherto
been poised, and will shortly be precipitated
with irresistible force upon the xebel States,
sweeping away every obstacle before it.
Year: 1862

How TO MAKE HUSBAND DIE Easy
The husband of buxom wife near Exeter,
England. had long been dying, and at
length. one Of the clergymen Of the parish,
making one Of his daily visits, found him
dead. The disconsolate widow, in giving
her account of her spouse's last moments,
told him her poor dear man kept grOaning
and groaning but could not die At
last.n said she. q .recoIleeted that had
got new piece Of tape in the drawer, and
so I took some Of that and tied it as tight
as I could around his neck, and then
stopped his nose with my thumb and nm
ger, and, poor dear he went OF ike
lambl"
Year: 1862

An EXCELLENT CCsroM.-ln Munich, Ger
many, all boys found in the streets asking
aims, are taken to the asylum established for
that purpose. As soon as they enter the door,
and before having been cleaned, or their dirty
clothes removed, portrait of each one is Ia
ken, representing him in the same form as
when found begging. When the portrait is
finished he is cleaned, and presented with a
new and neat suit of clothes. After going
through a regular course of education, appoint
ed by the directors Of the asylum. they are put
to learn a trade, at which they work until they
have earned enough to liquidate all their eX-
penses from the first day they entered the in
stifutiou. When this is completed they are
dismissed from the institution to gain their own
livelihood. A the same time the portrait Ia
ken when they first entered is presented to
them, which they swear they will preserve as
long as they live, in order that they may re-
member the abjeet condition from which they
have been redeemed aud the obligations they
owe the asylum for having saved them from
misery, and giving them the means of feeding
themselves for the future
Year: 1862

4 GOOD minister was lamenting the fruitful
ness of his labors. when a scamp who stood By
remarked that he had been more successful, for
he had made many proseytes to the three
capital virtues namely, faith, hope, and re
pentance.


Ay,' said the minister, you have been
very fortunate indeed. Bat, pray, by what
means did you bring them to so happy a con
version ?"


Why, by borrowing their money for, had
they not faith iu me that should repay them,
they would not have lent it after had been
indebted to them for some time, they hoped /
would return it but now they know l cannot
pay them, they heartily repent ever having
lent it to NE"
Year: 1862

The editor of the Fall River News has taken
to writing poetry, as the following will show.
1t contains more truth than poetry:


Breathes there man with soul so dead,
who TO himself has never said-I will my coun-
ty paper take, both for my own and faimilv's
sake? If such there be. let him repent and
have the paper to him sent, and if he'd pass
happy winter-he ii advance would pay the
printer
Year: 1862

The blue jackets at least are not afraid to
mike cny stout arm useful to the Government
whatever The lint Of The epider1nis- We learn
from Hattcras that loyal blacks from North
Carolina help to man the fleet Of Flag Officer
Golasborough, and to serve the guns which
lave sunk Lynch's boats and compelled tue
surrender Of Roanoke Island. The navy, al
though = large proportion Of its highest Off
GERS are froa, the slave States, has not been il
the habit OF examining a seaman's complex
ion before shipping him. 1tCan you fight ~
is the only question Experience has Ehowr
That negroes may be excellent naval artiller
lists, and there is no reason to doubt that the.
cain also load and fire arms on shore.
Year: 1862

~ Great preparations are making through
out the State for the manufacture Of maple
srgar. The sugar making business promises
to he unusually profitable the coming season
owing to The heavy duties imposed on raw and
refined SuQarE
Year: 1862

AS the matter is no longer a secret,
there can be no improperly in our
stating, that the admirable division of
Gen. Longsreet, is now en route for
Petersburg, and will be here in day
or two This division has achieved a
reputation in this war for fighting quail
tiles, OF which, even the veterans OF
Napoleon would have been proud.
They como with well filled ranks, and
all the men, we hear, are in splendid
condition for trial Of strength with
the enemy, should an opportunity Of
fer. They leave the army of the 70
tomac, only because there are more
men up there than General Lee well
knows what to do with, and the with
drawal of General Longstreet's divls'
ion does not at all endanger the cause
should Mcclellan advance in that di-
misunderstanding Express, 7h.
Year: 1862

In the Island of Cuba q movement
is said to be on foot, by The natives, led
by one or two Mexican adventurous,
to get up another revolution. If the
parties really want to fight they had
better come over here where they can
get plenty Of it to do, and where there
is some chance of success.-E,r.
Year: 1862

A friend informs the Little Rock
Truo Democrat that white oak mast is
the best substitute for coffee yet found.
The acorns should be hulled, cut up
into the size Of grains Of coffee and
then parched.
Year: 1862

Met yesterday ut II O'clock, ut the City Hall,
but adjourned early, as but little business came
before them.


The principal OF the session was to give in
formation In regard to the mode Of procedure
In applications. The time within which no.
tioe must be filed with the clerk Of the circuit
court has been extended to the first day Of June
next.


The blank forms have not been delivered to
the board rs yet.


No applications for claims, under the act,
was made to the Board yesterday.
Year: 1862




A foreign journal, in an article against
the punishment Of death, publishes the
following curious details: When at the
end of the last century the terrible
machine of DIR. Gullotin made its appear
ance, it gave rise to great controversy
among the faculty throughout Europe
The inventor pretended and believed that
death by this instrument was easier than
by any other means, and that the rupture
of the vertebr@, the nerves, and all the
organs of the head, killed the whole body
at once and instantaneously. Several
experiments were made at Vienna. Some
prisoners were to be executed, and several
medical men who had already disputed
the correctness of the statement of DR.
Gullotin, obtained permission to remain
on the scafOld during the execution, and
when q head was cut off it was delivered
to them. The first was that of a young
man. The eyes were closed and the
tongue prOtruded Eight minutes were
allowed to expire, when the tongue was
pricked with n pin, when it was drawn
in, and the face made a grimace, iudica-
tive of pain. The second was that of a
woman. The eyes were open, and their
supplicatiDg looks were accompanied by
many tears. Fourteen minutes after the
execution the eyes turned towards the
side from whence the wOman's name was
called. A third head was that of the
most guilty of the criminals. A slapwas
given to the face, when the eyes opened,
the face flushed with an indescribable
expression Of anger and ferOcity, and "a
shudder Of anguish was visible on the
neck being touched" .-saii
Year: 1862

THE PORTER CoURr MARrIAL.-Gen. Porter
has been compelled to make an earnest and
feeling appeal to the court before which he 10
being tried to induce it 10 resclnd it's decision
to exclude the orders and kilograms that he Of
fered in evidence. We can see no principle Of
justice or legal usage which can be infringed
by a compliance with his request. A great
latitude should be allowed accused parties in
such cases, and 1t Is especially called for in the
present one, from the character of the testimo-
ny adduced by the prosecution to show the
animus by which The defendant was actaated
towards Gen. Pope. If the evidence that he
offers is excluded, and finding adverse to him
is pronounced, the suspicion will become pre-
valent that 1t was foregone conclusion with
the court.