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Year: 1862

DEAR FRIEND WING One of your old
the liyihg ehirahy for sometime back, and
who finds it altogether impossible to do so,
has made up his mind to write you few
lines, hoping you may help him to devise
some plan to keep up with them. But never
mind now, it is all fixed. Battery b. is after
them. and no doubt they will be compelled
to halt before they reach the last ditch, or
else will make Richmond the ditch referred
to. What makes me think they will have
to succumb to the Battery aforesaid is this :
1t is stated on authority that passes for
good (the HerohO that - little Mae" said in
the presence of his staff, Battery b. would
have to be ordered over before the enemy
could be caught, which was accordingly
done, and imm c'liatcls upon their arrival at
Yorktown the R'bs haiied at Richmond. -
But they, the Rebs, give as a reason for halt


ing at the capital, that number of said
Battery had petitioncd to the Governor of
their State to fake thcm home to their Nus,
and it was thought they would be taken
home; thereby rendering the Battery inef


fective. Hhai puyi Now, Mr.. Wing, /
have no doubt the Battery of Drummond-
town fame, will make it's marx some place


In fact it has already done it /; as | under
stand those who are to be sent home, are at
Yorktown, engaged in printing head-Loardh
and driring mtggcrs. Certainly they will
either make their mark with the brush, or the
mhip. All honor to old Cecil the dead
soldiers will no longer be buried without Il
board to mark their last resting place, and
it is all due to BuHery B. | am under the


impression it is all wrong for the officers of
said Battery to take all of those young men
so .far away from their homes, and no doubt


sDea hearts, when it is very evident that a
number of them do not wish to face the
Sou hern Arisiocracy in mortal combat.
must close about this far-famed Battery. as
have just received despatch from the Cen
eral Of the Mncktrei Brigade. He SAYS it has
been reported to him that there is to be a
branch of nis'ocracy established in Cecil,
Il think he got his information from the
Lomion T'mes,) and wishes me to ask if it is
true. He says if it is true, he has no doubt
of its success and thinks the banks of the
suSqnchanna the proper place to begin. He
also says if 1t is successful Nas.a JET. will
take up his headquarters there, as "Jeff.
has been informed that his Ez-Coachman was
entced away for the purpose of heading the
new establishment. But the Mockerei Cen
crai thinks the Cecil aristocracy will not wish
to mix with the southern, as the former are
a branch of the house of York.. Therefore,
think, JEFF. is laboring under very great
mistake about his Ex Coachman, and will
no doubt find him on Gen. Hunters staff, as
he is said to be somewhat partial to the
coored genrmen. | must close. Give my
pious regards to all arisfocracD and oblige
yours for ever. E PLuRlBUs UNICORN.
Year: 1862

A NUMBER of years ago S. S. Prentiss, whose
lips were fountain of sweetness, delivered an
address before The New England Society in New
Orleans. He was from New England but at an
early age emigrated to the South. The follow.
ing is the conclusion of the address


Accursed, then. be the hand put forth to loos.
en- the golden cord of Union thrice aceursed the
traiorous lips, whether Of Northern fanatic or
Southern dcmagOgue. But no the Union cannot
be dissolved its fortunes are too brilliant to be
marred its destinies too powerful 10 be resisted
Here will be their greatest triumph their most
mighty development. And when, century hence
this Crescent City shall have filled her golden
horns when within her broad armed port shall
BIZ gathered the products Of industry of a hundred
millions of freemen when galleries of art aud
halls of learning shall have made classic this mari
OF trade then may the sons of the bleak hills Of
the Pilgrim, still wandering from the bleak hill,
of the North, stand upon the banks OF the Grea
River and exclaim, with mingled pride and won
Ger, " Lo ths is our country When did th,
world ever witness so rich and magnificent cit
so great and glorious Republic 7"
Year: 1862

Sons OF TEMPERANCE.-We have received a
letter from Mr.. James A. Davidson, Grand Lee
turer of the Grand Division of Sons of Temper
abcc, now at Red Bluff. Mr.. Davidson is on his
way to the northern towns of. the State, for the
purpose of ecuring and instituing Divisions,
aud will be in Weayervile in a short time. He
hopes to find here enough who feel all interest in
the Temperance cause to enable him to organ
ize a Division, and desires us to mention the fact
for the benefit of those who desire to aid in the
movement.


Mr.. Davidson writes US that he has met with
great success thus far upwards of a dozen new
Divisions have been organized recently-three
since leaving Sacramento and enough sober cit
izens have been discovered in that modern bake.
oven, Red Bluff, TO compose another. There is
fine opening for Temperance organization in
Weavervile probably not another town in the
State of the same population, supports more
drinking establishments or consumes more of The
ardent There is great room for reform, and we
at least hope that Mr.. Davidson will succeed in
organizing a Division here. Then we desire to
have him try Trinity Center
Year: 1862

Know NoTHINGIsN.-A Buffalo paper says that
This war is for the preservation of the best gov.
eminent on earth-a government consecrated to
Freedom and Equality y'-should be the last oi
everything like Know Nothingism. From the
very commencement of the fight, the foreign elc-
ment of the country, North and South, have
shown, by deeds of valor, their love and their
devotion, TO this. the land of their adoption.-~
Upon every battlefield OF this war, lie the bones
Of the adopted citizen. In every fight has been
beard their shout for the Constitution and the
Cnion.n
Year: 1862

TIE Union Democratic party in this State is
nearly unanimous upon the policy of calling Un'
ION Conventions, in order to afford all sound Tn
ion men an opportunity to be represented in Con
venion, and full chauoe 20 cooperate in the
election of the candidates selected
Year: 1862

That RoAp.-The new road to the northern
palt OF The county is being rapidly completed
The grade from Browns creek 10 Rush creek is
finished, and Mr. Chad bourne is now working on
Musser bill. Several Een have been employed
between Dsvidson's place and the summit of Rush
creek mountain, the past week, and from there
10 Bates the road is ready. Carriages will have
no trouble in making the trip b week hence.
Year: 1862

The National Tax Bill goes into effect on the
LIST of August. large portion of the people Of
she Northern States will be called on for the in
come tax cencerniug the payment Of which the
New York Herald says an erroneous impression
IS prevalent. 1t IS not to be paid immediately,
oil the income and profits of the year already
passed, hnt II Will become due on the LIST of May,
1868. aud is to be levied on the income for the
year preceding. limit is placed to the time in
which the tax shall be in operation, the date fixed
for it TO cease being 1866
Year: 1862

MILITARY PUNIsBMENTs.-Six deserteTs from the
Third Infantry, Cal Vol, have been arrested and
tried by Court Martial at Stock ton Their SEN
tence is as follows:


To be confined at bard labor in charge of the
guard on Alcatras Island, during the remaining
period of their enlistment, with twenty.tour
pound ball aud chain attached to bis left leg To
forfeit all pay and allowances that are or may
become due, except the just dues Of The aundress
and sutler, at the expiration of his sentence to
have his head shaved, 10 be indelibly marked on
the left hip with the letter " ID, one and hall
inches long, and to be drummed out of service
Year: 1862

ELEvATED.-Many lots and blocks of land
in this city have been much elevated by de-
post left by the food. In the eastern por-
tion whole blocks have been covered to the
depth Of four TO eight eet with sandy soil,
so that the caves of houses either one story
dwellings or out houses, are on level with
the new made soil. Aud the east levee, in
the vicinity of the Fort, has secured a back
ing which no press of water can break
through. In some young orchards the tree
tops just peep above the soil. while else
where the vines are all under. The 4 street
levee is total wreck for its entire length,
there Eeing in many places no semblance Of
it left, and the east levee is not In much
better condition. Rabel's tannery property
and his dwelling seem to be secured against
the current of the American. A great sand
bar, very nearly as high as the natural sur
face of the bank, bas been formed in front
of bis property which directs the current
from him and forces it to strike the bank
lower down, where the break is through
which the steamer Gem was carried by the
force of the water. He has secured per-
manent and most substantial bulkhead at
that point. A sand bar is forming in the
American just below the break, which helps
direct the water into the city, but when the
river falls so as to be within its banks il is
very probable that the current will move
that bar.-[Sac. Bee.
Year: 1862

The New York correspondent of the Bull
letin, writing about the time Of the Mason
aud Slidell excitement, says:


According to the especial kilograms from
Washington, the newest phase of the Eng
lish difficulty is demand on the part of
Great Britain for the speedy re.adjustment
of the Northern boundary question, which
she maintains has not been settled in accor-
dance with her ideas of what would be right
aud proper in the premises. She wants q
straight frontier line from Canada East TO
the Atlantic. This would bring her bOun-
dares down to about latitude 45 degrees,
giving her the bigger half of Maine, to-
gether with that small corner of New Hamp.
shire which is wedged in between Maine
and Canada. The reason for this preposter-
Gus demand is said TO be, that the claimant
wants the territory to construct through it
great military road from the Canadas to
Halifax. But why to Halifax, when, with
the control of the territory which it is said
she wants, and which she will undoubtedly
get for the asking, she could carry her
grand Trunk Railroad in line as straight
as the bee flies from Quebec to the mouth
of the st. Croix, in Passamaquoddy Bay
1t is passing strange that our good Mother
has not made known to us, before this cri-
sis, this want of hers.


And then we are told, through the same
reliable information, that England is going
to reopen the Oregon boundary question
and the San Juan affair, and what not So
that, even should the Mason and Slidell
question be settled amicably--and, by the
way, l hear that the question has been set
tied peacefully, aud that the rebel Commis-
sioners are TO be given up-should this
question, say, be settled to the satisfaction
of England, there are likely to be other
matters out of which that Government can
make cdusus beIi should she be determined
to pick quarrel with us. And so, asks the
Evening Post and some other journals, what
is the use in giving up Mason and Slidell
England cares nothing about those miser-
able rebels, and should we put them into
her hand tomorrow, she, being bent on war
would Immediately push forward some other
claim on which to provoke it.
Year: 1862

A late number OF the Dublin UniVers'ty
Magazine has an article which contains
some excellent and interesting suggestions
on the organization Of armies and the
training Of soldiers, as these bear on the
success Of a campaign. The writer
strongly urges that it is not bravery but
discipline which carries the day, and that
an army cannot be trusted in The field ill
men have confidence in each other. We
copy:
Year: 1862

w ONE TWO
plOsOOO. who command this sum at once, 70 take


half quarter interest lucrative business protected BY
patent three years established and paying proht OF
$000 month. The advertiser wants man TO open an
Office sell the article In New York city and elsewhere it
being unlimited II in by the govcrninen and
mas made m way by its own merits solely, without labor
capital None need apply unless they can oommnna the
snm half In balance would be taken
land Western property address, with reference J d.,
box J,Oe2 Post Office, Lowell Mass
Year: 1862

Gen. Grant displayed the qualities Of q
great general, and exhibited the most he.
Foie bravery at the battle Of Pittsburg. He
viii take front rank among his military
contemporaries. Our dispatches describe
the desperate assaults Of the rebels On our
lines during the first days fighting, and
how tearful}y near they were Of being sue
ccssful.


On the second day, after the reinforce
ments had arrived, our side assumed the
offensive, and for a time beat back the enc
my. But victory hung trembling in the
balance. The rebels had staked all On the
result, and fought with the energy Of des-
pair, well knowing that defeat would be
followed By ruin Of their cause. About
the middle Of the afternoon they had ar
rested the advance Of our left under Gen
Wallace who had been killed, and
Slowly began to recover their lost ground,
ten. Grant saw that the decisive moment
had come. He had been riding along the
lines during the day amid the hail storm of
bullets, grape and shell, iaciting the reei-
mcnts to press On the enemy and giving
orders to his aids. At this stage Of the
battle, learning that the left was checked
and wayering, he ordered up some reserves,
TO their assistance. He gal1oped over to
the left, and taking his body guard he d.
S1ded it into five parts, and placed portion
at The head Of each Of FIVE regiments. He
then ordered charge across the field, him
self leading. he waved his sword over his
head: called on the brigade to follow him
Which it did with shout, on the double
quick At the next moment The General
and his legion fell upon the rebels like
destroying avalanche; they fed before the
resistless shock Of cold steel, and the day
Vas VOL


In all Napoleon's career there is notiiur
10 exceed tits charge IN gallantry and dar-
ing. 1t Is one Of those masterpieces Of mil
1tary genius that decides not only the re-
suit Of battles, but the fate Of nations. That
charge Of Grants has decided the rebellion.
The secession cause is lost and the Cnion
fl1umphE. Long NAV it ware.
Year: 1862

10 Beauregan said before the battle of
t1''sourg that he would water his horse
IN the Tennessee or in Hell' He d;dn't
water him in the Tennessee; and lest he
might not find water in the other p1ace
mentioned he is now supposed to be dill
gently searching for the "last ditch"
Year: 1862

In the above table no calculation what
ever is made for the number Of hogs
brought in here By teams from the country
During the past season the streets were for
weeks lined with farmers wagons, loaded
with dressed hogs, which they sold to the
packers. The number thus received is cs-
timatcd at from ten to twenty thousand.


The following table shows the number Of
Bccves packed in Chicago for series Of
Year: 1862

The MOVEMENT ON MARYLAND.-Our army, it
seems, is again on the south side of the Potomac,
and the enemy holds Harpers Ferry and Williams
port in force.


Our losses were very heavy in the late battles,
though the, enemy's loss was much greater than
ours.


We doubt whether any thing has been gained by
the movement on Maryland. 1t is now apparent
that decided majority of the people of that State
are with the North The same is true, we fear, of
Missouri and Kentucky. However desirable it
might be to invade the Northern States, it is by no
means certain that the Confederate Government has
the means to do so and at the Same time protect its
own territory. Men-veteran troops especially, are
exceedingly valuable to the South. They should
never be sacrificed in battle except upon the GER
tainty that great good to the cause will be accom-
plisbed. A single regiment is as important to the
South as whole brigade is to the North The
South should make every movement and every blow
tell in this conflict
Year: 1862

SuBsr1rurEs-A number of persons have employ
ed substitutes for the war, but many are in doubt
whether that fact releases them from military duty.
The enrolling officers ought to be fully prepared to
answer all questions arising on this subject, yet
many apply to US for information


Our opinion is, that if you have employed a sub.
stitute for three years during the war, over As
years of age and he has been received and mustered
into the Confederate service, you are exempt from
military duty during that PERIOD e for three years.
If the war, however, lasts more than three years
from the time you employed him, his term Of ser
vice would be out with you then, and you would
have to 20 or get another substitute. If you and
YOUR substitute both are however between the ages
of IS and As, no being subject to military duty in
the Confederate service as we'll as yourself, you
would be obliged to take his place, or furnish an
other substitute over 40 years of age
Year: 1862

STHAGGLERs.-These are becoming pest and a
DISGRACE to our army 1t is said that the cowardice
of 90 or $4,000 s:ragglcrs, both officers and men,
prevented our arms from obtaining most signal
victory at Sharpsburg. The country is full OF
brass -buttoned and yellow-tape men just before a
battle If the authorities were to send squad OF
men to the watering places and cities and towns, a
regiment of them might be picked up any where.
IF men who are officers have so little principle and
SO little heart for the fight what better can be ex'
pected of the soldiers?
Year: 1862

ADVERTISEMENTS The reader will not overlook
the new advertisements in to days ISSUE Two
important sales it will be seen are to take place at
High Point-a new Map of the battles on the Chick
ahominy, a very good map--a stolen black Satchel,
goods, &c.
Year: 1862

At the request Of a friend, We give space to the
following letter, written to his sister, by young
man favorably known here, for the information Of
his many friends who are anxious, to hear from
him."
Year: 1862

The following, from a Minnesota paper
is too good to be lost. 1t conveys a moral
to those who wish to spread in the news
paper line:


A young man who ardentiy desired
wealth, was visited by his Satanic majesty,
who tempted him to promise his soul for
eternity, if he could be supplied on this
earth with all the money he could use. The
bargain was concluded the devil was to
supply the money, and was at last to have
the soul, unless the young man could spend
more money than the devil could furnish.
Years passed away; the man married, was
extravagant in his living, built palaces,
speculated widely, lost and gave away for
tunes-ane yet his Golfer was always full.
he turned politician, and bribed his way to
power and fame, without reducing his pile
of gold. He became a fiIlibuster, and fitted
out ships and armies, but his banker hon
ored all his drafts. He went to st. Paul to
live, and paid the usual rates of interest for
the money he could borrow, but though the
devil made wry faces when be came to pay
the bill, yet they were all paid. One expe-
dent after another failed; the devil counted
the time-only two years--that he must
wait for the soul, and Knocked the efforts of
the despairing man. One more trial was
resolved upon; the man started a newspa-
per The devil growled at the end of the
trst quarter, was savage in six months,
melancholy in nine, and broke" dead
broke'-at the end of the year. So the
newspaper went down, but the soul was
saved.
Year: 1862

BY PUBLIUs LIcIEIUs.
Behold that PatriarchaI form,


That trembles on the verge of time,
He would with words of wisdom warn
Come listen to his strains sublime.
With long experience he was bIest,
And marked with care the march of time,
And as he retrospects the past,


He thus recalls the care divine:
''ooce was young, but now am old,
lin this I am not mistakenly
But never saw, in heat or cold,


The righteous man by God forEaken-
never knew his favored seed


Reduced to beggary and shame
For Providence supplies the need
Of all who trust his sacred name.''
If thou regard that friendly voice,
Kind Heaven shall all thy footsteps guide;
And ia his care thou shalt rejoice
While truth and right are en- thy side.
Thy pathpay through life's stormy maze,
May all Thy faith and patience try,
But God shall grant sustaining grace,
And all thy daily need supply.
Then. when thy work on earth is Ger,
And death shall bring to life is even !;
On yoLder bright, eternal shore,
Thou shalt be crowned an heir of heaven
CAMP CALHOUN, KY, New eYar's Day, 1862
Year: 1862

logical firebrand, the Essays and Reviews"
thus writes to the Times:


The landowners have not yet, as it seems to
me, appreciated the greatness of the need.
The landowner, like the mllowner, has been
enriched by the presence of the men who are
now in want. But the millowner has Tisked
his capital, has given his time and the labor of
his brain to make his money. The landowner
may have spent his time in social enjoyments
may have lived at Paris or Italy, and yet, with
out costing him an effort or care, his prop
erty has steadily increased in value, because
busy men have come near him to work. If the
riches of the mllowner are liable to the de-
mand of the operatives, much more are those
of the landowner; and this terrible crisis has
seriously damaged the former, while it has left
the latter almost or quite unscathed.


That the property of the county is well able
to bear the burden there cannot be the slight
est doubt. If Parliament is to interfere, the
interference should consist in putting the bur-
den on the right shoulders, not in transferring
it to the shoulders of the nation.


If this be true, and the amount and nature
of the evidence is conclusive, it is to be hoped
that the burden will find the right shoulders
and so long as the shoulders are unprotected
by this just burden, may the lash Of a worlds
scorn descend upon them. Let us not howev-
er hastily infer that we are discharged from all
obligation because the property of Lancashire
is able to bear the burden. The sufferers are
not thereby reliered; and, remember, they are
our friends. Time also must elapse before the
resources of the county can be brought into
full operation; and meanwhile the American
contributions may save many lives even.