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Year: 1862

latter were loosely constructed of small
boulders and earth, which could not with
stand a bombardment for any length Of
time, and in case ola Spirited attack would
have proven more dangerous to their de-
Tenders than to those making the onslaught
That an army of l25, 900 men, composed of
such material as stermed the intrenehments.
at Fort Donelson, should be Kept piddlingl
about through the country, or lying idle
in camp for months before such Qualifications
as those at Bowling Green have been de-
scribed to US, is most mortifying indeed.


tits said by citizens Of Bowling Green
that when General Beauregard visited the
town and examined its means of defense,
he at once pronounced it untenable, and
recommended an evacuation. His advice
was taken, and immediate preparations
were made for the movement. For two or
three weeks the work went on, while Gen.
Buell-with more generosity and chivalry
than Gen. Grant possesses-disturbed them
not. After everything valuable was remov-
ed from the town, our commanding Gen.
eral suddenly aroused himself, ordered a
forced march, and took possession without
firing a gun. We can't avoid an .expres.
sion of our Bully for BuelIls
| Several of the citizens of Bowling Green
who left when the rebel army took posses
sion of the place, have since returned to fnG
their property almost ruined. It will take
thousands upon thousands of dollars to re.
pair the damage done 10y the yandals who
claim to be fighting alone in defense o
Southern Rights. ga @


Kentucky, we presume, breathes easie
since her territory has become free from


their presence, and when next they come


the people Of That State will welcome them


we doubt not, with lead and steel rathe


than sickly talk about neutrality"


Il
Year: 1862

IEFAsY or EEesssIoN.-He learn from
many sources apparently reliable that tlle
rebels at Fort Donelson, after nighffall and
during, the armistice caused by the mantle
Of darkness, were prowling on the skirts of
the battlefield, and bayoneting such of the
wounded men as had been left on the field,
and also rebbing them and the dead of any
money or valuables that might be on their
persons.


This is not all the Internal demons used
poisoned bullets--a circumstance that would
disgrace the lowest grade of heathens.e We
have seen and handled leaden bullets
brought from the Fort that were poisoned.
They are cast in the form of sugar loaf,
the butt end hollow between | and of an
inch. In this hollow the poison is placed,
where it Is confined with cork. Wounds
inflicted with these balls generally prove
fatal when they are lodged in the body
no so with the round or Minnie ball, or
/ buck shot.-H Head. Nail


+ We have seen some Of the bullets spoken
of by the Mail, and concluded from their
irish and general appearance that they
cFa;e6 from Europe. We did not suppose
t'Egy were poisoned until we learned of one
or tsso cases. where wounds apparently not
| dangerous, resulted fatally on the extraction
Of the ball. The rebels are prepared to re
sort to anything, however cowardly q
Infamous, to accomplish their purposes.
Year: 1862

the companies were under FIRE three long
hours at close range. No troops ever beha-
we'd better. with more endurance or with
more gallantry. Their long list of killed
and wounded attest this fact, and this de-
termination on their part was inspired BY
their confidence in their commsnder. When
the historian shall gather the facts and shall
illustrate tho truth. ii will be found that
this fight at Pocotaligo has been among the
hardest fought aud most unequal contests
that have occurred during this bloody war.
Gen. Walker is about forty years Of age
Of slight figure, with ine blue eye and
fair complexion; his address is frank and
pleasing; he enioys the love and confidence
Of his troops in high degree. In conse-
quence Of bis having fought two hard bat
ties beneath the live oak grove at Old Po-
cotaliso. his men have designated him as
Live Oak Walker "a merlted tribute to
his firmness and tcnacity. a
Year: 1862

G# The Secession organ in this city is
doing all in its power to produce civil
war in Illinois and in the West. Its beast
" attacks on all men Of New England
blood, are made for the express purpose Ct
provoking a collision among our people
The liberation Of this reptile in our loyal
city, is one Of the things that neither the
soldiers Or the army, nor the people Of the
rural districts can comprehend.
Year: 1862

West to East. The Times man may him
self see this Butler yet in judgment upon
his own foul case of treason. -


= As for JEFF. Davis proclamation, the
world will live to laugh 1T its impudenee
and impotence what time the rebellion
shall be numbered with unaccomplished
crimes against Humanity. 1t will stand
as 8 proof that Butler served his country
BY using lis strength against her enemies.
By this be will be remembered when stick
in-the-1nud generals are long forgotten.
Year: 1862

1t costs two millions OF dollars every
day to support the army in the field A


hundred million of dollars has thus been
expended since we met on the second day
OF December, and all that time our army
has been in repose. What the expendi-
ture will increase to when that great day
shall arrive when our eyes shall be glad
dened with the sight of the army in mo-
ton, he didn't know. And this hundred
millions will 20 with the hundred more
he had enumerated. Another hundred
million may be added to these before the
4th OF March. What it may cost TO put
down the rebellion lie cared very little,
provided always that it be put down effect
ually. But faith without works is dead,
and he was free to confess that his faith
sometimes fails him-he meant his faith in
men-not his faith in the cause. When
the history OF these times shall be written
it will be question upon whom the guilt
will rest most heavy-upon him who has
conspired to destroy, or upon him who
has proved incompetent to preserve, the
institutions bequeathed to US by our
10 barc
Year: 1862

A husband lately cured his wife Of divers
ills by kissing the servant girl and allowing
his wife to catch him at it. He says she
was up in an instant, forgetting all her
complaints, while he has never had to pay
q ceat for "help" since.
Year: 1862

We find the following in the Delaware Ga.
zette, the leading Democratic organ in this
State. II will be seen that he favors President
Lincoln's policy:


Emancipation The project of compensated
ema ncipaton, as presented in the Message of
President LincOlR, should receive a candid con-
slderation of all parties in the Border States
Ii is a que dion of much import whether Della
ware should refuse to avail herself of this prop
osilion if the Border States accept it. II would
be utterly futile for any STAKEHOLDER in Della.
ware to attempt to hold his slaves after such an
act had been passed and accepted by Maryland
and Western Virginia The hosts of treed
negroes that would pass through our State
would undoubtedly carry off the greater part of
the slaves of Della ware in twelve month. The
question as it presents itself now is very differ.
eni from what it was few months ago when
emancipation was proposed to Delaware alone
The cost Of freeing these people should it be
done will be collected OF the people of the
United States. Delawareans would have but q
small fraction TO pay.
Year: 1862

The great Cnion meeting Of Saturday


evening passed reso!u ions strongly recon-
neuding mcc1ing Of the Governors of
the loyal States fn the purpose Of
consultation in regard to the grave
condition of national afAirs, with the
view Of aiding the president to de-
wise plans that may be effective in
rescuing the Union from its great peril
The suggestion is o proper and timely one.
The governors Of the loyal States know
the sentiments Of the people better THAI
the president, as they reside among
and mingle with them. They ars
s body Of wise and patriotic
men. They might be able to point out thu
radical defects IN the present mode Of COL


ducupg the Wat, and to propose some
plan giving reasonable promise of SUCCESS


They would be body Of counsellor


speaking Tor the people Of their respective
States, to the administration who's


advice would be entitled to respect an


consideration. We think it is the duty {
the State executives to hold such a convt
cation Immediately. Let Governor 1ate
nsme day and place, aud earnestly invi'
the other Governors TO meet him. CIeE'
land is central and Of easy access. TIL
telegraph would quickly serve the motto
Year: 1862

We learn from tue best authority that
Gen. Grants army is being rapidly concen-
trated upon an important line for active
operations. 1t will be cheering news to
the country to hear that the veterans of
Donelsou and Shiloh have shaken of their
enforced 1ethargy, and a1e once more
moving against the foe.
Year: 1862




General Banks and his staff are working
industriously, by night and by day, in fit
ting out and organizing the great expedi-
tion which will sail in a few days to strike
a telling blow on some point of the South
ern coast. fall the troops which are now
quartered in this city and encamped on
Long Island, as well as several regiments
which are expected 10 arrive here very
soon, are to join this expedition, it will be
far more formidable than any which the
Government has yet sent out and the po-
tentates of the Southern Confederacy may
we'll grow uneasy in trying to solve the
mystery Of its destination.


Il When General Banks first arrived in
this city to commence the work of organi-
zation, it was announced in certain quar-
ters, and generally believed, that he was
bound for Texas. The entire coast of that
State being now in the possession of our
Government, it was said that the conquest
Of the important interior towns would be
an easy matter, and would result in stop
| ping large coutrsband cotton trade, now
undoubtedly carried on by way Of Mexico,
if not in securing large supply of that
coveted staple to our Government.
! The theory, however, was only surmise,
as is also the assertion that the expedition
is going to Charleston, to Savannah, TO
Mobile or to any other Of the many places
which it would be easy to name. The truth
is that no one knows the destination Of
this great expedition except the high mill
tary authorities who have planned it; and
if the secret has been entrusted to the
General himself, he is far too wise to make
it known, even by the pronouncing of
some doubtful phrase or "ambiqGous
givings out" and the secret will be kept
as all who desire the success of the plan
would wish to have it.


The Generals headquarters, at $50
Broadway, are thronged with many visi-
tors, some taken there by legitimate bust
ness, and too many by curiosity. One
wants some position under him-a posi-
tion, Of course, which viii confer rank and
good pay, without much risk or hard work.
Another has an invention which, he is
sure, needs only to be seen to carry con-
Viction to the Generals mind, and which, |
if adopted, would snnihilate all the rebels |
in the shortest space Of time Imaginable, |
and that without the loss of man on our |
side. Another has moving wall, which |
will enable the Union army to sweep over
the South like destructive tornado, with
out the least danger to itself, and wants |
General Banks 10 order supply, and wait
until the work is done before he starts.
If one could believe in all the internal !
machines and destructive engines which
these thoughtful inventors have devised,
he might expect President Lincoln to dis
miss his army and kill off the Southern
Confederacy with the Patent Office.


The General receives everybody kindly
and politely, including inventors but he
does not allow them to waste much of his
time, and by the industry with which he
labors, makes it certain that no unneces-
sary delay will occur in fitting out the
great expedition.
Year: 1862

A private letter from member of the
14th Illinois, describing the battle Of the
Hatchie, Tennessee, tells touching story
of the finding on the battlefield, not a
masked battery nor any terrible engine of
death, but q tiny newborn baby, lying cry
ing upon the cold earth, and looking with
its wondering eyes at the strange sights of
war which were the opening scenes Of its
baby life. 1t was carried tenderly to
camp and cared for as well as eircum-
stances would permit. The writer says.


eThe next day after the battle our babe
was brought before the 18th, and unani-
mously adopted Child Of the Regiment
Three or four days later, strange as it may
seem, q poor, heart-stricken, poverty
pinched mother came searching the battle
field in quest Of her child. Ny dear, -,
imagine fyou can the wild ordinations
Of thanksgiving that burst from that poor
Woman's heart, when informed that her
child had been rescued, and with a moth
ers tenderness cared for. saw the moth
er receive her child, heard her brief pray
er for the soldiers who saved it, and, with
the blessings of thousand men following
her and hers, she took away


Our little baby
Year: 1862

PAPER FROM Corn HUsKs.-The Mechan-
ic's Magazine says that excellent paper
is now made in Europe from the leaves of
Indian corn. There is one paper mill in
Switzerland, and one in Austria, in which
paper is made from such leaves exclusive
ly. The husks which envelope the ears of
corn make the best quality. It is also
said in an exchange that a foreigner hss
filed at Washington an application for a
patent for various uses made Of corn shucks.
The varieties include yarn, maize cloth. pa
per Of beautiful quality white and coloredl
from silk to parchment texture.
Year: 1862

The Washington correspondent of the Nashville
Patriot thus happily hits off the way in which af-
fairs are managed in the Federal capito


The way the Government gets its work done,
is curious. As an illustration, you and your fam
lily meet in convention of the whole, and adopt a
resolution authorizing the construction of hen
coop in your back yard. You at once appoint
me superintendent of the work, putting thou
sand or two Of dollars in bank for me to check on
| get you to appoint my brother-in-law chief en-
gineer. appoint two of rny brothers assistant
| superintendents, and my brother-in-law appoints
two of his brothers assistant engineers-al at
your expense We buy us each a fast horse and
buggy, and ride around town, drink hot cocktails,
and play billiards, until the bank deposit gives
out, when we make out printed report of seven
ty-throe pages, furnishing you complete topo-
graphical survey of your back yard, and vast
amount of statistical information with regard to
the number of hens you are likely to have for the
next forty years. We wind up the report with
the announcement that the site of the hen-coop
has been selected, and call for another appro-
priation to prosecute the work, which we assure
you will be done with "vigor' You place an
other thousand or two in bank, and we employ
two hundred hands at three dollars day to trans
port seventy-fye cents worth of lumber (which
cost you under our management about ten times
that many dollars) to the place of operations,
which requires about three months In the mean
time we drive around and 60 on vigorously with
the liquor and the billiards. We then come up
with another report, and demand for another
appropriation. With this we get the walls of the
structure up, and with one or two more appro-
priations, and great many more cocktails and
billiards, we get the thing covered in, and st the
end of twelve MONTHS which we very appropriate
ly style our fiscal year." we put you in formal
possession of ten thousand dollar hen-coop, that
any negro carpenter would have been glad to
knock up some Saturday afternoon, for suit of
vour old clothes
Year: 1862

Though much heavy work has been done on
the road from Fort Benton to Walla Walla, yet
the road could be still farther improved by erect
ing additional bridges, cutting the road broad
through the Bitter Root range, and diminishing
the grades, particularly from Deer Lodge to Fort
Benton, should receive additional work. We do
not disparage what has been done, for the amount
and character of the work surpassed what we were
prepared to find, but we desire candidly to state
that so important line from the States to the
Pacific should be rendered first class road, and
which in time will enable persons with their fam
lilies to make the trip from the Missouri to Walla
Walla in thirty days easily and comfortably.


AS the road is in close proximity to the Eng
ish border and one which in peace or war could
be advantageously used by the English Govern
ment to connect the Canadas with its North Pa
cihc possessions, it becomes matter of national
necessity that our own Government should look
timely to its further improvement, and secure for
it every aid which its geographical location and
future importance so Justly warrants. The mill
tary complexities that are not unlikely to arise
with the English Government during our present
or future troubles would all seem to enjoiu upon
our Government the duty of bestowing early and
especial attention to this new route across the
country. We desire, therefore, to say to our
friends in the Atlantic States and elsewhere, that
if they wish to make trip for pleasure, health,
or found new homes on the waters of the Pacific,
to take passage on the steamers that leave anna
ally for Fort Benton, and there procure their out
fit to travel overland thence to Walla Walla, at
which point they again take steamers for Oregon,
California, or any point along the coast, and they
will enjoy recreation such as a sojourn at Sara
toga, Niagara or the usual points resorted to in
the east but rarely afforded


INNFNTY- ENfIGR ANTa
Year: 1862




The Nashua Gazette thus daguerreotypes the
"boy of the present age. All who read it will
confess it is the best likeness yet obtained:


"Ths has been termed the age of progress
The most striking exempliication of the progress
iUe tendency of the age may be found in boys from
fifteen to eighteen or twenty years of age. The
boy of fifteen or upwards must wear better broad
cloth than his employer, and boots to match. He
gets the Spring and Summer style of hats as soon
as they come on from New York He has his
hair curled and unctifed by TIE most approved
Of BARRIERS He would wear moustache or i'm
peral, if he could He has woman whom he
pays attention to- He sometimes carrys cane
as large as your little finger, with ball of lead
on the end of it. He struts. He smokes. He
chews He swears. Ola fair Sunday he stands
at the corner of the streets to show himself He
stays out all night, 1r into the small hours, sit
ting up with his woman, or otherwise raising
Ned generally. He takes his woman out to
ride During the winter he goes to all the dances,
which come off every other night He makes
magnificent presents to his woman His horse
hire bill is as large as the millionare's. He
reads nothing but the Pirates own Book, Life
in London and the works of the yellow COW
cred Species"
Year: 1862

THE DYING LooK-The last look of the dying
man is ike the last ray of the setting sun, thu
gldes gently in its farewell kiss over the world IL
is soon to leave-not to sink into the dark nigh
ofan eternal grave, as poor pagan antiquity fearet
but to raise brighter anew in another and betteg
world
Year: 1862

AcTIoN.-Indolence is a delightful but distress
ing states you must be doing something to be
happy. Action is no less necessary than thought
to the instructive tendencies Of the human frame
Year: 1862

A Niger Coaohman setting up for himself.


The ST. Louis correspondent Of the S. F. Bul-
Ietin writes:


A highly respectable lady of fortune in this city
has owned slave man for many years, whose
only employment has been to drive the family car
riage and do some light home service. He was
never known to express discomfort with his situa-
ton but yesterday to the surprise of his Mistress
he appeared before her. hat in hand, accompanied
by an lrishman. He said that all the negroes
would soon be free-that they were as good as
free now She had always treated him WE'LL and
he was thankful for it, and that he had no cause
to quit her service, but that he thought he would
take his freedom now. He ended by introducing
the Irishman, who he said, was good carriage
driver and friend of his, and would fill his place
The lady was alone at home, could do nothing
and she let the negro 60 without remonstrance or
attempt at hnGrance. Her nephew, however,
when he heard of the affair, began a search for
the darkey, and this morning found him in the
calabese, where he had been put on the preceding
night by the police for drunkenness. The negro
had largely abused his first days experience of
freedom and the nephew concluded he would not
trust him with longer indulgence.


DOMESTIC ITENs.-B Bome-The place where
children have their own way, and married men
resort to when they have nowhere else to go.


Wife-The woman who is expected to purchase
without means, and sew on buttons before they
come off.


BaBy-A thing on account Of which its mother
should never go to a place of amusement, conse-
ouently need never have new bonnet.


Notwithstanding which are always expected
to be in exact readiness, without any excuse.
Year: 1862

with my eyes wide opon, and nibbled the
bait, staring at the spring that was to
shut down on me, while did it. -. y.


Del was in the library-more than that,
she brushed away tear or two from her
long lashes, as / sat down sat close
by her ; for it looks as if people had quar-
relied when they station themselves at the
antipodes of the room


| asked what was the matter because
had an instructive idea that it was some.
thing about-us me.


" Nothing" was the answer And then
blush rose in her cheek, crimsoned deep
ened, famed out quickly. She put up her
hands instinctively to cover her face, and
recollecting herself, put them down again.
took one of the hands lit seemed quite
natural to do so,) and said something-I
don't remember what--it was probably too
foolish to repeat.


The pretty head dropped in answer, down
to my shoulder, where it rest d.


Poo- little darling Viva and Lutte had
been teasing her pitilessly. Then / had
never spoken a word Of love to her and
what could think of what had been said
on the piazza and these affecting consid-
erations make the soft eyes brim over, and
the fair check flush and burn under my
questioning gaze.


Poor child how could have called her
bachelor trap.