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Year: 1862

smoke and powder, looked like devils


incarnate. as they piled their work Of


death. At length 8 breeze rolled


away the smoke that shrouded us and


disclosed our other column bearing


down upon the ensmy's- flank. Now


was the decisive moment. - 3


Charge Bayonsts' rang out, and with
loud shouts we rush forward to the as
sault. A storm of grape and canister
was hurled against Us Is ws neared
the batteries. Like maddened tigers
our men leaped forward with the cold
steel. The struggle over the guns was
desperate. The enemy soon broke and
fed, leaving us masters OF the feld.-
Since that time l have not fels the
dread or hesitation on entering 9 battle.
After the first few shots fred away
as cody as when hunting squirrels.


As a general rule our small men are
more plucky than our large ones. We
have halfa dozen boys with U.S. vary
ing in age from twelve to fifteen years.
They are hardy as bucks and lively as
crickets. You cannot dog them away
from the army. In battle the great
est trouble with such youngsters is to
keep them from rushing a head too
fast. There is singular fascination
attending the army; men having served
one campaign, no matter what may
have been their hsrdships. are almost
certain to o,enlist again, When this war
S over. then I'll be ready to shoulder
ny gun again. and die, il need be. in
eaching England lesson that she will
lever forget. and | am pleased to know
hat this feeling is general throughout
be army. -s
Year: 1862

PARsoN BRowSLow.-Parson Brown
lows case may be briefly stated. He
desired to go North, but before he was
ready he was taken sick. He was ar
rested to protect him from violence. He
still continues sick at his own house.
being too unwell to be removed. When
he RECEIVERS be will probably be suffer-
ed to depart "to the other side OF Jor-
dan," together with his family. He
can do no harm there to our cause,
while his presence among US might do
injury.-Memphis AUolanchs.
Year: 1862

.R Don't let your children learn
good and bad things indiscriminately.
To be sure. the bad might be ersdicated
in after years, but it is easier to SOW
clean seed than to cleanse dirty wheat.
Year: 1862

< The Editor win be greatly Obliged to
persons making up clubs for the UEIoN If
they win remit to the publishers and not
to himself Communications and sub
scriptions are sometimes mixed UP with
private information in such a manner as
to cause needless delay and trouble 70
all parties. s
Year: 1862

We have no time to trauscribe com
munications. We sometimes receive
communications with scrap of conf
dental information written on the back
Of the manuscript, OF course if we use
the manuscript we have to re-write it


and this imposes entirely too much labor
on us. We have no time for such work
Year: 1862

OATH or ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED SrATEs.-The federal military authorities arc ruling with high hand as Ciarksville, Tenn. The following is the ca h which the citizens are required to take:

 solcmnly swear that will bear true allegiance to He United States and support and sustain the constitution and laws thereof; that will maintain the national sovereignty paramount to that of all state county or Confederate power8 that will dis courage, dcouncnance and forever oppose secession rebellion and disnccra,ion of the federal union; that l vl dsclaim and denounec all faith and fellowship with thes called Confederate States and Confederate armies, and pledge my honor, my property and my life the sicred performance of this my solemn oath of allegiance to the government of the United States Of Amerca.n

 Citizens who have not taken the oath proving their allegiance to the United States notaoweI to car ry fire arms concealed weapons, and such weapons mu>t be delivered up. All ordered to refrain from assembling in unusual numbers on the streets elsewhere, and directed to be within their homes at retreat @ ocock) Other odious restrictions up- on personal liberty arc imposed and the whole pub

 sLed.

 It is thus that would be masters wish to rule, and such are the oppressive measures that should and will cause hitherto free people to resist to the last Xenpais Appeal.
Year: 1862

BURNING Corros MT. Carer, ef Franklin countv, writes us an excellent letter concerning the burning of cotton on the upper Arkansas. There is not great deal of it, but enough perhaps 10 induce the federals to visit that country and steal necroes and wagons to haul it of. We agree with Mir. Carter that it should be burnt, and suggest to him that the ba es balk cotton, be weighed in the presence of witnesses and piled ready f the torch. This should be done at once. And tho fact of it's heinz done would to more 70 keep the doodles away than a small army.

 We trust that the fedcrals may not he abo to s,et hale of cotton from Arkansas.
Year: 1862

The following special order WAS ssned by Gen. Curtis on the 26th, dated headquarters of the army of the Southwest:

 Charley Morton, Hamilton Kennads, and Aexar- der Davis colored men, formerly slaves employed in the rebel service and taken contraband of war; are hereby confscated and not being needed in the pub lie service are permitted to pass the pskets Of ths command northward, without let or hndrance, and are forever emaneipeted from the service of the mas ters who allowed them aid in efforts to break uP the government and laws of our country.

 Here is federal commander assuming the right to emancipate slaves, at the same time he declares that he does not come to disturb any relation Of master or slave, and will respect private property Lincoln sends message to his Congress advising them to assume payment for slaves where the leg slatures of the border States will provide for their emancipation, an, the federal Congress coincide with the Baboon. By so doing they admit that the federal Congress has not the power but thatt lies in the several States. If that be 50, then the act of Curtis is in violation of law and without force, If Curtis has thisrght then the civil authority IS subordinate to the military
Year: 1862

Whene'er You turn your eyes to mine,
There's sunshine in my soul;
But when you turn those orbs away,
All's dark again and cold!
Then look upon melovely maid;
Regard thy lovers sigh;
And let me feel my loves return;
Obi quickly, ere die!
Very dear thou art unto me,


Sweet Emma, cousin fair;
And I'll love thee ever fondly


Let pride or riches sneer.
And I'll WOO thee for my own dear bride,
And win for thee my flower,
Nor sigh for those who pine for me
In fashions jewelled bower!
Then rest upon this bosom


Thy home ID ever there;
And the wealth or love-in-a cottage


Well together fondly share!
Year: 1862

Paymaster's Clerks 500 per annum, and IS
cents per day when actually on duty.


Chaplain in volunteers Sl46 80.


In addition to the pay as above stated. one ra-
ton per day and an abunaant. supply of good
clothing is allowed to every soldier. Quarters.
fuel and medical attendance are always provided
by the Government without deduction from the
soldiers pay. lfa soldier should become disabled
in the line of his duties. the law provides for h m
pension, or he may, il he prefer it, obtain ad
mission into the Military Asylum, which viii
afford him comfortable home so long as he may
wish to receive its benefits.


To the above pay for private soldiers must be
added the additional 50 a month to be paid du
ring service, the 500 bounty at the end of the
war, which has already been provided for. and
the quarter section of land that Congress will
provide for at its coming session. The bounty
and land apply to officers and privates alike
Year: 1862

The following statement, taken from official
sources, will show the army pay roll In the first
column will be found the nett salary per month
and in the second the total salary per month
which includes rations, servant hire, forage, &c


GENERAL OFFICERS
Year: 1862

Only one killed. That is all. Only one
vigorous life suddenly cut short, only one
happy household shrouded in gloom, only
one chain broken, only one wife made a
widow, one group Of little ones made faith
erless or perhaps one fond mothers
heart robbed of its idol, one tender sister
made brotherless, one loving young hear,
stricken down in the first great agony
How many times wi,bing the last few
months have faithful comrades broken the
turf and deposited underneath the form
Of the "only one killed. The next NOR.
ning's paper perhaps told Of brilliant
affair, rcpulse Of the enemy, and only one
killed on our side etc and after an in
different glance at it, We passed on to the
next paragraph. And yet for some poor
hearts the term ''only one killed, contains
an immeasurable amount OF sorrow. In
vain will they watch for the coming of the
loved one that went out from them in all
the strength and beauty Of youth in vain
will they listen for the sound Of that voice
whose last music, for them, was the sad
cadence-"good bye. The anxious eyes
that so often gazed down the old road, will
not be glacdcned by the sight of the dear
form and the harmony of the home mus.
ic will ever be broken, for that voice will
always be wanting. Meath the Palmetto
is little mound, and there, quietly sleep
ing is the "only one killed And, alas !!
how many such little mounds there are
scattered over the sunny South-mounds
that are marked by no headstones! No
loving hands ever planted flowers on
them, no loving eyes ever water them with
their tears. Hands hardened by grasping
steel consign them to the dust, and none
but eyes unused to weeping, gaze on those
little lone mounds. We do not realize the
vast amount of sorrow this war is creating.
None but those from whose hearthsto es
have been taken the "only one killed. can
realize it.
Year: 1862

A London paper thus describes q new
imposition just attempted upon the farmers
Of Great Britain;


@There is an article now in the market
called rice-meal, which is nothing more
than fne saw-dust. Puts certain quantity
IN q saucepan, and boil it for saya quar-
ter or half hour, the water will only
just he stained and the saW-dust viii then
show itself in perfect state. The saw
dust is made from beech timber. Never
was there q more wicked fraud. Cattle
fed with mixture of this stuff would al
most certainly die
Year: 1862

1t has been decided that ifs person has
been drafted and furnishes 6 substitute
who is under age or an alien, be is free
from all future drafts. But should the
substitute be on the roll Of the militia, and
another draft is ordered and the substitute
is drawn, the principal who employed the
substitute has to 60 himself or procure
some other persOn.-PhiEadelphia Press.
Year: 1862

We have made mention Of the large
amount of cotton that was going to waste,
having been used for the fOrtihcations
around Nashville. General Rosecraus has
ordered that this cotton should be shipped
North as soon as the railroad is open.
Year: 1862

Pins were worth a dollar a paper in
1872, and poor at that. Then it took four
teen processes to make pin; now only
one, by 6 machine which finishes and
sticks them into the paper. Saving pins,
g half century ago, was as important as
saving cents, and hence the habit thus
formed sticks to many elderly gentlemen
whose coat-sleeYes are ornamented with
Year: 1862




The RIGHT KIND OF TALK-To all those
who naturally feel a little sore that the
brave boys who VOLUNTEERED in response to
the last call Of Gov Tod to 90 to the de-
fence Of Washington, were not sent imme-
diately to that city, we can only commend
the following sensible letter from a father
in this city, to his son who went with the
Grays It is right to the point and full of
the right spirit


any DEAR Son II am with the Gov
ernor entirely; let the volunteers take
the post or position where they are most
needed-if at Camp Chase on guard duty,
at Washington, or in Virginia; 60 where
you are the most needed Certainly you
viii do so if you are patriots, and have
any loTe Of country. You did not enlist
I trust, for frolic or a pastime, but t
serve your country where you are mos
wanted. Further, great majority Of oul
c. BOYS need drilling and seasoning h
the exercises and living Of camp life; thi
needs 5ime in camp. Our boys are, a grea
many Of them, young and slender, neve
used to marching or carrying knapsack
They need just such seasoning as the!
could get at Camp Chase or Washington
You are, none Of you, fitted for the Yir
ginia mountains until you have practice,
in shooting, in picket duty, hard living
marching, and all kinds Of hard duty
Now my son do all you can to reeoncil
the boys to take just such a place as tn
Governor or Secretary Of War think besi
and for which you are best fitted hop
you will act like a man, like a soldier
stick to your duty for your term Of enlisi
meHt and come home with honor to you
family, your city and your country. n
backing out in this war. Yours,


Fsat. the right ts1k.-Ep.
Year: 1862

"A A@AA 4NAAAGAAA1 AN1AAaDAAlE = AAlN EhtIAd-
ton Of COrinth, says that aby and by
tremendous crash was heard, followed by
others more and more powerful, that shook
the earth, so tremendous was the explO-
sion. Here again speculation was rife,
but before it assumed any definite shape
Gen. Nelson rode excitedly down the lines
exclaiming in nautical tones $500 that
the rebels have run awayr"


Andrew johnson on sInvery and Secession.


Here are some home truths by Governor
johnson to the Tennesseeans. In his
speech at Lebanon, Tennessee, on the ID
inst, Gov. johnson said:
will compromise only by making them
submit; BY doing as Jefferson did with
Burr, conquer them, and then make them
obedient What better Government do we
want than the present. What have we
got TO compromise? Has any one " lost
his rights in the Union If so, let him
come forward and look me in the face and
tell me what he has lost Lost your rights?
Well, have determined to give all who
say this chance to get their rights, by
sending them off South to fight for their
rights, and give them in exchange for
some of those poor fellows in the rebel
army who have found their rights and
want to come home I don't think these
fellows who buster about rights have much
appetite for fighting. Some Of them would
rather 20 to the devil than enter the army.
Rights indeed. They gave me mine by
turning my sick wife and little boy into
the streets That is the way they gave me
nv rights. Let me tell these elamorers
that there are 100000 white people and
only $4,000 Shareholders in Tennessee.


You are disturbing the stability of slave
ry by your senseless cries, and making it
valueless. Its sole protection is the Union.
And e secessiOnist is the very worst kind
Of an abolitionist. Now, keep forcing this
issue upon the people; make it a question
whether the Government or slavery shall
perish, and I win cling to the Government
to the last and perish amid its fallen col
umns. Rather let Africa sink under the
ocean than this republic should perish
Persist in forcing this slavery issue and
the Institution is gone.


Clayton, Howell Cobbs Secretary, said to
me, on one occasion ave Of the South
are determined not to submit to a Presi-
dent who has risen from the mass Of the
people, as Abe Lincoln has Here is thI
full-bloWn idea Of aristocracy-that you
the people, shall not send up one of YOU
own men, plebian, without wealth, o.
negroes, or family, to rule over a cOnceitet
and ambitious aristocraey, who estimate
men not by their brains or virtues, but b!
their wealth and lineage.


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Year: 1862

habit self abuse. To which is added observations
Female Diseases and other interesting matter of the
importance TO the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts of their physical ab ty
enter that Sent any address in sealed wrap
per- on receipt of ten cents or four stamps.


We devote entire tine and attention TO the treat
ment of the various private diseases treated of in p
vate report Our Dspensary is the only Institution Of the
kind In America which has been tablished by special
charter this fact should give II preference the
quacks of doubtful character to be found in all
citie
Year: 1862

been at hand the enemy perhaps would never have
been able to have landed his forces.


Henningssn had orders, we understand, TO re-
port at Roanoke Island, but by some misunder-
standing he mistcok Elizabeth City for his place
Of destination. Capt Taylor, Of this city, is rep
resented as having distinguished himself. In
addition to the above are many rumos we might
give, but as they are nothing more than rumors,
we withhold them. Among them is one, howev-
er, worthy Of notice, that Gen. Wise had been
shot while In an ambulance on his way to Nor
folk. There Is no truth whatever in this state
ment, so far as we have been able to learn, and
can only accout for 1t by supposing that the name
Of Gen. w. was confounded with that of his son,
who was reported among the killed.
1t is reported that one regiment from Massachu-


setts was nearly cut up, but It is impossible to
ascertain which of the Ave that were attached to
the expedition.


The news received to-day occasions great ex.
element at Old Point
A steamer with official dispatches from General


Burnside is hourly expected.
The prisoners captured, numbering at least
1900, will be here in few days.
All the southern papers received are unanimous
in admitting the complete victory OF our troops,


and that the loss Of the island isa very serious
Year: 1862

THE GLORIOUS NEWS OF THE VICTORIES IN THE


SOUTH AND THE WEST.


Our pen cannot describe the general joy here
over the glorious news we publish to-day.
Do not the details Of the achievements OF the
Burnside expedition at Roanoke Island, and Of
the combined feet and army on the Tennessee,
completely vindicate the strategy OF Mcclellan
and the wisdom Of the executive authorities
here, in resisting so firmly the insane efforts of
the traitorous abolition onward to- -Richmonditet
to brow-beat them into interfering with his
General McClellan's) well matured plans of the
campaign


Isit not quite time that the malicious plots Of
the New York Tribune to defeat the General.in.
chiefs war measures, by seeking to bring him
into popular odium, were summarily stopped
by the exercise Of the Governments duty, in times
like the present, to deal summarily with those
who aid the enemy either directly or indi-
rectly.


ROANOKE ISLAND


Ii Is understood that General Hill commanded
the rebel forces on Roanoke Island in the recent
engagement there. He was formerly of the u
army, and is Virginian. His command with
the portion Of the five thousand that Henry A.
Wise took to strengthen him that had reached
there) numbered between three thousand and
three thousand five hundred, Of whom not more
than two hundred at most, If so many, have
escaped.


Gen. Henry A. Wise ''tuk sick" of course,
before reaching the island, from which II "wornt,,
quite as convenient to show his ''thorough breed
ing'-his bottom and heels, as in the mountains
OF Western Virginia, where he earned his reputa-
hoa Of the heetest and longest winded animal the
war had then produced. As long winded and
voluole, as ne was, nOtOriously, ortatorically he
Is far longer winded and Aeeter In his new mill
tary capacity.


AFALsEHoOD.


The New York Tribune Of Yesterday makes the
following statement, which is utterly false:
The arrest Of Gen. Stone was made without
consultation with or the knowledge of Gen
Mcclellan, as it was made without the priyjty or
assent Of the Secretary Of State"


The arrest Of General Stone was made by the
direct order Of Major General Mcclellan, after
that officer had devoted much time to the examI-
nation Of all the accusations against him.


The order was doubtless given because the
submission Of the whole case to a court-martial
was the only way in which, under the circum.
stances, justice could be done to both the public
Interest, and the accused


NAVY YARD.


The steamer Stepping Stones arrived from the
lower Potomac this morning, but brings no nsws
OF Interest, as affairs are unchanged there.


Heavy firing was heard from the rebel batterIs.
this morning at o'clock.
Year: 1862

u The New York Tribune, in its traitorous
attempt to break down Gen. Mcclellan, affects to
discover that this oficer is in disgrace with the
Administration, because the Secretary of War. in
issuing orders, uses the phrase, By order Of the
President" The Tribune is PERFECTLY well aware
that Promulgations from any Cabinet officer are
and always have been, thus worded The TrfBur,
is defeating It's own purpose by betraying such
blind malice
Year: 1862

commissioners to come home and canvass
no more regiments, and back they cam9in
palpable violation Of the schedule under
which they are acting.


There is a deep conspiracy to deprive
the soldiers OF voice on the adoption Of the
proposed constitution. The plan is this :
Ii q majority Of votes within the State be
cast for the constitution it is to be declared
adopted, and the soldiers votes WILDE re-
jccted on the plea that it isillegal for them
to vote when out Of the State. We are as
surcd from confidential sources that such
is the programme Of the knights Of the
Golden Circle. And this accounts for the
frantic efforts Of the secession organ Of
this city 10 obtain a majority at the cleo
ton next Tuesday. We assure the public
that such is the scoundrclly game.
Year: 1862




The Chicago Times, the organ Of the
JEFF. Davis Democracy, complains that the
people arc not taxed to pay the salaries Of
the judges Of the superior court, :instead
Of those for whose benefit suits are prose-
cutcd. Their compensation and that Of the
circuit Judge in Cook county is made de-
pendent mainly on the amount Of labor
they perform, and those who are able to do
50, who receive the benefits Of their ser
riccs are made TO pay for them Can any
one show why this is not just? Or why
the people should be taxed to pay judge
for his services in collecting the debts Of
a merchant through court, any more than
when collected BY his agent out Of court ?
The people at large receive no benefits for
such services, and yet the Times insists
that the people should be taxed to pay the
expenses Of such co1lection-that the sole
compensation Of the judges should in no
| way be made dependent upon the amount
| Of labor they perform.


In all communities there are litfg1ous
men, who, term after term, occupy thu
| time Of the court, at an expense to tI1t
| county for jurors and officers, of fifty dol
lars per day. Can the Times or any ont
else, show why they should not pay {
portion of the expenses, instead Of al
being assessed Oh the property and indus
try Of peaccable men? II, as the Time
asserts, the fees divided between til
judges Of the superior and circuit court
arc $4,000, the new constitution will in
crease the taxes to just that amount, OF S
much as their salaries are fixed at, wllicl
is now paid by litigants. If the peopl
desire their taxes Increased 10 that amoun
Of coursc they will vote for the new cor
stitution but if they prefer that those VIII
receive the benefit Of Of the services Of til
judges should pay for them, then they wi
vote against it.
Year: 1862

Virginia. The same company lad stolen some
five or six horses in Clark county. Part Of
the company was from Clark, and the others
from further IN the interior.


The Whig says it has been demonstrated
that home guards are inefficient to arrest
narauaing parties SO near the Virginia
line. They are necessarily scattered and
the process Of collecting them together on the
appearance Of these bands is too slow, as by
tie time they are ready the scoundrcls gain
Sufficient time to escape.