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Year: 1862

ToUcuING.-Ccbb and Toombs, the very noto-
rious Georgians, have issued an address to the
people of that State which closes in the following
pathetic style:


:" The foot Of the oppressor is on the soil OF
Georgia. He comes with the lust in his eye,
poverty in his purse, and hell in his heart. He
comes rot,ber and murderer. How shall you
meet him! With a sword at the threshold =
with death for him or for yourself! But more
than this--iet every woman have torch, every
child a trebyand-let the loved homes Of our
youth be made ashes, and the fields OF our heri-
tage be made desOlate. Let blackness and ruin
mark your departing steps, if depart you must.
asd let desert more terrible than Sahara wei
come the vandals. Let every city he leveled by
the fame, and every village be lost in ashes Let
your faithful slaves share your iOrtnne and your
crust. Trust wife and children TO the sure refuge
and protection Of God -prefering even for these
loved ones the charnel house as a home than
ioathsome vassalage TO a nation already SINK
below the contempt Of the civilized world. This
may be yonr terrible choice, and determine at once
md without dissent as honor and patriotism aud
duty to God require"
Year: 1862

take the liberty of uuiessing n few lines,
with yonr permission, through the columns of the
Union, to the miners and others Of California
who are intending to go to the new mines, either
CaribOo or Salmon river. have seen men from
both localities, and find that many were in the
mines last Summer who made nothing. The
tales that these men have to tell never get into
the papers. | find men here from all parts of
California and many direct from the Atlantic
States. ! have no doubt seventy five thousand
persons will come to this coast this Snmmer,
and in all probability by the middle of July
they will leave faster ban ever they came in
My advice to those making living. Is to remain
where they are, and more especially in view of
the great numbers coming. This place is full,
and the river is not yet open to the Dalles. We
are at least month too early.
Year: 1862

A PERSON was recently called into court for
the purpose of proving the correctness of a
Doctors BILL was asked 10y the lawyer whether
"the doctor did not make several visits al ter the
patient was out OF danger ~ No." replied the
witness, :" considered the patient in danger as
long as the doctor continued his visits"
Year: 1862

AFFECTING ORATOR.-A gentleman observed
lpon an Indifferent pleader at the bar, that he
MAS the most affecting orator he ever heard, for
ne never attempted to speak but he excited
general sympathy.
Year: 1862

A BOY at crossing having begged something
of II gentleman, the latter told him he would
give him something as he came back. The boy
replied:


.. Your honor would be surprised If you knew
how much money lose by giving credit in that
.uy.'
Year: 1862

ING Of Wdhington, de-, de-


In nv last Told you that all was quiet at Washington
North Carolina aud that the Union spirit there d.
velopnx itself by the progress Of the First regiment
North Carolina volunteers but since that time have
had further news from that quarter The arrival Of the
steamer Pilot Boy brings us the intelligence that
slight attack was made upon forces stationed there
by party OF rebel cavalry The following are the par
ticulars OF this affair az far obtain them up
10 the present time On the morning Of the 9th inst
between eight and nine O'Clock, force Of cavalry
ss,ns Of about one hundred men, under the command
or Captain walker approached the for the pur pose
OF making descent upon the Union troops and take
them prisoners or kill them before hs sunboats lying In
the river could interfere open Ore upon them. Every
urecaution was taken thsm prevent discovery Dis
mounting AZ they approached the pckets they crept
nossessy towards thsm but our men, although not OK.
pectng them had kept the strctest watch and the
ssausncs was that instead OF taking Union prisoners
they had anticipated they were In fair way Of bong oil
bacsed themselves the pcksts observed them,
ana rstreatng udon another they soon formed into
SQUADS and poured deadly voey into the enemy. The
rebels not looking for such reception - this, were
frightened out Of their lives and made good their escape,
but not without leaving behind them traces Of their
hastness and the msrsmanshp Of the pickets from the


fact that four five caps were found on the ground one
bearing the name Of Captain walker II 10 presumed
two Of pckets who we're brutay murdered by some
OF their cavalry who not content with taking their ives
beat in their heads with some heavy - weapon spon.
sachusets The large forco OF cavalry that we have
now will put stop 70 this sort on thing 80 enectuay
that you will soon hear no more OF u.


The widest sort Of rumors arc nyng about here con-
tnualy The last Is that North Carolina has refused TO
allow other troois to como stay upon her soil and
that she has also refused r. give any further aid to
other States Governor Clark Informing the rebel govern
Year: 1862

A CARPENTER, WHO HAS BEEN ENGAGED Il
IA building his account having met with
would like act foreman TO builder would tax
charge Of the work Of person about 70 build. Ca
work the bench take charge Of the building business


all its branches Address Carpenter box $50 Herald Office
Year: 1862

From tie Knoxville Register 9lh inst


Divers rauors were in circulation yesterday
in regard - att,irs ia the Cumberland mountain
olie uf which was to the effect that a regiment
Of the starving GARRISON at Cumberland Gap
had got possession Of Big Creek Gap aud so
. blockeiei it as TO cdtotf Communication be-
tween this department and the army of General
Smith. In consequence of this rum0r there has
been plain demonstrations Of satisfaction, if not
open rejoicing, among the tories Of this section.
We have good reason 10 doubt the truth of this
report; but even were it true, We d. not know
what ground of rejoicing our enemies have in
the circumstance, as iG only seals the doom Of
the Federal forces at the Gap by rendering It
absolutely necessary that the Confederate army
who have so long been investing it, in the hope
OF gaining a biOodless victory, shall now take
the place by storm. Much has been said about
the sacrifice of life it would cost to storm the
forti6cations at the Gap; but we believe none Of
our officers have any doubt thas it could be sue
cssstUly done if the word were only given to
the dsuntless men who have so long been sitting
idly down before it chatting at their inactivity.
any greater in the assault necessary to carry the
Gap than has occurred from the skirmishing aud
bushWhacking OF the last month, in which their
position has given the enemy such admirable
advantages for their forays and sorties. We
shall confidently look to see the desperate and
insolent foe dislodged from the Gap during the
week, communication opened between East
Tennessee and Kentucky, and the large army on
this side the mountain liberated 20 cooperate
with General Smith In Kentucky.
Year: 1862

in the Northern and Western states are impa-
tiently waiting the signal for military move
ment to plant their homes in the best territory
of this continent, and bring it back to the
Union as loyal states. So far from the South
ern states being invincible, no enemy was ev-
er so vulnerable, if the means at hand are en-
ployed against them. If your proposition for
compensated emancipation, and voluntary
return to loyalty, be blindly rejected, still the
proper application of the means at command
of the government cannot fail to accomplish
the suppression of the rebellion, and restora-
ton of those peaceful relations which were
designed to be established forever on this con-
tinent by the union of the states.


EDWIN NJ STANTON,


Secretary of War.
To the President.
Year: 1862

cab out of the city and through the lines of sentries-and further on till, until beyond the reach of she tyrant's outposts. The act of the heroine had made hero of the witness. He told her that he considered her act justifble and noble, and that in moment he had determin- ed that she should not be sacrificed to Buffers vengeance, and adopted the expedent by which he had rescued her. He continued to escort her on her journey through the country until they arrived in the Southern lines at camp Moore, when he delivered himself up to the Confederate authorities, to be dealt with as prisoner or otherwise

 So ends this heroic and dramatic incident of the war. Mrs. Hyams has set lofty example for Southern women, and the gallant gentle. man who delivered her has shamed it's army and the whole North. We trust he has renounced forever the service of the oppressors, and that a rank equivalent to his deserts may reward him in ours.-Mobile Register.
Year: 1862

cz- Various rumors prevail as to the position of Breckinridge's army near Baton Rouge. One of these rumors gained currency yesterday that the entire force was cut up by the enemy. We are authorized to state that they are all false The command is now in good trim, and our pickets ex- tend within mile and half of the cty.-Mississ- ippidn.
Year: 1862

DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SonA.-We publish the following directions for making what, in the country, is generally called home made soda, The preparation thus made is more nearly sale ratus than soda, and is very good substitute for that. The use of all these drugs in the pre- paration of bread is generally condemned by the medical faculty, but as the people will continue to use them and as the 80 called "soda" is a very impure article as prepared for the soda lov- ing housewives, 1t would probably be rendered 9 service to them and bread eaters generally to give a simple method of making a compara- lively pure article It is more valuable in view of the scarcity and high price of soda in our drug stores:

 After making strong lye from ashes and boiling down to Q dryness, and burning till white' take the residue add it's own weight of cold wa ter, and set in cool place for several days. say week, stirring frequently; theDlstrsin.through a fine cloth, and boil down again to dryness stir> ring frequently, and finally cork up the powder so obtained in bottle. These operations should all be conducted in au iron vessel, not in glass or stoneWare
Year: 1862

selves, it is assumed that their owners voluutari ly send their negroes away for no other reason that can possibly be divined, than to have the trouble of hunting them up again, and upon this outrageous assumption, the slaves are to De man. umitted
Year: 1862

If we would have our bodies
healthy, our brains must be used,
In ORDERLY and vigorous ways,
that the llfe-g giving streams OF
force may flow from them into
the expectant organs, which can
minister but as they are minister
ed unto. We admire the vigor-
Gus animal life of the Greeks,
and with justice we recognize
and partly seek to initiate the va
rlouS gvmnastlc and other means
which they employed to secure
it. But probably, we should
make a fatal error If we omitted
from our calculations the hearty
and genrous earneStneSs with
which the highest subjects of art,
speculatio3 and politics were pur-
sued hy them. Surely in their
case the beautiful aud energetic
mental life was expressed in the
aesthetic and graceful frame. AHd
were 1t a mere extravaganza to
ask whether some part ofthe lass
itude and WEAKNESS of life, of
which we hear so much in our
day. might be due to lack of men
tai ocupation on worthy subjects,
exciting and repaying a generous
enthusiasm, as well as to an
over-exercise on lower ones,
whether an engrossment on mat
terS which have not substance
enough to justify or satisfy the
mental grasp, be not at the root
Of some Of the maladies which
affect our mental convalescence?
Any one who tries it soon finds
out now wearying. how disprO-
tionately eXhausting is an over
dose OF eight literature con-
pared with an equal amount OF
time spent on real work. Ofthis
we may be sure. that the due
exercise of brain-of thought
is one of the essential elements
OF human life. The perfect
health ola man is not the same
as that Of an OK or horse. The
preponderating capacity Of his
nervous part demands CORES
pondlng !,ie.-Coruh.lI Mag.
Year: 1862

In q quiet manner We wish to give
notice to those individuals whs make prae.
tice Of coming into our cfice and shaking our
exchange before We have read them, that 10
are getting mad, and they had better quit, or
our boot. With foot in it. may fly at 'em
some time.
Year: 1862




The Comfort Cioak-A Substitute for Over


C1aIs and Blankets for our Army.
; / see that great compla Mt is made of the want
of clothing for our army. Allow me to suggest
a cheap and warm substitute for blanket and
overcoat, and which can be made by any country
f @E tsf tfE1 tIEgT 13
Take sufficient quantity of common cotton
shirting, dye it brown, with the black walnut
cut it and make it in the form of large, loose.
cloak, without sleeves, leaving Sits for the arms,
wad it with cotton batting, in thin layers lise a
quilt, fix an oil cloth cape to it, reaching down
to the waist, fasten it with belt around the
waist, the throat and breast parts to be fastened
with strings-and you have the most complete
cloak and blanket a soldier ever slept IN, and
much lighter than the woolen coat.


The writer of this used one an entire winter,
in the northern part of Iowa, where the cold is
intense, and he can assure you he never was
more comfortably clad. m 7aas1l
The object of the oil cloth cape is to protect
the garment as well as the arms from the rain
The collar should be made wide so as TO cover
the ears and neck when raised. = s s'asl
All the old wooden stockings, carpets, blankets,
&C., should be gathered up, we'll washed and pui-
led to pieces, spun into cloth, and made up into
pantaloons and jackets.
sAll the old shoes and boots should be repaired
and sent to the companies in the field.


Let the ladies in each city, county, town, OF
nelghborhood, make up garments for their CON-
panies and send them forward by trnsty agent
We have no time to lose-wnter is upon US and
our boys are shivering.


HOWARD.
Year: 1862

THIS paper will be published every week It's


L contents viii be composed ofchoice selections
both prose and poetica-besdes excellent contrib,.
tions from writers of acknowledged ability. Every
effort will be make this sheet an entertaining
companion at the ireside, the field. and the mess
board. Nothing of an immoral nature will he admit
led IN Its colnmnthe aim of its conductor being to
encourage wholesome Southern literature. Each
number will contain
Year: 1862

TIE EVAEsvILLE JoUREAL is now IN the 9th
year of its existence. During all that period it
has sought 70 be in every respect faithful chroni
olsr Of the times, the people and the country
The eireuiation Of the JoURNAL is a gratifying
evideroe that our labors are appreciated. Never
before was newspaper more necessary than at
present. Ne man can fail TO U1derstsnd the i'm
portance o. keeping up with the stormy times
in which we live He who does not read now, and
keep informed on tho current events of the day,
will have the failure TO do so for a nfe-time
regret.
Year: 1862

We are glad to hear that the army OF
Gen. Lee, in South Carolina, is in a high
state of efficiency, and in numbers and
discipline highly satisfactory to that dis
tinguished officer. Gen. Lee has put the
district embraced by his command in an
admirable state of defence, and if the
enemy makes demonstration in that di-
rection, his signal discontinue may be
predicted. The veteran General who COM
mands in South Carolina is modest and
unobtrusive to fault, but we venture to
say that the time will yet come when his
superior abilities will be vindicated, both
to his own rcnown and the glory of his
country.
Year: 1862

Authentic information has been recev-
ed that there is a well organized move
ment in the Northwest and West to sep
arate that productive region from the
Eastern and middle States. We were ap-
prised some time since that such move.
ment was being secretly inuugurated, and
it is rapidly assuming such proportions as
must in short time change the whole
character of the contest. The Charleston
Courier has some remarks on the subject
which We extract:


There are signs of i'll omen in the West
and Northwest, which have caught their
watchful gaze, and caused futtering of
heart. The papers and public men of
that section are openly discussing The
formation of another Confedefacy. They
have even gone so far as to suggest name
for that union of States. This project has
been received with great favor by the
brave and high spirited people of that
grain growing region, and Fremont and
other crafty, disatfected spirits are busily
engaged in pushing forward the move
ment. The idea is denounced and ridi.
culed by the North and East, and the
Eastern papers are especially severe in
condemning it. A late Boston journal
calls attention to the movement, and
commented upon it with SO much bitter
ness, that the wrath Of the Chicago Trib-
une was aroused, and that paper informed
its contemporary that if the Western States
determined to form themselves into q
separate lndependency they would not be
deferred from taking the step by Yankee
abuse and threats. The fercest battles of
this war have been fought by the irhabi-
tants of those agricultural districts, and if
the Federal arms have won any glory, it
has been acquired by those stalwart, spir-
tied, independent tillers of the ground
They hate and despise the Yankee as
heartily and profoundly as we Of the
South 40. The interest OF the two sec
tions are different and conflicting, aud
while the North and Fast are fighting for
gain and for the qualification OF hatred
and revenge, the West and Northwest
are lighting simply and sincerely for the
Union. Let their disgust become q little
deeper their Inconvenience and suffer
Ings little greater, and they sever with
the sword the cords that bind them to the
Federal Government and leave the sniff
Ihne urItans to work ont thoir own de-
struction. The North sees the cloud now
no bigger than mans hand, and is trem,
bling under the apprehension that it will
darken over the sky, and burst upon
them before the South is reduced to bon
dage, and 1t is this fear that prompts them
to urge their chieftains to press forward
the work of subJugation.
Year: 1862

Gen. Buell. recently made speech, in
which he said: None Of my officers shall
attempt to tell the people what tie war is
about. myself don't know what II 10
about | only know that it is my duty to
whip the enemy.


This is the wisest thing we have seen
from Lincoln General since the com
mencement Of the war. It's we'll TO keep
the honest men of the North i'll the dark
as TO the true cause and objects OF this
unnatural war upon their former breth.
rem of the South. Could they know and
appreciate the truth --tbc wrongs we have
suffered, our long-suilering and earnest
entreaties to save the Union and live in
peace, The rejection OF all compromises,
and the present attempt to force upon uS
government which we abhor and des'
pise--let them but understand these
things as they exist, and it would not be
long before their arms would be turned
upon their own selfish and upprincipled
| leaders


But the day Of enlightenment must
come, sooner or later, and then, $50 be TO
! the deceiyers who have broke up tho
Union by their own yilcness. and brought
ruin upon their country l--lSwaaHah Re-
publican.


nesy' It is folly to disguise the fact that
our situation is most porilous one, and
IL is best for brave people to know and
face their dangers at once. There has
been too much concealment already. We
have been luilcd into u false security by
the cry that we werO jnyincibe M tho
field, and that Our doleHees were impreg
nable. that our military authorities wore
miracles Of activity and wisdom. Our ig.
norance Of our means and measures Of
defence may now lead US to exaggerated
ideas Of danger, as IL has lead us 70 over.
woening notions Of our power, Let us
bear up manfully against misfortune ag
becomes a people battling for the right oi
self goyernment.-Alglsta Chronicle.
Year: 1862




A French paper states that at the
time Of his visit to Richmond, Mr..
Mercier hal an interview with jeff
Davis, and that in the course of con
versation, he asked from the rebel
President If there was not in his mind
any ground upon which the South
could make proposals of pence to the
North. "No, Sir" said Jefferson Da.
Wis, "the Confederate States are not sc
low as to entertain any thought Of that
kind. The time for peace will, doubt.
less, come; but it has not yet, and We
must wait while before we can avail
ourselves Of your good offices" "


JEFF. Davis had undoubtedly in his
mind, when he said "wait awhile" the
accomplishment Of the Valandingham
ers' scheme to raise up party in the
North which would unite with France in
its good Offices" and compel the Fed
eraf Government to dishonorable
peace. But the people will be on the
alert for this deadly scheme aud throttle
il in its inception.
Year: 1862

At late meeting Of the Brooklyn
Horticultural Society NJ. Fuller "said
that he had grown at the rate Of 600
bushels per acre, on a small plot, of the
Bartlett strawberry, and by the same
mode Of treatment, 400 bushels Of Tri-
omphe de Gand. The best treatment
| have ever given strawberries when
grown in hills, was to stir the surface
little every day. Some varieties grow
best in stools, the Wilson. for instance,
and others do best when all run togeth-
er. l have great faith in stirring. the
soil among strawberry plants. The
best Delaware grape-vines ever grew,
| produced by stirring the soil every
Saturday evening, with rake, and /
believe it would pay to rake the ground
among the strawberry plants every day,
and cut off all the runners. can grow
strawberries by this process upon poor
SOIL without manure. L am satisfied
that surface soil stirring is the most i'm
portant Of all modes Of cultivation
But in strawberry bed you must be
careful not to dig too Deep There is
no process that can be applied to tho
cultivation of cabbage, equal to stirring
the surface every day"
Year: 1862

The Chicago Post in giving nm ac.
count of the last days of Hon. Stephen
A. Douglas, says


"The day after his arrival here he
read comics Of the conditional Seccs.
sion Of Virginia-that secession which.
being nctunl, was, nevertheless, to de-
pend for VALIDITY upon n future vote
Of the people. He said that Mr.. Lin
coin ought Mt once to put an army in
to Virginin and occupy every city and
stronghold in the State; months de-
lay, he thought would be fatal.


Gle considered that the rebellion
had sealed the fate Of slavery. No
act Of legislation, No act Of Mr.. Lincoln
no matter how violative Of the Consti-
tuition, could have wrought the injury
to slavery, that had hoen done by the
rebellion. IF the Government would
only say and do nothing whatever
about slaves, but prosecute the war for
the establishment IF the Union, he
thought the losses in slave PROPERTY
alone, the inevitable consequence oil
war. would have two effects. First, il
wonld satisfy the people Of the South
that their own folly, and not the action
of the Republican Marty, was producin ne
the loss; and secondly, that the tenure
Of slave property wonld become so IN
certain that it would cease to be valna
ole; and once brought to that condition
its fate was sealed forever"