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Year: 1862




All quiet along our lines. No enemy near.
at least, in any considerable force Our dis
tance from the James river, is in straight
line, not more than mile and half. so that
we are under the protection of our gunboats.
Our right flank is well fortified by breastworks
and rifle pits, and now and then a strong fort.
The spade seems to be very useful weapon
in this war, quite as useful, perhaps. as the
sword. The pioneers axe claims no small
share of praise, for that has done much in
clearing away forests and making corduroy
roads through miry swamps.


From present appearances, our army before
Richmond seems likely to remain at a stand
still for days, weeks, it may be, months to
come. This war will last for years unless the
Government changes its present plan of con-
Quoting the war. There is no doubt but that
our Southern brethren are our enemies-the
worst we have ever had, or ever shall have
Their hatred toward us is of the malignant
type. 1t should be crushed out, and that, too,
in the speediest manner. They certainly do
not even respect the North-then make them
fear it. There is a way to excite their fears
to the utmost This they richly deserve. Our
Government may yet find this way. Ifit does,
who can blame


The method so far of conducting this anam-
alous civil war; reminds me of good old iady
of my acquaintance who used to live on the
banks of the Kennebec, in the town of c..
This old lady had grandson living with her.
This boy was some six years of age, and
spoiled by grandma's many indulgences. One
day this young rogue had committed some
misdemeanor that stirred the old lady's wrath
The little rebel must be punished Here was
puzzle. She prepared herself at last with a
big switch and big red apple.


Jimmy" says she, "you are naughty boy.
after all your grandmother has done for you
You must be whipped, to make you good
boy; but if you will promise to behave well
without whipping, here is great big, red
apple for you" Jimmy didn't get his whip
ping, took the apple, and the next day forgot
what he had promised his grandma.


Our regiment is slowly recovering its health
and strength. 1t has had much heavy fatigue
work 10 do, when it should have been resting
Quite number are on the sick list though
very few, if any, cases of sickness are consid-
cred dangerous. The climate is very weaken
ing. 1t is not prudent to be exposed to the
sun for three or four hours in the middle of
the day. Some men have taken considerable
pains to stick green boughs around their tents,
thus making pleasant shade in hot day.


Your correspondent, 'Aroostook will keep
you posted in matters relating more particu-
larly to the Maine 7th


wiz mention few items that may not have
yet appeared iu your paper. Sergeant Manu.
of the Color Guard, has been promoted to
I'd lieutenant, and Private John w. Parsons of
Co. A, promoted to sergeant major. Both pro-
motions are for merit, and are well deserved.


Sergeant Phalon, of Co. |, has fitted up an
officers tent He is boarding most of the Off
GERS in our regiment, in the best style. This
mess has been in operation but a short time,
yet it bids fair to be conducted in manner
quite equal TO first class hotel. ID.
Year: 1862

The following extract from young man in
the 18th Regiment, to his mother in this city,
which we are permitted to copy, gives graph
ic and interesting account of an affairin which
portion of that Regiment participated.
Year: 1862

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Year: 1862

Gen Lew. Wallace attended war meeting
"a Poughkeepsie, n. Y, on Saturday last, and
being called upon for speech, in response,
said that if any State in the Union should be
foremost in her devotion to the Union and
her efforts to defend it, New York should
when her very soil showed so many incentives
to patriotism and courage. He urged the
young men and the middle-aged to come for
ward and uphold the honor of the East, that
1t might not be disgraced by failure in Vir-
ginia, while the Army of the Southwest was
pursuing victoriously its routed enemies Gen.
Wallace also said none should be deferred
from assisting by the manner in which the
war was prosecuted Milk and water was at
an end, and henceforth we were to make war
No one need hang back for fear they were to
be used to guard rebel property or to return
rebel slaves; that sort of business was over
Besides, the negroes themselves were to be en-
| ployed in all such places as they were capable
of filling, and he for one believed they ought
to be. The idea that they could not be OBJ
| tanned, he said, was preposterous. On the
march to Memphis, he could have obtained
/ for the asking three times as many stout able
bodied, willing black men, as he had white
men in his entire Division. The General closed
| with an urgent appeal to all to come forward
and aid in upholding our glorious flag against
the assaults of the enemy. His address was
listened to with marked attention, and inter
rupted by frequent and long continued APP
plause. A couple of incidents of the heroism
of our soldiers were related by the General, as
follows: At the battle of Pittsburg Landing
our regiment was pursuing the enemy, who
was retiring, when / came to man lying by
tree, shot through both knees. He gave me
an imploring look. A soldier said, "Shall ]
carry him to the rear 2" l said, "Ne, not till
the battle is over" The wounded man said


that's right, General, and when we came
back, he was dead. And as passed on, saw
a soldier coming back to wounded man. ]
asked him what he wanted. He said, a. am
out of cartridges. The wounded man rolled
over and took off his cartridge box, and hand


ed it to the soldier and said now kill some.


body with them.' That is the spirit of ouI


soldiers.
Year: 1862

standard Beyond the Confines of the


ConHederacy.


From the Richmond Wing, July 19.


Movements in Tennessee and Kentucky
augur well. The panic in Nashville and
Louisville shows the terror with which the
enemy always contemplstes aggressive action
by our armies. We accept the demonstra-
tions in the West as promise that the war is
to be pushed with vigor at all points. The
late assurance of the President that our stan
dards are to be borne beyond the confines of
the Confederacy sent a thrill through the
country. We expect to hear soon that one of
our most energetic, intrepid and successful
leaders has made COED this promise of the
Commander-in-chief.


The summer heats, which the enemy would
SO gladly use in resting his army and recruit
ing its broken ranks, is our opportunity. 1t
will not do for US to lie still because the enemy
makes no movement. Time to him now is
everything. We must hunt him up, give MIN
no rest, prevent concentrations and reinforce
ments, break up his combinations, and by car
rying the war where we please, instead of
where he pleases, strike at his very vitals.
Our troops have shown that all they require is
to be shown the foe and properly led againsl
him. They know their strength, they appre-
ciate the stake for which they fight, they have
measured the peril and are prepared for it
Opportunity and competent leaders are all
they seek. It viii be objectionable, as it will
be irremediable, if our authorities deny them
what they ask.
Year: 1862

The Columbus Enquirer mentions that a
medium not thousand miles from that city
has been in communication with the spirit of
a gallant Confederate officer, slain in battle,
and has had a revelation from him that the
decisive battle of this war will be fought in
MARYLAND within the next six weeks, and that
before that time Great Britain, not France,
win have interviewed. It is also said that q
medium in another county of Georgia has had
a revelation substantially the same.
Year: 1862

to be removed to the parish priso... and to be
hung the next morning.


Wright declared in the most approved style
of the late lamented Kirby that he would die
before he would sign the paper; and as he Left
the room he pointed at pistol and said:


Maj Gen. Butler, you may put every ball
of that pistol through my brain, but | will
never sign that paper


During the Interview the General asked him
if he was always ready to lie when it suited his
circumstances.


"Oh! of course he replied; to get out of
trouble | would, the same as any other man
would do


Capt. Davis, Acting Assistant Adiutant
General, who was present, suggested to him
that it would be as well to speak only for him
self


Wright Recants


Two hours after, while General Butler was
at dinner, Captain Gros, keeper of the parish
prison, came up to the house and said that
Wright was ready 10 reeant Lieutenant
Weitzel, A. D. G.. took the paper down to the
prison and the prisoner signed it. The secret
of all his assumed courage was that he is q
British subject, and imagined that he was as
fully protected against taking" by General
Butler as he would have been against the small
pox if he had been successfully yaccinated.
When this fancy was dispelled he concluded
| that he would be wise to make an effort to
avert his terrible sentence. He remained in
| the parish prison, but has saved his neck.
Arrest of VIM. III. Henning for killing
Union mem.
| A man named VIM. H. Henning was ar
| rested on Thursday under rather singular cir
| cumstanees. All old German woman stated
to General Batter that on the day the fleet ar
/ rived at the city she was on the levee, and
saw a crowd pursuing two men who had cried
| "Hurrah for Lincoln; he's the man to save
/ the Union" The foremost in the crowd was
| Henning, who was shouting '-shoot the God
| damned Lincolnites." That in few minutes
the crowd stopped and IN coming up she saw
the two men lying on the ground-shot one
of them dead, and the other wounded. Thai
Henning cursed the men and said he would
put his heel on their necks, and proceeded tc
do So, when the crowd prevented him, saying
"The man is dead that's enough She die
not see Henning fire; nor did she see him
have any weapon. She stated that she haC
been very sick since, and that the dead mai
was constantly before her eyes, and had mad'
her so wretched that she determined to relieve
her mind by reporting it to the United State
authorities. Mr.. Henning's appearance ant
his reputation are decidedly in his favor bu
the evidence of the woman was so very stron!
and decided that Gen. Butler felt obliged t
commit the prisoner to the parish prison fo
trial, on charge of murder. Mr.. Henning
a grocer on Camp street, and says ne didn'
even know that any such occurrence had trans
pired. He will be allowed every opportuRit,
to prove his innocence, and l sincerely hop
he will be able to do so.
Year: 1862

A VERY diminutive specimen of man lste-
" solicited the hand of fine buIom girl. 20
no, said the fair but insulting Lady, II cant
think of it for moment. The fact is, john
you are little too big for cradle, and lit.
tie too small TO go 70 church with
Year: 1862

AT AN immense meeting held in the city of
New York last week to take measures to sup
port the government in the prosecution of the
war and the suppression of the rebellion, one
of the resolutions submitted by Gen Hiram
Walbridge was as follows:


"That steadily pursuing the wise policy of
our fathers, we never mean to interfere in the
internal conflicts of foreign States. But here,
beneath this outstretched sky, in the presence
of Almighty God, and Of one another, we
pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred
honor, never to abandon this struggle while
there remains traitor in the land, and that
any armed Intervention, by any foreign power
in our present domestic af1iction, shall prove
the signal for the spirit of liberty to commence
its triumphant march through Europe"


It seems to us that nothing will sooner teach
the European nations the danger of interfer-
ing between the rebels and the just vengeance
of our government, than the alacrity which is
manifested in enrolling the new army o.
100000 in defense of the country. When
men by the quarter million can be called into
service by presidential proclamation, tbs
rickety despotisrn of the old world viii pause
long before they rashly engage in quarre
with u.s.
Year: 1862

General Twiggs left these E, sds with q
young woman, on the evening before he fed
from New Orleans, and in his fight on the
day of the approach of the feet, he wrote in
his carriage, while en- route, this extraordinary
Year: 1862

DRowNED.-On Saturday afternoon as a number
Of boys were hooking after musket which had
fallen over at the lower end Of Sixth street, one
of them drew up the body of drowned man
who proved to be John Candy, who has been
missing since the 18th inst He was taken to b ia
late residence near Second and d streets and an
Woodward, and a verdict Of accidental drown
ing rendered
Year: 1862

The HYDRANT WArER.-Ofics Washington
4qHsdHet, March 81, IS62.-Mr. Editor: Allow
me to correct the erroneous impression of"Aqua"
as to the cause Of the impurlty of ,he hydrant
water at present. The water IL In precisely the
same condition In the pipes as in the reservoir
above, and the recent rains are the sole cause Of
Its muddy appearance. AL possible precautions
are taken by the efficient superintendent, MI
Root. King, to prevent any foulness or impu-
rity in the pipes. There can be no remedy for
the present annoyance except the completion of
the entire line Of work to the Potomac Yours
respectfully, WALTER y. Lone


Assistant Engineer Wash'n Aqueduct.
Year: 1862

HORRIBLE AccIDENT-Dsath by Burning "A
life at the ambulance camp on Nineteenth street
west, on Saturday night, under the following
circumstances: lie retr d into one Of the vehicles
to get some rest, and by some accident set the
straw on IRE. When the watchman discovered
the hre, the top Of the ambulance was nearly
burned OF, and Cusick was found on the floor
horribly burned and speechless, and died soon
afterwards He was a sober man, and is said to
have family and owned some property in Bait.
more.
Year: 1862

Mrs. Wilson'S Hair Dressing sput DIP in large bottles,
and rets for 81 cts per bottle and for dressing the
hair of any person, young old there is not its equal in
the world 1t will make the hair everything you wish
to bc and moreover, it has perfume that is infinitely
superior any Of the fashionable extracts, either foreign
or American which alone should entte it TO place
every ladv's toilet table.
Year: 1862

NHESE MEDICINES have now been before the pub.


lie Tor period Of thirty years and during that time
have maintained high character in almost every part
OF the globe Tor their extraordinary aud immediate
power OF restoring perfect health persons suffering
under nearly every kind disease to which human flesh is
liable


The following among the distressing variety OF
human diseates in which the


VEGETABLE LIFE MEDICINES
Year: 1862

Arkansss who will not run furrow this summer, nor do anything else substantially beneficial to the country. Business, in the way of trade, is mea- surably suspended and money making for time ought to be. To be rich now is impossible, for if one owned the whole state, it is worth nothing until freed The wave of destruc. ion has already rolled over the northeast portion of the state, and will soon reach the south, unless stayed by ram part of Arkansas freemen l am for defence-the military board is for defence, and if aided by the people, the state will be redeemed.

 H. NJ. RECTOR, GoUernr

 and President Of Military Board.
Year: 1862

| Yesterday evening Capt. J. T. Montgomery ar rived hero from Corinth, whitherhe had gone when the wires flashed the news ot Sunday great fight. Alter stavlng there till he desired to return he left on the Memphis and CLlreston railroad " ed nesdav night, the 9th, and arrived at Huntsville next morning-no one on board dreaming that the Yankees were in the place. He was in the hind most car and as the train stopped he heard some

 one say, " the Yankees have got us," and looking out, he saw them thick as bees around the engine

 and coming down along the line Of the train. He quickly stepped out, took T back street and was soon out of sight Near the outskirts of the town

 he entered house, exchanged his uniform for cti- zens clothes, came back into town, hired horse | and buggy and negro driver at livery stable, and

 started for the Tennessee river a the nearest point He had proceeded but little ways until a couple

 of mounted federal officers having got scent of him | from finding his name on h3 trunk, in the cars,

 came up and accosted him az d Capt. Montgomery He repudated the name saa lis name was John stOn and that he going to h3 home from town.

 They told him they knew better; that he Capt. Montgomery of the rebel army, was their prisoner, and must know more about him and his business

 than he did himself he turned and started with them.

 They stopped on the roadside to chat with some

 negroes they found in field Yankees will take no negroes.) They were both very near the Cap

 tain. Catching the proper moment when their at tention was directed to the negroes, he drew bis

 tol from his pocket and instantly put ball through the heart of one, who fe down dead. Another mo- ment, and he had put ball through the other, who reeled and chung to his horse few moments

 Meantime the captain was speeding his way back towards the river Looking back as he got nearly out of sight, hesaw the 'Y anl' fall from his horse sprawling on the ground. He reached the river safely, turned the negro driver back with the horse and buggy, and got himself feried across, just as fifty well armed and mounted men approached the bank, and could find no means to cross after him. They discharged their guns at him without effect

 He took to the mountains, made his way to Chat tanooga and reached here last evening.

 The Captain has been raising regiment of mounted artillery. This is the kind of an officer his men will have to serve under-AIantq Ga Coatedracy, April l9
Year: 1862

To THE Butte REcoRp.-We have examiD.
ed The Congressional proceedings and fud that
the vote as stated by You to be correct. And
so far as or remarks as to that point went We
confess ourselves in error. and thus profer you
the amend honorable But we deny that it
was 4 duty incumbent upon the Senators from
the South especially; and ii you would make
1t so, your argument IS not good, for there was
only four Of the Senators cot of the six you
cite, in the city al the time. You must con
fess that, taking a reasonable view Of this
matter the power was with the Republican
element Of the Senate Datch Flat Enquirer.


1t was a duty incumbent upon all to save
the country from the devastation and horrors
Of the present civil war, and that they did not
is evidence sufficient for Us that both rebels
and Republicans desired it. Concerning the
number Of Senators present from Southern
States who declined to vote against Clark 5
amendment we made our statement on the an
thority OF Hon. Andrew johnson. of Tennessee,
who, in the course of his remarks on the reso-
tuition to expel Senator Bright, referred to the
vote on the proposition as follows:


q sat right behind Mr. Benjamin. when he
refused to vote and ! said to him. Mr. Ben
Jamin, why do YOU not vote Why not save
this proposition, and see if we cannot bring the
country to II :? He gave me rather an abrupt
answer. and said he would control his own
action without consulting me or anybody else
Said |. vote aud shox yourself an honest man
As soon as the vote was taken, be and others
teegraphed South We can get no compromise.
Here were six Southern men refusing to vote,
when the amendment wouid have been rejected
by four majority if they had voted Who then
has brought these evils on the cOuutry?'


We have not examined the Congressional
proceedings to ascertain whether his statement
that there were six Southern men refusing to
vote " is correct We believe it is correct.


We cannot confess that the power on this
question was with the Republican element Of
the Senate. The Republicans were in the
minority Had Southern Senators remained
in their seats until after Lincoln's Inauguration,
every appointment Of his would had to have
been confirmed by Democratic votes He
could never have made an Objectionable Cabi
net. The Crittenden resolutions might have
been demanded as the guarantee of the South
ern States before his Cabinet appointments
were confirmed, and the Republicans would
have been compelled to pass the Crittenden
amendment through both branches of Congress
All this, We think, might have been accom-
plished had the Southern Senators retained
their seats and earnestly labored for it. 1t
seemed as though they were anxious to get
away before any compromise could be affected
and they did.
Year: 1862

DENocRAcY.-The Chicago Times, speaking
Of the recent Democratic triumph in that city
gives the Democratic position as follows:


q" This victory. in the metropolis Of the
Northwest, IS loud voice TO the President OF
the United States, and all others II authority
at Washington 1t Is voice Of approval OF
every act Of hostility by the President TO the
designs Of abolitionism thus far, and OF warning
to him, and to every body, that those designs
do fearfuliy provoke the popular displeasure."


That IS the true Democratic position a
support Of the Government in its Constitutional
endeavors to suppress the rebellion, and oppo-
-ition to the ultra Abolition policy Of the
Republican party. It is the position occupied
by the Democracy of California It has tri-
umphed in every Northern State where it has
been honestly and firmly proclaimed, and it
will triumph il California. It is only those
presses who followed the seceders from the
National Democratic Convention, who oppose
the Constitutional acts of the Government for
the suppression of the rebellion. The Times
adds:


1t will be cheering victory to the soldiers
10 the field. 1t will nerve them to still more
gallant exploits


And it will cheer the Union men of the
South. If this be the voice of Chicago, they
may well reason that abOlitionism has culmi
mated as power in the North.
Year: 1862

OSE Of the independent press applauds our
Union position. but censures US for not approx
ing Of the Republican fusion movement. We
comfort ourselves with the reflection that
" censure usually spares the raven and the owl
but the pure white dove had better beware"
Year: 1862

SHOULD the Republican and Breckenridge
State Conventions that are soon to assemble
in Sacramento pass conditional Union resolu-
tions, we hope it viii increase the market price
Of ancient eggs, and that they may be compelled
to take the whole stock on hand.
Year: 1862

Devils GATE GoLD.-It appears that the
entrance to the Devils Gate is paved with
gold. Discoveries Of great richness have lately
been discovered in this district in Nevada
Territory, gold being visible to the naked eye
in nearly the whole of the quartz The com.
pany have given their claim the name of FL
Dorado