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Year: 1861

From the Cincinnati C0mnerciaLI


This gentleman is taking his turn of unpopu.
larity He may have committed grave errors
and it is possible that he is deficient in some oi
the qualities Of a great captain We only
know him as a man of thorough military educa
ton and vast general information, who few weeks
ago enjoyed an extraordinary measure of public
confidence. Now we cannot obtain our own
consent TO join in the Outcry against him because
one part OF his army is ragged, and another
suffering with fevers. No general of whom we
have read was SO fortunate as to conduct a cam
paign without finding transportation difficult,
and many OF the Intermediates honest. Napo-
leon had to shoot few quarteTmasters, Jackson
lOnged for the opportunity Of doing likewise
The army on the kanawha is suffering from
camp feveTs. These are certainly the result Ol
the terrible weather that has prevailed, and the
exhausting forced marches that have been made
The troops have seen severe service, and theil
condition, IN consequence, is bad. Many now
blame Rosencranz for his march from Clarks.
burg.


Suppose he had remained there to preserve
the health Of his troops, and left Cox on the
Gauley to be cut off by an overwhelming force
as he surely would have been if not supported
We do not undertake 10 say the complaints
against Gen. ROsencTanZ are unfOunded Some
Of them may be vel grounded. But camp fevers
have deoimsted the best armies under the great
est generals. They are the chief of the ''hor-
rors Of war, and among the most effective ol
preventives is the intelligent self care of the
soldiers. Without that, cousumate science. con-
slant care, genius, military or medical, viii not
avail. Officers from the Kanawha tell us that
the troops there are well clothed and have plenty
Of good provisions. The sickness which is ia
be lamented, arises from the forced marches tl
which the men have been subjected, and the un-
favorable weather. The marches, it is true
have not produced any brilliant victories, bui
the people have not been accustomed in this
war to find fault with generals for moving the
soldiers about too much
Year: 1861

where in lively conversation sat the family and
the company. He paused al the entrance and
gazed around, and the company gazed at him


Suddenly a faint scream was heard, and one of
the ladies, daughter of the " gintleman of the
house" rushed toward the soldier She had
recognized in him her long absent brother Here
we drop the curtain. The soldier had gone to
his fathes's house and kept his name silent
while be was so disguised in appearance as al
most to defy recognition. 1t was playful trick
he had concocted and performed to his entire
and surprise Of the whole family
can be better imagined than described. He had
been absent from Virginia for several years, and
returned in one Of the Texas companies few
davs since to fight our battles.
Year: 1861

4 SUGGESTION TO EoLUNTEERs.-We find
the following suggestions upon a very important
subject in the last number of the Southern Field
and Firesjae, and commend them to our volun-
teers


A medical friend, whose European experience
gives value TO his testimony, and whose heart
has been panied at the number of deaths which
have already taken place in our army from the
loss OF blood from wounds, suggests that the
perchloride Of iron, an article 10 be obtained
from all our large druggists, VIII check hemor-
rhage even from large blood vessels, promptly
and efectuslly. -Four OF five drops are sufficient
to check completely the food from anything but
the largest arteries, and half teaspOoniul will ar
rest bleeding even from these. He advises that
each nOn-commssOned officer should be pro-
vided with d small fiat tin bottle OF this contain
ing, say a couple Of ounces which he can wear
in his breast pocket, and that the bottle should
have wound around it a little bait Of cotton on
which the liquid could be dropped or poured to
apply it.
Year: 1861

STOCKINGS FOR THE ARMY The following
rules are laid down for the direction Of ladies
wishing TO knit socks for the soldiers Get large
needles and a coarse yarn. Cast on seventy
eight stitches, and knit tue leg ten inches be-
fore setting the heel. The heel should be three
and half inches long, and knit of double yarn,
one fine and one coarse, for extra strength. The
foot should be eleven or twelve inches long
Year: 1861

EB7A new feature has been introduced of late
into the performance al the Boston theater,
where Mr.. Forrest is playing positively his last,
final and farewell engagement. A Boston pa
per thus describes the novelty:


1t is right to record new sensation which
the gallery boys introduced last evening with
great success, and to the infinite amusement of
those who can enjoy joke in the lower part Of
the house. They roll their play bills-which,
velocity through the air This brilliant per-
formance was led off in an accomplished man
ner last evening, by an urchin, who succeeded
in tapping Alr. John p. Cook full on the cheek,
to the infinite glee Of the auditors. This part Of
the entertainment will probably be continued
until further notice.
Year: 1861

Many persons have been looking for a rapid
absorption Of our new treasury notes by Euro
pean capitalists, and we see daily announce
ments that the movement has commenced, but
no large business has been done in that direction
nor is any expected until an impulse shall be
given TO it by a decided advantage gained upon
the seacoast by the Federal arms. Ii the ma
tional Gag should be replaced upon Fort Sumter,
or au expedition landing on the gulf take No
bile IN the rear, and menace New Orleans, we
should at once see a very brisk demand from
English capitalists for these securities. The
few which have been ordered viii serve 70 IA
lniliarize the British public with them, and the
form Of the loan, and the high rate Of interest,
& 3-I0 per cent with the convertible privilege
By which, after the war is over, they may be
changed at the pleasure Of the holder into a
10 per cent. twenty years stock, must eventu-
ally make them very popular with European
1ar,1l-e
Year: 1861

WHAT DOES TT MEAN7-A late Cincinnati
paper says:


If Gen. Mcclellan had been given the oppor-
tunity Of winning great battle on Saturday, as
seemed probable for a time on that day it hap
pens that very young lady of this city might
have mentioned in after years that she was born
on the day of her fathers great victory This
very young lady and her mother are said to be
doing as well $ could be expected
Year: 1861

The stock market was again very buovaut and
active this morning with further important up
ward tendency IN prices; in the afternoon, also,
notwithstanding the mixed character Of the war
news, the market continued strong in most par
fir7llars
Year: 1861

pointed Colonel Of the First cavalry the position which
be now holds Some rivalry between this regiment
and the Second dragoons Of which General Haney was
the Colonel The humane services rendered by General
Sumner during the Kansas troubles well remembered
His figure erect as ever and his faculties physical and
mental are totally unmpaired-the result of active,
temperate life. He is efficient officer, and WILL be-
yond doubt, I'LL his new post with ability.
Year: 1861

and general prostration of all commercial and
other interests.


The resolution is step in the right direction. The ad
ministration evidently without any fixed policy
gard Affairs in the South for they changing front
nearly every day. One thing certain they greatly
embarrassed and would gladly take advantage Of any
chance Of extrcaton.
Year: 1861

The Liquor DEALERS MUST BE LIcsSsED.-Orders
have been given by the Governor of the State % have
the license law strictly enforced, and every person
found selling exposing for sale any kind of noxieat
ing liquor lager beer included after the l4th of July
tone week bencel, without license, are promised not
only civil suit in the of $50 for each offense
against the law but criminal prosecution, in which
the fine is fixed at sa5, and imprisonment of sixty
days.
Year: 1861

sUPPosED, ,MuRDER.-The body Of an unknown man
found yesterday in pool Of water near the corner
of Sixty third street and Broadway The deceased had
been stabbed three times in the left side, and the sup
position ia that he was murdered and then throw into
the pond Coroner Gamble will bold an inquest upon
the BODY to-day,
Year: 1861

How CLERCYMES CANE TO WEAR Black
In tho year 1924, laid aside the monk $
costume, and henceforth dressed accord
ing to the fashion or the world. He chose
black clothes; and consequently the color
has become the fashion of the clergy. His
reason for choosing this color was the
Eleotor of Saxony took an interest in him,
and now and then sent him piece of black
cloth-being at that time the court fash
ion and because Luther preferred, so his
scholars thought it became them to wear
the same color as their master From
that time black has been the color mostly
worn by the clergy
Year: 1861

A FAITHFUL DoG.-At the burning of a
carpenter s shop in Philadelphia, little
terrier dog exhibited n remarkable in
starce of sagaeity. His master lay asleep
)after dinner) upon pile of shavlngs un-
til the fire had reached his clothing. His
dogs seeing his danger, seized hun by the
coat color and shook him, when the man
pushed him aside. The dog a second
time seized hold of his master, when he
awokc, with his clothes scorched and his
retreat almest cut off He seized the dog
in his arms and rushed out of the shop
That dog ought to find his home pleasant
hereafter.
Year: 1861

A New IxYEx1roS-AIilitary gentlemen
have discovered new remedy for intoyi


cation, which we believe is mot down in
the books" It is nothing more than raw
potatoes which are cut up in slices and
eaten without SAL. An ordinary "mur.
ply" will cure the most obstinate case IN
half an hour The experiment. has been
tried to very considerable extent with
satisfactory results. We chs rye nothing
for the recipe, but would not advise any
Of our readers to put themselves in a con
dition to test its svalue-!hilUaukee Ners.
Year: 1861

The San Francisco correspondent of the
Sacramento Union under date of February
2ud, says:


Hol for Guayamas. Stand by TO capture
Sonora Who's afeard of the "Dagos ?" 1t
is stated, on various authority, that band Of
desperately brave soldier boys, who went
through the Mexican campaign and have
since gone through a great deal besides, are
fitting themselves out for military expedition
into Sonora. They will leave here very soon
for Guayamas, blockade that port, and proceed
to march triumphautly through Sonora, unless
circumstances uncomfortable should operate to
prevent the accomplishment of the design
There is one serious drawback to the mmedi-
ate prosecution Of the enterprise The Surgeon
of the ar-mee is in jail-sent there for term
of ninety days, TO be confined fast until the
foul cut done under the influence of camphene
cocktails is washed and purged away. The
Doctor is mlstortunate in getting himself into
limbo just at this time. The expedition can't
move q peg without a regularly bred army
surgeon. DR.. Hitchcock has left the country,
and DR.. Champlain is in Jail. That's bad"
as Miss Hodson says in Martha" But
there are some people in this town who affect
20 believe that the much talked of expedition
Is parely a fiction, and your correspondent is
among the skeptics Certainly no arrange
ments have been made as yet to transport the
troops and mEnitions of war. The only vessel
now on the berth for Guaymas has nearly all
her passenger accommodations engaged by a
company of miners. This company is mostly
composed OF men who have lived iG Sonora
and acquired important mining interests there
Within the last SIX or seven weeks, as | learn
from undoubted authority, two mining compan-
les, forty men each or tkereabout, have left
this place for Sonora. There are, at this time.
/ am told, sufficient number of American and
German miners in Sonora to render anv fill
clustering attempt in that quarter, on q small
scale. quite hopeless. These miners would be
among the first to take arms for the suppression
of an invasion for the conquest of the country.
Their presence in that State is looked upon
by the Government as a great boon. They
receive whatever of protection may be afforded
by the officers of the Government The Apach-
es give them a wide berth. They form the
outposts to guard the lives and property OF
Sonorians against the ravages Of the savage
hordes that have so long overrun the country
and made ruin and desoation in some of its
finest portions. Hence the miner is welcome.
de has got good thing" in the mines, and
means to take care of it, and in order to do so
ne must help to keep the peace Depend upon
a. the time has gone past for fllibustering in
sonora If any small party of irrepressible
ngnlingerS doubt this just let them go down
mere with hostile intentions, and see how
quickly every mothers son of them will stretch
rope, 1t would be impossible to arrange an
expedition here, of any sort, without the whole
'hing beng known in Sonora in time to pre-
pare 20 give 1t reception due to the ebarae-
ter of the enterprise
Year: 1861

KNIGHTS OF TIE GOLDEN CIRcLE.-The fol-
lowing communication is from the San Fran
cisco Evening Journal


Mr.. EDITOR: AS you are opposed to the
Knights of the Golden Circle, | wish to sug-
gest through your columns the propriety of
propounding the following question, by the
Legislature of this State, to candidates for the
United States Senate Are you a member of a
certain secret association known as the Golden
Circle, having for its object the establishment
of Southern Republic, composed of Sonora.
chihuahua Lower California, Arizona, Mexi-
co, New Mexico, Kansas, Missouri. Louisiana,
a portion Of Georgia, portion of Alabama,
and South Carolina, Mississippi and Texas
From what know of the workings of the So
ciety in general during the last six years, am
of the opinion that upon this question being
propounded to the candidates, there will be at
least one aspirant less. We have enough of
these valorous knights in the United States
Senate already, and | hope if we send any man
there we will send Union man.


BLIND MAN


HsA, The Louisville Journal says: This Sc
cession movement is founded on reasons purely
selfish. The principal men engaged in it have
not acted the matter for the first time They
have cherished this purpose for a long time,
and only seize this opportunity to carry it out
an opportunity they have made themselves.
The pretext of equal rights in the Territories
is shallow. If they could secure an equal share
of the Territories permanently there would be
some sense in it but they propose no such
thing. States will do as they please, and they
know it. They will exclude slave property if
they desire, and these secessionists have no
remedy, and propose none. A great fuss is
made about slavery for year or two in a Terri
tory, and there it is all TO end. 1t is asking US
to believe rather too much TO ask US to believe
this little matter great affair.


The chief captains in this secession move
ment have reasons more substantial. The pol
iticians think they can be more in a Southern
Confederacy than they can be IN the Union
Others think their seaport towns will be the
great marts of trade which now goes princi-
paly to northern ports. They think slave la
Dor can be had cheaper, whilst the price of
their great staple will be enhanced. They
dream of getting Mexico, and Cuba, and Cen
tral America, and building up great Southern
Confederacy. They have dwelt on the pros
pect until it is quite enchanting. These bor
der slave States are to play a secondary part
in this grand achievement, and take care Of
themselves as best they can, whilst South Car
oina politicians are glorifed to the full measure
of their conceit. Charleston is to be the New
Y ork of the South, and Louisville is to be a
little frontier town, exposed to all the evils of
such locality. Kentucky is TO be subseryi-
ent to the ambition of South Carolina, and
play second fiddle to the whole movement. Let
the border States, then, take care of themselves,
for their interests will not be considered by the
extremists
Year: 1861

Last night tile city was alive with vol.
unteef meetings. The coolest resolution
coupled with the most stirring enthusiasm
marked all the gatherings. Between fe
teen and sixteen hundred men are already
on the muster rolls.


Tonight there will be general rendez-
Fous at Bryan Hall for further enlistment
aud to provide fund for meeting the con.
tngent expenses Of the companies until
the State shall make provision for the
same. The meeting will probably have to
adjourn to the street for room yery early
! II The evening: The work must 90 on.
Though Illinois has been drawn on FIR
only six regiments it is inevitable that the
call Will soon 1,e doubled or trebled. There
|ks no time for delay,
Year: 1861

The report has been current about the city
for the past few days that Col. Graham Of
our city superintendent the building Of Fort
Sumter. The. mistake probably arose from
the fact that COT Gtuaam surveyed Charleston
harbor before the fo1t was built. The Colonel
has never been In the fort nor on the ground
sjuce its fouuda4Iona were laid.
Year: 1861

1hE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PATRIOT AND ONE
WHO lsNr-Once the South raised a furious
storm because J. Quincy Adams presented to
Congress petitions for dissolution of the
Union, which he did not endorse but cor.
tended should be received. lie battled sole
ly for the right of petition. Now Toombs
defends and glories in treason on the floor of
the Senate, and boasts that he would have
voted against the Constitution had he been
alive to do it,
Year: 1861

the newspaper statements aboSe referred 70, lhs
snbisot Of this comm uication if The threat Of trest
ing "a pirates tlfc citizens Of tins COntederaey,
armed for its service The high seas had not 0een
contained in your proclamation Of the - April
Iast That proclamation, however, seems to afford
a sufficient justification for considering these pub
lshed statements as rot devoid Of probability


IL is the desire OF this government so to conduct
the war now existing as 10 mitigate its horrors as
Ear as may be possible; and, with this intent its
treatment of the prisoners captured By its forces
has been marked by the greatest humanity ana
lsnieucy consistent with public obligations some
have been permitted TO return home on parole,
others to reulAn at large under similar condition
within This Confedelacv and al have been furnished
with rations for their subsistenee, such as are al
lowed to our own troops. 1t is only since the news
has been received of the tresment Of the prisoners
taken on the Savannah, that / have been compelled
to withdraw these indnlgencies and to hold the
prisoners taken By US IN strict confinement.


A Just regard to humanity and to the honor of
this government now requires me to state explicitly
that painful as will be the necessity this govern
ment will deal out 10 the prisoners held BY 1t, the
same treatment and the same tate as shall be expe-
rienead by those captured on the Savannah and If
driven to the terrible necessity OF retaliation by your
execution of any of the officers crew Of the Sa-
vsnnah that retaliation will be extended 80 far as
shall be requisite to secure the abandonment OF a
practice unknown to the warfare OF civilized man I;
and so bsrbarous as to disgrace the nation which
shall be guilty Of iuaugurating it.


With this view, and because it may not have
reached you, now renew the proposition made TO
the commander of the blOeksding squsdron, to eX-
change for the prisoners taken on the Savannah an
equal number of those now held by Us, according to


JEFFERSON DAVIS.


President and Commaudar-inIC Chief of the Army
and Navy of the Confederate States.
Year: 1861

housh no unagmen,ed grape juice can be properly called
wine yet the rosh is sgreeAbe substitute for that
beverage and fully merits al the encomiums bestowed upon
IT, By new method manufacture the act Of fermentation
in the Host is prevented the material that produces this
effect precpated and the pure juice, with all the rich ana
fragrant flavor the ripe grapes is preserved singular
feature Of the Trosh that it will bear exposure to the air
even in warm weather without injury for weeks and IN
cool place it can kept for indefinite period It Is most
highly recommended for communion purposes {" 'ppeaTs
by the following Testimonials can also highly recommend II


most agreeable aud innocent beverage and should think
to the sick would be especially grateful aud seryceabe
Year: 1861

objectionable to the most extremely devoted lover of the Union, if Southern soil marks the place of his birth. No such person in the State or State Convention could remain in the Union, and assist or countenancc q Black Republican President in making war upon the people of those seven sister States for the purpose of bringing them back under his rule, whether they desired it or not. If Arkansas will not sccede directly, then let her do so conditionally.
Year: 1861

SOME of our subscribers whose papers reach them by the Brownsville wayside post office Of Walnut Plains, informs us that they frequently do not receive them until they have been sent to Brownsville, and then re- turned to their destination. As the package for Walnut Plains is not directed to be sent by the way of Brownsville, it seems somewhat singular that it so often selects that route.
Year: 1861

THE public will bear in mind that we are thoroughly prepared to do all kinds of Job Work, Plain and Fancy, in the ne2tcst style, and in shorter time than can be done else where in the State. Call in with your cards, bills, bill-heads, etc, and give our Fast Press trial. Our Job Printer is thoroughly com potent, and finishes his work with elegance and taste. Our prices for work arc as liberal as arc charged elsewhere.
Year: 1861

STRONG MINDS IN WEAK BoDIEs.-Why is
1T mo go" with some bright Intellect ? A
strong mind 10 weak body is like superior
knife blade in a miserable handle. Its work
manship be ever so finished, its temper ever so
true, its edge ever SO keen but, for want of
means to WELD it properly, it will not cut to
much purpose. Ambitious youth, who intend
to carve out fame and fortune with their sharp
iutellects, should think of this simile, and see
to it that their bodies-the handle whereby
they are to manage that wonderful weapon,
the human mind-are kept in sound ,jointed,
firmly riVeted, perfectly cleansed condition.
Year: 1861

THERE is something pleasing yet solemn in
the review, which as hfe's evening advances
we take of cur early contemporaries where
are they, how fare they, and who of all are
yet pilgrims with us this side OF eternty's shade