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Year: 1862

Tbs Montgomery AdVsrtissT makes the fol-
lowing observations upon an important subject


It is time our authorities weTe waking up to
the importance of removing the machinery for
the manufacture of arms and munitions from the
exposed points to .he interior Of the country,
where the works can 90 on with the greatest
possible rapidity without fear OF interruption or
the hazard of battle. We have surely had
enough experience on this subject to open the
eyes Of the most stupid of our officials. At
Nashville and at New Orleans, and other places
valuable machinery for the manufacture of arms
caps, powder, etc, has fallen into the hands Of
the invader from sheer want Of foresight and
energy to send it off. We learn that no prepara-
tion has been made to remove the Tredegnr iron
works from Richmond in case of tue fall of that
city. There IS an abundance of tine most indis
pensibls machinery at threatened points all over
the country, which might be busy turning out
arms and munitions ct safe distance from the
enemy.


This state of things should be remedied with
out delay. The heads of our government act
very much Ike they thought they were elected
merely to receive their salaries and distribute
offices and spoils among their Hjends, instead of
20 administer affairs so as to protect the great
interests of the people. We tell them, and tell
them plainly, that they had better dispel this
Illusion from their minds. The country has
borne disaster after disaster from the imbscility
and bad management of those in power, until
their confidence ia well nigh exhausted. They
must arouse from their lethaTgy, or give up their
places to men who viii act, and act vigorously,
for the defense of the country
Year: 1862




Ashby,s Oharae-An Excfting PartisRn


Adventure,


We get the following from the Richmond
whig


We learn that the gallant Ashby, a few days
ago, while falling back before the enemy, VINO
pursued along the valley turnpike, alighted to
aid few men in destroying the bridge across
the Shenandoah. The last caissOn OF his artl-
lery had thundered by, and the Yankee cavalry
pursued so closely that q number had crossed
the bridge before It could be destroyed. Spring,
ing upon his noble grey charger, Ashby sped
along the turnpike, followed by eight OF tue en-
envy His pistols were unfortunately empty
and he had no resource but fight The chase
continued for nearly two miles, the Yankees mr.
irg at him as they ran. As he neaTed place
OF safety, two Of the Yankees, who had out
stripped the rest, were nearly abreast OF hin'
when one of them was shot by some OF lis men,
and the other was killed By Ashby WITH ms
sabre.


During tho latter part Of the chase shot fired
by a long range gun at distance Of nearly halt
q mile, struck his horse IN the side Tie ialth
ful animal continued with unabsted speed
and saved his rider, but the wound was
mortal BE was led along the line OF regi-
ment under arms Our informant says be never
imagined SO magnificent and spirited an animal
he was white as snow except where his side ana
legs were stained with his own blood, His name
and tail were long and flowing, bis eye and ef
ton evinced distinctly the rage with which ne
regarded ths injury he had received. he uod
the earth with the grandeur of a wounded hon,
and every soldier looked upon him with sympa
thy and admiration. He had saved his master
at the cost of his own life. He almost seemed
conscious of his achievement, and only to regret
death because his own injuries were not avenged,
Our informant says be is aware it may be con
sidered extrsvagsnt to attribute such intelligence
to an animal, but really it made the same i'm
preston upon all that beheld him.
Year: 1862

EXPLOSION AT THE POWDER MILLs.-One
of the rolling, or Incorporating mills, at the gov
eminent powder works near this city, exploded
with terrific noise about o'clock this morn
inc. -Four men were more or less injured by the
explosion-only one Of them severely, and it is
thought he viii recover. There were about sixty
pounds of powder in the mil, which was in ope-
ration at the time.


These mills are so well arranged that an ex-
plosion of one section does not affect the remain
der; and the front and roof of each are con.
structsd of light wood work, so that in this IN
stance the frame was simply blown ont, without
damaging the brick wall on the other three sides.


It extremely fortunate that there was no loss
of life from the accident The men, although
somewhat blackened by the explosion, have sus-
tanned no Commissions of so dengerousa character
as TO make their recovery doubtful


The powder works are as yet unfinished The
accident will not interrupt business in the least,
and the damage to this section Of the mill will
soon be rspairsd.-AagustH Chronicle, May Sd,
Year: 1862

The Charleston MsreuTy of the lst inst says


On Tuesday last one of the Yankee gunbosts
attacked small battery, known as the Pine
Grove battery, situated on Pom Pom river, and
consisting of two guns and eight men, belong
ing to Walters battery Washington artillery J
The eight men at the guns were forced to retire
by the continuous shelling to which they were
exposed: when small force of the enemy, (sta-
ted to be about twenty,) landed and hastily
spiked the guns and disabled the carriages as far
as they could. As they returned to their boats,
a body of our sharp-shooters took position on
the bank below them, and fred number of
rounds. by which the helmsman and 8 number
of others on board the gunboat are thought to
have been hurt The enemy, we hear, are
removing large numbers of the negroes from
Port Royal to North Carolina, for the purpose Of
npttin,y Them TO work on the coast of that State.
Year: 1862

THE SUMNER PLAGUE The Memphis sun
msF plague the dEs; Is now upon us like dead lsa1
ticket to the gro opera it il good fer the season


is plentiful shuplasters aud eirSuarss readily
and is received wilh ast about the desrss Of we
come If Tiers plenty Of dust in the streets there
also plenty Of the river there sppsars tl.
probability any Of the latter being used this
to keep down the former It has been the custom Il
storekeepeFs to pay for the sprnklng Of the streets
which their place of business is situated but Is
probable they win do this II the dust is la
At all, It must be done at the expense of the city
must either breathe dust eat dust carry dust about
and have dust every shelf and erevies Of the hou
pay out Of the city tax TO have the evil genius aid
aquatic exoresm Which of the two evils dust or Is
alton to choose and which endure Is matter ioSe
Fiction II is probable If the ladies' had the ssttsmTs
Of the matter in their hands, they would BE- guilty
talking Ike the keeper of California faro table
say Down with your dust"
Year: 1862

medical treatment While attaching no blame
to any one, the matter is mentioned in the hope
that II will induce caution that experience has
abundantly shown to be necessary Richmond
nseaofrH
Year: 1862

The A1inns sota legislature met at St. Paul
OF Tuesday last. Nothing Of consequence
was done on that day, except the reception and
reference Of Gov. Ralnsay's message. The
message Of tie governor is quite long, the
principle part being devoted to detailed his


tory and discussion Of the recent Indian afro


cities in that State. We shall endeavor to
make room for q synopsis Of it in our next
Year: 1862

How the Admiral proposes to meet the Fin.
gal, IL is not proper for me to reveal It 10
sufficient for me to state that lie believes nc
once In the impregnahe nature of the oraft,
and in the reckless daring OF her comrsander.
Whistler, in the event Of her advent he will
remain on board the ruddsrless, helpless old
Vermont, which at present Is his 6agship, or
betake himself to some one of the steamers ia
port, do not know. His past record is g
bright one, and it is not likely to be dimmed
by anything TO oomei yet know he thinks
that unless some other means than those now
at his disposal are supplied there ia dire disas-
tar in store for nlIEa.
Year: 1862

HARRIsoN's LANDING, JAMES RIVER,


Friday, July 25th, 1862.


Mr. EDITOR


Dear Sir The officers of the
Second Regiment Delaware Volunteers
were panied and surprised upon reading
an article in the Blue Hens Chicken of
the 18th inst. The editor in this article
charges the officers Of our Regiment with
gross neglect of duty and cowardice in
the late seven days fight before Rich
mond, he asserts that there were but
three commissioned officers with the Re
giment, and that the Regiment was fought
I by non-commissioned officers | take
this opportunity to denonnce every as
sertion made in said article to be n
lalsehood. At no time during that
protraeted struggle had the Regiment
less than ti0enty-One commissioned present,
and the average number present during
the seven days was tOeniy-seUen. The
editor of the Chicken not content with
having thus slandered good and true men
who had nobly discharged their duty
0hough many of them were so i'll that it
seemed miracle that they kept up with
the Regiment during that fatiguing re-
trcat,) he follows up his shameful attack
by another article in his issue of the 23d
inst, in which he says that Capt. Striker
and his whole company fled. There is
not shadow of truth in this assertion
Capt Striker was ever with the Regiment,
and deserves much credit for the mastery
manner in which he handled it the day he
was in command The editor of the
al rNe ,la.
again reiterate our statement that we had
good authority, that we got our informa-
tiOn from men of character and standing,
who from their position should know"
Now in justice to injured men, demand
the names of his informants, let us be
placed face to face with our accusers, and
if we are found guilty, show us up to the
scon of all good men but if the lie be
proved upon the black-hearted calumni-
ators, give us an opportunity to admins
ter the chastisement they so richly deserve.
Were these men of standing of whom he
speaks present on the field Ifnot, they
must have obtained their information
second, perhaps third or fourth handed,
but we here believe the SANDER was cdsA-
cocted not far from the EDITORS sanctum.
Had the editor OF the Chicken been
guided by justice would he not have taken
the pains to wait until he had heard both
sides before he issued an article so unjust,
and calculated to injure men who feel
conscious Of having discharged their
whole duty.


You have doubtless heard that a num-
ber of Our officers have rendered their re-
signations. This is true. Can they be
censured ? They say they will not serve
under the banners of State whose press
are so eager to SANDER them. All intel
ligent people will see how very discour-
agingit is, after having manfully sustained
the hardships and fatigue of seven days
battle and seven nights retreat, to be
thus slandered and villifed by some
miserable" who sits in ease and safety
far from the scenes of action. /,


: Col. Bailey, sustained by his iron will,
though suffering great agony, remained
Year: 1862

l solemnly swear that will bear true
allegiance to the United States, and sup
port and sustain the Constitution, and
laws thereof; that l will maintain the ma
tional sovereignty paramount to that OF
all State, County, or Corporate powers
that will discourage, discountenance and
forever oppose secession and rebellion
and the disintegration of the Federal
Union that will disclaim and denounce
all faith and fellowship with the so-called
Confederate States and Confederate ar
mics, and pledge my property and my life
to the sacred performance of this my
solemn oath of allegiance to the Govern
ment of the United States"
Year: 1862

Perpetual sunshine suits not the state of
the natural world; perpetual success is by no
means favorable either to human happiness
or virtue. Hunger is necessary to give a rel
ish TO Rood; the gloom of winter is The happi-
est Recommendation of the cheenulness and
bloom of spring.
Year: 1862

EVERLASTING FIRE.-When the track of
being graded, in crossing meadow near the
populous portion of the latter city the "dump"
suddenly took on a sinking symptom, and
down went the twenty feet fill of gravel, clay
and broken rocks, oat OF sight, and it was a
long, long time before dirt trains could fill the
capacious stomach that seemed ready to receive
all the solid material that could be turned into
it. The difficulty was at length overcome,
but all along the side of the snkage the earth
was thrown up, broken into yawning chasms,
and the surface was thus elevated above its old
watery level. Since that time this ground,
thus slightly elevated, has been cultivated, and
has yielded enormously of whatever the own
er seemed disposed to plant upon it. Some
three months ago, by some means unknown to
us, the underlying peat took fire, and for
weeks, as we had occasion to pass it, we no.
ticed the smoke arising from the smoulderinp
combustion beneath the surface. Rains fell. but
the fire burned, and the smoke continued to
arise. Monday we had occasion to pass the
spot, and thou ,h nearly weeks rain had been
drenching the ground, and though the surface
was whitened with snow, and though pools of
water were standing upon the surface in the
immediate neighborhood, still the everlasting
subterranean fire was still burning, and the
smoke arising through the snow. The fact,
and the attending circumstances, are certainly
singular.
Year: 1862

ne tActofy tOT EIceuom HI MlssOuTls


While waiting for victories in the field, let
us not overlook the Importance ofthe wonder
1ul and glorious victory which freedom has
gained In the slave State OF Missouri. One of
the most remarkable revolutions Of public
opinion which ever took place in the course of
few months has just happened there. While
partisans In the free States have been apollo
gizing for slavery and doing what they could
to perpetuate its threatened existence, the citi-
zens of Missouri have pronounced verdict of
condemnation against the institution, and have
solemnly registered their determination to be
rid of it. Four of their nine Congressman are
ranked as radical emancipationists and one as
Union emancipationist. A majority of the
legislature are emancipationists, and will of
course elect men OF that stamp to the United
States Senate. Senator Henderson, who more
than any other man may be considered as the
leader of the triumphant party, and whose ear
nest efforts have contributed largely to its sue
cess, will probably be one of the Senators.
The name of B. Gratz Brown, who has labored
with signal ability and devotion for the result
which has been achieved, is prominent among
those mentioned as the future colleague of Mr..
Henderson. At any rate, men with their
principles will represent the State in the Sem
ate.


Missouri has had chance to see slavery
and the rebellion cooperating upon her soil,
and she now tells US her opinion of them.
She wishes both removed from her domain.
The war has enlightened her respecting the
dangerous element In slavery. She perceives
that she can have'no assurance of permanent
peace, no safeguard against tumult, guerillas,
destructive raids, until the cause of the dis
turbances is removed. She cannot be blind to
the supirior progress in wealth and population,
which the free States near her have made.
She is not ignorant of the fact that the thou
sands of hardy emigrants from the east and
northern Europe, who have been enrching
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and MINNESOTA, prefer
those States only because slavery is not found
in them. The fine climate, the rich soil, the
vast mineral resources of Missouri will attract
them thither as soon as slavery is gone and
peace is restored. The war, disorganizing to
a great extent slavery in the State, has press
ed these considerations home with new force,
until it has become manifest to every observ-
ing man that slavery cannot long remain in
the State.
Year: 1862

THERE is no malady Of deeper Importance,
L either in medical or moral point of view,
to which the human family is more liable, than
that arising from impure connections.


AS medical man it is the duty of every PLY
sician to look at disease as it affects health and
life, and his sole object should be to mitigate, as
far as in his power, their bodily suffering. HUI
man nature is at best but frai; but all are liable
to misfortune.


or all ills that affect man, none are more terri
BILE than those OF n private nature. Dreadful as
it is in the person who contracts it. frightful
are its ravages upon his constitution, ending fire.
quently in destruction and a loathsome grave, it
becomes Of still greater importance when it is
transmitted to ON innocent offspring Such being
the case, how important it becomes that every one
having the least reason to fear that they have
contracted the disease should attend to it at once
by consulting some physician, whose respectable
ity and education enables him to warrant safe,
speedy. and permanent cure. In accordance with
this necessity, DR.. Young feels called upon to
state that by long study and extensive practice,
he has bscome perfect master Of all thossdissAsss
Year: 1862

ce,,ts the opportunity, and will doubtless try
hart' to recover possession of the country. A
long war will be the result-a war that will
absorb all the resources and energies of Spain,
and leave her powerless at hoae. That is the
opportunity which Louis Napoleon seeks in
order to carry out his designs in Italy and Ger
many, and SO CRAFTY the passion of his people
for territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Rome might
be exchanged for Sardinia, and the Schleswig-
Holstein difficulty with Prussia revived with
view to the annexation of some of the German
principalities, very easily, with Spain out of the
field of maritime opponents. And the designs
of Napoleon are not entirely limited to these in
Europe What would be the result to Spain
She would lose power and prestige at home,
incur heavy load of debt, and be compelled
to retire from Mexico utterly defeated; for it is
country whose inhabitants have such deadly
hatred of her rule that it will be impossible for
her to conquer it. A series of reverses would
then overtake her in rapid succession, and Cuba
would be taken from her about the same time
that St. Domingo threw off the Castilian yoke
The drama is only just commencing; but we
shall live to see it played out, Meanwhile we
may quiet our apprehensions Of q split in the
coalition. England and France have nothing
to lase by change in Tho form Of ofgoxeranent
in Mexico; for anything, even temporary reign
ofterror, would be preferable to the anarchy and
insecurity which have been SO long prevailing
there, and Spain is only doing what they have
agreed to let her do. She is paving the way to
her own ruin; but mat h a matter of small con


sequence to the world at large. Mexico has
now chance to restore unity in her own coun-
sels If she succeeds, the coalition will not
have been without its uses.
Year: 1862

Hail, mighty Lever! whose unwearied power


Sends rays of genius Per each darken'd land
Where memory's record, changing every hour


Gives place to truth, stamped by thy giant hand.
What glorious thoughts flashed in chaotic waste


For want of thee to register their birth;
And sparks of genius, poetry and taste,


Just kindled up, then sank again to earth
But thou, Minds railroad, dearest along the store


Of knowledge, Science, Fancy's pleasing strain;
Or the design of Nature to explore,


Where peace and harmony and order reign.
Ye whose high trust it is to rule the Press,


o guide it Peace and Freedoms cause to Bless
With mans best hopes ye have great account
Tant not the life-stream at its sacred fount.
0 "ponder we'll " what thousands every day


Ye guide to truth, or basey lead astray;
Let no mean dread of Indulgence defeat


What Reason dictates from her judgment seat.
Be honest faithful, seek with noble zeal


To teach expanding Mind her power to feel;
Then clouds of ignorance shall pass away,


And Truths resplendent sun make endless day.
Year: 1862




The people of these loyal States, says the
National IntelIigencer, owe to none among The
public men of the country greater debt Of
gratitude for duty discharged, under the stress
OF strong disturbing influences, than to Gov.
Hicks of Maryland. 1t is in consideration Of
this fact that we may appropriately recall the
following valedictory words contained in his
late message to the Legislature of the State:


In short time shall exchange the cares Of
office for the quiet, of my home. During my
incumbency Of the position 10 which four years
ago was called by the people Of the State, !
have found Its duties, in very many cases, OK.
traordinary, perplexing, and hsrrassing TO an
unusual degree, and shall be able to leave
them with no ordinary amount of pleasure -
Whatever may have been my short comings in
their performance, am persuaded you will be.
lieve me when assert, that In every case ]
have endesvored to do that which thought was
right. y, Il -


For whatever Of good the Great Dsposer Of
events has made me the instrument, and foI
whatever of error the fallibility Of my Judgment
has led me TO commit, during my term of office
! am content TO await the just verdict of my
fellow citizens, when peace and sober counsels
experience and calm reason, shall enable then
TO approve without Partially, and to condemn
without prejudice.
Year: 1862




OF the enemies TO both. ~ '"io"


kesoiusd, That the Democracy, having been
always true and faithful TO the Union. main %
tanning its interests and dignity in war and In
peace, against the assaults Of foreign foes a. and a
the Vaccinations Of downright traitors. In or or.
der 70 become Union party" il Is not neces.
sary Tor them to abandon their orRanizstIon
nor abjure their name; that If any psrty sbopId
abandon its organization Ii Is that party which
mas been In the wrong, and Vhich now Retains
10 it1 embrace and fellowship the elements OF
abolition treason which is as fatal to the exlst.
ence OF the Unicn as secession treason; that we
believe that the Union cannot be restored until
the principles and spirit of Democracy prevail
In the administration of tho Federal Govern.
ment and among the masses of the people,-
That the triumph of the Democratic party Of
iere the only hope OF awakening the Union
sentiment Of the South, which can be aroused
only by the assurance Of safety and protection
In the Union; therefore we invite the true and
patriotic Of oil parties to rally under the flag Of
the Democracy as the only sure means BY which
the present war can be brough. to an honorable
close. s I8