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Year: 1861

TELEGRAPHIC.
Full Confirmation of the Sur
render of Lexington.
THE Rebels cut OF the
supply Of Water.
MULLIGAN OFFERS TO FIGHT FOUR
u TIMES HIS FORCE IN OPEN
FIELD.
HIS OFFER is REFUSED AND HE is
COMPELLED TO SURRENDER.
RELEASE OF THE MEN UPON


PAROLE
INFAMOUS TREATMENT or FEDERAL
PRISONERS AT RICHMOND.
ALL OF THEM TO BE SENT


SOUTH.
Important from the Coast.
THE FORT ON BEACON ISLAND DE-


sTROYED.
DORA COKE INLET FORT DESERT


ED By REBELS.
Year: 1861

RIDIcuLE AND RErARrEE. fatal fond; :;
ness for indulging a spirit of rid;cule, anf
the injurious and irreparable consequences
which sometimes attend the too prompt re-
ply, can never be too seriously and too Sc
verely condemned. Not to offend is the
first step toward pleasing. TO give pain is
as much an offence against humanity a.
against good breeding; and surely it is as
well to abstain from an action because it is
SINFUL as because it isimpolte. A man ct
sense and breeding will sometimes join ir,'
the laugh which has been raised at his ex-'
pcnse by an illnatured rcpartee; but, if it
was very cutting, and one Of those shock
ing sort of truths which, as they can scarce
ly he pardoned even in private, ought never
to be uttered in public, he does not laugh
because he is pleased, but because he wishes
to conceal how much he is hurt. AS tn.
sarcasm was uttered by a lady, so far from
seeming to resent it, he will be the first to-
commend 1t but notwithstanding that, he
will remember it as trait Of mallce, when
the whole company shall have forgotten it
as a stroke Of wit. Women arc so far frolf'
being privileged by their sex to say unhand-
some or cruel things that it is this very
circumstance which renders them more in.
tolcIablc When the arrow is lodged In .he
heart, it is no relief for hun that is wounded
to reflect that the hand which shot it was u
fair one ...H =.
Year: 1861

Quiet People.


Did you ever think, anIbitiousj eifcfScties
bustling reader, man or woman, what
blessing it is that the great majority OF the,
pccple Of the world arc rot Ike you IL
toti have not, stop moment and consider,
and you will thank forttne that It Is so.---
Men that never talk at town meetings.
that don't seek Office at every change in
the administration, and don't stick your
elbows into you i'm crowd, are very likely
to pass unnoticcd through the world, and
you have the mistaken notion that they
never di, you any good. Women who at.
tend to their baking and babies, who never
talk scandal at sewing societies, and dont
insist on making the tour Of the fashiona-
bic watering places every summer, who livd
and are nobodies in the estimation Of AZ but
their immediate household circle. THshR
God for lust such nobOdics. What hub
bub we should live in else! The very.
thought of it is painful; how much worse
would be tic fact. ~.


Quiet people must be those angels in 1is-
guse that imaginative people talk SO much
about. Very likely they will never do US
any positive good; the blessings we receive
from them are negative, and we pass then
by unnoticc,l. They let us alone, and the
inhabitants Of Secessia are not the only
persons who wish to b. let alone; We all Of
us have had that feeling more times than
we can tell. We get tired Of the inccssaf't
rattle Of machinery Of society, and letg to
shut down the gate. Then We appreciate
the unobtrusivc attention Of otr quiet
friends; they don't talk to us when we wisl,
to be silent, or at least they only address
us with that silent language Of the cyci
which expresses so much, but never wea-
RIGS us. They never bore us by making
us listen to their ambitious plans; and more.
they never anger us by telling us Of our
faults, They don't fatter VS. when pre-
sent, and don't slsndcr us when away
Indeed, they pass through Tie World silent,
ly and unnoticed, like the feather that fall:
from the wing Of the soaring bird.


1t is doubtless wisely ordered that SOM
men should be willing to be the leaders Of
society, and should enter the lists as candi.
dates for the honors Of the world. There
! are men who can no more restrain their
ambition than they can dam up the ocean
Their blood grows stagnant in the country,
| and th,y rush to the city to engage in 'ts
| more active and more exciting pursuits
Their goal is ever before them, never rcaclr;;
ed, and they are happy only from incessans
toll. But the mass of mankind always
come in and 90 out at the back entry Of
life, and are never seen in the parlor or on
the great thoroughfares. They are sub :
strata of mankind, rarely seen, but sup.
porting the rest. The minister furnishes
them with their theological opinions, the
newspaper gives them their views of other
things They do their own work in their
own way, and live and die, peaceful, con-
tented and happy. Let Us never sncer ut
quiet people, then. They fill their appr,s
pirate places exactly, and perform their
duties faithfully. Can as much be said OF
! all of us .-Sprinqfsld Republican.
Year: 1861




seated upon the ground eating their dinner,
while their horses, unsaddled, were feeding
near by. Hecker, in tones befitting the
commander of thousand men, gave the
order to 'charge on the traitors y The
southerncrs dropped their dinners-took
leg bail and run as If the whole of Abe
Lincoln's army was at their heels. Col. II.
with his force of three men, captured the
Captain, one Lieutenant and seven privatcs,
several horses, and about forty saddles
The Captain and his men are now in du-
rance vile here.


Yesterday, the writer and one companion
in arms, went to Pilot Knob. The terminus
of the Iron Mountain Railroad is at the base
of what are termed the Iron Mountains
Here is found one of the most fertile beds oi
iron ore on the Continent. The KNOB as il
is termed is massive pile Of rocks upon
the mountain top; large furnace is at the
foot, and railroad tracks run up the noun
tain sides to the hight Of seven hundred
feet, with grade Of about eight hundred
feet to the mile. Up this track we climbed
we did not 60 OH the "double quick
and at the end we found one vast bed oil
Iron ore. Iron by the acre, by the hun.
drcd acres, there is no end to it save the
upper ono, and that we found. Fifty feet
higher up we climbed, till We stood on Pilot
Knob itself This rock is seven hundred
and fifty feet above the level Of the Railroad
below, and 100 feet above the level Of Iron
river. The view from this point was mag.
nificent. South of us we discovered among
the trees of Ironton, the snow white tents
Of Camp Fremont A flying artillery com.
pany parading in meadow to the left, a
long train Of army wagons filing through
our camp, a regiment Of infantry, with bay
oncts glstcning in the sun, formed living
picture below US, we'll worth the trouble We
had to see it,


These Iron works have done an excellent
business until this war. Some facts Oh.
tained from the Superintendent speak for
themselves. The company employed one
thousand men in all and over one hundred
teams, and worked up fifty tons Of orc pei
day, yielding sixtysix per cent. Of Iron
But since the pressure Of war, they employ
only about two hundred men, and othcl
things in proportion. When Fremont SEN
his first troops here, he was short Of was
ons and teams to do the army transporta
ton business and wished to purchase thos'
Of the Iron Co. They at first refused-bu
Fremont pressed them into service, and til.
company then sold them very willingly.


But for your sake I'll quit just here.
PRINTER.


p. S. Two of the picket guard wer'
shot down in their tracks to day, by con
cealed rebels. The cowardly villains ma,
as well believe they have started hornet
nest. p.
Year: 1861

AN AGED WcMAK.-Let the aged woman
be no longer an object Of contempt. She i.
as helpless as child but as = child she
may be learning the last awfal lesson from
her Heavenly Father. Her feeble step 10
treading OH the brink Of the grave but her
hope may be firmly planted on the shore
which is beyond. Her eye is dim with suf-
ferins and tears: but her spiritual vision
may be contemplating the gradual untold.
ing Of eternal bliss. Beauty has faded from
her form but angels in the world of light
may be weaving wreath Of glory for her
brow. Her lip is silent; but it may only
be waiting to pour forth celestial strains OF
gratitude and praise. Lowly, and fallen,
and sad, she sits among the living but ex.
alted, purified and happy, she may rise from
the dead Then turn, if thou wilt, from
the aged woman in her loneliness; but Re.
member she is not forgotten by her God. -
Nrs. Sigourney.
Year: 1861

A Few INFALLIBILlrIEs.-Leta q man be
ruined, he has been the victim of some
treachery, or the dupe of some designing
friend, or else it is the result of circum.
stance over which he had no control; it is
not by any chance his own fault! >


Let glass or crockery be broken in your
household, or a few spoons be absent with
out leave, rot one of the servants knows
any thing about it. .... a1


Let an umbrella be missing, no one he's
ever seen it,


Let the dinner be late, to believe the
cook, it is always the fault of the kitchen
clock. g2~a'


Let horse turn out queerly or badly il
is very strange there never was any
thing the matter with it while in the pos
session Of the previous owner, when the
latter innocent is told of it Fr


Let there be q railway accident, still, no
blame is to be attached to any one .sf'
Year: 1861

IMPORTANT DEcIsIoN.--It has been tleci-
dcd by Gen. Butler and Schouler, after a
very careful investigation, that a soldier is
holden from the time Of his signing his
name to the enlistment roll, just as truly
as though he was Sworn in;' and persons
who have enlisted and left the service with.
out proper discharge, are to be considered
deserters, whether they have been sworn
in or not.
Year: 1861

~A priest Of Milan, Italy, was much
struck with the repcntant air of q young,
elegantly dressed man the other day, and
gave him absolution. He soon afterwards
found that he had lost his valuable repeat
er. The penitent was an iminent pick
pocket; and the worst of all in the eyes Of
the priest is that he sent the scamp away
fully absorbed. so that as matter Of con.
science he could not appear against him.
Year: 1861

/ wandered about the town the rest OF the
day, watching the lazy negroes, and did not re-
turn to my house till after dark. / struck a
match, and set fire TO torch to go to bed by,
and, casting my eyes about 10 see il any thing
had been disturbed, noticed something glitter
ing and shining under my akoko or low 5am-
boo bedstead. did not pay much attention TO
the object, which did not seem important by the
dim light of the torch, TILL just as approached
the bed to arrange il, ! saw that the glitter was
pl oduced by the shining scales of an enormous
serpent, which lay quietly coiled up there
within two feet of ne. My first motion was to
retreat behind the door then bethought me 10
kill it. But, unfortunately, my two guns were
set against the wall behind The bed, and the
snake was between me and them. As stood
watching, and thinking what to do, keeping
the doorway fairly in the rear for a speedy re-
treat, | noticed that my visitor did not move,
and finally mustered up courage 10 creep
along the floor TO the bedside, and quickly graS-
ped one gun. Happily, it was loaded very
heavily with large shot. placed the muzzle
fairly against one OF the coils OF the serpent and
fired, and then ran out. AT the report there
was an instant rush of negroes from all sides,
eager 10 know what was the matter. They
thought some one had shot a man, and then run


into my house for concealment. Ofcourse they
all rushed in after, heller skelter, and as quick
ly rushed out again, on finding great snake
wriihing about the floor Then | went in eau
tiously to reconnoitre; happily, my torch had
kept alight, and saw the snake upon the floor.
NV shot had been SO closely fred that il Cut
the body fairly IN two, and both ends were now
looping about the floor. gave the head some
blows with heavy stick, and thus killed the
animal and then, to my surprise, il disgorged
duck, which j, had probably swallowed that
afternoon, and then sought shelter in my hut to
digest it quietly. This pretty sleeping COM
panion measured eighteen feet in length. |
must confess that 1 dreamed more than once OF
serpents th at night, for they are my horror
Explorations and .AdUentures an Equatorial
Hfrica. By Paul b. dm ChaiiiN.
Year: 1861

The Secretary OF the Treasury, in his late
report to Congress, says that It will take
$31S, ,58l 81 the present year to carry on
the Government and prosecute the present un-
fortunate civil war, in which our country is
engaged. To raise this amount of money and
provide means to pay the interest on 1t seems
to perplex him. He proposes that portion
of it be raised by direct taxation, by levying a
tax on real and personal estate, as heavy as the
people will stand. This being inadequate, MIR.
Chase casts about for other means, and seems
10 come to the conclusion that the poorer clas-
ses had better be taxed excessively TO pay the
teaches who are making fortunes out of the
War Department, and therefore proposes to in
crease the duties on the accessories Of life, by
raising the tariff on sugar, coffee, tea and mo-
lasses. So, if Congress consents, the poor man
is not only TO fight the battles of his country,
bu. to bear the brunt of the war debt oy hav-
ing to pay the increased tax on the necessaries
of life, while his rich neighbor is to have his
turuyies al present. This is Republican equal
ity.- Greensburg Democrat.
Year: 1861

70 WHENEVER and wherever you see man
clamorousIy denouncing every effort to settle
our National difficulties, without incurrng
the loss of life and treasure that must eventual
Iv ensue, if the struggle goes on, and demand
ing, with all the fury of his natura, that moth
ing less than complete annihilation oft the en-
tire South will do it may be set down as a
fixed fact that that individual is not going 10
peril his life TOR The success of bis doctrines.
1t is an undeniabe truth, that boislerous lam
guage and a cowarGly heart, always go together
Year: 1861

months; men who have not received two meals
day for months: others have lived on but one
meal day, and know one man who did not
cat anything for two days, and died from it.
Il was wTon- not to call this meeting sooner,
but here is yet time TO save those who are
Upon the verre OF starvation.
Year: 1861

Western Virginia had all but wrung from Eastern Vr
gnia, aud the dispute about which Of the great
Of contention between the two sections OF tho
state


The wonderful change Of sentiment that has taken
place in Maryland since April last and her present ati
u6e Of loyalty, furnish proof that she safely be
calculated on to DO her share in this matter The mes
sago which the Governor Of Maryland sent yesterday TO
the Legislature is instructive the Of her position
The Governor takes the ground boldly and squarey that
the rebellion must be put down, matter ut what cost
and that the State must bear her full share Of the bur
den Of doing He urges the immediate raising and
equppng OF the state quota Of volunteers for the war; and
the Of her portion Of the national In other
words Maryland places herself far the position Of
her Governor do So high standpoint Of loyal
ty as any free State of the North.


OF the proposition Of the Secretary Of War
assumes practical proportions unless Congress shall
take up and act upon It. If Congress do So the propo
sop may undergo many important changes and modi-
lcations. 1t will give rise, il taken up Mt all to very
grave and important discussions. We have no doubt
that the proposition, in its general features, commenCs


Itself to the sanction and approval Of the community AT
large, the best and fttcst of retrbutive jus
cc Tint can be inflicted a rcbsious community. Ia
that view there will be few 10y al that viii regret its
consufnmation
Year: 1861

THE GnAYsoN DARE DEvILs.-Tbcre il
a universal feeling of sympathy with these
gallant fellows in their modification at not
being received here. They number one
hundred men, all six feet high, and un-
failing rifle shots. The company consisted
of one hundred and thirty.ive, butt is said
their commander informed them that only
one hundred wonld be allowed to come to
Richmond; and to decide which of them
should enjoy that desired privilege they
fired at mark running, and the hundred
who struck the target nearest to or exactly
in the centre were accordingly detailed, to
the chagrin of the remainder, who were as
confident as their comrades that they could
send ball at every crack through the vi
tails of Lincoln-poop.-Rtchmond Dis.
patch.


The company has since been accepted.
Year: 1861

Burr But, said he, if we are possessed of a
true ambition, we must concentrate all the
vigors of the intellect to an available focus.


I'll speak last, not least, of the singing, un-
der the direction of j. Q. Casweli, which
elected much praise for him, and those who
assisted him. At the conclusion of the exer-
cises, the audience seemingly left with the
impression, that an impetus had been given
TO the cause IF common school education in
Mlddletown and we may hope that each re-
turning year will show an advance ofthat in
terest, which is of such vital importance to
our land. SPECTATOR.
Year: 1861

nrsvnTrRs IN New superintendent Ken
~ has directed the arrest of every soldier roam
inc the streets who is not able to give good ac'
count of HIMSELF and the persons so arrested will be
conveyed to headquarters, No. Alb Broom street
each day at noon, for indentitcation.
Year: 1861

A New Orleans journal on the Question of
CoerciOn-The AdvaRtage 20 the South Of
Such n Measure.


The New Orleans Bee observes in recent
issue:


Perhaps, If we were reckless of the disas-
trous and sanguinary consequences which
would assuredly follow the employment of
force we might witness with a certain de-
gree of satisfaction q resort by the United
States to coercive measures, since it needs no
sagacity to foresee, that if once the blood of
Southern citizens is shed in defense of their
rights, no more human power can possibly
prevent every slaveholding Common wealth
from rushing to the rescue, and sharing the
fortunes Of the seeding States.


The most infallible means of securing the
withdrawal of the entire South, and its CON
solidation into a mighty Confederacy, would
be the employment of force. 1t would prove
not only effectual, but immediate. North
Carolina, which still hesitates; the border
slave States which yet cling to the Union
with lingering attachment, would instantly
abandon their connection with a Govern.
ment which sought to subjugate the South
into submission.


In less than sixty days the South would be
! constituted into d phalanx of thirteen OF
fourteen States, prepared to assert their in
dependence and to vindicate their right at
the point of the bayonet If therefore, the
Federal Government cherishes the faintest
hope of reconciling the difficulties between
| the North and South, or even of retaining
within the bonds of the Union some of the
slayeholding Confederacies, its unquestiona-
BILE policy will be to suffer those States
which have resolved on separation to depart
in peace. Compulsory measures will only
precipitate disaster, and greatly widen its
circle.


1t can not but be apparent, even to the be .
wildered understanding of Mr.. Buchanan, that
there is no possibility of compelling State
which secedes from the Union to enter it. The
North may send an army, invade and overrun
| it. The Government may wage war against
such State. Bloodshed and rapine may plunge
it into ruin and desolatioa. Its industry
may be made the victim of the direst cruelty
and oppression, but all this will not bring it
back into the Union. In the very nature of
our political organization this will be found
| impossible. ... ...


A Union cemented by force ceases to be
such, and is converted simply into an un-
mitigated despotism, in which discontented
and Iebellious subjects sare kept in sulen
! slavery by the overwhelming power of brute
force. Of course, such Government ceases
to be republican, and becomes as pitiless and
as absolute as the autocracy of Russia or
China. 1t follows, therefore, that if one or
more States are actually bent upon seeding,
the safest policy is to let them GO The op-
posite course may possibly succeed in subiu-
eating them, but it will not re establish the
! Union, much less consolidate the Republic.
Year: 1861

DEATH THE RESULT OF JOKs.--A praeti-
cal joker drew away a stool from under a
companion, as he was going TO sit down, at
Mortified, New York, about two months
ago. The poor follow fell backward, broke
his spine, and fingered till Wednesday,
supporting the destitute widow and baby of
the victim Of his fun .O Ir.I ali no
Year: 1861

on the BOtOmnc'


A correspondent of the New York Evening
Post says;


Matters look q little squally down the
river. The rebels are very busy at certain
points, and doubtless have dozen batteries
on the banks Of the Potomac by this time,
and the most of them masked. New bat
teries are being planted every day at Acquia
Creek, but this is matter of no particular
moment so long as it is the creek and not
the river which the batteries command. But
there is battery further down the river
which threatens to close the navigation of
the Potomac.


At Acquia Creek the river makes a turn
suddenly to the east and runs straight in
that direction for twenty miles. It then
changes very abruptly for theA tth, and at
this turn on the Virginia stcFs IS the we'll
known Matthias Point, which .mmands the
Potomac. Here the rebels have q battery,
for few days since they opened it upon a
vessel which was coming up the river with
United States troops aboard. The battery
was abandoned by the explosion of few
shells sent from the steamers deck, but only
temporarily. 1t shows the purpose of the
Contederates-they mean ere long to hold
this Matthias Point, the best for their pur-
poses on the river, and at the proper mo-
ment, cut off our line of communication
down the river. The Government will not
permit this if it can help it. So soon as any
demonstration is made by the rebels, our
vessels can land troops above or below it,
attacking it in the rear. There is a good
road from Acquia Creek to Matthias Point
and as a railway runs all the way from
Richmond to Acquia, the rebels will have nc
trouble in forwarding artillery or men to
either point.
Year: 1861

How POWDER Is PUT ON BOARD A WAR
SHIP.-0n last Friday, the United States
steamer Colorado received her powder. The
process is thus described by the Boston Trau.
elleT:


The Colorado has red flag at her mast
head to day, indicating that she is taking
her powder on board. All fires and ali
lights are put out in the ship at this time,
and all hands must have cold dinner. Moth.
ing can be cooked, even for the officers. The
custom generally is to cook enough the day
before the magazine is opened. The Col.
oTGdO will take about fifty thousand pounds
of powder. 1t is placed in copper tanks, and
each tank has from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred pounds in il, all made up into
cartridges. Each tank is marked with the
size of the gun or cartridges. Each gun has
three or four different sized cartridges the
largest being for the first charge. AS the
gun gets warm a smaller size is used, and so
on down to the smallest. Near the entrance
TO the magazine is what is called a light
house. A large lantern is here arranged,
with sort of bulls eye, which throws a
light into the magazine. While the powder
is being carried in, man is here stationed
with a bucket of water, prepared to use it
in case any thing should happen to the Ian
tern. The utmost care is used to prevent
accident