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Year: 1863

The Effects Of War upon the South.
Some idea Of the effects of this rebellion
upon the misguided people Of the South
may be gathered from the brief extrac,
printed below, taken tsom the Memphi.
Bulzttin. No wonder that they clalnor fol
a transfer Of tho war to Northern soil, as
was promised them by their leaders that i.
should be.


There is portion Of this State so devas
ted by the civil war as to be practically
abandoned by the foot Of man. The men
are slumberins at Shiloh, Carinth and Stone
River the servants have gained their free
dom the women and children have fed to
more remote and quiet precincts. Falling
in behind the retiring footsteps of humanity
comes the four. footed beasts and creeping
things. The fox makes his burrow under
the ruined dwellings where happy people
once dwell The serpent crawls under the
floor Of tho church and school house. The
squirrel chatters and builds his nest upon
the locust tree in ) the old yard, once noisy
with the mirth Of children. The gum is
rottins in the cool spring. The partridge
whistles from the ridsepole Of the cabin
The wild bee seeks . storehouse for his hon
ey, fearless Of detection by tho human eye
All is returning to state ofnature. What
a monument Of the ravases Of war;
Year: 1863

supply. Chiffon himself is in Richmond
but his family are at the home place;
among them son, late an officer in the
rebel army, now dying Of consumption.


Almost the sole food for Lees army du
ring this movement was dry crackers.
Prisoners and refugees say that the gre..
pinch for food has come on them since We
took Chattanooga and Knoxville, and Gu,
them off from the great sources Of supply
And terrible Is is this condition now, it is
out q foretaste. they fear, Of what it will be
through the coming winter. u. IT. ~ =.


The necessity Of doing something at once
was doubtless at the bottom Of Lees fruit.
less advance.
Year: 1863

-ICOCEol anu OIclSQ A06lkSs


The New York Herald of the25th of July contains
lengthy dispatch from Washington, Of which the
follovi's Is ~ substance We give it for what i


at is now admitted by the most sanguine mem
bers of the Administration that never were our For
eign Affairs in SO menacing stata England, 30
official advces indicate, has determined to furnish
the South with an iron clad navy and it is equally
certain that the Emperor Of France has made up hs
mind definitely to interfere in our domestic affairs.
The fall of Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and tho rebel
defeat at Gettysburg, will not it is believed by the
most sagacious friends of the administration alter
the character Of the action France and England have
determined to adopt On the contrary, the moment
there sdanger of the North overpowerng the South,
Intervention will be tried to compel separation,
upon which England and France are determined
England to cripple the power Of this great Republic
and France to preserve her dominion over Mexico
With these indications before them, Seward and the
President convinced that this is the most critical
time, so far regards our relations with foreign
powers, since the commencement of the war. From
what hear l an inclined to believed that measures
now on foot to put end to the war. 1t is not
impossible that we may see sudden change of
parties next month"
Year: 1863

The news from yicls5Lrses is not 7ery important
The shipment of troops by the enemy up the river
from that place continues They are believed to be
intended for Richmond The roads in the Vickso
burg region have been rendered almost impossible
by recent rains.
Year: 1863

It should be known by every soldier in the aeld
that the dried leaf of the corn plant (corn dder1
is successfully used Is substitute for hops. The
infusion is prepared in the same way. Practice viii
soon determine the quantity necessary. In one OF
the Government hospitals bread for four hundred
men is daily prepared in this way, and it Is fally
equal to the best bread prepared with hops
Year: 1863

SENSATIONS OF A STEAM BATH.-MR.
EDITOR After perambulating from morn
ing to night the streets of your Forest
City," exposed to the sharp, cutting wind
which bore along in its fight that which is
always regarded as an unwelcome intruder,
(unless when found in significant proportions
in a mans purse-no objection to the dust"
them brief inspection of my clothes and
consultation Of my feelings made me sensibly
aware of my besmeared condition. A delib-
crate consideration of what method would
be most efFectual in freeing me from the dirt
and dust which sticksth closer than a
brother" culminated in the determination to
try the virtues of Steam Bathing. suiting
the action to the word. soon found myself
clad in ghostly habiliments, following the
guide through the labyrintian halls that led
to the soene of action. My first order was to
take reeumbent position on the lowest step
of flight of stairs upon which 1 had to
q work my passage to the top, and no soon
er had I Obeyed than my ears were greeted
with frantic and diseordant whizzing of
steam, which slightly rufled the tranquility
of my mind. At intervals of say Eve min
utes advanced from step to step, and


''such getting up stairs never did see."


Steam to the right of me, steam to the left
of me, and darkness and heat that might be
felt--all this combined soon "run the block
ade, )" and had the issue been tears instead of
perspiration, might have said like David Of
old, "my couch watered." In due time I
was treated to feast of soap and fow of
water, and then, (although did my masters
will) after being f beaten with many stripes"
came the final plunge, followed vigorously
with towel friction, which impaired de-
lightful glow. Feeling quite rejuvenatel,
and relieved of " the least shade of the shad


ow Of a shred" Of dirt and dust, I left the
institution, knowing that it shall be to me
hereafter anselysian resort. EUsTAoR.
Year: 1863

by passengers from Staunton yesterday morn.
ing we learn that a report was current there
th.t the enemy in considerable force, under
burg from Eoorsheld, by way Of Brooks Gap.
What foundation there may ba for this report,
we have no means Of jndging On the other
hand, we have o statement that the force
which recently visited Winchester have lie
tired. Their withdrawal from the Valley was
hassened by the burning of bridge in their
rear, from which it is supposed they dew the
inference that the rebels we're again about TO
he precipitated,upon them.
Year: 1863

TIE news from our army is without inter.
sst. The spirit of the men Is said TO be buoy
ant and their condition foe.


The enemy, i. would teem, hesitate to ad.
vance across the Rappahannock, the southern
side Of which has proved in the past to be any
thing bat healthy ground for their armies
The only force they now have in Cnlpeper
county ia composed Of cavalry, and they hug
the river closely. The main body of the Yam
kee army is on the north side of the river,
along the Orange and AIexandria X slroad.
Oar picksts extend az far as Brandy Station,
six miles from the river.


From fredericksburg we have nothing new.
The force OF the enemy in Stafford county
does not seem to be at all demonstrati We.
Year: 1863

MIDNIeuT CHARGE or THE MULE BRto-
ADE.--A correspondent with the Army Of the
Cumberland gives the following amusing ae-
count of successful charge by mule brig
ade"'--


During the advance Of Hooker's command
upon the enemy, near Lookout Mountain. an
incident occurred that is worth relating, and
one which l believe has never been made
public, notwithstanding the fact that it was
at the time Of its occurrence subject Of much
merriment at the expense Of the rebels You
will remember that Hooker moved on Look
out Mountain very cautiously, from the west
side. While engaged in the movement up
the valley, owing TO some cause unknown to
me, stampede among the mules took place.
II was IN the dead Of night, when both armies
we're resting from the fatigue5 Of the precious
day, and the sentine's tread was the only
sound that disturbed the universal quiet.
Rushing from the wagons, to the number OF
about thirty, the mules made Tor the enemy $
lines like frightened sheep. The drivers were
awakened by the noise just in time TO witness
the disappearance OF the animals through our
advanced pickets. The enemy's picket- we-e
not caught mapping Hearing the mule brig
sde tearing across the y7llcy, they mistook
them for Yankee cavalry, discharged their
muskets at the supposed " lanks and Tell
back upon battalion stationed little in the
rear Of them. with the cry that enemy
we're upon them. The battalion, partaking
OF the alarm, sprung to arms only in time to
hear the sound of the frightened mules. whose
race was not checked by the volley from the
pickets. They retreated also short distance
to a point where the whole rebel brigade had
stacked their arms, and were calmly dreaming
OF home and battle tcencs In rushed the
battalion, more dead than alive from fright,
with the exclamation Hooker has surprised
us his cavalry Is upon us. The valiant sons
OF Mars did not wait to gather up their hlan-
kets or guns, but made the fastest pedestrian
time on record back to the main force leaving
upon the field for the mule brigade, over one
thousand stand Of arms, among which were
three hundred new Enfield rifles, blankets,
small arms, knapsacks, &c, Meantime our
/ teamsters had given the alarm, and force
was sent out for the recovery of the mules,
and in a few hours the expedition, Inaugural
| ted by the mules, returned to our lines with
I the valuable spols


This is no fancy sketch, its CORRECTNESS:
is vouched for by member OF General Thorn
ass staff, who WAS present when the expedr
ton returned. 1t will be recollccted thai il
his report of Hookers victory, General Thorn
as stated that 500 stand of arms were cap
tured. You. in common with many of YOU
readers, were no doubt at a loss to discover
by what prestidigilatorial process more arm
were taken than prisoners. In the midnigh
charge Of the mule brigade you have solu
ton of the problem. Through its aid a larg
amount of valuable stores and arms was Sc


cured, and Hooker was enabled to push hi
advance much nearer the point Of ground con


tended for. All will agree that the charge q
the mule brigade is worthy Of place in his
tory
Year: 1863

Flour and Ernin in Store In Chicago.
The following table shows the amount Of dour and
grain in store On the 1!ta last, compared with the
amount IN store week previous, and also Oh the
responding date In Lee.
Year: 1863




AN act to annex part Of the State of New


Jersey to the Collection District Of New


York, and to appoint an Assistant Collector


to reside at Jersey City.


Be ii enacted By tie Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of Tic United States IF Amer
ira in Congress assembled, That all that that
part of the State of New Jersey which lies
north and east of Elizabethtown and Staten
Island, comprising the counties of Hudson and
Bergen, be, and the same is hereby, annexed
to the collection district of New York; that
an assistant collector, to be appointed by the
President of the United States, shall reside at
Jersey City. who shall have power to enter
and clear vessels in like manner as the collcc
tor of New York is authorized by law to do
but such assistant collector shall, nevertheless
act in conformity to such instructions and reg
uations as he shall from tims to time receive
from the collector of New York and that the
said assistant collector shall receive for his an.
nual salary two thousand dollars in full for all
services to be by him performed, and in lieu
of commissions and fees


APPROVED, February 81, 1863.
Year: 1863

An ANEcDorE OF PORE. One day as
Pope was engaged in translating the lliad, he
came to passage which neither he nor his
associates.could interpret. A stranger. who
stood by, in his humble garb. very modestly
suggested that he had some little acquaint-
ance with Greek. perhaps he could assist
them. "Try it. try it" said Pope. with the
air Of boy who is encouraging monkey to
eat red pepper. " There is an error in the
print" said the stranger, looking at the text.
Read as if there was no interrogation point
at the end of the line, and you have the mean
ing at once" Pope's assistant improved up
on the hint. and rendered the passage with
out difficulty. Pope was chagrined; he
could never endure to be surpassed in any
thing. Turning to the stranger, he said in 4
sarcastic tone. "Will you please tell me
what an interrogation point is!" "Why.
sir" said the stranger, scanning the i'll shaped
poet, sit is little crooked contemplate
thing that asks questions"
Year: 1863

Here are some of the constituencies
ofain'it; ,uian


Free labor is in every respect more
profitable than slave labor


The negroes if rnmncipated will re
main at the South and work on the
plantations for wages


The President recommends them to
do 80 in his proclamation.'


The proclamation is issued because
II will weaken the South"
Year: 1863

he DID not THINK any man could to 60
foolish as to give such an order. but in
a day Or two down came two members
Of Davies staff and said it must be
done. He said his men alemost cried
with anger whcA they were ordered to
10 it, and as it was only put wooa'N
Plugs in s,mc of them. After taking
away every means Of defense the men
had except their rifles he Davies let
them there on the Island at the mere,
of any force that might come along,
there being only l15 of them.


When we got here we found the same
state of things or worse if possible, be-
cause the guns here were not only
spiked and dsm ,untcd l'ut the carriages
were burnt up and all the barracks
were burned also. The principle naga-
zine was blown up and every thing ii
the shape Of government property des-
troyed. ....


Fort Thompson at this place built
by the rebels while they occupied 70 &
strong earthwork and trench, and wai!
calculated to command the river On land
but in the shape it is now amounts TO
little to us only as place to fall back
in if attacked hy a superior force.


We have seen no armed enemy since
we have been here, We thought We
saw some on Sunday but
it proved to be our pickets on some
niggers horses, we thought it was cav
airy and GIT in line Of battle to rcceire
them. The people say here that there
was few guileras here when we land
ed but that they pat for the woods.
We slept on our arms the first night
we were hear so as to ho ready If an
attack was made, but wo were n't
troubled. This is a very pretty loca-
ton for a town, but there is not much
of town here and what there is, was
pretty badly riddled the time Pope
attacked the place.


Those who have been back say the
country is fine but that many fine
farms have gone TO waste. There was
an Earthquake here in 1911 or ~, and
the old people say there was quite a
large city here but it was swallowed
up and that the Mississippi now runs
over it,


There arc plenty Of niggors here
and the most of them seem contented.


l thisk we will probably stay
here all this winter, still soldier don't
know when or where he is going; no
may start for one place and stop at
another.


The weather here is much warmer
than have been used to seeing this
time in the year, it is little cole
nights and mornings but otherwise is
about like Sept. or Oct, up in Iowa.
The boats are running all the time.
sometimes as maay as s or 10 day
will pass, but we get but very little
news, I have not seen but one news
paper since we left st. Louis to read
it; one of the boys got 4 Chicago Times
to day from a fellow for passing him
through the lines, he was selling them
at 25 cts apiece. AS soon as l get
some money am going to subscribe
for ST. Louis or Memphis paper, but
have not had cent Of money for
over two weeks. That CID fool sent us
out on the rail road or we would have
had eur pay on the ist of this month.
We may get it now but | am afraid wc
wont.


Direct your letters to this place via
Cairo.


Your aflectionate son
Jas. X. B. Harris.
Year: 1863

The New Fire Engine We are request
ed to state that the new Steam Fire Engine,
the first ever had in Dayton, will experiment
in throwing water, at the Fair Grounds, on
tomorrow afternoon, at about two o'clock.
Year: 1863

TAKE CARE OF THE FEET.-'' OF all parts of
the body" says DR.. Robertson. " there is not
one which ought to be so carefully attended
to as the feet" Every person knows from
experience that colds, and many other dis
eases which proceed from colds, are attribu-
table to cold feet The feet are at such
distance from the '.wheel of the cistern' of
the system, that the circulation of the blood
may be very easily checked there. Yet, lor
all this, and although every person of COM
mon sense should be aware of the truth of
what we have stated there is no part of the
human body so trihed with as the feet. The
young and would be genteel footed cramp
their toes and feet into thin soled. bone pinch
ing boots and shoes, in order to display neat
feet, in the fashionable sense of the term
There is one great evil against which every
person should be on the guard against-we
mean the changing of warm for cold shoes
or boots. A change is often made from thick
to thin soled shoes, without rejecting upon
the consequences which might ensue. In cold
weather, boots and shoes of good thick leath-
err. both in soles and uppers. should be worn
by all. Water tights are not good, if they
are-air- tights also; Iadia rubber over shoes
should never be worn except in wet, splasly
weather. and then not very long at cnce 1t
is hurtful to the feet to wear any covering
that is air-tight over them, and for this rea-
son India rubber should be worn as seldom
possible. No part of the body should be
allowed to have a covering that entirely OBJ
structs the passage of carbonic acid gas from
the pores of the skin outward, and the mod
crate passage of air inward to the skin. Life
can he destroyed in very short time by en-
tirely closing up the pores of the skin. Good
warm stockings and thick solsd boots and
shoes are conservators of health, and ccnse
quently of happiness.
Year: 1863

The HUMAN HEART.-The velvet moss will
grow upon the sterile rock-the miscltoe on
the naked branches-the ivy cling to tue
mouldering ruin-the pine and cedar remain
fresh and fadeless amid the mutations of the
dying year-and Heaven be praised some
thing beautiful to see, and greatful to the
soul, will, in the coldest and darkest hour of
fate still twine its tendrils around the crumb-
ling affairs and broken arches of the desolate
temple of the human heart
Year: 1863

YOUNG married woman whose husband
has ''gone to the war, heard in conversation
the remark that the Government wanted more
cavalry and more infantry. She replied that
she knew nothing about cavalry. but added
with sign, that if more infantry was need
ed the Government had better send some of
the volunteers home again.
Year: 1863




The Paris correspondent of tie Bulletin
writes the following:


s.The Prince Imperial was, for the first
time in his life, allowed to 8 sit up at his
mothers masquerade He did not retire with
his tutors till near midnight. The sights he
there saw were not very edifying to preco-
cious child who is in his eighth year. There
was, for instance, heathen goddess, who,
if her gauze- ike drapery had been of fig
leaves might as well have passed for mother
Eve before she was exiled from Paradise.
But the Countess de Castiglione even went
beyond the divinity aforesaid This lady is a
beautiful Itaslian, who, with or without rea-
son, is called the Second Empress She is
considered the best made woman in Europe,
and boasts of being the only one who was
ever able to influence politically Victor En-
manuel, to whose court Napoleon sent her
when the annexation of Savoy was being
negotiated On the evening of the 10th she
represented, with the most minute fdilitv,
Salambo,' and again at Count Walewski's
last Sunday, appeared as the heroine of NJ.
Flaubert's new romance. Her costume on
both occasions was exactly alike. 1t was
quite ethereal in its lightness and divine in
its nakedness. Any one who has read the
novel of the ingenious NJ. Flaubert must re
member that the lovely Carthagenian whom
he describes SO elaborately was in the habit
of appearing in public in white garment
closely resembling a chemise, looped up at
both sides SO as to expose to the admiring
spectator magnificent pair of legs the heat
of an African sun did not admit of under
clothing of any kind-neither of girdle,
sleeves nor covered neck Stockings were,
of course, out of the gu stion. not being in
vented in the home of Hannibal's grandfa
ther. And as the Carthagenian danes did
not spoil their feet by squeezing them, they
did not object to wear sandals. In fact their
feet were not protected by anything else. and
and it was an object of ambition on the part
of these ladies to display as much taste and
wealth as they possibly could on the orna-
mentation of their sandals The only things
which Salambo wore in the way of supera-
bundant clothing were crown, pair of
bracelets and a train, which formed por
ton of her single garment composing. with
the accoption of the jewelry aforesaid. her
entire toilette The train was always borne
by a lover, who followed her disguised as
Lybian slave. NJ Flaubert gives mis- hero
inc fine linen dress, but Madame de Cas-
tiglione improved ON it and gave herself an
other of the same cut in cambria muslin so
fimsy that even were not forest of candles
and gay Jets shining on it. itwouid have been
perfectly transparent. Count de Choiseul,
member of the Paris Jockey Club, carried
this train, and as he is very tail man, he
was obliged to hold it so high in the air that
the Countess might literally be said to have
on her no clothing whatever"
Year: 1863

took him up at once. We agreed on q
certain hour OF the next day. when he was
to meet me at an appointed spot. on road
some distance out, and receive the men and
give me the money.


my boys lay in ambush for this fool.
who thought l, a Buckeye boy. would re-
turn men to slavery. He came up in a wagss
on and fine span of horses, the money in
his pockets. and ropes ready to tie the hands
and feet OF his runaways. My boys stopped
him, took his money, his horses and wagon.
and told him to get back to his rebel friends
as quick as he could, or it would be worse
for him. We sent the black men TO Ohio.
and they are earning their living there now


"Thst was pretty hard on Van Meter,
Captain"


"Hard on him? tell you he was lucky
man. Somehow, my boys do..'t like these
man owning rebels, and he was mig ghty lucky
that he did not get shot in the head from
somebody's pistol
Year: 1863

~ There is one test of unconditional
LOYALTY that never fails. When You find a
man so intent on finding fault with the loy-
al Governneu. that be has no waste wrath
To testow on . conspiracy to break up the
Union and destroy tie Republic. set him
down As doubtful patriot. No man whose
heart is 10 the right place will permit his
hostility to be diverted from the rebellion
to those who are fighting to suppress it.
Year: 1863

EE"AIany of our readers wilt hear with
deep regret and pain of the death of the young
gentleman whose name, heads this article.
We have just learned that he was killed re-
Gently in one of the battles in Virginia. AL
though native of Pittsburgh he carly es-
poused the cause of the South, and passed
through nearly all their hard fought battles
without injury or loss of health, till now,
fighting his way from the ranks of a private to
that of a commissioned officer.


He was nephew of Judge Mason, and in
that way became resident, for some time, of
our county, where he made many warm and
strongly attached friends by his noble and gen.
erous qualities. Whether the cause to which
he attached himself was right or wrong, no
bravcr or more heroic soldier ever WAS sacri=
feed in its defence, than young Wrenshalll