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Year: 1861




AessTa. Editors Of TIE Dtspatch In your
paper of the e0th ult you speak, upon the in
formation OF an Intelligent gentleman, of
" "0oyernor Pier pont" as being member Of
the Methodist Protestant Church, and of e
m inis ter OF that denomination being the head
and brains and ruling spirit Of the traitors In
the Northwest. All this may be 30 Yet an
idea is probably conveyed by that article, to
persons unacq painted with the facts, that Is
correct The reader would infer that the
Methodist Protestant Church in Northwest
ern Virginia Is abolition, which Is not the
case. Living there as l do, and being we'll
acquainted with the membership OF said
church, feel that am safe in saying that the
members thereof, agreeabIy to their mum bers,
voted for the Ordinance of Secession at the rate
OF two hundred per cent. over and above any
9th : denomination; at least. that was the
case ss far as my knowledge extends, II
should except the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, whore membership in that
section is small / have met with members
OF the Methodist Protestant Church since
left my home, who were com npelied to nee
from the Northern invaders, or be arrested by
them. Some OF them have told me of the
manner in which their property was destroy
ed, or deliberately taken by the Yankees.
Among those who thus suffered, ie +. Il.
Rig hter, OF Marion county.


ask the insertion OF the foregoing, for the
the reason that said chu,ch is comparatively O
young, but rapidly growing church, its creed
and government not generally known by
those who might have read the article above
referred TO. A MEMBER OF TIE NJ. P. y.
Year: 1861

servator says


One Of the remarkable and heroic deeds Of
General PatterSon's army Of thieving Yan
kees, as they marched to Martinsburg from
WILLIAMSON a few weeks since, we learn was
the entire destruction OF every thing on a
widow lady farm except her dwelling house
Hearing Of the approach OF the thieves she
and her three daughter fed to a ne.ghbor's s
house; and the thieves, not content with de-
stroying her grain, shooting her stot X, burn
ing her barn and stables, even destroy ed and
carried off every article in her house and
kitchen. All this WAS done without any pro-
vocation whatever.
Year: 1861

A Bird Uncaged.-Dick Bird. free man
of color, was arraigned before the Mayor for
being in the city contrary to law. He proved
that he belonged to the 9Th North Carolina
regiment, and was let cF
Year: 1861

may be isolated combats of considerable


extent, but will the opposing Generals be
! able to place one hundred thousand men
face to face to fight battle in which all


shall be engaged, as the English and French


were at Waterloo, or the Austrians and


the Allies at Solferino 1t is argued that


the country is of so difficult a nature as


to preclude the concentration of so large a


body of troops on either side-that the


battles must be series of comparatively
small encounters, in which sections Of the
rivals will be engaged quite independently


of each other in action, though not of
course in the result 1t will necessarily


be the aim of the rival Generals to over
whelm each other at decisive points Beau
regard being on the defensive, has the best
chance, for it is to be presumed the COM
munication between the different sections
of his army are complete, and that he has
thus every facility for concentrating his
troops wherever needed along his extensive
line. On the other hand, Mcclellan has
the advantage of knowing where he intends
to attack, and may be able to deceive his
adversary and overcome him before rein
forccments can arrive; though as he ad


vances into the ncighborhOOd of the enc
my and into country of which he is nee
essarily in comparative ignorance, the diff
feulty of communicating with his various
corps must increase.-Toro1ato { (Cdaada)
Globe.
Year: 1861

The New York Post says: We give be
low an interesting account of the great ma
val expedition, carefully collected by oul
reporters, who have watched every step o.
the preparations. and gathered as many de-
tails as was possible with the restricted
privileges granted to the press.


7 1t will be found that the Southern ex.
pedition is on scale more vast than any.
thing of the kind heretofore attempted on
this contisent, at least; and that, from the
completeness of Its outfit and the skill Of
the men to whom the command is entrust-
ed, we may hope for a severe blow at the
3 insurgents in their weakest spot


With the object Of the expedition We
have for the present nothing to do. But
Of its composition we are permitted to
speak, now that it is safely at sea.


The expedition is the joint work of the
Navy and War Departments. 1t was
meant to have been ready by the middle of
September; and the Navy Department had
its vessels ready then. 1t was, however,
impossible to get ready the immense mate
rial Of the expedition by that time; and
though everybody concerned worked most
diligently, it was only on October 18th
that the transports were laden. and the f.
nal shipment of troops ready to be begun.
81. The expedition consists of the following
ressels.
Year: 1861

The southern people who have offered


themselves and their all for the prosecution


Of this war, and who have reposed implicit
confidence in the men entrusted with its
conduct, have looked for something better.


1t is not to be disguised that a sense Of
uneasiness and distrust is gradually sup
planting that generous confidence. A sus-
Picion is gaining ground, that all the ad-
vantages of our position have not been profit
cd by as they might have been; that the
war has not been prosecuted with the Wig
or and energy demanded by tbs emergency.
We hear mutterings and complaints, apart
from those connected with the Quarter
master, COmmissary, and the Medical De-
partmcnts, growing out Of the appointment
Of so many civ ilians to high cOmmards-
Many Of these appointments have filed the
country with apprehcnsiOns of some great
disaster-Richm0nd HHm.
Year: 1861




Pr WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
Lay down the az. fling by the spade;


Leave IN its track the tOiling plow;
The rifle and the bayonet blade
: For arms like yours were inter now.
And let the hands that ply the pen


Omit the light task and learn to WELD
The horsnan's crooked brand, and rein
The charger on the battlefield.
Our country calls; away away!


To where the blood stream blots the green
Strike to defend the gentlest sway


That time IN all his course has seen.
See from thousand coverts-see,
% Spring the armed foes that haunt her track
They rush to smite her down, and We
81 Must beat the banded traitors back.
Hoi sturdy as the oaks We cleave,


And moved as soon to fear and flight,
Men of the glade and forest, leave
Your woodcraft for the field Of fight
The arms that WELD the AK must pour


An iron tempest on the foe;
His serried ranks shall reel before


The arm that lays the panther low
And We who breast the mountain storm
= By grassy steep or highland lake,
Come. for the land ye love, to form


A bulwark that no foe can break.
Stand. like your own grey cliffs that mock
The whirl-wind, stand in her defense:
The blast rs soon shall move the rock
As rushing squadrons bear ye thence
And yc, whose home are BY her grand,
Swift rivers, rising far away,
Come from the depth Of her green land
As mighty in your march as they;
As terrible as when the rains


Have swelled them over bank and bourne,
With sudden floods to drown the plains
And sweep along the woods uptorn.
And We who throng, beside the deep,
81. Her ports and hamlets of the strand,
In number like the waves that leap
On his long murmuring marge of sand,
Come like that deep, when o'er his brim,
He rises. all his floods to pour,
And filings the prOudest barks that swim,
A helpless wreck against his shore.
Few, few were they. whose swords of old,
Won the fair land in which We dwell
But we are many, we who hold
The grim resolve to guard it we'll
Strike for that broad and goodly land.
Blow after blow. till men shall see
That Might and Right move hand in hand,
And glorious must their triumph be-


IN. Y. Ledger.
Year: 1861

Several months ago the Government De-
gan to provide itself with surf boats. We
may say that the expedition carries with
it not less than five hundred of these need
ed helps for landing trOops-suficient to
effect Simultaneous landing of a great
number of men. Besides these surf boats
the Government purchased several ferry
boats, their peculiar build making it much
easier TO land troops from them than from
steamboats, of the usual form.
Year: 1861

lFrom the Charleston Mercury.1


We look upon the General Order of General
Beauregard, upon the victory of General Evans,
as one of the most significant documents which
has appeared since the war began. It is not
merely a congratulat1on and memorial of a
victory, but it is an Intentional eulogy upon a
pOlicy-a policy Of attack; and condemna-
tion also Of polieS-a policy of retreat and
defense. This Order, coupled with the intro
duction of his plan of an active, aggressive
campaign into Maryland, and the taking Of
Washington, which the President rejected, into
his report of the battle of Manassas, are clear
manifestations of q disapprobation of the de-
fensive policy of the Confederate States. In
this Order, he says to the army: "Under the
inspiration of just cause, defending all we
hold dear on earth, or worth living for,
and with the merciful aid Of tho God of
battles, we can and must drive our invaders
from the soil of Virginia, despite their
numbers and their long-accumuIated war
equipage." That his army by this victory
must abe assured of their ability to cope
successfully with the foe arrayed against them
in whatever forco he may offer battle," and
that emo odds must discourage or make them
| doubtful of victory" When it is remembered
that General Evans was ordered to retreat
should the enemy appear in force, aud that in
stead Of rebuke General Beauregard sends
forth this order to the whole army, praising
and approving of his attacking the enemy,
there can be no doubt of his views and opin-
ions. He does not shrink from "odds" on the
Potomac. He does not doubt His ability with
bis army "to cope successfully with the foe
He thinks that his army "can and must drive
our invaders from the soil of Virginia" i
left I'd his discretion, would he not long age
have advanced on the enemy2


| If President Davis hesitates to allow the re-
port of the battle of Manassas to be printed
what will be do With this orderP We fear tha
General Beauregafd may soon have TO follow
the example of General WalkeES of Georgia.
Year: 1861

In the town of T. there was a shoe
maker who at times oficiated as preacher.
He always wrote the notice himself in order
to save the expense of printing. Here is one
of them: "There will be preaching in the
pines this Sunday afternoon, on the subject


tAll who do not believe will be damned at
three O'clock" -att.a lat'Fr
Year: 1861

WHAT an awful place the South is getting to
be TO the Secessionists. Just think oft. Money
almost as scarce as patriotism, drinks hfteen
cents and customers forbidden to eat the Ice in
the bottom Of the glassI How long can th'
0oIfsll0WA stand thatl
Year: 1861

 Intermittent Fever, or Fever and Ague,

 Taemittent Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb

 Asue, Periodical Headache, or Bilious

 Headache, and Bilious Fevers, indeed

 fer the whole class of diseases Origi.

 nating in biIiary Arrangement, caused

 by the Malaria of miasmatic countries.

 No one remedy is louder called for by the necessities of the American people than sure and safe cure for Fever and Ague. Such we are now enabled to offer, with perfect certainty that it will eradicate the disease, and with assurance, founded proof, that no harm can arise from its use in any quan- tity.

 That which protects from or prevents this disorder must be of immense service in the communities where it prevails. Preuention is better than cure, for the patient escapes the risk which he must run in violent attacks of this baleful dstemper. This "CURB" expels the miasmatic poison of FEVER AND AGUE from the system and prevents the develop ment of the disease if taken on the first ap- preach of its premonitory symptoms. It is not only the best remedy ever yet discovered for this class of complaints, but also the cheapest. The large quantity we supply for dollar brings it within the reach of every body; and in bilious districts, where FEVER AND AGuE prevails every body should have it and use it freely both for cure and protection. It is hoped this price will place it within the reach of all-the poor as well as the rich A great superiority of this remedy over any other ever discovered for the speedy and cer- tain cure of Intermittents is, that 1t contains no Quinine or mineral, consequently it pro- duces no quinism or other injurious effects whatever upon the constitution. Those cured by it are left as healthy as if they had never had the disease.

 Fever and Ague is not alone the consequence of the miasmatic poison. A great variety of disorders arise from its irritation, among which are Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Headache, Blindness, Toothache, Earache, Catarh, Asth- ma, Palpitation, Painful Affection of the Spleen, Mysteries, Pain in the Bowels, Collie. Paralysis, and Derangement of the Stomach, all of which, when originating in this cause, put on the intermittent type, or become period ical. This CURE" expels the poison from the blood, and consequently cures them all alike. It is an invaluable protection to immi- grants and persons travelling or temporarily residing in the malarious districts. If taken occasionally or daily while exposed to the in- lection, that win be excreted from the system, and cannot accumulate in sufficient quantity to ripen into disease. Hence it is even more valuable for protection than cure, and few will ever suffer from InterInittents, if they avail themselves of the protection this remedy af- fords.
Year: 1861

That times are very hard. and money very tight,
That the people have not urk, and in bad plight
And Carpets and Crockey they cannot high,
And that. for all extras, they must pass them by:
OF this and other matters the people they complain
And it makes feel sad to their faces hed with
paint
And if by selling cheapif this will make them smle
Even if my money lose, they can share it awhile.
Therefore, have concluded without regard TO cost to
sell
All OF my Kitchen Goods Cutlery, Carpets as well;
Also, Crockery and Glass Ware at discount am
selling,
With and Bru hes, and everything all cannot
be telling
Therefore ladies and gentlemen, Guy upon this
invitation,
For have full supply of House Furnishing Goods at
my POetca Station
located in the Bay state Block at the Poets cor



Here have good Stock of Goods and as cheap as any,
upon my honor.
Now come and all buy your goods, and soon times
for better will change,
Andf your money is litte II will hold out If you buy at
the Poetical Exchange.
And should my capital the end of the he light,
Why then here energy and ambition, wich Is in tor the
fight
Forlife is battle field and if do right my
And we can plt to flight hard times with one vigorous
sally.
And in conclusion, my customers thank for the favors
that past;
Also for those which am receiving in the way of pat
ronage-may it always last
the Poetical Exchange, and examine my Goods which
are new and Of the latest pattern. - . -
ieIe DIFF ORSON N HEATH.
Year: 1861

As all our ladies are patriotic and anxious
to do something for the relief and comfort
of our volunteers, no donbt the following
information in relation to the preparation
Of bandages for the Medical Department of
the army will be quite acceptable to them.
Bandages should be made of soft, pliable,
unglazed muslin, such as is sold at to 10
cents per yard. The muslin should be torn,
not cut, into strips, and these sewed togeth-
er at the ends with a soft fat seam When
long enough to bandage, they should be roll
ed as tightly and compactly as possible, and
when rolled, the loose threads should be Ie-
moved from the ends of the roll The
length of the bandage should be marked
with a pencil on each roll.


The bandages of the following length and
width are most useful:


II yards long and inches wide


8 yards long and inches wide


8 yards long and D inches wide.


yards long and inches wide.


3 yards long and 2 inches wide.
Year: 1861

The Game of the Kentucky Governor


The Louisville Journals as it should do
keeps its eyes on Governor Magoffin. 1t
says:


We do hope Governor Magofin is not
playing false to Kentucky, but close watch
ing can do ne harm.


We are told, on good authority, that
within the last three days, he has received
dispatch from Montgomery, Ala, inform
ing him that his agent, Dr. Luke P. Black
burn, is too indiscreet, and requesting that
more prudent man be substituted A long
dispatch was sent by the Governor in reply
What was its character Is new accredit-
cd agent to be appointed


We are furthermore told, that & large
sum of money has been raised through Gov.
NJ, from private individuals, ami sent
South. What point was it sent to, and for
what purpose? Was it to take stock in the
loan of the Montgomery Governments or
was it to buy arms for the use of the Ken
lucky Disunionists-or what?


The Governor has still been keeping up
his efforts to get loans from the banks on
his personal responsibility. We understand
that the President of the Northern Bank in
formed his Excellency yesterday that not
one dollar could be had from that institu-
ton except in virtue Of legal enactment, and
for legal and loyal purposes, and that the
President of the Farmers Bank has replied
pretty much in the same way.
Year: 1861

So denominated from their astonishing power of
creating life and health, as it were, from the
very ashes of the most dilapidated constitutions
are more strongly tonic and more Immediately iu-
vigorating than pills; containing the same choice
vegetable extracts the latter, in different mod
ification Although really less cathartic than the
LIFE PILLS, they nevertheless begin to cleanse the
alimentary canal much sooner; generally slightly
operating wi thin three or four hours, and prOduc-
ing decided sense of relief to the head and stom-
ach, and exhierating the mind even in less time
than this
Year: 1861

But It IS nnnecessary to enumerate the many
cases in which these purely vegetable medicines
have been successful; but let US enquire Why are
they so universal in their happy effects2


Because they purify the blood, aud thus reno
yate all cause of disease in the system.


Because they act powerfully upon the secretfons
of the body, aud remove all impurities at once.


Because they do not reduce the system, but invig-
crate t-thus requiring no restraint from pleasure
or business during their operation
Year: 1861

We recollect 10 have seen one of the
most interesting legends connected with
bells with which we ever met, in the
Dublin Penny Journal for the year 1889.
It told Of chime OF bells, which were
manufactured by young Italian, who
labored at them necessarily for many
years. They were so sweet that his chief
delight was in listening to them they
were, in fact, the charm and the pride of
his lie. He was, however, induced by
the prior Of a neighboring convent to
part with them. With the profits OF their
sale he purchased for himself little villa,
where he could hear his bells from the
high cliffs on which the convent stood
Their music was quite necessary to his
happiness. His days passed cheerlully
on, surrounded by the objects Of his love.
and within hearing of his precious bells.


But time Of trouble came, and lie lost
eyerything-he was alone in the wide
world, bereft of family friends and home.
The convent too was razed TO the ground:
and the bells-the bells that he loved SO
well-~ere taken TO another country
For years he wandered. from land to land,
seeking for the place to which they had
been removed. lie was sorrowful old
man when he sailed up the Shannon
The vessel in which he was passenger
anchored in the Pool near Limerick. He
hired small boat for the purpose Of
landing. 1t was an evening so lovely tha:
he might have fancied himself ia his ma
tive home. The water was as clear as
glass. and the little boat glided smoothly
on. The city was near, ,and as the italian
sat in the stern, his eyes were fondly fixed
upon il. Suddenly amid the stiffness of
the hour, 4 peal burst forth from the
cathedral bells upon the air. The rowers
rested on their oars F; the Italian leaned
back he crossed his arms upon his
breast the well-remembered, fondly-
loved chime was heard once more. He
closed his eyes. the boatman landed him.
5u: he was dead SA0rze's sAo9axins.
Year: 1861

IT is no small condemnation to manage
a little we'll, He is q good WAGNER who
can turn in little room. To live we'll in
abundance is the praise of the estate, not
of the person. We should study more to
give good account of little than how 70
make it more
Year: 1861

He who is passionate and hasty is gener-
ally honest. 1t is your old, assembling
hypocrite of whom you should beware.
There is no deception in bulldog. 1t Is
only the cur that sneaks up and bites you
whom your back 10 turned.
Year: 1861

IaNoR ,NcE.-Never be ashamed of con-
Tossing your ignorance, for the wisest man
upon earth Is ignorant of many things. in
somuch that what he knows 10 mere nothing
in comparison with what no does not know.
There cannot be a greater folly in the
world than to suppose that We know every.
thing.
Year: 1861

FLETCHER WEBSTER The course Of this
gentleman has been peculiarly magDani-
nous us we'll as patriotic IIe is removed
from q lucrative Office by the Government
in one day, and on the next is out with a
plan to raise regiment to sustain the Gov
ernment that removed him. The blood Of
the patriot grandfather and patriot father
asserts itself funmistakably in tho living veins
OF the living descendant.
Year: 1861

There is no doub: that the Union party
cf Kentucky virtually controls and shapes
the policy Of the Administration in the con
duct Of the war, and the real position Of
the Union party in. that State possesses,
therefore, all the more interest to the coun-
Try at large The resolutions, which it Is
said enbody Kentucky Cnionis,n and will
be passed by her Legislature, are given in
another column. Union men everywhere
will agree That they eover sufficient ground
if ,slc war be actively prosecuted, for the
military necessities if met Is they occur,
will shape the course Of our commanders
in The conduct Of the war, and if the re,
suits tic not altogether satisfactory to those
who tcnderly regard the institution of Sla
very. the f.alt will be with those who
aware Of their own risks, precipitated tui:
conflict upon the country. It will not bt
good Unionism either in Kentucky O.
Washington, to seek 10 save Slavery frs
and the Union afterwards, but the forme
must take care Of itself
Year: 1861

- The people Of Andalusla and the North
cry end Of Rock Island county have held a
meeting, and voted that 4 track should be laid
to Camden, five miles above Rock Island, to
connect with the Chicago railroad, for greater
convenience and dispatch in the matter of
freight. They claim that they have reaizcd
little benefit, thus far from the heavy debt in
CURED by the county for the Rock Island
railroad.
Year: 1861

- An enthusiast in military science on
Lake St. Clair, Mich, recently invented
donblc cone, spiral corrugated cannon ball,
which was to go through tho air on the screw
principle Procuring IN old iron field piece,
the projectile Was 'ssent home" with heavy
Charge Of powder and the match applied, when
to the surprise Of The operator and his admir-
ing friends, the spiral corrugated conc started
On it's travels, went some distance and then
took sharp turn to the right, passing through
saw mill L quarter Of 4 mile to one side. The
inventor intends to secure patent for the long
sought dcslleratum Of shooting round 4