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Year: 1861

From all parts Of the country we begin to
hear the murmurings OF dissatisfaction, at the
supposed inactivity of the army Of the Po-
tomac But if the grumblers could zee, as We
have seen, the immense amount Of necessary
labor our army has performed upon the soil
of Virginia, they would be satisfed Of the en-
ergy, ability, sagacity, and trne military great
ness of Gen. Mcclellan.


We hope the people will remain firm, and
satisfied with the assurance that they will soon
see results that will amply repay them for The
millions already expended, and for the delay
which to them seems unnecessary.


We copy the following from the New York
World Of yesterday:


ARE WE TO HAVE A BATTLE?


Whether the public impatience Is soon to be
relieved by Witnessing some fruit Of the enor.
nous preparation Of theslast six months de-
peuds on Gen. Mcclellan. The rebels do not
mean to attack Washington. If we are TO have
battle, Gen. Mcclellan must seek 1t. 1t will
hardly do for him to 60 into winter quarters,
without either winning q battle or compelling
the rebels to confess his superiority by retir-
ing before bis advance. The disgrace of Bull
Run must be wiped out. We need only the
prestige OF one great victory to remove the
encouragement that is beginning to prevail
in the North, and place the Union cause on
the high road to speedy and certain success.


Why Is 1t that the emancipation
scheme Is urged with daily increasing bolduess,
but because ardent and impulsiye minds get
discouraged and disgusted that nothing lie done
by our armiesH If we had already had two or
three rousing victories, even the extremists
would be 30 well satisfied with the Govern
ment that emancipation would not have been
broached, -


There is danger that the public dssatlsfac-
ton, exhibiting itself In this and various other
forms, will fatally weaken the Administration
by Withdrawing from it the support Of the
country, unless our army has an early oppor-
tunity to signslize its valor. The great body
of the loyal people have thus far acquiesced In
the apparent inaction of our troops, under the
impression that industrious and efficient drill
was rapidly preparing them for vigorous ope-
rations in the field. They approve Of the elab.
crate preparation, but they expect something
to come of II. They see no reason why Gen
Mcclellan needs such q prodigious force as be
has under his command. merely to defend q
strongly fortified town such as Washington has
now become. He has men enough TO render
the capital perfectly secure, and have great
and formlaable army left to lead against the
enemy.
Year: 1861

0A correspondent who does not give
his name, inquiries of us, whether a pass to go
South, recently granted to Miss E." was
granted by General Scott, We should have
some cine to follow, If we knew who "Miss
E" was, but probably General Scott is better
able to answer the inquiry than we are We
certainly have no facility Of access to him, not
enjoyed by our correspondent, and by the rest
OF mankind
Year: 1861

To TIE LADIES OF CLEvELAND.-The
patriotic ladies of this city who desire to
aid in the manufacture of garments for the
soldiers, are requested to meet at the rooms
of the Young Mems Christian Association,
over Kendalls store, this morning at
nine o'clock when committee will be in
attendance. A thousand shirts will be in read
mess for the ladies to make. They can be
taken home to be made, or sew at the rooms,
as may be most convenient


An organization of ladies was formed
whose duty is shall be 70 engage in any
work which may promote the comfort Of the
soldiers quartered in this city.


The names ofths officers and other business,
viii be published in this evenings paper.


Cleveland, April 26th.
Year: 1861

SANDAeEs.-We are requested by e sur
geon Of this city, to call attention 20 the i'm
portance of preparing all banaages from
material which has never been used by dis
eased persons. The simple washing Of the
article is not sufficient protection against
infection. This is point Of great impOr-
tanee, and nothing should be accepted fol
the purpose which cannot be received with
the utmost confidence.
Year: 1861

FIEEAEE's MEEFINa.-At meeting Of the
Board Of Engineers and Foremeu Of the Fire
Department, the following Preamble and
Resolution was adopted and ordered 10 be
printed:


WHEREAs: 20 many Of the active mem
bers Of the Gre department have enlisted
into the service Of the United States as 70
render the Ere department inmffaient 20
protect the property Of our citizens; there
fore,


RsSolUea, That the citizens are hereby re-
quested 70 report TO the Foreman or each
Fire Company sufficient number Of per-
soma TO assist the Fire Department until the
several Fire Companies shall DO otherwise
provided with q sufficient force. ail
Year: 1861

~ Il is q well known fact that volun-
teers in campaign suffer from exposure
and hardship much more than regulars,
simply from the fact that they do not know
how to care for themselves properly. The
following good advice may be beneficial TO
some Of the reeruits:
Year: 1861

At the risk Of being accused of hostility to
the Administration by the venal crew that seek
to commend themselves to favor and jobs by =
superserviceable zeal in its defense, we once
more plead for the prompt and hearty acceptance
Ly the Government Of euery t,A efficient regiment
Mnt asks the pririlege of striking 6lo,r for the


Ulon. We utterly distrust the expediency of
attempting at this time to make large addition
to the line of the regular army. Increase the
staff as much as you please, but do not absorb
all the bes, material for officers in the country


in regiments which it will take precious time to
fill up, when those officers are pressing want
ed to drill and lead the volunteers who passion


a,ely plead for permission to fight for and save


the Union. This State alone will send fifty
thousand volunteers into the field forthwith if
the Government will only take them, and fifty


thousand more if it will only say it wants them !;


and every other Free State is willing to do as


well in proportion, if not better. Is it wise to
reject efficient men who want to 60 as volun-
tecrs--not for three months but for the War
in the hope of driving men into the regular Ar
my which comparatively no one wants to en-
ter !? The American People want to make this
fight themeelyes--want to put forth all their
strength AMI finish it up, and then return to their
farms and their shops; and we insist that their
instinct is wiser than anybodys military tradi-


tions Here is almost every State calling out
regiments that the Government hesitates to ac-
cept; here are our Irish, German. British, Hun
g,rian and other fellow-citizens, pleading by


thousands for chance to strike blow for the
union and its starry flag; and we insist that it


is ad policy and false economy to refuse we'll
fl!,d regiment till the back OF Secession shall
, be broken. Limit the cost OF outfit and prepa-


ration if you will; say (ii you wil) that $50 per
man shall arm, equip and put each regiment in
| the field ready for service; but let every stout
| heart and strong arm have it's coveted opportu-
nifty, and let the war be finished At the earliest
| moment The country can better afford 10 keep
half million men in the field year than one
hundred thousand for three years. And we're
| there two hundred thousand men at Washington


ready to enter Virginia to-day, prepared to
| march on Richmond and Raleigh forthwith, the


struggle would be virtually over and any great
| effusion Of blood precluded.


Mind that we blame no one for what has been


and fully comprehend that the formation of Il


great. effective army of raw levies is work el


time. We urge no advance till all is ready, and


would have no blow struck till il is certain tc


tell. We only entreat the Government TO leavs


the question Of expanding the regular army TO /,


calmer moment, accept all the volunteers thai


are ready tn see the thing out. arm, equip, ant


drill them as rapidly as may be, and let the peo
pie have the credit Of putting down the JET
Davis conspiracy. Only give them fair chance
and they will deserve it-lN. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1861

az The Southern Chivalry complain that
they are obliged to expose the best blood of tie
country to the mere superfuous population Of
the North. why" said Captain-''my com.
psny represents nearly slOOO0,OOo worth Of
property, and they have got to fight the Dutch
and Irish Of the North" They viii soon learn
that, in the hour of battle, one man is as good
as another, with good rife and steady aim.
Year: 1861

The statement made In Parliament by Sir G.
Wood, that 100000 bales were expected to be
shipped during the remainder of this year from
Indic alone, would justify a higher estimate
than we make.


But without making any larger estimate of
future shipments, Engltnd has now, and will
certainly receive, without getting bale from
America, cotton enough to last until the lat of
next March, even assuming that her consump.
ton and expectation contiaue at the sam rate
as from January lst to July 10Th.


By reducing her rate Of consumption, the
supplies in hand and to be received may. o.
course, be made to last longe'.


But in any view of the subject, the Eaglsh
men need not trouble them ,elves, and Il, moi
trouble Themselves, a. present, about getting
cotton from the United States, where, indeed
the:e is none TO be had, even If the blockade
was removed After the present growing crop
Is gathered, ald when they begin to get sh ort
OF cotton, It will become matter of practical
Importance to them. But that period is several
months distant. There Is an abundant margin
Of time, within which all the cotton raised,
may be reached by the suppression of the
Confederate rebellion.
Year: 1861

|1- We learn that the provost marshal,
General Porter, is hereafter to have especial
charge OF the bridges over the Potomac. In
this case it is probable that passes to visit the
Virginia side OF the river will have hereafter to
be obtained from him.
Year: 1861

A GENTLEMAN, residing in village, find
ing that the dimunition of his wood-piles
continued after his fires were out, lay awake
one night in order to obtain, if possible,
some clue to the mystery. At an hour when
all honest folks should be in bed, hearing
an operation at work in the yard he eau
tiously raised his chamber window, and saw
lazy neighbor endeavoring to get large
log on his wheelbarrow.


"You're pretty fellow" said the owner,
"to come here and steal my wood while ]
sleep"


dyes" replied the thief, I" and suppose
you would stay up there and see me break
my neck with lifting before you'd offer to
come and help me-"
Year: 1861

TENNESSEE has gone for the Union. The
Legislature of the State refuses to make an ap-
preparation to arm the State. The secession in
Election seems to be confined to the southern tier
of states almost exclusively.
Year: 1861

FoRr SUMPIER.-A solid work of mason
ry, octagonal in form, pierced on the north,
cast and west sides with double row of
port holes for the heaviest guns, and on
the south or land. side in addition to the
openings for guns, loop holes for musketry
stands in the middle of the harbor, on the
edge of the ship channel, aud is said to be
bomb-proof. 1t is at present without any
regular garrison. THERE'S a large force of
werkmen-some one hundred and fifty in
all-busily employed m mounting the guns
and otherwise putting this great strategic
point in order The armament of Fort
Sumpter consists of one hundred and for
~ guns, many Of them being the furmida-
BILE ten-inch Columbiads" throw either
shot or shell, and which have fearful range.
Only few of these are yet in position,
and the work of mounting pieces of this
caliber in the easements is necessarily a
slow one There is al large amount OF
artillery stores, consisting of about forty
thousand pounds of powder and proper
tionate quantity of shot and shell. The
workmen engaged here sleep in the fort
every night, owing to the want of any reg
tilar communication with the city. The
wharf or landing is on the south side; and
is of course exposed to a cross fire from
all the openings on that side.
Year: 1861

IT has been judicially decided in New
York that where a husband knoc ks his wife
down by blows on the nose, once by blow
on the cheek, and then shakes billet of
wood at her the provocation is too slight
to dissolve that sacred tie which binds her
to her husband for life, for better or for
worse" The husband must keep doing so
if he wants his wife to be freed from him.
But how long7
Year: 1861

EDiToRs TRUE DEMOCRAT

 The people here are reioiced at the reception ol the news of the passage of the secession ordinance by the convention, save few having black repub- lican proclivities who cursing Judge Walker for having "thrown them off, The fact of his urging those who had voted against the ordnanc, to change their votes, when he saw that he was lef in a hopeless minority, is looked upon by thos e who have gone to him for their opinions, as treach ry and treason in its most hideous form. Another thing tending to strengthen their opinion is, that a prominent secessionist, at the beginning of the
Year: 1861

On Thursday evening last the Pulaski Artillery, commanded by Capt. Wm. k Woodruff, jr., left on the Tahlequah for their destination on the western frontier We understand they will be posted at Fort Wayne in Benton county, which is very near the State line. This company is com posed of the best material of Little Rock and vicinity. On their departure they were presented with beautiful banner by Miss Juliet Langtree in behalf If herself and other young ladies, which was received by Lieut.. James w. Finley of the company. On presenting the banner Miss Langtree said:

 "You are about to leave your fresides, your friends and your homes, to do battle in your country's cause. The peril of war is upon us, and you are about to meet it. The highest attribute of man is courage to defend the right. Your cause is right--it is just; and may the 'God of battles be with you.

 You sec that on this flag the stars and stripes are less than on the old one, yet it is the flag now waving over our southern homes-emblemat of southern rights and defended by southern chivalry. Will yo, surrender it7 Will you not rather de un der its folds?

 Remember also, that while you are gone, you will not be forgotten. Many moth CTS and many sisters heart will yearn after you while you are toiling in the ardu ous campaign. In the heat of day or the darkness of night, those you leave behind you will drop tear for the soldier, and offer up prayer for his safety.

 Take then this flag and let your deter imitation be like that of the Spartan moth CTS advice when she presented her son with his shield; Come home wHh u or come home on a'"
Year: 1861

We must require advance payment for our paper in all eases. It is right and proper that we should do so, anl we trust 1t will give offence to no one.

 Money remitted through the mail will be at our risk There is no objection to send ing gold dollars or even larger coin in letter. Subscription taken for any length of time at $2 per year.
Year: 1861

.air-NELbY GRAY.
There's starry banne, floating o'er the home OF
liberty,
In oiden times twas purchased By our sires.
Every crimson stripe was painted by the hearts
blood of the free,
Aud its radiant stars were lit by patriot fires.
CHoRus-oh never may the morn,
See our banner stained and torn,
BY disunion with its evils sad and sore,
For the stars would fade away,
And the stripes alone would stay,


And freedom woald forsake eYermore.
A noble standard bearer is the eagle Of the west
Proudly daring and defiant is his glare,
He has left his grand old eyrie in the mountains
highest crest,
To bear our starry banner on the air.


CHORUS.
The Union is our glory, by the Uuion we will stand,
Columbia owns no recreant as her son;
From the mountain and the valley, come the purest
of our land,
And the hearts of the many are as one.


CHORUS.
The fiery Southern chiyalry, the stainless and the
high


Are raising in the glory of their might;
As the war-steed rushes onward, with the lightning
in his eye
When the trumpet blast is calling to the fight.


Chorus.
And the North will meet them bragely, With the
wisest and her best,
Frank and warm win be the greeting of the free,
Aud the glory and the honor Of the vast and chain
less West
Shall be offered at the shrine Of liSerty.
CHoRus-And never shall the morn


See our banner stained and torn,


By disunion with its evils sad and sore,
For the stars shah never fade,
And the stripes shall know no shade,


And Freedom shall he ours eveTmore.
Year: 1861

II is said that the officers and men who
were captured in Texas after the treason of
Twigs, and released ON their promise not to
bear arms against the Southern Confederacy,
are to be called on 10 renew their oaths of
allegiance, and to serve against the enemies Of
their country. Failing to obey this older,
they will be at onoe dismissed from the SER
vice,
Year: 1861

! The Washington correspondent Of the
| Nashville Patriot has been Investigating the
mysteries of government contracts, and gives
the following striking illustration of the sub
lect -


The way the government gets its work
done is curious AS an illustration, you and
your family meet in convention OF the whole,
and adopt q resolution authorizing the con-
strdction OF hen coop in your back yard


You at once appoint me superintendent of
the work, putting o thousand or two of dol


lars in bank for me to check on. | get you


to appoint my bro,herin.aw chief engineer.
I appoint two Of my brothers assistant super
intendents and my brother in.law appoints
two of his brothers assistant cnginecrs--all
at your expense. We buy US each fast
horse and buggy, and ride around town. drink
hot cocktails and play billiards s,unti' the bank
deposit gives out, when we make out print
ed report of Is pages, furnishing you COM
pete topogra phical survey of your back yard,
and vast amount Of statistical information
with regard to the number Of hens you are
likely to have for the next forty years. We
wind up the report with the announcement
that the site OF the hen coop has been select
ed, aud u call for another appropriation to
prosecute the work, which We assure you will
be done with visor.' You place another
thousand or two in bank, and We employ two
hundred hands at three dollars day to
transport Is Cts. worth Of lumber (Which
costs you under our management about ten
times that many dollars) to the place of oper-
ations, which requires about 3 months. In
the meantime we drive around and 60 on vig-
orously with the liquor and billiards. We
then come up with another report, and de-
mand for another appropriation. With this
we get the walls Of the structure up,and with
one or two more appropriations, and a great
many m2re cocktails and biliards,we get the
thing covered in,and at the end Of II moths,
which we very appropriately style our fiscal
year. we put you in fornel possession of a
$4,000 hen-coop tha, any negro carpenter
would have been glad to knock up some SAT
ur'lay afternoon for salt ofyour old clothes.
Year: 1861

We give in this issue, as far as we are able,


the particulars in regard to the attack and sur
render of Fort Sumter. The event, Of itself
considered, is not matter of great account
,, We have not Us yet learned that any lives have
been sacrificed, but . number of persons have
been wounded. The Fort could be of no great
moment to Us if held by our troops. But t;.,
king the event in all Of it's connections, it is
one of alarming magnitude. 1t was delbcr
ate attack upon our Government, which hal
been long premeditated and matured by a band
of rebels, in treason against the Government


The event fully inaugurates the dreaded horrors
of civil war, and demonstrates that the infatu-
atcd South have become so recklessly insane,
that they are willing 10 take the consequences
of an avowcd hostility to the General Govern
mcnt. If civil war must come, VIC arc glad
that the responsibility of sprlnging this flood
gate Of ruin belongs not to our Government-
The rebels have been treated with the greatest
clcmency until even forbearance has apparently
ceased to be o virtue. The South, in this mat
ter have been treated with mercy which they
never have shown to others. They have not
been willing to tolerate, among their own citi-
zens, the freedom of speech or of the press
Think of the fate of John Brown and his asso.
cates: who were adjudged as guilty of treason.


While our Government remained inactive in
regasd to the reinforcement tof Fort Sumter,
the rebels were busy in planting their batteries
and marshaling their soldiers They had
agreed to grant Major Anderson his supplies,
and only fed him until they had fully matured
their plans to storm the Fort, and then demand
his surrender, and still claim no responsibility
in the commencement of hostilities Our Gov
ernmcnt did not even ask tho privilege of put
ting men into their own Fort, but simply to
carry food to her starving soldiers, and even
this was denied.


We know not how 10 account for this mad
ness of the South, but on the suppositon that
they are left to this hardness of heart to rush
into position which must lead to the abroga.
tion of that foul system of American Slavery
r''';"l' hos always been reproach and curse to
the Country.


Similar instances Of judicial blindness may
be found in the history of the world. We have
an illustration in the drowning of Pharaoh
and all his mighty host, in the Red Sea. After
witnessing the miracles by which God had just
desolated the land of Egypt, nothing but abso-
lutte Judicial madness could have induced them
to march into the deep after their slaves.


Another example we have in the destruction
of Jerusalem by the Romans, as recorded by
Josephus. That more than q million of Jews
should suffer themselves to bo shut up by vic
torious army in one city, there to perish by
famine, and by falling into factions, and but
cheering one another, cannot be accounted for in
any other way, than by ascribing it toa judi
cial madness through which the wrath of God
was poured out upon them to the uttermost.
Year: 1861

Dead Love
We are face to face, and between " he"
Is the ;ove we thought could never die
Why has it only lived year!


Who has murdered it-you or
No matter who--the deed was done


BY both, and there it lies:
The smile from the lip forever zone,
And darkness over the beautiful eyes.
Our love is dead, and our hope is wrecked;
So what does it pro fit to talk and rave,
Whether it perished by my neglect,
Or whether your cruelty dug its grave!
Why should you say that am to blame,
Or why should charge the sin you?
Our work is before us all the same,
And the guilt of it lies between US two.
We have praised our love for its beauty and grace
Now stand here, and hardly dare
TO turn the face cloth back from the face,
And see the thing that is hidden there.
Yet look ah that h cart has beat its las,
And the beautiful lite of our life is o'er,
And when have buried and left the past,
We two, together, can walk no more.
You might stretch yourself on the dead, and weep,
And pray as the Prophet prayed, in pain;
But not like him could you break the sleep,
And bring the soul to the clay again.
Its head in my bosom can lay,
And shower my woe there, kiss on kiss,
But there never resurrection day
In the world for a love so dead as this!
And, since cannot lessen the sin
BY mourning over the deed we did,
Let us draw tn winding sheet up to the chin,
Ay, up till the dea.h blind eyes are hid
Chambers Journal. PHEBs CARY
Year: 1861

VINO THE PEOPLE WANT FOR A MlNIsrER-
Presiding Elders have chance to learn what
kind of preachers the people desire. We have
some letters before US on this subject much af-
ter the same sort, and they speak for themselves
4 good brother writing US in regard to their
next preacher says Send US u man who has
experienced rehgion, a man Of God, an enorget-
ic, working, pious man,


Another writes . If We canno. have q
preacher who will visit among the people, it is
Of 70 use to have one sent If we arc to have
nothing done but little preaching on the Sab
bath, our local preachers can do that. We
want man who is social, and knows how, and
wM make pastoral visits, even if he cannot
preach.