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Year: 1862

The Nashville Banner says:
Of the charges alleged against General
Critteuden we shall say but little at this
time, when his conduct is involved in so
much mystery and popular odium. We
were supplied night before last with a story
from a soldier just arrived, of the most
startling character. Our informant spoke
with great precision and clearness But we
suppressed any allusioato to what he was kind
enough to communicate doubtless with
the sinoerest confidence in the perfect &C.
curacy of his facts-because we should not
forgive ourself if we initiated the circula-
ton of an afterwards estabisbed'error, ira
ducive of soldiers fair, good name; and
moreover should deserve the severest pub
lie censure besides. Gen. Crittendeu will
doubtless appear before court martial,
which will determine the right and wrong
of the matter. If he is found guilty of
conduct uubecoming an officer and gen
tleman, he will receive the amplest Justice
of code never too lenient. If be is not
guilty, surely no one wishes to condemn
him unjustly. And more than all, we are
not willing to add fuel to the fame of in
dignation, which already completely over
whelm him from highway and byway, be-
fore we are thoroughly apprised of the off,
cial facts in the case. When we are so ap-
prised we shall not be behind hand in a
proper, outspoken course.


But meanwhile, in continuation, of this
point, it is to be remarked, that there are
certain undeniabe facts in relation to Gen
Crittenden, which throw as much response
bility upon the authorities who commission
ed him as they are calculated to cast oblo-
guy upon himself. We allude, Of course,
to his reputed and well established intem-
perance. No matter how deserving other
wise-no matter how able and accomplished
as military leader-no matter how COM
mendable for qualities of mind and heart,
too often most eminent in the person of just
such men-no matter what influence is
brought to bear upon the President, if he
knew the fact, as we are now assured of it,
he merits the severest reproval for COM
missioning him. Of course all this will be
understood hereafter, when an investigation
brings to light everything relating to the
unfortunate affair. Taking nothing for
granted, therefore-except the melancholy
reflection above stated-until definitely
posted, let us occupy ourselves with en-
deavoring to learn some useful lessons from
the sad event, and retrieving Immediately
the disaster, if such it may be called, to our
arms
Year: 1862

The State of Alabama is arming- hel
troops for coast service with very effective
weapon. The Mobile correspondent of the
Memphis appeal thus describes it:


owe are armiug our men with weapon
new in this war and in modern warfare gen.
orally, but a most effective weapon, as it
will compel the Southern soldier to his best
fighting points and throw the Northerner
on his worst, to,.wit: haud.to.haud fighting.
This weapon is the pike large number
having been and still being manufactured
under an appropriation of the State Legis.
lature. The Alabama pike consists of a
keen, two edged, steel head, like Bowie.
knife blade, near 4 foot and half long,
with sickle-like hook, very sharp, bending
back from near the socket. This is intend.
ed for cutting the brides of cavalrymen OF
pulling them off their horses, Or catching
hold Of the enemy when they are running
away. This head is mounted on "a shaft Of
tough wood about eight feet long. A CLEAN.
ing row Of these fearful implements Of
slaughter, beaming down upon them at the
pas de charge, would strike the terror OF
ten thousand deaths TO the apprehensive
souls of Buffers Yankees. 1t can scarcely
be doubted that we would have won more,
and more decided victories than we have,
had there not been an ounce of gun.
powder, except for artillery uses in the Con,
federacy. Then the Southrons must have
come to close quarters, and their superior
physical prowess and nerve would have
made their victories deadly and decisive
Year: 1862

TIE SECOND STONE FLEET.-On Satur.
day last, the weather having moderated,
some of the steamers of the Lincoln feet
towed to position on or near the Rattle
Snake Shoal several Of their old hulks,
which were soon afterwards sunk. They
continued this work up to yesterday even
ing, when they had placed FIVE Of their
wrecks on the bottom and had four others
ready, which were no doubt filed with Wa
ter on Sunday night. The purpose Of the
enemy appeared to be to throw obstacles in


the way of vessels coming in or going out
of this port, which may have to pass in the
neighborhood of the Rattle Snake. There
were three steamers and bark blockading
this port yesterday.-Charlestoa Courier.
Year: 1862

the chimneys are on spiral springs, "quash.
able" without injury, and the only way Of
getting into her is through small hatch
way, to which is an iron door fastening i'm.
movably on the inside, so that the enemy
had as we'll attempt to board loggerhead
turtle as her. Her armament consists Of
three heavy guns on each side and one at
bow and stern. The iron cleaver in front
is supposed capable Of dividing Yankee
ship in two equal portions with great
nicely and despatch. To all appearances
she is most formidable institution, and
whether she prove a success or not, the
Yankees are greatly exercised on her &C.
count, and the very name of Merrimac is
a terror to them. o..
Year: 1862

lion. hearted commander, and the gallant
officers and men who sail under his flag!


Our friends abroad will feel anxious to
know the prospect before us. Our con
clusion, from the present status Of affairs is,
that Notwithstanding the Federal vessels
are still beyond the distractions, the reno
val of the latter is but work of time
This done, they can readily come in on the
high tide and take their position in the
main channel of the river. This will place
them some FIVE miles below the city, the
passage to which will be disputed desper'
stely by Fort jackson, three miles below,
q formidable earthwork on the opposite side
of the river, and our gallant little navy
We hope these will be sufficient to repel
the invaders, and if not, We shall be pre-,
pared to give them strong fight on theiE
approach to the city. Arrangements are
progressing for this purpose and will be
ready in time. They may she'll us for sew
eral hours and set the town on fire in a
number of places, but We apprehend no
serious consequences in these respects. II
is the opinion of able military men, who
are entirely familiar with the situation,
that the city cannot be taken, if its inhabi-
tants will but stand firmly to their posts
and do their duty. All depends upon this,
and we should make up our minds to look
the danger sternly in the face and prepare
to meet it with all the means that God has
placed in our power. 1t is no time fol-
idlers, cavillers or croakers-the sooner
such people get out of the city the better ii
will be for us.-Savannah Republican,
29th ult.


The Ne,os thinks that the Burnside feet
is intended for Savannah
Year: 1862

SIGHTS ON THE BATTLE ZELDA CORES
pondent gives the following description Of
the battle field, which differs materially
from the picture drawn of such scenes:


81 think the horrors of the battle field
have been exaggerated. The features of
these men, save where they have perished
from strangulation received wounds in
the face, are as calm and placid as though
they had died in bed Many of them lie on
their backs, With 4rms stretched YEARLY,
carelessly out, in the attitude of men who
have thrown themselves on the ground to
rest, and suddenly sunk into slumber. !
noticed one man in this attitude very partic-
ularly. 1t was impossible to believe him
dead, even when he failed to reply to repeat
ed calls, until endeayored to raise his head
in more comfortable position, and the rig
idity of the body told tEat life was not there.
The groans of the wounded, that form one of
the great staple horrors, are mainly fc
ton. When the pain is very acute. mo; n
ing is heard, but in most cases they lie
mutely wrapped up in their own thoughts.
silent in despair. Their only request is wa
ter-this given them, they sink back to 81
lence or to death. | apprehend that from a
bullet wound life must ebb unconciously
away, the s,lferer not knowing that he is go
ing Hope is so strongly developed within
us, that question whether any one believes
himself niortally wounded. To strong
man thus suddenly struck down, it seems
impossible he should die, and his spirit floats
away into space while he is thinking of the
glory that will rebound to him from his
scars
Year: 1862

FREAK OF NATURE-A story is told of an
apple tree planted over the grave of Roger
Williams to this effect: The tree had pushed
downward one of its main roots in sloping
direction, aud nearly straight course, toward
the precise spot that had been occupied by
the skull of Roger Williams there making
turn conforming with its circumference,
the root followed the direction of the back
bone to the hips, and thence divided into
two branches, each one following the leg
bone to the heel, where they both turned up
ward to the extremities of the toes Of the
skeleton. One of the roots formed a curve at
the part occupied by the knee joint, thus
producing an increased resemblance to the
outlines Of the skeleton, as if indeed, mould
"a thereto by the powers of vegetable life
This singularly formed root has been care
fully preserved, as constituting ttgt very inn
pressive exemplifcation Of the mode in which
the contents Of the grave had been entirely
absorbed.
Year: 1862

ST.. LOUIS, July 22.-Gen. Schoheld has
issued orders for the immediate organiza-
ton of all the militia of Missouri, for the
purpose of exterminating all the guerrillas
that infess the State.


All able bodied men capable of bearing
arms are ordered to repair to the nearest
military post, and report for duty to the
commanding officer.


Every man will bring whatever arms be
can procure. All arms and ammunition of
every kind, not in the hands of the militia,
will be taken possession of and used for
public defense. Six days after date of or
der are allowed for every man fit fos dHty
to report to the commanding officer of the
nearest post, and be enrolled. All persons
so enrolled will be regarded as belonging to
the active militia of the State, until further
orders.


The commanding officer of the post is au-
thorized to give furloughs to such men OF
the military force as cannot be absent from
their ordinary business without serious
detriment or such as are not needed for
present service. Such leave of absence will
in no case be for longer time than ten
dave.s and may be revoked at any time at
the discretion of the officer granting them.


The militia thus organized will be gov
erned by the articles of war and army reg
ulations, and will be subject TO the orders
of officers of the United States troops or the
Missouri militia, regularly mustered into
the service, as may be assigned to their
command.
Year: 1862

of Henderson, Union, Livingston, Crittsn-


den, Webster and Hopkins counties.


am a candidate for CommonweaIth's
Attorney in this Judicial District, and as
may not have the pleasure of meeting you
personally between this and the August
election, take this method of addressing
you.


The Office of Commonwealth's Attorney
has ever been of Importance 10 every citi.
zen of this Commonwealth (: it becomes
doubly so in the present critical condition
of our national affairs. A civil war is rag
ing in our midst fratricidal strife and
bloodshed surround u.s. We are ne longer
q united and happy people. Our very ex-
istence as a nation is questioned; 1t is
needless TO ask at this hour the cause OF so
dire a calamity. So it is. 1t should now
Year: 1862

Each mother is historian. She writes
not the history of empires or OF atoms
, n paper, bnt 81 G writes her own history
on tho imperishable mind of her child.
That tablet and that history will remain
indelible when time shall he no m ORE
That history each mother will meet again,
and meet with eternal joy or unuttera lie
grief in the far ages OF eternity. This
thought should weigh on the mind Of eve.
ry mother, and render her deeply circum
spect, and prayeriul, and faithful in her
solemn work OF training up her chill
dren for heaven and immortality.


The minds of children are very suscep
tible and easily impressed. A word, a
look, a frown, may engrave an impress
ion on the mind Of child which nc
laspc Of time can elface or wash out
You walk along the tea.shore when the
tide is out. and you form characters, OF
write words or names in the smooth
white sand, which has spread ont so cleaI
and beautiful at your feet, according as
your faacy may dictate; but the returning
tide shall in few hours wash out and eli.
face forever all that you have wntten.-
Not so the lines and characters Of truth
or error, which our conduct imprints on
the mind Of your child. There you write
impressions for the everlasting good OF
i'll of your child, which neither the aood'
nor the storms of earth can wash out,
nor Deaths cold fingers erase, nor the
slow moving ages of eternity obliterate
How careful, then, should each mother b,
OF her treatment of her child. How
prayerful, and how serious and how earn
est to write the eternal truths of God OIL
his mind-those truths which shall b
his guide and teacher when her voic
| shall be silent in death, and her lips M
longer move in prayer in his behalf, il
commenting her dear child to her cove
nant God.
Year: 1862

We find the following good things in
late number of the Country Gentlvnaa!


1t is a good thing when one has hobby
not to ride it too hard for it may wear
out before others are ready TO take pas
sage.


1t is good thing for those who are in
clned to try experiments, or adopt some
new theory to move cautiously. for the
world is full Of humbugs.


1t is good thing for man to oversee
all his work, especially attend to the de-
tails, for Pat is very apt to slip over
many things that should be done.
/ it i good thing to be neat and tidy
about cne's premises, for it is pleasing to
the eye and is desirable every way


1t is a good thing to see that foder is
not scattered about under f O., for cattle
do not relish their food after it has been
trodden upon by dirty feet much is Of
ten wasted in this way.


1t is a good thing to let cattle have a..
cess to water twice day, for if watered
but once day they are apt 10 drink too
much and thereby become chilled and
uncomfortable.


Il is a good thing to card cattle every
day, for it promotes health and gives
them a pleasing appearance, and is a
luxury which they enjoy much.


1t is a good thing to keep all animals
thriving, or at least not to suffer them to
fall away in flesh during cold weather,
for all they loss il flesh is dead loss to
the owner.


1t is good thing to furnish the hog
pen with plenty Of straw and litter, for
grunter will manufacture it into the best
of manure, besides warm nest will
make him comfortable, therefore cause
him to thrive.


1t is a good thing to keep manure in
snug piles, for it will bleach less by the
melting snow and rain.


1t is good thing to increase the ma
nure heap in every possible way, for it
will give larger dividend than railroad
or bank stock.


1t is good thing to draw out manure
the latter part Of winter or early in the
Spring, before the frost is out of the
ground, for it is easier done than later,
and it Injuries land to go on it with a
team when soft.


1t is good thing to keep farming
tools in order; it often saves great vexa-
/ tion and loss Of time when wanted for
use.


1t is a good thing to have a years
stock Of wood at the door, sawed, split
and seasoned ; for it is trying to the
flesh to be obliged to burn green wood.
Itwould be a good thing for those who
practice burning green wood, drawing
and cutting it as wanted, to let their
wives wear the britchcs. for quite likely
they would be most capable Of managing
affairs.


1t is a good thing to "be subject to the
powers that be" to love your country,
and to live peaceably with all men-the
reason is obvious
Year: 1862

Go to the grave of buried love and
mediate. There settle the account with
ting conscience for every past endearment
unregarded of tlat departed being who
can Observation-Disclosures return to be
soothed by the contrition If thou
art the child and hast ever added a sor-
row to the soul or furrow to the silver
ed brow Of ailectionate parent; if thou
art a husband, and hast ever caused the
fond bosom that ceutured its whole hap
piness in thy arms to doubt one moment
of thy kindness or truth if thou art
friend, and ever wrongel in thought, or
W ord, or deed the spirit that generously
contiled in thee if thou art lover, and
hast ever given one uumerited pang TO
the true heart that now lies cold beneath
thy ieet-then be sure every unkind Hook,
every ungracious word, every ungentle
action, will come thronging back upon
thy memory, and knocking dolefully
at thy soul-then be sure that thou
wilt lie down sorrowing and repentant
on the grave, and utter the unheard grosn,
and pour out the unavailing tear-more
deep, more bitter, because unheard and
unavailing ng.-Irving.
Year: 1862

a correspondent of the Germantown
7eieg caph, gives the folhwing mode OF
keeping grapes. The editor, Mr.. Freas,
says that apples and pears can be kept
equally as well b. similar process
The hint is valuable one to many, in
both town and county. Here it is:


In the fall. when tn y are perfectly ripe,
they are taken from the vines, when they
are free from anything like moisture, han
die carefully, and packed in small kegs
nail kegs were the kind used in this in
stance. Put layer of green leaves right
off the vines, in the bottom, on this lay
ell of grapes, then leaves again, and grapes,
alternately, until the keg is full then fin
ish off with leaves. Put in the head and
your keg is ready-for what? Why, to
be burrried in the ground. Dig trench,
so as to admit the cask deep enough, that
they will have about one foot or fifteen
inches of soil over them when covered.
The ground should be packed moderate
ly tight. and board laid along on the
top of the ground thrown in. Their
throw some litter on the surface of the
ground over those which they wish tC
take up during the winter, to prevent the
ground from getting at them. One i'm
portant thing must be observed-tha
they be placed where there can be no stand
ing water about the cask, or they woul(
suffer.
Year: 1862

The Spirit Of tie Times has story
that we are scarcely willing to believe:


"a farmer out West was eatly an
noyed by the scratching Of the chickens
in his garden, and concluded to expert
ment with them little. He procured
the services Of Shanghi rooster, and the
result Of The cross was brood of chick
ems each with one long and one short leg
When they atood on the long leg and
undertook to scratch with the other they
couldn't touch the bottom; on reversing
the oeder Of things as diginy with the
| ng leg while the short one supported the
body the first stroke would result in grand
series of somersauts. The consequence
was that the hens soon became "a, weary
of that fun, and left the garden, and the
farmers joiced greatly thercat,"
Year: 1862

Dear reauers Tar away up lhe pathway
Of your years, is there some door locked
up and bolted in your memory, which does
not fly back on it rusty hinges, at these
words: and sweet faces of the brothers
and sisters of your boy and girlhood shine
down upon you from the walls of mem-
ory and that best and most blessed picture
of all, you see there, once more, the saint
of your childhood-th loving, patient
sellsacri6cng mother, who used to sci
sewing by the window, and whose loving
smile used ever to greet you, as you came
| from school,"
Year: 1862

The prayers are beautiful that reach the
ear OF God. The iervent prayer of the
religious man availeth much and is beau


tiful. The prayer of the widow and the
fatherless, who had no helper is bcautl-
ful. The prayer OF the infant who takes
Gods promise in his "most implicit
grasp" as he does his mothers hand, is
beautiful. The prayer Of the lowly saint,
unlettered and ungrammatical, is beauti-
iul. The prayer of the poor man when
"God heard him and delivered him out
of his troubles, is beautiful. The pray
er of the publican who smote upon his
breast and said "God be mearciful to
me sinner" wa beautiful. The pray
er Of Stephen, when amid the storm of
stones he cried just before he "feel asleep, -
Lay not this sin to their charge" was
beautiful. There is a grammar and lhet-
oric of heaven but it is foreign to the
culture of this world. The coulters
there wear wedding garments" and
they speak the celestial language; but
sometimes they seem ragged and igno-
rant to the eyes that are blinded with the
clay and dust of our earthly roadsteads.
We can not always discern the fashions of
heaven. There is a frippery that some
times claims to the garb divine, that is
mere tinsel. There is an ''excelency of
speech" which is iaggon and mockery in
the ear of God. Thele is sounding brass
and tinkling cymbal"-mere clatter, and
not celestial music at all. There are
"beauriful prayers" that are unlcvely and
abominable belole the Searcher of hearts
Year: 1862

AGAINST slsnder there is no defence.
He'll cannot boast OF SO foul fend. 1t
stabs with asmile Itis pestilence walk
ing in darkness, spreading contagion lar
and wide, which the most wary traveller
cannot avoid. 1t is the heart. rching
dagger Of the assassin. 1t is fatal as the
sting OF the most deadly asp. Murde
is its employment, innocence its prey
and ruin It's sport.
Year: 1862

THERE is a man in Lorain County, O.,
who having been examined by the Draft
ing Surgeon for various diseases, and
pronounced sound as to all of them, feel
back upon the morals Of the question,
and declared draft to be immoral and
unconstitutional, Because ii pas a game Of
chance
Year: 1862

PARTISAN robber who was seized in
the act of stealing from the shop Of a to-
baccoist, said, by way ofexcusing himself
that he had never heard of law which ior-
bade man to take snuff.