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Year: 1861

teries should not be much over six
hundred PAGES. Wien the wings
of a position are weak, heavy bate
ries should be placed to secure them.
A sufficient number of pieces should
always be held in reserve for a mo-
ment of need. In the attack, the
heaviest pieces should be placed on
the flank Of the ground occupied by
the assailant, or in the center if more
favorable to the end to be attained.
In all the movements Of the artillery
great care should betaken not to place
them SO that they shall in the least
impede the operations of the other
troops.
Year: 1861

VISITING CARDs.-The Photographic visit
ing card is the style Of picture now in fashion.
They are made cheap and to perfection at
Cs.butt's Garden City Gallery, 13l Lake street,
one door west Of Clark.
Year: 1861

Owners WANTEp-Au owner is wanted for
silver hunt.r cylinder watch. It can be
found at the Central Police Station, Court
House, basement, south side, Also an owner
for bobtailed bay ho-ae found running at
large On the West Side, with halter on.
Year: 1861

OUR NATIONAL FLAG. AIR" Woodman, spare that tree.'') Traitor spare that flag

 Great ensign of the free Long shall those stars and stripes Wave over land and sea, My childish eye beheld

 It with admiring gaze, And now in riper years,

 My tongue shall speak its praise. Traitor spare that flag, Erase no shining star, No murdrous hand like thine Its brilliancy shall mar. In youth its brightness fash'd Above my upturned brow, breath'd first meath it's folds-- I'll not forget it now. Traitor! spare that flag Twas ever true to thee, It speaks the voice of yore- Union and liberty. What demon spirit moves

 Thy misunderstanding arm, That now thy hand is stretch'd To do that standard harm? Traitor. spare that flag

 Bright banner of the free We're safe beneath it's shield, When on the land or sea, And when it floats above

 The homes in which we dwell, Union and liberty

 A pean loud shall swell. The world bcholds that flag Guarding Colunbias shoge.-- 0. let it be our pride,

 Till time shall be no more. Freemcn awake the shout From cast to western sea; That sound makes despots shake Union and liberty.
Year: 1861

A SINGULAR SToRY.-Among the friends OF
my family was young Swiss lady, who, with
an only brother, had been an orphan in her
childhood. She was brought up, as we'll as her
brother, by an aunt and the children thus
thrown very much upon each other, became
very strongly attached. At the age OF twenty
two the youth got some appointment in In
dia, and the terrible day drew near when
they must part. | need not describe the agony
of persons so circumstanced But the mode
in which these two sought to mitigate the
anguish Of separation, was singular They
agreed that if either should die before the
young mans return, the dead should appear to
the living.


The youth departed The young lady by
and by marred Scotch gentlemen, and quit
ed her home, to be the light and ornament of
his She was q devoted wife, but she never
forgot her brother She correspouded with
him regularly, and her brightest days in all the
year were those which brought letters from
India


One cold winters day, two or three years
after her marriage, she was seated at work
near large bright fire, in her own bedroom
up stairs 1t was about mid day, and the room
was full oflight. She was very busy, when
some strange impulse caused her to raise her
head and look around. The door was slight
ly open and near large antique bed stood
figure which she at glance, recognized as her
brother. With cry of delight she started up,
and ran forward to meet him, excaiming.-
"Oh, Henry How could you surprise me
so? You never told me you were coming2"
But he waved his hand sadly, in way that
forbade approach and she remained rooted to
the spot. He advanced a step towards her,
and said, in o low, soft voice, :" Do you remem-
Der our agreement | have come to fulfill it,"
and approaching nearer he laid his hand on
her wrist 1t was icy cold, and the touch
made her shiver Her brother smiled, faint
sad smile, and again waving his head, turned
and left the room.


When the lady recovered from long swoon
there was mark on her wrist, which never
left it to her dying day. The next mail from
India brought letter. informing her that her
brother bad died on the very day and at the
very hour, when he presented himself to her
in her room.-AH The gear round.
Year: 1861

MALICE OUTWITrED. The owner of saw mill
in the country, having q little enmity against
! a neighboring farmer, laid no less plan of
revenge than to get him arraigned as a thief,
convicted ard sent to the penitentierY. But
as the honesty of his neighbor afforded him o
fair grounds of accusation, he resorted TO the
foul expedient of secretly conveying some of
his own property upon the others premises :;
SO that it being found there, it might be proof
Of his guilt. For this purpose he took thou.
sand of boards, having his own mark on, and
at dead of night dumped them into the field
near his neighbor'S house. Bat the farmer
did not happen to be as fast asleep as his en-
emy supposed. lie heard o noise, or thought
he heard one; and getting up pretty soon after
~ satisfy himself on the subject by the help
of lantern he found load of boards, With
his neighbours mark upon them. How they
came there and why they came there, flashed
upon him at once. His course was promptly
taken. Allowing his enemy just time to get
home and into bed, so that the lighv OF buru.
ing pile may not be detected, he set Gre to the
boards which being well seasoned were in a
few minutes entirely consumed.


Early in the morning, as the farmer had an
ticipated, the sawyer came with a constable
and search warrant, to look for his property


" You are suspected" said the officer, "ef
having taken thousand of boards from this
man, and by virtue Of this warrant | hold in
my hand, must search your premises"


Very well" replied the farmer, "you are
at liberty to search as much as you please
But if you fnd the boards, I'll engage to eat
them for my breakfast"


You'll have something harder to digest
than that, l fancy" said the lawyer With
sHeer


He then triumphantIy led the way to where
he had dumped the boards, where he conf,
IDENTITY expected to find then, aud 10 there
was nothing bat a heap Of ashes His dis
appointment chagrin and modification may
be judged Of He sneaked away home and
the secret of his foul plot getting wind in the
neghborhood, the ghost from the ashes of
the load Of boards never ceased to annoy him;
until taking advantage of the darkness of
another night, he picked up his all and left the
country.
Year: 1861

Here's TO Major B.


Drink it down


Here's to Major


Drink it down


Here's to Major b,


The prince OF fellows he,
While we pleasantly
Drink it down, drink it down, drink it down.
Each fourishing a champagne bottle, and
suiting the action to the words at the conclu
sion of each stauza.
Year: 1861

brought within twenty miles of the door
Baskets of wine were piled up in corner, and
stationed behind the chairs, servant to every
guest How the Major presided, how the
corks popped, the oyerflowing Of young animal
spirits, must be untold, for my Imagination
pictured very large mossrose, suspended in
the air above the table, throwing its sacred
glow over all that occurred. But | can say
that the sun was gliding the snow topped hills
buck of town as the sleigh was driven slowly
down the main street, and staid and sober peo-
pie were astonished at the vigor aud animation
with which we were all chanting
Year: 1861

We propose pnbnh shortly, for general piouatOp,
M Of those who would ike to give public lectures duTus tie
eomi1l Winter In order TO make this st complete as pos
,be We sat he lad to receive the adore. Of any person
whose asnc would properly belong in such list Iho'e who
choose nav also inform Us upon what subjects they propose
ina
Year: 1861

The popular idea of soldiers in bayonet
charge, struggling hand to hand and face
TO face with fixed bayonets, is likely 10 be
exploded, like many other delusions. We
find by referring to Guthrie's Comment
aries on Army surgery, that these struggles
never occur. We quote from the eminent
authority:


"A great delusion is cherished in Great
Britain on the subject Of the bayonet-a
sort of monomania very gratifying to the
national vanity, but not quite in accordance
with the facts. Opposing regiments when
formed in line, and charging with fixed bay
onets, never struggle hand TO hand and foot
10 foot, and this for the very best possible
reason, that one side turns and runs away
as soon as the other comes close enough TO
do mischief, doubtless considering that dis
cretion is the better part of valor.


Small parties of men may have personal
conflicts, after an affair has been decided,
or in the subsequent struggle, if they can
not get out of the way fast enough. The
battle of Mazda is usually referred to as a
instance Of bayonet fight,
the sufferers, whether French
or English. sufferers from bullets, not bay
one,s. The late Sir. james Kemp COM
manded the brigade supposed to have done
This feat, but he has assured US that no
charge with the bayonet took place, the
French being killed in the line by the fire
of musketry: fact which has of late
aremarkable confirmation in the
published correspondence Of King Joseph
Year: 1861

risk to men and amin ais was often of the most
hazardous nature, and the journey was con-
stantly harassing and extremely laborious.
When the dragons could not ride, they dis
mounted and helped their horses along. Dur
ing the battle they were compelled to stand
quietly under showers of grape shot. and wait
for a chance to charge. The infantry did the
business so completely their opportunity did
not come.
Year: 1861

THE CoRPoRAL.-During the American Rev
olution, it is said that an officer, not habited
in bis military costume. was passing where q
small company of soldiers were at work max
ing some repairs small redont. The COM
mander of the little squad was giving orders
to those who were under him, relative to a
stick of timber which they were endeayoring
to raise to the top of the works. The timber
went up hard and on this account the voice
of the little great man was often heard in his
regular vocferatons of ssHeave away there
she goes Heave hol'' The officer who is
spoken of, stopped his horse when he arrived
at the place, seeing the timber sometimes
scarcely move, asked the commander why he
did not take hold and render a little aid.
The latter appeared to be somewhat astonish-
ed turning to the officer with all the pomp of
an emperor, said ssSir / am corporal!''
You are not, though, you ?' said the of
fcer, 81 was not aware of that" And taking
off his hat and bowling. ssI ask your pardon,
Mr.. Corporal upon this he dism ounted his
elegant steed flung the bride over the post.
and lifted till the sweat stood in drops upon
his forehead. When the timber was elevated
to its proper station, turning to the man cloth
ed in brief authority, Mr.. Corporal Command
er,-said he, sswhen you have another such
job, and have not enough of men, send to
your commander-in chief, and will come and
help you a second time.'' The corporal was
thunder struck ! 1t was Washington.
Year: 1861

HURRIED DEvoTIoNs.-Probably many of us
would be discomposed by an arithmetical esti-
mate of our communion with God. 1t might
reveal TO US the secret of much of our apathy
In prayer, because it might disclose how little
we desire to be alone with God. We might
learn from such computation that Augustine's
idea of prayer, as .'the measure of love,'' is
not very fattering to us. We do not grudge
time given 10 privilege which We love.
Why should we expect to enjoy duty which
we have no time to enjoy Do we enjoy any
thing we do in a hurry! Enjoyment presup-
poses something of mental leisure. How Of
ten do we say of pleasure 81 wanted
more time to enjoy it to my hearts content.''
But of all employments, none can be more
dependent on ''time for it, than stated prayer.
Fugitive acts of DEVOTION to be of high val
ne, must be sustained by other approaches to
God, deliberate, premeditated, regular, which
shall be to those acts like the abutments of a
suspension bridge to the arch that spans the
stream. 1t will never do to be in desperate
haste in laying such foundations. This
thoughtful duty. this spiritual privilege, this
foretaste of nncorporedL life, this communion
with an unseen Friend-can you expect to en-
joy it as you would repartee or dance?
Year: 1861

blockade is likely to produce something of a
panic in the Liverpool market, and will turn
attention more than even to stimulate the pro-
duction in other cotton growing countries.
At the South they begin already to feel that
evil of an interrupted business with the North.
The price of cotton, while it has risen about
two cents pound at the North, has fallen full
ly that amount in New Orleans. Sales are
confined to cash, and planters are shipping on
their own account in order to save their prop
erty from destruction or forced loans. The
price of cotton will actually advance during
the unsettled state of the South. At last ac-
counts, the stock of cotton in Liverpool was
about equal to five months consumption.
Year: 1861

The EAR MORE WILLING THAN THE Eye
The Moravian says, very suggestively eChil-
dren hunger perpetually for new ideas, and
the most pleasant way of reception is by the
voice and the ear, not the eye and the printed
page. The one mode is natural, the other


tifcial. Who would not rather listen than
read We not unfrequently pass by in the pa
pers full reports of a lecture, and then go and
pay our money 10 hear the self same words ut
tered. An audience will listen closely from
the beginning to the end of an address, which
not one in twenty of those present would read
with the same attention. This is emphatical-
ly true of children. They will learn with
pleasure from the lips of parents what they
deem it drudgery TO study in the book and
even if they have the misfortune to be de-
prived of the educational advantages which
they desire. they cannot fail to grow up intel
ligent, if they enjoy in childhood and youth
the privilege of listening daily to the conver-
satlon of intelligent people. Let parents then
talk much and talk well at home.''
Year: 1861

A wealthy owner of real estate was about
erecting splendid house upon large lot,
and was disclosing the plan to a neighbor.
81 have employed said he, ga man which has
eruetated many buildings; and my design is.
fur to have eruct an edifice with beautiful
Portico in front on the street, and Pizarro
behind with bath-house contagious 20
Year: 1861

CLOSED FOR SOME TIME.-A proprietor of a
lager beer house in Richmond Va, has closed
his establishment in consequence of the block
ade cutting of his communication with Read
ing, his source of supply. He promises TO re
open on the day Southern Independence is ac-
quired and acknowledged.
Year: 1861

Moulded glass casks are made in Belgium.
They are covered with an open wicker work,
are said to be stronger than those of wood,
and are furnished with ground glass shoppers
and taps. The quantity of liquor remaining
in them Is always visible.
Year: 1861

The Hamilton Telegraph, the Democrat
ic organ of Butler county, thus pitches into
that class of croakers, who are constantly
whining about the war, and the ruin it will
bring upon the country. The remarks Of
the Telegraph have the true ring of tho
metal in them, and should be read and in
wardly digested by this class of croakers
everywhere. 1t says:


READl READi-TAxATIoN AND RUlN.-
This is all the cry in certain croakiug papers
about the costs and ruin of this 'fratricidsl
war;" as they say, brought on by Lincoln.
'Tis true that they will be onerous. They
will lessen tho value of land and of produce,
and very much effect the interests of farm
ers, as well as every body else, and it would
be very desirable that the war should cease
as soon as possible, but does not the farmer
know that if the war stops just here, and
the South be allowed to dictate the terms,
as she will if a settlement be made under
the present circumstances that their taxes
would not cease when the war is over and
our national debt paid, but there would be
everlasting taxation on the Mississippi river,
by n duty being placed on every pound of
pork, and every bushel of grain, and every
barrel Of flour and potatoes, and every horse
and head of stock that would be shipped in
that direction, Of, perhaps, ten to twenty
per cent. on the dollar. Farmers, let us
not deceive ourselves nor be deceived by
others on this point. Can it be possible
that the 100000 of the people of the
Northwest are ready 10 stop the war at the
risk of duty being placed upon every article
of produce that is shipped down the Miss
issippi, or without free and untrammeled
trade rs heretofore9 Let us all be jealous
of our rights and not be led into error by
dishonest politicians, and never stop the
war till we can get fair and honorable
settlement of our difficulties.


This duty on our articles for the South
ern market would he as bad as taxes for the
war, and besides they would be perpetual
1t will lessen the value of land and produce
as much if not more than taxes.


Don't listen to politicians who are max.
ing all his hue and cry about ruinous tax
es. They neither care for their country
nor for you. Examine for yourselves and
do your duty, and don't listen to men who
use the arguments and associate with rehel'
and traitors. Observe the men "Men are
known by the company they keep"
Year: 1861

The N. Y. Observer, a journal which has
not been famous in times past for its ha-
tired Of tho South, speakes this week as fol-
lows:


ave are among the most earnest friends
of peace. We would suffer wrong for the
sake of peace. But we see no possible So
luton of the present complication of our
national troubles, except the re-adjustment
of the Union on the basis of the constitution.
We deprecate the war spirit and desire TO
cultivate that feeling which will tho most
easily restore friendly relations with those
who have cast off the bonds of allegiance
to their lawful government. But we can.
not forget that the men who are now in
arms against this government initiated q
causeless, unjustifiable and awful war; that
the guilt of the war is chiefly on their
heads and that we solely seeking to uphold
the Union which our fathers formed, and
on which the future prosperity of the count
ry depends. As religious men, the duty of
allegiance to lawful government and to sup
press rebellion is as clear to us as the duty Of
obedience to the laOs of God. All we ask,
} as the condition of that allegiance, is the
fidelity of our rulers to the laws that they
are bound to obey as we'll as we. When
they disregard law the people may justly


call them to account. And if we go
through the war without counter revolu-
tions, and our country comes out of this life
and death struggle re-established and inn


mortal, we must stand firmly and united by
the constitution as it is, until it can be con-
stitutonallv modified. Our liberties are all
gone when this instrument is trampled on
by rulers and people.


ave want peace. We pray for peace


But we must have order, law, government,
first. There is no peace to the wicked
To agree for moment to any terms that
shall recognise the right ofany part of the
country to retire at will from The burdens
and obligations that devolyed on all, is to
consent to suicide, to fill the future of our
history with war, and to leave to our chill
drcn legacy of confusion anarchy and


shame"
Year: 1861




We presume the most chronic cavlllee
will not deny that the Naval and military
expedition from Fort Monroe, and declara-
tion Of Martial Law in Missouri by Gen. Fro
mont are two steps in the right direction.
We hayo had every confidence that so soon
as our scattered Navy could be concentrated
and reinforced, important expeditions would
move along the coast, and We have had no
sympathy with those unreasonable cfoakers
who demanded that our ships 10 foreign
seas should instantly appear on our coast,
and new ones should spring in a day at tho
command Of the Secretary Of the Navy.


Tho taking of Fort Hatteras is very
significant fact--not so much IL itself con-
sidered-as showing what the design Of
the Administration is in the way Of cutting
out work for the rebels TO mako up. The
States will soon have their hands full at
home without attending to the calls for aid
made by the Confcderacy, and nothing will
so tend to the utter impossibility of draw
ing more troops from the several Southern
States as the demonstrations along the At
lantic and Gulfcoasts as predgured BY this
first offensive expedition.


Ntus HNoUioutd 0SSAhNhtlOh hhAh N@1
slaves of rebels in Missouri are free, will
open the eyes Of the Slave States to tho be-
ginning Of the end Of this war unless tho
rebellion is crushed. For il all Shareholders
become rebels their slaves will become free.
Nor must any man say Of that reasoning
non seguiter. The freedom of the slaves Of
those in arms against our Government is q
direct consequence of their disIoyalty. The
property ofall rebels is sconfscated, of course;
the Federal Army has not only moral
right to seize such property, but it is It's
boundeu duty to do so. A rebel has mules,
and cattle, and slaves. The first and sec
ond-as there is an absolute ownership
tho Government can take; and work the
mules and eat the cattle. As the rebel
has the right to only tho services of his
slaves the Government can appropriate such
services, and pay for such services to the
person who renders them; as there is no
other loyal person interested in such services
who has a right to the proceeds ofsucb labor.
We are rejoiced that Fremont has declar-
cd the law that shall prevail in Missouri on
this point, and the sooner his example is
followed over all slave territory, by declar-
ing the slaves of the rebels to be free, the
sooner will this rebellion be crushed out.
Year: 1861

We have any quantity Of talk now a-days
by those few and precious traitors, aids who
are suffered to desecrate the Halls of Con-
gress, and by few editors of newspapers
who have not yet learned that there are
any rights worth having but the right of
Cotton to rule the world, upon the subject
of amending the Constitution to pacify the
Southern rebels, to stop the war and save
the Union. We presume these delectable
gentlemen have not forgotten that prior to
the Inauguration Of the war, but after all


the preliminaries for it had been taken:
when the leaders of the grand conspiracy
supposed they bad at hand all the means


for an easy success; when they had robbed
the Government munitions of war money


and other property, and suborned sufficient


military commanders, and raised sufficient
military force to overcome all the avilable


military power that the Government THEN
had at its command, so that they thought


they were sure ofan easy time in setting up
their bastard Government, and marching into
Washington and inaugurating it there; We
think it is not forgotten, We say that at


that time it was declared by the accredited
r leaders of the rebellion, that they them
t selves could not write Constitution upon
virgin paper under which they would live
, in union with the Northern States.
Year: 1861

LTSoHSs.-We commend to the pub
lie the following sound reflections Of the
Providence Journal;


We are sorry to see that some mon in
the North choose to show their patriotism
by violence toward newspapers which ex.
press sympathy with tho South. We ab.
hor the sentiments of these Secession edi-
tors as profoundly as anybody, but We are
grieved to see them victims of lawlessness.
We know full well how mischievious thew
are, how they poison the minds of men who
see no papers but theirs. But there are
peaceful means entirely adequate TO the
destruction Of their influence, and even of
their very existence. The withdrawal of
patronage by advertisers and subscribers
would soon close the career Of any Of these
obnoxious papers. For we do not believe
that any Northern Secessionist is zealoua
enough to publish paper without remuu-
GRAFTON. Let US leave lynch law 10 men
who have had the unenviabIe distinction oE
practising II for years, and conflne ourselves
10 those peaceful and lawful remedies which
hEVe Eufficed heretofore.