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Year: 1861

PoIxrKD.-The following from the New York
Times is just, pointed and timely:


military men have long since seen the ne.
tons assumed by Zollicoffer, if we would make
our occupation Of Western Virginia safe and
permanent. The difficulty has been that 10
reach those points the absurd neutrality of Ken.
tucky would have to be violated-a scruple of 40
much weight with the President, that be pre-.
ferred TO run the rick of hostile seizure rather
than to march an army from Ohio to the Gan
This scruple no longer exists. The enemy is al
the rear Of our gallant bands in Virginia; and
they can only be protected by an energy proper
toned to our previous supineness. Let us re
member, it We can, there is something besid.
Washington to be saved"
Year: 1861

Employ ;hyself in something good
Do good TO thy friend. ths, he may BE-
more tly friend thine enemy. that he may
become thy friend.


To love thy father is good.


Take care Of thy body.


'Tis better TO love TO hear than to love
TO speak.


1t is better 10 know many things than
to be ignorant of all.


Be a friend 10 virtue, n stranger &c
vice.


Govern thy tongue


Learn To bear misfortune.
Year: 1861

A MORE pointed insult could not De
offered TO the Democratic soldiers, who
compose the greater portion of the Federal
armies. thar topropose arming the brutal
zed negroes Of the South. and placing
them beside the whites, upon an equality
with them. If the profession Of arms
were TO be SO degraded. we venture to say
that enlisiments would not be very pleni
iul hereafter This is white mans war.
and not war of black or mongrel race
Year: 1861

Never, perhaps, in the history of the
Pork business in the Western States, has
The stock Of hogs been ss large as at the
opening Of the present season. In every
portion Of tho West We are told that the
number Of fat hogs ready for the market
far exceeds that Of any former year, and
all acquainted with the trade seem TO re.
gard It as beyond doubt that prices will
rule low. And not only are hogs more
plenty than usual, but as 8 general thing
they are in q better condition than those
regarded by packers as the most desirable
in ordinary years; the farmers at the Vest
having been compelled from the low price
Of corn, and the impossibility Of getting
the enormous quantity on hand out of the
way, to feed it 70 their hogs. This also ne
cessitated early feeding, and the result is
that hogs sent to market are far superior
on an average 10 those Of other seasons,
and the farmers having invested their corn
in pork, will be obliged to realize on their
hogs ct ruling rates.


We we're informed day or two since by
a gentleman who has Travelled extensively
in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, that the
stock Of hogs on hand is almost beyond
computadon-st least three times as large
as that Of any former season in the his
tory Of those States. He stated also that
in various localities in the two first named
States corn has not been worth, on an av-
ersge, during the season, more than sir
cents per bushel, and SO great was the sup
ply of this article, that in mid summer the
farmers we're feeding 1t to their hogs with
the intention of forcing the pork upon
Eastern markets for what it would bring
as soon ss the weather became sufficiently
cool 10 admit of shipment Toledo Blade.
Year: 1861

ssoretary Cameron speaks boldly and
toroibly IN his Report upon the Slavery
qusstion, as connected with this war. He
argues with eloarness that cannot be con-
tFosoFtsd, that var is made to subdue the
enemy, and not only he be, but all that be
Possesses and all that can be made to tend
against him in the conflict. Rebels who
are labOring to overthrow the Government
bring upon themselves all the consequences
Of he var, among which is the destruction
Of whatever they may use against that
government The government would be
false 70 national trust that would abstain
from Tie use Of ell efficient means to pre-
ssrEo lis own existence and overcome q
rebslhOus enemy. Hence the principal
power and wealth Of the enemy in our case
being slaves, Il Is the duty and right Of
Government to use them for its own good
There is no reason Why the slaves, which
ara considered as property BY the rebels,
should be exempt from the hazards and
consequences Of rsbellious war. L has
been the boast Of the rebels that they
would desSlate Northern homes and de-
siroy Northern cities. Why then should
ths insurgsnt rebels carry on the warfare
IN peace and security to their own prop.
srsy3


In this argument Secretary Cameron
speaks Of slsves as property, meaning
thereby that they are 50 considered and
used By the rebels, and should therefore be
cOnhsostsd and employed by Government
So far from oOnfsssing by this term to any
acknowledgment Of the right to hold prop
erty in man, he says that Government has
no power to hold slave none to restrain
8 slave Of his liberty, or to exact his ser
vice. It has, however, q right to use the
voluntary service Of slaves, and it as
olssrly the right Of the Government to arm
slaves, when necessary, ss it is to use gun
powder taken from the enemy. The only
question to be discussed is the expediency
Of 60 doing


The Secretary says it may be desirable
and necessary to arm the slaves and use
them in the held. But at any rate, the
treason and rebellion Of their masters has
set them free forever, and no more can
their services be claimed.
Year: 1861

A NEWSPAPER TO BE ESTABLISHED IN
BEAUFoRF.-AmOng other things, oOnsti-
ting the cargo Of the Atlantic, which called
from New York for Port Royal on Tuesday
vas printing press, cases, type, So, sent
down with the view Of starting q neWspa.
per at Port Royal, to be conducted under
the supervision of Gen. Sherman. A
proper person will be selected as editor,
end it is contemplated to issue q weekly
sheet, which shall express the sentiments
Of the Government, and at the same time
aid in supprsssing the rebellion on the
soil Of the Palmetto stste.
Year: 1861

It was little funny to see silly seees-
sionist, with hair q little frosted utter
81 Hurrah for JEFF. Davis p in the entrance
hall Of one Of our hotels to-day. A Chi
cago civilian, who sat close by me, tiekled
me more than the seeessionist. Having
been somewhat accustomed to such imper-
tinent nonsense, the occurrence had no ef-
feet upon me, save to produce q smile of
contempt. But your Chicago man sprang
instantly to his feet and, with olenohed
digits, let the intruding traitor know, If
he said that again he would measure the
length Of q gray headed simpleton on the
hoor. But for his gray hairs he would do
1t anyhow. A Chicago Major near by had
hard work to remain inside Of his skin,
which is none Of the smallest either. He
seemed to wish the fellow as large as Co.
liah, that he might have an excuse to wool
him for the crowds entertainment It was
better IS it was. The Major would only
have added another to the list Of secession
martyrs. Without any of the martyrs
honors, the noisy rebel was hurried off to
iail.
Year: 1861

By the ingenuity of the rebels loyal mer-
camille houses have been made the medium
OF conveying intelligence between the rebels
and their agents abroad, In some instances,
however, firms, every member Of which have
been identified with the Republican Party,
have sustained the Administration, and have
subscribed largely to the National loan, have
been found in this awkward position, and
when told Of il have been indignant at the
suspicion thus seemingly cast upon their 10y
atty, but we're unable to deny papable facts
which showed how completely they had been
uszd 70 serve the purposes OF the re 7ellion,
though unconsciously to themselves. The
manner in which the thing was conducted
vas this; A rebel messenger from the South
would mail letters from some Northern Post
Office, directed to fictitious party in Lon
don, care Of some house in New York OF
known loyalty, and they, susposing that the
letters came from some Of their cOrrespon-
dents. would put their letters with their own
mali and forward them. The removal Of the
envelope would disclose smother superserip-
fiou, and that the name Of seme rebel emissa-
N abroad. Their letters in reply would be
forwarded to Fictitious address, care Of the
same house in New York, and marked: aTc
Be called for" The person calling would be
rebel messenger. The Government detec-
tf4ss deserve great credit for their ingenuity
81 farreting out this dedge Of the rebels, and
this disclosure in the Times win probably
put our loyal merchants on their guard.
Year: 1861

A Washington correspondent Of New
York paper, tells the following about case
in Capt. Smiths company, Col. Townsend s
(of New York; regiment


Perhaps you remember young fellow in
our company, who went by the name of
Charley Marshall, a shy and rather good
looking chap, who seemed to be made of
finer stuff than the rest of US fellows. But
he worked into the good graces of Captain
Abel, without getting any of he boys down
on him, so we let him have his way. Well,
this chap turns out to be girl named Mag
gle Wilson, who is an orphan girl, and who
was missed about the time our company
was formed. How the discovery of her sex
was made, | have not been able to learn /;
but yesterday know she was doing duty
in the ranks in the same clothes as | was,
and in manner equal to the best Of US.
And this morning in different raiment,
land much prettier one) she was introdu-
ced to the regiment as Charley the VIVIAN
diere, and we were asked if we would adopt
her. You can bet there was no dissenting
voice, and we all like Charley" in her new
character much better than we did before.
How the thing has been managed since she
commenced "sogering," l can't say ; but
will endeavor to find out and let you know
more about it at some future time.
Year: 1861

This ballad is said to have been founded on
a fact which occurred in country chapel in
Ireland during time of facton-ights among
the peasantry.]


The old man he knelt at the altar


His enemy's hand to take,


And at first his weak voice did falter,
And his feeble limbs did shake;
For his only brave boy-his glory,


Had been stretch'd at the Old mans feet,
A corpse, all so haggard and CORY,


BY the hand which he now must greet.
And soon the old mau stoppd speaking
And rage which had not gone by,
From under his brow came breaking
Up into his enemy's eye


And now his limbs were not shaking,
But his clench'd hands his bosom crossd
And he look d fierce wish to be taking
Revenge for the boy he had lost
But the old man he looked around him,
And thought of the place he was in,
And thought of promise which bo1nd him,
And thought that revenge was sim
And then crying tears, like a woman,
''Your hand ~ he said-"aye that hand |!
And l do forgive you, foeman,


For the sake of Onr bleeding land! -
Year: 1861

COMPLAINTS OF PRETTY WoMAN.-The
following from pretty woman, in the Home
Journal, explains itself. She is right.
There is high authority for prescription
OF handsome women at the sick bedside.


Handsome women are in dismay. The
Ladies' Relief Association refuse all vol
unteer nurses except plain ones. Nobody
is to be sent to Washington who has any
pretensions to good looks. Beauty is to
stay at home and scrape lint. This seems to
us all exceedingly ly tyrannical, though some
of US are trying to disembelIish to the el-
gible degree-leaviDg off our various little
becoming nesses, &c, &c. But it does
not seem to US very polite; for who wishes
to be handed over to history as woman
certified to be plain by committee
Then they accept none who are under thirty
Dear me! Is nobody to be devoted to dying
young hero except an old fossil like that
And how many are going to confess to
thirty? The army should be consulted, l
think, too, as to whether they really prefer
these nurses that are old and ugly! All
doses are not agreeable, and it may take
handsome nurse, sometimes, to persuade the
wounded Adolphus to take his medicine.
Should there not be at least Reserve
Guard (of us pretty girls) for this branch
of the service? Of course there is an ell
derly Army Surgeon at West Point. Could
you not ask him the professional question
as to whether good looks are not naturally
more soothing and healing? And ask him
whether plain, gloomy looking nurse (like
that hideous old Aunt Hopzibah who has
been accepted and gone to Washington is
not discouraging and irritating to the hand
some young sufferer"
Year: 1861

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blessed!
When spring, with dewy fingers cold
Returns to dress their hallowed mould,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
By fairy hands their knell is rung;
By forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There Honor comes, pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay;
And freedom shall awhile repair.
To dwell weeping hermit there!


-WiLidm Collins
Year: 1861

~ NoncK-We find Il necessary to repeat
cur assurance Of last week, that in future we
ahall not mail the HERALD to any person until
TIE subscription money has irst been remitted
b "a which may always be done through the
posboaRea Two letters ordering the paper were
received BY the last mail from below, but as they
did not contain the money, We will not forward
DE paper Il Is only BY adhering strictly to this
rule that We can have any certainty Of being re-
uunsratsd fsr our labor. We have no agents
N the TsrrisoEy, and neither desire nor need any.
Persons wishing the paper sent t' them have
but b enclose 70 US the money, and they may
rlly On iis being mailed regularly to them.
Year: 1861

A PATRIOT INDEED.-It is said that Gen. Ly.
on's will gives all his property, some $4,000,
to the Government. His labor, his possessions,
and his life, have all been laid upon the altar Of
the country which he loved. No man can do
more and his name and memory are hencefOrth
emba'mcd among the most precious of the ma
tonal treasures. lie was a patriot indeed, and
not patriot in reed, such as have latterly so
sorely cursed our country.
Year: 1861

PANNISG OFT RIcH.-The latest news from the
Cariboo mines states that prospect Of 5000
to the pan was obtained on a creek seventy
miles from Antler creek. Several claims On
another creek are yielding 200 ounces per day
each. At this rate the miner can soon make
his pile.
Year: 1861

many a recent visit to Washington
for the purpose of asccrtaining how
far she could damage the Free States
and assist the armed traitors in the
South You must not conceive these
words in reference to Miss Cunning
ham to be undcservcd, for, with all
her gentle nature, she carries war
rior's heart in her bosom, and is doubt
less as ready to see this conflict go on
as Bcauregard and Davis. When it
is recollcctcd that the entire fund for
the purchase of the home and grave
at Washington, with inconsiderable
exceptions, was raised in the Free
States, and paid by the people Of the
Free States, the graceful gratitude of
Miss Cunningham will be understood.
She has a delightful summer retreat.


where she can look upon her broad
acres, can receive her friends like a


very princess, and by means of the
easy and forSivinS temper Of our
Washington rulers, can forward to
Davis II Co. the latest intelligence
from the Federal metropolis. As to
those who paid their money for the
purchase Of the home and the grave,
are they not Northern barbarians,
Interiors, mud-sills |! and if John A.
Washington, who sold the place and
took the money, could subsequently
join the the enemies Of the Union


why should not Miss Cunningham, of
South Carolina, following this illustri-
Gus lead, take the place unto herself,
and her section, and with a pleasant
smile bid her recent loyal lady associ-
atcs polite farewell? 1t is a good
bargain all round. Although Wash
ington was national man, and loved
the Union, and fought for it, and stood
by the Constitution, yet his homestead
was in Virginia and if by an agree
able fiction the Northern dupes can
be led to believe that in paying their
money they were really securing it
to the whole country, SO much the
better; for, as recent events have
shown, the South have not only kept
Mount Vernon to themselves, but the
money paid to dedicate it to the coun.
try thus cnriching themselves with.
out any loss, and securing q hand
some residence for life to Miss Pamela
Cunningham. OCCASIONAL.
Year: 1861

highest style of heroism, receive a
fresh illustration in the noble bearing
Of our Bradford Guards, and of all the
forces contending for our national cx-
istencc. You, gentlemen, officers and
soldiers, may be called to the perform
ance Of very painful service ; to dc.
stroy, it may be, a great amount of
valuable property belonging to the
! Union, TO save it from falling into the
hands of our enemies to shoot down
infuriated mobs, TO aid in burning
down or cutting a broad way through
rcbcllious cities in shooting down
the hosts who are determined to seize
our Capital and trampc our national
banner under their feet but we trust
you will bravcly attempt whatever
duty may demand. 1t is a painful
consideration that those with whom
you are to contend are our own coun-
trymcn, whose sres acted with ours
in achieving the independence and
establishing the Constitution which
these degenerate sons are now seek.
ing to destroy. But if, in the silence
OF night, one breaks into your house
for the purpose of robbery and murder,
or sclzcs you by the throat and at.
tempts to run his sword through your
body, of what consequence is it to
you whether he is your countryman
or foreigner, whether he does it in
sudden anger or conscicntiously ? He
places himself in the attitude of an
enemy, and as such must be treated.
We would gladly be at peace with
those who have risen up against US.
Our Government has ever been ready
to secure to them every right and
privilege guaranteed by the Federal
Constitution we deeply sympathize
with the loyal citizens of the disloyal
States, and are exceedingly sorry to
do any thing to distress them but
to consent that a minority may gov
ern the nation,-tha the right Of free
speech, either in Congress or out of
II, shall be denied us,-that slavery
shall be indefinitely extended and
made national that any and every
State which chooses may sccedc from
the Union, and seize on all the public
property within its reach, without any
effort OF the President to enforce the
laws Of Congress against treason. in
surrcction and robbery, is what we
cannot do. Peace on such terms is
more to be deprecated than civil war.
Let US, then, stand firmly, and act
like men who know their rights and
know how to defend them. Let u.s.
let the entire mass of loyal citizens
from the Atlantic to the Pacitic,-re-
utter in thundcr-toncs the declaration
OF the rcsolutc and immortal jackson,
"a declaration made by him some
thirty years ago, when South Carolina
first rose in rebellion: "The Union
must and shall be prcserved,-peace-
ably, if we can ; but forcibly. if we
must |"
Year: 1861

The fire eater Wise has been sick, but ID
better-so much better that be has again
mounted his wordy war horse. The occs-
sion was this: JEFF. Davis was serenaded
the other day at Richmond, and after the
Confederate President had repeated the
usual boast, of the South, Henry A. Wise
was called out, whereupon he exhorted his
fellow rebels in highly belligerent speech.
He spoke in the true Wise vein, declaring
that be rejoiced in this war. And whya
This was his emphatic answer: ,...- sfi


Because it was war of publication
You want war, fire and blood, to purify
you ;and the Lord of Hosts has demanded
that you should walk through fire and
blood. You are called to the fiery baptism
and l call upon you to come up to the al
tar. Though your pathway be though fire
or though red river of blood, turn not
aside. Be in no haste-no bury or furry.
Collect yourselves to the high and sacred
duty of patriotism; the man who dares to
pray; the man who dares to wait until
some magic arm is put into bis hand5j the
man who will not go unless he have Min
ME or percussion musket; will not be con-
tent with flint and steel, or even a gun
without Locks worse than a coward
he is renegade. Ifyou Can do no better,
60 to blacksmith, take gun along as y
sample, and get him to make you one like
it. Get spear-a lance.


Take lesson from John Brown. Man.
ufacture your blades from old iron, even
though it be the tires of your cart-whesls.
Get bit of carriage spring; and grind and
burnsh it into the shape of Bowie knife,
and put to it any sort Of handle, SO that
it be strong-ash, hickory, oak. But fpos-
sible, get double-barreled gun, and dog
en- rounds of buckshot, and 60 upon the
battlefield with these.


Ii the enemy's guns reach further than
yours, reduce the distance, meet them, foot
to foot, eye to eye, body to body; and when
you strike blow, strike home. You true-
blooded Yankee will never stand still in the
presence of cold steel. Let your aim, there
fore, be to get into close quarters, and, with
a few decided, vigorous movements, always
pushing forward, never back, my word for
it, the soil of Virginia will be swept OF the
Vandals who are now polluting its atmos'
phere.
Year: 1861

Page was the first blood I saw; be was
knocked down in the grass, as he endeavor.
ed to raise himself, presented such ghast-
y spectacle, that sickly, fainting sensa.
ton came over me, and the memory of
that night shall carry with me to my dy-
ing day. A little later, Major Rinegold
was mortally wounded at bis battery; I
saw him just after it. The shot had torn
away a portion of the flesh of his thighs;
its force was tremendous, cutting off both
pistols at the locks, and also the withers
Of his horse-a splendid steed, which was
killed to relieve him of his misery. The
enemy tried hard but without avail, to
hit our eighteen-pounders. The battle con-
tinued until night put an end to the scene.
We biouvacked where we were, and laid
OH our arms; we slept however, but little,
thinking we might be attacked in our
sleep. e-.s. s..


The enemy had been severely handled,
owing to the superiority of our artillery
The gunners went into it more like butch
ers than men; each stripped off his coat,
rolled up his sleeves, and tied his suspenders
around his waist;they all wore red flannel
shirts, and therefore, were in uniform.
To see them limbering and unlimbering,
firing few shots and then dashing through
the smoke, and then to fire again with
ligbtning-like rapidity, partly bid from
view by dense clouds of smoke and dust,
with their dark red shirts and naked arms,
yelling at every shot they made, reminded
me of a band of demons rather than of
man
Year: 1861

TIE Army WoRM.-Tbe worm now
making such havoc with the crops In por-
tions Of the West, resembles very much in
appearances that which is known as the COM
mon Black Cut Worm. They are most
destructive in q field Of Timothy grass,
which they clean entirely out, stalk and
blade, while in wheat field they strip the
stalk Of its blades The worm Is now do
ing much damage in Warren and Prebls
counties, Ohio,
Year: 1861

THE DESPERATE SAM BRowN.-Of this assas-
sin, recently shot in Washoe, the Enterprise re-
lates


In the winter of 1856. he got into difficulty
with a man named Woodruff in gambling saloon
when Brown stabbed him, causing almost instant
death. After the murdered man was taken from
the room. Brown coiled himself upon q table,
and slept soundly as though he had not just de
prived a human being of life. Many stories are
told of his brutal expression that are enough to
make the blood curde in the veins. An attachee
of the Overland Mail Company relates that in
the summer of 1859 he had occasion to call at a
station that Brown was keeping on the Hum
boldt, for the purpose of getting something to
eat. lie requested Brown to lend him his knife
to cut some bacon, but he declined, saying he
had killed five men with that knife, and was SUI
persttious about lending it. Our informant told
him if that was the case, he felt equally supersi-
tious about using it to cut bacon.