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Year: 1862

Fort Pillow Correspondence Of the N. Y. Tribune.


Just above where We are lying, on the
Tennessee shore, in Lauderdale county,
resides family formerly of Iowa, who
have lived there for the past four or FIVE
years, aud have Witnessed the workings
Of secession in this vicinity They say
that Immediately after the declaration
that Tennessee had gone out Of the In.
ion, bands of armed men went prowling
about the country, robbiug whomsocver
they chose, insulting women, and forcing
loyal citizens into the rebel service at the
point Of tho bayonet They committed
the greatest outrages everywhere, and
the family Of which | speak were depriv.
ed of everything valuable in the house,
while the head Of the household was
compelled to fly from home and hide in
the woods at least six or seven times to
avoid impressment.


A number of Union men refused to
embrace treason even when threatened
with death, and those brave spirits were
carried off and executed by the mob -
The wife of the Iowa man says a great
many were hanged, and that she herself
knows six who were suspended from a
tree within two miles of her own dwell
ling, and left prey to the buzzards and
crows. Their bodies were afterv ard
taken down and buried, but not before the
rebel outlaws were at a safe distance, as
the people we're fearful, and and without
reason, that had it been known the rights
of sepulture had been given the poor
martyrs, those who performed that com
mon act of charity would probably have
shared their fate.


The woman says that one Of the Union
men who had been impressed and after.
ward deserted, more perhaps because he
believed his family were starving than
from his adherence of joining so uuholy
cause, was captured in Lauderdale CO.
while on his way home, and was actually
nailed to tree and left there to perish
by inches. The man was found there a
week after, merely by accident, as he had
been gagged to prevent bis outcries, and
thus deprive him of all hope of release,
and taken to the house Of a ncigbbor. -
The unfortunate victim was still alive,
but so much exhausted FROM exposure,
famine, and pain, that he died on the
second day after his release, notwith-
standing every effort was made to save
his life. This story seems most improb-
able; too horrible for belief but the wo-
man, who has no motive for misrepresen-
tation, declares it true, and l can see no
good reason for discrediting her account
Of the unnaturally cruel and entirely
monstrous transaction.
Year: 1862




~ The following wonderful story is
told by the London correspondent of the
Dublin Evening Mail:


This is the age Of discoveries, and one
of such a startling nature has just been
made iu au Euglish county that it seems
out of place in the region of sober fact,
and to belong purely to the atmosphere
Of the three. volume novel. Here are the
circunstsnces


The names for the moment l am not
at liberty to indicate. The Earl of -
married not long ago, and brought his
bride homo to one of the old family man.
sions which members of the English aris.
tocraey regard with an affection amount
ing to veneration. The lady, however,
being more continental in Her tastes,
after short residence in the apartments
appropriated to her us, expressed wish
to have boudoir in the vicinity Of her
bedroom. The noble Earl would gladly
have complied with the request, but,
upon examination, it was found that
rooms, as sometimes happens in antique
buildings, were so awkwardly distributed
that by no conceivable plan of re-arrange-
ment could the desired boudoir be fitted
in. Thereupon it became necessary to
invoke professional assistance, and an
eminent architect was summoned from
London. He examined the house mar
rowly, and said there seemed to be moth
ing for it but to build, though at the
same time he could not resist the i'm
preston that there must be another un-
discovered room somewhere in that wing
of the mansion. The noble Earl laughed
at the idea; the eldest servonts and ro-
tainers Of the family were questioned,
and declared that they never heard even
a rumor of its existence. The ordinary
methods Of tapping, &c., we're resorted
to, but without effect. Still, the archi-
tect retained his conviction and declared
himself ready to stake his professional
reputation on the result.


The Earl at last consented to let the
walls be bored, and, when the opening
had been made, not only was the room
found, but a sight presented itself which
almost defeats attempts At description.
The department was fitted up in the
richest and most luxurious style Of one
hundred and fifty years ago. A quaint.
ty of lady's apparel lay about the room,
Jewels were scattered on the dressing Ia.
Bile, and, but for the faded aspect which
everything wore, the chamber might have
been tenanted half an hour previously.
On approaching the bed the most curious
sight Of all was seen, and this it is which
affords the only clue to the mystery
The couch held the skeleton Of female,
and on the floor, underneath the bed, half
in and half out, lay another skeleton,
that Of man, presenting evident traces
of violence, and proving that, before he
expired in that condition he must re-
ceivsd some dreadful injury.


The secret connected with this tale Of
blood has been we'll kept, for not merely
had all tradition Of the scene faded away
but even the existence Of the room for
gotten. The survivors, probably, walled
up the apartment at the time, and its
contents remained hermstically sealed uE
till the present day, when, according to
tho best calculations, sfter the lapse OF
century and half, daylight has aeeidsn'
t.lly penetrated into this chamber OF hor'
rors, which, to tho surprise Of all con-
Year: 1862

river As far as Memphis is uavisable for
large sized steamers and no power on
earth can save the metropolis Of Tsunes.
see. We shall soon see whether its des-
psrate inhabitants will fulfill their oft.re
peated threat Of applying tie torch to
their homes and enguldns themselves and
their families in one common ruin


The advantages Of the opening Of this
river to the Gulf, to the inhabitants of
this section, cannot be over rated The
hard times, which have been bearing
down upon II. since the commencement
of the rebellion, will lift their dark shad.
ows from the trade and commerce of our
people, and plenty will reign again. \
market will be Immediately established
for our products, and the farmer will re -
ccive fair remuneration for bis toll -
The raising of the blockade on the Mis-
sissippi is death blow to rebellion, and
one that it cannot survive. Truly, the
world moves-Mus Jour.
Year: 1862

ISTgLLIGEsr.-'First class in Oriental
philosophy stand up. Thibets, what is
life =


Life consists Of money, fast horse and
fashionable wife.


what is poverty


The reward Of merit which genius re-
csiyes from discriminating public
What is religion?


Doing unto others as you please with.
out allowing q return Of the compliment.
What is fame


a six line puff in newspaper.
Year: 1862

. The Utica Herald says that an old laSy
from the core Of the backwOods was brought Ii
town BY the alarming rumor that JEFF D,vis
and his followers were within half a uile OF
Uucs, and preparing to she'll the place She
sincerely believed the tale to be true and her
Journey was undertaken with q view Of remov-
beyond the clutch Of the invaders
Year: 1862

SALE OF POSTAGE STAMPS Forbidden
The rush for postage stamps yesterday, for cur
rency, was As great as ever. During the morn
ing about So 600 worth were sold At noon
orders came from the Department at Washing
ton to cease all sale Of stamps for the purpose of
currency, and to sell only to those who desired
them fer the postage of letters or papers No
mere will now be issued until those intended for
circulation are printed by the government. Up
wards Of fifty thousand dollars worth are now
used as a circulating medium in this city alone
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 23
Year: 1862

A SAD PIcrunE.-The papers are filed
with the names Of the sick, wounded, and
dead heroes Of this war. It is melan-
choly picture to look at; it teaches a
terrible lesson. Hundreds Of loyal house
holds will mourn the loss of their best be-
loved-the wife deprived of her noble hus-
band, the parents of their cherished son,
the sister of her brave brother, the lovely
girl Of him who will know her no more
forever. Grief like this is always sacred
and yet these individual sorrows are so gen.
orally shared that those who do not now
directly realise them, sympathise with the
sufferers, because tomorrow they may be
called upon, in their turn, to recognize the
fate Of war in the death Of those who are
dearest to them. There is hardly loyal
family in the loyal states that is not in
some way connected with the brave defend
ers Of our flag. They were sent forth with
blessings and with prayers; and if they
fall, their friends should always recollect
that they fell for the best bause that ever
sanctfied soldiers sword or strengthened
a soldier arm.
Year: 1862

Lay down the axe fling by the spade;


Leave in its track the toiling plow;
The rife and the bayonet-blade


For arms like yours were htter now.
And let the hands that ply the pen


Quit the light desk and learn to WELD
The horsemsn's crooked brand, and rein
The charger on the Battlefield.
Cur country calls away away!


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


That time in all his course has seen.
See, from thousand coverts-see


Spring the armed foes that haunt her track
They rush to smite her down, and We


Must beat the banded traitors back.
lIo 4! sturdy a. the oaks ye cleave


Ard moved ~ soon to fear and flight,
Men Of the glade and forest leave
'. Yourwoodcraft for the field Of eight.
The arms that WELD the axe must pour


An iron tempest on the foe
His serried ranks shall reel betere


The arm that lays the panther low.
And ye VINO breast the mountain storm,
In grassy step or Highland lake,
Come for the Ia nd ye love to form


bulwark that no foe can break.
stand, like your own gray cliffs that mock
The whirlwind staad in her defence;
The blast as soon shall move the rock


As rushing squadrons bear ye thence.
And ye whose homes are by her grand
swifs rivers, rising far away.
Come from the depth Of her green land
As mig hty in ysur march - they;
As terrible when the rains


Have swelled them over bant and bourne,
With sudden floods to drown the plains,
Aud sweep along the woods uptorn.
And yc who throng, beside the deep,


Her ports and hamlets Of the strand
In number like the waves that leap


On his long murnuring marge OF sand.
Come, like that deep, when DER his brim
lie rises, all his floods to pour,
And filings the prOudest barks that sWims
helpless wreck against his shore.
Few, few were they whose swords Of old


Won the fair land IN which we dwell:
But we are many We who hold


The grim resolve to guard it we'll.
Strike for that broad and goodly land,


Blow after blow, till men shall see
That Might and Right move hand in hand,
Aud glorious must their triumph be.
Year: 1862

w A pious old deacon who, with all
his piety, sometimes feared lest he should
not reach heaven at last, sitting at dinner
one day and exhibiting q piece Of stake on
the end Of his fork, 81 wish," says he,
"that was as sure Of heaven as am of
eating that piece Of beef" "There's many
slip 'twixt the cup and the lip" said Sam,
the deacon's young scamp of son, as he
knocked it upon the floor, and the family
dog quickly swallowed it.
Year: 1862

Be HAPPY Now.-.This forever looking
forward for enjoyment, don't pay. From
what we know it, we would as soon
chase butterflies for living, or bcttle up
moonshine for cloudy nights. Tn. only
true happiness is to take the drops of hap
piness as God gives them to us, every day
of our lives. The boy must learn to be hap
py when he is plodding over his lessons !;
the apprentice when he is learning his trade;
the merchant while he is making his for.
tune. If he fails to learn this art, he will be
sure to miss his enjoyment when he gains
what he sighs for.
Year: 1862

H Love is the weapon which Omnipo.
tence reserved to conquer rebel man, when
all the rest had failed. Reason he parties,
fear he answers blow for blow, fHture in
terests he meets with present pleasure but
love, that sun against whose melting beams
winter cannot stand, that soft, subduing
summer which wrestles down the giant
there is not one human being in a million
whose clay heart is hardened against love.
Year: 1862

How TO CLEAN STAMPs.-A cotemporary
advises that dirty postage stamps, which
will not pass muster at our Post Offices, be
put into cup Of clean water, and a few
grains Of saleratus thrown in. In a few
moments you can take them out with the
faces Of the Revolutionary Fathers, bright
as when they came from the press.
Year: 1862

s- One can no more prevent the mind
from returning to an idea :han the sca from
returning to the shore. In the case Of the
sailor, this is called the tide; in the case Of
the guilty, it is called remorse God up
heavens the soul as tie ocean.
Year: 1862

10y AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE PUBLIC PA.


Id pers, signed W. S. Ashe you informed that he
will appoint and send agents through every County in the
State, TO borrow purchase and if necessary TO impress all
the arms now in the hands of private citizens.


Any attempt 'sEs the of citizens is directly
at variance with Constitution and in opposition TO the
declared policy oi the Government which makes it ths
duty every citizen keep and bear arms and projects
the Of the Militia from execution for debt


But while notify you that these agents lawful
authority to seize your private arms you will be pro-
tected in preserving the of self defence must also
eDon upon you in this emergency Of the highest
patriotism and duty that you should discover to the pro-
per State authorities, all public Muskets or Rides
within your knowledge and of selling to the State all the
arms the prUperty of individuals which be spared


The Col0nes the several regiments of Militia will
as agents for the State and will notify me whenever any
such delivered offered TO them. Their prunpt
aud attention called TO the execution Of this
der. HENRY 7. CLARK


N~ Geyefnss Ex Onicio.


April 10. Issa Ss-9
Year: 1862

You are not willing to fight for the negro.
Are you willing that he should fight for him
selfi Or are you only contented, when you
can feel that you are acting as aids in keeping
him in his present condition.


You arc not willing to fight for the negro.
But If that Is offensive to your pride, how can
1t be less SO, TO be pitted against the negro, or
to have the negro pitted against you, which is
precisely what will continue to take place, so
long as the rebels have the exclusive use Of
himl If is ignominlous to receive aid from
the negro, is 1t less so to be bafled and rcpulsed
by him1 It is the negro, whose toll in the fields,
upon Qualifications and in camp following, has
held your Government at bay for two years. If
1t is On fundamentally you despise, is 1t more
mortifying to conquer, than to be conquered,
by means Of itl


You do not want 10 be embroiled in war
about the negro. suppose you don't Can
you help yourselfl Is 1t not precisely in a war
about the negro, and about nothing else, that
you are now actually sweating and paying
taxes and perilling your lifel


You do not want to hear about the negro.
Not unlikely, as you have heard about little
else since you can recollect public affairs; but
does it do you any good to stop your ears against
hearing about the negro, so long Us you feel
him all the whilei Depend upon It, the rebels
desire you neither TO hear or see the fact that
they are working four millions of negroes
against you, so long as they reap the substantial
/ advantage Of thereby neutralizing all your
efforts and Of making you the laughing.stock
Of the world. Being deaf and blind to this &C.
tual predlcament Of things does not mitigate
the ruinous effects upon you and yours,


Are you tired Of hearing anything said about
the negrol or is 1t not rather the hearing ol
certain particular things which is offensive and
lrksomei Did you ever get tired of hearing
that nobody could work at the South but ne
groes; that without slaves there could be nc
cotton and no commerce, or that Europeans
and Africans could never live together In an!
other relation than that Of owners and chattels
Did You, in fact, ever get tired Of the negro, ol
of talking about him, until II was proposed lC
free hint Did ii ever tire you TO hear abou
the necessity and glorious profits Of keeping
him a slave!
Year: 1862

moral position, while they tend to demoral-
ize the public neart and mind, who attempt to
hang the issues of national life on the sword
of any leader. Wisdom will still live, when
all of this generation has gone under the dust.
And the people, country, and humanity will
live when all who are now counted great, in
peace or war, will have been forgotten and
lost, even to history. Believe me sir, with
high respect, Your obedient servant,


JOHN A. ANDREW
Year: 1862

As the telegraph wires have carried the news o
bur hard fought battles and glorious victories owe
he land, thrilling the heart of the nation there ha
been deep undertone of sorrow. Many a fon
mother has in mental agony inquired ref


WHERE Is Ny BOY TO-NlGHT'
o, where is my boy tonight;


The boy who was bravest of all,
He went to the battle of Right,


And said that he feared not to falll
., proud was his step when he went,


And deep was the CLEAN of his eye;
And knew what his young heart meant


When he, falteringly, said g GOODBYE"
o, where is my boy tonight
For know that the strife has begun
That many have fallen in fight,


And glorious victory won!
Does he sleep meath the sod of the slains
Has his proud form given its breath?
o, God is my boy with the slains


Who would only yield to deaths
Be it thus, I've no fears that he sought


To shelter himself from the lead;
For he d spring where it was falling most hot,
To rescue the dying and dead,
feel-but cannot tell why


That fallen he has in the fight;
That God has promoted my boy,


And tempered my soul tonight.
Year: 1862

THE HARrER's FERRY ISvEsrraATioS.--Whe
the news Of the surrender of Harpers Ferry
first reached this city we charged the War De.
partment with being mainly responsible for
that disaster That we were correct in that
opinion is borne out by General Wool's letter.
which we published yesterday. The commits
sion, In their report, censurs the General for
appointing so incapable an officer g Colonel
Miles 70 the command Of the post. II turns
out that not only did General Wool not appoint
that officer, but that he was divested Of all con-
troll over him, by an order of the Secretary Of
War directing Colonel Miles to make daily
reports Of the state Of bis command to the
department. Such are the grounds on which
the commission have flung broadcast to tho
world their censures upon some of our best
officers In the case of General Mcclellan
nothing can be more ridiculous than the charge
of slowness which they bring against him in
connection with this affair of Harper's Ferry.
We should like to know how general, occu-
pied in reorganizing and re-equipping an army
that had been demoralized by a succession Of
rsverses, could move at any more rapid rate
than he didf These pcrversions Of fact destroy
all confidence in the conclusions Of the report
II is rarely that 50 much rashness Of Judgment
aud boldAcss are to be found united In . docu-
ment Of this quasi judicial character
Year: 1862

law prohibiting any further issue OF the notes
OF State banks, and compelling them to redeem
in gold or United States bills the notes already
in circulation. The constitution prohibits the
Issue OF State money, and it has been hitherto
tolerated because there seemed to be no ne
cessity for enforcing the prohibition. But If
national exigencies require it the constitution
ought TO be put in force, and the operations Of
banks in future limited to discount and deposit.
As is we'll observed in the memorial, it is not
the amount Of bonds bearing interest that
creates imitation, but the large quantity of ire
deemable bills forced upon the public as cur
rency and bearing no interest


The saving to the government by this new
plan would be immense. Now it is losing from
thirty to thirty-two per cent on everything It
purchases. That would pay seven years interest
on the legal tender bonds. Again: ON two
thousand millions worth Of bonds the interest
at four and half por cent would be ninety
millions; whereas the present rates Of six and
seven per cent interest would require one hum
dred and twenty millions, thus saving in interest
thirty millions per annum. The income of
the government, from the tax and revenue.
will amount to two hundred millions per
annum. OF this less than half would suffice to
pay the interest on the bonds, and the
balance might be applied to the gradual ex-
tinction Of tho principal by sinking fund.
Thus the people and the government would be
relieved together, the currency and the national
credit would be restored, and there would be
no lack of means to carry on the gigantic war
in which the republic is engaged. Instead,
therefore, Of wasting its precious time with dis
cussions about the everlasting ngger, let Con-
gress upon its reassembling in the first week Of
December, take up this all important question
at once, and save the country from the financial
ruin with which it is threatened. by adopting
the excellent plan presented in the memorial
by the practical mon Of the great commercial
metropolis of the Union. Something like this
must be done without delay, or the republic is
lost.
Year: 1862

The ARREST OF GENERAL McCL ELLAN's
STAFF OFFIcERs.-A telegram from Trenton,
New Jersey, informs us that two of General
McClellan's staff officers have been arrested
and conveyed to Washington; that the charges
against them are unknown, and that other ar
rests are to follow. Hitherto the arbitrary ar
rests made by the administration have been
merely laughabe or contemplate. Women
who sing songs not pleasant to Kennedy's ears,
newspaper correspondents, country editors and
poor fellows who would have remained nobo-
dies had not the administration made martyrs
of them and given them place in history
these are the sort of people heretofore visited
with the divine wrath of our energetic rulers.
Now, however, the War Department seems to
have had its dander raised, and is striking at
higher game. But why not arrest Mcclellan
himself and put him in Fort Lafayette, where
he will be on hand if another cry Of "Washing-
ton in danger makes his services necessary
What is the use Of confning members of his
staff, when Mcclellan himself, the head of the
staff, can be secured? Now that it is deter


mined to have vigorous prosecution of the
war; both in the North and in the South let the
administration stop mcddling with the small
fry and imprison some Of the great men Of the
cOuntry.


We understand that President Lincoln be-
lieves that changes should be made ia his Cabi-
net now that changes in the my have been
50 well inauguratcd. ls 1t not fully time that
these Cabinet changes we've nader The coun-
try has been sick If the present Cabinet for
long time. No one can speak Of its most pro-
| mincnt members without involuntary qualms


be pretty thoroughly disguised with the sort of
men he has had about him. The result Of the


recent elections shows what the people think
of the present Cabinet members. They have


nearly runcd the country, and are fast making


that ruin complete The President cannot but


be aware Of this state Of affairs; and why he


has SO long neglected to remedy itby construct


ing-a new Cabinet We are at . loss to explain.
Doubtless he may have had his reasons; but


every day makes delay more unreasonable.
The greatest calamity which can ever befall
the country during crisis like this is to have
the President surrounded by Q Cabinet which


has SO entirely lost not only the confidence, but


even the respect of the people, that every act Of
the administration il received with open and


undisguised suspicion; and measures, taken


with perhaps the best iutentions. are regarded


with the strongest and most invincible popular
prejudice.