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Year: 1862

CRUELTY TO SoLDIERs.--IIuman nature is hard
case at best, but this war in which many of our
best citizens have volunteered and entered the ranks
has shown it up in some of its worst forms. Moth
ing be more disgusting or trying to the feelings
of freeman than to witness the insolence and hec-
toring of some of the army officers. over men in
ranks, who at home are their equals or betters.
Discipline in the army firmly administered, is alb
soutely necessary. No sane man can complain OF
this. But it betrays an ignorance of human nature
and a total want of common sense, which unfit
man for office, for one in command to adopt such
course in the administration of discipline to make
the subaltern officers or the rank and file hate him.
His success as an officer depends upon the conf
fidence, the esteem and the courage Of his men !;
without these he never can succeed And yet we
have heard it repeatedly said, that few Of the
officers of the army have pursued such course as
to make their names to stink in the nostrls of their
soldiers. The following from correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury is q small specimen Of what
We have heard:


"Great and doubt not very just, complaint is
made of the insolencc and brutality OF officers to
their men. The Whig, of this morning, publishes
| letter FROM a gentleman, whom know, man of
culture and high social position, now acting as a
| private in cavalry troop on the Potomac, in which
the outrages to which prlvates are subjected are
graphically exposed I have, myself, heard an Aid
Of one of our Commanding Generals tell Of another
Aids ordering member oftbe Virginia Legislature.


cavalry private then acting orderly, to take the
saddle from his horse and saddle his ths Aids)
horse and that precisely in the tone of master
giving an order to negro hostler. The order was
obeyed, of course BUT think you the member of the
Legislature will endure this any longer than he can
possibly help it3"
Year: 1862

TRINITY CoLLEGk.-A correspondent writes that
the session at this institution opens favorably for
goodlv number of pupils We have not heard from
other institutions in the State We hope they also
open encouragingly.


We learn that the impression prevails that Presi.
dent Craven is still in command of the Confederate
post at Salisbury. This is incorrect. He has re.
signed his commission in the army and is aevoting
bis whole time to his duties at Trinity Collese
Year: 1862

New SuBscRlBERs.-O friends at various points
continue to lay under obligations, for the interest
they take in the circulation of the Standard. Let
them 20 ahead A valued friend who has recently
sent US twenty subscribers and the cash, writes us


"You may expect from me $40 week for some
time yet. am determined to do all l can for
your paper, though have strong opposition here
from the fact that you, like myself, are conservative
am for the South, and for prosecuting the war up
to the hilt have two sons in the army"


Our friend is Of the right grit Conservatives
are the true friends Of the South and Of the Con-
fedcrate government Those who abuse and villify
and lie about them give "aid and comfort" to
Lincoln by laboring to create the Impression that
they are not true friends to the South.
Year: 1862

STOPPING NEwsPAPERs.-A certain man hit h1s toe against pebble stone and fell headlong to the ground. lie was vexed and under the influence of anger and active selfsullciency, he kicked old mother ealth right saucily. With mperturbable gravity he looked to see the globe itself disolve, and only his poor toe was injured in the encounter. This is the way with man. An article in the newsnapers touches him in a weak place, and straightway he sends word to stop his paper. With great self complacency he looks on to see a crash, when the object of his spleen shall cease to be. Poor fool, he has only hit his toe against world that does not pcrceptbly feel the shock and injures to no ex- tent any one but himself
Year: 1862

The rebels are waking up to some of
the dangers which begin to press upon the
commercial emporium of the Consederacy; !;
and the New Orleans Delta of the 30th
of January while protesting to believe that
that city can defy any attack from the sea
is concerned about the Mississippi gun
boat expedition. 1t says:


But what is the fact in regard to the route
down the river from Columbus? Should
Columbus fall what is to prevent the enc
my from sweeping down the river with its
immense feet of gunboats and floating
batteries which he has been so long prepar
ing at St. Louis and Cairo, and with a
hundred thousand men under Halleck, to
attack us on one side, while an expedition
striking up from the sea, would attack US
OH the other? Who can answer? Do eff
fectual defences answer? Dopreparations
for defence in rapid progress answer?-
Where arc the defenses Who is engaged
in the preparations? These questions
admit of no satisfactory answers.


Our dependence at present for the safe
ty of the city from the approach form
idable expedition down the river, is upon
Columbus. That is the northern key to
The Mississippi delta. That in possession
of the enemy the floodgates of inuasion
will be opened, Our situation would not
be hopeless, for the soul of Southern men
fighting a war of independence, must not
dream of dispair; but we would be con-
froDted with terrible dangers and the
whole country exposed to fearful evils.
On one condition only can we realize a
full assurance that such dangers will not
occur, and that such evils will never i'm
pend.


The Delta asks that five thousand men
be sent from New Orleans to Columbus.
This article, from leading New Orleans
paper, and the appointment of Gen. Beau
regard, their best engineer, TO command
at Columbus shows that our gunboat fleet
is regarded as one of the Confederate S
most serious points of danger.
Year: 1862

Have you not found it so, young man,
you whose well known virtue has placed
you in a position which you occupy with a
feeling of commendable pride. And you
whose fame has been the target of envious
tongues, have you not seen a good name
TO be the only breastplate that is impervi-
Gus to the poisoned shaft of calumny p
Gold and talents, what are these without a
character? A light to render darkness
visible; a gliding, which with contrast
makes substance more revolving? Cher
ish it, then, all ye who possess it. Guard
it carefully, for depend upon this, its puil.
ty once tarnished, the unweary effort will
hardly restore it to its pristine lustre. Let
it attend you through the journey of life,
crowning your days with peace and happi-
ness. The rectitude that won it will en-
grave upon your face letter Of recon-
mendation to people of every nation and
tongue. And when the treasure is no
longer needful to you, it shall descend to
your posterity, a legacy with which mil
lions would not dare to be compared.
Year: 1862

The World of the 5th SAYS from the re-
cent revelations of the Southern press We
feel justified in making the following gene
ralizations:


2. That the total effective rebel army
is less than 100000 men, of which, since
the Withdrawal of ten or fifteen thousand
by Beauregard to Columbus, some $780,
600 10000 remains near Manassas.


That their arms are very defective, be-
ing mainly old flint locks rifed and some
English muskets very much inferior to the
small arms of our troops.


3. That in cannon, especially light field
pieces, our army is in immense superiority
to theirs. Their defensive position also
is an aggravation of this difficulty, as they
are compelled to have batteries not only
in the places we intend to attack but also
in many places where the attack is feared.
We can utilize our accumulation of cannon
by bringing them to bear only where they
are certain TO be required.


4. That the South know they are TO be
attacked at every point at once, and are
certain that they must be defeated at the
greatest number, if not at all their princi-
pal defensive positions.


5. That financially the rebel government
is in bad case, as is evidenced by the fact
that gold bears forty per cent, premium
over its currency.


6. There is not so much enthusiasm
among the people, and there is little pros
pect that any considerable number Of the
troops will enlist after their time Is uP.
Year: 1862

While standing within the room where
lay the favorte son of Henry A. Wise,
the Surgeon came in, and stepping up to
the couch of the wounded man, examined
his countenance with calm scrutiny, rs
if endeavoring to fathom tho deep re-
cesses of the heart of this enemy of his
country, who was about to pay debt al :
ready too long deferred both for the cred
it ofhis country and that of once honor
able name. Lifting himself partially on
one elbow, be turned his face toward the
Federal Surgeon in charge, and said
"When l am sufficiently recovered, do
you think l will be allowed to 60 home
on my parole of honor Cor. Phil. In
quirer,
Year: 1862

man has not, as your friends fooli
said they could, whipped five NoriI
men. Indeed, they have fallen very
short of whipping man for man. T
gassing did very we'll until the thing
tried, and now the sad realities 60 III
who then bOasted) have demonstrs
they are not a match man for man.


Let me tell you, this war will last
ever unless the South lay down It's a
and submit TO the laws, and every da
lasts the submission will have to be m
unconditional.


You have rushed into the rebellion
save slavery. How many, think you, {
leaders in this rebellion had? How is
with you? Are your rights 20 your slay
more secure now than they were befor
The government has not brought on Il
war; but the government ,oiR end IL.


If anything have said will bring y
back TO your government and make y
loyal citizen, | shall be amply compe
sated for this hastily written letter Th
you may see the error Of your course
earnestly pray.


Respectfully, G. X. SMITH.
Year: 1862

Correspondents will confer great
favor on us by leaving their communica-
tions for inspection at our leisure. We
have no time TO hear communications
read over by their authors. We are al
ways glad to hear from any one who has
a fact to impart or thought to suggest
and hope to hear often from those who
can contribute to the public information
Year: 1862

A rank secessionist was treated to ride
on the sharp edge of rail. the other even
ing in Wilkesbarre, Pa. He was taken 10
bis mothers house but the old lady refused
to receive him, as he Was traitor and not
worthy to enter her house. She told the
boys to take him down South and give him
to JEFF. Davis. She has two sons in the SER
vice of the United States, and justly regards
this fsllow disgrace to the family.
Year: 1862

Attorney General Bates has, in reply 10
certain queries put to him BY the Secretary
Of the Interior concerning pension matters.
decided that it is his opinion that the moth
er Of deceased soldier is entitled 10 pen.
sion, whether she be married or be widow,
provided she be dependent on him tor sup,
port in whole or in part.
Year: 1862

lftoth the missouri DeinocraiJ


We would have our readers beware Of
man and beware of newspaper that keeps
prating every day and in every issue, about
the ''abolitionists of the North" Such men
and such papers may profess as much
Unionism as they please. Depend on it,
they are not sound; you can't tie to them !;
they would desert the cause under pressure;
they are venal. True patriots do not spend
their time fighting any portion of the friends
of war. The Abolitionists, always few and
contemplate in number, are for the war,
and that is all we care to know. Those who
are striking at them, only use them as .
blind. Their true aim Is the confidence and
loyalty of the people When the abolition
lists engage in rebellion, it will be time
enough to attend to them. When they are
doing all they can to put down the rebel
lion, the man who spends his time in dinging
at them, is poor excuse for a patrot.l De-
pend upon that. Most generally he will be
found to be weak headed partizan, or Q
heartless, unprincipled secession sympa.
thizer, Beware Of him. ''''
Year: 1862




We all know what this outcry for the Con.
stitution means. Danger to the Constitu-
ton in their dialect means danger to the in
stitution Of slavery. Substitute the word
slavery for the word Constitution in their
diatribes, and then the clamor they are
making becomes translated Tito ineligible
language. 70
Nobody desires to overthrow the consti-
tuition except the men in whose behalf
these organs Of treason are making such an
uproar. The war against the constitution
Is waged from the South, and from the
South only. 1t is the dayeholding oligarchy
who have thrown off its authority and de-
fed its defenders; it is the North that
stands by the Constitution, defendsit, pours
out its resources, summons the flower of its
population and sheds its best blood to pro-
tect and preserve it. 1t is the basest Of
ISLANDERS to charge those who are doing this
with design to subvert the Constitution.
Yet we can tell the Journal who are the
real foes of the Constitution in the frea
States and at the seat of Government. Il
is those who demand that concessions"
shall be made to the enemies of that sacred
instrument; concessions to the men who
have taken up arms against it; concessions
to the men who stole the contents of our
arsenals, the coin in our mints, the ships-of-
war in our navy yards, to make war upon it,
and who made traitors of the oficersof our
army and navy. The only men at the North
who are laboring to subvert the Constitution
are those who, like the Journal, ask us to
give way to treason, and make sacrifices Of
opinion" to the leaders of a causeless revolt,
renouneing, on our part, principles as dear
to us as life, and surrendering the cohxic-
hollow pc peace, which the same nc restless and ID
ambitious class, on whose heads is ali The
guilt of this war, would soon find means to
break. . -r.'rsr
Year: 1862

sounded hoarse and unnatural.


"Alice hush You know not what You
do


A change came over her. She dropped
his hand, and with both her own pressed
tightly upon her breast, as if to stay the
breathing Of her heart, stood gazing upon
him with sorrowing eyes and parted lips
rom which all shade Of color had faded.


He passed his hand across his forehead
and turned from her.


"Alice, leave me- In mercy leave me-


But she stood as though rooted to the
floor


"Would to God loved her less y burst
from him like a groan.


She heard him. and her Ii ps moved, her
arms were stretched cut to hun one un-
certain step forward and she fell senseless
at bis feet.


Cousin Jonathan did not leave for Bos.
ton that day, but Captain Hay did leave
for the South; and when the winter was
gone Mr.. Warning returned to his home,
but he did no. go alone.


Alice went with him and lived happy
woman for she had ever one with her who
could guide her right, and whom she loved
with all her soul. Bat, though MIR. War.
ring was her island, she was always
fond in her playful moods, Of addressing
him as Cousin ,'ona han still.
Year: 1862

An Orderly, lately railroad conductor
was drilling squad, and while marching
them by flank, turned to speak 10 u friend
for moment. On booking again towards
his squad, he saw they were in the act OF
"butting up against p fence. in his hurry
to halt them he shouted out-"Down
brakes! Down brakes y
Year: 1862

enemies IS you will from the 20-negro men,
for they are all TINT is able to help our nrmy


and they will die before they will help, unless
thty are made. I will close, for am too mad
Year: 1862

o Brothers and sisters, growing oiu'


Do you all remember yet
That home in the sh ade of the rushing trees


Where once our household met
Do Won know how we used to come from schoc


Through the summer Pieasant neat
With the yellow fenneis golden aust


On our tired little feet!
And how sometimes in an idle mood


We loitered by the way;
And stopped in the woods to gather flowers.
And in the fields to play;
Till warned by the deep'ning shadows fall,
That told of the coming night,
We climbed to the top of the last, long hill,
And saw our home in sight
And brothers and sisters older now


Than she whose life is Ger.
Do you think of the mothers loving face,
That looked from the open door
Alas. for the changing things of time
That home in the dust is low;
And that loving smile was hid from US,
In the darkness long ago.
And we have come to life's last hill,
From which our weary eyes
Can almost look on that home that shines
Eternal in the skies.
So, brothers and sisters, as we go,


Still let us move as one,
Always together keeping step,


TIL the march of life is done:
For that mother who waited for us here,
Wearing n smile so sweet,
Now waits on the hills of paradise
For her children's coming feet
Year: 1862

AN HONEST LIFE.-The poor pittance of
seventy years is not worth being william for.
What matter is it if your neighbor lies in
splendid tomb3 Sleep you with innocence
Look behind you through the track OF time
A vast desert lies open in retrospect; weared
with years and sorrow, they sink from the
walks of man. You must leave them where
they fall and you are to go a little further,
and you will find eternal rest. Whatever You
may have to encounter between the cradle and
the grave, every moment is big with events,
which come not in succession, but bursting
forcibly from a revolving and unknown cause,
fly over this orb with diversified influence.
Year: 1862

LAUGHING PHILosoPHER.-The author OF a
work called <'notes of an Army Surgson, - re-
cords the following incident as having occur
red during the siege of Fort Erie, in the war
of 1872 81 remember one day; in making
my hospital rounds, patient just arrived, pre-
sented an amputated forearm, and, in doing
so could hardly restrain broad laugh the
litter was constantly on his face. "What is
the matter? This does not strike me as a
subject for laughter.'' cit is not doctor; but
excuse mel lost my arm in so funny away
that still laugh when | look at it.'' "What
way ?'' fOur first sergeant wanted shaving
and got me to attend to it, as L am corporal.
We went together in front of the tent. had
lathered him, took him by the nose, and was
just applying the razer when cannon ball
came, and that was the last saw of his head
and my arm. Excuse me doctor, for laughing,
but never saw such a thing before.''
Year: 1862

The North Carolina prisoners, released at
Fort Warren, were drawn by lot. Some dozen
declined going, and gave up their places to
others. Most of them gave as main reason
that they had no wish to 60 back to their regi-
ment, which they would have to do if they
were exchanged, and saying, it winter,
they could get nothing to do at home, and
their living hero was much better than they
expected. l assure you they will go home
with much better feelings towards the people
of Boston than when they came here, having
had opportunities of associating somewhat
with the soldiers and workmen here.
Year: 1862

The next day l saw what-Oh, God was far
more terrible | saw it in the city court
room. But this was not the last.


saw my legal friend the day following the
trial. He said John Anderson was in prison.
| fastened to see him. The turnkey conduct
ed me to his cell-the key turned in large
lock; and ponderous door with sharp creak
swung upon his hinges, and | saw dead body
suspended by the neck from grated window
looked at the horrible face; could see moth
ing OF the face of John Anderson there, but
the face had seen in the court room suf
ficient to connect the two and | knew that
this was all that remained of him that | loved
so we'll.


And this was the last of the demons work !;
the last act in the terrible drama. And from
the first sparkle of the red wine it had been
down, down. down until the foot of the hill
had been reached


When turned away from the cell and once
more walked amid the flashing saloons and
revel halls, | wished that my voice had power
to thunder the life story of which have been
witness, into the ears of still living men.
Year: 1862

TIME.-Time wears slippers of list, and Lis
tread is noiseless. The days come softly daw-
ming, one after another they creep in at the
window their fresh morning air is grateful
to the lips as they pant for it; their music is
sweet to the ears that listen to it until, be-
fore we know it, whole life of days has pos
session of the citadel, and Time has taken rs
for his own.
Year: 1862

company sncsmpsd In the nsghborhood, and slssns as
that time In front Of the mill reading . paper, so
badly injured that bis life considered N Danger.
Some OF the fesh torn away from his skull ed the
bone thought TO bs possibly fractured Mr.. n. Curtis,
the propetors had just stepped out Of the door
and leading his horse across the green when tbs
ploson took place Hs several OF the bodies Of the
men flying through the air overhead but was himself u
injured The engineer also was not hurt the engine being
located some distance from the nearest mill. -


On the premises were three byildngs, the engine
house. the grinding mill. some hundred and thirty
feet from It, and the coining MILL about the same dis
tanco further 1t in the coming mill that the first
explosion took place-eause unknown. The mill was
running at the time and had been for some time prev
ously day and night There seems to bo no idea enter
tanned that the the result OF design Tns
wind was pretty high and blowing directly from the
coming mill to the other that the flames ana neat
were carried Immediately to tho latter thus causing un'
doubtedly. the second explosion.


The word wreck cannot give just idea OF the rum
when we got to the scene for there was literally nothing
or next 10 nothing left The houses were very slight
buildings OF planks and had been scattered into million
OF fragments, most or them quite minute The location
OF the mills could only be by black splochss on the
ground, such as every one has when quantity OF
powder been touched Off any exposed surface The


machinery OF course Independently Of the engine. is
completely ruined but the loss in powder is compare
lively small, there were but eight Thousand pounds
altogether in the two mills
Year: 1862

Wherever the rife and the ak Of the
hardy pioneer were seen, there were also
sure to appear not long afterwards the sad
dlebags of the Methodist minister An
anecdote which we find in the sketch of
Richmond n N1lley well illustrates this. Mr..
Motley was one of small band of mission
ference, about 1912, to labor in the wilds
of Mississippi and Louisiana, which were
then very sparsely settled, and occupied to
some extent by tribes of not always friend
ly Indians. Mr.. Motley was a man of
great energy, zeal and courage. He was
exposed to many dangers in the prosecu-
tion of his work. both from the hostile saw
ages and the opposition of white men.
He was rigidly faithful, and omitted no op-
portunity of doing good to persona Of any
color or couoition, in whatever obscure cor
ner he could find them. On one occasion,
while travelling, he CAME upon fresh wag-
on-track. and following it, he discovered an
emigrant family, who had just reached the
spot where they intended to make thei.
home. The man, who was putting out his
team, saw at once, by the costume and
bearing Of the stranger, what his calling
was, and exclaimed. "What another Meth
odist preacher quit Virginia to get out
Of the way of them, and went into new
settlement in Georgia, where / thought /
should be quite beyond their reach; but
they got my wife and daughter into the
church. Then, in this late purchase, Choc-
taw Corner, found a piece Of good land,
and was sure should have some peace of
the preachers but here is one before my
wagon is un'oaded.' g My friend" said
Motley, " if you go to heaven. you'll find
Methodist preachers there and if to bell,
I'm afraid you'll find some there and you
see how it is in this world. SO you had
better make terms with us, and be at peace"


Hope Hull was one of the pioneers of
the denomination in Georgia, and his fame
was very extensive in that section. He
was no, at all fraciious man, but his Won
d-rfal penetration into character, together 1
with his honest diree;ncss in dealing with 1