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Year: 1861

DIsGUsTED WITH HMsEIF.-The editor of the
New York Tribune. General Greeley, who with
other hot heads Of the same school urged the ad-
vance on Manassas-a movement which all know
to have been lily planned aud still worse execut-
ed-promises not to indulge in any more military
advice or criticism. He has seen his error and
promises to make amends by keeping bis mouth
shut in future
Year: 1861

How BRAVE Men FlGHT-A Rhode Island
soldier states that after the capture of one of the
Bulls Run batteries, forty-eight dead and one
wounded were found at the guns. The wounded
man on being asked how they managed to stand
by their guns so long, answered that they had
taken an oath never to leave them"
Year: 1861

BURIAL BY MooNIIGHF.-Veryi impressive was
the service at the grave when Hermann Dierke
was Lured on Wednesday night. 1t was late in
the evening when the funeral cortege arrived,
and the solemn dirge performed by the Brass
Band at the grave gave additional solemnty to
fhe occasion
Year: 1861

COuu"el 10 vOlUOSeef NOroeS.


The following communication from the
wife Of surgeon in the United States army
t" the N. Y. Tribune, will be read with in.
terest by the ladies engaged in the move
ment in behalf Of the army:


l hear Of many young girls yet in their
teens, who, carried away by enthusiasm for
the glorious cause, are proffering themselves
for this service. Let them be sure that there
will be no romance in the hospitals Of our
country. No woman should be admitted to
the corps Of nurses under thirty years of
age, unless she is already an experienced
nurse. She must be able to endure un.
fiinchingly. yet with patience and tender.
ness, the slckening smells. and all the other
naMeless disgusting details of hospital
for the sick and wOundcd-where the re-.
finements, often the proprieties, Of an or
dinary sick room are unknown. She must
not faint or sicken at the sight of blood or
loathSome sores. She must bear rough
usage, and hear profane and coarse words
She must be able to see strong man die,
not rendered gentle by prolonged disease,
but struck down in the fulnesS Of life, strug-
cling with death; and in that trouble, she
should be able to keep entire possession Of
herself, and administer to the utmost wants
Of the dying soul. While desire to pre-
sent this subject in its true aspect, stripped
Of sentimcntalism to the young women who
are in danger of being led by temporary
excitement to enlist in service which they
have not nerve to sustain. would. also, to
those mature women, who deliberately un.
dertake the service for convictions Of duty,
say word Of encouragement, derived from
my experience among the soldiers of the
regular army.
Year: 1861

.wA Dutch,nan, the other day, reading
an account of a meeting, came to the words,
The meeting then dissolved He could
not define the meaning of the latter word.
so referred to his dictionary, and felt sat-
isfied. In few minutes friend came in.
when Henry said: 'Dey must have very
hot wedder dere in New York. ret an
account Of n meeting where all the bsep!es
had melted away
Year: 1861

eBA grecnhorn standing by sewing
machine at which a young lady was at
work, looking alternately at the machina
and ut it's fair operator, at length gave vent
to his admiration with


BY gelly its purity, especially the part
covered with calikcr,'
Year: 1861

sw 4 Union loving German in Wheel.
ing got a little tight the other day and went
about the streets shouting 'hurrah for this
Union" H. was doing very well until q
patriotic individual understood him to say
"hurrah for disnnon and knocked him
down and pummeled him furiously.
Year: 1861




The war.


For more than eighty years thu Union
has slept in peace. Nations have risen,
strength has been added yearly to the unit
ed chords Of our common country, and our
people with few exceptions, have been loyal
to the land that has sustained them-to the
laws that have protected them. While 9TH
er nations have been bathed in blood, the
United States still held her undeniable sway
in the ranks Of peace and freedom.


The apple of discorl hung high upon the
tree of good and evil, and swung heavily
upon its tenacious stem but now indeed
has it dropped from the tree the ball has
been set in motion and wo unto those who
plucked the fruit, for they ''shall surely die. :"
Already has the work Of devastation, desc
lation and death commenced. War! o
who can think upon its woes without a
shudder? Yet what man is there so lost
as to crouch in the thicket when the tiger
approaches and sign for it to pass him by,
and spring upon his children? Can any
American, a loyer of his country, be lying
on his oars in such a tide as this Who
will stand idly back in inglorious case with
folded arms until he finds his foothold tot
tering, sinking and falling into the hands Of
a dislOyal sovereign? Even now this lim-
tied peace is shaken to its very center. Be-
cause VIC cannot see the smoke shall we say
there is no fire? Because they do not marcel,
into our towns and piilage shall we sleep
and let our brothers diey


Washington q where is our Washing
ton? Who will defend his resting place
as he hath defended us :! The bold waters
of the Potomac are rolling on in silence OF
forebcding evil upon the shore Of that ill.,
thank heaven! "Their spears are thou.
sand, their bosoms are one"


God protect those noble men! And still
they 60. They rush from every port. No
home SO dear as to bind them now. Their
tenderest tic is being sullied, and only their
untiring arm can make it sure What fear
they? Blood will not make the patriot
faint. Every mans heart must be so stirred
with emotion that he will forget that blood
and gruans and pains must be the inevitable
results Of the battle. He cannot see or
hear. He presses on with weapon keenly
fixed and rushes into the arms Of death as
though it were his wonted pleasure. Hon.
or and Liberty are all he sees and Victory
the joy he feels. But may the brave, strong
hearts be also tender. May uprightncss
and justice mark their footsteps and may
they push back tkcir wayward, estranged.
yet generous southern brethren with gen.
tie hand, and with no wounds deeper than
those Of pride. JENNIE GROVE.


May 9th, 1851.
Year: 1861

SAVANNAH, Feb. g. 1861.


Two exciting events have recently transplred
in this city, of which you will have heard ere
this can reach you. The seizure Of the New
York vessels, by way of reprsal, despite the
general approval, occasions very general ankle
ty for the result. 1t may occa,ion counter
seizures in New-York. 1t must, at all events,
have the effect 10 increase the present timdity
of commerce, and thus to subserye very efectu-
ally the purpose OF selfblockadiDg measure. 1t
would seem, indeed, that the seizure at New
York can be legally justified only as Federal
act; that the interference Of the State or local
authorities cannot be excused unless by the rev.
outionary character of the times, and by the
miserable inefiiciency of the General Government.
Nevertheless, the present denOuemsnt indicates in
advance what the future has in store sooner or
later. To this complexion the strife must come
at last; the unlawful and unconstitutional
measures of the seeding States must be
assented 10 in toto, or resisted with
all the power of the Federal Government.
Such events as these therefore, only serve to
hasten the crisis, and to prepare mems minds for
it. And it is probably true that the Southern
people have been allowed so long TO drift down
the current of Secession without resistance, al
most without remonstrance, on the part Of the
General Government that their act has come to
be regarded by them as a foregone conclusions
they see no way of return now; they can recog-
nize but one course open for them, and that Is
out into the open, unknown sea. They have
grown, indeed, really cOntemptuous of the Gov
ernment which has demurred 30 little to their
violence. The cautious and respectful regard for
existing laws which once prevailed Is now the
subject of mockery and scorn. Uncle Sam is de-
throned. Yankee Doodle is dead The souvenirs
of the pa,t are trampled under foot. Such ia the
state Of things in the hot-beds of Secession.
Success has made men oontumaciOus Of all past
restraints. The leaders have grown bold in their
past tecurity. They now feel strong in the dis
armament of the Federal Government which
succeeded in efecting. They feel assured
in the Union which they believe they have
made necessary among the Southern States. and
the Southern people; but they feel doubly assured
in the disunOn and division of feeling and pur-
pose which they believe to prevail at the North.


From the beginning it was evident to all but the
willfully blind that " compromises" offered moth
ing but encouragement to the proposed secession
of the Gulf States; that the surety of conflict
with the Federal Government was the only thing
which could restrain them by bringing out the
vote against Secession which has now remained
unexpressed, or has been gradually swept away
by the imbecile weakness Of the Executive at
Washington. The process of Secession has hith-
erto been urdsturbed except by its own inevita-
bic homo effects, and even these are not yet ap--
Year: 1861

The 1einforcements which were on their
way to save MuNigan-where were they?
II appears from paragraph IN the Leav-
enworth Times that Gen. Lane, on the day
before the surrender, was al West Point,
Bates county, No, some sixty miles south
west Of Lexington, and moving towards
Papins1illc, still further of, to seize 4 bag
gage train belonging to Gen Rains This
was q 1audable design, and doubtless O
necessary movement Oh the part Of Gen.
Lane, because he has no baggage train Of
his OWL, and can only get one by helping
himself to that Of his adversary. But
meanwhile Mulljgan and his garrison were
at their last gasp. Let Us not do the Kan
sas General injustice. News does not
travel either by lightning or railroad in
the region which Lane is holding. The
mail coach lumbers along the wTetched
roads once week when the country is
quiet otherwise not at all. It's not pro-
bable that Mnlligan sent to Lane for help
he expected It. from another quarter
1t is not probable that Lane felt strong
enough to move against Prices army un-
less positively assured Of support from the
East. The event shows that if he ha6
been reckless enough to move, on his OWL
responsibility, to the help Of Mulligan, h
too would have fallen into the hands 0
more powerful antagonist


Of the whereabouts Of the otler thrr'


columns supposed to be moving to Mulli
pan's relief, We know next to nothing.
Year: 1861

There is no gainsaying what may be
done by authority Of Martial Law; but in
the temporary suppression Of the St Louis
Eeening Neaes-a thoroughly loyal jour
nal-by Gen. Fremont, for mild criticism
Of his measures, be has been guilty OF 81
act Of imprudence at least, which hardly
less than the useless surrender of Mulligan,
reflects upon his fitness tor the command
that be has assumed Martial law and its
penalties are for rebels, not for loyal citi-
zcns; and military gentlemen, thank for
tune! are not so near perfection nor yet so
absolute that they can afford 10 silence
public opinion by an attempt to shut the
channels IN which it is accustomed to find
expression.
Year: 1861

TIE VERT PLAcE.-t may be a matter Of
historical interest to know that Gen. Buffers


deeisiou that slaves arc cortraband of war Was
made within sight OF the spot on which the
tret slave cargo that was ever brought to this
Year: 1861

To thee goddess of fancy, would fan address

 my lay.

 Reason may teach us to dive into the dark recesses of nature, and philosophy lead Us to examine her hidden works science may throw open the portals of truth, and wisdom guide us to a knowledge of our fellow-man; but 1t is for thee, imagination, to soar above all these, and, by thy magic power, to glide through the wide range of possibility.

 Aided by thee, man can perform within the narrow sphere of his own mind all that the pen of the historian has transcribed or the hand of the poet depicted. He can range his armies, fight his battles, and display to his de- lighted fancy his character as mighty man of valour; or, inspired by the heavenly muse, he can languish in the soft twilight, or breathe in the sweet beauty of moonlight vision.

 Borne Un the wings of the morning, waited by the perfumes of Arabia, he knows no boun- dary to his flight, no curtaiment to his fancy. Rowing through the bondless extent of infn- ite space he discovers new spheres, new suns, with all their attendant planets. He traces the fiery comet through its vast unmcasured orbit: at one time on the utmost verge of the universe-at another, scorched by the tervent heat of summer sostice.

 He travels back to the souce of time and beholds the mighty void, from whence

 These worlds were calfd to light,

 and sees them arise in beauty and harmony at the voice of the Almighty, and commence their magnificent course trhoug the wide range of heavens domains.

 Such is the imagination ofman. Confined within the bounds of reason what are we not capable of viewing or performing, when we court its infuece! But, like the airy vision of dream, it vanishes with the morning dawn, leaving nothing behind, but the idea of its power, and d knowledge of the unwarrant- able scope of the human mind.
Year: 1861

Come and let us muse on days that have past days whose remembrance awaken5 thoughts melancholy and sad; yet, days which we love to view through the vista of memory.

 Transported by fancy to the scenes of our childhood, how delightful is retrospection There we again act each playful humour of our youth-each innocent pastme of our boy hood We think of the friends who joined in our mirth-of the parents who promoted our enjoyment We wander through the same woods conecrated to frends-through the sames avenues sacred to youthful romance We listen to the yustling murmurings of the foliage of the forest-to the purling of the shady stream, upon whose banks we formerly rioted in unalloyed pleasure, till we almost fancy those days to have returned with all their joyous, gladsome hours.

 But memory also brings with it feeling of pensive sadness, when she reminds us that these have passed away, and with them the companions of our social glee. Then all was brig ht with hope; the heart was joyous and gay; the little troubles which moment clouded our happiness were soon forgotten; and the cares of the world were unknown and unre gardcd; but now we see hope blighted-for mer intimacies destroyed-and thorns, where we imagined nothing but roses and flower: grew. But still we delight to think on the moments of bliss that have passed, the friends that have become estranged, and the heart; that once '' were near and dear" We cherish their remembrance, and, while we admire their virtues, almost forget that we are alien ated and become as strangers.
Year: 1861

The Democracy of the free States, together resolved that, if the Republicans will destroy the Union by refusing any fair compromise, they shall not increase our calamity by driving us into civil war. The Detroit Free Press thus speaks of Michigan:

 We can tell the Republican legislature, and the Republican administration of Mchi- gan and the Republican party everywhere, one thing: that, if the refusal to repeal the per sonal liberty laws shall be persisted in, and if there shall not be a change in the present seeming purpose to yield to no accommoda- shall be raised in the North to march against the people of the South, fire in the rear will be opened upon such troops which will either stop their march altogether, or wonderfully accelerate it. In other words, if, in the pres ent posture of the Republican party toward the national difficulties. war shall be waged, that war will be fought in the North We warn it that the conflict which 1t is precipi- tating will not be with South, but with tens of thousands of people in the North. When civil war shall come it will be war here in Michi- gan, anu here Ill DetroiI, anu Ill every Nofth- ern State"

 The Bangor (Maine) Union says:

 "The difficulties between the North and South must be compromised, or the separa- ton of the States shall be peaceable. If the Republican party refuses to go the full length of the Crttcnden amendment, which is the very least the South can or ought to take, then here in Maine not Democrat will be found who will raise an arm against his breth- rcn of the South. It is enough that the Re, publcans have robbed us of our glorious Union They shall not now precipitate us into an unj justfable and cruel civil war From one end of the State to the other, let the cry of the Democracy be, compromise, or peacea- ble separation"
Year: 1861

thus bring on civil war, but to sustain the
Union, and thereby restore peace. If the bor.
der States reject secession, it will be ended
without bloodshed, and without much delay.
A slight revolution Of parties would bring the
Union party uppermost in all the seeding
States, except possibly, South Carolina.


Virginia has this thing in her own hands
and if she decides unwisely, she brirgs upon
herself train Of woes which cannot be exag.
gerated.


1t is sometimes attempted to alarm her with
threats of legisating against the transfer Of
her surplus negro labor to the Gulf That is
an imaginary danger. A real and imminent
calamity is such a prostration of the Gulf re.
gion, from the social commissions of revolu.
ton, as will destroy its capacity to absorb labor
from any quarter. Who in Virginia will un.
dertake to measure the height and depth, the
length and breadth, of such calamity as that 2
Year: 1861

Through energetic action, Secretary Dix sue
ceeded in getting the inhuman order of the
Governor of Louisiana revoked, which provided
for the taking of the Marine Hospital, thereby
causing two hundred and sixty men to be in a
barbarous manner forced from the hospitable
retreat provided by the Government. Much is
due to Collector Hatch, through whom the ne
gotiations were conducted.
Year: 1861

This is q question of more importance to the
philanthropist at the present time than any other
The Southern States nov deem il necessary for
their safety that all free negroes should leave
those States, or select masters to whom they are
willing to become slaves, if they prefer to remain


This is one of the fruits of the abolition move
ment and taking it for granted that two-thirds of
the free negroes from 10000 to 50,000 should de-
eide to take up their abode in the North, what are
we to do with theml aa


Massachusetts, must receive the larges. share,
for here the negro is more petted and admired
than in any other State. Here he enjoys more
privileges and here the greatest efforts are made
by the aboltionists to reduce themselves TO level
with him.


There are many towns in New Hampshire, Yer
mont and Maine, where negro cannot reside ex-
cept as pauper, at the expense of the State. The
people have no business for a colored man or
woman, and soon starve them out if they attempt
to settle within their borders.


Massachusetts must therefore, take the largest
share of the free negroes of the South, and sup
port them. In the present state of business there
is not sufficient amount of labor for those who
are now here, and there is already more than the
usual amount of suffering among them at this
season.


IF 10000 negroes or even 10000, are crowded
into our fcities during the coming month-what
are we to do with them


We cannot blame our Southern brethren, under
the present excited state of things for providing
for their safety, and if according to the doc
trine of the abolitionsts we cannot exist as q
country, half slave and half free, we cannot ex-
pect that the slave States will consider themselves
safe with population of negroes half slave and
half free


The principal cause of this movement has been
the employment of free negroes, by the abolition
lists in running off slaves, and if secession
dismemberment of the Union takes place. it is
evident but that few if any Southern States will
permit free negroes to reside within their limits,
and we apprehend that all laws by which slaves
may now become free, will, of necessity, be
abolished. The people of the South are now sat
isfed that they must take care of themselves IF
any means can be adopted by which they can do
so with safety, and remain in the Union, their
statesmen and we believe majority of their
people will adopt them. If not, dissolution
must take place. and the North will be flooded
with negroes Of all ages and qualities-those who
are enabled to run away, and those whom the
South will compel to leave.


The negro population of Boston now exceeds
the demand in the ration of three to one, and if
to have ten thousand more thrown upon u.s.
we hope the Republicans will devise some means
to take care of them, withou: permitting them to
become burden to the State.-Boston Post
Year: 1861

AIR AND WATER.-Set pitcher Of water in
room and in few hours it will have absorbed
nearly all the respred and presplred gases in the
room, the air of which will have become purer,
but the water utterly filthy. The colder the water
is the greater is its capacity to contain these gas
es. At ordinary temperatures pint of water will
contain pint of carbonic acid gas and several
pints of ammonia. This capacity is nearly doubl-
ed by reducing the water to the temperature OF
that of ice. Hence water, kept in the room awhile
is unfit for use For the same reason, the water
in pump stock should always be pumped Out in
the morning before any is used. Impure water is
more injurious than impure air.
Year: 1861

We learn from a private letter to
friend here, that a flag of truce was two
days since sent to Port Royal Ferry from
the Lincoln feet. The purport Of it VISA
to extend proclamation from the despot
Lincoln to all loyal citizens to return and
occupy their houses and plantations; that
they did not come to make war upon the
loyal, DC, bu. to protect all good citizens.


Capt. Elliott, who received tho party,
replied that he knew no person with such
ideas Of loyalty as they had, and very
properly declined receiving the procIama-
ton.


Abe Lincoln is reckoning wilhou. his
host If he calculates on finding Union
men in the Atlantic South to which his
grand Armada is sent. The fleet may
take and possess few islands on the
coast within reach Of their ships guns,
but they will neither finG foo,hold on the
main land, or be able to subjuga,e men
who know their rights and can defend
tLem.-Sonth Cdroiinian.