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Year: 1862

Let us do the rebels Justice. They cx
hibit al energy worthy better cause
They prove themselves endowed with many
of those stern qualities that fit q people
for dominion. Their activity is marvellous.
The clerity with which their movements
are conduc,ed-thc facility with which they
move vast masses of meu between distant
parts-,he combination Of dash and dis
crction that charac,eri their generalship
-extort our wonder, if not our admira-
ton.


Take the history OF the past few weeks
Is it not surprising the work we have ac
complshed They had hardly recovered
from the bruises they had received in the
"seveh days fight" The bulk of their ar
my was holding watch and ward over Gen.
Mcclellan on the Peninsula. They moved
northward travelled faster by laud than
did our forces 10y water met Gen. Pope
on his southern march forced him to
change front ! pursued him with the feet.
ness of bloodhouDds partially turned his
left made dash upon his headquarters,
and bore off his personal effects worried
confused, put him out whipped him in
every encounter turned his retreat into a
rout aud drove our discounted Squadrous
like sheep toward Washington.


Nor did they pause here. Before we
had time TO recove from our confusion aud
chagrin, the Rebels moved rapidly toward
the northwest, crossed the Potomac in
large force, planted the standard of Re.
belliou in Maryland, occupied Frederick
aud :other towns of stragetic Importance,
and made bold dash toward Peunsylva-
MIA. 1t is true, they did not succeed iu the
grand object of their enterprise. 1t is true
they were disappointed in the reception
given them by the MarylanderS. 1t is true
they have been met and repulSed but
where, in the annals Of warfare, have we
seen greater clerity of movement, combined
with more precision and method?


Their stay on this side Of the Potomac
was short but how eventfu ! They were
virtually in the 'enemy's country They
were in measure isolated from their owl
friends,-cut off from their Gown friends
and cut off from the hope of succor Be
tween them and theirs rolled river that
the rains of a single night might render
impossible.


And yet how doggedly they held their
own They seized Harper'S Ferry and cap,
tured its garrison of eleven Thousand men
They met the flower of our army-under
our most cherished leader-fought SO des'
perately that the result was considered
| doubtful at the close of the second day
stealthily abandoned dangerous position
-extricated themselves from what we be
lieved to be an effectual trap-'retreateC
in good order transported most of thei
artillery and stores in safety-planteC
themselves on the opposite bank


This uncommon activity is of couse
proof of their desperation; but it is
proof also of how hard they will die.
Year: 1862

BRYANT.
Let me move slowly through the street,
Filled with ever shifting train,
Amid the sound OF steps that beat
The murmuring walks like autumn rain.
How fast the fitting figures come
The mild, the fierce, the stony face
Some bright with thoughtless smiles, nd some
Where secret tears have left their trace.
They pass TO toll, to strife, to rest
To halls in which the feast is spread
To chambers where the funeral gusst
In silence sits beside the dead.
And some to happy homes repair,


Where children, pressing cheek 10 cheek,
With mute caresses shall declare


The tenderness they cannot speak.
And some who walk in calmness here,
Shall shudder as they reach the door
Where one who made their dwelling dear
Its flower, its light, is seen no more.
Youth, with pale cheek and slender frame,
And dreams of greatness in thine eye
Cost thou to build an early name,


Or early in the task to die !
Keen son of trade, with eager brow


Who is now futtering 10 thy snare
Thy golden fortunes--tower they now,


Or melt the glittering spires in air 7
Who of this crowd, tonight shall tread


The dance, till daylight CLEAN again
Who sorrow o'er'the untimely dead I


Who wiithe in throes of mortal pain .



Some, famine-struck, shall think how long
The cold, dark hOur-how slow the light
And some who tiaunt amid the throng,


Shall hide 10 dens Of shame tonight
Each. where his tasks or pleasures call,


They pass, and heed each other not
There Is who heeds, who holds them all


In his large love and boundless thought.
These struggling tides of life that seem


In wayward, aimless course 10 tend,
Are eddies to the mighty stream


That rolls to its appointed end.
Year: 1862

Timothy Titcomb has q scalpel and he
thus dissects men on the subject of truth
telling IL have known eminent men who
had not the power to state fact, in it
whole volume and outline, because, first
they could not comprehend it perfectly,
aud second because, their power of ex
preston was limited The lenses by hich
they apprehended their facts were not
adjusted properly, so they saw everything
with blur Defuite outline, clearly cut
edges, exact apprehension of volume and
weight, nice measurement Of relations, were
matters outside Of their observation and
exper ence. They had broad minds, but
bunging and their language was no
better than their apprehensiouS- usually it
was worse, because language is rarely as
definite as apprehension. Men rarely do
their work to suit them, because their tools
are imperfect. There are men in all com.
muuilies who are believed 10 be honest,
yet whose word is never authority upon
any slhjcct. There is flaw or warp
somewhere in their perceptions, which
prevents them from receiving truthful i'm.
presions. Everything comes TO them dis
torlei, as natural objects are distorted by
reaching the eye through wrinkled window.
glass Some are able to apprehend fact
anl state it correctly, if it have no direct
relation to themselves but the moment
their personality, or their personal interest
it involved, the fact assumes false proper,
tions aud false colors. l know physician
whose patients are always alarmingIY sick
when he is first called to them. AS they
usually get well, am bound to believe that
he is a good physician but | am not
bound % believe that they are all as sick
ut the beginning as be supposeS them to
be- The first violent symptoms operate
apon his Imagination and excite bis fear,
aud his opinion as to the degree of dan
ger attaching to the diseases Of his patients
is not worth half SO much as that of any
sensible old nurse. In fact, nobody thinks
of talking it at all and those who know
him, and who hear his sad representation:
of the condition Of his patients, show equal
dstrust of his word and faith in his skill
by taking it for granted that they ure in a
fair way TO get well.
Year: 1862




Take mackrel, barrel, for instance, and
fill it to about one third its hight with
water. Then place log endwise in the
water sc that one end of it will just remain
above the surface Make the head of the
barrel little too small 10 fit, and suspend
it By two pins to the inside of the top of
the barrel, so it will hang as ic on pivot.
and easily tip by touching on either side.
On this head, thus suspended, secure piece
of Savory meat.


The first rat that scents it will to get the
meat, leap on the barrel head. The head
will tip, or tilt, and precipitate him into
the water, aud resume lis former position.
The rat in the water will swim to the logs
get on the end it, and squeal vicifero 40
y. His cries will bring other rats, all of
whom will be tilted into the water. and
all of whom will fight for the only spot in
it-viz the end of the log. AS only one
rat can hold it, the victor will drown ell.
the rest, and can in the morning be drown
ed himself We have seen twenty rats
caught in one night by such trick
Year: 1862

Is DR.. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS
should be in the possession of everybody in the
mining region. As preventative Of the various
dangerous diseases % which the gold seeker Is LA
bic. il has no superior. While it is quite paa,able
as beverage, is speedy and powerful in lis effect
upon the system. In all cases Of DiaTrhRa Dysen-
terry, and the prevailing fevers consequent upon
exposure, the Bitters viii he found invaluable as
corrective. Ne man should enter upon the exposed
camp life OF miner without being provided with
Hostetters preventive OF stomach disease nor
should any OF those who engaged in the occupa-
ton, fail 10 have recourse To the Bitters. Sold by
all Druggists and dealers everywhere.
Year: 1862

The PRESIDENTS CAVALRY ESCoRT, AND
How IT HAPPENs.-By the way, the gossips
have got rare tit-bt for their picking in the
recent alarm out at the Soldiers Home. Some
of Lincoln's anxious friends began remonstra-
ting with him about the dangers of bis exposed
position at his country residence, to which he
repaired every night while Stewart was ma
king his cavalry dashes up to within hearing
of the church bells of Washington. Ii was
argued that dashing little party of cavalry
might rush in over the draw bridge. pounce
down upon the Soldiers Home, seize upon Mr.
Lincoln, and make off before any rescue could
be attempted. Characteristicaly slow to take
alarm the President paid no attention to the
idea, but Mrs. Lincoln did. Nothing for a
time came of it, save pre-dsposition 10 easy
alarms.


The other evening, after the rebels had been
roaming about pretty freely for some time in
Maryland a couple of horsemen stopped at the
gate at the Soldiers Home, and made some
careless inquiry of the sentry as to the time
Mr.. Lincoln generally came out The sentry 5
suspicion was aroused, and he told the story
to Mrs. Lincoln-in all probability letting it
suffer none in the telling. She at once took
the alarm. When the President came home
be was fully notified of the danger, and inform
ed that his better half wouldn't permit him to
run such risks any longer He is always a
dutiful spouse, you know and so the wife deci
ded the matter.


Neither of them knew much military
but they she, believe Lincoln says at once
decided on a guard, which, though not beft
ting the Presidential rank-of which Lincoln
has great care-should at least be efIectual-
And so the next morning the President came
driving into town with a soldier with loaded
bluuderbuss bundled into the carriage with
him, and another, similarly equipped mounted
on the box beside the driver In such
state his Exeellency drove up to General Hal
Ieck'S headquarters. 1t is entirely safe to say
that the General was astounded That style
of retinue for the Commander in Chief of the
Army and Navy was beyond bis understand
ing of the regulations. a suitable cavalry
force was at once ordered for the President
and he now passes in and out of town to his
country residence in a style more befttng his
position, as well as more secure against posi-
BILE dangers.
Year: 1862

SOME SToRN.-A correspondent of the San
Francisco Alta, on his way East over the
plains, gives the following description of a hail
storm on the prairie A short distance be-
yond Julesburg there had been, day or two
before our arrival one of those terrible prairie
storms that desolate the land, unparalleled
elsewhere on the globe. The hail stones fell
in great hunks of ice, four inches in diameter
and foot in circumference, and mules, horses,
men and women lay dead in its awful track
Emigrant wagons were scattered in shreds, and
the few trees that grew on the banks of the
Platte were shivered and torn up and whirIed
away beyond the hope of recovery"
Year: 1862

The SHow.-The Plumas Standard saws :
4" During our visit to the Fair we had the
pleasure Of visiting the exhibition given by our
old friend, Deacon Sheldon. His feats of
slight of hand were excellent, while his man
Sprightly kept the large audience in a vein of
continual good humor"
Year: 1862

EASTERN ELECTIoSs.-From the complexion
of the late dispatches, We are led to believe
that the Democratic cause is triumphau,ly
3" marching on" and that the coming Congress
will be less radical in Republican fanatieisn
than the late session, unless it should please
the powers that be, to arrest and imp-ison all
the Democrats elected, on pretended charges
of disloyalty. Being elected by the people to
eli legislative Office, and being a Democrat
at the same time. Is getting TO be a passport
to military prisons. But We opine that Father
Abraham had better turn his attention to sup
pressing rebels in arms. on rebel SOIL than to
venting political spleen of partisan adherents
upon parties far removed from disloyal ground
and beyond the power of giving those in arms
aid and comfort.


The following caustic remarks of the Sacra.
mento Union, upon the probable success of the
Democracy in those States which elect Con.
gressmen this fail, are nearly strong enough to
suppress that paper from the mails:


" The outrageous mismanagement of the
war for the past four months, with the horri
bic slaughter of Union soldiers, in battles fol-


lowed by no adequate results, will also add
strength to the ranks Of the opposition to the
Administration and tue war. The effect is
naturally to discourage the hopes and destroy
the enthusiasm of the people, and unless a
change in policy and management follows, and
that at an early day, there is danger that the
people may gradually withdraw their conf
dence from the ADMINISTRATION.
Year: 1862

We clip the following from the Sacramento
Union of the 18th inst:


"As question Of policy We think the Union
cause in California would be greatly strength
ened By furnishing arms TO California volun-
teer companies than by making arrests of OBJ
scure individuals on the charge Of disloyalty.
The Federal Government need entertain no
fears for California if it will furnish the State
with such arms as she needs Her citizens
are loyal, with few exceptions, and they sim
ply want arms and ammunition to maintain
their loyalty, support the laws and the Consti-
tuition, and defend the integrity of the Union. P"


Among the multitude of eccentricities of
this elephantine journal, it occasionally hits
upon right course, but soon goes of at q
tangent In this instance, the military depart
ment Of that paper has bit the mark. But it
will never cease to fight the Government and
War Department until they both cooperate
aud kill off Mcclellan and elevate the Unions
military editor to the chief command The
Union tries to ape Greeley and his Tribune in
the on to Richmond struggle but We be
lieve it will as signaly fail as did Gen. Gree
ley. We have not learned TO work for the
Union cause and to crush the rebellion by
fighting the Union Generals, and growing at
the War Department and the President for
not removing them at our behest, especially
when no one is indicated to fill the important
vacancy. If this par excellence loyal journal
would cease quarreing with and fighting
Union Generals, and would go TO work and as
Justify " cuss the rebels, would it not have a
more rigbtful claim to be considered loyal
sheet rendering ready obedience to the Gov
ernment under which it lives? Who is the
hero that the Union seeks TO worship in lieu
of Gen Mcclellan? Who knows? We used
to think it was Mcdowell, but n0W We don
know.
Year: 1862

DARK Look FOR EURoPE.-The London
News, in one of its Trade and Finance" " ar
ticles, says;


The wheat crop in England generally is
below an average; that most of the other
crops are relatively better than wheat, but
that the deficiency in the latter will not be
thereby compensated, and that, consequently,
We shall have to import more than the usual
quantity OF foreign grain between the present
date and next harvest. Those persons who
have already formed an opinion that the har
vest is a short one, express gloomy anticipa-
tions respecting the course of affairs during the
coming winter, more especially having regard
to the condition Of the manufacturing popula-
ton and to the dearth of cotton. Upon this
latter point, as before stated, We fear that the
worst torebodings now entertained will be real
lied, for the raw material of the greatest of
our manufactures is absolutely not to be had
at any price. The prospect is constantly be
coming darker


France, and Europe generally, has a short
wheat crop.
Year: 1862

GEN. KIBBE.-What does the itaicised por-
ton of the Generals order refer TO? We itali-
else:


lowing to the peculiar elements of which
the population of California is in all localities
composed, and the large number of men
amongst US who are traducing our Govern
ment, denouncmg our present administration
and clandestnlelg seeking ats orerthrou, it be-
hooves those who are the custodians of the
arms and munitions of the State TO be vigilant
in the duty of carefully guarding and protect
ing the same"


Anybody has right to seek to overthrow
any administration in our Government; but
not to overthrow and seek so to do the Cor.
ernmeht itself There is a vast difference be-
tween the Government and the administration
thereof, but the Republicans don't see it.
Year: 1862

WAR MEAsURE.-Should the President 5
proclamation of the abolition of slavery take
effect on the first of January next, would we
be fighting fer the maintenance Of the Consti-
tuition and laws and for the great right of self
government? Would we not then be battling
for the acknowledged pretezt Of this rebellion ?


SENATORIAL CANDIDArE.-Iti is now thought
that Sargeants chances for the Seuatorship
are very good. The San Francisco Journal
says, " considering the fact that during his
presence in this State, Mr.. Sergeant was
very oificious in decrying Mcclellan, there
by endeavoring to weaken public confidence in
the President who appointed him, thus aiding
the cause of the rebels by fomenting faction
quarrels among loyal men; we should say that
Sergeant is just the worst possible man to go
to the Federal Senate"
Year: 1862

A Sad History.


Some seven years ago, a lovely girl six.
teen years Of age, resided in an adjoining
State, an ornament to the circle in which
she moved, and the fond idol Of aged and
doting parents. In an evil hour the sedu
cer came, and changed the scene to bitter.
ness and despair. The confding victim left
her home and accompanied the villain to this
city, where she generally borne his name
A little time, the profession Of love and dc
votion he at first SO freely laviShed, grew
less frequent and ardent until he finally
abandoned her altogether Previous to this
the victim ofthe villains lust was domic,led
in house Of low repute on Tenth street,
between G. and D. where she resided fol
some time. Utter destitution and remorse
ot mine preyed upon her delicate organiza.
ton until she sought oblivion in that enemy
which ''steals away the brains'' and sink
such souls to irretrievable ruin. On Thanks.
giving Day she closed her brief and mourn
ful life. While standing near window in
the third story Of the house to which We
have referred, in state OF ineoxication, she
lost her balance and fell to the pavemen,
below: From that time forth she neve,
|spoke and death relieved her sufferiugs the
aext day. We do not envy the guilty cause
Of this girls untimely death Wash,nyto'
Chronicle. r.
Year: 1862

Terrible Scenes.
The Boston Traveller says:-"Our correspon-
dent connected with the division Of General
McCook, at Battle Greek, Tennessee, furnishes
us with the following authentic account Of the
terrible retribution upon the inhabitants living
near the scene Of the late murder, by the Ohio
Ninth:


'The Ninth Ohio is a German regiment,
and was raised by Brigadier General Which,
now commanding General Johnson brigade in
our division This regiment were wholly devo-
ted to General McCook; they loved him with
all the ardor Of the German soul, and only
waited an opportunity Is attest their fidelity
by the most heroic daring. To enrage such
men is to ensure terrible vengeance.


''And this they carried out upon the inhabi-
tants Of the country around the scene Of this
recent murder. The next morning the
entire regiment, smarting under the loss of
their noble commander and their rage intensi
fed by nursing theirpassion during the previous
night, proceeded to scour the country.


Every citizen they found they shot or hung;
every house they passed, unless positive proof
was given Of their Union sentiments was



while the women and children were compelled
to stand by and see it burn.


lin this way some seyenty-ive citizens
were made to pay the vindictiye penalty for
the guerilla attack, and undoubtedly many Of
them received merited death. But some
alas, it is feared, suffered wrongfully the fear
ful punishment Some sixty houses were
burned alsO'


Ten miles above Fredericksburg tie Kappa
hammock river forks into two branches, or rath-
er receives there the two tributaries which
make it; the southern stream is the Rapid Ann,
the northern one is called the North Fo1h.-
This latter is the stream on which the opposing
armies are operating, and which strangers and
letter-writers call Rappahannock, but which
does not properly bear that name before the
junction, twenty miles below, where the Culpe
per road crosses the North Fork.
It is reported that the resignation Of Brig.
Gen Phelps, on duty with Gen. Buffers di
vision, Louisiana, was accepted Immediately
on it's receipt in Washington, and that it was
the intention of the Government to have re-
called him had lie not resigned.


The apple crop Of New England this season
will, it is stated, greatly exceed that Of any
previous year. The supply Of winter apples
will be unusually full and the fruit will be
large, fair, and Of a very superior quality, the
season having been uncoDamony favorable for
its growth.


To restore order in Memphis, Gen Sher-
man has issued a special order, declaring all
buildings in which brawls or noisy drunkenness
| might occur, to be nuisances and liable to be
burned or torn down, upon the order Of the
Year: 1862

gentleman, who left Richmond about q
week ago, and who had, while there, opportu-
mites OF freo intercourse with leading rebels,
iniorme us that II was their avowed policy TO
avoid any further serious fighting on the line Of
the Potomac, and to draw our forces into their
interior by retreats This s confirmed by the
rntiIement of General Lee from the Upper Po
tomac. They pursued the same line Of tactics
when General Mcclellan landed at Fortress
Monroe last Spring drawing back until he
came within sight Of Richmond, and then
pouncing upon him just at the right moment,
after his army had been sufficiently reduced by
the waste Of a summers campaign in a sickly
region.


The rebels now feel that they must postpone
battles upon great scale, until the " six hun
dred thousand more" who have responded to
the last two calls Of the President, are reduces
to about half that number by winter marches
and exposure.


The rebels know how to retreat, as we'll AZ
how TO fight, and until there lie more vigor In
pursuit. manifested by our generals, it is no
dafi:ult matter to get away from them.
Year: 1862




HEADQUARTERS Army of the Potomac,
camp near New Bridge, Va, June 2d.-Sold-
iers OF the Amy Of the Potomac Il have
iulniled at least part of ny promise to you.
lou are now face to face with the rebels who
are held at bay in front os the capital. The
final and decisive battle is at hand. Unless
YOU belle your past history the result cannot
be for moment doubtful. If the troons
who labored so faithfully and fought SO GAL
lantly at Yorktown and who SO bravely won
the hard fights at Williamsburg, West Point.
Hanover Court House and Fair Oaks now
prove worthy of their antecedents, the vicio-
~ is surely ours. The events of every day
prove your superiority. Wherever you have
met the enemy You have beaten him.
hereser You have used the bayonet he has
gwen way in panic and disorder. | ask of
You now one last crownirg effort. The enc
my mas staked his all on the issue of the
coming battle. Let us meet him and crush
him here in the very center of the rebellion.
Soldiers, l will be with YOU in this battle and
share IFS dangers with YOU. Our confidence
in each other is now founded upon the mast.
Let US strike the blow which is to restore
peace and union to this distracted land
Upon your valor, discipline and mutual con-
tidence the result depends.


GEORGE b. MCCLELLAN,


Major General Commanding.