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Year: 1862

The Nashville Dispatch, Of the Goth,
says, that Coy. Johnson and Gen. Rose
Grams, in conjunction, have adopted
new line of policy for the protection Of
the country occupied by the Federal
troops. A bond or guaranty of protec-
ton has been adopted by which every
citizen, irrespective Of his past political
predictions, is required to enter into,
and failing to do this he will be sent
without the Federal lines. and not allow.
ed to return. The condition of the bond


is that the party giving it shall be loyal
to The government, and that he shall give
neither aid nor comfort to the rebels and
that be VIII not SO within The rebel lines
without the consent of our government.
Year: 1862

Short was thy course, companion, friend and


slight
The warning that the hour of death drew nigh
Even as choice and tender plant of earth
Protected long by kind and watchful care
From summers heat, and winters chilling


blast,
At length in power rears its graceful form,
Prepared, by fragrance sweet or golden fruit,
To speak its love and gratitude so thou,
Watched DER with kind parental care and


love,
Preserved from all the slippery paths of youth
By christian precept, and example taught,
To choose the right and shun the wrong, at


length
Just merging into manhood's glorious strength,
Vast well prepared, with purpose firm and


high,
To enter on life of usefulness,
Thereby abundant blessings bringing down
On those whose care thus far protected thee.
But, 10! upon its fatal mission sent.
The blight of death destroys the bloom of


health.
The form but yesterday in manhood's strength
Now moulders in the dark and silent tomb.


j. B. d.
Year: 1862

A gentleman from Iowa has obtained
a patent for making wine from sorghum,
which is said by connoiseurs at Wash
iugton to be equal 10 MADEIRA. IL can
be made SO as TO be sold for twenty five
cent. per gallon. A fine quality of rum
is also made of the same product.
Year: 1862

A cask OF sweet oil exploded last week
in the Michigan Southern freight depot,
at Toledo, with noise like the discharge
Of heavy field piece, throwing the oil
quite height. and spattsring it upon
the persons of The sstonishsd workmen
near by.
Year: 1862

DR.. Hunt writes to the Buffalo Express
the following as his experience with Nos
talgian OF home-sickness in;the army:


You have learned, perhaps, Of that
form Of camp home-siekness which devel-
ops itself into insanity, and is written
down in the books as nostalgia Itisa sim
gular and painfully interesting mental
phenomenon. One Of them only has been
fully developed under my eye. The man
came here almost entirely recovered from
fever, and claiming himself to be entirely
we'll refusing medicines and talking very
nationally about everything but home. Day
after day, as the boat came up to the
dock, ne would pack his kAapsack quietly,
say goodbye to his ward-mates, and march
down 10 the wharf only to be disappointed
and find out, as he more forcibly than ele-
gantly expressed it, that "it was not the
right boat-it was another id boat.
At nights, in his sleep, he talked eOntin-
uOusly Of wife and child; dRytimes he
said little, but finally made confdant of
me, and said that all night and all day
he dreamed and thought Of home, and
sometimes, perhaps, it made him light
headed He had been year in the SER
vice, and always gay and happy to the
period Of his recent illness. His family
lived in New York, and one morning had
the happiness to see Charley march down
to the boat with his neatly slung knapsacki
and it was the right boat that time. He
has been home fortnight now, and I have
no doubt will return to his regiment good
soldier. To have kept him here would
have enedd, probably, in suicide.
Year: 1862

Aspecial to the Tribune says


Just at the close Of the session Of the
Senate yesterday, q bill was introduced
giving the President complete power to call
out the militia Of the country whenever he
might deem it necessary, and when the call
Year: 1862

The National Intelligencer says:


We understand tEat the Senate yesterday
confirmed the nomination Of the Hon. Simon
Cameron as Minister to Russia.


The leading part borne by Mr.. Cameron
in the recent political history of the country,
and especially since his connexion with the
Government under the present Admiaistra-
ton, will enable him, we need not say, faith
fully 10 represent the purposes and policy of
the nation at the Court of the great and
tnendiy Power to which he has been accred-
tied; and as at this juncture it is specially
important that the foreign relations of the
Government should be maintained on salts
factory footing, the public will find in his
presence at st. Petersourgh a guarantee
against any miscons.ruetions arising from an
imperfect knowledge of the pacific plans and
Intentions of the Government with regard to
foreign States.
Year: 1862




The Prussian Government, through its
minister here having endorsed the course Of
England in the Trent affair, Secretary Sew
ard in response, while transmitting to him q
copy OF the printed documents bearing upon
the subject, trusts they will satisfy the Gov
ernment of Prussia that if the general peace
of the world be broken the fault will not be
in anything the United States have done to
produce snch a disrster, or in the omission to
do everything which a just and generous
power could do to prevent it.


The United States at very early day ad-
dressed themselves to the unappreciative task
OF securing the incorporation ofa just, equal,
and humane principle In the code of mari
time war. They have energetically persist
ed in this great enterprise through all chang
ing events, equally when acting as neutral
and when themselves engaged as belliger-
ent. .......-..s Is ss8 u


The Secretary asks to be allowed the lib
erty of suggesting to the consideration Of the
Prussian Government the expectancy of i'm
proving the occasion which has Justly excited
so many apprehensions to recommend the
general policy relative to neutral rights as
suggested by our Government TO the consid-
Grafton OF the European State, adding at is
only in spirit OF the utmost respect and
Difference that take leave to remark that
the periods when the United States will have
occasion to act the part of belligerent will
probably be few and brief while Judging from
past experience we cannot yet hope for so
constant preservation of peace among the
nations of the eastern continent"


Some days ago the House of Representa-
tiyes adopted resolution calling npon Sec
retary Cameron to inform them what surveys
are in progress for Railway from Whish-
ington to New York to intersect the Northern
Central railway at point outside the limit
of Baltimore and whether these serveys were
undertaken by authority Of the War Depart
ment, and if so, under what law


A reply was receivhd to-day in which il is
said no such survey has been undertaken or
directed and this Department has no knowl-
edge of any such survey in progress.


This morning the President received most
cordially a committee of prlvates from the
Brooklyn l4th regiment who presented him
a protest against the action of Gov Morgan
IN changing their number to eighty-tour The
committee were introduced to the President
| by Hon. Moses F. 0dell and Hon. Edward
| Haight
Year: 1862

The signal defeat and rout of the rebel
General Zollicoffer at Somerset-the death
of Zollicoffer, and the capture of his dead
body by our forces,-the subsequent pnr-
suit of the enemy and the driving OF them
from their entertainments, afford album
dant evidence that the Union forces are
doing their duty in Ioya! and gallant
manner, We daily look for even more
decisive victories in the same region.
Bowling Green must soon be evacuated,
and given up to our advancing troops.
We are fully persuaded that this must be
SO. All hail to the Kentucky boys.
Look out for good news.
Year: 1862

The President and Gen. Mcclellan had an
interview yesterday, and it is stated on excel
lent authority that they are both perfectly
satisfied with the condition of our military
and naval affairs.
Year: 1862

One effect of the great battle won by Gen.
Thomas at Somerset will lie to open Eastern
Tennessee to the occupation Of our troops
and the cutting off of all direct railroad com
munication between Manassas and the South
western seeded States The victory is
therefore mos. important in its results.
Year: 1862

Seven companies of the 9TH Regiment are
now in camp at Rutland. The rest will ar
rive in day or two - burlington Times,


Not so. But SIX have arrived, and the
whole regiment will not be together before
the first of February, probably
Year: 1862

Another War Speech by Gen. Wallace.


Gen. Lew. Wallace made another strong
speech at POughkeepsie, N. Y on Saturday
night, He said that none should be de-
terred from enlisting by the manner in
which the war was being prosecuted.-
Milk and water was at an end, and hence
forth we were to make war No one need
hang back for fear they we're to guard reb-
el property, or to return slaves-that sort
of business was over. Besides, the ne
groes themselves were to be employed in
such places as they were capable offilling,
and he for one believed they ought to be-


The idea that they could not be obtained,
he said, was preposterous. On the march
to Memphis be could have obtained for the
asking, three times as many stout, able
bodied, willing black men as he had white
men in his entire division. A couple of
incidents of the heroism Of our soldiers was
related by the General as follows: At the
battle Of Pittsburg Landing our regiment
was pursuing the enemy who was retiring.
when came to man lying by tree, shot
through both knees. He gave me en- i'm
ploring look. A soldier said: HShall
carry him to the rear2r I said: aNo, not
till the battle is over" The wounded man
said: aThafs right, General and when
we came back he was dead And as /
passed on I saw soldier coming back to
q wounded man. 1 asked him what ne
wanted he said, GI am out Of cartridges y
The wounded man rolled over and took of
his cartridge box and handed it to the
soldier and said, Now kill somebody
with them" That is the spirit of our
Year: 1862

tits reported that sixty thousand rebels
areoOncentrating at and Near GordOnsville
for an expedition into the valley It is not
known precisely how large force General
Pope has to oppose them, but it is supposed
he has enough men to meet any force that
win be sent against him there.
Year: 1862

Gen. jim Lane to go into the Field Again.


At length the act whereby men of any
color may be taken into the military SER
vice of the United States, is to go into ac-
tive operation in the promising field of
Kansas. Gen. Jim Lane has received in
structions to go to Kansas and recruit, and
intends to raise two regiments of blacks
and one or two Of whites, which he will
command in person. He is just the man
to succeed in this undertaking and Kansas
is just the place for him to go into it. He
is thoroughly known there by both blacks
and whites,and men viii fOek to his stand
ard by hundreds, for they believe in the
style Of the man. The new policy Of the
war viii give free scope to his system of
hurting somebody when he fights.
Year: 1862

Thomas Miller in his ''Picture of Coun=
try Life" says: While wandering through
one of our cemeteries { (Highgate j last
summer, after quitting close church
yard, we were forcibly struck with the
beauty and solemnity of the great Gar
den of Graves, and the many advantages
it possessed over the narrow, noisome,
and crowded spot which We had an hour
before visited. 1t was still the land Of
death. Yet there was nothing to shock
our feelings in the solemn scene Ina
gination shadowed us for moment with
her huge wings, and se seemed tc stand
in the cabin Of vast ship, that was
manned with minister angels" all the
passengers asleep in their quiet births,
and the Great Captain SOMEWHERE above;
or at the helm, guiding the silent bark in


safety to the shores of eternity. There


was not even d feeling of loneliness about
the place; the dead that slept there,
seemed still to be with lis; we were one


company-there was no look of solitari=


ness about the spot-=the very marble on
which their names were inscribed, had a
white and sunny appearance hope and


faith stood there like twins, lighting ur
the darkness of death.''
Year: 1862

Energy! Energy is everything: How
mean thing is man with little motive
power All the abilities which nature
has given him lie useless, like 4 great and
beautiful machine ready at every point
for useful action, but not a wheel turhs
for want of a starting power! A great
man is just like a great machine. He
has a great power to set in motion the
varied and immense projects which he has
in hand little motives can neither STAR
nor stop him they may set in full play
the powers of an ordinary man, and rem.
der him respectable. nay, even beau
tiful piece of mechanism, but never 6
magnificent one.


Yet there is one point which raises mar
supremely above the machine. By the
working of his oaon mind he can improve
and exalt himself; by directing his eye
to what is great and good he may become
so. If, then, we can become what VIZ
wish to be, what high objects should we
aim at, and what resolute and enereeti.
efforts should we be ever making to attain
them
Year: 1862

We are informed by gentlemen whose vcracity
cannot be questioned, that Oh the 22d instant
near Groovcrsvillc, Georgia, phenomenon Of re
markable significance was witnessed in the heav-
ems at about o'clock III the evening. 1t a
perfect representation of a ScOrd-hlndle, blade
and point all visible. The blade was red and the
handle silver color The blade pointed to the
Northeast and the handle to the Southwest. 1t
was high up in the heavens, appearing to the eye
about twenty feet long and two feet broad. Soon
after it was witnessed, wind springing up, heavy
clouds appeared and screened it from view


We are not one of those who attach a peculiar
significance to remarkable dreams, believe in
witchcraft or view every celestial phenomenon as
an omen of good or evil But no similar phenom-
enon to the one in question has been witnessed
for many generations, and are, therefore, owing
to the peculiar circumstances surrounding US, in
clined to regard it as significant.


Fiavus Josephus, in his history Of the Jews,
refers to similar appearance in the heavens just
previous to the destruction of Jerusalem. He
says that a star, rcsembiing a swor2, stood over
the city, and comet that continued whole year
Another writer, we informed describes the
sword as hanging over the city, with the point
down


After the destruction Of Jerusalem the star dis
appeared. This phenomenon has always, by learn
ed Divines, been described the "IScoyd Of Me
Lord." From the destruction Of Jerusalem to the
present period no such representation has been
bcheld in the Heavens


The mysterious workings Of the God of EIosts
and Of Battles are as difficult to comprehend in
our day and generation as they in the days
when Jerusalem destroyed by fire aud sword
And it may be possible that this second appearance
Of the Sword of the Lord" Gas the reverend gen.
tleman who had the pleasure Of seeing it styled it
was an omen to the people of the South that they
should speedily carry the sword of justice aud Of
liberty between the bounds Of the Confederacy
and dye It's blade crimson III the blood Of our enc
mics, who have not only disrcgarded the principle.
Of civil and religious liberty, but have Knocked De
ity, by the practice Of their irreligious ard de-
grading isms. The handle Of this sword being in
the South and its blood red blade in the North,
may be token to our hosts to commence the
journey of invasion, and this the assurance that
the ''God of Battles" will upheld and sustain the
arms of the Southrons.-1noHticeNo (Fta) Font-
iiy Friend.


Those who believe in signs may believe as much
of the above as they please.
Year: 1862

Gov. EANCE.-CoI. Vance has been elected
Governor, no doubt, by very large majority, and
the party that elected him have carried the Legis-
lature What policy with regard to the war and
the Lincoln Government Gov Vance will recon-
mend, remains to he seen. His Inaugural will be
looked for with interest. He received the vote of
all the clements opposed to secession and the war,
most undoubtedly. And he will have to choose
between the Southern cause and honor of the
State on one hand, and the prediction of very
large number that voted for him on the other


He will in consequence find himself placed in
critical position, which will require the exercise


Of decision and frmness. He must take either
the side of the South or of the North in his Inau-
gural and in it foreahadow what the policy of his
forthcoming administration will be with regard
to the present war, and the relationship which


North Carolina bears to the Confederate Govern
ment by the act Of secession. He can occupy no
middle ground upon these questions. They must
be met promPtly-squarely.- StatesrHc Erloress.
Year: 1862

fellow by the name of Goldsborough, who it
seems has command at present of the Yankee
frigate Minnesota, and is no doubt one of Lin
coins naval pets, issued the following notice the
other day which was duly published in that very
chastc sheet the Norfolk Union:


FLAG SHIP MINNESOTA


Norfolk Harbor, July so.
Hilliam ". Lamb, Would be Mayor =
''''-s7 and the Rebels Generally Of Norfolk Va.


Whereas it is reported to me that about $4,000
internal blackguard Rebels making their way
from Richmond through Suffolk, to drive out
the soldiers Of Abraham Lincoln and to cut the
throats of the Union men of Norfolk, Therefore,
take notice, that on the first appearance of the
first id Rebel scoundrel within these lines, I'll
blow you and your City to h.


(tell this to your women)


Yours, GOLDsBOROuGH.


Admiral, &c.


The first idea that will probably occur to our
readers after its 2erusa is that the above publica
ton is spurious No decent man could well sup.
pose otherwise. But there is no spuriousness in
the case. 1t is a genuine document from the pen
of "Admiral &C., Goldsborough" and as such We
insert it in our columns as striking record of the
times. In connection with it, to show the char
acter of the journal in which it first appeared, the
Norfolk Union, we give the following editorial re-
marks upon it:


n NoTICE TO REBELS We are informed upon
perfectly reliable authority that when there was
much apprehension the other night about rebel
raid on Norfolk, Commodore Goldsborough sent a
notice ashore to the late city authorities, to the
effect that in case any rebel soldiers made their
appearance here to interfere with Norfolk, he
would blow the city to fragments And that this
might be taken a standing notice, aud the rebel
leaders have their families prepared accordingly.
This is good news Commodore, we say, let her
rip if the rebels come, and you may blow all up
together, if you will only make short work Of the
rebels"


There is no doubt that Goldsborough wae drunk
when be penned the Infamous production. But
this is no pailiation of his offence. We not at
all surprised at such beastly exhibition of him.
self by q Lincoln Admiral, because we can expect
nothing better from such source. But what will
be thought in Europe Of naval commander who
could under any conceirdbie circumstances, de-
grade himself, his profession, and his country, by
such a vulgar, filthy blackguard production, and
of press which could speak of it in the laudatory
terms in which the Union notices it Colds
borough is but type of the whole warrior race to
which he belongs. He is about as fair specimen
of Northern. chivalry and decency as any that
could be selected, and the Union is faithful re.
fector Of the spirit and conduct Of the Lincoln
war Journals. We nope that the "Admiraps"
caliam and erquisitcly published paper will find
its way across the Atlantic so that the people of
Europe may be thus much further enlightened
TO the character of the enemy whom the South has
to deal with.-Petersburg Express
Year: 1862

our land. We 60 no. claim more virtue
or intelligence than we award to our
opponents, but we Eow have the
sad and bloody proof that we act upon
sounder principles of government. Am
mated by the motto we have placed upon
our banner The Union, the Constitu-
,ion and the Laws we 60 into the po.
lilical contest confident of the support of
people who cannot be deaf or blind to
the teachings of the two last years.
Year: 1862

The New York Erening Post sees for its
party the "hand writing upon the wall. .
Halfconfessing, and half opposing the com
ing defeat, it says:


"The democrats are going to make u
vigorous effort to carry this state, and
they are no less active in other states.-
They Will try TO elect their state ticket
where they can, but they are making the
most determined stroke for Congressman.
They mean to get back into their hands
the government of the country, and it is
not to be denied that the manner in which
the present Administration has carried on
the government and the war, will greatly
aid them.





X "The speech of Gov. Seymour
at Albany is full of patriotic expressions !;
he avows plainly and abuudan,ly his devo
ton to the Union and the Constitution {;
and when he complains of the conduct of
affairs for the past year, by way of Justify
ing the present attitude of the democratic
party, we must own that his complaints
are just and fair. 1t is not matter of
surprise that the democratic leaders are
using the advantages which the admins
tration has given them; they would ap-
peal in vain to the people for support if
they could not point to the blunders and
the nOn>suecess \, of the present party in


"Those who believe that patty govern
ment must cease during the war, did not,
We think, appreciate all the conditions
necessary to a healthful condition OF public
opinion, or to faithful and vigorous con
duct Of the government. = We be
!ieve fully in the patriotism of the people,
and in their sound Judgment; and we be
lieve that in the present state Of the coun
try it is eminently proper and necessary
that the best men should be heard, and
that the Administration, if it has not the
ability to carry on the war, should be ruled
by those whom the people may choose to
send to Congress, to devise new measures
and infuse more vigorous spirit