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Year: 1865

DutCh Gap Canal Rebel Forces sent


from Richmond to Confront sher.


man.


HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF The
PoToMAC, Jan. 1.-THE heavy rains
which have fallen for the past week have
swollen the James river to several feet
above the usual height, and the low
grounds along the banks are flooded,
making travel in the vicinity anything
but pleasant The river is full Of float.
ing debris, a great deal of which comes
from above the canal / learned last
evening that these high tides had caused
an opening in the bulk-head of the canal,
and that stream of water was flowing
through it some eight or ten feet wide
and several deep, the elements thus COM
bining to accomplish what engineering
skill had failed to do


There were no Richmond papers Oh
tanned yesterday, the rebels refusing to
exchange, owing, it is believed, to their
coutainingnews which theydid not relish.


About thirty deserters came in yester-
pay They represent that rebel forces
have been sent from Richmond to South
Carolina to meet Sherman
Year: 1865

From the National Intslligsncer, Jan IL


AS our authorities have, at the request
of a leading Democratic Congressman
given permission to prominent western
politician to visit Charleston, we cannot
restrain belief in the idea that the ad.
ministration desires to have a talk, If
nothing more, with the Confederates, in
order to ascertain the basis upon which
negotiations for peace may be founded
In distinction to the ideas of the
Tribune, we may state that very we'll in
formed correspondents here taboo the
mission of Blair in so far as our Govern
ment is concerned ....
Year: 1865

THE Dubuque Herald insists that the de-
feat of the possum and soldier ticket in Iowa,
New York and elsewhere ought to convince
the Democracy of the policy of sticking to the
party organization and nominating straieh,
out tickets. Well, the party did that thing
In New Jersey, but Jared no better than they
have elsewhere. No, the people are deter
mined to bring the disloyal Copperhead lead
ers to reckoning for their opposition to the
war, and their attempt to. compel the govern
ment to enter into dishonerable compro-
mise with traitors. And the Democratic par
ty which has become infamous under its anti
war leaders, need not expect the favor of the
people, either straight ont" or under any
Of the crooked devices it may choose to as
sumo to deceive the public. In fine the Dem
ocratic leaders and the Democratic party is
effectualy .'played OUT and may as we'll re-
tire to its grave decently and in order.
Year: 1865

There's NO such trord as FAIL 20


And in the history of Dyspeptic Man there need be
no gloomy future full Of hypochondracal fears. for
draught of the wonderful appetizer and healer,
PLANTATION BITTERS, will scatter the DARK
clouds Of Dependency and bid Hope 'tell her flat
tering tale' again. For Heartburn, Dyspepsia
Indigestion, Heaviness, Languor, Headache and
Low Spirits, this is the only remedy. If you are
suffering from Dyspepsia or any Of it's attendant
evils, use Plantation Bitters, and you will find
there is mo such word as fail.n ly l9-lw
Year: 1865

THE POWER OF lIUNBUG.-An individual who
owned small tavern near the field of Waterloo,
the scene of the last great action of Napoleon,
was frequently questioned as to whether he did
not possess some relics OF the battle, and he as
invariably and honestly answered in the mega
tive.


He was very poor, and one day while lament
ing to a neighbor not only his, poverty, but the
annoyance to which travellers subjected him, his
friend cut him short with 90


"Well, make one help the ether. Make some
relics" .. H.,.. ~,


S"But what can dor inquired the landlord.
"Tell them that Napoleon or Wellington en-
tered your house and sat on that chair"
Not long after an English tourist entered the
tavern, and enquired for relics, was told the
chair story. The chair was bought at an in-
credible price. The next was informed that
Wellington had taken drink, and the "Wel-
,iugton tumbler," was accordingly sold. The
third arrival gazed with breathltss wonder on
the nail on which Bonaparte had hung up his
bat The fourth purchased the door posts be-
tween which he had entered and the fifth be-
came the happy purchaser of the floor upon
which he had trodden.


At last advices the fortunate tavern keeper
had not aroof to cover his bead, and was set
ting on a bag of gold in the centen Of deep pit,
formed BY selling the earth where the house
stood.
Year: 1865

woMAN,s WoRTH-I presume 1t will
never cease to be matter Of tdispute what
is the rightful sphere Of either sex, In the
economy of life, or how far the one sex ex.
ceeds the other in faithful performance Of
peculiar duties. 1t seems to me that, in hum
Bile life especially, woman far excels man in
the careful discharge Of domestic obligations.
Granted that they both have had about equal
adyantages of education and discipline, Wo-
man will be found to be far suberior to man
in a nice appreciation Of what is due to her:
self and those around her; and, in respect Of
tie exercise Of the virtues Of forbearance and
self-sacridee, ell will readily admit her pre-
euiinance.-Rural New Yorker.
Year: 1865




MATRIMONIAL lSCoNsrANcY.-A queeF instance
in illustration of this vice has been. brought to
light in neighboring town. A married woman
moving in high circles left her home one eve
ping last week, and taking conveyance to- u
hotel in the rural districts, was sooE joined BY
an unfaithful husband, who ought to have been
at home taking care of his own family instead
of engaging in intimate cOmpaniohship with
those outside Of his own household. The coup
le ordered room together, representing them
selves as husband and wife. At late hour the
same night carriage drove up to the door of
the hotel With anDther couple, who engaged
lodging in an adjoining chamber. All passed
off quietly lFenough until the next morniDg when
the two couples were summoned to the break
fast table. There they met, when lor and be-
hold there was mere change of partners,
each gentleman having upon his at t4 the wife Of
the other Although there was mutual blush
ing, mental enfsipk and recrimination, it was
deemed best, after q SECOND, sober thougRt,.t TO
let the matter rest as quietly as possible; bat
the coincidence was a too remarkable one TO
avoid the ear Of the soyercurious-, ,DopsI4, Mas
Netgs.
Year: 1865

The rays of the moon looked chilly and cold
AS they crested the river which maesti>aly rolled
At the feet of soldier. youthful and bold,


On picket duty.
They fell on his bayonet; caused it to gcam;
And 10 there's another one over the stream
Which belongs to rebel; he, too, it seems, is


On picket duty.
The hours passed along with lingering tread
To our blue-coated friend with the sod for his bed
And the clear blue canopy over his head,


On picket duty.
Twas the eve of battle; the young soldier knew
That foes were advancing in numbers not few;
His heart throbbed his lips and cheeks paler grew


On picket duty.
He thought of his home /; he was brave, not weak,
If manly tear did fall on his cheek
The thoughts of his heart he might not speak,


On picket duty.
He took from his pocket long raven curl,
And the miniature, too, of beautiful girl,
He gazed at replaced them, on the banks Of the
Pearl,


On picket duty.
The night passed along, and the ensuing day;
When again night approached, the young soldier
lay
On the banks of the river where he'd oft knelt to
pray,


On picket duly.
His garments were blood stained the miniature
bright
Was beside the young hero, who struggled for
Right
Who fought his last battle and spent his last night


On picket duty H. r.
Year: 1865

sent forth pestilential effiuvia so that many
in health sickened and died, while of those
seriously wounded, scarcely one escaped fe.
yer. lock jaw and modification.


Of the eighteen persons, white and black
in the dwelling of my friend that awful night
nine perished within forty eight hours, Mr.
Palmer himself making one of the fatal mum.
Der.


Out of a population of one hundred thous
and on the island, seventeen hundred lost
their lives; and the living besides all theil
other horrors, were threatened with famine
for nearly everything in the way of food had
been destroyed. OF corn from the fields
however, there were found heaps were it haC
been collected by the wind, and thus kept of
starvation till provisions could be sent from
the neighboring islands.


Three months later the houses everywhere
had been rebuilt, new vegetation had taker
the place of the old, and the whole island
looked as bright and peaceful as before il
had been made land of mourning and d
bowling waste.
Year: 1865

Parson Brownlow, of the Knoxville Wing.
pays the following rather doubtful compli
ment to the secesh women of the South


From the commencement of the rebellion
until now, the devil and the women of the
South have been the abest allies the cause of
treason had in the field. The influence of
the women, backed up by his Satanic Ma
jesty, filled the ranks of the rebel armies,
and gave ardor and endurance to the hen
pecked men that entered the service. South
ern women even petltioned the rebel Con-
gress TO enact the law of conscription so as
to force all into the service Through the
influence which women had, thousands were
forced into the field, and thence to their
graves, who never would have left home.-
Playing into the hands of the devil, bv thus
filing his ranks, they had his approval all
the time. Wives gave up their husbands,
sisters their brothers, and mothers their sons
willing, nay, anxious. to immediate their
lives to the Moloch of war The women
were willing to wear homespun-ready to
dispense with the luxuries of table or toilet
ready to fling all their jewelry into the Con
federate crucible-ready to unsex themselves
for the devil and the Confederacy


In all parts of the South the demoraliza
ton of women of the " female persuasion" is
notorious. They have abandoned their law
full husbands in many instance and formed
new associations. And it is matter of
surprise to see with what brazen impudence
they will return and face those who are
perfectly aware of their confederate move
ments. Nor has this wicked rebellion been
without its effects upon the women of the
North. North and South the papers TEEN
with accounts of i" elopements." applications
for divorce" and murders growing out of
bad faith. The devil is unclaimed, and the
women are taking advantage of his : loose
reign Women passing for married
women who never were married in their
lives. With the impudence of the devil
they thrust themselves into society, less than
one hundred miles from whence they started
out upon their career of crime. Respectable
ladies would do well, in all sections, to know
certainly who they are making the ae-
quaintance of, both among males and fe
males. Let time develop the merits of
strangers, as it will do, and ever has done.
unless parties are So associated as to render
their cases clear.


We have no special cases to certify. in
these remarks. but make them in view of
what the newspapers TEEN with, both North
and South. Our remarks and allusions are
general, and are oniyintended to hurt where
they apply.
Year: 1865

AT school examination. young tyre in
defamation, who had been told by the
teacher that be must gesticulate according to
the sense, in commencing piece with
The comet lifts its fiery tall" lifted the
tai OF his coat to a horizontal position, caus-
ing roars Of laughter.
Year: 1865

What is to be the relative value Of our COLO and pa
per currency under the prospective circumstances ana
condition Of the couuuy cannot perhaps De


y estiaed eyeo in the light OF the fay Grape pro
grsss of military measures for the Fesofa. ION oi
81 authority in be seeded States, except only ~ con
Year: 1865

Washington correspondent of the New iors Tines
says;


There is an immense force at work the conspiracy
and the track the conspraors When the time comes
for revelations such startling facts will be revealed as
will make people shudder IL viii. then be seen that all
the talk about knights OF the Golden Cncle, sons
of Liberty" American Knights &c, not without
foundation that though much OF the acti on OF such
bands was either futile betrayed yet from the seed
thus implanted fostered by inspiration drawn from the
enemys Golfers, sprang the heish idea OF assassina
ton and the tools by which it was successfully exc
cuted were only 1.-THE of the class who would have
done the same thing had they possessed sufficient
nerve.


The people of the South will suffer the consequences
Of this great crime though they may have never con
chief instgatcrs of the crime Northern men, who
under the cloak of free speech" liberty of person. &C.
denounced Abraham Lincoln merciless tyrant al
conceived the plot to take his life.


ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.


Somebody's ago we gaze an account Of the arrest Of
of Secretary Seward On Tuesday it discovered that
this prisoner had attempted to take his own life, by out
ting his head against the iron walls of his prison II
was found that he had beaten his head almost into
ielly and was bleeding profusey. cap was prepared
for him padded and fastened securely upon his
head and his hands secured that he can do himself
no further injury.


SOMETHING MORE ABOUT BOOTH.


j. F Duncan, trustworthy citizen of Pittsburg
mentions singular circumstance IN connection with
BOOTHS assassin alton of the President While stopping
AT the McHenry House in Meldyile on the 4th oil June
last Rooth wrote of glss, with his diamond
rim q the following inscription; ABE Lincoln departed
this life AuRust l3 1864, by the elects OF poison.


Booths was written on the hotel register N the
same hand. writing Several Of his friends at different
times occupied the SOM room complete register mas
been kept Of the OF the occupants OF that room
since June last
Year: 1865

Gene raj Lew Wallace has borbidden the
sale Of pictures of Booth, the assassin, in
Ba ltimote. We do not mention this fact to
complain OF it, We profess TO be faithful
believers in the binding authority of the
second cannon of the Decaogue, which for.
bids tbs making, and q tortiori the selling of
any craven image, or the likeness of any
thing in the heavens above, or in the earth
beneath, or in the waters that are under the
earth and it is fair to suppose that, in one
of these three localities, what remains of the
individual in question have found place of
deposit. Now, that ''the nation is entering
upon new career" this reversion to first
principles is emnently proper. Who knows
that the multiplication of pictures for which
our age is so remarkable, is not one Of those
national sins, for which without know
ing il we have been undergoing Divine pun
ishment


Nor do we complain of the individual to


whom this work Of purgation has been d.
vinely delegated General Wallace was never
very potentas against men, but he may be very


efficient as against pictures of them. How
ever men may err, Heaven makes no mistakes
in the selection Of its agents, and as we shall


have in our calendar, for the future, heroes


of Bull Run, and Manassas, why should we


not also have, in honorable places, among the
list of worthless, the Hero of the Photographic


Not to be behind, in the work Of fixing


things, General Halleck has decreed at Rich
.nond, that none shall be married without
rst taking the oath Of allegiance. This, at
Gralt sight, would seem to be starting at the
foundation bot a moments consideration


will make il clear that il affords no absolute
security Of that which is most to be desired


the begetting Of loyal posterity. When the
children Of Israel had-as we now have-ar-


rived at the borders Of the promised land and


the Hebrew nation was "entering upon neE


career" Moses fixed this, by decreeing gem
eral circumcision--a process by which, in


that economy, regeneration was un-
derstood TO become transmissable. Wheth-
er this would answer at Richmond,


we will not assume to decide but as we are
returning to first principles, the suggestion
nay be worth something, to aid in deyisng
an equivalent Reformers of our day, when


they can not put a stop to given vice, some
times relieve their consciences by turning 1t
into source of reverence, as when they can


not prevent the Of sale Intoxicating drinks,


they license the seller and charge for
il. Why can not he get something to help
pay the public debt out Of these disloyal mar
ryinR people3 Why not stick a revenue
stamp on q reasonable BRIDE as we'll as on


box OF Luciier matches p Cincinnati En-


QuierT.
Year: 1865

EE The Clcre'dnd Leader Of Friday
in an editorial referring to The Clesslaad


without ubating in the least its zeal
for tho triumphant election Of General
Cox, The Leader will continue to urge
upon the people the imperative necessity
Of admitting the Negro to the suffrage,
not only in Justice to them, but to save
the nation from its new AMI great peril.p
Year: 1865

nifty Of Forestville alone contrast remarkably well
with those Of Warren Warren is the richest
County in The State in proportiont to territory and
population. We do not censure her people, but
we respectfully urge them to do better. We do
not like the idea Of sales loans to the govern
ment. These contributions should be free UiH
Offering, especially by those wealthy Shareholders
who have thus far escaped the raySges of war
Their purses, their barns, and their smokehouses
should be thrown wide open TO relieve the wants
Of our gallant army. 1t is not what man says In
this crisis, but what he does, that stamps him as
the friend Of the soldier and Of the cause We
regret to have call attention to tho very insgnih
cant subscription in the Warren list, by agontleman
OF dist0;tion, whose estate cannot I've worth less
than one hundred thousand dollars in gold curren'
cy. Wo trust that that is not all he has given
He must have intended to subscribe to the com
mitteo Of his district at least five hundred pounds
OF bacon, twenty barrels Of corn and FIVE barrels OF
-four Should he do so, or should he subscribe
more than the above figures, we will take great
pleasure in publishing the fact IL it should be
brought to our notice.
Year: 1865

From what We have written in another article,
il will be seen how distinctly We condemn any
purpose or intention by any persOns to injuTe,
damage, threaten or incOmmOde aIY citizen, By
acts Of mob violence. We understand that some OF
the citizens OF Rlleigh are concerned about their
persons and property, because OF apprehensions
that such purpose exists among portions Of the
soldiers. We do not believe there is any such in
tention. No good and brave soldier will engage in
any lAwless enterprise; on the contrary, he owes
It TO the laws Of the land, and his own honor, to
irown upon any combination, for an illa al pur
pose, whatever may be his feelings towards, or
opinions Of the person against whom they are lev
eled. II such apprehensGns are reasonably yenler.
tAined It Is the duty Of the city authorities to take
steps to protect the threatened persons, and the
measures should correspond with the extent OF the
threats, and the probability of their being put in
execution. Every good citizen will readily bear
his part in defending his fellow citizen from ylo
lence, and his property from depreciation, without
regard to his prvjudices convictions or animosites
And We are sure that either on the application Of
the Mayor, in Anticipation Of any violent conduct
or on the application OF an individual, who may
feel himself or property, or family To be in danger
Of nOestatiOn, that tho military authorities will
establish guard TO see order and peace preserved
and quiet the apprehension Of the citlzens-hnd
this course We would recommend TO the city au
thorties IN the interest Of the public, well as
individual citizens


But while we look with an eye Of extreme re
gard 10 these transcendant interests and sink In
divdual rights to the level Of sdeh u demand as
necessity iday make upon them, we conline our
selves strictly to governmental action under the
authority Of law, and we wholly repudiate con-
demn and reprObate the assumption Of authority,
by mObs or combinations Of persons A lawleSs
aggression upon individual persons, or their prop
erty, Is u crime against society which every man
should resist, not only for himself but Tor his
neghbor and this, whether he and his neighbor
agree or not and Notwithstanding he may deem
his neghbor to bo very improper person.


Nothing, we repeat will justify mob violence
To engage in such is cowardly and criminal. We
trust that our brave soldiers strictly regarding
their own honor, will scrupulously abstain them
selves, and AS scrupulonsly check in others any
disposition to acts Of revenge, or indignation, but
that they will show their fidelity to their govern.
ment ty strict maintenance OF the rights of It's
citizens COntedsrdte.
Year: 1865

How TO MAKE A GALvANIc Battery
Procure the bowls of six tobacco pipes, and
stop up the holes left by breaking off the
stems with sealing wax. Place on the table
six small glass tumblers, each an inch high,
like those used by children as toys; place in
each a cylinder of malgamated zine let
pipe bowl rest in each cylinder, and place in
every one slip of thin platinum foil, one
and one quarter inches long and half an inch
wide connected at the zinc cylinder by pla-
tinum wire fill the pipe bowls with nitric
acid, and the tumblers with diluted sulphuric
acid, and an energetic current of electricity
will be set free, capable of decomposing wa
ter, igniting wire, charcoal points, etc.
Year: 1865

a The attention Of the public is invited tc
the card OF Mos0rS. z. N. Reading q Co.,whole
sale and retail druggists, to be iOuad in another
column. These gentlemen are thoroughly skilled
and hsve had long experience in their business
and We take pleasure in commencing them tc
the favor Of the public. Their medicines are
pure and genuine, and the purchaser from them
is always sure of getting good article. Our
youthful and good looking friend Capt Reading
will slways be found or hand to do the Egreo-
able, especially in giving attention to his lady
custoTners
Year: 1865

EThs telegraph wire across the AlAbsuls
at Sslma was broken down the other day By
the smoke stacks of the steamer Reindeer A
temporary arrangement was at once made to re-
csivs the news on the other side, until the water
falls and tie damage could be repaired.
Year: 1865

A HAWK EYE WAY Down EAST
Bob Lttler, whilom a spicy local and cor
respondent of the Davenport Gazette, and
subsequently, gallant soldier Of the I'd
Iowa, wounded at Wilson Greek, is now
Provost Marshal General for the State OF
Maine. He is making stirring speeches
and rallying the boys to the defence Of
their country in his own enthusiastic
style.