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Year: 1862

e The talk about the Yankee feet coming
down has died out, and we hear nothing more
of It, though It is known that a part of them
are at the mouth of the YazoO. Our people may
well afford to rest easy and careless, as we are
assured by the "reable" gentleman that the
number Of gunboats does not exceed As. 600 and
the infantry on the transports is not more than
75. 600. Ii this is all the force they can bring
against us we can safely count on the musqui-
toes eating them up before they can attack US
Eicksbnrg Clti.eR.
Year: 1862

again n free man, but was hastenef
forward into the woods at the back O
the tavern, and through them to roac
a quarter of mile distant, then into :
wagon and driven rapidly off. In hal
an hour the smith made one of til,
party at the rendezvous that was t
start at midnight across the mountains


john, said the smith as he grasped
the hand of his rescuer, while his eve,
glistened and tear coursed down hi.
furr"wed cheek, 81 should like to sec
Matte before CO."


You shall, Twas the reply.


In another hour the blacksmith
clasped his daughter to his bosom.
1t was an affecting scene-there in
that lone house in the wilderness, SUR
rounded by men who had been driven
from their homes for their attachment
to the principles for which the patriot
fathers fought and bled-the sturdy old
smith, q type of the heroes of other
days, pressing his daughter to his
breast, while the tears coursed down
his furrowed cheek. He felt that per-
haps it was to be his last embrace for
his resolute heart had resolved to sac
rifice his all upon the altar of his coun.
try, and he could no longer watch over
the safety of his only child. Was she
to be left to the mercy of the parricidal
wretches who were attempting to de-
stroy the country that had given them
birth, nursed their infancy and opened
a wide field for them to display the
abilities with which nature had en-
dowed them.


Mr.. Bradley" said his rescuer, af-
ter short pause, "as You leave the
State, it will be necessary, in these
troublesome times, for Matte to have
a protector, and have thought that
our marriage had better take place to-
night" '-


Well, John," he said as he relin-
quished his embrace, and gazed with
a fond look at her who was so dear to
him, +" l shall not object if Matte is
willing.


Cob! we arranged that as wo came
along" replied the young man.


Matte blushed but said nothing.


In short time the hunted down
minister was called upon to perform
a marriage service in that lone house.
1t was an impressive scene. Yet no
diamonds glittered upon the neck of
the bride, no pearls looped up her
tresses, but pure love glowed within
her heart as she gave utterance to a
vow which was registered in Heaven.


Bradley, soon after the ceremony,
bade his daughter and her husband an
affectionate farewell, and set ont with
his friends to join others who had been
driven from their names and were now
rallying under the old flag to fight for
the Union, and as they said, Redeem
old Tennessee I"
Year: 1862

The Dismal Swamp, aud Lake Drummond. lyins
between Pamlico Sound and Norfolk, about which
so much is said in the papers, since the success
the Burnside Expedition recalls poem of Moore
written on hearing the story of young man wht
lost his reason the death of girl he loved anC
who disappeared from his friends and was never
after heard of. As he had frequently said in hi:
rawlings that the girl not dead but gone to the
dismal swamp, it is supposed he wandered into it.
dreadful morasses and perished:
They made her grave too cold and damp


For a soul so warm and true;
And she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp
Where all night long, by frefy lamp


She paddles her white canoe.
And her irefy lamp soon shall see,


And her paddle l soon shall hear;
Long and loving our life shall be,
And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree,


When the footsep of death is near.
Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds


His path was rugged and sore,
Through tangled juniper, beds of reeds,
Through many a fen where the serpent feeds,


And man never trod before.
And when on earth he sunk to sleep,


If slumber his eyelids knew,
He lay where the deadly vine doth weep
Its venomous tear and mighty steep


The flesh with blistering dew
And near him the she wolf stirr'd d the brake


And the copper snake breathed in his ear,
Till he startling cried, from his dream awake,
"Oh when shall see the dusky Lake,


And the white canoe of my dearr
He saw the Lake, and a meteor bright


Quick over its surface play d
welcome" he said, any dear ones lightp'
And the dim shore echoed for many night,


The name of the death cold maid
Till he hollow'd boat of the birchcn bark,


Which carried him off from Shore;
Far, far he follow'd the meteor spark,
The wind was high and the clouds were dark,


And the boat returned no more.
But oft, from the Indian hunters camp


This lover and maid so true
Are seen, at the hour of midnight damp,
To cross the Lake by firefy lamp.


And paddle their white canoe!
Year: 1862

For ALDERMAN OF TEE NINTH WARD
Mr, Stephen Clary, President of the Board Of
Trade, has consented to run for Alderman of
the Ninth Ward. No better man could have
been selected for the Office, and it Is the duty
Of all, in favor Of good men for othce, to vote
for him.
Year: 1862

hearts of all our readers to look upon the Ar
nual Home Festival of 1865, dark as are some
of the reflections cast upon it. and painful as
must be some of the thoughts that will force
themselves upon our attention,-as cne of the
green spots in life's journey, to which, in all
future time, memory may revert with pleasure,
and find in it many beautiful picture of
home-love and pure affection with which to
adorn its secret chambers. And on this occa-
sion, sacred to home joys, let not the poor, the
comfortless, the bereaved, the stricken--not
even the sinner-be forgotten. at Is more
blessed to give than to receive.s "He that Civ
eth to the poor lendeth to the Lord" Let
all to whom Providence has been abundant, SO
act today, and SO distribute Of their abundance
as to realize the truth of these scriptural assu-
RANGES.
Year: 1862

1t was probably a well-considered feature
of the act that no part of the appropriation
can be used for the erection of buildings for
the proposed college. In the establishment
OF the Institutions of learning, there have been
too many examples of improvident expenditure
for mere externals, leaving but little means for
the weightier matters appertaning thereto.
To guard against danger from this source.
the act provides wisely, If not conrenient-
ty, that the State shall incur the expense
OF erecting or otherwise securing the neces-
sary buildings. This will probably be urged
as an objection to accepting the grant. A wise
policy, however, will not long weigh the ex-
penditure of a few thousand dollars for this
purpose against the magnificent donation thus
placed within our reach. If the State should
hesitate, in these times of pressure, to make
the necessary apprapriotion for the erection of
new buildings, there are other methods still
open to US. Of the literary institutions now
in operation, there are several which would
be very ready to offer the use of their buildings
for this purpose.


1t is earnestly hoped that the Legislature
will deliberate wisely, and decide firmly to
pursue such course as will secure the high
est advantages of the contemplated measure,
without regard to local feeling or sectional or
institutional interests.


The war is not for always Peace with her
nobler pursuits will return 10 us. We shall
need the best possible agencies to develop our
resources and to train our people to the largest
intelligence and truest patriotism; and we
shonld hail with pleasure the prospect and the
promise of new facilities by which the masses
of our population may acquire the scientific
and practical education so essential to our
highest progress as great people.


Not doubling that the incoming State Gov
ernment, like that which is about to retire,
will cherish the educational interests of the
State, and add to their efficiency as much as
in them lies,


i am, gentlemen, yours very respectfully,


EDw. p. WESTON.


Superintendent of Schools.
Year: 1862

The following hints to all Volunteers and
militia are timely, and should be needed by all.


TO OUR YOUNG SOLDIERS.


/. Remember, that in a campaign more men
die from sickness than by the bullet


2. Line your blanket with one thickness of
brown drilling. This adds but four ounces in
weight, and doubles the warmth.


.. Buy small India rubber blanket to Law
on the ground or to throw over your shoulders
when on guard duty during a rain storm.
Most of the Eastern troops are provided with
these. Straw to lie on is not always to be had.
4. The best military hat in use is the light
colored soft felt; the crown being sufficiently
high to allow space for air over the BRAIN
You can fasten it up as q Continental in fair
weather, or turn it down when it is wet or
very sunny.


8. Let your beard grow, so as to protect
the throat and lungs.


q. Keep your entire person clean: this pre-
vents feyers and bowel complaints in warm
climates. Wash your body each day if possi-
Bile. Avoid strong coffee and oily meat. Gen.
Scott said that the too free use of these Ito
gether with neglect in keeping the skin clean.)
cost many soldier his life in Mexico.


Z. A sudden check Of perspiration by chilly
or night air, often causes fever and death.
When thus exposed, do not forget your blanket


IAN OLD SOLDIER"


As the heat of Southern sun is one of the
haadships our men will have to encounter,
permit an old soldier to state i'm what manner
the French army in Algiers guard themselves
during march, or when standing sentry in
the day time. Take yard of thin white fan
mel, fold it together once, and sew up the end
a ribbon may be inserted, to draw and tie it
around the neck. This thrown over the cap
or shake, and falling behind, completely shields
the head and shoulders from the rays of the
sun. Woolen is preferable to linen or cotton,
Is equally light, costs less than the former, and
is easier washed and kept clean.
Year: 1862

Among the correspondence recently found
on board of captured Rebel vessel says the
Newburn Progress, was letter from a prom
inent citizen of a Southern State to his wife.
who is sojourning at distance from home.
The writer of the letter had just returned from
visit of a week or two at Richmond, and was
writing his wife what he saw there. The bit
terness with which he condemns rebellion and
bewails the misery and desolation of his once
happy and prosperous section of the Union, is
poured out with all the iervor of sincerity. and
we doubt not that he expresses the feeling and
hopes of thousands of others, who. like him.
dare not speak openly. The letter is dated the
Both ultimo. He says:


This accursedattempt of one section to set
up an Independent government must sooner
or later fail and fail ignominiously. am
bound in duty to share in the burdens, and to
do what may to alleviate the sufierings which
the attempt has brought upon those among
whom | was born, but will take no Office i'm
1.-THE highest would be no inducement-nor
will ! share in the terrible responsibility. No
words can depict the horrors which l Witness
ed both at Richmond, and upon my Journey
here and back. The deaths then occurring at
Richmond were fully equal to one hundred and
fifty day. More than seventeen thousand
sick and wounded are now in Richmond hos
pitals. The recent seeming success OF our
arnas will vuiy serve 10 accelerate the downfall
of our short lived Confederacy."
Year: 1862

ACCIDENT TO THE GREAT EAsTERN.-The
Great Eastern, which arrived in Flushing Bay
on Wednesday, ran on a rock when off Mon
tauk Point, and stove hole in her bottom
The accident, however, is not serious, as the
rock penetrated only the outer skin or scale
Of the ship, leaving the inner one intact. The
water leaks through where the iron laps at
the junction of the sections, but It is so slight
that her safety is not impaired. She will be re-
paired in New York.
Year: 1862

A Washington letter says:-I never have
seen the ideal nurse. The nearest approach
to her was the wife Of young Lieutenant,
who sat reading newspaper, while her
wounded husband in the bed beside her lay
writhing with pain.


This one was at least idealistic.
Year: 1862

THE WAY OF TIE TRANsGREsSOR Is
HAGD.-A rank Seces,iluist was treated
to q ride On the sharp edge Of rail tie
other day in Wiikesbarrs, Pa. He was
taken to his mothers house, but the old
lady refused . receive him, as be was a
traitor and not worthy to enter the house.
She told the boys to take him down South
and give him to JET. Davis. She has two
sons in the service Of the United States,
and justly regards this fellow as a disgrace
to the family.
Year: 1862

Sir, have written nothing but the truth.
Col. Tyler then struck me blow in the
face, and short scuffle ensued, which
was soon ended by the interference Of an
officer, present.


OF course Twas unprepared for any such
demonstration from Colonel Of ReGl-
ment.


1t is due Col Tyler to say that he ex-
pressed his regrets at having run into a
passion to such an extent, as to be guilty
of striking one of his officers. But
while I could perhaps forgive so rash
measuge, yet l could not consent to re-
main under a man of such character,
and hence resigned. Besides, his treat
ment toward me was no better than he
has shown to several officers. And there
was no reason to suppose that might not
be called upon to enact similar scenes,
whenever he should get in whimsical
way. 1t was the first insult that I have
ever received from a sober man, and
from such source. To talk of remain
ing with such a man was to talk of impos-
sibilities. 1t could not be done.


l sincerely regret, having to leave q
Company of noble men to WhoT | have
become attached, and have given the
above statement because l feel that it is
due the relatives of those brave men,
Should they wish further explanation,
they are at liberty to write to Lieut.. Col.
Creighton, Major Easement, Major Salter,
Capt. Wood, or any others that may
know of the circumstances, or of my con-
duct while in the Regiment At all
events, no inducements could have led
me 10 do less than l did.


am respectfully yours.


uALBERT b. CASE.
Year: 1862

That any creature could be found to
fabricate net, not less ingenious than
that of the fisherman, for the capture of
its prey; that it should fix it in the right
place, and then patiently await the result,
in is proceeding so strange that if we did
not see it done daily before our eyes by
the comon house spider and garden spi-
der, it would seem wonderful. But how
much is our wonder increased when we
thiok of the complex fabric of each single
thread; and then of the mathematical pre-
cision and rapidity with which, in certain
cases, the net itself, is constructed; and to
add to this, as an example of wonders
which the most common things exhibit
when carefully examined, the net of the
garden spider, which consists of two diff
ferent kinds of silks. The threads form
ing the concentric circles are composed of
a silk much more elastic than that of the
rays, and are studded over with minute
globules Of a viscid gum, sufficiently adhe-
sive to retain any unwary fly which comes
in contact with it. A net of average di=
mensions is estimated to contain eighty
seven thousand three hundred and sixty
of the globules; and large net of fourteen
or sixteen inches in diamiter, one hundred
and twenty thousand; and yet such net
viii be completed by one species in about
forty minutes on an average, if no inter
ruption occurs.
Year: 1862

I am all alone in my chamber now,
And the midnight hour IS near,
And the fa,gOts crack, and the clocks dull click,
Are the only sounds hear:
And over my soul. in its solitude,
Sweet feelings Of sadness glide;
For my heart and eyes are full when l think
OF the little boy that died.
1 went one night to my fathers house
Went home TO the dear ones all,
And softly opened the garden gate.
And softly the door of the hall;
My mother came to meet her son
She kissed me and then she sighed,
And her head fell on my neck, and she wept
For the little boy that died.
shall miss him when the flowers come
In the garden, where he played;
l shall miss him more by the hreslde
When the flowers are all decayed;
I shall see his toys and his empty chair,
And the horse he used to ride.
And they will speak with silent speech
Of the little boy that died.
We shall go home to our Fathers house
To our Fathers house in the skies,
Where the hope of souls shall have no blight,
Our love no broken ties.
We shall roam on the banks ofthe river of peace,
And bathe in Its bliSsful tide,
And one OF the joys OF life shall be
The little boy that died.


DR.. CHALMERS.
Year: 1862

Nor LosT.-The following beautiful SEN
of our children, is from the pen of Henry
Ward Beecher.


when God gives me babe, say, I
thank God for this lamp lit in my family
And when, after it has been light in my
household for one or two years, it pleases
God to take it away, can take the cup
bitter or sweet. can say, My light has
gone out; my heart is sacked; my hopes
are desolated; my child is lostp or / can
say in the spirit of Job, The Lord gave,
and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be
the name of the Lord 1t has pleased
God to take five children from me; but
never lost one, and never shall"
Year: 1862

GENERAL Fosters OPERATIONS IN .ORTH
CARoLNA-The brilliant series of operations
under General Foster, of whish we published
such an interesting account yesterday, would
form one of the most satisfactory chapters in
the history Of the war if the objects in view had
been serious or well considered. Whilst, how
ever, they will serve as lasting memorials Of
the courage and unfinching endurance of our
brave soldiers, as well as Of the energy and
strategic skill Of their commander, they will
have to be classed amongst the many ill-di-
rected efforts which have distinguished this cam
paign on our side. What, we ask, have been the
actual results Of the. expedition Three or
four bridges destroyed, few miles of railway
and telegraph lines torn up and quantity
of property .uselessly consigned to the flames.
Every military man knows that the interruption
of the rebel lines Of communication thus effected
can be repaired in few days, or in a week
at the farthest; so that all that has been gained
by the sacrifices in men and money which the
expedition has cost 10 the destruction of pro-
perty to the amount, as it is stated, of .
million Of dollars, the loss Of which can in no
way seriously damage or cripple the internal
.detences of the enemy.


The expedition should never nave
been attempted unless it was intended
to hold the railroad junction at Colds
boro, which commands the Atlantic sea-
board line and constitutes the channel through
which Richmond receives its supplies from
Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina
The only result Of the late effort will be to
arouse the attention of the rebels to the i'm.
portance of concentrating such force there
as will defy any further attempts on our parI
to cut this important link in their lines Of com
munication except with an overwhelming force
1t is the more to be regretted from the evi
dence which it has afforded Of the facility will
which, under proper conditions, this long co
veted object might have been effected But thu
attempt and the failure are Of apiece with al
the other brilliant efforts of Washington gene
ralship. WhH a pity that SO much dash ant
heroism on the part Of both officers and mel
should have been thrown away on an enterprise


which, like the assault on the enemy's lines q
Fredericksburg, was destined from the first I,
be fruitlcss
Year: 1862

and will draw them into strife with nation


hitherto regarded Is friends and Is allies and all
to crafty the ambition of one man; for we know
that with the French people, the Mexican expe-
dition is most unpopular one. Napoleon will
bring upon himself ruin and disgrace IS surely
- he becomes the avowed enemy of this coun-
try Let him take warning ere it be too late
let him apply to him elf but tithe of the ar
guments he Is urging against Englands taking
the throne of Gresc, ;, and he may avert the check
ne will otherwise surely meet upon tais conti-
nent. Mexico will J owe to him more fatal
than did Moscow to tao Great Napoleon.
Year: 1862

TIE COMMON COUNCIL AND THE CENTRAL
PARk.-The present Common Council, with its
Rings and intrigues, has but few more days to
live and ought to wish to die decently. In
atead of entertaining any such laudable and
pious idea, however, it seems resolved to be
corrupt to the bitter end and disgraces its last
moments by attempting to get control of the
Central Park, under the pleas of reform and
retrenchment. The present Common Council
advocating reform and retrenchment is only
paralleled by Satan rebuking sin.


In regard to the proposed reform, it can only
be said that the people are very we'll satisfied
with the Central Park management, and that,
even if they were not, the condition of the roads
and parks now under the control of the Com
mon Council would not justify our citizens in
looking to that body for any change for tho
better. In regard to retrenchment precisely
Inc same observation will apply. We do not be-
4ieve that the Central Park has cost anything like
the sum named by the Corporation intriguers
and even if it has, we have no doubt that
the present Commissioners are ready to show
their accounts at any time, and prove-as the
Park itself provss-that the money has been
we'll expended. But, conceding this point
also, we are of the opinion that the cost Of the
Park would have been doubled had our Com
mon Council taken charge of it, and that its
future cost will be trebled If it be placed in
their hands now.


The Common Council means neither retrench-
ment nor reform, however, but only jobs and
corruptions. The resolution proposes to spend
twenty five thousand dollars to investigate the
accounts of the present Commission. This sum
Is intended for the benefit of . parcel Of pre-
tended lawyers who hang around the City Hall
and do the dirty work Of their Aldermanic pa
irons. That is the first bite Of the Central Park
cherry, and then will come another bite for
Ehree or four thousand dollars to pay the ex-
penses Of Legislative committee Of investi-
cation, and then more counsel fees, and finally
If the Corporation officers be successful, the
transformation of the Park into vast political
machine, with rich contracts for the Common
Councilmen and snug places for their friends,
and general cakes and ale all around. This is
the obvious intention Of the movement in re-
lard to the Central Park, and We advise those
st


concerned to let the matter severely alone.
The resolution offered in the Board of Alder
men has been referred to . committee, and
should be quickly smothered in the committee
room. Next year we shall have Common
Council in which it will be difficult to make q
Ring, as all the members belong to one politi-
Cal party. We hope and expect that these new
nil -
strengthen instead of breaking up their party.
Tammany and Mozart working together have
now = very handsome majority in this city;
but If they work together in wickedness they
will soon find themselves in snarl, and will be
drowned, body and boots. under deluge Of
popular indignation, deeper than any Of the
lakes in the Central Park. A word to the wise
il sufficient, and we trust soon to see some wise
men in the city government.
Year: 1862

r HAVE associated with me in business Mr. G. w.
Sloan who has been an assistant in the store for
number of years past. Hereafter the business will be
continued at the old stand under the firm of


BROWNING & SLOAN.


feel grateful for the liberal patronage which have
reccved-trust by strict attention business and
the of customers merit and retain the


X. BROWNING.