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Year: 1862




To avenge grievances and to apply the sc0urge in
hicsd us, must be offensive as well a de-
fensive warfare We have to purchase peace at the price
of our countrys bood past events have told us this
Foreign intervention not to aid nothing be
pected from England and France they tell this In
secure the liberties of freemen. We selreant and
expect 70 fight out the destiny that awaits mis-
sion is achieve Independence and to exact
from the Lincoln dynasty the confession Of its humon,
and the recognition Of our young confederacy.


But TO fight valianty we must give as well as take
bows-plan as well as prepare for an attack. defen-
sive position in any contest s weakening one. With
much successfully The enemy, in his terri
tory fearing nothing from u.s. has but 10 concentrate
large body his any desirable position and it
Is taken Many the advantages certainly lost to
our weakness ut different points IL known we lose the
benefit Of strategic movements wc give away, In fact,
the eneny time place and circumstances, TO operate
against our extensive frontier


This struggle will be prolonged till the North feels the
horrors warfare Teach them what the desoations OF
the fresdes means Let tho dread and danger Of war
excite their quiet homes and lot painful anxeties sur
round their habitations Then will tho peace
that wo await them to give u.s.


Invade their country subsist on the abundant fruits
of their tage and their manufactures in service
their vehicles Of transportation, and support armies
at their expense.


such war would thrill the South from the Potomac to
tho Rio Grande Every heart would swell with joy every
oye beam with delight. The military excitement we
know, would be intense, and the army ranks be in
creased tenfod popular enthusiasm would support this
turn in affairs, and thus would we conquer abiding
peace.


The soldier cares woud be forgotten and scene
dazzle his VISION the banner Of his pride droop
ing for active fields glory would be borne alot gain
imperishable honors in its country q cause.
Year: 1862

Private letters from Winchester furnish information
that General jackson has caused Me removal Of the
and commssary stores from that point
t,cpation Of carly attack from the enemy The
letters also state that report prevails that the enemy
have crossed crossing In large force at Williams
the Martnsburg and Winchester turnpike s thirty
miles, and the roads are represented TO be almost mpass
able. whether the enemy will risk attack this time
or in very short tmo extremely doubtful unless his
facilities for transportation much more extensive and
aflcient than have believe them to be- Al
any rate feel well satisfied that General Jackson will
make gallant stand before yieding the place. which he
will only do when overpowering numbers render il pru
dent and necessary.


LswnBrne, Feb. 20, 1852.
General Henry Heth and stan arrived at this place
few days ago He takes command OF The forces of Ka
sawha He was greeted with great applause by the
sooTs many Of whom were In bis old command and all
knew him by reputation. Great confidence felt in this
young and talented officer, and could have been
sent who gives so universal satisfaction.
Year: 1862

OF COTTON, EDUCATION, ETC.


The frat missionary expedition to propagate industry,
religion education among tho conrabands at Hilton
Head, as well to encourage agriculture and like useful
measures announced to sail yesterday from this
city for Port Royal. The movement s Of most in
eresng and important character and therefore Of
the details will not be inappropriate.


Tao expedition is composed Of some sixty persons,
about fifteen Of whom ladies' Mr. Edward L. Pierce
the agent In Charge Of the plantations and
contrabands at Port Royal ia to be the directing genius
Of this association and, from the experience he has
already gained the selection Of that gentleman for the
position s considered very udcous. The duty OF tho
men, who include persons Of about every trade and busi
ness will bo to take charge Of the abandoned estates
OF the chivalry, and to direct the labOrs Of
the negroes, who are to be employed in such
agricultural pursuits the cultivation Of cotton
and the raising Of necessary vegetables for the
use Of the army The ladies 90 with the intention Of
tablishing industrial school, under the suporintend
enco of the Rev. Mr. French Of this CITY, Among the
ladies should mention the namo Of Mrs. Harlan wife
Of the United States Senator from Iowa.


Tho following is list Of the names Of those who pro-
coed Port Royal active participants in the operations
OF the society
Year: 1862

4 PROCLAMATION.


Whereas, the Congress Of tho Confederate States has
by vested in the President the 10 suspend the
writ Of habeas corpus in cities In danger OF attack by the
enemy: Now therefore, Jefferson Davis, President OF
the Confederate States Of America do hereby proclaim
that martial law is extended the cities OF Norfolk
and Portsmouth and the surrounding country 70 the dis
tance Of miles from said cities and all civil ursdic
ton and the privilege OF the writ Of habeas corpus are
hereby declared 10 be suspended within the limits afore
wise ordered.


In faith whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal
at the city cf Richmond this twenty day OF
February in the year Of our Lord thousand eight
hundred and sixty.two. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Year: 1862

MEMPHIS, December 9, 1861.
E. J. PARK, Esq-DsRr sirs Ihsvs been engaged in
tanning and manufacturing leather for fifteen years
and may be considered TO understand It practically as
well theoretically, and feel il but simple justice to
state that your system Of tanning is decidedly seperor
to thing With which am acquainted Il saves 81
least 6ty per cent Of bark when it is used and equally
that in cost when no bark is employed, and ians in
vastly shorter period than possibly be done By the
o'd plan. The most important feature Of course is the
great economy IN time and money and he facility Of
using bark or tanning without it. Tne system must
prove satisfactory TO any purchaser


Yours. etc j 0TDgTDru
Year: 1862

Coal on IN WAR-A correspondent Of
the Scientific Amrican proposes that small
steamers be fitted up with tanks Of coal
oil so arranged as to be thrown upon YES.
sells with steam pump. Then by setting
FIRE to the stream the attacked vessel
could be deluged with flame. This u .
bright idea u it can be carried into pras-
tice. Camphene or spirits Of turpstins
would be preferable; ERE will not readily
follow q stream of common coal oil
Year: 1862

To undertake to reason girl out Of
love is as absurd as would 0 the attempt
to extinguish Vesuvions with . syfihge.
The only thing that will break s love at u
hard work and mutton chops. Good adj
vice and Incidence only make things wossal
Year: 1862

to pay for this war you tell them that Jesse
D. Bright wrote that letter, aud as their eyes
flash FIRE aud their hearts throb Indignantly,
what do they say We are the triumvirates
of the people let us reflect their wishes and
vote on the matter as they would vote.


Now will you pardon me, sir, for having oc-
cupied the attention of the Senate at such
lengthy | think by this time, Senators around
me must have gathered up their thunder. l
come to the point want to make. That let
ter written on the first of March, involves lat
ent treason in it at least. A man who writes
such letter has no right, and should lie
ashamed to claim q seat in the United States
Senate hence vote that his seat should be
vacated
Year: 1862

der to the human soul adrift on the wild


and stormy waters Of life is an aimless


and purposeless ys


| "If'' says the young man full oi


dreams and ardor, Il could only have


some grand heroic career! If | could


only do something to benefit my race


and send my name spinning down to fu.


ture ages, great and honorable, a bene-
factor to humanity, blessing to my
agel If l could only see blessing be-
fore mel


And alasl the youth does not look
upon that sweet and tender Face which
shines down to US across the slumbering
centuries, that Face which, though il
came on earth to be the ene Hope and
Healer of our humanity, sought no
high and honorable station amongst men,
but won its crown of thorns, and was
lifted up only upon Calvary.
"If only had something to do" says
the young girl in the FIRST blossoming
years of her womanhood, II should love
to crown my life with all which poets
and good men say is sweet and noble,
and tender in woman; but dear me-
there is nothing / can find here, and
now in my quiet home, and in every
day life, to do COED, or for blessing to
others!"


And in the shelter of that young
girls quiet home where father and
neither, brothers, and sisters, upon
whose hearts her loving deeds would
fall, as the summer sunshine falls upon
the earth, welcoming the birds, calling
to the flowers.


All around her were souls who
needed hourly her councils and admin
istrations of tenderness, and yet she
turned away from the sunshine, though
lowly duties of the present, and whis-
pered to the future her plaintive, dis
satisfied ':if'f


Ah, reader, these "if's" never accom-
plish any thing! Weak mourning over
the past, plaintive regrets for its lost
opportunities and wasted hours, never
make one better.


And remember, the only way in which
you can prove to God the sincerely of
your regrets for the past, is to improve
the present.


No matter how late it is, nor what
you have lost! So long as an hour Of
life remains to you, SO long you have
to do! Turn steadiastly to
the work that lies at hand, no matter
how small it may be! If you do it in
the right spirit it is grand, noble, glo-
rious, and shall be the loom weaving its
wedding garment for your soul, in the
day when it shall go into the marriage
supper Of the Lord.-Arthur's Home
IMagdsine
Year: 1862

You often read about "a line of bat
tie" and, l dare say, think that the Two
armies stand in two lines. bit it is not
so. The army is divided into divisions
and there are often great gaps between
the divisions. They are posted in po-
sitions or in commanding places-that
is, on bills, or in woods, or on the banks
ofStreams, in places where they will be
best able TO resist or attack the enemy.
The divisions are usually so placed that
they can support oneanother. You can
understand line OF battle pretty well,
by imagining regiment here on the hill
another down in the valley, a third in o
piece of woods, with artillery and caval-
ry placed in the best positions. II you
wan, TO make it more real, when you
are ont in the fields or pastures, with the
hills all around, just imagine that the
enemy is over on yonder hill, with len
thousand men and twenty pieces OF ar
tillery, You are General and have
an equal number. The enemy will
come down that road, spread out into
the field, or creep up through the woods
aud attack you.


You can't exactly tell how many men
he will send on the right, or how many
on the centre, or how many on the left,
so you must arrange your forces to sup
port each other. Then, to shift it, You
are to attack him. You don'twant ma
ny ofyour men killed, but do want to
win victory. Now, there is chance
for you to try your skill in planning a
line of battle. You must place your ar
tillory where it will do the most damage,
and receive the least from the enemy
You must move your infantry 50 that
they will not be cut off by the enemy be-
fore they get near enough to cut them
up in return. You see that is no small
thing to be a General These are great
responsibilities, = Exchange.
Year: 1862


II stands in sunny meadow,


Ths house so messy and brown,
With its cumbFous old stone chimneys
And the gray roof sloOping down,
The trees fold their green arms around it,
The trees, century old;
And the winds go chanting through them
and the sunbeams drop their gold,
Tie cowslips spring in the marshes,
And the roses bloom on the hill,
And beside the brook in the pastures
The herds go feedingOt will.
The children havegonc and left them,
They sit in the sun alone!
And the old wifes ears are failing,
And she harks to the well known tone.
That won her heart in her girlhood.
That has soothed her in many a care,
And praises her now for the brightness
Her old face used to wear.
She thinks again Of her bridal


How, dressed in her robe of white,
She stood by her gay young lover
In the Mornings rosy light.
oh the morning is rosy as ever,


But the rose from her check has fed;
And the sunshine still is golden,


But It falls on asilvercd head.
And the girlhood dreams, once vanished,
Come back in her winter time,
Till her feeble pulses tremble


With the thrill of spring times prime
And looking forth from the window,
She thinks how the trees have grown
Since, clad in her bridal whiteness,
She crossed the old door stone,
Though dimned her eyes bright azure,
And dimmed her hairs young gold,
Thelove in her girlhood plighted
Has never grown dim nor old
They sat in peace in the sunshine
Till the day was almost done.
And then, at its close, an angel


Stole ovtr the threshold stone,
He touched their cyolids with balm;
s; And their last breath aoated upwGrd,
Like the close Of a solemn psalm,
He folded their hands together


Like abridal pair they traversed
The unseen mystic road,


That LEADS to the beautiful city,
Year: 1862

Il is to be hoped that the Congress Of III,


Unitsd States will adjourn without passing q a,


very radical or extreme measures; for by sc
doing they weaken the cause OF the Union in
the Border Ststes, and place its friends in a
very uncomfortable position.


The Peace Party in the State OF Delawar.
has been greatly augmented by the proposed
radical measures of many of the Northern men.
and although we believe that the sound and
sober COED sense of the masses will, in the
election next Fall, vote SO as to place their
little State unequivocally upon the side of the
Onlon still, every measure passed by Congress
which mas rather an extreme character will
nave tendency 10 render this doubtful.


The slavery question, we think, has occupied
afull share of time in Congress this session.
and the sooner it is dropped and something
which will be more conducive to the prosperity
OF the Union cause considered the better it will
be tor the success of the Union arms. We of
the Border States may be somewhat sensitive
upon this question, and, indeed, we have a
ri. b: TO be.


Raised and educated TO think that the States
have exclusive jurisdiction over their domestic
institutions. so long as they remain loyal. sus-
tanned IN that education by President Lincoln
IN his message last March, we naturally feel
some concern when We see such men as Loveiov
and Stevens ready with one blow to sweep the
institution OF slavery from all parts Of the coun.
try. We are no advocates of this " "Decnlisr
institution" beyond that protection which has
hitherto been granted it, and stand ready. NJ
any time, when we think it necessary for the
restoration OF the Union, TO immediate it upon |
the altar of our country. But go long as we
think the Union can be maintained wuhou, |
such course, SO long will we be in favor OF
the plan of President Lincoln, which in no wsv
inieFferes with the rights of the States, bu,
leaves II TO them exclusively.


The Con6scatioa Bills have also been discus. |
ssd great deal by the present Congress. MANY
OF them have very wild and sweeping proyIs. |
lons' which we think will do no good. Weare
~ favor ct confscatlon 10 an extent similar 10
the bill which recently passed the House. but
are featiul thar some amendment may yet be
proposed which will convert it into an extreme
measure and defeat the very object for which
il was reported.


II the conservative element of The country
can s"y keep down this radical faction, we
have every confidence that we shall again see
unI'ed' happy and free country. This we
nope they may succeed in doing, aud thus con.
'''e' the fanatics of the country that no such
wishes as theirs can ever rule this Government,
Year: 1862

The. sea is the largest of cemeteries, and its
sumb1 ssrs sleep without monument. All grave
yards ifs lands show symbols Of distinction
between ti'SsAst and the small. the rich and the
poor but in that oeean-cemetery the king and the
clown, the prince and the peasant, are all alike
undistinguished The waves roll over all-the
same requium song by the minstrelsy of the ocean
sung to their honor. Over their remains the same
storm beats, and the same sun shines; and there
unmarked the weak and the powerful. the plumed
and the unhonored will sleep on, until awakened
by the same trump when the sea will give up its
dead.
Year: 1862

~ Mere physical insensibility to danger does
not constitute courage. Nearly all brave men have
been finely organized, and therefore of nervous
temperament. Caesar was nervous, so was Bona
parle, and so was Nelson. The Duke of Yelling
ton saw man turn pale as he marched up to
battery. That" said he. "a is brave man he
knows his danger but faces it, }"
Year: 1862

Our report Of yesterdays proceedings
gives an assurance that moderation and
fairness have thus far characterized the
leaders Of the Constitutional Convention,
who have made the days work happy in
its augury Of the future, by adopting q
resolution to submit to the people the Con-
stitution they shall frame. We chronicle
these tokens as gladly as we shall unwn-
1ingly note the contrary aspect. With a
spirit to seek solely the great interests Of
the people, and to prepare such a Constitu-
lion as the people themselves Will adopt,
the Convention will find their task IN
honorable though not an easy one.
Year: 1862

THE HYDE PARK CASUALTY.


We publish in this issue close and in
teresting summary Of the testimony now in
progress before the Coroner's Jury, empan-
neled to Investigate the circumstances SUI
rounding the fearful fate Of the lamented
Judge Barron. The public will peruse it
with deep interest, but should carefully
weigh the evidence when completed before
forming an opinion on the merits Of the
case, which has naturally resulted in q
controversy between two powerful railroad
corporations The Jury is composed OF
men Of unusual intelligence and candor,
and their verdict will lie andously awaited
Year: 1862

9 bit Of dog philosophy. Too many
West Pointers pint the wrong game. They
nre sharp enough in seeming out hostility to
slavery, but when that divine institution
comes in peril, they become settlers and
uEEs7ieF84'
Year: 1862

s# On the second page OF this issue
will be found an excellent letter from our
correspondent in Benton Barracks, in
which he ably discusses the evils Of mac
Hyity in an army constituted like our OWL.
Year: 1862

ANOTHER CoUETERFEIT-TheA Augusta
(Ga Chronicle noticed new counterfeit bill of
the green colored issue of September ID. The
engraving of the counterfeit is inferior to the
Renuine-the portrait of Mr. Memminger in the
center being badly done. All the genuine are
lettefed II in two paees-ths counterfeit has the
J once. The words For Treasurer" following
the signature in the genuine, are left out ia the
counterfeit, The fires in the circle, on the left
hand Of the genuine, are omitted in the spur
Gus, aud wherever they appear in the latter, are
cosrser than in the genuine. The engravers
name DOGS not appear on the counterfeit There
are many other points of difference, but the
above sre sufficient to pus the community on
their guard.
Year: 1862

The Federal officers and olaiers are begin
ming to express their opinions on the negro
policy of Lincoln. Here is one from the ranks
at jackson, Tennessee, written to the Chicago
Times:


There has not been a very free expression of
opinion among the officers of the army on the
Presidents recent emancipation proclamation
Oa the other hand, there seems to be a studied
avoidance Of the question The only excuse
that I have heard uttered was by an Cficer of
moderate Republican tendencies, who -aId ths
presence of United States army at Guy point
Tor any length of time would practically accom-
pli~h emancipation, whatever might be the policy
of the government, and instsnced the condition
of things about Us IS proof of the fact The
proclamation could only be made opportune by
the presence of the army, and would, therefore
have practical bearing upon the subject The
SecessiOnists, however, are pleased with the
proclamation They affect to believe that it
will so stimulate the rebels as 70 make them in
yincible, and what has heretofore been doubtful
they pretend to regard as certain. In the
meantime sll parties now look anxiously to the
coming elections as the last resort TO determine
the character of this war. If the people in
dorse and sustain that proclamation, then it is
war simply over the niy ger, without regard 10
any considerations Of Constitution OF laws and
with little thought as to what will be the condi-
ton of the government or country after the mig
ger shall have been annihiiated The poor, in
nocent being il to be annihilated, if the war is
to be an abolition war, and both sides will be ex-
hausted in the effort. Mark my words, il the
niger is what our army is after, as it advances
the poor nigger will be delivered from their
grasp, if by no other means, by pass that viii
take him beyond the Jurisdiction of human
proclamstions. As terrible as this will be, yet
as a choice of evils with the people of the South
the presence of the negro as a free race or their
destruction, l believe they will not hesitate in
their choice under the present state of feeling
amOnO them
Year: 1862

@ To make home pleasant to all
thereto belonging. should be the prime
object Of every man, woman and child
who has a home. Nothing conduces
to this end more entirely than friend
ly, equal, after.dinner intercourse.