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Year: 1862

The following narration is given to the
world by the Oconto Pioneer, and, as will be
secn is vouched for. We do not recollect
ever TO have seen its exact parallel, M .r-


"The following facts were handed to us n
few days since 10y a person Of known ver-
acty-and we think that they should be Civ,
en- to the public as q specimen of the hero


ism OF western women. The incident occur.
red some IA miles above Stiles, on the Ocon.
to river. Mrs. P. is a young woman OF about
90, modest and unassuming. Her husband
is hardworking, industrious man. and was
at work some seven or eight miles from home
last March, neither probably expecting so i'm.
mediate an increase to their family--which
consisted Of young Irish lad and lumber.
man, boarding with them. One day last
March, the boarder came in to dinner, and
was going after dinner down the river, and
she requested him to carry letter to q
neighbor, about five, miles off Soon after
he left, she became somewhat alarmed being
all alone and naturally anxious that Mr.. p


should know her situation, and render such
assistance as might be necessary, she start.
ed on foot for the woods where the Irish
lad was at work. The snow was about SIX
inches in depth. being soft and splashy, and
she had to cross a ploughed field on the
way where the mud was six inches in depth.
Deer the ,eay, an the sno,o she gaze birth to
the child, wrapped it up in shawl and kept
on mile and half to where Jack was at
work. When she came within hearing, she
called to him repeatedly, but he was fright
ened at her voice, supposing it to be the
screeching Of catamount, and she was
obliged to 90 to him. She found him Just
hitching his cattle to a load, but she told him
she wanted him to 60 off at once to her hus-
band and tell him to come home. She sup.
posed that her child was so concealed in her
shawl that he would know nothing about il.
She told him that she wonld take the oxen
home, as he was that distance nearer to her
husband where they were When she had
taken off her shawl, she asked him for his
jacket to wear back, and started off--drove
the oxen home and carried the child @


The neighbor getting the letter and know
ing she was all alone, and finding that she
had written for his wife to come as quick as
she could, he started off Immediately, his
wife following as soon as she could. He ar
rived, and found her sitting by the FIRE; the
child had been laid in the bed His wife
came soon after; and although her tramp
in the snow had thoroughly wet her dress,
she did not take cold Or suffer any serious
injury. but was as well as could be expect
ed Such acts Of heroism and fortitude
should be rewarded, and We think that the
people of our county should present this lit
lie snow bird with something substantial
that its stormy adventure into this vale Of
woe may be dispelled by constant sunshine y
Year: 1862

A correspondent writing from Bcauregard's s
army to the Memphis appeal, thus describes
the execution of Union spy:


On the day previous Wednesday, saw
another suffer the same fate---a spy named
Coon Farris, from Paris or Paducah, Tenn
A more stoical death never Witnessed. As
he rode along upon n rude cart. seated upon
a box which was to be his future bed, he
acted az indifferently as if he were spccta-
tor, and not the object of the terrible prep
arations. When the vehicle stopped, he
jumped lightly out, and waited for the re
moval Of the coffin. This being done, he
walked carelessly to "a tree twenty feet dis.
tnnt, the coffin was placed under it. his hand
cuffs were unlocked, and for a moment he
engaged in conversation with the officer at
tending him. Not a sign of trepidation was
visible. The keen black eye was as bold
and unwavcring as ever, and neither cheek
blanched or muscle qnivered. His interview
terminated, the last words of which, as was
informed were :: j" | die an honest and limo.
cent mani" He took his seat upon the cof:
fin, his coat was buttoned across his vest,
arms pinioned from behind, eyes bandaged,
and Of his own accord he leaned back against
the tree. Such was the imperturbable self.
possession Of the man, however, that even
then, shut out of the world for the last time,
with only a moment bridging the interval
between time and eternity, he took the pains
to make himself comfortable by moving his
head from side to side on the tree, that il
might rest easily upon the rough edges of
the bark. The guard was then ordered for
ward three PAGES, so that but ten steps sepa.
rated them from the culprit. The officer
took his place at their right, and in low
tone gave the order, take alma few
seconds pause" fircP' A slush Of brains,
a sudden start, dropping Of the head to one
side, falling of the jaw, and all was over
The spy had paid the forfeit of his life for
his crime, and tho majesty Of military law
was vindicatcd.
Year: 1862

Mr.. BEECHER ON NEwsPAPERs--Rev Hen
Ty Ward Beecher, in the course Of his sermon
at the Plymouth Church Sunday night mad.
an eloquent plea for newspapers, speaking OF
them as one of the most potent elements Of
our civilization, There is" he says, a CON-
mon vulgar objection about newspapers that
they lie so; they don't lie any more than
you do. Man is naturallya lying creature.
Truth is a gift from Heaven, and very few of
US who possess it before they get there. The
newspaper gives both facts and rumors, and
they would be blamed if they did not do so.
It is for the reader to judge Of these rurnors.
The last economy should be in regard to
newspapers. It is better to deprive the body
Of some ribbon or jewel or garment, than to
deprive the mind Of its sustenance."
Year: 1862

Foun THOUSAND SICK ANU WOUNDED
The Baltimore correspondent of the Ersning
Post. writes: s


''The number Of sick soldiers and wound
ed here and in the District Of Columbia does
not fall far short Of four thousand Probab-
" there never was such frigh ful list of sick
insan army as large and IS well appointed as
that Of the Peninsula. so early in the season
Militia men attribute it to the exposure of men
in March and April, working in the trenches
before Yorktown, and as . necessary reac
ton Of their exclusion from winter quarters
in front OF Washington.
Year: 1862

Ing OF national convention to mako new
constitution or amend the present one, SO Nas
oil the States may be able in future to liz Y
together in harmony. These views he cOmmu-
nicated In speech delivered last evening at .
democratic glorifcation meeting; and we refer
TO tho report Of it in another part Of to-day's
HERALD as . curious proof Of how the Prince
and the President harmonize in their views.
Year: 1862

REBEL WoMEN.-A correspondent of the
Pittsburg Dispatch, writing from Wincbes-
ter, Virginia. says: The first day or two
after our arrival here it was seldom that a
lady could be seen in our streets, aud the
place seemed deserted, excepting by the
military. The past few days they have
ventured out, aud it is amusing to watch
them exhibiting their contempt towards the
Federal Government by walking off the
sidewalk into the street and around, wher-
ever the Union flag is suspended from above,
aud under which they would otherwise pass
/ wolld not have believed it, had | not
witne 'sed a frequent occurrence of the
same yesterday aud to day. In one locali
~ of the principal street of the place, a
Union flag was suspended over the sidewalk
from the second story. Almost every lady
would walk into the street and around it.
The occupant Of the house, thinking to es-
tabshed permanent blockade. if blockade
il was, added two more flags to the one al.
ready unfurled, and attached the same to
rope extending across the street aud side
walks, bnt the bunting did not quite reach,
and a space was left in the centre, over the
street From both sidewalks they would
file right and left, aud pass into the street
and through this gap, over which the flag
did not reach. They did it apparently not
to attract attention, but as though they
would commit an objectionable crime,
were they to walk under the flag of our
Union.
Year: 1862

This terrible disease is alarmingly on the increase
in this country, and should be attended to in
for there is no complaint more dangerous, and at
tended with more suffering than this fatal disease
ANY person who has been troubled with yeneTeal
seminal weakness. or any other private disease
should watch very closely for this trouble It's first
symptoms is generally unpleasant sensation in
the parts. sometimes of tickling nature, uueas-
mess Of the mind underlined dread of something
YOU know not what and if not attended the urine
becomes affected and then follow all those dreadful
symptoms which so OFTEN result in a miserable and
disgusting death. But the suffering, before death
comes Ia relieve the patient, is dreadful sometimes
plunging the sufferer into that living death-Insan
ity.


Dr. J. c. Young's mode of treatment is a dis
covegy made within a few years BY NJ. Reord Of the
French Venereal Hospital; and is sure. safe and
speedy.


All afflicted should call on De. Young at once, and
they will be sure OF permanent without an
operation.


p S.-Dr J. c. Young's Medical Works give a
more detailed account of the above awful disease,


Dr. J. &. Toungs Office is al No. ISL Clay street
opposite the the Portsmouth House, San Francisco
California.
Year: 1862

w privately. and with the utmost confidence by
the afflicted at all hours daily, from a. NJ TO 3P NJ


DR Young addresses those who are suffering un-
der the action of private disease, whether arising
from impure connection the terrible vice OF sell
abuse. nevoting his entire time to that particular
branch Of the medical profession lie feels warranted
~ CiARA NTFFJNG A CURE IN ALL CASES. whether
of long standing or recently contracted, entirely re-
moving the dregs Of disease from the system, and
making perfect and PERMANENT CURE.


He woud call the attention OF the afflicted to the
fact Of his long standing and well earned reputation
~, nisbing sufficient assurance Of his skill and sue
cess -


Upwards of Eve thousand cases have been dis
charged cured in the year ending July LIST, 1850
showing a record surprising any hospital In the
United States


CONSULTATION, by letter or otherwise, FREE
Year: 1862

o. UuoongusreF pori'oas'of ne hostile ooun-
n.y.


~ Nor can il be maintained
in good faith, or with any respect for
sound sense and judgment, that an indi-
yidual--an armed proWler--now fire.
yuently called a bushwhackeF--shail be
entitled 10 the protection of the law of
war, simply because he says that he has
taken up his gun in defense OF his coun-
try, OF because his Government or his
chief has issued proclamation by which
he calls upon the people TO infest the
bu hes and commit homicides which
every civilized nation will consider
murders.


We understand by guerrilla parties
elf-constituted sets of armed men, in
times of war, who form no inGcgrant part
Of tho organized army, do not stand on
the regular payroll Of the army, or are
not paid ut all, take up arms and lay
them down at intervals, and carry on
petty war (guerrilla) chiefly by raids,
extortion, destruction and massacre and
who cannot cucumber themselves with
many prisoners, and will therefore gem
orally give no quarter.


They are peculiarly dangerous because
they easily eyade pursuit, and by lay
ing down their arms become insiduOus
enemies because they cannot otherwise
subsist than by rapine, and almost al
ways degenerate into simple robbers or
brigands. The Spanish guerrilla bands
against Napoleon proved a scourgo 10
their own country, and became efficient
for their own cause only in the same
degree in which they gradually kocame
disciplined.


The law Of war, however,
would not extend favor to small bodies
Of armed country people near tho line,
whose very smallness show that they
must resort to occasional fighting, and
the occasional assuming Of peaceful
habits and to brigandage The law of
war would still less favor them when
they trespass within the hostile lines TO
commit devastation, rapine, and destruc-
tion, Every European army has treat
cd such persons, and it seems TO me
would continue even in Che improved
state of the present usages Of war, to treat
them as brigands, whatever prudential
mercy might decide upon in single cases.
This latter consideration cannot be dis
cussed hero il docs NOT appertain to the
law of war,


II has boon stated already that the
armed prowler the called bushwhack-
er, is a simple assassin, and will thus al
ways be considered by soldier and ciG-
zen; and we have likewise seen that the
armed bands that rise in a district fairly
occupied by military force, or in the rear
of an army are universally considered,
if captured, brigands, and not prisoners
Of war. They unite the fourfold charac-
tor Of the spy, tho hrigand, the assassin,
and the rebel, and Cannot--indeed, il
must be supposed, viii not expect to--be
treated as 3 fair enemy of the regular
war. They know what a hazardous ca
reer they enter upon when they take up
arms, and that were the case reversed,
they would surely not grant the priyi-
leges of regular warfare to persons who
should thus rise in their rear.
Year: 1862

BosToN, Nov IL, 1862.
The correspondent Of the Boston Journal writes from
on board the United States steamer South Carolina, OF
Charleston under date or October IS, as follows


The British frgate Racer by permission Of Flag Officer
Green, entered Charleston harbor and took away as
passenger, the British Consul


powerful ram and that all ready FOR plating
with iron, which they expect every day TO arrive ON
England In iron plated steamer. He also reports tho
rebel Nashville lying at the mouth Of Stono inlet,
six miles from Charleston watching for chance to run
out.


He reports that there hundred cases Of
yellow fever at Charleston when he left


The Same correspondent, under date Of October 10,
writes as follows


the nor.hward which continued for half an hour From
the Of the guns this firing judgcd to be about
eight miles of.


This morning boat arrived from the flagship, in
forming us that o vessel had the blockade
during the night and the firing heard was
from the Fambsau, which got underweigh before tho
steamer the OF the blockade, and attempted to
stop her. but she took not the slightest notice u tho
Flambeau which fred twenty two shots against her sides
but they rated or like much hail. She must have
been plated. and very thick at that, the Flam
beaus rife shots would have through hor but she
did not mind thom, and kept the channel
and II s thought that she Is the vessel the rebels
expected with the iron plates for the rams and So we
must expect hot work before long, unless we have
something besides wooden ships contend with them
Year: 1862

ma jes' ically the nation moved Tho Cove
ernment issued a call for half million of
men, ,.and three quarters OF million step
ped forth almost as one man at the SUM-
mons They were citizens only. Not one
in thousand, or scarce one in ten thousand
knew anything of war or ofa soldiers duty,
except what lie had learned from books.
All were burning with Indignation, and
eager to avenge their country's wrongs
could they have had their way they " ould
have dashed like waves against the rocks,
only TO be scattered into spray. ..


But an unseen hand held them back.
A master mind stood at the helm, and
Providence put one who was willing TO be
a selfsacrIfice with out complaint into tho
| responsible position Of Chief Commander
under the President.


Gradually, but surely and effectually,
this great unorganized body of men took
shape and from. The particles began TO
adhere in masses. These masses took
position over this line of two thousand
| miles extent like the serried array of .
chess board. Time passed. and impatience
clamored. But wonderful to behold -
Not one inch could the foe move forward.
There was no loop hole, nor one break in
! the line. He could do nothing. but fortify
and retreat when pressed. In the mean
time our mighty hosts were training
They began to feel like organized bodies
-compacs, firmly knit-skillful and pre-
pared to do all that soldiers..can do. In
competent officers we're searched out and
dismissed; and as soon as the men had
been long enough under the command Of
their officers to feel confident IN them, and
in themselves, the word forward was given
all along the line


In the meantime such a provision Of
arms and war material had been made, as
even now seems the work of magic. lam
sure the history Of the world can show no
parallel in this respect


Now what has been the result In
sixty days the entire rebel front, defended
by Notifications at every available point,
and by forces claimed by themselved to
be far superior in number to ours-this
entire rebel 'front.' inland-by river and
coastwise, have been crushed and driven
in and the rebellion itself almost cut in
twine in the middle.


To God first we raise our grateful bese.
ech those who are so anxious to investi-
gate the conduct of the war, to wait q
little longer


For one l feel like tending the most
grateful acknowledgements to the Presi-
dent his cabinet, the generals and officers
commanding, and last, but not.least, to the
rank and file of our unequaled army
God be thanked. we have Government,
and it LIVES in the hearts Of


THE PEOPLE.
Year: 1862

We present you our premium list for
1862. The object of our Society Is to ele-
vate labor to Gail out the practical expe-
rience, and give right direction to the
efforts Of working men; to impart and
receive practical instruction; to organize
farmers meetings; exhibit the fruits of
our skill and industry make labor attrac-
tive, and incite a healthy competition.
Our county embraces 5000 families Of the
laboring class How desirable that all
should enlist in this benefcent enterprise
Procure a members ticket and by active
personal cooperation second the efforts Of
your Executive Committee, to make your
Society not only success, but an educator
Of our young men, encouraging to habits
Of industry, economy, and virtue.
Year: 1862

The remains of Gen. Johnston, which had been
lying in state at the City Hall since their reception
on Wednesday last, were, yesterday morning at
III O'Clock, removed to the st. Louis Cemetery,
and there deposited temporarily. There seemed to
be general, though erroneous. impression that
the occasion would be celebrated with great
funeral pomp. On the contrary, however, no mill.
tary were ordered out, not musket cleaned in
the escort, no band Of music sent its wall of sor-
row through the hearts of the people. The escort
consisted simply of gentlemen on foot and without
insignia, who Spontaneously chose to participate
in the religious ceremonies conducted by the Rev.
DR.. Leacock. few carriages were in the retinue,
but tley were said to be simply for those to whom
walking such distance would have been highly
iuconyenient. In fact, it was desired that the
cason should not be considered funeral or one
of public nature, and everything like display was
purposely avoided. 1t was better that everybody
should comprehend tkat nothing was intended,
than that they should have mistaken some slight
pageantry for demonstration unworthy Of the
man.


Notwithstanding this effort at extreme sim
plicty, it was evident how deeply the popular
heart was stirred. Men of the highest standing,
State and municipal functionaries, generals and
Judges, mingled without invitation in the escort
which followed slowly on foot. On every street
crowds were collected, and sidewalks streanied
with throng of people of all grades, attracted
by no pomp or parade, but brought by the genuine
warmth of their interest in the illustrIous dead.
1t was voluntary ovation far more unequivocal in
its respect than would have been the grandest
scene of military and civic display. Many mani
festatons of regret and dspleasure could be heard
at an Indifference, apparently SO manifest to the
respect due so great a man on such an occasion.
We are the more pleased, therefore, to be able to
state that this was no exhibition at all of in
difference, that when the proper time arrives it is
contemplated to honor the remains Of Gen. John
ston with magnifcence probably never equalled
in this city.


In the meantime, the friends of the fallen hero
who have accompanied him hither, cannot but be
pleased with the homage which is paid his memory
everywhere, the regret at his loss, the sympathy
with his untimely fate, the unfegned gratitude fol
his sacrifices and services, the admiration for bis
splendid abilities. They must leave convinced thai
| few men could have had such hold on the popu
lar confidence and affection.
Year: 1862

MATTERS UP THE R1vER.-The Victoria arrived
from above yesterday. Passengers by her report
that Tiptonve and the neighboring country is in
possesson of the enemy. Some Of them doubt
whether Island 10 was captured up to the time
they came away, but the enemy held the shore
near them and they were completely cut off. The
transport boats, Of which we gave list yester-
day, and the floating battery, were scuttled and
sunk. The position of things on the river demands
our grave attention, and no effort must be left un
tried at Fort Pillow. memphis Appeal.
Year: 1862

ISTERRurrED-Th following letter, taken from
one of the enemy's tents on the late battlefield,
shows not only that the writer had exaggerated
notions of the force of tile contending armies, but
also that he was interrupted in his epistle SO
quickly that he had not time to sign his name
Year: 1862

BOTH SIDES
A man in his carriage was riding along.
& ga.y dressed wife bv his side,
In satin and laces she looked like queen,
And he like a king in his pride.
A wood sawyer stood on The street as they


passed,


The carriage and couple he eyed.
And said, as lie worked with his saw on the


log,
Il " sh vas rich and could ride"
The nan in the carriage remarked to his


wife,


Zone Thing would give if could
would give all nv wealth for the strength


anl the health .E
or the man who saweth the wood
A protty young maid with a hund'eof work
Whose face as the morning was fair,
Vert tripping along with smile of delight,
While humming love-breathing air.
She locked on the carriage the lady she


saw


Arrayed in apparel so fine,
And said in whisper, 81 wish from heart
Those satins and laces were NINE"
The lady looked out on the maid with her


work,
So fair in her calico dress,


III,
Her b, anty and yonth to possess"
Year: 1862

LAMP WIcKs-A correspondent
gives the Columbia Guardian the
following useful bit of information:


"It might interest some Of your
readers to know at this time when
it is SO difficult to get lamp wicks
that the tops of old home-knit cot
ton socks cut into strips Of the
proper width, make as good ones
as the best that ever came from
Yankeedom." @