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Year: 1862

terror into the natives The temptation Of gold, and tn
promise OF protection from vast fleet awaited no
thing The local estimate OF the condition OF the meet
the implied confessions of its officers and the waste
OF twenty five days finding the locality of us ues
tinaton seem 70 demonstrate the enterprise TO be oo
pete failure What the winds. the gout, ana sihsto
stars have let undone the Caroinans viii hnish ana
the important achievements Of this much vaunted eApe
dion, promised by Mcclellan, predicted by the HERALD
and gloated over in advance by the Willingly deceived
Northern public, will find record IN the pages Oh us
tory That essential fold OF the dread anaconda whch
to coil around the body and crush the soutn IS want
ing and our devoted country may breathe more freely
The prediction of the HERALD on the lst oi january that
within the month events would happen which would de-
eide the and PROSTATE the south mas riocuousy
plans of coercion weaker than they Vhen the boast
fu prediction was pubilsned


In the light Of the msfortunes that have befaen this
famous enterprise OF Burnside the North itself
sec tho faulty which possessed them sending the
costly expedition ever fitted out in American ports against
the most dangerous coast that lines continent or
all the destinations that could have been chosen Tor a
vast land and naval force that Of the eastern shore Of
North Carolina seems to in the South the most un
promising The dangers Of Decentralization in the first
instance and Of supplying subsistence and reinforce
ments from the water at all times insure repeated losses
and catastrophes These dangers ten times greater
on the Carolina coast than any other portion OF the
Southern seaboard and the chances OF achieving any
great results smaller in that quarter than IN
any other Interior North Carolina is fertile
and populous sbounding In rich SOIL ourishing agrcu
ture sterling people and brave soldiers but the eastern
counties Of the state present series Of barrens swamps
and low aluva tracts, opposing mpassabe barriers 10


large force in winter and nursery OF pestence III the
summer. Nature could not have prepared better de-
fence against in aston than she has arranged in East
Carolina. The only important feat which expedition
against this region could promise the destruction OF


line of railroad but this line Is located far enough inland
to make successful demonstration against it far
costly the assaant than the result could possibly
pay The whole conception Of this expedition seems to
have been weak and fatuitous The evil genius OF the
North have haunted the dreams OF its as
IL has diligently attended the expedition through twenty
Year: 1862

ing 70 live camp Ife and be of some seryios 70 my
country. Captain ind there bad people all over
the world. understand that 1t is said OF me in camps
that was desate OF me have bin told that II was
wrote to you that nothing the matter never
had rumat ism, fits any thing else of the kind. say
the man who wrote that wrote ly and he is Tory be-


sides. And that is not half what he will do
will bet gray horse, worth $3.50, that go back to
the army before the that has been wright


ing about mo- and will double the bet that the dog that
mas been wrighng about TO you and the boys never
does go 70 hght or even stay in camps. heard also


hat IT had been written to you OF the boys that
told SO many bad tails about you and your company;
that mad dshartened the Of General Whites com
pany and broke 1t up. will pledge you my word,
Saptn Bankhead that have seen but too OF
Whites men since have bin home; and one OF them
was s. X. Weems, and the other Robert Halcum You
you will pleas ask them il have said anything
against you or company This Office is thare Office.
Captn have bin fur from this told the people that
cum TO see me that you the chos captin tha reg
ment to my humbel opinion and that looked upon you
as by toned gentleman. told them that did not like
to stay IN the hospite and dislike it much ye,
did when was there. II get able travel shall cum
back next week; aud il don't cum then, will cum
soon as get stout snuf your friend till deth dear
Captm w A. B. Rev. S. BERRY
Year: 1862

THE FEDERALS AT MUNFORRDSvILLE.


The Bowling Green Courier of the S0th saysThc latest
reliable advices have from this quarter is that the
Yankees have back their sick from Munfordsve and
busy engaged in bringing up their artillery from
Noln and Bacon creeks 1t is said they received their
marching orders early last week. -Four Yankee regiments
are encamped in the bond below WoodsOnville this
side OF Green river under Of their heavy guns ON
the other side.


SUSPICIOUS ATTITUDE OF BUELL'S FORCES.


The Bowling Green correspondent Of the Nashville Uno
ssysSartng reports from Green river have also reach
ed here this evening 1t is said that the Yankees have
crossed Green In force estimated at strong,
that General Buell. is making active preparations to
pour bis entire command against this place We very
much question the Of this statement The
ederals have doubtless sent reinorcemen,s across the
river protect the bridge &c. but not in such numbers
reported. Wo regard an early advance against this
place as being by probable In this place all s
quiet event Of interest having ranspired for some
days.
Year: 1862

habit Of self abuse To which is added observations
Female Diseases and other interesting matter of the ut
importance to the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts of their physical ability
that Sent to any address in sealed wrap
per, on receipt of ten cents or four stamps.


We devote entire time and attention 10 the treat
men various private diseases treated of in pri
report OUT Dspenssry is the only Institution Of the
kind in America which has been tabshed by special
charter ana this fact should give preference the
various auacs doubtful character found in all
Year: 1862

WHISKY PICKLES. Three quarts OF water
to one of whisky. As you pick your cucum-
bers, or whatever you wish to pickle, put
them into this preparation, and In three
weeks you will have good strong pickle. v
Year: 1862

Speaking Of the raid Of the enemy's gunboats up
the Tennessee river, and the capture of Fort
Henry, the Bulletin Of yesterday morning signf-
canty observes: ....-


But while we are not disposed to censure the
surrender of this fort, we cannot refrain from ex
pressing the surprise so generally felt that there
should have been found no obstacles to the appa-
rently easy ascent of the Tennessee river into
Alabama by the boats of the enemy. Are there
10 pine trees and pine knots in Kentucky and Ten
nessee, Mississippi and Alabama


Gould not the enemy have been met at dozen
different places by fire ships or something OF this
kind! Could not our commanders up there have
taken hint from the part which these flying hre
birds played at the passes Of the Mississippi when
Commodore Hollins paid his respects to the in
gvaders? With SO narrow stream as the Tennes-
see, one would suppose that its waters could nave
been made too hot for the enemy by blazing bght-
wood, or the channel obstructed by dams.


( The fact is no attention seems to have been
paid to the Tennessee river worth speaking Of; 1t
was left open, unprotected, helpless-an invitation
to the enemy to penetrate the heart of the Con-
federacy. This they have done, and according to
the dispatches published elsewhere, are augment
ing their forces as with view to a permanent
lodgment We do not think they will succeed in
this latter undertaking, yet we fear their various
expeditions will destroy an immense amount OF
private and public property, and put the people
and the Government to serious inconvenience.
We should not declaim against the Northerners
vehemently, however. They have acted very lib


orally towards US. They told US what they CON
templated doing in advance. Two months ago
they published their determination to ascend the
Tennessee, and named the vessels they were going
in They have redeemed their promises and now
they are boasting that they will hold both river
and railroad. We shall see In neither case, how
ever, can the Commanding General plead igno-
rance.
Bowling Green, however, is secure. Genera


Johnston, we presume, has provided efectuallJ
for its defence, if the fool enemy see tit to at


tack that stronghold. If Buell. should conclude t.


take his army down the Tennessee, and leave Bow


ling Green in the background altogether, he viii
| evince most reckless and contemptuous disre
| gard of strategy, science and art
Year: 1862

A NOBLE BoY.-The spirit that is stead
fast amid trial and devotion TO principle
always commands the esteem Of good men.
The person who is willing TO be made the
butt of ridicule rather than yield to that
which he believes to be wrong is worthy
of all praise.


a little drummer-boy in our of nur regi-
ments, who had become great favorite
with many of the officers by his unremitling
good nature, happened en- one occasion to
to be in the officers tent when the bane of
the soldiers life was passed around. A
captain handed glass to the little fellow,
but he refused it, saying am cadet of
temperance, and do not taste strong drink. !"
.But you must take some now. j insist on
it. You belong to our mess to-day, and can
no. refuse"


Still the boy stood firm on the rock of total
abstinence, and held fast to his integrity.
| The captain, turned TO the major, said,
aH--is afraid to drink he will never
make soldier" allow is this 2" said the
major, playfully and then assuming another
tone, added" command you to take
drink, and you know it is death to disobey
orders"


The little hero raised his form TO its full
hight, and fixing his clear blue eys, lit up
with unusual trilliancy, on the face of the
officer, said:


"Sir, my father died drunkard; and
and when / entered the army promised
my dear mother. on my bended knees that
by the help of God, would not taste drop
Of rum, and | mean too keep my promise.


am sorry to disobey your orders, sir
but would rather suffer than disgrace my
mother and break my temperance pledge.


The major and his associates are still in
the army, but the little drummer boy is a
wounded sufferer in the hospital at West
Philadelphia.-S. S. Times.
Year: 1862

Correspondence of the New York World.


PORT ROYAL, Dec. 21.


A par Of the mission of the stone fleet
has been performed, and successfully.
Sixteen Of the hulks with their heavv car
goes are sunk In the entrance to Charleston
hal Dor in such manner that the port is
effec,ualIy and perhaps forever blockaded
against any craft that can be available for
any extended commercial purpose. The
effect OF this movement upon the sentiment
of South Carolinians. as l learn from ne
groes who occasionally arrive, in great
degree Of desirable nature. Most are
really desPonding of their cause, and many
are ready to give it up and submit to the
Federal authority. They have realized in
the burning of a large portion of their
city what they fear will be the fate Of the
remainder before many more weeks pass
Others, however, are only made more
desperate. and it is evident that they can
only be cured of their lunacy when our
troops meet them.


Tybee Island was yesterday reinforced
by seven companies of Col Terry's regi-
msnt, the Seventh Connecticut. A large
amount Of stores for The commlssary and
military departments. consisting mostly Of
provisions and ammunition, was also sent
down by the transport Marion, in charge
of Gen. Wright and half dozen members
Of his staff. Previous TO his arrival there
were only 600 men on the Island, u,.sup-
piled with any mounted ordinance with
which to defend the place if attacked
Their condition was certainly precarious;
but the Ell emy. like some Of the Federal
Generals, did not improve the best oppor-
tuni,y TO strike.


The Marion dropped anchor near the
lighthouse, and commenced to discharge
the cargo. when Fort Pulaski commenced
brisk fire in her direction. The guns
appeared TO be badly handled. as only one
shell burst in the vicinity. and it distribu-
ted its pieces with strict reference to
sverybody's safety.


Gen. Stevens brigade is still encamped
at Beaufort. His force is increased by the
Seventy sixth Pennsylvania Regiment and
part of the Forty fifth from the same State.
Active preparations are in progress for an
onward movement, and General Stevens is
expected, in few days, to make a dash at
the Charleston and Savannah Railroad
and seize favorable position for occupa-
sion and intrenchmeut. thus cutting off
all communication by rail between the two
cities The movement will doubtless be
accomplished by the time this letter ar
rives at New York The earthworks for
the defence of Hilton Head are rapidly
approac hing completion. Some three
miles back from the fort, they extend
across the entire breadth Of the island
and already present most formidable ap-
pear"nce. One hundred heavy pieces of
cannon will be mounted along the line in
such manner as to command the entire
country about the works. The intention
of sending out new expedition. under
Gel. Viele, has been abandoned. Posi-
bly, the idea may be revived within a
month 1t is said that an unfortunate
disagreement exists between Commodore
Dupont and Gen. Sherman, and that is the
reason General viele's expedition WAS
given mp.
Year: 1862

An Irishmen employed on farm was
told by the farmer that one of his duties
would be to feed the chickens. TLis he
did daily; but he observed, with much
concern, that when he gave them their
corn meal pudding, an old drake that was
among the flock shoyeled it in with his
broad bill much faster ;han the chickens
could do. At last aD idea struck him.
One evening. as usual, while Pat was dis
tributing pudding to his fowls he com
menced soloquizing in the following man
ner :: 'Arrah be jan here We are
agen. ye Id spoonbill quadruped; ye
lay under the barn all day, and when
say chi-ky. chi-ky. be st. Paterick, ye are
the first one here, an be jabers We pick up
three mouthfuls all in one; an now be
jabers and III fix We for that. an SO will
Sure enough. Pat toll'd the drake close
up to him; made grab and nabbed him


AN it's welcome We are, blast yer ugly
picther; when I'm done yell not pick up
more ner yer share With that Pat got
out his kuife and trimmed the brakes bili
aft sharp and slim. like chickens, and
then exultingly threw him down. saying :
Now be jabers. We can pick up the feed
long side Of that bob-tail rooster J
Year: 1862

BY ak qualities may fool be known
--anger without cause, speech without
profit. change without motive. inquiry
without an object. putting trust in a
stranger. and wanting capacity to dislin-
gush friend from foe.
Year: 1862

Some time ago. Right Reverend Bishop
Henni, OF Mlwsuke.. officiated at the fu.
neral of gallant young Irishm,n, the late
Captain Moses O'Rrien, of the Cd Wiscon-
sin Regiment. who was killed in battle.


After dwelling upon the virtues and gal.
lantry Of the deceased. who came Of an he.
roic stock, rne Of his ancestors having fallen
bravely fighting at the head Of his brigade at
Vinegar Hill 'in ninety-eight." the Bishop
made direct appeal to his flock, and all
good Catholics, to initiate the patriotism Of
their deceased hpother The text was
passage from the Book Of 10 hua; the ex.
lortation Of that great leader, under the
Lord, to all the young and able bodied men
Of Israel. regardless Of the tics o, family and
kindred to cross over the Jordan. and Dc
battle against the enemies Of their race and
their God, and his assurance that proper
display of courage and fortitude in the crisis
through which Israel was then passing.
would secure to them forever the possession
OF the land the Lord their God had given
them. and most eloquent and apt use did
the Bishop make of these glowins passages
of Holy Writ .


He appealed to his people by everv con.
sideration Of gratitude, patriotism. humanity
and christianity. to leave family and home,
and Join the ranks Of thrse now doing battle
for freedom and their country. The words
Joshua in the text were but the voice OF
God prcclaiming how in such crisis .
great people could, under his providence
possess and maintain their heritage. And
God, he urged. now addresses you as direct
ly and plainly thro, Oh the authorit of this
land a. he did the Israeiites by the mouth
of their leader Joshua. The voice of your
country, my brethren, is the voice of God


have no right to command you. but
expect you to respond cheerfuly and i'm.
mediately to the call Of your President, and
in thus appealing to you, as I do with my
whole heart. but accord with the senti-
ments of every Superior Of your church,
Wait not for increased hounties.


The only bounty you should desire Is that
which is laid up in store for you in Heaven.


Now is the time, by gallant action, to
show gratitude to Government, which by
its Constitution and laws has secured you
every civil right and temporal blessings, and
dearest of all, perfect liberty conscience Dis.
play your patriotism. @


For this land, though, in the case of most
Of my hearers, but that Of your adoption. is
not theless your country nor the less dear
to you. .e.a


1t is the birthplace Of you children, our
and their homes for better or f r worse, and
in its soil your and thier bodies will one day
be committed to await the insurrection of the
dead.
Year: 1862

Fortress Monroe, October %, 1862.
-: My name, see, is again used in con.
nection with political Office, without my
knowledge or consent. shall remain at
my post, doing all can to sustain the Gov
ernment in putting down the rebellion and
at a moment when the existence of the ma
ton is hanging by q thread, cannot leave
my duties here to be drawn into any party
strife. Neither will ever assent to any ad-
justment of the contest with the insurgent
States which acknowledges their success.


The rebellion began in fraud, dishonor
and violence, and must end in submission
to the Constitution and the laws. The Sc
cession leaders have put the contest on
grounds which would make success on their
part undelible disgrace to us.


In my sphere Of duty my intention is to
carry on the war without either violence to
the Constitution or to the principles ofjus-
tice and humanity. and to contend to the
last to avert q triumph over all that is stable
in Government or honorably in political
companionship. m ....s...r 1


My whole course through life has proved
my devotion to democracy and conservative
principles. No assurance should be needed
that this faith is unchanged. But at . mo-
ment like this, unless all parties will rally
around the Government in putting down
this rebellion, leaving questions among ouI-
selves to he settled when the national honor
is vim dicated and our existence as nation
there can be nothing for US in the
future but disast er and disgrace.
JOHN A. DIX,
Year: 1862

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ART OF HousEkeEp-
ING.--It is sometimes said that there ara
less improvements in the art of housekeep-
ing than any other. tits quite clear that
there are not enough Of them, and those
which are made are not generally adopted.
Let us refer now to what we regard as an
Improvement in the little art Of Smelling
beans. The old method was making use Of
the thumb and fingers; then the use Of .
needle to prepare the pod to open readily
Now, the method is to pour upon the pods
aquantity of scalding water and the beans
slip very easily from the pod. By pouring
scalding water on apples, the skin may be
easily slipped of, and much labor saved.
Year: 1862

No war in history ever had more Of the


character Of an elemental disturbance
Winds rushing from the Arctic and the


Equator, to meet in tornado and whirlpool


in mid. Atlantic, might as well be called tc
order befors they had blown themselves out


as the irresistible conflict of the two civil


zation, both with every drop of blood in


them swelling with antipathy and resent


ment, to pause in the lists, where In deadly
battle they have at last found themselves
face to face European nations that once
thought or talked OF intervention did it
when neither We nor they fully felt the
providential fatality Of this strife. The up
per and the lower raillstones would furnish
safer quarters for the miller's hand than the
coatending elements at war on this conti-
nent, and at war for this continent, to the
power that dared to come between them
England and France have opened their eyes
to this, and they stand Watching, with arms
which prudence folds, . struggle which
came not by tho win Of man, but by the will
of God.


The vast interests at stake-the reduction
Of this continent and nation to homogene-
business in the interests for which America
originally stood-the ,Arm replacement Of
Liberty upon the throne where she once sat
in undisputed majesty, but now for half a
century has shared her place with an intru-
der that at length grew Iusty enough to
grapple with her for solitary possession of
her sent-is, one too precious and universal
in its relations to be left at the mercy of
craftsmanship or Of human will. The sub
lime and holy providence of God has taken
the war Of our hands. We watch ourselves
as we might watch the winds oe the waves,
to know their course. Our so-called leaders
follow public sentiment which follows
divine necessity, and happen what will, be
it defeat or victory, be it delay or advance,
be it bad craftsmanship or poor genoralship
all things seem working with about equal
effect towards one result. ' aa8


The complete absorption Of both civiliza-
tions in the contest their absolute commit
ment on both sides to the controversy the
utter and unqualified devotion of each to its
own idea-the fair and square issue, with
out flaw in the unity of either combatant
this is the very condition which expert
ence would have said was impossible, which
an enlightened humanity would have pray
ed might be realized, and which history
will record as having been thus early attain.
ed by series Of astonishing Providences,
which can predict nothing less than deci:
siye consummation.
Year: 1862

And all can do those little things. We are
made in the image of God, and surely, when
he has placed happiness here on earth, we
ought to help ourselves. Don't bother TO look
at the dark side of pictures If there is no
bright side, look on another picture. If there
is no bright side to any of them, paint one,
even with whitewash brush. Make up your
mind to be happy at all events-to take trou-
BILE as it comes, and part with it as it goes, and
YOU will be fat and hearty, twenty-five years
after your grouty neighbor has put on his
wooden overcoat
Year: 1862

habit of self-abuse To which is added observations
Female Diseases and other interesting matter Of the
importance the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts of their physical ability
enter that state Sent to any address in sealed wrap
per- on receipt Of cents or four stamps


entire time and attention to the treat
ment of the various private diseases treated of in p
vate report Our DSpensary is the only Institution Of the
America which has been ablished by special
charter and this fact should give il preference over the
various auacks of doubtful character be found in all