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Year: 1862

Fortress MONROE August p, 1862.


THE event Of to-day was the sudden arrival
among US of the famous new war-vessel, the
Iroasides. I had the pleasure Of going on
board Of her, and of being shown all over her
by her commander, the gallant and polite Cap
tain. Thomas Turner. The Ironsides is a
strange and inconprehensible looking craft /;
but after going about her. examining her pc
culiarities, and marking everywhere the ad-
mirable adaptation Of certain measures to Ger
tain ends, the conviction Is forced upon every
one that her capacity has not been overrated,
and that she will prove one Of the most for
midable engines of war that ever aoated upon
the water.


As we approached the huge, leaden color
ed craft, with its terrible proboscis, threaten
ing destruction to anything with which it
might come in contact, It was not easy at first
to realize her magnitude. It was only when
we fairly stood upon her splendid deck that
we could appreciate her proportions. She is
24O feet in length, Sc feet width of beam, and
stands some II feet out Of the water, with
her sides sloaping Inward, something after the
fashion of the Merrimac. When fully armed
and equipped she draws Is feet Of water, and
made easily seven knots an hour, though not
put to her full speed. IL was pity that her
u1asts had been removed previous to her ma
king her trial trip, for it would have been in
teresting to know how the vessel would act
under all circumstances. The removal Of her
masts was probably owing to the idea among
the authorities that she might ere this have
been called into action.


The armament of the Ironsides is terrific,
Beside sixteen IL inch guns-eight ominous
portfolios for them peeping on each side
she carries two enormous 200 FOUNDERS that
must crush to pieces any thing made, with
human hands, besides other guns


The mode of bringing the guns to bear on
the enemy, of opening and shutting the port
holes in time Of action, and the entire system
of protecting the men, are most admirable.
The engines are a splendid piece of workman
ship.
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{ STORY is told concerning Gen. Butler
which is not calculated to prove his conf
deuce in the safety Of the secession element
by which he is surrounded.


Some time ago Gen. Butler, finding that
it was almost impossible for him, to devote to
his wife the care to which she is entitled, re-
solved to part with her and to send her home
ward The day of departure arrived, and he
went with his wife and his children to the
boat on which they were to embark. Unfor-
tunately the water was high and the boat DIFF
fcult Of access. The plank thrown upon the
water between the deck and the shore iorn-
ed an acute angle, and BlondiR himself would
have found it difficult to maintain his epaTli-
brium upon it. But Gen. Butler, confident that
his center of gravity was sufficiently ponder
Gus to secure him against all accidents, ven
tured bravely upon the sleepy road. Hardly
had he walked Two steps, however, when his
feet glded along and down he went measur-
ing the plank with all his length, and produc-
.ing at the same time anoise somewhat similar
to that of an old kettle. His servants ran to
his assistance, aud he was soon up again.


When it had been aseertained that the Gen
eFal was unhurt, inquiries were made con-
cerning the sound of metal heard at the time
of his fall. It was not long before the mys-
terv was solved. The clothes of the General
having been torn in his perilous descent, peo-
pie saw, protruding underneath his coat,
large breastplate, reaching fromh his neck down
to his thighs. This was the object which had
produced the noise. Itwas aseeftamed alter
wards that the General wears this kind of
armor since his arrival in New Orleans, and
that he never g5es without it-Ner York
UwH.
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he had thought worth remembering. It is to
be hoped that out Of the material he has left
for such a work, we may have one which
shall represent to US some thing ofthe real ac-
tivities and interior lives Of those of whom we
know so little beyond their names and titles,
50 that they may seem to US more like living
men and less like mummies. At this present
moment we could hardly stop te read such a
book, no matter how vivid and lifelike. But
after the storm and the earthquake are over,
and we have learned to value the republic by
what it has cost US in brave lives, we, or eyes
younger than ours, will turn with new inter
est and delight to whatever in literature or
in art shall be commemorative Of those who
have served it best.
Year: 1862

Yes, weep for the brave who in battle have died,
Their fan was triumphantly bright a


With our soFrOws shall mingle feeling Of pride,
Like the moon through the tears Of the night.
They are gone, but the fame Of their glorious


Shall live in our memory yet, ldeeds
AS the tear-bedewed beaming Of moonlight sue
To the blaze OF the sun that has sell Eeeeds
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General EGJ15lan'B 8 hee6pEtOu AZ GEe45LAeAs


Amour uine o'clock this morning General
Mcclellan, at the head of his staff, rode into
town, and the RECEIPT he met with threw
all others in the shade. He Lad not gone a
single square, boquets were fairly showered
upon him, and when he reached the corner Of
Patrick and Market streets, the enthusiasm
knew no bounds. The people formed them
selves in the streets, and would not let him
pass without having good shake Of the hand
or hearing pleasant word from him Gray
haired men of seventy pat on a double share
Of elasticity, and were the most eager in their
determination to see him, while the young
men, who were prevented by the crowd from
taking the General by the hand, made the air
ring With their cheers.


And the ladies were. not behind the menin
their marks of appreciation. They fairly
Z" sWarmed" around him, layiShing theirpraiS-
es on him, kissing his hand bidding him God
speed, and presenting him with bouquets. and
tying little flags on his horse. The General
would every now and then respond, thanking
them for their reception feeling glad that they
felt more comfortable, and expressing thehops,
before long, Of there not being one rebel i'll
arms north Of the Pot0maC f


Alter staying upwards Of twenty minutes
the General rode out to the headquarters of
General Burnside, and. after consulting with
each other for some time, they marched to.
the front, where euunonading is now going
on Cor. Philadelphia Press.
Year: 1862

greatly as an evidence that The war had in
deed commencedi in earnest; and though at
that moment beheld some half a dozen
Confederacies ransacling the tent where the
General kept his mortgages, his bank accounts,
and other Government property, I left that
our foes were to be summarily dealt with at
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During his residence among the black fel-
lows. Davies had travelled as far, he thought, as
500 miles to the northward of Morton Bay
being passed from tribe to tribe, like a blind
man soliciting charity, from one farm house
to another. in Scotland. By every tribe, how
ever, which he visited in his Journey, he was
uniformly takea,for deceased native returned
to life again; and his arrival among any
tribe that had never seen white man, before
was generally an event OF intense interest to
the natives. They would gather around him
in crowd and gaze at i'm for a time appa-
rently in silent awe and veneration-endeav-
orng to discover any likeness between him
and any deceased native whom they supposed
he resembled, asking him whether he was not
that native come to lite again. And when any
such resemblance was recognized, the re lative $
OF the deceased, if not at hand were apprised,
OF the fact, and scene OF mingled lamentaion
and rejoicing, such as one might anticipate IN
such circumstances, immediately succeeded


the relations of the deceased native cutting
themselves with shells or sharp edged weapons
till the blood would stream down. and the sun


posed dead man come to life again being hence
forth treated With the very best the tribe could
furnish. 125l gsf ~


On some occasions. .however,the black natives
could not discover any resemblance between
the white stranger and any of their deceased
friends. and in these cases the onus probaradi,
in regard 70 the identity of his person, was
thrown upon himself, as in such cases, he was
asked who he had been, or what had been his
name when he was black fellow, and before
he died. This was rather difficult question
for Davies to answer, without getting himself
into scrapes either by betraying his ignorance
OF the nomenclature of the tribe, or BY ex-
hibiting no blance to the individual
whom he might otherwise have pretended to
personate. could not help admring, there
fore. the ingenuity with which he extricated
himself out OF this dilemma-for, being natu-
rally rem arkably shrewd and intelligent, his
uniform answer in such cases was, that il Wa
so long since he died that he had Quite for.
gotten what name he had when he was black
man; and with this answer the simple natives
were always satisfied.
Year: 1862

The ARABS GIFT.--A poor Ar.,s, was travel.
ing In the desert, when he met with spring


OF clear, sweet, sparkling water. Accustomed


as ne was to brackish wells, to his simple


mind. it appeared that such water as this was
worthy OF a monarch ; and filing his leathern
bottle from the spring, he determined to po
ana present it to the caliph himself. The
poor man travelled considerable distance be.
lore ne reached the presence of his sovereign.
and laid his humble Offering at his feet. The
caiiph did not despise the little gift bropobt
him with so much trouble He OF dered some
OF the water TO be poured into cup and
thanking the Arab with smile, ordered him
70 De presented with reward. The cour-
tiers around pressed forward, eager to taste of
the wonderful water, bnt to the surprise of all.
the caliph forbade them to touch even sin.
gle drop. iaE .saalbai d,


After the poor Arab had quilted the ROYAL
presence with light and joyful heart, the ca
liph turned to Ii.s courtiers, and explained the
motives of his conduct .sDurIng the travels
OF the Arab" said he, athe water in this
leathern bottle had become impure and dis
tasteful. But it was an offering of love. and
as such have received it with pleasure. Bat
well knew that had l suffered another TO
partake OF it, he would not have concealed his
disgust; and therefore forbade you to touch
the draught, lest the heart of the poor man
should have been wounded. -


All that sinners can present their King is
Ike the water brought by the Arab, though
like him, we may fancy it by the accep-
tance of our Lord. But He will not reject.
DE VIII not despise the little offerings of love
and faith; for He hath promised that seven
cup of cold water given in the name of
ilsclple, shall in no wise lose its reward.''
Year: 1862

Afull-grown rabbit had hid itself away
in the copse of a Tense, which separated
two fields near the centre and most ex-
posed portion of the battle ground Rab-
bits are wont to spend the day almost
motionless, and in seeming dreamy medi-
tation. This one could have had but lit
tie thought-if if rabbits think = when
choosing its place of retreat at early
dawn, that ere it was eventide there
would be such an unwonted and ruthless
disturbance.


During all the preparations for battle
made around its lair during the forenoon,
il nevertheless remained quiet Early,
however, in the afternoon, when the rage
of battle had fairly begun, and shot and
shell were falling thick and fast in all
directions, shell chanced to burst so
near the rabbits hiding place that he
evidently considered it unsafe to tarry
longer. So frightened almost to death,
out he sprang into the open field, and
ran hither and thither with vain hope of
finding a safe retreat Whichever way
it ran, cannons were laundering out their
smoke and fire, regiments of map were
advancing or changing position korses
gaIloping here and there, shells Bursting
and solid shot tearing up the ground
Sometimes it would squat down and lie
perfectly still, when some new and sud
danger would again start it into motion
Once more it would stop and raise ITSELF
as high as possible on its hind legs, and
look all round for some place of possible
retreat. At length that part of the field
seemed open which lay In the direction
opposite from where the battle ragged
most fercely. Thither it accordingly
ran with all its remaining speed


Unobserved by it, however, regiment
was in that direction held in reserve,
and, like Wellington's at Waterloo, was
lying fiat on the ground in order to es-
cape the flying bullets. Ere the rabbit
seemed aware it had jumped into the
midst of these men. 1t could 60 no
further, but presently nestled down be-
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side soldier, and tried to hide itself
under his arm. AS the man spread the
skirt of his coat over the trembling fugi-
tive, in order to insure it all the protec-
ton in his power to bestow, he no doubt
feelingly remembered how much himself
then needed some higher protection, ur-
der the shadow of whose arm might be
hidden his own defenceless head from
the fast multiplying missiles of death
scattered in all directions.


1t was not long, however, before the
regiment was ordered up and forward.
From the protection and safety granted,
the timid creature. had evidently ac-
quired confidence in man-as the boys
are wont to say chad been tanned" As
the regiment moved forward to the front
of the battle it hoped along tame, seem
ingly, as kitten, close at the feet of the
soldier who had bestowed the needed
protection. Wherever the regiment
went during all the remaining part oi
that bloody day and terrible battle the
rabbit kept close beside its new friend,
When night came on, and the rage of bat
tie had ceased, it finally, unmolested and
quietly, hs2ped away in order to find
some one ofitS old and familiar haunts.
Year: 1862

THE LATE WIDOW OF DIR. CowLEs BEGS


j. leave to announce to her old friends and pat
that she still continues the preparation of the
Same successful remedies which used by the
Old Doctor himsclf which won for him practice
at that time unequaled in the West. She is now
located two and a half miles North of Evansville,
on the Plank Road, near Negley's Mill on Pigeon
Creek. jyIl-dly
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Wehaye had Parson Brownlow Smith,
and now wc are to have tho real Parson.
We have sent 100, 900 Of the best blood
Of Ohio down South to take care Of such
men as the Parson, and we cannot sec
why be comes here TO tickle the political
nerves Of men who would not Join the
army TO help him ont Of a scrape. He
has suffered, we arc told. Wo wonder
if our own sons and brothers will not suf-
fer also Is there no sympathy for
them? Why not stay and administer to
their wants The Abolitionists Of the
North would have left him 10 rot there be-.
fore any Of them would have taken their
knapsacks and rifles on their backs to
have released him. If his object is to
operate in a book concern. we would
much prefer to encourage books written
by wounded soldiers, with lost arm, or
both legs shot off


1t is quite time we were preparing our
sympathy, and spare means, for the thou
sands Of sick soldiers, rather than rrave-
ling speach-makers, whether from the
North or South. Suffering is the fate Of
hhuultAb VI tHDuSdubSi anu tue DeSL bLO-
ry they can tell is to show their wounds
after the fighting is over How the Parson
the great champion and lecturer on sla-
very, and hater Of abolitionism, is to get
along with his non-fghting abolition
brethren, who now take him under their
special charge, is more than we can tell


Our legislature could not investigate
Gov. Dennison's Illegal use Of thr peoples
money, but they can waste more Of the
same sort on the Parson, out of whom they
xepect to make little political capital.
We have had about as much Of this cheap
patriotism as the finances Of the country
will afford. The Legislature has invited
the Parson to visit them; will they pay the
expenses out of the Treasury or their own
pockets
Year: 1862

1t will be a source Of regret to the
nation to learn that Mrs. Lincoln has
been i'll for some time past as to confne
her to her room, But few persons have
been allowed to see her, and these her
most intimate friends.


Since the loss of Willie Lincoln. both
the President and his lady have been
afflicted in mind and body. Added to
this, the onerous duties of the Executive
have so heavily weighed upon his mind
as to bring about an indisposition, from
which he is slowly recovering. In con-
sequence Of the i'll health Of Mr.. and
Mrs Lincoln it is probable that no more
receptions will be held during the present
session of Congress.
Year: 1862

not fight fair, for we moved them down
like grass before the scythe. One place
where we fought and where the ground
was covered the thickest with them the
bushes were all moved down, and the
woods caught fire and their clothes were
all burnt off from them; but can look
at them and say, / guess now you will
stay in the Union without much trouble.
The way we buried them, we dug trenches
200 feet long, and put them in; some
$50, some 200 in one hole. We took
some prisoners and and they took great
many of our men. One of our Co. is
missing; he may be dead, and he may be
taken prisoner but of course you have
heard and will hear all the particulars of
this more definitely than l give, but /
thought it might be interesting to you to
hear it from me, so / write you few
facts. We are looking for them to come
down and give us another call; and if
they do come we will give them fits, for
the men have all got the grit, and we
have got some more men than we had be-
fore. But tonight l look to hear the
long roll beat. / will mail this letter
and you will hear soon. We will fight
them while if they pitch into us, and
try them strong pull. We have knocked
most all of the trees to pieces with our
guns now, and we will knock more if they
come back to try the Yankees as they
call them. The ground now is covered
with shells and bullets. could 60 out
and pick up more cannon balls and shells
in two hours than a horse could draw. l
will close by saying that ! keep up good
courage, and believe that the rebels will
soon have to cry for quarters from the
hated Yankees. If / live you shall hear
from me again soon.


.- ... ERAsTUs HINDs.
Year: 1862

One of the most important features in
which this rebellion is to be looked at, is the
effect it would have if successful, on the hu-
man family outside of the limits of our own
boundaries. The United States is now, and
ever has been, since the formation of its Gov
ernment, looked upon as the asylum of the
oppressed of all nations. Those who have
been the sufferers from the iron rule of des-
pots of the old world, have found here
home and welcome, and are very soon per-
mitted to enjoy every privilege, political,
social and religious, to which our own eiti-
zens are entitled-the only exception being
that none but a native born can hold the
Office of President. Millions, consequently,
have, either from the effects of oppression ia
their fatherland or because they and their
children here can enjoy blessings and a hap
piness which is not attsinable by them at
home, have taken up their residence with US;
and many of those who, on stepping on our
shores with scarcely penny in their pocket,
aye, perhaps have become, for the time being,
bound apprentices to the citizens of their
new country, until they had worked out
their passsge-money, have lived to see their
children, if not themselves, raised to
distinguished posts of honor and profit,
and enjoy every good which our institutions
and laws so richly afford-alas how many of
their descendants even of the first generation





Heaven for having cast their lot in such
pleasant places, and to the country from
whose bounty they have enjoyed such tran
sceDdant faVoTs as to be found in the ranks
of the rebels. Let this Union be once de-
stroyed, and the probabilities are that our
entire system of government in both sections
will soon, very soon, be changed, and this
asylum for the downtrodden sons of hu-
manity will no longer be the place of their
refuge. At the South, even IN advance of
their success, with probably the best portion
of their army natives of foreign climes, the
ban is placed upon them, and the singular
phenomenon is witnessed of men risking
their lives and their all in the cause of an
oligarchy which, while using them for their
own desperate purposes, proclaims to them in
advance, that they and their children after
them will have no longer welcome or a
home in their midst.


We have, when speaking of those who are
thus in rebellion, characterized it as not only
q sin against God and their country, but also
against humanity, and the hopes of freedom
in the whole world.-BaItimOrs Clipper.
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BE A MAN OF Your WoRD.-When you
promise to do thing do it. Be man Of
principle in your word. Do not say that you
intend to-day to visit your sick friend or
neighbor, and then suffer the pressure of bus.
mess to crowd it out of your mind. He has
been watching for your coming during the
week that has past. Could you have seen
the bright smile that illumined his counter.
ance when he said, II hear his voice-his
footsteps on the stairs" you would have said
that the keeping of that promise was worth
more 10 you than much 'choice gold" But
when the vision had disappeared, aud you
came not, there was pity and sorrow, even
for you, written upon those features. For
dollars and cents had become formidable
barrier against that priceless gem in every
mans character, which either shines in It's
own conspicuous love of the truth, or is SET
in the midnight darkness of distrust and
falsehood Then, if you wish to do good
and WELD an influence for truth, be man Of
your word; for truth is the essence Of
heaven.
Year: 1862

If ever you were in passion, did you
not find reason afterward to be sorry for it,
and will you again allow yourself to be
guilty of q weakness which will certainly
be in the same manner followed by repent
ance, besides being attended with pain2
Year: 1862

not present in either House to day. New
Years was marked by especial cordiality on
the part of the diplomatic corps.


All the Foreign Legations were present at
the White House at the official reception,
and called subsequently on the Secretary of
State.
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" "ANTED-An Office Clerk, one


w that can write plain copy hand. Will be re-
qnlfed to open the Office segen IN the
Ing tud Close at sI In the evening Address Post U
Zee Bog 157a. In hand writing Of applicant
Year: 1862

From gentleman recently returned from Winchester
whittier he had been under flag Of truce, learn OF
very extraordinary which, the time OF his visit
was prevalent In that town. II said and believed
thero that the Governors Of the States OF Connecticut
Pennsylvania and Chic had refused furnish their quo
tas under the call OF ndOln for the three hundred thou
sand additional troops and that Seward had resigned in
consequence OF this action Of the Governors. We give
this rumor as 1t was told TO
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1t is matter of inquiry why the street
lamps were allowed to burn all night on
Tuesday night. Was it ordered BY the
Commissioners for the benefit of the De-
mocracyt The Union tax payers would
like to know.
Year: 1862

A MIXED Crew FOR SALT RlvEn.-This
year the crowd is mixed that is bound for
this famous region. The Democrats, who
are well acquainted with the navigation of
the river, have determined to make pub>,
toremen and feed them on Salt hoIse" cold
beans. and fried nigger.