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Year: 1865

A SAILOR, the other day, while explaining
the third figure of a quadrlle 10 his messmate,
thus described it: You first beave ahead
and pass your adversary's yard arm, regain
your berth on the other tack 10 the same or
der, take your station with your partner in
liue, back and FILL and then fall on your heel
and bring up with your partner, she then
maneuvers ahead, of alongside of YOU; then
make sail in company with her until nearly
astern of the other line. make stern board.
cast her off TO shift for herself regain your
place the best way you can, and let go your
anchor"
Year: 1865

A MINISTER took for his text. The flesh,
the world. aud the devil" He informed his
astonished audience that be would dwell briefly
in the aesb. pass rapidly over the world, aid
hasten as sas, as be could 10 tie devil
Year: 1865

wsYi-why should people 60 East for
.he purchase Of ready made clothing, when
Sam Perry, at his stand opposite the Post
OGice, 10 disposing Of the most stylish and
urable goods At such Reasonable prices p
All in need Of any thing in the clothing line
can be supplied at the shortest notice.
Year: 1865

A letter written by Gen. Grant in
the spring of 1884, when he was about
to be made Lieut.. General, to Gen Sher-
man, and the reply thereto of the hitter,
have been made public. Gen. Grant
with his characteristic modesty, said
that for his success he was deeply in
debted to many officers, but more espec-
tally to Gems. Sherman and MCPHERSON.
for whom he also expressed the warm
est friendship Gen. Sherman said
/" You do yourself injustice, and us to
much honor" and proceeded in the
most cordial and unaffected manner TO
declare his unbounded admiration of
the character and abilities of General
Grant, and the happiness accorded by
his friendship. my only point OF
doubt" said Sherman, was in your
knowledge of grand strategy, and OF
books of science and history, but con-
fess your common scuse TO Lave fliprlioci
all these
Year: 1865

General Grant has submitted to the
Secretary of war a list of one hundred
Majors and Brigadier Generals to be
mustered out of service, and has also
recommended that all officers of the
regular army holding positions in tho
volunteer service be Immediately re-
turned TO their proper positions in the
regular service.
Year: 1865

From gentleman who has had several consultations
with Gen. sherman recently the Augusta Constossast
learns he says slavery will exist In the South after the
conclusion Of peace let the terminate may that


ncons proclsmations in reference 70 Its abolition
simply for the restoration OF the Union that the
Supreme Court have nor will not sustain him; neither
win the federal government attempt 70 abolish slavery
but will leave TO the States returning to the Union
settle II; and that he tShermanl expects 70 thou
sand slaves In the South one OF these days


He represents Sherman being . thorough fanatic
upon the subject OF restoring the glorious Union"
Year: 1865

Rebel Account OF the Fall OF Fort ME-


Allister and Savannah.


IFrom tho Augusta Chronicle, Dec. 2S


We have Just had the pleasure of chat with one Of
our friends who left Savannah Monday night He states
that successfully evacuated Tuesday night


When he left the city on Monday several hundred
families were without anything 70 eat Provisions were


During the past week several assaults were made ON
lines but repulsed sgnally Our works around
the city were very strong and the place in ell proba
bty, would have been held had IL mot been for the fall
Of Fort McAlister


The usual garrison OF Fort McAster numbered about
hundred and twenty five day or two before
it fell however, about six hundred more troops were sent
their aid BY its fall lost between and eight
hundred men. The fort attacked on the north side
by Shermans forces No particulars OF the fight have
yet been received 1t known however, that attack
made the south or water side 1t is also known
II the fort had been strong the land side as It was
the water side II could have been captured
After Sherman captured the fort he communicated with
the fleet, and procured bountiful supply OF ammn-
nton--an article which he was deprived Of by Provi
dence in Atlanta Sherman also transferred the heavy
guns from Fort McAlister to position from which he
could shell the city in case he wished to.


No demand was made for the surrender Of the city
until Saturday. On that day he demanded the uncon-
substance informed him that 'he knew the way to the
city and could take it II he able" General Beaure


The residents of Savannah did expect that the city
would be captured Thoy we're totally unprepared for
ting away Those who did were obliged TO leave most Of
their effects behind. The best order was maintained
throughout the siege. AL the whiskey was locked
The stills all seized by the authorities The four
local companies assgned 70 police duty and kept
law breakers quiet One or two small fires occurred,
but little property, however, damaged All the rice
the plantations the vicinity OF the city fell into the
hands Of the Yankees Somc estimate the amount at five
Hundred thousand b,sheG


The Confederate government succeeded In removing
OF is The main loss sustained by II the
loss OF the siege guns about the place and the gunboats
One report is that ell the gunboats blown up TO
them falling into the hands of the enemy. Some
believe, however that the Iondago succeeded in making
her way up the river


The ponoon bridge which troops passed WAS
built at the foot of Of the streets OF the city During
the siege several attempts to destroy communications
the Carolina side made, an Of which proved fu
tile.


Bishop Elliot was in the city Monday. Our inform
ant does not know whether no left the place not
There two smar steamboats, at Savannsh when the
siege commenced. 1t is reported that the Yankees cap
tured the Firc1y, and that the Macon scuttled
large portion Of the Central Railroad sent down
the Savannah and Gulf Railroad before that line was in
terrupted


Both the printing oces in the city fell into the hands
Of the Yankees Both the editors left before the capitu
lation,
Year: 1865

& Il Is an idea not wholly new, though 1t has
recently received renewed impulse from one
Of the most distinguished writers of modern
times, hatnations, like individuals have their
periods Of youth, of maturity and of old age;
that they are born, increase and flourish up to
a certain point, and then, in the natural order
of things decay and pass away. This theory
we are inclined to think more fanciful than
sound. The analogy between nations and in
diyiduals is, at best, only partial and imperfec.
The elements of national life shift and change.
Principles, ideas, are what give vitality to a
nation. In proportion as the governing prin-
ciples, the ruling ideas of people are In ac-
cordanee with the eternal verities Of justice
and right, will be its ability to withstand the
touch of time. Abuses tolerated, corruptions
cherished, wrongs and tyrannies connived at
and allowed, these fasten upon it the plague
spot of decay which spreads and testers till the
whole. body is infected, and sinks into ruin and
death. While the love of freedom is kept
pure and bright in the heart of nation, it
talisman against the assaults of decay.


But we have just now been led to comment
ON this theory of the rise and fall of nations by
consideration of some facts which seem to
present a notable instance of its fallacy. OF
all the nations of modern Europe there is
none whose glory stretches back so far into
the past as that of Italy. Long, long ago the
Roman power arose and waxed, and filed the
world, then crumbled into ruin. To sustain
the theory we speak of, that ruin should have
been final, eternal. But it was only organiza-
tions, only governmental powers which per-
ished. The vital elements Of an enduring
nationality yet glowed in the hearts of the
people: and after centuries of obscuration
thew blazed up again. The energetic, power
fnl and wealthy Republics Of Italy in the mid
die ages comprised the best civilization of the
world. s.te


Again the pressure of domestic and foreign
tyrannies was brought to bear upon them;
and it did truly seem as If at length all life
was crushed out of the land. Yet we see In
these days that it was not so. Such people
as the Italians can stand a great deal of kill
Year: 1865

F., ssDixon," writing to the Boston Advertiser,
gives the following as illustrative of the kind
of plans openly discussed by that class in the
South who are now laboring to grasp once
more the power they lost by the secession
blunder Their prospect of seeing these plans
realized each reader can estimate for himself
He will find It in an exact inverse proportion
to his confidence in the honor and genuine
patriotism Of President johnson:


In thestaee befneen Augusta and Miliedge-
vile rode with two gentlemen OF consiaers-
Year: 1865

The wildwood blossoms seem to
cast spell of enchantment over the
senses of travellers in the almost un.
trodden forests of Michigan


Spring has arrived, bringing
with it the most welcome visitors the
flowers. During a tramp the other
day we noticed that the woods are COW
cred with them they are annual Wis
itors and are always welcome. For
who would wish to live without flow.
ers? Where would the poet fly for
his images Of beauty, if they perish
forever 2 Are they not the emblems
of lovelincss and innocence-the liv.
ing types of all that is pleasing and
graceful We compare young lips tc
the rose and the white brow to the ra.
diant lilly; the winning eye gathers
its glow from the violet, and a sweet
voice is like a breeze kissing its way
through flowers. We hang delicate
blossoms ON the silken ringlets of the
young bride, and strew her path with
the fragrant bells when she leaves the
church. We place them around the
marble face of the dead in the narrow
coffin, and they become symbols OF
our atfections-pleasures remembered
and hopes faded, wishes flown and
scenes cherished, the more that they
can never return. Still we look to the
far-off spring in other valleys-to the
eternal summer beyond the grave,
when the flowers which have faded
shall again bloom in starry fields,
where no rude winter can intrude.
They come upon us in spring like the
recollections of a dream, which hover
ed about us in sleep, peopled with
shadowy beauties and purple delights
fancy bioidered. Sweet flowers . that
bring before our eyes scenes of child
hood-faces remembered in youth,
when Love was stranger to himself !.
The messy bank by the way-sidG,
where we SO often sat for hours drink
ing in the beauty of the primroscs
with our eycs-the sheltered glen,
darkly green, filled with perfume of
violets, that shone in their intense blue,
like another sky spread upon the earth
the laughter of many notes.-the
sweet song of the maiden-the down
cast eye, the spreading blush, the kiss,
ashamed at its sound-are all brought
back to memory by a hower.-Midii-
gan Farmer.
Year: 1865

The name Of each article offered for sale-as
Gold Hunting Watch Gold Oval Band
Bracelet, Pearl Breastpin and Ear drops -
:" Gold Enamelled Ring Silver Plated
Cake Basket" &C., is written on card and
enclosed in a sealed envelope these envelopes
are then placed in a drawer ana well mixed :
then as an order is received with twenty. five
cents Tor return postage and other charges,
one OF the cards or certificates is taken at ran


dom and sent by first mail to the customer,
who niH see at ,ehat he can get for One Dol
Tar. IL he is pleased with his fortune he can
forward the money according to directions on
the certificate and secure the prize If the
article awarded should be unsuited to the pur-
chaser-as for example, u set of Pearl Ear
Drops and Breastpin TO young man who
could not wear them. and had no one 10 qire
them to-we will send any other article on the
catalogue of equal price which may be prefcrr-
ed. Or 1t, for any reason, you choose to ven
ture no further, then you can let the matter
drop where IL is and spend no more. Exmine
carefully our Catalogue ..u ...... Isl ......
Year: 1865

and therefore greatly superior to the goods
imported from abroad and hawked about as
the cheapest ever sold. The simple duiy on
imported goods, and the high premium on Goid
(all foreign bills are payable in gold, amount
to more than the entire cost ut many OF the
articles afforded by us to the public To ia
cilitate the sale
Year: 1865

VNNINI


just as much traitor in defeat as
before, and his regret is not for his
treason but that it was unsuccessful
treason. Honor to such a man is dis
honor to every soldier who has fought
to save the Union he fought to destroy.
Year: 1865

IFron the Toronto Go5e, Nay 81


The tendency Of the New York gold market Is down
ward but no sudden or rapid fall is anticipated Tie
are being taken at the rate OF three or
four millions day, which OF course reduces the cur.
also risen rapidly in England in consequence Of the fall
OF Richmond and large demand for these securities
abroad may be expected TO follow peace There
is also . RAPID revival Of trade going In the
Middle and eouthern States, which Of course
brines more currency into These combine TO
Srine down gold On the other hand very large quan
Nee OF currency will be needed 70 pay or the contractors
end the sodiery, many descriptions OF trade Will %
which combine elevate the price of gold But II ts
6vdent that the bears must win IN the night The cur
kency will DO absorbed the subscriptions Tor bonds the
Expenses OF the country win bs raised BY taxation and
kreenbacks will come 10 par. How long time VII
olspes before that event arrive tell u may he


uch more rapid than some people conceive II tho war
can be closed for three thousand millions Of debt which
js alleged by the New YORK HERALD and the taxes
Nnue 70 be pa they now, thore be no good
reason why greenbacks convertible Into United States
bonds should NOT be worth par.
Year: 1865

It has a!ready bscn stated in the newspaper tkat the kustuh 6 Eric Railroad have pur- chasJa fhe Boston < New York " Air Line'' Railroad. and have made such arrangements as Isiil iusare the certain and rapid completion of the road. We are now also able to an nounce, that after careful sarvey Of inc pro posed sou hern route, through Darbury. that route has been definitely abandoned, and the northern rou!c--or that directly through this conntY-is now being surveyed. The fact that this route is fifteen miles shorter than the southern, and that the road can be con structed economically. and that the country which it will open promises much more favora- lly to the interests Of tue new road than the northern route, are the reasons, probably, which though not new to us, have finally pre- sented themselves to the directors of the road, and will undoubtedly lead them to the final decision which will give us the long desired road directly through the heart of this county Mir. Marsh, Chief Engineer of the Boston & Erie Railroad, was in town this week, and his party of surveyors are already surveying the proposed route from the Housatonic valley and will probably arrive at this point in about a fortnight. We shall report the progress and route of the survey hereafter.
Year: 1865

ALL BUSINESS AND PROBES IONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus.
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus.
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN


Should Advertise IN the Argle
ALL BUSINESS" AND PROFESSIONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL NRu


Should Advertise in the Aruaa
Year: 1865

A MIsTAKE.-An amusing incident oc
CURED the other day, in a fashionable
music store, which should teach clerks
to be careful in their sports:-


1t appears that the clerks in this store
had acquired habit of playing off little
tricks upon each other: one of the sports
was, il one saw the other STOPPING down
TO select music, or for any other purpose,
he would seize board, generally the top
Of box, and spank the STOPPING victim.
This practice had gone on for some time,
when one dav one of the clerks, who had
caught the board most severely for some
past tIanSgresSion, and was laying low to
catch his antagonist in position that he
might pay him OF with interest, entered
the store, and at the end Of the back
counter he saw, TO his great delight. his
ow-clerk. doubled up in q beautiful
position, with his head among the lower
shelves, and his. body at full angle
Now" thought he, sis my time, Mr..
JrrryI" So he selected good stiff hoard.
about four feet long, and cautiously ap.
preaching him, he gave him blow that
sounded all over the store, and brought
him erect at once. At that moment
Jerry appeared from behind a stack Of
books, with his face swollen with sur
pressed laught r, and the gentleman who
was struck stood in utter amazrmcnt,
rubbing himself most dexterously. The
offending clerk discovered. to his great
astoniShment and regret, that he had
struck his worthy pastor. the Rev. Dr.,
who Was busy selecting music, in mistake
for his comrade. OF c0uI Sc he was ready
to fall on his knees for forgiveness, but
the decd was done.
Year: 1865

1xroRnArioN. The fall and winter ses-
sion Of the evening school Of the Iowa State
Business College will commence one week
from to night, at the rooms At that institu-
ton, and continue till the first Of June
Our young men will 6nd this IN opportu-
nifty for mental improvement not to be lost,
and can obtain any desired information by
calling at the office Of the College any
evening this week between the hours Of
seven and eight. Those intending to take
. commercial course Of studies, will do well
to commence at the opening Of the session.
Year: 1865

now. and have read the human heart
well-in ninety mine cases out of hum
dred patriotism Is the trump card Of a
scounayel"


These are shocking sentiments, of
course, and no one can be expected to
indorsc such heresies. But it is a singu
lar coincidence, that events should seem
to sustain the minister's prediction
Before the introduction Of that excellent
card, universal suffrage, the American
population was as orderly and contented
a population as could be found under
the sun. Judges were independent
defaulting sherifts rarity, and aboli-
tionism impotent for mischief. But, from
the moment that the ihestimable gift of
universal suffrage was bestowed upon
the people, things took downward
turn, and the popular madness ended at
last not in "farce," but in such a


tragedy as the world has rarely seen.
What the future has in store for the
people of this continent it is difficult to
determine. It will take more than one


violent convulsion, we fear, to enable
Americans to realize that men are not
so infalliblc in wisdom and immaculate


in virtue as to be safely endowed with
universal suffrage.
Year: 1865

SINGULAR Aeon gxT-A singular accident
happened the other day in the foundry depart
meut at Court Mills, in this city, 4 casting
had been made and. after filing the mould,
there remained quantity OF molten iron, which
was poured upon the ground outside the build
ing. The heated mass melted the ice upon
which it fell, causing the rapid generation of
steam. which resulted iu an explosion which
sounded like the discharge of cannon. The
melted iron was scattered in al directions, and
a part of it was thrown entirely over the large
buiEding aud over the high chimney connected
with the works. One of tie men was quite
seriously burned by the explosion, aud quite a
panic was caused 10 the immediate neighbor-
hood Of the accident Horeester Spg.
Year: 1865

FERYAYDY CoMING AROUHD.-In Congress.
lately, on the Naval Appropriation Bill. Fer
uando Wood, of New York, said this bill ap.
propriated S105 geo 600 against SI33 100000
the year immediately preceding the commence
ment of the war, and TO meet this expenditure
it was proposed to take the SS5 100000 of
internal revenue collected up to the 30th Of
June last. and the amount collected since that
tine-and all this was to be expended on one
branch ofrthe Government alone. If the war
was so justifabla as to warrant the imposition
of such onerous taxes, he should not complain
He had hoped and still hoped for peace, and
that negotiations to that end would be product
i've of good results He desired, mainly, that
the antagonistc sections should once more be
brought together. II it be tfue that the Pres
ident and Secretary of State have gone per
sonally to meet the rebel Commissioners from
Richmond, instead Of ceusure, they but followed
the precedent of Washington aud Hamilton,
the one President and the other Secretary Of
the Treasury. who, in a similar emergency,
went in 1896 to treat with those engaged in
the Whisky Insurrecion IN Pennsylvania.
He, for one, thanked the President for making
on honest effort to prevent the further shedding
Of blood and the exhaustion OF the energies of





failed. This was to be regretted but if they
failed in consequence of the indisposition Of the
rebel authorities 10 return to their allegiance
and duty 90 the basis OF our common Constitu-
tlon, they might as well know that so far as
he represented the peace sentiment, be would
not sustain them in their position. He was
opposed to a dissolution OF the Union, and it
bad been one of his complaints against the
Administration that, so far from making over
lures, il had prevented propositions of peace
by denying the admittance of Commissioners
from the Southern Government; but, If the
door had now been thrown open by the Presi
dent, and if the answer to that was that they
would accept recognition and separation, and
nothing else, then be desired to say. with his
humble efforts be should aid the conquering
armies of his country to obtain by force what
it has been unable 10 obtain by peace.
Year: 1865

They debate strange questions down East.
The last was-"Whst is the difference between
the Bridge Of Sigbs and the size of bridge p
The next is to be-"The difference between a
fac simle and sick family
Year: 1865

WAsHEGToE, Jan. 20.


The Richmond Enquirer, of the 18th,
contains the following:


During all yesterday we were without
additional particulars Of the capture of
Fort Fisher, beyond a correction in the
time Of assault, the position having been
carried by the forces of the enemy
at one o'clock Monday morning instead of
ten o'clock Sunday night. The feet CO.
operated with the land force. Enough is
known, however, to warrant the assump-
tion that the defense of the fort was de-
fective in point of vigilance. It is reason
able to believe that the feet kept up at
least 8 htful bombsrdment during the
night, and that the repulse Of the land
force, the preceding evening, satisfied the
garrison that no second attack would be
made until the ensuing day, and that its
own safety and strength would be en-
hanced by Fetresting to the bomb-proofs
or otherwise seeking shelter and repose
for the night. At the hour at which the
fort was taken the moon was shining bril-
liantly in mid heavens, q circumstance
which should have suggested extreme
vigilance. The strength of the position
and the statement that Weitzel, one of the
ablest engineers Of the Federal army, had
pronounced the works impregnable would
seem to lead to the conclusion that there
was something wrong.


As the matter new stands we will have
to be .content, for time at least, with the
accounts Of the enemy, unless by some
lucky chance some one or more of the gar
rison shall have escaped to throw some
substantial light upon it.


1t is reported that Secretary Seddon will
resign the Secretsryship of the War De
psrtment IN few days, and thst Major
General John O. Breckinridge will be sp-
pointed to the vacancy.


saThe delicate condition of Mr.. Seddon'G
health is doubtless the cause of his design
to retire from the position.


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