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Year: 1862

In recent number of the New Orleans Del
IA, we find the following pathetic passage in a
letter from a Union lady:


shall never forget the touching appeal to
my heart, as 1t came from a very young man
who lay feeble and exhausted from fever on
his low, little bed in ward -. His illness has
been borne with mild and cheerful forlitude,
and nothing but Innocence and integrity could
have given him that entire composure which
rendered him able to review his past life so
placidly, and 10 contemplate with SO much
composure his present condition. / had been
bathing his temples with camphor, and filling
his dry cup with water, after moistening his
mouth with currant jelly, and promising, if
not i'll myself, to call early on the morrow. He
had a favor to ask that evening; would write
TO his mother? Certainly" Would / look
in the pocket of his blouse, behind the door.
and find his wallet 1t was bright, new purse,
without penny in it, only paper, the receipt
from a surgeon for sixty-ive dollars, received
! n small sums at different times, from young
S"n. Said he, in slow, faltering tones, Ny
mother Is dear good woman, and she is poor,
but there is no harm in that; do you think
there Is My reply satisfied him, and then
came the confession of his offering on the altar
of filial love. "Please write to nv mother
that received sixty-eight dollars. and sent
her sixty-five, for which there is the paper
signed oy Dr. L.: copied it through
my tears and assured him that he would be
blessed for his devotion, and that he might re-
ly on my letter that very evening. NV COM
panion left him some of the delicacies in her
basket, that the sick palate SO much requires
Year: 1862

Some Fate and important news, received by
telegraph from the seat Of war, will be found
on the fourth page of to-day's paper. In
these stirring times men care but little for
detail Results are only looked for. Briefly,
then, il may be said that the result of tie
fighting about the-ffr Of the month, is that
the Federal forces did not for some reason,
perhaps because of inability, check the ad
vance of the rebel hordes into Maryland,
where they now are in force, numbering per-
Laps two hundred thousand men, under COM
mand of jackson. In these fights alluded to
the carnage and slaughter on botL sides were
terrific, preponderating in prisoners and kill
ed against the rebels From such material
as the chopped up, discordant and ambiguous
kilograms which come to hand, it is irapossi--
BILE to give any special description of the bat,
ties This much is clear enough. Efforts
were made to cut off Pope's command from
Ysinforcements and supplies at Washington
city. Befnre it could be accomplished Pope
and Burnside both Withdrew inside of the
lines of defense of Washington. There being
then no opposition, the rebel army, under
jackson, commenced crossing into Maryland
on the 7th and at the time of writing have
taken position on the north bank of the Po
toniac; and now menace from the north both
are set down to The credit of the rebels by
many persons who have certainly shown their
powers of astonishing endurance in the alb
sence Of any solacng victory to the traitor
arms, for long time. We think differently.
OF those who cross the Potomac but few will
ever return, and we firmly believe that they
have been permitted to cross by our troops,
that they may be the more certainly destroy
ed. They have to procure their supplies
from Richmond and the Shenandoah Valley,
and it is perfectly easy to, render that re-
source unreliable, by pushing out small
force beyond Fairfax (look at the map.) The
certain destruction of that whole rebel army
is as good as recorded already. There is one
other consideration. This movement of the
rebels solidifys the loyal States into one vast
eneampment of loyal soldiery. No want of
soldiers now need be felt. The Government
will soon have a million of men in the field.
Nearly that number will go on. their own ac-
count. Guerrilla warfare can be carried on
by one as well as another, and for the first
time in the history Of this contest, the rebels

will feel the weight of the loyal arm. The
great mass of loyal men who


like a long swept wave ABOUT to break,


And on the curl hangs pausing,


will now make the final. fatal swoop. The
people rise with tho tide of the war. upon
which opens q new and more sanguinary
Year: 1862

IL A QUANDARY-The secesh of Missouri
are in quandary. Both the State and Fed
eral governments have ordered drafts in that
State. Disloyalty exempts person from
the State draft, says an exchange, but not
from the National draft If seeesh escapes
one draft he may not the other. But the
worst is, the secesh fear that if they pro-
claim their disloyalty to avoid the State
draft, the State will mulct them in heavy
fines for their reasonable propensities.-
They are in q bad fix all round
Year: 1862

HEsrERIAN MAGAzINE.--We welcome no
magazine to our table with more pleasure
than the above monthly. 1t is the duty of
all to give encourag cement to efforts that are
made to create a healthful literature On the
Pacific coast The periodical in question is
filled with we'll written essays, stories and
miscellanes of character which should
make it welcome in every family. To the
ladies, from its fashions, patterns andhints at
housewifery, it is specially valuable.
Year: 1862

RELIEF FUND.-We see that in San Fran
cisco, and elsewhere in this State, fnnds are
being raised for the purpose of purchasing
comforts for our sick and wounded soldiers,
and for the relief of their families. Why can
not the people of this vicinity do something
in this good work? If efforts are made.
sum coald be raised in Shasta which would
do great deal of good, Let a start be made
at once
Year: 1862

that church 1.-THE first one) has been dedi-
Gated in Red Bluff In connection with the
election result at that place, this may be ta
ken as very strong evidence of the adyance:
ment of our neighbor town.
Year: 1862

NEGROES AT THE NoRTH-The influx
of negroes at the North is beginning to
be felt in New York. 1t is said in the
course of a fow days, a delegation of
working men and mechanics, represen.
ting the varioustrade of the city, will
proceed to Washington, bearing with
them q petition against such course
of public policy as will be likely to add
20 the free negro population of, the
Northern cities While protesting not
to be actuated by any political or par
;tisan motive, tho President will be re.
minded Of the hardships which the
white laboring population arc suffering
from the exorbitant prices of the nee.
essarles of life, while any measure
which may have tendency 10 unduly
increase the number of laborers, and
by consequence, further inceasc in tho
cost Of living, will bo demonstrated
against. a... s..sssy saak
Year: 1862

The Federal Congress have dono but
little as yet. Every thing that would
have tendency to stop the Abolition
war has been voted down; and every
thing that would tend to prolong it has
been acted on favorably. The niger
question is still the prominent one in
that body. ,LCtt1
Year: 1862

GREEN Com IN W1STBR.-Green
corn may oe preserved by packing it
tightly in casks or barrels and covering
it with brine strong enough to keep
cucumberS. The corn should be taken
with the hu>ks on, and thus prepared,
if kept covered with brine, will keep
in good order for year or more, and
will be sufficiently fresh for the table
when boiled.
Year: 1862

The proprietor of the Empire" hegs leave
to inform his friends and the Knights Of the
Cue generally, that he intends the coming sea
son to make the Empire what its title pur-
ports-a vast resort for the congregation of
his many friends and the lovers Of We ancient
game The Bar is always supplied with the
choicest Liquors and Cigars whose quality will
require only test to convince the connoiSseur
of their superior properties.


A choice selection of Cues expected from
Milwaukee soon; also a new sett Of balls
Rooms open night and day.


l3-lv MICHAEL STRACK.
Year: 1862




The Indianapolis journal saws, lins rent.
ed house near Jeffersonville and intends
to become a temporary resident OF the
State, so us to refer his case to the people
Why does lie not do as lie did before, bring
to bear Kentucky money and mean whisky
on the unwashed, and see if he could moi
be elected Lieutenant Governor; aud then
by castiLg his vote against an election for
us. Senator defeat the election until his
party has a majority on joint ballot, and
then they will elect him TO pay him for
perjuring himself, by defeating an election
when the Constitution, which he lad sworn
to support declares the Senate and House
OF Representatives shall alta certain time
elect U. S. Senator, to serve for six
years. BY defeating the election he left
the State of Indiana with but one Senator
for a session of Congress: and besides all
that he was neither citizen or resident
of the State. He was disgraced, and the
only show of legality which he had on his
side was, be had a partnership in a law
office in Madison. Aud attic same time
the organic law Of the State declares thai
for any man to be eligible to vote or hold
ot1ce he must have been resident of the
State twelve months previous to the day
of election. Jesse D. Bright never was a
resident. DEMoCRAT.
Year: 1862

CONSIDERED as a question Of policy It is
by no means certain. that the dissolution
of the Union would be a political evil to
US. The Union is great, precious, sacred,
but--yes, VIC must say it!-humanity,
duty, honor, religion, are greater than the
Union. This, then, is the unyieldng
ground of the Republican party-there is
no evil possible to the country at this cri-
sis as great as the extension of slavery.
Dreadful as disunion is, the extension of
slavery is still more dreadful. The disso-
luton Of the Union, however deplorable
is not primarily question, of conscience,
but of policy. We made the Union, and
we have a right to unmake it if we
choose.
Year: 1862

The New Orleans Bee considers that the mex
thirty or sixty days will be fraught with events
Of unspeakable magnitude to the South tt
support hls desperate finances the enemy must
make desperate efforts to speedily achieve some
signal advantages. With respect to his ezpedi-
tons by land and sea aimed at the heart Of the
South. there is another reason to compel him to
make the most OF the next sixty DAYS. The
deadly heat Of our summer would shower upon
him the missiles of an invisible artillery
" Bronze John would wave his magic lance in


front Of his columns, and they would wilt ike
leaves touched by the arid kiss of the Simoom.
The Bee concludes its article by saying:


We must not only expect, but prepare to offer
a desperate defense to a desperate attack. If
the Confederate armies can successfully resist
the power of the Yankees for a month or six
weeks, we shall have every reason to hope for "a
respite, since they viii be unable to stand the
climate. We must battle the schemes of the
enemy, and we can do 50 by exertiug all our
energies. Whatever numerical force may be-
come requisite to secure this paramount object
must be raised, either voluntarily OF by con
scription. Whatever means of annoyance or
destruction to the foe can be devised must be
placed in Tequistion. Whatever increase of
strength may be needed to our batteries AMI for
tihcstiUns must be added without delay We
must all be willing to give our share Of time
and money, and personal effort, and danger, to
defeat the designs of the insolsnt invader, and
II we are unanimous and fully resolved never
TO yield, but to fight with desperation to tho last
extremity, we shall, with the blessings Of Prov
idence, keep back the Yankees till the fervent
heats OF a southern sun warn them Of approach
ing disease and death
Year: 1862

The Richmond Dispatch has every hope that
the government, prodigious as were the mistakes
it made during the FIRST year of this war, is de-
termined to pursue different policy now, and
will prove itself equal to the trying emergency
that the day has brought forth. Abiding TO the
necessity of d strong navy that journal says


We have seen it stated-We know not how
truly-that the officer Of the government whose
duty it is to superintend that branch of the ser
vice said, last summer, that we had no need of
q navy because we had no commerce. Recent
events have shown that the protection of com
merce is not the only use to which a navy can
be applied. The enemy has done US more injury
with his navy than with anything else. Aud II
seems strange to us that bis capacity for mis-
chief in this particular should have been over
looked, when our country is mtersected by so
many navigablo rivers. Land batteries seem. 20
be no longer capable Of stopping the advance Of
guuboats and steam batteries. The Virginia
and Monitor nave rendered fortifcations on the
bay, river, or aea shore, utterly worthless. The
heaviest guns can scarcely make an iudeutatiOu
IN their amor.


We must take care that the magnificent sue
cess of Capt. Buchanan DO not prove a snare to
us az the victory Of Manassas was. We slept
after that victory and gave the enemy time 10 or
ganize and discipline one of the largest armies
known to modern history. We proved to them
that we were a fighting people, which previously y
they did not believe, and they protted by the
knowledge. We have let them see what the
Virginia can do, and already, we have no doubt,
they sIe initiating her Let rs not for Gods
sake, if it be possible, be left behind but let US
build as many steam batteries as we can, and
the faster the better
Year: 1862

THE YORKTOWN SRIBMIsH The latest IN
teligence from Yorktown informs US that a
skirmish between our forces and the enemy had
occurred on the Peninsula On Saturday. The
announcement created most intense excitement
through the city both on yesterday and the day
before. Rumors soon magnifed the " brush '
into a serious and bloody engagement Reliable
sources, however, give the skuInish the aspect
of an artillery duel, at long range, in which we
lost about five men killed and several wounded.
Ii is reported that the enemy met with heavy
loss. They were certainly driven back BY
every one, the skirmish is regarded as the pre-
cursor of a determined contest which viii
result in a decisive battle OF gfeat magnitude
Richmond Enquirer.
Year: 1862

The river is falling. The weather was ex-
cessively wet yesterday. There is business doing
the landing The New Orleans papers say:


The Homer from Shreveport reports Red river rising
slowly at that place, and falling above The water was
higher yesterday the levee than any previous time
this season II running in several places into
the streets We noticed some hhds. Of sugar on the
lower evee surrounded by water six inches deep There
was strong southeast wind blowing nearly the whole
Of yesterday which drove the river the woodwork OF
the whsryes damaging considerable quantity of goods,
among which we noticed some 900 hhds sugar and NO
lassps
Year: 1862

SERVANTS WANTED.-We are directed by
Dr. Fenner the excellent physician OF the Irving Hos
Pita TO call attention to the fact that help wanted
very greatly and those who will send negroes Of either
sex will render great good to the suffering soldiers
VIII country friends notice this All that can be has
been obtained in the city. Milk ali kinds of vegetables
and old linen will be very gladly received The friends
Of the suffering soldier will do much good by noticing
and doing what they can
Year: 1862

Es7Om planters are now about finishing
planting corn, and we would suggest to them
the great necessity of putting a fey more acres


in corn Instead of cotton The Wheat crop Of


Texas will be a very short one, caused by the
cold weather in March, which has killed q large
portion Of the wheat The breaking OF the
levees on the Mississippi river, has oyeTdowed


portion of the land on the river and bayOus.


As the river is now rising, it is impossible to


tell the extent of the damage to the corn crop on
rich bottom lands. 1t therefore stands every
planter in hand who is in no danger from high
water, TO plant more corn.-MOarOe (La Reg
! ISieT.
Year: 1862

e The New Orleans Pieaylale has an article


on the battle of ShilOah, where, it says, were


reaped the first fruits of the grand Southern rally,


from which an era in this war is to date for both


beIIgerents. We copy the following reflections f;


1t is the first example of bold aggressive ad


vance, and whatever be the future of the next,


it is a brilliant success, and an suspiciOus omen


and it teaches new lessons of the nature of this


war. Il is a blow to the overwhelming conf
dence Of the enemy, which will be a heavy dis
couragement to the advance movements which


he thought to be 50 easy. It has already forced
him to q huge effort under a disastrous reverse,
TO retrieve losses and reunte the broken links OF


his extended plans perhaps, in the event of a
repeated defeat, to make him change it altogether
and Temodelit, al the cost Of delays that may be
full Of peul A succession of such blows would
break the back Of the anaconda which has been
coiled about us with 50 much powerful and cost
ly effort. The serpent's head is in this north
western expedition. If we can wound it fatally
there, the extremities can only show the cont0r-
tions OF coming dissolution They viii be para
lized and die Victories, battles, even incessant
attemps planned with skill and executed with
| daring, viii disjoint the whole cumbTous plan,
and make it drag weary length slowly and
heavily in the effort to move forward.
Year: 1862

Be PuNcrUAL.-Time is the essence
Of contracts so the lawyers cay and as the
Democrats have got q pretty big contract on
hand to-day it behooves them to TO up
and dressed bright and early. and to be at the
pools at their opening, get your votes in and
then 60 to work to get others to put theirs In
Bring them 10 from the bluff and from the
by.ways. See that the work is done and we'll
done
Year: 1862

CRY AssEssoR.-Under tho new law
there are two assessors Ii the township OF
Davenport-ons for the town Outside Of the
corporate limits of the city. and another to as
ssss the city or corporate property. The city
assessor will be voted for only by the legal
voters Of the city, and upon . separate ballot


Let any voter living 10 the city bear this fact
in mind. Wm. McManus 10 the decaoeratic
candidate. Let 10 ore forget to vote for him.
Year: 1862

HAFr1SIss AND DUTY-We know Of no.
thing more contemptible, unmanlv or unwo-
manly, and craven than the everlasting sigh
ng for "happness Those who have the
most Of it think the least about it, But in
the thinking about and dong their dutY,
happiness cOmes-becaus- the heart and
mind are occupied with earnest thought that
touches at thousand points the beautiful
and sublime realities Of the Universe; the
heart and mind are brought land reyerently
it is said) in contact with the Creator and
Ruler and Father Of all-the perfect bliss.
Year: 1862

We do not pretend to affirm that Col.
Farrow had a large enough force to hold
the place. If he thought he hadn't and
could not get re-enforcements he ought
to have evacuated it and crossed the nv
er with his men, because it is in proof
that he had warning of the contemplated
attack.


1t will require many such cards as the
Adjutant perpetrates to place the con-
duct of the field officers of that little COM
mand above suspicion.
Year: 1862

EXPLOIT OF A CANNON BALL.-The Boston
Courier publishes letter of correspon-
dent on board the U S. steamer Massachu-
fetts, off Ship Island, October 26th, giving
an account of an affair between that vessel
and rebel steamer, 10 which the following
Extraordinary exploit of cannon ball is
chroncled:


During the action think we bit ber four
times. and know she bit US Once with a
68.pound rifle SHE'LL (thal is the way we
got the exact size of her rifled gum The
she'll entered our starbOsrd quarter, just
above the iron part of the hull; it came out
through the side angling aft, (as we were a
little abalt his beam when IL struck us.) aud
look the deck in the passage way between
two state-rOoms, and completely cut Of
pighteen of the deck pauks, and then struck
a beam, which canted it up little, so that
it took the steam beating pipes under our
dining table, cutting off five of them, and
tearing our table all to pieces; then went
through the state-rOOm bulkhead and cell
ing of the ship on the opposite side, aud
struck one of the outside tmbers, and broke
every outside plank abreast of it short off,
from the spar to the gun deck; it then fell
down on the cabin deck and exploded,
knocking four state.rooms into one, break
all the glass and crockery ware SCATTERING
the cabin very badly, breaking up the fur
niturc, and setting fire to the ship; but we
had three streams of water upon the fire at
short notice, and put it out before it did
any damage keeping up our chase as
though nothing had happened.
Year: 1862

DEMOCRACY THE Only HoPE OF THE CoUN-
TRY.-The Democratic party is now the only


Union party. The Abolition party is con-
fessedly diSuuion-secesSien party. The Repub,
lican party, now semi-aboli:ionized, is very
little better than its sire. In short time the
distinction will be entirely lost. The only
hope, then, is to rally around the old flag the
glorious old Democratic flag. The Republican
party has been tried, and found totally incom-
petent. The people are thoroughly sick Of the
immaculate party, and would gladly hail its
extinction. Let there be rapid and thorough
organization of the Democratic party, that the
Government now struggling for existence may
be perpetuated the Constitution reinstated,
and the old Union be saved from Abolition
and secession yaudals.- Ohio True Telegraph.
Year: 1862

THEIR TENDENcY.-We give the following
article from the Illinois Republican and Senti
mel, as showing the sentiments Of those who
are loudest in their calls for sham d" Union
party" in the Atlantic States. The opportu-
nifty alluded 10, is the vote on the new Consti
tuition of Illinois, which prohibits free negroes
from settling in that State:


FRIENDS OF THE NEGRo.-On Tuesday next
at the polls, you will have the opportunity Of
doing more for that oppressed, despised race,
whose champions you have been through evil
as well as goods reports, than you have been
able to do for the past ten years or, perhaps,
will be for ten years to come. If the full force
of our Northern vote is then brought out, you
will have the opportunity Of sweeping from our
land the iniamy Of its Black laws. lit is not
brought out they will be confirmed for ten
years to come, perhaps forever. y 1our neglect,
at this time, will say TO the swarthy, painting
fugitive that there is no spot on the broad fer
tile wastes of this rich State where they can
be permitted to rest in peace. 1t viii say
that our Constitution is made for a privileged
class and not for all mankind that the rights of
man are dependent on the mans complexion
and not upon his manhood. The danger is
vote, il at all. Wake up and give to the
cause ia which YOU have labored so long the
few m0Ee days of labor, and all will be well.