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Year: 1862

The following clear aud impartial review OF the conduct
and results Of the battles Is taken from the columns Of the
Richmond Examiner OF Tuesday, July 81


We have now reached period at which we may calcu
late the value Of the result Of the great battle Of Rich
mond and make summary review Of the grand diorama
Of events that have recently passed before our eyes
We propose TO do this In historical spirit without reie
to the objects Of personal compliment or per.
sonal detracon, anxious only 10 interpret with justice
and Intelligence the events OF the past week. dene
the result Of Of the gravest incidents yet oc
CURED In the history Of the war.


The general estimation OF the battle OF Richmond ex
pressed In spirit OF candor would be that Il was most
excellent plan, ndierently executed Ia the fold The
work Of the closet was good. The design compre-
hensve and sagacious, and calculations upon which
based nicely arranged but It's execution unor
tunaely, full Of flaws, which, some degree have
narred the results Of victory reduced them be
low public expectation Reviewing the situation Of the
two armies az the Of the action the ad
vantage entirely own, the fact being that the
plan Of Mcclellan was as defective own excel
lent lie had divided his army the two sides OF tho
Chlckahomny and operating apparently with the design
Of half circunvaating Richmond-which was exceeding
y loolsh considering the size and situation Of this city
lie had spread out his forces TO extent that impaired
the faculty bf concentration aud had made weak aud
dangerous extension Of his lines.


IL will be observed that the attack made on our
side by rear and lank movement al the same time, In
Year: 1862

able to itselfas the emancipation message
of the president, it has got to wind up this
war in very few months. If slavery
would save itself any rights, it must lay
down its arms in n very short space OF
time. Ithas forfeited everything, aud must
forever remain, if it remain at all, simply a
tolerated institution aud if men at the
North wish to undertake the organization
OF party based upon the old, Unrestricted
slaVepower, let them try it. We assure
them of one thing, as the result of this war,
VIZ that the republican principle of the
restriction of the power and territory of
slavery will be vindicated and established.


The American people, no matter what
their political antecedents may have been,
will never consent to see slavery extended
over another foot of territory, will never
consent to a predominence of the slave
power in the national councils, will never
consent to see slavery more than an un-
willingly tolerated institution. Respect
for the constitution, as it was framed by
the fathers, is alone that whicE will give
slavery peaceful foothold in the States
where it exists. The policy of this nation,
dating tIom the moment of President Lin
coins message, is to be for freedom, and
not for slavery. The government forever
changes front on this question. 1t SAYS
that the abolition of slavery is something to
be desired. 1t opens facilities and points
out means for its abolition by emancipa-
ton. Here stands the administration and
here the party that placed it in power.


Now if the Democrats in Congress and
around Washington wish to confront the
attitude of the government let them try it.
Let them start the old machine and adyer-
tise that it is to operate in the mode sug-
gested and the country will grind them to
powder. The country has learned some
thing if they have not, and will in time
teach them what they do not know
While we think it would be we'll for them
to wait little, we do not make the re-
quest on account of tue government, the
Republican party or ourselves. The ex-
pertinent may as well be tried first as last,
and the rebels at the South aud their sym.
Pathizers at the North whipped out at the
same time. We simply warh them that
the reign of the slave power in this coun-
try is ended, and that any party which un-
dertakes to stand upon the old ground of
the Democratic party will be doomed from
the start.
Year: 1862

his regret that my paper is stopped and
my office Is closed, and reply that all my
ambition is to go back to Knoxville and
resurrect my old paper. To go back with
new presses and new type, and with a soul
renewed and revived by baptism in the
glorious liberty OF the Northern States
And also want to go back there to repay
debt of gratitude ] owe to ubout one
hundred and fifty of the most unmitigated
scoundrels that can be found on the face
OF the earth. To liberate people op-
pressed and defrnuded By the most Satan .
ic conspiracy ever consummHted. De-
frauded and duped by Confederate bonds.
Bonds having on one side full length
portrait OF JEFF. Davis, aud picture Of a
hen roost on the other, bearing on them
these words: 81 promise to pay, six months
after declaration of peace between the
Southern COnfederacy and the United
States of North America, $50.


They have fixed time which never can
ard never will come. The only treaty of
peace which we can have will be accom-
plished with powder and ball and river
gunbonts. There is nothing which fills a
rebel with so much horror us gunboats.
They would rather meet Old Nick. horns
aud all, than meet our gunboats. But this
Is not strange, perhaps, when we recollect
their near relationship to that sable indi-
Yidual.


Some time since, 1 stood alone amidst
1000 rebel soldiers, and said, in my ad-
dress to them: alt is you of the South
that are to blame. The North have not
precipitated this war on us ; 1t is you who
have done it. You complained of an in
tringement of Southern rights when there
was no infringement. You complained of
Northern encroachmeuts when there were
none, and you have rushed into war of
the most wicked kind, without the shadow
of reason"


But gentlemen of Ohio, do not and can
not exonerate the North, and / ssyin brief
to you, that if, fifty years ago, we had taken
100 Southern fire. eaters and 100 Northern
Abolitionists and banged them up and
buried them in a common ditch and sent
their souls to hell, we should have had
none OF this war. Immense applause L
am speaking too long. [Cries of "No
mol" "Go onW "Don't allow that talk .''1
But in looking around, on this assembly
notice that Time has written his mark nn-
mistakably on the countenances of large
proportion of this audience. Many are
growing gray; am getting old myself
ard know not how soon the span of our
existence may be shortened and the spirit
take its fligh to realms of eteral joy and
happiness or of everlasting misery. It be-
hoOves us all then, to see to it, that we are
prepared for this change wherever and
whenever it may come, and may God in his
Infinite mercy bless and keep us all.
Year: 1862

AN ACT making apprOpr ations for sundry civil ex-
penseB Of the Government for the year ending tho
thirtieth Of June, eighteen hundred and sixty


three, and additional appropriations for the year
ending the thirtieth Of June, eighteen hundred
Year: 1862

One male citizen for every FIVE hundred head
of cattle, for every two hundred end iity horses
or males, and one shepherd for every i've hun-
dred head Of sheep, Of such persons as are en-
gagged exclusively in raising stock, provided
there is no white male adull not liable TO do
military duty engaged with such person IN rsls-
ing said stock.


ovERsEERs on PLANTATIONS.


To secure the proper police Of the country,
Year: 1862

WILL THERn Bn FoRnI0x InnxRvzSrroN!-By
the news received by the Hibernis we learn
that 1t Is stated by the Paris correspondent u
the London Times that ''it is reported in politi-
cal circles that the British government ID no
longer so entirely averss to the recognition Of
the Southern confederacy q 1t has hitherto
been. 1t is understood that there is Z proba-
bility Of the question becoming shortly the sub
ject Of deliberation in ministerial circles.v We
have little faith in this intelligence 1t Is mere
ly feather thrown up by Napoleon to ascer-
tain which way the wind blows There il mot
the slightest probability of Intervention in our
domestic quarrel either on the part Of England
or France. England could not afford to 90 70
war with us, and France will have enough to do
in Mexico and Italy, without burning her fingers
in our business. Besides, these Powers know
very well that the probable effect Of their inter-
ference would be to bring about sudden peace
and the union Of North and South against tho
common foe, insolent and offensive to every Sec
ton Of the country The European Powers
have treated both North and South badly, prov
ing that they cared for neither, but desired tho
ruin and degradation of both by the perpetua-
tion Of disunion. They have long hated, feared
and envied the United States as Q great naval
and commercial rival and nothing can give
them SO much pleasure as to see the country
embroiled in civil war. Nothing would grieve
them more than to see the Union restored, and
they will be very careful to do nothing that y
calculated to lead to that result. They will not
meddle with the country till they see 1t COM
pletely exhausted by long war. II they IL
terfered now, when there are million Of Amsri-
cans in arms, they would be likely to come out
of the scrape with bloody noses, or as strangers
generally do who impertinsntly meddle In
family quarrels.
Year: 1862

vexed question has occasoned Thousands OF suits now
encumber some OF the calendars OF civil courts,
and are rapidly accumulatiog, TO the great in
crease Of our taxes and TO the positive derimen OF all
ether litigation. The public attention is fully
aroused 10 the vast Importance of this NATTER and the
necessity of It's speedy determination And it becomes
my solemn duty, as well yours, gentlemen, without
the lear OF any opposition, the venom of any malig
nty, TO calmly aud impartiay this question in its


true and proper light that the laws TO il
become wholesome, and their dignity be preserved
and the peace ana good order of all classes of the dvers
ned Community OF our great city legally maintained.
Year: 1862

NOTICE.
nNAND AFTER TIE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER,
" 1861 shall sell Goods except for cash deLCeyy
am compelled do this because can buy goods now
except at from two hundred and fifty per cent high
er than bought them months ago. and get time
on them, but plank down the CASH, or go without
the goods.


therefore advise all my customers and the public gen.
eray who will with their calls that they must
bring change hereafter shall certainly refuse my
best trends.


also earnestly request all parties owing accounts
due st July last previous thereto to come forward and
settle the same either by cash note Parties failing to
comply with tins notice by the goth of October next will
be charged per the whole amount due from lst
July last so long their accounts remain unsettled.


j. SCHEIB
ReIaob Sent 97th 1861. S6-tlNOv.
Year: 1862

Where the remainder Of the seventy thou
sand dollars has gone it is impossible to say;
but we can form some idea Of how it il wasted
by sn analysis OF the items with which We are
favored. The Daily Ne,cs was paper of little
circulation and avowed secession sentiments, and
died long before the close of the year 1861; yet
we find it drawing some thousands of the public
money The Express named above is the mora
ing Express which never had any circulation
to speak of, and has long since deceased. The
Concaero;d Advertiser and gtsniag Post are
journals Of very small circulation, and are
seldom read except by their own contri-
bulors OF the Transcript We never heard
until this report of tue Comptroller. and upon
diigent inquiry we find il to be paper which
legally no circulation whatever.


Yet upon such papers as these, which alto
gether. at their best times, did not circulate
more than ten thousand copies. nearly fifty
thousand dollars were thrown away, a,d
twenty thousand more are devoted TO the susie
nance Of a parcel of weeklies, Of doubtful no.
rality and Of hardly any circulation. Now, for
less than half the money, the HERALD would
have given the Corporation advertisements the
wide publicity Of its daily issue OF one hundred
thousand copies. and thss saved to the city an
immense amount Of money and trouble, and
given the advertisements real instead Of a pre-
tended publication. But the fact Is that
the Common Councilmen do not wish she public
to see what they are about, and we could not
do them worse service than 10 pub,ish--as we
shall some dsy---s batch Of their advertisements
in the HERALD, where they will be knows and
reed Of all men. Therefore tie Corporation
printing il concealed in these petty papers, the
city Is swindled, and few hangers on ct tbs
City Hall pocket seventy thousand dollars Of
the public funds,


Bot because Common Councllmeo love
darkness rather than light, because their deed:
are evil is that aoy reason why the public
should endure this unscrupulous fraud W,


think not; aud If we are not very greatly mis-


taken, Developments soon 70 be made viii


Justify u IN our opinion, and rid the city for


ever OF this incubus Of immense outiays to


bogus Cooperation printing
Year: 1862

tbs in such trMh as this that Al tAs sma!l
change Of the confedsraoy is made. No wonder
that we have constant reports Of refusals to 60
enlist in the rebel army; for the soldiers are
paid in such money a. these shinplasters, and
arc in no hurry to do double service for such
pay. With these specimens before us, we can
better appreciate the patriotism of that rebel
regiment Of Mississippians who, it is said, tore
up the notes handed to them, declaring thai
they did not fight for money; for such money
they doubtless meant; and tearing it up was
about the best thing they could do with it.


The opponents Of our issue of Treasury
notes contend that they will degrade Our
currency to the same level as that of the
South. On the contrary, when the Tax
bill is passed, and the government is thus
enabled to pay promptly in specie the in
terest on its bonds, our national notes will
have firm specie basis, and be more reliable
than those of any of our banks. Thus far there
has been no noticeable deficiency Of specie st
the North; and, If there should be any, Post
Office stamps would be far better substitute
for small change than these shinplastsrs
Year: 1862

ltthose reports are TO be believed, the
administration is more firmly committed
TO tue radicals than ever and the removal
Of General Mcclellan is foretasto of the
policy we may expect it to pursue here,
after.


It's believed here that the President is
all right; that his object is to conduct the
war under the constitution, and finally
restore the good old Union as it was; but
it must be confessed that he is a. tho mer.
cy Of the coming Congress rorthe supplies
by which alone the war can be prosecuted.


The excitement here is intense, and ey-
cry one is watching with much curiosity
and no little anxiety the development OF
the radical plot against the Union No
one can at present foresec the result ofils
success: but am assured by persons high
in the counscls OF the republicans that the
principal members Of that party, in their
over anxiety to serve tho irepres8ijle
niger, would have promptly come out for
peace and the recognition Of the Sou thern
corfederaoy in case Mr., Lincoln had with,
drawn his proclamation and dretaiued GEN.
oral Mcclellan in command.
Year: 1862

Sow1NG ASPARAGUS SEED.-This seed may
be sosvn tbns.te the Tniddle or towards the lat
ter end of this month, on four feet wide beds of
rich earth Sow.it tolerably thin on the sur
face, clap ii in with the back of spade, cover
it a little better than half an inch deep with
earth out of the alleys, and then rake the beds
smooth.


SOWING BEET SEED.-Eor THIS porpose make
choice Of a piece Of rich deep ground; lay it
out into four feet wide beds, push the loose
earth into the alleys then SOW the seed tolera-
bly, thin and cover it with the earth out OF these
alleys to about three-quarters of an inch deep.
Or let drills be drawn with hoe, near an inch
deep, and foot or little more asunder; drop
the seeds thinly therein and cover them over
the same depth above. Or you may sow
the seed on piece of ground, rough after be-
ing dug and rake it we'll in.


ONIoN.-There are various methods of SOW
ing seed but first ! will give you the one prac-
tiscd by the most judicious and careful garden
ers.


As You proceed in digging the ground rake it
well after you; that being done lay it out into
three and a half, or four feet wide beds, with
alleys between Of about a foot wide; then with
the back OF the rake push OFF the light loose
earth from the top of each bed in the alleys,
one hatf TO the one sue, the Otler 10 the Opp0-
site; this done, and being provided with good
seed, SOW it thereon at the rate of one pound
for every sixteen rods, and with shovel cast
the earth out of the alleys over the beds, COW
ering the seeds evenly about half an inch deep;
then rake the beds lightly, drawing off all the
humps into the alleys.


When the plants are up LET them be kept
very clean and free from weeds of any kind by
q good careful hand-weeding, which is to be re-.
peated, from time TO time, as they require it;
and where they grow too close thin them to a.
bout two inches, plant from plant, aii over the
beds; by these means you win have excellent
onions for the table the first year


Sowing seed, to produce small seed onions,
will answer better in Ap,7i, which see. Ifsown
in this month, they would generally grow to
too large a size for that purpose.


SOWING PARsIEY.-Parsley seed may be
sown in a single drill along the edge of the
quarters or borders of the garden; it viii make
a useful and also neat edging, if not suffered to
grow rank, especially the curlcd parsley; or if
large supplies are wanted for market it may be
sown in continued rows nine inches asunder, OF
upon the general surface, trod down and raked
Year: 1862

Take good ripe currants picked clean
from stems, leaves, and unripe and decay
ing fruit, and for every pound of currants
take one pint and half of water and one
ponni of good white coffee of loaf sugar.
Mash the currants fne in the water, (with
the hands is easiest) and let the mass stand
in q cool place forty eight bours. Then
strain and press out the juice, and add tho
eugar. AS soon as the sugar is dissolved
put the wine into clean, sweet jugs or casks
filling them up to the top. and leave ouI
the corks or bungs. Sot them in the cellar
or a cool room, aud lot them stand till Oc-
tober. AS fast as tho mucilage runs over
during fermentation, the vessels should be
filled up with some more, which has been
kept in q small jug for that purpose. 10
October draw off the wine from the cask or
jugs, being careful not 10 disturb the lees,
or settings at the bottom. Put all the
clear wine drawn off iuto clean casks or
Jugs, or bottle it. In other case it must
DO sealed or bunged up tightly, 80 as to ex'
cludo all the air. The wine is good as soon
as racked off, but it is bettor if kept few
years.


If casks are used, they should be fumiga
tod with sulphur before using. Take q
small stick, wind little cotton or some ragt
around one end and dip it in melted sui
phur. Set it on fire and stick the other enc
into potato and put the burning end int
the barrel. The potato will keep the mattel
from dropping into the barrel, aud will keel
the fumes of the sulphur from escaping.
Year: 1862

"You are at the very bottom Of the
hill" said the physician to a sick patient
but shall endeavor to get you up
again" al fear III be out of breath De-
fore | reach the top" was the reply.
Year: 1862

Thus it will be seen that France and En-
gland have Ave times our usual force adJoln-
ing one of our most prosperous states;
This matter has occupied the attention OF
the Cabinet for some time, and Secretary
Welles has probably taken these measures
TO increase our naval force.
Year: 1862

ity of the commander. On the terrible
goth Of July, when his Aies sank under
the heat and excitement Of the task they
were accomplishing, I saw him, writes
the Prince, =" stop to rest for a moment
end sit down in the verandah of country
house on the road. The mistress of the
house came up and complained that the
soldiers were eating her cherries. With a
smile the General rose himself and went
out TO stop the pillagers."


For the last effort at Malvern Hill Gen.
eral McClellan's preparations eeceived the
highest praise. This battle, says the
Prince, wars "for the Confederates use
less butchery. The Federals success was
due to two causes: first, to the fortunate
foresight Of the General, who, in spite of
numerous natural obstacles TO the passage
of artillery, had spared nothing to bring
his on, and next to the firmness OF his
troops. Men do not make such a cam
pa;gn. and 60 through such experience as
they had endured, without coming out
more or less formep to war. If their
primitive organization had been better,
the survivors of this rude crmpaign, do
not fear to assert, might be regarded as
the equals Of the best soldiers in the
world


1t is for achieying this result with the
troops confded TO his care, we presume,
that the General whose persistent effort.
to do his duty 10 his country, though all
the intrgues and against all the obstacles
upon which the Prince de Joinviiles calm
and impartial statement throws so cler and
convincing 8 light, has been ordered to
reienqui.h the command Of the one army
which stands to day between the ambition
of jefferson Davis and the life of the ma
tional government. The Prince de j, in
Vile winds up his sketch of the compaign
with few pages of well considered and
sensible comments upon the political as
poets of the struggle in which he has taken
so frank part. That his sympathies are
wholly with the North and the Union is
plain. and these sympathies must have
grown up, we beg the critics of LcCirllan
to observe, in his daily intercourse with
that General


lie thinks the failure before Richmond
must greatly prolong the strife, and that
a proclamation Of emancipation would be
more likely 10 divide the North than to
appeal or pursuade the South The re-
Cancellation which f.e believes might have
followed the fall of Richmond he now
regards as very difficult


But, he concludes ! am net one OF
those, however, who will thence infer that
the Federal cause is lost Compared to
those Of the South, the resources Of the
North are far from being exhausted; and
who knows all that in 4 day OF peril can
be done 5y the energy OF free people.
battling for the right aud for humanity ?
Year: 1862

WINTER CARE or FRrIT.-The editor OF
the Gndere's Jioafhy says, whenever q
quantity of fruit is piled up in \ heap, it
begins what is called in common language
q" to sweat" This sweating brings an oily
substance 10 the outside. Sweating will
also occur without the fruit being piled up
rs spoken Of, but it is more slow ard if


it be thinly on a shelf, it is in l;s most
legitimate way. Thus sweating coats the
skin with a sort of varnish, which resists
the action of the atmosphere and certainly
promotes the keeping qualities OF the
fruit This varnish ought not to be re-
moved by any means, handling being one
of the certain ways of doing so. Let the
fruit, therefore, be placed at first simply
on the shelves. and little else will be
wanted but looking over them and picking
out decaved ones, and the place being
kent cool and well ventilated, there is a
,olerabie certainty of their keeping well,
other things also being favorable.