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Year: 1862

There is but one way to end this war.
Thsrk God for thai. When amid the
doubt and anxiety rakened by the stormy
times upon which We have fallen, with
treason in arms sgainst Us in the field, and
still more dangerous dis1oyalty gathering
courage and taking head among our own
communities; With generals in command
who will not strike for fear Of wounding
slavery, and other generals who caunot
strike at all; with millions Of treasure
squandcrcd and thousands Of precious
livcs lost from among the people, doubly
lest because there seemingly comes back
no return for au this outlay; with the
heavy hand Of Bankruptcy casting its close
sladow upon the nation; it Is little Won
der that loyal men at times become dis
hcartened, and disposed to cry out-stop::


One glance, however, at the black abyss
over which re arc struggling, one vision
Of what We shall become among nations if
we allow this ruin to be accomplished, and
it is seen that we cannot pause. There is
UAt t!E NA1 W CAA l4AAa nAA. NE A4Aos
fight it through. We must send Jet other
armies to take the place Of "the heroes
gone before.'' We must bend our backs to
yet heavier burdens We must bring for
ward The last man aud the last dollar, and
this literally, and not in the set phrase Of
the rostrum. We must give up everything
and SO end this war as to save the lif;
Of the nation. Prosperity will be wooed
easily back when the war is over. Homes
will be rebuilt and Plenty with her full
horn will follow the train Of Peace. Not
| for these or any Of these must We cease
cxertions before the end be reached
Sadly enough We may sec that apparently
the year so far has been lost Resting fol
months upon the verge Of something stir
ring, with victory just within our grasp
the campaign Of the year thus far has only
wasted our armies. It is something tt
have got rid Of Buell. 1t will be some


thing to sec activity take the place o


"quiet On the Potomac" But with all ou


disheartcnments We must go forward ant


strike down everything in the way Of pro
gress. There is but one way to purchas


peace, and that is by the sword No va,


to quiet, but through the successful issu


Of this war.
Year: 1862

We tell the Republicans of the second
Congressional district that they must not
sleep under the assurance that the gallant
Farnsworth is sure Of an election. He ia
sure Of an overwhelming majority If his
friends do their duty-not otherwise. His
majority may be more thousands than there
are counties in his district, twice over, if
the votes are all put IN the ballot box; but
if apathy and sup:neness, begotten Of a
false security, shall take the place Of Wig
orous work at the polls, he may be defeat
cd. The Tories, taking advantage Of Col.
Farnsworth's absence in the field, arc work
ing with extraordinary diligence and SC
cresy to compass bis defeat. The voter
Of the second district need only to bt
warned in season!
Year: 1862

Yesterday afternoon the Courier published
an extra with flaming heading "Great Union
Victory-Rebel Army Annihilated, &c."-lead-
ing the people to suppose a decided victory
had been won, and selling their paper like hot
cakes. But from the dispatches which we give
in another place, we couldn't see it." There
was much more news in the headings than was
TO be found in the dispatches.


That a great battle has been and is, perhaps,
being fought, at and near the memorable field
of Bull Run, is true. That it may be the last
final shock of arms, that is to decide this con-
fiict is more than probable, as the enemy seem
to have concentrated their entire forces for
bold, desperate, and final dash upon Washing
ton. The crisis is upon us, and now is the
time when men should be pouring into Wash
ington to reinforce and relieve the veterans
who have been fighting the enemy for days.
They have combined their forces, having brot
up from Richmond almost their entire army
We await further dispatches with intense anx-
iety.
Year: 1862

A N ELEGANT FOUR STORY NOVA SCOTIA DRAB
stone House to let to good responsible tenant the
most favorable terms 1t is lifted In the very best
throughout Apply the premises, No. 81 West Forty
al xth street.
Year: 1862

A FEW UNFURNIsHED ROOMS WITHOUT BOARD
"A In second story TO let with ali the modern improve.
ments hot and cold water in every aud bath 6c.
same floor; Will be let to small gentee family Possession
given Immediately at l2a West Fourteenth street.
Year: 1862

BOARD WANTED IN THE COUNTRY FROM MAY


ID until September for family Of eight persona
within wentyaye miles of New York Good PLAIN country
minutes walk OF the depot The place be perfectly
healthy Address, stating which be moderate
box 652 Post office, New York.
Year: 1862

1t will be seen by a call published in am
other column, that the citizens Of New
Castle County, are invited to assemble in
County Meeting, to-morrow-Wednesday
afternoon, at the City Hall, in Whining
ton, at halfpast o'clock, 10 take into con
sderation the present state Of the country,
and to devise means to encourage recruit
ing in this State. A number of eloquent
speakers have been invited and are expect
ed to address the meeting. We hope that
all who are in favor Of sustaining the Ad-
ministrotion in its efforts to suppress
this unholy rebellion will be present
on the occasion. The people of the other
states are straining every nerve to furnish
the quota Of men desired by the general
goyernment-we can expect nothing from
the State while under the control of its
present Executye-and our citizens must
devise some means to fill up the Fourth
Regiment and First Delaware Battery,
which our State is asked to contribute to
aid in suppressing the rebellion. Come one
come all, then, and show to the country
that our people fully appreciate the bless
ings Of freedom, and are willing to contr
butte their share towards upholding ou
countrys banner, and preserving the free
institutions bequeathed to us by our pa
triotic sires.
Year: 1862

WIN SANAA hND


1t will be seen by reference TO the pro-
ceedings of two meetings held at the
Wilmington Institute Hall, in July, that
the patriotic ladies of Wilmington have
formed an Association, to cooperate with
the Delaware State Association, for the
Relief of Sick and Wounded Soldiers"
They desire the ladies in other parts of
our State to form associations similar in
| their character to act in concert with them
and it is to be hoped that the Unon-loying
daughters of our gallant little State will
respond to the call of the Indies of Will
mington During the progress of this
unnatural and causeless rebellion against
the best and wisest form of government
ever instituted by man, the ladies have
exhibited patriotic ardor in behalf Of
the cause of the Union, never excelled by
our mothers in the Revolution, and have


done much to aid the Government in it.
efforts TO preserve the honor of the nation
and save the country from ruin and anar-
chy. We claim that the ladies of Della


ware have not been behind those o othe


States in their efforts, But the soldie
still needs their aid and assistance, an,
we have no doubt that they will nobl.


and generously respond to the deman,


made upon them, and when the great bat


tie has been fought, and our country
: banner-with every star undimmed-shal


float in triumph over every part of til
Union, they will have the proud satisfac
i zion of knowing that by their zeal an
u labors they contributed much toward
u producing such result.
Year: 1862

The friends of the Union will bear in
mind that meetings will be held in the re-
spective Hundreds in this County, on Su-
turday next, for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the State Convention, which is
to assemble at Dover, on the 10Th inst
The meetings take place at o'clock, and
it is to be hoped that the friends of the
Union will rally in their might. Set the
ball in motion, and never let it stop until
the last vestige of secessionism is crushed
out of the Diamond State.
Year: 1862

The military gossips at Washington
rumor that General Hunter is to be recall
led. In this case the wish is probably
father to the thought. There is no good
reason for a recall apparent. The affairs
of the department of South Carolina are
efficiently managed-so far as can be
Judged from distance, its military work
is more thoroughly done now than at any
previous time during the campaign. On
ly on Saturday we learned of a movement
in tho direction Of Charleston indicative
an enterprise that would gladden. all loyal
hearts. In only one respect has any diff
ficulty arisen with General Hunter, and
that is in the treatment of negroes. But
the emancipation proclamation was very
promptly revoked at the demand of the
President, and there is no evidence that
the policy of arming contrabands is dis
tasteful to the administration ;-on the
contrary, circular from the War De-
partment indicated some weeks since that
it would be resorted. Unless, therefore
there is particular desire on the part Of
the administration to 'placade the wealthy
slave owners we cannot see why Hun
ter should be recalled. n..


So says the Troy Whig. one of the
most conservative papers in the State o
New York. We quote the article fron
the Wbig to show that the people of th'
North are at last coming together.
Year: 1862

several departments of trade, than was
ever known to close in single week."
How widespread will be the ruin caused
by this unhappy rebellion, and how many
happy homes will it destroy Those
who sell their goods will get only worth
less confederate notes for them. Beg
gary stares them in the face. A heavy
day OF reckoning will surely come for the
men who have brought this ruin on the
land. .". .N.
Year: 1862

GETTING READY TO GOETHE Rich
mond papers state that business houses in
that city are closing up rapidly and sell
ing their goods by auction at whatever
they will bring. A larger amount of
property" says the Examiner, ga greater
number of stocks of merchandise, and a
greater variety of goods, have been sold
at auction durinf the past week in Rich


mond than has been known during the
same time in the history of the city.
The effect, of course, has been to close


a greater number of stores of the first
class, heretofore leading houses in their
Year: 1862

Nashville papers contain full report o
the large Union meeting held at Columbia
Tenn, on the ID inst, with the patriotic
speech of NEIL S. Brown, formerly Govern


or of Tennessee, delivered on the occasion
He pronounced the Southern Confederacy
failure, and denounced the folly Of further
resisting the federal arms he made most
patriotic and soul-stirring appeal in favor OF
the Union, and exhorted the people Of Ten


nessee to return TO the old love- the stars
and stripes" We shall publish extract,
from this speech hereafter On the whole
the news from Tennessee is most cheering
She will range herself along side of Ken


tucky, and in three months her boIdeIs will
be unsafe as a refnge for traitors. Let her
take the "Union race COURSE" and she will
find magnanimous friends at the North. We
will welcome her back to that Urion, from
which she was beguiled in an evil hour and
in passionate mooa, by the enemies of her
prosperity and glory. Let her once more
inscribe upon her banners the motto Of her
beloved jackson The Unon-it must and
shall be preserved !" and she will ftnceiorth
be one of the brightest jewels in the crown
of our beloved America Let her put down
her traitors, and exalt her good and true
men, and all will be well with her in the
bright future. .#. t. .-h
Year: 1862

/RAnRoAD.-On the 26th inst. the road from here to Deval's Bluff, on White river, was completed, the last spike being driven in by our venerable townsman W. E. Woodruff, ST. The cars are making reg ular trips now and we are in communica- ton with White river, stream navigable all the year. The directors will turn their attention to the completion of the middle division which, when finished, will connect us with Memphis. Their ability to do this work is much greater than many suppose. As soon as we receive some data which Mr. Edmonson promised to furnish us with, we will show that the completion of the road is "a point of easy attainment, with little aid from the right quarter.
Year: 1862

gy- The length of the official advertise ments in to-day's paper has crowded out much that we intended to publish. For the stirring events of the past week we mnst refer our readers to the column of photographic dispatches. From all appearances, the news within the next fortnight will be interesting and exciting.
Year: 1862

As an evidence of the ferocity of the federal officers in Missouri, and the sanguiuary char acter of the war wagel by them, we note a wholesale massacre at Palmyra, Mo. A bridge was burnt and nc clue coull be obtained as to the persons who burnt it. The federal comman- der picked out forty suspected secessionsts, all of them wealthy and worthy persons. Ten of them paid out, and were declared innocent of complicity in the burning. Thirty were tried by court martial twenty-ono of whom were found guilty and shot.
Year: 1862

We saw in an exchange statement to the effect that General McCulloch had been trans. tered, at his own request, to Kentucky, and gave 1t as an item of news. It appears that such is not the case, but that his object in visiting Rich mond was to lay before the proper department the true condition of matters in the west, and to procure the additional strength required to carry on the campaign.

 They are getting up grand Irish legion at the North. The New York Herald says that Shields will be commander, but we doubt this very much. He has no stomach for this fight Meagher, Mulligan, Cass and Corcoran are to be brigadier generals. They expect to effect release of Corcoran by an exchange, but we think it highly improbable that Davis will con- sent to oexchange him for any officer except Capt. Smith, the privateer, who was found guilty of piracy.

 General Johnston has issued a general order expelling all newspaper correspondents and re- | porters from the lines of the army fthe Potomac. | Congress had bill before 1t to prohibit the thea ru1y, but the latter will fall still born. This | publication of certain matters connected with action was taken on account of some alleged imprudent statements made in the papers rela- tive to army movements. Perhaps the secret may be found in connection with the new bat tie flag. It was intended to keep the design of the flag secret until displayed upon the battle field, but some over busy reporters wrote full description of it for the papers, though urg' ent request was made to the reporters to avoid giving description oft. Each correspondent tries to write an interesting and spicy letter. Their food is gossip and it is impossible, under the strong temptations, for them to keep a secret
Year: 1862

having taken food for six, eight and ten
days. They were utterly dispirited, and
made no attempt to conceal it.


A corps of noble hearted ladies accom-
panied Us, and we were all generously
supplied with delicious homemade bread
and butter, apple and cranberry sauce,
baked apples, cooked tomatoes, grapes, etc.,
which were in but few instances declined.
Under the influence of the bright, cheer
full, sympathetic talk in which women are
adopts, the ailing men visibly frightened
and grew better under our very eyes.
Those who atfirst could not sit up, grad
ually rose in their hunks, and talked over
their hardships and discouragements, all
of them protesting vehemently that at no
time since they entered the service had
they Jared as badly, or suffered as many
privations as since they came to Chicago.
We are inclined to believe their statements.
A more thoroughly dissatisfied set of men
we have never encountered Nor is their
dissatisfaction groundless. They have
sufficient cause of complaint in the fact
that they are quartered in the filthy, lousy
barracks where the rebels rotted and fes-
tered in filth for nine long months, and
this is by no means their only grievance.
Some of the regiments have become thor
oughly demoralized and mutinous, tearing
down the camp fences, breaking guard,
and raising dickens generally, and we do
see, unless there are great improvements
in the condition of all, what is to prevent
all becoming equally insubordinate. No
one can visit the poor fellows without
seeing that there is gross mismanagement
somewhere, nor listen to their complaints
without sharing in their indignation. 1t
is said that there is to be an immediate
change for the better in their condition
which we hope to sec on our next visit.
In the meanwhile we are heartily ashamed
of their present condition, and think those
responsible for it should be arrested on
the charge of discouraging enlistments.


M. A. l..
Year: 1862

DISCOVERIES AT PoMPEII.-- A CORES
pondent of the London Atheneum writes
on August 9th, last, on that day a bakers
house in Pompeii was excavated, in one
corner of which was found heap of silver
and copper coins, to the number of about
500, which had seemingly been tied up
in little bag. At the same time, and
near the same spot, we're found two large
shears, and soon afterwards house mill
of the ordinary description, together with
a little heap of corn, the grains of which
were blackened and somewhat shrivelled,
but yet fully preserving their shape and
very little diminished in size In the
nezt apartment was found the metal shovel
with which the loaves were placed in the
oven; the oven itself, the mouth of which
was closed with large iron door, not on
hinges, but cemented at the edges to the
faces of the oven. The door was soon re-
moved and we were rewarded with the
sight of an entire batch of loaves, such as
they deposited in the oven seventeen
hundred and eighty three years ago.
They are eighty-two in number, and ALL
so far as regards form, size indeed every
characteristic, except weight and color
precisely as they came from the bakers
hand. When it is recollected that up tc
the present time but two such loaves have
been discovered, and all of them imperfect
the interest of the discoveries will be fully
appreciated.
Year: 1862

How THEY FIRE IN BATTLE-Am army
correspondent sayes You wonder wheth-
er the regiments fire regularly in volley,
or whether each man loads and fires as
fast as he can That depends upon cir
cumstances but usually, except when the
enemy is near at hand, the regiments fire
only at the command of their officers.
You hear drop, drop, drop. as few Of
the skirmishers fire, followed by rattle
and roll, which sounds like the falling of
building, just as some of you have
heard the brick walls tumble at great
fire. Sometimes when body of the ene-
my's cavalry are sweeping down upon a
regiment to cut it to pieces, the men form
into square, with the officers and music
ians in the center. The front rank stands
with bayonet charged, while the second
rank fires as fast as it can. Sometimes
they form in four ranks deep--thc two
front ones kneeling with bayonet charged
so that if the enemy should come upon
them, they would run against a picket
fence of bayoncts. When they form in
this way, the other two ranks load and
fire as fast as they can. Then the roal
is terrific, and many horse and his ri
der goes down before the terrible storm
Of bullets
Year: 1862

eg A pleasant cheerful wife is rain
bow set in the sky, when husbands mind
is tossed with storms and tempcsts; but
dissatisfied and fretful wife, in the hour
Of trouble, is like one of those fiends who
delight to torture lost spirits.
Year: 1862




REBEL ESTIMATE OF GEN. MCCLELLAN
"A surgeon of Louisiana regiment,
writing to the Mobile Register an account
of the battle of Antietam, gives his estimate
of Gen. Mcclellan as follows:


1t may not be improper to suggest
here, that the people of the confederate
states have been led to underestimate the
abilities of Mcclellan. In my judgment
he is incomparably the best officer in the
federal army, if not equal to any in the
confederate; and if he had such troops as
ours in command, the world would not be
long in finding him out. His disasters
are not justly attributable to his lack Of
generalship SO much as to the character
of his troops. The manner in which he
conducted his retreat from Richmond and
his conduct of affairs thus far in Mary
land are enough to entitle him to be rank
ed with the ablest commanders on either
side Officers tell me that a close inspec-
tion of his position and works before
Richmond, and thorough examination Of
his movements from day to day after the
battle commenced, did not disclose one
solitary mistake or blunder on his part
He did the best that could be done
at evey point, under the circumstances
and with the material he had around
him. 1t is safer to give the enemy cred
it for too much ability than too little"
Year: 1862




priated to the use of the intrepid defend
ers of the king. When the father of El-
la was called upon for his proportion, he
had nothing to give, and the noble heart
ted girl then, for the first time, felt the
want of wealth.


Father, let us sell our focks," said
she; 1--WE will beamply repaid in the free
dom we shall enjoy; and when peace
comes again, I'm sure l can work for
you"


"No, my daughter" answered the old
man, "our country requires no such sac
rifce-we must not deprive ourselves of
the means of livelihood"


Ella reflected for long while, and
formed thousand plans for raising a sum
of money worthy of being given in aid of
the patriotic cause; but all her schemes
were impracticable, and she even wept in
solitude for her inability to serve her
country.


"Would that these locks were wires of
gold" exclaimed she running her fingers
through the clustering tresses as they dal-
lied with the wind; Il might then give
them for the general good. Can they not
be sold? l will 90 to Breslau and offer
them; they may bring but a trihc, yet
they are all / have to bestow. But Ad-
olph, when he returns and heholds me de-
prived of my greatest beauty, what will
he say? Alas he will turn from me-he
will love me no more. Well, be it so
| will sacrifice even his love in the cause
of liberty !"


She accordingly proceeded to Brcsleau,
and offered her hair for sale to the first
f"iseur in the city. The loveliness of the
young girl, and the novely of her offer
caused the person to inquire why she rob-
bed herself of such beautiful tresses On
lreceiving her answer, he was astonished
at the extraordinary and disinterested
feeling of patriotism displayed by one SC
young and interesting.


"l will take the locks, my pretty girl,
said he, admiring the softness Of thell
texture, land turn them into bracelets
Every ybody will buy when they know
of whose hair they were made"


The delighted girl received the proffer
ed sum, and flew to add it to the genera
fund. The trisear had predicted right
the story got wind, and the ladies and
gentlemen of the city focked to his store
to puschase the bracelets marked with thu
name of ELLA" Among others, a young
officer of high rank, hearing the story, en-
endeavored to obtain one of the articles
The vender had but one left and, as he
had already raised a very consider
able sum from their sale, he intended
to keep that for himself. The officer ex
amined the color and texture of the hair
and when his eyes fell upon the name o
Ella" smile of pride and gratitude
curled his lip, and he uttered, ." 1t must
be shell" He emptied his purse upon TIT
counter, and told the man to take it al
for the bracelet, who, being dazzlcd b.
the sight of SO much gold, readily con
sented, and the officer left the shop, with
the treasure pressed to his lips.