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Year: 1863

The Authoriof Notes from the South,
Col Estvau, Confederate officer, gives
the following graphic account Of an ep.
lsode in one Of the fights that took place
during McClellan's operations on the,
Peninsula.


Meantime an episode 10 the fight oc.
cured, in the shape of a duel between
one of the enemy's dragons aud one of
our Texans, on small field close by
The dragoon evidently scorned to join
in the fight with bis comrades, and dis.
played such skill In the management of
his horse aud in the use of bis sword
that it was quits-a- pleasure to watch
him. e-Ly1a ~


In vain did.ths Texan make luuge af.
ter lnnge, aud try altsorts of expedients
to overcome his antagonist. The dra.
goon sat as firm as rock in his saddle,
welding bis sword like brand of light.
ming. BY the manner in which he hand.
led his horse and weapons l judged at
glance that he was German trooper,
and could not help watching the excl.
ting contest with great interest. The
Texan still continued to wheel around
his opponent on bis fleet baro, eagerly
seeking to deal home thrust, while the
dragoon, with cool, steady eye, follow
cd all the movements of his impetaous
antagonist. At last they close in ear.
nest. A blow, a parry and thrust fol.
low close upon each other. ,


The Texan had slashed the dragoopis
shoulder, so that the blood began to flow
which aroused cheer from the Texans
looking on, but at the same moment the
former got back stroke, WHICH cut thro'
the sleeve and flesh of his arm. The
Texan now backed his horse like light.
ming, and his fellow troopers rushed for.
ward to look at his wound; but without
paying any heed to his hurt he again
dashed at his opponent and made q lunge
at his breast. The dragoon parried it
with great dexterity, and at the same
time let fly quarte, which caused q
slashing wound in the Texans back
The latter Spurred on his harse to a lit.
tie distance, and, before I could take
meaus to prevent the cowardly act, he
took out pistol and deliberately shot
the brave dragoon, who fell dead from
his saddle The bullet had entered lust
below the region of the heart.


Much grieved at bis fate, I ordered a
grave to be dug to receive the remains
of the brave German trooper. We bu.
ried him in his regimentals, with his
trusty sword upon his breast aud his
pistol by his side. This sad act having
been performed, sent for the Texan,
and after reprimandiug him severely for
bis cowardly conduct, I ordered him to
seek service in some other corps, telling
him that l could not think of allowing a
fellow Of his stamp to remain in nv regi.
ment. The Texan scowled at me with
bis wild, cat.like eyes, and muttering a
curse mounted his horse and rode away.
Year: 1863

BuRaLARy.-Last Thursday night, the
store Of Mr.. c. Clauson, on the corner ol
rlum and Third Streets, was broken into, and
goods to the amount Of about $500, stolen
and carried away. Mr.. Clauson suspected
person who had lately come down the riv-
or in skift, Of being the burglar; and i'm.
mediately telegraphed to Lake City to have
the individual arrested as he went BY. The
officer kept watch, and sure enough he
caught the gentleman as he was going
through the lake, and recovered the greater
portion Of the goods. The thief was taken
to the hotel and confined in an upper room,
but singular to relate, made his escape, lead.
ing to the reasonable suspicion that bribery
had something to do with it, as, we are told,
the thief attempted to purchase his release
when 9rst arrested. Mr.. Clauson recover
ed all but about fifty dollars worth Of his
goods, but at an expense Of nearly fifty dol
lars. He is new conner among US, and is
evidently very fine man, and good citi-
zen. He is poor, and poorly able to suffer
the loss, even though comparatively small ;
and we hope and believe, that our citizens
will bestow liberal share Of their patronage
upon him, and thus in measure make up
to him his loss.
Year: 1863

The following letter has been received by
tho Governor in reply to one addressed by
him to the Secretary Of War, asking that
the Draft in the frontier counties Of this
State might be at least delayed until the
Indian troubles are quieted, if it could be
done without detriment to the national
cause Press
Year: 1863

liJical union. II Pennsylvania or Ncw York
choose to be dissatisfied, they canbrcak up the
Union and set up an independent republic
whenever they feel that they have lost the CON
trolling power in the Government, or wish to
accomplish some object not to be reached
through argument or appeals to the reason or
interests OF the other States. Such doctrines
as these are prcpO,ter0uS at this stage of the re-


bclhOn The common sense of the country re-
jcctcd them before rebellion, and af er two
years OF san culinary war to establish the fact
that they have Il National Government, under
Constitutional restriction and with an amenda-
tory power within itsclfWhich admits of adapt
ing the government to the wants of the people
without torriblc revolution. they are not likely
to confess that their Judgment was in error,
that this var has been great crime, and its
success would be greater dcspotiam.


These utteranceS of the Convention seem to
arise from the very desperation Of the symya-
thizcrS with rebellion and the fear that it will
be subducd while they are protesting that it
cannot he They are meant, not only to give
encouragement to the rebels but they are do
signed also to cripple the efforts of the admin
lStratlon in the prosecution Of the war, by ere
atlng doubts and apprchensions in the public
mind OF the ultimate issue. and making the
people fear that il is useless vase of treasure
and life to continue the stru ggc.
Year: 1863

REPENTAHT- On Monday last in this hun
,lrcd IN unconditional union man was halloocd
to in his field by one of his ncighbors who has
been voting with the sccesh, to know if he
was going down to Dover on Tuesday to attend
the great Urion Meeting. lie replied he Ger
tainly was. Well says he am going too. The
union man expressed himself pleased that he
had come to such wise conclusion. The 9th
er continued, :" | tell you what it is, l begin to
think We are on the wrong side, want to be
right and have tried to be right but begin
to think am wrong" lie had been to Smyr-
ma ON Saturday and heard Mr.. Smthers' un-
answerable argument on the side of the Union,
and it had carried conviction to his mind His
political skies have been clouded by the wicked
secession heresies of his old party leaders, and
the first rays of the sun Of Liberty are break
ing in on his mind and carrying light and truth
to his soul There are hundreds of honest men
in just this party -enslaved condition.
Year: 1863

Most if not all the Erolling Officers that have
been appointed are men of character and sub
stance Especial pains was taken by the Board
to appoint none but men of education, good
address, and with sufficient energy and courage
to perform their duties faithfully and fearlessly
and Notwithstanding the much talked of dan
ger and the many remarks made to intimidatc
by class of persons sympathizing with jeff.
Davis & Co., we have no fears Of the least dif-
ticulty or violence being offered to any officer
in the strict performance of his duty. 1t may
be that the women folks will become frighten-
ed or courageous and attempt to use the
brOom-stick or a little hot water, or give some
other evidence of their unwomanly department
in order to intimidate but in all such cases we
would advise as part Of the duty of Ehroller to
treat such cases with courtesy and in no in
stance attempt argument or general remarks In
reply. Indeed make no reply 1t is no part
of the duty of EnrOller to attempt argument in
the performance Of his duties. 1t may be how
ever, difficulty may arise as to the age of an
individual. The man may be from home and
his wife may have the record or q knowledge
as to his age and refuse to inform the officer.
He may be over thirty-fve years of age and
therefore out of the first class or he may be
over forty-ive years of age and out altogether.
In all such cases the Enrolling Officer should
determine his age for himself and place him
with the list of names comprising the first class.
We are well aware ofthe feeling of our copper
head friends: though they are all for peace
most of them go well armed. In conclusion
we say make no trouble but with frmness, de-
cision and courage, perform your duties ener-
gctically, tearcsSly and faithfully, both to your
self and your Government.
Year: 1863

The Philadelphia Lcclgcra conservative Dem
ocratic paper that has pcrsistcntly opposed the
system of arbitrary arrests has the following
on the late great Peace Conventiot of Fernar.
do Wood in New York:


The Peace Convention at New York was a
bold, Outspoken avoYal of the sentiments Of
the meeting and of doctrines which could find
but few supporters in the North if they were
not arttully blended with other issues which
have arisen out of the war, We will not say
from its necessities but from its mistakes =
State rights and the doctrines of secession ncv-
er found warmer and stronger advocate of
their pretcnslOns than is to be found in the
speeches and resolutions of the meeting. and
jeff. Davis himself could scarcely have prcscn-
ted stronger case against the Federal Govern
ment of alleged wickedness in attcmpting to
subdue the rebellion, or the weakness and flu
tlllty Of the effort. According to MIR. Wood
and his friends the Government had no right
to make war upon State resolved on dcfying
It's authority, disregarding the prescribed con
| stitutiOnal method of changing the laws and
the administration, and determined to break up
the Union, upon which the Government rests.
It not only had no right to do so, but it has
| shown Its want OF power with all the resources
OF the country at its back eve have met with
nothing but disgrace in battle, " these sympa-
thizers with the rebellion say; have been
beaten in war; shown that we cannot conquer
the rebels, and must eventually lose our liber-
ties by the usurpatiOns and unconstitutional
acts of the National Government. The Dean
ocratic members of the New York Legislature
are lectured severely for signing an address in
favor of prosecuting the war cOnstitutionally.
The war being unconstitutional, as they are
told, cannot be carried ON constitutionaly. "
Those who support the war measures of the
Administration, while denying their expedien-
cy or strict fawfuhess, are taken to task for
| their inconsistency. IF the General Govern
lnent has the right to make war upon the States
it is without restraint as to the means used di-
rect!y for that purpose except in the manner
of using then"


Between these sentiments and those advoca-
ted in the Richmond Journals, there is not a
particle of difference They arc the extreme
State Rights doctrines which have been the
cause Of plunglng the country into civil war,
and upon which no Constitutional political uni
on OF States ever can be made to endure, be-
.;ause any one State has power at any time to
break it up whenever it chooses to leave the
| Union 1t is no matter if tkirty-three States
should find their interest and prosperity in po-
Year: 1863

of the. Union? 1t cannot be that the people OF
the North are prepared for such a position to-
wards their government Such thing would
certainly be foreign to their nature Let them
then close their ears to the seductive voice of
treason which comes to them with plea for
peace, let them at once satisfy themselves that
the only peace of any duration will be a con-
quered one, one which will see our original
boundaries restored to us. and our flag float
ing undisturbed from Ocean to Ocean, from
the Lakes to the Gulf
Year: 1863

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary are considered as wishing to continue
the subscription.


2. II subscribers wish their papers discontinued
publishers may continue TO send them until all
charges are paid.


3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the Office or place to which they are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their bill and give notice to discontinue them.


A. II subscribers move TO other places without
informing the publisher and the paper Is sent to
the former direction, they held responsible.
Notice should always be given of removal.


5. The courts have decided that refusing to take
paper from the Office or removing and leaving it
uncaed for is prima facia evidence of Intentional
fraud.
Year: 1863

Scan Mag IN JERSEY CIrY.-A very pain.
ful case OF scandal in a church IN Jersey City is
just revealed. A Sunday school teacher, Miss
McIvor, accuses a member of the church Of
seduciug her. She walked into church last
Sunday and horse whipped him, interrupting
the sermon and creating great excitement
The afflicted brother prOnounces the whole
affair, which is now in court, conspiracy
against his virtue and his wealth
Year: 1863

BAD STATS oF Times At WAsHINGToN-
So many foul and loaihsome disorders rage in
Washington that it is feared the city viii soon
be like New Orleans when Yellow Jack held
high carnival within its limits


The correspondent Of Western paper de
seribes the lieeoiiouSuess in the capital Of the
nation as perfectly awful.
Year: 1863




A GENTLEMAN, large capitalist, and
one of the most successful inventors of
the day, has succeeded in chemically
treating the pulp, during the process of
manufacturing printing paper, in such a
manner that when the paper is impress
ed upon the uninked types the chemical
particles are crushed, and a perfect black
impression is the result. The advantage
sought to be obtained is the discarding
of ink and rollers; and BY reyolutiOniz-
ing printing machinery, and printing
from continuous roll. Of paper, it is cal
culated that the time occupied in impress
sing large quantities Of paper will be
nominal in comparison to the require
ments of the present day Cleanliness
in the printing Office would thus become
pro7erbial, and the time now wasted in
making and distributing the rollers OBJ
waited. We have been assisting this
gentleman in some parts of his expert
ment, and further INFORMATION is with
held at his own request, until letters pa
tent shall be obtained London Typo
graphical Union.
Year: 1863

Mr. TRoLLOPE thus sketches him:


This man has his romance, his high
poetic feeling, and above all, his manly


dignity. Visit him, and you will find


him without coat or waist-coat, unshorn,
in rrgged blue trousers and old flannel
shirt too often bearing on his lantern
jaws the signs of ague and sickness, and


he will stand up before you and speak to
you with all the ease of a Iettered gen
tleman in his own library, All the odi-
Gus incivility of the republican servant
has been banished. He is his own mas
ter, standing on his own threshold, and
finds no need to assert his equality by
rudSness. He is delighted to see you,
and bids you sit down on his battered
bench without dreaming of any such
apology as an English cottier offers to
a Lady Bountiful when she calls. He
has worked out his independence, and
shows it in every easy movement of his
body. He tells you Of it unconsciously
in every tone of his voice. You will al
ways find in his cabin some newspaper,
some book, some token Of advance in ed
ucation. When he questions you about
the old country he astonishes you by the

extent Of his knowledge. I defy you not
to feel that he is superior to the race
from whence he has sprung in England
or ireland. To me 1 confess that the
manIiness Of such man is very charm
ming. He is dirty, and perhaps squal-
id. His children are sick, and he is With
out comfort. His wife is pale, and you
think you see shortness Of life written in
the faces of all his family. But over and
above it all there is an Independence
which sits gracefully upon their shoul-
ders, and teaches you at first glance that
the man has a right to assume himself to
be your equal. It is for this position
that the laborer works, bearing hard
words and the indignity of tyranny
also, too often, the dishonest
iil-usage which his superior power ena-
bles the master to infiot.'
Year: 1863

News.-We stated the other day that we
regretted to learn Capt Kuhlmann was kill
ed, and that Capt George Mckinney lost an
arm in the late desperate engagement on
Stone River. We are rejoiced to hear that
our information--which we deemed reliable
is incorrect In our anxiety TO obtain and
publish the earliest intelligence from a battle
field in which our Dayton Volunteers we're
engaged, we are liable TO commit errors all
that comes TO US before the facts are well as
certained is not reliable, yet we give what
we obtain from the best sources, in order to
satisfy, as far as we reasonably can, the anx-
ious inquiry for news. No one is more graf
fled than we are when subsequent infor-
nation decreases the list of casualties, aud
no one who is acquainted with US will think
of calling this in question.


Yesterday the Journal in correcting the
errors to which we refer at the commence.
ment of this article, endeavored in its clumsy
way to impute to US pleasure in hearing OF
the casualties TO our armies "a want Of
decency is a want Of sense !" and we give
the creature who jumbles the local items for
that paper the benefit of his idiocy.


All the Readers of the EMPIRE do not sub
scribe to its political faith; they are a unit,
however, in giving it credit for being the best
Newspaper published in Dayton. And that
is what's the matter with our contemporary,
which is principally reprint Of the Cincin-
natl Gazette, as it is the INDECENT recipient of
the old worn-out type and castof clothing of
that establishment
Year: 1863

soldiers, whether they are relatives or
not-remembering they are some ones
fathers and sons. Are they not our
brothers, gone TO fight for US and our
country Tell them how proud you are
to own them as such. Ireceived letter,
few DAYS since. from o soldiers mother,
giving his address, and saying, "write to
him; he is so glad to get letter from any
one he knows, or ever thought of know
ing; it encourages him to know he is re-
membered by friends at home"


| think it great misfortune to some,
in not having one or more they can send
in defense Of our country. ! would be
one to make some sacrifice, for feel with
the Rural writer, that this is indeed a
glorious war, when we view it from the
end it has in prospect. Let US stand by
those who hold the reins of government.
trusting that the Allwise Being will so
over-rule them to make Laws, and appoint
those best calculated to win the cause.


Hoping 10 hear more on the subject Of
writing to soldiers I will stop lest
weary. A RURAL READER.


Illinois, March. 1863.
Year: 1863

l have seen considerable about what
women can do for the soldiers, and have
been very much pleased; am glad the
Rural gives space for any one to say a
word in favor Of the soldier.


Yes,-we can write TO them, and
although have written great many let
ters in my life. never realized how great
a blessing it was, till since the war broke
out. l have corresponded with several
since May, 1851, and find that letter
from home gives the encouragement that
is needed. always try TO give them all
the news in general. ana if we have new
minister, or have had an extra meeting,
tell them the leading points. and strive to
point out the way By which they may re-
ceive a starry crown in that beautiful
World" where there shall be no more
wars. whether their lot NAV be to die on
the battle field, or in a land of peace.
sometimes pick out chapters in the Bible
for them to read; in this way they will
take up the Book of Books" when they
would not otherwise. They have some
times told me that the chapter seemed
expressly for their case.


If ! attend a soldiers funeral try to
remember all I can, and write them,-telI
them the honors soldier receives for
giving his life in defence Of the "Stlr
Spangled Banner"


In one regiment they had Chaplain
unworthy ofthe nance that preached TO
them but four times in FIVE or six months
and the BOYS say if it were not for tn,
letters they get from home they should
almost forget there vas such thing ai
preaching OF meetings.


Dear Rural readers let US strive TO b
more punctual in writing TO the soldiers
Let every mother and sister write TO SOM
Year: 1863

The poet who used Hekla as an
illustration of blowing hot and
cold in one breath was true to
nature; for, strangely enough,
while one part of the cone is
quite cold on the surface. steam
is issuing from another part high
er up, showing that the heat is
local, and dependent upon the
fiery character of the under beds.
This is proved by the expert
ment of an Icelander at another
place, who discovered that the
heat began two feet below the
surface. Beneath that depth he
came to a violet-colored layer of
soil of sulphurous odor, where
the heat is greatest. Lower still
it was found to be less and less.
until at the depth Of nearly e!ev-
en- feet there was no heat at all,
lhe depth OF greatest heat al
Krisuvili was ascertained to be
twelve feet beneath the surface,
and below this the heat diminish
ed. II is remarkable that, dur
ing the eruptions OF Hekla, vast
floods of water and ice pour
down its sides with solid rocks
and fiery sands. The waters
from the volcano flow over vast
tracts Of low lands, like the fresh
cts of great river. Where this
water comes from is a mystery
that has not yet been fully SOL
we'd.
Year: 1863

Education alone enables men
to apprehend and relish what is
new in a thousand directions.
Very few persons can receive
impressions on subjects upon
which they are wholly ignorant,
and on which their observation
is unpracticed. This is conspic-
nous IN such scenes as the late
Exhibition. Not one in hum
dred of all those crowds took in
a single idea form any object to
which the mind had no previous
clue. All the strangeness, novel
ty, and beauty were passed by
were not visible, did not reach
the brain, did not even catch any
sense OF the vacant, bewildered
gazer. The artisan studied ma
chinery, the soldier looked at the
guns, the rustic at the plows and
harrows; but they could not even
see pictures or the statuary which
were ranged before them. The
women, as a rule, noticed dress
and fabrics to the utter exclusion
Of other things, not from vanity
or frivollty, but because these
were the only matters their train
ing qualified them to think about.
A veil hung between them and all
the art, genius, and wealth crowd
ed around them. 1t was all too
strange for the mind to say of
anything, "This is new to me"
which is in fact comparing it
with what is old. There was no
ground for comparison. A man
sent his cook TO spend the day
there; the sole thing that remain
ed on her mind was a kitchen
CRATE, in which she observed
some novelties of construction.
The majority Of all great crowds
are like :he woman who emigrat-
ed to America with her husband,
and, returning after some years
to her native village, was asked
what she had seen. II can't
saw" she replied, Gas | seed
anything particular" and il she
had followed Humboldt over the
world, she would have said the
same. But who can cast stone
at his neighbor on this point of
intelligent curiosity? The desire
for what is new, and the power
OF appreherding it, run in grooves.
Nobody is inquisitive on all
points deserving of inquiry; only
the largest mind, most thoroughly
cultivated, embraces most. Sat
urday Rerieir.