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Year: 1862

The Confederate steamer Ida visited Fort Pu-
laski under flag of truce on Friday last Her OBJ
ject was to take beyond our lines number of par.
Ties captured some months ago wit the brig Santa
Clara by the privateer JEFF. Davis On arriving
within half mile Of the fort, shotwas fired across
her bow, when she laid to-, AMI; Federal steamer
came round from the South Channel and took the
prisoners and our officers board and conveyed
them to the wharf. The Savannah Republican
publishes the following information obtained by
the crew of the Ida:


Our officers We're informed that both Charleston
and Savannah would be taken within thirty days.
The Federas had gunboats that could readily pass
Fort Sumter, and this done they regarded the fall
Of Charleston ~ accomplished. Upon being in
formed OF the Federal loss on James Island, re-
ported IL the Charleston papers of some days ago,
the Federal officer expressed agreeable SURPRISE
as they had learned it WAS at least nine hundred.


The officers say they receive the Savannah aud
Charleston papers regularly and have complete
fle OF them AT the fort. They obtained through
messengers who communicate with the two citea


The sick and wounded OF the late garrison were
sent TO Hilton Head, for greater comfort about two
weeks ago. and Gen. Terry formerly Col Terry of
the Seventh Connecticut, but recently promoted,
and in command of the Fort), informed our party
that he had heard that the, prisoners sent to
New York in the Arago last week. Private Moul.
ton died of his wounds soon after the battle Pr;.
vate Ames whose foot had been amputsted was
doing well and fast recovering and the same &C
count was given OF Private Bruce, whose arm was
lost in the fight.


When interrogated with regard TO the terms Of
capitulation az published in the New York papers
and the failure Of the Federal commander to com
ply with the stipulation to return the siek and
wounded to our lines, aen. Terry acknowledged
that such was his understanding Of the naster
and he was unable to inform them why the con
tract had not been carried out.


The flag at the Fort at half mast in respect to
the new Colonel Of the 7th Connecticut who died
on Thursday, and was buried yesterday


Wcrkmen appeared to be engaged in repairing
the Fort al derricks had been erected OH the Injured
side The walls of the magazine had not been
preached but number Of shot had been driven into
the brick. and the walls roughly handled The gar
rison were employed In erecting additional guns


The intercourse with o,,r officers pleasant and
even kind, and General Terry spoke with great con
fdence of the ability Of the Federals to take any
portion OF the country they desire and to crush o,
the rebellion at an early day.


There were no war ships in sight or sail Of any
Sort except two OF three in Warsaw the CD haracte,
OF which could not be distinguished ut that distance
All the batteries along the river have, bpan removed
Year: 1862

Late Professor Of the University of ofPennsylyana,


CAN BE FOUND AT HIS
Private Medical Office and Hospital,


NO. 751 CLAY STREET
Oh posite the southwest corner of the Plaza


SAN FRANCISCO,
Year: 1862

We understand that the conscripton law has
had immediate effect in Western Virginia and East
Tennessee in this manner: The Union men are fly
ing into Kentucky in squads to escape being
''roped in" Good riddance, and there will be the
most forage and provisions for good men and good
mems horses. We hope the whole borders OF the
country will be purged Of this bad element.


lien
Year: 1862

Quit not certainty for hope.


Never meet sorrow half way


Honesty is the best policy.


Poor freedom is better than rich slavery.


A FOOLS heart is ever dancing on his lips


We see pride in everybody but ourselves.


Discretion of speech is better than eloquen"e


Chains are chains, though they be made OF
gold


He who turns from evil habits does himself
good turn.


Counsel that favors our desires needs care
ful watching. .r...


Money, like manure, does no good until it
is well spread.


When You have no observer. be watchful
over yourself.


God gives every bird its food, but does not
throw it into the nest.


In courting three hard sqneezes are better
than fifty soft words.


Sweetering ones coffee is generally the
first stirring event of the day.


An unlucky word dropped from the tongne,
cannot be brought back by a coach and six.
We sever what God has Joined, and so de-
stroy beauty and lose hold of truth.


At what point do armies generally enter
hostile cities? At the point of the bayonet.


Self-depreciation is not humility, though
often mistaken for it. Its source is oftener
mortified pride.


Many who think Dogenes great fool for
living in a tnb, are very proud Of living in a
pale-tne pale Of good society.


To suppress the truth may now and then
be our duty to others; not to utter ftlSchood
must always be our duty to ourselves.


Many papers give the dying words of great
men, bat none of them are so touching and
beautiful as the hast words of the old school.
master


''It is growing dark school may be dis
miSsed."


Down to tho gates of an unseen world he
carried the love and regard of the children he
had trained. Itwas his last kind dismissal
in this world of schooling.
Year: 1862


TO be restored to its author:1 u
Oh the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and earth below
Over the house-tops. over the streets,
Over the heads of the people you iDettt


Dancing.


Flirting


, Skimm;ng along;
Beautiful srow il can do no wrong,
Flying to kiss fair laay's CHEEK,
Clingng TO lips in frolicksome freak,
Beautiful snow from the heaven above,
Pure as an angel, gentle as love
Oh the snow, the beautiful snow,
How the flakes gather aud laugh as they go
Whrling about in its maddening fun,
It plays in its glee with every one,


Chasing,


Laughing,


Hurrying by:
1t lights on the face and it sparkles the eye
And even the dogs, with bark and bound
Snap ut the CRYSTALS that eddy around
The town is alive. and its heart in glow
To welcome the coming of beautiful snowl
How the wild crowd goes swaying along
Fiailing each other with humor and song
How the gay sledges, like meteors flash by
Bright for the moment, then lost to the eye


Ringing.


Swinging,


Dashing they 60,
Over the crust of the beautiful snow
Snow so pure when it falls from he SKY,
To be trampled INN by the crowd rushing by
To be trampled and tracked BY the thousands


of feet
Tillit blends with the filth the horrible street
Once | was pure as the snow--but fell
Fell like the snow fakes from heaven to hell
Fell 10 be tramped as filth of the street.
Fell 10 be scoffed, to be spit on and beat;


Pleading


Cursing.


Dreading to die,
Selling nv soul to whoever would buy,
Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread,
Hating the living and fearing the dead
Merciful God have fallen so low
And vet was on,e like the beautiful snow.
Once / was fair as the beautiful snow,
With an eye like its CRYSTAL, heart like lis


glow
Once. / was loved for my innocent grace
Flattcred and sought for the charms Of my face


Father, .
Mother,


Sisters. all,
God and myself, have lost by m, fall;
:he yerest wretch that goes shirering by,
Will take wide sweep lest wander too nigh
Fur all that is in or above me, know.
There is nothing that's pure as the beautiful
snow.
How strange it she'd be that this beautiful snow
hould fall on a SINNER with nowhere to go
How strange it should be when the night


comes again,
Ifthe snow and theice struck mydesp pirate brair


Painting.


Freezing,


Dying alone.
Too wicked for prayer. too weak for moan
To be heard in the crazy town,
Gone mad in the jov Of the snow coming down
To lie and to die in my terrible woe,
With n bed and shroud Of the beautiful snow
Year: 1862

There is moral in tn, beautiful snow
and the following paraphrase We find in an
exchange, without name and without a
credit. 1t is worthy master hand, and ought
TO be restored to its author: u
Year: 1862

1t keeps our homesteads in good heart
For beautiful variety no crop can be com
pared with this. Here is not merely the
plain yellow of the grains, but nearly all
the colors that we know, the brightest
blue not excepted. The earIy-blushing
maple, the poison sumach blazing its sins
as scarlet, tke mulberry, ash, backs are
painted like those Of sheep. The frost
touches them, or jarring of earth's axel,
see in what showers they come floating
down. The ground is all parti-eolOred
with them. But they still live in the soil,
whose fertility and bulk they increase, and
in the forest that springs from it. They
stoop to rise, to mount higher in coming
years, by subtle chemistry climbing by the
sap in the trees, and the sapling's first
fruits thus shed, transmitted at last may
adern its crown, when, in after years, ii
has become the monarch of the forest II
is pleasant to walk over the beds Of these
fresh, crisp and rustling leaves. How
beautifully they go to their gravesl how
gently lay themselves down and turn to
mouldl painted of thousand hues and


fit to make the beds of us living. So they
troop to their last resting place, light and
frisky. They put on no weeds, but mer-
rily they 60 seampering over the earth


selecting the spot, choosing lot, order
ing no iron fence, whispering all through
the woOds-some choosing the spot where
the bodies of men are mouldering beneath


and meeting them half way. How many
autterings before they rest quietly in their
graves! They that scared so loftily, how
coutentedly they return to dust again


and are laid low, resigned to lie and de-
cay at the foot Of the tree, and afford
nOurishment to new generations of then
kind, as well as to futter on high! They
teach us how to die. One wonders if the
time will ever come when men, with then
boasted faith in Immortality, will lie down
as gracefully and as ripe with such an
Indian summer serenity viii shed theil
bodies, as they do their hair and nails


When the leaves fall the whole earth is q
cemetery pleasant to walk in. 1 love tc
wander and muse over them in theil
groves. Here are no lying nor vain cpl
taphs. What though you own no lot al
Mount AuBurnI your lot is surely cast
somewhere in this vast cemetery, which
has been consecrated from of cid. You
need attend no auction to secure a place.
There is room enough here. The loose
strife shall bloom, and the huekleberry-
bird sing over your bones. The wood
man and hunter shall be your sections,
and the children shall tread upon the
borders as much as they viii. Let us
walk in the cemetery of the leaves-this
Is your true Greenwood Cemetery.
Year: 1862




How they are mixed up, Of al species
oak and maple, and chestnut and birch
But nature is not cluttered with them
she is perfect husbandman; she stores
them all. Consider what a vast crop is
thus annually shed on the earth. This,
more than any mere grain or seed, Is the
gEsst harvest Of the year. The trees are
now repaying the earth with interest, what
they have taken from it. They are dis
counting. They are about to add leafs
thickness to the depth of she soil. This
is the beautiful way in which nature gets
her muck, while 1 chatter with this man
and that, who talks to me about sulphur,
and the cost Of earting. We are all the
richer for their decay. I an more inter
ested in this crop than in the English
grass alone, or in the corn. It prepares
the virgin mould for future eOrn-felds
and forests, on which the earth fattens.
Year: 1862

DEC11vEs.-Gen. Mcclellan declining the
hospitalities of The city Of New York, ten
dered him by the City Council, in a neat let
ter says: At any other time would CRATE
fully accept thu proposed honor, but I DO not
feel that It would be right for me to do so
while 50 many Of my former comrades are
enduring the privations Of war, and perhaps
sacrificing their lives for our country"
Year: 1862

THE peace Of society dependeth on justice,
the happiness Of individuals on the certain
enjoyment Of all their possessions.


Keep the desires of thy heart, therefore,
within the bounds of moderation; let the hand
ofjnstice lead them Alright


Cast not an evil eye on the goods of thy
neighbor; let what ever is his property be sa-
cred from thy touch.


Let no temptation allure, nor any provoca-
ton excite thee to lift up thy hand to the haz-
ard of his life.


Defame him not in his character; bear no
false witness against him.


Corrupt not his servant to cheat or forsake
him; and the wife of his bosom; o tempt not
to sin.


1t will be grief to his heart, which thou
canst not relieve; an injury to his life, which
no reparation can atone.


In thy dealings with man be impartial and
just; and do unto them as thou wouldst they
should do unto thee.


Be faithful to thy trust; and deceive not the
man that relieth upon thee: be assured it is
less evil in the sight of God to steal, than to
betray.


Cypress not the poor; and defraud not o,
his hire the labOring man.


When thou selIest for gain, hear the whis-
perings of conscience; nor from the ignorance
of the buyer make advantage to himself


Pay the debts which thou owest; for he who
gave thee credit. relied upon thy honor; and
to withhold from him his due is both mean and
unjust.


Finally o son ofsociety examine thy heart
call remembrance to thy aid, aud, if in any of
these things thou fndest thou hast transgres-
sed take sorrow or shame to thyself and make
speedy reparation to the utmost OF thy power
Year: 1862

RATHER racy is the following incident of
life on the cars as related by clever letter


writer:


Near at hand was a gentlemen Of a nervous
temperament and excitable disposition, who
was guilty Of the egregious folly of endeavor-
ing to transport safely new and glossy silk
tie, more commonly denominated plug"
hat, and which, through fear its shining sur
face might be rufIed, he had carried in his
hand for a considerable number Of miles. The
hat was carefully wrapped III paper and de-
posted in what was deemed a safe place,
where none would be apt to steal or molest
it The gentlemen retired. Morning came,
and his hat was no where discernable. After
searching long and anxiously, it was at last
discovered ia the rear of the car, with brake
man standing upon it gazing intently out of
the window at the beauties of the scenery as
the glorious rays Of the morning sun darted
up from behind the eastern horizon.


The gentleman was angry-not to say mad.
With a frantic rush at the offending employee,
which nearly upset that individuals equiibri-
um, he seized the once shining but now di-
lapidated hat, and holding it aloh exclaimed:
" How dare you, how dare you, sir, say,
stand with your boots on my hatY' The
employee glanced first at the gentleman whose
property had injured, next at the hat, which
looked like tin kettle after haveine passed
through charaUavi and lastly at the boots
which had done the deed, then slowly drawled
out, "give yourself no uneasiness sir; the
boots are old ones and don't think it has
hurt'em anyl "Crushed again" grOaned
the injured one, as he settled down in his seat
with look of agony which would have made
the fortune of any play actor who could sue
cessfully have initiated it,
Year: 1862




TIE Hon. Mr. Latham the Democratic
United States Senator from California, utter
ed lately in that body the following noble
sentiment, which every true patriot will in
dOrse through out the length and breadth Of
the land He said: 81 shall stand by the
Constitution and the laws. While the auth
orized Government of the United States fol-
lows that Constitution and those laws, it will
have the sympathies of the civilized world.
Without such obedience it can not triumph
Even as in the darkest night the mariner
trusts implicitly and strictly to the unerring
pointing of the needle upon the dial of his
compass, so should we, in this hour of our Re-
public's mortal agony to the chart Of our
liberties, as prescribed in the Constitution of
our fathers. So doing, we should triumph,
as surely as the night succeeds the day'-we
must triumph. But sir, forsaking this our
chart and map, we shall, fear, too soon be
in the deepest current of that dark and turbid
stream that has rolled through all time, bear
ing downward the successive nations OF the
earth to the great sea Of oblivion, to be for
gotten forever and forever"
Year: 1862

The firing of mortar is the very poetry ol
a battle. a bag of powder weighing from
eighteen to twenty pounds is dropped into


the bore OF the huge monster. The derrick
drops the shell in; the angle is calculated; a
long cord is attached to the primer; the gum
ner steps out upon the platform, and the bal
ance of the crew upon the shore. The Cap
tain gives the word, the gunner gives his cord
a sudden jerk, crash like thousand thun-
ders follows, tongue of fame leapes from
the mouth of the mortar, and column Of
smoke rolls up in beautiful feecy spirals, de-
veloping into rings Of exquisite proportions.
You can see the shell as it leaves the mortar
flying through the air, apparently no larger
than a marble. The next you see Of the shell
a beautiful cloud of smoke bursts into sight,
caused by the explosion. Imagine ten Of these
monsters laundering at once, the air filed
with smoke clouds, the gunboats belching out
destruction and completely hidden from sight
in the whirls of smoke, the shell screaming
through the air with an unearthly sound, and
the distant guns Of the enemy sending their
solid shot and shell above and around US,
dashing the water up in glistening columns
and jets OF spray, and you have the sublime
poetry Of war.
Year: 1862

Then another regiment and another battery


wheeled into position until thirty pieces Of


artillery, each about fifteen or twenty PAGES


from the other were in a continuous line,


with infantry lying down in front Each


piece opened fire as it came in position. The


fire of the entire line was directed so as to
silence battery after battery of the enemy.


Such a terrible fre no human courrge could
stand. The crowded ranks of the enemy
were decin1ated, their horses shot at their
guns, large trees literally demolished; but the
rebels stood bravely to their post For two
hours and ten minutes did Sigers iron hail
fall thick as autumn leaves, furious as the ava
lanche, deadly as the simeon. One by one
the rebel pieces ceased to play. Onward
crept our infantry. Onward came Sigel and
his terrible guns. Shorter and shorter be-
came the range. No charge Of theirs could
face that iron hail, or dare to venture on that
campact line of bayonets. They turned and
fled. Again Sigel advanced his line, making
another partial change of front Then came
the order to charge the enemy in the woods,
and those brave boys who had lain for hours
with the hail and shell of the enemy falling
upon them, and the cannon of Sigel playing
over them, rose up and dressed their ranks
as if it were but an evening parade, and as
the forward was given, the 25th Illinois NOV
ed in compact line, supported on the left by
the 18th Missouri, acting as sllirmishers, and
on the right by the 22d Indiana. As they
passed into the dense brush they were met
by terrible volley. This was answered by
one as terrible and far more deadly. Volley
followed volley; yet on, and on went that
line of determined men. Steadily they push
ed the rebel force until they gained more op-
en- ground. Here the Confederate forces
broke in confusion and fed. The day was
ours, and the battle OF Pea Ridge was added
to the already long list of triumphs cluster
ing around the old starry flag.
Year: 1862

The Southern Government is all the time
issuing proclamations. It talks too much
We are disposed to say to it as the Inan said
to his wife when she was speaking her part
ing words to him in her last moments
Pooh poohl don't trouble yourself to talk,
but 60 on with your dying"
Year: 1862

son, Davis and not Phillips, Stephens and
notEdmund Quincy, that threw the demon
ip;1he very path Of the National Govern.
ment, and LEFT the people no alternative but
the extinction Of Slavery or the death Of
our experiment Of Self Government;


:: It Is time that Anti-sla7ery agitation
should cease, because it is time that the:
currents should all set in the direction Of re-
!: moving and forever laying at rest tie whole
question: The canvass Is s:over, tie election
is past and the issue gained. Slavery is
dead. Al that remains is the rite Of burial
and the resumption Of national prosperity
in its Old channels freed from whathas been
evG cu1Be Or q blight. The question is q
simple one: The slayeho1ders are il re-
be1lion against the Government. !: Their
movement, their monsHous attempt does not
include one man North or South, nor one


journal, whether 1t be the Chicago Times or
Charleston Mertu1y that Is: not 3 lover of
slavery. j No one syn1pathizes with the,
movement that is not an admirer Of the
institution that puts the image Of God on
the suction block and sells: :Womanhood, in
the market Of lust. Can there be doubt
which must 60 down when lis Slavery
against the Union:. To- doubt would
belong to those. who love Slavery
better than the Union :. It.: Is true,
then, that agitation should cease,
that honest minded men should be ranged
on the same side with the. alacrity with
which our volunteers sprang into line when
it was Washington in danger and Cairo
to be occupied. Agitation should cease
because doubt should cease There are not
room for two opinions. Tt must be all
slave o.. all free" Can there be an honest
doubt which should triumph, freedom or
slavery, the institution that elevates all
races, or that which selects a chosen few
from favored race and leaves the rest poor
whites, and black slaves?
Year: 1862

W The Wisconsin Legislature gets dis
eouraged in view Of thek knottT question raised
by the late Supreme Court decision, and mem
bers want to adjou1n until June and take a
special session for it,
Year: 1862

B Floyd said some time ago that he
would give his last drop Of blood to cement
the South. The La Crosse Democrat thinks
he concluded to save lis cement when he
found that Foote had so much mortar.
Year: 1862

The PRESIDENT AT THE WASHINGTON WAR
MEErNG.-T papers yesterday did not say
much of the presidents speech at the war
meeting in Washington. The New York
Evening Post, however, has the following =


''Mr Lincoln is not man of forms he
is not apt to do things as others do them, but
he does nothing thoughtlessly, and when he
departs from precedents so far as to take his
seat on the platform at a public meeting, we
have right to infer his deep Synpathies in
the objects of the asSemblage. His speech, it
Is true, amounted to little, relating it did to
some old and forgotten controversy about the
merits of the secretary Of war and Gen. Nc
Clellan, concerning either of whom personally
nobody out of their respective families cares
pin, and could well have been omitted for
a few words of hearty appeal to the patriot
ism of the nation; but his presence was the
great fact of the occasion. 1t lent the cOun-
tenance and support of the chief magistrate
to the proceedings, and showed very clearly
to what kind Of talk and action his own inte-
rior sympathies inclined. He will be loved all
the more for putting himself in this diHect
relation to the people, and he will be also
great deal wiser than he is, if he will take
his inspirations Immediately from the popular
heart rather than from the institutions of
cOwardly, corrupt, or etfete politicians
Grand, useful, inspiring words were uttered
in his presence last night, and it is gratifying
to know that ne listened to them not only
with attention, but with evident eagerness
and pleasure"