VOLUME 1.
The American Citizen.
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Desperate Measures,
The Robe! Congress have passed three
acts in secret session, which, as the New
York Tribune remarks, are as good evi
dence of the condition of the Retallion
as was supplied by the address to
pic of the Confederacy which the same
CongrciS adopted before its adjournment. 1
A Confederacy which is forced to sum- :
moil into the field every man between 17 .
and f>!t, to lay a tax on capital equal, and j
and in many cases superior, to its probable !
income, and to repudiate a currency of!
which ?700,000,li';)0 arc in the hands of j
the people, is about as near the-bottom as I
it can be before the final crash comes.
We state the provisions of the-0 acts |
generally in a single sentence, but there :
is not much qulification to be made by a I
more exact summary. The Conscription |
bill with its lew exemptions from univer
sal levy has been in substance understood ,
before, though the rebel papers have not, ,
until litcly, been permitted to print it— j
Nobody is exempted unless in the judg- i
men! of the rebel loaders ho can do bet- '
tor service elsewhere th ;ii in the field.— !
All men whom the South ran put into the ,
field, or whom her present masters can
112 irco into the ranks of their armies, will 1
bu there tli.s spring. There is no doubt
whatever that the coming campaign, if'
disastorous to them, will be the last they I
can attempt to carry on in considerable
force.
The t IX bill puts live per cent, OH all
pr portv in "Addition to the heavy texts '
previously imposed. On many description
of personal estate the tax is much henvi- j
er. Oil I. silver, an 1 exchange, pay tax- !
es on their market value in Confederate i
paper—that is, every four or five dollars
of specie is taxed as 1100. Tho'ineome j
tax is ten per cent; additional, like the,
rest; and all taxes arc payable on or be
fore J ttnc 1.
The currency bill is a modification of
Mcmtuingcr's scheme. Treasury notes
are to be fundc 1 in twenty year four per
cent, bonds within six weeks, or must be
thereafter surrendered for new issues, at
the rate of three of the old fortwo of the
new. The §IOO notes, if not funded, |
will bo .taxed 33 per cent., and ten perl
cent, a jAontli subsequently! All notes j
outstanding at the end of the year are i
taxed lUO per cent.—which is a very neat
method indeed of repudiation, and shows j
how far Mr. Jufferson'Davis' genius has'
developed since the days when he swind- j
led the creditors of Mississippi. New six !
per cent, bonds at thirty years are to be j
issue ! to the amouut of 8500,000,000, in- i
tcrest on which is secured by pledge of
the customs receipts—a security which, ;
considering the present condition of the !
blockade, will scarcely be very tempting I
to capitalists. Yet this is the financial !
basis on which the leaders of the rebel j
Confederacy would persuade their sub- i
jects that they mean to carry on a war for j
independence till the resources of the j
United States are exhausted. Who does j
not see the inevitable and near result.
OMISSIONS IN M'CLKLLAN'S REPORT.
General McClellan's official report omits j
all those dispatches that he sent to Wash
ington, and which were published during j
his pursuit of the enemy from Yorktowu. j
One dated May 4th declared with beam
ing confidence : "I kliall push the enemy ;
to the wall." Another to Mr. Stanton,
same date, declares " the enemy's rear 1
is strong, but I have forces enough up I
there to insure all purposes." Mo com- i
plaint here about want of troops. The i
very next dispatch, however, dated j
the next day, when it was apparent he 1
had lost his opportunity, declared that
Johnson's army had made a stand, that
his force was iut'erior, that he would -hold
them in cheek until he could resume his
original plan." Hie dispatch immediate- j
ly prior to this says nothing about the
original plan, and declares: "I am
now satisfied of the correctness of the
pourse I have pursued. The success was
brilliant, and you may rest assured that
its effect will be of the greatest impor
tance. There will be no delay in fol/oic- '
iwj the enemy." Quite a different thing
from holding them in ''cheek."
RMA, " MR. TIMES, how do you
keep your books?" '*J3y double
entry."
"Double entry; how's that?"
"Easy enough. I make one entry
and father makes another."
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
J From the Pittsburgh OomUc.
The Crisis and the Chango.
. | It i- more than gratifying to all whobe
■ i lieve that in tracing the cause of tb'.sWar
< wc find »".:ler various pretexts it originat
ed in the curse of slavery, to see thcread
> iness with which so many of our political
opponents now admit that the peculiar in
' stitution is at the bottom of all our trou-
J blcs. Within the past six months we have
\ found very many, who were wont to hint
) ; at the abolition tendencies of the North
■ j as justification for Southern outrages, cx
j pressing a very different belief. Tbous
; and- upon thousands have overcome their
prejudices, buried their partisanship be
| neath their patriotic impulses, and are now
| unmindful of slavery and indifferent to its
I fate. Others go a step farther and express
; the hope that slavery will be wiped out. —
They sec, as the war has developed the
skeleton, that, sad and painful as have been
tho results of the strife, thoday of rebell- j
j ion could only have been postponed, whore j
men became tainted, corrupt, and over-1
1 reaching by their connection with a sys- :
i temof involuntary, labor, which implanted i
j in their hearts a contempt fir honest in
| dustry, and a hatred for a race of men who I
developed a new country, and added new j
States so rapidly to tho Union, that they i
' saw the power, which they had wrongfully j
I exerted, slipping so rapidly from their ]
I irrasp that they read the handwriting on |
i the wall-which predicted their fate. The i
j Southerns arc better politicians than the J
| Northerners, for they make politics a pro- j
i lesion, and they knew before wcwereawaro )
if it tho inevitable tendency of our sur- (
prising growth.
The day for threatening the North had
pas-od. A new race of unterrifiod states- ,
men had come forward. The game of ras- '
eality which bad been attempted in Kan
sas. failed, and, unwilling to sec their in- j
1 stitutioii decay unwilling to admit that the
time had come for the North to offer no
I more guarantees to a corrupt system, they !
attempted to develop the grand hope which
had for years been so carefully nurtured
at the South as the dernier resort, and
sought to weaken the Union by dividing |
■ its territory and creating for themselves a J
confederacy in name, but in reality a do- !
main whore there should be a privileged i
class, which would soon have ripened into
j a despotism.
i It is gratifying to hear of the indiffer
ence which is felt by those, who have all
i their lives been members of the great •'con
servative" parties in regard to this dispu
ted point. It is more than gratifying to
: hear tho outspoken words of men who
| have been slow to see the truth, but, hav
ing found it. now express, regardless of j
I the sneers of those «ho arc still blind,
I their candid convictions that no permanent
i peace can be secured, no glorious future of
j this country can be expected, until there j
is no task-maker holding the whip over a
i single human being on the soil which is i
i protected by ouv flag.
This harmony of thought is worth, in
j its moral effect, almost an army of men. I
j The leaders at the South know this change \
jin public opinion. A year ago there was
I a diversity of opinion, and men who to
day endorse the Emancipation Proclama-
J tion of President Lincoln were then openly
opposed to it. They adopt it, in one sense,
| as a war measure, but the justice of this j
decree is, in reality, chief element !
which is appealing to the understanding
i of the thinkingmen of all political creeds. |
j The negroes have shown themselves wor
! thy of our sympathy, and they have sac- |
; rificed their lives willingly that their race I
might be elevated, and hence it is that
thousands, who thought them fit to
i be boot-blacks, now readily recognize in j
them the germs which are capable of de- !
| vclopmcnt. It is an inherent trait in the j
| American character that, as a people, we |
are ready to give everybody what we call
I "'a fair show." We sympathise with for
eign nations which are oppressed, because
! they are not having a ' fair show," and to- !
| day we are forgetting the color of men in !
j our respect for their deeds.
The proclamation which gave freedom \
to four millions of slaves, and dignity to j
\ every white man in this country, has pass- !
jed its first birthday. The eveuts of the 1
year have given it a significance which is 1
felt moreTieavily at Richmond than at
j Washington. It has been endorsed by
: million-, and it cannot be protested while
jwe exist as a nation. It is the harpoon
which has buried itself in the leviathan, j
and must prove fatal. We only require 1
men enough toman the rope,sailors enough
toman the boats till the monster, rising !
and falling, spouting blood and creating
an ocean of foam, as if life was inex
haustible, shall at last float lifeless along- :
side of the old Ship of State.
'• Irrevocable Iho mighty urorUa, B« FILIL'.
Th» lami Hhaktw with them, and tho bIAVC'm dull ear
Turn* from (ho rice snump stealthily to bcur.
W ho wou'd recall them BOW muat first arrest
Tho wiudri that blow down from the free Northwest."
JMF'Over 12,000 negroes have alrcndy j
enlisted in Tennessee. Kulistmeuts in
' the middle district average perweek
" Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand it"— A - LINCOLN
BUTLER', BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1364.
Trie War in the Duchies.
It i3 Fully confirmed that the. Danes had
retreated from Schleswig, evacuated the
Dannewerke, and blown up the works at
Missunde. A Copenhagen telegram say«:
" The news that the Danish army, by
order of the Commander-in-Chief, had
evacuated the Dannewerke; leaving behind
them the material of war, and retreated to
Duppel, has aroused indescribable indig
nation and excitement in this city. Pub
lic feeling is very much depressed and great
indignation prevails against tho Comman
der-in-Chief."
The Danes, in evacuating the Danne
werke, left sixty heavy pieces of artillery
behind them ; and after evacuating Schles
wig retreated towards Flensburg, the Aus
trians following in pursuit.
On the 6th instant an engagement took
place near Overdo® between tho Danish
and Austrian troops. The Austrian^,com
manded by General Gabion?,, completely
defeated the Danes after a desperate resist
ance. Col. Prince William of Wurtem
berg and a Lieutenant Colonel were se
verely wounded. Two hundred prisoners
and six guns of heavy calibre, with a por
tion of the ammunition ond baggage
trains, were taken by the Austriaus.—
Overseer, near which place the battle was
fought, is situated between Schleswig and
Flensburg, but nearer to tho latter town.
A telegram from Kiel, dated on the night
of tho 7th,says: "The Danes are evacuating
the Duchy of Schleswig,and arc retreating
in f'nll haste to Jutland. An armistice is
expected daily."
The following is the Danish account of
tho retreat:
" Overcome by the fatigue of five days'
constant duty, the Danish army, giving
way to superior force, retreated to Duppel,
on reaching which place the cavalry took a
northerly direction, the enemy bcing'con
tinualy in pursuit. Several engagements
took place, and the Danish losses were con
siderable. It was the intention of the
Danish commanded before evacuating
S. hie wig to blow up the cai*leof Gottarp
ami set fire to the magazine—but having
received orders to spare the King's birth
place, neither were carried into execu
tion."
The excitement in Copenhagen continued
on the 7th and Bth, ami the Danish Com
linndci -in-('hief. General de Mcfta.and the
chief of the staff, had been recalled. At
an extraordinary sitting of the Danish
Uigsraad. the President of the Council said
that the Kingwasnot instrumental in the
retreat of the army;that the proceedings
of the Commandcr-in Chief were inexpli
cable, and that he bad therefore been re
called.
The Paris France says :
"Great excitement cxistsat Copenhagen
among the maritime population and the
workmen at tho arsenal, all of whom de
mand to lie led to bat tle. A powerful squad
ron is fittiugout. Two screw frigates have
left Copenhagen for tho island of Alsen
to support the movements of the Danish
army."
THE UNION REACTION* IN* NORTH
CAROLINA. —From late Southern papers
it appears that the Union movements in
North Carolina are rapidly spreading.—
The Wilmington .four/nil of tho 15th.
treats at length on the agitation in North
Carolina. It says : ' The agitation com
menced as soon as the State of North
Carolina seceded—but we say here that
we only state what we know, when wc af
firm that the movements now endeavor
ing to be made in North Carolina, are the
cause of the deepest apprehension, not
simply in Richmond, but throughout the
Confederacy—not simply in official cir
cles, but in the army and among the peo
ple. They discourage our brave defen
ders ; they encourage our ruthless assail
ants."
The Raleigh Standard of the 12th
the proceedings of meetings held
in Johnston, llutherford, Chatham, Wake
Cabarras, Moore, Revard, Transylvania,
Rockingham counties. Resolutions were
passed at the meetings, calling upon
the Legislature to submit the question of
a convention to the people. The Govern
or is also called upon to take measures to
have a convention called. The meetings
all breathe a spirit of defiance toward the
Davis Government, and are decidedly in
earnest in asserting their State rights.
BQf The schooner Kent was seized one
day #*t week in the Chesapeake Bay,and
a large mail taken from her. Reside the
mail, a lot of goods was found on board for
Dixie, among which was a small package
for Gen. Winder, Provost Marshal Gener
al, Richmond, with a number of excel
lent luatps of tho harbor of Charleston,
and other important points of military in
terest. Reside the above, the captors dis
covered a deposit of gun caps, mil'tary
braid, drugs, &c., which had been left on
the roadside by a blockade runner. The
lot of goods that were packed consisted of
the Rlue Book and a number of copies of
The Army and Kav;/ Gazette of theUnitcd
States.
Yesterday afternoon the Presi
dent issued an order assigning Gen
Sigel to the command in West Vir
ginia, and relieving Gen. Kelly. It
is hoped *hat hereafter we shall have
fewer of tho guerrilla raids in that
Department, which have been lately
harrassing th** border.
I ivm the New Yuik Pott.
BATTLE WORN BANNERS
BY BLfJAMtX.
I taw th« aoMlcri come today
From Imttle-ftuhl nffir;
No conqueror rode before tlielr way
On 111* ti huuj.hal car.
Bui captains, like U)»ms»lvQ«, on foot
And banners sadly turn,
All grandly eloquent, though uiuto,
In prido and Ktory l orue.
Tho*e banners, soiled with dirt and smoke,
And rent by shot and shell,
That through the sen led phalanx broke—
What terrors thny could tell!
What tales of sudden pain and death
In every cannon's boon,
Wlieu even the bravest held his breath
And waited fjt his doom.
By hands of steel these flags were waved
Abuve the carnage dire.
Almost destroyed, yet always saved,
'Mid battlo clouds and lire.
Though down at times, still up they rose
And kissed the breeze again,
Dread tokens to the lebel toes
Of true and loyal men.
And here the true and loyal still
Those fatuous banners bear i.
The bugles Wind, the ftfes blow shrill,
And chub tile cymbals, where
With decimated ranks they coirfe,
And through the crowded stroet
March to the beating of the drum
With nrm though weary feet.
God bless the soldiers! cry the folk
Whose rlieorof welcome swell;
God bless the banners, black with smoka
And torn bv shot and shell!
They shoqid he hung on sacred sl.ap,
Baptised with grateful teat s.
And live embalmed til poalry a * lines
Through all succeeding years.
No grander trophies could ho brought
Bv patriot aire to son,
01 glorious battles nobly fought,
llrave dee-is sublimely done.
And so.lu day, I chanced with pride
And solemn joy to SCO
Those remnants from the bloody tido
pi victory!
WIT WIBDOI.
MODESTY and- talents make a slim cap
ital on which to make a fortune.
THE three greatest conquorers in the
world are Love, Death, and Fashion.
A nil EN I) that you buy with presents,
will be bought from you.
1/ KINDNESS to otlieyi, generally insures
kindness in return.
IT is not easy to straighten in the oak
the crook that grew in the sapling.
WHY is a vine like a soldier ? ' Kasc it
is trained—has tendrils—and it shoots.
THE more wo help others to hear their
burdens the lighter our own will be.
'• OVERCOME evil with good," as the
Lgeinleman said when lie knocked down a
burglar with the family Bible.
IN the opinion of too many, a mean
man is one who has a small income and
lives within it.
THE man who " kept his word," gave
K-rioii offence to Webster, who wauled it
for his dictionary.
AUK there any madmen among the
Arabs? Of coursft not; they all lead a
no-mud ic life.
WllY are hoops like obstinate men?
Because tlicy often stand out about tri
fles.
" 31 v * *s. but IM like to make a at
some nice gill in thi*§ anil her. The
scene would be without a ||."
1 DON'T bluine "Prince Alfred," said
Mrs. Partington, "for not wanting to take
the Throne of Greece; he'd slip off as
sure as you live."
WHY is a newspaper like a tooth brush?
D'ye give it up ? Because everybody
should have one of his own and not bor
row his neighbor's.
IF a man who makes a deposition is a
depositor, does it necessarily follow that
the man who makes an allegation is an
alligator ?
THE editor of the Albany Transcript,
says that the New York Day Book, is set
up entirely by girls, and adds that he
should like to set up with them.
AUTEMDS WARD has turned out poet
Hear him :
* Uncle Jim he-climb a tree
For to see
What ho could *ce."
THE following is said to be a true copy
of a shoemaker's bill, received by a gen
tlemAn in a neighboring town, whose fam
ily consists of four or five daughters.
Mr. , Dr. to J. S .
To souling Mis Mary, 81 22
To stamping and welting Susan, 25
To binding and closing Ellen, 13
To putting a few stitches in Jane, 6
A RECIIUTTINO officer whispered to a
sweet rosy-checked damsel, as she was put
ting on her bonnet at the close of a quilt
ing party : —'• Will you allow me, Miss to
accompany you home ?" "No sir, I'm
eugaged," said she in a loud tone, so as
to give notoriety to the transaction.
" You miss it most prodigiously," said
the military wag, '■ for I have got both
p«kets chock full of gingerbread."
A LONG NAME. —" I wantsch to scbip
in the Lucilla," said a Dutchman to the
clerk in a shipping office.
'■ Well," said the clerk, pen in hand,
" what's your name ?"
" It is Hans Vanansmahanderdannsev
aneymenßeymitcniensrhieupklutmitdeseh
upvilhdayomp !" said Dutehy gravely spit
ting out his old quid, and taking in a fiesh
oue.
"Heavens!" said the astonished clerk,
" I can't write that. Look here, mister,
what is it in English—do you know ?"
" Yaer Ich dtxjs. It is von Smidt!"
Clerk fainted
•
War News.
St. JOHN, Feb. 24.—The Police
Magistrate delivere ljudgment to-day
in tho Chesapeake case, ordering
that the prisoners be committed _io
jail for surrender to the United States
authorities. lie said that tho evi
dence for the prosecution discloses
that the prisoners and other parties
captured the steamer Chesapeake.
It was the work of cowards and vil
lains. The master of a vessel must
have unfettered authority, and obedi
ence from his crew and passengers.
The evidence on tho part of the de
fense discloses the fact that there is a
terrible civil war raging in the
United States. The only authority
given for the seizure of the Chesa
peake is that given by John Parker,
and he had no power to give commis
sions to other parties. There was
no authority given in tho letter of
marquo to Parker to transfer his
power to another. The magistrate
would find nojustifieation for the seiz
ure of the Chesapeake. It was ani
mo furandi non furie belli. It was
piracy, robbery and murder. It was
justifiable by the United Stats courts,
and a case within the Extradition
Treaty. Application will be made for
a writ of habeas corpus, so as to bring
the case before the Supreme Court.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2G.—Tho In
quirer has tho following special, da
ted Nashville, Feb. 25th:
Our army is now in front of Dalton,
Oa, and will probably occupy the
town to-night, Tunnel Hill was car
ried this morning, after considerable
skirmishing.
Scouts who arrived at Gen. Grant's
headquarters this morning, say that
Gen. Sherman has struck tho Mobile
and Ohio railroad.
Gen. Sherman has cut the rebel
Polk's nrmy in the centre,and both
wings aro running away indifferent
directions.
There is a tremendous rebel caval
.ry force in Gen. Sherman's rear, but
no apprehensions are 112 It for a Feder
al disaster.
Gen. Sherman lives upon thecoun
try, which it is stated abounds in stores
of all kinds.
There is a great excitement in
Montgomery, Ala., and the people
are much frightened at the approach
of Sherman's force.
Gen. Grant's scouts also report
that a heavy attack on the forts at
Mobile was in full operation, but
with what success could not be leared.
Gen. Longstreet's forces are back
again at their*old quarters.
NASHVILLE, Feb. 27, 1804. —The
following news from rebel papers of
the 17th to the 22d inst. have just
been received.
The Sclina reporter says: Stone
man was on tho Railroad 30 miles
east of Meridian, on the 17th.
Polk has retreated across the river
at Demopolis, to decoy Sherman ac
cross, when he would offer battle.
The Atlanta Appeal says: Sher
man's purposes are still a mystery as
to whether he will move against Mo
bile, or turn eastward. Sherman is
in the very Egypt of the Confederacy,
where, if not ejected, ho can sub
sist till Spring, and do more damage
than by winning a pitched battle,
lie is making war on our subsistence
and resources, which to destroy, is to
defeat us. It further says: Sherman
marches in a solid body, with artillery
in his front and rear, and on his flanks,
and his cavalry is elose under his
guns. Not a man is allowed to leave
far enough to steal a chicken or pig.
The rebel cavalry are hovering around
him, but are unable »to harrass him
greatly. The utmost consternation
prevails,, ami citizens are invoked to
arms to repel invasions.
The recent fire at Dalton. destoved
considerable commissary goods.
Tho rebel Congress "suspended the
writ of habeas corpus.
RE-ENLISTMENT OF VETERANS IN*
THE POTOMAC ARMY.—TheWashing
ton Star says: We hear that out of
thirty thousand veterans of our Army
of the Potomac whose term of service
«ill expire within the next nine
months, at least twenty five thousand
have already re-enlisted, with a fair
prospect that nearly all the rest will
do so before the periods for their dis
charge under their present enlist
ments shall arrive.
We further learn that of the six
thousand veterans of this same army
who have of late gone home on fur
lough, five thousand live hundred have
already returned to duty, their fur
loughs having expired. There is no
reason to doubt that the remainder
will be quite as prompt to return.
We mention those facts as illustra
tive of the capital spirit that animates
the veterans of tho armies of the
Union in view of the work in hand for
the now so rapidly approaching spring
campaign.
Iteir Lard from a hog not over a vaar
old is the best and should be hard and
white.
Great Alarm of the Rebels.
i The following is from tho Nashville
! Union of the 21st:
"Mr Win. McGee, who resides in the
vicinity of Montgomery, Ala., arrived in
this city yesterday, having left home on
the 12th inst.
" lie repeats the story of alleged dis
content, and avers that there exist thro'-
I out Central Alabama, and he believes thro'-
out the South, secret Union organizations,
I which will be hoard from at the proper
I time ; and tho voice raisod will be uo fee
ble one. *
" He represents that tho utmost eon
i sternation prevails among leading seces
sionists; they are between several fires;
I they dread tho advance of the Union ar
■ mics, yet they distrust tho masses of the
people, and are unwillingto rely upon theui
j if the few who have escaped conscription
I were called out.
"It was impossible, Mr. McO.ee says, to
! ascertain the real whereabouts of tho ad
| vancing columns of Sherman and Smith ;
j the wildest imaginable rumors were rife,
each gaining curreucy for the moment, but
only to give place to others, of a contra
dictory yet equally absurd character.
" Stewart's division, which had been de
i tnchod from Johnson's command, had been
| sent to reinforce Mobile, making the gar
| rison about 7,500 men. lireckenridgehad
returned to within supporting distance of
; Johnston, as a sort of eorjw of obscrva-
I tion, while Polk, with about 18,000 isstu
| how to best escapo Sherman.—
j Whether lie will retreat to Mobile, or to
Sclma, was an unsettled question, so far
I as the outside public is coflccrncd.
" Tho only trouble Sherman need ap
prehend, Mr. McGee thinks will be from
guerrilla parties. As to supplies, green
! backs or government vouchers will bring
I all that are needed ; there aro plenty of
j provisions in tho country, but it is nearly
all secreted from the rebel impressment
parties; and the farmers are resolved to
raise nothing more till the arrival of the
j Union armies shall insure them protection
I and a valuable consideration for their pro
( duce. A five dollar gold piece, our inform-
I ant says, would purchase live hundred dol
lars in Confederate currency, almost any-
I where—so worthless has the latter become;
j und leu dollars in greenbacks would do
i iho same, despite legislation on the sub
! ject."
DESKHTIONOI OKSEKAJ,LI K'SOHDKR-
I.Y. —Among the deserters who came to
our liner, on Wcdiu 'lay, wa: one of Gen
eral Lee's orderlies, who has been on duty
all winter with Lee. His statements are
credited fit the War Department, and he
has been given his liberty and transpor
tation northward. lie sets down Lee's
present force at from twenty to twenty
five thousand men. Most ofjhig army is
now home recruiting. Leo has notified
his flicors that they must be ready in
March to meet the Yankees, who will be
filling up their armies by volunteers.
Jeb. Stuart's cavalry arc about two miles
from Lee's headquarters, and are com
pletely used up. Horses have suffered
during the winter for forage, and many
hare been sent south to wifitcr. They
do not anticipate any movement from
Meade.
The last movement which we made
was communicated to Lee the day before
it was commenced by sece-h citizens,and
the next day additional evidences reached
Lee that it was nothing but a feint, and
Lee at once commenced sendingtroops by
rail to Richmond to head off Gen- Butler
before any of our men had cro -ed the
Rapidan. He expects by March or April
to have GO,OOO men, with whom he will
hold in cheek any advance of our arinv,
or drive it backward to Washington and
again invade Pennsylvania.
BOY AND GIRL RABIES.—A lady, who
has made very close and laborious inves
tigations in the matter, has ascertained
(to her own satisfaction) that amongst good
L'nion parents the births are mostly boys,
while with secession parents the tendency
is decidedly to girls. We know not how
this may be. but the fact has heretofore
been noticed that male births largely pre
dominate in war times. Emerson (Ralph
Waldo ) in a lecture at the Smithsonian,
alluded incidentally to this fact: He said,
"In times of war there is electricity in
the air—male children are born."— \\\uh
ington Star.
I A RADICAL ORGANIZATION IN KEN
TUCKY—A meeting of Kentucky radi
; cats was held in Louisville on the 9th in
i slant, fur the purpose of organizing an
• anti-slaverv party iu that State. Resolu
tions weie adopted approving thu course
of Messrs. Anderson. Clay, Randall and
i Smith in Congress, and establishing reg
i tilations foragraad State organization.—
A committee was appointed to prepare an
j address to the people of the State, and
, another to mak'c atrangernents for the
: freedom Convention to be held in that
| city cn the 22d intrant.
BS~The report is confirmed that
Gren. Sherman has taken Selma., Ala
bama. It is supposed that Montcom
, inery, the capital of Alabama, will b<- '
the next point attacked. Montgom
; mery, is about forty miles east of Sel
tna; Mobile is one hundred and twen
|ty miles south of it. Selma is a
i large town, situated on the Alabama
! river and on a leading Southern rail
road.'
NUMBER 13.
Rules for tho Preservation of Health.
Wash yourself now and then.
Change your inner garments occasion
ally.
Chew your moat; eschew greasy gra
vies.
Don't chew your tobacco.
Drink as little as you choose.
Don't cftt much more than your stom
ach will hold.
Keep your temper.
If a soldier, don't rest upon your lau
rels until they have been well aired.
Avoid falling out about trifles.
Fall out of windows as seldom as pos
sible.
If your constitution requires you to
sleep during the sermon, sco that the sex
ton has an aired uight cap for you and a
hood of hot bricks to put to your foet.
Kelp your mouth shut on dusty days.
Never open your mouth on frosty
weather.
Close your mouth very tight when tho
wind blows from the east.
If your business eompellsyou to gootit
before breakfast, have some breakfast first.
If it is wot underfoot, house your poor
feet.
Beware of tho ice of Summer and tho
snows of Winter.
Do not swollow too mapy telegrams.
Keep out of tho street when gold is
fulling.
If the silver of advancing years is on
your head don't change it for pajxir.
Don't let your circulation slacken, es
pecially if you are a newspaper man
Use tooth-powder instead of gunpow
der.
Neither sleep in hot rooms nor oat mush
rooms.
Live 011 ix nickel cents a day, but don't
earn them as somo wretched speculators
are doing now.
Partake sparingly of wild fowl—par
ticularly of the " canards" that come
from the army.
If you cannot account for tho milk in
the cocoanut, do not hesitate to make free
use of it.
J cvor cat your own word.*, unless yon
art madly desirous of giving an addition
al flavor to the etip of l.ittcint .
.Should your thermometer iuiicuU an
extreme degree of eold or beat, immerse
it in told or hot water, until it arrives at
a proper sense of its duty.
If you arc subject to swelling, wear
kid gloves next to your skin.
tyii" It H said that very nearly one hun
dred arid ten thousand new recruits have
'"■ en fomally mustered into tho servico
since the Ist of November last, and many
more thousaud are known to be enlisted,
although not yet mustered in. The last
two weeks the enlistments at the various
points have averaged one thousand eight
hundred a day. Of the number formally
mustered into the service New York lias
furnished about 16,000, Ohio 16,000 In
diana and Illinois 12,000 each Missouri
about7,ooo, and Pennsylvania tho name
numbor.
NASHVILLE, Feb, J4. —The following,
frotn the Mobile expedition, c'/flies from
official sources- (Jen. Shermrn entered
Jackson. Miss., on the evening of the sth
inst. The enemy offered but little resist
ance, and is supposed to be falling back
over Pearl river. It is believed the reb
els are receiving reinforcements from their
army at Dalton, Georgia.
fife/'Tlic House passed an exceed
ingly important bill to-day extend
ing the bounties to the first of April
to both veterans and volunteers. It
issupposed to foreshadow the effort to
dispense with the draft altogether.
BaJ" The forts in and around Chatta
nooga are nearly all finished, and thq city
presents au animated and business like ap
pearance. The river at that point is being
spanned by a huge bridge, aud two steam
boats will be ready for launching in two
weeks.
fi?*L.The Union members of the
Ohio Legislature, to the number of
sixty-three, had a caucus at Columbus
on Friday evening, when they unani
| monslv reccommended Mr. Lincoln
for re-election. Mr. Chase's friends
were not present.
Legislature of Minnesota has
[ passed a bill to raise the salary of the
! Governor' of the State from $1,400 to
| 52.000.. It has also voted 8500 to the
man that killed Little Crow.
(bJ-Mrs. Lincoln has devoted the sup
ply of flowers fr;m the conservatory of the
White House to the use of the hospital
and Sanitary Fairs. The proceeds of the
sale of bouquets contributed by her 'have
added largely to --he receipts of the Fairs.
Taawiiaw uf-ha sLais. Major
who was same tijße siaae hemrced. with,
the titla and pay of a Major far
ry of her husband has married in
land, a pmate bekmging to tho Forty
\ ninth Now York.
General Park. General
former Chief of Staff, is in coiuwaaU M
Cumberland Gap with a sufficient foro*,
it is s*id. to repel wiv fttrn Loag-
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