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-.establishbd as a refuge from quackery .
The Only Mace Where a Cure Can
be Obtained.
Dll. JOHNSON has discovered: the
moat Certain, Speedy and only Effectual Remedy in
W orld for all Private Diseases. Weakness of the. Back
, r Limbs, Strictures, Affections of the Kidneys
I( . r involuntary Discharges, Impotency, General Debility,
Vrvouiiness, Dyspepsy, Languor, Low Spirits, Confusion
..r MoaH. Palpitation of the Heart, Timidity, Tremblings,
DimQMR of Sight or Giddiness. Disease of the Jlesd,
Throat Nose or Skin, Affections of the Liver, Lnogw.Stom
l( h i.r Bowels— those Terrible disorders arising from the
Military Habits of Youth—those secret and solitary prac
....,.H m ore fatal to their victims than the song of Syrens to
-a- Mariners of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant
or anticipation*, rendering marriage .Ac,, impoasi
YOUNG MEN i
l'«nociallv, who have become the victims of Solitary »ice,
Jtvadful and destuctive habit which annually sweeps
i untimely grave thousands of Young Men of the most
• KlultM talents and brilliant intellect, who might ;other
have entranced listening Senates with the thunders
~M io<fm*nce, or waked to ectasy the living lyre, may call
«jth full confidence. ,
Married Persons, or Young Men cotemplating marriage,
iffinj; aware of physical weakness, organic debility, defor
niilv, Ac., speedily cured. , , •
He who places himself under the care of Dr. J. may re
li-rimiftly confide In his honor us a gentleman, and confix
.■"urlv n lv upon hi* skill as a physician. '
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
Immediately Cured, and full Vigor Restored.
This Distressing Affection—which renders Life miserable
md marriage impossible—is the penalty paid by the
victim* of improper indulgences. Young persons Are to
t<» commit excesses from not being awai e of the dread
ful consequences chat tixay ensue. Now, Who that vtilider
,umls the subject will pretend to deny that the poncer of
[.recreation is lost sooner by those falling into improper
habits than by the prudent? Besides being deprived the
pleasures of healthy offspring, the most serious and de
structive symptoms to both body and mind arise. The
ivstem becomes Deranged, the Physical and Mental Fane
dons Weakened. Los* of Procreative Power, Nervous Irri‘
lability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart. Indigestion,
Constitutional Debility, a Wasting of the Frame, Cough *
Consumption. Decay and Death.
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A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
jVb Mercury or buttons Drugt.
OR. JOHNSON,
Member of the Royal College, of Surgeons, London, Grad
uate from one of the most eminent Colleges in the United
States, and the greater part of Whose life has been spent In
the hospitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia and else
where. has effected some of the most astonishing, cures
that wet's ever known; many troubled with ringing In the
head and ears when asleep, great nervousness;. being
alarmed at sadden sounds, bashful ness, with frequent
blushing, attended sometimes with derangement of mind,
v*re cured immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE-
Dr. J. addresses all those who have injured themselves
by improper Indulgence and solitary habits, whteh min >
both body and mind, unfitting them for either business,
study, society or marriage.
Tarsi are some of the sad and melancholy effects pro
laced by early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the
Back mad Limbs, Pains in the Head, Dimness of Sight,
Los* of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dye*
p*psy, Nervous Irritability, [Derangement of the Diges
tive Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Consump
tion. Ac..
MtXTALLT.— The fearful effect* of the mind are much to
be dreaded—Loos of Memory, Confusion of Ideas, De*
t.rvaslon of ipirlls, Evil-Forebodings, Aversion to Society,
>rlf- Distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c n are some of
the evils produced!. .
Taouaons of persona of all ages can now Judge urhat is
the cause of their declining heeitb, losing their vigor, be
riming weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, having, a sin
cular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms of
consumption
YOUNG MEN * .
Klio liuve injured themaelvM l)y a certain practice in
•tolged in when alone) a habit frequently learned from
evil companions, or at school, the effects of which are
nightly felt, eren when asleep, and if not cored renders
mtirriaffe imposible, .and destroys both mind and body,
«booM apply immediately. ' i
What a pity that a young: man, the hop© of his cpuntry,
the darling of his parents, should be switched from all
prospects and enjoyments of life, by the consequence of
'lariating from the path of nature, and indulging In a
certain secret habit. Such persons MUST, before contem
plating
reflect that a sound mind and body are the most necessary
requisites to promote connubial happiness. Indeed, with*
nut these, the journey through life becomes a weary pil
grimage; the prospect hourly darkens to thextew; the
mind becomes shadowed with despair and filled with the
melancholy reflection that the happiness ot another be
comes blighted with our own.
DISEASE DF IMPRUDENCE. ,
When the misguided and imprudent /rotary, of pleasure
finds that he has imbibed the seeds of this pahtfhl dis
ease, it too often happens that an ill-timed sense of shame,
nr (head of discovery, deters him from applying t« those :
who,.from education and respectability, can alone be
friend him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms of
this horrid disease make their appearance, such eg nlcera-.
ted sore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pain s In the head
limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on tfie shin
hones and arms, blotches on the head, free and
ties, progressing wife frlghjfth! rapidity, till at last the
palste of the mouth or the bones of the nose faUin, and
the victim of this awftil disease becomes a horrid object of
commiseration, till death puts a period to his dreadful
"offerings, by sending him to “ that Undiscovered Country
from whence no traveller returns.” : * ■
It U a ndanckolw fact that thonsauds fall victims to
this terrible disease, owing to the unsklUfnlness ,of igno
rant pretenders, who, by the use of that pea/Ojf
■Vf.rcury, ruin fhe constitution and make the residue of
life miserable.
. STRANGERS
Tout not your lives, ol health to the cere of the many
Unlearned and Worthies* Pretenders, destitute of know!-
name or character, who copy Dr. Johnston’s sdrer-
Jhements, or stylo themselves, in the newspaper*, regn-
Rdocited PhnleiAOßt incapable of Curingj they keep
yw trifling month after month, taking their filthy and
polMonoua compounds, or aa long as the smallest fee can
obtained, and In despair* leave yon with rained health
to sigh over yonr galling disappointment. . .
® p - Johnston is the only Physician advertising.,
HU credential or diplomas always hang in his office.
HU remedies or treatment are unknown to all others*
Prepared from a life spent in the great hospitals ofEnrope,
the first in the counti7 and a more extensive Private Pra&
(tee.than any other Physician in the world.
INDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS;
The many thousands cured at this institution, year alter
and the numerous important Surgical operations
Performed by Johnston, witnessed by the reporters of the
Sun,” w Clipper,” and many other papers, notices of
vhich have appeared again ami again before the public,
Dttldes hb standing as a gentlemen of Character and re
sponsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to the affile tod. *
M SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
Ke letters received unless post-paid sad containing a
stamp to be used on the reply Persons writing Arnold state
*geand send portion of advertisement doeertbing symptoms.
Persons writing should be particular la directing their
®N*ra to this Institution, in the following manner:
l|lore
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fkK*M OF ADVMTMUfG,
MARRIAGE
MARRIAGE.
®kei«
COURTING NOW-A-OAYS.
WeWe always had a gnat dislike.
For all the IbolUh wayg,
The silly - !’ales‘which folks have got
For courting Dow*a<daye.
They’re cast aside the good old style.
. Or M hugmeifyoacan,V
And imitate, like senseleM apes.
Some hateful foreign plau.
0 bow it makes our dander raise
To see them courting nowadays!
0 times ain’t as they used to was,*
As doe can easy tell, -
For when a fellow sees a gal
That sujts him pretty well.
He's got to be first “ introduced,*'
And then he pens her notes, _
And pretty soon he comes Rroutxi,
To see the kind old folks.
By jinks, we don’t believe it pays.
. The way the boys court the gals oow-a-da'y*.
Ills “ addresses” then he goes to pay.
(They don’t spark any more,)
And every night you see him pull
The white nob at the door,
And soon a“ servant” ushers him
Into the parlor gloom.
Then comes his duck and takes a seat
On t’other side the room!
And there they sit and sigh aud gaze!
They call that courting now-a-day*!
Sometimes they talk 'bout story books ;
Sometimes the “ lady”* sings
Sometimes she plays the organ, too.
To show her finger rings;
Sometimes they take a pleasure walk.
Sometimes they take a ride,
And by-and-by the fellow groans—
“ Oh! won’t you be my bride
To bow and scrape a thousand ways.
They tliink that’s courting now-a-dav* I
They sot a day and hire a priest.
And rent a church or two.
So every boy about the town
Can have a separate, pe^r;
And when the hour at last arrives.
In gorgeous array, ;
They move up to the waiting priest.
Who ** ties the knot” straightwa v
Congratulations, words of praise..
Wind np the courting now-a-day*
0 give the good did style
Of merry days gone by,
When we could “go” with any g»l
That chanced to take our eye;
atili took her home froin spoiling school.
’Boot nine o'clock at night, :
Then by the old stone hearth’s warm side.
We sparked till broad daylight!
We bngg’d and kissed, and laugh’d till break of day
Never heard the old clock toll the horn's away!
We tell you, chum, such courting pays—
It went ahead of courting now-a-days!
IMfrag
Ukab-Quartxvj, Aua or tbs Potomac, *)
Camp near Harrison's Landing, Va~, v
• July 14th, 1862. J
Messbs. Editors :■ — I resume‘my seat
this evening, to again inform you as to
our doings in “the land of Dixie.”
Our little army still remains in statu quo,
improving each day in preparing ourselves
for the great struggle, which I pray God
may prove the last grand conflict of the
war. That the enemy are determined to
offer desperate resistance is evinced by
their continued labors at fortifying and
variously strengthening their position.—
That we are equally so is apparent and
conclusive, *and when all is in readiness
and the two great armies array themselves
in deadly opposition to each other, what a
grand and imposing spectacle it will be to
behold! But the die is cast. The ene
mies of our country haje struck the blow
at our free institutions, and it is not for
the descendants of Revolutionary sires to
tamely submit to so flagrant an outrage.
The blood of those noble old heroes of
the Revolution courses freely through our
veins, and to pause when the great corner
stone of Liberty is menaced is not consist
ent with our noble ancestry. We must
strike freely, fearlessly and promptly, for
our dearly bought privileges, and each one
vie with the other in beating back the
hordes of miscreants, the chivalrous (?)
Southrons who so menacingly threaten us.
And we will most assuredly succeed.
Our army, notwithstanding the recent
reverses it has met with, continues in fine
and exuberant spirits. Not one to mur
mur or repine at the recent result of events,
exhibiting unbounded confidence in oiir
great General, expressing a willingness
and determination to follow him the mo
ment he gives the command. Such an
army of brave and fearless hearts is well
worthy to be led on by so brave a Gent!
eral; and well and truly apparent is it to
both. The day we encamped at this Land
ing; was the most disagreeable one I ever
experienced; the rain fell continually du
ring the entire day, and as we pitched our
tents in a newly plowed field, you may
imagine the depth and consislincy of the
mud on such an occasion. Boots.to the
knees were but poor refuge from the mud.
Horses and men, sick and wounded, fared
alike; all went plodding along, men to the
knees, and horses, being the heaviest and
strongest, up to their bodies in the mire.
Many a poor soldier, sick, wounded, and
worn out with fatigue, made his bed in a
■ shallow mud-hple that night, and slept
soundly'too. And the next day, as the
.General passed by, cheering and encoura
ging them, I saw many a poor fellow stand,
; up to bis knees in mud, and, scarcely able
; to extricattthimsdf, throw up his cap and
utter cheer after cheer with perfect joy
and exultation as he paseed along. And
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1862.
he had a kind and encouraging word for
all. Here sat a poor fellow in a comer
of the fence, his head tied up and bis arm
in a sling. “ This is a bad place for you,
my dear fellow,” said the General. “Are
you badly! wounded ’—come, follow me up
to the hospital;, you must be better taken
care of.” 1 Apd on he went, followed by
hundreds of wounded men, who went
cheering and trudging through the
mud, encountering, every few rods, some
stout-hearted soldier, standing knee-deep
in the mire, cheering vociferously at the
approach of the “Idol of the Army.”
This, gentlemen is true, as I have related
it, and what else could be expected of such
au army, but success on the field of battle *
The hospital remains as at first, but the
Head-Quarters and other camps have been
moved a_ few rods in different directions,
the better to avoid the mud. Our camp
is at the edge of the woods and on the
bank of the river. This place, which be
fore our advent here was almost a wilder
ness, with scarcely a man to be seen, and,
I believe, none but iron-clad vessels in the
river, is now thronged with human beings,
and the river lined with vessels—iron-clad,
and wooden—thus presenting the appear
ance of a large sea-port instead of an ob
scure point On the James river, known as
Harrison’s Landing. And there is no end
to negroes—contraband and otherwise—
males, but more females and piccaninnies.
The men sun employed in unloading ves
sels at the. Landing, and also as cooks in
the different camps. The females “take
in washing.” We printers have formed
ourselves into a private mess, and to-day
employed one of these sable individuals
to cater to our fastidious tastes—you know,
gentlemen, that printers are fastidious in
respect to diet; more so, I am sorry to say,
than Uncle Sam is. But then we expect
to deviate somewhat from the usual rou
tine of pork and beans, crackers and rice.
1 have no idea when we will commence
our march into' Richmond, and dare not
tell you if I *knew; but you may rest as
sured that when the time arrives for the
work to begin, we will be found equal to
the emergency.
I was over to see Company M the other
day, and found them all flourishing; Lieut.
S. A. Potts in command, with Lieut. Mur
ray at his right hand. Two such officers
to lead a ■willing set of men into action,
are rarely to be met with, and must prove
a valuable acquisition to any regiment.—
Had Company M been fully represented
in the memorable battle of the 25th of
June, it might possibly have lost more men,
but it would have proved a sore annoyance
to the rebels. You must remember that
there were but twenty-two members of
this company in the engagement, including
the Captain and Lieut. Murray, both of
of whom were wounded, the latter slightly,
however. Fred. Winchel says he regrets
but one thing, and that is the loss of a
canteen full of good whiskey—but he
would not care so much if he did not
know that the rebels got it!
'The next time I visit “the boys,” I
shall procure and send you a full list of
the company, with the names of the killed,
wounded and missing marked. Our regi
ment receives the credit of being the first
in the field and fighting the hardest while
there.
Tfiere is an impression among some —
both here and at home—that soldiers can
neither send( nor receive letters. Such is
not the case. { Let them be directed to the
company and regiment as usual. The
The general post-office is here, at Head-
Quarters, but immediately on the arrival
of the mail, those bags of mail-matter for
the regiments, are carried to them by car
riers in patient waiting.
The weather for a few days past has
been yeiy warm, but this evening the air
feels somewhat cooler, with indications of
rain. ! Some are under the impression that
we will remain here a good while yet, but
I think not. Who knows 1
Please remember me tb inquiring friends,
and leave the latch-string out.
Very respectfully yours,
BLAB*.
Wabhe ston, Ya., >
July 14th, 1862.
Messes. Editors ;—Here I find myself,
after a tiresome but agreeable day’s jour
ney through a portion of the “sacred
soil” of Virginia, on a sight-seeing ex
cursion. Having procured the necessary
documents, that is, a free pass from “ Un
cle Samuel,” over the U. S. M. R. R, 1,,
in company with some- friends, left Wash
ington at 9 A. M., by steamboat, for Alex
andria, where we arrived safely; This
city, at this time, presents quite a lively
appearance—it being the main point for
receiving and shipping supplies to the
army of Eastern and Middle Viiginia,
composed of the main portion of General
Pope’s Division. After having gone
through with the necessary programme of
having our passports examined, we took
seats in the cars and were soon moving in
the direction of Eebeldom. A short dis
tance out from Alexandria, to our right,
looms up the tall steeple of Fairfax Semi
nary, situated on a beautiful eminence,
xfimmanding the country for miles around.
A short distance on is Cloud’s Mill, only
rendered famous as being the scene of fre-
("INDEPENDENT IN EVEBTTHING.]
quent skirmishes in the early history of
the present war. And on either side,
somewhat elevated in commanding posi
tions, are two very large fortifications,
garrisoned by Union troops, with several
very large guns, facing on all sides, ready
and willing to pour death and destruction
among the rebel soldiery if they choose
again to occupy this valley, but. from
present appearances it is not likely they
will be used for that purpose. A few
miles further on, to the right and left, is
the location of several camps of Union
troops, among the number the 69th, 84th,
91st and 110th Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and the Ist, 2d and 6th Pennsylvania
Cavalry, with several regiments from other
loyal States—in all about 15,000 soldiers.
The first station we arrive at, of any im
portance, is Fairfax. About this time
one year ago, this place was quite lively—
it being the point to which troops of one
wing of the army were transported when
the grand army commenced moving upon.
Manassas. About three-and-a-balf miles
North-West is Fairfax Court-House; and
within sight, on the bill, is the Church of
that name—a wooden building, looking as
if it had not been in use since the days
when Washington was wont to offer up
his devotions there, j The road from this
place to Alexandria is guarded by the 7th
Maine arid 12th Virginia Volunteers.—
Between this station and Manassas Junc
tion, which is next in importance, we
crossed the famous creek known as Bull
Run—the battle-field of which is situated
some miles North-West from the railroad.
A short distance from the Run, and on the
road, commences the line of rebel fortifi
cations, extending to Centreville, some nine
miles distant, and said by them to be im
pregnable, but from which they so inglo
riously retreated when they thought that
i “ Little Mac” was about to “ play sharp”
jon them! The cars having come to a
| halt, upou inquiry we are informed that
this is Manassas Junction. A vast plain
is presented to our view, ditfex-ing in many
respects from what we had expected to find.
‘ A few rough board sheds, with a camp or
two of Union troops, demolished fortifica
i tious, not a fence nor scarcely a tenement
1 visible, and you have the present famous
| Manassas. In fact, along the whole line
I of this railroad, devastation and ruin seems
ito have been the general order. Nearly
all the former inhabitants have left their
houses tenantless and “ skedaddled” to
i some more congenial climes ;
Some to the North* whose slaves had gone before,
Some to the Southward went their way,
And bat few have considered
It was best for them to stay.
There is not a bridge, however small, but
what has been destroyed. Railroad tracks
have been torn .up, and . the rails placed in
fire and burnt in all shapes, thus rendering
them useless. Not a station-house nor a
water reservoir but was burnt down or
demolished. Cars and locomotive enginea
taken away or destroyed, whose wrecks
lay scattered along the line in every direc
tion Such was the condition of this road
when the U. S Government came into
possession of it. They have now several
very fine new locomotive engines built for
their own use, and a good supply of freight
and passenger cars, from other roads—a
goodly number marked “P. R- R.,” but
all labelled “U.S.M. R. R.” The road
is in good running order as far as War
rcnton Junction, and the branch to War
renton. The road extends from the Junc
tion to Gordonsville—that is, the graded
portion of it, for the rails have all been
taken up or destroyed, but Uncle Sam is
busily engaged in repairing it as far out
as the pickets extend. ;We arrived at
Warrenton about 5 o’clock P. M. The
country from the Junction to this place'
seems to have escaped that attention which
the rebels so diligently bestowed upon the
main line of the road. You would not
wish to look upon a finer country ; it is
superior in beauty to the far famed valleys
of the old Keystone State, while the town
itself excels anything of its size, in mag
nificence of buildings, that I have ever
beheld. Some of its public and private
buildings are truly grand—equal in point
of beauty to the finest in our large cities.
But then they have bestowed all their
taste upon their buildings. The streets
and pavements (with the exception of be
ing well and beautifully shaded, which is
a work of nature,) are far worse than the
road leading from Altoona to Sinking Val
ley, through the Kettle. ■ This is a strong
Secession village—-not a Union family re
siding in it. I was informed that a Union
widow woman resided some two miles West
of this, and if I had not felt so weary I
should have walked oiit to see her; it
would have done a person’s soul good.—
This place and the country immediatly
surrounding, is occupied by General Pope’s
corp» de armee. He is organizing a grand
army composed of the Divisions of Banks,
McDowell, Siegel «and King, to proceed
“on to Richmond.” The stores and shops
are now mostly occupied by sutlers of the
army, and when I got a peep at an old
established store-room and its contents, it
looked as if the mejrchaat had been selling
out.for about throb years, to dose up
just as you see this hastily written letter.
More anom
INVISIBLE GREEN, JR
ftUrt |psf»llan|.
Below Richmond, Night of July 1,1862.
, Mtßkab : —'You will be glad
to get even this line from me, I though I
don’t know how yon will get itJ We jure
on the James River, add a gunboat can
carry a mail. The evening is clear, and
the distant sound of heavy cannonading
has just ceased, in pursuit of a flying fhe,
and after a magnificent battle scene. The
Union cause is not hopeless now, although
it seemed so last night. Wei have had the
hardest kind of fighting. This of to-night
is the fourth battle. In three bf them my
brigade played a not inferior part. At
Mechanicsville, on our right flank, our
division alone held 40,000 men at bay for
twelve hours, and when compelled to with-
draw, did so in such a manner 1 as to have
elicited the high praise of the army. Rey
nolds and myself can claim all: the glory
of the fight, for we alone commanded. I
had two horses shot finder me. \ The neat
day, in the afternoon, the battle of Gaines-
viUe was fought—2s,ooo men against
nearly 80,000 —De Hart wounded, Eas
ton killed, Reynolds made prisoner, &c.
My escapes were and will
form the theme of much future story. I
led five regiments into the fight besides my
own brigade, and on these two days I lost
four hundred men in my command. Well,
two days afterward, (yesterday,) while
folding up our right wing to fall back on
the River, we had a great fight along the
whole line, where we barely field our own.
My horse was shot in five places, and my
clothes have six musket holes through them,
but the skin not broken. By the mercy
of Cod alone have I escaped, when many
others were killed. I was reported to have
been killed. Meade was pounded, and
McCall either killed or captured. The
division was nearly destroyed. One regi
ment of 800 men has lost all but 50; and
it is reduced now from 8,000 down to
about 3,000 men, of which I am in com
mand. But I never was intended to be a
General; and it pleases me better to lead
men into battle than to tell them how it
should be done.
Well, we cannot go to Richmond just
now —the rebels have been much too strong
for us. The skill with which this last
movement has been made will be admired
by the world for ages, and must place
McClellan very high as an able man. The
beautiful fight of this afternoon was by
Porter, who was wounded. :It will please
you to learn that I saved this division from
being captured by the enemy, - as it most
certainly would have been, but for a chain
of very curious circumstances.' All this
while we have had nothing to eat but
hard bread and a little pork; we destroyed
much of our baggage; we carried nothing
but our eatables in our pockets; for five
nights 1 have scarcely closed my eyes; but
to-night, after a grand victory and a good
cup of coffee, and with everything seeming
to promise well, if the country will only
support us, I shall sleep enough to make it
up and be ready for a fight tb-morrow.
Wednesday, July 2, 1862- —4 P. M.—
Arrived this morning early at Robinson’s
Landing, marching seventeen miles by
dark, starting at 12 o’clock. 'i It has raSxed
all day —the ground is very soft; in this
field, a plantation, the whole army is con
centrated; the river is fifil of transports;
troops are arriving. A few days’ rest and
we shall start again for Richmond. After
being wet and hungry all day, I fed glad
that my wagons have come up, and that
my night’s rest is secure, if the enemy
does not attack, as he should do if he
means to annihilate us. But who can tell
what is in store for us ? I; trust I shall be
able to do my duty, at least as well as I
have dope. To-day I have eaten nothing
but wheat from the field, and am and
worn with watching and ;care, and you
will know when yon see this how much a
man can suffer and Uve. Nothing in all
my life has met the suffering of these
days, my Fort Sumter trials included.—
May God bless our cause, andgive us yet
more strength to endure. The army is
full of heart, and only ask a fair field and
that God will be with us.
Thdesdat, July 3.—-We have passed
through some of the sternest ordeals to
which men were ever subjected; attacked
by forces double our own, we have not
only held our ground, but have performed
One of the most difficult feats known in
war, with the loss of only a dozen or so
baggage wagons; have got m position
where we can defend ourselves, we trust,
until sufficient reinforcements can arrive
to permit us to resume the offensive. I
am the only General officer left in this di
vision.
Friday, July 4,10 P. M.—-Before tins
you have read most extravagant accounts
of the Mechanicsville fight—where, the
simple fact is, that some thirty odd thous
and came down upon Reynolds and my
self, apd that we fought 'till one afternoon
/and seme tune the next day—withdrew
our forces without losing, a man, and re
tired to the main body of the army. To*
mnst wait for die report*; before believing
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
allyou seem prist The same afternoon
another grand occurred, in whkh
both parties were severely handled.—
Here I worked hard. But the greatest
fight was on JuneSOth, when four divis
ions came down upon McCaD*a, and nearly
wiped it out. Thera McCall and Meade
were lost, and many better men than. I
bit the dust. That night I 'did great work,
for which T shall doubtless get dim credit.
Another battle is expected to-morrow.—
Our petition is exceedingly strong; we
think it cannot be taken; it-ahouldbe an
artillery fight principally. Some 23,000
of thescampaare in front of us now, and
they are accumulating rapidly. Well they
shaUhave the bfeet We can give them.—
It is late j I early; most study
the ground; must -work hard to-morrow
morning. Don’t fret about me—God will
protect andguideme aright.
SURE DOUBTFUL.
We feel sure thatfew can read the fol
lowing anecdote without profit. It con
tains the substanceof a sermon, one hour
and a half in length: _
A celebrated Judge' in Virginia »m,in
his earlier years skeptical as to the trqth
of the Bible, and especially as to the
ity of experimental religion* He had a
favorite Save who accompanied him ip his
travels round his circuit Asthey. passed
from court house to court house, they; fre
quently conversed on the subject of reli
gion; the servant, Harry, venturing at
times to remonstrate with Ms master against
his infidelity. As the Judge had confidence
in Harry’s honesty and sincerity, he asked
him a great many questions. as to how he
felt and what he thought on various
points. \
Among other things Harry told his mas
ter that he was often sorely tempted by
the devil. The Judge asked Hanyto ex
plain to him how it happened that the
devil attacked him, (Harry,) who was so
pious a man, so sorely, whilst be allowed
himself, who was an infidel and a sinner,
to pass unnoticed and untempted. Harry
asked,
“ Are you right sure, master, that he
does let you pass without troubling you
some ?”
“ Yes sure.”
“WeUPP>epilled Harry, “I know that
there’s a devil, and that he tries me sorely
at times.”
A day or two afterwards, the Judge
concluded to go on a hunt for wild dudes
in one of the streams which lay across his
road homeward. Harry accompanied him.
As they approached the river they*es
pied a flock of dudes, quietly floating on
its surface. The Jodgestealthily crept up
the bank and firedupon them, tilling two
or three, and wounding as many others. —
He at once threw down his gun and’made
! strenuous efforts, with* the hid of dobs and
stones, to secure the wounded ducks, while
he permitted the dead ones to float cm, for
the time, unnoticed by him.;
Harry saton* the seat watching his mas
ter’s movement’s with deep interest, abd
when he returned said to hkn :
“ Massa, whilst you wasa splashing in
the water, after them wounded ducks, and
lettin’ the dead ones float on, it just comes
into my mind why it is that the devil
troublesome so much whilst he Ids V >u
alone!”
“Explain.”
“Yon are like dead ducks; heto sure
he’s got you safe. I’m like the wounded
ones, trying to get away from him, and
he’s afraid FU do it; so he makes. aU the
fuss after me, and. just Jets you float on.”
How He Got the CorarKßaicat.—One
night, after the countersign was on, the
quartermaster of one of the Pennsylvania
reguflents, endeavoring to enter the lines
was challenged by an Irish sentinel.
“Halt! Who goes there?”
“ A friend, without the countersign.”
“Well, what d’ye want?”
“I am the quartermaster, and! waptto
get in to my regiment, and, not Imßing
the countersign, I suppose I shall have to
go back and get it”
“Is that aU? An’ be jabers, what’s to
prevint me givin’ ye the countersign?”
“ Nothing, I suppose.”
The sentinel gave him the countersign,
and the quartermaster entered the lines
with a beaming face, to tell hisstory to a
circle of laughing comrades.
jVOne of the rebel fiap.captared try
Gen. Curtis’ troops, near Grand Ghdze,
in Arkansas, bore {Peasant
mottoes:
“Bun, nigger, ran! or Lincoln will catch
you.”
“ War to the kpife, apd the knife to the
hilt.”
“ Death to home traitors.”
crWell, Sambo,'how do you Qu> yjwr
new place?” “G, berry wdjjt'lftmwß”-
“What did you haye for v W6aldaßt tip#
morning?” “Why you see missis Idled
tree eggs for henm andgavemedebroff”
«T The power of
is wonderful. No one can do anything
wifb them, prho 4oep. pot kngf
awaken it.
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