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| j..ri/i ili« eilixen* <if AUrtoUtt and l'uuii
vit&i he \um jwt recorued from Hie Boat. wb«rs fevbag
I A.IX AND WINTER GOODS,
for Ktyie, <|o*!tt£ fcnd price, cannot bf* surpassed in
~.. u»-ck of oonctre. 'lll.** «u»ck i* ranch larger thmi
-*uvl aw it U:t|iiiti> an ohjnct, in thene exciting
.. .i nuic' loit on*i where tip-y onti get*
I he I lost Uoydn tiud at tbe Lowest Prices,^
vnuld «ny !tl«it fih-slid will m*U u» iuw. if not 11
n<wer huiiae in thin ulutv He, wiping
, ~> rnii audjtfeetUH nU»ck, ijefore purclmfing elsewhere,
i. < levin confident ho can offer ludncfimenU width will
w-uipetition. Hia *tock l coo*ista of
I \DIKS' |>KKBS iiOODS of every description,
MEN ANjD BOYS' WINTER WEAR,
LADIjKS’AND HISSES’ OHESS SHOES,
ms ANIVBOYS’ BOOTS AND SHOES,'
I MEN’S IULF HOSE
am»mex>. axp : missks’ wool hose.
i .r* AM* CAPS, ■ ‘
'BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED MUSLIN.
GINGHAMS AND HEAVY DRILLINGS,
ih will sell Ladle* Sewed. Heeled Boot*** at $K5<jSf&H.76
K . ;l |^ K ged....; I.3T^oIJO
•i-n’* Bwln
,; t IjMOK A I, .fKIKTS. wry |«.»v. -
GROCERIES.
U liiti' ami ilroW-n Sugar. Klo Coffees. Syrup*, Teas. Ac ‘
i aivrvtliinic that is onully kept lit a Dry OoodsStorn.
„l as cheap ah the chaapwt. .1. A. SPKANIyLK.
\iii>ouH. Oct* 7« 18(i3. .
AVOID THE NEXT DRAFT!
'lUlEilK: IS A FREVAI LIXC KX
1 OITKMKNT among the people of Altoona and vi
■ .•*;!>' about THE SECOND DRAFT—not »o much about
;ii- Draft as for making the Thrtt Ifanrirrri to j>a>/ exrmp
, All patriotic! lut xchdose rather to ntav iir home
*.ih their beloved ones,Tor their support, thim to risk
,ii ir Jives-in this bloody war. Now, to bring the matter
: I close, we will inform,the public rliat hv huyiric tht-ir
li . ni.'iHt the GREEN STORE, Cower of Brunch and Annie
•n .*t. East Altoona, kept by GKISir CO- they will ■
save! the three hundred
-hurt lime: They have just receive*).a hirtx-.tnd well
' - t-d stock-at DRY GOODS AM) GKOCEKI K.>. which
» .»!•»• for Ottafa jit the lowest Ryn'T price?.,
i Ui*c ussotruuut of !«ADIKS‘ tV>ATS AND CIIUT
vK.v rangingim price from s4.’*n to $12.00 •
lb- attention of the.public i* particularly 4nwn U» the
i" • that the> are selling Drown ami White 51u-linifr»oi
i.i t*) cents;, CaJiCov* from 12*., to 2,*» ci*.; (Maim*
(i IS to .>o cents per yard
-1 In*y have always on hand a Urge' UNaortnn-ut of MEN
AM) BOYS’ CIiOTHLVO. HATS. CAPS. BOOTS. SHOES.
. i. m tact, everything fc4>t in a lir*l-clas* Store.
Vltuoua Oct. 7, 1863,
Victory Won!
I' , HK Sqbauribei-s would respectfully
aunomu— :to the citizen* of Alt ona ami viVliiilv.
i,ft they have jint returned from the K-.h *jO, their
K ILL AIND WINTER STOCK OF
HA'IVS & CAPS,
BOOTS &c SHOES.
.Vir stock of| HATS (SOAPS biiVf lK4;n ee
i-.l wuh great care, uml with the-view of miitinx all
,■ m; favor them siith their Tlvii liitT >t
: ><<t, itti.l Sfaoes’is oompk-tV.
fiu ir LADIEg JUISSES ami caLD»£X’is SUO£S
.. .H Citv maki), ami warranted. Their Balninral g|uvs
r Liuiiea awf 'MlsseS. urn just tile thinx t. : u. t
. vtie-r and saying health
Thsukfill to fill- publiefor their very liberal patronage
'-uifure, ll.cv hots: to merit h coutmuaiire of the saute.
'' 'on J/AIDf ST. next door to Bowman’* Kxohßdge
1 • SMIT'I i MANX'
Vlt.ejuti, Hay |o, 1803.^
SAVE THE PER CENTAGE
By buying y< tux;
CLOTHING FKOM FIRST HANDS.
1/ TTINGFR & TUCK, Alanufacturers
I A of and WhjoleMhle and HetftH "dealer# In Rcndy-rpad# l
’ ibiuK, would; mpectfollr iovlU) the Hticniion of the
uLlio to the following ISftCtS in reference to tlieir stock.
Ut. We manufacture our own good*. They are mode
:■> ta our own Store, in Philadelphia* under our immediate
•'liHTviaion, and we know they are well made and cap )>c
irrantrd 1
KvOAI. to Tin; BEST;
- I iq fh« largest quantity of Ready-made c4otb
in the markejt,
Jnrt. We bay our Cloth* directly from th* Importersdiud
>i inutactarers, consequently we twve the per ccnwjrc'put
. ?-y middle mejn.
•r-1. We sell qur Clothing »a a rcwtonaM*- jk*Ki*hU£«*
j the cu»t of «|pr Cloth*, thereby wiving Iho juu chuKr*
Clothing the percentage Which must 1m- add**<2 by jlio.-f*
■ • buy from second hamfcto .«tlt again. \V»* retail om
thing at thelaame.' price which othiuf merchants pay
i - r!i‘-ir> at wholesale. consequently thonc who buy from
• J-T fheir g.podji at the aame price which other Ciortdere
•> f'»r theirs ia|the city, thereby saving said ClolJj
. c--nUge. I 1 . !
We have branch Stores in;
AI.TOON A AND JOHNSTOWN.
•■.- r- inayjbe hud ut the -urn*- i«f which wo
1 tljeru here inthe city. : '
it any i>«-rHo» has been' told, or imagines, that Tack’s
i* in Altoona, is •* played out,” let such person dl\»p
■ ! * hi* e3tablkbtnent,on Haiti Street, ami
‘•i-and prices. • \
Wh(.le*ule House, >»d. 70*2Markcf Street. Philadelphia.
b*v. 2. 1803.—tf.
CITY , DRUG- STORE.
111'- K, Hi KEICrAiiT wpuljl respept-.
fully announce ja lh«i cititens of Altuoim and «nr*
;*"jn»Jiri«: coahtry, that he„httB recently purchased the
brag Store of B«H|pA C 0.,! on Viiginia Street, opposite
1 *W iJardwateStbre.
His Drugs Are Fresh and Pure, |
■'"i hi; hopes by-strict attention to buninc**. to merit a
I- re of public
alt and examine htostOOtv lie haHCOuataritly on hand,
DEtGS,
MEDICINES and CHEMICALS,
n.\E TOILET SOAPS PESPUMBBY, BKUSBES
GLASS PUTfY, PAIXtS OILS -VARNISHES,
'CABBOX OIL-AXD LAMPS j
XOTIO.VS CIGARS
‘i"f every article UjnuUly kept in a First-dam Drug Slrhv..
TU HE WINES iANI> LIQUORS
' ‘.for nwdicioitl use. !
imiMKSXIC GRAPE WINK-PCRE—W^RRANTE?.
•irately comjKJiMided, At ajt honr* of thrday or night.
Attooba, Aept. 30,1563. - ;
' I >KAti ! TEAS! *TEAj! !—FRITCHEY
1 i, telling T«S« superiorOjaDj ever offered m Al-
They »re .free of adulteration. coloring, or nil*-
mre of any kind. " ■■■ ' ■ 'X • '7 . ■ . 'I
Boston crackers—a large
►apply of time tlelleltAw crackers Jatt rerelrpo
Mil for tele by . \ V mTCRET.
Hardware of all uescrip
tkmtjtut r«cei«**td and for «le by f! •
‘*t , Jf.E. HILKMA*
I? XTRA FAMIL T FLOUR, FROM
Cove, nlwigf* on band and tor >«le on Urn
ihi-lowestb/ FEITCHEt.
\fEW STOCK OF BOOTS & SHOES
ai for Men abd Ladk« and Aliases, just rec’d at
lacgomav; :
A XOTHER LARGE LOT OF THE
•A. OELfcBHATKD JEBBHY HAM* Just receivedA*l
j --1 •. V • . tT.ITCHKV* I
MAOKBREL--*NOB. 1,2, ,ANi) 3,
in all sikm! packages, new, aud each package
txeired anafer sile low by
FRITCHKV. I
r jIK AI- TO ONA TRIBUNE.
K. H\* ORVM. ■■ I - • -;n: V. D£JtS.
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3 |iar’s
CARRIER’S AKKOAL AOORXM
To THE PATRON* OP
“Tbe JU t.on a & T Hfciitte.”
JANUARY Ist, lS€k*.
Tis very nice, truly, to be a post;
But nicer, surely, to have pcople.know it:
For many posies blush, in rbe forest unseen,
AA bile ntany shrubs. by the wayside are green.
■ s o the devil, a youth. Imiili bandsoin.o and clever.
Desiring a name, that may live forever.
Sits down 10-write a Neo- Year's Salaialion.
Hoping it may gain a wide eircnhitioij ;
So tniieii. indeed. like the devils of ntlier years :
He. before the public. tir-dny appears.;
Handing o'er to bis itairons. these "Iteantifiti(/)
rhymes.
A holiday gift—(t/'youytre him the dimes.)
As for poet —I think I surely must be it,
And hope that you will be able to- - 1 see it,’’
Tis this thought has caused me to-try my hand
In recording the deeds of my uatiVe land :
For in this dark Avnrld I'm not willing;tu live,
I a less to my race, X can something new give.
And vet in giving X do not Itelieye,
l itless m due credit front my race I receive.
Bui thy preface I now will bring to a close,
For fear|X might run the whole song ihto prose.
When j'on, my dear patrons, were last yeay addressed
By my senior—may his memory be blessed ;
For alas! it is true, he has left the old craft.
And started adtift to guide his own raft;
His business now is in the grocery line.
And Oysters he has, which taste very fine—
I say : when you read his poem mhtitne. (.')
A bright, new-born child of good Father Time,
Wept o'er the dark shadows of old siicty-two.
Yet smiled, as the future it brought info vigw ;
For hope painted skies for the opening! vear,i
That have been sadly clouded. I very l-fnnch fear.
True, brightly, has beamed full many a day,
And swiftly have fled the glad hours away ;
Some homes have been joyous, some hearts have
been glad, i 1 ,
Some homes have been gloomy, some hearts have
.liven sad : ]■
About ns the world has ever been known.
Glad songs for to-day, for to-moiifow a moan.
I Aye brightly, indeed,dawned Jhsli New Tears day,
Snt like till things earthly, it soon passed away.
And wintry stonmygalhered dark o’er lie sky,
'Leaving snow shrouds for earth, as thev swiftly
passed by; _ :
Than Spring-Time came on with its jiattfcring rains;
Tlien Snnjmer threw sun-beams, far over the plains;
Then Aiitnui came round with its harvests like gold,
And sadly we saw G 3 growing old. -
But aside from these scenes of every, year,
A renewal of those of the post two appear;
The war demon hovers still o’er onr bright land,
-Holding opt to our view, his bloody rig(it hand,
Now easting a cloud o’er our hearts fondest dreams.
Permitting us to catch, but hopes faintest beams ;
Now lulling the storm while contending hosts rest,
And pow entertaining grim death as his guest,
Now sending the tidings of victory along,
Shouted loudly abroad, and re-echoed by song;
Then bringing the tidings of disastrous defeat—
Our armies turned back in inglorious retreat;
Now giving the mother fond hopes for her son.
Arid now sadly telling, his warfare is dtjne;
One day she sruiledat his brilliant career,
And the next she dropp'd on his dark pall a tear.
One moment the war-demon folds his black wings,
The next their dark shades, o'er wide flails he fl ings;
Now far, far away hirhoarsc thunders roar.
And now earthquake—and now it is tfor,
No, no, list again—now hear the wild shout —
Ah! what is all this mad contest about?
Tts Slav’ry, rebellion, 'tis madness and-{pride
That moves this dread demon, like a storm on the
ride. • ’
Ami yet. while for much, oar hearts mast feel sod,
There is yiry much more, for which we feel glad ;
Though, is yet, we are far from (he calm and
serene.
We think, the beginning of endmaybe seen ;
On the very first days* of the year now just gone,
A victory at Murfreesboro’ was won.
Though at {first the rabs drove OW Rosey book,
Tbey sobn j turned Oueir toes to the heel of their
3; ■ ■'c
bravo men their tacties admiring,
but not Jke the rebels, retiring.
TJey foljowed after,jrith many a cheer, !j
-And barramed thefpbs, by flank andbvrear; :
But many brave brothers their years ceased to tell,
For nobfy’ they fought and gloriously fell;
They fell the first victims in the year 'ffiSlj
They fell tljat Columbia might ever be free. ,
3 mouth* fi mouth*. I year.
160 i 3 00 $5 00
• • • -Wt toh 7 00
- . 100 li Otl 10 00
10 00
THE
ALTOONA. PA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY G, 1864
At Springfield, Vandorn. with his rebel command.
Met Coburn's true men. who nuule o brave stand ;
The goddess of Freedom, no doubt, hovered bv.
But the tear-doiii, alas. 1 started forth from her eve.
As she saw tin brave men foreed back from the
field.
Unwilling, bnr conijielled them to yield
Then leaving the fields where Western men fight,
The war-demon took to Virginia, bis flight;
Anti watched while horsemen thundered down o’er
tlie plain j •
And Averill, and Stewun, met in conrtiet again
While the genius of Right, the battle song sung.
the glad shoals of victory, from freemen's throats
rung.
Then for to the South .the wur-spirii >i»hl.
And gazed on the liehls of-wounded and dead :
Gazed on victory, shedding light on our ranks.
Vermillion is held by the brave General lianks
Then hack lb Virginia, and Stoiu-mnn tis .aid.
Made tip to the gates of Richmond a raid.
Vallnndiglmm, who. with treason deficit
Old Burnside-, the Warrior, so trim and tried.
Was sent from Ohio's loyal coniines.
And journeyed, we’re told, for over the lines ;
Permitted in relmidom ja short time to spend.
With Jefferson Davis, his traitorous friend.
Or journey,—his heart with rebellion lull, —
To.make his alinde in the land of John Bull.
True, some who held with him the same views.
Declared tltat tin- irailor, far Gov'nor they'd choose:
But Old Brough came along one bright autanin day.
And told traitor •• Val.’’ he'd js-rni issii m to star
In the land of Joint Bull, at least for awhile.
And the people responded, ••amen,'' in fine si vie.
But backward we’re called to look once again
On the red haiile-iicld—the crimson-dyed plain.
And Hooker, and Lee. like two ihunder-eloods
meet.
But Hooker again is compelled lo retreat.
Then westward again we east longing eves.
While the red dame of battle [taints wrath on the
skies;
And behold the ranks of rebellion have lied. '
As comes Genera It jrunt witlt conquering tread:
Jackson has fallen and Black River’s gained,
i hough many green spots tvilit red blood are stained
Now tiehind Vicksburg, the old hero sits down.
W bile the iron-eiad gunboats in front gi imlv frown
I hen ejtstwaiti again we wander, once more,
lor Lee lias crossed over to 'tile Atari-land shore
And freemen moused as the rebel horde comes.
Gird on their arptor m defense of their homes;
Awakened from sleep they packet! up* theit trash,
And northward, by express, they sent till their cash ;
w ilh haversacks made of white, yellow and green,
And uress most en-uuifprui ever was seen ;
1 hey. took up their tirelocks—with trembling [>er
haps—
Determined to hold if they could all the gaps.
They threw upentrsqqhmencs it mattered not where,
They weremade of log cribs erected with care ;
Bnt these [were not left to stand thus alone,
.The vacancies all, wens tilled in with stodte.
1 hen the nays work all done—night's curtain
around.
Lt>t! their s an oider-—how provoking the sound—
forward. march, tile enemy's force must be sought
And to-morrow the battle of Buckstown bo fought.
Good farmers their spring houses should have kept
tight.
And the .leathered triiie . should have kept out of
sight.
We tvonld not. 'tis true, have caused any alarm.
There was no man along would do any harm.
Bnt still it were better to keep out of sight,
Lesc-some harm he done while engaged in the tight.
And so it proved true—as we thought it would he,
The boys though' the spring honseswere gun-bouts,
' you see:
And charged them—and took tlicm, as you all are
aware.
And like sailor's, eaeh one came in for a share ;
And missiles of death as they whistled along.
Stopped forever, many a proud rooster’s song
Buckstown was taken, by the van of the host.
Who met a new foe—an army of Ghosts,
Or Spirits at least, which shoot in the heck,
And which brought the proud army at once to a
check,
And hack to Ake's MilU they were ordered to go.
To throw up entrenchments to baffle the foe •
There they held their position a night and a dav,
Then were ordered to march for Bedford awav; "
For Bloody Run, next their faces were set,
And arriving there, Miltoy’s stragglers they met.
They from thence to McConnelsbnrg rapidly passed.
And on top of Cove Mountain were finally massed ;
There rude works of stone they threw up to defend,
On nothing but muskets and legs to depend;
And how both were used, all very well know
They stood bravely there 'till they; thought best to go.
For the place yon’re aware was not hard to hold,
By a vet’ran army so trusty and hold.
The rebel camp-fires, it is true, were in sight.
And were easily seen through the curtains of night,
But at last they came up in their martial array.
And the militia thoughtbest to hasten away.
Thus after a terrific ten-day s’ campaign,
With but one of each;five they returned home,
again; *
Sure, the other four-fifths were not wounded nor
dead, :
But got home before, having started ahead ! ■
And now being home thpy’ll hear nothing said,
That sounds like condemning i‘ the chicken raid."
i'hen soon tire glad day_of our nation's glory,
. Added a page to its brilliant story ;
Then Gettysburg written on history's pages,
CamefflJrth to be known in all tutnre ages.
beside it in victorious array.
JRc-bapuzeJ inglory, our glad natal day.
No day more brightly has even' yet shone,
/On this nation of freemen, this land of our own.
[INDEPENDENT IX EVERYTHING.]
i But lime is too short and our storv too long.
|- lo ivhearse ail the deeds of the vear-in onr song;
I 1° Morns Island, true, I might give a place, i
! Of Obiykamanga might speak, if I bad the sjsn e.
I I Knoxville might here present In the view,
j And gloriously write C'butanooga here too.
And turning again to political' life,
1 might write of the doings of parizan strife;
Bin one tiling only Salt River's igfmned.
And the minority can only be liored.
By lolling they've gone Wtmltinrd. all.
Au,ll'lirhn has not been jiermiiled to tali
j ' - ll - * . 4otii Keot. i'a. V’oi.s.. >
I , !Th Au.mv Pokes. -
Knoxville. Tenx. Deo. 4ih. ISG.i. )
Dkak Father: —l take a few spare
moments, this morning, to write you a few
lines, that you may r know how we are
| getting along. ; There has been no chance
■to -send a letter lor the last three weeks,
and our mail way is not open yet. but we
expect to have it clear ot all obstructions
civ long. We have rumors of large rein
forcements on their way- to relieve us, and
have reiison to bciievc them true, as our
.Hebei friends, in front, are getting very
uneasy. They are moveing large forces
to the rear, in the direction of London,
supposed to be going to meet our reinforce
ments. Heavy cannonading was heard this
morning, in the direction of London, and
I expect the siege will soon be raised.
It will be impossible for this army (un
less we get supplies) to hold out more than
another week, as our grub is getting very
scarce. \V e have been living on quarter
rations for the past ten days, and that
only of bread mid meat. Our coffee “played
out” about ten days since. We liave not
come down to mule meat yet, but I believe
there is not a soldier in this army that
would not come down to mule meat or
even no meal at all—rather than let Long
street triumph over them and capture
Parson Brownlow’s town. The soldier's
allowance of bread at present is a piece
about as large as a teacup every twentv
four hours. Hut there is no complaining.
We have repulsed the Rebels on every
attempt to storm the place. - Thev made a
desperate effort to take the town on last
Saturday night and early on Sunday morn
ing, but were deleafed at all joints with
heavy loss. Fort Saunders, an {earth work
lof great strength, built on the Western
; suherbs of the town, was the stone of the
most desperate attack by the enemy and
where they suffered the heavieist loss.
Around that fort their dead and wounded
lay in piles. Ten of the best regiments in
Lougstreet’s corps, were marchqd quietly,
during Saturday night, to within a short
distance ol the Port, and at break of day,
on Sunday morning, they made the charge.
Three of the regiments succeeded in plant
ing their flags on the parapet of the Fort
and several of their men entered and de
mandedits surrender, but our boys “could’nt
see it,” and cold steel freely used soon, 1 put
the Kebs to flight. In this fight we captured
300 prisoners, three stand colors, killed
250 and wounded 400, Our loss;, in the
Fort, was 4 killed and 10 wounded. The
force in the Fort was one regiment; from
each brigade of the Ist division, viz s 79th
N. Y., 29th Mass., 2d Michigan, j The
45th Penn'a occupied the rifle pits on the
left of the Fort.
The 9th Army Corps forms the skir
mishing hne around Knoxville, i Most of
the 23d Corps are on the South side of
the Ilolstine' river. , At.seven o’clock on
Sunday rooming the Rebels sent a flag of
truce asking for an armistice to get'their
dead and wounded .. It was granted, and
Sunday .was spent in 1 ‘carrying off the
wounded and burying the dead. The Rebels
•brought in the wounded of pur army, taken
at Campbell’s Station, and an exchange
was effected.
I As I have not written to you since we
; left Lenoira Station, I will now givc*you
an account of all that has transpired since
the Ate of my last letter. On ilie i 14th
of Nov. we received marching orders
Rumors were in circulation that a large
Rebel force was crossing the rivef ,three
miles below London. Burnside came down
from Knoxville at 10 A. M., and we were
immediately put in motion. The Ist
division was soon en route for Loiidbn.—
We reached that point at SP. Ml One
division of the 23d corps had engaged the
during the day and drove jtbeir ad
vance column back to their pontoon bridges.
Our division continued advancing until
withing supporting distance of 23d corps,
I bus, the year has jiassed hv.
Its moments arc fled :
For last night with a sigh.
It lav on its lied.
And at midnight so drear.
The rusty old liefl ;
I'll at rings out each year.
Kang its funeral knell.
In sadness I stood there.
A briny drop fell.
As I beard the good year—
Faint, wbisjier—•• Farewell.'!
T hen Time's child latest born,
Stood close by the bier:
Till the dawning of mom.
Should name it ‘•'New Year.,
Now I close up my rhymes.
And hand them to you ;
If you hand me the dimes,
i'll bid you adieu.
and there lay in line of battle'until 4 A.
M. on Sunday morning. Nov. 15th; We
then received orders to move back to
Lenoim Station, and arrived there at 10
A. M., ofisameday. Here we weredrawn
up in line of battle on the Kingston road.
Pickets from the 45th Pa. were thrown:
out, and soon the Hebei advance came up..
Our pickets ppohed on (hem and after ft :
few volleys the Rebels fell back. They ;
Ijien came up in: heavier force and made
several i attempts to charge through our
lines, but were repulsed at all-
Night coming on we lay in lino of battle
i until:! A. M. next rooming, Nov. 16th.—
I " '• then received orders to fall back—the
| train of army wagons having lieen moved
back dprittg the night, with the exception
ot about fifteen loads of baggage which we
destroyed. As soon as the Rebels found
we bad left theyd'ollowed up, part of them
taking the Kingston road which connects
with the London roadatCfimpbeH’sStation.
e inarched by the London road and
reached Campbell's Station just as the
Rebel advance came in on the Kingston
road. Our brigade (the Ist) was halted
and formed in line of battle to receive them
J he 45th was sent out as skirmishers.and
soon became hotly engaged with the enemy,
j We held them in check for about an hour,
when their rear force came up and they
commenuid flanking us right and left.—i
Soon their line formed a eircle similar to
a horse shoe around ns, when we were
ordered-to fall hack. 1 lie Rehs, thinking
we were in full retreat, followed up rapid
ly, hooting and yelling. But our General
had a trap for them. Al( our artillery
was masked in our rear, hack of the Station.
W e fell hack to the rear of our artillery
and on came the Rebels.; When within
about diMI yards of our artillery, twenty
live heavily loaded;pieces opened on their
solid ranks, mowing them down by scores.
”3.his| stopped their advance and they soon
began to break, until at last their retreat
became a complete route. We held onr
position until dark and were then ordered
back to Knoxville, where we arrived in;
good order on the morning of the 17th.
‘ At Lenoira and Campbell’s Station we
lost upwards of thirty of our regiment in
killed, wpunded and missing. Co. C bad
but one killed and One wounded.
On the morning of the 18th we were
formed in line of battle around the town.
We had but little fighting, the Rebels
spending the day in closing in around us.
At night we commenced digging and forti
fying and continued until we had Knox
ville impregnable, and so we have held
out to this time, the 20th day of the siege.
Saturday, Dec. sth.
The seige is raised. The Rebel army
has retreated. 4 esterday evening’ Com
panies C and K of our regiments were
started out to feel the position of the
enemy. We found them ;in strong force
in front. This morning a sufficient force
was sent out to attack them, but no rebels
were to be found. So the bird has flown
and we are nut sorry, for there are very
lew men in this corps that; have bad a full
night’s rest since the 14th of November.
1, for one, .hlffe not had four hours sleep
at one time from that date. The 45th has
lost between 45 and 50 men during the 20
days fighting and siege.
I know some houses, well built and
pleasantly famished, where it is not pleas*
■ant to be even a visitor. .Sharp, gpgry
tones lesonnds through them from mornipg
fill night, and the disease is aisi contagious
as the measles and much more to be dfea& ;
ed in n household. The children : catch it,
apd it lasts for life—an incurable■;disease.
A friend has such a neighbor within hestr
ing of her house when doors and windows
are open, and even Poll Parrot has caught
the tune, and delights in screaming ■ and
I scolding, until she has been sent into the
country to improve her habits. Children
catch cross tones quicker than parrots, and
it is a much more mischievous habit —
Where mother sets the example, you will
scarcely hear a pleasant word among the
children iii their plays with each other.
Vet the discipline of such a family is al- '
ways weak and irregular. The children
expect j ust! so much scolding before they 1
do; anything they are bid, while many a
home where the low firm tone of a mother, ' i
or a decided look of her steady eye is law, -
peyer think of disobedience either in or
out of her sight. ; ' -
Ob, mother! it is worth' a great deal to
Cultivate that “ excellent thing in a Worn*
a«h” a low. sweet voice; If yon are ever
so much tried by the Piischievofls or wilful
pranks of the little ones, spear low. It.
will be a great help to you even to try to
be patient and cheerful, if yon cannot
iv holly succeed. Anger makes you wretch
ed land your children also. Impatient, an- ■■
gry tones never did the heart good, i but
plenty of evil. Read what Solomon.bays
of them, an|d remember he wrote with an
inspired pep. You cannot have tbet ex
cuse for them that they lighten yonr bnr- ..\
dens any—they make them only ten times
At Vicksburgi the splendid army under !■ For your own as well as your
General Grant, after mouths of labor, ; ‘hildren’s sake, learn to speak low. They
caused that stronghold to surrender, togeth- | remember that tone .when your bead
er with twenty Generals of different grades, I* s Mmler thd willows. So, too, would toey ,
over 2o,ooo;prisbners, and 125 gun?/am- j remember al harsh word and angry voice.— ;
munition, &e. I ■ ! Which legacy will you leave for yourchil- ,
On the Bth of July the last remaining• dfen?— N.-jV. Chronicle. ~!
post in the Mississippi surrendered to Gen- i .. r iT, ~ I.
end Banks; this capturecaused the open- Isac,’’saidMrs. to her
ing of the entire Mississippi River. you enter the state
captures were ovbr six tluiuSand prisoners ’ clfoose a Toraotp® and welhipiW
and over fifty cannon, / , foimed youpg wepasn. . my dew, 4
On the 7tb of September, after hard love wdlte infernal and year pan.,
labqr, the troopaof general iGillmore took'! %e certa j n - J &e looked exceedingly
possession ofF prisWagner and Gregg, j prop*** to putmpUseMipvvt
Gontinuous fighting battles took place doorknbba. , ;
tetWeen the armies of Generals Grant and «r A reward of one thousand poundl
Bragg during .the last five or six days of; is offered h* a pliUosopherfof thodl&Teiy "
iSoyember/ at and about Chattanooga Geor- , of one single man who ever a' 41
gia, the result of which was the utter rout “little goodadvice,” and then foUoWWlit. 2
Mistrlkttt).
THE YEAR 1803 AND THE WAR.
The year at present drawing to an end
is one which has produced us soine of the
most important victories of the war.—
Everywhere oUr soldiers have nobly done
their duty! Hislory will point at 1863 for
victories unexcelled in any war! Among
the most important of this war we can
point to—
Murfreesboro’, Gettysburg,
Vicksburg, Port Hudson,
Morris Island, Chattanooga,
Knoxville.
All of which were so decided as to decide I
the fate of the Union. :
At Murfreesboro*, after several days’)
hard lighting, the army of Bragg was de- j
feated by Rosecrans. At Gettysburg the j
battles were fought, which decided wheth- |
er Philadelphia and New York should be-j
brought under the hand of General: Lee. I
This battle decided the fate of the North- 1
ern States.
,-L-M. Caldwell,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETY
ami demoralization of the enemy,
tnre of important., positions, mu. sixty,
cannon, thousands of prisoners, &c. This
i» considered the greatest victory of the
war.
Alter many days of siege the Rebel
army under Glen. Longs tree t, was com
pelled to fail back from; Knoxville.. By
retaining this point the fate of East. Tenu*
essee was decided.
Altogether the year has been productive
of important and decided victories of the
; war. Everywhere on land and water we
have been victorious. The blockade is
efficient, the armies are invincible, and
the next year will witness the restoration
;of the Union.
May the ensuing year cause ustobe as
thankful as the present.
LOSSES OF THE WAH.
The loss of life to "the Union armies
since the war began to the present time is
:variously estimated. A careful calculation
of the aggregate number killed'and wound
ed in all the battles and skirmishes during
the past two years and a half give these
figures;— '
Killed, 25,272
Wounded, 110,111
■ It is asserted that of the wounded re
ceived into the hospitals not one-fifth die,
'and of all the wounded not more than .one
fourth either die or are seriously disabled.
This is proved by the statistics of hospitals.
The highest estimates of losses by fighting
than, isKilled outright, 25,272 ; died
or disabled by wounds, 27,527. Thus we
have 52,799 men killed or disabled.
. The ncx( thing is to ascertain the loss
by disease. This is hard to get at until
the war is over and the Surgeon’s reports
are all sent in and footed np. But from
the best lights before up, it is safe to esti
mate the number at double those that are
killed or die from the effects of wounds.—
Recapitulating the losses of the army since
April, 1861, we have this result :
Killed in battle arid died from the
effects of wouhos, . ;
Died of diseases of all kinds,
Aggregate of men lost by war, 158,395
: This number is, iu round numbers, One
sixth of all the soldiers who have enlisted,
omitting the three months’ men. On the
other hand, it is admittedtbat the increase
of able-bodied men, by alien immigration,
and of youth arriving at sufficient maturi
ty to bear arms, since the Rebellion broke
out, exceeds 400,000 men. If this be true,
the increase of fighting men is more than
twice as great as the loss occasioned by
the tremendous effort to put down the Re
bellion. ! : '
HINTS TO MOTHERS
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52,799
105,598