Whole Ne, 2670.
Uncle Sam and Family.
Yankee Freedom is a lad
And Union is his sister;
Uncle Sam he is their dad
And he'll give seeesh a twister.
For they said Mrs. Sam she died—
We always called her virtue—
But you, Secesh, indeed have lied,
And now he's going to birch you.
Yankee and sister, too,
Are bound on retribution :
For our mother they said they know
Died of broken Constitution.
But Yankee Freedom will now show
Secesh to have been mistaken ;
Though of necessity he's their foe
Until aga : u they right awaken.
Then secesh the tune will find
Was turned as short as this ;
While turning to the Coffee Pot Sign.
Which I don't want you to miss P
For your family needs, may he,
A little Tin Ware Solace;
And, indeed, you onght to see.
Then come to J. I. WALLIS,
East Market Street.
March 5, 18G2.] Lewistown.
PATENT
COAL OIL GIIEASE.
r jPHIS Grease is made from COAL OIL,
A and has been found by repeated tests
to be the most economical, and at the
same time the best lubricator for Mill
bearing, .Stages, Wagons, Carts, Carriages,
Vehicles of ail kinds, and all heavy hearings,
keeping the axles always cool and not requir
ing (hem to he looked after for weeks. It has
been tested on railroad cars, and with one
soaking of the waste it has run, with the cars,
20,000 miles ! All railroad, omnibus, livery
stable and Kxpress companies that have tried
it pronounce it the ne plus ultra.
It combines the boey and fluidity of tallow,
beeswax and tar, and unlike general lubrica
tors, will not run off, it being warranted to
stand any temperature.
1 have it in boxe* 2J to 10 lbs. Also kegs
and barrels from 30 to 400 lbs, for general
use and sale. The boxes are more prefera
ble; they are C inches in diameter by 2J incites
deep, and hold lbs net; the boxe* are clean,
and hardly a carman teamster, expressman,
miller or farmer, that would not purchase
one box for trial. F. G. FKAXCISCUS.
Lewistown, February 12, ISG2.
AMBROTYPES
AND
The Gems of the Season.
f|MIIS is no humbug, but a practical truth
1 The pictures taken by Mr. Burkholder
are unsurpassed for BOLDNESS. TRUTH
FULNESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and
DURABILITY. Prices varying according
to size and quality of frames and Cases.
Boom over the Express Office.
Lewistown, August 2d, 1800.
WiLLIAM LIND,
has now open
A NEW STOCK
OF
Cloths, Cassimercs
AND
VESTI NCS,
which w.U be made up to order in the neat
est and most fashionable styles. ap!9
SPRIMi MMOIIS
RF. ELLIS, of the late firm of McCoy
• & Ellis, has just returned from the city
with a choice assortment of
Dry Goods and Groceries,
Beleeted with care and purchased for cash,
which are offered to the public at a small ad
vance on cost. The stock of Dry Goods em
braces all descriptions of
Spring & Summer
GOODS,
suitable for LaJies, Gentlemen and Children,
with many new patterns. His
(ftuocmce
comprise Choice Sugars, Molasses, Java, Rio
vnd Laguyra Coffee, superior Teas, <&c. Also,
Boots and Shoes, Queensware, and all other
articles usually found in stores —all which
the customers of the late firm and the public
in general are invited to examine.
R. F. ELLIS.
Country Produce received as usual and the
full market price allowed therefor.
Lewistown, April 30, 1862.
OFFICE on East Market street, Lewistown,
adjoining F. G. Franoiseus' Hardware
Store. P. 8. Dr. Locke will be at bis office
the first Monday of each month to spend the
week. my3l
1 A A DOZEN Coal Oil Chimneys, Wicks,
XV®. / Brushes, &c., for sale at city whole
sale prices to retailers, by
mhl2 F. G. FRANCISCUS.
CJUNDAY School Books—
A general assortment, for sale by
jell F. J. HUFFMAN.
HAY Forks, Rope and Tackle Blocke, at
my7 F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
/"CONFECTIONERY—Nuts, Crackers, &c„
at low prices to dealers, at
my7 F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
ganrarcaiß £.S?S> gtgffiasssnami are jmirsnsyssims &amsff@my 9 smajimisy <B®OTmrsr 8
THE MIHITREX.,
TO ONE AFAR.
Come back to me : the days are long
And dreary since thou art not here—
-1 am alone amid the throng,
With none my sinking heart to cheer.
Come back to me.
I sigh as thro' the streets I pass,
I sigli as o'er my hooks I bend—
And hermit-like I muse—alas—
I.ife is not life without a friend.
Come back to me.
Though all the fields are fresh and fair,
And the sweet violets are a-blow;
Though birds with music fill the air,
And streams to sweetest music flow.
Come back to me.
For oh! the days and nights are long
And dreary since thou art not here—
I atn alone amid the throng,
With none my sorrowing heart to cheer.
Come hack to me.
JISGCiICi Xi lj[ y
—__ __ i
[From the Philadelphia Presbyterian.]
HOSPITAL SCENES.
BY JANE It. MOORE.
Perhaps the readers of the Presbyterian
would like to hear something of the hos
pitals where so many of the sick and
wounded soldiers of the republic are suf- j
fering. We lately visited one in Balti
more, near the edge of the city, on a hill
overlooking the beautiful cemetery of Green
mount. Near by several companies of the
Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania Jlegimeut
are stationed at Camp Dix—the rest were
ordered to Harper's Ferry. The long, low
wooded barracks, with the surgery, al
most form a square, with a large open
space in the centre, which the men were j
laying off and sodding in circles, with
young trees and flowers. Here, after the !
terrible battle of Williamsburg; about six
ty wounded men were brought, since which
to use their own words, they have received
every attention from the Union citizens
which kindness could dictate. After the
guard passed us, we turned to look back at
his sunburnt face, slowly pacing back and
forth with his musket, in the hot sun, re
membering as we did so that a soldier's lot
is full of hardship, and that it is always so
in life—great ends, as well as glorious vic
tories, are not obtained without much dan- 1
ger, labor and pains.
Several frame buildings are attached
to the hospitals, one occupied by the sick
and another by the wounded, while others !
are used as laundry, kitchen, dining room, j
arsenal and so forth. In the first room,
which was, on the whole, the most comfor
table, were twenty one small single cots, ,
in pairs, with a little stand, and sometimes
a chair between. This, we were told, was
where the worst eases, and particularly men 1
whose limbs had been amputated, were j
brought. It was, perhaps, as favorable a
view of a hospital as could be obtained.—
Some time had elapsed since the battle, i
and the men whose lives had been spared
were rapidly recovering. Vet it was a sad
sight to see lads of nineteen and twenty
with an arm or leg off, and sadder still to
feel that they had received such ghastly
wounds from brethren. Some had bou
quets in canteens, bottles and tumblers by
their side —freshly gathered roses ; while
others preserved withered ones, in touch
ing remembrance of the kind intention of
the giver. The same benevolent hands
have scattered tracts, religious papers and
magazines in their midst, to while away
with profit many a lonely hour. These lie
here, with card portraits of their Generals,
treasured carefully by those once under
their command. One beautiful bouquet was
shown us with evident pride and pleasure,
containing, in the centre of roses, pinks
and honeysuckle, a miniature flag, under
whose starry folds these brave fellows had
suffered so much.
A number of ladies were present, dis
pensing cake and fruit, with various little
delicacies, which to the sick are peculiarly
acceptable. Going from cot to cot while
supplying their wants, they addressed words
of inquiring sympathy to each. 'These
are excellent!' ejaculated a man dying slow
ly of lung disease, to whom a dish of straw
berries were given, while others exclaimed
with emotion, ' You are too good !' Poor
fellows, we felt as if a grateful country
could not do too much tor them! Over
each couch, on a small card, the name of
the patient, with his regiment and disease,
are written. The funeral of one was to
take place that day—for constantly from
these hospitals a close vehicle bears some
poor soldier through the streets to his last
resting place, and the government lots in
the principal cemeteries are rapidly filling
up with newly made graves. The patient
in the corner bed, who seems to breath
with so much pain, has just been given up
by the dootor, and seems to read his fate
in the eyes of those around him. Some
one is answering his inquiry for a minister,
and taking down the name and address of
his mother, in one of the far off States of
our once happy and prosperous, but now
bleeding land.
Sick at heart, we turn to a fine, athletic
young man, the sole dependence of a wid
owed mother in Wisconsin, who, looking
up lrom his paper, says, 'lt is very hard
lying here so long.' And as we remember
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1862.
his poor mother, we can only hope that the
mangled foot will soon heal. A Massachu
setts boy, in a loose dressing gown, with
his arm broken, will not be discharged, but
expresses a great desire to go back to his
regiment. One of nineteen from New
Jersey, had lost his right arm. lie looks
pale, but is trying to laugh, and keep up
his spirits. lie has learned to write aud
shows us a little memorandum, in a neat
back hand. The day is intensely warm
—the sun shines in, and the air is
inexpressibly close—impure—sickening.
How can the sick breathe it? We speak
to several who are terribly lamed, and rise
to go, when a good natured looking youth
hands us a glass of water with his left hand
—his right, we see, is gone—and asks if
we are going so soon. A little group soon
forms, and we step into the fresh air. This
lad is from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, a mem
ber of the First New York Excelsior Brig
ade, now before Richmond, of whose bay
onet charges Gen. McClellan speaks so
highly. His mother was a pious Presby
terian. We ask if she has been long dead.
' Yes, a long time—two years,' and then he
adds, sorrowfully, 'lt scons a long time to
me.'
THE WAGON MASTER'S STORY.
While the army was at Monterey, a vol
unteer belonging to the Arkansas Caval
ry, who had just joined his companion,
was in possession of a splendid charger. One
morning he had him out exhibiting his
paces, bantering the whole of Mexico in
general, and the lookers on in particular
for a swop. 'Come boys, spunk up; some
one of ye give us a banter, and let's have
a trade.' After trying for some time un
successfully an old gentleman, who had
been quietly enjoying the fun, stepped up
and observed, ' friend your horse is really
a fine one and as I would like to have him
I will give you a trade.'
'Them's um my fine fellow : trot out
your nag, and let's see what he is like.'
The old gentleman's horse was sent for,
and Arkansas after a thorough examina
tion said, ' well daddy, I like your horse,
and you do mine; give us the difference
and it's a trade.'
' How much ?'
' Forty dollars ! will you give it?'
' No, there is not over twenty dollars be
tween them.'
' Look here iny old coon, you may be a
mighty fine old chap, and I believe you
because you are willing for a swop, but
you can't fool this child on a horse trade.
I've swopped by moonlight before now.
But Til tell you what it is—give me 630
and it is a bargain.'
' \V ell, come to my tent and get your
money.'
' Well, go it is. I say daddy, what arc
you driving at out here in Texico, trading
round Tnong the boys and all that sort of
thing V
' No not exactly; I have been sent out
here will the army, to take eare of things
and see that aii goes light.'
' Aye, aye, 1 understand ; a kind of bos
sing things round and about.'
' Well my young friend what induced
you to volunteer?'
' Well, I thought I'd like to look at the
country, splurge round awhile, kill a Mex
ican or so, swop a horse now and then, and
see old Hough and Beady. Is this your
tent ?'
' Yes, walk in. Thirty dollars lam to
pay you —there is the money.'
0. K. I say daddy when we trade down
our way, we generally clinch it with a drink.
Have you anything to take ?'
What will you have.'
'lledeye. Here's luck. Now daddy as
you have beei! about for some time, may be
you've seen old Zack V
' Y'es.'
' Then I'm bound to see the old hoss;
the boys all say he's 'some,' and I want a
show, and must have it. What kind of a
looking coon is he V
' About such a looking man as I am.'
' What might your name be V
' Taylor.'
' Cusin of the Gineral's V
' No.'
'A brother?'
' No.'
' Well, who the d—l are you!'
'I am General Taylor.'
'Look here old gentleman, you are a
mighty clever old fellow; and know a heap
about a hoss, but you don't know much
about human natur, if you thiuk to crowd
that down me. I aint green, and it's no
go. Hay, day, daddy you can't come it.'
On returning to his comrades, the first
inquiry was, ' how did you get along with
the General ?'
' Gineral! what Gineral V
' Why GENERAL TAYLOR !
' Come boys, come, now don't be foolin,
was that old Rough and Ready V
' Certainly.'
' Well, he told rae so, but I did not be
lieve him, he was so friendly like. I said
a heap to him I would not have said had
I known who he was. But I'll go and
apologise and make it right.'
He proceeded to the General's tent, sa
luted him and commenced, ' General I've
come to apologise to you, being as how I
didn't know who you were. If I said any
thing improper or too familiar like, and
i gave offence, I hope you will forgive me.'
' No offence my friend, T have nothin"
to forgive. If you are satisfied, I am.—
Good morning.'
On returning to his companions he said,
' Wt *H toys, I did it; he said there was no
offence, and gave me a shake of his hon
est old hand. Hurrah for Old Zach! He's
clear grit; knows all about a hoss, and a
heap more about human nature.'
The Mind.
Of all the noble works of God, that of
the human mind has ever been considered
the grandest. It is however, like all else
created, capable of cultivation ; and just in
that degree as the mind is improved and
rendered pure, is man fitted for rational
enjoyment and pure happiness. That per
son who spends an existence without a re
alization of the great ends for which he was
designed ; without feeling a soaring of the
soul above mere mercenary motives and
desires; not knowing that he is but a por
tion, as it were of one vast machine, in
which each piece has a part to perform ;
having no heart beating in common with
those of his fellow men, no feelings in which
self is not alive. His mind is shut in by
a moral darkness, and he merely exists, a
blank in the world, and goes to the tomb
with scarcely a regret.
buc.i things we have seen, and wonder
ed at; wondered that mortal, endowed with
so many noble qualities, and capable of the
highest attainments of intellectuality,
should slumber on through a world like
ours, in which is everything beautiful,
lovely and sublime, to call forth his ener
gies and excite his admiration—a world
which affords subjects for exercising every
living attribute with which we are gifted,
and opens a scene of the richest variety to
the mind and the heart, and of such a di
versified character that we may never grow
weary.
If, then, you would wish to live, in the
true sense of the term, cultivate the mind ;
give vent to pure affections and noble feel
ings, and pen not every desire and thought
in self. Live for the good of your fellow
men, and in seeking their happiness you
will promote your own.
A Bargain with the Devil. —A curious
old time record is in existence in the court
records of Hartford county. Before the
court, in September, 1708, was brought
David Foster, Benjamin Adkins, Thomas
and Joseph Boarn, all of the town of Mid
dletown, to answer for that they ' on Wed
nesday, the 14th day of April last past, in
a field near George Hubbard's in Middle
town aforesaid, did mutually, profanely
and presumptuously agree among them
selves, that one of them should be given to
the devil, upon condition that he would
stubb a certain piece of ground for them
that they were then at work upon, and did
also then determine by lot who of them it
should be, and likewise did call upon the
devil to come and do said work and take
his wages. Foster was discharged. The
others were held to bail but finally dis
charged. Since that time no objection has
been made to selling one's self to the dev
il in the Connecticut Valley.
Funny. —liumsey & Newcomb's Min
strels have been driven out of Germany.
An English paper says : It appears that
the Germans, unaccustomed to this sort of
entertainment, expected to find the troop
composed of real black men, and when it
was discovered that they were only white
men, blackened up for the purpose of car
icaturing the 1 nigger,' the German press
and people denounced them as impostors !
The public were informed by the German
press, in all seriousness, that liumsey &
Newcomb's Minstrels were base impostors,
and that the black could be rubbed off
their faces, and that there was not a real
black among them ! The result was that
our minstrel friends were obliged to bring
their performance to a very abrupt conclu
sion, or they might have been ; assisted'
out of town.
' That's my Wife .'—Two of our citizens,
whom we call A and B, while riding out
leisurely the other day, had their attention
attracted by three ladies who were walking
ahead of them, one of whom excited the
admiration of A, who expatiated in warm
terms upon her fine form, beautiful ankles
and graoeful gait. B acquiesced in all
that A said in praise of the lady, and be
came quite interested in her. When they
had overtaken tho ladies and were able
to see their faces, A was greatly surprised
to hear B exclaim—' Thunder! that's my
wife.'— Paictuclcet Gazette.
An llonest Life. —A poor pittance of
seventy years is not worth being a villain
for. What matter is it if your neighbor
lies in a splendid tomb ? Sleep you with
innocence. Look behind you through the
track of time! A vast desert lies open
in retrospect; wearied with years and sor
row, they sink from the walks of man.—
You must leave them where they fall, and
you are to go a little further and you have
to encounter between the cradle and the
grave, every moment is big with events
which come not in succession, but bursting
forcibly, from a revolving and unknown
cause, fly over this orb with diversified in
fluence.
56f*Never communicate your secrets to ono
who is anxious to know them.
The New Tax Bill.
The new tax bill makes a Congressional
volume of one hundred and twenty pages,
ihe tax is to be collected in each election
or representative district, for which a col
lector and assessor will be appointed. The
income tax levies a tax of three per cent.
on all the incomes in excess of S6OO. If
the income of a person is SI,OOO, he pays
tax on S4OO, the excess of S6OO. A tax
of 5 per cent, is laid upon all incomes over
SIO,OOO. On all incomes in excess of S6OO
received from property in the United States
by persons residing out of the United States
and not in service, five per cent, is imposed.
On incomes in excess of $50,000 per an
num, a tax of seven and one half per cent,
is laid. In estimating one's income the
money derived from interest on railroad
bonds or shares is excluded ; so also that
from advertisements, dividends on stock,
dividends on capital or deposits in any bank,
trust company, savings bank, insurances,
gas, railroad bridge, express, ferry boat and
steamboat company, and from the manufac
ture of any article upon which a stamp or
ad valorem duty is laid. Incomes derived
from interest on securities of the United
States are taxed but one and a half per
cent., and from all incomes may be deduc
ted the amount paid for State and local
taxes. The income tax is laid upon all in
come for the year ending December next,
and is collectable on the Ist of July, 1863,
and each year hereafter up to 1866, when
the time expires as regards the income tax,
if the same be not renewed.
Manufacturers must furnish the assessor
with a sworn statement of the place where
he intends to manufacture his articles,
whether the market for it is domestic or
foreign, and the kind and quality of the
article. Each month he must make re
turns of the products and sales, and pay
the amount of taxes on them, except cer
tain cloth and woollen goods, which arc
paid for by the finishers. In all cases of
goods manufactured in whole or in part up
on commission, or where the material is fur
nished by one party and manufactured by
another, it the manufacturer shall be re
quired to pay under the tax, such person
paying the same shall be entitled to collect
the amount thereof of the owner or own
ers, and shall have a lien for the amount
thus paid upon the manufactured goods.
The taxes on all articles manufactured and
sold, in pursuance of contracts bona fide
made before the passage of tho act, shall
be paid by the purchasers thereof, under
regulations to be established by the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue. The tax
on spirits commenced on the Ist cf July.
The tax on manufactured articles, divi
dends, stamps, Ac., on the Ist of August.
The tax on incomes is due on the Ist of
July, 1863. Manufacturers arc required
to pay the duty at the time the goods are
to be removed from the premises. Wheth
er selling for cash or on time, this of course
holds good. One per cent, tax is laid on
the gross receipts of insurance companies
for premiums. This clause goes into effect
on the 18th of October. On passports is
sued after the Ist of July a duty of $3 is
levied. The tax on auction sales is impo
sed on sales made on and after the Ist of
August. No person subject to pay license,
after the Ist of August.
Persons engaged in the following busi
ness are required to take out license, for
which they will be charged the following
amounts: —Apothecaries, $10; auctioneers,
20; bankers, 100; billiard tables, eicli 5;
brewers, 25 and 50; brokers, 50; brokers in
land warrants, 25; bowling alleys, each al
ley 5 ; cattle brokers, 10; claim agents, 10;
coal oil distillers, 50; commercial brokers,
5; confectioners, 10; circusses, 50; dentists,
10; distillers, 12 50 to 50; eating houses,
10; horse dealers, 10; hotels, see 'hotels,'
from 5 to 200 ; jugglers 20; lawyers, 10 ;
livery stable keepers, 10; manufacturers,
10; pedlers, see 'pedlcrs,' from 5 to 20; pho
tographers, 10; pawnbrokers, 50; physicians,
1; retail dealers 10; retail dealers in liquors,
20; stills, from 12 50 to 25 ; surgeons, 10;
tobacconists, 10; theatres 10; tallow chan
dlers, 10; soap makers, 10; wholesale deal
ers, 50; wholesale dealers in liquors, 100.
Tavern keepers, Ac., are not obliged to take
out an additional license for selling tobacco.
Certain Retailers selling less than SIOOO per annum
need take out no license.
following is reported as a fact:
—A Louisville Union lady, a few days ago,
called on a secosh iriend, and felt obliged
to listen to her tirade. On rising to leave,
she noticed and praised a portrait of Gen.
George Washington, whereupon the she
rebel remarked : 'I intend to get fine por
traits of Jeff. Davis and Beauregard, and
hang up one on each side of that.' 'Do,'
said Union, 'we read in the Bible that our
Saviour was hung between two thieves.'
s@°"lf a law-abiding citizen stops a
drunken ruffian in the act of abusing his
family and smashing his neighbor's windows,
would it be right to make the good man
pay the cost of prosecution, and repair the
damaged windows ? Such, in principle, is
the question now before the people of this
country. Doughfaces and tratiors say we
should make loyal men pay the expenses of
the war, rather than confiscate the proper
ty of the rebels.
fl£g"~The object of ambition should be to
be happy at home. If we are not happy
there wc canuot be elsewhere.
New Series—Vol. XVI, No. 39.
Gen Halleek Appointed Commander-in-
Chief of the Army of the United
States.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, )
July 11, 1862. j
Ordered, that MAJOR GENERAL HEN
RY* W. HALLECK. be assigned to the com
mand of the whole land forces of the Uni
ted States as General-in-Chief; and that
he repair to this Capital as soon as he can
with safety to the positions and operations
within the department now under his spec
ial charge.
(Signed) ABRAHAM LLNCOLN,
Gen. Pope has issued an order to the
commanders of the Army of Virginia to
immediately arrest all disloyal male citi
zens within the lines of that army and to
proler to them the oath of allegiance.—
Those who take the oath and furnish suffi
cient security for its observance will bo
permitted to remain at their homes. Thoso
who refuse to take the Oath will he con
ducted south beyond the extreme pickets
of the army, and if found again within its
lines will be treated as spies. All com
munication with those within the enemy's
linos, except through the military authori
ties, is prohibited, and those detected in
making communications in any other way
will be treated as spies.
An agreement for an immediate and
general exchange of prisoners has been
consummated between Major Gen. Dix, on
behalf of the Federal authorities, and Mar
ior Gen. Hill, on behalf of the rebels.
The schooner Wm. White, laden with
cotton, lias been captured by the gunboat
De Sota at Sabine Pass.
Gen. McClcllan has issued an order di
recting the Geuerals of brigades and di
visions to forward to his headquarters the
names of every non-commissioned officer
who, in the late ' Seven Days' Battle,' may
have been distinguished for gallantry and
good service on the field, with a view to
immediate promotion of the deserving.—
j Over two thousand names of yuung men and
i heroes have been handed in, and will no
doubt soon receive deserved promotion as
a reward for faithful services.
Another band of guerillas has been rout
ed in Missouri, near the town of Memphis..
It was commanded by one Porter, and the
Federal was under charge of Col. M'Niel.
Our loss was 15 killed, and 30 wounded
and missing; that of the rebels was much
greater, 23 of their dead being left on the
field.
Brigadier Gen. Howard, who lost au
arm at the battle of Fair Oaks, is now de
livering addresses before large audiences,
in Maine, urging the iapid enrollment of
volunteers under the new call. He is to
enter the service again as a Brigadier Gen
eral of the new brigade which is being
raised in that State, composed of the 16th,
17th, 18th and l°th regiments.
Massachusetts has settled with the Gen
eral Government her proportion of the
820,00U,000 tax of 1801, amountiug (less
fifteen per cent, for collectionj to 6700,-
894 12. Her whole claim on the United
States, for advances for the war, up to Jan.
1, 1862, was 63,165,128 25.
Gov. Tod has appealed to the people of
Ohio, and if her quota is not filled in forty
days, he will draft.
The total loss of General McCall's Di
vision of Pennsylvania Reserves, in the
late seven days' fighting near Richmond,
was as follows :
Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total
First Brigade 08 417 312 "99
Second Brigade 85 450 1,099 1.034
Third Brigade 75 303 178 556
Batteries and Cav. 23 53 18 94
Total 251 1,223 1,007 3,081
As the division numbered only about
8,000 men at the beginning of the fighting
it will be seen that the proportion of the
losses was very great —much greater than
that of any other division engaged.
A number of officers belonging to the
Army of the Potomac who have been idling
about Washington have been made to re
| join their regiments. It is to be hoped the
! same process will be applied everywhere.
Gen. Pope has ordered the seizure of all
horses and stores in Culpepper county not
absolutely necessary to the inhabitants.
B*iL.The War Department has issued an
important order relative to the military
couduct of the war. Commanders within
the States in rebellion are directed in an
orderly manner to seize and use any prop
erty, real or personal, which they may deem
necessary or convenient as supplies or for
other military purposes; and that while
property may be destroyed for military ob
jects, none shall be destroyed in wantonness
or malice. Military and naval commanders
are also authorized to employ as laborers as
many negroes as can be advantageously
used, giving them reasonable wages for
their labor. Accounts are to be kept both
of persons and property thus used, which
are to be the basis of compensation in prop
er cases.
The Way to Preach. —At a Methodist
meeting in Boston last week the clergy
man made an appeal to his people to enlist
in the army. 1 Why don't you come for
ward lively V said he. 1 1,11 enlist
after you receive the benediction, that will
be the proper time to enroll yourselves un
der your couutry's flag.' The result was
that in a few minutes after the services
were closed the clergyman found his own
name at the head of sixteen true men, who
will all go to the Union army.