1 i 1L 0 w . tV.il, JACOB f j Proprietor. Truth and Right -God and our Couutry. Two Dollars per Anno a. VOLUME 13. BLOOMS BURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20, 1861. NUMBER 46. 1 1 STAR r TO TIT! 1 JjJiPj ST A It OF TEE NORTH, rCBLISBKD ITXBY VIDXUD1T BT . W3I. II. JlCUBT, Office on Slain St.. 3rd Square below Market, - TEKMS: Two Dollars p-r annum if paid within six month from ihe lime of subscri bing: iwu dollars and- fitly rents if not paid wfthfii lht year. No subscription taken for a fe period" than six mouths; no discon 'tin narcs permitted until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the editor. Iheteims f advertising will be us follows ; 'One square, twelve lines, three time, jfl HO Every subsequent insertion, 25 ' One square, three months, ....... 3 bO ji-ar, . . .' ..." 8 CO THE WAR NEWS. The Great Xaval Expedition, Partirnlars of ; liie FJceU TIis Vieiory al Ceaufort. : Fortress Monkoe Not. 12. via Baltimore. The steamer Bieu ii le ban ju.-t airived at Old Point Irom tlte great expedition. She eft Port Royal on Sunday meriting, and bring cheering intelligence. She proceeds at once to New York where she will ba'Jue to-morrow evening. ' Capl. Steedman, however left her at this place and proceeds direct to Washington, with despatches and trophies f victory two trass cannon and a renef flts He reports the gale encountered by the a . . i - l. . i i . Heel tn uvo utr-?ii" -ry severe i lie steam er Union and Osceola went ashore ai.d were lost as previously reported. . . The Meamrr Governor foundered at pea, bnt the Isaac T. Smtth succeeded in saving all her crew, w.ih taa exception of a lew ma rine. ' The fleet arrived at Port Royal1 on Monday ik lih iut- On Tuesday the s'nnller vnri boat! snmided aa Dtioyed out the channel, under a fire Irom ihe toils which d.d iro 'damage. I OkV, Wednesday - the weather prevented aciivttopratioii!t, but on Thursday morn ing. lheV.h inst . the rhan-of-war and gun beats advanced to the attack . Tae action commence ! at 10 o'clock A. A!., aud was body carried on upon both and lasted , Ion r hbttrs. at the end ot wlitcb time the rebel were compelled by ibe'shower of shells to abandon their works and beat a hasty retreat. 'Our loss a only eight men andone officer the chief engineer ot the Mohican. About "twenty men were wounded. The rebel loss is unknown. Flfiy-two bodies were lonnd by our iiien,and buried. All their wduuded, except two were carried ofl. " Two forts were Capmred Fort Walker, "on Hiiiou Head moontiirg 23 guns, and Fort Beauregard, n Bay Point, mounting 19 -guns- The guns 'efe of heavy cafib're, They were both iww.aiid splendid earth wotks of great strength constructed in the highest style of military science, and pro ttiMiuctfd by our "engineers as impregnable oaiiiKi any aanii by lard forces. The' final retreat ol 'he rebel w?s"a per ffct rour. They ledeery rhiog.arni&jej.iip 'roeut of all kind,even to ihe othcers-words and commissions. Ail the let ers and pa pers, both public and private, order books, 'and documents of all kinds, were lett 'in their flight, and tell into our hands. affording ar offi er much valuable information. Among the pers was a telegram from -Jefl. Dais to the commander ot ine post, in tormina him ot the saitiuf of the fleet, and that he tii.ew iaeir cesuuauoa 10 lb "t uri Rri:,r. :" ' ' ' "Query." HVTio was the ir-mor? 1 he whole sorrouiidi.ij country was seiz "est Vpti a perfect panic.;. The day alter the fitu liie iwneca and two other gunboats un dei the otimmandof Lieat Ammen proceed eJ co to Boaulurt, audfouud bat one man in-lM luvrn and he was druuk. - Ait the plaitia tons up the river seemed "to b drfBeriede.vcept by the negroes, who weresee11tu4re.it numbers, suid who as the boats passed, cranio ilown to the shore witti their bundles in their handa as if ex oeciing to be taken off. - 1 "A!I the letters in the Beaufort post office were eized . .; Air" '"8 capture of the fort, the whole army, about 15, COO lroiii, w-ere safely v tat Uslitd oa the 4 aacred soil''' ol South Car " olina. "The lorts werabnt lit le injured, bat the rebels courd-uot stand the explosion of our bin he'ls. . - " The lorce ol the enemy, as ascertained by their papers, was Irom 3 000 to 4 OUO men under Geu. Drayton, of Souta Carolina. .J. S. Sradtord. of the Coast Surtrey, beater ot despatches, and Lieut. U. H. VVy1i1i.11, commanding the Pawnee, also arri ved in (he Bienville, and take the boat to njgtii tot Haiti more. k i'ha bj-us Irom the Wah isk were the first to iar.J alter the fihl, and Capt. John Hol ers was the 5rt man on shore. The boat returned loaded wUh valuable irophies of all ki;ids. One ol our othcers found a vaiaabre cavalry sword with a solid 'Silver scabbard. . Swords, pisroU, &c, &c, were scattered about in every direction, and in sy quauti ly. But lour prisoners were found, two of them being wounded. All handi connected with the fleet are tepresenteil as actiu m the most galant tnanner. The repiirrers, who accompanied the ex JseJi'.ion, returned io .w Vurk m the liren dU, with lull details. A dag 01 truce was sel to Norfolk yes terday, but i:s under-tood to have brought Tto addittooal iu'ellience. Furluur Parlicalars. BiLTtMoRH, Nov. 13- From an officer Viwcmeup oii trw Old Point boat this rruriiir we gatiierthe (allowing additional particulars : - J'otie of bar vef els were sank. . 1 Th United Statesstearner Paumee lost $ix killed and two wounded. This vessel -suffered more i:.jary than any ol the flee'., but was not duabied. . . ' - . . The friaate IVabask bad ber mainmast 'bsdly wounded,' as her sailors say, with ' a rooi ci shot. The sieamet Pocahontat had but one man tr.j ;retf. The cbiel engineer of the gunboat Mohic ton was killed, and an assistant ensiuer was badly woortded, bathis name coold hot be ascertained. 'When ocr troops took possession of the forts they foand the rebel flag flying at Hd ton Head. The rebels had mined "the works d fixed the halyards of the flag 60 that when l j v?as hauled down by our troops the tv. . e would ts spruns. Bat 1:1 this the re ti 'were "disappointed.. The halyards 'n the' house c.'ed' by the t Jt j very litiia d aroage. and Jid tsDt ei- I ?.rt no In addition to what has been mentioned as found in the for:s, the rebels lelt behind tlio contents o theii maazine, ' includin'j; lame qnaniities ol English ammuni'.ion and projectiles. Notwithstanding the heavy calibre of the suns in the rebel lorts, and their aoundant supply of ammunition, as the subsequent discoveries proved, not a single vessel of our fleet was either sunk or burnt and none were seriously injured or even disabled. General Sherman has hundreds, perhaps thousands, ol tienro laborers at his command to work on the new entrenchments. A terrible panic prevails' at Savannah, and ii is belle ed that the capture ol that city could be easily effected. The gunboat Puwnee. which rendered eflicient service in the fight, suffered more severely than any of the war vessels engaged, and yet'she was not disabled in the slightest degree. A around shot went through tier ward-room, and another ball damaged the second lieutenant's room, causing some havic among the lurniiure, but doing the ship no material damage. This ship lost six killed tfnd two others of her gallant Fellows were wounded. . Thi? flaT-ship ll'abish escaped, with the injury to the inainm:tsl by a round shot When our brave te.llows landed to take possession of the lorts. they found the rebel flan at the lor! on Hilton Head slid flying and just as one of our men pulled at the halyards to draw down'lhe traitorous ban Tier an explosion took place in the house just vacated by the rebei officers, but doing little damacre and iiijurini no one ' It was found. 0:1 examination, that the rebels had. before evaruatinz the place, arrange i what they thought would prove a deadly trap to the victors. "But it did not feo off. a' d soon the brave o'd flac. '.he stars and stripes, waved in triumph from tin rebel fld-ctaff. The magazines were found to contain large on'itie ' powder ud a vat quan t'ry of arrimun'tion. shot, and shell, and va rious descriptions of projectiles, the laller chiefly of Knalih manufacture. ' The Susquehanna had three men wound ed. Tbe town of Beanfbrt ws entirely de serted, except by the heroe. The troop had not occupied it when the steamer left, being better engaged itr strengthening their po-ition. T'e 'bombardment lasted between four and five hours, when the rebel flag on Fort Walker came down. The rebel loss is snp posed to be 200. Gen Drayton command ed at Fori Walker, and Col. Elliott at Fort Beanregard. The rebels retired across Scoll creek to a village twenyfive miles in the interior, where it is supposed they intend to make a stand. The negroes had already begun to pillage and des'roy Beaufort, the whit- poptiU'ion having fled to Charleston, by small eam ers. through the inlar.d route. It is uridfrslo1 th.it Genera! Sherman will improve tbe defences of hi position belore mailing any forward movement Comrnodorrt , Dupont wnl imme lia'e'v ! survey the harbor, place t-noys ami erect lights: and the position will te made a per- 1 manenl base of operations. j Every one entered into the fiirht with the j determination that the forts should b si- j lenred. though it should cost the entire flet. ! The fleet stood between 800 and I "OtJO feet of th lorts and used five second fuses, and poored shfil into them at the rate oi 2.000 per hour. Not a single shed sent by 1 the rebels burst in a shin. The Waha-h was struck several times, as was inns! ol the fleet, but every ship was in a fighting position when the rebels (ock to their heels. The surgeon of Fort Walker was killed. At Charleston, the next day. thineen minnte guns were fired, indicative of the br.rial of a brigadier. Captain Steedman reports that the cap lured forts are magnificent, with covered ways and bomb-proofs. All our troops had 10 do was to occupy them, and they can le held against any force. Commoitore Drayton, who commanded the Pocahontas, is a brother of General Dray ton, who cernmanded the rebel forts, and Captain Steedman. who brings ; the des pa'.ches, is the aon ol a f jrnier Alayor ot Charleston. :. .. A Confirmed Cae A gentleman of ex cellent habits ddd very amiable disposition, was so unfortunate as to have a wife of a very different character ; in short, one that would get beastly 'drunk.. Being in com pany with a few intimates one evening, one of them remarked to him, that if she was his wife since all other things had lailed he would (tighten her in some way, so that she would quit her evil habit, and pfopotfd the following method: that some time when deal drunk,-she sho ild be laid in a box shaped like a coffin, and left in that situation until her fit should be over, and consciousness restored. A lew evenings after, the dame being in a proper state, the plan was put into exe cution ; and after the box hd was properly secure, the party belore alluded to watched, each in urh, to witness the result. About daylight next morning the watch heard a movement, laid h:msell down by the box, when her ladyship, alter bumping her head a few times, was heard to say : "Bless me ! where am I 7" The outsider answered, in a tepulchralion : "Madam, yon are dead and in the other world." A pause ensued, after which the lady inquired again : '"Where are you Vf Oh ! I am dead, too," said he. "Can you tell me how long 1 have been dead - n "About three weeks." "How, long have you been dead V "Four mouths." "Well, you have been here so much bnger than I have, can't yoQ tell me where I can gel. a little giu Tub F.KFiELto Rirn: The old fashioned mos kel, like the old fashioned ordinance, ii. out of use now. Rifled cannon are the lavorUea for artillery, said -En field 'rifle are the modern substitute lor the mu&ket. These rifles were originally made at Enfield in England, and bence iheir name. They are admirable specimens of. art, and each oue is composed ot. sixty-one different and distinct pans ; yet all ih 'similar parts are made so exactly alike, lb;U if a thousand ri fles were dismembered, and iheit furniture intermingled, tbey could all be put together again at tut rate ot Uue'riSe' ir."tleVinfft- TDECCCSTERSiGX. Alas ! the weary hours'pass slow, The night is very dark and still, And in the marshes far below r hear the bearded whip poor-will; I scarce can see a yard ahead, My ears are strained 10 catch each so a rid, I hear the leaves about me shed, And ihe springs bubbling thro' the ground. Along the beaten path I paco, Where while rags mark my sentry's track; In tormle-s shrubs I seem to trace The (oeman's form with bending back; I think 1 see him crouching low I stop and list 1 stoop and peer, Until the neighboring hillocks grow To groups of soidiers far and near. With ready piece I wait and watch, Unid my eyes familiar grow, Detect each harmless earthen notch, And turn guerillas into stone: And then amid the lonely gloom, Beneath the tail old cheatnt.t trees, My silent marches I resume, And think of o;her times than these. "Halt ! Who goes there ?'? My ctfallengn cry, It ring along the watchful line; Relief ! "1 hear a voice reply "Advance, and give the countersign." With bayonet at the charge I wait The corporal gives the mystic word ; With arm a port I charge my maie Then onward pass, and ail is well. But in the tent that night, awake, I ask, it in he Iray 1 lull, Can 1 the mystic answer make Whn the angelic sentries call? And pray that Heaven may so ordain, Where'er I go. what lute be ruiue, Whether in pleasure or in pain, I stiil may tiave the Countersign. ,7 White rags are frequently scattered along the seminars post, of a daric night to mark his beat. PhiluJefphj Press From the Rational Republiun. X CAtfP-FIRE STORY. Doing guard duty on one of these clear, frosty nights, is what I call a "big thing." Standing before a huge fire, whose giimer ing rays shoot into the dense pine forest which surrounds you, as if they too, had partaken of the spirit of vigilance, and were searching for some hidden loe, one's mind naturally is affected, and every shadow and tree has an association which awakens the soldier to a full appreciation of his sentinel duties Bui such a night as last night daik. dreary, wet, and disagreeable In the extreme has an entirely difleieul effect, and we clustered around the fire, piled high w.lh Seifsh rails, which at limes seen ei to exert its best light ami most genial rays to spread humor and life among thesii who stood smoking around it. Then, as if exas perated at the failure, it would splutter and crack, contending furiously with every drop of rain, and hiss out a strong reproof at the element which was making the senti.iels so uncomfortable. But the guard must he. vig ilantly maintained through the night, and we date not sleep ; for you must knew, Mr. Editor, that sleep courts ihe soldier s eye lids as sweetly under the drooping ra n as it does in his tent ii perchance he has a gum blanket for a bed, and his kuapsac c for a piliow. I proposed a song, but the only music that could be raised, was made by a late corporal, who doled out, in, a most melan choly style, "Some days must be dark and dre; rr." This seemed to be the only song t'lat the corporal knew, and the only one of that kind which we wanted 10 hear. Under these auspices, I proposed a story, nd the sergeant ol guard, an old Mexican soldier, ' up and told" ihe following story, hich I quote, cs nearly as 1 can recollect , in his own words : . Seated in my tent, one evening, ;ost be fore the battle of the city of Mexico, the captain came to roe with. 4 Corpora!, I have been requested to send a trusty n m-cord-mis-ioned officer to the general co incil to night as a messenger. Will you jo Vf I replied in ihe affirmative, thanking he cap tain (or his confidence. Our company was, at that time, detached from his Rtgiment, and was doing special duty at Genen 1 Scott's headquarters. In the discharge of t lat duty I had made a point of being spec ally at tentive, and had thereby gained th confi dence of our captain, and once or tv ice was commended by old "Fuss and Fiathers" himself. 1 brushed up my old c'otites, and brightened my shoes and b'rasi plates in the neatest manner possible that ivening, and presented myself to the Adjut.mt Gen eral tor instructions. I found that the coun cil about to meet for the consideration of General Scott's plans for taking the city, was lo be composed of all the Co onels in the division, and that rny duty woe Id be to go errands, and attend to bringing charts paper, or whatever might be reqoiied. Well, the council met, and I wat ' at my post. It was the finest body of . military men 1 had ever seen together, an i when they assembled around that table, and the old general stood towering high alove the rest, I could not help but admire h ra more than ever. After the customary ' satution and organization, they sat down in regard to rank, beginning with General Wool, and succeeding each other in seats, as seniority of rank gave them privilege. It was ho time for delay, and the General spoke rap. idly and with earnestness, eccasionally. re ferring to tome one on the" right ot left for information or corroboration. .Tin care fully and explicitly were ' the movements arid marches, tne' sallies,' . and; strties, the whele plan developed, eo ibtt all Semed id understand. But presently a plan was dis covered, something was wrorr. table that a very serion3 mistake had been made, but from what cause, my knowledge of military affairs did not enable me to jmUe. A dispute arose between some col onel and the engineer in-chief, in regard to the position and strength of some battery, and the topograpy Of the surrounding coun try. 1 he colonol said that frequent reeon noisance, of the ground, Irom the fact of his being encamped near the place in question, led him, even in direct opposition to the chart of the engineer, to protest against its truthfulness, and he would urge upon the general to make himself sure of the condi tion of affairs before he fully completed his plan. But this would not do; it was ne cessary that very important and vigorous movement should take place upon that very section of the defence, and without a correct knowledge of the place no action could be carried 011 with safety or certainty. It seemed, in fact lo be a main point, al which positive success would have to fall to the American forces Finally, the colonel said, there was a young lieutenant ' in his regiment who had a correct chart of the de fences, and a map of demesne thereto adja cent. The engineer in chief sneeringly said. Very veil, sir, you had better send for your authority, and let me see this great map." The general nodded his approval, and col onel gave me the name and address of the lieutenant. The encampment was not very far away, and I mounted my horse and rode off in haste to the regimental headqnares, and found the very man I wa in search of in ihe colonel's tent, with draughting paper on a table before him, and sketches of the c'ty and its surroundings scatteie I every where. I handed him the note, which he read and hastily tore up, asking me if I could wait until he could borrow a horse-? I told him 1 could, but had not long to wait, for he came back in a few moments, and carefully wrapping up his surveys, he pla ced them in a long tin case, and mounting prepared to follow me. On the way he conversed with so much earnestness, and in such a mild, interesting manner, that I fell encouraged to talk and chat, con trary to my usual practice when on horse back. He informed me that he was a grad uate of West Point, and that he had there fallen so much in love w ith the science of geometry that he had made it an almost constant study, and that now he found it very interesting, in the interval of duty, to make sketches and surveys of the city. When we arrived at the general's qnar tere again, the lieutenant was introduced, and, at his colonel's request, produced, his charts. The party were astonished at their finish and fine execution, and when, after examination, they were found to be perfect ly correct, General Scott came forward, and grasping the young lieutenant by the hand personally complimented him on his skill and thanked him for his ethcieney The chief engineer, some what chagrined at this display of learning on the part of his young rival, sneeringly said : "General, perhaps this young man has some plan by which this part of the defences may be attacked." Upoe inqniry,itwas found that he h id a plan, which was produced with some degree of reluctance and laid tefore the assembly. It was read, and criticised, and corrected, finally, lo make a long story short, adopted with some amendments by the council. This displeased the engineer, who leemsJ to think that the lieutenant, though bin a very lew years his junior, had no right to display so much knowledge of a science which did not belong to his branch of the eervice. 'I need not tell you," continued the cor poral," that, in the taking of Mexico a few days afier the plan offered by this lieuten ant was of signal service, and that he was breveted goon afterwards." Here the story ended, and the sergeint relapsed into his "pipe and silence." We all looked for a while into the fire, when one of the sentinels asked him what the name of this young lieutenant was. He slowly puffed the smoke from his mouth, and answered: "I believe it was George George B. McClellan." And who was that engineer V "I believe his name was Gsorge, too George Bkaukcgakd" And we all smoked and looked into the lire, until the sentinel called out "Grand rounds ! Turn out the guard !" PxRTtNGroNiAN. "What are yon going to do you bad woman's boy !" said Mrs. Par tington, as Ike passed through the kitchen into the garden. "Down with the 6eceshers," he shouted, and she looked j ist in season to see the top of a beautiful plant fall before the artillery sword of Paul which the youugster held in his hand. "You'd better go to Molasses Jugtion, if you want 10 do that' she said, restraining his hand as it was lifted against her fuschia ready to decapitate the plant that she had ivatched with almost a mother's care for three winters. "Dear me "she murine red half to herself, "what a terrible thiug war is when even the children show such signs of sanguinity,and brother is pitied against broth er. I can't bear id think of it. Isaac dear go down and buy me an extraditon of the paper. Ike departed with halt a dime, and from the fact ihat no change came back, Mrs. Partington supposed the price had raised. It is astonishing how keen even ignorant 2atters In Washington. The Star-spangled correspondent of the New York Mercury has we learn been en- gaged in a thrilling skirmish, in which he came off majestically victorious. His beau- j lilul eulogy of his falleu adversary will j touch all hearts: "The star spangled banner my boy in tri umph shall wave o'er the laud of the flea and Jeff. Davis grave. The march of ihe Grand Army has commence I, amid the roar of excited cannon and the shrieks of every roasting pig and traitorous chicLe i within reach of our confiscating pickets. We have taken the upper Potomac, my boy. ly a pp j ile main, and 1 saw six brigi liers lake the Oath yesterday by a Lie-cup ile brandy. My head swells with patriotic pride when I cas ually remark that the Mackerel Brigade oc cupy the post of honor to the left of Bull Run, which they abco Jefl on the day we eel ebrated. The b-uiner which was presented to u.t by the women of America and which it took the orator of the day six hours and forty minutes lo describe to us we are using in ihe shape ot blazing neckties, and when the hard-up sun of Virginia shines upon tt e glorious red bands around the sagacious necks ol our veterans, they all look as-though they had just cut their throats, t he effect is gory, ruy boy extremely gory and le spectable. At the special request of Secretary Sew ard, who wrote six letters about it to tne Governors of all ihe States, I have been ap pointed a picket of the army of the upper Potomac. In your natural ignorance, my boy, you may not know why a rnu is call ed a picket. He is called a picket my boy, because if anybody tiroes a pocket book or watch anywhere, his natural gifts would cuuse him to pick-it up If he saw a pock et, he would not pick-it oil. uo ! Bat pick it picket. The picket, my boy, has been an insti tation ever since wars began, and his per ils are spoken ol bysome of the high old poets in these following beautiful lines: "The chap thy tactics dnorulo bleed to-day Had he thv renot;s would he poker play ? : Pleased to the last, he noes a deal of good, I And licks the man just sent to shed his blood." I am weepiug, my boy. While on my lonely beat about an hour ago, a light tread attracted my attention, and on looking op, I beheld one of secesh's picket standing belore ma. "Soldier," says he, "jou remind me of my grandmother who expired belore I ws born, but this uu iaiural war has male us enemies, and I must shoot you. Give me a chaw ter backer." He was a young man, my boy, in the prime of life and descended from Fir.-t Fam ilies of Virginia. Tdal is to say his mother was a virgin. Al least that's what I under stand by Ihe First Families 01 Virginia. I looked at him, and say's , "Let's compromise, my brother." "Never," say he. "The South is fight - ing tor tier liberty, tier hre.-wle. and the , pursuit ot happiness, and i desire mn-t re spdctfully lo weioo tie yoa w.tii b'.jjly hands to a hospitable grave." . "Stand off ten paces," says 1, "and let's see who shall come before the coroner first." He took his place ait we fire-1 siutuha- I neously. I heard a ball go whittling by a barn about a quarter of a mile on my rig'it and when the smoke had cleared away. I saw the secesh picket approach me with an awful expre-sion ol woe 011 his otherwise : dirty countenance. 1 "So'dier," says he, "was there anything! in my head before you fired 1 "Nothing," says 1 ' save a fow harmless insects." I "I speak not of tem," says he. 'Was there anything- inside of my head ? ' ! "Nothing " says 1. ' "Well," says he, "just listen now." I He shook his head mournfully, and I ' heard something rattle in it. "What's that V Pexclaimed. j "That," says he, "is your bullet, which j has penetrated my skull, and is rolling around in my brain. I die happy, and with an empty stomach, but there is one thing I wish to see before I perish for my couutry. Have you a quarter about yon ?" Too much affected 10 speak I drew the ' coin from my pocket and handed it 10 him. ! The dy ing man clutched it convulsively, ' and stared at it feverishly. 1 "Tins," said be, "is the first quarter I ! have seen since the fall of Sumter, and, had I wounded you, I should have been lota ly unable to give you any quarter. Ah ! how beaiittlul it is! how bright how exqni-ito, i and good for four drinks! But I have not lime to say all I feel." The expiring soldier then laid down his gun. hung his cap and overcoat oa a branch of a tree, and blew his nose. He then died And there I stood, my boy.on that lonely beat, looking down upon that fallen lype of manhood, and thinking how singular it was he had forgotten to give me back my quar ter. The sight arid the thought so affected me, that I was obliged to turn my back on the corpse and walk a little way from it When I returned to the spot, the body was gone. Had it gone to Heaven ? Perhaps so my boyperhaps so, but 1 haven't seen my duarter since. Your own picket, Orphcus C. Kerr. Rulers are generally too fond of display. They seem more anxious to fill the eyes than the stomach of their people. Speech of lion. John Sherman. At a meeting of he people of Morrow county, held in Mt. Gilead, Sept. 27th, Hon. Jhn Sherman miide a speech upon the present posture of national affairs and the dntv of citizen? in relation thereto. It was not a political speech. We shonld be glad 1 to' give it entire, bnt onr space will admit t only of the concluding portion, which is as follows : Whal then is left to us ? If you go on j and cultivate your f irms in Peace and qciet: If yon enjoy th f r nits of your industry, un- j moved by the dangers around yon-; if you ?0 lo your rest at your usual hour, and rise in the rrorning to your various vocations 1 and labor what then heroine ofvonrcron- t .... . ' . : !ry f It the armies which the rebels by force of drafting, by appeals to sectional pride, have ua'hered along -your horde-? for three thousand miles, are unresisted by the physical force what will be the re snlt? We shall be .snbjngated a"d onr conn'ry broken up We might as well haul down our flag ad submit to the yoke There is no wav to rneei force but by forre. Provid:ice will help those onfy who help themselves And. in my j'idgement the p-nvidenre of God has taken a higher view of this con test than many of ns have yet dared lo do I sometimes think I see beams of light mat ing from .where I would hardly breathed the thought a year ago. No man was more sincere, more honet in his determination never lo interfere wiih the institution ol slavery in the Southern States than f was My opinions are still unchanged. Bnt torn-time- I begin to think that the Almighty Providence that control the actions of men according to His own wi'.l, has permitted this terrible and overwhelming calamity to come upon ns in order to point out to ns the teat ol this dieae. And if it becomes neceary for us, in order to protect our ! '',,e' composed of polished troops, had al Government, in order to vindicate onr flag, ; roady lond ,ne sam"'" . : to mIIow onr mihtarr authorities to emanci. I Wounds from bayonets were not less rare pate the slaves npon whoe labor this re- hellion "rest. ihen-I will say let God's will ' be done ! (Cries of "amen ! amen !') I do net think that as a member of the 'Sen ate I have any power to interfere with sla very where it now exists And these men 1 can never forfeit the tt-nefit of their local laws in tht respect except by their own treason. By our laws, and by the laws of all countries, treason is punished with ,,ei"u ani' il n!a bo r""'8" by confis- cafon and the los of prnnertv. When a man takes np arms against his couutry, or dinarily he is subject 10 the lo-s ol his life and property ; and if by losing his slave that slave becorr.es a free man with a right to his own wife and children and the benefit of his own labor, who will weep? Not 1. (Cries of "Not I, not I " Now do not misunderstand me ; ilo not misrer.re-ent me. I repeat to vou in all j cand r. 1 say as I have said before, that in i"0 'iu'.cl .-" -" - gre.- lias 110 power to intenere with Itus question. But no man North or South has 1 ne.er denied the doctrine, that when a man ; take up arms agiirssl his country he for- feit his life and his property to the wid of ttie loyal people of .he country. Save voch Sekd C-iks As an example of ir.e reMths of care in selecting seed, a I correspondent of the New England Farmer stales t.at part of his field was planted ' from three ears selected for their being , large -i?e and ear'y ripening, white the rest was take-i Irom the bet ears to be found in ii;e crib al the time of planting. The "three ars" seed ca:ne up earlier than the crib corn, and three weeks after , p a ding "was a third larger," and of a dark green coior, while the other had a more or le-s sickly appennce 1 his cuin kept th lead, made a larger crop, and main red I be!o:e tiie rest ol the rle d. " This is usual return for care in saving seed corn, ' and now is the lime to attend to tiie iLatter. - Mrs. Pa rs. lartiis -totl to.d heuiustl.e otticr dav f j R I I I " ' 'j ... w ' in confidence, that u 3 O'T.g uiou ha-.! coin- l mi the subject, 1y ihe help of a lar.tern h. muted infanticide oy blowing his brains up . tound a load of boards', with his neigh in a slate ol delirium iremendu-ins, and the j Lot's mark '"nnoti them. How ihev ran. j corner was hoidiiig a conquest over L IS UU mams. "Why don't yoiir lather take a news paper hirn-eli ?' sai 1 a man to a little boy ' wiioMi lie caut.t piitering paper Irom ti;e doorsteb. "Cos he sends ma tj ta-:e it," answered the hopeful. "Matchless misery" has been defined to be having a cigar, and nothing- to light it witti. "Pitch darkness," has been so improved in latter times as lo read "bitumiuous ob struction. When is a man in danger of being beaten? I Wte" he belongs to a club. Ealing one's meat with a silver fork, when the butcher's bill has not been paid is called genteel. The man thai got intoxicated on root beer and undertook 10 cut his throat with a mack erel, has had his sentence commuted. Four KoIdier,near Washington, are under sentence to be shot, for sleeping at their picket posts. I For tt-six car-loads of cattle passed over the Lebanon Valley Railroad 00 Sunday des tined to New York. KJiSRfciXrxLniita U3 Delusions as to l ayonet Woaodi , The popular idea of soldiers in a bayonet charge, struggling band to hand and face 10 face, iti fixed bayonet, is hkely to be ex ploded. like many other delusions. We find by referring to Guthrie's Commentaries op Army surgery, ihat ibesa struggles never occur. We quote Irom that eminent author- "y-,. V . A great delusion is cherished in Great Britain ot the subject of the bayonet-a sort of monomania very sratifyi-ig to the nation al vanity, but 001 quite in accordance with matier ol fact. Oppo-ing regiments, whoa funned in line, and charging with . fixed bayonets, never meet and struggle hand lo hand and foot to fool and this for the very test possible reason, met one side turnl round and runs away as soon as' the others come close enough lo do mischeif,doubtless considering that discretion is the better pari of valor. Small parlies of men msy have .personal conflicts a'ter an affair has been decided or in the subsequent scuffi if they cannoi get n it of the way last enough. . The battle of Maida is usually referred to as a remakable in-tance of a bayonet fight novertbeles the sufferer. whe'her killed or wounded, French or Eiii!i-h, 6uffred from bn'Uts, noi bayo nets. The Uie Sir James Kempt comman ded the brigade supposed to have done the the feat, but he has assured us that no charg with the baronet took place, the French being killed inline by the tire of m J-ike'ry a fact which has of late received are remark able confirmation in the published corres pondence of King Joseph Bonaparte, in which Gen. Reguier, writing to him on the stilject says. "The First and Forty-second regiment cU arged with the bayonet until they cams within filieen paces of the enemy, when tfcey turned it p ircnt h fruits. The second ! in the Peninsular war It may be that all ,Uoe who were bayonetted were killed.yet their bodies were seldom toond A certain hghting regiment had ihe tniatorune one very misty morning to have a large number of men carried off by a charge of Polish lancers, many being also killed. The commanding officer concluded thej must a I be killed, for his men . post ssseJ exactly the tame spirit as a part of Ihe French Imperial Guard at ".Waterloo. 'They might be killed but they cjuld not by any possibility be taken prisoners." He return ed tiie.-n j--.11 dead accordingly. A few days af.erwaros they r-appecre 1, to the aston ishment of ev ary body, having been swepl . oti ;iy the cuvairy, and had rr.a fe their es cape in the retreat of the French army ihruugh the woods. The regimeiit Irom that i! :y 'iniaiued the ludicrous name of ihe 'i--iirrec-iion men." ,. . - Th seige o! Sebastopool" has furnished many opportunities lor partial hand 10 han't bavonr conte-ts in w hich many have been killed and wounded or, all sides, but I do no', learn 'hat in any engagements which have taken place, regiments advanced again-t eaoh other in line, and realty cross- ej bayonets a.- a body, although the indi- vidual bravery of smaller parties was fre iuei!.''y mauile-te.l there, as weJi as in lae wai iu mo i (uiiiau'ar i tm:s. Saiice Outwitted. The owner of a saw mill in the country, having a li.t'e entnity against a neighboring farmer, laid ho less a plan of tevenge ,lhaa to get him arraigt ed as a thief, convicted, and sent to th penitentiary. But as the hone-i of r: is neighbor afforded him, no fair, ground- of accusation, he resorted to the loul expedient of secretly conveying some of his ow n property tpon the other's prem-, ise; so that, it t'einj; found lheir.it might be proof of his gurt. For this purpose ha took a ihuu-and of boards, having his own mark . on, an J at dead of ni,tii dumped them into the field near liis neighbor's house. Bat the tarmer did not happen to be a fast . asleep as his enrmy supposed. .He heard a noise, or thought he heard one ; and get- tin.- 110 ;ir.;iv kohu alter tn sa:ifv l.tmtalf the.r and why they came their, flash- eu upon ntra ai once. 111s course was promptly taken. Allowing his enemy just time to get tairly home and into bed, so that the light b! tne burning pile might nol b detected, he set fire to the lords, which, being wed seasoned, were in a few minutes entirely consumed. . Early in the morning, as the farmer had anticipated, the sawyer came with aconsta- ble and search warrant, to look for his prop erty. "You are suspected," said the officer, 4 of having taken a thousand of boards from this man, and by virtue of this warant I hold in my hand, I must search your premi ses." "Very well," replied the farmer," "yotx are at liberty to search as much as yoa , please. But if you find the boards, I'll engage to eat therri for my breakfast.". "You'll have something harder to digest than that, I fancy," Baid the sawyer with , a sneer. He then triumphantly led the way to where be had dumped the boards, where be confidently expected to find them, . and . lo ! there was nothing but a heap of ashes I . His disappointment, chagrin and mor tification may be judged of. . He sneaked nu.-av Siimn ' am? ihe aerret nf hi fnni nlnf 7 r . getting wind in the neighborhood, the ghoit from the ashes of the load of boards never
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