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BLOOMS BURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20, 1861.
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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