VOLUME 2.
For the American Cititeu
JUST AFTER THE BAT i LL.
gtitl upon the ftot'l
r ati! King mother dear!
Willi my wenoded coinrail ** wail ng
P.,r the nioroinjei" ppr»e«r.
Many sleep to wak» never,
In thi* world of atrifennd death!
And many more arefainlly calling
\\ ah i heir feeble, dying br»-«th.
fl,rjrut.— Mother dear your boy is wonnded :
And the niffht I* drear w il li | ait.
But atm I feel that I •hull see ><>o,
And the dear old home again !
Oh! the groat c-ift'ge fu, »
And a thousand brave men nil;
p,ill amid the dreadful carna««
1 «a* -afe from shot and shell.
80 amid the fctal shower
I had Una I.V W*' J " V 1 .
When the dre-idl'nl minnie *iiuck mo,
And 1 sunk amid the bay.
Chorus. —Mother dear, etc.
bh! theglotion* cheer of t :.im{>h-~
\Vhen the fotmen tinned and fled,
Leaving u* the field of battle,
Htrewn witn dying and dead.
Oh' tin-torture «nd the angnish,
That I could not follow on:
i;.,t here amid my fellow comt ade ,
I must wait till morning's dawn.
Chortii. —Mother dear, e'e.
ENGLAND &THE UNITED STATES.
IMPOIITAXT DEBATE IF PARLIAMENT.
A long debate took place in the Brit
ish House of Commons on the 13th inst.,
occasioned by a call lor information con
cerning the defenses of Canada. Mr.
S. Fitzgerald, calling attention to the
report of Colonel Jervhis upon this sub
ject. and suggested certain possible con
tingencies which might lead to hostilities
between England could not, be said, shut
her eyes, nor disregarp a certain proposal
made during the recent conference be
tween Ihe Confederate agents and the
Federal authorities. 1 nder these cir
cumstances it was of importance to look
to the defense of Canada, upon which,
in the event of war, the first blow would
fall.
The relations of England all 1 the
United States were discussed by Messrs.
Forslcr. I 'lsraeli, Bright and I almcrs
ton.
Mr. I Mjrster expressed his belief that
the fears of hostilities on the part ot the
United States were unreasonable and ut
terly groundless, and he drew from some
of the facts referred toby Mr. Fitzgerald
conclusion* consistent with pacific and
friendly feelings on the part of* 'hit gov
ernment towards this country. 'Why.
then, he asked, should there be this ex
traordinary suspicion of America.'' It
rose, he said, from the efforts ot two
classes, one consisting ol ton federate
agents and sympathizers; the o her ol
disappointed prophets. Having insisted
upon the groundlessness of the fears ol
war with America, he protested against
rushing into an enormous cxpen.-c for the
defense of Canada.
Mr. Disraeli sa'.d : lam not bore to
night to impute, and liave never iuipu
ted, anything against (he conduct of the
government of i lie I uiied States tlirough
out tliisgreat struggle; but on (lie c.m
rtary, 1 atu now piu|)are<l. after further
experience, to repeat what 1 said two
years ago, that under circumstances of
almost unprecedented difficulty, that gov
ernment has conducted itsell with groat
energy and discretion. [Near, hear]
I am uot of opinion that in the event ol
the term mat iou of the American war we
should be placed in any immediate dau
ber of coming iuto collision with that
govern meut owing to our connection with
Canada. Ido uot believe that the citi
zens ot the I'nited Slates of the North.
even if entirely and completely victori
ous. will feel inclined to cuter immedia
tely iuto another struggle with a power
not inferior in determination and in 10-
source to the Southern States of Ameri
ca. [Hear, hear.] I form that opinion
because I believe that the people of t the
United States are eminently a sagacious
people."
lie coutlnued :
"If,from considerations of expenses,
we were to quit llie possessions that we
now occupy -u North America, it would
be ultimately, as regards our resources
aud wealth, as fatal and disastrous a step
as could possiblj'be taken. I thing that
these four years need uot havo been lost,
and that trow the first the affairs ot North
America have not boen considered of the
importance to which from the first IJiave
felt they must attain. Ido not wish to
employ tauuta, but I form that opiuion
from judgments which have been express
ed by members of lier Majesty's Govern
ment during the last four years Thuse
judgments upon the struggle in America
and its probable consequences have been
for the uiosc part inconsistent. One day
we were told by au emiuent member of
the G-verumeu. that the South might be
said to have completed her independence,
and speeches have been made which led
all Kuglaud to suppose that a diplomatic
recognition of the Southern States was
to be expected. Very shortly aftet wards
another authority, now lost to this House,
and no oue deplores that loss more deep
ly thau myself—l mean the late Sir G-C.
Lewis —told us that he did not recoguiie
the existence of a single element of pol
itical independence in the South- Well,
AMERICAN CITIZEN
these inconsistent opinions perplexed the
country, and have shown that from the
first the government have never that view
of the situation which we have a right to
expect.
Mr. Bright followed. No thought
Parliament should understand that there
is no power whatever in the United Kiug
dom to defend successfully the territory
of Canada against the ( nited Statetj but
denied that the American Government
entertained any idea of attacking that
province. He remarked : " There is not
a man in the United States probably,
whose voice, or opinion would have the
smallest influence, who would recommend
or desire that an attock should be made
bv the United States on Canada, with the
view of its forcible annexation to the
1 Vifft [Hear, hear.] There have been
dangers, as we know, on (he frontier late
ly. The Canadian peop'e have been no
wiser than some members of this House,
or a great many men among the richer
classes in this country. When the refu
gees from the South—l am not speaking
of the respectable, honorable men from
the South, many of whom have left that
country during their troubles, and for
whom 1 feel the greatest commisseration
—but I mean ihcitiiTi.m front the South,
of whom large numbers have entered
Canada, and who have employed .them
selves in a course of policy likely to em
broil us with the United Stales—when
they en ered Canada ihe Can idians treat
ed them wilh far too much consideration.
They expressed very openly opinions hos
tile lo the Cniled Stales have not a sylla
bla to say against Canada. The Canadi
an people found they were wrong; they
have now retained to their light minds,
and there is not a mail in Canada at this
moment. 1 believe, who has any kind of
idea that the United Stales government
ha the smallest notion of attacking them,
now or at any future time, on account ol
'anything which lias transpired between
Canada tind >be I nited Siutes.
"If there comes a war in which Cana
da mav be a victim, it will be a war got
up beuveen the government of \\ ashing
lon and the government in London, and
it becomes us to inquire whether that is at
all probable. Is there anybody in the
House in favor of such a war? And I
will take ilic liberty of expressing this
opinion, that there has never been an ad
ministration in the L nited Slates since
the time of the revolutionary war up to
this hour more eutirely favorable to peace
with all foreign commies, and move es
pecially favorable to peace with this couu-
; v. than the government of which Presi
dent Lincoln is the head. [Hear, hear.]
1 will undertake to say that Hie most ex
act investigator of what has taken place
will be uuablc to point to a single word
he (President Liucoln) has said,or a siu
gle line be has writteu, or a single act he
has done since his first accession to pow
er that betrays that auger or passion or ill
feeling towards this country which some
people here imagine influences the breasts
of his cabinet. li, then, Canada is uot
for war. if England is not lor war, it the
United States are uot f«r war, whence is
the war 10 come ?
* * •There aro shipowners litre,
and ask tliem what would be the feelings
of the people of this country it they had
sufTer as the shipowners of America have
suffered ? As a rule all their ships have
been driven from the ocean. Is there a
war party, America '! I believe
there is, and it is the same party which
was the war party eighty years ago. It
is the pai.y represented by a number of
gentlemen who sit ou that bench and by
some who sit here. [A laugh.] They,
sir, in the United States who are hostile
to this country are those who were reccut
ly the malcontent subjects of the right
honorable gentleman the member for
Tansworth. (Laughter.) They are
those, and such as those, to whom the
noble lord at the head of the government
offers consolation, only in such a shape as
this, when he tells them that the rights
of the tenants are the wrongs of the land
lord. [Hear, hear.] Sir, jliat is the on
ly war party in the days of Lord North
But the real power of the United States
does not reside in that class. \oU talk
of American mobs. Excepting some poor
portion of the population ofNew York
and I would uot apply the word even to
them—such things as mobs in the United
States, for the sijke of forcing either Con
gress or the Executive to a particular
course of action, are altogether unknown.
Thereat mob in your seuse is that party
of chivalrous gentlemen in the South
who have received, 1 am sorry to say, so
much sympathy from some persons in this
country and this House, llut tho real
power is in the hands of another class—
the land owuera throughout the country —
and there are millions of* them."
Lord Palmers ton denied that the peo-
" Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand it"--A. Lincomt
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1865.
pie of the United States hail been ill-treat
ed by England, and added that the ad
mission of the belligerent rights of the
South was " the result of necessity and
not of choice." lie continued as fol
lows ;
'•'j'hehonorable gentleman (Mr. Bright)
says there exists in this country a jeal
ousy of the United States. Sir, 1 utterly
deuy that assertion. [Cheers.] We feel
no jealousy of the United States. On
the contrary, I am sure that every Eng
lishman must feul proud at seeiug upon
the other side of the Atlantic a communi
ty sprung front the same ancestry as our
selves rising in the scale ol civilization,
and attaining every degiee of prosperity
—aye and of power, as well as' wealth.
[llear. hear.] I, .herefore, entirely de
ny that there has beeu in this country
anv feeling of of jealousy as regards the
United Stales.
* * The North wished us to declare on
their side; the South wished us to declare
theirs; and as we maintained a perfect
neutrality betweeu the two some sliglitdc
greeof irritation arose on both sides a
gainst us. [Hear, hear] Bull am equal
ly persuaded Villi the honorable gentle
man, that among the great bulk of the
United Siatcs there are feelings deeper
than that irritation —feelings of good will
towards the country with which theiran
cestovs were connected ; and I am satisfied
that when this unfortunate contest shall
have ceased, whatever its termination, the
natural feeling of good will and relation
ship. which ought to prevail between the
two na'Jons, w : !l take the place of ai.y
temporary irritation which the war may
have occasioned. [Hear heir.]
'■l am quite satisfied, also, that England
will not give to America any just cause
of complaint; the war will not proceed
from our side, and if, as Ihe honorable
gentleman thinks, it does not proceed
from theirs, then we may have a well
foundedcxpectelion thai, in spite ol ad
verse appearances' for the moment, and
in spile of the prognostications of many,
the friendly relations between this coun
try and the Uuited Stales will not incur
any real danger of interruption," "Nev
ertheless," •I.onl Palmers ton continued,
"the lion jr of England demands, anil our
duty as a tloveruuient binds us to do ev
erything —moreover that we shall have
the sanction of the British natiou in do
ing everything—that we can to defend
our fellow couutrymen in Canada,
hi conclusion he said:
"We have no complaint to make against
the Government of the I nited States —
[hear, hear] —they have acted in a lair
and honorable manner in all the matters
that nwj have arisen between us. No
doubt there are claims which they have
put forward, not urging them at pres
ent, but laying the giound for their dis
cussion at some future time. No doubt,
also we have claims upon iheni which we
do not put forward at present., birt have
announced to be claims which at some tn
tu> e time may be discussed. Hut I should
trust that we both feel it to lie for the in
terest —aye. and for the honor of the two
countries, that peace should be preserved,
and that matters of this sort ought to be
capable ofa friendly and amicable adjust
ment. [('heel's.] All I can say is that
the Government, as long they continue to
be chargeable with the conduct of affairs,
will do everything that tho honor and in
terests of the country permit! hem to do to
maintain inviolate the relatious of peace
and friendship between the two tommies"
—A despatch from Elisabeth, N. J.,
dated on Friday says:
" A fearful accident occurred at three
o'clock this morning, ou tho bridge at
Bloomsbury, on the New Jersey Central
Railroad. A oollisiou between two coal
trains at that point resufted in both the
engines breaking through the bridge, and
falling a depth of one huudrcd feet into
the water. Four men were killed and
several wounded. A fireman and brakes
man were among the number killed- The
bodies haye been recovered.
" The accident will interrupt the coal
trade from the Lehigh region for a few
days, but will not interfere with trade
from the Lackawanna region, the bridge
beiug west of the junctiou of the De a
ware, Lackawanna and Western Ilail
road wiih the Central Railroad of New
Jersey.
An old footmau having read Lindley
Murray, was afterwards very precise in
his announcements when ushering in his
visitors. On oue occasion a gentleman
by the name of Foole, with a daughteron
each arm, was shown intothe drawing
room.with this introduction: "Mr. Foote.
au 1 the two Misses Feet.
A Petroleum and Mining Exchange
Association has been organized iu Chicago,
with a capital of insloo share.
For the Cilizan.
HOME.
No matter where on earth I roam,
Mv heart Mill cling* to yonder home,
With all It* guy, and wild delights,
And nature'* richest, choicest, tights.
Tli" weary spirit there can And,
A tefuge of the safest kind.
And the'e the care-worn heart retreat*,
From all the ills that 'gainst it boaie.
The iravellW plodshi« we«rj way.
And thinks tli«- last. the shortest day,
That brings hHn to bis seat of res ,
A 'id teals that he once more Is blest.
The lonely wande-er will And.
It resting «>n his fciTent mind
As a bright image of the pant,
That th ough life's scenes will ever lait.
Tothevonnj child a world il seems,
And his vonihfnl mind oft tnnes
W h the bright bopos ofyejim income.
In that sweet, joyous, happy, home.
When uea* y worn with toil and care,
What a hU-wing it is to share
A Impp v hoim\ with ones thi«i t true,
V nut friendship's uol as moi Q.ng dew.
IloMr. Is the boon which merev gave
To knit our hearts, thi- -de the aiare*;
And Hha«tow Inonrslnfnl heart-*
A heavenly home, in In igher parts.
WIT AND WISDOM,
What best describes and most im
pede* api lin ?—Bunyan.
—A London Journal calls "Idyls of tlio
Ileal >ll a great subject.
pick-pocket said when lie robbed a man
of an emply one.
Why had a man better lose liis arm
than a leg? Because, losing liis leg. he
loses " something to boot."
—The peach prospecis in tlio western
part of New York Stale are said to be
• ood Not so in Missouri.
—Dr. Johnston, once speaking of a
quarrelsome fellow said : " 11 lie bad (wo
ideas in his head, they would fall out
with each'other."
—At the recent disgraceful prize-fight j
not only was tlie beaten man completely I
exhausted, but his backer, also, was very
much chawed up.
—Seven of White's guerrillas, who
had beeu depredatingon the Virgiuiaside
of the Potomac, were yesterday capttlred
near Fwvfnx ourt House.
—At a hotel one day, one boarder re
nin! ked to 1 is neighbor: "Til's must he a
healthy place for chickens." 'Why
asked the other. "Because I never see
any i/eail hereabouts."
—.V me.hodist and a Quaker having
slopped a' a ]>ublie house, agreed (osleep
in the same bed. 'J'he meihodist knelt
down and prayed fervently and confessed I
a long catalogue of sins After he arose
ihe Quaker observed, "Really, friend, if
thou art bad as thou sayest thou art, 1
think I da e not sleep with thee."
—A country gentleman was strolling
out with a cockney friend—r. genuine
cockney—when they finally approached a
meadow iu which was standing a glorious
crop of hay. The cockney gazed at it
wonderingly. It wasn't grass—it wasn't
wheat—it wasn't, turnip-tops, "vy, vat
ever docs you call this stuff?'' said-he
h'.s companion. "That—why, bay, to be
sure'." was the reply. '-Hay! he, ho!
conic, that's cui ling it a Utile too thick !
li' that's hay, just slum uie the hay-corns
—come uow!"
—lt has been said that every man has
at least one good point of character. A
gentleman, tnveliugon Sunday, was oblig
ed to stop to have one of the shoesof his
horse replaced. iV farrier was just go
iug to church, but suggested to tho trav
eler that Jem Harrison m'-ghV be found
at homo at the next forge. This proved
to be Hue, and the rustic who led the geu
lleuian's horse to tho spot, exclaimed :
- Well 1 must say that for Jem, for it is
ihe only good point about him, he do lie ti
er ijo io church."
Greatness in Embryo. —We have a
very loyal young gentleman iu Butler,
who is readiug law, and who will doubt
less astonish the natives when he comes
to the bar. The following is one of his
Jii'jhu of oratory. In a debate, some
time ago, some position had beeu taken
aud defended, aud our friend thought the
sentiments atrocious. "Why, Mr. Presi
dent," said he very solemuly, "the man
who would utter such sentiments, would
pluck the goose quills from ati angel's
wing in'her airy flight toward heaven !"
—A young lady from the rural dis
trict lately entered a city railroad car. —
Pretty soon the conductor approached her
and said:
'• Your fare, Miss."
She blushed and looked confused, but
said nothing. The conductor was rather
astonished at this, but ventured to remark
ouce more :
" Your fare, Miss."
This time the piuk on her cheek- deep
ened to carnation, as the rustic beauty re
plied :
" Well, if 1 am good lookin, you hadn't
ought ter say it out loud afore folks."
The passengers in the car roared with
laughter, and her lovoi at ouce settled the
| fare.
A Philosophic Darkey.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette, writing from the Cumberland
river, gives the following humorous ac
count of a colloquy with a philosophic
darkey:
' I noticed upon the* hurricane deck
to-day an elderly darkey with a veryphil
usophical and retrospective east of coun
tenance, squatted upon his bundle toast
ing his shins ngainst the chimney, and»
apparently plunged-nto a state of pro
found meditation. Finding upon inqui
ry that he belonged to the Oth Illinois,
one of Ihe most gallantly behaved and
heavy loosiug regiments at the Tort Don
elson bat ile. aud part of which was aboard,
I began to interrogate him upon the sub
ject. Ilis philosophy was sd mucli in the
vein, that I will give his views
in bis own words, as near as my memory
serves me.
" Were you in the fight ?"
" Had a little taste of it, sa."
" Stood your ground, did you?"
" No, sa, I runs."
" Bun at the first fie, did you?"
" Ye°, sa, and would have run soona,
if I kuow'd it war coming."
" Why, that wasn't very creditable to
your courage."
" Hat isn't in my line, sa—eookin's my
purl'eshun."
" Well, but have you no regard for
your reputation ? ' .
" Reputation's nufiin to me by the side
of life."
" Do yoti consider your lite worth more
than other people's?"
"It's worth more to me, sa."
' Then you must value it very highly?"
"Yes, sa, I does—more than ali this
|woild —mo.e dan a million ob dollars;
for what would I hat be wuth to a man
with the href out of him? Self-preser
bashumam de fust law wid me."
• But why should you act upon a d'ffer
cutrule fiom oilier men?"
"Because different men set different
values upon dar lives—mine isu t in the
market."
"But if you lost it, you would have
(lie satisfaction of knowing that you died
for your country."
"What satisfaction wou'd that be to
me when de power ob feoliu' was goue ?
"Then patriotism aud honor are noth
ing to you ?"
I "Nufiin wheievc.', sa —1 regard dem
as among de vanities."
"if our soldieis were like you, traitors
might have broken up the government
without resistance."
"Yes, sa. dar would hab been no help
for it.l wouldn't put my life in de scale
'giv st no gobernment dat eber existed,
for no gobeiuuient could replace de loss
to me."
"Dovouihink any of your company
would haved missed you if you had been
"killed?"
'-May be not, sa, —a dead while man
ain't much to dese sogers, let aioneadead
uiggft—but I'd missed myself, aud dat
was de pint wid me"
It is safe to say that the dusky corpse
of that African will never darken the
field of carnage. .
A Thrilling Scene.
The Gold and Curry mine at Virgin
ia City, Nevada , is the great mine of
ihe Rocky Mountains. It lias been ex
tensively worked, and employs some 2-0
men. Tho ore taken out daily amounts
to about 120 tons, and aTerages from
S»00 to 8500 per ton. On the night of
theJ'Jth of February a tremendous cave
occurred in the mine, and though itcame
down very suddenly, while all the men
in the mine were at their usual stations,
yet not a man was injured. Some of the
men were taking their lunch. They
were much frightened and bewildered,
all their.lights being at once blown out.
The length of the cave was about 100
feet its width some f>o feet, and the depth
to which it extended 375 feet. The re
sult was an advantage than otherwise,
as olii chambers than had been worked
out were filled up without expense to the
company. Rich ore was exposed from
the chambers above and the hole on the
hill caused by the cave is about an acre
in extent, and large enough to entomb an
army. The Virginia City HUtrprue sayg
of the
The falling of several thousand tons of
earth and rock to the depth of 375 feet,
crashing through some 25 or 30 plank
floors, and crushing to atoms thousands
of feet of square timber, was of course
attended with a terrible noise, and a fear
ful quaking of the earth iu the vicinity.
The concussion of the air iustantly extin
guished the lights throughout the mine,
workmou who weie standing up were
thrown down. Iu some of the tunnels
the cars vwrethrown from the truck, aud
the chambers, taiuueh and galer.es were
everywhere filled with suffocating clouds
of dust. The air forced south into the
Savage mine so strongly that every light
in the mine was extenguish cars blown
off their their tracks, and about the same
effect produced as in in the Ophir. The
rush of air up the tho Savage hoisting
(nearly 400 feet deep), caused all the
lights in in the hoisting house to be out.
The enjine stands in a room partition off
from the main building, and at some dis
tance from the mouth of the shaft, yet
so gvcat was the concussion that tho door
was buvsted opeu all the lamps blown
out.
The terror of those in tbe mine we can
easily imagine to have beeM great. There
was everything in the "situation" to in
spire terror. A more than midnight
darkness; the -air filled to suffocation with
dust, the awful booming of the bursting
floors; the deafeuiug report of tbe splin
tering timbers and tho frightful roar of
the grinding rooks, powdering planks and
timbers, to say nothing of the uncertainty
—more terrible than all—of the probable
extent of the cave, and where it would
end. After the cave was over, the
bewildered miners groped . their way in
various directions in search of a place of
safely, some getting down to the bottom
of tbe mine, and others in various drifts
and galleries. Tbe workmen in tho Sav
age were also much frightened, and came
out of the mines as speedily as possible,
reporting that tho whole Oou.d and Cur
ly bad caved in, and that every body
in it was killed. The cave shook bous
es standing at a considerable distance from
tho mine, causing furniture and glass
ware to rattle as though by the agitation
of an earthquake. Tho cave injured
nothing in tbe mine, and yesterday the
usual amount of ore wi.s taken out, all tbe
men being at work, and everything go
ing on as though no cave had occured.
Sherman's Progress.
The llebel report of an engagement
between Sherman and Johnston at i)en
tonville affords a convenient occasion of
remarking upon the popular fallacy about
the movement of great armies. There
lias been no action of any importtnoe.—
Some small portion of the Ibices on eith
er side ate ali that can have been engag
ed. A great army traversing an enemy's
country is not to be looked upon as a
unit. It does not move in a single col
umn. It cannot be contained in an ordi
nary five-acre lot. One road does not
suffice for its travel. It is a vast multi
tude, pprcading over perhaps thirty miles
of country in breadth, advancing upon
many roads and upon no roads, and fre
quently is so disposed that one half of it
might light and win a great battle beforel
the other half knew that a shot had been
firep. So that when we hear of Sherman
being here or there, and of an '-engage
mentbetween Sherman and Johnston" we
shall do well to remember that it is like
ly to mean some inconsiderate affair be
tween the heads of different columns. —
There will be no general batrfe between
the armies of the Union and the llebel
lion till some point has been reached
whereon there has becu time and is sp«ce
to concentrate forces for a decisive strug
gle.
Bentonville, the reported sito of the
late skirmish, is an unimportant place on
the road from Fayetteville to Goldsboro',
in Johnston eounty, N. C. The Rebe
dispatch as telegraphed to us has no sig
nature, out being dated Headquagers Ar
mies Confederate States is presumably
from Lee, and is therefore to a certain ex
tent an imposture To say that 'Gen. J.
K. Joliusten attacked the euerny" is to
convey a notion of a great battle, which
the tenor of the whole dispatch contra
dicts. But Lee has taken lately to re
porting skirmishes as general engage
ments, and we need not be surprised at
this.
The significance of the news, so iar as
it can he credited at all, is meHy that
Gun. Sherman's advance fiom Fayette
ville was less rapid than has been suppos
ed. If any part of his aruiy was atßeo
tonville on Sutrday, then it isclear he had
not reached Goldsboroogh, twenty miles
further north-east, on the same day, and
the recent dispatches importing the cap
ture of that town are manifestly prema
tura.
Wall-street was favored with a large
variety ot reports yesterday, including a
defeat of Johuston in the vicinity of Ital
eigh. and a moveuieut in force by Gen.
Grant, Patience, gentlemen! These events
will occur iu due time. It is not worth
while to anticipate the successes which
this campaign is to bring forth. The Na
tional armies are advaucing with unparal
lel rapidity, and with au assurtince of suc
cess such as hitherto the most saaguine
could not have hoped. Patieuce: 'lhe
need of patieuce wiil not be long—A', i'
Tribune.
NUMBER 17.
"Ned" and the Guerrillas.
Ned Wheeler was one of the uost,dar
ing and resolute of those veay heroic and
adventurous men from the mble State of
Tennessee. Nothing was too hazardous
to deter him in any enterprise in which
he could promote the interests of his
country, and at the same time work the
discomfiture of the prowling, plundering
bauds of guerrillas which have enacted
so many harrowing scenes of blood and
carnage within tho boundaries of bis na
tive state. It having been ascertained
that a band of these marauders was scour
ing the country in the vicinity of the pamp
of Ned, together with six other intrepid
fellows, set out to intercept them, and, if
possible bring them to grief. Nothing
definite was known as to their nunibe*
more than rumor, which placed it at a'-
bout twenty. This was a large odds
against these seven Union soldiers, but
iliey had little lear as to the result, hav
ing frequently eucountered and defeated:
three or four times their number before
in a baud to fight.
'•They have certainly taken the lelt
hand road ; here are unmistakable signs
of their having passed this way," s»i(f
Ned to his eager companions.
'• Ves; and they cannot bo far in ad
vance either, as these smoldering ruins
clearly prove. Curse them ! they are at
their old game of burning, plundering
and hanging! Uut I hope there will bo
IMS tire ones by night," andspurringtheir
horses into a brisk gallop they renewed
the pursuit.
They had not proceeded very far when,
on turning a sharp angle in tbe road, they
beheld adwelling inflames endsurround
ed by these desperate mon, who were ev
idently preparing to hang the occupant
of the house. After a few moments con
sultation they determined oo surprise! hem
I by a dashing attack, and, if possible, to
capture or kill the entire party, who,
thinking themselves secure from danger,
| bad dismounted and laid aside their pie
ces, to facilitate the busine,.- of plunder
[ ing and the delightful job of hanging a
| Union man, which they were just on the
point of carrying into execution. Ned,
who was the leader of tho Union party,
now gave the order :
•' Charge! and fight to the death V
With a wild yeli they rushed to thu at
tack. The rebels, though taken by sur
prise, rallied after the first onset, fight
ing with that desperate recklessness which
generally characterizes the Western guer
rilla. The odds was terrible, and for a
limo it was very doubtful whether Ned
and his companions would be the victors
or the vanquished. Not less than threo
or four at a time wou'd rush like fiends,
wild and demoniac, upon him, but with
his strong, herou'eanarm they werestriek
cn down or putto rout. Tenof ihetrait
ors wore now either killed or wounded,
and the rest, seeing no hopeagainstthc.se
daring, invincible soldiers, surrendered,
Ned and three others of the party had
received a number of slight wounds.—
Another was severely wounded, and one
bravo fellow hadrsealed the victory with
his life. The occupant of the house who'
wa.i in such imminent peril, joined them
with his family, when these Union he
roes set out for camp, with ten prisoners,
and iwice that numberof horses as troph
ies of that, day's daring and valor.
—A young man in California, whose
New-England friends had ceased to cor
respond with him, woke up their interest
by sending letters to business men in his
native place inquiring the price of a large
farm. Seven affectionate letters came
from his friends by return of post, and
two or three 9 day have come ever since,
including one from an old (and cold)
sweetheart.
I®"" Will you have it rare, or weli
done?" said an Englishman to an Irish
man, as he was cutting a slice of roast)
beef.
"I love it well done iver I am in this
country," replied Pat, "for it was rare
enough we used to atfc it in Ireland."
—A general apprehension is felt abou*
Indian depredations on the plains the 1
coming spring and summer. This is bas
ed on the many reasons the Inidan shave* -
foe undertaking retaliation for o'ltrages
committed on them.
—The peach prospects in the western
part of New York State are said to be
good. Not so in Missouri.
—Wo advice the printers of the neigh'
boriug counties never to come to the soap
mines. Price par thousand 9j cunts.
—-Ai the Worii ta/ves —30 doe* ths
—poor printer.
—The Rebel piratu Tailaiiaasoe is ab>
Bermuda*