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/ ? Tire Last Moments o* Gen. Stevens.?The same hour that Gen. Stevens was killed in battle a number of prominent gentlemen tilling influential positions were in consultation in this city and in other parts of the country, with a view of having him assigned to the command of the army of Virginia. Successive manifestations of incapacity during a year of war have caused thinking men to cast about for a leader . These gentlemen naa fixed upon Gen. Isaac I. Stevens as the man.? His splendid conduct in the battles of Friday and Satuiday had just directed attention to him?it was remembered that in pure capacity he had always been first, having taken the honors at West Point with scarcely an effort, and though old political enemies, these men resolved to ask that he be given a leading command. While they were consulting he led ou his men and fell. The importance of the engagement of Monday night which lost to the country Kearney and Stevens has not been generally understood. The truth is, it was not a mere episode made noteworthy by the death of two such leaders, but a crisis where nothing but decision and sacrifice on the part of those leaders availed to prevent disaster. The army was retreating from Centreville. The battle was fought against a rebel force that had penetrated five miles nearer Washington than our rear and was moving to strike upon the flank. An. Stevens' division, the advance of Reno's corps, was on the left of the road taken by the trains, and intercepted the enemy. He saw that the Rebels must be beaten back at once, or during the night they would stampede the wagons, and probably so disconcert our retreat that the last divisions would fall a prey to their main force. He decided to attack immediately, at the same time sending BSPk for support. Having made his dispositions, he led the attack on foot at the head of the 79th (Highlanders.) Soon meeting a withering fire, and tho Color Sergeant, Sandy Campbell, a grizzled old Scotchman, being wounded, they faltered. One of the color guard took up the flag, when the General snatched it from him. The wounded Highlander at his feet cried " For God s sak^ General, don't yon take the colors; they'll shoot ybu do 1" The answer was, " Give me the colordQF*If they don't follow now, they never will; " and he sprang forward, crying,>f We are all Highlanders; follow Highlanders; forward my Highlanders!" The Highlanders did follow their Scottish chief, but while sweeping forward a ball struck him on his right temple. He died instantly. An hour afterward, when taken up, his hands were still clenchod around the flag-staft'. A moment after seizing the colors, his son, Capt. " a .... *-,l ?1-J J :?X t:_ n&zzara Stevens, ieii wouuuw, ?uu uncu w mo father that he was hart. With bat a glance back, that Roman father said: " I can't attend to you now, Haxzard- Corporal Thompson, see to my boy." The language I have given as Gen. Stevens' was taken down upon the field by a member of his Staff. He had often remarked that if it were his fate to fall in battle, he hoped he shonld be shot through the temple and die instantly.?Cor. of the N. Y. Tribune. Txkx Cam or the Feet.?" Of all parts of the body," says Dr. Robertson, '< there is not one wlii<0i miirht in hp so rarttfiillv attended to as the feet." Every person knows from experienee that colds, and many other diseases which proceed from colds, are attributable to cold feet. 'lhe feet are at such a distance from<( the wheel of the cistern " of the system, that the circulation of the blood may be very easily checked there. Yet, for all tills, and although every person of common sense should he aware of the troth of what we have stated, there is no part of the human body so much triied with as the feet. The youog and weald-be genteel footed cramp their toes aad feet into thinsoled, bone pinching boots and shoes, ii order to display nest feat, in the fashionable sense of the term. There is one great evil sgsinst which every person should be oa their guard, and it is one ??-?- - d. -rt? j : * m WHICH IB nut UIICU guvucu ^MUSir-n? HUUI U1C changing of warm for cold shoes or boot*. A change is often made from thick to tout soled shoes, without reflecting upon the consequences which might ensue. In cold weather, hoots and shoes of good thick leather, both in soles and uppers, should be worn by all. Water-tights are net good, if they are air tights a!so; India-rubber overshoes should never be worn except in wet, splashy weather, and then not very long at once. It is hurtful to the feet to wear any covering that 1s air tight over them, and for this reason Indiarubber should be worn as seldom as possible. No part of the body should be allowed to have a covering that entirely obstructs the passage of carbonic acid gas front the pores of the skin outward, ' -and the moderate passage of air inward to the skin. Life can he destroyed in a very short time by entirely doting 19 the pores of the skin. Good warm stockings and thick soled boots and shoes Tre conservators of health and consequently of human happiness. Recipes for the Million.?For the especial satisfaction and general gratification of woman-kind and certain old granuies called men. we give a few recipes of onr own concoction, which are warranted : To m>tke Sepoy Dutyplinga.?These nutritious articles are easily made. Take a clay pipe?dash up some soap-snds in a basin, and blow a dozen bubbles?doughnut si?e?take each bubble, slice it in half, and staff it with corn meal; then close the halves and place them in the oven for ten minutes. Great care should be observed in handling the babbles. They might burst. Clam Soup for Invalids.?Boil two clam shells in three quarts of water, one hour?skim, thicken with sawdust?stir with aping of dog-leg tobacco ; flavor with gin. A little more water might be added, to weaken it. Butter Cakes ?Half a drachm of boarding honse batter; seven pounds of flour; a little turpentine to take the strength out of the batter?water, mix, then bake in a cold oven. These cakes, if properly made, aro delicious. Mutton Pie.?For inches of sheepskin, with the wool on, and crusts of sheet-iron. Especially designed for young men who expect all the comforts of a home at the rate of twenty shillings a week, including night-key and washing. To Cure the Dyspepsia.?Put half a gallon of water into a paii, then procure ten grains of arsenic and begin drinking the water. The dyspepsia jpjl disappear in one hour, and we are happy to sayn0he patient also. To Care a He Ion.?Hang it on the nearest lamppost.^=5r. F. Monitor. "S ? ?Ar^oung lady, weeping and waving her handkerchief with much assiduity on the occasion of the departure of soldiers was asked what relation she had in the regiment and replied: ?' Cousins.'' j " How many?" was solicitously queried. "Why the whole regiment, arn't they Uncle Sam's l. ? HI :?li? Djys I UKUUtcoujr rcpiicu iiic mas. ?Jacinto says he once courted a down-east gal and "popped the question" to her; she immediately pitched her entire mass of lovely clay into his willing arms, and answered, "I want to know."? It's an even bet that Jacinto imparted the desired information. ?It is no misfortune for a nice young lady to lose her good name if a nice young gentleman gives her a better. ?Take away my first letter?take away my second letter?take away all my letters, and I am still the same?the postman. ?If you always under! ike to play the first fiddle in conversation, you may often find yourself in a icrape ! ?A Western editor announces the death of a lady of his acquaintance.and thus tonchingly adds: " In her decease, the sicft lost an invaluable friend. Long will she seem to staud at their bedside, as die was wont, with the balm of consolation m one hand, and a cup of rhubarb in the other.'' ? An old sailor passing through a grave-yard saw on one of the tomb-stones "I still live." It was too much for Jack, and shilling his quid, he -? l-?-J ./ *1 T> L 1 ejacuuueu, 'WUU 1 VO nooiu au;, mat iuuv IU? cases in which a man way lie, but if I was dead I'd own it." ?The most remarkable case of indecision we ever heard of, was that of a man who sat up all night, because he could not determine which to take off first, his coat Qr his boots. ?A young man asked his father for some money, as he wanted to go out of town to recruit his health. " Recruit your health i" exclaimed the old gentleman. " Well, then, sir, here's a couple of dollars?that is all we pay for recruiting in the army/' ?In good society, we are required to dor'obliging things to one another; in genteel society we mmniwil rinw to k&v then). ?The best thing to be done when evil comes upon os, is not lamentation, hot action ; not to sit and suffer, but to rise and seek the remedy. ?Wisdom consists in arming ourselves with fortitude snfficient for enabling us to support hardships, when they unavoidably happen. ?The water that flows from a spring does not congeal in winter. And those sentiments of friendship which flow from the heart can not be frozen in adversity. ?The happiness of man arises more from his inward than outward condition j and the amount of good in the world can not be much increased but by increasing the amonnt of goodness. ?Black Hawk, once being asked^how much he weighed, replied; ? As I am I weigh one hundred and fifty pounds, but when I am mad I weigh a ton." s V General Orders. Headquarters, Department or the South. Hilton Head, Port Royal S. C., Sept. 17th, 18g2. general orders, no. 40.] I. Major General 0. M. Mitchel,in obedience to orders from the Adjutant General's Office, hereby assumes command of the Department of the South. II. The following named officers are hereby announced as members of the Staff of the Major General Commanding the Department: Major W. P. Prentice, Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of Staff; Lieutenants B. Birch, F. a. Mitcnei ana j. u. Williams, Aias-ae-camp; Lieutenant Israel R. Sealy, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. III. Captain E. W. Mitchel, Assistant Quartermaster , is temporarily assigned to duty, and is hereby announced, as Acting AUe-de-Camp on the Staff of the Major General Commanding the Department. 0. M. MITCHEL, Maj. Gen. Commanding. Flag-ship Wabash, Pobt Royal Harbor, S. C. general order no. 15.] September 1, 1862. The Rear Admiral announces to the squadron under his command, the official appointment of Commander C. R. P. Rodger* as " Fleet Captain," the duties of which, in addition to those as Commander of the " Wabash," he has been performing since the 6th of March, 1862. In order to give facility and expedition to the administrative duties of the squadron, it is hereby directed that all requisitions and communications pertaining to the armanent, repairs, equipments, supplies and efficiency in general, of the vessels of this squadron, will be directed to the Rear Admi ral unsealed, under cover to the i Jeet Captain, All reports from commanding officers of the operations of their commands, or of the execution of orders, and all matters connected with the permmel and discipline of their ships, will be addressed to the Rear Admiral. S. P. DUPONT, Commanding South Jtl. Block'g Squadron, Infantry Tactics, Part I.?Containing the School of the Soldier, Manual of Armt Jar both . 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