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b tin
Lily Merrill.
I've looked on many a lovely face,
In cold New Euglar.d's stormy clime: an
I've knelt to woman's floating grace, atU
Beneath the orange and the lime. d:
I've heard through all our mighty land, - 1e,
llr soft tones thrill upon the air, , o
And sometitues dared to1>athe uy hiand qt
Amid the bright waves of her hair; Pr
I've lingered oft in hall and bower, Pe
But still my heart and life seemed sterile.
Until they burst to glorious flower, Ia
Beneath the smile of Lily Merrill. co
In Italy, I oft have strayed,
Where love and mirth and beauty shine;
I've looked on many at Georgian maid,
Whose beauty almost seemed divine; t.
I've dwelt beneath the skies of Spain,
Within the old white walls of Cadin,
Anl listened to love's utelint strain
Lreathed o'or the lutes of Spani.h ladies;
But ab, I never, never felt, Su
My wandering heart in mortal peril, at
Until, in cestacy, I knelt
To the young charms of Lily Merrill. ry
ry
I met her in the joyous dance,
Where music's soft and thrilling strain
Swelled on the air, and every glance
Fixed her sweet image on mny brain; al'
I saw her move in pride of power,
'31id Beauty's bright, bewitching daughte: s, qt1
As graceful as her n.ueznke lower,
Upon the blue lake's heaving water;; n1
Amid her free and lovely tresses, sPj
Slt wore not di:nod, pearl. or beryl; t:
But oft my heart with rapture blesses lui
The night I met your. Lily Merrill. tiht
Heavenly Blessings. ;e
Gently as the falling ilew ti,
Comes at morn, comes at eve, Lit
.u we l1le1. si1gs. evar new, dir
From the Lord receive. lk
l'ie:t.ouiy with heavenly grace - V
Loth he us endue : thi
Says. '' Fear not. ye c.,mforllCSS ! ill
I will conic to you !" ate
lne:
Quietly His angels come, gat
Coane in joy, come in woe,
Goall is mercy to each liouse
Freely doth bestow. mi
Welcomie poverty or wealth
While on earth we dwel', tit
So he gives i1s saving health,
All will yet be well.
Let the messenger of death
Call us soon, call us late,
Through the aight of Cbrist our Lord,
We will calmly wait.
Sheltereil in the Church of 'gd, lit
On that Mother's breast
Let us lean; that ilear abode
Gives the weary rest.
"In
Scenes at Fort Lafayette.
The New York IferaMl parofesses to have
Lei
obtained from a gentlemnal of " unques
tionable loyalty," lately released froln
Fort Lafayette, the follow' irtg piarticulars
of the routine of life at that ple::sant
I ~i
abode:
11)pon the arrival of the pr'isoner at Fort *
Itiamiltonl, he is at oneCC deli;veret.d into it e
charge of Coil. I'trke, anld the dioeinenlt Jro
for Ii conu~.aitmfenlt exlihiitedl. The doa'n.
ment comeas from either the Secretary of
Wair or Secretatry of' State, accordinig as
the p.risonler is onelo atWar or of State.
Col. Burke thereuiponl has the accused fer-.il
ried across the little chtianel wvhichu flows b~e
between Fort iittmiltonl and Fort L~a- all
favetto. andt' upon his arri Vat ini the hatter gi.
stronghiold. he is givenl ini ebarge of' the p'
cootudingr otlicer, Lieut. W ood, wvho es
writes out a receipt 1.'r his p.risonler. A fter i
this fhrmula is over, he~ is shiownt to htis wi,
guarters, wvh'eh of' laite hamve? hleu thelo
(asmaCtesL or gun-roomsl around the wall Iazi
(if thle tort. This economty has been In'- the
eestatedl by the lillitn.z of' the nuore desi- it
rale oiliced~ qamrters by the~ first ari its
vals. set
As sOon as the new~ comerQ is left to ar
htiislf lie is a~ tince sutrr'io'ded byv his tr
tions as~ to his namew whmete lie cameti from, thia
and what are thte chargi's igatinlst himt, the~
which usually winad up wilth:i expJression: ,,rt
an the part of the inItirrgutors' of ding te
all they can to renlder' his staty as agr!ieen- Nt.
bl as possible. The conversation Coi- '
tinues, anid when friendly relatio'ns httve d
been establihed, he is veCry bilndliy asked fori
what lie will have for his dinner for uP-. im
per, accordiing to the hour ait wichl Ih' the~
arrIivs. InI the net' biria th they extl ,
the del iciomus chmaracter i f he.'ifo-ai~k, with
m usroomst, ad braoiled chicenei or. otin- tro
savorvi' d ishe4s, andi urgeZ htimi, s'omte to wt
have the Ieorimer, and others the latter. la ny
. maze of' astonaishmen,~1t tat t i-: ood it rea'ct.
m ett ot' c'rim~ia lib thle offend ed inv
ernmet, hie states his ebioice., orpehs.
c~pessa wish fo r a~ ltt: f seea of t':
the dishes menltioned ;anda~ thle chiarac'e bio~
af the wine tithe n omes til fo r ex"tobait. a I
and the- wa:tgs get intii i1uite a d'ispute. V
tis amf the Buirgundy. l'ar:t MadIrt ii r- "i
t. ,e., whlich is given! them at inneria.w
Tlie iiH urthr asoni~ed i-i-o lridinks
lkginmi:tg toi get ove ti e Irighat whichI c
is arrest .ui Iinctaree-rlation havt e produmed'i,
b. i;: a aitta thiingt.. I lilt his tound deh;
sini, at least thet one produi cedl by his I'el It
-aa ax~ prisoers. .tln vais~heiS, when thlie Cti
turt. simh;m'''t d to i -r < bjahir'.*i iiis 'nit
en~v nterrptedby th s' iid th din 'i
,r ~ wi'y3- and oh - mi hiutdt h~iI'i ettiti
hi t c~i njeil up, lie adiscaivers a yhdun~ dea.l sIta
table. unpainted and without at clio t t'o
i tilt plate., conftaiing a piece of partaly wo
ooked pork, a tint cutp oit coffeeu and aI i i.
large chunk oif breadl. -As lie conitem kei t
plates thlis in dismayn, a loudl laugh'l tromli ent
his elow prisoners, who~ hiatve bieen noti. hil
ing his mnovemenlts from the door. thriow- a x
alittle light on1 his disordered i-telleer hi
m a he narceives that he has be: the i-c o
n of a hoax.- This constitutes his initia- l:
>n into Fort Lafayette Society. and he, be
turn, becomes as eager as ttt ret to ul
:ell' the next new coner. th
This is one of the ways in which the en
nates inaage to while away their time, E
d in fhet. it has become so popular it,
long them that the announcement in an
ily papers, (which, by the way, they I
:ure every imorning regularly before toi
'lock.) of anly arrest. at once creates
ite an exciteient. and every thing i6 th
4
epared to thoroughly initiate the c:; au
ted individuals. ~il
Those of the prisoners who have means ru
d friends can pass the tim ain conparat ive ca
nmfort. A ness has been established be
permission of' thei conunanding oflicer. ia
rich is under the control of the ordnance Co
rgeant attached to the post. It numbers ve
out thirty, and at a cost of'about one sit
lar per diea, the table is supplied from of
irket daily, with grood food of every wi
scription, tog^ether with such viands and su
:oors as thec may choose to purchase set
tra. The table is better. in fiet, than of
-h1 as are provided in second class hotels eit
fashionable watering places.
The sleeping arrangements are also ve
comfortable. The mattresses, bedding,
ikets and sheets are of good quality, 1k
I care is taken to keep them clean.
t bedsteads are small iron ones, which by
folded up in the day time, making ad- th,
ional room in the somewhat contincd b
arters. dr
Two hours a day are allowed to priso- so
rs for exercise o'lt of doors in the open M
ice in the centre of the firt. viz be- ha
een six and seven o'clock in thw morn- to
, and between five and six o',.1i'-k in be
evening. In the intervals they are th
fined in the rather commodious quar. Ul
-s which are appropriated to offices when ti
:frt is completely garrisoned, where K
, amuse themselves playing chess, N
lughts, backganinon, whist and the in
e, read the newspapers, or discuss the w:
ets of the day as .ther reach them ad
otgi the last mentioned channel. At 1 8
Ie o'clock every liight is extinguished, toi
I universal silence prevails until the thl
t dawn awakes them to re-enact the the
ne1 nvaried routine. ce
In cases of sickness, Mrs. Wood, the oft
y of the comnmanding oflicer, is enra- o
tting, through her domestics, in kind
s and attention, and has won the es- to
in of all the ininates for her consider. su
amiabilit1.
W iith the water occasionally bad on ac- ha
it of at.sence of rain, with some de- wi
is in the cooking arramgements which St
not sullicient toi supplv the extra iuan- de
of ration15s n'it ill dlelualll. rendlering,. 0o
iii pmir jiartialldy prerdtl fi- edibilit. iy
prisonelrs stiil nylnage to pass their tny
ie of inearceir:itI'on inl a itich more ti
asz:mt mainmer than is generally believed, 1'
h f!ue e.u'qpfion only ofthe prirateers- fie
i. or jira/es t. they aire deemed, who t'w
r'.' eoi coninn'i and sunndic!itll fiu- an1
vtet't rationsa. r'c
lr. Russell's Letters.
T'h1e London Times., of the I:th h of Sep- ne
iber, publishes another long letter frou E:
-. ltessell, dated at Washington, on the N
1 August. AIr. Russell is imnpres ed tr'
tat
h he belief that the so-called - I are
-ty" in the " It yal" states is nlt only wij
a hopeless miiiority, b-ut that a ialo
ico is imapossible. We quote a passago y'i
mi this piart of his letter.
No) PEAeE. ye
P~eace is no longer a panacea for the
Is which aillict the United Staites, and
r has produced some of its ustual results P1
the necessity which has arisen for' the 7C
itn p'arty to regain their prestige'. Of'
the parties in the U.nited States, that
ich desir-es peceL, gimod1 peace, is at cr
:sent the miost hiopeless ; because peace
md only now be obtained by the sub- do
ssion aind cession om(f ev-erything for
ich the Nor'th is fighting, and by the at!
s to the North of' all, or nearly all, its o
-autages. liut still it works on, and Ian
end would justify the manms. indee.d,
t absolute p~ec could be the fruits of'
inbor-s. There is no chance of' such a l1t
tiement, so far as I can see. Tr1~e sht
in the North itself, f/,e iimfterials of .
ube in the anger of' the great parties,
ich accuse each other of the olfences
t br mtghit on the great war ; and, on d
whole, ther'e is, in miy judgment, 1
tter' proibablility of' a peaceful adjust.
tt offered by the actual success of the
ri'L, so that she could reconstruct the do
ion, or allow t he South to go out as ad
lendelnt Repulblie, than by any other an
m which the can'iest catn assie, It is ,
os.ile f',r the North to retire from til
contest in a mor'al [lull Run.tr
Vlr. Russell p)roceeds to show that the tht
ubles of' the Confteerates n-ill come by
cr. and has the lfollow-ng --ommlilent ad'
>n the gte
rat
Within a nar'row belt of' reefs antI sand
iks the l'ihico Sound, Albemuarlo
ind-inland seas running into innumier
e creeks, and receiving a systemi of
crs, by u hiehi(I! ~~ co unticautioni is opened
iirtirs and town:, far ini the initerior u ~-h
te contry'. 11i.re lur'k thle pr'ivateers, dt.
i-ht '-:lly lut t hro'ugh~ the opjeniings of'
iuter himuk mi:l I-n;-y uponm ti- ptasing ,
ihr ; antd here thle ioting0 t vesseIs have t hi
-ni p~y iltu andt dot wn wvith securit. --
Shnidred and iy~ simiall vetssels. hie
ii tiines ceyed~'L'byJ thle Unaited States tm.
--trsit~~i. ar'e oil the way to bloek up
-nteri. and ite mien-ifwar have ailso
'1d' I i I ,'s to 'i lestrily the foritts ;uaid
e'nees5 ubih lie rehet.'s have c'eenpI ied m
Ib ha~t suc'ss it is m~it yt poissibmle aum
>ritiht. Thei'i' i'iirnal line tif r''tEefs ad art
31.ba::ks is 31ne It the~ miist euiousi in- vii
rM. A'c- i t li gho-, her 1Meigho saildt thn
with t :mrt een t'et oft waiter tiuiter hi. ThIi
I.L there is now a ranidbantk, which is tan
high atbtove Ii'th rtlice. These banks (rt
rila ; amid in otherl'plates the na~turu '(it'
,t.. shor., and the amt, htkes atud j se'
gunes inside, show that the proce has
-en carried on till the banks became
ied to the main land. There is inside
e most extensive ...al uniqne internal a
mmnlilcatilon by water in the world.
iergetic olirts will be mlade to tispend t
and the result will be serious sufl'ering I
d inconvenience to the inhabitants and a
e destruction of their privateering ef- L
Its.
* The closing up of the inlets on
C coast will prove very einbiarrassiig, I
d we shall hear no more vessels sailiug
.t of such places as Wilmington, and
uning the blockade, if the expedition
rrics out its object. Some trouble will
saved to the British Legation, which
s had its .gill shine of annoyance and
rresp~onldence in reference to British
ssels seized after they have left ports
pposed to be blockaded, not to =peak
the great increase of work connected
th the new passport system, and the
lrings of British subjects who are
.kiig to get homoe, or to any pi ace out
the States, which no longer nflord them
her a bome or employment."
From Washington.
Ion " writes from Washington to the
ltimore Sun as follows:
Urgeut calls for more troops are made
p ublic men in the North, and also in
Northwest. It is proposed that New I
irk should increase her quota to a hul
ed thousand men. It is a complaint in
inc of the Northwestern States that the
iddle and Eastarn States have been
ekward in furnishing troops fir the Po- I:
mae line, and that the deficiency had
el made up by drawing regiments f'roim r
u West. The States Northwest of the e
io river are relied upon to furiish
sops for the federal service in Missouri, .
stucky, &c. Both in the West and c
1th a resort to drafting mhen from the h
litia has been proposed. aid shomld the
tr be lung prot-racted, will probably be .
opted. The experience of the war of
12 showed tit nien paid ;L substitutes
- drafted men were the blest troops.:md .
it volunteers were the wormt. But
ugh neither voliunteers nor militia
uld always be relied upon, they would
en fight very well if provided with
ver.
'T'he relation uol the Northweste'rn States
the Union is peeu!iar fri'm their per.
ts and their ge.grapihical situa;tin.
hen the' c. imprimises of 1S 50) wire
ppilv adtj1ed, it was a thvo rite idea
thi Union men that the great tier of free
ites Southwest of the Ohio. which are
stined, after a few decades. to contain a
1htiontic of a hmiudred millions. would.
their ival and ci :Jaercial inlieiee
on the Eastern and Soat hern, ections of
Union, forever muaiinta in its integrity.
t they ,on afteir fbiled to cointrol the
cee pLit(, l1itagolisis that arose be.
el the two extremes. lit tih. great
d growing interests of the Northwest
pre a restoratioll of peac'e and the per I
tual fr~eedm of cion:ieren with hi th
:tio. In nu resjpecct ca;n h-sie perm1.
t'I
at interests hie h 1ih to thse lif th;e
At or the South. The power of the
>rthwest over t he cidit ion of this :'iounim
is (e'riaill!y. ;t shille tilne l' i lIle e:'
dished and -xere sed., itl ; d io iliubt. ill
mnniier beniliial tio its wilare ;I a
rt CIlass on "1State of1 the Country."
Stand up here Bill Snookos and keeurca-ai u.'''yir ot.'
Q. What is indlepentdence eei, ?~ wht
A. D~o as youi lease, go whlere iimi '
ui please ir it, ail ehieat mll yon can.a
Q What is love of comiutry !
A To fight, bleed and die, and git no d
:dit fair it.
Q Do all men rn~miife-t tis desire to I
battle for their country I i
A. No. Some had rat her stay at hiome I
.1 iimke money ;griimible at the tii!tsV
iothers;.penlate upin Tin's, PBill's
.1 J im's bravery.
Q. Wait class is this ?
A They aure coiimoly called street 8
ingersr, hut sonic callI 'emi soap tails for o
.; All wvho stay ait hioe arie not sri e
psdare the~y ?
A. O h, ni . Mome are liberal in their a
atios to support lie cuanmtry and re- S
v the wants of the po'or. t
a. Do they get no credit fhr it ? al
A. Nary hit. You see thle saiap.tzlils 1
all the talking, having muore time to ec
ote to the bellows thain working men, C
thiev :mvy when the lib'erail give a do!- V
they j'it ac') timt neh m'ire pirofilt
their talcable ur aieles, whic',h the coun-ti
is b)oun1d to have.
'2. Is it crtain that any pierson does
A. Without a dubt., a great ninny do 7.
I oni blo ckwule. wa'r I ax. anid many other et
2. Is it men that bihav ee horni atid ti
sed aoiingst us ?
A. Yes sir ! N.-.ry otheru kind.
2. \Vhat is this elas. cal liei ?
A. lu~ints of thle right staooph. g
W. \i u( at iu ari'otslui now a days ~I
A TalkI hii, tell w eat you lhave illone,, S
t uil gwIlle to '1lt, inake rutl youve i
i.' evry thing anid nobodiy else done .m
.hing Ia a)ul yoturi tauxes and make k'-ia is
(on ge elistoiiners, add a Ii ttlet liiiore to Ii
ire every tim you ii see thle word e,
Iay the poor, they main'*t gut no busi- SI
a s to lie poor.Im
1. Whoii does 'his.?
*. Merchants, teurmiers andui schioiol teach- e
[Exit HillI with an inikstr'ui ini close proxi
y wvithi his snout. I1
Zu Al'K \'*~ () L~~ A A IY--ie e
liulen~lts fihr en Iti vatinig the giapI, si
I fromt lie exha~ustlIess deniannI l 'r then
ie, are in:creaise' byli the fact thai:t a a
'y;i, once estahihsled, is a pern~aent Ii
,g. lts pnirodctiveini.. is enhlancedw
bi age, anud the hundi.redth year of' it~s t1.
iwt~h still sees it giving forthI its y ielI. at
ni genra~lition11 afi er ge~nerat ins iif ione a
I i1y iay iv ie and Ipro(.sprci upion a few in
s o vine growing regioni. A peach l
aul i f we airi 10i it tii errori ill ii oill' r'esid ill
Will no' t jiiolitllaly Ii';ur mnoiretbal six tI
sevei veuros, (at anuy late it is so ini w
'eI .J the At lamnec St-ahes) et the oc- ad
airation of which time the
lug up in order to ccier
mother purpos., it being
my more peach growing.
Another advantage inl
h:it thore is in it a great ceo
n every vacant corner, in
il along the fences, by t
onse or outhouses, trailing
.nd on the roof, in a thot
laces, tm.fit for any thinig
nay grow and flourish.-l
crat.
The Hero of Lex
Gen. Sterling Price
epresentative of Missor
'olgress, and WAS substc.j
f that State. Ile is by I
nd by occupation a to
:harlton county, Mo.
ears of age, over six I
urge build and a statel .
mnners are extremely
nd dignified; but his her
g. so conspicuous a
pringfield, and his iron
losed by his eyes and a
strikingly temperate i
11 the relations of life.
wishing characteristihs
ous jtdgneit, and e
folest, making no pr
aiiey or superiority, he
ring to his aid all the
nte: of others within his
ret acts as major gene
>r his adjutant an experi
ad resigned from the I
hon ie hIan previously
Lpultatiln1. .turally
retive. lie mak s it dill
iV to discover his pian:
idge of men, lie selects
arelly and sparingly.
as the prestige of su<
either a tri mtier nor an
ever been a candidate
on Without Obtainiig it.
iore recently in i issour
anded in a battle that
'he Alisourianus are ral
lss. 'ly the iatest. thie
rtrrated, statenents oft
es, ho has now 40.000
omninaid.
This distinguished ma
aunibnded -la it1 h Thomias I
nee a gen.ieJal inl the miti
ear's ago Licite:muiit Gi
alte, and i:ow1 a suppIjorbt
vetnI1nt'it. hllev :ire ar
pJlets, partieulairly in r
Who is Col. Mul
The Detroit Advertisi
ny ing interesting sketch
bunt whose. identity the
mucy colnllietiig reports
Col. .I ames A. N ullig:
te city of I'tica, New
d is consepient ly in h
ear. Ills pareLts are ii
his mother, after the de:
hiehl tok place when h
:iioved to Clicag-. wher
itli her son 1~r tlia pa
ear.. IIe was edncated
allig' tof Nor h ('hiicago
erinltentdence of the Raev
ow of New York city. He is a strict
lilemer of tiie Cat h. lic Cihuireh.
j. 15-, and i and 1854, lie read
iw in the &llice of lion. Isaac N. A rnod,
ongressimian fro,m thle :hicaig' d i.-e,t.
'or a short tiime he edited the We4ten
ablet. in Ohicag!o. hii 18.WI. he wa ad
iittd' ani atto~rno'v aLt law in ('hicago~. At
is ime lie hield 'the posit ion if Seeond'
ieutenuit in the Claicigo Shieldls (uards
nie of the conmpainies attachedl to the Irish
rigde, inow in Mdissourli, and which ham'
onei so well at Lexinigtoni.
I the winter if 18~57 Senatori Fitch of
idilana. tendred himi a clerkship' in the
)partinenit of the baterior. 11le accepted
ie po'sitioni, :mid spient the w~iiner at
Vashigtonm. DurLiniig his residencee in:
Vshiniton lie coirresp onded with, thc
dica~ Telh-graph . M ter his returii fntrii
a-hiingtoni lie was elected Cap'taini of the
iields Guards. Unm the niews arriming
r thi bom11bar' hnen t of Fort Sumiiter be
iew his whole sotil into the niationalI
Te Irish A imicani coimpanlies hold
meet1ing, of which lie was hirmiaii.
iortly aftierwairds lie went to \Va.-hiing
nm with a letter writtenl by the late ?Seni
or Iouglas on his death b.-d, to the
resident, tendlering a regimeint, to
led the Irish Brigade, Hie was elected
olonel, and inunedately went to, work
it ia will. The course of the " brigade"
p to the hatmltle ofkLeington is0 WI iiioWlT
I I is a rigi. I tenmperatnoe manl, althoucagi
Sis joeund anid whiolesoumled t a fult.
Ie is si feet three inches in height, with
wiry, ehastic framre, u lare, lutrotus ha.
l eve. ani openi, trank Celtic fihee, stamp
I with couraig, pluck and independence.
ii omuted with a bushy prtoinson of hiir.
ietured with grey.
Our Armny Cookory.
Soye, a the. Prince of Cooks, distin.
iished hi imself, ais all the world knows,
V his euilinarty camipaign in the Crime c
vaubl~e was this departmenit estecmed,
iat. ie ervices of theo celebrated French
an i weret sp)ecially enigaged by the Brt
hovernimnt. There~ is really nothing
prevent the conven~inces of Soyer's
welientsy stem of cookery in our owni
ulps. These conven'iien~es were of the
mp lest de-script ion~. Theiy conisisted of
i tight stoves, calculated to cook for lifty
een each, and so constituted ais to be
isily carried as panniers, oReh pair on one
We learn thamt oll'ers have beemn made mn
i hmnond ki supply the G~overiiiment with
i number of piortle stoves oif thus des
itio. Thlcuonst ructioni is exceedmghy
iiile. A boiler is construmctedI capable
h olding lift) pounds of meat with seven
1d( mhalf gallons of water, with a fire box
ineathi fr coal, and a lowver gratiog fo
od, a chambier wvith a slide finishiing
ec draft,benieath. The coniplet e a ppar
uis inot mtore than iSe feet high. With
sppy of these stoves, e.nd a moan de
ile froim each companL~y, thirouglhy
tahified to anage thiem, the entire cook
g of or ermaps might be condtucted with
e miost admiirable systemn, and, certainily,
ith lie best results. Such cnuiniry
. ue . mihit ika i a1 eoinmmissa'ry for
It was found in the Crinen
lan might attend to two i.fthese
I have, liesides. leisure for other
enit.
I'n the suhject of camp.oookiIng.
Iso reomminwiend the sugge.<4ion
our rations of the army should
form of light, baked loves. For
ase, a good bakery might bie at
o each rvgimient. Teinporary
i he easily erected in each camp.
seems unpardonable to throw
irtant work o1' making bread into
s of privates, who, in many cases,
:er ereni seen it done, and whose
i is to fry it in bacon grease. It
lumps, aabmirably preserved in
inch, which are so prolific of diar.
:sentery. and other camp diseases.
The Battle of Lexington.
-.ms as impossible for an Aholi
.o tell the truth as for water to run
Compelled to admit that they
-feated at Lexington, they attempt
>ten the Confederate victory -by
g that our numbers were four
* large as theirs, and that our loss
1 and wounded was between one
thousand, while theirs was only
four hundred. This was the state
elegraphed to St. Louis, Chicago
acinnati, and of course re-teie
I thence to New York and the
. cities. But now comes General
oflicial report of the fight; and
)es he zay ? "Our entire loss,"
Contederate general, "amounts
. nty-five killed and . seventy.two
J."
victory proves to be, in fiet, a
lerlid one, not alone in its ei'eet.
ts material results. The visible
it eoimist of three thousand stand
seven piece. of artillery, nearly
nd horses and mules, and a cor.
ng supipiy of aninounition, stores
pimnents. We have recovered the
of the State Government. and res
their proper owners nearly a
,f dollars in cash, which the fede.
- stolen.
is has been done by Gen. Price.
with State troops, which shows
Missourians are on the side of the
The forces brought against them
Louis Dutch, Iloosiers and Yan
Missouri, unlike Kentucky, the
ietweenm outside enenies and the
f the State. Iln Kentucky, our
sad to say, are, to a very great
atives and residents.
f the effect of this victory in up
he schemes of the federals prom
m ost advantageous to the South.
;e. We shall be mistaken if it
break up, or at least .retard, F re.
ontem plated. movement down the
.li. IIe canlot leave St. Louis
a victorious arm y behind his back.
iri is nearly ours already, and noth.
it the possession of St. Louis is
I to complete the job. We have
y the ooizmnand of more than half
tate ; and the seizure of St. Louis
give us all. If Fremnit omens
as the federal progranie of ope.
is call for, he leavies all Missouri to
iitrol. Ifhe holds back and atteiiipts
ep Price in check, and retrieve the
disaster at Lexington. he must break up
the ;rrangemuent for advancing down the
.lli siss.ipp1i, anmd thlat. partt of the game is
eflitallyv blocked.
Lioohipe at tis result of' Gen. Price'.
bold andl vigorou ad vanice in Missouri,
ma iii'we not learn a less5on that wVoul he
IusefInl .lsvewhere ? If ot'ensive oper~iations5
haluve done so much ini :\issouri, why
woul not the same effects fa'llow in \'ir
giniii If. Picie hais ii'arr'angei thle Mis.
sissppi xped~liti'.n. would it nio t h e eqal
vy easy, byv the same policy, to stop the
(cntemp te naval operaltions aLgainM Ithe
Tlitn. lao.ts l1kai;A.-lt is t hoght that
Congtress willibe easilyv induced to pa~ss
a meiasiure of relietf tr ti-e lanter's, ini the
p laniters, in the ease of' proloniged delay
on the pairt of the GJoverumnent ini selling
the cropis subscribed to the produce loan.
T[he bureau chairged with the neg~otiat ion
of the loaii, undehir the super'inteniden1e of
J. I), I. Delilow, Esq., will, we underi
stand, shiortl y issue another circular h-tter'
to the planters, advising thenm of the
prospects of' Congressiolnal relief', as there
has been some restriction d'f the action
Iof' the planters, front the apprehension
that the Government may have to resort
to forced sales, toJ their own prejudice and
loss.
Subscriptions to the loan still continno
c onstnt, We are informed that ntpL a
day psses withiout the incident of' vhsts
oi' applicants, off'ering to sell, not only
pr'odiuce, but every other conceivable
article, for C.onfeder'ate bonds.
A late Lond.on paper contains the fob
lowing advertisenent :" .A gentleman who
is abiout to leave the house ha which he
Iresides, and beiing desirous to retumn it
to' his lanidlord in the same condition in
which he f'ound it, will pay a fair' price for'
five hundred full gr'owni raits, an acre of'
poisoin.ous we'ds, and a cart load of''a rb
lish ; the weeds to be planted in the gar'
(d0n ' the rubbish to be left on the door
step, and the rats suffeired to run loose
through the house. Address, &e
Thec Ditferent Drum-lleats' and What
TheyiMean.
The Recielle is the signal for the men to
rise, andl the sentinel to leave ofl' challenging.
The Troop is to sound or beat at-o'clock
in the mourning, for the purpose of assembling
the men for duty and inspection at guard
mounting.
The Retr'eat is to sound or beat at sunset,
for the purpose of' warninig the oflicers and
mecn for duty, and for reading the orders of
the daiy.
The iTuo is to heat at--o'clock in thea
evening, af ter which no soldier is to be out of'
his tent or quiarters, unhda by) special leavo
Pas* ucpona tre!ncidwr, the signal for break.
fast, is to seuiid or beat. at-o'clock ini the
morming.
Jioaa~l lhef, the signal fur dinner. is to
sound or beat at-o'clock: at otheri times it
is the sigiial to draw~ provisioiis.
The Aryc'eon's Call is to soundc or beat at
conducted to the hospital by the first sergeants
of nompanies, wlo will han'l to the surgeron n
report of all the sich in the company oit
than in hospital. The patients who cUnot
attend at the dispeunary will be iifnmediately
after visited by the surgeon.
The General is to-beat only when the whole
army is to march, and is the signal to strike
the tents and prepare for the march.
The A.nsembly is the sig:ial to form by corn.
pany.
7o the Color is the signal to form by bat
taliun.
The Long Roll is the signal for getting un
der arms, in case of alarm or the sudden ap
proach of the enemy.
The Parley is to desire a conferencc with
the enemy.
Dibles for our Soldiers.
Rev. J. R. Grav.s, of Tin., has written
an able and unanswerable letter addresod
"to the Baptiste of the Sonthern Confed
eracy," urging upon them and all Southern
Christians the propriety of placing in the
hands of each and every one of our soldiers a
copy of the Holy Bible or Test.ant. We
append a few extracts from the letter and be
speak for them a careful reaing :
" As citizens and patriots the world gives
us the credit of doing our part well. The
temporal wants of no army were ever better
supplied.
"But are we discharging our duty as Chris
tians to our soldiers? Does it not devolve
upon us to do all in our power to provide fur
their moral and religous wants ? We have
heard of. vet few of us realio the nuimher
less evil and pernicious influences of camp
life. Without the strongest counter-acting
influences that Ifeaven vouchsafes, no young
man can withstand them. Said a member of
my Church, after an experience in Camp-life:
'' I have heard, but never before did I con
ceive of the demoralizing influences of Camp
life. I am sati-ied that the Oinnipotence of
God alone can save moe, can sue any Chris
tian from being swept away into the evil
courses of sinners." Realizing the dangers
to which the youth are exposed in timo of
peace when surrounded by religious associa
tions, we provide for them religious readieg,
Sabbath School, and Bible class instructioni,
and labor anxiously to erect moral break-wa
ters between them and the strong, the almost
resistless tides and turreuts of evil influences.
What then ought we to do to shield them
when r -.."- -
withdrr
ing intl
caes of
in cam
colsta!
vicious
nust ir
to war.
"If nothing else, the word of God shonau
be placed in the hands of each soldier. This
can and this should be done. We desire and
we pr:ay for the salvation, temporal and eter
nal, of the soldier. The Word of God is the
sword of the Spirit. Read or preached, it is
the appuintedl instrument with which Ha kills
and makes :alive. When we have placed the
Word of life and salvation in the soldier's
h _aml, we can conisistently pray that the
IUessed Spirit may use it to his .lition.
Many, many a soldier far from friends and
home has been led to Jesus from reading is
Word inl camp, and hundreds umore wiay. and
dobiles will be ere this war ie closed. No
one of us can easily conceive of the p'iwer to
rstirain romn vice, the~ frequen~it sigh/ amid
fuck eveni of the. Bible. though unroml. It
reminids the sonl that. iL is the Word of his
father's Gud, andu his mother's Savior. It re
minds him of' Sabbiat hs, and sermons, andr
payers, and exhorm ions andi tearAs, of 11eaven
nud of hell, of a soul unusavecd, and a God tin
reconciled. WXhat then absall we saly of its
frquent reading! U, if our 3'outhf~ul armies
arc saved from thu corroptions of the cattp,
it mutlst anid will be through the influence of
the Bih'e placed in the hands of our s' ldJiert.
What Christian, what citizen should not tak-e
a deepi andI lively interest in this work ? A
Testnent, at least-and let that Testament
he a neat and tasty oneC, that thk' oldier wi
prize-if' not a liible, canz be placed in the
hands of every soldlicr of the Con federate ar
mies. The nutmber of' destitute can be ascer
taned, and the chaplains, and, where there
are none, piotl eoldier4 can be2 found to dis
tribute them to <at::h <neC. Nothig is mourn
igt~ of ac01tplbhnt9h
" The soldier.<, net profeusoo.4, do re'pect
and will read thme Bile, I have spent onme
month h4 visitdng the var!ous3 cncm.znpnents
in Tennese, Miss., and North Alabama,
preacing to the soldiers and ascerta'nin-.r taets
to lay before the public. I heard from the of
ficers, and learned fromt thec lips of the sil
diers themselves that they desired the Bible,
andi that those whlo badl one rend it. Yon;
mn told me that theLy have read more Scrip
ture Biace they have been in camp, than ever
in all their lives before. I have had a soldier
oler mec his last dollar for a Blible, aye, bo
row tho money that lhe might make sure of'
one-a nice one--that might be sent back to
his mother or father, stained with his blood,
should lhe fall in battle. Said at young sol
dier to me, at the close of a discourse, " Sir if
you will send me a Bible, I promise you that
I will read it, and," lhe added with deep, feel
ing, as he pressed my hand," I will read it
for my soul's sake,"! I ! Whalt would we niot
do or give, to plaice a Bible in that young
man'sh5 hand ? Somei mtother or father prays
for him, doubtless, bitt lie has been sent to
campll without a B3ible ! And his case is the
cae of the tens of' thiousand-:
" It is related of a soldier wounded in oine
of the battles of the Crimea that lie wvas car
red out of thle field to die. lai a fewi minutes.
an ofiicor saw the mans welterinig in huis bloodl,
ad aiskedl him if lie conild do anyithinig for
him. " Nothing, thank yon.'' " Shall I get
you a little wvater!'' said the kind hearted of
fleer. " No I thank von I am dyinmg.'' "Is
there nothing I can do for you? Shall I
write to your friends ?'' " I have no friends
-oi catn write to. lBut there is one thiimzt for
wtjia I would be ineh ohTliged. In amy knan-.
sack you will find a Trstament ; will yon open
it , the I *iti .f .fJohn, anda nesr tI.n iend Of
the 'inptf r you will find peace. \\ ill Ion
readi it '" The cficer lidi -.o and r:.i Oi.e
wrd : " Peace f le.vo with yon, my pene.: I
give unto you ; not as the world giveth, give
I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid." "Thank you," said
the dying man. "I have that peace ; I an
going to that Savior; God is with ne; I want
no mire," and insbuitly expired.
" This soldier, orphaned and frionmte;, in
th far off Crimea. had a T.,tauent, but
there are tens of thousands of the sn:s of
Southern Christians in our camps without at
solitary verse 0f fiod's word in th-ir p
sion ! Shall it omtii.e to be ro'?
" But I hail it as one of the finest providen
tial openings for Southern Chri-ilansi to give
an alnost universal circulation to the word of
God throughout the South.
"Every soldier will prize for all time the Bi.
ble or Testament he carried with him throu
the war of the Southern Revolution. and he
will bequeath it to his son cr daugtiter aer
him as a sacred legacy. If he fall on the
field it will be the only thing he will send
home, or if he dint, that his associates will
remove from his person to return to his family.
a In conclusion, I would inform the lap
tista of the South that the libles ard Te,
taments can be now hId by thousands weekly.
"Thu South-western Publishing !louse of
fers to print 200,00 copies of BiLles and
'T'estaments for the Confederat army nu ..,
which in the face of the immenso advance in
all printing and binderry materiaf is placed at
the following extremely low aiures:
"For plhin Pockeut Testamientse, I 2.f>0 ptr
100, for gilt back and sides 8r!, li!! gilt 20
per 1(11).
"Pocket Bibles froh 't;0, $70, S0, $100
per 100. according to bindiug.
"Religioun, nsectarian Tracts, will h fur
nished in 2>cts. 50cts, 75cts, $1 packagos.
Orders will b, filld and sent gratuitously
to any regiment designated, providing thu
name of its Colonel and location be given, or
they will be forwardcd to the donos to dis
tribute at their expense, and if contributions
are made to the 1 ible and Tract Fund for
Confederate Soldiers, they will be sacredly
used fbr that purpose, and monthly reports
made, of funds received and Bibles, Testa
ments, and Tracts sent forth, and to what
camr pH.
J. R:. GRAVFS
Depots will be esat.isi,.P ..
master General, both in this city and Colum
bia, for the reception of all donations of cloth
ing; and he is also charged with the duty of
forwarding and distributing the same.
The Department" will receive all dona
tions of clothing, say frock eoats and panta
loons, of heavy worsted goods, shirts and
drawers,yf-heavy homespun or itanel, wool,
or heavy cottwn socks, lankete, new or see
und hand. also heavy shoes.
Thie plain upion which the State designs
supplying her soldiers with all neces.sary
clothing. is hased upon their willingne.s to
surrender to the St ate ie amount of mioney
appropriated by the Cotnfcderate (iovernmtent
for this~ purpose, iny forty-two (8-1:) per an
numn, this sut not now being siut'iint ia
coniegneeiC of the greatly advancod cost mf
mnuteriat!. It is in view of this faict that these
laudtalsle -Associattins.'' oft ladies and "gin
tlemei, are corially weleumed as toadjutors
in this nole work, and in proportion to their
voluntary coutributions' of labor and mnateri
:lk, will the atb..-olute co-, of clothing for our
gaillant voluunteers lie reduaced.
In the event that any1 of the "A~soeindons'
should not feel thiemselves able to for:nio
both material aid lbor, I he qiuartermatr
Gjeneral i.4 instrue:ed( by his E).celleney thne
the Governor, to re-imblurse su hi As~sciationis
the cost of al I i,miterial$, at. a rite i->t exceed
irng jimilar! ma:teils purchaiS-d by~ the *De
pnartmient ;" anid the quantity allowedi for each
garmentit shall be the sameC as used in our 31an
ufaceturing Bureau.
Societies are particularly -squested to ail
vh, the Qauarterinaster Gr . re o f the quari
tihy of work they can do ptor week, and tkn
amuint of donatiomni they vwil! probuhily sen:d.
Tfo prevent conftusioni and i*oss, tihe follow
ing miethnod for mnarking packages shiould. be~
strictly ob-et vedl. All Societies n:'c~~ harles
ton. shon!d s hip to Cha~rlestonad miark thus'
No. 1.
TlO QUAllITE!DiASTER GF1 NEltL,
CiAm.SSvoY, S. C.
Fomi Aid Society aL (hnere insert ida~ce.)
Societies near Columbia, should ship and
mark thus:
No. I.
TO ASSISTANTQU.\RTIllMASTEll,
Co.tni.im, S. C.
From Aid Society (here insert iname.)
TJhe packagers should be marked distinctly,
aiid numbered from one (1) upwards. A
correct invoice should accompany each ship
ment.
All articles shipped at the cxpense of the
State.
S. S. (ILOVEll, Q. 31. G. S. C.
Wimo is Tuim COUN'r il P.\RIS?-A corres
pondent of the Charleston Conrier gives the
following account of this individual; who re
sently volunteered in the Lincoln armny and
reocived an aplpointcmnt of McClellamn's staff.
The Count do Paris is thme son of the late
D)ejRe of Orleans, who was the oldest son of
King Louis Phillippe of France. Heo is the
Oreani'.t heir to the French throne. and if
his grandfaither had not set Lincoln the exam
ple of stifling thle freedom of the press, the
young muanl might have reigned as Francis I1l.
lHe bow serves a at Captain ian the rail split
ters arumy. I sincerely hope that oneo of our
sharp-shooters will-p~ick of this young sprig of
rya. shourd ho nna( Imi ,v.n..az., b
mnario to bite the dlust. the B~onaparte who
'*tVi i)'; ill rl:e a'ieient pnlae of' the ltmn;rbcuia
ivj!I 'ue.e' ;i iri!V' -.it tu~r norw
MR. EITRn: A- a sub:ca ikr to your j:.ut
nil, and a voter 01' the 4tth Congre:tonal D iv
trict,-rpre~eating elso the wishes of many
Isnb.atial citiz~ns, I adlopt and repropoundl
~the fllowjia; interie at"ries addressed it, It.
IC. (httt'FIX, M. D. thiro::gh the~ $.)u~ler (,",'ir.
To R. C. (.riffin, id. D).
Si: ou arne)nce thlrtlLh u :itcte t n l~
o'ard in the .S.uh'ert nu',,,, ;r~ , that i'tl le '
D istrict.
Tec, You are awaj'e, are tin' s lt tryV
the souls of men-that rund.'r h~clV I." daic'.
if rnor ali.;Guiutely II(':(art' L.. .ii*,c.c;
t L'k of iui'tiui; the i-ririclhI.:,, 1 i;..
the zts ."inu. of nz!n, who t-o'ul'l 9-(:k fro:r. ile
c.:n nat. tbureo'i., rt;:trl it r; (..itliu' tici(ua
fO'~ pr.'aL1:iipti(:4 ti S:i" ii aqk of %u.1i :111 tn.
a i)at ion1s
Did. Voi, u1. dlid You int Coat ir: to h1I.
1 ufil'e in 1i sl ii:tt~, tt il. 'V111 111:IIn4 ii1r
Il:till; Ser*e'i e4 of. t-iu i (itr..nt, in ii:o 4.m
plo3'a1:'rit of .mn (:flici " who held il ]dutce til,
Anil wxhile I1:13 enufI.Iy.'d. Ii'eviu.' to 11:
at:t of M~tcC-Sivai, it. .iiir flat ivcjStito Jul t"I
not ndul'(ii abit I: 11) aR4'1 u;~' r1i
M: In of. G reL'fwoud. A !'bi jllu I ui. ne". i
iciih you art u:"(i, a ith Ai eat earn ~rt"s, ill a
*',ful, tlhe hiii I'xx of' $'".tth Cainlias (c'e:tt~a:
pae es.i"tfrmLnonir ing anong other ro:is.dns, thiat the l lack
p'li hean I 'reside nt won 'd eiutkds v r..t~ rwhd~a
it,' r and fot'ue her to tui::;it?
Dlid yoll nc~t, r.tbuttI h tiil1 r.;el: ::'! !9
7t Similar lettecr to) a gi'tiiLl~ IPYji:g ill 1!
viciityi of l iken, arnd ;utbi,h b~O~l;is 0,.% mLat
;a'ticlea in t::c F''it fi Ad, alr,'tr. isI a of
Which yon oousellod the pcitpk to :1uIrni~t to
IA.l;e"; g7 ')riini.
Dill i'.n notwhlintetano h C
s nsbeciiizen of' Gir.woud or its rii'inity,
remark that the .p.r~.lui tf South C:' r.,:in:a
were Ell re.'~oiin; fr'om a one -riucd" ;j.w of'
the a;:etiou of sece:(i ~o or ul.~mi: sioN, and
.l._. _01d him frim 1Wa; hiu'tox
LUL1,111 ' U & tutto.. ~..... .
mid are, mere dli jiiii;:tad '(11'-e'kiia dein
agogues? 'I'iii uppeaz's to be :.our monL'iing;
1'nr it is as clear now its the mmu in hi'aven,
thtnohn short of' the prompjt, ui:i':lcula
ting seces.iion of south Carolinia: mnite'd the
Su'ut Ii and gave birth to the So~uthern Con
fe.Ieralci".
\" hi ..... l... j.. it r.:tii~l.Iei .. +"h u t . t ..' . ; i.