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. % * v 1 1 S4% / VOL. 1. CI- .* . ?f Fro in the X. Y. Evening Post I Death of Aitroiioiuer Ditchcll. "He it* sent for to the Presence."?!.trnk?>. t One more! and this the noblest of the train: Like the grand star that guards the skirts of Bight Could he not stray above onr murky plain J Till the fair dayspriug bless our achingssiirht? That beam millennial which salutes the Eight? Inexorable Fate the beam will hold j With equal hand, and show our scale As light Tbo' youth, and strength, and wealth art fully tolled? Genius must follow yet and mingle wilh the gold. Hie feci were 'customed to the Milky Way..' v On his high errand he but turned aside, ' like old Samaria*? Traveller, to stay ?* The blood and tears abandoned by Tile Pride. And as be knelt at tbe poor victim's side,. * Toother ears a sound, to hia a song " Game from the concave in a mighty tide. | la! from hia loitering see him spend along? * . Ms mantle and his faith to all orns belong! He died where pois'nous weeds and poisonad hearts Stifle the life of body and of soul; From the cursed reaim uu iotphccn? unwru As birds and flower* fly from the icy Pole. "Rre-h to the rescue of the old control ; Tlrongh Are and Wood redeem each hill and dell. Aad when this dread sirocco hence shall roll fOnward or backward; to its natlTe hell, SharonV unfading rose shall flourish where he fell! Taxing up a Collection.?A reverend gentleman of Missouri tells the following story: Tie life of a preacher in a new country, from * secular point of view, is hardly as .smooth and free from difficulty as a position in more populous communities usually appears to be. The people are thinlv scattered here and there, engaged in different pursuits, though chiefly agricultural. Being collected from all parts of the older States, and gathered from every clan of society, they meet upon the same common ground, upon terms of easy familiarity, and restrained by no irksome conventionalities. People in a new country generally have a pretty hard time of it. They live a sort of a "rough and tumble" life, wearing out their best efforts in a fttrnggle for existence. Under these circumstances the material often absorbs completely the spiritual; and the people not unfrequently "get so far behind" with the preacher that tliev have to be powerfully " stirred up" from the pulpit. On one ocoosion we had a visit from the premdiflg elder of our district at one of our quarterly meetings. We had not paid our preacher "an- dime," as the boys sav * i and we expected a scourmg jruiu iuc ci*der.' Well, we were not disappointed. Ho ; preached us a moving discourse from the k? - text "owevo man anything" At the close L of the sermon, he came at once to the sub* ject in hand. iw ' Brethren," said he "have you paid Brother anything this year ? Nothing at all, I understand. Well, now, your preacher can't live on air, and you * must pay up?pay up, thats the idea. He needs twenty-five dollars now, and must have it! Steward, we'll take up a collection now.*1 . Here some of the audience near the door begem to "slide" ont. "Don't run ! don't ran!" exclaimed the elder. "Steward, lock that door, and letch me the key," he continued, 'coming down from the pulpit and taking his seat the stand-table in front. The steward locked the door, and then deposited the key on the table by the side ' ?f tie elder. I "Nowsteward,"said he, "go around irith the hat. I must have twenty-five dollars out of this cro ?vd before one of you ahali leave this house." Here was a "fix." The congregation iras taken all aback.. The old folks looked j astonished; the young folks tittered, i The steward gravely proceeded in the dis- i charge of his official duties, me nai, was passed around, and at length deposited on the cider's table. The elder poured '** the*funds" on the table, and counted the amount " Three dollars and a half ! A slow start brethren ! Go round again steward, We must pull up a heap stronger than that!" Around went the steward with his liat, ^ain, and finally pulled up at the elder's " Stand. " Nine dollars and three quarters. Not enough yet. Go round again, steward." Around goes the steward the third time. 41 Twelve dollars and a half! Mighty alow, brethren ! 'Fraid your dinners will all get oold before you get home to eat Ahem I Go round again, steward !" By this time the audience began to be i&r *j. They evidently.tliought the joko wetting to be serious. %it the elder was relentless. Again and again eircula ' " -ir-i--?1-1- 1?i. ,i ?1 l_ i A lea file inaeiUUgUUic unt, uuu oiuny uuv Burf-y the "pile" on the table swelled jtoward the requisite amount. " Twenty-four dollars and a half! Only lack half a dollar. Go round again, steward!" Just then there was a tap on the window from the outside ; a hand was thrust in folding a half dollar between the thumb ?dfinger, and a young fellow outside ext'laimed; 'iPere, Parson, here's your money. * *M THE FREE SOUTH, SA Let my gal out 'o there; I'm tired of waitin for her.'* 44 It wjis the last hair tliat broke the camels back ; and the preacher could exclaim, in the language of Ike Turtle, "this meetin's done bust up." v A Southsidc View of the War* iFrora the Providenc# Journal.] * Mr, Charles B. Riclmrdsog/of New York has /republished an exceedingly interesting Volume, published at Richmond, and writ(sn by Edward A. Pollard, wdil known as ait .editor of a Richmond journal, and also somewhat widely known as author of a book entitled Black Diamonds. This work is .called "The First Year of.the War." It has passed to a second edition in the south, aud is well worthy of perusal, as it affords a view of the war from the south side, and abounds in racy criticisms of Jeff. Davis and his policy. We should like, if we had room, to make copious ex-1 tracts from the work. We propose to direct attention to some points of special interest in it. We aim to give glimpses of the author's views, not now to criticise them! It is very noticeable that throughout the whole book the rebel government is censured for incompetency, failure to understand the exigencies of the times and to meet them when perceived, slowness, and neglect of its best officers; and our government is lauded for its enterprise and activity, its quickness in availing it- j self of advantages gained, and the wisdom of its preparations for the work it had undertaken. One is often tempted to ask in reading the volume whether the author has not borrowed some articles from northern newspapers and dexterously adapted them to his purpose by changing the name of the administration assailed aud of the administration praised. ^^ Kaat^ cow fTidf ?T U lill t U UUL11 til..cliivvi i v/ uuj vumv the rebel authorities ordered the attack on Sumter in order "to fire the southern heart." This writer says that "the send,- i ing provisions to a starving garrison was aa ingenious artifice to commence the war that the federal government had resolved on." In proceeding to describe the battle of Rich Mountain, in Western Virginia, the author says: "lu the progress of the history of the war we shall meet with frequent repetitions or the lesson of how the improvident spirit of the south in placing small forces in isolated localities was taken advantage of by the quick strategic movements and the overwhelming numbers of the north." Though evidently friendly to General Garnett, who was killed in the retreat, the writer, in effect, admits that the general showed a want of skill. The description of the,battle of Manassas or Bull Run forms one of the most interestin g chapters of the volume. According to the author, one of the most remarkable features, of the Battle was that it was fought by tire rebels without any other plan than to suit the contingencies arising o'.Vc of the development <5f McDowell's desiorns. as it aiwcared in the progress of the P~-7 ""A A . action. Beauregard had formed several plans, but all bald been defeated by circumstances. He bad been unwilling to receive tbe federal army on the defensive line of Bull Bun, and bad determined to attack at Centreville. But Johnson's forces did not arrive soon enough from "Winchester. Meantime McDowell passed os to tbe attack. We cannot fallow the narrative in detail. But it is painfully interesting to see the clear proofs here that early in tbe afternoon tbe victory was entirely within our grasp, owing to our overwhelming attacks on the rebel left. The troops in front of Burnside's brigade, consisting of the Seventy-first New York State Militia, First and Second Bhode Island Militia, and Second New Hampshire Volunteers, are represented to have suffered most, and to have suffered terribly. It was not till afternoon that Beauregard fully penetrated the plan of McDowell. 44 The condition of the battle-field," says the writer, 44 was now, at the least, desperate, Our left flank was overpowered." The reinforcements were brought uy, and the sequel every one knows but too well Mr. Pollard is unsparing in his criticism of the rebel commanders and the rebel government for not pushing:.on to the rapture of Washington. He also says that m the final result the victory was a misfortune to the south, because it inspired the people with a false confidence, 'n beliove that Peace would< illill 1VU . - ^ soon ensre, and therefore they neglected j to make preparations for the future, while j the north, with tremendous energy, called : half a million of new men into the field> fitted out four extensive armadas to fell upon a defenceless line of seacoast, opened a new theatre of war in the west and 1 011 the Mississippi, and coveted the frontiers of half a continent with her armies and navies. The energy displayed by the Washington government, he contiu TURDAY, JUNE 13, 1863. ues, is perhaps the most remarkable phe- j nemenon of the war. He says that Scott fell from popular fa- j vor by a righteous retribution, and that i there is no reason to suppose that McClellan, wjio succeeded him, was anything more than the oreature of a feeble popular applause. In describing the first campaign in Missouri, he speaks of Gen. Lyon as "an - - ? i - x _ .1 I able and dangerous man, wno apprecnueu I the force of audacity and quick decision in a revolutionary war, and as an unmitigated, undisguised and fanatical abolitionist" He has no praise too high for Gen. Price, and no reproaches too severe for the neglectful and insulting manner in * which Jeff. Davis lias treated him. He tliinks it not improbable that had Price been properly supported he would have wrung Missouri from the Union. In describing the Western Virginia campaign, in which Gens. Wise, Floyd, and Lee took part, he assails the rebel government for its improvidence, and its neglect of Floyd and Wise, and states that it was the opinion of the best military men that Rosecrans entirely outgeneraled Lee. He says that Rosecrans is esteemed at the south, one of the best generals the north has in the held. The battle of Leesburg or Ball's Bluff, like that of Manassas, was not followed up, and, like that, it" bore no fruits but those of a confidence on the part of the south which was pernicious, because it was over- , I weening and inactive, and a contempt for the enemy wliich was injurious, in pro[ portion as it exceeded the limits of truth ] j and justice, and reflected the self-conceits ] 'of fortune." j la passing to notice the campaign in j Kentucky and Tennessee, Mr. Pollard oomments with much asperity upon the ( lack of chivalric southern spirit in the < Kentuckiairs. He evidently blames Gen. i Crittenden for attafciiig at Mill Spring, the first in that series of battles so disastrous to the south. He blames the Richmond government very severely for its i failure to sustain Sidney Johnson in Ken- 1 tucky, and for trusting to so weak a work " ii- -?i as j: on ricniw as xue uuy ucieucc ui iuc j Tennessee river. He tries to excuse Floyd j < and Pillow for stealing out of Fort Don- ' ] elsop. He seems to censure Beauregard ( for not pusliing on at Shiloh at the close of the lirst day's fight, when he might have annihilated Grant's army before 1 Buell's arrival. The Indian allies, whqjii t Mcintosh raised for service in Arkansas, ( were evidently more trouble than help. In no'part of th^history does the writer show more indignation towards the 1 government at Richmond than in bis 1 chapter on the capture of Roanoke Island by Burnside. Gov. Wise had almost z with tears in his eyes represented to the i authorities the vast importance of that ; post, but he could get no help. A committee of congress, to whom the matter was referred, reported tliafj Gen. Huger and Judah P. Benjamin,: Secretary of War, were to blame. Yet Benjamin l Sadeno defence, and did not resign, ay, Davis afterwards made that very man Secretary of State. From that date,*Mr. 1 Pollard informs us, the people had their c confidence weakened in the government, j and trusted only in the patriotism and vi^lor of the troops in the field. Mr. Ben- j jamiu, he says, had never been held high- t er than "asmart, expeditious and affable Official." Mr. Mallory, the Secretary of the Navy, he remarks, bad been, wnen on t our naval committee, "the butt of every i naval officer in the country for his igno- r ranee, his sang froid, his slow and bian- < dering manner, and the engrossment of * his mind by provisions for the gratifica- < tion of his social habits. " President Da- I vis he pictures as swallowed up by impe- 1 rious conceit, as playing the autocrat, re- ( ducing his cabinet officers to mere clerks, 1 disregarding the publio will, and adhering s to his "defensive policy " in spite of all the warnings of terrible events. ' Mr. Pollard closes his history of the first year with the fall of New Orleans, though he adds a hasty* sketch of the cam- 1 paign of last summer in Virginia. He thinks that these benefits were gained by the first year's war : 1. The theory of the nf Ao TTnirtTl WHS IllfldO iUVV/UOV4Ul H w n v* y v. _ _ _ L impossible. Had there been no war, there would have been, he believes, a reconstruction on the basis of concessions from the northern statoa. 2. It has proved a vindication of slavery. 3. It has given a new bond of union to the states composing the confederacy. Mr. Pollard promises to continue liis Irork. In the preface to this, the second edition, he retorts very sharply upon some of the critics of his first edition, and expresses his opinion of the " drunken patriots, cowards in epaulets, crippled toadies, and men living on the charity of Jefferson Davis," who assail him because of his criticisms of the President. " Too big for his buisness," as the lady said to the sweep who stuck in the chimney. 4 # < ? ? NO. 23. Miscellaneous Items. At one of the "windows on Broadway there is on exhibition a piece of plate that attracts attention. It is a massive silver butterdish, in a crimson case. The cover of the dish has on it as an ornament, an eloborately. chased cradle, which holds the figure of a child. It has been made in accordance with an old and quaint custom of the graduates of Columbia College. The butterdish is made at the expense of the graduating class, and becomes the property of the member of the class who is first the father of a child. "Borne ingenious German has invented a paper eup which will completely hold a drunaht, of the hottest, linnirl. and oun lie bought for a pfenning. By means of this invention the good people of Berlin take up and drink at their ease, as they go along; the railroad, the cupl of coffee which the comfort loving Englishmen find it impossible to swallow without scalding their throats. * All the army orders, circulars, blank, forms, envelopes, Ac., for the Army p4' the Potomac are printed at headquarters?two small portable presses and sufficiency of type being provided for the purpose; A. two-horse wagon, when necessary, re- ?moves the entire establishment. This department of the Adjutant-General's office is under the charge of Lieut. Brown, of ^ bhe late 23d New York Volunteers, an exjellent printer. Five assistants are g?a- * srally kept busy. Lieut. wn. is from: 2 jjt. Lawrence county, N. Y. 7 When part of Stoneman's forces reached Z ;he Rappahannock, they had to swim the iver ; and the cannon were dragged across v Dy swimming horses ! The President has changed the sentence- W >f Vallandigham from confinement im ^7* Fort "Warren to transportation through* c >ur lines. Adjutant General Thomas arrived at. ^ Vlemphis on the 11th.' He had organized ? regiments of ^gioes, and expected to- pe >rganize ten more. Hans, who is judge of morals as well am noney, says that being tender to another nan's wife is not a "legal tender." Weiccept Lis opinion?though w? have no* nterest in the question. PHOTOGRAPHS, XELAlffOTYPES, VIGNETTES, CARTE BE VISITES, See. text West of the iraessl, HesBfsvt. TIIB SUBSCRIBER, having for a long time seeo tbrleceeaity of s first class Photograph Gallery is Ua?ritj, has, by the kind permission of General Hoates' ind Governor Saxton, established over bis store All i iXTENSIVE SALOON, with a LARGE SKYLIGHT* uid secared the services of THREE SKILLFUL OPEIATOKS FROM NEW YORK; and is now prepared to ake i . LIKENESSES IN EVERY STYLB . * )t the art. 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