VOL. L
Conjugal Poetry.
*4Oor friend, David Barker. Esq.." says an eastern
paper, 44 who has produced some of thp best poetry ever
written by a Maine bard, pleased at a little incident that
happened in his family, (the first occurrence of the kind*
gives vent to his feelings in the following imaginative
piece:"
jiy rnn.nV onotN.
One night as old St. Peter slept
He left the door of Heaven ajar.
"When through a little angel crept
Aud came down with a falling star.
One summer, as the blessed beams
Of morn approached ray blushiug bride
Awakened from some pleasing dreams, I
And found that angel by her side.
God grant "but this?I ask no more,
That when he leaves this world of sin.
He'll wing his way to that bright shore.
And find the door of Heaven again.
Whereupon some fellow of the practical sort and
-without any imagination, and not possessing the 44 di ffiatinL"
sttemnu to destroy the little Illusion of
Urrld, as follows:
HT. vrTKS'H HEPI.T.
Pall eighteen hundred yearn or more
I've kept my gate securely tylrd.
There was no "little angel" strayed,
Nor one been missing all the while.
1 did not sleep, as you supposed, ,
Nor left the door of Heaven .-yar.
Nor has a 44 Utile angel" left
And gone down with a filling star.
Go ask that44blushing bride." and ace
If she don't frankly own and say
That when she found that angel babe.
She fonnd it by the good.old way.
God grant hut thla?I ask no more,
That should your number still enlarge.
That vou will not do as beforo,
And lay it to old Peter't charge.
Gillmure's " Ulanh Angel," near
^ Charleston.
. - [Prom the London Telegraph, Sept. Vth.)
" Hhe Marsh Angel," as the federals I
call the big gun of Gen Gillmore, has
-sorely bellowed loud enough at Fort Sumter
to wake up some of our critics at homo
nrhot io a tanh. ill rlfumifo of them. TllCV
have criticised the American struggle
throughout as if it had been a hole and j
corner intrigue of half a dozen politicians, ,
instead of a grand and convulsive atone- j
ment to Nemesis for a national mistake j
committed three generations ago. As thev 1
have under estimated the civil contest, so
they have overlooked the Titanic character
of the military duel?peddling and
muddling over strategics on the map, and
blind meanwhile to the revolution which 1
these giant combatants are accomplishing ,
in the art of warfare. The same small
critical faculty which sneers at the passion :
of a people, and mistakes it for the in?
_ trigue of a back parlor, will, we dare say,
chatter about the fute of Sumter, and ignore
the stupendous circumstances of its
fall. If the Americans are ruin of being
*' bigf why not do them the justice of
confessing tlmt they atfain that adjective in
their contentions, their sufferings, and their
engines and methods of waif are? Ttrice in
the course of this tiro gears' struggle they
hare altered the complexion of the science <f
destruction?once on the icater and once by
land. The Monitor and Merrimac confessedly
initiated a new era in Naval tactics.
i*he plates of both are hardly rusted
yet by the salt water into which they went
down SO soon ; DUX uireauv cvrn wuuu; j
that pretends to keep the sea armed is j
fitting out vessels after their kind?ponderous
GoHaths in iron, descended lineal- !
ly from that memorable fight in Hampton j
waiter. Now it is a revolution in the art j
of attack by battery and defence by battle- l
ments which these energetic fighters have |
developed.
Sumter is down?breached and shattered j
into such a ruin that hardly one stone I
*tands npon another of the fort which 1
first flew the flag of secession. And this, |
after repeated failure with such artillery
as could be made to float on board ship,
iias been accomplished by enormous cannon,
fixed on a land battery, discharging
a bolt of 200 pounds weight at a range of
4,400 yards.
ftir William Armstrong could not hove
dour this so soon, but he could have done
it; and Mr. Whitworth would, no doubt,
make short work of even such a place as
Sumter. But neilJter of them ha* yet shoirn
t(S atHflkbig like the rinuje ami accuracy,
combined vritb sheer ruinous force, of fiiUmarc
and Dahh/rett, for the reason that their
monster <fvn* Jtntc generally committed t*mjyorary
snicide at the fete initiatory dixeharyet.
These American officers have first in
"their profession laid, leveled, and kept at |
work throughout three days siege guns
the like of which for weight were lasffnsed !
when Mahomet besieged Constantinople ; [
and there can hardly be a more important
- ~ question for a eonntry spending ?12,000,tX>0
sterling in fortffications than " Can |
any ship carry and work this sort of artil- i
iery ?"
Pending the facts and details, wliich I
?an alone enable us, as regards this splendid
passage of scientific warfare, to do
more than wonder and wait, one fact, already
known, is well worth signalizing.
Four hundred yards away from Gillmore's I
Jorwardest sap were the embrasures of J
another fort?"Battery Wagner"?while j
Shunter, as we have said, was two or three 11
jniks off. The same ponderous guns j i
THE FREE SOUTH, SATUI
might have been turned upon Wagner at
two hundred yards less space than ordinary
breaching distance in past wars. But
because Battery Wagner is an earthwork,
Gillmore is sapping up to its face to take
it by storm, while his great cannons are
resting idle after their triumph, because
all they could do would be to' knock the
trim slopes and glacis of the work into a
"cocked hat" of scattered sand?as serviceable
for defences as before. Is not
this one fact trumpet-tougned as to the
method of resisting such artillery ? The
sand heaps that an army can tTfrow up for
itself defy the tumbling masses of iron,
and even the vcloauo-like exploding
shellR; masonry and brickwork, upon
which we are spending so much precious
money, go down before them. Of course
there are spots?and Sumter's ruined
foundations stood on one of them?where
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a garrison must live as wen as ngnt, aim
where a permanent work' is indicated.
But if Batten* Wagner falls by storm,
amid the silence of those tremendous
pieces that swept rebellious Sumter from
the face of its artificial island, we shall
assuredly ask again whether the rage for
trim bricklayers' and masons' work has
not made our departments and the poveminent
a little oblivions of what earth
and sand can do with casemates and stout
hearts behind them.
Andrew Jobnwon en Slavery.
We find in the Niuthrille Untyi the following
sketch of a speech made by that
sterling patriot, Governor Audy Johnson,
of Tennessee, on Saturday, tlnx29th ult.,
to the large impromptu outpouring of the
loyal citizens, which assembled at the
j capitol to rejoice over the fall of Fort
j Sumter:
Governor Johnson said that the hearts
I of the masses of the people boat strongly
i forfreedon ; that negro slavery bad proved
( baleful to the nation, by arraying itself
against the institutions and interests of
the people, and that the time had clearly
come when means should be devised for
its total eradication from Tennessee. Slavery
was a cancer on our society, and the
scalpel of the statesman should be used
not simply to pare away the exterior and
leave the roots to propagate the disease
anew, but to remove it altogether. Let
us destroy the cause of our domestic dissensions
and this bloody civil war. It is
neither wise nor just to compromise with
an evil so gigantic.
He avowed himself unequivocally for
the removal of slavery, the sooner it can
be effected the better. Some inconvenience
might, most likely would, follow,
temporarily, but these would be more
than compensated by the grind impulse
given to all our interests by the substitution
of free for slave labor. He was for
immediate emancipation, if he could get
it ; if this could not be obtained, he was
for gradual emancipation ; bnt emancipation
at all events. He thought that the
benefits of gradual emancipation were a
good deal like the benefits conferred on
the dog in the fable, whose tail was cut off
an inch at a time by a humane surgeon,
whose kindness of heart would not }H*rmit
him to remove it at one stroke. He believed
slavery was a curse and he wanted
to see it wiped out without delay. We
would l?e stronger, richer, happier, and
more prosperous as soon as this was done.
He invoked the people to cast off the
slavish fear which had hitherto sealed
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their lips on this question, ana speaK aim
act henceforth as freemen should. The
slave aristocracy had long held its foot
upon their necks, and exacted heavy tribute
from them, even to robbing them of
free speech. Let the era of freedom be
henceforth proclaimed to the non-slaveholders
of Tennessee!
The speech of the Governor, of which
the above is, of course, a very imperfect
sketch, was enthusiastically applauded
from time to time by the very large crowd
assembled on the occasion.
An officer, who was inspecting his company
iu the Army of the one morning,
spied one private whose shirt was
sadly begrimed. "Patrick O'Flynn !"
called ont the captain. " Here, yer Honor
!" promptly responded Patrick, with
his hand to his cap. " How long do you
wear a shirt ?" tliuhdered the officer.
" Twinty-eight inches," was the literal
rejoinder.
Why is Charleston like a peanut ? Because
it must be shelled before taken.
The correspondent who labor ioudy man
ufactured this profound couundrum, is
* 1 1 1- in n'fli/lfl fV)p
narci hi war*. upu wmtuu, >.Uv.
"Greek fire," about which so little has
been said, is to explore, and which he
guarantees shall be more obvious and
more easily guessed
The young lady who declared that "she
never aid," has finally concluded that
she will?just once.
tDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1863._
Death of Captain Woodruff.
It will be seen by the following from
the officers of the 39th Illinois llegiinent,
that this officer, lately deceased, was
! highly esteemed by them. His body was
j embalmed and sent to his bereaved friends
by the A rago, at the expense of the officers j
of the 30th, which is bat another expression
of the high appreciation they cherished
for him :
HBAHQt:.tSTK?> 2$tii It.!. Vot.a., )
Morris Island, 8. C? Sept. Joth, 1S?JJ. /
v- w;*i.
Special uiidkk w.*~~ tt hu |>iu- j
found sorrow the Lieut.-Col. Command-;
iug announces to the regiment the do- i
cease, of Capt. Joseph Woodruff of Co. C, |
39th 111. Regt., who died in regimental J
hospital, Morris Island, S. C., Sept. 23d,
1863, a few hours after be received a fatal
wound from the enemy's gun.
Captain Woodruff was among the many
brave men, who after the first repulse of
our inexperienced army at Bull Run,
! rushed forth with martial spirit to support
the flag of our troubled country, and vindicate
the majesty of her laws, by rebels
ignored. Leaving a lucrative business, a
largo circle of firm friends and a young
and confiding family, lie collected around
i liis country's standard a company of
! patriots, and led them from his native
j village. Marsailes, Lasollc county, 111., to
camp Mather, in Chicago, when? he link- {
I ed his destinies willi the 39th 111. Regt.
The long and winding war-path over I
which he has gallantly led his company, !
the severe hardships and stern privations j
: he lias patiently endnrod, and the unI
affected bravery and deep seated patriot1
ism he has ever evinced, form a part of
; our regimental history, and hence need j
not here be enumerated.
He entered upon the operations before |
| Charleston with quiet, yet commendable j
enthusiasm, and from the day his regi- !
nient broke crround for the first fort on ,
; Folly Island, to the evening the missile of j
i death met him in Fort Gregg, he exhibiti
((In determination of purpose, remarked j
| by many aind surpassed by none.
The ranking officer in the hue, lie was !
' frequently culled to command the reg
1 raont, and his official ability was such, I
that his fellow officers loo lost anxiously j
j forward to the time when promotion
should be granted him as a meritorious
reward, but in tliis, they arc only too ,
! sadly disappointed. On the evening of j
| the 23d inst., jnst as he was transmitting '
j his instructions to the officer who relieved 1
: him of his command in Fort Gregg, a I
I shell from Fort Moultrie burst among his j
i men, killing several and so wounding
him in the side, that he soon died. He ,
! was conscious to the last and apparently
! resigned to his sad fate,
j As an officer Capt. Woodruff had an en|
viable reputation; ever ready for duty,
i he was never known to murmur, or ques- j
i tion the propriety of an order however .
, laborious or dangerous the duty it de- |
mauded. Socially, he was a man admired j
by all who knew liim, and in his friend- j
ship he was honest and sincere. He has |
i fniinn i? fho mid-day of his manhood, i
{
and in the very fort from which was fired I
the first rebel gun at Fort Sumter, the
vibrations of which so thrilled with energy
the gieat northern heart. He has fallen,
but lie fell in the defence of a principle
deeply enshrined in every loyal breast,
and lor the unity and perpetuity of a
j country that shall gladly honor her gal!
lunt dead.
Let the virtues of the deceased be emulated
by his bereaved comrades who survive
him, and by whom his memory will
doubtless be perpetnatod with a pleasing
sadness. As a token of respect to the
fallen brace, it is hereby ordered tliat the
usual badge of mourning be worn by the
officers of this regiment for a period of
thirty days.
By order of (). L. Mann.
Lt-C'ol. Commanding Regt.
Simon S- Brckkk. Lihut. and A. Adjt
At a martin? of the officer? of the "SOth 111. Regiment,
Sept. 24th. 1 *>3. called for the jmrpotc of expiro-lng
the deep regret felt hi the lo-s of a brother officer anil
friend, the following reeolittions were approval and
adopted:
Whereat* On the night of Sept. 23d, lSfi.t, Captain
Joseph Woodruff of Co. K, :."9th 111. Volunteer?, while
on auiv ?? officer in command at Fort Cregg, and
when about to be relieved from xaid dtUr. waa wounded
* -t?" '?? l'"*? M/?iittrt? w filrh 'mr-icri axrav a
njr 9 niK'ii kuiii i uiv .....?
large portion ofMe right side, caustog hi* death in less j
thnrj two hours after the receipt of thf injury, therefore |
/irnolrr'J, That while we recognize the hand of <iod j
in all thin^*, we can hut nioora the Ion of our brother .
officer, and one of country'* noble defend''!*; and, I
while we so deeply regret the'TioJent death that snatches i
from us, one whose every act endeared him to all who*c
loyalty, jtatrotisn and bravery proclaimed him a true
man and soldier, we cannot but feel tltat our loss is his
gain, and that he ha* left a world of suffering and gone
| to join that band of noble patriots, out have fallen bf[
fore him in their country4.'* defence.
RrvtlzM. That we tender onr heartfelt sjmpatliies to
the family and friends in th.'s their sad bereavement of
a kind husband, father, and generon* companion, and
trnst that ho fell while at his port awl in the discharge
of his duty, and that in dying, he evinced, while sensible,
ib t spirit of resignation which bespeaks the |
fiUth of a christian. j
v.\
no. 40a
('apt. S. D. Biker.
At a meeting of the officers of the 9tfi
Maine Volunteer Infantry, called upon
the occasion of the death of Capt. Scollay
D. Baker, Co. I, the following resolution*
| were passed. ? <
WtwrtaA, Tt has pleased Divine Providence to take
from our number one in the midst of usefulness. we ., . ,
his ltrolhers in arms, make thin tribute to his memory: : .
Reimlvtd, That iu the death of Scollay D. ||^ . '
refitment lias sustained an irreparable loaA r~* th<"
vice lost one of its Irrightrst ornaments
action. coo! iu times ol dauber, his life was > , H
to deeds of daring; and In his death i
I
1 Ironic* L That while as comrades we ndHHIn.
we would tender our heartfelt ^jmpatfjiipWne he!
reavod wife and family of the deceased wrote lasting
I grief wflf be tempered "by knowing that he is
' ' Freedom's now, aad FaaiO;
One of the few, the immortal names
That were not born to die." ' *
A boarder was seen to pick something . }
out of a sausage he was eating. ;
' 44 What is it, Ben," asked toother sitting
opposite. . : . .
- ? ? 1 T 1 1? ?
44 A little piece or oars, x oejieve, replied
Ben.
44 Well, old fellow, it's my opinion you'd
better not hunt any longer, or you might
find a groicl." yn
gfatlus. J
Sapt 14th, Private Marbert Bond, K, 1 jJ Battalion.
Oct. 1, Private John Bortbers, 1, X/- J Vahftjpglneers.
.
Sept. 0, Private Walter Banks,
Sept. Id, Private Danuer h. Che*y? A, 4?JHs Vote- ~ 1
Sept. CI, I'd vat# Churlee Clifford, ft iT^uH/Vole. I
Sept. 33, Sergt. John J. Carpenter, A, 3d K. I. Art '
Kept. SO, Privates. Chadborne, IT, OthMahnr Vote.
Sept CO, Private S. H. Day, D, 9?h Maine Vole.
Sept 2S, lbrlvate Stephen Foley, C, 3d N. H.Vote. - -/
Oct flth, Private Henry Fritz, A, 104d N. Y. Vols.
Sept. 14. Private Isaac Oafda. (1, od lr. ft toloerd ,
Infantry. '
Oct 1, Private Wm. ft Gopstilt, H. 9th Maine Vols*. 1*
Oct 2. IMvate Samuel Hill. 11.1st ft C\ Vole. T. ,
Sept. 34, Private Chariot Holmes, C, 1st H. C. Vote,
Sept. CJ, Private Joeepbnfl 11 ant, P, >^th Pa. Vote.
Sept. 17, Corporal Charles 11. Johniou. ft 34th Mm
Vols. T 1 :
Sept. L:, Private Fan ford Jackson, A. 34th Man. j
Oct '4 Private Robert Mlthan, C, 104th N. Y. Vote.
Oet. 1, Private M. P. tyoimby, K, 4th Maw. Vote. '
Sept 37, IMvate .Joseph Rarvy, Mth N. H. Vole. ?
Kept C% Private H. ft Reed, P, 7th X. H. Vote.
Oct 3, Sergt Ceo. L. Ring. ft 13th Ind. Vol% < J
Sept 19, Corporal ( harb* (L^Smith ft 117th K. Y_ > I
Vole. I
Sept 39, Private y rMh PN. fcY ote.
Oct C, .Mtwlcla ii^" ffiTWhrVerrg, YTVote- ' 1 I
Oit. 3, Frank A'aiern, 9. M., 112th N. Y. Vol*
Sejv:. 30, Serft. Namuel Wersfng, II, SUh Pa. VoIju. , I
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