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TRAITOR'S LAND.
A1B ! D1XII S LAND
Away down South in the land of Traitors,
Rebel hearts and two liulers
Look atvsy, look away, away to the Traitor's Lund !
Awsy down South in the land of Treason,
Where coward souls our torts were seizing
Look away, look away, away to the Traitor's Laud !
ClIORCS.
Oh! we never will be Traitors no, nol no, uo!
in the Traitor's Land we'll take our stand,
And fight and die for union !
Oh yes ! oh yes ! we'll fight and die for union !
Hurrah ! hurrah ! we'll light and die for union !
Here in the North the home of Freemen
Our Stars and Stripes are proudly streaming,
Look away, look away, sway to" the Traitor's Land !
Our bodies strong, but our hearts are stronger;
And we'll stand these rebel threats no longer,
Look away, look away, away to the Traitor's Land !
We'll hush these ranting, hot seceders,
Hout their troops and hang their leaders
Look away, look away, away to the Traitor's Land !
We'll make them give up to our forces.
E'en though we murch o'er brother's corses
Look away, look away, away to the Traitor's Laud !
Then rouse ye up, brave Northern brothers
Oh ! wait not for the bid of others.
Look away, look awav, away to the Traitor's Land!
With drums all beating colors flying
Lets march down South and fear not dying.
Look away, look away, away to the Traitor's Land !
A TOUCHING PICTURE.
Let us look wltli special Interest into the draw
lou-room of yon beautifully adorned lady. She
is gay nnd glorious to the physical eye, but why
is her pillow wet with the tears of bitterness ?
Has she not wealth 1 Does she not move in
high " circles," and is she not the happy " ob
served of all observers 1" Let us look backward
'through the dark halls of her past.
She was born with beauty, in a lowly cot by
the sea. Her mother's form lay white and cold.
Her clay garment was rent. Onward through
the dark portal, from earth's mournful prison,
her radiant spirit was lifted to the Summer Land.
A father's hand fed and clothed the bereft babe.
From the fierceness of sea storms the fisherman
shielded his daughter. Years were gathered into I
the youn" girl s soul. Her falher was swallowed
by the engulfing wave. There was darkness in
the daughter's bosom. Sho wept long. Anon
she was the bride f her father's chosen. They
were earnest, truthful, kind, happy. In the calm
depth of their loving eyes were mirrored the
beautiful and the pure.
Five years more wrought great changes. The
beautiful bride had become the mother of two
lovely children. They were happy, light footed,
sparkling. In the midst of gladness the pall of
death tell upon the home. J. he husband and the
father died. An awful gloom spread through
the habitation. The mother and widow would
not be comforted. She was most beautiful still,
and had her little ones, but oh ! how desolate and
broken-hearted ! With the husban's death died
the flowers ot plenty. Poverty walked in at the
unbolted door. He clanked his iron chams be
fore the little ones. The sound thereof fell like
the rain of fire upon the reeling senses of the
broken hearted.
The next two years brought billows of sorrow.
With her little ones the beautiful and loving lady
arrived at at a room she had rented in the lower
part of this city. The spirit and power ot
labor were upon her. She sought to work tor the
wealthy. With her needle she labored all the
hours of every day. For months she shielded
herself and the little daughters from the encroah
ments ol want. Still onward rolled the myste
rious tide of her destiny. Weariness and illness
visited her. Injustice had paid her for her labor.
She bad over worked for under pay, and she
wept in her sorrow all the day long. She lived
in a city of strangers. Alone in I he world, she
wept the tears of desolation. Want and despair
came to dwell with her.
The succeeding few weeks changed tho career
of that lonely lady. A being crossed her path
disguised in the livery of pure friendship. Amidst
the rush of the busy world a man sought the
humble apartment. He presented linen to be
wrought into garments. In seeming sympathy
he paid a high price in advance of labor. The
sick lady was inspirited. She toiled on to com.
plete the work. It was soon done. More was
kindly furnished, for which still more money
wa advanced. Her health again broke. Labor
was not possible, yet lived she and the innocent
ones on the stanger's treasure Her gratitude
was boundless. Love was kindled on the altar
of respect.
' A lew days more. The stranger called with
a carriage. He explains how bis sisters, who
lire up town in affijence, have consented to re
ceive a visit. The sick lady was attracted to
accompany the stranger. The little daughters
were not forsaken. The four went with gladness
to the new place of plenty. She lifted up her
heart in gladness to the Heavenly Father. In
the seclusion ol her newfound home she received
'i . f .i.....i a ...... l,nJil. !
to her beautiful cheeks, and she besought; her
friend to restore her to the lonely room and to
labor. But a cannon shot went through her
heart when her request was denied. ' These
gay ladies are not my sisters," said the stranger.
They are the creatures of pleasure," he contin
ued. " You are lost in the world's opinion."
He added :" The eyes of the multitude will be
upon you should you venture from this dwelling.
Yield, therefore, and live henceforth in ease and
luxury." In shame and in anguish she wept,
sending forth a wailing cry which alarmed the
innocent children. They were then taken from
her. Tho door of her room was locked, and she
was left to herself in that dungeon of infamy.
She accepted her fate. Her beauty und her
powerful impulsiveness, urged on by tho energy
of a concealed despair, placed her very soon in
the front rank ot the degraded profession. Oh,
that she had only been rewarded by Justice for
her lalor in the apartment of poverty and virtue !
Or, if .here had only been some " Home for
women who do not want to become outcasts !"
For her there was no such harbor of safety. In
high born pride, in the angry tide of desecrated
love, the took the scepter und wielded it. The
stranger consigned the mansion of infamy to her.
Sho ruled like an abandoned queen. All obeyed
her. Her refinement was inverted. She be
camecoarse, profane, vulgar. Poor fallen niijjel !
Her place ot pleasure became the " talk ot town.
It became the magnet of the rich profligate and
libertine. It was filled with beautiful lost ones
from all stations of society. Poor, fallen angel !
A malefactor's knell is music compared with the
throbbings of her heart. The frowning gallows
is a thing ot beauty " compared with tho image
of sorrow which wept iti her bosom. The follou's
horrid doom is joy compared with the lito of that
beuuaful lady. Poor fallen angel !
iiut who is that beautiful woman we just saw
iti the diawing-room ( duo is gay, but why is
her tillow wet with tears I There comes a voice
like the rushing wind. It whispers : "She is the
only living daughter of that poor, fallen angel !
I lie waves of the oceon sweep over her grave
Memories of past distress live in the daughter's
soul. Dreary hours, full ot wintry blasts, clus
term her memory, .falsehood and vico no
louder bear sway in her spirit. She is redeemed !
Past injuries leave but few lines on the young
soul, because her lite is now devoted to labor
for others. The mother is in the Summer Land,
with the campanion of her bridal years. The
youngest daughter, too, is there with those best
beloved. Anon, in tho stillness of the evening
hour, a whisper comes from the rich, arisen angel.
But her labor is on'y just begun. And her re
ward is meted out by the hand of eternal Justice.
Listen, and you will hear her repeat :
I thank thee. Father, that I lire,
Though waitings till this earth of thine
To labor for thy suffering ones
Is joy diviue !"
Herald of Progress.
OitPiiEus C. Kerr, of the famous mackerel
brigade, in a late letter, gets ofT tho following
Sunshine has ut last resumed specie payment,
my boy, and every man wno chooses can want
under golden beams onco more. I lie sacred
soil is drying up ns fast as an old maid after 42,
and boot-Llacks begin to quote at high ligures.
The General of tho Mackerel Rrigade is so bliss
ful at having a polish on his boots once more,
that he puts them on the mautlepiecc every time
ho enters a room, and treads on all tho toes he
can find in the street. The latter operation, my
boy, has produced much profanity, especially
among the Chaplains.
Speaking of Chaplains, reminds me of a rev
erend veteran who attended to the so.il of Capt.
Bob Shorty yesterday, and found it in a high
state of preservation. Capt. Bob Shorty over
estimated his power of endurance, and under
took to read Fremont's defense. W hen he got
to tho twenty-first column, ho was seized with
vertigo, and only recovered to find himself ta
king the measure of a bedstead, with a Chaplain
standing by him.
"My trend, says the parson, " 1 consider it
my duty to tell you that you are a very sick
man, and I take this opportunity to remind you
of your latter end."
Capt. JJob fehorty scratched Ins head, ond
says he, " Am I bound for the kingdom.
lou may recover, says the onapiam, but
now is the time to settlo your worldly affairs if
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you don t. lhitiK oi your wiio ana progeny.
"My wife, says Uupt. iSob shorty, hyster
ically. " Ah ! there is a woman for you.
" Is she a worthy helpmate ?" says the Chap
lain.
" Why," says Capt. Bob Shorty, "she's mate
and Captain both in my ship. She's frugal,"
says Capt. Bob Shorty, " she's n finable' she's
neat, and she's only got one fault in the world."
"Ah!" says the Chaplain, " only one fault?
Then fihe must bo an uncommon woman."
" Yen," says Cv.pt. Bob Shorty, dreamily,
my wife's only got ono fault in the world
she likes another chap better than she does in".."
At this juncture, my boy, the Chaplain was
seized with a violent cough ; but as soon as he
recovered be assumed a very grave air an J says
he
"My friend, let me beseech you to forgot for j
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a moment worldly things and think of something
more needful
A DAT or two ago, as our little Agnes was
running at full speed on the side walk, she bad
serious fall. Her knees and forehead were bad
ly bruised, and the skin grazed from one arm.
That night, as she was being undressed for bed, I
he looked pitifully at her numerous woun Js, and
sorrowfully exclaimed to her mamma:
" Oh, dear ! what dreadful times these war
times are !"
What is the difference between white-w ashing,
and the small pox T One bides the spots and i
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EASTERN NEWS.
From the Sacramento Union of the 21 iust
we quote the following :
The dispatches from the East convey intelli
gence of the highest importance. While on this
distant coast, we have been quietly, though
somewhat impatiently, awaitng the restoration
ot telegraphic com munication, the loyal States
have passed through an excitement unparalleled
since the great uprising of the people at the com
mencemetit of the war. The occasion of this
feverish demonstration was the forced retreat of
Gen. Banks' division from Front Royal, on the
Manassas Gap Kail road, to the Potomac ut
Williamsport, Maryland. It appears that it was
known early in May that Jackson was to bo re
inforccd by some of the best brigades of the rebel
army. General Banks had theu a sufficient force
to hold the enemy in check ; but on tho 15th,
Shields' and Geary's commands were, by some
body's blundering order, transferred to McDow
ell's Department east of the mountains, leaving
Banks with only about 4,000 men to defend our
conquests in the Shenandoah Valley. On the
very same day, Jackson effected a junction with
the divisions of Ewell and Edward Johnson, and
proposed to cut ofT tho little army commanded
by Bank. Tho advance of our force was sta
tioned ut Front Royal, so as to hold the terminus
of the Manassas Gap Kaili-oad. It consisted of
the First Maryland Regiment, Knnpp's Penn
sylvania Battery and some Vermont cavalry.
Banks was ut Strasburg. On rriday, 23d of
May, tho advanced detachment was suddenly
attacked by an overwhelming force, and after u
aesperuto light, wcro cither cut up or captured
The accounts say that the rebels converted their
victory into a massacre, and not more than 150
men of the 900 engaged on our side escaped.
As the enemy advanced Banks was compelled to
retreat ; and that retreat was one of the most
masterly exploits of the war. With less than
4,000 men, und a train of 500 wagons to protect
mints tooit immediate command ot the rear
guard, and although pursued by un enemy at
least io,UUU strong and repeatedly assailed in
front, flank und rear, succeeded in reaching tho
Potomac, with but small loss in men and the
sacrifice of only fifty out of five hundred wagons.
Sigel, himself, so renowned for skillful retreats.
could not have performed this difiicult movement
with more celerity, order ond success. The an
nouncement of theso events created intense ex
citement throughout the loyal States. The
militia were called out, and all available troops
were set in motion towards the Potomac. This
tune Maryland shared in the patriotic enthusi
asm. Iho slaughter ot the 1'irst Maryland
Regiment, and the repeated rebel atrocities to
ward the sick and wounded, excited the Balti
moreans to such a pitch that mobs immediately
began to hunt down secessionists. JclT Davis'
friends fared rather hard. Recruitinsr offices
were opened at once. Maryland is again thor
oughly loyal. Under tho influence of excitement
tho lower branch of Congress passed a stringent
Confiscation Bill. Tho public mind, however,
soon recovered its t no.
On the 27th of May Banks was at Williams
port. On tho 30th ut the head of 18,000 men,
chasing the rebels down tho Shenandoah, and
capturing stragglers. That day our advance
reached 1 ront Royal. Moanw hilo ft portion of
meuoweu s corps has been detached with a view
to co-operate against Jackson's arrny und at
tempt the capture of that force. Thus, within a
tew days, tho position ol ollairs has been entire
ly reversed in our favor ; nnd the grand results
of Jackson's bold movement are a vast addition
to the strength of tho Union forces, the destruc
tion of secession in Maryland, and tho intensifi
cation of tho war spirit throughout tho North.
In brief, that will prove to have been the most
expensive movement the rebels could have made.
Gen. McClellan has not yet taken Richmond.
He seems to be maneuvering for the capture or
destruction of the army of rebellion in Virginia,
which is of more importance than the capture of
any city. Making a bold movement to the north
of Richmond, he has attacked and routed rebel
force at Hanover Court House, near the Virginia
Cent nl railroad, which was then cut in three
places. As McDowell's forces ore advancing
from P redericksburg, this movement of McClel
Ian will cover their approach. The gunboat
fleet is at Cify Point, nt the junction of the
Appomatox with the James river, and threatuing
both Petersburg and Fort Darling. Tho city of
Petersburg, one of the largest and most impor
tant in Virginia is at tho mercy of the fleet. It
is connected by railroad with Suffolk which is in
Gen. Wool's possession. Further to the west
ward, in the Mountain Department, we have to
chronicle a brilliant victory, gained at Lewisburg
Greenbriar county, by Col. Crooks, over a su
perior forco under tho rebel General Heath.
The rebels were routed and lost four cannon,
two hundred stand of arms, and a largo number
of men who were killed wounded or taken.
The suppression of the guerrillas proceed with
great vigor in that department. Prom Ilulleck's
department we have intelligence the rebel army
evacuated Corinth on the 29th, and our forces
occupied the place on the 31st. Gen. Halleck
I had already attacked them on the 23th and was
Preparing for a grand assault when the army fled
with precipitation down the ..Mobile and Ohio
with precipitation down the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, leaving the road strewed with arms,
knapsack, etc Some 2,000 deserters came
within the Union lines. But whither can they
go I Gen. Curtis has his division on the Ar
kanses, blocking the line of retreat even if our
gunbout fleets on the Mississippi were not in the
W!V'
Orenada, a railroad junction in Talabutha
county, Mississippi, is said to have been forti
fied by Lovell, as a rallying point. But that
position is more easily flanked than Corinth.
Whether Halleck will ci ntinue hit march south
ward or proceed against Memphis, we are not
advised. With the capture of Memphis and
Vicksburg, the Mississippi becomes all our own
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ie n-uci army in lue ucjib vi Ais3iBiii
pi may be left to eat the country baro and then
disperse. Upon the whole, the situation indicates
the destruction ot tho mam armies of the rebell
ion in time to increase tho rejoicing thunder of
tho 1 ourth of J uly.
From tho Sacramento Union of the 3d iust.:
Despatches of great interest from tho two
main armies of the Uniou appear in our present
issue. On Saturday, May 31st, in the midst of
a terrible storm, the rebels suddenly advanced
from Richmond and assailed the right wing of
McClellau's army in the valley of tho Chicks
hominy. Gen. Casey's division, which received
tho first onset, was thrown into confusion. But
the divisions of Heintzelman and Kearny were j
soon brought into action, and held the enemy in
check until two other divisions crossed the stream
when a general advance was made, and the reb
els were routed ut the point of the bayonet. Tho
battle seems to have been hotly contested. Our
loss is reported to be heavy, while that of the
enemy is said to be enormous. Independent of tho
capture ot I ork town, this is tho third victory
gained by McClellun on the road to ICichmoud.
With tho exception of Casey's division, which
was taken by surprise like Prentiss at Shiloh, our
troops are reported by their commander to have
behaved splendidly and to have decided the bat
tle by irresistible charges of tho bayonet. The
movement of the rebels was bold and well con
ceived, but like their etlbrt to check McClellan
at Williamsburg and West Point, it resulted in
terrible disaster to the attacking force. Further
particulars of this sanguinary struggle will bo
anxiously awaited. .From Gen. llallcck's De
partment we have some details of the evacuation
of Corinth und subsequent movements, which in
dicate that the rebels have finally abandoned the
idea of disputing the possession of the Mississ
ippi Valley.
Beauregard's army split into fragments in or
der to cscapo the advancing forces of Halleck.
One portion had gone to Grand Junction, Teun.,
probably with a view ot covering tho retreat to
Grenada, in the heart of Mississippi. Another
detachment had gone, towards Mobile, while a
third seemed to be endeavoring to make its way
eastward. Our cavalry went in pursuit, and
burned bridges op the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
forty miles south of Corinth. It was supposed
that a considerable portion of the enemy's force
would be captured. All the tents, five thousand
stand of arms, and immense stores fell into the
honds of the national forces. Thero was an im
pression that a portion ol the rebel army would
try to reach Virginia, but Gen. Halleck doos
not share that opinion. At all events, he appears
to be following up In success with rapidity nnd
gratifying results. We have nothing "further
from tho column commanded by Gen. Banks.
We trust Halleck will soon be able to spare fifty
thousand men to reinforce the Union hosts in
Virginia.
From the Sacramento Union of tho 4th Inst
News to Juno 3d.
The intelligence from the seat of war is a rec
ord of Union triumphs. Halleck is harvesting
all the advantages of a great and decisive victory
tic iiaa no sooner occupied uormtn than no dis
patched a heavy forco of cavalry in pursuit of
the retreating enemy, with instructions to destroy
bridges, tear up the railroad track, and take other
measures to cripple or demoralize the fleeing foe.
This force did its work thoroughly. Reaching
Booueville, on tho Mobile und Ohio Railroad, by
a circuitous route, tho horsemen destroyed a de
pot, a locomotive, twenty-six cars loaded with
supplies of every kind, ten thousand stand of
arms, nnd a great quantity of clothing, and tore
up the track. Two thousand rebels were cap
tured and then liberated on parole. This heavy
loss of supplies, with the loss of tents and arms
the rebels were compelled to abandon at Corinth,
must so fur cripple the enemy as to hasten his
dispersion into weak and contemptible detach
ments that can offer no further serious resistance
to the Union arms in the Southwest. One half
of llallcck's army would suffico to trample out
these embers of rebellion in Mississippi. Mo
bile should have been under the guns of Porter's
fleet before any portion of the retreating nrmy
went in that direction, and their capture would
have been assured. McClellau's victory in front
of Richmond grows in importance as the details
are received. Ihe struggle continued for two
days Saturday and Sunday tho rebel army
being commanded by JclT Davis in person, and
five divisions being engaged upon our side.
Owing to tho swampy and wooded condition of
tho field, cavalry and artillery could rot be
brought into effective action, and the contest was
mainly conducted by tho infantry. The only
advantage gained by tho enemy was in the sud
den attack upon Casey's division, on tho right,
towards New Bridge. As soon as our forces
were brought into lino tho tido of battle was
turned. Tho rebels, confident of their strength
and fighting under tho eye of their chosen chief,
appear to havo fought bravely, but they could
not withstand the steady charges of the Union
infantry. The fight of Saturday resulted in their
repulse. On Sunday morning they were again
rallied to resist the advance of (ion. Sumner, but
after a hard fight, that General drove tho enemy
for two and a half miles toward Richmond,
(trowing tho ground with their d 'ad and wound
ed. On Monday morning, the efforts of tho rcb
cl leaders were unavailing ; their beaten troops
could not be rallied for another conflict. Had
the ground been favorable to the operations of
cavalry ond horse artillery, the enemy would
hate been vigorously pursued and cut to pieces.
As it was they left twelve hundred dead upon
the field, and all their wounded and many pris
oner fell into the hands of McClellan. Our loss
is reported at o:.ly two hundred killed and
wounded. The victory appears to have been
d cisive. Gen. Hooker on Monday advanced to
within four miles of Richmond, without sncoun
tering the enemy in any force. The approach
to tho rebel capital is considered open to McClel
lan. Stonewall Jackson has fallen into a trap in
the upper part of the Shenandoah Valley. When
he advanced in pursuit of Banks, Fremont and
Shields, coming from the Alleghanies and the
BlueRiJge, formed a junction in his rear, and as
he turned to escape from the reinforced army ot
Banks, ho four.d himself compelled to fight a new
and formidabls enemy. There is a report that
the rebel General was attacked and routed at
Middletown, with the loss of ten guns. A dis
patch from Woodstock says that Fromont had
taken three hundred prisoners at Suasburg.
These operations promise to speedily terminate
the career of Stonewall Jackson in the Shenan
doah Valley.
Firino A Mortar. A correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune says The firing of a mortar is
tho veiy poetry of a battle. A bog of powder
weighing from eighteen to twenty pounds is let
into the bore of tho huge monster. The derrick
drops the shell in ; the angle is calculated ; a
long cord is attached to the primer ; the gunner
steps out upon the platform, and tho balance of
tho crew upon tho shore. The Captain gives tho
word, tho gunner gives his cord a sudden jork,
a crash like a thousand thunders follows, a tongue
of flame leaps from tho mouth of the mortar,
and a column of smoke rolls up in beautiful flee
cy spirals, developing into rings of exquisite
proportions. One can see the shell as it leaves
the mortar, flying through the air, apparently no
larger than a marble. Tho next you see of the
shell, a beautiful cloud of smoko bursts into
sight, caused by explosion. Imagine ten of these
monsters thundering at once, the air filled with
smoke clouds, the gunboats belohing out destruc
tion, and completely hidden from sight in whirls
of smoke, the shell screaming through the air
with on unearthly sound, and the distant guns ot
the enemy sending their solid shot and shell
above and around us, dashing the water up in
glistening columns nnd jets of spray, nnd you
nave the sublime poetry ot war.
A Redel Effusion. In the pocket of a rebel
soldier, (tho J'ost says) was found the following
attempt at poetry. It is written on a half sheet
of foolscap, ond is copied literally i Sir William
was king georges son to tho north tho warycrs
race was run he wore A star all on his breast to
show you a sign of the warycrs dress, come
young ladies will you list and go. A new silk
dress, you shall put on, to follow up the musio
lite and, drum, the drum shall beat and the fife
shall play, the drum shall beat and the fife shall
play, its A merry lives we I march away, new
york.s. A pretty place, and so Is Philadelphia tho
streets are lined with doll, bills nnd pretty girls
A plenty, Uoine mv love com go with mo, for 1
am a roving duiidy, I'll take you home I'll trcnt
you well. I'll feed you on sweet candy, whero
cofl'eo groes on white oak slump, and tho rivers
flow with brandy, tho little hills are lined with
gold and the girls are sweet As candy.
Rigid Notions of Duty. A soldier on duty
nt tho pataco of tho emperor, at St. Petersburg,
which was burnt a number of years ago, was
stationed, and had been forgotten in one suite of
apartments that Was in llamcs A Greek priest
was tho last to rush through the burning rooms,
ut the imminent risk of his life, to save a cruci
fix in a chapel j and returning, ho Was hailed by
the sentry, who must in n few minutes more have
been suffocated. " What do you waut?" asked
the priest : " save yourself, or you will be lost."
" 1 can't leave," replied tho sentry, " because I'm
unrelieved ; but 1 called to you to give me your
blessing before I die." Tho priest immediately
blessed him, and the soldier died at his post.
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Secretary Seward. Secretary Seward's di
plomacy has received at tho hands of the British
Government one of tho highest compliments
that could bo paid to a foreign official. Ilia
volume of diplomatic correspondence has been
reprinted verbatim, as one of tho regular " blue
books," or official reports of tho ministry. This
was done, it is said, at tho express wish of her
Majesty, tho Queen, who, in her anxiety to
maintain peace between the two nations, desired
that tho proceedings of the American Govern
ment should bo learned from the lips of her own
rather than from the paraphrases of journals or
letters.
Southern Money. In Nashvillo business
houses and hotels keep posted placards, inscribed
" No Southern money taken here" and Confed
erate notes are valued about as much as the same
amount of brown paper, but the United States
Treasury notes pass at par in all transactions.
Whks the Union people along tho Tennessee
river saw tho Union flag approaching, they sig
nificantly exclaimed, " My Stars."
A Younq and beautiful damsel, having two
lovers, and not knowing which to prefer, settled
the matter by marrying one and eloping with
tho other,
Women can't bear control. If the Lord had
conuronded Eve to eat the apple, probably she
wouldn't have touched it.
Wooly. Somebody aays that though tha
rebels have no particular objection to Southdown
wool, they protest exceedingly against Wool
down South.
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Ir is estimated that the late Queen of Mad
agascar, in the course of her reign caused 100
000 men to be put to death but she did what
she could towards re-populating the country.
I Dixit. The Second Illinois cavalry are
publishing a paper at Columbus Ky. At its
head it has for a Motto :
"In Dixie's land we'll take nnr stand
And live and thrive in Dixie."
Has the " tide of events" anything to do with
the " current of publio opinion" which is now
flowing so rapidly I