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SAHIUKL. U, MAY,
ZfOTAnT PVSXiXO,
OFFICE IN "SENTINEL" BUILDINO,
Jatkiomllli, Uhkuii,
The Bloodieit Battle of the Age.
The buttle of I'ltUburf landing, Tcnn, wot
the most bloody ami the most tmtly conlestid
that ever tmi been Inught on this Continent.
It resulted In a complete Union victory, but
happily for the reputation of our arum nod of
the genuiucncM of tho struggle we arc engaged
In, the enemy fought desperately, retrieving
the character for bruvcry that they lost at
Port Douclson, at Roanoke Island and Island
No. 10. It was on open field light, tnoro of
the 16th Century order than anything that we
have bad recorded In modern history. 1 he
numbers of men engaged, and of the killed, arc
very probably exaggerated yet M the reports
cumc entirely through military soureet the
telegraph reporting nothing that military au
thorities have not uiltlmrizid tlicy may be
uccipted at fur less exaggerate than U uuul
with first reports. At the buttle of Hull Run
the form were 3.1,000 (of fthom but 18.000
were engaged) on the Union tide, and 30,000
on the aide of the Confederates. At this
I'ilUliurg landing battle the reports make
the fircva on our aide during Sunday 33,000,
mid on Menduy, lluell'a reinforcements having
nrrived, 60,000 ; the Confederate force tnuU
Imvc ban at least Cll.000. 9(J that the wliolo
number tngagtd on Monday nai 140,000 1
I'retlou to the great battle our latest news
from Corinth ns In the cu'iilng of the till of
April, on uhieli day '.'0,000 Infantry, with
two pieces of artillery and a largo body nf
envalrr, nude a recounoliaiice In force toward
the TcniiesKC thcr, stumbled upon Uinital
(.ir.ml'H army, and after firing one round re
tired Willi the loss ol SO pilsoncr nml several
dcud. I'robubly the object of that rccunnot-
nncu wni gained however. The enemy no
doubt discovered what they wlrhctl to kuow
that llikll's army bad not arrived, and that II
they vcre to nial.c any stand at or about Cor
lutli they mtit ensngo (Irant at once. They
o.t no time after they had gained this lufortna
thin. At daybreak nf Sunday, April Ctli, (a
nnlc yesterday,) the enemy advanced upon
Urarit'a left wing. In the eray llht of morn
ing Den. I'rcntWs mbtiHik their advance guard
for their pickets, and charged upon them.
This brought on a general engagement, which
raped with varying succcst throughout the
day. The overwhelming numbers ol the en
emy were thrratttiltig by 5 o'clock to force
our gallant men back Into tbo river. They
had driven baik our left wing, occupied fully
two-thirds of our camp, and were thuudirlng
terribly on our right. Hut by an hour before
dark our heaviest artillery was got In potltlnn
mid u em nonudc ucntd uloug our wliole line,
which, with the shells ol our two gunboaN,
checked their growing advantage and brought
them to a h.t'1. Hy dark, I lie firing had nearly
ceiiKil, for both klJcs were e.huuilid and
ncetKd a respite.
IliiellV -t'.VlOO arrived during the night.
Monday mottling our forces rc-npcud fire and
the advance nf the right und left wings tlmul
laneously cniuinenced. Tlio enemy fought
worthy of Americans and by their dcsixratc
valor re-entitled themelvri lo tlio respect of
the gallant Lnlon soldiers who were bound lo
compter them. Inch by inch they diiputid
the field with our ever gaining troops. Once
beforu 11 A. M.lhcy Feemed likely to Hun!;
our right, but soon their left had been turned,
and not long alter their right began to waver.
Then Gen. (Irani, at A 1. M., lid five regi
ments to tho charge from which, seeing the
day hoclcs4ly lot, the enemy turned and " llul
u from an avalanche." The latent date are
to the evening of Monday 7th, when the rem
nant of the rvUI army was in full retreat to
ward Corinth with our cavalry upon their
heck
From Corinth, if they can reach their nlivc,
thernemyinuyda.il by railroad into Mem
phis if l'ojie U not on ilia track before
them--but certainly down to either new- Orleans
or Mobile. There, crhup, they may rally,
aud pushing back to Jackson and the lino of
tho Ylekbiirg and Marlon railroad, make
one nmrc ellorl to rcsiit tin- Hoixl. When Na
poleon rveuleieJ 1'nrls, ufler lit Uulnn cam
pugn nml had to confess the Inu of 12.'i,000
liilii, 135,000 dead from exposure, cold and
dfcrasc, and 19.1.000 prisoners, he begun al
1'iico to ralr, liy cmicriptinn, another army.
I'osidhly there hi tnaugh of Nupolcon in Heau
regard to esay, by drafting, tho gathering of
an army to replaco that which Johnson led,
before New Orleuim (alls : but the men nf the
Hothwcst will bt littlo likely now to second
his ambitious ends.
Tho reported losses In this great battle
elmlhnge credulity. That a fight in the open
Hi Id, between men under such a Generul us
Albert Sidney Johnson was. exery cm of
whom fill that failure now was the hi of
their cause forever, and such troops as Grant
brought down, Hushed with the victories ol
Forts Henry und Donelson, and reinforced by
Mich veteran men as those with which 1 1 mil
had routed Marshall and ZollIeoflVr, would be
blood ly bcond nil the precedents of the your,
was to ho expected ; but Ihut more than one
third of all the men engaged should be killed,
wounded or made prisoners, Is almost be
yond Hie precedent of the century. The an
nouncement of Mai. Allen of St. Louis, to
Gen. Wright, commanding the Department of
the raciflc, put our loo ut 15,000, the en
emy's at 33,000-total 50,000. This is tho
lowest estimate, and of coue tho most trust
worthy. Hut that makes un unparalled carn
age an unprecedented proportion of killed
and missing lo the number engaged. Tho
population of San Francisco, according lo the
lust census, was 5C,fe05 it eau scarcely bo
believed that on tho:e two bloody day al
most as many fell ns there arc men, women
nn J children In San Francisco. Tho official
returns always decrease the numbers first te
ortcd, especially of thoe marked " missing,"
und doubtlessly they will do so in this case.
At the battle of Solforlno, -100.000 men
were engaged. '1 he Austrlans adni tltd a loss
of 20,000, the French ol 13 000 total 33,.
000 one in twelve. At the battle ol Mi
genta 300,000 men wire engaged. Tho first
dispatches made the losses 40.000 ; but the
Austrians only acknowledge 9,713 Kt'lcd,
wnumkd and missing, tho French 13 000
total soma 'i.l.OOO-tna. In thirteen. At
Waterloo Ufore the Kuul.ins c.imc tip there
were 70,000 under Napoleon and 60,000 un
der Wellington total 130,C00. The Io'r-s
weie some 50,000 lesi than one In three.
Our proportionate loss nl I'ltlsburg landing
Is reported slightly over that ol Waterloo.
The reported losses nt I'ittiburg landing of
50,000 out of 140,000 engaged is nut without
preceihnt then In grout lluropran battles, but
It never I as been nearly equalled In nny of the
grand battles of tho world since Waterloo.
Uen. Jnekson sat), niter his famous ftb rf
January, " I never had in grand and uwful an
Idea of the tcsurrectlnn as on that day. After
tho smoke of the buttle hud cleared olf some
whut, I saw in the distancu mora than COO
lllitons merging from the heaps if tlielr d.-ad
lomrades, nil over the place rlsl-jg up, ei tiling
forward an I surrendering us prisoner of war."
Some who arc stunned and who fall as dud re
cover without u scrutili. Many who get bail;
to their own urii.y caiinut liud their own te-gl-mculr,
und being counteil in none but their own
when the muster-rnll Is called, "urc mlu'iig"
for ilay-K. Thus the first reports are aluuys
honestly cxigitcrutid. Still with ull tho re
duction that the ofliclal returns must make
from the first repotted losses, thtbattlc of
i'ittiburg Lauding must always remain one of
tl.c most terrible und sunguluury ceiiillicls vf
fie age.
In this engage ment the Confederates lisc
their best ('em ml Alb 'it Sidney Johuson,
und IKauregnrd u np'irte-d to have lost an
arm. Among our oHicvrs killed were Gen
W. II. L. Wallace nnd Acting Hrigadiers l'e-
gram ami l.tlis. I lie ellecl or this name
upon our briny Is most Inspiriting it is s
buttle gnlnnl in the heart of the Rebel South
went, on the very holders of Alabama aud
Mississippi. Upon the enemy the effect must
bj Intolerably ilcprmlng. It was the forlorn
hope the tide was to be stayed there or their
ciiujj was ot forever out of irgiuia und
South Carolina. Abroad, the terrible carnage
gives a dignity ami seriousness to the war tint
they had a difficulty to recognize before.
Such g'nrloiis victories i.s tlioie of Island No.
Ill mid Fort I uiu I. on und Roanukesct up the
North ut the c.xkii'0 of Suuthcrn couruge.
Now the most skeptical foreigners must be
llevc that the South arc not Mexicans, and
that they have failed to fight before, because
they abhorred the cituso which they were sum
moned to defend. Then, when the South
evmes tuck Into the I'iiIoii, nnd ;ienco Is pro
claimed ugutn, it will bet the battle of Fills
burg ihut will protect them from the Jeers ol
the North, and make North, South, F.ut and
Wot fa I that r.o section lacks the muiilimss
and courage that entitles it t- an honored po.
sltlo'i In the grenet American Union. S. F.
Ilulltlm.
Nai'oi.s:oV Iiika or Makimi War. 'I he
following litter was written by Nupolcon to
Augeriiiii, on tlw '.'Ut of Februtry, I HI t :
" What I Six hours after re-eeivlng the
first troops from Spain you ure not yet In the
Held! Six hourV rest Is ipilte tiiough lor th m.
I cowpicred ut Nnngls, with the brigade of
dragoons coming from Spain, who front l!a
yoniio had not drawn rein. 1)i ecu say tl at
the six liatlnlllons from N lines want clothes
and equipage, nnd urc nntli.tiucliil ? Augc
reuu, what miserable excusir! I have de
stroy eel 80,0011 enemies with Uittalliiiiisof con
scripts', scarcely clotlutl, mul vvitliout cartridge
boxes'. The National guard are pllilul. 1
luvo hue 1,000 from Augers nnd Hielngr.e,
In round hats, without carlridgc-bofes, but
with good weapons; nnd I lave made them
tell. Thcro Is no money, do you say? Hut
where do you expect to get money but fiom
the pockets of the enemy ? You have nn
tenuis? Seize them! You have no maga
zines? Tut. tut, that is too ridiculous! 1
order you lo put yourself In the field twelve
hours ufler you receive this letter. If you arc
still the Augercau of ('usllglione, keep your
command. If your sixty years arc too much
for you, relinquish it to lite oldest of your gen
eral officers. The country Is menaced und In
danger. It can only be saved by daring and
alacrity, und not by vain delays. You must
have a nucleus of 6,000 pickiel troops. I have
not so many, yet I have destroyed three
armies, captured 40,000 ptlsorcrs, tuken 200
pieces of urlillcry, and thriccd saved the rap!
lot. The enemy ure in full flight upon Treves I
He before ihrin. Aet no longer us of lute.
Resume the method and spirit cf "J'Jt. When
Frenchmen see your plume waving in the van,
und you first of ull, cxpwd to the enemy's fire,
you will do with them wlmlever you will."
There's nothing like nature as dcveloied In
feminities i for no sooner docs a female juve
nile! begin to wulk and notice things, than it
takes after its mother and wants a baby, It
Is almost li credible how much of matter and
feeling Is wasted on rag-bubk-s and squint-eyed
dutch dolls.
Tub only things that cud be put oft' until
to-:norrew tufely, arc viec uud Idleness.
Hot a Mechanic in It.
An honest or a loosc-tonguee rebel Is occa
sionally found, whose admissions arc signifi
cant of the motives and purposes of the enemy.
A loyal officer, who met the rebel Colonel
Roger W. Hanson, of Kentucky, oflcr the
surrender of Fort Donelson, reports a very In
structive conversation held with that belliger
ent Individual. Said Hanson, among other
things: "The United States Government Is
played nut ; we Intend In have a right Govern
ment." The Federal offirer desired to know
whot was meant by a " right" Government.
Hanson rejoined t " A Government baed vn
properly not a d n mechanic In it." If
this were nn unsupported expression of Indi
vidual opinion, It would hardly merit mure
than a passing notice ; but there are fuels and
circutmlunccs which tend to confirm the im
pnssiou that tha Kentuelilan only let out
what the leaders nf the revolt have thought It
cx-eitieut to tonecul from the Southern masses,
hut which has been clearly perceived by those
who have studied the character of these men
und observed the tendency of their ductriics
For yinrs Southern writers have labored to
lemoiistrnle that ' free society," as it exists
In the North, Is a failure, and productive tif.hud not been displaced ? His subcquont
Intolerable evil. Arguments to Dili tlTict course is all that will be necessary to tefuto that
have been repeatedly delivered on the floor if I theory i besides he bad not at the time Wen
Cunsn-fp. Tha snecrhes ol lluutmnud nnd,el!niiscd the service. II J was placed here
Ivcrsou In particular wrrc dee ply tinctured
wills this feudal, aristocratic Idea. That labor
which Is tho strength and the prldu of the
North, has been characterized by planting
Hilltleluns as " hireling luhor," and the sturdy
toilers In workshop, factory nnd field have
been contemptuously termed " the miideills of
society." Take up any number of l)e IU tr'i
lltvittr the accepted organ ol Southern opln.
lon-ond you will find these Icws nilcruted
nnd sustained by such dainty und Inircnlous
sophistry as tho iclon of u family that "came
over with the Conquror" Is accustomed lo cni'
piny to vindicate the conliuuatica of lit order.
John C. Calhoun boldly atlaiked the doctrine
nf equality, as asserted by Jefl'enon in the
Declaration of IndeiMnJcnce, und every llcelg-
Hug politician ol the cotton States has taken ii
Illig I'l.lllllHIII V, .1,1 V'lllUI. UI.IPIIninMI'i
the cry. lu South Carolina, the CuuUllutlon
and tho laws are specially framed to keep the
Govcrnmt nl free front popular Influences, while
in the majority of the Cotton Stairs the rep
resentation In the legislature is so regulutrd
as lo give a minority of slave-holders perma
nent control of law-making und taxation, lu
the secession 1gtsl.tturc of Virginia, the re
striction of tho rt jlit of sulTrngo wu openly
proposed by a Committee of vvhleh Alex. 11.,1'eg to ls criiiltted to remain Ine-riiluluui em
II. Stuart was Chairman, nnd If ll win not (that olut. Hcfore the base Utrayal uf the
adopted (wo are not certain in regard to Ihe-i '' '-"""I' ' 'I""". " , In nllprob
action tuken upon the iiie.iiiire, It was liecvun iibihty, would have been urge-d In defense ef
pen the iniMinre)
the (fleet on the poor whiles, who composed
tie mass nf the Koulhtrn army, was doubled.
Nearly nil the offices In the South are now
monopolized by n class the slave-on nluj
class. Ilach Slate government realizes Han
son's Idea of a " right government" havlrg
"not a d n imchunic in it." In view nl
llicso circumstances, what c.iu be mora ra
tional than to ussurun that the originators uf
the " Southern Confederacy" ih tired nnd lu
tended In construct a political fabric with the
principle. " capital should own lis labor," ns a
corner ttone, and the restriction of the (ranchlsi-
to a minority of property owners, uj the main
pillar of the edifice.
Wc think that men Ilka Andy Johnson and
IM nurd Stanly, who nrc sent to reorganize
the governments of the Southern States, could
nut elo u greater service to that section than
that of Instructing the non tlavcholding popu
lation as lo their political rights and the real
purposes of that c-U'S that inaugurated Ihe
rebellion, lu fact, that will be the most efTce
dial method of reconciling the mass ol the
people to the supremacy uf the Union arm.
und nf rendering the agents of nbcllinu pow
crless for future evil. The most bitter npim-'
neut of political Abolitionism rniuiot object to
measures which have for their object the e-lcvu-
lli.il .if ll. MAn. Hi. lu 1.1 Ikn Un.ill. .. 1. 1 1.. .1... I
fl, .', Illb WVI ,,11,111 IF, ,I.U kUUlll) tllli.l llll
sincere friend of negro emancipation will dis-
cover in the new sense of power Imparled lo
the white laborers, a potent Inline nee for event'
tally shaking oil' the "peculiar institution''
ultogclhcr. Suciimirnfu I'mon.
Stkh. I'kns. 1 unt nwnr;, says a recent
writer, that it maybe fairly said that if a
man Is green enough to be Imbued by
any representations of pc-ller or advertiser, to
make his colli with a windlass, and sliuve
himself with a ttone, Ihc only verdict he can
expect from an Intelligent Jury is "served htm
right ;" but look at an other Invention, under
the tyranny of which we ull groan moronrhss.
hut which very few have thcsliiiglh or mind
to resist. Has not the curse of Mi el pei.s
swept over the land until decent handwriting
is almost unknown ? Do not ninety-nine per
sons In n hundred use steel pens, and has more-
than one out of the ninety-nine Ihe efl'ioiilery
to say tliul ho can write with them? Lord
I'uhnerston was quite right Ihc handwriting
of this generation is abominable ; and as new
Improvements in steel pens go em, that of the
next will bo worse. The fine Itiinuii hand of
the last century has died out; the steel csn't.coit stopped beside a tomb the casket w us
loll, I hern Is neither grace nor legibility I
in the angular scrawl that prevails now.
Open any parish regitter of fifty yeatt buck,
ami tec lu what a fiine legible hand, sc hollar-
like too In most cases, the parson of that day
made his entries. Our preteut young parson,
though ho took a first class at Oxford, und
wears a correct waistcoat, doesn't do It, and
couldn't do it il hi; benefit ol clergy cIciucUtl
on ll.
The Late Sldnoy Johnston.
lifss than a year ago, (Jen. A. Sidney John
ston was In command of the Pacific Division
nf the United Slates nrmy, aud hud his hcaih
quarters In this city. Tho Adjutant General,
and a member of his military lauilly, was Don
Carlos Ilitell, A few mouths rolled by, nnd
and we now have a report that this same Sid
ney Johnston fell In tlio great battle ut Dills
burg landing, fighting against the Government
which had honored, trusted and promoted him,
ind the victor on that bloody field was tils
former subordinate, Gen. Ilucll.
It Is a matter which, In all probability will
ever remain In doubt, as to whether Johnston
was lo aid In " precipitating" California out
of tho Union, or not, afler the fashion of Mis
souri, Kentucky, and some of the other Uur
iter States. Johnston was In command here
for several months after the rebellion broke
out. It Is said that he never spoke one word
nn the great question which ut that time agi
tated the public mind cither one way or the
other. The Impression was general up to tin
lime of the sudden und unexpected arrival ol
Gen. Sumner, that he was a loyal officer.
Wou'd Johnston have remained loyal If he
(or n purpose. Floyd hid the nrtus decenary
for holding this Statu privately sent out here,
and Johnston was to bo tha man tu do the
work, locality can make nu elilTcrci.cu In the
crime of treason. If Johnston, without com
punction of conscience, could fight hi the
Southwest to overthrow the Government, he
would have dune the same tiling In California
If he had only the chaiico. Tliu man, whom the
J moment almost he had stripped ciT tie unl
. ""in of the Untied SlatCMWHinie.il the com-
"''I f sHvialor. nf the rebel army, would
not have h-sitaled nt precipitating this Slate-
nut of tho I'nlon. ly what rule of reasoning
can we usumo that Johnston would have
been loyal hero, while hu has Iiaii nn active
traitor on the other side? The truth Is. wi
ec.inil n great nnd terrible danger. With
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a" the arm In the State In the bands of John
Hon, tic loyal koi!c, though twenty to one,
could not have made a stand ngatul him, nnd
would I avu to submit till nld could luvo been
vent tie l-y the Government, It miy herald.
'h'tvvever, that Johnston was n man ol honor.
and would never Imvc made tug of his position
lu further the canto of rebellion, but with the
eianip'eof Twiggs before our rye;, wu mud
Ihal worthy. S. I'.AItu
Vlilt to tho Ton.b of Henry Clay.
A correspondent ef nn laislcrn Journal
writes from l.ixington, Kentucky, umkr elate
of Fcbruiry 3d, us follows :
A short distance north nf the city of the
living is the city of I ho dcud. It U u pleasant
subiiib one which Is adding wish by week to
Its population. It Is laid out lu licautlfulnvc
uues, grnii bordered, and shaded by grand old
forest trees. I have tuken a stroll this after
noon along the silent streets, to stundfora
moment by tho dust uf Henry Clay. 1 i.eed
not attempt n description of the monument,
not yet complete, to tits memory. Artistic
criticism hu held In light esteem the design,
which is u tall, round column upon a broad
bate, with a capital such nt the Greeks never
saw or dreamed of, surmounted by u figure In-
lulled to represent the great stuioman ns he-
stood when enchaining Ihc vast audiences by
his matchless oratory.
Within tlio chamber, exposed to view,
through tho Iron-latticed door.star-ornanicnlcd
'and bronz-d, lies the cutcophagiw r.f purest
maible. The artisan Lu not quite completed
'it, and his tools were lying upon a bene h, us if'
but just dropped from hU hands. '1 he tarco-
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I'U.IU I ll.M-IU III l,VPt, .',,..,,....... ,.,...
yuthcrcd rods and bandseniblematieal of union,
und wreathed with cypress around its tides,
The pure vvhlio marble drapery U thrown
partly back, exposing above the breast ol the
sleeper a wreath nnd " Henry Clay."
Uj on the slab beneath tic lureophagus It
this simple, plain elc duration :
' I can, with unbroken confidence, appeal to
Ihe Divine arbiter lor the truth of tin; declara
tion thut 1 have Ikiii Influenced by no impure
purpu.e, no personal motive have sought no
personal ngtMuiidlzcincut, but that In all my
public acts I huvo had u sole and single ee,
uud a vviirm, devoted heart, directed und dull
cated lo what, In my best Judgment, 1 believe
lo be Ihe true interests of my country,"
A parly of soldiers came up and guzeel upon
tho monument while 1 mused. They had
tallied loudly while, approaching, but their
voices died to a whisper, and they stuod as on
sucred ground,
1 heard, ol.-o, the beat of mufiled drums, aud
the slow funeral dirge Huydn't. solemn Km
peror's March. A company of the Twenty-
third Ohio passed along with arm reversed,'
hinting nu officer to hit silent home. The e
lowi red to lit saercel retting place the cut-'
lomary volleys vvcro fired, and nil was over.
lie, Ihe diptrtcd, gave up his life for his
country. He had not been allowed to serve
iiprn Iho battle-field, bul yielded to dlscuso In
the bespitol that place which the soldiers
dread fur more tluin I bey elo Ihc battle-field,
They art ready to rush into the light, but they
fear the issue when the hivpltal closes its
d'.'i'it upon tl.cju.
tt'ritrn for Iht Stnliml.
An Appeal to the Ladies of Orcgoc.
n v .e i. en v.
,i' , Ofiy-i.. I mlki! this iippon', not to
offend, but mciely to arouse, the sluuibci'ii g
patriotism which, I feel, mnt rM-t In tl,o
bosom of every- pitrlotlc lady. What mat,a
this habitual silence, ladles ? Is It a lack of
patriotism or wanl of luteret In the miration
of our beloved country T Do we not slaw the
fruits of this great and bonlllccut Government,
under which we have lived nnd nourished ever
hicu the lime of Washington ? I must anw r,
we certainly do. Well, let ut show our patri
otism by the presentation ol rt llag lo eur gal
lant Volunteers, which would ever lie nn Incen
tive to fie brave or tlio 1 1 in 1,1 In l!io sannuluary
scenes of warlar.. I very rcs-p ctrultjr solicit
tho ladles of Jack-on county to Join In the pre
sentation of n burner. This would be but a
"mall token or our pitrlotlini: nevertheless.
" All good deeds, huwever small, help lo swell
the broad river or gooducs nnd mercy)" and
It would also show that woman (however weak)
it mi ildij lo srfrMisM.
When vvc contemplate the rail of empires and
the extinction or tiitiuns ol the ancient world,
e see b it little more lo excite our regret than
the mouldering ruins of vnipous p thecc. Hut
when Ho. rmnlrc of Americn shall fall, the tnl
Jcctof contemplative sormw will bj Infinitely
greater than crumbling marble or brass txcuiu
incuts. Arouc yel when the great cauc uf Freedom
and t.llierly Is nt stake."
"Ay, throw your eouulry". banner out I
In triumph lei It wave,
Thai timid hearts no mure may dviill
Its power In shield and save.
The laggard pulse will quicker movu
Its starry folds tu see,
O'er jond.T shaft, that speaks our luvo
Fur him who made us free!'
Slit. Sm.m.v, Mlt.tr.ntv GovKRNon or tiiij
Oi i NuiiTit .Sr.vTr.-AII Irlenls of ike Union
cauu will be glad In leiirn that IMward Slanly
has been nppolnle-d Militury Governor of
North Carolina, and that he hue accepted Dm
poiliion. Mr. Stanly represented one of I ha
North Carolina D.atrlcls In Congress fur ulna
years, and, during that time of m-rvlee, oc
qulreil a national renulatlon as a firm. wise.
coimrvntlvcnnd Indepeudcul legislator. For
the past ten years he hut. been u resldcut of
California, nml engaged in tha practice ul law .
In 1657 ho wni tho Republican cundidato for
Governor of this State but failed or an elec
tion, lie had just been appointed City At
torney of Sau Francisco, wln.u he rece.lv ed tbo
cull to more responsible duties. Mr. Stunty
Is thoroughly areiuiiluled with the nconlctf
" the North Slate," und he bellevm thai tbey
urc essentially conservative''. If nny man can
lead them back Into tho Union fold, he Is tbul
Individual, lie will tall fo: New Yotlt on
the 'Jlil Instunt. Kitinmcnlo UiUon.
G.Nr.itAi. Hrix ami .v N.vsiivit.t.t Lady. .
Itt-ccutlyai Geo. Unci was tiding on burse
back through tl.c streets of Nusliville an aris
tocratic ludy.a Mrs. W., living in a fine, largo
hniiie, stood at nu 0vrn iluor nr window, wuvel
a rebel llag towards him ui.d cried, Hurrah
for Jill'. Davis and the .Southern Confederacy!
Tho General reined In his hor.c, turned tc
words the lady, touched his hut with all th.i
courtesy nnd suavity for which he Is remarka
ble, and sun-eying the line house from top tu
bottom with l bo eye; of a connoisrur, re
mark "An excellent house for u hopilul."
In less than two hours every room wns lull of
nick soldiers, and Mrs. W. wus politely re
quest! d In lake kind cure of tin m. We heart
ily congratulate her upon her blessed privi
lege nf ministering to ihe incdi ol suffering
patriots. So says the lmlsvillo Journal.
Orr.nmoNs or MrCi.tt.i.A.v. The Yoik
rirer Is about forty miles In length, and from
two to four miles in width, Ining less of a,
river than nn arm of Clus.ipenke Hay. York
town having been tulun, there U nothing t.
prevent u largo 11, -et of gunboats nnd trans,
ports fiom prom ding up Ihe York to West
I'olnt, ut lit: Inad. Tl.cncc a railroad extends
to Richmond a d'ttanre of only thirty miles.
The ftutlflcd points to be s'irmnunted arc,
York town, West I'olnt, and the range of hills
near Kent Court House. The bulk of ll et
rebel nrmy will probably be concentrated be
hind these works, and some hard fighting will
doubtless occur before General MeClellun ar
rives In sight of the ri-bil Capital.
Tilt: common mode of blasting rocks under
water is I lint of sinking cuuulstcrs of powder
upon tho reef or rock, which connltli-rs nru
connected by wires with nn electric buttery
livalul tv safe dUtuncc away, either upon it
boat or upon the shore, and the ponder is ex.
ploded by n current or electricity. In shallow
streams only n tmallumouiit or force Is exerted
by this method of b'usllng underwater; Hut
nt a considerable depth, Ihc downward press,
urc of the water acts like u liver to make Iho
power exert its force downward, und violently
split Iho rock assiindcr. Wc urc indebted to
I'roir. Mullefrrt for the Introduction of this
mode of lilnsiln? rock in the United Stales.
Tits: l'rus:. According lo the experiments
made In Paris, the pulse of u lion beats forty
times in a minute ; Ihut of u tiger nluoly-slx
times ; of a tapir, foily.four times ; of a horso
forly times ; of a wolf, forty-fire times ; of
fov. forty-three limes j of iv hour, forty-eight
times j ol a monkey, forly-elght tlm. ; nf an
eagle, one hundred nnd sixty times. It wus
impossible to determine Ihe beatings of un el
ephant's pulse, A butterlly, however, tt was
dUcivercd, rxK'r!euccil sixty heart puVulioui
lu a minute.
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