Republican Sterling Gazette (Newspaper) - August 24, 1861, Sterling, Illinois VOLUME IV AUGUST NUMBER 24 STERLING GAZETTE IN TBS BT a c Office Always payable in postage la who in thi County outside the counts cents per OF Amt 2m 3m Cm ly f column column 1 column I 1 I 1 I I I I fullness not exceeding fire additional lino All Logal at the rate of one dollar per ten tinea for the and cents per square far each order tba held BUSINESS Office over the Bank ing Henry i 12 Attorney And it and Notary Office In Wallace STERLING of Moot every Monday evening at the Boom over DM Office in Johnsons Sler Illinois where be may bo found at all times if out on 12 Ktf EUSTACE 130 Clark and 12 EDWARD N Attorney at and Solicitor in Will attend promptly to uli entrusted Office In Keystone over 12 A SAN B for American Express aim McCormicks dealer in uH kinds of It No of Ancient and meetings ou First mid Third of at their over K 12 of Meet every und Friday of Caub in Odd Fellows Third Jk II and at in io Stor Notary IS JAMES Paring of in alid On in und 12 ii KT E K L U in U K It Millinery and Fancy FOR w call the of Tie Ladies to her new and complete stock of from Now The und it to their inter oft to examine her Block before their she cau supply them feall wilh all kintli uf 8 would friends nud patrons to V 3 call at the old opposite K Wallace she will keep a more complete Block of Goods than has ever been kept In Particular attention will be paid to BLEACHING AND REPAIRING new and of Skirl l of all Hoop Grateful for past I solicit n continuance of the and trust tho will favor me with an early with tbc assurance that noth Ing shall be wanting on my part to give enure March S Look Out for the Big Bonnet Witmer a YOU will there the Premium Store all in a caused by folks carrying oil rmr of every There can be Ladies Goods ol every description and among which are sixteen different kinds of H T S FLATS 4 and A full assortment of all styles of old Mourning Hoop All of the latest Such a magnificent of IH in the prairie towns of the Walk and the We will charge you nothing unless you take a A DONE I have also with me an Drews lule il who is n tidy to du everything to that nnd warrant all our we come April 4 WHEELER WILSONS SEWING MACHINES at tnd his attention to iba and ul anil Machinery of nil Also nil kind uf on short Shop near tlic Wallace City Sexton Opposite Has ou hand all uf and U with Oar to nyc attention al M the Is over fords All pet formed in the best extracted witn littlo or no by the TJ eV Attorneys at and urs in Office 06 Third the Lif tt Commissioner of fur thu uf and THE A Wilson Com JL puny having gamed all their at of Sewing Ma propose the ahull be havo accordingly Till 1 HI C of their Hewing After dale will be oold at rulen that will pay fait profit the cost of inid of making KuUS such will them to chisy u in avery NKW LIST tit wilh and with Foot and with the old on ith MILES io Lund Will attend te of tad Sate of Laud Notes add Hills and proceeds remitted at current of corner of Third and Market 12 Z PAGE Blank Book and wholesale dealers iu 123 and ISO Luke corner of up of all kinds constantly Lithographing of all kieda neatly in tad Beal Estate WiJ attend promptly to ail business entrusted to bis ID the Purchase and Salo of ot iu Having a complete Abstract of Title to all Beal Estate in said will give attention to the ot Claims cie of Office at the left of tbc Court House 12 WESTERN UNION ident Vice Treasurer U Company being fully under a granted by the Legislature of this is pre pared to issue Policies loss or damage by Furniture and other for one or five at the customary la This large and well furnished 160 baa recently retiring and still remains as Both tbe and aro well known the western country u gentlemen of experience in hotel keep Do other is that the Metropolitan will bu conducted m manner the of the 13 t n U u r l 8 c u 1 e i bt PlaU out of No Chuck All friction U received OD FAIRBANKS STANDARD SCALES or ALL Bali In Vv Gitt 4 lUI UNADULTERATED CAN in The undei have on and me getting direct rom the Importers at Now B H A N D Y G I AM WIN E Which wo will warrant pure as can be Vit also keep the The Celebrated CUd London Dock in continue to Magnolia and Double Rectified Also keep constantly on hand OU and which we will sell by the barrel or gallon cheaper than can be bought Bottled Liquors of all kinds constantly on hand for Medicinal Please give us a call before purchasing else HULL A 10 HALT RIGHT FACE STEELING MACHINE subscriber wonM inform the I and ad joining that hu has received from the east Bomo and Borne ol the latest im proved and in now lire pared to Machin ery of all in timed uf fence prepare for and bring on your and and gfH all reidy before I can you lor all the kinds of und will do your work cheaper than you can gtl it done tn the Particular attention paid to the repairing of Steam Engines and All kinds of wood work and o and warranted cheaper than the It ou turn ing done at tho lowest possible Shop on Third Wallace May FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF CHOICEST CLOTHING OPENED AT IUE PHILADELPHIA CHEAP STORE 82 Currency Hli highest price at the 7 P O E T R THE find it hard to credit the experience I have known To be married in the the darkness be alone Tu sit beside my when the clouds blot out the And think how long my heart must wait while he is on the We were wedded at the fountain beneath the open And grouped amid the the regi merit stood bv Their brightly a C Anda drummer lads struck up a If took 1117 hot hand in as lie hail done Aud tbo tulk was low and like dear voice of yore I seemed to be a girl wedding was n And kneir what words were a flow like a mockery it formulary 1 part 1 They asked me would I lore looked into iny Would I obey Had ho not gone at tho aum motis and grim Aud honor Were there who could uot Sotne loud cheers broke the it was our peal I waa folded to nls bulled the marriage rite to A score passed up to chako his aud cheer the M Their studied compliments were I heard tho drum and lie wrung my tad me once again A hard voice ran down tho of Full in fall I buckled on hia weight wua like a And as I yiive his souie tears ruu down the lie Good Maria My throat was hard and dry lie said that I to could uot But when amid the J felt my pul leaping Why should a soldiers wife he dumb mid sharne his Uiig by The hand up a glorious iiir my thoughts were sud and bitter And tramping down the I saw their glitter lie huve turned his head but I was blind with sobbing The fountain tinkled on the heard the music til the dusky how wild the with Tjs fur those to wave their huts who no loves to buttle I when all the wur is and still nation in tho ho buck to me If locks shall nod his eyes HO If liis be at his aa frunk and true tUu bait rvl hr the Oat duy my door a crippled man my the I who foucht ell Ilbo lay ran hkia Aud pruned hund upon und of will tell uf And honor o fell he t And I hug my while lift fbb And murk upon no child uf mine the lna uf hit dear all my dreams still hear thy drums that beat our wedding The tinkle of thu falling tho clink of Tho music uf his sad tha kias before he The flutter of the Milken flug above the No coward mark rests on him his duty called forth The engle led him from his in North Ho threw his body m the breach flag went ou Aud his him better that ho loved his country muro SELECTED LAMP CHIMNEYS at CAPTAIN It was a warm sultry morning in the month of The of Mon mouth were all with the knowledge that the two armies were in their and by their motions sustaining the probability that u general was about to be haz The British now commanded by Sir Henry had assumed one of the strongest Upon the high about Monmouth Court they laid their flank on the border of a small the last guarded by a deeper and the rear running toward a The army wis disposed in such an adja cent position as to the enemy in the and other Steward and Scott were directed to hold thuir troops in readiness to support the Early In the notice was given that the van of the enemy waH in General Lee immediately prepared to make an attack upon and he wan aoon joined by Generals Dirkenson and their spirited In full view of the house of Hollis and Hollis put on his military snit at The spirit which animated every true American was newly aroused at this and ha was impatient for tho Will you asked anx Can I remain here tamely and not offer my assistance in defence of ruy country f 1 shall bo only K but there will ha work enough for do to Remember the fata of your fal tered I thought you wore my own said with a smile of ite Battle scenes have not lost their charms for me though I confess to unusual mia givings this replied I ehull return at it may be with ta the bio name which my father transmitter to I must tight those the red Mol Gud bless nnd good bye for the returned bringing her to his heart with a parting A blessing go with you my snid as sped vapidly the The enemy advanced so near that sho could plainly distinguish their 1 that I were a she I would give those British tyrants free doses of to our homes of some our neighbors because they would not turn I She discovered engaged in the du ty of and watched his mo tions with tho deepest is tho morning deepened into tho weather he came intensely warm not a leaf of a tree and the sun poured down such vol umes of that the earth seemed brazen and parched to a painful 1 will with Molly he thought I will go and carry him a pitcher of water from the cold Slit hastily communicated her intentions to the and threw on her 1 1 would advise remonstrated to keep within the house to The will kill uv if you go out 1 I shall replied Huw good the water will to when he is struggling so hard this Her glance fell his hair was thrown back from his he had cast aside und was loading and discharging thu cannon with admirable cool of observed Lafayette hers con two golden lillies a sword pointing hearing a I shall an epaulette for your coat of said Gen rising In his accustomed dignity of I here con fer upon you the rank of as a tes of my for your The other Generals arose and crossing their arms their beheld the scene wilh a of 1 Many paid thu tears rushing to her eyes but would that have ie Tei I trust that you to glorious remarked unliko the Maid of who was burned at the 1 I havo come to that returned Molly at least 1 bare taken prisoner by the Indians and confined to a where I should have been burned had not he who afterwards was iny nobly of his life Are that young girl who figured so the murder of Miss inquired Way Molly 1 Brave 1 exclaimed before we leave permit me to salute you after the custom of my when we j would honor noble ladies like blush suddenly overspread as the General imprinted a kiss upon her A few earnest like a General Washing ton to nud tho distinguished visitors took their en who had partially witnessed the you are really a captain This is tho most won thing I ever heard of in all my KlLim Thu from the Richmond There ore Borne in life of is decidedly and in i soldier ot and that plain what is the of those serfe to in sonia the eu Southerners who have been in ol camp Not long ago a bringing about the present war i didnt as a of the We aro too close and too much influenced boys as he wished bfl was by the events which aro to i to find every morning that several of indulge in But the potatoes had disappeared Irom tho rout and at the great pitched He hore it some but half near bring into bold relief of his field of fine kidneys began to great that the Yankees are he began to think that H rt of thing and that the of the had gone far and determined to stop it a visit to real rulers of this Under every early in iba and himself disadvantage ou our the preparations by going around to see whether the soldiers for that combat wero The Northern 1 were provided with good and wholesome States had seized upon all the common He had not proceeded far when property of the TKey found a boy just serving up a fine dish the whole navy army and j of with the entire machinery of Gor those that the gude wife brought to his own eminent in full operation and boasted that the following colloquy eu S f t thcy had an inexhaustible supply of men sued fine potatoes I Splendid was the Where do you get them 1 Draw Does Government furnish in about his Molly was strongly im pressed by he Imd never looked so glorious to her save when he was about to his life at the pine the central object of suvago could not be restrained Skipping away to the cold a few rods the the and remembering liking for paused a moment to break off a few leaves of the rich fringing thu bank at her These she settled in the pitcher as she ran up ta lie received her blessed her for the in a low und drunk the before he resumed his ran away uf the ryes which had been by Ihc strange sight of her dress her post of fur the ami nliu would into of fur her IH uni or tlic which rode Onco more i ic ventured to water to fur hu nobly and unremittingly on in the of Slie had hor when turning she rnw fall to the With a blanched cheek and n horrible foreboding rushing ever her she lost no time in reaching Alas 1 he was dead A shot of the ene my had killed him Take that cannon said General Way no to one of the we cannot fill the place by as brave a man aa baa been killed No looking up to the with u liko yut in its inspiration of bravery heightened to her the cannon ehall not be retrieved for ol some one to nerve since my brave is no for 7 will ua my ut most exertions to avenge his Molly was now fairly load ed and discharged c while tho of beheld bcr admira There sho the first firo take yo remorseless Eng and wait for tho Again and again she discharged the can desling death and destruction at every Whom havo we hero inquired attracted to tho spot by the singular An angel of tbc host of The powers of drop her re plied Molly now determined on a coup de Accordingly she reloaded the cannon with double tho ordinary then A terrible crash Molly was thrown into the air then she fell to the ground with Three British soldiers were and an of high rank Many who stood by were thrown and general sion Tho last discharge had broken tho cannon into For a few minutes Molly was but she soon rallied and rose with a Tbe soldiers loudly applauded notwithstanding which she immediately withdrew to her followed by two Bol with body of bur On tho following Molly was surpris ed by a visit from Generals Wayne and who had witnessed her brave conduct at the retained her self Our buing to leave wa take this early opportunity to to you our entire approval of your action Washing taid I only to servo my the death of my husband made me almost You merit a coal of hLe our Joan and money to wage an interminable For with all those they j havo been diligently in organizing their Under the direction of the most vaunted military character of the of their Jour ration though for they never produced j Nary potato genius capable of anything I thought you said yun drew ing a or working a steam or j we just do that tiling directing some base mechanical contrivance Hut if are not included in your trilled armies of and equipped them Easiest thing in tho 1 you n a style unheard of in the annals of as lie They met the rude and poor at the table opposite the smo of the Southern drawn from j kinK peaceful vocations for the first time to Thank you will you me by he theater of war and they ure routed and how you draw your as they supposed that Israel of ary was a pretty brave The stories that have been related of him about bis descent into the wolfs of his es cape Jrom the British dowa the stono stairs of and his duel with the British officer Bitting upon a barrel of onion which was supposed to be A correspondent of the Nor wich snys that Old brave ns he got thoroughly frightened onco in his It was in this wiso It is very generally known that a rattle snake that has boon recently and without dislocating any on being recoil in such a as to strike the head against tho When Putnam und lived in pome one rattlesnake to all who up to test their But none stood the test on tho first trial as they head slowly and be touched the they were sure to drop Putnam was seen to and every ono thought lie would was well Being in to tiy after suspiciously eyeing the hold and raided it steadily slowly but no sooner had its weight fairly left the than up came the head and down dropped tho A little discom by thu laugh which followed the natu ral impulse which caused him to quit bin ho again seized Iro tail and held on till the head simply touched his when ho chopped it liko a red hot amid the loud guffaws of the ly his courage never bad a severer test than it had on that Such is tho story current among the old men of ami the adjoining ON THE are you going to you bud womans boyf said passed through tho kitchen into the Down with the lie and she looked out just in season to seo tho top oi a weige ha bush fall before tho artillery sword of that the youngster hald in his Youd better go to if you want to do she restraining his hand as it was lifted against her favorite to decapitate tho plant that she had watched with almost a mothers care for Dear she murmured half to what a terrible when even tho children show such signs of and brother is pitied against I cant bear to think of BEN A contemporary thus describes this rebel general McCul tho Texas filibuster and now rebel leader in is a medium light complexioned man tern penitent about fifty years of age consider ably bald has the appearance of an over rushed mercantile man is rather restless in his address speaks low and and elements of the successful town of Cape Girardeau is said to have a pretty and ro mantic The streets well hid and beautifully fringed with shade Tho Capo has an elevation of ona hundred and fifty and well fitted lor defensive Our troops have thrown up extensive wilh the artil ery now they feel confident oi their ability to hold tho place against largely superior POSTAL TREATY WITH new postal treaty which it is stated Minister Corwin has just concluded with the Mex ican will bo productive of tho greatest to tho commercial inter ests of the United as wo understand it Bueh postal menU aa will lead to direct aud communication between Now Yor and tho uf slain by the and driven like chaff a high Though by the rass growth they havo nothing to rely but ther and in the an element of The fact the Yankees are very little aetter than They lay the same stress the jingle of their dollars that the Celestials do on the of their Originally endowed with no single they have cultivated the art of getting and until gain has become their and they imagine it to be With money in won from a generous and chivalrous and multitudinous as Norway they are swollen with and fancied that they are not found on the em by the n Hum I Well sea me If you wont draw any more of I will bring you a basket every morn and draw them Buily for old was the and three and a tiger were given for fanner ut for And yet do not possess one nor a single talent that qualifies them for 01 They dont even know how to a horse talent only to be acquired in youth and gentle As to ninety nine out of a hundred never shot a and we have U on very good authority that Old Scott lost all patience iu to teach them how to load Tho vile olc wretch I ilo reaps reward for treason and his talents The break down of their uttor fur forces upon us of the We are compelled to taks the and it ix our duty to prepare ourselves to wiuld it with dignity and We must adapt ourselves to our We must elevate our every man of them up to to com The art military should constitute a leading part nf white mans The right cj toting lii a higher ta ly those only wJu are worthy to In a word tho whole white population of tho South should be brought into a hightoned duly impressed with a sense of its to Yankee trickery and of iu own and its obligations to and Brnos A correspondent of the writing from Birds gives the following item about Buds slaves Birds slaves very friendly feel ings towards the eoger as they and aro remarkably com One fellow remarked Lor bras your chile 1 I slave sixy had sich easy Ise had since you finger fellns With regard to the corn crop wo have destroyed he teems to been favored with a He T tole Mussa Bird its no use white soger fellas tramp it all down seen um all a dream all roun say nigger damn fool ho dril e all we liked Io have written bis name Tho covenant was en tered and after that no one but the owner drew potatoes from thut field after In one of thu Indiana you in dc Olo t I notus did t do ii she kill Long massa go whar havo stay at home now olo massi havo stay and Ole massa cant pass no body and WHAT is AN AMBULANCE An ambulance is a light tho bady being mounted upon two wheels and supported by very light It is little over sir feet in There are for two m with The top is with black nil but thv body and running gears aro pointed The intended for one with a seat in front for the and being very DIFFERENT OF Agates description of Carricks in the Cincinnati we the follow All among the soldiers is still the detailing of facts and about add but one or tw is a Methodist who is said to be ono of the very best his During the battle he was par for the with which he kept up u constant The Ohio in of the fired an cf eleven to each but this parson to get in a great deal more than this He fired with cool und a steady and the declared that every ns be took his gun he And may the Lord have mercy on your Evidently bethought tho body not worth praying fur the aim he hnd so carefully One of Stedmans men in the Ohio was from and like the irreverent tone adopted by the southern chivalry in speaking of the dd Ho took deliberate but unlike after every Ore he added the invariable formula God your secession how do liko the Yankees an was Stedman noticed him aud called arc you wounded Im it in the but in great anxiety lest Stod man should send him to the it dont url Im only it in the it dont urt and away he blazed with another d I guess I paid you off that TO MOT lie us isa very oom mou thing to see mothers and servant girls pushing along tho sidewalks the car in which they arc giving infanta aa uiring on pleasant An exchange re marks that tho practice is a dangerous and is liable to do great and permanent in jury to the The of a riding instead of is an unnatural and directly the Some grown cannot ride backwards in a railroad car without ex a sense of li ex a child to do what a strong can not is to say the It i believed by medical writers that have light cm be driven along very rapidly without injury to the most of counterfoil coin iu the New York Cus tom House is a Ha puts noao to that singular He will paur out the contents of a bag of gold or and applying his nose to immediately tako out every counterfeit lie wan never known to a died from disease bj ridden SEAMLESS SHOE A patent recently been taken out in England foi making the leather uppers of without so as to tivo tho of at the same obtain uppers that aro never with the dis which has become EO common with thai are bowed with Eome The making the is to cut out desired thape with thu for tho foot then put iota a where it ia pressed inU ready for the laot the welt and Haid to ba more d which Via e ill in lit id the up the of O h to tew ira c Thl J few
