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THE WEEK VOLUME I. POINT 1'LEASAKT, VA., THU ?jeUJeeklnBcniattr PUBLISHED EVERT THVRSDAT BY ti?ORUi: W. TIFFETT, Main Street, 1*01 NT PLEASANT, VA. TERMS:--One dollar per antmm strictly ip id ranee. ADVERTISING. Ono square <if in lines, one or hree ituertions $1 AO Ei.eli mhaeqsent insertion, 85 cenU. Professional cards of 7 lines or less 1 year $5 Quarter Colum 6 month* |I0 one year $15 Half Column, C months $15, 1 year $211 One Column, 6 months $25 1 year $35 A liberal discount made to those wno ndver. tiseby the year. Advertisements must liAve the number cf i II Kertiims marked on thu copy, or they will be kept in 'till forbid.' and clmr ;e-l accordingly. All casual or transient advertisements must be paid for in ad ranee, to insure their insertion IT Affidavit will not be made to orders of Publication or other legal advertisements un less they nrc paid for. PROFESSION U. 4 IIUSINE8S CARDS B J. REDMOND, A TTOUN F.Y AT I. AW. POINT PLEASANT, VA. WILL practice in Mason, Jackson and Putnam Counties. Prompt attention .given to the collection of claims and other bus iness entrusted to his care. Feb. 27, t863-Iy. \YM. H. TOMLINSON, Att o r i) e y at Law. /' INT, PLEASANT. l'.4? WILL practice in Mason and Putnam and adiact nt counties. Prompt attention giv i>n to the collection of claim*. Feb. 27,1 eC2-ly. I)R S. G. SHAW, P II V *101 A X AND S u R o K o N' ? rpENDERS lift profohsionnl serviceH ro the L pnMic. Call* from the country promptly attendnl to. Office on Front Street, adjoining the "Virginia House." Fih. 27, I862-1y. DK. JAMES H. IIOOKK 'MKN'DEKS hia professional service to the I citizens of Point Pleasant, and vicinity. He keep* constantly on .hand a large supply of drugs,oil, paints,dy stuffs, varhiKh, Essence* xtr acts, perfumery and soapN of all kind* and p.tU'Hl medicines and a very superior article of ?ar?uparilla. Healso ha? a large stationery,tobacco, cigars xn'l an excellent iriicle uf pure cider vinegar. Fel?. 27, i*r?2-ly DK. C. H. eraiNKMAX, ?CiTuv on Second Street, above Public square, CALLIPOLIS, , Where all operations pertaining to Dentistrv are performed in the best ^J-I.IXJ^i?tyle of the profusion. Terms .Cash. " Feb. f?. 1852.-1 y. ROBKKT S. BKlKRIi, MERCHANT TAILOR ASP DLALIR IX Ready Made Clothing, Clotht,Ca**im?rt, Vettinpt OBNTLEMLNS FUR NISHING GOODS. Tailor* Trimmings, $c Corner Main ami 4th Street^ POINT PLE.VSAST, VA. Clothing made to order In the very best style ?*t *he hhortent notice, and at thejowe*! prtcon# .Orders frotn tlo distance solicited. Feb. 27 leta-ly. Merchiints nod Mechanics Ifntik of Wheeling. POINT PLEASANT BRANCH, CAPITAL $186,000. C. 0. MII.LKR, President, J. D. THOMPSON,Cashier. DIRCCTOIS. J. I). MeCulloeh, 8.O.Shiw, A. McCausland, .TanieaCapeliart, 0. C. Miller, John MeCulloeh, P. S. Letris. Discount day Tuesday. February 127. 1SG2-Iy. Eagle Mill* POINT PLEASANT, MASON COUNTY, VA. .M^HK Snlweribnr would respectfully inform " t thr public that lie i.s prepared to furnish , peraons in want of LUMBER IN THE ROUGH, ?uch as whit? Pine 1 inch, IJjt' inch, 1J#' inch and S inch, of all qualties; slso, Poplar, Oak and Yellow Pine, and Plastering laths, Dresaod Flooring, Ceiling, Casings and Paling), All of which I will nail as chonp, or chuaper than they can W> got at any other place in this part cf the country. In connection with theaboro I have a new GRIST MILL, which I have completed hut a short time, with tnree run of French Burrs?one for corn, one for custom wheat and the other expressly for Merchant work. They can be run separately or all together. ITSaturdav Is the day forgrindingCorn.but I can ifrind Wheat anv day when I have steam np. I ehsr*e the eigth for (rrinHinc Whnst and the sixth for grinding corn, but will exchange at all timos when parties wish to do an. Those livinsr on the Kanawha rivei, and wishing to send their wheat or corn to my mill for the purpo'e of having Itgronnd.or erchan red and not wishing to come with it, can send it down on some nf the boats with instructions by loiter, and I will hsvn it hauled up to the Mill and hack FREE OF 011A ROE ITThe highest market pnee piid fnrwbe.it, rem and letrsat all time*. P. Cf'M:>T0CK Feb "7n"l ly POETICAL.. TO Iff CHILDREN. [The Boston Transcript, not lon;sinc?, pub lished the following beautifal poem, which was feet by a soldier-father to hi* chil j drsn?t hum* :| Darlings I sra weary pining; Shadows fall across ray way, I can hardly sec the fining, Of the cloud?the silver lining. I am weary of the sighing, Moaning?wailing through th- air; Breaking hearts, in auguuh or.-: g For the lost on s-- ',?? the dyiug; Subbing anguish at despait 1 am weary of Mr fightiug? Druthers red with brothers' gore. Only that the wrong w 1'er righting? Truth aud homTA' ba'ili lighting? I would dra t my sword no mure. 1 am pining, dcarait, piling, - For your kis>< s on my ctieek ; For your dear arms round me twining, For your soft eyes on nto shining, For your loved words, darlings?speak! 1 Tell me in your earnust prattle. Of the olive branch and dove; Cull rae from the cannon rattle; | Take my thoughts away Crum wtfi* ; Feld riitj to vour dearest lovo. | Darlingt?I am weary pining, Shadows fall across my way ' I can hardly see the lining, OT the cloud?thu silver lining, Turning darkness into day. Till: PATRIOT'S STRATAGEM. A t.KOK.SD or lEVim-SIX. Night had het in deep- and datk, and 1 in a small log cabin situated a fen utiles front Trenton, N. J., sat five men, four of whom were situated around nn old oaken table in the centre of the room, engaged in ploying cards while they | frequently moistened their throats with , li.rue draughts from an cartheu jug ! which stood on tie table. Tltey were heavily bear 'ed co.iyfe ! lookint: men, and from their dress, j which resembled the British uniform, 1 they were evidently lories. The other was n stout built young man, clad in the continental uniform. He sat in the corner of the ro?m with hisfoco buried in bis hands. "Tom," said one of the lories rising Jim. lheBbkaQ,UeatmS himself near ilie young prisoner, for siicfTho eVidenT ly was, "Tom, you and I were school hnj j together, and I like you yet. Now why em't you give up your wild no tions and join us? You are our piison ! er, and. if you don't, we shall hand you over to headquarters to-mniroir, while ! if you join us your fortnn ? is mude, for with your bravery and .talent* you would soon distinguish .yourself in'the royal army, and after this rebellion is rrusliod out, vour cause will be rewarded by knighthood and promotion in the army. Now there are two alternatives; which do you choose?" "Neither,".caid the younu man, rais ins his head and looking the tory stead ily in the eye. '?I nm now, as you say, your prisoner but when the clock strikes rwttiv-;, I nilbII leave yo|l?I shall disappear in a cloud of fire and smoke, and neither you ! nor your comrades, not even myself can prevent it. You may mtch me as close as you please, tie me hand and foot if ?you will, but a higher power than ?ours or mine has ordained that I should Lave you at that lime." '?Poor lollow, bis mii. J wanders." s'.'d the tory; "he'll talk (Jiderently in the morning." And ho relumed to his seal at the table, leaving the youth with his head again rest'ng on hie hands. When ihe clock struc't eleven, the young prisoner drew a pipe and some tobacco front his pocket, and asked the tory leader if he hid any objection to his smoking. "None in the loast," lie said, adding with a laugh?"that is, if you'll promise not to disappear in a cloud pf tobacco ?moke." The young man made no reply, but immediately filled aud tig-htai his pipe, 1 having done which be arose and com I menccd pacing the floor. He took half a dozen lurn.il up and j down each side of the room, approach I tog the (able each time, when having emptied his pipe he relumed to his seat i and refilled it. He continued to smoke until the clock : twelve, when he arose from his seat and ! slowly knooking the ashes of his pipe said: "Boys, it's twelve o'clock, snd I must losve you; good by!" Immediately, all around the room ran streaks of fire hissing and squirming; the cabin was filled with dense, sulpherous smoke, amidst which was hesrd a crssh like a Osp ol thunder. The lorios sal in their chjirs paralyzed with fright. Tho smoke soon cleared bwsj, but the prisoner was nowhere to bo seen.? The table was overturned, the windows smashed to pieces, and one chair was ly inp on the ground outside the building. Tho lory leader afler recovering from his stunor, gars ont glance ?f terror around the room and sprang ,out of the i window, followed br his eomrsde They ran through the frier* at thi of thair speed in the direction of the British enoampmont, leaving their mus ken and other arms to the mercy of tno which had now begun to devour the cabin. , Tha next day two young men drcss.a in the Contineutal uniform ivero teen standing near the ruins of the old cabW One was the hero of the night previous. "Let us hear all about it, Tom, f '111" the other. .1 "W ell," said be, "last evening ** 1 was passing this place. ijto tori '- r?n out anJ toult posossion of me before i could m ike an. resistance, tliey look mc ; in the pa .in, ?r who d . ju supposo 1 sjw as ' *>r ol i^e pally !jut John Bar ion, our pi i school mate. ??He Ulked ?" 1 trl<"' l" '"J dace me lojoiu ifyuoi; but I told him 1 couldn't do it, that at twelvo o olock 1 , uas aom 10 ??i"P"?d|SaPP?ar JS-Jj cloud of fire and amoke; but he laughed at mo. an 1 acid I was out of my head.? | About 11 o'clock I asked him il 1 might ! smoke, lie said he had no objection; J so 1 filled my pipe end lighted u, and commenced walking the floor. I had about apouml of gunpowder in my pock ?i and as I walked 1 strewed it all over I the floor. When the clock struck twelve I bid them good bye, and told them I had to go; and then knocking the ashes out ol my pipe, the powder ig nited, and a dizzling flame of fire shot. across, around and all over the f0??' filling it with suffocating smoke. Before it cleared away, I hurled a chair through the window, sprang out and departed^. leaving them to their own reflections. You know the rest." ? - I'ri-idenl Liucol'i ! Amid all the turmo 1 of politics and | war, wilh constant reports of intrigues, I corruption or dishonesty of some sort, it I is worthy of remark that not a syllable; ! bus ever been whispered against ilie fair fame of Abraham Lincoln. The country j and the world are learning to look upon him as the very fittest man tob.t at tha \ head of this nation. He has won tbe ' confidence even of his political n|>po nents, and at this'moment is beyond all doubt the most popular man in the loya States. The pmple have reason to \>o especial |y grateful to President L^.colrt. fo: having put a stop lo th.a cwtrivjn ces to injure, il tipt destroy, Gene"" McUlellan. It .is no secret that " was a detrfrmiratihn - cians at Washington todnprive General McGlelian of certai i troops that he counted on especially, for carrying out his plans. The troops were in faol, as Moiled 1? nn independent command, un de?r General McDowell, the hero of Bull Run, who seems to be the pet General of the politicians The plans for tbear my of the Poiom&c wero. therefore, de ranged, arid General MeC'cllan s situa tion becami critical. Fortunately the aflair was represented to President Lin coln in its true light, and he at oncc in spita of poworfol opposition, directed that the troops McOlellan needed should ha dotajhbd from ihe Army of tho Hup paliannock and united with that of the Potomac. This wus llic individual act of the President alone. He took the re sponsibility, and the poople will honor hiin for it. Whether tho troops ordered down tho Potomac will be in tupe.to.cna hlo McClellan to carry out his onpiy.l | nhn cannot be knuwn. But we rej-Mie i ic b- able to as-ur.' the people th.it 'i ? I l'residetii is determined to sustaiu Mc Clelli.li. and that lie is striving to ro pair the iomry dine Mm by the Secretary of W.ir.i.i u. a Inn ir un him an import ant pan ...f his a -\ ' politicians caini'itM- V i"at;7 pfihqtr scem. s for s er, .? Uouorals anil arm ies, for l! e ?ake oi' muking Presidential cand datcs ?Phil. Bulletin. ? ? -? ? ' The following very pretty farce came off at Richmond, in which Jeff. Davis was * "stir porformet" and showed ex actly how to release a sovereign State from her thraldom to the Union: | They have haJ a grand ball lately in Richmond, at which Mia* Hetty Carey, one ot the pretty daughters of Mr. Wil son Caroy, a prominent Secessionist teacher of Baltimore figured most con spicuously. The story goes that she ap peared at the ball dressed as a captivo slave, with her hands tied at the wrists and bearing the shield of Maryland on her bosom. Indicating thereby the chains by which this state is kept in the Union, Joff. Davis came forward during the evening and released her mcnaoled hands by untying the chords that bound her wrists, end thus in tho person of the lovely Miss Hotty Carey,^ freed Maryland'from her bondage to Federal power, amid the stormy applause of tho company. Miss Carey an I ono of her sisteis are earning a livelihood as clerks in the rebel administration. This event has crested the most intense delight and symnathy in the upper crust of socess iondom in Baltimore. Wo have never had tho least doubt of tho final success of tho Federals in suppressing thepresent wickod rebellion. ??Truth is omnipotent, an I public jus lice cci'luto," ?nil jvist ho ccrtfttn villi rebellion fail and trra-.on bf fm*i>hed. ! Where Corinth In Agste, tho well known correspondent lh? Cincinnati Gazetto, who '? "i'*1 ineral Grant's forces on the Tenn* ,see ver, describes lit# Googr. jihjf "nil im rtance o( Corinth, Mise., t.s follows: A moment's glanco at any map ot tho Southern Stales, will sl?rw tho impor ? jnen of tho present rcbal positions i i j. y thorn Mississippi and Alabama, an How utterly desperuto their fortunes b? tome the moment they ate defeated lore. { Corinth is at the junction of the Mem lliisand Charleston and tho Mobile Mini DhlQ Railroads. From this point tho (toad stretches northwr.nl through the Ifhole of Western Tenuoise to Cumber Land, Kentucky;southward tho road ruus lirou'li tatlern Mi?iMppt ?"d a cor if Alabama, to Mobile on the Uulf, west jerd a road runs direct to Memphis nnu Eastward through Florence, Alabama, Chattanooga, Tenn., anil Atlanta 0&., to Oharleston, South Carolina. Corinth, iherotoro, commands tho i-ommuniov Uons to Momphis, tho Gulf, un I the soa KoardScceded States. "No only so but this Memphis ami Charleston road is the only railro.nl jonnection left the rebels betwoon Louis iana, Mississippi end all Alabama wost of Pensitcola, and the Southern seaboard States. Troops can only bo sent east Irom New Orloana, Hatohei, Vicksburg, Jaokson. Memphia Baton Rougue or Mobile, or to those points from Virginia, North or South Carolina or Georgia, over the Memphis and Charleston roail, the onlj railroad line now connecting tho East and West of tho rebellion. Let the toad bo onco broken and tho Southern Confederacy is cut in two as effectually asifnChinese will were built between 'be Gulf o"d tho seaboard Stives Bonurecnrd, thon is engaged in do fending the last connection line ?( dc feiHO the rebels can possibly ndopt. l>e feat him here, and the war throughput Iho Gull.States can only bo a series ot isolated struggles, the and of whioh no prophet is needed to foroioll. He has telected the most important pointy along iho road for his main stand. West of Corinth is tho Graud Junction, pherc ihu New Orleans brunch 6f the Mobile ind Ohio intersects the Memphis and Charleston. If defeated at Corinth, he may endeavor to make a final gland al [^rand Junction. L'"0 lh?1.' '"Td hc ~aS given us the key lo Memphis, ^*ew Ur icaus and Mobile. NfysrlS fdlow-who- lifts evidently been Mriied away with tho exercisc, thus nves his oxporieuJc in skating with the ?.. ' "Talkof a warm parlor,sod lofe,limpid lonscnse, gcnllo squeezes, knotty sighs, jashlul eyes, shakes and tremors, dying imbers,midnight hours, artificial flow ?m?all compatcd to an ico parlor, for ?ourting purposes Had place lor lovers s tho ice. The lady employs you to !diusi her skates, hold in itie right post ion, and stand ready with open arms as hey fall. Ju*l slop and think u moment, l'hink ol fooling uyvay about an hour about the pretty foot that belongs to the irctiy eyes p;eping out from tho werm 10nd. Think how nico it is of a bn -.hi noonlight night, piping cold, to nee ihat prelty one fur out /row two croud, (villi an arm around her waUt io kcip ,er Irom falling, and the gentle imtion )Q skates fairly intoxicating you with ,-uro than heavenly rapture. Go wav ivith your parlor courting, where '.ie house clock must be inuflled, and w the old folks fill keep both ears opr.r, ,j catch advaf.ee darts of Cupid, the stolen kiss Givo us tho u;c, tue bracing mr, and'the embracing arm to guard Irom danger^ Ah pipes cold oulsulo, so burns iho lQve within. Away with the noisy crowd, with no.-e but the myriad eyes ol Godto look down and awib npproval, who would not do their courting on the Ice"" ^ A letter from Baltimore, to the New York Evening Post, relstes the follow ^Tlie farmers and traders of Loudon and the other counties in Virginia re esntlf conquered (rom the robots bv the National arms, are beginning to their apppearnnco in Baltimore and Washington, with considerable amounts of coin and Bank notes, jvhich they l^d buried at the outbreak of tho insurrec tion, forth# purpose of laying in sup plies and goods. One man had 98,000, another 83,000, nnd so on, all of which love evidence ol the esrlhly receptacle to whioh they had been eommittcd (or sale keeping against tho unholy hands of the rebel thieves and depredntors. The Foits Above Memphis. The namo ol tho fortifications of the rebels this side of Memphis are: First, Fort Fillow, named niter tho rebel Gen eral. Second, Fort Wright, M Ran dolph, named afier Lieutenant-Colonel Marcus J. Wright, of Colonel Pieston Smith's 154th Tennessee Rfgiment, (number denved from number of district under Tennessee militia law,) who first commanded al that point, going there about ono year ego, with four of the Memphis crack companies, since wlucli timo the fortifications have been in pro gress. Third, Fort Harris, six miles abovo Memphis, named liter >'t <<over nor Ishaui (?? Haiia-*, ot I * uij?-?-s< . From Ucrkely. W? lenrn from a letter writlon to the Baltimore Clipper from Mariintburg, under duo of April 10, that an attempt to enforce the laws ol the Kcbsl Govern ment took place there. It says: "A littlo episode in the history of the i Reb, lion transpired her.- yesterday, | irhicii wastho daio tiled by both the former >ud Robol Constitutions ior tho ! convening of the court of Berkely coun- ( ty. At tli' ?ppoint#d hour, the sherill i under the rebel rogiiue, entered ilia curt liouse and was about 10 rin.i? tho boll, summoning tho late ro'iol judge, John B. ?Nadcnbush, to his seal, when Thomas Noakes. :i well-known loyal eltixen; *?!? ted tb't nheriff by tho arm, emphatically ?notified htm that "no rebel coin ihould hcrcn.lor cuu^eno in Bufv'1.' <j>unl)' , without passing over his di id Udy." i The ihcrlffdesiited, and the r> beI court did not convene. Subsequently, by per mission anil under direction of Major C. M, Walker, Tenth Maine Volunteers, Provost Marshal of the town, tljico JJn-, ion magistrates wera selucted bv the j loyal oitizens an l held the couil. Som" I ofticiaI business was transacted, court end county officers appointed, and the Court adjourned until the nest tern) with out ordering tiny olection, but?\v?? itin55 the action of tho Constitutional Stnto 1 sutboritioi in the promistn." Governor i'ierpoiiit ought to lake the necessary step toorganiie a court in Ber kely an soon as possible. Every motion giving evidence of rosusoitntioti of the Letcher dynasty should be watched with oxtrenie ca/o a#d checked as syim ?i. seen. A 1*1 ut Dutuctci! in Nttuhvillc TliO NashvHlo correspondent of the | Cincinnati Gazette,, writing on the Hth inst,. says' "Late Saturday evening ono James T. Boll, a Scotchman, who was the local oilitor and ono o( the proprietors ol the Nashville Daily Gazette, was arrested in this cliy and convoyed by the pro vost guard to the penitentialy. for ?e dilioos lansuaco and probablo connoc tion with midnight conspiracy. H'ho 1 fact which led to his arrest, was that I ho npproacho.l a man whoso sentiments ho bad misapprehended, nnd infoimod confidctially that at midnight Saturday, the city hollo would bj run:/as n sigual end the last Union man 'cleaned out.'? rje is one of the City Counsii who refu sed to take tho oath of allegiance by the udvico of W, K. Cooper Ksi|. "Though tho man is light material, and would hardly be entrusted with tho (loop secrets of a serious conspiracy, the Provost Marshall did well in putting out on ejf'.ra guard, and patrolling tho streets with cavalry and infantry all night.? Men wero not permitted on any pretext to assemble in groups or on tho slicels. it is not impossible, ther^ wns more im port in B ll's language than our citizens who know !.im are willing to believe.? Straws may show the current of the <vin>l. Certainly, if the secessionists of Nashville had not entered into tho alro ?cious conspiracy I10 devulgeil it was only for lack J coo rags and not because they had not the will "An insurrection of traitors ip flash villo would have a most hepjlthful influ j once. It would bring on somo of thai just severity, for want of which our po ie.l atmosphere is breeding pat ience. Ir tho disposition to speak wall of oth ers was universally prevalent, tho world v/ould beenmo a comparative Parp|lise. The 0 | "d!*j the Pandora's box, which 1 when open- , fills e-.orv bouse and eve ry neighborhood i<'; 1 ia ' sorrow, ilowniuch heppiness .s internpted end destrovodl EnVy jealousy an.l malig nant spirit ol evil, when tbi>? '? vent by the lids, go forth on llioir mission like foul fiends, to blast the reputation and poaco of others. Every one has his im perfections and in the conduct ol the best there will bo occasional faults that might seem to jostify animadvrston. (t is n gooi rule however, whon there i, occasion for fault findin? to do it pri- . vatoly to tho erring one, Ihu may prove salutary. It i" a proof of interest 10 the individual, which will he taken kindly, if tho manner of doing it is not offensive. The common and uuonrtfUao rule, on the contrary, is t" proclaim tho f?hn?s ot others to all hut tlnmselves. Thills un christian and shows a despicable heart. ? Tho Beauties Around us . What is the use of calling the world a wilderness?a desort dark and drear!? Is the world dreary or is it but the reflec tion ol onr gloomy feelings 1 When all ii sunshine and joy within, we csn read poetry on every page of Naturo'i arand volume. And would it not bo well ol wars to cull sweets Irotn the flowers that spring up all along the pathway-to see beauty in everything?111 the g aud old pinos waving their mijestio hesdl to and fro making solemn music for the esr, in the glassy smoothness of the summer i stream, and its flowing -lotted banks, in ,l,0 pr.tirio Htretohing as for as the light ran reach, ill the gioill bcO'ttth seems ;i? one Bridge at Harper's Ferry. Wo hear that tlio designers and engi neers oftlio Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will, during the present month, com mence the erection of the superb iron bridge over the l'otomso at Harper's Ferry. The structure i? to be a highly ornamental as well m a permanent pat tern, costing, It ia llftlml, 8250,000.? The piers of the present ?tructxiro are to be raised live fact, far above any danger from any lutuM freshets. Mr. Quiocy, constiuoiivo engineer of the company, will superintend the erection or the bridge, which has been designed and nearly completed by Mr. Bollman, the well known bridge arohitoot aid builder of Baltimore. A llMosmNur Htm.,?The lone of moat of the letters published at Island 10 ia exceedingly despondent, indicating groat demoralization in the robel ranks. Ono of them, apparently from an officer, and adilresned to tho Hon. A. M. Gen try, of Texas, is thus prefaced: "For obvious reasons, 1 do not sign my name lo this loiter; but you will know at once whom it ia fr im.'' The rcasona are rendered "obvious', by the following paragraph: "1 tell you, Colonel, that there ia no use of farther resistance.? Wo hnyo neither the means nor the raoa tocarrv on the war. My regiment hat not been paid a cent for five months, and 1, who, as you know, am worth in ordi nary times a hundred thousand dollars, am obliged lo borrow the prico of postage upon this letter. flow cm men be ex ported to fight under su. h ciroumsian re*. . 4 ScvKMAt, of the seeesbcrs who are now oonliuetl at Camp Itnujlaa ss pris onersof wiir are growine impatient tail have petitioned Culnnol Mulligan to af fect their relo.?fj>. They say they were impressed inio ihesaivico and their com pany was originally organised for home defence in Memphis. The petition eon eludes thu?: "vVewiahto lie liberated from captivily by honorable means.? Our lanjdllcii are dependinu upon ua for their support. We Brc willing, with tho honost brail and pure motives, to take the oath of allegiance to iho United Slates, givini all wo ran give, our words of honor as mon, to truly and fiiihfully maintain our oaths." I,et usChII Things by Rliflil Names. In speaking of iho Union troops I ob serve thai many papers in this country and in Europe denominate them '.IIM. Federals." Thia Is not correct?they ere not "Federals,"because our Government is notf "fcJemtioo," "confodetralion,*'or "oonfedi racy," but a N'ntionaJ Govern ment. We aro a nation, and have been ovrr since wo abandoned our old "Con federation" and established a National Go ornment. The Southern troops are generally designated as "Confederates." No^r, as wo do no*, recognize their right of power lo aoperato themselves from tho Northern and Western Slatos and form ft Confederacy, and as they are logally nothing more or less thsn rebels or insurgents why not thus chractoriie ibem whenever we have oeoasion to spouk of them? Why not call things nnd men by their right names ? Depend upon it there is much in a nnme. Let the two bj designated as "national troops" end rebels. N. S, 1'iriiiC (he Xoitar*. The operations of firing the mortars, is interesting. The charge is from fif teen to twenty-two pounds. The shell woighs 230 pounds, ettd is thirteen inch es in diameter. For a family illustra tion, i I is the size of a large soup plate, Tho boni is moored alongside shore, so aa to withstand the shock firmly, and tho men go ashore, when the mortar ia to he fired. A pull of the el/ing does lbs pork, and the whole vicinity is shaken with the ooncussiou. l'be report is deaf euing, and the most enthusiastic person gets enough of it with ono or two dis charges. There is no sound from the shell at this poiol of observation, and no indication oltho course it is lakiug; but in a fow seconds, the attoutive observer with a good ^lass, will see the cloud of smoke thai follows its explosion, end then the report uouies baok with a dull boom. 1( ii has done ciecution the ene my may bu seen carrying off (heir dead and wounded.?[Scientific American. The treason law passed at the last session of tho Maryland Legislature wont into operation on Tuesday. It punishos wiili death or with from sis to twenty yours' imprisonment all who levy war against the State, adhere or give oomfort to Its onomios, and fines all per sons furnishing rebels with withgoode, or sny asaialnnee, raise enlistments for tlio rebel army or display Seoession flags. Slakdir?Against slsnder there it no defense. Hell oannot boast of suoh afoul Send, nor man deplore so foul a foe. 11 stabs with a smile. It ia a pos tilenoo walking in daikness, spreading contagion far and wide, whieh the most weary traveler oannot avoid, it is tht poisoned arrow whose wound is incura ble. It is ns fatal m the most deadly , asp?nur der is its emplopment, iftBV .?liey its preyi ?nd juin it' sjiuft