The Milton Chronicle from Milton, North Carolina • Page 1

i.i il. iil i.il.n.ii.H t.i vJliinJiiiv: iJ c-i JI( JijijBa uUp Yon r.w Geography and Astron 1 omy may teach ua their lessons, but shall never cease to speak of Heaven as The mother who comes home to her empty, cradle, and picks up the tiny shoes) weeps, but amid her tears looks aloft and says "My baby is up ypnder?" As she sees the tears which shine so purely and, softly in the blue dome, she thinks of bright eves which look out from far be his memory will bring tears to the eye of the brave, and nerve every bosom to a resistance rendered doubly a duty by the example of such' patriots as General Early. P. S. We are delighted to state that Gen.

wound though painful, is not mortal. He is now in this city. In the fight of Monday he recei ved a Minie ball in the left shoulder, which, crusVingagainit the bone, was deflected, arid, traversing his back, was taken out from under his rigkt shoulder! He speaks; with enthusiasm of thti splendid conduct of the Twenty-fourth Virginia and the Fifth North Whig. der to form a faint Idea of the moral degradation of "Having tome leisure times, amiise myself reading the letters to and from our I Yankee foes, whiQh were picked up on the battle field of Shiloh and from the various postoffice8 in their: camps I was astonished and disgusted at their indecency. Not only some were disgusting, but tho majority were so.

It is the only, opportunity, we have ever had of obtaining complete insight into morals of tho Northern peoplei Southerners will never know their' depravity as exhibited iti these letters, because they are expressed in language so filthy as to forbid their publication. There were many letters' feund written by Yankee soldiers to their owii families so that oiir roughest soldiers refused to read them aloud to their comrades-, and justofsuon characters; i yonu mem- oaoy eyes, yei Dngni wua fimmortality HOPE OP HEAVEN, I 0 there is naught upon this earth of our! 1 The restless longings of the soul to fill We pant for fairer fields and fresher flowers ''7 For purer fountain's ML Our drooping souls, like captive eagles, pine To breathe, once more, their native atmosphere To soar aboye the cloud, where sunbeams shine And shadows disappear. Tor what are all the rosy, dazzling dreams The glowing hopes and fleeting joys of earth, Its fading smiles its evanescent gleams; Of happiness and mirth? Faint, glimmering moonbeams falling on a pall, i Or lighting up the pathway to the tomb- Wild that blossom on a ruined too, were their letters from home. 'Up says the dying saint and vision of glory gleams before him. He sees the crown the robe, the harp.

He shall then study in heavens own light -shall see unfolded broad pUges upon whicft are inscribed lessons he has long 'sought to learn. He sees an indefinite projgress-iou it that glory, to be revealed. 3 "Up the gasping invalid, 'I shall blessed world! I shall suffer no more. In the pure air of tile sweet fields of Eden 1 shall no more struggle for life. I shall rest." yonder?" said the aged pilgrim as he lifted his trembling hand "Up yonder," and his choked utterence could add no more.

The old, man's thoughts were busy with the past. He had outlived his Confederate Iqss at Shiloh. The Memphis Argus of Thursday, April 24h, gives the following concerning our loses at Shiloh. Our table, giving a list as far as possible of the casualties sustained by the Confederates at Shiloh, to-day takes in 38 regiments of infantry and onecavalry, in which the killed, wounded and missing amounts to 5,759. A sufficientnumberof regiments vet remain unreturned which will proba i bly swell the list to 7,000, We do not think the full official reports will show a greater list of casualties.

Already we have wail" Oast in the gloom! a. I killed out r'ght 927, and wounded 4,471 generation. His early friends had passed away; his lowed wife had gone from his Navy Beans for the Armyr We Would earnestly tecommend the cultivation of this important article offood to the attention of farmers. Now is tho time to plant. It has always ben found to be one of the most convenient, healthy, and nutritious articles for the army and When roasted (which with a simple apparatus for the purpose it can be done and in largo quantities) and ground into meal, it can be made into soup in five minutes.

Being already cooked, is only ne'eessary to cut the pork into thin slices, put in water, into which, when brought to a boil, tne meal is to be stirred it attains the prooer consistency, when the soup is made and ready; for use. The whole process, with a good fire, will not require more than five minutes and will be found to be not only nutritious in the Ingleside; his children-had crossed Jordon, and when he said'Up yonder," he saw by faith where they stand, gathered near the throne and the thought of meeting them so soon was too much, too full of glory. Haik! It is a child's reed-like voice "Up yonder!" "What is np yonder! little "My mother, sir. They laid her body down the grave and the baby Of the latter perhaps one fiftieth have died since the publication of the lists, or will die which will increase the number of killed thus far to about 1,0.17. Of missing there is a list of 361, of whom, of course, the greater poition are either prisoners, 'wounded, er will return unhurt.

Probably very few of there have fallen. Consideringthe immense number wounded, the proportion receiving mortal injuries, ismuch smaller thfiu usual, and assuming the entireiust of casualties to be 7,000, as above "Tta rifit think that the number of Soldiers killed or permanently disabled from Shiloh will much exosed 1,300. Our force upon engaging the enemy on. Sunday could not have exceeded thirty' thousand, and it fousht fresh troops each day. When it is remembered that, after participating in a general eugagement iiom daylight until dark on Sunday, and, without reinforcement or beside her, and since then I am so lonely; highest degree, but exceedingly pleasant to the better than eatina the 1 1 Ha1 hama, sir, jutd ixo on4ovs ae nnuir Kti ftiotr toll md j.

a "1 Ll'Sl raent vw.i lairaeai wiinoui any oiaer accornpanii her spirit is Up yonder," and that I may than bread, which now. constitutes almost al go aud see'her. Sir, will the Saviour let the sole staple of a soldier's food: THk me soon? Poor child cursed be he who 1 earth yields nothing more abundantly and These are the joys of earth; but tell me where i Are its wild sorrows its harassing fear Where are tbe.clouds the shades of dark despair That haunt "this vale of tears?" i i Oh where shall rest be found! A stormy tide- Tsrustung. madly onward to the sea; Immortal spirits down the current-glide Into Eternity. Thrice iiappv he! to whom the change of time And tide may leave one solitary rock j-An Ararat, eternal and sublime, Unshaken by the shock; Jl hope of heaven, whose summit in the skies Tlbei only refuge -of 'a ruined race) i 28m.il ihrouVh tis storm- the swelling defisr A.nd tafladi a resting ould lake from thee thy precious faith! with'less labor and bains to the kusb pains to tne Husband- es turn thy paleface heavenward soon man than this an.

Its cultivation, there- shall be said, "Up "Now the cshild has found her mother; ow the mother finds her ehild." fore, in large most earnestly As this is a matter of the greatest importance, we suggest that the papers generally call the attention of farmers to the hint we have thrown out Richmond Whig: food, our forces held the field another day UP yonder, shall the minister of Jesus airainst a suoenor bodv of fresh troons, nnd the rest towards which he hath poin- and that nearly one-fourth of the entire many an eye, ana xurnea tnc steps or ciiany a wanderer, -yierc snail ne greet those saved throush nis labours. Sweet number ot Uoutederates engagea were either killed or a spectacle of North Carolina Bonds The Fayette-ville Observer, in noticing the high rate at which North Carolina bonds are sell- heroism and valor is presented which 10 Bim tne greeting 01 old mends would do credit to any ae and people. aneis will listen with delight to their rCSt SO I Innr i ttiia itir aavte Vk thad vt vtviAAa" Should we even meet with nothing but 01 eartniy j.ou. nere is tne reverses in future, the sU-rn heroism dis- ofta alluded to in their pulpits Aug iu vuio vA wjf atMj a iuui tuvovuigu a iwo tie re ntyinnr inn nrpQiim ncafitrtA i i I bundance of money which 1 capitalists do played on the bloody field of Shiloh would tae Savour so often preached! Face to be enough to establish Southern prowess ace! Face to face. forever.

Dearreader we send you greeting to-day mm a Liu hop of meeting you "Up yonder." We raj. 1 uccu coiiipciieu pass uiio waters How Newspapers were Issued in the oi strii-we love them not and to speak A With light ffiyon her rosy lip Aad laugJb'ier in her eye, Wbeac aneibe maiden? -Did slie slip, fiuubeasas, from the Steal from the of Paradise, Wheo na oae -else was by i words of seventy, we love not to utter. not Know wnat to do witn in tne present suspension of trade, and the' fact that there is a market for the bonds at the Smugglers buy them at 1 10. -sell them th re at 60 or 70 and wit the proceeds buy goods which they sell at 500 per cent profit. Confederate bonds do not bring so much, for the there is no market for them sell at 97, which is more than U.

-S. Jbonds faring in New York. 'i'- We are tired of it. To-day memory has been calling forms of departed loved ones, and faith has been preaching to hope, and hope has been whispering to us, "Up of 1812. Our venerable bother of the Macon Messenger relates the following: In consequence of the extreme high price of paper, it might not be out of place to remind our juntorcontempotariesof the reports, by the journals of the Western stateaduriag the war of- 1812, when it was scarcely possible to' procure paper or U'kat mirthful song arise, -jU ttSaadioi: like jrr, Rich Whig.

1 'A fbllowinff articres lio ink: Each subscriber provided himself? 1 folL6( fear, as die of hope) VVi JThe baed hunter fihe leaveth me; sloae Co xnoper a piece of cotton cloth of the proper" amount of wealth and intellect allied with the monarchists, is not very largo. wejudgeJ size; carried it to the omce in the day of pupiicawon, wuen ii was prmieu witn jene '-''A. melancholy misaathropel ifu I Many broken down, spavined office hoId-4 When the- tL best quality ot swamp mudr risuu -uixxvx? uuiuctsi aicucinaui it) uiusi 8ubscriber and- his'neighbors had read it, Oeiieral Hurley. the mud was washed and the cloth returned to the printer for? a further in government, who no doubt labor to make (the irnpTession that the wealth and 5 the Among thi immortal namea which, have ci dalized their devotion to freedom by pouring out their blood in its there vestment of news; "All credence may be the news pnteect01 tne country are with them: be girert to the, NorVn Piety -We clip the folio wing i X' fom a letter fbuno! upon of Shiloh as a specimen of the spirit aad li piety of a large jpbftion ef tfac "I would to high Heaven that very traitor tory of the Southl and every one of their sympathizers isLthe wai the clay tbjitihouid owrip lthem walk over, such a field; and shout hurrah? for. liberty justice and right.

i Ihave little 1 patience with some, of our officers in pow- er. Theyar afraid to take hold of and 4 -t choke the monster slavery If: a General would seir slave I I lay my hands on. The4 slaveholders should be shot. I. would rather now be wad ins.

can be none more deserving, the publ ic admiration thaa that of General Jubal A. of the day is, to a Tcliable gentle maa" who has passed through Atlanta, or to a telegraphic despatch. it is a painiui irum 10 oc compeaea to adnit that there are us land men of no inconsiderable ability; who! kre opposed to a republican form of gov ernment, men who wish in their hearts hat we had a king, an -emperor, or ah Lristocfaey fastened upon; us. And the pair embracing these views avo fear is aj jowerlui one. Wealth and intellect are at Cool.

The folio wing incident is re- JSarly. reported ure regret to IPouttded ty General Early possesses noble qualities. jD testing the arts of the demagogue, he hgjofteu to. conciliate political opn.ipi.' Disdaimag xo(surrender a doctrine, fhe has stated his faith the stronger that others seemedr disposed to, yield. lated ofayounConfederate soldier, wounded at Corinth.

A lad of fifteen oi sixteen was badly that to be taken When' he had recov mud and shooting rebela thaa be cooped up .1 their and alas! if. the people do not "a ro us? to a sense of the jeoapardy in jOne of the last to" believe the 'infamy of ereu irom u.e euecis oi ine cnioroiorrn, nej was asked how he felt! VFeeli said first leg has. bothered me nere. oee it you get into fight with those abominable offacouring of God's" earth, take 4gded aim and let every which-ttheir liberties are placed, it may feoon bo too latet" ever since I wasborn. I've had it broken.

twice, and laid in" bed six months with -sprained knee. It has been a dd Yankee Morals. 4-We havebeen furnished; -our euemtes, he was among, the first to devote hiss wor4 andhis bload repel I VVe fear this true, patriot" and gallant soldier has fought -his last fight." fear this genuine Virginian has given hit highest proof of patriotism to the coraaca-Veilth of hir tuthii tn4 outlet you, send irom your nne onng down a rebel. lever neglect your prayers, nor thfe service of Godr Xou will then be prepared foif either life or death, andiear will eays the Mobile Register, with the follow ing, extractot a letter Irom a young man, leg, anynow; car now a wooden one, tad th3 Yankees may shoot at that acvor enier your uiougnxa. la the cavalry service atCoiinth, to his w' wot in xnn ciiy.

win enaoie our rea- vu.