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The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Successes in North Carolina--defeat of the enemy at Newbern — capture of prisoners. (search)
ed the monotony of domestic joys by occasional raids into foreign regions. But now, when the security of the fireside demands a protector "there's no place like home." The perishable glories of the battle-field fade into insignificance compared with the calm fire-light of the hearth. The roar of a cannon has no such attraction for them as the music of the cricket in the corner, and even the midnight wallings of a disconsolate child are sweet music to the unearthly scream of a Hotchkiss or Parrott. They would not give the contents of one oyster shell for all the shells that the army have opened since the beginning of the war. They would rather go to bed rosy and reeling from a hard hit of Bacchus than lose a drop of their sacred claret under the malign influence of Mars. Their patriotism is very much akin to that of an old English preacher for his native island.--In his last moments, his faithful servant, John, endeavored to console him by saying: "Be comforted, my good master, you