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NEW SERIES.

get with great accuracy but as the gunner
has large family dependent on him for
support, he refused to apply the match. =
The government was satisfied without firing
and ordered six of the guns at million of
dollars piece. The guns to be furnished
in time for our next war;
The last weapon subject to trial was a
mountain howitzer of new pattern. The
inventor exclaimed that its great advantage
was that it required no powder. In battle
it is placed on the top of a high mountain
and a ball slipped loosely into it. AS the
enemy. passes the footof the mountain, the
gunnerM aharge tips OVER the howitzer and
the ball rolls down the side of the mount
ain into the midst Of the doomed foe. The
range of til is terrible weapon depends
greatly on the height Of the mountain and
the distance to its base. The government
ordered forty of these mountain howitzers
at hundred thousand dollars apiece, to be
planted on the first mountains discovered
in the enemy's country.
These are great times for gunsmiths, my
boy; and if you find any old cannon around
the shops, just send them along.
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1.-THE SITUATT0Nn y

! We are told that there is to be another "cbanre
of base, but VIC are not clearly informed wheth-
er this change is voluntary or compulsory, on
| whether for the better or the worse Tile INTEL
lggence from Washington is net vegy sasisfacto-
r'y.. Things seem somewhat naagllIed and mix
ed. The only clear and well defined point is
thai "Kichmond is to be taken in ten days p
-Bulyl tits believed that the s.backbone of
| the rebellion will be broken" andthe whole reb-
! el army ss'baggcP several days before Christ
| mas At ;s-I
Our government is pursuing a '.mo;e viger-
ous policy" again. ''Action'' is now the word.
Oil Abe'is aroused-lie has not told rail-spiit-
ting nor sce-splitting anecdote for several days
there has not been Il dance at the ENilite
House for a week, nor any new jimcraeks
( bought for the mantel piece. Things are look
fing comparatively solemn around that building,
indicating that the great heal Of the nation is
seriously engaged in the work of sspatting down
the rebellon!' Dana, one of the editors of
the New York Tribune, is about to be appointed
Assistant Secretary of War, Fremont has be-
spoken new suit of warlikc apparel and jeff.
Davis is supposedt be wiitingtliis will There's
lively work on hand, which may provc6eadly
work to many, aS,usual. rt.E .-r & ~ ssaG
The army, is 'swiId with enthnsiasm." Colec-
tor Thomas is in Washinston-so is Cameron.
a.iaI tf...-A;Ifs lhas heen ni,i,ninfad Gnyernor
of Texas, and will hold his office on a gunboaf
in Matagerda Bay; the PRESIDENT has presented
brace of pistols to the Kings of Denmark and
Sweden all government stores haye been re-
moved rs far in the advance toward Richmond
as Alexandria; a general retrograIe movement
of our army is being made sStonewals Jaeke
son is AsH out IN tie coldi tpoor fellowl) ssleaf-
ly thousand officers are now absent from fIta-f
ty, ",cittom 6ace,v and ProvostrMarshal has
been sent after all Of them; the loan has been
taken, the people being perfectly willing to trade
one denomination of Chases paper for another
anything for change p the rebels, though
given to dissipation, have notyct 'gotthe rams"
and everything looks favorable for The speedy,
squelching of the rebellion and the emanc;par
ton of the slaves. 'Will Mr. Birgefeld plcase
Strike up our Grand National HymnA'J ohm {
Browns body lies Wondering in the grave, but
his soul is marching on f"-( -(FoRNEY)-Eseis-..
mg Journal.
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REPUBLICAN DIsLoYALTYs

| The New York lFo4d of Saturday, in an ed
itorial bearing the above heading, sares
Having taken time to digest tie -
turns and reflect matnrely on thd result, the
Tribune came out yesterday in a long leader, OBJ
viously the spirit Of that Journal for the last -
eighteen years, in which it paves the way for
resuming its former advocacy of disunion.---
We copy characteristic paragraph: ssrsno
SIS it possible not to see that it is the rule
with the Northern Democracy to hold out a.
gainst any demand of the slave power. no nat
ter how outrageous, only until it is pressed witlr.
menace, and then to give way to igYlf Hence
we favored, in the infancy of secession, the poll
icy of letting the Cotton States go, it'should
appear that their people really desired TO cut
loose from the Union. We felt then that the
Northern Democrats would, pursQanf tdE <he.rsl
nvctcrate habit, really take the part Of the
slave power in any contest that it ghtsinau-,
gurate or provoke with the Union---tlaat the
combination would prove too powerful TO be
conquered---and that it would be better to let
the Cotton States elopt, leaving no more ene-
mics on hand than we could successfully deal si
with. We believed then, as we realize now,
that events would fully justify our recommcn-
dation.''A = e'''''
4, The World thcnaills:' seoaiiaaapeaa = sno4i'
Such is the Republican scheme for the imme- "a
diate future; such the work laid out forahe
short session of Congress ending on the In of .
March. Meanwhile, the emancipation policy
is to be urged in the manner the most offensive
and exasperating to the Southern States, thus :
excluding all possibility Of their return until
this gigantic piece of political ser1ymandering
has been tried IF lit miscaflies, tie willbe
known blythe 4th of March, when the Kepob-
icans will retain control only Of the Presidentssa
and Scnate-.hat is to say, Of the treatysp,a- Nc
king power, They. will theh become the bold. =,
advocates of separation; they Will declare their
epugimne'e 10 "a government partner ~
ship with slaseheldsrs. Finding tlhtthcy hases "
nolepsqr any chancese Of ruling The rsstpred Hs.sss
nidh they viii consent to its division as a meapsl
of reddcing the othcrwise Overwhelming .afti- J.
iofidsss s4sepubcan Presi-.. .'s \
lera wilinegotiateand aakepubliearfSena rstt ~
fy p treaty ofGpsasa, andssnprs an ssthzlAre -
rope of rescuing their party from final exfinc-
ion and its leaders from political death which
would know no resurrection"
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their studies, thus securing the confidence:ani
respect of the entire school %4

their studies, thus securing the conidence;and
respect of the entire school. ss9
Fourthly, there would be less disposition to go
from one school to another on theIpafto of teach-.
els, and less disposition to have change on
the part, OF thepcople. This constant chang
ing OF teachers every term, one Of the great
hlndrances to the progress and success of our
schools. And why so much changing Of teach
ers! 1t has It's origin, in a great meastrre, in
the deficeQeies Of the teachers They fail to
maintain the confidence and esteem Of their
schools; and too often this is because impossi-
biities are required af their hands.
Lastly, we would hear less complaints about
this thing of buying new.booiss. Then the es-
tablished series might be permanent forsyears
and the same books carefully used would serve
IN turn for the younger members of the fiTlily
and thus much money might be saved, wlich,
after all, isthe sanmu2, Jonumwith most people,
m these days.
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= Government Contracts for Cannon.

"A rare specimen Of rich satirical humor
via be Observed in the following extracts
from rlettef from O. G. Kerr, Esq, pub
Ls5eIin tle N. Y. Sunday Me,vuty: "
BY, invitation OF well known official l
visited the, Navy Yard yesterday, and wit
nossedithea triad of some newly invented
riAed cannon The trial was of short du-
ratioa,' and the jury brought in q verdict Of
innocent Of any intentto kill" e
The first gun tried was similar to those
used in the Revolutions except that it had
large teuehhele and the carriage was paint
edgreen instead Of blue. This novel and
ingenious weapon was pointed at a target
about sixty yards distant. 1t didn't hit it
and as nobody saw any ball, there was much
perpleSiiy expressed. A midshipman did
Say, that he thought the ball must have run
out of the touchho!c when they loaded up,
for which he was instantly expelled from
the.serxiee. Aftcr-a long search without
finding the ball, thereEwas some thought of
summoning the Naval Retiring Board to,
decide on The matter when somebody hap
pened to look into the mouth of the cam
non, and discovered that the bah had not
went out at all. The inventor said this
would happen sometimes, especially, it you
did not put a. brick over the touchhole when
you fred the gun. The government was
30 pleased with this. explanation that it Or
dered forty guns ON the spot, at two hun
dred thousand dollarsia piece. hoThe guns
to be furnishedas soonas the war is over.
The next weapon tried was 'Jihk's double
back action revolving cannon for ferry boats.
1t consists Of a heavy bronze tube, revolS-
ing on pivot, with both ends open, and "a
touchhole in the middle while one gun
ner puts a load in at one end, another one
puts in load at the other end, one touch
hole serving, for both. Upon applying the
match the gun is whirled swiftly around on
pivot, and both balls fly out in, circles,
causingsgreat fslaugghser. on heta,eidsa--
This terrible engine was aimed at the tar
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STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.

The Chicago Times, indignant at the ef-
forts of the Abolitionists to appropriate any
share Of Judge Douglas fame TO advance
their vile purpose, revives the following,
which took place in the Senate OF the Uni-
ted States on the Goth OF March, 1861.
The Republicans had just passed terrific
rial bills, which contained Judge Douglas
great principle Of popular sovereignty, lsince
Repealed howe9er) when the Judge referred
lin playful manner, as follows to the pre-
yious Presidential campaign. Said he:
s.That is a very good policy-a much
wiser and better one than / had expected
or hoped for from Republican administra-
ton. 4 L do not know that l should have
made as great efforts to defeat them, if [
had thought they would have acted with as
much wisdom and patriotism.
ssMr. Clarke-Yo ou did not defeat them.
''Mr. Douglas-No; nor would have
made as great efforts 10 defeat them.
sFMr. Clarke-you did us no harm.
''Mr. Dougas--If | did not defeat you
it was not my fault. | used my best efforts
to do it. =
':Nlr. Clarkc--You could not quite come
it.
''1Ir. Douglas 81 could not quite come
it, and you see the consequence. Seven
States are oH Of the U1aioo, cir1 4oar IS
impending O0er yOu, commerce is interrupt
ted, confidence destroyed, tile country as
gotag 10 pieces just BECAUSE COULD NOT
DFpE ,p YOIr No man i'm America believes
these consequences would have resulted II
| had been successful in my efforts to de-
feat you. You can boast that you have
defeated me, but y0~ haoe defeated yo,"
coaatfy acith me. You can boast that you
have tri,mphcd over me, but you ha0e .t,7-
upnphed ooer tile unity Of these StateS.
Your TRIUMPH HAS BROUGHT DlSUNi0N,
and God only knows what consequences may
grow out of it. no
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2 sflett ipuetrau.

a.. sss{-isf ~ hlLAl fppfll h..l
zen e :. 'IlsE. a ORA FaIEba WIDE AWAKE.
~ b-LRgssa glQiQns aNYide-Awake, t'elf
AN marching in row; .aei sn rEi
Apdswore,a shipyoil cloth cape, s.,
''~''' Ebout two years ago.
Our torches fared with turpentine,
'1api9 And filed the streets with smoke;
~ fAndawc were sure, whate'er might come,
satsz Secession was joke.
Sl7l'siiASO,G if L then had only dreamed
"i I'4i1o9si The things that now know,
saias.a'l nc'er had been a Wide-Awake
About two years ago. :.
said the South would never dare
Tostrikc, single blows, .rlA
thought that they were towards then
a.i y About two years ago. in el.mrG
go Andsso marched behind a rail-.
Hste Armed with awedge and maui;
With honest Abe upon flag, si5s.I
si "a boatman gaunt and tall.
"a af @, if Ithen had only dreamed '
asey SsE The, things hich now know,
| ne'er had bedsxn Wide Awake
About two years ago.
..su;I nSsHo1 s!s 3 sagspesec' "-"E
"a MyEwork was good my wages high,
's.S And bread, and coal were low:
~ The silver jmgled in my purse llfrata
al Aboutstwo years ago. slEl3 a.i Hu.u7t.i-
e. In peace my wife and children dwelt,
49,, Happy the live-long day, iaa g..sc
.f And war was but the fearful curse
s,.,eb0f countries far away - rlis,-s.
O, if then had only dreamed e'S
.- -; .,t The things which now l know, z
~. ,,,;, ,nc'er had been Wde-Awakea 3 s
-sod 4. no About two years ago. 20 .rinaf
.,,a.a sis s7e;lssi / .t.s sfa ,aUi 81 tfiH.J
=, My wife sits pale and weeping now, aia'n1,
My children crying low; % i-s t1
., I did not think to so to war 'at sdt
About-tw years ago. r .se
And no one now will earn their food, uor
. y 10 one will bo their sheld n L.s
n, LtJl help them when lie i'll death
.,., Upon the bloody field ,.i.s,1..< .< a
..,, O, il. l then hal only dreamed
The things which now know,
Il nc,er had been q Wide-Awake
~. 4, ti.About. two years ago. ...'
One, brothers bones half. buried lie Il
Near the Antietam's aowjE 7l 5,,s-1
He was a merry, happy lad u.
- About tw 20 years ago, .a asa .ar1era
And where the Chickahoniny
Moves slow towards the sea, sf
- Was left anothers wasted corpse
-, an tha last of three. r.la g
R o, if j then had only dreamed
The things which now | know,
nc'er had been Wide-Awake
r1 About two years ago.
lust now l saw my torch and capo,
Which once made such a show; ...I
They are not now what once they seemed
-. About two years ago. - en.' suI
I thought carried freedoms light
e In that smoky, flaming brand
I've learned i bore distinctions torch
= That wedge has split the land. =
ST o., if ! then had only dreamed r,t
Il. ssd The things which now know,1 ro
-. / ne'er had been Widc-Awake
80 \; About two years ago. aa5.a gsie4H-
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q be 5tb 90 M a ster Abroao.
EDITED By SIMON 7sYNTAx, ESQ,

Gy-Teachers and friends of education are respect t
fully requested to send commune atons to the above
care of "Bsdfo,G Gazette.' 4e5e4.r afai "
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eg-The Irish definition Of an open coun-
tenance is not bad one: "A mouth from
ear to ear. fif evuu r9oi4 ~ siA l' ~
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Coon GROUND FOR EXEMrTIoN.--1 Il
Scene IN Saye0n Hal5er's 0ttce. -''Doctor,
if the foot won't answer, | have another all
sufficient rcason--one that you cannot re-
refuse me exemption for" aat re
le ssWhat is it?n asked the DOCTOR" "l7'q
d "Why the fact is, have not got good
scnsc-I am an idiot" soberly replied the
applicant. ..,'..l = ..o..a. e.;5.,s
10 "Ah.." said the doctor, ''what proofhaye
You of that? What evidence can you bring?
ssProof conclusive, said the applicant.
"Nhv, sir, .Lyoted for Abe Lincoln; and
if that isn't proof of a mans being an idl-
OF, Tdon't know how idiocy could be pro-
ven..n-V Vd,adalta Dem0crdt. ''.1'''i '''s' ....'
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ADVANTAGES OF WoMEN.-A woman
says what she chooses without being knock
ed down for it. 75A I' 'f e-.
She can take a snooze after dinner while
her husband goes to work. q. @a1J
She can go, into the street without being
asked to ''stand treat at every saloon.
She can paint her face if it be too pale
and powder it if too red.
She can stay at home in the time OF war
and get married again if her husband be
killed. -..
She can wear corsets il. too thick-othcr
fxins if too thin. s,a1 l,,i
She can get divorced from her husband
whenever she sees one she likes better.
She can get her husband in debta over.
until he warns the public not to trust her on
his account. 5 That's so. '1s.. .''.
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e57'Caugl1t in her own Inet,a 1.-THE. man
said miefl he sasroueof atlfs faiisevhitehH
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TOU, this many Of our subscribers can
say; then why not open your, CO so gain
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-01-24
JNTY. OHIO. FRIDAY, JANUARY "a, 1862,
Saddening Words.

There are many ouphonious words in tho
English language--moro perhaps than in
any other modern tongue, except tho Italian
of which the sound is so harmonious with
the sense, that they charm at once the ear
and the heart. The voca! body. so TO speak.
with which .ho sentiment Is clothed, seems
as appropriate to it as lovely countonance
to tho possossor of a beautiful mind. Home.
Love, Slumbor, Caross, Welcome. belong to
this category; but Il is in certain pathetic
expressions that tho agreement of sound
and sentiment strikes US most perfect. Poo
SAID that Novermoro s tho most mournful of
all words; Byron gave tho same molancholy
porminonco to Farewell and DR.. johnson
thought that of all phrases ''The last" was
the most touching Tho last look--the last
sigh-the last OF earth--thoso are certainly
solemn and affecting uuorapccs; but wo
think. with lato writer, that there is more
roal pathos in tho word Como, than in any
Other n tho language. TO uso Spanish
or rather Moorish metaphor It s "tuil of
tears. How il appals tho sense and desc.
latos tho heart OF tho weeping watcher when
spoken. ever so softly, in tho chamber of
death Gonel 1t cuts off all hope. 1t
Vibra os on the air like the tone of "a passing
bell. Gone-forevor What four sylabIes
in any language comprehend so much of
mystery aud dosOlation and woe? Gone /!
says tho lone mother, when tho dark angel
has borne away tho last lamb of hur flock.
land | am left a;ono--alone !"-Gone
shrieks the distracted widow, as she reads
the name of her hearts idol on tho death.
scroll of war. "Oh husband, that | had
died with thee |" Gone sobs tho strong
man, as no tottors weak as an infnut from
tho solemn room where tho wifo of his
bosom lies cold aud pnlseless. An, il 10 u
word OF sorrow, even whom spoken of tho
absent who may return; but, as applied to
the unreturning dead. there is no elaborate
sentence that was over carved on tomb or
monument so full of pathos. Yot thoro is
connection IN which it lmparts consolation
to the beroaved. II We can say trustfully
of those who have left us--"Gone, como 10
tho Summer Land" and believe that We
shall meet them wbero there are no more
partings, aud tho language OF sorrow is
unknown, we shall not refuse to bo com.
tortcd, "because they are not We are
immortal-the body only which Is of tho
earth, perishes when it can no longer sub
serve tho purposes of tho soul, it fails off
aud lets the real being into the higher
roalms of life aud love and wisdom. un:m.
pedoi in its holy aspirations. Whom faith.
based on knowledge in heaven, aud i'm.
mortality becomes universal among man.
kind, as it may in coming ages, then there
will DO mo doath," in tho present meaning
of that torn, but translation from tho
lower life, the infancy of tho soul, 10 the
higher platform OF angels.
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Southern Literature.

From the Richmond Dispatch we clip the
following specimen of rebel literature:
A judicial blindness seemed to have
seized upon the who'e Yankee nation. Lin.
coin, their chosen President, hardened his
heart. like Pharaoh, and would not let the
people go. Instead OF yielding to the sug-
gestions of prudence and moderation, he
adopted measures of savage violence, which
absolutely drove Virginia and every other
Southern State out OF the old coutederacy
and forced them TO tako up arms in defence
of their rights and liberties. Instead of
being warned by the solemn attitude OF the
border States, the whole Yankee population
was excited to such pitch OF frenzy as had
never been heard of outside a Iunatic
asylum. We believe the day will como when
the Yankees will read tho accounts of
their horrible menaces against the purity of
the Southern tousehold and the lives and
honor of Southern men az the beginning of
this war, aud confess that thoy we're staring
mad. raving Bedlamiles, and fit only for
straight jackets aud a mad house. Yet this
is the people who have always held them
selves up as tho incarnation of pure reason,
and have affected TO look down from their
iceberg elevation upon the sunny South as a
race of impuIsye. passionate beings, who
were mere children in comparison with the
wiso. rational, self restraining philosophers
OF New England.
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Desolation Of Judea.

AS l travelled IRON Jaifa TO Jerusalem.
over as fine soil as could be found any W here,
did not see 30 much as one blade of grass.
though looked for It AS one would search
tor diamond. This is to me very strange.
for know that in England, grass will grow
where nothing else will but hero, neither
among the fiue stubble fields, nor even along
the road side, where no plough comes, was
to be found SO much as what might with
strict propriety be called blade of grass
This is something very astonishing. Not
having seen this ever taken notice of in
books of travel that have read, | cannot
help thinking that surely mCst be the
first English farmer who has paid visit to
this land. Upon my arrival 10 Jerusalem,
aad porceylng that all the milk that was
brought into the city IN one day, for about
twenty four inhaGItants, did not exceed ten
or twelve quarts; and that even that smalI
quantity was goats mix we'll watered and
whom l could fud no honey, but a small
piece which bad the pleasure of tastlEg.
while taking toa with the bishops chaplain ;
| could not but exclaim, how completely
have G IDS Judgments been executed in this
devoted land And most clearly did |
perceive that the natural cause of all this
evil WAS the absence of seasonabe rain.
Rain which waters the earth and blesses il
with fertility, God has withheld, and thus
brought all these evils. and many more,
which need not stay now TO enumerate,
upon tho land which once flowed with milk
and honey. - Lolrthidn.
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A Remarkable Incident.

Some time ago, a private IN the Nine
teenth Indiana Regiment was tried by
court martial for deserving bis post, and
found guilty, tho penalty of which is death.
His execution was deferred tor some time.
aud ho was kept III u painful state of sus.
pense. At last tho time Was fixed for his
execution. aud five regiments woro drawn
in line to witness it, wbilo file of twelyu
men were in advance to execute the son =.
tence of death by shooting hrn. The pris
oner was led forward, blindfolded. and the
usual words Of preparation aud command
were given in low, measured tono by the
officer in command. During the interval
between tho command, Take aim" and
fire., and before the last was given, horse
man rodo rapidly up tho road, waving in
the air paper, which was understood by all
present to DO a reprieve. Covered with dust
and perspiration, tho officer rode directly
up to the officer in comm and and delivered
to bIm what really proved to be a reprleve,
Tho shout "reprievo" fell upon the poor
soldiers car. which was strained TO the ut
most in anticipation Of hearing the last and
final word that was TO usher his soul into
the presence of his Creator; it was too
much for him, and he fell back upon his
coffin, apparently dosd.
Tho bandage was removed from bis eyos.
but reason had taken its fight, aud ho DO
came a hopeless maniac. lle was discharged
from the army and sent homo to his friends.
His death had really mover been intended.
but it was deemod necessary for the good
order and discipline of the army to make
an impression upon not only himself but
the whole brigade; for that purpose the
forms of tho execution were regularly gono
through with, in the presence OF fivo regi,
ments, and the reprieve arrived in good time,
as It was intended, IL was thought by this
means to solemnly impress upon the whole
assemblago of soldiers the necessity of a
strict observance of duty aud obedience,
under the penalty of an ignominious death.
1t was fearful! ordeal for tho deserter. but
il was certainly better than to have com.
pleted tho tragedy by sending his soul to
that bourne from which no traveller re-
turns"