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them, 1t u very certain that we cannot
wage war without waging it egasnst soma
bower. It is equally certain that our
s7owed and necessary purpose in the
present contest, Is to destroy the power
With which We are at war. EVen the CON
servati7e talks about " crushing out the
REBELLION" Now with what power are re
sctua1ay at 1aza Is il the seeded 6tates2
then we a1e striving to destroy the
seeded States Is it those who resist the
authori4y of the Union f--then We are
striying to crush out the mass Of the
Southern people; for the mass Of the
Southern people are engaged in the rebel
lion. Is it slavery f-theu we are not try
ing to destroy the Southern people or the |
Southern Safes, but only q barbarous EYE
TEN, which Is at perpetual war With liberty
and civilization, and should be tolerated in !
no Christian nation. But 1t Ia worthy Of
remark that. the pro-slavery man, in his
eagerness to shield his pet iniquity, blindly
gives up the South to destruction; thus at
fonding striking illustration Of q truth
|; spoken thres score years sgo. that the
worst enemy Of the slave States is the
friend Of slavery.
We must fight directly against the slave
power If we would sags from destruction
Whist it Is trying its utmost to destroy. To
fight against any other power Is merely
useless waste II energy. Tha danger Is
not in the strength Of our adversary, but
in the misdiectlon Of our blowa It is not
our trus purpose to extern1inate the people
Of the reyo1ted States, nor to 50 weaken
them that they shan never again be able
to revolt But if re fight on the principle
that they themselves are responsible for
the war, and hold their system innocent.
we shan be compelled, AZ 3 matter Of
justice and safety to ourselves and our
t. posteritY, to deprive them Of the means oi
eFer rebelling again. We shall have to
disarm them, and employ vast military
force to stand guard over them; for if the
slave power is not the cause Of thei'
demonstration, they are innately deprayed
and not ft to be trusted with selfgovern
: ment. Yielding to their whims ant
prejudices will not reform them; we hsv'
J. tried that policy already. Military force vii
4 not reform them, unless it be CONSTANT.
= = present We cannot restore thei
= political power, without also reinyestin
:. them with the power to do harm "
;. dare not again trust them with power
" do harm till their altered temper and ne,
aspirations give full assurance that the
- will not misuse it. Therefore, if we do nj
u u hold slavery responsible for the WET, Il
shall be obliged not only to put down tt
q rebellion, but to put down the people
~ the rebel States, and place our feet on the
- - necks aud keep them down
VI In the name OF. common humanity,
~ Us aim our blows directly st the enemy
y our peace. Let Us destroy slavery, q,
'1 thus spare the people Of the South Tt
III is the only way in which they can
saved. Justice calls upon us to destroy
rr Onl y short~sighted wickedneas and narrt
minded pa1tizanship cali upon us
to preserve the curse. A whole eternity
: infamy is in store for all who let go
les, Republic and cling to slavery.
, 1862-07-18
TIE CoFF1sCATr0N BILL.

TIE CokFIsCATTON BILL.
The t,onest and heartfelt Congratulations
If 1oval men in our streets yesterday after
v,orn xsben the Intelligence went abroad
4hat AnRAuAM L1knoL6 had not Msap-
r,ointed their hopes and frustrated their in: |
feu,tons, and that he had put his name to
ths condscation bill, making it the lsw Of
the land, were in such lively contzast 70
the detection and gloom which oppressed
every heart and clouded every face when
TWAS feared that he was framing excuses
and: tusttfcations for 3 veto WHICH
ssould have made the preservation
of tha Union an impossihiGy, that
ehor attracted universal remark.
weighed down By the appalling look Of
ahe future, which was made darker aud
more impenetrahle by the fear that the
President was not equal to the crisis, and
thst be had permitted his plying instincts
Ia shield the rebels from the punishment
that they deserve, hundreds Of good and
brave men whom we met, did not hesitate
to express the fear that, though more blood
would be she'd and more treasure wasted
blood and treasure would be poured out in
vain, and that WANT or Il POLICY at once
vigorous, just, and necessary, though
comprehensive and unrelentirg, would
defeat al the country'e efforts,
and inquire disruption at last But the
Presidents action, qualified by scruples
which We are glad that Congress respected
came, and with it the confident assurance
which no memory Of recent disasters conli
overcome, that now the victory is mort
fhap half won- Every face lightened U,
and every heart felt that load was hfHt
from it which it could not long have en-
dured.
We thank Heaven for the patriotic per
sistence with which the friends of tn
Confscation bill hare clung to it throug1
all the opposition that covert trea
BON, and unmanly fear excited agains
it. It is the law; and executed b
officers whose hearts are IN the work {
putting down the rebellion, it Is worth 8
army OF two hundred Thousand men.
carries the pains aud penalties Of treaso
to the homes Of those who are guilty
taking up arms agains. the Republic, ar
now when State like Tennessee OF hi
son1i is overcome, it gives those Ut
administer It's affairs power before whit
even the hardihood and maliguity Of E
cession will quail. For putting such
weapon into loyal hands, the Senators al
Representatives who have borne the snee
aad taunts, the ridicule and calumny
opponents, deserve nations thanks, Ch
among these, We point with grateful adr
ration to the true men Of Illinois. Th
constituents will remember and repay tn
priceless services!
, 1862-07-18


Napoleon made France incur but little
debt for his wars waged On gigantic
scale. France furnished the mep, the enc
my furnished the money, and the conquer
ing armies lived off the eoantries into
which they entered. From The indications
In the Presidents message to Congress, In
relation To- the Conhscatiou. blu, ne: judge
that Old Abe is OF the opinion that the
time has. come for his Administration to
make war on the Nhpoleonic plan Thai
is the opinion. Of all loyal men, 90 let :the
| blows falll .., = -.., :. /:
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shall these: Things Cont1nue7
From the Athena, Ala, Coneepondenec uincfn-
nad Gazette, 1D1h1 -.

':T1 nad' Gazette, 1o1h.1 -
4 statblng athra1 occurred at this point last
night, wherein Ttfte utRu named johnson,
ssa othe tho perpeuatQr and . negro the
victim Johnson, - 1t seems. : ',f1sa been
in the employ Of slave owners thinughout this
psf oF -Aaana1dk and We&t, :Tfehneaaee, IN
hun,ipg up runawsQs. HI coincidence. uke
IN equal dfviaton pf honors; IL whist, hss been
t.ese5," and be him rim of uegrpes regardless
, of whether they Were tres Or not. BE attemr-
ted Inst night to force i negro into 3 wagon.
aDd meeting with Resistance; he stabbed the
negro three times, either one Of the wounds ID
johnson & noted he1sabouts as Azab1d eeeea::
tion,st, tthe nwnet Of ho~oas good :q9sn9sy,
md = miserable 1eH hHng flior Generally ;
bean showed psitect freedom not onlE ID the
expression tof his eeptt tui,enss, hit; hs course
| Of conduct. Two Heeks 6inee tMu negroes
veiehung gnele for aat bs1kns1 se4cely lees hem,
ON, yet ha is Walking aeont thff3 lnorning, ap.
| peatipg asf he :had Com inlttsd ID act worthy
oT psa}se<-anW = Aoadfek Ind. beehi guilty df TIL
| deed, the cfftxena would hxve been clssnorous
forx1 investigation. As 1t i, they rink 4
| fffE matter, "t--7 "''''' $50 - = =
, 1862-07-18

HosoR 70 WHOM IT Is DuE-;-We leasn
that the sword which Congress ordered to be
presented to Gen. T~1ggs, has been returned
10 the government By Gen. Busler, as Il was
not deemed proper that such gusrdnn should
remain In the hands Of 80 foul q traitor as
TEfegshaa :proyed himself to be;t Nov, Ne
ter non,mofe graceful thing than to present
The sword to Majur Gen Butler, as he has
fairly earned it by his bold, wise aud vigoroue
administration OF the government ofN New Or
leaus.-N r HeTdzd -
, 1862-07-18


There was an immense meeting Of the clti-
zers Of Detroit, At Campus Ma1tius, on Tues
day evening last. Mayor Duncan presided.
Eloquent speeches were made by Hon VII
liam a. Howard, s. Romeyn and H. A. Nor
TOW. A sezies Of patriotic resolutions was
passed, including one "that It be earnestly
recommended to the bosrd Of supervisors OF
Wayne county to pay to the families Of voln1a-
teers SIS month during the time such ve1un-
tee1 may remain in the service; also thst
| the citizens Of Detroit should raise @ehnd o1
| s75, COO, the same to be under committee @p'
| pointed for that purpose, to be given IS q
bounty to the families Of the men who shall
enlist; and that the State should pledge s10
bounty to each soldier enlisting under the re-
cent call of the president.
, 1862-07-18

IAN 1I@men0e ReBaTFo1Ss
Il new grand reservoir 10. the Central Park.
New York, is 80 nearly completed that It Is
expected the water WILL be let into 1t during
the coming week, when: the event wi1lbe a4'-
pzoprsste1y celebrated. This reaerToir his;
been IN progress .eince April 1858, md com ::
p1ises - entire axeaot 1908 aeaea, Tbs Aatet: y
::area estimated at uiatystx acres. Inczpaefy!
It u probably tho :lszgest reservoir In tho
world, although Il Is eqna1ed In ,szea By rea-
e1velrs in Europe, The eapaeasy Is estimated
1t billion gallons. The entire cost Of the
r,eaetyo1r win b. about. q oeo, 600, including
The <gste:houses md the hind. TITS, latter
, 1862-07-18

The riots which have recently occurred
IN divers places between the Irish laboring
population and the negroes, seem to us to call
for the interference Of the Catholic clergy
in behalf Of the peace Of our cities. In
this matter they are OF may be onn1potent;
and IS there is no where, so fur as we are
Informed, any pretense that the negroes
have been guilty Of any offense greater
than that of having colored skin, surely
the restraining power Of the priesthood
should be exercised to secure them imnu-
nifty from the outrages to which they have
latterly been subjected We set the ques-
ton Of race and color aside, and submit
that if the negroes were dogs they are en-
titled to the protection which the common
sense Of mankind has decided is due them.
We appeal to the Bishop and his subor-
dinates, assuring them that 1t is not far
from the iniqultous principle that q man
may be maltrea.ed because Of his color, to
the other, but not more iniquitous principle
that difference In race OF religion is an
excuse for violent persecution. The hi h
est authority Of the Catholic world has
decided that negroes are men; and more
than once the thunders Of the Church have
been heard over the heads OF those who
defy her teachings on that point. That
Chicago may not be disgraced by the Scene!
which have been elsewhere enacted, III
ask, is itnot high time that the Indication
Of ecclesiastical displeasure were heart
herer The law and its upholders BIT
power1ess. to prevent disturbance, thougl
they may and Will punish those who PIC
, vokeit. Why then should We not invok
that power to which the notous elemer
. ! yields implicit obedience? We plead NJ
I for the rights Of black men only, but fc
It the public peace new ueedlesaly ends1
q gered by the 1awlessness which bad me
/ threaten. We hope for the honor and i,
r terest Of all concerned that We do not Plea
q | in va1r
, 1862-07-18
FROM VECKNBURG.

Ai*upprehesssn Vstas Of the Ptess ia regard to
TIC Cdnal-zne Ga.aat rot to b Telied Upon.
N1mbeT Of eontydhands At soork-Inactiuify sx
The Fzaets-AppedTaaos Qf Tlekaossrg~-Lteaa.
, 1862-07-18

ENKLE i LYON SEWING
IL MACH1NE-ctlee On n7at Noor 181 Lake ezeez-
Machine Conptny u, Chicago and Hetaity. y u %
h"ppy 70 1eaxn taa hare ii this ets1 a ofee 'r9s
t,cns g1yrn and Improvements apptsd e old Aae1anes
Each AHchtne b FNET auted to Xfve sAtiAa i
than auy MAchue In mark monsT refunded P.tdea
e{iucAd AxEptA E4n n4ed. je4kSN1m
, 1862-07-18

In ans~e1 to the article appearing In your
issue OF the 18th, signed Spencer 2: Rhodes,
and branding me as traitor, would respect
fully say that the Language attributed to mo
was used not In reference to the whole regt-
ment, or soldiers generally, but: to the few
rowdy members thereof, who, while the train
as railroad emp1oye et this station, very
grossly ipsulted me-.
The citizens Of Bemsnt, Illinois, may have
traitor In their midst, but my sentiments
and actions are too well known by this COM
munity to canse such stigma to be fastened
on me. Respectfully,
EARKY 4 HANKEa
, 1862-07-18
Lake Forest and the Annual Exercises
OF lind Unlveratty.>

: OF A10a Gn1VaF&1Iye
There Is no pleasanter place for school for
youth than Lake Forest. The village coll
tatns asfev temptations as are possible In any
community. Ithas city charter, granted at |
the last session Of the Legislature, by which, |
the citizens are enabled to preserve the i'm !
medlate surroundings free from uaal1gn indu- |
ences Indeed tbs place seems designed By |
nature fol IN academic retreat, nnd the initial
| steps have been taken with = good deal OF
wisdom to preserve It's natural beauty, while
1t IL receiving improvements in buildings,
decorations Of grounds. etc.
Children brought up In the city, to whom
the delights Of rural lie are unknown, should
| spend portion Of their time, while their
tastes are being formed and habits d1ed, in
the country. The more the place combines
of p1aln and forest, valley and glen, ral, river
and lake, the more favorable will It's influence
be In giving that cast to character which Will
make the man love nature and delight in the
; presence OF nature's mighty Works-snd by
thus much viii he be more mnn.
, t. The school Was first opened under professor
Miller, three years and half ago, who con-
tinued in charge until about six months
since, when professor Butler, graduate OF
,, Amherst College, and until the breaking out
Of the rebellion, the professor Of mathemat-
. les IN the University az Esst Tennessee
assumed the prfncipalship. Professor Dfckin-
1 son Is still engaged as porfessor In the Ian
+ guagea. The original design Of founding q
| university has not been abandoned but only
t temporarily deferred
,ft The school has just closed its fourth year.
= 4 thorough examination has just been had oj
nearly all the classes In the several branches
% they have pursued 50 far AZ time would ALLOW,
70 A large audience was In attendance On the
t. afternoon OF Wednesday, consisting Of patrons
II Of the school from abroad. and residents o
10 the village Ali parties expressed great grah
of| fication at the proficiency Of the pupils, AMI
"a their advancement during the past year. I
has rarely been onr good fortune to Witnee
batter class examinations, or to hear more IN
qualified approbatiou expressed by patrons
u 1t the Close Of the exercises remarks wer
- made by Rev, Mr.. Humphrey and Peter Page
8 expressing in the strongest terms tho satis'ac
IL tton OF the board trustees, and OF the parent
81 IL the management Of the school for the pa
In term, both IN literary attasnnents and In th
It; moral department of the pupils.
ire AEusion was made to past diacouragement'
,es but 1t wsa now confidently hoped the darket
te- day was passed. The school closes with
II, larger number Of pupils than were connecte
- with the Institution at *ny former perio'
~ The present corps Of Instructors are expecte
~ to remain the ensuing year. The prospec
I'VE Of large attendance at the commencement
es- September is said to be very encouraging.
, 1862-07-18
General Order tor the Organization Of
Regiments under the New Call
GEsERa1 HKApquARTERa, STATE OF H1IHoIs,
.rApJurAHr GKHERA's OFFICE.

General Order Tor 1E6 V1SA4AGaAAgA ~
Regiments under the New Call
GEsERu HEADQUARTERS, STATS OF TI1lHo1a,
.ApJUrAHr GKHERAI's OFFICE.
HFH1KG1IKID, July "a, 1s6a- )
GENERAL ORDER, NUMBER 42.-1n pur-
suarce Of the recent call Of the FRESH
dent for additional volunteers, nine regiments
Of infantry will be accepted BY the governor
for government service for three yeNs unless
sooner discharged. Each company Will con
sist Of
1Captain @sergeants,
j First Iieutenant, 8CofHoraas,:
secnd Lisutenhnt. Musicians
i First Sergeant. ! Haso1ef*
ard not less than sixty-four, nor more than
efghty-tWo p1Iyates, the Latter IN al cases
preferable.
IN addition to these company officers, one
ID heutenant when necessary will be appointr
ed wto will be immediately mustered into
ser7fee, aud who will have authority to muster
in recruits as they are enlisted
Each company wl1l select a captain, Lat ane
| I'd Aeutenants, who will he commissioned b
the Governor, unless good reasons exist To-
| refusing. The non-commissioned officers
| prior to the regimentA organization, will b.
appointed By the captain, aftsr#arda BY th
! colonel On the recommend ndatiou Of the captain
I ,NN.714 <r1I 1I.Jm1
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-12-06
The Plan

For reducing Richmond according to the Ed
itor Of the NorWalk Gazette, who is taking OBJ
servaliOns 10 Washington, is radically different
from that arranged by Gen. McCIellaL. II
however meets with the eutire approval OF the
President, Gen. Haeek, the Secretary OF War
aud indeed nearly every member Oi the cabinet !;
IL fact il is reported ot the President that he
can comprehend it, although q civilian, as the
plaB IS On tae basis OI common sense instead ol
strategy. Ii bas Leen kept state secret with
about Us much fidelity NJ such secrets are gen-
eraiy kept, until now, nearly everybody about
Washington, and especially the secesh seem 10
have had u leaked out to them, or have shrewd-
" guessed il out. shall, therefore, be doing
NO injury TO the ease, by letting the reader into
the lnslde view. So il the reader will take map
Of Eastern Virginia, and trace with me the out
line Of the army movements, they will discern
what chess game the third great advance up
On Richmond Is TO be. From the Mcclellan
line Of slow advance, the new Commander has
suddenly, aud with real Napoleonlc sasacIty,
turned. hIs HrInr from the enemys front at War
reDton by flank movement aud precipitated
them down TO Fredericksburg. Here his base
of supplies is by the Potomac River TO the
month Of Aqua Creek, whence railroad fol-
lows bis advance TO the re- el capital. This
removes que very serious d. ficulIy in the push
ing forward ol supplies to great army. The
rebels dir vered bis ieinL three days after he
had made good hIs retreat, aud al INST dates
had got down 10 Gordonsyllle the Interesting
point OF the Orange aud Alexandria with the
Virginia Ceuiral Road, some twenty miles, or
two days farther from Richmond than the Un-
ion army. From Fredericksburg, 1t is GUESSED
that Burnside will basteu down TO the Junction
of the Fredericksburg and Virginia Central
Roads, and there await the rebel retreat back
TO save their capital, and here it is presumed,
will, within The next fifteen days. be one of the
most decisive battles of the war. Leaving
Burnside to Confront the rebel hordes at the
Function, let the eye run down 10 a southwest
eriy direction to Gen. Fosters forces now adj
yancing from the North Carolina border to
WsldsR, then trace eastward to Suffolk and our
oWn zen. Ferry, with the army OF Gen Peck,
can combine forces with the North Carolina
amy up vt Petersburg, twenty miles south OF
Richmond aud in the rear of any great rebel
force Then if this flank advance upon Rich
moud should be still further streDgthed by an-
aibef General whom the people delight to honor
from Fortress Monroe via the james River,
with Gunbosts, &c guess the rebels will find
Themselves between the upper aud neither mill
stone and if they dout get ground to powder,
there will at least be something Of a smashing Of
confederate crockery, aud shall end my guess
with the conviction that the people will be able
to understand it. Such, very briefly is the
generally conceived Burnside plan of the cam
pagn. A thousand contingencies, however, are
possible, which may change it in whole or part.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-12-06

CHANGE OF HABITS THE CAUSE OF DEATH
A man may change bis mode of life as long
as he is on the youthful side of middle life;
the meridian line once passed, all ssch radio.
al change is attended with the peril of death
Have you never noticed in burying.
gsesads, or 10 the neurological columns of
newspapers, how often husband follows wife
or wife husband, with a brief interval
Of time between their departure, when they
have long lived together ? The age-worn
constitution is unable to react against the
bereavement aud 10 adapt itself TO the new
circumstances in which it is placed. The
usual aged persons demonstrates this truth;
for they die either of apoplexy or paralysis
of the brain. The mind, shrinking instinc-
lively from death, exerls all its powers Of
recovery TO rally after the blow received
the ezertlon is too much for it, tits shatterd
BY The very attempt. There used TO be an
oiddiplomat in PariS-Count de Lowenbelm
from Sweden-who represented the court of
Stockholm near the Tuiieries for nearly fifty
years He was well-preserVed old man,
an habhnal freqnenter Of the grand opera
aud French comedy, going constantly into
society and never absent from single court
ball. The CIimebn war gave unusual i'm
porianee to the diplomatic relations of the
/. Two courts, q il became necessary to appoint
q more active mau to the Swedish legation
The old minister seemed to grow older every
hour after the newspapers recorded lh'
appointment of his successor. He roameC
about the lUbbies of tbe grand opera and lb
French comedy like q person lost in th,
woods. He went 10 Stockholm and fel
dead OF spoplexy few days after his arrival
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-12-06

Prentice, commenting upon the feeling
caused BY lhe removal Of Gen. Mcclellan, sses
shls sensible and patriotic language:
@Whel 81 patriots want, 4 results. IN thew
are obtaired ali patfiols will rejoice and Il
they are not obtained. al patriots will lament.
without mnch regard In either event 10 the fate
ot individuals as iDdyidnals Burnside and
Npulelhn are nsthiDg bus shs general Who
Niaa sirtories for the gepnb 10 is the republics
nensf4eiol. He Is the goaeral for us--hs is
ths Eepefal ioE all patriots"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-12-06

An old Virg inia matron eagerly inquired OF
one Of our Ohio boys what be bad come down
there to fight for, since the democrats had car
ried the elections. There was no use, in her
option, Of having democr attic party ii the
war was still to be continued.
If you want your neigbbor TO know who you
are, give party and don't invite him.
Must a cold check about to be sent into the
stomach, have an internal revenue stamp upon
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-12-06

- A.-.s.l-. 49, usaa.
IN niHs Valley followed
Ftom the mountain 3 yerdant crest
Faf above the Oceans level,
Far from the worlds gay reveI,
Just hanoaih the vaulted heaven,
Where ils lrst puro breath Is given,
t.t There they rest.
10 the spring the wild bee murmurs,
Der The cod above them pressed,
Aud the hummiug- bird 10 darting,
Pausing, humming, slipping, starting,
Slipping necfai from he clover,
And The roses bending over
Where they rest.
There little sueamlet gIidetb,
Smiliug on like something blest
And the fresh winds from the mountain,
Joining with that sweet-voiced fountain,
Sing q ceaseless song above them,
For al nature seems 10 love them'
In their rest:
Now the little pleasant Valley"
1n pure white robe is dressed
Aud the winds 10 solemn measures,
Chant their dirge, aud wondrous treasures,
Brmine robes aud gems IN keeping,
Winter casts above the sleeping
Still they rest.
These are bpt the caskets, folded
in the valleys shelteriug breast,
Bat, by Faith, we see the shining
OF the crowns of peace en- .winiDg,
Spirit brows all white and Pearly
OF the loved who left Us early,
Seeking rest.