Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-06-03
Comparisons and Contrasts.

when the Us were al war with England
Ia that war, the F-icralsts were charged
with ailiug the Briri,b-bu, tie latter
90, no nearer than Lake Champlain and
Stonington Uarbor, to New England
although they ravagel some Of the Slave
States. So in thi. war, the Rebels tho,
they would get great parry in the North
to aid them: bu, domestic traitors are as
scarce nov as they were fifty years ago,
an! the traitors fig has net fJated over
one Free Safe,
Turning over this old volume, We make
few extracts, showing Comparisons and
Contrasts between that Gay and this:
CONrLtNT,.
y. 5 rumored lh8r seyera military person
age are 20 5e arrested o the rat5clg ot ,heir
.veme1i>-n-t however. because they are
l.se.y 90 orsrrJ.g ihs enemy'> possessions loo
>g.a,
..Tac recruiting service IS brisF'y pushed.
and meets win success whercvtr -. pr 7er- /
sons are stationed. ! Gss.iga:,G recruiting
piIc-r caG no; expect success.
These are strong hints at lazy and drin-
king oil;eEs-always an armys curse.
C0EEIrTioN>.
"Thr Department of the p. y. General Is
undergoing. iyr j1e first Tine S.uCe Mr. Gran
ger came INTO Office, public scrutiny. The
COMMITTEE hare discovered HYH.ru;i' trgs'es
NJ the public money among others, thai he
SIM Of twelve hundred dollars per annam has
been charged anI allowed far f5e renf T j
sirsle room a. a Posi- Office ,-Basi0n Go-."
A Peace eIi'cr cqi-.LIi,s the expenses or
cost Of barrel Of -Four Al For Melgs Al a
hundred dollars -
s. We had, then, as uow, spectators
and extor,ioners, aad fahricators and big
story-teliers TO make all seem worse.
CR0thtE>.
Much is sad aauul the rxpsnse' Of the
War. Il indeed e1rrnS Sc, bu. The best way
90 avoid accumulated expenses - for every
one g. 9rg ca~e;.aIy and FLa: cH"eriu'iy-
;uc enemy WoU.t -.Hr see cur Strength n
r.D. a--he now calculates On gur dir,'On'.'
.-G.7s-al C,np4ia' O, sa.l 20 be the most
popular oi anv of Cnr commanders. Suppose
We cause Genera! EIri.Ja 10 arrest a.H.
Geu.Wm. Hull was ordered to be sbo,
for his imbeci,ity at Detroit. and Gen. J.
Wilkinson was ezcoriated for his vaupts
aud his ignoble failures at the North.
sHsT THES.
The Republicans are not satisfied with the
manner in which ali ih~ s=fig74I business i .
conducted. but they see no reason To change
. ~. q r-. -
Men may CIR, bu; Principles survive all
human wrongs and failures.
THE ~PL.CE~ PiETI E0IIED:
The Frdcralis,s aud peace" Democrats
united to defea, the War OF Republican
party, which sustained Madison's Admin
is,ration. The resuI; was as follows:
The Hon. Icha ". Taylor IS reelected to
Congress BY large ant Increased majority.
Hi> mpetIlcr,Nr.E.Pvwell.wa< nevertheless
a very popular and -TfGcsSjk" man-guiie
too pqc,Ec for The marIal S7irit o: Saraucga.
The Republican Assembly ticket succeeded
hY majority nearly As large a. that Of Mr.
Tavlog'>. which iS TT.t baby mere Than 100
vet The Republicans printed ne kaHtauS,Sent
no expresses, made no unusual eIeruonS.
This ~iate was represented. IN the Thir-
foenlh Congress, BY Republicans and y
Fr!era'isrs. Ia lhe Fc1ueeath, there Nj! be
20 Republicans and FeieTal.sl,.'
Taa, election finished the Peace party
until revived by Mr. buchanan AID the
"COmFrouisers' oi our day.
HTiStT o. SHAN.
The Museum has paper signed By Ste.
Decatur, ia Jones, J. Biidle, OH Perry,
Saml ETaas, L.Warringtou and Lewis
leading Naval haracters-advisiDg the |.
s to carry into execution RoJert Faton's
Plan for vessel Of war, to be propelled BY
steam four to five miles an hour, and Ere
red hot sbe,-shich they say will "proye
more fl!milabie than any kind Of engine
invented" The New Jersey
Jyurnl9 states that Capt George Stiles
had exhibited at the Mayors Office 10 Bal
iimore a model Of Steam Floating Bat
terry, TO carry 81 pounders-Wheu a sub
.erip,ion was opened to raise $780, 600 to
construct a ship on his plan. Il, has
taken nearly fifty years, from these first
to hriDg 0u: our N9nitor and
our Nor Ironsiies)
IolgEED EEiyES.
Iu the Revolution, Casper Attucks, an
African, was the FIRST patriot shot dead
By the British in Boston. The Regiment
,: Rhode Island Blacks was noted. Gen.
ackson thanked the Colored Men for
heir aid at New Orleans In the record
,afore Us, We fad the following With Other
Incidents Of our Victory 90 Lake Erie:
FERRY speaks highly Of the bravery aha
cod conduct Of the Negroes, who formed
considerable part of MS crew. They seemed
o be absolutely inseusib!e TO danger.
Capt Nathaniel Shaler, of the privateer l
Governor Tompkins,' says, in narra,iDg
lis eoufiic; with British fTigate-
The names OF tEo Of my poor fellows who
we're allied. ought 10 be registered 10 the box q
{ fame. and remembered with reverence. a.
1n- as bravery IS considered a virtue. OGe '