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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-01-17
SNOW SCULPTURE.

ny eEoRsE W, BcSeAr
On hills aud forests bare and brown,
see the silent Snow come down,
So soft aad white,
Like showers Of blossoms winds have blown
frem flowers Of light.
Faster and faster fall the fIakes,
On the dim woods and silver lakes,
fro~' stormy skies,
Like soft words ON heart that breaks
When pity signs.
Ye wailing winds that sadly sigh,
Above the graves where heroes lie,
la sorrow blow
And build white columns, bread and high,
OF stainless snow.
Let pyramids Of spotless hue
Point 10 the bending arcA Of blue
Without stain,
And mark the place whore sleep the true,
In battle slain.
We unseen seuptors in the air,
Go carve dssigus in beauty there,
And grave the name
OF BAKER dsep in letters fair
As wreaths Of fame.
Go where the bending willow weeps
Over the tomb where ELLSWORTH sleeps
And softly write
The cpiiaph that history keeps
la ieiters white.
Quarry from clouds a shaft to tower
Above the spot where sleeps the flower,
OF armies true,
It'll blossoms rise in suu and shower,
Ised, white and blue.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-01-17
MISS sLIpELL.

Tie girl stood on the steamers deck
White men in arms stood thick around
And from Jaeinto7s Threatening sides
A score Of cannon on her frownei,
She bade them s.sve her Gather there
She challenged them 90 do her hurt
She madiy laid her bosom bare.
And fearlessly exposed her-shirt
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-01-17

A western clergyman, in presenting re-
volvor to volunteer, said =" IF you get in
to tight place, and have to use it, ask
Gods blessing if you have time, but be sure
not let your enemy get the start of you.
You can say amen after you shoot"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-01-17
ALL QUIET ALONG THE PoToMA'

otOlllNt
ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC.
"All quiet along the Potomac y they say,
:. Except. now aud then q stray picket
IA shut as he walks on his beat TO and fro,
By u rifcman hid in the thcket
It's nothing-a private two, nov and then,
viii not count in the news of the battiei
Not officer lost. only one Of the men
Moaning out, all alone the death rattle.h
Al pulet along the Potomac tonight,
Where the soldiers liz peacefully dreaming;
Their tents IN the ras of the clear autumn moon,
OR the light Of the watchtre, are cleaning,
tremulous sigh the gentle uight Mud
Through the ioIes, leaves sonly Is encping
While stars up above with their glitteiing eyes
heep guard-fcr the Army Is sleeping.
There's only the sound OF the lone sentrys tread,
As he tramps from the rock to the fountain,
And think. Of the two in the low trnndc bed,
Far away IN the cot ON the mountain.
His musket falls slack his iacc, dark and grim,
Grows gentle with memories tender,
As he muttsrs prayer tor the children asleep
For their mother, may Heaven defend her
The moon seems to shine just as brightly then,
Tha. night when she love yeS epsposgn,
Lesfx dup nh tips. osd Whom low mtiifnar<d vows
We're pledged to be ever unhroken,
Then drawing his sleeve roughly his eyes,
Iie dashes OF tears that yelling.
And gathers his gun closer up to its place
As II 10 Keep down the heart swelling.
lie passes the fountain the blasted pine tree,
The footst.p is tagging aud weary
Yet onward e goes through the broad belt Of light,
Towards the shades Of the forest 50 dr.ary.
Herk was II the nishtwipd that rustisd the leaves
Was Il moonlight so wondrously dashing
1t looked like rifle. lila a.-Mary, good bye
And the life blood is ebbing aud pashing
All quiet along the Potomac tonight,
No sound save, the rush Of the river;
While sci, falls the dew the face OF the dead,-
The picket 3 od duty forever!
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-01-17
Y

A printed copy of the following beauti-
full lines was found in the pocket of one Of
our Volunteers who died in Camp upon the
Potomac:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-12
Running I'm Debt and Getting Out
of 1t.

The annexed creed of wisdom is from
Thompson's Reporter '.@'
Run in debt when the country is con-
tracted, but be sure you pay up when the
currency is expanded $40 alj Jct,i 5rGr
From 1857 to the suspension of specie
payments in December, 1861, stringency
bore upon the currency, credits and trade
of the country and even after the sus-
pension, for some months, the contraction
continued, for the reason that until Treas
ury Notes were, made a legal tender cur
rency there was no safe way Of. evading
specie payments. On the 25th of Febru-
ny, 1862, the act making Treasury Notes
legal tender was passed there being then
sixty millions of Demand Notes outstand-
ing, all of which were made legal tender.
debtors of all classes, including banks of
issue, were relieved from the danger of
specie demands, '5l -. '4'
We may therefore date the commence
ment of the expansion from the 1st of
March, 1852, not yet nine months ago.
During this time the increase ofthe Gov
eminent paper money has been, in round
numbers, one hundred and thirty-fye mil
lions; bank paper money, sixty five mil
lions; making total Of two hundred mil
lions; and we may safely say that another
two hundred millions of expansive ele-
ments, in the shape of Government Notes,
Certificates, Bank Deposits, Individual
Credits, &C., have been added to the mo-
ney bubble of the day. =. -
The volume and velocity of this expan-
sion admonishes us that it may eliminate
in an unprecedentedly brief period of dur
alton.
The question as to when is the right time
to pay up and get out of debt is an inter
esting one.
The philosophy of running in debt and
paying debts is worthy of more study than
the American people give it. We may
safely say that nine-tenths of our business
people rush into debt when it is easy to do
so, and then are compelled to pay when it
is hard to do so.
1t will do to run in debt when q contrac-
ton has carried prices to cheap point;
but when prices are high by reason of an
expansion, pay up; and if you have the
heart to make others suffer for your bene-
fit, get them to be your debtors, that you
may make them pay when dollars are
scarce and property is cheap.
We do not say that the expansion has
reached its maximum, or that it is the best
time to pay up. We see no way for the
Government to do but to continue its legal
tender issues, and the banks will not have
occasion to contract so long as illegal ten
der is abundant and available as redemp-
ton money.
Our object is only to turn the attention
Of our readers to the subject of the paper
money bubble, that they may take such
action as their interests may seem to re-
quire 1t is good time to get out of
debt, but whether the best time has arrived
is in our opinion very hard to tell
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-12
Gossip From New York.

The New York correspondent of the Bos-
ton JaurndI writes as follows:
am told by what I regard as the very
best of authority that facts of great mo-
ment have been put into the hands OF the
President, in regard to the battle of Antie-
tam, which set out in an astonishing de-
gree the foresight and knowledge of the
commanding General, by which the army
was saved from being crushed by an over
whelming force. The statement shows
why the battle was fought at the time it
was, and why the victory was not followed
up.
Successful or defeated, General Burn
side can have little responsibility, as he
only fights by the Washington card. Gen.
Halleck scatters- Mcclellan concen-
trates. 1t is now question which will
win. Men from the seat of the war say
that Gen. Burnside is so hampered that he
has been heard to say that he must have
more freedom or he shall resign. l saw on
Sunday Brigadier General from Burn
sides army. He has furlough for twen-
ty days. He says he was informed by the
General Commanding that there would be
no fighting till his furlongh was out. Pro
badly winter quarters are the destiny Of
the army Of the Potomac. -. ~ , S. :
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-12

"a washingto orrespondent 81 the On
cinnati Codssm0eroial gives an Interesting
account Of the Thanksgiving Dinner to the
Contrabandsnin Washington. 10 There was
preaching, prophesying, and singing By the
white "ptilanthropistsn' and the negroes,
and among the incidents lof the occasion
was the following, which shows the Negro
faith in the personality Of the Devil: o.
A plethoric white man from, Vermont,
listened to e John the Baptist, on 'sde
prophesies"' for some minutes, and broke
forth with mighty energy to assist in the
intricate work of expounding the Scrip
lures. Of course he was big with theory
about the Interpretation of the Prophecies.
He was formidably in favor of the freedom
of "the whole human race" and the ne
groes gathered around him in deep admir-
alton and reverent silence, which was
broken only by pious calculations, intend
ed to express appreciation beyond the pow
er of words. But the fat Vermonter was
not content with delivering himself on the
slavery question. He became excited with
himself and roared like threshing ma
chine, and proceeded to tell all that he
knew on all subjects. He declared there
never had been war in Heaven. This
great country was Heaven, and the war
now going on was the war therein. One
third of the stars had fallen, &c. &c. From
this point he proceeded, by easy stages, to
the declaration, which he made with
most appalling emphasis &c There is
no such thing as a personal Devil
Now, if there is any one thing the
unmitigated negro believes in, with partic-
ularly pungent vigor, it is the Devil. 1t
seemed to be a good opportunity to head
off our eloquent friend, and a bystander
interposed with the awful interrogatory,
'Can it be possible that you do not believe
there is real Devil-with chain upon
his neck-who roars like lion up and
down the world, seeking whom he may
deyOur ?" The Varmounter, in the midst
of a dreadful silence, took two or three
deep breaths, and threw the whole power
of bis lungs into his reply, which was in
the one word, "No!" The negroes were
absolutely Mortified at the skepticism OF
the Champion of Freedom. In vain he
protested that he was not an infidel. The
intelligent contrabands couldn't see it.
The disbelief in the Devil was the worst
sort of infdelity. But he presently re-
deemed himself, to some extent, by assert
ing, with colossal emphasis, that he be-
lieved the Democratic party was the
Devil. So far as this was understood by
the 'large and appreciatiye audience" it
was approved. would respectfully and
afectionately urge upon all champions OF
freedom, who may be disposed to act as
missionaries among the Africans, not to
express the faintest doubt of the existence
and imminent presence of a personal
devil. If he believes in the harpoon-
the cloven hoofs, and hideous horns, all
the better
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-12
what II Rebel Officer Saws.

A recent letter from Warrenton, Vir-
ginia, says:
During our stay number of paroled
prisoners circulated through the streets.
One of these Gan Alabama colonel, who
had been captured on the 9th inst.) stated
that he feared, from his Judgment of the
defences of Mobile, that they would not
be long able to hold out against our naval
force. The distractions in the James
River he thought very strong, and he was
satisfied-Our gunbOats would not be able to
demolish them. He says the Southern
army in Virginia is now well provided for
knowing the rebels to much need shoes,
he suggested to the Secretary of War that
the hides of the cattle killed in the army,
instead Of being thrown away, should
be dried and used for leather. The
Secretary, to his surprise, said there was
no necessity, but that an abundance of
shoes were coming from abroad. The
contracts were made, and the mode of
their introduction arranged. land sure
enough" said the Colonel, g they are COM
ing now as fast as needed" The Colonel
says that, on march, rebel soldiers do
not use the small shelter tents availed of
by our army, but either sleep in the open
air or in huts of boughs, hastily construct
ed. Much sickness constantly exists
among them, which is increased by their
apparent want Of ability to cook their food
in palatable manner He considers them
far more shiftless and less adapted to emer-
gencies than our soldiers.
HIS FAITH IN TILE CONFEDERACY.
My acquaintance has a plantation near
Demopolis, Alabama, with many negroes.
The Presidents proclamation did not APP
pear to disturb him he did not mention
it. He was quiet, countryfied man, who
had no part in bringing on the rebellion,
and appeared without vindictive feelings
against the North. Although he would
wheel quietly into line, in case of a restor.
alton, his faith in the confederacy showed
itself by remark that either Lee, Long
street, or Jackson, would be, the next
President. Considering that the term of
jeff. Davis will not expire for five year,
the man seems hopeful. efd
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-12
Another Rochester Sensational Do
nestic Drama.
From the Rochester, New York Democrat.

From the Rochester, New York Democrat.
Yesterday afternoon, by direction of
Chief of Police, Mudgett, man named
James L. Crawford, alias James Warren
Walford was arrested on charge of Big
amy. Crawford appeared at Attica, early
lastspring, and opened an Office as ply
stefan. While located there, he became
acquainted with Miss -, sprightly
young lady of 10 years of age. Miss -
was residing with guardian, and was an
orphan, and heir to property valued at
$4,000 or $4,000. The itinerant NJ. D.
who represented his name to be James W.
Walford, paid his addresses to Miss -,
and after brief courtship of three months
the couple were married. The young lady
married against the wishes of her guardian
and friends, who assured her that Dr. Wal
ford was a "bogus institution" and that
he already had wife living, but she dis
believed all these statements, and was
duly married on the 10th of July last
Things went on swimmingly until about
three weeks since, when the couple moved
to this city, and took board at the house of
Mr.. Newton, residing on Sophia street
On Saturday last the woman who claims
to be his real wife, discovered the presence
OF her taithless spouse in this city, and the
fact that he was living with another
woman.
His former wife resides with her mother
who keeps boarding house at No. g.,
Clinton street. She put detective upon
the track Of her truant husband, and he
was arrested and taken before Justice Veg
man, who committed him to jail for fur
ther examination. The woman states that
Crawford was married to her, in Auburn,
fourteen years ago, in the presence of her
mother and other witnesses, and that he
has lived with her most of the time since
and that he has travelled considerably and
stayed with her at her mothers, at inter-
walls. She also states that he has visited
her almost daily during the past three
weeks that he has been in the city, but re-
fused to lodge in the house nights, as he
was employed in store where he was
obliged to sleep. The pseudo M. D. pre-
tended to his young and trusting wife that
he had an office in the city, where his prac-
tice required most of his time The con-
fiding creature believed all that he had
said, and will not now believe that he has
ever been married to any other person.
1t is the same old story; the rosy God
is blind, and will see no defects in the OBJ
ject of affection. She will not believe that
she has been basely betrayed and deceived,
and thinks that it is base plot to destroy
her happiness. The young and injured
wife is detained as witness at Mrs. Glenn
insons Hotel. She is quite pretty in her
appearance, and is lastly dressed She
appears quite intelligent, and bears her
misfortunes like heroine Her guardian
told her that, if she married against his
consent, she should not have dollar of
her property. The evidence is said to be
overwhelming against the man who has SO
basely wronged her. If such is the case,
! her condition is forlorn indeed. df.a .od
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-12

BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.
We see not, know not, all our way
Is night with Thee alone is day.
From out the torrents troubled drift,
Above the storm our prayer we lift,
,,aHln Thy will be done lB 1iYi.el
The flesh may fail, the heart may faint.
But who are we to make complaint,
Or dare to plead in times like these
The weakness of our love of ease,2
lA Thy win be done! iHi Ns>~ VS.
We take with solemn thankfulness
Our burthen up, nor ask it less, l'i'
And count it Joy that even We ;'so'3
May suffer, serve, or wait for Thee,
Whose viii be done!
Though dim as yet in tint and line,
We trace Thy pictures wise design, m
And thank Thee that our age supplies
The dark relief of sacrifice.
Thy will be done !
And if, in our unworthiness, Jg
Thy sacrificial wine we press, 81. ri
If from Thy Ordeal's heated bars
Our feet are scanned with crimson scars
Thy will be done
If, for the age to come, this hour
Of trial hath vicariOus power,
And, blest by Thee, our present pain
Be Liberty's eternal gain,
Thy will be done !
Strike Thou, the Master, we Thy keys,
The anthem of the destinies 4!
The minor of Thy lOftier strain
Our hearts shall breathe the old refrain,
Thy will be done!
boston Commonwealth.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-12

co Inclusion that the country through which
they passed was the producing garden Of
the whole Northwest. Never before had
they set eyes on so lovely, and at the same
time so real picture. h@lsid1yO AIT
Mr.. Drake assured us that the Transit
Rrailroad would go right on to completion,
and we are beginning to be ioyfully con-
yinced that he is right. sorser sz~,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-12

From speech by James I. Brady, at
the grand Democratic rally, in New York,
on Friday evening last, we quote:
Whether Gen. Mcclellan be called back or
not, want those gentlemen who disparage the
patriotism of the Democracy to understand that
we have always carried forward the fights of
this country, and we mean to carry this war
forward to the same results, always keeping In
mind the Constitution of the United States as
we advance. .9oHBl2isa8 3tl X1ili3IV "a
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-12
THANKSGIVING HYMN.
Thy VIII He Done.

By JOHN G. WHITTIER.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1862-03-19
HAMMOND
6 "A m M ILL!

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i Mill, rebuilt and rcftted 1t and added TO
1t Lath and Single mill, also planning
and matching machine. arc prepared to tur-
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can be bought in the country
Also LatE, and Shingles.
The price of Lumber will iange from Sc to
$l5 according to quality. Bills. of Lumber
through we will furnish at $40, Wewill take
i'm exchange for Lumber all kinds produce and
nre ready to contract with any parties string
to do So for breaking up 200 Or 300 acres OF
Land and pay in Lumber.
We have several thousand acres of valuable
PINE AND TIMER LANDS!
which We will sell at fair price TO actual set
Tiers.
We have store in connection with the
above mill in which we keep well selected
stock of Dry Goods. Groceries Clothing, hats
and Caps, Hardware which VIC will sell as
low as can be bought at any of the River
Towns, and will take all kinds of Produce
In payment. Our facilities for FURNISH
ING LUMBER and
PURCHASING GOODS
Are unsurpassed in this part of the country,
snd the beauty of our arrangements Is we al
ways fulfill oui promises. Call on US and see.
CLAPP & DAVIS.
Hammond. St. Croix Co. Wis, June l6. 1861.
no2Stf.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1862-03-19
UNION VICTORIES.

We stop the press to announce the
latest news by telegraph from St. Paul:
The fight was still raging at Island
No. 10, and it is probably captured. The
particulars are not given.
Another fight has taken place in Tex
as county, Ark, in which the rebels were
routed, with the loss of 100 killed and
many prisoners taken, among the latter
three Colonies. Our loss was about so.
But the browning victory was the TAX
ing of Newbern, N. c., by Burnside.
1t was one of the most desperate fights
of tie war. After four hours fighting
the rebels, 10000 strong, were driven
from all their POSITIONS losing 200 pris-
oners, oil their guns and ammunition,
and 1000 stand of small arms. Their
loss is not known. Ours is about 90
killed, and 400 wounded.
The Union ball is still rolling!
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1862-03-19
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