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Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23

A new projectile has been invented in New
York, whose peculiarly is the expansion Of
the ball to the width of three feet. 1t is said
to be like man with a wheelbeTow--carry-
ing all before it. When this ball opens lively
time may be looked for.
Gen. Ethan Allen Hitchcock is regularly
installed as Military Adviser of the Secretary
of War, who holds council of war every
morning, at which Hitchcock, Adjutant Gen
eral, QuartermasteI-G General, and other heads
of Bureaus are present
We must conquer the rebellion at all haz-
ards in order to secure the unity and strength
Of the Republic. It must be done to secure
the liberty of the South as well as North, and
maintain the Republic against the enmity and
iuroads of foreign nations.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23
Mrs., lincoln Buildoth House and Barn.

We believe it is generally conceded that
Mrs Lincoln is given to having things after her
liking. The following anecdote, illustrative
of the point, is told by citizen of Springfield,
Illinois, and we are assured it is an "unvar-
nished tale, Some years before Honest
Abe, ," as we have want to call him, and his
wife had the remotest idea of presiding at the
White House, they lived in low and unpre-
tending dwelling in Springfield. The barn:
which was contiguous to the house, was used
for stabling a COW during the winter season.
Mrs. Lincoln was neither satisfied with the
house nor the close proximity of the cow sta
bic, and while her husband was out of town
attending court (to be absent from home some
six week., contracted with a carpenter TO
build a new barn and add another story to the
dwelling. The work was Immediately com
menccd and completed before Mr.. Lincoln re-
turned home, and the change was 50 striking
that when he walked through the street upon
his arrival, on which the house was situated,
he hardly recognized it; but soon apprchend-
ing the reason, he jocosely asked person
whom he met "Can you tell me where
Mrs. AIincoln lives?" His wife, who had seen
her husband coming, opened the door as the
question was asked, and exclaimed, Come in
Abe Northampton Press
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It's Very Hard.

It's very hard to have nothing to cat but
porr1dge, when others have every sort Of dain-
ty. muttered Charlie, as he sat with his wood
en- bowl before him. --.a.
It's only very hard to have to get up so
early on these bitter cold mornings and work
all day, when others can enjoy themselves
without an hour of labor.
It's very hard to have to trudge along thro'
the snow, while others roll about in thier
coaches.
It's great blessing said his grandmother,
as she sat at her knitting. It's great bless
ing to have food, when so many are homeless;
lisa great blessing to have sight and hearing,
and strength for daily labor, when so many
are blind, deal, or suferingl
why, grandmother, you seem to think
that nothing is hard, said the boy still iu a
grUmbling tone.
No. Charley, there is one thing that I think
is very hard
What is that? cried Charley, who thought
that at last his grandmother had found some
thing in which she could agree with him. F.
why, boy, I think that heart is ve,y hard
that is not thankful for so many blessings
A CoRREsPoxDEyr of a Cincinnati paper,
speaking of the capture of Fort Donnelson,
says: ....
"Col Kinney, of the 50th Ohio related to
me one of those strange and melancholy Incl
dents (which the fortunes of war sometimes
bring to pass. As he was riding along the
breastworls day or two after the serrender,
and while many Of the dead were still unburi-
ed, ne observed before him private in his
regiment named Bowman strolling along. As
he came up he noticed the latter suddenly
start back, as if trans6xed at the sight of a
body before him. Approaching him the Col
onel asked him what surprised him, and added
that he supposed he would have become ac-
customed to seeing dead bodies by this time
Turning to his inquirer with an expression
on his face such as only discovery like this
could produce, and pointing to the body, he
replied, Colonel That's nay Jrotherr His
brother had been aresident of Tennessee, and
had no knowledge of his whereabouts, or
thought of his being one Of the victims Of the
bloody conflict, until he thus accidentally Stun
bled over his dead body. Procuring blank
ct, and the assistance of some comrades, he
wrapped him in it. and buried him on the spot
where he had fallen.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23
Hint to Young Women.

A SENSIBLE, prudent man knows how to
estimate outside adorings and artificial smiles
at their real worth, which is, in fact, very low
He knows that the gay dressy hirt often
makes a sIattcrnly wife and still worse
mother: that the girl who trys to make her
sell so very agreeable and bowitching while
angling for a husband, frequently turns out a
very vexen.,when she has caught her fish; that
the attentions she exhibits ia public, are in
most instances, the very reverse that are to be
seen at home; in short, that though she may
be such a one as many young men love TO
Girt Will, she is the very last whom prudence
would select as a wife.
A female whose sole recommendation is
pretty face and showy dress, may excite lit
tie attention; but when it is discovered the
attraction is external, and al is emptiness
within, then the prueent mansmes Of, say
ing to himself, q This is not the gjrI to make
q wife oG"-BritiSh Hatclaan
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23

IT'S midnight through my troubled dream
Loud walls the tempests cry;
Before the gale, with tattered sail,
A ship goes plunging by
what nameg Where bound 2-The rocks around
Repeat the loud halloO.
The good ship Union, Southwark bound;
God help her and her crew
4; And is the old hag aging stin. I 4'-if :.
That DER your fathers flew,
with bands of white and rosy light,
And field of starry blueg
-Ayl look sIoft Its folds full oft
Have braved the roaring blast,
And still shall fly when from the sky
This black typhoon has past!
Sneak, pilot OF the stornl-tost barki ..s...-
May 1 thy peril share?
% landsman, these are fearful seas?
The bravs alone may darel
Nay, ruler OF the rebel deep,
What matters wind or wave? ttl5e
The rocks that wreck your realiag deck
VIII leave me nought to save
o landsman, art thou false or true?
What sign hast thou to show?
The crimson stains from loyal veins
That hold my heart-bloOd's flow
Enough what more shall honor claim?
know the sacred sign;
Above thy had our flag shah spread,
Our ocean path be thinel
The bark sails on; the Pilgrims Cape
,Tov,rr 1a-Taa
whose head and crooks its anchor hukes =
To lock the shore and sea
No treason heret it cost too dear
To win this barren realm!
And true and free the hands must be
That hold the whaler's helm!
stln on! Manhattan's narrowing bay
No Rebel cruiser scars;
Her waters feel no pirates keel s-
That Haunts the fallen stars
But watch the Light on yonder height
Ay, pilot, have a carei
Some lingering crowd in mist may shroud
The capes Of Delaware
Say, pilot, what this fort may be,
Whose sentinels look down
From moated walls that show the sea
Their deep embrasures' frown?
The Rebel host claim all the coast,
But these are friends, we know,
Whose footprints spoil the sacred sol"
And this is ?-Fort Monroe!
The breakers roar,-how bears the shore?
The traitorous wreekers' hands
Have quenched the blaze that poured its rays
Along the Hatteras sands.
Hal say not sol I see its glow!
Again the shoals display
The beacon light that shines by night,
The Union Stars by day trt
The good ship flies to miider skies,
The wave more gently flows,
The softening breeze wait O'er the seas
The breath of Beaufort's rose sz l- ~ Cd
What fold is this the sweet winds kiss,
Fair-striped and many-starred,
Whose shadaw pals the orphaned walls,
The twins of Beauregard?
What heard you not Port Royals doom?
How the black war-ships came
And turned the Beaufort roses bloom
To redder wreaths Of flame?
HOM EIOLu hGDGlAOAb DIOhNA AGIA
We saw his emblem fall, -ly
AS soon his cursed poison-weed
Shall drop from Sumter's wall?
On! on! Pulasld's iron hail
Falls harmless on Tybee!
Her topsails feel the freshening gale,
She strikes the open sea;
She rounds the point, she threads the keys
That guard the Land Of Flowers,
And rides at last where firm and fast ~ -
Her own Gibraltar towers!
The good ship Unions voyage is O'er,
At anchor safe she swings, -r-
And loud and clear with cheer and cheer H
Her joyous we come rings:
Hurrah Hurrah it shakes the wave,
It thunders on the shore
One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One Nation, evermore
-Adahtie for March It
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eur St0rg-G GtIIr.
WHAT GEei SANDERS WOULB'ITDOl

THERE is no one better known in the coun-
try as a scholar, politician and wit, than
VIM. H. Polk, of Tennessee He has plan
tation some forty miles from Nashville, lives
comfortably, has joke for every one, and is,
withal, resolute man in his opinions. He
was the oponent Of the evanesceut Harris,
wka has idsappsared mistsFiously and voted
for by the co-operadonists IN the election for
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23

PARESTs should not allow their children to
be exposed to cold in order to show their
pretty necIs aud arms. Three quarters OF the
danger to the lives of children come rom this
cause.-The vanity OF mothers A celebrated
French physician declared that in practice Of
twenty-six years i'll Paris, he had seen 10000
children carried to the ceneteries-a worse
than Hindoo sacrifice to the absurd custom Of
exposing their arms and necLs.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23

OLD ABE.-Ass soon as It was known among
the Washington politicians that Mr. Lincoln
had appointed Edwin N. Stanton Secretary Of
War, tremendous delegation called upon him
and protested in the strongest terms against
the appointment Of a Democrat to SO import
ant position. Old Ade' listened to ali their
argument in silence, and after they were
though terminated the interview with the
fo!'owins: 'GenIcmcr, have Le2n colsiIe--
ing the question, for some tine, whether ]
would have four Democrats and FIVE Repuoi-
cans in my Cabinet, Or five Democrats and
lonr Republicans. III could find more Dem
ocrats Just like Stanton, I would appoint them.
Good bay, gentlemen. This bayonet charge
OF cd Abe cleaned the coast.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23

PATISG TUE CosDucroE-On one Of the
railroads the directors have come down on
the dead head system and very much curtailed
The free list An individual who has been in
the habit Of travelling to and fro without any
charge, recently applied to the superintendent
for pass and was much offended when it
was refused. As he was leaving the room. he
aagrly exclaimed: III pay ny tags this
time, bat the road shan't be any Tie richer Tor
it'll pay the Coaduct9ri"
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sabbats 9flisuIlanr.


I
Ar social religious meeting brotheFrose, D
and among other things stated the following
incident of Bishop George
Z" Ye and two other clergmen were tvel- (
ing in company towards a bridge, which they =
would be required to cross in their journey.
The recent torrents Of rain had swollen the
brooks and streamlets leading into the main
current, and before they reached the bridge
the companions Of Bishop Geoge expressed
their apprehension that they would not be
able to cross. As their fears increased more
and more, they appealed to the Bishop to get
his opinion Brethren, said he, I nerer
cross u bridge aultz I get to It. p"
Some persons are always journeying toward
swollen streams or damaged bridges. The
clouds seem to fin their horizer, not behind
them, but before them, and are always dark
and threatening. They insist that either
property or health, or friends, viii soon fail
them. Alas for them, the good things Of this
world were ordained for other, not them v
Take no (eviD thought for tue morrow. = q,
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
RESIST BEGlxNIxGs.-T trees Of the forest
held a solemn parliament, wherein they eoR-
suited of the innumorable wrongs which the
ak had done them; therefore they enacted that
no tree shoulI hereafter lend tie ak wood for
a handle con paiu ofbciug cut down" Tie
AK travels up and down tic forest bogs wood +
OF the cedir. oak, ash elm, even to tie pop
lar; not one would lend him a chip. At last
he desired so much as would save him to cut,
down the brars and bushes, alleging that 5
those shrubs did suck away the JUICE Of the
ground, hindered the growth and obcured tie :.
glory Of the fair and cody trees. Hereon they
were content to afford him so much. When
he had gotten his handle, he cut down them
selves too These be the subtle reaches Of =
sin; give it but little advantage on the fair
promise toaremove thy troubles, and twill
cut down thy soul also. a.-.- @
Therefore resist beginnings; trust it notin %
the least. Consider thy falling into sin huFl-- p
ing thysclf down from some high pinnacle
Wilt thou say, I may break my neck a little!
Wilt thou say, [ may burn my soul and body
a ittleI And suffering, we think the least
misery too great, so siuning let Us think the
least iniquity-too great.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23

A FREyCH STORY Madame said French
doctor to a lady patient "you must get
turtle and feed on turtle soup. The sergant
was sent to the Palais Royal, turtle was so
astonished that she thought no mroe about
the soup. but got well forthwith.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23
Pious Cont-abands.

Many coutrabsuds are very pious in their
way though they have al odd way Of express
ing themselves, even in power. We all know
about the good darley who prayed that his
beloved mistress nligh be "ike a great roarin'
lion, seekin' somebody to devour, Down at
Port Royal the other bay, an Old negro was
heared pouring out his soal in the company
Of his fellows:
30 Lordl he cried, bress bam Yankee
bobolGonist mudsiils
"Amenl" was shouted vigorously by all
his companions.
"De Lord bress every one Of de dear good
mudsils. Dey pay US for picking cotton, and
rpassa don't -
Poor old Sanbo had never heard his new
friends designated in any other terms, and so
he need the words in his prayer in their be-
half
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23

a traveller in one of the Western steam
doats, recently, was landed near his home,
and as the boat was about to leave, he bagl-
cd out
Halo, Captain, there's something missing
here!
Hang me if I can rocollcct now, said the
traveller; let me see; here is all my trunks,
boxes, two dogs gun, and-oh, thunder its
my wife and little Gal, that are asleep in the
cabonl 1 knew there was something mis-
ingl'
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23

A PRolusING FMuLY.-A business gentle
man residing on Long Island has been recently
presented with a large family under rather
astonishing circumstances. He IS now living
with his third wife, the other two having died
childless; but although his last marriage was
less than four years ago he has twelve children,
all alive and well At the FIRST birth his wife
presented him with one child, at the second
with two at the third with two, at the fourth
with three, at the fifth with four, each weigh
ing over seven pounds. Eightnurses arc con-
stantly employed in attending to the cares OF
this promising family. The father is an auc-
iioneer, and ought TO change his cry to .com-
ing IT0rld
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-04-23

aattrr tot t5e gaIIr.
VOYAGE OF THE GOOD SHIP UNION.

BIZ OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-16
Plymouth, Jan. 13, 1862.

"a The Grand Lodge of Vermont closed
its annual session in Burlington Thursday.
Burlington was UNANIMOUSLY designated as
the place of meeting for the Annual Commu-
nication of 1868. The following are the
Grand Officers for the ensuing year:
M. W.-LEVERETT B. ENGLESBY,
Burlington, Grand Master.
r. W.-GEoRGE NJ HALL, Swanton, Dep
My Grand Master
r. W.-RANsLURE w. CLARKE, Brattlebo-
ro, Grand Senior Warden.
r. W.-NATHAN P. Bowman, Island Pond
Grand Junior Warden.
r. W.-WILL1AM G. SHAW, Burlington
Grand Treasurer.
R. W.-HENRY CLARK, Poultney, Grand
Secretary. ..se..
r. W.-SAMUEL BROOKS, Middlebury
Grand Senior Deacon.
r. W.-BENJAMIN H DEWEY, Waterbury
p Grand Junior Deacon.
W.-SAMUEL WILSON, Vergennes, Grand
Lecturer, ....
W.-Rev. GEO. B. MANsER, d. D., Ben.
nington, Grand Chaplain.
W.-Rev. KITTREDGE HAVEN, Shoreham
assistant Grand Chaplain.
W.-IsAAo B. BowDIsH, Burlington, Grand
Marshal.
W.-CHARLEs HUNsDEN, Shoreham, Grand
Ssoord Bearer.
W.-HENRY CARLISLE, Sheldon, Grand
P,wSuiudnt.
W.-LEMUEL S. DREW, Burlington, Grand
Ste,odrd.
W.-HoRATIo N. Coon, Burlington, Grand
SeUdrd.
W.-UzAL PERSON, Burlington, Grand
Tyler.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-16

a. Mrs. Timothy Bradee of Trumbull
county, Ohio, is doing rather more than her
share Of the commandment ''be fruitful and
multiply" On the second of August she
gave birth to eight children-three boys and
five girls. They are all living, and are
healthy, but quite small. Mr. Bradlees fam
lily is increasing fast. He was married six
years ago to Eunice Nowery, who weighed
273 pounds on the day other marriage. She
has gwen birth to two pair of twins, and now
eight more, making twelve children in six
years. Ii seems strange, but nevertheless
true. Mrs Bradlee was twin of three, her
mother and father both being twins, and her
grandmother the mother of five pairs of twins.
Mrs. Bradlee has named her boys after noted
and distinguished men one after j. r. Gid
dings, who has given her splendid gold
medal !; one after Rev. Elijah Champlin, who
gave her deed OF fifty acres of land and
the other after James johnson, who gave her
a COW.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-16
HThe St. Albans Messenger

%The st. Albans Messenger for some
cause, don't honor the Herald with an ex-
change. We have not seen a copy of it
for three weeks. What is the matter with
you, friend Davis IF the Herald don't
reach you regularly, just send Messen-
ger at once and let us know.-Rutland
Herald.
We beg the Herald's pardon. We sup
posed until we noticed the above paragraph
that the Messenger was regularly sent to
the Herald office. Hereafter we trust
our cotemporary will have no ground of
complaint. The Herald reaches us regu-
larly, and we take pleasure in saying that
we regard it as one of our very best ex-
changes.-Messenger.
If the Messenger regards the Herald as
highly as the latter does the Messenger,
there is every reason to believe that the
most amicable relations will continue to
exist between us.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-16
OUR HOME CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter from Plymouth,

MEssRs. EDITORS :-"Diem perdidi -
81 have lost day" is maxim that has met
the eye of every student in the rudiments of
the Roman dialect And however important
to a nations history might have been the
event that would draw from plebian, or a
Roman Senator or Roman General the re-
gret of day lost, it seems equally important
that no high official in any of our Depart
ments, should even have the chance to say Of
himself"I have lost a day." for in days like
these, we, "a people, are weaving the web
of our destiny. As the unfortunate Encela-
dus groaned beneath the weight of of Etna
upon his shoulders, so We are groaning be-
meath the weight of our nations troubles
Foreign Power, jealous of our Republican
Institutions and piqued at the influence of our
prosperity in or palmiest days. are solicitous
for pretext to draw us into foreign war,
and thus aid that "straw that breaks the
camels bt'l" The interest of England for
the present, at least, with her starving ope-
rativas, de0ands supply of the raw cotton
fro'u our southern ports, and hence her anxi-
ETY. for hasty solution of our domestic broil.
She is almost driven to interfere. The only
way to satisfy foreign Powers, to avert their
interposition and satisfy our waiting populace
is to be up and doing.
We, however, would not be the ones to
counsel precipitancy or rashness, but if we
are ready let US move, but if not, let it not be
written against the labors Of any officer, high
or low, that day has been lost. A days de-
lay is fraughr with more Importance than we
may think at first sight. In addition to the
moral influence which our delinquency has
upon other nations, in iaducing them to take
stand against US, there is the expense of
more than million of dollars per day. And
then when we come to think of the sufferin 9
| that occurs in single day, the malaria aud
camp tevers that may be contracted, Il g ex-
~ PaV anXletleS ana the ueatlsi-
the yearnings Of anxious mothers and father
and the signs of tender brothers, sisters and
maidens for the loved ond the absent, days
delay is no trihing thing
| Let our army be at work and preserve the
bright record of our career since the days OF
'76. Let their victories teach rebellion thai
liberty and selfgovernment when once firmly
rooted upon soi can never be supplantet
by oligarchy, slaveocracy, or despotism. LIE
not day be lost for they remember all is a
stake, the past, present and future, for
"The valiant warrior famoused for fight
After hundred victories once failed
Is from the book of honor razed quite,
And all the rest forgot for which he toiled."
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-16
RETURNED PRIsoNERs.-Tw hundred

RETURNED PRIsoNERs.-Two hundred
and forty fedral troops, who were prison.
ers in the hands of the rebels, just released
from confinement at Richmond, arrived at
Fortress Monroe on Friday, having been
exchanged by the government for an equal
number of rebel captives. Most of these
prisoners were captured at Bull Run, and
are oyerjoyed at being released from con-
fnement. Among them are A. L. Graves,
?. A. Sreeter, aud Corporal r. 0. Fife,
of the Brattleboro company; II. L. Breck.
enreed, ofscompany b; j. Murry, g. A.
and D. X. Stickney, of company d B.
Taylor, of company f; Corporal W E.
Murphy, and J. Il. Wheeler, of the Ben
nington company, all of the ID regiment.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-16

The income tax is to be levied upon
the income of " every person residing IN
the. United Statee, whether such income is
de ived from any kind of property, or from
am profession, trade, employment or vo-
cation carried on in the United States or
etsephere." These are the words of the
act, and of course foreigners resident here
will be taxed as well as citizens. Mere
transient travellers are not residents, but
every man's common sense win tell him
whethe- he is a -"siaent or only pas
E"nafr
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-16
: The Daily Watchman tells the fol


lowing big !" owl story:
son Wednesday morning of last week,
Pardon Bushnell, Esq, of Waitsfeld,
caught large ''horned or cat owl" which
measured four feet nine and five-eights in
ches from tip to tip of its wings, two feet
three and half inches from its bill to the
end of its tail; its horns or ears are three
and half inches long, and its foot viii
span five inches. This old fellow has
been committing depredations upon Mr..
Bushnell's hen roost until Mr.. B. was
compelled to arrest hlm by strategy in self
defence. Whether his release will be de-
manded on the ground of the illegallty or
informality of the arrest is not yet deter
mined"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-16

TAPE, VERY RED AT ONE ENp.-One
of the ship captains of the Burnsides' ex-
pedition, who was favored with baggage
enough to more than sink his craft, says:
:" went with nay story to the General,
who referred me to the Adjutant, who told
me to 60 to the Quarter-master, who sent
me to Captain NJ, and Captain M. told
me to go to HI !" No doubt the skipper
thought the proceedings" more military
than civil.