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The New York herald., 1862-01-08

| FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET-TO GENTLEMEN,
both large small with nvenence for fire. Terms
very Apply 70 Catharine street. between Mad.
/ md Hem
The New York herald., 1862-01-08
HOUSES, ROOMS, &C., WANTED.

WANTED IMMEDIATELY-BY REsPECTABL,it l,i
w party four story, high soop house, between Siytt
and Fourth avenue and Tenth and fhrcth streets Hous
must have Las fixtures throughout, with modern convent
ences ito exceed $1,000 per Address H. b.
station f. Eighth ave.
The New York herald., 1862-01-08

100 GREENE sTEEEr.-FURNISHED ROOMS; 4
IOC front Room hrst floor, suitable for a phye-
Office and chamber 50 week; also comfortable
furnished Rooms from 81 10 ~ 5oper week. The house has
hot cold baths.
The New York herald., 1862-01-08

"A wolf and puro breed Apply at stable Of li7 Eliza
beth street.
IyRAECIs BUTLER, NO. PECK SLIP, HAS ALL THE
II choice Breeds sr stock and sale Buffers Infalllbe
Mango Cure aud FleS Erermnstor, 80 cents per bottle
Buffers Brecdlng TIA tpiug, Diseases, &c of Dogsn g.
Dogs boarded, trained, &cS Medicines for al diseases.
NOR sAIE-rIvE THt1RoUGHBRED NEwFOUND.
IT. land Pups, four weeks ol; also good watch Dog yili
be sold cheap Inquire the TeTy sabe 200 East Brcsn
way. v
The New York herald., 1862-01-08

A CT,.fRyoyANT-ALL DISEASES DISCOVERE
ami cured Al cuabc iost and stolen property rocovere
Tho tate and whereabouts Of absent friends made know
uncrrna advice on business, &C., by Mrs. SEYMOUR,
e celebrated medical and business clairvoyan in Americ
A. IOi West Fifteenth street. corner OF sixth avenue ss
faction no pay.
The New York herald., 1862-01-08

yJANTED-A SITUATION, BY RESPECTABLE
w girl, u mind children; understands diessmaking
millinery Best Of city reference. Call for days at 73
The New York herald., 1862-01-08

HS EAST BRoADwAY.-Bo BoARDING.-GESTLEMEN,
OJ with families Board reasonable
also few single Rooms 10 la. House has all the modern
improvements
The New York herald., 1862-01-08

Z first floor with pivt table only, or without meals:
desirable Rooms ccnilemen without board TO let on
satisfactory terms, 81 Fourth street. near Lafayette
place.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-12-12

Yet trust that in view Of the great re
sponsibility upon me, you will perceive
no want Of respect to yourselves in any
undue earnestness | may seem to dis
play. Is it doubted, then, that the plar
| propose, if adopted, would shorten the
war, and thus lessen its expenditure oi
money and of blood !? Is it doubted that
it would restore the national authority
and national prosperity, and perpetuate
both indefinitely? Is it doubted that we
here, Congress and executive, can secure
its adoption? viii not the good people
respond to a united and earnest appeal
from us ? Can we, can they, by any
other means so certainly or so speedily
assure these vital objects We can sue
ceed only by concert. Ii is not, eau any
of US imagine BETTER but can we all do
better Object wheresoever is possible,
still the question recurs, can we do bet
ter? The dogmas Of the quiet past are
inadequate to the stormy present. The
occasion is piled high with difficulty, and
we must rise with the occasion cow. As
our case is, so we must think anew and
act anew. We must disenthrall our
selves, and then we shall save the coun-
try.
Fellow citizens, we canno; escape his
tory. We Of this Congress will be re-
membered in spite Of ourselves. No
personal significance or insignifcance
can spare one or other of US. The fiery
trial through which we pass viii light Us
down in honor or dishonor to the latest
generation. We say that we are for the
Union. The world will not forget that,
while we say this, we do know how 10
save the Union. The world knows we
know how to save it. We, even We here,
hold the power and bear the RESPONSE
bility. In giving freedom to the slaves,
we assure freedom to the free,-honora.
bic alike in what we give aud what we
preserve. We shall uobIy save, or no
bly, lose the last best hope of the earth.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-12-12
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

BEAUTIFUL PRAYERs.-The prayers
are beautiful that reach Gods ear
The fervent prayer of the righteous man
ayaileth much, and is beautiful. The
prayer of the widow and tatherless, who
have no helper, is beautiful. The prayer
Of the infant, who takes Gods promise
in his " moist, implicit grasp" as he
does lis mothers hand, is beautiful
The prayer of the lowly saint, unlettered
and ungrammatical, is beautiful. The
prayer Of the poor man when Col
heard him and delivered him out OF his
trouble was beautiful. The prayer Of
the publican who smote upon bis breast
and said, God be merciful to me Il
sinner" was beautiful The prayer ol
Stephen, when amid the storm of stones
he cried Just before he =" fell asleep
"ldy not this sin to their charge was
beautiful. There is a grammar and
rhetoric of heaven; but ii is foreign to
the culture of this world The courliers
there wear wedding garments" and
they speak the celestial language; but
sometimes they seem ragged and ignorant
to the eyes that are blinded with the
clay and dust of our earth roadsteads
We cannot always discern the fashions
of heaven. There is a frippery that
sometimes claims to be the garb divine,
but is mere tinsel. There is an "excel-
lency of speech" which is jargon and
mockery in the ear of God. Tier
is " sounding brass and tinkling cymbal'
mere clatter, and not celestial music at
all. There are " beautiful prayer" that
are unlovely and abomiuable before the
Searcher of hearts.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-12-12

gzy At a wedding, recently, when the
officiating priest put 10 the lady the qres-
ton, wilt thou have this man to be thy
welded husband p she dropped the pret-
tiest courtesy, and with a modesty which
len, her beauty an additional grace,
replied, " II you please"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-12-12

Gy An Irishman being asked at
breakfast how he came by that black
eye,' said 'he slept on his fist
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-12-12

rs. C."-Has it ever occurred TO our
readers how much significant meaning
there is in these well-known initials Of
the Southern Confederacy; Here is a
decade ofexauples:
l. 1t originated in South Carolina.
2. 1t commenced on State Capital.
3. 1t contains a Suffering Community.
l. Its success has a Slim Chance.
5. Intervention brings it Small Com
fort.
G. Its leaders invent Shameful Cal
umnies.
7. Its people exhibit Surprising Cred
ulity.
8. 1t has initiated a Suicidal Conflict
o. Its women are Saucy Creatures.
10. Its history will be Scorn an Con-
tempt.-LouisUiHe Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-01
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Tennessee ,GumberfsHt, Illinois, Wfseohsin Miss
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MERCHANTS and Shippers entruSiiBg the transporta-
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The Rates al Freight
To and from amy point In he West b. the Ponnsyl l.
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ROAD COMPANIES.
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CxNTRAL X. H.
For Freight ConlrHcts or Shipping Directions, ap-
ply TO or addfesssther Of the following Agsp ofthc
Company.
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CLARkEn CO., Transfer Agents. -
IL. W. BROWN 81 Co, Cincinnati, O.
&c. NELDRUM CO., Madison, Ind.I
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$. PIERCE 4 CO.. Zanesyille, %.
M'DoW ELL N COLIN Portsmouth, ,o.3
II, ANEELf, Maysyiie, ky.i
J. T.. JOHNSON, Ripley 20.
JOHN TODD, Cosington, Ky.
q. l.. HEA1ON Cleveland o.
X. G. MbApkuA, Gent Travelling Ag'tfor
the South and West.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-01

THE "CATHoLIc "px THE SLAVERY
QuEsTIoN.-The Pittsburg Catholic, in
an article in this weeks issue, takes de-
cided grounds on the slavery question.
1t says:
We are glad to perceive that there 10
much likelihood of the speedy aboliuonsof
slavery in the District OF Columbia. We
believe there is no constitu .ional difficulty
III the way Of such measures. If ii can
be done without infringing on the consti-
tutional rights Of the Southernen, it
ought TO be done. Slavery always was
disgrace to the national capital, but the
reasons that justified its toleration there,
exist no longer. Negro slavery. as it ex-
lists in this country, has no rights Il
must, however, be tolerated by the gen.
enl government, and by us, aimpIy be-
cause it is not our business to interfere
with it. II is strictly State institution,
or, we should rather say, State sin
After stating that We must bear with it in
those States where it exists, however We
may bewail its existence, it adds: We
can, however, remove the dung that ID at
our doors, no matter who put it there
and, accordingly, we want slavery re-
moved from the gates Of the capitol Of
this free republic.
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cheers for Mayor Hatch" shouted the
whisky-nosed man once more. "Three
cheers with WILL" shouted their leader.
!" Three groans for Old Abe and the Black
Republicans hoxled out big fellow at
the top Of his voice. aInto them, boys, !"
shouted Smith. q Boo-oo-oo--oo-oo-oo.' =
Don't shoot him, Bart" shouted out a
fellow with one eye Don't shoot, !"
echoed the whisky ky-nosed man. Don't t
shoot" bawled out the big fellow with
the long hair and dirty face. Don't
shoot, boys" echoed Bart. Smith. "On
to the stage" shouted big-bellied gam
bier. "On to the STAGE" echoed ban
dy-legged pimp, "On to the stage" I"
shouted their sufhanly leader. 9 Put out
the ga-as," howled out blear-eyed fel-
low with hairy cap. Put out the ga
as," echoed long-legged topper in a
slouched hat. Begar, we'll clane tbem
out. Hcoray for JEFF. Davis" bawled out
half dozen drunken voices together.
You clean Us out, said young SOL
dier who was standing quiety By; "there
are but FIVE Of my company here, but we
will put you through in short order, if the
citizens here will only say the word ~
This had rather cooling efIec. upon Sc.
cesh. The people were fast leaving the
house. and the drunken rowdics, headed
by Bart Smith, and couple Of big gam.
blers, suddenly made their exit for the
street.-Cin. Com.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-01
LIVE STOCK.

LII v II G1Olh.
Drovers aud Farmers will find this the most adyAn-
tsgeous route for Live Stock. Capaeions Yards we'll
~aiered and supplied with every convenisnce, have
been opened this line and ts every
attention 10 paid To their wants Prom L. q SuY1h,
where " It'll be fenht every convenience for foedtng
and resting. choice rs offered of the PnILADkL-
PHfA, NEW l0Rk and BALTIMORE AAkkETS.
This viii also be found the shortest quickest and
most direct route for Stock to New NOrkfyia Allen.
town land with fewer changes than any other.
EAOCH LEWIS, General supG. .Altoona, pa.
l.. l.. H0UPT, Gen. Tick ct AEt ,PhiladelphiA.
II. h. HOUSTON, Gent Freight Agt., Phiiadsl lphia.
jnn2AdaW
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-01
DOST-OFPICE DIRECTORY.

Arrival Of the Mails.
Eastern Mall arrives daily Sundays excepted via
Plymouth, at o'clock. y. M.
~. Louis and Southern Mail arrives daify
sxsspsed5 ~ G,p.m.
Weassrn Mail arrives daily ytexeeptsundays)at i2 90
O'clock N.
Burlington MaIiarryes daily (ess:It sundaysyat4 4
pm.
Carthage and Plymouth Mail arrive I.aIy sa,iay,
sxcepteal at 5,p. m.
CHARLESTON sisi II tri-weskiy1 arrives fADtkys
Ihnrsdays and Saiardays,xt7 pm.
GaotfpH ~ the Mails.
Eastern Mail closes d.iiy texesEt bsiurdsys) ep.
-.
81. Louis and Southern kailcoses daily Saturdays
exceptsd)atep -.
Bsriisgtos AAilcieses daily texccptssturdsys) a
ep.n.
Western Mail closes daily tsIeept Saturdays, At Q
o'clock pm.
Carthageapd Plymouth Msilcloses daily Saturdays
exeepssdl ~ p N.
Charleston Mail ttri-weekly1 closes Mondays, Wed
nesdsys aud Fridays, at6a m.
UP The Post Once will be ep~n frndays n ON
ytc ~ O'Clock, an. J. u. bOW LLL,P. IL.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-01

TAa DeAocrAsle Meh~.The aecosA 1T
tAs ODsra Mouse.
Where are Jon going. Chance r said
hard-looking specimen standing u the
entrance of the Opera House on Monday
evening. Coin on Airt." "Hoors, .
responded the big gambling-house keeper,
recently iiberated from Jail
@Cone %, boys, fun aheal, ? shouted
big-moafhsd fellow, fuming with whisky,
when twenty Or thirty more whiskey sweats
followed hiin sf stairs, wAooping as they
went. f
They made no secret Of their purpose !;
. few remained on The frst Hoor, but the
most Of them went up stairs; dozen,
perhaps, went up to The third tier; the
1srgeT number. however, remained ia the
second tie. at the head Of the stairway,
and to the right Of the speaker. This
crowd seemed to be under the control Of
Bart. Smith.
Among those who remained on the frst
foor was halfdrunkcn fellow with big
dog; he succeeded once or twice in msk.
ing his canine companion aid him in the
uProar, but could howl and yell himself
far loudsd than the dog.
AT the time the eggs were thrown the
most Of theru came from the upper tier,
but boulder and one or two eggs were
thrown from that part Of the house where
the Bart. Smith gang we're gathered TO-
gether.
After Mr.. Phillips had spoken about
40 hour, this assemblage Of ruf6ans, head
ed BY Bart. Smith, became the most ND
roarous, and were soon joined by those
from both the upper and lower part Of
the house, who we're bent upon row. -
They had now got to the head Of the stair
way. "Go it, boys" shouted their ruff
fanly captain, and 80 it they did.
Three groaas for Wendell Phillipe. -
shouted whisky posed man. aThree
9eroAns' shouted hart. Smith. Bo-oo-oo., !,
Three groaas for Judge Stale, = shouted
ont the whisky -nosed fellow again ssGo
it, hoys," I" ahouted the leader. uThroe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-01

Fare - low - BY any other Routel
III Ask for Tickets by way OF the Great wabasb
valley Route, and be sure you get them.
r Nsw apd Elegant Sleeping Cars ara run from
Quincy TO Lafayette. t26o miles that passengers
can got good night rest, hile parsuing shsiEtour
ney.
III Baggage Cheeted from Ksokuk TO all impsr.
tsDt places, East and South.
NJ. .Hs..Tlcketx 90r sale II the corner OF
Main and Cd Streets, Keokuk, Iowa, and s,the Com
pany'sTicket ofice, "a Pront street, quincy IN.
E.C.hMIlH.
General Frcig hi and Tick ct rent,
Quincy, lllinoiA.
fncbl7d KE0KUK IOWA
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-01

IMPuDENcE USpARALLELED.-W .-We heard
the other day Of letter from young
gentlemen, now prisoner at Indianapo-
Lis, TO his mother in Kentucky, in which
he stated that he has alxays taught that
the people Of the South were superior
race to those in the North and that what be
saw while prisoner only convinced him
of the truth Of the position. "Why,
mother" says lie, eve are waited on here
BY these people and receive as much at
tention, with the same apparent docili'y
and obscquiousness which characterizes
our slaves, in their attentireness to our
slightest wishes. / am fully convinced,
had | doubted il before, that the South is
the ruling race, aud must triumph in the
end. y This, we understand, if not the
language, was about the substance OF the
young gen;lemans reflection. Il also
shows what hidden mines Of gratitude
have been opened out BY the sympathy
and kindness Of the people Of Northern
cities toward the misguided beings in
their midst.-Evansville Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-01

Would cali attention 10 hls stock of Booka, Sta
tionery, Wall and ind0v Paper. which he ri o6er
at unusually low prices Thankful tor the patron
age bestowed him for the part eight years he re.
speettnlly sOlicits = contiAuAnce Of the sane.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-22

secretary, and then daily carried carpet-bag
TO the office, which he loaded with type and
other articles. His room at the boarding
house was searched and more than 200 pounds
of new materials, the accumulation OF his
theis were recovered. He was formerly pub
fisher OF an nfdel sheet in Indiana, called the
Vanguard"
General Cass has over three hundred acres,
viii ii, though they lie within the limits Of the
city of Detroit, have no houses or stores built
upen them. For this property he was taxed
on valuation OF over 100000. His man of
business objected, but when he went before the
assessors to make his objection good, he found
a lind broker present who offered him $780,,
900 in cash for the property, and had a large
sum of money in his hand, as proot that he
meant what he said. As the land will be
worth to the generals grandchildren three or
four times the amount, the offer was declined
and the taxes paid.
Two girls who were skating on the Hudson,
on Wednesday last, were drowned by falling
into an air hole.
Henrietta. said landlord to his new girl
''when there's bad news from Washington, or
any bad news, particularly private Affections,
always let the boarders Know it before dinner.
1t may seem strange, Henrietta, but such lit
tie things make a great difference jim eating in
the course of Il year"
Though the clouds rear their battlements in
the sky, they are easily carried by storm.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-22

The SOLDIERS RELIEF COMMITTEE re-
new their request for contributions of flannel
shirts and drawers, cotton shirts OF the usual
form, mot hospital shirts,) drawers of the
same material, and also for further supply of
stockings. They have on hand sufficient
number of mittens to supply the present de
mand. They may be called upon to forward
these articles within few weeks, and would
regret any delay or deficiency. In connection
with this call, they can confidently repeat the
words of DR. Eliot of st. Louis, in letter re.
Gently received by them, " think the gener-
osity of the ladies OF Massachusetts will never
be exhausted" The demands upon them are
not likely soon to cease. Knitters can obtain
yarn at the rooms of the Employment Society,
No 100 Main street. Oy-
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-22

shows plainly that the rebels do not regard /
them as Inefficient. 1t shows also that the re-
bellion will surely be crushed, and that soon.
The Washington Daily Globe makes the
following important stRtemeut:-
"Au officer of high character has informed
us that. to his knOwledge, on the day when
the Pensacola ran the gauntlet Of the rebel
batteries, and before the usual hour for COM
municatlng the c0untersign OF the day to our
plckets opposite one of those batteries, the
rebel pickets boasttully shouted the correct
countersign across the river, and added, The
Pensacola is coming down tonight! What
does this fact prove IL proueS that the counter
signs TLch are sent from the a0dr department TO our
camps made knooCn to the rebels, by traitors in
confidential positions in or near that department,
and that Other information in reference to conteA
plated movements Of naual forces is Akelciss
communicated to the enemy! What is to be the
end Of all this ?"
The belief is quite prevalent among loyal
men at Washington and elsewhere that secret
treason is one of the chief liindrances to the
efficiency of the war against rebellion. Some
OF the regular army officers are very seriously
infected. The other day we were told that
the detectives had discovered a reasonable
correspondence going on between some of
these officers and the rebels. There should be
stern and swift work with such men. In the
departments at Washington there are many
concealed traitors it is said. \ letter from
Washington makes the following statement -
"rhe Potter committee, appointed by the
house to investigate the fidelity OF clerks and
other employees OF the government about
Washington, have suspended their labors ard
are preparing their report. 1t will be very
long, and must create much excitement in the
country, as the committee have come to the
conclusion that at least five hundred persons
employed in the departments here are dislOyal
to the government and would rejoice to see
JEFF. Davis in possession of Washington. The
report will be very severe upon Mr.. Smith,
secretary OF the interior, showing that Jacob
Thompson's old dsunion clerk and his own
(Smith's) family and friends draw two-thirds
of the salaries in his apartment. The sym.
patlies OF the country will be with the com-
mittee, for the people know that the govern
men! has been harassed and nearly ruined by
| spies in Washington"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-22

Mr.. EDITOR just in the edge of Shrews.
bury, upon what is called the Miles Place."
mammoth CHESTNUT tee has lain, for the last
ten or twelve years. Early in the present
winter, Mr.. Ashley w. Rice, having recently
purchased the farm, took notion to rescue
tue fallen giant from its inglorious oblivion,
and, if possible, to convert it to some practi
cal use. BY deeply notching the sides, to al
low the use of cross cut saw, it was divided
into sections Of a convenient length for hand.
ling. The largest cut, about eight feet long.
Mr.. Rice payfully presented to one of the
clergyman OF New England Village, and agreed
to delUer 1t whole! But the fulfillment of the
bargain proved far more serious matter than
was dreamed Of for four men worked several
hours, with two oke Of cattle, without being
able to load the log Afterwards, five or six
men, with the help of teams and levers, rolled
it upon a sled, but four horses failed to stir it
a foot, Then three yoke of powerful oxen.
were tried, and by their more steady and sim
ultaneous pulling, set the huge mass in mo-
ton. But in less than five minutes, one of
the sled shoes, three.inch stick of new,
striney maple, confined with the toughest oak
pins, was stripped from the runner, like paste.
board, and split into a dozen pieces. Another
sled, TO which the load was transferred, soon
shared a similar fate, but, after many delays
and chair. breadth 'scapes," the "New Years
gift " reached it's destination, to the infinite
wonderment of the people, whose astonished
faces filed the windows, as it passed through
the village. The stump of the tree measures
little over eight feet across. The log itself,
some three feet higher up, or where the slant.
ing chip commenced, in telling the tree, is sir
feet, eight inches. The bark, of which some
pieces are well preserved, is three inches thick,
which makes the original diameter, at this
point, more than seven feet. One hundred and
torty.six "rings" have been counted, some
Of which are almost half an inch thick. The
net weight of the log is just nine thousand
pounds. 1t may be freely seen by the curious,
in the yard back OF the post Office. Scores
have already focked to view the monster.
N. L. Village, Jan. 20, 1862. NEW.