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Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-05

- That labote-i literary production of Nr.
Lincoln'S. called a Presidents Message, does n0I
seem To please anybody in tins vicinity. We
have vet ta hear man speak well of n.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-05
STRUGGLES OF THE OPERATIVES.

The calamity which has overtaKen the opera
tves Is in no way due To any def iency in their
own industrial character, and they know that it is
not At the same time they have not beeu i'm
pr0vident in the past, and vet they have not
grui-ed To spend the last farming accumulated
Nv their providence before they would ask for
aid They have fought against the pressure
with their own strength before they would
trust to any one el,eS strength. Even now
they bear their misery, not stupetied,
but as men who thoroughly understand the
causes of theii sufferng-whO be ieve, perhaps
enormously, but still believe. that England might
extract the immediate evil by lis roots, it she
would but venture unwise and unjust inter
vention in American affairs. And they elect to
refrain.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-05
THE YOUNG MEN.

1t is for this class that there is most to be
feared. Admitting that the example aud nhu
ence of their elders will keep them patient to the
end. their habits of industry must he DESTROYED
by this long idleneSs, and lasting deterioration
must be brought about in the whole class There
are now hundreds of Young men in Ashton and
other towns sauntering about the streets with
their hands in their pockets con greGating at the
street corners or propplng up the lamp posts; and
whoever will devise some scheme for occup, Ing
their idle hands aud minds will do great service
to l. ncishre
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-05
WAN D.

vNTOODi-f wentv-h five 10 fifty cords Of good DR.,
w Wood wanted to be delivered needed
Apply II this Office dec5-3t
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
VOL. XIII.-NO! 30
A LEGEND OF ST. CHRISTOPHER.
BY MISS MULOCH.

"Carry me across ~
The Syrian heard, rose up and braced
His huge limbs to the accustomed toll"
My child. see how tn, waters bell
The night-black heavens look angry.faced;
But life is little loss.
"Tll carry thee with joy,
If needs be. safe as nesting dove;
For DER this stream pilgrims bring
In service to one Christ, King
Whom have never seen, yet love-"
81 thank thee," said the boy.
Cheerful, Aprobus tooki
The burden on his shoulders great,
And stepped into the waves once more;
When. 10! they leaping rise and roar,
And meath the little child's light weight
The totterlng giant shook.
"Who art thou p cried he, wild
Struggling in middle of the ford;
Boy as thou loOkest, it seems to me
The whole worlds load bear in thee,
YETI" For the sake of Christ, thy Lord,
Garry me" said the child.
No more Aprobus swerved,
But gained the furthest bank, and then
A voice cried: Hence, ChristOpher0s be !!
For carrying thou hast carried NE,
The King of angels and of men,
The Master thou hast served"
And in the moonlight blue
The saint saw--not the wandering boy,
Bat him who walked upon the sea
And Ger the plains of Gallilee,
Till, filled with mystic, awful joy,
His dear Lord Christ he knew.
o. little is all loss,
And brief the space ;wiXt shore and shore,
If thou Lord Jesus on Us lay,
Through the deep waters OF our way,
The burden that Christopheros bore
To carry thee across.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10


An officer Of the Trent, believed to be
Mr.. 0. P. Savage, OF Belfast, ireland, COM
municates to the Newsletter the following
incident, which happened at the time Of
Lieut.. Fairfax visit -
While all the confusion and excitement
was at its full height, was struck by q
tbick.set, elderly gentleman, sitting on the
rail of an arm chair, attentively listening
to all that was going forward on the quar-
ter deck, but never altering his position !;
coolly putting his cigar, he seemed perfectly
Indifferent to everything and everybody
around him. He went to the companion
once, and unseen as be thought) quietly
loosened cutlass. That, sir, was q man
who, in practical way, has done the North.
ern cause more harm than any one else.
Had they only known who they left behind
they would have bitten their nails through
with vexation. / firmly believe they would
have dispensed with the presence OF at least
two of the delegates to have known that
man was on board. did not know at the
time who he was, but have since learned.
(Suppoeed to be the captain Of the Sumpter
or JEFF. Davis) upon questioning him as to
his motive for touching the cutlass, his an
swer was that his intention was to cut down
the lieutenant had he been recognized. He
looked determined man, and the North
knows it. He was not the only one they
left behind; several others would have been,
believe, equally acceptable at Washington
one or two Of whom took to their beds"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
The Campaign in Western Virginia.

ts.Eiat .rft
- GENERAL ROsENcRANs TO HIS TROOPS. n,
Officers and Soldiers Of the Department o.
Western VSrginia. " =
You have closed an arduous campaign
with honor to yourselves and satisfaction
to the country. None but those who have
been with you, as have, Can fully appre.
ciate your. trials and privations.
Your triumph has been threefold-ovel
your own inexperience, the obstacles Of ma
ture, and the rebel forces. leoa 8 l1.t
When our gallant young commander was
called from US, after the disaster at Bull
Bun, this department was left with les
than fifteen thousand men to guard three
hundred miles of railroad and three hundred
miles of frontier,' exposed to- b~shwhacker.
and the forces of Generals Floyd, Wise an6
jackson. The northwestern pass into il
was fortified and held, Cheat Mountain Sc
cured, the rebel assaults there victoriously
repelled, and the Kanawha Valley occupied
A march of one hundred and twelve miles
over bad roads, brought you upon Floydf
intrenched position, whence the rebels were
dislodged and chased to Sewell. Finally
your patience andwatchings putt traitor
Floyd within your reach, and though by q
precipitate retreat he escaped your grasp,
you have the substantial fruits of victory.
Western Virginia belongs to herself and the
invader is expelled from her soil. In the
name Of our Commander.in.C Chief, and in
my own, thank you. y
I But the country will expect-your com
manding general expects-still more from
you. A campaign without defeat, with
out even check, must be eclipsed by deeds
of greater lustre. sn -lassl
To this. end I now Call upon you for your
own future honor to devote yourselves, With
energy and zeal to perfect yourselves 10 al
that pertains to drill, instruction and disci.
pline. Let every officer and every soldier
be emulous to teach and learn tha firings,
light infantry drill guard duty, company
discipline and police. -.
Your commanding general proposes to
procure eSerything necessary to prepare You
tor your coming work, and will soon organ
ize boards OF examiners, who will rid the
service of the disgrace, and soldiers of the
incubus, of Incompetent and worthless Off
GERS, who hold the positions and receive the
pay without having the will or the ability
to perform the duties of their positions.
Remember you are fighting for your
country, for gour flag, for your homes.
Your enemies are implacable in their
hatred of you; there is no measure of false
hood to which they have not resorted to
blacken your good name-and their leaders,
Beauregard and JEFF. Davis, have dared,
even in solemn proclamation, to calumniate
you, charging you with crimes you abhor-
from these men you have nothing to expect.
You must be prepared to teach them, not
only lessons OF magnanimity and forbear>
ance towards the unarmed and defenceless,
but to thrust their calumnies and their
boastings down their own traitorous throats.
Let not moment be lost in your prepar-
ations for the task before you.
W. S. ROSECRANS,
Brigadier General q. 8. A.,
Commanding Department of Western Va.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
The Sabbath.

The Sabbath comes. How perfect and
how grateful is its silence Dumb is labor
and hushed all tumult and care. Even the
great marts of trade are deserted, and cities
rest. The very birds sing new song
and certain delicious soothing greets you
at your waking, and murmurs to you CRATE
fully "This is the day the Lord has made. y
Dull and dead must be be beyond the dull
ness and deadness of the mere sluggard, who
does not feel some awakening of the better
man within him at the hallowed advent of
the Sabbath morning.
10 cOnsecrate and complete the home,
there must be religion in it; and, as the
world and life are, Sunday must be looked
to mainly for the giving that conservation
and completeness. In itself the home is q
sacred place. Its founder is taod. Its gifts,
its possibilities are his. The things sacred
to the soul and life are of it. 1t is the place
of birth, of growth, OF death,-and these
three great mysteries, these processes in
our being, sanctify it unto Us. Distinctively
religious then should the home be made BY
us, and every father and mother be known
as the priest and priestess of the domestic
altar. The old Levitical law should be re-
vived among Us, and every man "sanctify
his house to be holy unto the Lord"
The religion of home should be broad
and genial as religion in itself is not COM
fined to seasons and to tasks, not to catech.
isms and articles of faith, not to set acts
and forms, not to the Bible and devotion,
but liberal and complete, enfolding and
touching everything, everybody, every pos
ition, relation, act,-joys as well as sorrows,
the least, the common, as well as the
greatest and the exceptional. 1t should
have all the reverence Of the first command
ment, and all the scope of the second, and
this secured by word and work, by precept,
by influence direct and indirect, not by caus
ing to know and do, but by leading the way
in knowing and doing. The thing most to
guard against, is disgusting the members OF
the home with the subject of religion,-a
thing many well,meanlng homes haye done.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-07-25
Don't Drink Much Water.

A person in good health, and in the mod
crate pursuit of BUSINESS, does not feel like
drinking water, even in summer time, if not
very thirsty. In fact, great habitual thirst
in summer is the sign Of a depraved appe-
tte, resulting from bad habits; or it is a
proof Of internal fever: and the indulgence
of even go simple thing as drinking cold
water largely in summer time, especially in
the early part of the day, will produce dis
ordered condition of the system. Most per-
sons have experienced more or less discom-
fort from drinking largely of cold water. II
we drink great deal, we must perspire a
great deal this perspiration induces great
er evaporation of heat from the surface than
some have to spare the result IS chill, then
comes the reaction of fever. Many person
arises from dinner or tea-table, in June.
chilly, because too much cold fluids have been
taken. Those who drink little or nothing even
of cold water, in Summer, till the afternoon.
will be more vigorous, more full OF health
and much more free from bodily discomfort
than those who place no restraint on their po.
tations.-HaWs Journal Of Health.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-07-25

the government and people of the United
States sacrifice like this, either for the tem-
porary inducement of relieving their own
manufacturing classes, or under the delusive
idea of promoting tie cause of humanity.
But our dependence must be not on the
sympathy, not even on the justice of foreign
powers, but ON ourselves-on the fortitude,
courage and endurance of twenty millions of
freemen, exerted in righteous cause, and
crowned by the smiles of heaven. The cri-
sis is now upon US. five wish to avert the
danger Of foreign Intervention, We must rein
force the army of the Potomac.
If We wish to protect our Union brethren
in the revolted states, to save their backs
from the scourge, their estates from confsca-
ton, and their necks from the halter, We
must reinforce the army of the Poto-
mac. If We wish not merely to insure
that noble army itself and its gallant and pa
triotic chief (who, by his admirable strategy
commanding as you see by the extracts
from the Richmond press in our morning pa
pers the respect of the rebel journals, has
rescued it from impending annihilation,) from
deplorable reverse and enable it at once to
resume the offensive, we must reinforce the
army of the Potomac.
The blood of our brethren already poured
out like water in those dreary swamps; the
thousands of precious lives now endangered,
the integrity of the Union, the noble cause in
which We are engaged, the speedy and au-
spicious termination of the war, all plead
with US to reinforce the army of the Poto-
mac. Let the response go forth from Fan
euil Hall, trumpet tongued-the army Of the
Potomac shall be reinforced.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-07-25
Incidents of Father TAYLOR.

Last Sunday Father Taylor prayed, (hav-
ing Parson Brownlow for hearer) in this
way :-"Oh Lord, guide our dear president,
our Abraham the friend Of God, like old
Abraham. Save him from those wriggling.
intriguing, polite, piercing, Shiny, boring
keelworms don't let them get through the
sEeathing of his integrity" Abiding to his
recen; accident by which his arm was shat
tered he said Il have only one arm. |
can't row, but can schulz little, and shall
try to stem the current for while longer
Some Years since, an Orthodox minister
went into the Bethel with him, but declined
going into the pulpit, giving as a reason tEat
Rev Henry Ware, Unitarian, had preached
there. The old man took two steps up the
pulpit stairs, and knelt down, saying, "l.et
US pray. There are things, o Lord, that We
want to get rid of-religious bigotry and bad
rum. Which is worst, thou knowest.
don't"
! On another occasion he said THE wick
ed shall be turned into hell. God said that.
How many piping pettifogsers OF the devil
will you weigh against his word? Voltaire,
Cooking down over the desk,) Noltaire, what
do YOU think about it nor ~
A wandering exhorter once addressed a
prayer meeting at the Bethel with long
story about one Dupont, "a great sinner,
who, as he said, was blown up in a powder
mill, and when he fell, crushed and mangled,
was converted. "Who would not say he
concluded, sin the language of the holy man
of old 'let me die the death of the righ-
teous, and let my last end be like his. ~
Father Taylor started up at once, and said
Il don't want any such trash brought into
this altar. hope my people won't put of
serving God till they are blown up in pow
der mill. Don't calculate to serve the dew
il all your life, and to cheat him with your
last breath. That holy man. that we've
Just heard about. was Balaam, the meanesl
scoundrel spoken of in the Bible; and now
; l hope, We shant have any more of Balaam
here,-nor Of his ass :"
An eminent banker from the West End
once visited Father Taylors church during &
warm revival, and interrupted prayer meet
ing by an address setting forth the benifi
, cence of the merchant princes, the goodnes!
of the Port Society, and the duty of al! sea
: men to show their gratitude to the merchants
He was somewhat taken aback when Father
2 Taylor rose, at the close of this untimely ad
dress, and simply inquired -"Is there an.
| other old sinner from uptown that woult
e like to say word ~
4 When MIR Taylor was boy, he was, dur
e ing the war of 1912, taken a prisoner by
e British vessel, and lodged in Halifax jail
f While there, good woman visited the pris
e oners, supplied them with religious book.
and took especial interest in young Taylor
+ Visiting Boston, many years after, she wen
: to hear the seaman's preacher, and recogniz
: ing her former young friend, to her grea
h surprise, cried out :-"There's my little sa
l. lor-boy.' The scene that followed canne
he described. -GOrdrd's Re1ster.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-07-25

were in vain. Misery is slow and cruel
murderer. He gnawed, with vulture tooth.
at the heart of this woman, till exhausted ma
ture sank and she expired. That wretched
husband has doubtless, ere this, gone down
to a beggar's grave. Those children are
scattered. But Gods eye is upon them, and
He will not forget Christian mothers ago.
nizing death prayer.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-07-25

Lewis Arsino, eldest son of Frederic Arsi-
no, aged years, va, drowned in the Missis-
quoi river at Swanton, on the Sth inst. The
boy was laying in a boat, from which he fell
into the water.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-07-25

Street lamps have been erected and light
ed at Burlington, for the benefit of night
wayfarers.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-07-25

r. He who will break his last loaf with
you, but never his faith, is a true friend.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-07-25

u. HLNIEk,
NajOr-General Commanding.
The national Republican., 1862-01-09
Demand Treasury Notes.

The following is the bill introduced In The
House on Tuesday, by Mr.. Spaulding from the
Committee of Ways and Means
A BILL to authorize the issue of Demand
Treasury Notes.
Be & enacted bJ he Senate and House Of Rep
rescniatiues Of the United States Of America n
Congress assembled. That, for temporary pur-
poses, the Secretary Of the Treasury be, and
be is hereby authorized to issue, on the
credit OF the United States, 100000, 900 OF
generally without specifying any place or time
Of payment, and Of such denominations as be
may deem expedent. not less than SIS each,
and such notes, and all other treasury
notes, payable on demand not bearing
interest that have been heretofore author
lied to be issued, shall be receivable for all
debts and demands due TO the United States and
for all salaries, Dues debts, and demands owing
by the United States, corporations, and sssoci.
ations within the United States, and shall also
be lawful money and legal tender In pay.
ment of oil debts, public and private within
the United States, and shall BE- exchangeable In
sums not less than 500, at any time, at their
par value, at the Treasury Of the United States
and at the offices of the Assistant Treasurers In
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, st. Louis, and
at the Depository 10 Cincinnati, for any Of the
per cent. twenty years coupon bonds or reg.
istered bonds which the Secretary of the Treas.
ury is now or may hereafter be authorized to
issue; and such Treasury notes shall be re
ceived the same as coin, at their value, in pay
ment for any bonds that may. be hereafter ne.
go.iated by the Secretary of the Treasury. And
such Treasury notes may be reissued from time
to time, as the exigencies of the public service
may require. There shall be printed, on the
back of the Treasury notes which may be issued
under the provisions Of this act, the following
words:
THE within note Is legal tender in pay.
ment OF all debts, public and private, and Is
exchangeable Tor the coupon or registered
bonds Of the United States, bearing six pei
cent. interest"
Such Treasury notes shall be signed by the
Treasurer of the United States, or by some
officer of the Treasury Department designated
BY the Secretary Of the Treasury, and shall be
countersigned by the Register Of tie Treasury
or some officer Of the Treasury Department
designated by the. Secretary Of the Treasury
for the Register, and oil the provisions of tht
act entitled "An act to authorize the issue O
Treasury notes." approved the Esd day of De
cember, 1857, 80 far as the same can be ap
piled to the provisions Of this act and not incon
sistent Herewith, are hereby revived and re
enacted, and the sum Of $l50,0O0 ID hereb,
appropriated out Of any money in the Treasur!
not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Sec
retary of the Treasury TO carry this act int,
| effect ...
The national Republican., 1862-01-09

FISAAcIAL.-It may safely be assumed to be
the Judgment of the country, that it is desirable
TO prreeF7e the hard money standard, SO far as
the action OF the Government. In receiving
keeping, aud paying out money is concerned.
But NJ 'cessity knows no law, and whether we
like 1t OF dislike it, the exigencies of war drive
us to the use OF paper, temporarily irredeema.
BILE, and resting upon confidence in the restor-
alton OF a better state of affairs.
The true policy, under such circumstances,
lie to resort to expedients temporary in their
nature, and not to entangle ourselves in new
systems, which we cannot change, when the
immediate exigency which dictates them, ceaseI
20 exist.
II We issue treasury scrip at low rate o.
interest, or not on interest, it could be. and
would be, retired by the process of funding
soon after peace is restored aud we should thns
get back to the old and safe state of things
II, on the contrary We establish banking
system aud become pledged to bankers to re-
ceiye their notes for the whole, o. any part of
the public dues, we lose the control Of our own
future in respect to financial questions.
The national Republican., 1862-01-09

PuTTlAU IT on THE True GRoUND-In the
debate in the House on the 9th instant, Mr.
DrsN, Of Indiana, in the course of an earnest
appeal against the overthrow Of slavery, used
the following language:
with four millions in bondage, with all the
value "i that property, AS 1t is called, inter.
woven with every other interest in tho South,
and forming the support alike of old age, mid
die age, widowdood, and orphan childhood
the attempt TO blot it out of existence by a
fierce foray on the part of the Government Is
as wild and chimerical a scheme rs ever en-.
tered the br ain of II madman."
This is dealing with the question OF slavery
in frank and manly way. II is stating the
real ground upon which slavery is upheld, as
d property institution, and as the greatest ag
srsgation of single article of personal prop
erty ever kn.wn in the history of mankind
This, the only difficulty in the way O
getting rid of slavery, had constantly increased
down to the outbreak OF this war, by thu
stcs " rise in the value and price Of slaves
1t Is now Diminishing, but more rapidly than
it Increased. 1t may not disappear altogether
but six months more OF war will reduce it tc
proportions which will be by no means form
dable.
The national Republican., 1862-01-09

ARMY OrPIcERs AND SIAvEs.-The following
is the BILL Us reported by the Committee on
Military Affairs, which Mr.. Salisbury moved
in the Senate to indie tnitely postpone, on
Tuesday:
"That II shall be unlawful for any officer in
the military or naval service of the United
States TO cause any person claimed 10 be held
to service or labor by reason OF African de
scent, to be seized, held, detained, or delivered
up to or for any person claiming such service
or labor; and any oficer 80 offending shall he
gible to any appointment in the military or
naval service Of the United States"
The motion to indefinitely postpone was lost =
yeas 10 nays %.
All the Democrats and all the slave State
Senators voted for the indeHuite postpone o.
ment All the Republicans voted against the
indefinite postponement except Mr.. Cowan, Of
Pennsylvania. vino was controlled, as we infer
from his remarks made a few days ago, by the
belief that the law Of the case. as IL now ey-
lists, IL 30 precisely what the bill before the
Senate proposes to make It. that legislation Is
not needed.
We hope this bill will be prompt, ln,..- l.
A sufficiently long experience ha. shown that
rebellion is not to be suppressed by nigg-r
catching generals. What We want is an army
to fight h. enemy, and not to act as bum -bailin
for his slaves.