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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-01-22
PROGRESS IN FORMING CHARACTER.

Mr.. Beecher writes thus cxpressively in
the independents it took as much of
our time during our whole life to think
about eating and drinking, and dressing
and lifting our hands, as it does when we
are children, we never should be anything
else than children. In some way or other,
progress requires that man should abbre-
viate his lower physical actions. There
is to be, in some way or other, conquest
made over these actions. And it is the
peculiar constitution of which | have
been speaking that enables man to do
this so that in certain lines the will ac-
quires a facility of influencing each facul-
ty, and each faculty acquires an action
that amounts to almost instaneousness.
Take, for instance, boy that is beginning
to read. Six months boy requires to
learn to read a column, and hold up his
head, and speak loud and plain, and make
no mistakes and mind his stops; and the
page is well blurred with finger marks be-
fore he can do that But how is it after
ward ? can read that column down,
and make no mistake, not only without
thinking of single letter, but without
thinking what single word is. There
are no words to me. l merely see the
ideas behind them. The material element
is gone.
Aud what is still more curious and fa-
miliar, page can be read aloud without
the reader being conscious that he has
read sentence A man shall begin and
read, For as in Adam all die, even so in
Christ shall all be made alive, and 90
from one end to the other of that whole
argument, and yet, this shall be his course
Of thought, When go to New York TO-
day, think will go up Fulton-street
and see Mr.. Evans, whom agreed to meet
at eleven o'clock. And | must not forget
to 60 around to the bank at two o'clock,
and see if those notes have been attended
to- So he will 60 on with Paul's reason
ings and at the same time be posting up
and down the streets of New York, look
ing after the business of the day. What
strange facility is that
The boy that, at first, with blubbering
lips, and red eyes, used to spell each word
and labor hard to get out one verse after
another, has now come to a state in which
he not only can read without the slight
est hesitation or apparent volition, but
can read and keep all the organs perform
ing their proper functions, while his whole
mind and will power are going off in an
other direction. His life is there; his
body IS slaving and working here. And
see what Subjugation of the lower fac
ulties, and what an abbreviation Of the
processes of action, there has been. See
what life has done, and how effectually
and thoroughly 1t has done it. What
may be called material servitude is over.
The first thing that we gain, then, by this
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-01-22
OLD WINTER is COMING.

Old Winter is coming again-alack
How icy and cold is he
He cares not pin for shiveriDg back,
Hes a saucy old chap to white and black,
He whistles his chils with wonderful knack
For he comes from cold countree
witty old fellow this Winter is
A mighty old fellow for glee
He cracks his jokes on the pretty, sweet miss,
The wrinkled old maiden, unfit to kiss,
And freezes the dew of their lips ; for this
Is the way with old fellows like he
Old Winters frolicsome blade, wot-
He is wild in his humor, and free
He'll whistle along for ''the want of thought
And set all the warmth of our turs at naught,
And ruffle the laces by pretty girls bought
frolicsome fellow is he !
Old Winter is blowing his gusts along,
And merrily shaking the tree!
From morning till night he will sing his song
long;
merry old fellow is he p!
Old Winters tough old fellow for blows,
As tough as ever you see
He will trip up our ''trotters" and rend our
clothes,
And stiffen our limbs from our fingers to toes
He minds not the cries of his friends or his foes
tough old fellow is he
A cunning old fellow is Winter, they say,
cunning old fellow is he
He peeps in the crevicies day by day,
To see how we're passing our time away,
And marks all our doings from grave to gay.
Pm afraid he is peeping at me
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-01-22

A correspondent of the Home Journal
furnishes the following selection from the
pen of Hugh Moore, a self-educated prin-
ter, who died at the early age of twenty
eight years -
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16
Gen. GRANTS Character.

Major E. D. Osborn, formerly of RoCh-
ester, a member of General Grants staff,
writes to friend in answer to a question
in regard to General Grants character.
He says:
'If you could see the General as he sits
just over beyond me, with his wife and
two children, looking more like Chap
lain than General, with that quiet air
so impossible to describe, you would not
ask me if he drinks. Herarely ever uses
intoxicating liquors; more moderate in
his habits and desires than any other man
ever saw; more pure and spotless in his
private character than almost any man l
ever knew; more brave than any man 1
ever saw; with more power to command
and ability to plan than any man / ever
served under; cool to excess when others
lose nerve; always hopeful, always undis-
turbed, never failing to accomplish what
he undertakes just as he expects ito. /
have known him intimately, have been n
part of his household for two years, and
am not mistaken in my estimate of his
character"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16
Greek Fire and AdJec tIves.

An Interesting contest is going on be-
tween those two instrumentalities of war
fare. Gilmore pours in his blazing globes
of naptha; Beauregard hurls back the
largest and most ponderOus adjectives of
the English tongue. Thus far, Gilmore
has the advantage. His shells have dss-
troyed several buildings, and one of them,
which fell into house occupied by TWEEN
ty-five rebel officers, killed several of them.
Beauregard's adiectives were well aimed,
and several of the very heaviest of them
fell right into Gilmore's camp, but seemed
to break nothing but themselves in the
fall. The general opinion among military
men is that Greek FIRE will carry the day
but we look with much interest for Beau
regards next assault; if he cannot find
any adjectiVes long enough, we fear he
will make some new one, or, remembering
the utter discontinue of Johnson's fish
woman when he called her substantive
the little Frenchman may adopt more
"bArbarOus system of war;" and, changing
his syntax, if not his tactics, desperately
resort to nouns.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16
Reconstruetlon An th. sou,n.

The New York Journal of Commerce
paper that opposes strenuOusly the war
policy of the observation-disclosures.
We have abundant evidence of the exis-
tence in the South even to day, of a strong
party who are DESTROYS to see from the
Government at Washington some promise
of assistance and support, in case.-,they
will declare for the Union, A copy of the
Mobile Register before us contains more
proof of this than could be hoped for in
such paper. We find an editorial refus-
ing to publish Communication from a
man who defends the 'reconstructionists. ,
and lit is plain that the editor knows that
body or party to have strength and infiu-
ence. It seems, too, that a meeting was
reported as held at Columbus, Miss. "ad-
yocating reconstruction of the old Union
lin other words submission or peace
meeting" and james Whitfield. of that
place, finds it necessary to write a letter
denying that he presided at or has anv
knowledge of the meeting. We find abpn.
dant evidences of the existence of an earn.
est and active affection for the Union in
all parts of the rebel districts
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16
One OF the New York Herald's last
.tGet Ons."
TIE HoRsRFLY AND THR PRESIDE


When President Lincoln took into his
Cabinet his rivals for the chicago noml-
nation, including Messrs. Seward, Chase,
Cameron and Bates, we had our misgivtngs
that he was tryiny-an unWise aud danger
Gus notwithstanding like that OF
poor Pierce-of harmonizing the different
factions of his party upon the basis OF the
spoils, instead of consolidating an impreg-
nable party around him upon great princl-
pies aud great administrative measures
But experience has shown that President
Lincoln's shreWdness and sagscity are
equal to the management ofa whole Cabi-
net of Presidential candidates, each and all
pulling in different directions. General
Cameron has been quietly put on the re-
tired list; Mr.. Bateshas quietly fallen back
among the superanuatedi and while ME-
Seward, absorbed 10 his never ending but
still beginning diplomatic correspondents,
has been engineered out of the way by MIR.
Chase, a recent homely illustration of the
President will serve to show that the aspi-
ratioas of the Secretary of the Treasury are
thoroughly understood by his master.
We are informed that in recent tamil-
lar White House conversation, which incl
dentally touched upon Mr.. Chase as
Presidential candidate, "Honest Old Abe"
dryly remarked that he would not for the
world dispossess the Secretary of the
Treasury of this Presidential idea. "Let
me-" said the President, "explain. When
1 was yet lad, working on farm in Illi'
nois, was engaged with brother, once
upon a time, in the tedious business of
ploughing with-a very lazy old horse. No
amount of beating would induce him to
increase his usual speed, which was the
slowest and sleepiest possible walk. 1t
was my business to guide the plough,
while my assistant, to the best of his sbil-
ity, with a two hand hickory, kept old
Davy in motion. We were all creep
ing along, old DaVy quietly taking
our blows and our abuse, when
suddenly he moved off at the pace
of a young colt just put in the harness.
whats the matterF l inquired. oh
said my brother, it's great big horsefy,
fastened on old DRvy's neck; shall drive
him Off 'No, no. said L; as long as he
keeps old DaVy going at this rate, let the
horsefly alone. With his assistance we
shall get heap of work out of old Davy.'
So it is with Mr.. Chase. The next Presi-
dency is his horsefy, and it makes the
patriotic Secretary as lively at his work as
old DaVy. Let the horsehy alone"
Need anything further be said to prove
the ssgacity of President Lincoln in not
disturbing for the present this horsefy OF
Mr.. Secretary Chase? If we could only
get a similar fly upon the jugular of Sec
rotary Welles We should soon have the
pirate Alabama exhibited as a prize in
New York harbor.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16
The eopperheads and the New state:

The eepperheads and the New state:
A correspondent in Ohio sends US the
following item, as showing the luminosity
of the Copperheads in that State against
West Virginia, and also showing how re-
joiced they would be as party if they
could but remand the new State back again
under the dominion of the Richmond
rebels:
"Every Copperhead at this moment per-
sistently denies that the new State has any
Legal ezistenee The following account of
a meeting held by them on the 18th -ult.,
at FrederIcktown, Ohio, which was pub
lished in their organ, the Cincinnati En-
guirer, shows how they regard rs:
sit is estimated by competent judges that
.here were fully ten thousand persons at
the Fredericktown meeting. Their enthu-
siasm was in proportion to their number.
There was grand profusion of national
flags, portraits of Mcclellan, Yallandigham
aud others; inscriptions for the Union and
Constitution, devices, notices, 4. PromI-
nent were TOO huge hickory wagons, each
containing thirty-foUr young ladies or little
girls, for the thirty-fo four States. " WeSteTn
Virginia, The abolition 6aRtliHg, t0Gs not rec
ogHized among them. They isere all Legiti-
mate daughters Of the Union"
This is the sentiment of open rebels and
rebel sympathizers everywhere, and their
fixed purpose is to strike the new State
out of existence, as they banished it from
the sisterhood. 1t is not the fact that she
was not represented among the young "she
adders," las we must presume them to beg,
but the seutiment-the animus-it disclos-
es, is what should arouse every friend of
the new State te vigilance and vigorous,
prudent action.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16
who shanRepresent us orthe Second
Congregational District, West VIr-

acknowledgement us ofthe Second
Congressional District, West Vir-
gtnin.
Fs4ap Citizen. Of the Second Congregational
District
Seeing there is to be a Convention held
at Grafton, Taylor County, October 1st,
1853, for the purpose of nominating a can
didate to represent US in the next Federal
Congress, we should look well to the in.
terest of our people, as we'll as to select a
man who will sustain the general govern
ment.
With due Difference to the candidates al
ready in the field, we would suggest the
names of Hon. D. T. Farnsworth, DR.. D. B.
Dorsey, Gen. L. R. Kramer, Colonel G. R.
Latham aud others. Let the people select,
and be sure they elect man who will go
for prosecuting the war, sustaining the
Administration, until the rebellion is crush.
ed, making the proclamation fnality tof
last january upon the subject of slavery.
Let us unite upon some man and then
stick to him to the end.
MANY worms.
FairmOnt National please copy.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16
Meeting at West Liberty.
WEST LIBERTY, Sep

WEST LIBERTY, Sept. IL, 1868.
Editors LnteEiigsneer:
Pursuant to call, the Union men of West
Liberty met in the NJ. E. Church to ap-
point delegates to the County Convention
to be held on the 26th inst. On motion OF
G. D. BOnar, Esq, Mordecai Morgan was
called to the chair aud Geo. A. Ross APP
pointed Secretary. On motion of the same
gentleman, it was resolved that the meet
ing appoint three delegates. On nomina-
ton, Levi Mills, G. D. Bonar and A. @.
BOggs were unanimously appointed dele
gates. Levi Mills, Esq., moved that a
fourth delegate be added. Inpursuauce of
which motion, Joseph WaddIe was ap-
pointed. 1t was the sentiment of the
meeting that Congressional Convention
was absolutely necessary under existing
circumstances. 1t was moved by G. D..
Bonar and carried, that the proceedings
OF this meeting be published in the Wheel
ing Intelh9encer. The object of the meet
ing having been accomplished. it adjourn
ed. MoRDEoAI MORGAN,
GEO. A. Ross, Sec'y. President.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
TuEspAY MoRNINe, sen. u

TUESDAY MORNING. sept. 10.
GIn our, report yesterday morning we
gave Mr.. Oopley the credit of Offering q
resolution instructiug the Committee on
Finance TO inquire into the expectancy
of reporting a bill refundiug the license
tax for the year 1863 to those merchants
whose business has neen destroyed by rebel
raids. 1t was Sir. Mahou, the Senator from
Jackson, who offered the resolution.
A message from the House announced
the passage of u number of bills in which
it asked the concurrence of the Senate.
Mr.. BUHKER, flor Mr.. BROWN made a
report from the C0mmittee on Enrolled
Bills, which was received.
Mr.. ATKINSON, from the Committee on
Education reported back House bill No. 50
with amendments.
Mr. SLACK reported bill extending the
time for the collection of taxes in certain
counties.
The Senate bill in relation to suits
against non-residents was read a first time.
Also, the Senate bill to regulate the prac-
tice of medicine aud surgery in this State.
The House bill to prescribe how licenses
to practice the law may be granted, was
read first time. Also the House bill to
authorize the Clerks of Circuit Courts to
issue executions on judgments of Justices
in certain cases.
The House bill, to provide for an cleo
ton to be held on the fourth Thursday of
October, 1868, was read second time by
its title, Mr.. Mahon having moved to sus-
pend the rules for that purpose.
On motion of Mr.. Rollyson, the House
bill providing for the contiscation of prop
erty in this State belougingto the enemies
thereof, was taken up.
Mr.. BUNKER moved to recommit the bill
to the Committee.
Upon this motion lengthy discussion
took place, during which the general pro-
visions of the bill were considered.
The motion was lost.
the bill, the Senate adjourned.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16

The President Talks about Amnesty.
A letter from Frankfort KY, to the Gin.
cinnati Commercial contains this interes-
ting item:-
dGen Green Clay Smith, Congressman
elect, has just returned from Washington.
travelled with him to-day from Coving-
ton to this place, and during our trip he
told me that while ut the national capitol
he had an interview with Mr. Lincoln rel
alive to the issue of proclamation offer
ing a general amnesty to all now in arms
against the government who ground their
weapons of rebellion and come back to
their allegiance. He advised the Presi-
dent to guarantee full protection to the per-
son and property of all returning prOdi-
gals-using the general term property
to include slaves as well as horses and
lands. Mr. Lincoln said he would not re-
woke one line of his proclamation. Gen.
Smith did not want him to do so, but
simply asked that repentant rebels be
permitted to test the legality of the ediCt
in the civil courts. The president ex-
pressed himself perfectly willing that they
should do this, and said he would abide by
the judicial. decisions when made. The
interview was quite satisfactory to both
parties. In conclusion;Mr Lincoln said
he thirsted neither for the blood nor the
property of the rebels. The war could
not terminate too soon for him; but if at
its close it was found that the institution
of slavery had suffered, its friends and
not he would be to blame"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16

F. Montgomery, Esq, who was the very
able editor of the vicksburg Wig, before
the war, has issued prospectus for the
"VTeksburg Union" he states:
awhile the Union will scrupulously
avoid all counsels of fanaticism, it will,
nevertheless, advocate in the most solemn
and earnest manner, tie entire aud immedi-
ate extraction of tie cause Of all the present
troubles, and the curse Of tie SOuth-4tTiedn
Slavery"
It is difficult to realize that in Vicks-
burg, the very heart of Slavery, an Anti
Slavery journal is to be published. That
is "bearding the lion in his den" with a
vengeance.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16
House of Delegates.

TUESDAY, september To- 1865.
Prayer by Rev. D. W. Fisher.
Mr. BowYER, from the Committee on
Roads, &C., reported bill "a. No. 75) "to
authorize the Kanawha Board to borrow
money"
Mr.. zINN presented a petition from a
certain religious denomination in Preston
county, praying to be relieved from mill
tary duty.
Referred to Military Affairs.
A message from the Senate announced
the passage by that body of the bill "a.
No. 63) prescribing when acts of the Leg
islature shall take effect.
The bill "a. No. 53) defining in part the
powers and duties of the several counties
of the Stale, was read the third time and
passed.
The bill "a. No. ny appropriatiug 81 900
to pay the PSudleton Swampers for ser
vices rendered was passed to engrossment.
Mr.. ZINN called up the bill for the relief
of VIM. Nixon, collector of Revenue for
Wayne county, but it was again tabled to
allow time to examine the evidence sup
porting the claim.
Mr.. LAMB called up the bill "a. No. LAY
regulating the tax on seals, on it's second
reading, and addressed the House at length
in reply to the remarks of Mr.. Van Wrinkle
on last Friday.
The bill was again tabled.
Mr.. BARNS presented petition of citi-
zens of Marion county, numerously sign
ed, praying the enactment of q law requir-
ing those voting to take an oath to sup
port the Constitution of the State and of
the United States.
Adjourned.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16
Tul rebels in Mississippi propose that

THE rebels in Mississippi propose that
the confederate Congress shall put 5000
to 100, 900 negroes in the field, not in the
corn field, where they are already render
ing valuable though unwilling service to
the rebellion, but in the field of battle
What say the copperheads to thfs2 is it
inhuman to employ negroes on the other
side of ia white mans war :" or is it only
when they are engaged on the right side
that the inhumanity shines out2 This
proposition is made by meeting at which
some of the leading men in Mississippi
participated.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16

AS OUR conquering arms advance into
East Tennessee, they are Joined by loyal
men, who are eager to ayenge the long
months of suffering and outrage which
they have endured at the hands of the
rebel soldiers. We are not advancing into
an enemy's country, but to the liberation
of our friends. Nor is itin Tennessee alone
that this feeling exists, although there it
is strongest. The mountainous and min
eral regions of Western North Carolina
and Northern Alabama and Georgia were
strongly opposed to secession. They have
submitted to it, and the course of the war
may have greatly weakened their Union
sentiment; but their judgment never APP
proved of the treason in all the conse-
quences of which they have been involved.
They will not probably join US, as in East
Tennessee, but they will not be unfriendly,
or unwilling to see the flag of the Union float
over them oncs more. We are looking for
the most important results in that quarter.
The intimations from those there who
know more than they have right to tell,
agree with the natural indications, and
point to such further operations as shall
contract the power of the rebellion, and
drive it into narrower compass. What
desperate measure Lee may resolve upon
can only be conjectured; butt seems plain,
that with the Confederacy threatened at its
extremities, and the central army melting
away by desertiOn, he must make some
aggressive movement, while he has the
power, and before the Confederate curren-
cy sinks ont of sight. These plain facts,
more than any actual movement reported
from Lee, give us the reasons for appre-
bending an attempt at another raid into
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16

Tan triumphs of Burnside aud Rose
Grams, which would have been well worth
great battles. are all the more valuable
and the more crsditable because they have
been achieved with SO little loss. They
have been achieved by skillful maneuyer-
ing aud quick marching, which are the
true science of war. There is reason to
hone that the losses of our armies in that
region will be more than made up by the
Union men Who will come to our standard.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16

THE appearances are that Mr.. Maury's
prediction of aid to the south by means of
"dtssentiOns among the people of the
north" will not be largely realised in Min
necOta. The candidates nominated by the
copperheads are tumbling over each other.
in their haste to get OF the ticket, and the
prospect is that there will be no fieh. in
the State.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16
Communications.

We have one or two very excellent, and
somewhat lengthy, communications, set
ting forth good and sufficient reasons and
necessities for district Convention. 1t is
useless to publish these communications
now. A Convention has been called and
that is the object aimed at by the wri-
ters.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-16

GENERAL BUTLER has consented to 90
into Pennsylvania and speak in support
of the Union ticket during the remainder
of the campaign. Colonel Walter F. Har-
riman recently the candidate of the war
democrats for governor of New Hamp-
shire, is. addressing large meetings in
Maine in favor of the Union nominees.