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AFFEcrIoSArELY DEDICATED TO THE SOLDIERS on MICH
ICAN. NY MARTHA.

IoAS, BY MARTHA.
Brave defenders Of our countryl
We, her daughters, bid you on,
Bearing high her starry banner,
Till the victory you have won;
Stay not rest not ever onward
Haste to set the captive free;
Bid the poor, oppressed, forsaken
Hear the shout Of Liberty.
Haste to crush this dire rebellion,
Battle bravely for the right,
And our fathers God will shield you,
He II protect you hy His might.
In the darkest hour of danger
Trust Him, He is near at hand;
He will make our arms victorious,
Bless our loved, our native land.
Think not, brothers. you're forgotten
In your own dear Western home;
MOI our hearts are ever with you,
Where e'er duty bid you roam.
Other friends may cluster round us,
Other tones our hearts may thrill,
But we turn, with weary longing,
To the loved and absent still.
Though we'd gladly share your danger,
Bravely marching by your side;
Gladly cross the darksome river,
Stem for you its sulen tide,
Yet we would not have you falter.
For our country needs you all;
Brave true-hearted earnest soldiers,
You with her must stand or fall.
BE then faithful to your duty,
Yield not, brothers. nor despair;
Patient wait little longer,
Trust our Fathers loving care.
Bow 10 him in meek submission,
And the glorious stripes and stars
Shall yet proudly float triumphant
Der the rebel stars and bars.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-06-02

''Never! my poor little fathers boy, never!'
said the yonDg mother who had sat sewing
by the window in the pleasant autuu days.
And it would have wrung your heart to have
IL L.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-06-02

ing hour, which went over us that old, eternal
psalm OF praise to God, and goo will to man
--in those days, rushing right through their
golden hearts, from that spot to which the
whole nation had lifted up its eyes, came
tidiugs Of the battle of Antietam. We re-
member Of the sick horror which filed all
our hearts as we read Of the brave men. who
had gone down by thousands on that great
battle field, aud the soft autumn grass which
waited for the latter rains, was dreanched in
stead with precious beart-blood that poured
out for God, and for liberty.
, 1863-04-14


We copy from the Philadelphia Press
startling story. The officers Of the law in
that State have brought to light consp1r-
acy in the strong Copperhead county Of
Berks, the ayowed object Of which is to
hd.ap the President and ozerthrop tho
Government. Of these strange and alarm
ing developments, the Press says:
When wc read the narrative Of the reporter
it was with hope that the evidence would
relieve us from the terrible impression that
it conveyed, but no one eau read the plain
ard circumetantial account Of Mr.. Lyon
without alarm and modification. We are in
troduccl to an organization which meets in
barns, with signs, passwords ami grips, eyi-
t!cntly .cting in communication with q higher
power, protesting to hare associations in all
parts Of the country, and having for its avow
cd object the abduction Of tho President,
armed resistance to the law and the oyer
throw Of the Government Il
This arrest is painful thing to us as Pcnusyl-
yan'ans, but It is warning to US as Americans.
w hare 70 often warned and inlplored tho
ncol'lr-Tc hare SO frequently exposed the
danger and begged them to p1eparc--we have
ST. often shown the criulina1ity ard trcacllcry
Of these men, that my further reference to il
becomes the weary repetition Of n twice.told
tale. This moruiug VIC give the facts. Citi
gems, the time has come to mark these enc:
mics Of the country, who meet in barns and
hidden places tu counsel anarchy and rebel
| lion. This spirit Of crime is not contlucd tc
the barn III Btrks county. It asccnds into
| loftier places, controls council chambers, ant
| drags jnsticc from many IN executive chair
| 1t now creeps into secret halls, and delibcr
ates like pilates in Il cave, or nssassins in al
| ambush. Mr. Huber may have made mis-
take when he spoke Of a million Of mcn join
| ed i'll bis mysterious organization, or th
words may hare been the encouragement Of l
leader to Ills partisans- But the defiance b
manifested, and the success lie obtained, shoV
that he is the representative, Or the instrsl
mcnt, Of mighticr organization. Tha
organization must be oyerthrown before v
can contemplate peace and triumph. Let II
tnkc 4 warning from the Developments Of tli
morning, and do our part in this just an
| loyal duty.
, 1863-04-14
TEST OF THE IRON CLADS.

Upon the success that will be achieved
by our iron clad fleet off Charleston, will
depend the preservation Of the peace Of
the world. Let it be proven that by the
number, the peculiarity Of construction,
md the dangerous character Of OH mailed
ships, we are not indisputably the masters
Of all the harbors and lines Of defense On
our coast, and We have no guaranty that
England alone, or England in conjunction
with other leading powers, will not take
courage to make effective the interference
with our affairs that has so long been kept
up by treaehery and stealth. Nothing but
our menacing attitude, and the supposed
! potentiality Of our means Of destruction,
have, up to this time, suffered us to 60 on
in the settlement of our own quarrel, in
our own way. Destroy, at Charleston, the
| illusion that our new navy has created, and
the fear that has SO long kept Intermediates
back, and we must be prepared to combat
the armed ayarice, the aristocratic hate and
international jealousy Of the world. The
Navy, then. under Dupont, is not only
fighting the greatest battle Of all history
with the South, but is, at the same time
making heroic struggle for the prescrya'
tion Of the peace Of two continents. Who
when such results wait the issue, docs moi
know, as he listens to the echo Of the guns
that the crisis in the history Of the Republic
| =,
, 1863-04-14

are yc,y few n,cn capable Of bearing triuE, to
be seen OFT Of uniform and government EN-
ploy. Gra, -lrradvd old planters, inyaliGs.
cri;r!cs, ard the lame and afflicted army in
which cur companion has Ill astAu,atic CON-
mission, arc the only civilians to be seen other
than the limited exemptions Of post Office,
railroad and express employees.
Jackson has population Of about 3,oa0.
The principal business Of the place is engross-
ed by the war. Northern communities, In
c;incd 10 grumble at the burdens laid upon
them By this contest, might learn valuable
lesson that won}d amend their patriotism, by
an hour in this Southern town. The war has
laid its hand upon everything. The able-
bodied men are in the arny. Government
agents have swept far and wide, and impress
cd everything that can aid in the war. Gov
crnmeut has seized the railroads and runs
them. The railroad shop in Jackson is now
q cannon foundry. It's workmcn are soldiers,
detached from the army to this preferred
service. It turns out heavy guns, solid shot,
and shell.
How do these people live in this war time ?
Letus looka little at prices. What they buy
they pay for in Confederate, or in ''railzoad''
money. The latter is fractional, and aids in
making change. Here are few scales o1
prices in Central Mississippi:
, 1863-04-14

cat.s-"with ccnstcrnation;' AMI tic Rich
Ecntl Jrn!o WAS filed with equal constcr-
1::ltion when they learned that their most
useful friend and ally was sent where he
could no longer pinion the arms Of 200 900
brave and devoted soldiers, sworn to crush
The rebellion. No wonder the Richmond
organs exclaimed, when the news Of fight
ing Joe. Hooker's appointment reached
them, that the Confedcratcs must now nerve
themselves to undergo more terrible Or
deal than any yet passed through. A "bru-
tai abolitionist," they said, twas now at the
head OF Lincoln's armed minions, and
heaven have mercy on tho Confedcracy,
for he would exhibit none"
It is not any new act Of treason or treach-
cry brought to light by the Report that
creates the painful emotions expcriencedin
It's perusal, for nearly Ill that it divulges Las
been from time to time given to the public
in disconnected fragments. But the Re-
port presents them in one connected chain,
filing up the Intervening gaps and re-
producing the consecutive events Of eigh-
teen months Of terrible history. It is the
ovcrpowering effect Of the whole pano-
rama that produces the sickcning, stunning
sensations On the mind Of the loyal reader.
There is no room for doubt, palliation or
explanation. The simple summary Of 1000
pages Of sworn testimony demonstrates the
guilt Of the conspirators.
After one recoyers from the shock caused
by d pcrqsal Of the Report, a feeling of
admiration forces itself upon the mind, for
the constancy, bravery, sacrifice and faith
Of the loyal masses, who in the face Of so
much advcrsity, disaster and treason within
and without, hare never despaired Of the
Republic. As cotempary expresses it,
High above all other revelations, shines
out above this long and ffightful story, the
colossal power, the gigantic wealth, the
majestic and immoyable patriotic detern1i-
nation Of the American People, who in
spite Of so much death, agony, affliction,
loss, treason, falschood, and open and Sc
crct opposition at home and abroad, stands
yet strong and steady in the grand old re-
solve that The Union Must and Shall be
preserved"
, 1863-04-14

AAfOR1 OE AA4h IOHAm1TIEEs
The Committee on the Conduct Of the
War have performed service that enti-
ties them to the thanks and gratitude Of
every loyal man and woman in tho United
States, and steps should be taken to place
. copy Of the Report in the hands OF
every voter who can read.
In per.,sing this dispassionate expose,
one experiences several emotions, In pass
ing through the first half-dozen pages, the
reader is filed with amazement at the rev.
elataons opened up before him; next he
feels c1ngrin, shame and anger. BY the
time he gets half way through, a painful
and siekcning sensation seizcs upon him !;
and before the terrible document is COM
pie'ed' he groans with agony, and bows
his head in anguish ut the horrible manner
in which his poor bleeding country has
been crucified by imbecile and t7ai.
to1ous Generals who led and slaupb.
tered our brave sons and brothers
dissipatcd the treasures contributed by.the
people, and procrastinnted the war viii
malice prepense, for the purpose Of forcin'
& dishonorable peace, and laying freedom
= loving, gallant people PROSTATE at the fec
# pack Of s1ave-driving rebels. The re
1>ert completely unmasks the internal COZ
::pi1acy between the Confederates IN
1he Coppe1headst to destroy the Union. II
can now. understand and, appreciate til
force OF Lord Lyons observation, in his lc
1er 10 lis Government, that: The remit
val of Mcclellan filled the leaders Of tt
conservative party '-meanips tue Cope
, 1863-04-14
Young Erls1tr1aeu Coming to
America.

The Liverpool .dl5ion. Of The 18th u1t. says :
that from this port, and also from Cork, there
has been considerable, or rather, indeed, 4
large emigration of strong. active young men,
chiefly Irish, for New York The extent to
which this dsaft has been md still is carried,
gives rise to suspicion that these young men
are in reality recruits for the Federal army.
This suspicion Is further counteuanced by the
well known fact that for long time past
agents Of the Federal Government have been
at work in Ireland, cndeayoring snrreptitious.
II to obtain recruits.'' The ilbion further
adds: 1.-The Federal Government makes SO
much noise about our alleged assistance to
the Confede1atcs that it would be rs we'll
their own proceedings were watched more
closely. We believe the Government is in
possession Of facts confirraatory of the ruuo1
Respecting the movements Of Federal agents
in 1roland1s
, 1863-04-14

The little Ibst speaks of some fellow
who writes It q communication as man who
uneyer acted with the Democratic party, but
"yho is going now to vote for the consersa-
tive Democratic candidates" a conserVa-
tive Democrat is nothing more nor less than
a4un:blooded Copperhead, whose sJmpathles
are all With the rebels, and who desires thst 4
dishonorablc peace may be made with them.
KTe Nish It joy With itx recruit.
, 1863-04-14
TIE CAUSE OF DEFEAT.


The North as an unit has never fought,
is not now fighting, the South. The Anti
Slavery and Union-regard1ess- Slavery
parties have done all the effective work,
while the Compromise Democrats, the
P,ace-on-any-te1ms men and Coppcrhcads
hive held back. These comprise large
minority Of the Northern people. From
The first their influence has been adverse.
Standing aloof from the army, they have
Used their power, which Is not dcspfca-
lie, to make others stand aloof also. Op-
posed to al fighting, they have dictated the
,c..icy upon which fighting should be done.
r III few privates in the ranks, they have
II; :Acd nearly all the Generals in the field;
::d, between Generals and policy, they
l,::e contributed more to the ruin Of the
unt!y than the enemy. Insisting that
s, very should not be hurt nor touched,
1.,cy have reinforced the rebels By the Ia
b: :, armed or peaceful, Of more that four
n Lions of people, who ought to have been
onr allies rather than our foes. So hercal
strength Of the rebellion has not been
in the fen millions of white men
in the South who stand prominently for
ward as its representatives Secession had
moiety Of its strength in the North; and
for every white rebel of the slayc-holding
States, there has been one semi-rebcl, pre-
tending loyalty Of some sort, in the free
States; and Of the two parties, the semi
1ehe!s hive been most nischieyons Re,1-
II the North. though commandinr tor
fn,Dc;,1 vnrr,sce tbo -oe,rrcas ~ .ho
, 1863-04-14

I'll y. Tracy, elected in the XIIIth district Of
Pennsylvania us an Independent Republican. oyee
independent Union man over Armstrong. Kepub-
]lc:1 arr both. az an assured by Psnnsylyanians
conyereant with the politics Of their State.
TO vote for the Republican candidate for Speaker
their colleagues. Judge Kelley and Thad Stevens.
The votes Of Hale in the last Congress prove
this. The question in the other district was WI
mns GE nas h9th cap4'aats5 ~ 10 WsEe
trntion. III tie New York Tribune table, Tracy is
counted as an opposition member. Hence the dis
c1epcucy between the footinss Of this aud those Of
fhaf
, 1863-04-14

CoLoREp SCHOOLS IN CANADA--The School
Trustees Of London, c. W., having excluded
the colored children from the public schools,
and compelled them to attend separate
schools, the matter was brought before Mr.
John Wilson. Queens Counsel, that gentle
man has decided that the Trustees have nc
right to open separate schools, except at the
request Of tWclTe eolQ1cd E1nilies,
, 1863-04-14
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Fext House of Represent atfve.-
Ono Republican N1a1ortty Certain
The Candidates for Speaker. ClcFk
md Leader OF the aouHc.
{Erot1 Out0 0Syn Cafresnaudnnf

knC Candidates Tor Spc1kcrs ClCFk
md Leader OF the aouHc.
from Our Own Correspondent
WAsE1saroN, April 10: 1861.
THE NEXT uoCsE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
<'Wlcn will your next Congress meet II. Is
the question which N. Drouyn de L 'HuYs, the
French Minister Of Foreign Affairs, is reported
to have levclled ut Minister Dayton, in reply
to one of Secretary Stewards dispatches. The
Frtnchman, mlEled By 'Copperhead boasting,
was looking forward to the meeting Of Con
gress which should be opposed to the Admin
lstration, and should force it to make an
1gnominious peace. No, N. de LHuys, you
are deceived. The Congress which meets next
December will be u war Congress, not by SO
large majority as the last, but enough is rs
good as feast. TheSenate will be as strongly
Republican as that Of last winter. The House
viii be Republican in strict party sense
by ut least one majority, and BY a much
larger majority for the prosecution Of the
war TIL the rebellion has been put down.
On the contest for speaker, the following
table shows how parties will stand: ~
3s1u CONGRESS- OF REPRESENTA-
TIyES.
, 1863-04-14

As much es war with England or any
other foreign power may be deprecated, at
this time, when the Republic seems to have
enough on its hands, war with all Europe
would be small calamity compared with
that which would fall upon the nation as
the consequence Of the triumph Of the
peace policy and the conquest Of the North,
to which the Copperheads are committed.
At TIE end Of q foreign war, though all
Christendom should take part against us,
we should have 4 compact, still strong,
well united, though perhaps beaten, na-
tion-a nation with wonderful recuperatiye
energy, and; in soil, productiyeness and
character Of the people, astonishing re-
sources for future dcyelopcment. As the
end offs conquest of the North, by Slavery,
we should see the work Of national decay
begin There would be no unity, no
growth Of patriotic sentiment, no jealous
guarding Of the inestimable rights out OF
which all national prosperity grows; but a
decline OF the honor in which labor is held,
aquick shooting fortl, Of class distinctions
and aristocratic sentiment, and rapid polit-
ica1 division Of the people into two classes
employers and cmployed--the honorcd
and Tabble The cankcr at the core would
make itself felt; and though the members
Of the nation should be held together by
repressive force, they would wither and die
from the effects Of the disease at the heart
The idea Of popular and free government
is that for which this country must still
fight. In the surrender to the South, and
the virtual establishment Of the dosmas q
man~selling in the legislation Of each O
1he States, TINT idea would be destroyed
With its death, tie nation would die Bet
ter risk honorable destruction in tho ficlt
than such an inglorious end!
, 1863-04-14

-- @=@----------~--
INT T rTI0N NnTTTE Tho
II Ii l. ~ t0N ~ ~ ! -. n1
~ AruMal City Elertl"n VIII ne holden o. II rs
DAY the list natan Tor tile tleCuoa Of tS following
officers. to wit:
MAYOR for two wears
TRESSi. REP fur two rears
COLLECTOR for two Tta1n
ATTIjESEY for tHo years
pEcnI'nEP r G,r rvs EeaTs
fiEf,E ttF THE hi. .Gl,6EE>s CDCET for wears.
| CLEi;K nF THE PttLiCf 17t,U7F for ,sEo yeaf*
f,IiIIF: F:ESGINEEEUF FIFE DEFT for two ycArY
5nd
OSEPoL1cE COMMISSIONER from tho South d.
, 1863-04-14
ul)ifoQo Wril)ulrc.


~
Hooker las Tie finest army that ever
stood on this or any other soil. 1t is as
1,rcc as my man can command; and it is
.1,,ei to oyerflowing with the kind Of hero
ism TINT Ill the while says, Do or dicl
"Why don't he move? Why don't your
fighting Joe, the succcssorof Burnside, who
was to accomplish such wonders, give us
q taste Of his quality?' asks the Copper
head press. We reply: Gen. Hooker docs
not. able as he is, control the operations
of Nature. Since he effected the re-organ-
ization 50 much needed, and by discipline,
dill, and the inspiration Of his example,
re-crcated in lis troops the courage that
inaction, the Peninsular campaign and the
MARYLAND .fasco, under Mcclellan; and the
the dreadful defeat at Fredericksburg, un-
der Burnside, lad overborne, there has
not been day in which movement IVES
possibility. Rains, almost unexamp1ed in
duration and quantity, have kept the earth
drcnched all winter, so that, eEen for the
supply Of the quarters in the camps along
the river or near The railroad, rations and
munitions have been packed out on horses
and mules, over roads in which m empty
wagon could not be hauled. And this
state Of things still continues. Only q
week ago, SNOW storm, the heaviest Of
the season, fell at Aqua Creek and in the
vicinity Of Washington; and We are in
formed by a gentleman just from Hookers
quarters, that, during the whole winter,
the roads have not been more wretched
than they we're when he left. But the time,
apparently wasted, has not been lost The
equipment, the discipline and the n9ra!o
of the men, and the knowledge and self
confidence Of the officers have been im-
proved. The General in command feels
his strength Much Of the disloyal element,
under shoulder-straps, has been weeded
out. That strategy within strategy, Of
which Fitz John Porter was the represent
atiye, has been overcome The army is an
unit, and is now al ready. When it moves,
Joe Hooker, we dare predict, will justify
the good opinion Of his friends, or die in
4ha of+nno,,t
, 1863-04-14

# Coppcrhead preast:pins are already at
discount. Dealers consider thensselres sold
and not the breast pins. It requires good
deal Of brass now for one Of the reptiles to
present his Infamy in the face and eyes Of q
loyal people. None but the most God.fotsa"
Ken nil do It,
, 1863-04-14

Have FINALLY GOT TIE Hang OF IT.-The
Detroit Free Press, Copperhead, in classifying
its election returns, heads them Union on one
side and Democratic on the other, thus &C
knowledging itself opposed to the Union.
sW Among the contraband dealers cap
tured in Indiana, are two men who have been
before under arrest, and released under thei1
oath and bold. It will so hard with taese
men.
, 1863-04-14

An expensive matter you notice, TO clotaea
fau.fly Of boys In region like this, did not
the Government kindly take them of the
hands Of patcrtamilias ut IN age when the
passion for store goods comes out strongest.
As for the girls, the blockade runner does
something for the flauntiDg heiress of one
hundred niggers, but leaves even her re-
duccd to incongcnient straits in the shopping
field, Tie Jackson haberdashcs have little
calico at four dollars per gard, q few pieces
Of factory cloth, and the poor relics Of the
fincry Of past dashing stocks. Ribbon is
from 81 50 to IS per yard. Kid gloves IS to
St. Laaies's shoes $50 per pair. Poor en-
couragement this for shoppers. The people
must eat and do cat, but it is in the face of
uz;.os Ct,rrent ike The fn1lnYEiur.
, 1863-04-14

WHICH IS DEMOCRATIC Judge Cation, in
his reeentle letter, says "The Democratic party
must be considered war party" Fernando
Wood, on the other hand, says There can be
no such thing as . War Democrat, because
that involves the necessity Of supporting the
policy Of the war." Ono Of these men must
be wrong. Who is its
, 1863-04-14
FROM ROSECRANS' ARMY.

Woodbury.. the Rebel 0utpoKt.-FiSht
0f Ohio CnvalFymen.- Troops #
Patmcr-s Division after Woodbury.
Rebe|x.- Gallant Conduct Of Corpo-
raj Enarc}y. -9utlsr IN Trouble.
Sheriff Upright. Of Vlnnsha=o.
Charles Peterson, the model Nan
and Svldier,-Lleut. Col. Ducat.
, 1863-04-14

Capture of n British E1nfs$ary-DI*-
'r1fissed-Court Martial OF u Citizen
Of mnrJland-An Unlocked for Wit
, 1863-04-14

BOOTS AND SHOES AT AUG
ID T{nN-By S. S1ckxEsos ~ Lake street corntr
or Frankln, on Tuxsp.v,. Apr' 1;tn. A. ~ o'c1"ck
4. ~, will he tod III Nens Boy! md nukh'n
Kin Eoo.s 81 caees Wcmens Balnsora Gaitsts
and Ties. F. cases Childzens shota: nlss. Me7s Top
Grim FootA. s. H1CEEfsS.1S.
Ap1t-tTG-5k Auctloneesx
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-21

it was him) rode beside the President, and Ger.
Hooker behind, followed by half regiment OF
staff officers. ltwas splendid review, and well
worth marching out to Falmouth to see.
For weather, we have all kinds, but mostly
cold. March was very severe month, but the
most of us are used to severe Marches. Since
April commenced we have had cold nights and
windy days-fne sugar weather if it was in a
country where maple sugar is made though per-
haps not qaite freezing enough nights. Our cav
airy all started out for rebeldom this morning.
Reports are rife that the rebels over the river
are evacuating If this should prove true we
shall not long remain idle. Meantime we quietly
abide the issue of coming events.
ANTI REBEL.