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Smyrna times., 1863-05-14
For the "Smyrna Times"
Letter from Salisbury, nd.
SAULSBURY. MD. Nav III

SALISBURY, MD, May tin, 1863
Mr.. E1itor-Dear Sir:
Our Board of Trade
has orders to grant no man permit unless sat
lShed that he Is loyal to the Governments and
would not aid or assist in rebellion. Some of
them think it is very hard that they cannot be-
granted the same privileges as those who have
be IN decided advocates for putting down this
uncalled-tor rebellion, and willing to submit to
Its consequences. We think that this stroke
by the GOvcrnmnt will have its effect; indeed,
It has already had its effect for good We believe,
for It Is a rare thing that we hear any one con-
tending for what they once called Southern
Rights, or give the South her just rights
and they would be cOntented
We still have some cOntraband trade going
on In the lower part of our county, which ap-
pears to be very hard to stop. Last week three
men were taken in a small boat which had run
the blockade successfully and sold their goods
They were captured whist returning The
party consisted of Il Mr. Turpinr, from near
Berlin, Mr.. Wilkins, from our county, and a
Dutch jew They had a considerable amount
OF money, which was taken from them. They
are now at Camp Wallace, near this town. We
think that the Government has been too leni-
eat with such rebels.
Fast Day WAS generally observed throughout
Worcester and Somerset counties. The stores
We're all closed and religious services held in
all the towns. The NJ. Il. and Presbyterian
churches Of our town had sevices Oh that occa-
Sior. We are Id to record this fact, and
think 1t ought to speak well i'll Other States
t, his part Of Maryland.
Gov. VIM. Cannon paid us short visit on
Tues lay last, on his return from the Western
Shore He crossed from Frotress Monroe to
Cherry stone, and there paid short visit to
that part of his troops that are in Northampton
county. and then came up through Princess
ANA and thence to this town He was escort
ed to the depot by twenty fine-looking cavalry
men, where he took the cPrs for his native
Sttte We l.o2e that the G ,yernor will ia ry
l)nYcr with Us il he should ever pass this way
a4rIiO
Smyrna times., 1863-05-14

ssy- To be thankful to God is not to say
Good be praised or "God be thanked >
but to remember what lie desires and execute
what He commands To be thankful to God
is certainly to love Him, and to love Him is to
keep His commandments; so saith our Saviour
John xiv. 15)-" Ifye love Me, keep My COM
mandments. "-ChiHng0orth.
se2g- Gos8iping and tattling arise not so much
from actual malcvolence as from a peculiar rest
leSsness, common to uncultivated minds. Enlarge
the stock of knowledge and we remove all de-
sire for communicating such trtics as are re-
tailed by gossip. Asa man who is really rich
and has thousands would not wish to exhibit a
few ShillngS, SO a truly wise woman would feel
TO pleasure in dwelling upon OF. communica-
ting matters of no Importance.
ANECDOTE OF RANDOLPH.-"I have had
the pleasure recently, of passing your house. :
said gentleman to John Randolph, whom he
met at hotel in Virginia, and on whose notice
he rather forced himself while engaged in con-
yersation with others.
II am qird6t," said Randolph; Il hope
you will dLlcdys do it. "
ACCOUNTED For My mother" said a
fop, was renowned for her beauty. She was
ainly the handsomest woman | have ever
seen.
All - said Tallcyrand, looking through
him and taking his measure at once, it was
your father, them that was SO plain.
BG~ Down in Mississippi pins command two
dollars paper AT this rate it is no trifins
matter to keep the Southern ladies in pin-mo-
ney.
ESy~ A young lady being asked by politician
which party she was in favor of, replied thai
she preferred wedding party.
Esl- There is iron enough in tn. blood Of 4;
men to make fifty horse shoes, each weighing
half pound.
pay Gold may be beaten into leaves so thin
that 2S0, 900 would be only an inch thick.
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The Seceders on Secession.

The upper branch Of the rebel Congress has
passed bill for organizing Supreme Court,
which recognizes the judiciary of the respective
States as the ultimate resort for all actions with
in their limits, except those which relate to the
general agency in its connection with foreign
Governments This is one application ofthe
doctrine of secession. But it seems there was
a great want of unanimity in adopting it, and
the action of the House is stn uncertain. A
Richmond correspondent Of a Chattanooga pa
per says of the discussion in the Senate:
"SOme twenty-five or thirty speeches were
made during the debate, but they have not
been published-scarcely glanced at by the
Richmond press. Very strange political doc
trines were elected during the discussion-very
remarkable conceptions of the natnre Of the
governmental structure of these States Were
Delivered. Among them, this one, by dis
tinguished Senator: No State had right
to secede, and if one seeded hereafter, he
was in favor of forcing her back nth the bay
onet, or words to that effect. Truly a noble
sentence. On the ears of the weather-bcateI
and war-worn soldiers who dropped into thu
| lobby, on their return to camps, it must have
sounded with perplexing dissonance7; sine
| they had thought proper one time to stak
their fortunes, nay, their lives, on an abstrac
principle, the preservation of which they limo
Gently believed was worth the venture"
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A. r.. Stevens a Prophet.

It IL well known that the present Vice-Pres-
ident OF the Confeleracy made speech strong
4 ly opposed to secession in the Georgia Conven-
ton Of January, 1861 The following extracts
will show how clearly he perceived the iniquity,
and foresaw the results, of the measure -
That this step once taken could never be re-
called, and all the baleful and whitening conse-
quenOes that must follow las they would see)
viii rest on the convention for all coming time.
Mhen.we and our posterity shall see our lovely
South desOlated hy the demon Of war which
tins act Of yours will inevitably invite and Ca /
forth when our greon fields Of waving harvesis
i, shall be troddcn down by the murderous soldi-
cry and heryear Of war sweepingover our land;
our temples Of justleelaid in ashes all the ho.
rors and des9lati0n of war upon US; who but
this convention viii be held responsible for Il 2
and WHO but him who shall have given his vote
S for this unwise and lltimcd measure as / nor.
,estly think and believe) shall be held 10 strict
account for this suicidal act. by the present
generition, and probably eciIrsed and execratod
py posterlty for all coming time. for the wide
anu an. usssoanng I ruin that win inevitably follow
g., 'i,5 p ass y9u1lew propose 10 perpetrafe
: aus entreat you,. and consider f,r a. mo.
M ansns what reasons you can give that will ,vr
fAtfT yourselves in calmer n,omenta1.,,,ia ~
teasons you can give TO your fellow isa. :;
snelealsplty that twill bring upon nsS WIZ ~
"a - Z. can you giveto the nations Of tho col
,JunA its lfhey wihbe thecalm AMI M, j AL S.l !
4's JuuSes IN the case and to what ea,,sa !,
W. ovef' aot can YOU name or point. on wb;sa
= req the plea n. jpssiiaation What rigbt
-. slss4 At 4ssss slsssI s.ss, si,sssn =
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WHOLE NO. 408

hcads.IlIe.
FROM kelly's Station on the Alcghany Valley
railroad To C"chran's Malls, in Armstrong county.
From Reading, via Adams. Brownsville, and Hips
Store, to Womrlsdrop.
From New Germantown Perry county, to Con-
cord, in the county of Franklin.
WISCONSIN.
From Wausau to Jenny.
From WAUpacca, via Amherst, TO Plover.
VIRGINIA.
From Kngwood, via Albright, to Portland.
COLORADO.
From Denver TO Bear Canon, the hesdwaters
of West Plumb creek.
From Golden City to Ralst1n creek.
DACOrA.
From MaRkato. Mlnnes ota via Madalia, Ashipman,
Ranuoph Lake, st. vens Lake, north and south
bends of the Dcs MONIES river, Lake Graham, Blue
Mound Sioux Falls Upp"r James Crossing, Yankton,
Smutty Bears Camp, Bon I1ommc, WIunav Tufts
vile, (or NcshudI, PnIhrlc& Crossing, (E Chottau)
aud Greenwood, to Fort RanEal.
From Elkpolnt, vi, Brulc Creek and Valley Big
Si"ux Ei5cr 10 Sioux Faj< City.
From Great Salt Lake Git, Utah, via Ogden City.
& che .llry Snake River Ferry, and B4nnack City
to Fort Benton.
From Chico, California, via Sus&nville. to Hun.
bodt CITY.
WASHINGTON.
From Fort Laramw, Nebraska, to Hsll-Gate WAsk.
ington.
Sec. ?. And be it further enacted, That the true
ntrnt and meaning Of the eighth section Of the act
entitled IAN act making appropriations for the ser
vice Ofthc Post Office Department during the fiscal
year ending the lhrlieth day Of June, eighteen hun
dred and SINty.two," shall taken, deemed and
construed to be directory to the Postmaster General
TO make the mail service thr route therein men.
toned semi weekly for the period therein provided.
> C. 3 And be ii fnrther enacied, That the Over
land VI al Company now engaged IN carrying the
United Stitcs mIIl from SIn Joseph, Missouri, to
Pilccrvllc, Catnruia s!a nave the privilege OF
cupyng the public lands where their stations are
fixed al the rate 81 not than for every ten
mites of the route winch company carry the
said mall and snail have prc-enplion right therein
OF any land no! mineral, and not disposed Of
s-rvcd, or ito Which prcemplion or homestead
Claim has not attached when the same shall be
brought INTO market to the extent oOne hundred and
sixty acres To he selected contnguous to and in
cude their improvements: said pre-emptien right
being in lieu Of the heretofore granted by the
wIlith section of the act approved third March,
eighteen hundred and iifty-scvcn, entitled San act
making appropriations tor the service Of the Post
! Ofcc Department during the fiscal year ending
thirtlcth Junr, eighteen hundred and fifty ghL"
! Approved February "a, 1863
Smyrna times., 1863-05-14
(PupLrc-No. Ali

An ACT 10 provide temporary government fo' tns
Territory OF Arizona, ami ior other purposes
BE IL enacted by the Senate ana HOGse q hePre-
sentatipes ohe United States Of Ameiea aR CsngTess
assembled That all that part of the present trlory
of New NJ :xico situate west of line rannlng due
south from the point where the southwest corner OF
the Territory of Colorado joins the northern bOunda-
ny Of the Territory of New Mexico TO ths southern
boundary lue of said Territory OF New Mexico he
and the same hereby erected into temporary gov
ernmcnt by the Of the Territory Arizona; Fro,
Uided, That nothing contained IN tue provisions OF
this act shall be construed to prohibit the Congress
Of the United Statos from dividing said Territory OF
changing ITS boundaries in such manner and at such
time as il may deem proper PrOridsd further. That
said government shall be maintained and contlnued
until such time the peopls residing in sais lsrti
tory shall with the conssst Of Congress, form q
State gosernmOHt, republican in form, as Prescssoea
tSse fourth PaSe)
Smyrna times., 1863-05-14

BAD Books =" Beware of bad books-nev-
er open one-they viii leave stain upon the
soul which can never be removed. Tfyou have
an enemy whose soul you wish to visit with a
heavy vengeance, and into whose heart you
would place vipers WHICH will live, and crawl,
and torment him through life, and whose dam
nation you would seal up for the eternal world,
you haze only to place one Of these destroyers
into his hands. You have certainly paved the
way to the abode of death, and if he does not
tread it with hasty strides, you have, at least,
laid up food fornany days ofremorse Those who
print, sell or pedde such works to the young, are
among the most awful scourges with which a
righteous God ever visited the world. s.r
i'The Angel of Death can sheath his sword,
and. stay his hand in the work Of destruction
But these wretches l@they dig graves so deep
that they reach into hell. They blight the
hopes Of parents, and pour more than seven vi
ais of woe upon the family whose Affections are
bound up in the son thus destroyed. "
Smyrna times., 1863-05-14


BE ii enacted Ly the SenGte and House of Repre-
sent0tiues Of the United States Of america in Con.
greSS assembled, THAI the following be established
as post roads;
CALIFORNIA.
From C"lusa 20 Bear Valley.
From Folsom 10 Lincoln.
From ranty Centre via Summervllle, Cecilvle,
and Centreve. to the Forks Of Salmon River in
klamath county.
From Wsrrcnton % Troy.
From WarrentOn To Plnkney.
From ST. Charles to EIsah, IN Jersey county ILL.,
nOis, via Portage dc Sioux.
From Wellsburg. by Chain of Rocks, Bailcys
Chantilly, and Snow Hill ts New Hope, in Lincoln
county.
From Mount Vernon to Carthage. via Bowels
Mills.
From Peru Station to Blue Grass.
INDIANA,
From Knox to Hamlet.
From Bristol, Ind ana, via Osborn's Corners, to
Brownsville, Michigan.
From W,lmOt. via Indian Village, Cromwell, to
LigonieT.
From BrookvilIe to Snmauvile.
IOWA.
From Des MoinCs, via Adcphia, Vandalia. Den
nington, and r, Rock, to Knoxville.
From Sioux City 20 the Yanctnn Agency, Fort
Randall Fort Pcrre, Fort Bcrtho Fort Uniun, m"uth
Of Milk River, Fort Benton, Sun River Farms, Deer
Lod ge, to Bitter Root Valley.
From MasonviIle TO Marion.
KENTUCKY.
| From Vanceburg, via Kinny Mills and the mouth
Of Laurel. TO Olive Hill.
NERRAsKA.
! From Omaha City, via De Witt. to West Point
| From Omaha City, via IIazeton, TO Forest City
From Fremont, via Jalapa, TO West Point
| From Columbus, via Monroe, TO Genoa.
From Columbus to Camden.
| From Nebraska Centre, via Elm Creek, Buffalo
| .ek, mouth of North Fork of Platte River, and
Ledge Pole Creek, to Boulder City, Colorado Terri.
| tory.
| From Fort Laramie via Deer Creek. Platte Bridge
Green River. and Fort Brdger, to Salt Lake City
! Utah Territory.
From Cottonwood Springs, via Republican Fork
to Fort Riley, Kansas.
From Pattsmouth, via PIattsiord and Forks o
Salt Creek, to Camden.
| From Brownsville, via st. Frederick, Tecumsch
Vcsta, and Austin, to Camden.
| UTAH.
From Beaver. via Greenvs and Fort Adams, to
| Minenvle.
From Payson TO Goshen,
! YORK.
| From Boonville, via East Road. 10 Port Lcyden,
and thence via River Road, to Lyons Falls.
| From Pusiied, Pennsylvania, vl Freehold and
louisville, to Broken Straw.
OHG.
From New England tc Amesville.
| From Bracevllls to Pennington.
| From Greenvile, via apboard Town; Dill's Sta.
ton, Beansvlc, Nevada, b. oclS, 10 North Star, IN
Darke county.
PRNNsYLvANiA.
From Mapletop, the present terminus Of route
number twenty Eve hundred and eighty three, 10
| Newtown.
From Pittsburg TO West Middleton.
! From Germantown to Silver Rock.
| From New Germantownt to Concord.
From Quakertown, via RichlandtowH, Pleasant
Valley, Springtown, and Durham. to Rieglesville.
From Pike, via Wyulusng, to Dnshore.
| From Pleasantville, via Tionesta, to Clarion.
| From New Germantown, in Perry county, to Con-
| cord, in Franklin county.
Frnm Milton, Northumberland county, 10 Lewis
louisville, in the county Of Montnur. fsr
From West NanticokO, via Harvey's Creek 10
Silver Rock. .sa r
| From Stoudsburg. In Monroe county. via Sny-
tde~sie, KcllorsYille. and Fsnneisssiia, 10 Brod.
Smyrna times., 1863-05-14

REASONABLE EXPLANATION.-One or two
gentlemen recently conversing about the Natu-
raj Bridge of Virginia, remarked that there
was an extraordinary, incident connected with
it, for that General Washington once threw a
dollar over it, an achievement which has not
been performed since.
s. No wonder" replied his companion, for
a dollar in those days could be made to go
great desl fartherthaqlat the present time.
The, introduction of the new.slk moth into
Europe BIDS fair to be OF great importance. Ii
il reported that the almost incredible quantity
of one hundred millions Of trees are now plan
ted in France for the sustenance Of the cater
pillar. ia.5i ~ e@l'' a4lH q,
/ Admitting that hofse races improve the
breed OF horses, it may be fair question wheth-
|er they improve tire breed OF nien II. 81 .ss
- ssl fssss sisSall .gi4ass4 tsaaal asss I; q
.a&ldazB,f .tl t883 SD
Smyrna times., 1863-05-14

has the north assailed? What interest of the
South has been invaded! What justice has
been denied? and what claim founded in JUS
tce aud right has been withheld? Can either
of You to-day name one governmental act of
of wrong, deliberately and purposely done by
the government of Washington, Of which the
South has Il right to complain? l challeng' the
answer!
Smyrna times., 1863-05-14

Now, for you to attempt to overthrow such
government as this, under which We have lived
for more than three-quarters of a sentury--in
which we have gained our wealth, our standing
as a nation, our domestic safety while the cle
IN ,nts of peril are around us, with peace and
tranquility, accompanied with unbounded pros
pdrlty and rights unassailed-is the height Of
madness, folly and wickedness, to which | cam
neither lend my sanction nor my vote.
Smyrna times., 1863-05-14
Losses In the Late Struggle.

We have at length authentic statements from
both sides of the losses in the late actions ON
the Rappahannock, and We sum them up
Smyrna times., 1863-05-14

The loss of 100 Union troops taken prison
ers is included in the total loss of 10000 The
return of the rebel prisoners we have taken is
exact as given, 25O0. An these figures being
Semi-offcial, we leave the public to deducc
from them the real character of the campaign.
Smyrna times., 1863-05-14
rPrnIlC-Nn- 4n.l

An ACT to establish certain post roads.
Be it enacted by the Semate and House of Repre-
sentatipes Of the United States Of america in Com
gress dssemLied THAI the following be established
post roads:
Smyrna times., 1863-05-14

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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-07
Col Wight and Valandingham

These two gentleman had quite pas
sage at arms, in the National House of
Representatives on Wednesday of last
week. The speeches are too long for
our columns we therefore quote two or three
paragraphs of the RAINING debate in which
are condensed the peculiar views held by
each Of the speakers, on the war question.
There is point made in these quotations
which ought to satisfy some Of these vr-
tuous "straight outs and bgoted Repub-
lcans, that Vallandigham was strong
supporter of Stephen A, Douglas for the
Presidency.
Mr.. VALLANDlGHAM. I ask the
gentlemen TO permit me to say that, in
spite of repeated corrections, the gentle
man bases his argument. all the way
through, upon the assumption Of positioc
on my part against the whole tenor of
my speech, l am for the reunion of all
these States, and hundred more that
may be carved out of the limits Of this
Union. beg the gentleman not again to
misrepresent me upon that point.
Mr.. WRIGHT. have no disposition
to misrepresent the gentleman from Ohio
Mr.. Speaker, my policy, as said a
moment ago, when l was interrupted, is
the restoration of all the States and Ter
ritories, organized and unorgauized, that
once were united under our national flag.
desire to see them all one people, one
Government, one Union, with one destiny
and one liberty pervading the whole -
That is the kind OF reconstruction | want
| desire 10 see no peace on any other
terms | want Lo armistice. Let me
suppose case. Suppose there is such
peace declared as the gentleman from
Ohio would ask, or such peace as those
who, two years ago, were supporting
Breckinridgo for the Presdency-
Mr., NALANDlGHAM. The geutle-
man surely does not mean to indica ate
that l supported Breckinridge.
MIR. WRIGHT. Certainly not, The
gentlema" supported Douglas, as sap
ported him. did not allude to the gen
tlemen.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-07
BLOOMSBURY

My own immediate personal interests, and
my chances just now for the more matcri-
al rewards OF ambition, ! again surrender
as hostages to that great hereafter, the
echo Of whose footsteps already | hear
along the highway Of time. Whoever,
here or elsewhere, believes that war can
restore the Union of these States whoev
er would have a war for the abolition of
slavery, or disunion and he who demands
southern independence and final separa--
ton, let him speak, for him have often
dod. Devoted to the Union from the be-
ginning, will.not desert it now in this
the hour of its sorest trial.
Sir, i. was the day-dream Of my boy
hood, the cherished desire of my heart in
youth, that | might live to sec the hun
dredth anniversary of our national indc
pendence, and, as orator of the day, exult
in the expanding glories and greatness of
the still United States. That vision lin
gers yet before my eyes, obscured indeed
by the clouds and thick darkness and the
blood Of civil war. But sir, if the men of
this generation are wise enough to profit
by the hard experience Of the past two
years, and will turn their hearts now from
the bloody intents to the words and arts of
peace, that day viii find US again the Uni
ted States. And if not earlier, as l would
dessre and believe at least upon that day
ct the great work of reunion be consuma-
ted that thenccforth, for ages, the States
and the people who shall fill up this nigh
ty continent, united under one Constitution
and in one Union, and the same destiny
shall celebrate it as the birthday both Of
and the Great Restoration.
Sir, | repeat it, we are in the midst of
the very crisis of this revolution. If, to-
day, we secure peace and begin the work
of reunion, we shall yet escape if not,
see nothing before US but universal politi-
cal and social revolution, anarchy, and
blao shed, compared with which the Reign
of Terror in France was o merciful visit
alton,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-07
For the Columbia Democrat
The Loved Ones at Homo.
By ELDER JOHN SUTTON.

gpac, ''S,irer Moon"
Now hard twas u part with tn fri IN Is hold dear,
From my hon. and my kintred Ia roIHI
II seemed that my h'art strings asSumder would t-ar,
10 bid adj u to tn loved ones at hUne.
Bat ~ country SO urgenth, called m aw'y,
And l. interests wGrn bsckonIHs m' COM,
NV duty, Constrained me her voice tn ohay,
And t1l9 9ava Ia d.ar loved ones at home.
AMI now, though the distance between Us Is great,
hnd greater It's iIh.t come,
In Joy, ami in sorrow, bow to my fate,
Gut forget not tn loved ones at Rnn',
Wnen toilesom' AMI weary lin mrrahag along,
AL covered with dust, ana with foam,
10 Chser M striki up catch Of tn song,
lhe song Of tn low ii ones at home
Wh1n wrapt IN my Blanket, lay on tn ground,
My roof is til. star light dome.
so weary with watching my sleep is profound,
Then dream of III low ID on,s ut hrni.
When ths battle is raging, aud rca is th' strife,
Aud tn, brave boys are meeting tn ir doom,
My heart grows The stronger, though dcarcr my life
When think Of the loved ones at home.
Whatever betilrs m, come sutf'rng or death,
I'm ready for what is to come,
My prayers shall ascend, while fingers my breath
Tomeet them in Heaven my home.