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The weekly union record., 1864-02-06
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The weekly union record., 1864-02-06
4 New Rendering Of Hamlet.

Hon. John Coohraue got CT the following
in speech al Bro0klyn, recently:
Upon yonder lines. at Windsor, pass Val
landigham and his friend Hora'io-i see the
friend Of Horatio graspiog his cloak about him
10 screen him from the northern blast and
also behold Ma-eellus Wood Ii is The peace
platform on the Canadian line They tread
the stage snd remind me Of that scene conceived
in the mind Of natures poet, composed undouot-
edly with reference to the events now trans
piriny. Ii was the melancholy Hamlet-N al
landigham-his friend Horatio. and the officer
Marcellus Wood, that occupied, upon dreary
night, a brief hour upon the peace platform at
Elsnore. Kisses aud applause.
Hamlet VaIandigham - The air bites
shrewdly; it is very cold.
Horaiio-lt is, indeed, an unhappy and an
eager air.
| Hamlet-What hour now?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it lacks of twelve.
Marcellus Wood-No, it has struck.
Horatlo-Indeed heard it not.
Heard ii not, Horatio? Heard you not
Rhode Island, one? TWO. Vermont2 three
Massachusetts,? four, New Hampshire? five
Maines six. California? seven, Wisconsin
eight, Illinois? nine, Pennsylvania? ten, Ohio
eleven, Maryland? and New York, twelve
lUproarious applause, which lasted for some
Time, the audience rising to their feet and
cheering en- uasss. And there struck the
last syllable of recorded time. if, Horatio,
your aurcuar nerve was dead 10 that, it must
be the dull, cold ear of death with which you
are struck. The dead heard it, looked up and
| wondered at the miracle. The living heard il
and rejoiced, and as our army stood shoulder TO
shoulder in the front, the people we're standing
shoulder to shoulder in the rear.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

EURoPE IN A FIvE-AcRE Lor.-The latest
French idea is a plan in alto-relievo of the
whole of Europe, not in maps or models. but
actually raised out of the ground. 4 garden
is TO De set aside for the modelIer, who, taking
Mont Blauc, fifteen feet high, as his point Of
departure, is TO raise in just proportion around
1t the rest Of the mountains of Europe, pour
the seas into their proper places, and intersec.
the whole with roads, canals, railways and tel
egraphs \ steam engine IS 10 act the part Of
the moon ard regulate the tides. It will be q
geographical garden, where he who runs may
read"
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

THE REBEL RAN QUESTION. - The late
change in the action of the British Government
on this question is stated by q correspondent
of the New York Tribune to have been brought
about by President Lincoln. who, in the ab-
sence at certain time of Seward from Wash
ington, undertook little bit of unofficial dplo-
macy which settled this vexed question at once.
He says:
While Seward was absent on the excursion
in which be was accompanied by certain of the
diplomatic corps, President Lincoln wrote the
following (unoffica) letter to Adams. our
Minister to England Like most of the Presi-
dents letters, it was very brief, and ran sub
stantially as follows: What do the British
Government mean? What do they want !?
Do they really aeant war? 1t may be the
most disastrous thing in the world for US and
it is certainly what we most earnestly desire to
avoid but if those rams are permitted to leave
England, the people will force US into war,
whether we wish it or not. We shall not be
able to control their evaporation, and the
British Government ought TO understand this" !"
Minister Adams, upon receiving this letter,
called upon Earl Russell, and said to him. in
substance Il do not call upon your lordship
in my official capacity But have received a
plain, outspoken, sincere letter from President
Lincoln, which, though addressed to me as
private epistle and not as an official document,
am sure was not designed TO be withheld from
your knowledge" He accordingly read the
note to the English Minister for Foreign
Affairs, and closed by saying: This is not
diplomacy, your lordship, but the honest,
straightforward dealing OF plain, blunt man"
A few days afterward, the order for the deten-
ton of the rebel rams was promulgated.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

THE owner Of boat on the Niagara river
tied up hi. vessel along shore with hay rope
A bull belonging TO his neighbor jumped
aboard the boat and proceeded to satisfy his
appetite from the hay. Eating off the rope,
bull and boat went adrift Being captain and
all hands, and poor sailor at that, he was
unable to manage the lubberly craft, and away
they went pell nell, down the rapids and over
the falls. The owner of the bull brings suit
agains. the owner of the boat for carrying off
bis bull. and the owner Of the boat against the
owner of the bull for carrying of his boat.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

A REBEL RooRBACK.-Tbe following para
graph shows what measures Southern papers
take to keep up the spirit of their soldiers:
The Atlanta Appeal says private letter
from soldier, dated at Meridian, Dec. llth,
say: the last accounts from beyond the river
report three full regiments from California,
well armed and equipped. to have Joined our
army, and two more were on the way for the
same purpose.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

ACCORDING to Mr.. Memminger, who pro-
fesses to be Secretary Of the Treasury for the
bubble called the "Confederacy," that concern
has issued Treasury Notes" to the amount of
eight hundred millions of dollars, and seven
hundred millions of these issues are now in
circulation. To keep the machine running to
the end of 1864, he asks for appropriations to
the amount of 81 ,427 100000. We suppose
the bogus Congress will duly comply with his
demands, and, what is more, furnish the money
in good hard coinl Won't they?
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

HANGING IN PENNsYLvAS1A.-1n Pennsyl-
vania, the sentence of a person condemned to
be hung is, that he shall be taken from his
place Of confinement to the place of execu-
ton, and there be hung by the neck until dead.
The Judge does not fix the time of execution.
That is done by the Governor in what is
called the death warrant" which is an
authority to the Sheriff to hang the prisoner.
Sometimes the death warrant is not issued for
long time. and there have been cases where
it was never issued. There are persona
now in prison in this State who have been
there for years waiting for death warrant.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06
For Union Record.l
Oh. When the Cars get In.

Oh, when tie cars get in. my toys,
Well have 4 celebration
That will exceed As am told,
Our greatest expectation;
Well do great things I'm sure Of that,
lis my anticipation,
That all our property viii sell
A. quite an estimation.
Alas, when viii the cars get in,
Well no more here repeated.
oh, soon we'll hear the whistle blow,
No longer TO be cheated,
New reads we'll make our town build up,
Here will our hopes be seated,
Draymen and teamsters all of them
VIII be much better treated.
Then keep your courage up, my boys,
Oh, do not be down hearted
Our patience has been sorely tried,
Good luck from Us seemed parted
But now old times well see once more,
Hopes rays on Us be darted,
Our town will come to life again.
When once the cars get started. CLOUDY.
1.-THE following lines forwarded US are from tht
day book of the late DR.. Kersteiu dated Wysudotte
Jan. l, lS62:l
Tell me not that lifes bubble
An idle day-an empty dresml
Life to me is real-esrnest
All that God would hav't to seem.
Live for something purpose
Helm tho nnor-fhp Eral tho Hind
Man was born to work-to labor,
Labor willing for mankind.
lwould live for those who love me,
Live for those whom love too.
Live for truth for right and freedom,
For the good that can do.
The types that treason did belch forth,
Its doleful sound to loyal ears,
Deriding of our country worth,
Amidst its trials, hopes and fears,
To stem the tide of secession
And plant its flag against aggression.
The types that treason did uphold.
Its rigmarole bout certain rights
Have changed its tone and words like gold,
Springs forth aad SHINES among tne iSh's
Which guarding stand, our right and fame,
And glory in our country's name.
0, noble types with might and strength,
Deal death blows to our country foe,
Your chains are broken, fetters rent,
You now are free O! let us know
Your true history of the past,
Give US your own free thoughts at last.
ENTERPRISE, Jan. rs, GA. FoUGNER.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

CALcurrA.-A writer in Macmillan's
Magazine-AIr. Trevelyan, son Of the
Indian Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and nephew Of Lord Maeaulay-says
of Calcutta
Take your map Of India, and find, if
YOU can, more uninyiting spot than
the town whose name stands at the head
Of this letter. Placed in the burning
plain of Bengal, Oil the largest delta in
the world, amidst network Of sluggish
muddy streams, in the neighborhood of
the iungles and marshes of the Sunder-
bund, and yet so distant from the open
sea as to miss the benefits of the breeze
which consoles Madras for the want Of
a cold season and permanent settle
ment, it unites every condition of an
unhealthy settlement. A soldier might
90 through three battles of Waterloo
with no greater risk of life than he in
ours during residence Of a year iii Fort
William. After his first year in Cal
cutta, an Englishman can no, longer
sleep as he once slept, or eat as he once
ate, and is lucky if he drinks no moro
than he once drank. If you ask him to-
run, he would laugh in your face. Above
all, the mental faculties deteriorate
surely and raridly in this hateful eli
mate. The mind, like the body, be-
comes helpless, and Aabby, and nerve
less. While this sudarium continues to
be the seat of government, the public
interests do not suffer onl y under the
head Of sick allowances and pensions
the work done here by the servants of
the Grown Is far more inferior in guam
tity and quality to what it would be in
a more congenial air. Three consecu-
tive hours Of original composition on a
Summer day in Calcutta is sufficient
task for the strongest brain. Woe to
him who ventures to court the muse in
the first watch of the night, the hour
when she lends the kindest ear to her
votaries. When he tears himself away
from the pleasing labor, It is with nerves
In high excitement, and a sensation IN
his head as if all the vessels and celules
in which thought lies were in state Of
rabid inflammation. A sleepless couch
is the certain penalty for his presump-
ton, and sleep is even more a necessary
of life here than in England.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

THE Scientific American says: Stoves
made of soapstoue have been introduced at
Qaebec. They are said to throw out mellower
and more Uniform heat than iron the material
of which they are made is very abundant in the
mineral region south Of the ST. Lawrence
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

GARpEy1yG FOR LADIEs.-Somebody o.fers
the following as an excellent system Of garden,
inc for the ladies: Make up your beds early
in the morning sew buttons on your husoands
shirts; do not make up any grievances pro-
tect the young and tender branches OF your
family; plant smile of good temper 90 you.
face +; carefully root out all angry ieeiings' ana
expect a crop Of happiness.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

\ METHODIST minister in Kansas, living on
a small salary, was greatly troubled to get his
quarterly instalment. He at last told the
non-paying trustees that he must have his
money, as he was suffering for the necessaries
of life. Money " replied the trustees, you
preach for money? We thought you preach
ed for the good of souls?" Souls respond
ed the reverend. L can't eat soulS-and if |
could, il would take Thousand such as yours
to make mealr'
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

IMMENSE beds OF peat have been discovered
near st. Paul, Minnesota. 1t is equal TO ceali
and can be gathered aud sold at two dollars
and fifty cents a cord, while wood commands
seven and eight dollars. This is thought to be
of as much importance to Minnesota as the
discovery of coal mines. The great deposits
are believed to extend to Wisconsin. Iowa, and
the valley of the Red River Of the North
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

THE UNRETURNING BRAVE.
BY A. l. HOLMES.

BY A l. HOLMES.
Where the proud Ohio flashes,
Her bright bill0ws tipped with gold.
Where the wild Niagara dashes
Ger the rough rocks gray and old;
By the Mississippi's rushes,
By the Broad Potomac food;
Where the Sacramento gushes
From the Mountain Solitude;
By each d2rkiy winding river.
By each silver smiling wave,
Eyes grow dim and pale lips culver
For the unretarning brave.
Where New Englaud's lofty mountains
Lift their faces TO the sky,
Where the Southern sunlit fountains,
In their placid beauty lie;
Where the green leaves dance and simmer
In the sunlight's golden sheen;
Where the bright cars brightly giimmer
The yellow rustilng husks between;
Where the skies are ever glowing.
Where the North pine forests wave,
Hearts are aching, tears are flowing
For the unreturning brave.
Where the cottage lamp is cleaning;
Where the cabin hearth Is bright;
Where the chandelier IS streaming
Ger proud halls its mellow light;
In the eitys stately splendor,
In the peaceful village home,
By the hearthlight soft and tender,
In the hovel's cheerless gloom;
Where the southern waters glisten;
Where the northern tempests rave,
Orphans watch and widows listen
For the unreturning brave.
Wives and sisters, daughters, mothers,
Waiting sadly all in vain,
For fathers, husbands. sons and brothers,
Who will ne'er return again.
Waiting, watching, praying, weeping
Longing, hoping, sad. and sore
While all the world in dreams is sleeping
For those who are coming never more;
For those who sleep unknown and lowly
In the soldiers nameless grave,
Watching with a vigil holy
For the unreturning brave.
Father, we are weak and weary
With a weight of woe untold!
All is dark, and sad, and dreary
In this land so bright of old!
Let thy hand uphold our banner,
Bear it onward for the right.
Be our shield in time of danger,
Guide us safely through the fight
Take our gallant boys and lead them;
If they fall where banners wave,
evil give to thee and freedom
Our returning brave.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

CHICAGO received l22,OOO hogs in one
week racently-which in continuous line
would form hog telegraph $50 miles long,
or sausage line $500 miles in length
enough to reach from San Francisco to New
York.-Exchange
Better find the ~gnt" before you attempt to
make that striu- of sausage.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

ZIP the negroes are not returned to slavery,
the South will be desolate wilderness" said
man, the other day. We might answer
fiat, j,tstltlG rtat cGillH." but there is another
response: Slaves were freed in New YORK,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island. Do you find much
"widerness" in those States now ?-CatAo!'c
Telegraph.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

Love in tiny form may enter into the
heart through small aperture, and after ii
gets in, grow SO big on what it feeds on, that
it can never squeeze out again.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

An Irish physician was called to examine
the corpse of another Irishman, who had been
assassnated by some of his countrymeD.-
"This person" said he, after inspecting the
body, was so i'll, that if be had not been mur.
dered, be would have died half an hour before
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

GRIEF knits two hearts in closer bonds than
happiness ever can and common suferings
are far stronger links than common rejoiciDgs
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

TIE Albany Argus states that there is
man who regularly visits one of the river towns
and buys up all the cats that be can find, taking
them them to New York. The country people
are in doubt whether they are bought Tor the
furriers or the sausage markets.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

SUBSTITUTE SEA BATHIsG.-Write c, and
dash underneath it
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

A WAC once said that the reason why un-
married ladies looked so ofen at the moon,
was the vulgar belief that there was man
ia IT,
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

WEALrH OF UrAH.-Brgham \ oung boasts
that he can see more gold and silver from the
door Of his house than would equal the ~hoie
currency Of the word. In 1919 be said: III
anybody comes here discovering god ana dis.
tracing my people, as the Lord iIviih' l Il cut
ernment speaks glowinglyof the mineral wealth
Of the Territory, aud recommends the Legisls-
trre 10 adopt the general laws OF California IN
relation to mines.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

UNHEALTHY PosITIoNs OF THE
BoDY.-Those persons engaged In oc-
cupations requiring the hands alone to
move, while the lower limbs remain
motionless, should bear in mind that,
without constantly raising the frame to
an erect position, and giving slight
exercise to all parts of the body such a
practice tends to destroy the health,
They should, moreover, sit in as erect
a position as possible. With scam
stresses there is always more or less
stopping of the head and shoulders,
tending to retard circulation, respiration
and digestion, and produce curvature OF
the spine. The head should be thrown
back, to give the lungs full play. The
frequent long drawn breath Of the
seamstress evinces the crimping and
confinement of the lungs. Health can
not be expected without free respiration.
The life giving element IS in the atmos-
phere, and without it in proportionats
abundance must disease intervene.
Strength and robustness must come from
exercise. Confined attitudes are in
violation Of correct theories Of physical
DEVELOPMENT and the instincts Of nature.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

ta- The Office of the California Stage Company
is at the International.
The weekly union record., 1864-02-06

ss Stages leave this hotel every day for all
parts of the country.
RALPH BIRD.
JAMES LOWRY.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-05-26
PROVISIONS und ETicca.

1t IS mercitul ordination CT providence that articles
ct food should be generally perhable in their naturt
arl not capable ot being boarded away ike specie
plate, silks, etc People do indeed keep back
provsioDa and much su ring and injustice arises from
speculation il them, but to this keeping back nature
herself has set limit by rendering such things perish
able in their character. Even matters stand Vi
see what greed Of gain effect, but form Only
q feeble conception Of the state of things which Nigh
be produced if oreadsuf and meats could be put ava
and hc3 fer an unlimited c: at least Indefinite period
Things are bad enough as they ;wbat would /, :
be then2 For, unfortunately, human nature is weak
and the desire for gain IS strong.
We pleased to learn that the crops have very
much improved il nearly every section of the State
and that the prospect Of good yield is quite cheeii
while the pressure for money and the impossibity il
the folly of further boarding has brought out pro.
visions al reduced rates Bacon is quoted in Fayette
vile at So to s. %, and flour at $l75 to $500. There
rs Z probability of q further decline.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-05-26

l. is not fatterng to Contederates or Federalvan
ity to notice the exent to which the press Of Europe
both newspaper and periodical, has lost sight of mat.
ters AID things happening il this country. Our war
is getting to be al old sorg, 1t ia chronic evil and
fails to attract the attention which novelty alone can
secure.
We no'ieed days ago this to.a! abs.nce OF any
reference to The war in this couaty on the part Of the
Liverpool 1le cuFy, weekly, for April b, copy Of
which blanket sheet contained not single editorial Re-
ference 20 the subject. More nty friend has k I'D
y let US have the CT some late gazinss 10 wit,
Temple Bar London Magazine, B ack woods
Edinturg Magaz ne, Chamb ers' Journal and the Lon
don Q lartely c.reul limitation Of tie lublsa of
contents sho"8 that Of these four periodicals c>n
taDs single article referring in any way to American
affairs.
We do not kuow bat that things are just rs vel 50
as any Cthcr way
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-05-26
apt. Thompson, of the lst, is safe.

CL1NGMArs BRIGADE,-We understand TINT Ger.
CLINGMANs brigade IVES in The battle the Southside
between Richmond ard Petersburg on Monday l8st.-
The ooly particulars we caa learn is from private
letter received here from Cpt L1PPITT, of Co g., 5lst
Regiment. From this We learn that the 3lst and 5lst
Regiments, which were next to each other, in pur'
sua1ce of orders charged from own works upon
those CT the enemy, having to cross open field in
dorg so. They drove the eOemy from his camp, cap
turing its contents. The 5lst lest 50 men in killed,
wounded ard missing. In Captain LIPP1Tr's 'ompa-
ny there were killed, "A wounded aud missing
Oar forces captured 1900 prisoners Of whom about 300
were gobbled up by tn9 5lst. A large number CT
wounded6 guns, all their horses aud eight mules fell
into hands. Tie men got mare clothing than they
could carry away. The regiment was compli
neuttd by Gen. BEAUREGARD.
Vi ccmse the writer can cny speak OF bis OWE Iegi
ment All tie othe.s, 10 doubt, did their work vel
aad bravely We regret to hear that Lieut.. shake
FORD, Of tie 6lst, was kili7d
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-05-26
no Exchange OF Prisoners.

The Yankees decline carrying out the cartel for TIE
exchange OF prisoners alleging various plausible pre-
texts as the grounds of their refusal to fulfil their obi
Cations but being in reality influenced by one over
ruling consideration. The Conelera ties who are prison
era in the hands OF the ankees for the war; and
their exchange would be simply their return to their
regiments or commands, which would be tantamount to
re inorcng the Confederate armies to the extent of the
numbers exchanged. On the other hand the tm:s OF
service of the great maj rty Of the Yankees who
prisoners in the hands Of the Conederates have expired
or will expire, and few or none OF the veterans
re inIst The return of sir prisoners would afford the
Yankees nothing with which to otf33t the advantages
which he Conederates would derive from the return of
theirs 1t is true that good faith and humanity alike
call for tie continuance of the exchange, but what
LINCOLN and Company for the saferiDgs Of their own
men, much less Of ours, when idea CT supposed in
terest policy oVerrdes the suggestions of good faith
ard humanity. TIER own men may rot in prison,
s02e they will not sinlist They care only for them
soldiers, especially many of them are foreign