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The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

FOREIGNERS AND rHE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.-|
The English language must appear fearfullyl
and wonderfully made to a foreigner. One Of
them. looking at q p, are of q number Of YES
sells, said See what flock Of ships" HeI
was told that flock of ships was called feet.
but that fleet of sheep was called flock
And it was added for his guidance in masteripg|
the intricacies of our language, that flock of
girls is called bevy, that beyy of wolves isl
called a pack and q pack Of thieves is called al
gang, and a gang of angels is called host, andI
a host of pOrpoiSes is called shosl and shoalI
Of bufialOes is called herd, and herd OF chill
dren is called troop, and troop of pariridSesI
is called covey, and covey OF beauties isl
called a galaxy, and a galaxy OF rulfans Isl
called horde, and a hoard of rubbish Is called
a heap, and heap of oxen is called drove, 4
and drove of backguards is called mob !
and mob of whales is called a school, aud a
school of worthippers is called congregation \
and congregation Of engineers Is called a
corps, and corps of robbers is called band.I
and band of locusts is called a swarm, and a
swarm of people is called crowd, and a crowd
of gentefolks is called the elite and the elite "
the city's thieves and rascalS are called tha|
roughs, and the miscellaneous crowd OF city,
folks is called the community or the public !
according as they are spoken of by the religious
community or secular people.
PETROLEUM is exported to every country inl
the world In 1861 we shipped lll2,47d
gallons; IN 1893 it rose to l0.Ses7.T0l gall
Ions and in 1868 it reached the extraordinary
quantity ,f 2S,000,000 gallons. OF this total
10 ,544 COZ gallons were shipped from New
York. In addition TO This foreign export, theI
home demand is enormous. Though the whoe|
business is strictly new one, yet II has all
ready assumed shape and stability. Ships foT
conveying it to England are constructed oil
tight, and the barrels empted directly into the
hold, thus carrying it into bulk. The export
of last year employed what was equal to 25a
ships of 1000 tons each, and was worth near
Sl5,0OO000 if crude. The export for this
yea is estimated at 30 1000, 200 gallons.
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

Nova SCOTIA Grindstones are now largely
superseded bg those obtained in Ohio, which
for al ;he different varieties Of grit, either for
wet or dry grinding. are pronounced equal, If
not superior. to the best English stone.
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23
NE" TELLS
Pulmonary Syrup

Has cured thousands and cure YOU if you try
it. is indar>ed by the following gentleman. all
OF them well known in san Francisco as respectable
citizens f. :. WOOLLEY grocer. 3jS Stockton
street II. z. II HUBBARD. merchant Sansome ST.
near Clay; JAMES PRATT, at Towne * Bacon 5
printers Clay street. and hundreds of others in all
parts Vi California.
REDlNGTON & CO. Sole Agents. 4l6 and lis
Front street, san Francisco, and for sale 10y all
Druggists. (mar25 6m
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

ADVICE to horse fanciers-B Bride your am
bitiou ard curb your desires. or you will. some
fne morning fad yourself without a bit to
put in your mouth, aud even your horses VIII
he saddled with debt.
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

TIE CUckoo.-The notes of this bird have
bceu heard il the San Joaquin valley. bat the
bird itself has not get been seen 80 says
Stockton paper. Its queer bird, that-but
its home Is a "bole ID the ground.
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

Ak able physiologist has written that one
fifth of the human body is composed of phos
phorus Punch remarks that this most likely
s....onnts fnr The rlrn.1e-r Of mai chss naais
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

IT is said that the Tartars invite man to
drink by gently pulling bis ear. A good
many of onr people will generally take a
pull without waiting to have their ears pull
oh
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

DIscoURAGING FROM IDAHo.-Chase, a re
turned Boise miner, is not by any means san
guiHe about the chances in that inhosptable
region. He says the mines in California are
much richer than those OF Idaho-that in the
latter country they occupy very limited
space and are poor at that 1t was estimat-
ed that $4,000 men in Idaho were out of en-
ployment, and everything exorbitantly high.
The climate is cold and they have ice there ID
August. 1t Is nothing uncommon to have
four or five feet of snow which lasts through
the Minter=4Nrora Times.
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23
NeWell'S
Pulmonary Syrup.

Is really the very best remedy ever compounded
for the cure of Coughs Colds. Sore Throat Asthma
Whooping cough, Bronchitis and Consumption.
Thousands OF people in California and Oregon have
been already benefited by the surprising curative
vOyers of
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

A RICHMOND paper boasted while ago
that If the rebels ever caught Grant they
would skin him alive. A flag Grant opera
tiop. as vet nDaccompiished.
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

TIE horrible expression Bully boy with a
glass eve" is considered endurable when rem
Aar..1 IL zine ronfh with A xifrenus nnilc.
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

MANY FACTS IN SMALL COMPASS - The
number of languages spoken is 2,094. The
number of mems about equal to the number
of women. The average Of human life is
thirty three years. One quarter die before the
age of seven To every one thousand persons
one rarely reaches the age of one hundred
years, and not more than one in FIVE hundred
will reach the age OF eighty.
There are on earth 100000 600 inhabi-
tants. OF these about 33, 1888 die every
year 81 .S24 die every day. 1889 every hour,
and GO every minute These losses are bal
anced by an equal number OF births. The
married are longer lived than the single. Tall
men live longer than short ones. Women
have more chances Of life previous to the age
Of fifty years, but fewer after than men. The
number of marriages is in proportion of sew
enty to one hundred Marriages are more fire.
quent after the equnoxes, this is, during the
months of June and December. Those born
in the Spring are more robust than the others.
Births and deaths are more frequent by night
than by dav.
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23
NEW wHLL73
Pulmonary Syrup,

And with one accord give it their unqualified ap-
probation. We now address ourselves to all who
are Hnacqualned with this, the greatest Panacea of
the age for the healing of all diseases of the Throat
and Lungs, assuring you that
The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

CRED1r.-A wise provision by which COZ
sta HES and sherlffs get q living.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-24
EaERRLIves AND nURFaANs,

Itisvsry csriain that The troops raised by
LISCoLN this winter. and those hs is now rails
ing, viii DO composed of tbs lowest and most
degraded msteriAl-ihat mercenRries from the
impoverished districts Of the old world, who
fight only from = love Of adventure and the
hope Of pluRdeT, and tho scOUndvels who have
infested the cities of the North, will com
pose the princpal portion Of the nOw lsvies that
viii be brought into the field this spring and
sumuzsT. Tas FIRST armies of the North were
raised principslly from the young men, who
are seiuGtsd bg Elomentary enthusiasm that has
lang since died cut, but those more lately put in
the feld, and now being recruited, are Of an en-
tirely different class. r reTuitng has degene-
rated into TIE vilost measures Of vsnal csTTup-
ton, and enormous bouniies arc applied TO se-
cuTing the foreign meTcssary, while the rub
b;sh Of The police courts 60 into tbs service to
escape The punishment due heir crimes.
Tae New York Round Table cites single
instance to show how the meresnsries Of Ea-
rope are brOugh. in. In single village in
New England the quota under the call last fall
was f0rty-one. a public meeting was called
the pastor and some half dozsn at once re-
sponded, and others were ready to put down
tdsir names, when onc man AToEe znd offered
to import uon enough TO ell the quota at srv
enty.fTe dollErs a head The Cff,r Was &C.
eepled, and volunteering in that place at an end.
The same ilurnal al5s states that the mid
night trains from Esw York todaId the north
49, =,
crowds Of pick pockets and cut-;hrcsss whom
unPlincipled agents are transporting to New
Hampshire 90 i,l town quOtas By Wholesale.
Scarcely recruit can be trusted 10 report at The
rendezvous without guard with sbOtted bar
Fal and baYoEeL The police records in another
city have been watched for three months, and,
with very few exceptions, no criminals ar
rested for tbefs, aTson, rape, and Drunkenness
have been brought TO trial wi,hou! having the
option Of existing instead and thu numbeIs
who have enlisted 10 avoid iho s.l.o prison out
Numbering al 0lhors.
The Federal armies cannot fail 10 become
f,a-tU.iy dsmcrai.zsj when lEese hOrdos, with
cut military spirit or moral s!sm.nE, taks tho
place Of the JaEes years EaoD, WIN We suppose
enlisted from patriotic motives. The addition
Of such ciscyuIiDgs 10 ths RAILS will be 10
addition to their strength, while tbs infection
and thieving in the rsmp5 will discourage The
young men a: home from placing themselves in
position to have auch associates forced upon
lhem. The E0Iais Of the new lerieS need not
60 feared, except sheD they enjoy an oPp0rtu-
nifty Of PIQUdeIlnE cur pacp,e.
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PROvIDENCE m rEEIs wAR.


EDITORS APPEAL A portion ofTsTrys Rsngsrs-sth
Texas cavalry their way from ROms Ga, 10 East
TeunsEses being temporarily eneauped near this place
It was arranged by their ohspsiH Rev. Mr. Burtipg
that sermon shoHld be preached to ihsn by DR.. Lips
comb. chancellor Of Fzankn college, the University
Of Georgia. which s located here. The discourse
delivered yesterday, Sunday, In the Presbytsriln
Church. will a.temp: to furnish for your columns
brief q street.
The frst point TO which the Doctor called attention
was Providence in this belief In Providence i.
es5a. al manhood as well as to the accomplish
q great results Wellington said that tie issue Of
every battle depended ProYidsuesNaPolsoa declar
cd that the la crossed the bridge Of Lodi
in bis celebrated charge N that place he felt that he
man % destiny" G0d is In this revolution, as lie
lsin AZ the events Of history.
Divine Providence sriking!y manifest sepArs
ton from the North by hs sword IT TIE only way
N which CIR Independence eou be secured. JGss 4.
the Colonies having grown too vast and powerful fol
management by The English Government azd able to as
up for themselves rndered the ties that bound them 20
the mother country, by asuecesfI appeal to arms So
tbs South had Withdrawn from the Federal Union and
taken up tie sword to make coed her rish tide and
position a. a distinct and Independent nation.
Providence Is sesn in the division Of the churches
Eeoesastieal ruptures preceded The dissolution of the
civil govsrnneEt and contributed to prepRse The way
fori..
Providence diseernsd In ths struggles required to
give up the Union Orr attachment 10 II was fsrTid
and strong We loved It and glorisd in 81 and our
hearts wrenehsd away from IL Il wsg a. msEnif
ioent dreau-that OF one vast empire stretching from
ocean to oce4n and from the Gulf Of Mexico to the
| lakes OF the North. The splsBdor Of tbs dream wsl
snnoblng bat the llusion gone In spite 4 ell OBI
affections snd preiud ees, Providence haI LED
/ the Union and msde Of new Confsdersey. How
hard il was get The JEW out OF Peter Washington
| was opposed 10 separation from Great Britsin ant
| wished remain Englshmsr but Providence ms6'
him an American. Luther al iifss had thought 0
atisuptiog TO overthrow the pSPscy. II he had fore
seen the troubles and difficulties Of his future
be never would hsye dsred TO enter upon It. But Prov
ideDce bllndfolded him, and dragged him up 20 th
csnnon's moush-iuto the very jaws Of danger and Q
death. He was led forward step by step and eonSiu
ted the Reforner the church and leader Of Proiei
tsrtism. Through similar struggles, and guldsd b
the same Divine hand the South has been cOnductedf
the great NOV ensnt tending TO the establishment Of
new and lnds pendent form OF government
In tie remainder of his dlscourse Dr. LpscOmb fore
b y presented the Infinite justiee Of God in Its reii
tions 10 our sinfulress against Himself Toward MAJ
may properly Justify course, but in His ight "
are Ike JOB, VILE aud ouEht to abhor ourselves, an
, repent 10 dust End ashes. J. II. Is.
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rrFK yrw mTLvrARy CoURTs.

We give, in another column, tlie portions Of
Adjut=nt- General CoOPER's central order for
establishing military courts in sI the military
departments Of tho Confederate States, cast Of
the Mississippi river. West @: the Mssis-
sippj, ;hs commanding general 'Eill probably
appoint the same class Of military courts.
The reader Of Gea. COoPEB's order viii sec
Ct a glaDee that military power is made thO su-
preus law Of ths land. Whether Congress
meant, IN the acl entitled "An act to suspend
the writ Of bsboas corpus" 70 confer tho right
10 impfs1n any person whatever on q simple
order Of a military ofiesy, we are not prepared
to soy S0ch does not sppesr in the titie OF 'he
act, and we believe the general impression on
tie public mad is, tbas its object VAS merely to
prevent the sacred night Of the writ Of hsbees
corpus from being invoked By accused parties
in order TO defeat or embsIrass tho coarse Of
I iustice. But such ia not the view Of AdjGlant
/ General COOPER. He evidently unders taads
| the act 10 confer on him the power to establish
military courts 10 examine ciiiz9HS arrested by
military oTdgT, aud our readers win learn with
| some ssEonishmcnt ihat these couIts, OF commits
! sicners, have not the power TO release person.
even when they DO 10. Gud prObsble cause fol
! hiE d,seut:on. But so it is, and the peTscn AZ
rested muat be remanded to prison until the
! central Of the department., who ordered his az
! rest, shall see st to order bis release. We say
'ths general Of the department who ordered biz
arrest for We presume tha! this terrible powel
Of arbitrary arrest is not 30 be c1nddsd to any
military officer below tho rank Of genera
commanding q department.
10 this practice o! GsueFal COOPER our read
ers will perceive that when the late Congress
passed the bin 10 suspend tho writ of habes
corpus, they did something more than to preVeu
thai great light from being misused 10 thwsl
Justice. They not 0nly suspended the writ {
babeas coIDus in c5rtsiu cases, bat they rspealo
tha. clEuse Of cur Constitution Thieh provide
that no warrants shall issue but upon probsb
! cause supported By cath or affirmation, and pa
GcuIsrly describing tie plsoe to he searched an
ths pgIsJns or things to be siezed.' At least :
Gen. CuoPER understands it.
The right Of Congress TO suspend ihe wit
, hsbeas corpus IN cases Of persons lawfully q
rested wss conferred by the Consultation, b
We have failed to fnd where tho power vi
conferred 70 sanction unlawful arrests. ThI
as we understand II, was tho ground taken
T. Gov. BB0wE ia his recent message, and is .
II parporl Of tha STEPHENS resolutions recent
Il passed By The legislsinrs Of tbs State. The
/ resolutions constitute The Georgia PLATFORM 81
it is broad enough and strong enongh for eve
freeman, and irsodom-loving man 10 stand upo
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To the FFieRds Of tho Soldiers
ThroushOut Ihe COBfdeFaty,

QUANTITIES AsTER G EaERAL's DEpARTFENr. Rail Z
ROAD BUREAU Ricbm0Ed, Va, Feb. 20, lSC4
The friends su5 relatives OF soldiers IN The army Ct
northern Virginia ere hereby noisd that arrange.
msut has thI da7 been escssd with he sOutLsru TX
press Company 70 cary ell packages Of food and wear
ing apparel to Richmond, q.
To the advantages thus obtained through the
Express COmps1y, the following Instructions must be
ohssrveds
PaoEsgss uuE E0t contain more thaa one hundred
pounds; be vel secured. and plainly marked and sent
a tie expense CT Tie shipper either Of ae S0ldeIa
~ LEI Associations. which are l0os;sd follows;
In North CArsiias AZ Ralelgb; IN soath Carolina ii
Coiumbia7 In Georgia st Augusta il Alabama, al
Moaigou-ryi 70 any other point al which one Of
these Associations have sHz4flee.
The AE=n's Of these - locations viii tasrs take
charge q ;bea, and shiP d 2. By Southern Express
Company, % he proper A Us Of the respective
States q. Richmond, who viii GBsm 5s;ribu:od 70
tbs. proper iudlsidaal osFuyrs
To -esl he wishes of The zoldisrs and 10 give ulsm
s. certain and speedy communication villa home, the
55utAern Express Company has agreed 10 give this
freight prsfs7sns over e7zry thing elss7 and IN order
fla- 70 55as5s nay 0cglT 10 5s success O. lsusz.
be AZ sHte-pr e. SIC several Rsilr0sd Compares
hereby rsqass,5 90 render t5s Express CompEuy such
facilities as VII enable 10 nzEs l-s r.EnEeE1sut
oguq-J-s saooess
A. he southern Express Company ssruEeH ali re'
gP1usi5Liy Of Rs transportation CT tless pacEaseA
the Relief Associations are requested 20 ;hdEs taeiT
AgeHs who have heretofore a. ed as trsye rs mes51
gers II TIE Relief associations viii estabi1h sgsn-
rlssl the rsaE Of other srmlsg hey my enjoy the
same r7iies esss tessby sseu-ed 20 he Army oE EorA
sn Vfgl1a. T. ". SINS,
Iisut-CoL and Cilstlrusster.
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ERGULATTOEs FgR THE ImPREss.
SLAVES.
The regulations adopted under the acs Of
Congress 'te Increase the efficiency Of tbs army
By tho employment OF the free negroes and
slaves in certain capacities" sppssr officially
IN tho Richmond Pspers.
The fres negroes and slaves east OF the Mis-
sissippi river to be employed, are to be enrolled
under the direction Of the conscrpi bureau, and
assigned to performances of the duties mentioned
il the set.
Applications for exemption On the ground
that tho interests Of the country require it, or
that il is demanded by justice, equity or necss-
sity, must be made to the enrolling officer in
writing who will dispose of them according to
the general directions contained in the regula-
tians undsr the "aet = organize forces to serve
during ihe war"
The provisions Of orders No. 135 Of the 24.h
October, 1868, will sffoTj the requirite rules
for guidance relative to ihs employment snd
| impress1aent of slaves, with these notifications:
Ist, that slaves shall not be impressed when the
services OF free negroes can be obtained. I'd,
slaves under the Egs Of eighteen and above The
sge of 6lfy, are exempt. 81, the hire for slaves
Impressed shall be according to the rates fixed
by tie appraisers under the act to regulate im-
pressments. 4sh, the limitation as 10 the term
for which slaves shall be impressed for service,
shall be for twelve months Instead of the, term
Fixed by said orders, if the sxigency shall re-
! GuiTe IT,
/ All inpTessments in the various military
/ hmeEux undeT this act shall be BY special OF
der upon application to the War Department,
disclosing the effHts to furnish other labor
! specified IN tbs act, The necessity for the i'm
prc5sments and the plan proposed TO secure It.
The general commanding the trans-Aiissis.
sippi department viii superintend the execution
Of the law in that Department
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PoIit,enl Aspee,s.

From New York Freemans JouTnsl and CsthciIe
Register.l
Is our political rnslady cursbls, or is it NOR.
tell Answer us this, and we would know
what 10 do! The men Of deep doEght, who
urge us to sgree in the auppOrt of the New
York HsrGlds lste fs7oTite, Mcclellan, or its
present fsvOrite, Grant. is that tho disease is
mortal, and that free government is gone for
ali the American States, North and South, and
that all we can now aim at is to have reSpeets-
bic, in place of q clownish and despieable, mili-
ia1y despotism. TO have gentlemen, instead
of puFitans, for our masters.
These advisers of cure, who revolt at cur tell
ing them they are " war Democrats" say they
lock ouly at " facts as they are" and wa IS us
to lock st them too. We moderately suspect
them CT wishing only to supersede the present
usurped despotism by despOtism Of their own,
more legitimate, as being accepted by people
opposed to puritAnism, bus lost 20 our original
PRINCIPLES ef social self government, sS free
| people.
tisn Of really free government on Our native
soil, we tell our advisers Of this kind We will, q
| the same time, abandon the soil where eur grand
| fathers lie.
II ffes, representative, Local selfgovarninl
/ form of government cannot be TestaUrated here
we wish TO leave the ground-pigs who dig int
! politics only to make money, 10 the undisputeG
| possession of the eOuutTies-the States, that GU
| grandfather fought to make free and, with tb'
bones Of that gTAndtaths no longer worthy 4
lie In such DIRT, We sTe disposed to seek homi
elsewhere. We are too settled in cur ways .
desire new things, but VIC wish, at least, thA
our children may live in country where the.
may enjoy sei,-Sespses and personal security
Cold Canada, on the north, or Brazil avs.
south, is better than their anticipated new aris
sOcrstic military despotism. II may come 9
this. We wait only to do our part, to hght ;
the LAST, 10 see il out
Bat we do not believe that free government
on this soil is sick unto death We have latsl
rehSsrsed and csnvassed history, ancient an
modern, with 8 view TO light, from experisne
of the human race, which is traditional aud cor
sistent in its history. Despotisms establishe
on free institutions, have invariably been ve
veEpswsd. As by Gods Institution, the PEE
PIE, multitude, communities psTf6et6, is th
source Of power 50 despotisns have succeede
> 10 establishing themselves on the ruins Of fre
government, only By the genlIsness and the b