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not let us make them a little more conven-
tiOnal and file them to a classic pattern.-
NO., was his reply, II shall write them
myself. The people will understand them" :"
'.But this or that form Of expression is not
! elegant, not classical 1.-The people will
understand it," has been his invariable re-
ply. And whatever may be said of his
State papers as compared with the classic
standards, it has been fact that they have
always been wonderfully well understood
by the people, and that since the time Of
| Washington, the state papers Of no Presi-
dent have more controlled the popular
mind. And one reason for this is, that they
have been informal and undiplOmatic.--
/ They have more reSembled a fathers talks
TO his children than state paper. And
they have had the relish and smack Of the
| SOIL that appeal to the simple human heart
and head which is greater power in writing
! than the most artful devices Of rhetoric
Lincoln might well say with the apostle,
But though be rude in speech vet not in
1 knowledge, but we have been thoroughly
| made manifest among you in all things
! Ills rejection OF what is called fine writing
was as deliberate as St. Pauls, and for the
same reason-because he felt that he was
| speaking on subject which must be made
clear to the lowest intellect, though ii shod
| fail 10 captiyate the highest. But we say
| or Lincoln $ writing, that for all true, man
| ly purposes OF writing, there are passages
in his state papers tha. could no! he better
put they are absolutely perfect. They are
brief condensed, intense, and with power
Of ight and expression which make them
worthy TO be Inscribed in letters Of gold.-|
such are some passages of the celebrated
| Springfield letter, especially that mastery
one where ne compares the conduct Of the
patriotic and loyal blacks with that Of the
treacherous and disloyal whites. No one
can read this letter without feeling the in
fiuence Of mind both strong and gener-
Oag.
Lincoln il strong man, but his strength
is Of peculiar kind il is not aggressive so
much as passive, ana among passive things
il is like the strength not so much of
stone buttress, as Of wire cable IT is
strength swayinS TO every influence. yield
ing On this side and on that TO popular
needs, yet tenaciously and infiexbly
bound 10 carry its great end and proba-
bly, by no other kind Of strength could our
national shi p have been drawn safely thus
far during the tossings and tempests which
beset her way. Surrounded 10y all sorts
Of conflicting claims, by traitors, by half
hearted, timid men, by Border Stale men,
and free State men, by Radical Abolition
lists and Conservatives, ne has listened 10
all, weighed the words Of AL. waited, ob.
served, yielded now here now there, but
in the main kept one intlexible honest pur-
pose and drawn the national sbi ip through
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.rrs or CASH ADVERTISING
The SuperfucnS Man.
Nv youN q. SANE.

II, ;s oseer.afneu hy inspection G, the register
AZ MANY countries that the ~ ..orm properties
NJ male 10 female trths - rs Il 10 ,V' @ccofI
iney in respect to marriage every -4S' nan
naturally superfuoas.-o''.'fs 1teo' ). es' tisS'-
kstcl
Hong have been puzzled 20 guess,
And so ] nave frequently SalG.
what the reason could really be
That never nave happened 10 wed;
Rat now il is perfectly clear
IAN, under natural ban;
The girls are already assigned
And I'm a sUpertiuouS man
These clever stat t.stical cnars
Declare ;ile nu:ner'cal .an
M women and men in the W0;ld,
Is twenty % twentv-ara-one;
Ana hence III the pairing. you see.
since wocsng and welding oegan,
For every caAlapia1 score.
They e 20. :. s,i'eiilGouS man.
gv tven-les ana .wen;its they go,
.1na gd,'i8y rush - tneir fate.
For none q. .he rIuoeT. yoN know,
Can fail o. a con us8l fna.e.
utwnile they are WELDING IN scores
To natures sn.ie9.its'e plan.
For there \ never 2 woman e. ne
FOR I'm q supei.iuous man
Il Ei.n': tnat am ci.ufl.
To solitude over Inclined.
itisn tihal am al faui.
In morals or manners or nlinG
Then what is the reason. YOU ask.
am still with the bachelor clal ?
merely was numbered amisS-
And I'm superfiuous man.
II isn't that arm in want
OF personal beauty or grace,
For many man with a wife
isuglier far in the face;
Indeed among elegant men
fancy myself IN the van,
But what is the value OF that,
When I'm q asuperfluous man.
Although am fond OF the girls,
For ought could ever discern.
The tender emotion feel
Is one that they never return:
'Tis idle TO quarrel with fate.
For struggle as haraas ! can;
They re mated already, you know
Ard I'm a asuperf.Uous man,
No wonder grunble at times,
With women SO pretty and plenty,
To know that never was born
To figure as one OF the Twenty:
Bat vet, wien the average lot
With critical vision scan,
think it may be for tue best
That I'm a saperfuous man
N. J. LtLger.
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THREE AT A RIRTH.-Nlrs. Adam Scheo-
berlein, ofthis city, on Saturday Of last
week, gave birth to three children-two
girls and one boy. DR.. Young, her ac-
coucher, says the children are all well
formed and smart as crickets. Up to this
date mother and children are doing well.
This same lady has given birth to four
children in one year, ten in ten years, and
live at two births.-AnrorG (II.) Beacon.
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AN, eminent physician, speaking of
and too nearly horizontal. We slide for
ward, and our spines ache. The seat should
be fifteen Or sixteen inches high in front
for men, and from eight 70 fourteen inches
for children and women. The back part of
the seat should be from one to three inches
lower than the front part. This last is
from front to back should be the same aS
the height. The chair is likewise upphiio-
sophical. The par. which meets the small
Of the back should project furthest forward
Instead Of this, at that point there is GEN.
orally hollow. This is the cause of m,lci,
pain and weakness in the small Of the hack
The present seats produce discomfort.
round shoulders and other distortions,
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WAsuINGToX. June %.


Adj. General JOHN l.. HopspuN, Augusta,
Maine
General herewith transmit to you the
names of Maine officers and soldiers who
have died in the Hospitals of the Depart
ment of Washington, from the 18th to the
2o,h day of June, 1861, inclusive, aud
date of death.
Capt Lewis Cross, 3, 9th, Scion, June
it; Samuel j. Brown, A, 3lst, Machias,
l6; James Bubier c, cth, Brunswick, ID,
Emory Richards, fl, 9Th, Belfast, ID !;
Charles Il. Pierce, +, 10th, do, Ii Samuel
Chambers, Z, lst arty, Shirley, Is; 5. +.
Richardson, lst battery. Denmark, Is ;
Fred A Bailey, y, 3lst, Topsiield. 10 ,
Capt, Jas Williams, c, 3lst, Augusta, II !;
Scrgt. Geo L. Holmes, 18th. Rockland,
Is; Sam'l Lamb, {, 18th, do, II :; Chas y.
Spring, +, 3Ist, do, IL John Cannon. b,
4th, Monticello, Is; Joel Mixer, +, ith,
East Knox, IL Sergt. j W Pomroy, +,
9TH, do May 81 John j. Hinley, IL, Bed,
Biddeford June 10 I; Joseph Coan, +, 81,
Rockland, Is; Benson Cunningham, c,
LIST art'y Ellsworth, Is ; JAS. Camo, c, do,
do, 81 /; Lt.Chas. \ Farriugton, |, 3lst,
Waterford, 20 Samuel +. Remission, II,
mn, -tibdHl - WI r. oosidh ielcs, u
::52d, No. " oodstock,22 Sam1 \. Stet-
son, b, BID, Oxford % Chas Field, E,
2lst, Maysyille, -; VIM Shurtlih,, c, eth
Turner, % Thos Elliot, f. eth, %
Sergt. Alvin G. Ames, T., 3lst, Castine
%; JAS ). keene, lst art'y, -; Joseph
Il. Lewis, 4, BID, "a Benz Royal, Is, 9th
Ellsworth, ~ 1t. Lafayette Carver, |
| 10Th, - s; Simeon l. Malcolm, \, 10th
Bucksport, "a Edward Baker, Sd battery
Orrington, "a; Sergt. Saml NJ Bolton
b, LIST art, do, %; Alfred |. Shea, Z, do
26 W ID Babeock, II, 9th, Barring, 20
Jas T Tampher, d, 3lst, Bucksport, 20
Francis Lowe, +, 9th, Crawford, -
| am, General,
Very truly and respectfully,
Your Obi Servant,
a. b. FARWFLL. State Agent.
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ing mcmbers of the preesbt House, OF their
usefulness aud ability &c. The honored
names of Stevens. Schench, Davis, (Henry
Winter) Kelley, are named and then he
says:
$50 with Pike Of Maine. hear MAT he is to
be reelected. eau Il be possible that the North
i. at last learning the wisdom that was intuitiye
with the South-the wisdom Of continuing Con-
gresham in Office Why. a Congressman. an
efficient, useful Congressman. is product like a
locomotive engineer. scholar, a shtp-bulider.-
He il never Sorn The SHAREHOLDERS carefully
trained these men by keeping them IN their place
term after term, until they acquired the power
which results sheeriy from familiarity with pass
legislation. and ycar-long use Of the rules, and
vear-long habit in all tue ways of legislation,
and until they had acquired over and ABOVE the
ROVER of constantly embarrassing ami checamat
ing the green representatives from tue free
States the monopoly of that experience more es-
sential than talent to the chairnanship OF Com
mi,tees and the leadership Of the Honse, to
make no mention Of the empire of the Speakers
Office Yes send back the good members. All
YOU constituencies that have representatives Ii Ike
pike blaine Thayer. Smithcrs, Garfield, Ander-
SON lrth. Dumoni, Julian, Farnsworth, Norton,
Beam,n, kellogg, Gooch, Epson, Highly, Little
t,hn, Donnelly. Rollins, Elliott, remember that
uou own the office of Representative in Congress,
aud that politicians have no right or title what
ever to that property. And when these polite.
isns hacker after after th. your hereditamen and
howl the 'howl Of locality to make it drop into
their hungry mouths pray you to OPP the
noisy holes with disappointment and neglect, and
To send back here, ami 20 keep sending back here
the men who servs you we'll
We have written so much, and quoted
thus far, to elucdatc our own views. We
know,-aud it is because we know, this
fact-that what we now publish will not
change the result hair that we have con-
cluded, at the request of friends, to indi-
ca fn niir own XieNs
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ELLSWORTH. Jnly 18th. lS6I

Mr.. EDITOR Why do the j" Copper
heads" SO far as they express an opinion
favor the denomination of Mr.. Pike -
Please answer! PEDRO.
We cannot answer the question satisfac-
iorily TO ourselves, or perhaps Pedro. y
This may not be so, emily in particular
cases. We happen TO know that promi-
nent politician Of this school in this town
has labored in the interest of another, and
against Pike, in neighboring county
This may be so of others. These men
are practiced politicians and what they
may do in this town is no criterion of what
they may do in another town. AT any
rate, it is safe to suppose that they have
not made up their minds TO go in for man
like Pike, who early in the campaign, de-
eiared ms policy was to Tax, Fight and
Emancipate."
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UNION CONVENTION,
Fifth Congressional District.

The qualified voters Of the Fifth Congressional
District who desire the unconditional maintenance
Of the Union. and the supremacy Of the CONS tuition
and the cpfnTlete suppression OF the existing re
heion Wiz the Thereof, bs vigorous war and
all apt and efficient means invited to send dele
gates t0 District Convention % be held
at Ellsw 0rth, On "Wednesday the 9th day
Of July nex-,
a; ten O'Clock A. NJ fer the purpose Of nominating
a candidate TO be supported for Representative TO
Congress and for An Eector Tor President and Vice
President and also 70 transact any other business
which mas properly come before the Convention
The basis of representation will he .. fol ows :
Each organized city and plantation shall be entitled
to delegate. and one delegate additional for
every hundred votes east for GOV. tonv last
September, and one for fraction OF iftv votes.
PER ORDER BIST. CON.
Ellsworth, June 23d. ISL.
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possible sill news that is rs'ishle. The rebels
left 4?0 wounded men in Frederick City IN our
hospitals.
PHILarELPsft, 18Th.
irrsn gements have been made 10 run twice
daily. each day. between Philadelphia and Haiti-
more TO Pcrryville-to Baltimore by stsarrsrs-
ard sre prepared to take passengers, ils,troUps
and supplies.
(Signed) s u. FELTON,,
Pres, Phil 4 Bait r. X.
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Hearg Fighting IL Miles firm HIasling-
toH.-Hanter Holds all ths Fords 'chert
the Enemy hare Cfossed.-Granfs
Forces not Red, I'd.
Heavy fighting had taxed place al Brookville,
]? miles north Of Washington There are ne
fears for the safety Of the C4itAl.
We have encourag ing news from General Hun
ter. The troops have been newly equipped, and
in f5e condition. lie has b,en reinforced bys
volunteers from otio, and row holds the rertec
aud Fasse; by which Early's troops crossed tsr
Potomac, and they must return oy the lowe
Tords.
Gen. Grant has not reduced his force, and the
surrender ef Petersburg i; hourly expected.
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The Raid.

Raids are fashionable just now; and
while Wilson, sheridan, &c, of the Union
army have been setting the rebels some
brilliant examples of what may be done,
it would be strange if the 'rcbsa have so
far lost courage and dash, that they are
past learning how to march into the Uuon
States, and make big scarce in return
The raid into MARYLAND is quite formula
bic and quite active, which with the dispo-
sition to magnify all their movements and
doings, makes the telegraph columns of
story has General Lee i'll command, and
the invaders 10000 strong. Another
equally good authority places General y.
Z. Hill at the head. Another has some
body else as the captain of the raiders. and
gives the number a. something less than
20, coo. But whoever may command these
marauders. and whatever may be their
numbers, it is to be hoped that they will
conc far enough North that their retreat
VIII De 'inPofS'p'e- ! 1T D"fJ l 'o""'
of the llth says
Meanwhile, we have from two sources
the statement tina, ten Hunters command
or A portion of il. had reached Martinsburg
and was expected at llarper's Ferry. At
the former place Gen. Sullivan is said to
have cap,ufed thousand prisoners. stores
and Great oaan;i,ic, OF rebel p!undcr-
Gen. Couch. moreover. moving Down from
ChamLcrshur,. entered lIascIs,ewn Fri
day. driving ONT the brigade Of Met ausland
m confusion toward WiIau<port. II
both these statements are true, the pros
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been suppressed in any State, and the pee
ple thereof shall have sufficiently returned
to their obedience to the Constitution and
laws of the United States in which case
Military Governors will be appointed, with
directions to proceed according to the bill.
In testimony whereof | have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal Of the
United States to he affixed
(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President.
W. II. SEWARD.
Secretary Of STATE.
Washington, July {, 1864.
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E. NJ. STANTON.

The following proclamation has been
issued by the Governor Of Maryland, and
the Mayor Of the City Of Baltimore,
Citizens of Baltimore We have been
unwilling TO create unnecessary alarm or
agitation in this community BY any appeal
for your immediate assistance III resisting
the threatened invasion that may be deem
cd premature, bat We have no longer such
an apprehension, ard feel no hesitation in
declaring that in orr poinion the danger
which now threatens the city is imminent.
and if YOU would avoid it, every loyal man
must at once prepare TO meet 1t.
Men-all the men that can be raised
are wanted TO occupy the Publications al
ready completed, and to prepare others
It is not important how YOU should come
but it is most importan; that YOU shoald
come at once. Come in Your leagues, Or
come in your militia companies, but come
in crowds and come quickly. Brigadier
General Lockwood has volunteered to take
charge of all the civil fsrces thus raised,
and has been assigned TO that command
The LOYAL neil in every ward will assem-
BILE at their usual places of Wards meet
ing, and will report forthwith to Gen.-
Lockwood at his headquarters, No. 81
Nor b st.
S gned) A. NJ. BRADFORD
Gorsraor of Narylaaa.
JOHN LEE CHAPMAN,
Mayor Of Baltimore.
WAsHIMGToS, 10Th.
The Star extra of p. N, says body
of veterans are in a position to reach
either Baltimore or Washington before the
rebels do.
The large brigade in the Quartermaster's
Department here is ready for instant ser
vice.
The rebels have not crossed at Edwards
Ferry as reported.
There are no armed rebels il the De-
partment Of Washington.
HARRIsBCRG, Penn, 10th.
Gov. Curtin has issued another proc
lamation, urging the people to come for
ward TO the defense of the State and coun-
try. In the course of his exhortation he
said Gen. Wallace. with 10000 men was
compelled to fall back from Frederick.
PHILADELPHIA, July 10Th,
A despatch to the Sunday Transcript
dated Chambcrsburg, July 9th, says:
COUGHS cavalry advance, supported by
infantry and artillery, entered Hagers'
town, Nd, yesterday afternoon, and cap
,ured Is or 30 rebels, stragglers, who had
been engaged in burning and ptnpdering,
the day previous. Quite number OF
buildings are destroyed, including both
public and private property.
The rebels were. il ANYTHING more sew
ere upon Seeessionists than Cnionists.
raising contributions everywhere.
WAsHIxGrox, July ., 1861.
Whereas, at the late session Of Congress,
a bill was passed to guarantee certain
states whose government have been usur,
ped or overthrow, a republican form o
government and whereas said bill wa
presented to the President for approval
less thaa an hour heforc sire die adjourn
ment Of saia session, and was not sigue'
by him and whereas, said bill contains
among other things, plan Tor reStorin;
the States in rebellion to proper aud ration
a. relation in the Union. which plan e e,
pressed tse sense u, congress upon ..
SUBJECT and which plan II Is new hohsn
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WAR DEPARTMENT.,
Washington 9th.

10 Major FeneriI DIX:
An official report from Mai. General
Wallace. just received, states that bat
tie took place between the forces under
his command and the rebel forces under at
Monocacy to-day, commencing at 9
o'clock A. NJ, and continuing until ) P.
M..-that our forces were at length over
powered By the superior numbers of the
enemy, and were forced to retreat i'll dis
order.
He reports that Col. Seward of the New
York heavy artillery was wounded and
taken prisoner-that the enemy's force
number at least twenty thousand,-and
that our troops behaved we'll, but suffered
severe loss. He is retreating on Balti-
more.
tc;.5N 7 NJ STtNTAN
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Re5els Debated Near H7achesfer-M ttlii.
gencc from H'ash,agton-The City De.
ttaded by Militia and Feteraas--N
Reid Force Within 30 Miles Of Balti-
more.
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Gslearaph Ntws;;
FaOI THE DAILIEs

Highly important from Maryland Of
fcidl despatch from Secretary Sfdqtoa-
a Hedpy Battle at Moaocacy all day
.Saturday-Oar Forces OceT1'oacsred-
They Retreat in disorder on Baltimore
Gen. Tyicr and Col. .SeasGrd taken
Prisoners-Call to Arms by the Coz
ernor of Maryland and Mayor OF Batti-
more-Gen. Wallace Estimates Bebel
Force Not Less T'4an 50,000-Later
Reports from Baltimore The Enemg
Reported Marching on U'ashing'oH
Re Capture Of Mdriinsborg by General
Hanter-He Takes 1000 Prisoners. To-
gefher uih Large AMOUNT Of Pun
der.
New YORK. 9th.
4 special despatch from Frederick
Junction. Md. states that in Thursday
fight, lab rebels were killed.
Gen. Wallace evacuated Frederick at
Iop.M., Friday, removing the sick. wound
ed and stores, &c.
The rebels advanced in line Of battle on
Saturday. oecuying Frederick City.
Gen. WaIlaee's headquarters are at
Frederick Junction on which point the re-
bells are advancing in heavy force down
the Baltimore Pike.
BALTIMORE. 9th.
1t may without exaggeration be said we
are having an excitement to-day. The
streets are teeming with rumors from the
front.
Active arrangements are being made i'll
anticipation Of an emergency, which it is
believed is only scarcely possible not pro-
bablc.
Loyal leagues are being armed. aud the
defensive works strengthened. The Gov
eminent is pressing into the service all the
horses they can lay their hands on, and
especially fast-bleodcd animals. OF the
disloyal. passes are required % leave the
city. Suspected persons are yigilant !
watched.
WASHINGTON, 10Th
Gen. Wallace telegraphs Secretary
Seward that Col. seward is not prisoner,
and is moi hurt. lie behaved with great
gallantrr.
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2
ton, in which occurs this paragraph:
a. II j. the bane of our politics that when VIC
have sent man to ashington-when he ha.
instructed hiintelf in his duties,-vhen he ha.
/ become allie to do Us little service, then thro
some caprice, some within, come fear, craven fear
on the part Of some men. he is changed and an.
Uther untried, Is sent to take his place That in
4 the past has been great calamity TO the people
| Of the North. And now since | am free to speak
without giving the Impression that am speak in .
for myself, shall, on all proper occasions speak
TO this point with all the power | may. For
| have seen In my own little hstOry-it is not a
long one-that We have lost more from the mex.
perience of our men at Washington, than We have
by the numbers of our opponents"
Two years since, on the eth of June
and before the Congressional Convention
we published the above extract and ap.
pended thereto quite lengthy article of oul
own, from which We extract the following
" We haze never listened for a moment 10 III,
popular notion that Ne must change our co gross
man every two " four years merely because ty
the law OF turns tue nomination belongs to come
other locality This policy is q suicidal one. on
posed alike to the best interest oil . Jarty and
the country"
The same number of the american hat
an article from the Oxford Democrat or
the "Mainc Delegation" from which W,
extract the following:
Experience ia almost every thing to men
Der OF Congress, Every man Hho goes into III,
House OF Representatives, is obliged to build VI
Tor himself reputation When this is acquire,
he is then fitted to be of service to his constitu
ents. state in Congres
Is known only by its Representatives And i, i
not an easy nattsr to oecoms familiar with tn.
abstrase aud complicated rules OF III House. n
requires years of study aai practice to make a
good paihamentasiaE. or an expert tacticisn il
that body"
In the Daily Tribune Of the sth inst
there is two column article from it, spec.
ial Washington correspondent. Thi,
writer speaks specifically Of certain lead,