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LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF BALTIMORE.

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It's DirectaFs are men Unknown integrity
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10 every intelligent mind that, II We would
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and people individually, We must build up
home. The laws Of hade, self respect and
self interest combine TO make this the
Company Cor Maryland.
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Freedom.
Persons desiring to insure their lives viii
do well to consult the above.
ANDREW ]. MYERS,
State Agent,
viii travel through the county during the
Summer, and attend tho Courts, 10 transact
the business Of the Company.
Now, gentlemen, you have the chance to
insure IN good, safe, and cheap Company
without sending your money ont OF the
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DENTIST,

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WrsrnIysrEn, Nd,
where may be found at all times when not
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The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
NO. 40.

what you do here. Ny name i Willie
n. My papa loves to come here. and Il
looked 50 pleasant through the window
thought I'd come too But must not
stay long for I've LEFT the baby alone"
The mans tones were softered ~ BE
spoke again to him..
"And where is your mother. boy r.
80, she's gone TO take home the wash.
sir Papa don't get ~ much work ~ no
used to once and we're very poor novs
and she has to help him now"
And does il iook as pleasant in hers
as you thought it would my child = ,a
20 yes, It does. sir. don't wonder
papa loves to come hero so mech, IT'S %
cold and dark home. But should think
he would bring mama and me and little
sis. How she would laugh to see this
fire and all these pretty bottles,and those
flowers with lights in them. Pleasesis,'
said he earnestly and he seized the rough
hands of the Mstener, "please sir, tell me
why little boys can't come here With their
fathers 7" Rh a pH tfHfa A2@G
"For Gods sake. do not tell him, Ban
croft" said deep anguished voice. lis
deems me pure and holy Heavens!
What wretch am Ny boy--my boy"
and Willie was clasped in his fathers
arms--"you have saved me from carth's
vilcst hell Here, with my hands on thy
sinless brow, promise never again to
touch the cup I've drank SO deep. And
my brothers in sin, as you value your
souls salvation, tempt me not 70 break
my vow. Held me, heaven, help me men,
so to live, hereafter, that papa may never
blush to take his boy alony--that ifpapa
goes there, Willie may go too"
Silently the door closed after them:
and silence dwclt in the saloon behind
them. The preacher had been there in
cherub form, and lazy, loose, unholy
thought, orlight and ribald jest was hush
ed. One by one they stolo away, and
many wife wore smiles that night nor
did the old bar.kecper even curse tho lit.
tie one that robbed him OF 90 many
dimes. Too deeply in his heart had sunk
the voice of that little preacher.
Don't you like me. papa7 Are you
cross at Inc ?" asked little Willie, while
they stood few moments on the pave
mcnt for tho scene in the bar-room was
an enigma to the child, and he half fear
cd reproof
Il was thinking what mamma would
best like for supper" said the father
"Was you! was your" was the eager
question in gladstone votes. 20, then
| know you amt cross. y, get oysters
and crackers and tea, papa, and a candle,
because there is only piece. And please.
papa, tell mamma not 10 he cross ut mo
cause left the baby. ! don't believe
she will, though. cause she won't per-
haps have come home yet, and she does
love to have you home so much. Oh, ]
feel just like crying, ! feel so glad" N
" And feel like crying, too" said his
father, solemniy and ere midnight lie did
wfsfiBgh if.yi6e, but ,hey were ao!I tears,
gathered on its beauty, and hers OF tho
sorrow that had drapedft like pail.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

SENATOR SPRAauR - There 10 Q belief
gaining circulation that there is . signia.
cance in the sudden appearance of Soma
tor Spraguo in his new field other than
what exists in his own volition. That II,
that It'll a new Chase movement, with
the Chief Justice in the background.
prompting the positions. 3sbnpa vnfN
This comes OF the unexpected and
startling manner in which the little Soma
tor unmasked his battery, and has with
such surprising activity worked his guns
after silence OF so many years. Then
the hit he makes seems beyond bis vie
DOM That the country IL suffering, that
unjust and partial legislation has driven
labor to the wall and created an intense
feeling Of discomfort, holding the party
in power to q strict accountability, arc
facts ono would not suspect the little
Senator with either feeling or knowing.
Much Of the sensation attending the
demonstration comes from its unexpect
ed, startling character but some OF u
originated in the fact that his shots have
told. His speeches are called for by tbs
thousands, and his name is In every ones
mouth The people, in their distress, are
looking eagerly fora leader y II the be-
lief obtains .irlnness in the popular mind
that Chase is at the bottom Of the affair,
we have only seen the beginning. !, ,.ei
Senator Sprague is certainly plucky.
With bad delivery, without any attribute
of an orator, he takes his place upon the
hoor aud coolly pitches in. i was ia6n-
iiely amused at his retort on Senator, vii
son, who undertook to reply to and up.
set the little assailant BY q patronizing
sprcadiment of his own experience and
observation Spragae. replied;
The honorable gentleman from Mas
sachusetts talks about the business 6fthe
country What does he know about bust
ness! He talks about the social condi.
ton. What does he know OF fbrsinessl"
An audible smile ripplcd the Fog bank.
and Wilson, laughing upcasily, blushed
all over. 1t was like a fat, dignihcd par
son being doubled up by plucky ram
buttipg into his commissasy.-Domn
Pialk. est -fs-ssg4 asfe
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
- Josh billings welcomes spring d

follows:
aspiring ssuss this year a. much - us-
ual, hail butuous virgin. 5000 years oil
and upwards. hslc and harty old gal. vel
cum tsw York State and parts adjacent.
Now the birds jaw, now the cattle hcller.
now the pigs skream, now tho geese wsrbls.
new the ka,s sigh. and ustur il frisky the
vlrtnous bcdbug aud the nobby cockroseh
arc singing Yankee Doodle. aud coming
thru tho rhi.' Now may bc seen the mus'
kctecr, that gray outlined eri,ter ov deat'-
ny. solitary and alone. oxsmininy bis lsss
years pill, aud now may bs heard. with
the naked ear tho hoarse shanghigh. bsvl'
ing in the bafnyard. " ~ w
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Col, WIN. Il. BOURNE,

Formerly Of Fort Smith, Arkansas, VIII as
sist me in the duties OF my Agency. l an
nrepnred to make cash advances on all ship
mcnts of Cotton TO the House of Messrs. +. L.
BRAuNs q Co, baltimore, and will personal
ly guarantee to shippers rs much per pound,
net. as they would receive by, shipping: to
New Orleans or New York markets.
&. A. MEYER,
Agent for Baltimore and Arkansas.
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Petty thievcs--Those who stcal the
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"A young prince. whose mind had
learned in some jegrse to value religious
truth, asked his tutor to give him suitable
instruction, that lie might be prepared for
that when you arc older" was ths reply.
mo" said the prince, II have been to
tho churehyard and measured tho grsves.
and there srs many shorter than ! an" Z .
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Cure FOR A FELoS.-A genuine remo'
dy is worth circulating. It is said that q
poulti,s Of onions applied morning. noon.
and night, for three or four days, will cure
a (elon. NJ matter how bad tho case. lane.
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- A gentleman whose father has bssa
cured OF q hopeless case Of dropsy. wishss
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pod tca--either white or Liuaa heAAe-
swcc.sn to tho taste and drink sbundansly.
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K The Bible l. new printed iasseeAws
hundred different languages .4i .diir.,d N
yab s.d has hgs ftteeop .td' y ar
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The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
POETRY.
A BABY'S LETTER


Dear old Unite,
| dot oor letter;
My old Nanny
She ditten better;
She every day
Little bit stronger,
Don't mean to be sick
Very much longer.
Daddy's so fat
Can't hardly stagger,
Nanny says he jinks
Too much lager.
Dear little baby,
Had bad collie,
Had to take tree drops
Nassy paragollic;
Took dose OF tatnip,
Felt worse than ever,
Shant take no more
Tatnip, never!
Wind on stomit
Felt pooty bad;
Worse hit of sitness
ETer l had!
Ever had belly ate,
Ole Unite Bill?
Taint no fun now.
Say what 90 will.
fused to sleep all day,
And cry all night;
Don't do SO now,
Cause faint yight.
Bat I'm grown.
Ditten pooty fat;
Gained most 2 pounds,
Only tink o yat.
Little fcmnin blanke]s
Was too big before,
Nurse can't pin 'em
On me no more.
Skirts so small,
Baby so stout, rE..
Had to let the plaits
In IN all out. ~
Got head of hair
jess as black as mite,
An big boo eyes
Vat look nifty bright;
My nanny says
Never did see
Amy ozzer baby
Half rs sweet as en-.
Gramma comes often,
Aunt Sarah. too;
Baby loves zem,
Baby loves 90
Baby sends pooty kiss
TO his Untles, all:
Antics and Tsusins,
Big folks and small.
Can't yite no more,
500, dood-by,
jolly old Unite,
Wiz glass eye. ..... .
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-26
To Our Friends and Patrons.

The generous interest of our friends in
extending the circulation of the UNION
AND AMERICAN is such as TO call for the
warmest possible expression of our thanks.
We feel that the best return we can make
is to pledge increased exertions to make the
paper worthy, not only of the patronage of
present list, but of place in every
counting-room, professional Office and fire.
side in the State. This, we are striving 10
do. The more readers We have the better
paper we can make and the more good we
can accomplish. We want TO double the
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was absorbed at this time with 8
sublime purpose, and not as the
Radical leaders affect TO think-with
a selfish and ambitious object. He
put himself like wall of granite
against all the extremists. What
argument and appeal could do--he
was powerless else-he enforced
and urged against all legislation that
assumed, by conditions precedent,
the pOstulate that the American
Union was dissolved by war, and
against any disturbance Of the
checks and balances of our constitu-
ton, in which only resides the soul
of our own peculiar liberty. Such
was the spirit of that earnest speech
of the 22d Of February. If its ut
terances from the Presidents stand
point were fervid and devoted, were
these more so than the utterances
of such Radical champions as Mr..
Wendell Phillips, as the late Mr..
Stevens, and the graceful and deter
mined Mr.. Sumner?
Let it be remembered that no ar
gument or authority has get been
heard or produced which denies full
power in the President of the United
States to declare authoratively when
instruction ceases, and by virtue of
his office to determine the relations |
Of military and civil law in disturbed
sections, and to settle such condi- |
items as clearly belong to the war
power and to the pardoning power, |
including amnesty, as applicable to
any merely civil commOtion. 1t is
exceedingly doubtful whether Con
yress is called upon to take
my part in duties of this
Kind, exceedingly doubtful to say
he most for their powers, when the
aw is strictly construed that pertains
% the facts existing after quelled re-
)ellion as these affect the status of
/ people lately in revolt. But as
'uming this proposition to be fairly
lebatable, shall we withhold from
johnson as President the
anne rights, in an official sense,
which, for example, Mr.. Senator
sumner does not hesitate to demand
nd enforce? 1t was his duty, under
be solemn circumstances, as he re
.arded it, which he unfolded and
in his 22d February speech
his duty and nothing more.
I
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DID ANDREW JOHNSON REFRAY



The first Radical charge against
the President-the charge that he
had abandoned his party and gone
over to Che Copperheads' - was
founded on his much talked of 22d
February speech. The National
hteUjqcRccr insists that the Presi-
dents party was a body Of loyal
men, determined to assert the con-
stitution and laws by force Of arms
until the Union should be restored,
and pledged to this end by the Crit
tenden resolution, and to no other
purpose; expressly disclaiming, in
solemn words, any design to war
upon States as such, or on any class
or institution This was his part :
as opposed to the old agitators, the
fanatical abolitiOnists of the North,
who, rs the court decided, violated
the constitution by personal liberty
- bills, and the John Brown raiders
and those who held the fugitive slave
law in such derisiOn and contempt
as almost nulliiied it-and that
other class of agitatOrs in the South
whose l0udest opponents perhaps
was the late Mr.. Gancey. These eX
tremes engendered the war. To these
extremes the great body of the peo
pie were always opposed. But
alas, the great body of the peOpl,
were forever cheated by the strate
gy of the politicians. Against thes,
extremes the Republican party pro
fessed to the people to array itself
even while claiming sovereign pow
er in Congress over the Territories
Against these extremes Mr.. Lincoh
pledged himself in the Douglas an,
Lincoln debates; he pledged himsel
to be against these in all his utter
ances after his election, made at Va
rioGs points from Springfield t
New York, when he was Gu route
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mon in business suits of the latest patterns and
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UNION AND AMERICAN.
TELL THE BOYS I'm COMING SOON.
BYJ. AUGUSTINE sIGxAIGo.

was Just well enough to leave tho hospit
ed to bid a sick comrade adieu. / found 4
DOR fellow wa dying, lie took my hand IN p q
I'd, with last effort. whispered: Tell q
oys m coming soon l"-Lefer from Attain
Where hundred sick and dying
GrOaned in AGONY and pam,
While the whizzing shells were flying
FastAs conn the pelting rain;
Was a soldier quickly straying
Into deaths remorseless sw0on,
Still be woke up. tnmly saying .,
Tell the boys I'm coming soon
Did you hear il not ? the rattle
Ofthe canister era
Hear the furious peals OF battle,
See the lannon's lightning ilash
God CT Heaven? my bosom swelling,
Beating TO the bullets tune,
Listen to their distant yelling
Tell the boys I'm coming soon
Have they fought another battle?
| must be with them-l must!
God there's music N lis rattle
As The foemen bite the dust!
Tell the BOYS TO strike for freedom
IT'S of j. eaYen the precious boon,
Tell the 'reemen that weneed en-
Tell the BOYS Pm coming soon J"
Fast the soldier now was sinking.
Like the letting of the day,
Sill his mind was dreaming, thinking
Ofthe boys who wore the gray:
And with one strong effort signing,
Ere be fell in Deaths la sWOon,
stu he said as he was dying
fell the boys I'm comm soon T.
Coming quickly, coming blendIy,
Rising up beyond the skies,
Marching OnWfrd. marching grandly,
Ts the gates of ParP i'Sei
Te the dead who'Ve gone before him
lie has won the holy boon
Tel the saints who ST II wa Oh DER him
Tell all Heaven he's coming soon
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