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Year: 1863




The NASHVILLE UNION was commenced last spring,
for the purpose Of opposing the Rebel Southern Con.
ederacy and OF advocating the restoration Of Federal
authority without any abatement all tho States
which have attempted to sooede. Its object was to
proclaim tho doctrines Of Liberty and Union they
were expoundbd by the fathers Of the Republic,
but which for more than one yosr--the long aud
dreary carnival Of treason--had been unspoken and
unwritten in the Capital OF the State OF AEDREW
JACKSON and were treasured up only in the hearts Of
the faithful We believed that tho right way to con
duct loyal Journal, In city like Nashville, at such
time as this, was to raise the wavering and tlmid
up to the true standard Of patriotism, and not TO
lower the standard Of patriotism, after the Of
other Journals to suit the depraved tastes Of the
semi-loSal and sympathizers with the Richmond dy-
nasty.


The UNION, therefore, has held as friends all who
support and foes all who oppose, the Union Of the
States. It's watchword is FREEDoM AND NATIONALITY.


with robels and traitors It has compromise TO
make. II contends for the Federal Constitution and
The Laws made In pursuance thereof as the SUPREME
Law or the LAND, anything in the Constitution and
Laws Of any Of the states to the contrary notwth.
standing.


II contends for the Union of the States, because
without It the preservation of our liberties and inst-
tutions and the Organization Of society itself are
wholly impossible. Therefore, whatevor stands in
the way Of crushing out the rebellion and restoring
he Union must perish, matter by what name II
DO called.
WHOM thousands Of our citizen soldiers lay down
their lives upon the altar of their country, sacri
Gee above all earthly price, and precious in the sight
of Heaven, God forbid that any ignOble motive Of
selfnterest should make any wayer in his 10y
atty. If there be any SUCH let them look at the
blood Of Shiloh, Fort DonelsOn, Murfreesboro and
fredericksburg, and blush at their wiokedness and
folly. Love for our country should now overshadow
every other feeling and he is patriot who loves
his houses lands, negroes with 1.-THE Of the deyo-
tion which he feels for his country, Even prudent
selfshness should compel men to be patriots for who
an hope to save his own treasures from the wreck Of
ruined and dismembered Unioni


We want to Che land once more blessed with the
enduring sunshine Of honorable peace, based upon
the complete and unconditional submission Of the
rebels now in arms and not lt up with the deoeltful
glow OF peaoe based upon emasc llate loyalty, and
con oessiona TO traitors-the glow Of meteor which
wouId shine only to betray, and going out would
leave us in darkness tenfod more gloomy than that
which prevailed before.


These are the sentiments and views which the
! UuoN will continue to advocate through whatever
Of storm or sunshine may await 1t Ia the future, and
we ask the support Of all who believe It to be import


nifhat thoroughly and vigorously loyal newspaper
should be published In Nashville.
Year: 1863




A decennial enumeration of the peo-
pie was established at an early period.
Beginning in l790, and continued until
1860, the census has been taken eight
times. The results of the eighth census
have been but partially given in what ia
called Preliminary Report, a small vol
ume OF less than three hundred pages.
The stirring events of the last year have
left MS little time TO examine a work Of
SO much interest and Importance.


IL is well known that the census, so
far from being confined To a count of the
people, their age, sex and color, embraces
larger range Of statistics, including
among other things property, industry,
production, sinsanity, and mortality
Whoever, therefore. wishes to study his
country's growth and prosperity, resorts
to this, the most copious and the most
reliable source of information. What
American citizen can turn these tables
of naked figures, without a glow of
pride at his nations greatness and pros
perity, and feeling of indignation and
keen resentment towards the men who
have labored to destroy it.


Our steady and rapid increase in pop
ulation has often been remarked. We
recur TO II again for the benefit of the
reader
Year: 1863

A very good composition
for preserving wood which is
TO be placed in the ground,
and Subjected 70 rapid decay
is made with coal taa qusck
lime and ground charcoal
'l'ht tar is first heated in an
iron vessel then abouta pound
each ofquick lime and char
coal to every five gallons, stir
red amoug it until the whole
has become thoroughly mixed
1t is appliedhot with a brush,
or the wood may be dipped IN
to it. This preparation rosi.
Sis the attacks of insects.
Year: 1863

low spite would combine to urge this and the National
Government would have legitimate of preventing


1t will do to try 10 give slavery it's lasting
quetus by arbitrary force To this have
got to rely in small upon reason We must
forget that just force is the natural ally of slave
ry, just is the natural ally Of freedom When
the South has been overcome in fair fight must give


Ito fair chance to assert itself Military authority
each reclaimed State should last until the majority Of


the people have made up their mind TO resume good
faith their old relations to the Government, and have
had fair opportunity to how that resumption
shall best be naugurated Of course the machinery of
the State Government cannot be given traitors


but whenever there is sound to believe that fair


10y al majority Of the State want it, let them have iii and


that too without Imposing any conditions concerning sla
very If this just and rational policy is faithfully carried
out and arbitrary issues foisted in to impose
sense OF subordnaton have not doubt that every
Slave State will follow the patng policy which the
Border States of their accord have already entered
upon with such decision. Even loyal duty don't prompt
it, interest will n slavery, after having been crippled
it has by the WAR; if it could ve would ouly be
ncumbrance. But it can't live it is already half dead
Let the loyal Of the South nshit and bury in their
Way" 9rs#
Year: 1863

The Springfield Republican thinks the numerical con-
sderacn Of the elections the nterpre given to
them by the radicals Of anxiety aud alarm
than for graduation snd confidence II could believe
that one hundred and eigbtyseven thousand voters in
obiu--tbiryseven thousand than the Democratic
vote last year-were really against the war, and ready
either 10 assent to the dissolution Of the Union its re
construction the bare condition Of yielding the rebel
leaders the supremacy they ghtng for the fact would
be mos portentous Yet that s just what four
6hs Of the Republican press say and what FIVE sxhs OF
the Republican party [profess tol believe. Such is the
consequence Of false teaching and partisan intolerance


Chicago Post.
Year: 1863

The total of last years estimates excluding those
nected with the public debt $5l2 900, showing
decrease Of 000 from which must be deducted
few miong for the increase in the ntere upon the pub
lie debt The War Department figures look TO consider
able decrease of expenditure partly in the matter of ord
and quartermasters' stores surplus Of tbese
pensve articles being hand But the great Of the
decrease is the anticipated reduction in the numerical
force of army 10 consequence of the progress that will
have been made toward the suppression Of the rebellion by
next July. The expenses Of ths Navy Department, on
the other hand, must necessarily increase with every
sci added to the feet.-Hash Corr Tribune.
Year: 1863

ICE IN SEAsICKNEss,- is recommended as sure
remedy well prophy tactic against sea sickness
traveller states that he has tried himself with success
aud that IL the stewards of steamers would keep supply
of emon water ices board they would profit themselves
aud render great service to their passengers be vessels
employed by the Government in carrying troops from one
pont TO another along the Atlantic coat ought IT, be pro-
vded with ice aud the would not be rendered unh
J for duty by three or four days passage.
Year: 1863

The f,ewng letter, addressed by the Solicitor OF the
War Department to gentleman in Boston, discoses Off
cay the OF cessation in the exchange of prison.
il appears that the greatest difficulty in the way is
the refusal Of the Cobederes to exchange the negro
soldiers and their officers
Year: 1863

By GALES & SEATON.


JAMES @. WILLING, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
The subscription price Of this paper for yearis Two
DOLLARS, payable in advance.


reduction Of 20 per cent onefh Of the full charge>
will be made any who shall order and pay for at
time ten copies of the Weekly paper and reduction of
q per cent Cor fourth of the full charge to any
who will order and pay for at time, twenty more
copies.


No being kept for this paper it will not be sent
to any unless paid for advance any longer than
the time for which it is paid
Year: 1863

The professional musicians Of Boston are
about to strike for higher wages. They will
act in concert with the New York musicians,
and 1t is believed that their movements will he
harmonious.
Year: 1863

The race for the u 900 purse on the National
Course has been postponed to Tuesday next
on account of the storm. II the weather should
be fair on that day the race will certainly take
place.
Year: 1863

A San Francisco paper tells US, in a
paragraph, how the glorious Union vic
tory was achieved in that city. We CON-
mend il to the Union men of our city
and beseech them not to permit all our
labor to be lost. not to disappoint our sol
diers in the hospitals and in the field, BY
indifference or neglect of duty on elec-
ton day. Here is the way TO do it;


I" The days work was a noble ne.
Business IN town was almost suspended.
The best men in the city stood at the
polls and worked from eight O'Clock till
sunset for the Union ticket. There was
not an arrest made during the day, nor
any occasion for one. In this city, where
Downey (Copperhead was expected to
get the entire vote. and run better on
account Of his past faithfulness to the
city than anywhere else, Low Unipn)
beats him by nearly 5000 majority.f
Year: 1863

We want all Union men to turn out TO
the election. We do not ask you to turn
out for nought. We do not ask YOU
to turn out simply 10 swell the N iajority
Tor our State ticket, but we insist that
you turn out and vote and work to carry
Lee county. You can do it, indeed you
cannot fail to do it if you try.


We have the documents. We know
how the county stands, and we assure
our friends that with full vote and an
earnest effort on election day, the success
of the Union ticket is sure Th ere are
three townships in the county in which
we have gained enoogh 70 overbalance
the entire Copperhead majority in the
county counting the soldiers vote a
year ago. We mean jackson, Montrose
and Fort Madison townships.


La our own township we have host Of
accessions from the Democracy to the
Union ticket since last year, amongst
whom we may make mention of those
who have been somewhat promine Mt DO.
litlcally: Geo. B. Smyth, ]. H. Sullivan,
Is. Knight, Wilson Barrett and
others DR.. d. L.McGugin, Jno.
whose names do not now occur to us.
And the movement which carried over
prominent men in the party has carried
along the mass of voters, leaving only
few Office holders and their strikers to
rally the Irish to the polls.


And although We DO act cain SO great
change in other portions Of the county,
yet we know of some noted changes, and
We know that the current SETS strongly in
that direction. There are scores coming
into the Union ranks, and there are none
going out from them TO join the Copper
heads. The pressure of patriotism and
public sentiment has become irresistible,
and We look for many silent vote from
honest men and true lovers of the coun-
try, who can no longer follow the lead of
Claggett, Dan. Miller and dirty Dean,
renegade Abolltionists, who, conjointly
with the traitor sympathizers, Geo. W.
Jones, Dennis Mahony and Legrand By
ington are running the party into treason,
in the name Of Den ocracy.


Therefore, We assure our Union friends
that our hopes are high and our spirits
buoyant, and we expect you to work be-
cause your labor will not be in vain.
Year: 1863

SHAME-We noticed woman yester-
day, on First street. almost in beastly
state of iutoxication. This is disgusting
enough and almost unbearable in a man,
but when woman-whose name is the
synonym of all that is good and pure
so debases herself as to become intoxica-
ted, she must indeed be lost to all sense
Of shame.
Year: 1863

~The card of Israel Anderson in
another column disposes of another inven-
ton of the enemy intended to injure him.
This is only the beginning OF falsehoods
and frauds, for Hedges will food the
county with them in every shape and
form before Tuesday night.
Year: 1863

fE When the ari,tocracy of Missouri
demanded the removal of Gen. Curtis from
command there the President removed
him. Now the loyal people of Missouri
request the President to remove ais sue.
cessor, and we hope to sec the President
as yielding to the popular will as he was
to the clamor Of the slaveocracy of that
Stata
Year: 1863

PERsoNAL-The weather clerk is again
in one of his smiling moods, and yestcr-
day he was as pleasant and radiant as a
dry goods clerk OF milliner The ladies
were out in full feather and looking cav
as May day Queen-as they always do
when this gentleman is good natured.
Year: 1863

Ninth CAyALRr.-The Davenport
Gazette thinks that there is but little
doubt that enough volunteers have al
ready been raised to Gil this regiment to
the maximum and leave surplus for the
Tenth which is soon to be raised.
Year: 1863

g Since Saturday last the usual monotony
of our town has been broken by the appearance
of gay uniforms and military officers of all grades,
who have been circulating through our streets,
awaiting, it is said, the sitting Of court martial
for the trial of Brig Gen. Sibey, and, if we mis-
take not, other officers of lower grade.


Up to this morning. nothing has been done,
and some say it is doubtful whether the court
win sit here or adjourn to meet elsewhere
Year: 1863

A New WAY To Cook DEEr.-When
you get hold Of good thing. it is we'll
to Communicate. having learned
this method Of cooking beef within
few years, we find it SO much the best
way thar no week elapses without .
meal Of beef steaming on our table.


To steam beef, procure cast iron
pot Of large dimensions, having at the
bottom shoulder, which is found in
most large iron pots, at the point where
the diameter is diminished TO fit the
hole in the stove. Across this hole yon
place some pieces Of shingle; then fill
up the pot to the shingles with water;
add few pieces Of lemon peel or a lit.
tie mace it yon please; place the meat
upon the shingles; cover up tight with
a tt:ed tin cover place over hit FIRE
and wait till done. You must be ,ro-
tul to add water occasionally; for if is
should all boil away, Of course the
gravy would be burned and the flavor
Of the meat injured. When finished,
the bottom ofthe pot contains . large
quantity Of most excellent gravy, which
ofcourse, must be thickened aud season.
ell.


A rump of beef, or shoulder, forms
an excellentipiece to operate on. Nut
ton is also fine Try it.-Caxntry Cs's.
tiem0s.
Year: 1863

Information has been received at the War
Department Stating that arrangements have
been made for the return Of the wounded
Of Gen Hooker's army that fell into the hands
of the enemy. They are now in houses near
Chancelloryille. Medical supplies and at
tendants have been sent to them, and as soon as
the river is fordable they will be brought to
Gen. Hooker's camps, and will then be for
homes.
Year: 1863

THE governmental and political questions Of the
coming year will have absorbing interest for every
citizen We engaged in gigantic civil war; the re-
suit Of which foresee. II threatens radical
change in the institutions and principles upon which the
Government founded. and the destruction OF the
liberty and rights Of the citizen, such ss the
people Of other nation have enjoyed and 20
which may be attributed unequaled progress
in national prosperity and greatness. The issue will
be upon Us, whether this free Government shall be
preserved and maintained and the rights OF the States
under the Constitution perpeuated, apowerul central
authority be permitted TO grow out OF this war, ob,er
ang State lines State Institutions and all those checks
upon the Federal Government, rights reserved by the
States which have constituted the excellence and supe
rority Of nationality States lone the sea" for
the objects forth in the Constitution, but
"distinct as the bows' in the management Of their
purely domestic affairs These questions involved


the elections, AMI the voice Of the people
emphacay expressed for the Constitution II
T. and the Union II was" Never there q time
when important that the people should be thor
oughy advised to tie progress and condition Of public
affairs and of passing events. people not 1T for
selfgovernment unless with intelligent judgment they
decide upon the questions which affect alike their
and the nuhlic
Year: 1863

The events Of the war they developed will be
faithfully given that the public may be advised te
its progress the results Of battles: the condition of the
contendng armies and all that affects the great struggle
home and abroad for the overthrow of the Rebellion


Ia addition the Sentinel will contain the CURRENT
NEWS of the day, CHOICE MISCELLANY, STATE
ITEMS, the latest reports of the NEW YORK and GIN
CINNATI GENERAL and CATTLE MARKETS, the con-
dition of the MONEY ami STOCK MARKETS. in a word
ii will be the effort Of the Proprietors of the Sentinel
give its columns interest for all classes of readers and
such information will be especially adapted the
wei being Of the citizens Of Indiana.


The Sentinel will continue represent and stand by
the regular organizations of the Democratic party State
and Natonal sustain the principles and policy they shall
avow and support the candidates they may nominate.


We have agents. The low prices for subscription
will allow il. We therefore ask our Democratic
fends-all who desire the of sound principles
aid in the extension of the circulation of the Sentinel
Daily and Weekly until they shall least reach every
Democratic family in Indiana. The press is i'm
portan agent directing Alright the public mind, and all
that needed give the Democratic party permanent
rule is the enlightenment of the people its princi
pies and policy It shall be aim, with all the ability
possess faithfully advocate Democratic sentiments
and measures, for We believe that in doing bes
prOmote the true intsfests ef the cogntry.
Year: 1863

VIII soon assemble, and the most important questions
will be brought before it for determination One OF
which, the Emancipation and Colonization policy of the
President will vitality affect the future of the country.
All interesting Congressional proceedings will be
ported in the .>entiql
Year: 1863

new Legislature will assemble on the sth of Janu-
AIRY next Its action will have deep interest for the
citizens OF Indiana. The SnfRl will contain faithful
and intelligent report OF It's proceedings, that the
reader understand from day day what their Repre-
Year: 1863

Tho only article ever offered 10 the French people that
would OURL STRAIGHT HARi the above Toilet being
manufactured for the sole benefit Of Louis Napoeon
which article 10 now Indispensable TO his toilet ROOM


The subscrbeB feeling confident that this Toilet must
the public, take pleasure In expressing their confidence
In the article, gaining It from practical use. s,5
Year: 1863

The Chicago Tribune in an able article
upon the secession talk Of "leaving New
England out in the cold," when the Union
is reconstructed, shows what would be
/" left out" ic such reconstruction the
slavery savers desire were possible, -
follows:-


Ut is, we say, to late to quarrel shout
the character Of the Puritans. because,
were history dumb. there stand the six
States of New England, everlasting monu-
men,s for the per2etuaiion Of the memory
Of the great qualities Of the men who built
on Puritan basis. And in spite Of the
old story by which the pioneers Of the May
flower have been assailed-in spite of that
kind Of criticism which, in sneering at long
prayers, forgets the godliness Of the men
who made them, and that, in estimating
characters, takes account of the blemishes
only, and converts the peculiarities Of an
era into the special vices of the individuals
who fourished therein in spite Of despotic
reaction against what New England has
fought and lived, the fact remains, and il
now confessed by all the world


Tat no where does Gods sun shine upon
any political community, containing an
equal number Of people, among whom lib
erty is SO secure


Among whom property is so well guard
ed;


Among whom education is SO universally
diffused


| Among whom there is such care for the
growth and development Of the religious
sentiment


Among whom there are so few poor;


Among whom there is such untiring,
comprehensive. and healthy philanthropyi


Among whom there is such an amount Of
wealth so equally distributed;
Among whom there is such promise Of
physical progress among whom the own
ership Of land in fee simple is so universal


Among whom labor is so much respected
and so well rewarded


Among whom progress, in all that puri-
fes and ennobles mankind, is 50 rapid;


Among whom women are so honored or
so virtuous


Among whom government bears SO easily,
and is SO cheaply administered;


Among whom happiness in the State, in
the family, and in the individual is SO firm
ly founded on an indestructible basis.
Year: 1863

The Louisville Joraol thus notices the
position Of Governor Bramlette on arbitrary
arrests


''In order to guard against misconstruc-
tion or peryersion into which we notice the
radical papers Of Cincinnati have run al
ready, we will add here that the portion OF
the address which touches upon military
arrests relates exclusively TO places within
the sphere Of military operations. as the
context and indeed the tenor oi the passage
itself very plainly attest. Governor Bran
lette is no believer in the exercise OF mlll-
tary authority in places where the civil
authority is unobstructed. He s, on the
contrary, one Of the iirmest opponents OF
this odious and dangerous assumption OF
power. The construction under notice
would in fact turn the whole of his manly
and impassioned address into wretched
mockery. But what would the radical pa
pers Of Cincinnati not do to promote their
own cause here and at home! Certainly
the experience OF Governor Bramette is
not adapted TO settle this query.
Year: 1863

oOh if I had the power-if | We're rich
i would do so much good, would be so
charitable us a phrase, if not exactly
expressed, very often implied, in the con-
versation, of well meaning people, and un-
doubtedly, wealth is possession for the use
of which we are accountable in exact pro-
por ton to the extended range Of action it
affords Still. few individuals are so un-
happily placed as not to have in some de-
gree the power of beneftting their fellow
creatures; and as long list of insignificant
items will make up a large sum, it is aston
ing how large an amount of happiness arises
from the small charities and trtling kind
nesses of life. The sphere may be limited
but to those who really take pleasure in
doing good turn" to fellow creature
the opportunities are innumerable; aud de
spite the dark colors IN which some writer:


love to paint human nature, we belive the
pr, portion who do take such pleasure to be
a very large one.