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Year: 1865

PEACE What a blessed word is
Peacef How the great heart ofa ma
tion throbs this beautiful Easter day
at the prospect Of an early peace!
\ people literally forced into a war
whose origiaators is loa;hed, begin
to feel that they ere once more free
men, and that they have q govern
ment. The soldiers of the South
have fought as bravely as men ever
did fight, and against odds that would
long ago have crushed q less courage
Gus people They have fought as
long as the faiptest ray of hope of
success could be seen glimmering in
the distsnee. For a people thus
oyerpowered there is no degrada-
ton. They command the respect
and admiration ofthe foe they fought,
and of the world Though the end
was plain to reason, and common
sense long ago, our infatuated lead
ders still persisted. each daJ adding
new victims to their unyielding stub
bornnes.


Wars desolafing course has rava-
ged the land, and woe and misery
have followed in its track. We have
suffered enough. Starvation was
literally at our doors. Peace come
to feed and clothe Us, and to render
life once more worth preserving.
Even yet, we trust, our soldiers will
return to their homes in time to
plant and reap a harvest-R4leigk
Progress " C.
Year: 1865

Says the Altoona Tribune: 9 From the en-
glneer OF the emlgrant train, upon which he
assures us the heroine Of the adventure return
ed to her home on Sunday week we learn that
young girl named Mary Lee, resident of
Huntingdon, became infatuated with the tint
and tlnsel of show life, as displayed in the
grand and lofty tumbling" Of a circus troupe
which exhibited at Huntingdon a few days
since, and determined "for to see the monkey
show all the time, or in other words. to be-
come part and parcel of the aforesaid cuucStri-
an establishment. Accordingly She adorned
herself in her best bib and tucker" and in
the wee sma hours ayant the twal, when
travelling shows usually take their departure
for other scenes, she took up her line of march
in company with tigers, bears and = >ich like, "
which formed the managerial portion Of the
exhibition to say nothing OF the, to her, more
dangerous associates in the shape Of human
bipeds, and when the daylight dawned she was
to the parental roof unknown. As matter
of course, the parents of the girl were justly
indignant at her wayward conduct and mea-
sures were Immediately taken to turn her steps
from the hazardous paths i'll which they tain
would tread. Accordingly messenger was
dispatched to Lewistown, where the show was
to exhibit, to intercept the foolish girl and
bring her back, but she, getting wind of the
movement, determined to place Il greater dis
tance between herself and duty, and for that
purpose became passenger in enc OF the east
ward bound trains, doubtless intending to take
refuge in another locality and wait until the
circus came up. But the party in pursuit was
on her track, and got upon the same train in
which she was passenger, just as it was pull
ing out. Before he made his presence known
however the girl espied him, and her fertile
brain Immediately conceived his object; and as
she had evidently made up her mind to play
show or die in the attempt, she made her
way to the platform Of the car, the train mov-
ing at the time at the rate of about thirty miles
an hour, and hesitating not leaped from the
car before her intentions were cOnjectured by
those who witnessed her movements The
train was brought to halt as soon as possible,
and parties went back, expecting of course to
find her either terribly injured or a mutilated
corpse. What was their joyful surprise, how
ever, to discover that she was not only neither
one nor the other, but that she had apparently
escaped with but Slight if any, injuries. Her
miraculous escape can only be attributable to
the expansion of her crinoline skirts-an art-
Gle which has not unfrequently played prom
inent part in preserving human life. She was
brought back to her home on Sunday last, as
above narrated, and it is to be hoped that her
brief experience in acrobatic' feats will be
sufficient to serve her the balance Of her life
time.
Year: 1865

Every boy, and glrl too, ought to know how to swim, and we consider it a duty every fa- ther owes his child, to teach him to take care of himself in the water. It is most healthful and invigorating to delicate constitutions, if indulged in under proper restrictions; and there is no habit surer topromote continuance in robust health than that of frequently bath ing. .

 t is not difficult to swim. It is, in fact, as natural for man to. swim as it is to walk ;- it is even said that in some countries children swim as soon as they can creep. If dog is thrown into the water, he swims at once, and very soon as well as he ever will; and so it is with most animals, except those which are so constituted as not to be able to. If child is thrown into the water. and enters it without fear, it will swim of at once; and an idiotic child, we believe, will invariably swim with out the least difficulty. Why, then, should the possession of a little common sense deprive us and our children of this privilege?

 Boys, if you are not afraid, you car swim like ducks. Go into the water in gradually deepening place, with sandy bottom, and when you are in up to your ohins, draw long breath, close your mouth, hold your breath and push out for shore, keeping your feet as :. 'naar tha top of the water as you can, without care for your nose, whether it is above water or not. Do not splash about in fuster making great dashing and fuss, but gt about it in a business way Your hands dc no good out of water, so keep them under.- Your body will weigh only very few pounds under the water, and 80 keep as muoh of il under as you can.

 The fact is, if you are in pretty good flesh and take a long breath as we said; if yo, keep your face under water, and lie quietly you cannot get the back of your head and you, shoulders below the surface, except for fev seconds at time. This is the reason why W, advise you to try and keep your face unde when you try to swim.

 As soon as you have learnt to move forwar, and go,through the motions coolly and well then begin to lift your nose out, at first hol, your breath, and then begin to breathe.

 Sometimes it is worth while at first to var this exercise, by swimming with one hand upo . rail or other float A rail is better than life-preserver of cork, or tin, or anything o the kind, because it is easily pushed forwards but not side ways, and thu you can learn t swim straight forward

 Never 20 into the water if it is deep. with out some older and careful person and goo swimmer with you, until you have beoom good swimmers. which will be before long i all probability
Year: 1865

nA-The New Haven Palladium has passed into the hands of A. H. Byington of the Nor walk Gazette, A. L. Train. lately of the New Haven Courier, and Crofut, formerley of the Danbury Jefersonian. The new editors in their inaugural, that no political change is con templated in the management of the paper that it will continue to represent the Republi. can Union party, and will endeavor to be "a faithful exponent of those principles of Ma tional Sovereignty and Personal Liberty which have been involved in the war SO happily end ed in their triumphant establishment, and an advocate of that equality of all men before the law, upon which alone Republic can securely rest

 We are glad the old Palladium has fallen in to such good hands, and we shall expect it to begin now to look up again.
Year: 1865

Ffyst Hede-Shark was the favorte in the pool selling
bringing $780, while Blonde brought Sis and the gray
$so On the third attempt the horses got good send
off, but before they reached the turn Blonde was one
length ahead, the gray second, one length ahead Of
Shark who had broken up Blonde passed the quarter
pole in thrysx seconds two lengths ahead Of the gray
he length and half ahead of Shark There was no
change on the backstretch the gray passing the
half mile pole in 1:12H. The Cragan geding now drew


little closer to Blonde, but she shook him of going up
the three quarter stretch, and again two open


lengths ahead Tho gcldng made another fine burst and
was within length Of Blonce at the three quarter poe
but being called on, she again gave him the goby and
came up the homestretch easy winner by three


engths in 23O Shark was two lengths behind the gray


Second Hed Blonde was now the favorite, selling ut
$50, Shark at $7s. and the gray at Se5. They had
very even start Blonde leading around the turn
the quarter pole, passing that point length and
half ahead of Shark, who three lengths in front Of
the gray the latter having made bad break the
Time 70 quarter 36}a seconds The continued to
lead down the back stretch and opened the gap four
lengths Shark having left his pins in the endcavor
1I2X On the three quarter stretch shark broke up
again, and the gray coared him made very pretty
race to tho homestrctch but they had nothing with
the mare us she was safely out Of their way rotng ap
parently well in hand, and leading them four or five
lengths She came homo very easy winner in 2:S0,
Shark second, two lengths ahead of the other


Third Heat-Blonde became the favorite at one
hundred to thirty. She took the lead with the word
having speed enough apparently to trot around the
Others and went TO the quarter pole lengths ahead
OF the gray in 37H seconds Shark up and two lengths
behind Blonde was three lengths ahead of the geldng
ut the half mile pole in 3H four lengths ahead of him
at the three-quarcrs pole, and came home winner by
three lengths in 1882 the gray second Shark lengths
bchind.


The winner Of the above trot is light iron gray Af-
teen hands inch high finely formed possessed
OF great strength. The above atests her speed
She was sired by s. Hoagands gray Messenger dam by
Abdallah. Blonde Is six years old.


Between the second and third heats OF the above
Mr. Bonner brought his gray mare Peerless the track
ano gave te spectators nn exhibition OF her speed ree
gratis, for nothing She trotted quarter OF mile to
road wagon, Mr. Bonner driving, In Mityfoe sconds


On Thursday, at the Union Course Ave horses will
start in sweepstakes each Of whom trot IN less than
ESQ Blonde the winner Of the ro yesterday Is one of
the entries. The race ought to be a good one


We understand that Flora Temple will not be here to
trot on Friday next with Gen Butler and Dexter
Year: 1865

factions once obtain power in Con.
gress, and our National credit will
vanish like the morning dew.


Loyal, men who have Invested your
hard earnings, in the bonds of the
Government, are you prepared to
see this state OF things? If you are,
toss up your caps in the air, and
join the ranks OF the Confederate
Democracy? But if YOU wish ts
preserve the Country, and keep it
from the control Of the men who in.
augurated this terrible war through
which we have just passed, do your
duty, and let no matter turn you
aside from the one determination
that this Confederate Democracy
shall be defeated, and entirely over
whelmed politically, as their breth
ren in the South have been physI>
cally.
Year: 1865

Every day it becomes more appar
ent that if the Democracy obtain the
power, one Of their first acts will be
to repudiate the public debt. When
it is considered that the principle
was always looked on with compla.
cency, by that party when in power,
little room is left to doubt, that In
regard to the National Debt it would
be done promptly. They consider
this debt as contracted in subiuga,
ting the South, thing with which
they had nothing to do. Theil
friends in the reconstructed States
would take a like view of it, and
neither wing being actual holders oi
the bonds, could not only do it safe.
ly, but would be taking sweet and
terrible revenge for their fancied
wrongs.


The National Bonds are to-day
held only by the friends of the Union
at home, or its friends abroad
"Nary Copperhead" can be found
who can produce a $500 bond unless
in the way of speculation.


The question simply presents Itself
in this light. Shall the faith of the
nalion thus pledged by the most
solumn pledges that can be Civ
en-, be set aside as of no value? Shall
they who have not only given theil
sons to the demon of war, but of theiI
hard earnings contributed every dol
lar they could spare, to strengthen
the arm of the nation in its struggle
for life, be, at one stroke of the pen,
deprived of their means of support
And for what? Simply to crafty
the malice of Northern sympathizers
and Southern traitors. Farmers re-
member that in voting for this Cop
perhead party, you are endangering
your private interests, and placing in
their hands club, to knock out your
own brains, -
Year: 1865

strunent know as the Constitution
of the United States, says, "no State
shall pass any laws impairing the OBJ
legation Of contracts" Did not the
United States when In the market to
borrow money, offer such terms as
they thought best and as an induce
ment to lenders, that the bonds
should be free from taxation for
State or municipal purposes9 If so
was that clause not a part of the
contract? And when the bond on
these terms was accepted, was moi
the contract complete? And If so,
can any State pass law impairing
that contract. by obliging the holder
of it to do certain things not speci-
fed in the bond? And now we sub,
NIT these suggestions to the minds
of honest men of all parties and ask
them to examine for themselves
No instance can be shown in which
any State ever imposed any tax or
the credit of the United States, mol
is it likely ever to be the case. The
ineffable scoundrels like Vallandig


ham and his associates, who for years
past have been predicting that the
Government securities would not b,
worth the paper they were printed
on, now that hey are proven falst
prophets have started this new hobby
of equality of taxation" in order
to quill the ignorant and deluded
masses of their own party, and de


ceive or work upon the fears ot
others by bowling and whining
over the inequality of tavation. i


is one of the recent inventions of the
Copperhead Democracy, and wher
once fairly understood, will only re
coil upon their own heads, by show
ing the justice of their fate, in be
ing made to bear a larger proper
ton of State or municipal taxes, be
cause their disloyalty prevented them
from bearing any OF the burdens
which loyal men were obliged to un-
dergo, in the dark and trying hours
of the Republic, when money was
indispensably necessary, to carry on
the war for its existence.
Year: 1865

How shall We vote in the autumn
elections? Every honest man will
ask himself this question, and he
will answer it by determining to
which party, in so important a ma
tional crisis as this, political power
ought to be intrusted. For although
NO issue is as yet distinctly made, a
very grave issue soon will be, that of
reorganization-and he must look to
the antecedents and composition of
parties to infer what their probable
action will be. ...


The Union party comprises the
great body of enlightened American
citizens who have always faithfully
striven for greater justice, for uni


ersallitertyregulated by law and for
freedom ofspeech and the press every
where in the country. They have
unfalteringly asserted the rights of
the whole people against privilege
and aristocracy in every form, and
have claimed fair play for all men,
rich or poor, foreigner or native,
whatever their complexion and con-
dition, and to that end have been
constantly Jealous for popular edu-
cation and every method of enlight-
enment. They hold that the Cont
tuition is not compact between SOW
ereign governments, but is funda-
mental national law established by
the people of the United States; and
that the Union is not a confederacy


but nation. They believe that this
National Government is supreme,
that the States are properly subor-
dlnated to it, and that State rights
are purely local and secondary
Therefore they have been steadily
faithful in the great and .ccessful
struggle. They have never tamper-'
ed with rebellion. They have never
justified treason nor excused traitors;
and in the deathgrapple with rebels
lion they have wisely used every
power of the Government, conscious
that all extraordinary powers were
exercised by magistrates under the
immediate supervision OF the people,
Year: 1865

E One of the new hobbies lately
invented by the Copperhead Democ


rscy and now being put through son
harps Of q thousand strings" is
equality of taxation" or in palmer
language reputation of that clause
in the contract made by the Govern
ment with its creditors, exempting
its bonds from taxation. Placing out
Of view the unparalleled meanness of
the thing in advocating so palpablr
unjust and fraudulent measure, these
sticklers for Constitutional rights
weuld do well TO look into that much
abused instrument, and ascer-
certain II any authority can be found
for imposing State or municipal
taxes upon Government securities.


The Constitution, Art. 1st. Sec. s,
says; Congress shall have power
to borrow money on the credit of
the United States" and ito raise and
support armies" So much for the
right to create these bonds. Now
we ask whether this right to borrow
money Is not supreme and whether
it can be controlled or limited in any
way, by any of the States2 If it can,
then it can be defeated altogether.


Congress may authorize q loan at
six per cent interest. Ohio may i'm
pose Q tax Of six per cent on all
bonds or portions of this loan taken
by any Of her citizens. Such being
the case is it likely any portion of
the loan would be taken in Ohio? and
would not this be defeating the de-
sign Of Congress in creating the
loan and effectuslly prevent the
Government from borrowing any
money within her limits? And If
Ohio could do this, could not all
other States do the same, and thus
force the Government to sell her
bonds In foreign market, at
ruinous discount Is any one fool
enough to presume that il the Cop
perhead party had been in power in
Ohio, and the State possessed the
Constitutional power to tax Govern
ment Bonds that they would have
hesitated about imposing such q tax
as would have wholly driven the
Government out Of the market2
They surely would. So would New
Jersey, and so would every State in
which that party was In the ascen-
dency. Thus could these States
have schieved for the Confederacy,
what il failed to effect by the war,
an acknowledgement Of its independ.
ence, simply for wsnt of money toI
carry on the war. The Supreme
Court OF the u. States which until
lately was held to be good authority
by the Democracy, settled the ques-
ton years ago that no State had any
right "to impose tax on the power
to borrow money on the credit OF the
United States" srr. E.I


Judge Story also declared that
''nc State can have authority to tax
an instrument Of the United States |
or thereby TO diminish the means of
the United States, used in the exer-
else Of the powers confided to it."


Again, that much perverted in
Year: 1865

H One Of the most remarkable
falsehoods, put forth by the Congo
Democracy at the late Convention in
Columbus is the charge, that the
party in power is responsible for the
National debt, No baser calumny
ever was uttered by men who made
any pretensions to common decency.
JEFF Davis would hardly avow such
scandalous falsehood. Yet these
unmitigated scoundrels boldly pub


lish to the world their own infamous
disregard of truth and candor in
charging upon the party that saved
the country, the responsibility of
creating the debt incurred in so do
ing. It is too palpablY false to JUS
tify any argument in proving it so.


Now that the debt exists, how do
these pure patriots propose to re-
move itf By payment Not at all.
By reputation. The Democratic
party always has been tainted with
that spirit. Get credit, and then re-
pudiate was jeff Dayis's creed years
ago, but he thereby fastened upon
the credit of Mississippi as State,
an odor that has rendered her infa-
nous throughout the world. Repu-
distion of our National credit is to
them the very easiest and most
proper method Of disposing of this
debt. 1t matters not TO them how
many millions OF it, is held by our
own citizens mostly loyal men
Few if any bonds are held by Cop
perheads and none at all by their
Southern friends. Let these two
Year: 1865

A LITTLE Our OF ORDER The tenn.
per OF some of our contemporaries does
not seem to be right as yet. There APP.
pears to be something the matter with
th,m. They have been so long in tho
habit of abusing the North and every
thing that has come from that section,
that even now they show desire to
keep up sectional hatred between the
two sections. We think all such sheets
are lncendiary in their teachings. What
the country wants now is peace and quiet
and these two things il never will
have as long as these GROWERS are allow.
ed to work away IN their mderhanded
manner. They dare not show their
hand openly. They have not manliness
enough for that. But like the assassin
in the dark, they pursue their villainous
work, and do their best to destroy the
confidence of the people in our rulers.


augusta Chronicle &c Sentinel.
Year: 1865

Accident ON tho Long Island Railroad.


serious accident occurred yesterday the Long
Island Railroad, which, though not resulting In loss Of
life inflicted severe injuries many OF passengers
The haii-past ten o'clock train from Greenport 70
Hunters Point left the former station the usual hour
Between lakeland and North Islip just portion Of
the line crossing creek. whore two deep embankmens
support tho grading and where the road is very bad
condition. the accident took place. There were three
passenger cars attached to the engine tender and bag
gage car These got safely the creek but pass
Ing from some cause other they got detached from
the passenger cars behind. The first passenger car
almost Immediately got on the track, tipped over,
swayed moment, and then tumbled
tho embankment, some twelve feet deep, rolling
over two or three times before II reached the bot
TOM The car was pretty full Of passengers, most Of
whom received severe injuries-contusions on various
parts Of tho body Several had limbs broken and all
cevcd more or less serious hurts The second third
cars luckily broke from the couplings OF the nst and
tho passengers therein in part saved from the dan
ger 70 which the other subjected though
even many q them received slight iniurieat clergy
man from Greenp0rt was ser0u5ly hurt that he
unabio 70 stand when sxrcaed aud he subsequently
carried - far as Thompson station, where he left
Tsrminsdais had : leg and arm broken. he was
conveyed % bis homo. Another had an arm
eapsd or fell from the PLATFORM and was caught under
ha car and though considerably bruised he rscevsd
serious injuries e he was covered BY the protrudng





dimculty that he cxtrcated from his dangerous
position. There number Of women and children
In the Second and third cars and they escaped with
tYi1ng hurta The train due at Hunters Point q


little after three o'clock but in consequence Of the scci
dent did not reach there till aer O'Clock The
accident attributed by the railway people themselves
70 the breaking Of the axle Of tho forward
but our informant who was travelling the line states
that though this may be the the aeepers at this
point were rotten and dangerous in the first degree
Fatal Railway Casuslty I'm New York.
Coroner Gamble yesterday held an inquest at the
Twenty ward station house the remains Of
YOUTH thirteen years Of age, named william McLAugh-
lin, who was almost instantly killed. at tho corner Of
Forty fourth street and Eleventh avenue. by being
over by car belonging 70 the Hudson River Railroad
Company. appears that deceased had started 70 60
down town, and seeing train passing, attempted "a
jump the platform OF Of the cars when he slipped
and fell before the wheel His body terribly crushed
and mutilated The jury rendered verdict Of "Acci
donal death" Deceased almost the only seaport
widowed mother who resides as No. 81 West Forty
| nfth street.