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Year: 1863

In vain He ,uk from bour 70 hour at times raliyng,
but always W ker than before


At seven minutes past two O'Clock slight corvukrns
manifested and the patient endeavorcd 20 change
his sition. lLs effort was severe YAK upoa his weak
that position short time and aprNertiy by his own do
sire he was laid back npon the ross, when he seemed


There was frcm that tmo 10 CHANGE hun ustil the
gray dawn of morning came streak NJ M thrngh the
closed blinds. He lay there as calm ana ~
Of his brea hing could have scarcely believed that he
was pass away. 10 DID not seem IKE the ehamber o!
death. HIS lie had been exemplary, bis trut 10 God
and steadsst that could bat feel that this
was but the journey TO a better and brighter land


We left his long after the dayght had darkened
the gasights and when the earlier working people
Fastening 20 their various staons. full OF the pleasant
thoughts witch review OF his life had brought Here
who entered battle but had previous IN
the work. counted upon the byes Of his officers
and who held himself responsible TO God for
every he thrown away addicted 10 no vices pare
in heart living aways Cody ifo OF the strong
hopes OF naval service. He fast going TO
meet that Judge who would say, "wel done, thou good


Later Saturday morning he rapidly failed but after
O'Clock he revived and was moderately comfortable du-
ring the middle Of the day His eldest arrived during
the day and sat beside the bedside OF his father during
the whole Of the day During the carly part OF The even
ing the Admiral seemed TO have gained considerable
strength, and ct times talked considerable but his mind
still wandered Captain Rowan and Surgeon Williams
present and watched him with tenderness and
His feet much than ey had been for some
time, ana 1t was thought no might live through tho
changed but little save that had daily weak
at tmos Frightening up, and few hours afterwards
sinking Has system OF great strength, and the
disease had powerful win and strong constitution 70
master. ' y f,s.rr.


Yesterday however he failed rapidly. and after SUE
down known that he could not live until midnight.
The writer p; esent at his deathbed which
rounded by his family Captain sandford and the attend
ing servants. ~ ta


Al clock he sunk 90 rapidly that a pressnt felt
that his timc numbered by minutes In appearance
he was much wasted away, scarcely moving, and be
looked calm and peaceful.


At eighteen minutes past ten O'Clock he erased 70
breathe, and his spirit winged in way to the God who
gaveu.


making the necessary preparations for nins
sponsibe position he overtsxed his ra system aud has
gone homo 70 fight more To say that he unver-
sally believed conveys but a slight idea OF the feelings
Of love and admiration which every one who knew
him held for tho noble and brave officer lost TO
forever His memory will ever be green In the hearts Of
his countrymen.


Az yet we not aware Of the arrangements which
are 70 be made In relation 10 tho obseques.
Year: 1863

The Union Of the Democracy through
ont the nation, and the union of all con-
servatlye men opposed to the radical meas
ures of the present administration with
the National Democracy, is called for,
says the Boston Post, by every cansidera
ton which tends to the public welfare
Those disposed to avail themselves of past
divisions i'll the Democratic praty, if any
there be- to obtain personal advantage, OF
the power OF dictation to the mass, will find
they reckon without their host and that
the general good of the country. in this
great crisis Of our history rises above
every other motive. and will control the
action OF honest men. regardless of al per
sonal ambition. Those. if any there be
who stand IN the WAY Of such Il union in
terposine the ultra idiosyncrasies OF
their own mental organization in the place
of the broad. national and ratotic princi-
pies Of Democratic unity and stability will
90 to the wall The great cause of the re-
public. the supreme purpose of the people
of this nation; to rescue our land from the
crap of armed rebellion, and the danger of
threatened uSurpation, can not afford to be
placed in jeopardy to crafty the mad am
bition or splenetic hate Of few Utopian
clamorers-N Il LeRqer
Year: 1863

WHAT WE Owe TO LINCoLN-The
Kittaning (Pa) Mentor says: "When the
taxcollector comes round with his warrant
when we have to go and buy stamp to
put upon deed hole, &c; when We have
to take out license to buy or sell; when
we go to the store and pay forty cents a
pound for coffee instead Of tea; when we
look at our public debt and find it accumu-
lating at the rate of over 81 900 900, per
day; when we look at our sons and brothers
dragged from their homes to fight in a wal
they abIor: and when We look at the va.
cant chair. or new made graves of those
who have died, let us remember that all
these we owe to Mr. Abraham Lincoln and
the party that supports him
Year: 1863

FROM the milwaukee News.


The nnmber of influences which the
officers oi Il government with an immense
army under its control, can bring 10 bear
pom the virtue of men. is multitudinouS
The present abolition programme is to sud
Jn9atc the southern halfof the Union. blot
out all the State governments, confScate
the property and distribute the spoils
among the followers OF the party In power
The scheme Is rs splendid and illusiyc as
II is fatal and currupt. Yet there are
thousands affected by mcrcenary motives
who are daily asserting to this plan of revo-
luton and plumber and are ready to take
part IN the attempt to carry ii out We
have men OF this class in our own mdst-a
fact which sufficiently accounts for the new
and extraordinary view of loyalty which
have suddenly enlightened the minds of
some of our citizens whose patriotism Is
not equal to their intelligence.


To speak more plainly: We are credita-
bly, informed that commission has been al
pointed by the War Dep'tment to conf>cate
and distribute Southern plantations and
other Southern real estate among the leading
loyal men of the North and that quite
respectable number OF the residents of this
State have had cotton plantations assigned
them upon leases for Il nominal considera-
tion. We state fact generally which Will
not be denied in Milwaukee. and which Will
throw some light upon the political move
ments of the enemies of the Dcmoc racv
Year: 1863

PEACE is the only policy that can save
the country Let peace lie proclaimed as
the policy and you will find that a thrill OF
Joy will animate the heart Of every patriot
IN The land, confidence will be restorcd
business be revived; joy viii gladden ever
hart; bsnfres VII blaze on every h.li-lop
and N II v.feys am Il ea'a. B ,e
Year: 1863

GREAT INFLUENcE OF LITTLE THINGs.-The
man who wrote the four simple lines begin
log with "Now lay me down TO Sleep"
seemed to do a very small thing He wrote
four lines for his little child. His name has
not come down to us, but he has done more
good for his race than if he had commanded
the victorious army at Waterloo The little
fires which the man kindles here and tLere,
on the shores Of time, never 90 ont; but
ever and anon they fame up and throw a


light upon he path There is hardly any,
thing 50 fearful TO my mind, as the mind
reaching down to coming ages, and wiring
itself down upon the minds Of unborn gene
rations. We know not whose hand held the
pen that wrote the Arabian Nights but
what book! How few are the children who
have not sat spell-bound al the feet of that,
enchanted
Year: 1863

per or the manner; brow cloudy and
dissatisfed-your husband or your wife
cannot tell why-will more than neutralize
all the good you can do, and render life
anything but blessing 1t is in such
gentle and quiet virtues as meekness and
forbearance that the happiness and useful
ness of life consist, far more than brilliant
eloquence, in splendid talent, or illustri-
Gus deeds that shall send the name to fu-
ture times II is the bubbling spring
which flows gently; the little rivulet
which glides through the meadow, and
which runs along day and night by the
farm house that is useful rather than the
swoOlen flood or the roaring cataract. Nj
agara excites our wonder and we stand
amazed at the power and greatness Of God
there, as he 'pours it from his hollow hand.
But one Niagara is enough for a continent
or a world; while that same world needs
thousands and tens of thousands Of silver
fountains and gentle flowing rivulets, which
shall water every farm, and every meadow
and every garden, and that shall flow on
every DAY and every night with their gen
tie and quiet beauty So with the acts of
our lives. 1t is not by great deeds only,
like those of Howard-not by great suffer
ings only, like those of the martyrs-that
good is to be done; it is by the daily and
quiet virtues of life-the Christian temper,
the meek forbearance, the spirit of forgive
ness in the husband, the wife, the father,
the mother the brother. the sister, the
friend, the neighbor-that good is to be
done; and in this all may be useful
Boq-0ee
Year: 1863

SCoTCH REBELLIoNs.--There have been
more rebelions in Scotland than in any
other country; and the rebelions have been
very sanguinary, as well as very numerous.
The Scotch have made war upon most oi
their kings, and put 10 death many. To
mention their treatment Of single dynasty,
they murdered James l. and james Ill
They rebelled against James H. and James
VII. They laid hold of James V. and placed
him in confinement Mary they immured
in a castle, and afterward deposed Her
successor, James VI they imprisoned; they
led him captive about the country, and on
one occasion attempted his life Towards
Charles l. they showed the greatest animosi-
ty and they were the first to restrain his
snad career. Three years before the Eng
sh ventured to rise against that despouc
prince, the Scotch boldly took up arms, and
made war on him. The service which they
rendered to the cause of liberty it would be
hard TO oVerrate but the singular part of
the transaction was, having afterwards got
possession of the person Of Charles, they
sold him to the English for very large sum
of money, of which they. being poor, had
much need Such a sale is unparalleled in
history and although the Scotch might
have plausibly alleged that this was the
only gain they had derived, or ever could de-
rive, from the existence of their hereditary
prince, still the event is one which stands
alone it was unprecedented it has never
been initiated and its occurrence is a
striking symptom of the state Of public
opinion and of the feeling of the country in
which it was permitted
Year: 1863

If we would have life move on smooth
ly, we must learn to bear and forbear. We
must indulge the friend we love in the lit
tie peculiarities of saying and doing things
which may be important to him, but of
little moment to us. Like children we
must suffer each one to build his play
house in his own way, and not quarrel
with him, because he does not think our
way the best. All usefulness, and all COM
fort may be prevented by an unkind, a
sour, Grabbed temper of mind--a mind
that can bear with no difference Of opinion
or temperament. A spirit of faultfnding;
an unsatisfed temper; a constant irritabil-
ity; little inequalities in the look, the tenn
Year: 1863

We heard good story yesterday related
of a German who was confined in one OF
the hospitals at Nashville, which proves
conclusively that sick soldiers appreciate
food for the stomach more than food for
the mind


A rebel lady visited the hospital one
morning with negro servant, who carried
large basket on his arm, covered with
white linen cloth. She approached our
humane friend, and accosted him thus:


care you a good Union man :"


Il ish dat, was the laconic reply of the
German, at the same time casting a hope
ful glance at the aforesaid basket


THAT is all | want to know replied the
lady, and, beckoning the negro to follow,
she passed to the opposite side of the
room where a rebel soldier lay, and asked
him the same question, to which he very
promptly replied:


"Not by id sight


The lady thereupon uncovered the bas-
ket and laid out bottle of wine, mince
pies, pound cake, and other delicacies,
which were greedily deyoured in the pres
ence Of the Union soldiers who felt some
what indignant.


On the following morning, however, an
other lady made her appearance with
large covered basket, and she also accosted
our German friend, and desired to know if
he was Union man.


4 ish dat, by Got; no care what you
got l bese Union


The lady then set her basket on the ia
ble, ana our German friend thought that
;he truth availed in this case, if it did fail
in the other. But imagine the length Of
the poor fellows face when the lady un-
covered the basket and presented him with
about bushel of tracts He shook his
head dolefully and said


4 no read English, and peside. dat rebel
on to mother side Of te house need dem so
more as me


The lady distributed them and left.


Not long after, came another richly
dressed lady, who propounded the same
question again to our German friend. He
stood gazing at the basket, apparently at a
loss for a reply.


At length he answered her in Yankee
style, as follows:


BY Got, you no get me dis time vot
you got NIT de basketf


The lady required an unequivocal an
swer to her question, and was about to
move on, when our German friend shouted
out; t.r


IF you got tracts, 1 bese Union; but if
you got mince pie NIT pound cake unit vine,
I bese Secash like te tibel."


Sick soldiers have little desire to read
tracts when they are famished for the want
recovery of hospital patients. When our
ladies visit hospitals with tracts, we would
suggest the importance of accompanying
them with basket of provisions, and they
will be better appreciated.
Year: 1863

offcers who were only willing to fight to re-
store the "Union as it was" with slavery pre-
dominant, willing to fight the South
tenderty till they were disposed to make some
compromise and come back to the Union as be-
fore.


Indeed, suppose the President and nearly
all his generals intended, if possible, TO restore
the Union with slavery, only shorn of some of
its pretensions In the way of extension. But
the President and some of his generals have
become convinced that such thing is beyond
their power. They are true to the country.
let slavery fare as 1t may. This is true of such
Democrats as Hunter, Butler, and Burnside
and how many others l do not know. But it
is not so with ALL They may be true to their
country and the Union NTH slduery, but they
do not wish to do anything against slavery as
means OF restoring the Union. They do
not wish for decisive crushing victory over
the Confederates. They prefer that the con-
test shall continue indecisive until the North
becomes so wearied as to be willing to accept
almost any terms Of peace. believe the
PRESIDENT dismissed a subordinate officer some
months since, who indiscreetly toldthe plans of
his betters. Perhaps there has been no def
mite pan But it is hardly possible not to sup
pose that some Of our generals would prefer
to prolong the war rather than end it by eman-
cipation.


We shall cease to wonder at the failure of
the army of the Potomac to fulfil the reasona-
Bile expectations of the people, If we ever come
to know, fully, the spirit of fmanyOi its gener-
ais. 1t is not so much the lack of ability as
OF heart that has caused the failure. If the
history of the war shall ever be written by one
who like Macaulay. or Motley, can trace the
motives of the actors, 1t will be far more in
teresting than the history of battles, strategy
and the like


An item in last Thursdays Press informs us
that eighty army officers are to be dismissed
from the service for oaense. against army reg
ulations, by the use of improper language in
reference to their superiors and the command
er-in-chief, &c" There is no alusion to slav-
cry. nor any intimation that their opinions of
slavery had anything TO do with inspiring their
language; but one might venture to affirm
that nine tenths of them were afflicted with
"nigger OH the BRAIN" L.
Year: 1863

from east and west to Chattanooga without
a conviction. that they are soon to be used.


But there is little reason to fear the re.
suit, and much to hope from it. Our army
is fully as large as any General can handle,
composed of the best material, restored to
confidence in itself by the victory of Chick
amauga, and must be attacked in chosen
positions. If its General is competent and
watchful, the result will be sure victory.
Year: 1863

JEFF DAvrs--May he be set afoat in an
an open boat, without compass or rudder may
that boat and its contents be swallowed by a
shark, and the shark swallowed by whale,
the whale in the devils belly, and the devil
in hell, the door locked, and the key lost and
further may he be chained in the southwest
corner of hell, and northeast wind blow ashes
in his eyes to all eternity, Cd d--m him.
Year: 1863

and under the age of AS; the second
class shall comprise all other persons
subject TO do military duty, and they
shall not, in any district, be called into
the service of the United States until
those of the first class shall have been
called.
Year: 1863

SEC. 90. And be it further enacted.
That whenever a regiment is reduced
below the minimum number allowed by
law, no officer shall be appointed in such
regiment beyond those necessary for the
command of such reduced number.
Year: 1863

A letter received from an orderly sergeant of
the New York flying artillery, now in pursuit
of Lee, writes to his brother that the news of
the riot in New York has created the most in
tense excitement in the Army Of the Potomac.
The soldiers, to a man, declare that If Presi.
dent Lincoln does not enforce the draft he will
commit an injustice which can never be for
given. The soldiers now fighting for their
country will be half disposed to mutiny or de,
sert, If, while they are fighting, those who stay
at home are permitted to avoid the necessity oi
bearing their part in the war.
Year: 1863

CULTIVATE DOMESTIC PEACE. To
those scenes Of domestic peace, which
pure religion created and adorned, the
thoughts Of the youngest member Of the
family will cling in after years; they will
become kind of hallowed ground in his
memory; they will exert o restraining
and sanctifying power; and thus we may
expect to see the promise fulfilled
Train up child in the way he should
go, and when he is old he will not de.
part from it.n ~.
Year: 1863

am all alone in my chamber now,
And the midnight hour is near. d.
Aud the faggots' crack, and the clocks dull


tick,


Are the only sounds hear
And over my soul in my solitude,
Sweet feelings Of sadness glide;
For my heart and my eyes are full when


think


OF the little boy that died.
I went one niehtto my fathers house
Went hou to the dear ones all
And softly opered the garden gate,
And softly the door Of the hall,
My mother came out to meet her son,
She kissed me aud then she sighed,
And her head fell on my neck, aud she wept


For the little boy that died.
I shall miss him when the flowers come,
In the garden where lie played
shall miss rim more by the fireside,
when the flowers have all deenyed.
I shall see his tops and his empty chair,
And the horse he used to ride;
And they will speak, with silent speech.
or the little boy that died.
We shall go home to our Fathers hou Sc
To our Fathers house in the skies
Where the hope Of our souls shall have no


blight.


Our love no broken ties.
We shall roam on the banks Of the river Of


peace.


Aud bathe in its blissful tide,
Aud one Of the joys Of our Heaven shall be
Tie little boy that died.
Year: 1863

We announce in this issue of our paper the
death of the Hon. William Temple, our towns
man and Representative in Congress, elect, on
the 2Sth ultimO This occurrance will neccssi-
tate thu opening of another Congressional cam
paign, another great struggle between the 10y
al forces of the men who have heretofore de-
termincd ut all hazards to sustain the Govern
mcnt Of the FtuhcrS and those whose course
tends to strengthen the rebellion. To meet
the emergency now soon 10 be upon us, which
we see is already being agitated in the Whining
ton papers, We commend, with more than or
dinary pleasure, the name of our townsman,
Col. Eliwin Wilmer, as a candidate for our
next Representative in Congress. We do this
the more readily, because We know, as all men
in this State are fully aware that, possessing
the ability to serve the people in this capacity,
he will add to this ability a moral power and
unfinching frmness which but few men in the
State qualified for this high position possess.


1t is unnecessary further to speak of him at
this time, as our purpose is but to suggest,
what has no doubt been suggested to the minds
of the numerous friends of Col. Wilmer, al
over the State AS the election will not be
held, probably, until the first Tuesday in No
vcmber-thc usual time-the time being at the
option Of Gov. Cannon, there will be abundan
opportunity to secure a good nominee. The
office should seek the man-not the man the
otii,.a
Year: 1863

suage the grief of those left behind theIh We
cannot look to the future with the hopes Of a
permanent free government; we cannot but
expect repetition of this hOrrid war, within
half a century But let this b: done, what
then? Will not all the toll the suffering, the pri-
vatiOn of the American people be well repaid.
Will not ample remuneration be had for all
lives sacrificed, for all money spent. Will not
the wound in the heart caused by the loss of
father, brother or friend, find balm in the
great truth that they died that their country
might live. Ask the oppressed of Europe
Ask those at present with us who have fled
from the heel of oppression and found here an
asylum in which to enjoy the rights Of man,
temporarily, and spiritually. Go stand on some
mountain height and listen to the footsteps OF
the coming millions, and see in their happi-
ness, their prosperity, their fulness ofcomtort,
that it was good that We should have suffered,
that we should have bled, and died, in order
that the blessings of free government might
descend as glorious heritage to generation af-
ter generation.


Thus may we pcrpetuate the Union. With
the institution removed which was responsible
for the rebellion, there would be no other
question upon which ambitious leaders could
array the sections of our country against one
another With the awful experience of this
war before them, people would be slow indeed
to embark in another. The Union ofthe States
would be re-establishcd upon firm basis, and
the United States of America would exist as
nation long after the monarchies Of Europe had
crumblcd in the dust.
Year: 1863

The Board of Enrolment met yesterday in
pursuance of General Order No lO5, for the
purpose of receiving applications for the Inva-
lid Corps Several applications were received
and examined by DIR. Cahall Surgeon of the
Board. This Corps seems to be quite popular
with those brave boys who have been rendered
unfit for service in the field, by disease or
wounds received in the line of duty. AS the
War Department has authorized but two COM
panies to be organized in this State, soldiers,
disabled who desire to join had better make
application to the Board Determination, which
will continue in session some days.
Year: 1863

PREACHING POLITIcs-A certain divine
-non-resident-in preaching very recently in
one of our pulpits, during his discourse, hav-
ing occasion to speak of one of the walled and
strongly fortified cities mentioned in the Old
Testament innocently remarked by way of il
lustration that it was as strongly fortified as
Vicksburg A sancti6ed secesh, who doubt
less caught the cue from some of the Copper
heads who do not go to Church at all, was
heard to say on his way home at the close of
the services, he be id if he was Mt tired of
these political sermons.