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Year: 1864

I1-Lass week a special election was
held in New York for the purpose Of
voting for or against constitutional
amendment giving the soldiers and sailors
a right TO vote while in the service Of
their country. a light vote was cast, but
the maj ority in favor of the amendment
was immense. The city, always Copper
head, gave a majority Ct 1000 against
the amendment.
Year: 1864

HEAVY TRANsAcTIoS.-We were shown
draft this Afternoon, drawn by the Trca-
surer at Washington upon the First Ma
tional Bank of Davenport for the sum OF
S2Co,oo0. The same was duly honorcd
with about bs:s!lel of ''greenbacks' which
so away BY express.


We believe that this is the largest cash
transaction ever made at any bank in this
city. The National can do the same thing
two or three times more in the same day
and not be broke at that We are now
looking forward for the day when our draft
for a like amount will he honored-but we
cant see it.
Year: 1864

MILITARY Officers in the one
hundred dag service will find very choice
and extensive stock Of military clothing and
furnishing goods at Mas & Mycr's, second
street, opposite lie Claire Row These goods
are of the hest quality, and warranted to
give satisfaction.
Year: 1864

LOOK OFT FOR YovR Docs.-By reference
to another column it will be seen that
our worthy Mayor has issued his proc
la:nation, as in duty bound, requiring the
owners Of dogs to muzzle them and keep
them mazzled when running at large, DUR
ing the months Of June, July and August.
Neglect to conform with this requirement
will have the effect to make dogs scarce
Marshal Pool will apply the penalty to the
letter without fear or favor Bear this in
mind and apply the muzzlc on the $. Of the
coming month
Year: 1864

TnE more You try the more you can't
find as fine stock of material for summer
clothing as is now kept at Sam Perry IS
Civilians and military mon viii always find
him prepared TO furnish them better and at
lower price than can be done elsewhere


MELv,ILIs CIRcus. - Remember that
Melvillc's Australian Circus gives q splendid
exhibition in Rock Island OH Monday after
noon and evening. Let's all 90 over. The
ferry boat viii run in the evening, and
trip into the country will be refreshing
Year: 1864

A VALUABLE POCKET PIEcE.-A young
gentleman. having carried the following
in bis pocket-book one year, and finding
it very useful. requests US to "circulate"
it. 1t is better than fractional currency"


BE Firm. The wind an1 waves may
beat against rock planted in troubled
sea, but it remains still unmoved. Be
you like that rock, young man. Vice
may entice, song and the cup may invite.
Beware-s'and firmly at your post. Let
your principles stand forth unobscured i.
There is a glory in the thought that you
have resisted temptation and conquered.
Your bright example will be to the world
what the light house is to the mariner
upon sea shore. twill guide hundreds
to the point OF virtue and safety.
Year: 1864

LAND MEAsURE.-Every farmer should
have rod measure-a light stiff pole--just
l6s foot long for measuring land. By lit
tie practice hc.can learn to step o rod at
five PAGES, which will answer very we'll for
ordinary farm work. Ascertain tho num-
Der OF rods in width and length of a lot you
wish to measure, and multiply one by the
other, and divide by leo, and you have the
number Of acres, as l6O square rods make
square acre. lfyou wish TO lay off one acre
measure thirteen rods upon each side. This
lacks only rod full measure.
Year: 1864

Lincoln's denomination by
the people is not merely that of man,
but of q principle. It is the vindication
of the Administration--tha death war
rant of disloyalty. Never, perhaps,
lived q man more popular than he is to-
day, and, though popularity in America
is not always proof of desert, in his case
it is the strongest proof. For it is en-
during popularity, achieved in spite of
unpopulArity, solely by fidelity to trust,
and the irresistible power Of virtue
The enthusiasm awakened BY military
heroes has, more than once, transcended
the enthusiasm for the Presidents t-zmore
than once have we seen the successful
General hailed as the savior of the
country, only to lose that title with de-
feat But Abraham Lincoln's popularity
has not its root in the glory of a sudden
victory, and was never won By the draw
| ing Of sword. 1t WAS achieved in spite
of unpopularity, we have said, for who
shall forget those gloomy days of 1852
when the people seemed to be falling
away from the Government as If they dis


trusted its ability? Yet the origins


faith reposed in the man by the people


WAS never lost, and but for a time OBJ


scured. Mr.. Lincoln FIRST made all tn,


world respect his integrity, aud then slow
Year: 1864

AN ACT to amend an act entitled


"An act making grant Of alter


nate sections of public lands to the


State of Michigan to aid in the con,


struction of certain railroads in


said State, and for other purposes"


BE Il eR0cted by the Senate end House
of Representatives. of tie Untted States Of
America IN Congress assembled, That the
act entitled "An act making a grant
of alternate sections Of public lands
to the State of Michigan to aid in the
construction of certain railroads in
said State, and for other purposes"
be and the same is hereby amended
as follows, namely : Substitute for
the words "and from Grand Rapids to
some point on or near Traverse Bay
contained in the first section Of said
act, these words: And from Fort
Wayne, in the State of Indiana, to a
point on the southern boundary line of
the State of Michigan, in the township
of Sturgis, thence, by way of Grand
Rapids, to some point on or near
Traverse Bay. And the said act shall
be and is hereby So amended as to
substitute for the first clause of the
first proviso in the first section there
of, SO far as the same shall be applica-
bic to the grant Of lands made to aid
in the construction of the railroad de-
scribed by the foregoing amendment,
these words: Prorided, That the
lands so to be selected shall in no case
be further than twenty miles from the
line of said road: Prorided, further,
That the line specified in the fourth
section of the act hereby amended for
the completion of said road shall not
be extended.


Sec. 2. And be Il further enacted
That the lands granted by the act
amended by this act, and also by the
provisions of this act, TO aid in the
construction of the railroad described
in the foregoing section, shall be dis
posed Of only in the following manner,
that is to say, when the Governor of
the State Of Michigan shall certify to
the Secretary Of The Interior that ten
consecutive miles of said road has
been completed in good and sub
stantial manner as a first class rail-
road, indicating definitely where said
completed section commences and
where the same terminates, the said
Secretary shall cause patents to Issue
to said State for so much of said lands
as are located opposite to and coter-
minous with said completed section OF
said road, and SO from time to time
for each completed section of ten
miles of said road until the whole
shall be completed.


Approved, June I, 1864.
Year: 1864

Enthusiastic.


Some intensely "loyal'' editor who is
paid doubtless for "encouraging" the pc
pie, breaks out in the strain copied below.
If we had not heard the same stuff many
times before, and il we did not know that
ANOTHER DRAFT is mentioned by authority
as likely to absorb the excess Of quotas
raised in towns and precincts, and if we
did not also know that such vain-glorious
trash was written to help Lincoln to re-
election, we might put some confidence in
the nonsense:


1.-The war is on its very last legs all the
signs show it as plainly as signs ever show
ed to Israel that the God of deliverance
was at their very door when freedom should
come and give peace to their land and peo-
pie We ask for signs, and is not Grants
army of 2OG, 900 at the gates of Richmond
Is not Sherman seated in the heart of Geor.
gia?-that State the center of the rebel
power. Is not Lincoln about to be re.
confirmed, and is not that copperhead snpre-
macy, so ardently hoped for by jeff Davis
in view of federal surrender, to be blasted
by the Presidential election just at hand
Have the rebels not raised their last man
and are not their armies already so dwind
led by disaster and desertion as to breed
CONSERVATION visible and damning? And
are we not coming Father Abraham, 500,
900 more-just on the heels Of all these
rebel catastrophies? God knows the ans
wers are laundering yea and amen to al
these interogations Then why stant
trembling at the door which opens to saliva
ton? The rebellion is closing, and wht
would not be at the feast Of glorious
peace ~
Year: 1864

In the whole range Of English literature there Is
brighter gem than the following by the late James
Percival.


He comes mott have watched the sun 60 down,
But yet he comes not. Once 1t was not SO.
He thinks not how these tears do flow,
The while he holds the riot in the town,
Yet he will come and chide, and shall weep,
And he will wake my infant from his sleep,
To blend his feeble wailing with my tears.


Oh how love mothers watch to keep,
Over these sleeping eyes; that smile which cheers
My heart, though sunk in sorrow, fixed and deep.
had husband once, who loved me-nOw
He ever wears a frown upon his brow,
And feeds his passion a wanton's lip,
As bees from laurel flowers poison sip.


And yet cannot hate! Oh there were hours
When could hang forever in his eyes,
And tine who stole with silent witness by,
Strewed as he hurried on, his path with flowers.


loved him then-he loved me too. My heart
Still finds its fondness kindled If he smiles;
The memory of our loves will ne'er depart;
And though he often stings me with a dart,
venomed and barbed and wastes upon the vile,
Caresses which his babe and mine should share
Though he should spurn mc-I will calmly bear
His madness; and should sickness come and lay
It's paralyzng hand upon him, then
would with kindness all my wrongs repay,
Until the innocent should weep and say,
How injured and how faithful had been
Year: 1864

alike. Let them follow the flag, vindicate


the rights of free speech, free press, free
and unawed elections, even in time Of
civil war, and thus show to the world that
they were still, and always meant to be
free people. Let them throw the Mcclellan
banners to the breeze with this motto en-
blazoned upon them, 1.-THE Union-it is
our only condition Of peace. We ask no
more; but the Union must be preserved at
all hazards"
Year: 1864

The storm has been raging furiously for
the past three days Several have been
frost bitten, but we heard of no lives lost in
this vicinity. The railroads are badly
blocked up. There have been no trains on
the Illinois Central Road for the past three
days, and there will be none before Tues
day. We are suffering with intense cold,
the thermometer standing at thirty degrees
below zero.
Year: 1864

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, JAIL =


All railroad communication is suspended
with no prospect of being resumed for sew
eral days No trains have arrived here since
Thursday. We are completely showed in.
The weather is bitter cold. Several soldiers
have frozen to death in Camp Yates 1t is
reported that the hospital is in very bad
condition. The stage driver on the route
between here and Virginia was found dead
on his box to-day. Supposed to have frozen
to death.
Year: 1864

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,
Year: 1864

Will be inserted at three dollars per square
fer the first, and one dollar and fifty cents per
square fer each subsequent insertion. square
to consist Of the space Of 10 lines, BREWER type.
Ne advertisement considered less than square.
The number Of insertions must be written on
each advertisement, or they will be inserted till
ordered out. and charged accordingly
Year: 1864

Carolina passed at second extra session of the
General Assembly, 1861.


SEC s. Be it further enacted, That the Surgeon GEN.
era by and with the advice and consent OF the Gov
ernor, may appoint surgical boards, not exceeding
three composed of physicians each, who shall de-
clare by their certificates those persons who shall be
exempt from service under the act to which this is
amendment, on account of mental or physical dsabili
ty and they shall receive the pay of their rank and
travelling expenses be determined by the Adjuant@
General.


SEC g. Be it further enacted, That the Guard for
home Defence should they be called into service by
the Governor shall receive the same lay, ratons and
allowances soldiers in the Confederate States SER
vice. and shall be subject to the rules and articles OF
war of the Confederate States.


Sec T. Be further enacted That when the pressure
public danger shall prevent the observance of
such rule the said Guard for home defence shall not
be called into service but by drafts of num-
Der of men from each convenient company, so as to
make up the aggregate force required.


SEC g. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be
in force and take effect from and after its ratification


Read three times and ratified in General Assembly,
this the 14th day of December, A. D., 1863
Year: 1864

Capture Of Yankees IN East Tennessee.-From
the following official dispatch it will be seen that
our troops in East Tennessee are not idle. We
should not be surprised at any day to hear of the
capture of Cumberland Gap, near which the affair
referred to took place:
Year: 1864

IA The Salisbury Watchman, speaking of the
late decision of Judge Pearson that the law con-
scribing principals of substitutes is unconstitu-
tional, says:


/ "It is exactly contrary to the late decision of
Judge French, and also of able Jurists in Virginia
ano South Carolina, whose opinions have been
published From all that we can hear there is
very little doubt but the law of Congress eonsefib-
ing principals of substitutes, will be executed in
all the States of the Confederacy. It is pro-
bable as we learn, that Judge Pearson's opinion
will be over-ruled by the Supreme Court il June
It is moreover doubtful whether or not The Con-
federate authorities will allow this decision to OBJ
struct the efforts of Congress to put the army in
readiness to meet the invaders until Jupe; so that
under the circumstances, those who are liable had
better prepare to enter the SERVICE or show other
cause than substitute ground of exemption


There was no necessity for Judge Pearson to
have went to Salisbury to hear arguments on the
case, for he had made up his opinion (although he
may not have written it out) against the law be-
forehand. We learn that he had written to sew
eral Judges before the matter was tried at Sails
bury, asking their opinions, and at the same time
volunteering arguments to show that the law was
unconstitutional; thus proving that he had previ-
ously determined to decide against the law requir-
ing those who had furnished substitutes to do
military duty


gag.. The black Republican or Lincoln party of
the North have appointed the 7th of June and
Baltimore as the place for holding their national
Convention to nominate candidate for the Presi-
.dency. We hope Gen, Lee and few of our SOL
diers will find it convenient to visit Baltimore
about that time and scatter the rascals.


The Republicans are divided in sentiment as to
who should be nominated. One portion wants
Lincoln, while another wants Chase
Year: 1864

naF We learn that a private letter from Col.
John II. Wheeler, now in Europe on business con-
nected with new edition of his History Of North
Carolina, states that he has been treated with
much courtesy and received every facility from
the British authorities to enable him to pursue his
researches into the early history of the State so
far as ancient documents in possession of the Br-
tish Government would tend to throw light upon
that subject We further learn that Colonel
Wheeler's labors have already been rewarded by
the discovery of many important and interesting
facts connected with the colonial history of North
Carolina, the existence of which had previously
been unknown and unsupported. These discove-
ries will be embodied in the forthcoming edition
of his work. Wilmington, Journal


INTERESTING DEcIsIoN-Judge Halyburton's
decision was rendered in the of Josiah Black
burn who had furnished substituse for the war;
he suing for discharge from the service on that
ground. 1t was decided by the court that the re-
cent law of the Confederate Congress, placing
this class of persons in the military service, was
constitutional and the men liable to service, not
withstanding they may have been exempted tor
the war The Judge denied that the Government
had the power to make contract which would
ALLEVIATE her right to the service of every Ca
pable of bearing arms and that if such a contract
was made it was null and Uoid and there was moth
ing in the constitution to restrain Congress from
dsregarding such contract whenever the exigen-
cies of the service might require the assistance Of
all men capable of bearing arms The case was
argued by Messrs Davis and Orvs for the petit
toner, the Government not being presented.
Blackburn was remanded to Camp Lee upon the
rendition of this decison.-Richmond Dispatch
Year: 1864




Jacksonville letter, after describing the capture of
Pilatka, Gays:


Shortly after forces arrived rebel deserter came
in from Lake City and gave important information
to the commanding officer relative to the enemys strength
and position He tired of the war aud emb tbe
opportunity afforded by his commanding officer who had
sent him from Lake City to outpost near Patka to
bear despatches Once away from the rebel lues he
struck for the st Johns and found himself among
men, who took good OF him No considerable
force Of the enemy be heard Of within forty or fy
miles of the town. One two cavalry companies are
within the vicinity Of force but very fornda
BILE in men morale Our lines now mile or more
from town. and preparations for strong defence al
rRy been begun and w advanced A yet the re-
ports relative to the immense supplies of cotton urpen-
tine, &c have not been verified extended search
than that already made may develop hidden and valuable
supplies Gen. Seymour and Commander Balch went up
from Jacksonville on Saturday to look after sdsrs in
that quarter, and to concert for what may prove
portant movement"


The United States Coast Survey has commenced ope-
rstions at Jacksonville. Capt William IL. Dennis,


stant in the Coast Survey Corps has been attached to
the staff of Brig Gen Seymour Typographical engineer,
aud has entered upon the discharge Of his duties His
aids are also engaged topographic aud photographic
work about Jacksonville preparing maps and charts Of
the river and country about the town he work ia going
rapidly and must prove Of great value to the military
authorities in the department.


A signal line has been established by Capt Dana
chief signal officer OF the southern district Jackson
vile to the mouth of st John's river. The intermediate
station is to be at Yellow Bluffs about midway between
the ermini of the line. The Yellow Bluff station is now


10 process of erection IL will consist of tower about
| one hundred feet in height,
Year: 1864

The committee appointed by the Ohio House of Repre-
sentatves to investigate the escape of John Morgan and
party from the penentiary have just reported They
God that the prisoners had aid and that
CURED the escape could not have occurred if the
chamber under the cell had not existed They place
all ths blame the mil tary authorities for making
regular examination of the Cells and recommend hereafter
that all prisoners confined in the be under the
control of the warden. tr g Ns..ms . a
Year: 1864

We learn By Shanghai paper of the 25h Of January
that several ambassadors from japan had arrived at that
pert route to Europe The object Of their mission is
said to be to confer with the European Governments
the question the treaty which opens the port
Of Yokohama to foreigners the Japanese Government


maintaining that such treaty only entered into by way
Of experiment and that the experiment had failed The
Tycoon desires that foreigners should be limited to the
two ports of Hakodadi and Nagasaki.
Year: 1864

The following suggestions, which We clip
from Professor Silliman's late Report on the
Gold Mines of Nova Scotia, are equally valu-
able in this latitude. They should be cm-
bodied in the general instructions to every
mining superintendent.


The success Of the most valuable mining
property may be blasted By the adoption Of
mistaken principle Of management. The de-
sire for early returns TO stockholders often
leads to shortsighted system Of hand-to-
mouth administration, the result Of which is
uniformly fatal. The mine is robbed to Sc
cure a specious show Of dividends. and then
follows an unproductive period, in which the
manager finds an empty treasury and no
power of new calls on the owners, or a reluc-
tant response, ending soon in the abandon
ment of the enterprise. Such is sure to be
the case whenever works Of exploration are
suspended. The process of extraction is
easy and rapid. The remorseless jaws OF
the crushcr devour. daily, it may be ten,
twenty, fifty tons Of ore, and, much sooner
than he expects, the manager finds himself
without stopping ground, and nothing before
him but dreary months Of sinking shafts and
driving levels, in which but limited force
can be employed. The organization Of the
mine is demoralized; the expenses Of admin
istration and Of the plant continue undimin-
ishcd the mill rests idly for want Of ore,
while the labor Of exploring is being prose-
cuted. Every one who has had any familiar
ity with the history of mining, in America
especially, will admit the truth Of this pic
turc. The cure is simple and unfailing.
The work OF exploration must never stop,
and must be always in advance Of the work
OF extraction.


Another important consideration, besides
those already named, urges the adoption OF
this policy. It is unreasonable to expect
that any OF the veins on your property will
prove equally rcmunerative in all parts.
There will be some places too poor to pay for
workinc, or the veins may be pinched Off to
a narrow thread, enlarging again to perhaps
more than average size at no great distance.
These inequalities are Of little Importance,
and by no means causes OF Encouragement,
if they are known to exist in advance. But,
suppose the policy Of temporizing to prevail,
and such condition as the last named to
occur, Encouragement would be unavoidable.
Moreover, supposing the worst case possible
namely, the actual loss Of the vein in depth,
either by fault or n heave, or by actual
dwindling to nothiag-if the explorations are
well in advance of extraction, the manager
sees at once the danger before him, and,
with prudent energy, commences timely re-
searches or another vein, or in new part
of the old one, and thus disaster is averted.
Year: 1864

Many fellow, who talks of laying down
his life, had much better elevate it.


He who disappoints another is not wOr-
thy to be trusted.


Say what is right, and let others say what
they please You are responsible for only
one tongue


White hair is the chalk with which Time
keeps his score-twe, three, or four score, as
the case may be-on mans head.


A praying hypocrite is like an impudent
debtor, who goes every day to talk familiarly
with his creditor without ever paying what
he owes


If you visit young lady and you are won
and she is won, you will both be one.


Woman has this advantage over man, that
his will has no operation till he is dead,
whereas hers generally takes effect in her
lifetime.