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Year: 1863

One of the striking features Of the
hypocfacy of northern traitors is evin-
ced in the fact that while they de-
nounce in unmeasured terms the mild
arrests made under Federal authority,
they have not word to say against the
arbitrary and often murderous proceed
Jugs under JEFF. Davis. They have no
word TO say against the unholy and
bloody persecution of Union men in
the South, while they howl long and
loud over the just but entirely too mer-
ciful acts of the government agains,
traitors IN the North.


In the Southern Confederacy the law
prescribes what shall be planted by the
fsrmers-they are no, permitted to
raise what they please en- their own
land, and then one.tenth Of all they do
raise belongs TO the government; Of JEFF
Davis, and must be handed over! This
is the kind Of a government the rebels
have saddled upon them All right;
let it cyush them.


Against t;iis usurpaiion and tyranny
we hear no word Of condemnation by a
single copperhead; but when the legal
government Of the United States pro-
poses to levy moderate tax upon the
wealthy to sustain and support it. We
hear o. these same copperheads organ
izing to resist the law and 10 protect
each other in refusing TO pay the ma
iional tax.


According 70 their notions it is all
right for J q. Davis to force every
Union man at the South into the rebel
army. but they declare they will resist
the draf Of the government for the
Union.


Such Infamous and hell-deserviug
wretches ought to be hung in their own
door-yarde. They are not it to dis
grace the earth with their presence. or
poison the atmosphere with their foul
breath.
Year: 1863

BY request of some Of our subscribers, we pub
lish this week letter of Ex-Governor Bieler, OF
Pennsylvania, in regard to the defeat of the
Crittenden Compromise. This letter was writ
ten just previous to the Pennsylvania election,
and in answer to letter of number of gentle
men of Clearfeld county, in that State, asking
Of Governor Bigler, who was United States
Senator at tho time, history of the causes
which led to the defeat of the measure. Mr..
Bigier, in his reply, gives a detailed history of
the whole affair, which is well worthy the peru
sal of every man who has not had an opportuni-
ty to inform himself as to the causes which
brought about the defeat of this great peace
measure.


He shows plainly enough, by the extracts from
the Senate Journal, that its defeat was brought
about by the action Of the Republican Senators.
But why go to Senate Journals TO prove the
utter faithlessness Of the Republican leaders,
when we have the history of the last two years
before us ? Where and ii. what instance have
they or any one Of them, done an act calculated
ia the slightest degree to allay the excitement
and alarm which has pervaded the public mind
for the last two years
Year: 1863

Abstract Of Gov. Seymours Message.


Governor Seymour sent in his message
to the New York Legislature on the 7th
of January. On the subject of national
affairs he says:


Not only is the national life at stake,
but every personal, every family, every
sacred interest involved. The truths of
our financial and military situation must
not be kept back. There must be no at
tempt to put down the free expression of
public opinion.
Year: 1863

President Lincoln, with that frankness
which is one of the best features of his
character, does not deny to his friends
that the recall of General Butler was an
error Not only is there no charge on
file against him which could be made the
basis of any such action, but each day
developes more clearly the fact that his
administration of affairs in the Depart
ment of the Gulf has been pre-eminently
a success in every respect.


The interviews of Gen. Butler with
the President after his return were Curl
Gus. That Gen. Butler had been treated
unfairly, was undeniable by the Presi-
dent, but to repair the wrong was prob
lem difficult of solution. The General,
without any departure from courtesy,
spoke his sentiments with great frank
ness, and asked, as an act ofjustice, to
be re-assigned to his old command The
final answer to this request has not yet
been given; and it is not at all unlikely
that it may be granted, Gen. Banks in
this case being provided for in Texas.


The history of the change is also curl
ous. 1t originated in the wish of Gen.
Banks himself to head an expedition to
Texas4 and his request to this effect
was willingly granted by the President,
who desired to consult his wfstrvr.- He-~-
this expedition of some ten thousand
men grew into one of forty thousand, and
carried with it the entire Department of
the Gulf, is not known in detail; but it is
believed in official circles here, to have
been due to the skillful prestidigitation
of prominent member Of the Cabinet,
who had the whole matter arranged be-
fore its consequences became apparent to
the Presidential mind The animus of
the affair it is not best to expose.


1t is certain that the President fully
appreciates the great capacity of Gen.
Butler, and desires to do what will make
his services most useful to the country,
and at the same time to repair the
wrong done him.-Ndsh Cor. N. 7.
Times
Year: 1863

The Washington RepublicnG says:


We are permitted to make the follow
ing important extract from letter just
received from distinguished gentleman
in Paris. 1t is quite significant:


Il hear from Paris that the Creole in
fuence is in the ascendant everywhere
throughout the family connections of the
Emperor and Empress, and that the
Gulf Of Mexico is to be made French
lake We are fairly caught in the En-
peror's trap"
Year: 1863

V In fishing. we have occasionally seen
q big pike watching q bait, and evidently
weighing the chances between getting good
dinner AMI being one. He should have been
ablv to weigh very accurately-behind so
many scales.
Year: 1863

Ine DOuy OF auOIueT repel dIIrhcIS
my attention by singular Circumstance
The face is discolored in the extreme,
black as that of the purest Congo ne-
gro. The hands are as delicate as those
Of lady and of snowy whiteness. With
the exception of the face the body is
but little swollen, and there are no signs
of the commencement Of decomposition,
Several bodies that 1 find show black.
ened faces, but no others than this dis
play sech contrast between the color
Of the face and hands. Near q small
white house on the rebel line lies the
body Of an officer, evidently o lieutenant
or captain. His right arm is extended
as if to grasp the hand of a friend. All
possible positions in which dying man
can fall can be noticed on this field.
A WOMAN AND THREE CHILDREN.


l met near here woman and three
children on their return to their home on
the left of the line OF battle. Five days
ago they were forced to flee to town to
escape from their locality between the
two eontending lines. This morning,
for the first time, they return back. l
fear the battle has made sad havoc with
their property. If their house is stands
ing, they will find it shattered by shot
aud all its furniture torn up and de-
stroyed. The wartells heavily upon the
inhabitants of the region where it is
waged. Its brief transfer to this local
ity will long show its effects upon GettyS-
burg and its vicinity.


A CONFEDERATE TESTAMENT.


Within twenty yards of one portion Of
the works are the remains of a rebels
coat and bloody blanket. Near it l
found copy of the New Testament, Of
the ordinary 82mo. size, we'll printed and
not badly bound. On the title page is
the imprint of the Confederate States
Bible Society, and it claims to have been
thrown from the press of en- establish
ment in Atlanta, Ga. 1t contains the
name of John H. Congreve, of an Ala.
bama regiment, the number being so
blurred that it can not be made out with
certainty. On the fly leaf in the END
of the book the owner attempted to
draw representation of the rebel flag
above that of the Uuion.


HERALD REPORTERS INCIDENT AT GET


TYsBURG.


Whilst one Of your reporters was on
tour of inspection to the wounded, at
the late battle at Gettysburg, he had
his attention drawn to singularly beau
tiful young man, upon whom death had
already settled his mark. While admir-
ing his tender age and fragile build, the
young sufferer opened his soft hazeleyes
and looking up, said;


'Won't you please raise my head aut
rub my hands Fit cramps so."


Our reporter complied, and asked o
him his name. He stated that it wal
James Warner, of London county, Vir.
ginia.


1t was then that he knew this young
sufferer to be in the rebel service. Up,
on questioning him he stated that he
never entered the rebel service willing;
that both of his parents were Union peo'
pie.


"Wont you tell my mother, when you
get an opportunity, that I am happy
and expect to meet her in heaven? vii
you give me a drink, and then 1 shal
die easy?"


Our reporter of course acquieSced
and gave the little rebel sufferer all thu
attention and consolation he could be
stow.
Year: 1863

TRACES OF THE STRUGGLE AT THE GEM


ETERY.


Monuments and headstones lie here
and there overturned. Graves, once
carefully tended by some loving hand,
have been trampled by horses feet until
the vestiges of verdure have disappeared.
The neat and well trained shrubbery has
vanished, or is but broken and with
cred mass of tangled brushwood. On
one grave lies dead artillery horse,
fast decomposing under the July sum-
On another lie the torn garments of
some wounded soldier, stained and sat.
urated with his blood. Across q small
headstoue, bearing the words "To the
memory of our beloved child, Mary" lie
the fragments of o musket, shattered by
cannon shot.


Cannon thundered and foot and horse
soldiers tramped over the sleeping place
of the dead. Other dead were added
to those who were resting here, and many
wounded solder still lives to remember
the contest above those silent graves.


CITIZENS SEARCHING THE FIELD.


In the orchard in rear of this house
was the position of the rebel batteries
during o portion of the attack upon our
left. Fifteen of their horses lie dead on
the ground, swollen to an enormous size
As yet the citizens have made no at
tempt to bury the putrefying Masses -
All over the field are numerous men
from the country, engaged in gathering
whatever is of value. A few are merely
in search of relics, but the most of them
are bearing away any and everything
that they consider of pecuniary value.
Here in this orchard, I found country
man engaged in cutting the harness
from one Of the dead battery horses, and
preparing to carry it from the field
Another has collected dozen blankets,
dropped by soldiers in the heat of the
engagement.


THE REBEL DEAD.


Most of the dead have been buried
where they fell, or gathered in little
clusters beneath some spreading tree or
beside clumps of bushes. Some of the
rebel dead are still uncovered. The
FIRST that meets my gaze I come upon
suddenly, as decend bank some three
or four feet in height, to the side Of a
small spring. He is lying near the
spring, as he had crawled there to obs
tain draught of water. His hands
are outSpread upon the earth, and clutch
ing at the little turfs Of grass beneath
them. His haversack and canteen are
still hanging to his side, and his hat is
lying near him. His muSket is gone
either carried off by his comrades, taken
by some relic seeker, or placed in the
accumulated heap by our own soldiers.
Year: 1863

Secretary Seward spoke imprompiu at
length TO crowd who preferred to hear
him rather than TO follow the music. He
said:


Fellow citizens, thank you for your
visit of cOngratulalion. Il is ali the
more welcome because what you come TO
ielioitate me upon has only the same
significance for me personally that il has
for each one OF yourselves, and for the
children and posterity Of US all through
out as many generations as we can now
foresee.
Year: 1863

You would, think, says letter from
the Army Of the Cumberland, wonder to
see men lie right down in the dusty road
under the full noon sun of Tennessee and
Alabama, and fall asleep in a mizate-
have passed hundreds of such sleepers.-
A dry spot IS good mattress; the Zap of
"a blanket quite a downy piIIow.q You
would wonder. think, to see a whole
army corps, as have, without shred of
a tent to bless themselves with, lying
anywhere and everywhere in all night
rain, and not growl nor grumble. |
was curious to see whether the pluck and
good nature were washed -out of them
and SO made my way out of the snug,
dry quarters am ashamed to say occu-
pied, at FIVE in the morning, to see what
water had done for them. Nothing
Each soaked blanket Matched out as jol-
ly fellow as you wish to see-muddy,
dripping, half houndered, fourth they
came, wringing themselves out as they
went, with the look of troop of wet
down" roosters in full rain storm, plum
age at half mast, but hearts trumps every
time. If they swore-and some did-it
was with a laugh; the sleepy fires were
stirred up; then came the--eofee, and
they were as good as new, Blood is thick
er than water"
Year: 1863

1t would seem that there is to be no
end to the accidents and fatalities attend
ing this most dangerous article, and that
our prediction in our Aug. number is to
be bitterly fulfilled. s,


merchant in a small village some Is
miles from Newark, in drawing bensine
in a cellar placed his light on the floor at
a considerable distance from the can con-
tanning it; in a moment loud explosion
was heard and the store was in flames
The merchant vainly attempted to reach
the staircase and was burned to death.


The fire ON the 18th inst. in McClure's
wholesale dry goods store at Albany, was
caused by gas from leaking varnish cask
coming in contact with a gas light. The
fire was most intensely fierce, and was
subdued with difficulty by the persistent
efforts of the fire department. This is
the second time this store has been on fire
within a year and half, and from the
same cause as IS believed.


A couple Of weeks since retail drug
store at Fort Plain was severely damaged
by a fire from gas from bensine yarnish
coming in contact with a light while
draining it. We have a dozen more cases
of like cause and result.


When will the public learn the true
character of this insidious stuff, with
which they have to do?- Wall Street Re
cissc.
Year: 1863

The letter of the President to the Mis-
souri, delegation, is a new evidence of his
skill in dealing with the different ques-
tions presented by the times 1t carries
conviction with its honest and straight
forward statement; and in this letter, we
believe, there is nothing to which except
ion can be taken on the score of style
His preliminary statement of the compli-
cations which beset the solution of the
problems arising every day is a remarka-
bic compact; ..----


"We are in civil war. In such cases
there always is main question; but in
this case that question is perplexiDg
compound-Uni and Slavery. 1t thus
becomes a question not of two sides mere
ly, but at least four sides, even among
those who are for the Union, saying moth
ing of those who are against it. Thus,
those who are for the Union tCitA but not
I1itkOut slavery-thOse for it lSibholt but not
ieith--those for it lcith or lcithout, but prefer
it tcith, and those for it toitA or scithoat, but
prefer it t0ithout." | a-


The Presidents own position is among
those who are for the Union, with or with
out slavery, but who prefer it without:
and this no doubt is the position of an
overwhelming majority of the American
people. He will not violate the COnsti-
tuition to crafty his preference. 1t i not
necessary; the people neither demand
this nor would justify it, yet the prefer
ence is natural and proper. '1l
Year: 1863

! The CONSERVATION of the enemies of the
Government and the war since the result


of the 0tober and November elections, in
the loyal States, has never been equalled
in political history As we contrast their


loud and confident tones before these
elections, and their lame and impotent
attempts to explain and excuse their
overwhelming defeats, we cannot avoid
recalling the period when the same men
! insisted that the administration of Mr..


Lincoln could not prosecute the war to q
successful close, and ridiculed and Gepre-
ciated all the great measures deemed
necessary by Congress and the Executive
to crush the rebellion. Their prophesies
| in the one case are nearly similar to their
propheSies in the other. that he must be
blind or stupid who will not draw strong
adnoniiion from the spectacle. In both
instances the successful and wholesome
results have Vindicated the friends and
rebuked the enemies of the Government


Incalculable are the good consequences
that must flow from the October and No
vember elections. 1t is not only that
these verdicts strengthen the arm of the
constituted authorities and encourage the
soldiers who are fighting for the flag and
the preservation Of the Government, but
there is another aspect in which they will
be found most potent and effective auxil-
liaries to the good cause. We mean their
influence upon the people at large-upon
those who were constrained by sense of
party duty or induced by plausible ap-
peals to vote against the Union tickets,
and in favor of the anti-war or so-called
Democratic candidates.


These citizens were neither disloyal nor
dishonest, but were people who, when
they came to realize how much good has
been done by the majorities thrown
against their own political organization,
and how much terror these maiorities
have carried into the rebel ranks, will re-
wise their recent action and abandon all
combinations and leaders that do not
come up squarely and frankly to the du-
ties of the patriot and to all the require
ments of this momentous question:
Wash. ChTon. l La
Year: 1863

There is no country in the world so pro
life as England in Insurance swindles.-
The English are commonly regarded here
as sluggish; but judging from personal OBJ
seryation, we think they can beat the
Jews in living upon their wits. A great
point with them seems to be to make
something out of nothing. and that with
out manual labor. For this purpose the
Insurance business seems to afford them
peculiar facilities. They have no law re-
quiring Insurance Companies to show
their hands, as we have, and so scamps
are permitted TO resort to all manner OF
devices, under the cloak of Insurance, to
cheat the public - Wall Street ReUiso.
Year: 1863

WHAT is TIE GOVERNMENT ABorr.--Notwith-
standing the assertion Of Mr.. Chase that the
war is drawing to its termination, the reports
from the Rappahannock and elsewhere indicate
that II Is to continue for at least this year In
dependent Of the fact that so large portion
Of the army are returning home Immediately
having served out the term for which they en-
listed, many brave men have fallen In the bat
ties Of the last few days. What arrangements
have the government made to replace them.
The summer Is already begun, and tho time
that remains for this campaign is short. Soon
the heats of midsummer will be upon our
armies, when they can do little in the way Of
fighting, and will be exposed TO the malaria
and other enervating influences Of the climate,
which will reduce their ranks more rapidly
than the battle Geld. Immediate measures
ought to be taken, therefore, to recruit our
armies before It Is too late. II requires at least
ak months TO drill raw troops and At them FOR
the field. VIII The War DepsrtdAenk take q
note Of this and ast accordipglys
Year: 1863

Congress, however, been less diseased than il
was with the negrorAotis; had it paid more at
tenton to the all important task Of meeting and
putting down the rebel armies in the field and
less devotion to the almighty ngger;" had the
two houses attended more to their legitimate
duties, and interSerei less with our generals
and their military combinations, there would
have been no necessity for investing President
Lincoln with the powers and responsibilities of
temporary dictatorship. Bnt now that it is
done it is sheer folly and madness for the cop
perheads to gable about resistance to the mig
gerheads to the extont Of resistance to the laws
of Congress. There they are, the laws Of the
land and the shortest way to get rid of them is
to support the President in his efforts 10 sup
press the rebellion.


Let the men of the loyal States of all factions
and parties submit to the laws and give their
aid and comfort to the government in the prose-
cution Of this war; and, whether ended or not
in the interval, the Presidential election Of
1864 will afford scope and verge enough for the
appointment of new administration and new
order Of things.
Year: 1863

The People Of tae StS e CdtforRid represe,sI in Snak


and assembly, do enact as toloies


Section l. For the purpose of completing aud furnishing
the state Asylum for the Deaf Dumb aud Blind the Treas
of state shall be prepared suitable bonds
the state of California bearing interest at the rate Of
per cent per auuum payable scmi annually, tho d,s
day OF January and the first day of July of each year
the 0ficc q the Treasurer of state
Year: 1863

In the recent death Of Hon. John j.
Crittenden full of years and honors, the


country loses one Of the most prominent
of these remarkable men, who, shoulder
to shoulder with Webster and Clay bat
tied for nearly half century in the front
rank ofmovements that looked to the ad-
vancement of great nationality in every
thing that illustrated high cilization and
commercial progress. One of the most
marked men in the nation, in the vigor
of his health and intellect, as q public
det ator, and elevated to high and re-
spositl lie stations by a gallant constituent
cy that failed only once or twice, in q
long public career, to sustain him, few
men have for so long period received
a more unswcrving support; and destined


in the darkest hour of the nation agony
to make last effort for the cause Of the
Union by bringing forward his famous
Compromise resolutions, his name is
immortalized for the noble and concil-
iating stand he then took, as we'll as for
the patriotic firmness he exhibited after
wards when with many-all the hope
of final restoration seemed to have fled
His name and unselfsh patriotism were
in this tower Of strength for the
Uuion cause; and grateful nation will
never forget services so good and timely
SO worthy of his own reputation in the
past. 10 be acquainted with his early
career was to know where he would be
found when disunion and trcachery
thleatcned these glorious, free institu'
tions he had so long and so ably defen


ded. The conflict once fcrcoly begun


it is nothing to the disparagement o


Mr.. Crittenden's great services tha


younger and more active en- were callet
upon to take the most prominent part
in the great drama; but although com
paratively retired from the great areH


where the dcstines Of the nation were .
lie settled, age and inffrmity did no
Year: 1863

serve to blunt the interest he felt in the
8 ruggle, and the flame of his patriotism
burned brightly to the end. syeT'~


2 Peace and honor to the memory Of one
as true and patriotic of one so worthy
to be associated in our remembrance with
his great compeers Who succeeded him
to the tomb before the storm ofAcivb war
burst upon the land, Would to Heaven
he could have lived to the realization OF
his hopes with regard to the restoration
of the Union Still no one can doubt
but that. with unclouded glance, he will
privileged to behold this in the most dis
tant future, and that his last moments
were softened hy thoughts like these
Let the nation honor his memory to the
end of time. Bali. american. ;. 10