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Year: 1862

The Washington correspondent of the New York


Post says the news from Northern Alabama "does
not put the Department in good hnmor" lie adds .


1t is calculated that the enemy has destroyed
fifteen millions Of dollars worth Of property within
the last thirty days, half million per day


These successful raids will compel General Halleek
to change his plans in the West. No Government
can long endure such losses have been entaied
upon us by scattering our army line Of q
thousand miles. The system was adopted under
the supposi,ion that Beauregard's fine army was
entirely destroyed. 1t turns out that the bulk Of
that army is still in the Southwest, and the rest ia
at Charleston and Richmond. The national troops
will be forced to concentrate upon two three
very important points, and give up the attempt to
run long lines Of railway.
Year: 1862

No estimate can be made Of the number Of swiD-
dies perpetrsted by the mock austoDeers Of New
York, bundrSs of the victims preferring to POCKET
their loss rather than run the risk Of public eIpo-
sure; but from the number Of complaints presented
above il is EVIDENT that the Funks have not been s
Recently the Mayor has threatened to revoke tbea
license. upon second complaint against them beng
proved, but the Peter Fuuks generally seem 70 rzvs
no fear that such threat will be put into execution
Year: 1862

Bulls HEAD.-The report Of tho Beef Cattle
market shcwsa better close than was anticipated at
the opeuing-tbe supply proving very large, and
general decline of half cent pound, il was feared
that all the stock could not be sold. On tie contrary
tho closing day proved the beet one of any market
thi, Spring. It is true that great many fair quality
Of steers for retail butchers sold at about cents
pound for the meat, the buyer gaining hide and fat
but the great Of the fat buocks brought cents
pound net or over; and a there We're over 5000
buocs brought to the city this week. it is fortunate
for owners that all could be sold at any price. The
weather yesterday wss cool and dry.
Year: 1862

also recommend that it be made the duty
Of the Board of Supervisors ofcach county to
employ a competent accountant once in each
year to examine the accounts of each county
officer, and state an account between each
officer and his county, and between officer
and officer, and also that county Treasurer 5
and all other persons who receive public
moneys be prohibited, under severe penalties,
from using them IN any way, or placing them
with others to be used for their private bcne-
fit.


The law Of Congress imposing direct tax
for the support of the General Government
gives to any State the privilege of collecting
the amount of tax assessed upon its people,
and allows such State to retain fifteen per
cent. of the amount, on condition the Statr
shall assume the payment Of the balance of
the tax. ThereupoE arises the important
question: What shall the State do in the
premises? 1t must be remembered that if
the State assumes the tax, the entire amount
less fifteen per cent, must be paid by the
State, whether the State collects the tax or
not. Keeping this in recollection, let us as
certain as nearly as may be our precise posi-
ton. This State has expended for the Gem
eral Government about $3.50 900 and has been
repaid the sum Of $50 900. The State has
sold her bonds to the amo1ift of about 5000
00O The proceeds Of said sale Sls4, 900 and
the $4,000 received from the General Coy
ernment have been applied TO paying the ex-
penses incurred by tho State, leaving unpaid
Year: 1862

We have our bills made out up to the 1st
of January. and will be happy to place re-
eeipts on the same as speedily as possible.
Our expenses are as heavy as usual in pub
fishing the "Civlian & Telegraph, because we
cannot diminish our force, while the busi-
ness of the establishment suffers heavily, in
common with other branches of business.
And besides, everything connected with the
publication Of the "Civilian g. Telegraph" is
cash nowadays. The paper maker wants
cash, the ink maker demands cash, and the
lands must have cash every week-and I'M
less we receive cash for what is due us, we
may be compelled to suspend, also, as hun
dreds of others have been compelled to do
throughout the country. To call often for
small sums is attended with heavy expenses,
and therefore we hope that all those who are
indebted will either call or transmit the a.
mount of their Indebtedness as soon as pos
sible, so that we can meet our engagements
also.


All subscribers in arrears for the Civilian
d Telegraph" over two years. will have their
saaes stricken from our list unless they pay
some attention to our bills or give us the
reason why they are not paid. The times
are such that we cannot afford any longer to
furnish the ''Civlian & Telegraph" to those
who refuse or neglect to pay for it.


In future all advertisements for publca-
tion must be accompanied with the cash or
they will not appear. The cash will also
be required for all job work.
Year: 1862

This has been an eventful year. In COM
ing time the historian will refer to 1861 with
feelings like those with which we now look
back to the dark ages, when the world was
staggering under load of superstition and
licentiousness. Since New Years day 1861,
dark deeds have been planned. heresics dam
nablo in their character have been promul-
gated and we have witnessed the outbreak
of the greatest and most unholy rebellion the
world ever saw. For years it has been grow
ing and finding lurking place in the swamps
and cotton fields Of South Carolna-for
years have demagogues and traitors and dis
'unionists been conspi-ng to overthrow our
great American Grsernment, not caring. in
their despcraf,u, if even they themselves
wete Involved in the general ruin. But it
was left for 1861 to develop all the mad
schemes of :hese bold, bad men, The cloud
which showed itself years ago not larger
than mans hand, grew lusty and strong
beneath the pamperins hand of office and
power, until at last it has burst in terrible
fury over our heads, striking at the very
corner stone Of all we hold dear-our Gov
ernment, our liberties, our homes. But sud-
den as was the onset of the disunion forces,
they have been met by a power which, in
their scheming, they had never taken ac-
count. They did not imagine how deeply
the love for the Government of our fathers
was ergrafted in the breasts of the American
people. They learned it, however, when
they heard the answering shout of defiance
which THE PEOPLE sent forth when the news
went flashing over our land that the stars
and stripes had been lowered from Sumter's
walls they see it in the solid breast work of
brave hearts that now encircle the Capital of
the nation ; they realize il in the arm cd forces
of Unionists that now threaten them on
every hand and still more fully will they
feel and know the power of the Govern
mont they have tried to overthrow, when
those armies begin their march to punish
treason and re-estabsh the supremacy of
the nations flag. 1t may be that before the
day comes which shall witness their total
defeat,


"Full many a banner shall be torn,


And many knight to earth be borne"
But none the less certain will be the triumph
of the Union cause-none the less sure will
be the re-establishing of the power and ma
jesty of the Government


Let us look the future hopefully in the
face. Although the last sunset of 1861 wit
messed our land discordant, belligerent, let
us hope that when another year shall have
been added to the past, we may behold our
nations banner "still full high advanced !"
its arms and trophies, streaming in all their
original lustre, not stripe erased, or a single
star obscured OF polluted, and that we may
hear the cry swelling up all over the land,
Liberty and Union, now and forever, one
and inseparabe."
Year: 1862

Yet not in studies above their years,
or in irksome tasks, should children
be employed. The joyous freshness
Of their young natures should be pre-
served while they learn the duties
that fit them for this life and the next.
Wipe away their tears. Remember
how hurtful are heavy rains to the
tender blossom just opening on the
day. Cherish their smiles. Let them
learn to draw happiness from all sur
rounding objects, since there may be
some mixture of happiness in every
thing but in sin. 1t was once said Of
a beautiful woman, that from her child
hood she had ever spoke smilingly, as
if the heart poured joy upon the lips
and they turned it into beauty. May l
be forgiven for so repeatedly pressing
on mothers to wear the lincaments of
cheerfulness? To be good, and dis
agreeable, is high treason against the
royalty of virtue" said correct
moralist. How much is it to he depre-
Gated, when piety, the only founda-
ton of true happiness, fails Of making
that JOY visible to every eye. If hap
piness is melody Of soul, the concord
Of our feelings with the circumstances
of our lot, the harmony of our whole
being with the will of our Creator,
how desirable that this melody should
produce the response Of sweet tones,
and smiling countenance, that even
slight observers may be won by the
charm of its external symbols MIS-


Sigourney.
Year: 1862

Our Lord in the days of his flesh.
encountered various classes of enc
mics, but none of these ever included
a woman. On the contrary, the gen.
tier sex always appear to have been
his followers or friends. Not only
were they, as has often been said, the
last at his cross and the first at his
sepulchre, but throughout they minis
tered to his wants. A woman anoint-
ed him for his burial heather wo-
man interceded for his life with her
husband, Plate women bewaiIed
and lamcnted him as he went to
Calvary to a woman be first appear
ed when he rose again. All this was
most fitting, since Of a woman he was
born, and 10 women his gospel was
not only a means Of salvation, but u
source of domestic and social elevation
for the present time.
Year: 1862

/ tell you, if a man is come to that
point where he is content, he ought to
be put in his coffin, for contented
live man is sham! If a man has
come to that state in which he says.
" do not want to know any more, or
do any more, or be any more" he is
in state in which he ought to DO
changed into a mummy. OF all hide
Gus things, mummies are most hide
GUS that arc running about the streets
and talking-H. w. Beecher.
Year: 1862

The poor pittance of seventy years
is not worth being villain for. What
matter is it if your neighbor lies in u
splendid tomb? Sleep you with inno-
cence. Look behind you through the
track of time A vast desert lies
open in retrospect wearied with
years and sorrow, they sink from the
walks of man. Yon must leave them
where they fall aud you go little
further and You will find eternal rest.
Whatever you may have to encounter
between the cradle and the grave,
every moment is big with events,
which come not in succession, but
bursting forcibly from revolving and
unknown cause, fly over this orb with
diversified influence.
Year: 1862

One great obstacle in the way O
the entire success of our common
schools is the lack Of regular attend
ance on the part of every pupil. Il
cannot be supposed that a scholar car
learn to advantage when he is absent
from one to three days in each week
as is frequently the case with some
members in almost every school. The
loss of single recitation is q much
greater drawback than most parents
are wont to suppose, as it leaves out
link in the child's progress which il
will require hard study and close ap.
plication to supply and if the loss OF
one recitation proves so great an in.
jury, what will be the effect of fire.
quent losses of this kind? What the
effect, when on an average, each al
ternate day is spent out of the school
room? Let thoughtful parents an.
swer. We believe that we are iusti
fed in asserting that our schools lose
nearly one-half their efficiency from
this cause alone. Here we will intro.
ducc some figures in confirmation OF
our position. According to the report
of the Secretary of the Board of Edu
cation, presented at the recent session
of that body, there are in the State
262,57O scholars. OF this number
only lS3,3lS attend school at all, and
the average attendance is but lOl 1893,
little more than onc-half of the num-
Der belonging to the schools, and
about one-third of the number entitled
to the benefits of our educational sys
tenn. Not only does it affect the ab
sentee himself, but the whole class
aye, the whole school, feels the infu.
ence which his absence occasions.


In all well regulated schools, where
rapid proficiency is made, the scholars
are regular in their attendance. In
the Grammar Schools of Boston, in
March, 1860, there were Il, 1922 scho!.
ars, with an average attendance OF
IL 1888 the absences being less than
four per cent. The High School in
Philadelphia for 1860, contained 800
pupils, with an average attendance of
s5s. The number belonging to all the
schools in Chicago for the same year
was 1882 average attendance 6,s57,
and there are quite a number who
have continuously attended school for
the past three gears, without being alb
sent single half day. We might re-
fer to other schools, but forbcar here
is enough to show what can be done,
and we believe that large share of
the success of the schools named
above, and others of similar character,
is attributable to this regularity of at.
tendance.


Parents should give their attention
to this subject, for if they desire their
children to learn, they must see to it
that they attend school ere,y day. un-
less detained at home by sickness or
other unavoidable cause. We hone
parents will do this throughout the
State, that the next Report of the
Secretary may not show the number
of absentecs to exceed forty.fre per
cent.
Year: 1862

There is a man in Pennsylvania
who has the power Of divining the ex-
istence Of an offspring merely by the
smell. He is said to possess this
penetrating faculty from having
very strongly developed oa:factory
nerve
Year: 1862

~ EO. S*CORD, Proprietor, Main Street
M Cedar Falls, Iowa The above Hotel has lately been
enlarged and iewy furnished throughout, and pre-
pared to attend to the wants of al who favor me
with CALL have in connection with the above House
large and conmodious Stable with good osters in attend
The Office of the Western Stage Company is at
this House. Stages leave daily for the East South and
> West
Year: 1862

NEW YORK, Nov, The mail steamer Scotia
is reported 10 have been seen off Fire Island
last evening, and a pilot WAS put on board of
her. The wind was then heavy from the east.
ward and she has probably been obliged TO
keep of on account OF the heavy snow storm
and the heavy gale which prevails
Year: 1862

When you promise to do a thing, do it. Be
man of principle in your word Do not say
that you intend to-day to visit your sick friend
or neighbor, and then suffer the pressure of
business to crowd it out of your mind He
has been watching for your coming during the
week that is past Could you have seen the
bright smile that illuminated his countenance
when lie said -''I hear his voice Ibis footsteps
upon The stair, you would have said that the
keeping Of that promise was worth more to
you than much ''clloicc gold.' But when the
vision had disappeared, and you clme not
there was pity and sorrow, even for you, writ
ten upon those features. For dollars and
cents had become formidable barrier against
that priceless gem, in every man's character,
which either shines In its own conspicuous
light of love Of the truth, is set in the mid
night darkness of distrust and falsehoOd.'-
Then. if you wish to do good and wicld an
intiucnes for truth, be man Of your word. For
"truth is the essence Of heaven.
Year: 1862

The way to spoil achild is to give it all it
wants, and require nothing in return. The
way to make child grow up to be amiable
and unselish, is to give it little and require of
it much. For it is not what others do for us
that beneits us, but what we do for ourselves
and others. We know parents whose only
study is to crafty their children, and this they
think is generosity. 1t is pct generosity it
is selfishncss. TO crafty child is a keen de-
light, but to make it do its duty is often trOu-
blcsomc. To let it off q less, u costs only Il
word; to give it toy is an affair of Il few cents;
to say to it some fond and fiattering words is
no trouble at all. But the moment you begin
to enforce duty, or compel the faithful per
fornlancc ofa task, you encounter difficulties
you have to make trouble and practice some of
the cardinal virtues, you have to be patient
firm and wise. / lie difference between a good
parent and a bad parent is this: good parent
treats his child in a way that will be most ben
eficial to it when it is grown up; a bad parent
thinks only of the child's enjoyment of to day


We ought to be more charitable toward sell
fish people than we are Selfshncss is an csl-
ceedingly unpopular vice. But when we con-
slider how many hours fond and foolish parents
spend in doing nothing but trying topcasc their
children and never exercise their sense of duty
never call their attention to the rights of others,
we ought not to wonder that SO many persons
are wholly devoted to the qualification of self.
The limb that is not used becomes weak and
soft, and will at length dwindle and withcr,
bEt the mighty right arm of the blacksmith
still thickcns and hardrns, the longer he wiclds
the sledgc hammer. Well. it is just so with
the faculties of body and mind.


Who are the generous and public spiritcd?--
Who are the first TO rush to the dcfeuse of an
impcrilcd country Who are good and oblig-
jng neighbors? Who Lestir themselves for the
I Improvement of their village or town? Go
back to the early homes of these people, and
you will find they were brought up to Tighten
their parent, load; not make it heavier. They
learned self denial and goo1 sense by being obi
ged to perform at least as much work as they
caused. The boys were hoeng corn, bringing
in wood and hunting up the cows. lp this way
they acquired certain invaluble something
which prevented them from being either very
selfish or very foolish. This something we
know not how to name, but it is the difference
between person of sense and fool.
Year: 1862

clima:ed and physically conditioned. lie pro
posed to establish free State Governments as
he went along, and he could promise his hear
ers that either he or the rebels would be clean
ed ont
Year: 1862

TIE STONE REMovED.-I saw a Ia
borer returning weary from his work
saw him stoop and take stone that
lay in til, pathway of passage wheels,
and cast it out of the road. That sight
did me good. That stone might be-
struck by passage wheel, to the dis.
comfort, perhaps of the traveller, and
possibly to the injury of the vehicle
1t was kind in the maS to remove it a.
way. H.r.r


What triaing paragraph says o
captious one. -,


Not so, my friend The act was small
the principle on which it was based is
Of unspeaknble value to the human race
1 love to trace things, especially such
things, TO their fountain. That man
had an emotion of love in his soul when
he stopped to remove that stone. lie
felt Alright. 1t was kindly affectioued in
him. | am inclined to think that act
was but one of the links of chain, and
never was chain made Of hotter matc.
rial, love for the welfare of others
Such a chain is all gold.
Year: 1862

In returning to my native State, /
offer the, olive branch in one hand and
the Constitution in tho other. With
and for it | como to perish, if need be-
TO pour out my blood free libation for
it's preservation. The Federal Gov.
crnment is made responsible for this
war by the men who have entailed its
horrors upon the country, by crying
out their pretended rights are gone


Let us forget all purties and former as.
sociations, and see the question as it is.
Year: 1862

Since the old militia organization has been merged into
The Eighty regiment New York State Volunteers
md longer hold possession Of the rsgimenta ar
oory, corner Of Seventh street and Hall pa O. or the
property thereto appsrtaining, application 10 bs
made 70 headquarters for the reorganization Of the
bscond regiment New York State Militia being averred
shas six Of the old captains and nearly two hundred Of
The original members Of this command are stil in the
city, and willing to do duty part Of the new National
Guard advisable for the Governor 70 favor this re-
Organization Of the Old State Guard Second regiment
New York State Militia.
Year: 1862

AID For THE PATRIoTIC.--The Union citizens
of Trinity county have not as yet taken part in


the glorious work OF collecting for the Patriotic
Fund now being raised in this State, for the re-


lief Of the brave soldiers who have been and are
now fighting The battl 5 Of oar Country against


the phaticM rebellion institute by the " free
hooters" of the Southern Confedcracy, for the
purpose Of destroying the only Government
which offers a home to the oppressed millions of
the Earth. San francisco. and many other
counties in the State, have responded to the call
of the wounded and suffering who have follcn


in defense of the Stars and Stripes. We trust
the Union people of Trinity county will act
promptly in the matter, and furnish as they un-
doubtedly will, proof of their patriotism and
humane magnamty. From two to three thous-
and dollars can be collected from our citizens
for the purpose indicated, if the matter is prop
erlv taken bold of. meeting sbonld be called
early as Monday night, at the Thcatcr, or
some other public place, and committee of &C


tive Union men selected to issue an address to
the loyal clignus of this county, and to prepare
lists 10 be sent to each precinct in the county.
and make such recommendations for coll citing
aud transmitting the funds COLLECTED rs may be
both n"cessary and proper. We propose to rem
der all the aid possible in This noble undertaking.
and 10 publish lull list of names of those who
euhscl ibr to the fund. and also the receipts from
each election precinct. Let the meeting be held
and committee appointed in the manner sug
gested, and the result will be most generous
and patriotic response 10 the call OF the com
Year: 1862

GIVE THE TAX COLLECTIONS TO DISABLED
York ECening Post that the Government should
make disabled soldiers Tax officers. There will
be thousands OF these positions, and who so de-
serving as the brave soldier who has been
Wounded in the service of his country Let all
able-bodied applicants stand aside, aud give the
tax collection Offices to those who have perilled
all for the old flag.
Year: 1862

His TEsrMo>Y.-ln a speech delivered by
General Shields at a complimentary dinner
given to him last month in Philadelphia he
said


"And here let me say that never have met
with better treatment than at the hands of the
President of the United States and his Cabinet"


After this the Secesh sympathizers of this
State will have to invent some new lies regard
ing the bad rea!ment which naturalized citizens
received from our Government.
Year: 1862

NEW RoAp.-We are informed that the enter
prisng citigens of Evans Bar and vicinity are
building good road from that place to Arkan-
sas Dam, and so high above the river that future
foods cannot affect it.