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Year: 1863

of the meeting that arbitrary arrests W II have
the effect to divide and distract those who
should be united in suppressing the rebellion,
and am specifically called upon to discharge
Mr.. Vsilandigham. regard this as, at least,
fair appeal to me on the expediency of exer-
cising a constitutional power which think
exist. In response to such appeal have to
say il gave ME pain when learned Mr.. VAL
laudigham had been arrested-that is, I was
panied that there should have seemed 10 be
necessity Tor arresting him-aud that il will
afford me great pleasure to discharge him
soon as can by any means believe the pub
lie safety will not suffer by it. further say,
that as the war progresses, it appears to me,
opinion and action, which were in great con-
fusion at first, take shape and fall into more
regular channels, that the necessity for
strong dealing with them gradually decreases.
have every reason to desire that 1t should
cease altogether, and far from the least is my
regard for the opinions and wishes of those
who. like the meeting at Albany, declare their
purpose TO sustain the government in every
constitutional and Lawful measure to suppress
the rebellion. Still, | must continue to do
so much as may seem TO be required by the
public safety. A. LINCOLN.
Year: 1863

A rebel newspaper announces that shoe pegs
have been produced in South Carolina If
the war continues two years longer, and the
blockade puts the inventive and constructive
faculty of the rebels to its trumps, they may
yet rise to the dignity OF clothes pins and ten
penny nails.
Year: 1863

Let our recreations be many. moderate, sea
sonabe, and lawful. If your life be sedenta-
ry, let II be tending to the exercise of your
body if active, more to the refreshing Of
your mind. The use of recreation is to
strengthen your labor and sweeten your rest.
Year: 1863

Mas. PARTISGroN ON WEDpisos-It Is q
solemn thing is matrimopv-a very solemn
thing-where the minister comes into the
chancery with his surplus on, and goes
through the ceremony OF making them man
aud wife. 1t ought to be husband aud wife,
for it isn't every husband that turns out to
be man. declare never shall forget when
Paul put the nuptial riLg my finger and
said, .'with my goods thee endow.' He
used to keep a dry good store then, aud 1
thought he was going to give me the whole
there was in it. was young and simple, and
didn't know till afterwards that 1t only meant
one calico gown year. 1t is lovely sight
to see young people "plighting the trough"
as the song says, and coming up to consume
their yOMs.,.
Year: 1863

A beautiful woman is like great truth or
great happiness, and has no more right to
cover himself with green veil, or any simi-
lar abomination, than the sun has to wear
green speetaces
Year: 1863

Quite laugh was raised in one of the Courts
by an official who, when the Judge called ont
for the crier to open the Court, said, ssMay it
please your Honor, the crier can't cry to-day
because his wife is dead
Year: 1863

Loss or THE MoSIToR-WHo's TO BLAME
We have the official announcement that the
"Monitor" was not wrecked In a storm hut
that she sprung leak when OF Huttcras, aud
soon filled and went down with all on board
Why was she declared sound when she left the
navy yard of this city, where she had been re
paired Somebody is to blame. Who Is III
Year: 1863

FooD WANTED.--Thc Richmond Wing of ii
late date tells, and with reluctance, this doleful
tale


q Mr.. Garrett, the agent appointed by the com
mlttee of the City Council, has Just returned
from visit to Louisa and adjacent counties.-
lie reports that the farmers in that section of the
State have nothing to sell. He will next visit
the yalley-the Goshen of Virgna-and it is to
be hoped he will meet with more success in that
productive region. Farmers who have any sur-
plus edibles for sale should not wait to be called
upon, If they are at all disposed to avert the fear
ful condition Of things which we tell them in all
canaor threatens to overtake us ere long What
VIII our enemies think when they read such para
graphs, as this, penned from sense of duty to
TINS community and to the cause? 1t is useless
to mince words; it were folly to remain silent
when we see every day more evidences of an
approaching bread famine in this CITY. whilst
within the limits of the State, it is believed
there is food enough for all the people for twelve
months The population of Richmond cannot
I'VE upon air, and whilst the majority would be
wiling, we are sure, to subsist upon half rations
OF bread, there is at present no prosnect of oh
tanning this much during the winter
Year: 1863

THE NATIONAL RRENcY.-Experience has de-
monstrated the wisdom of our national system
Of finance. The Shylocks of Europe look with
amazement upon our stupendous military opera
tions which have been conducted thus far with
out dollar of their aid. We have manipulated
armies, the like of which the world has never
seen we have created a naval armament, the
originality and magnitude of which have set
Johnny Bull and the moustached freebooter over
the way, to scratching their patcs and we have
done this all within ourselves.


national banking system such as has grown
out of the necessities of the Government, will
be the strongest possible bond for our future
unity. 1t will give us safe, convenient and
uniform currency, that California, even, and the
other States upon this coast, will eventually
adopt, thereby giving to the States Of the Union
a oneness of financial purpose that will work
out the happicst results An exclusively metallic
currency is out of question. In over thirty of
the States paper money is an absolute necessity.
Individual or even State banking associations
are sources Of dire momentary evils We re-
quire a currency that shall be national, and such
we now have. This most desirable end will
overbalance many of the evils of secession, and
will prove one of the most efficient means of
harmonzing the rcbellious elements, and recon-
Cling the Southern States to their sUJjUgdted
condition as equal members of the great National
Confederacy


Every man who owns Government promise
TO pay to the amount Of one dollar, has just sc
much pecunary interest in maintaining the in
tegrity and credit of the Government, The
magnetic wire that reaches the heart of q people
most effectually, usually runs through the pocket
Long live Chase the founder Of our national cur
rency Viye la greenbacks San lose Nerc"'y
Year: 1863




THE President has caused an order to be read
to the army, threatening the soldiers with the
seyerest punishment for speaking disrespectfully
of interchangeable ErPresS


We beg to observe in the most positive manner
that the above statement is an internal lie. The
Articles of War teach men their duty towards
those in authority and no soldier, not even a
Major General. is privileged to speak disrespect-
fully of his Commander-in-C Chief These articles
are read on certain occasions, to every COM
mand and obedience to them enforced not by
the President, but by his subaterns in Office
Cursor LadePcndent.


And a lie worthy of the New York rebel-sym-
pathizng editor of that paper, the Independent
might have said. Street will lose caste with
genuine rebels if he continues to indulge in
such foolishly wilful falsehoods Yet that
seems to be the style of tactics adopted by the
whole Copperhcad editorial fraternity. 1t can
do no harm.


THE nation has ordered medal struck in honor
Of General Grant. lie certainly deserves it. He
is the most persevering General Of history. His
passed for real ability in ancient or modern
times. California has reason to be proud of him,
for he was one Of her early citizens, and was To-
Gated at Knights's Ferry on the Stanisaus,
where he sold whisky-but it was fighting whis-
ky. Bully for Grant Wonder if the " Lives
OF Distinguished Barkeepers,' lately issued in
San Francisco, thought it worth while to give
him place ?-.Sacrdmeato Bee.
Year: 1863

sion into the family Of nations.


The effects Of recognition are thus graph
ically and truthfully set forth:


Any country may reasonably hope To
quell an insurrection within its own do
minions, while apparently destitute Of all
support and countenance abroad but no
country, not even the self-confident United
States, can dream Of conquering and sub
DUNG foreign natiop with which all ths
Powers oil the civilized world have Just
concluded treaties Of amity and commerce.
When the South has thus accomplished all
that she battled for, and all that the North
has striven to prevent, then, and then alone.
comes the question home to Government
and people--for what object and with what
prospects do we continue this war? That
question is the cry Of sauue qui peali, which,
once raised. has always and everywhere
the same effect. Men foremost to urge the
jealous prosecution Of the war will hasten
to avail themselves Of the pretext thus af-
forded. in the hope of escaping from the
popular wrath which will as surely over
take the authors and the instruments of the
mischief. Capitalists will become fright
ened, and the fears that the day Of settle
ment is approaching will hasten the crisis.
The smallest holder of irredeemable paper
will be glad TO realize at any sacrifice.
Confidence and credit thus rudely shaken,
the scampcr to escape from under the fall
ing roof will not rest there. States will
soon be seized with the panic, and separate
treaties of peace will detach one after
another from the present Federal compact,
to seek. as has omRiuusly been threatened
already, their safety in new alliances"
A letter from resident Of Philadelp lphia-
gentleman OF high position and who has
filled an important post amid the political
troubles that Immediately preceded the
war-which We published in our impression
of the 29th ultimo. predicts this as the on
lly possible termination Of the war, and the
certain effect of European recognition, and
he is supported in his views by some of the
most sagacious men in both the Democrat
ic and Republican parties. New Federal
compacts will, of course, be formed among
the States, and at least three, probably
four, cnnieaerated republics will divide
the ample domain Of the short-liyed and
Iill-starred American Union.


But in shafeyer manner recognition pro.
duees peace. The proposition is undenlabls
that without il peace is impossible. North
and South agree on this point. The della
of peace until Nav dsprIyes the woald's
commerce of another years supply OF cot
TIM. and another year Of war, without MAZE
rislly altering the position Of the beliger;'
ents, will reduce the South. to almost the
same level OF ofuniversal ruin as the North. and
impair her productive powers to an extent
which quarter Of century may not re.
trle,e. For the misery and suffering thus
caused England cannot be held blameless
in the light VI history.
Year: 1863

- The new Confederate tax bill bears
pretty heavy on some branches Of business,
and it Is thought in Richmond that it will
hare the effect Of breaking down many per-
sons who have heretofore carried on 4 sue.
cessful trade. The following arc few speci-
men bricks from the new rebel tax law:
Year: 1863

TIE LAST OF THE SrAFr.-By order Of tue
Secretary Of War, the personal staff Of Gene
raj Mcclellan has been dismissed. The hero
OF the Chickahominy and Balls Bluff nov re.
taius nothing that is useless but his sword.
The Government will probably call for that as
seon as it has leisure to pay him the same at-
tention as it recently gave to his former pet
and present associate, Fitz John Porter. By
the by, in lieu Of this loss Of rctinue, Little
Mac asks, that as he now lives in his own
house, he may be allowed u communication for
his quarters in this city. Does not this sue.
gest to the Government that the proper time
has arrived to dispose Of him altogctlers
Year: 1863

A writer in the London Builder says that the only way to hinder chimneys from smoking, land he never knew it to fai.,) ia to construct the throat of the chimney, or the part just above the fireplace, 80 small that man or boy caa hardly pass through it. Immediately above, the chimney should be enlarged to double its width, like purse, to the extent of about two feet in height, and then diminish again the usual proportions.
Year: 1863

THE game of snatehing money from boys
IS being extensively played in this city at
present. This morning some one snatehed a
package of 800 from boy who had brought
it to the Savings Bank to deposit
Year: 1863

To the Editor Of the Press:


The halls of old Waterville once more re-
sound with the joyous tread OF ye merry stu
dents and the devotees of the muses. hasten
to their shrines The term opens very favor
ably indeed, and the students return with
bronzed faces aud hard hands, ready to enter
upon their scholastic pursuits with renewed
vigor and zeal. Watervile is in the noontide
Of her beauty, and her green glories can salts
fy the most fastidious of aesthetic tastes. The
summer term is the term of the collegiate
year, as 1t brings Commencement with its at
tendant attractions. The arrangements for
the coming anniversary are not as yet fully
completed, but when made known shall be
forthcoming.


Intemperance is still rampant here, and it is
a burning shame that this beautiful village
should be blighted by such curse. 1t exists
chiefly among the youth, and unless some
stringent measures are adopted, the rising
generation will be race of drunkards.
Where are the temperance divisions? Where
is the law?


The coming Commencement promises to be
one of unusual interest, and If the draft does
not largely deplete the graduating class, will
afford the pleasing feature of class day, which
was so admirably inaugurated by the class of
'62. LII.
Year: 1863

In Artemas Wards inimitable lecture
on Ghosts, which by the way was ghost of
lecture so far as Ghosts were concerned he
tells OF an absurd man who wouldn't have


I!ass in his windUws--he thought the sash
would be enough, as it would keep out
the coarsest of the cold This reminds
correspondent OF "a story that old Parson
e., of p, used to tell of his experience of
tho cold on the nig ght of his marriage.
They went on a'JriRie toner to- his cou.s
sins, down on the shore of Connecticut,
and spent the night, which was one of the
codest OF the season, and being put into
a cold, spare room, they suffered severely.
-Altera while his wife ked him to get
up and see if he couldn't find something
more to put on the bed After dilisent
search he conld fndt nothing but his and
his wife's clothing, which he gathered up
and packed upon the bed, and got in and
tried it again; but still they grew no war-
n,er very fast and his wife begged of him
to get up and search about, and see if
anything mere could be found, and sug-
gested that there might be son,thing in a
closet in one corner of the room; SO he
went and examined the closet, and repor-
ted to his wife that an old fish net was
the only thing he could find. 'Well, my
dear, said she, put it on, put it on; that
wiH tangle the cold q Gttle.'aua aa, asrr
Year: 1863

WHAT WE OwE TO DEcoRuM will do
just as please" says many a hcadstrong
young man, "for whose business is it, if l
choose to take the consequences Not SO
fast good sir. If you knew more Of human
nature you would be aware that you cannot
outrage even the smallest conventionalities
Of life, which are known under the common
name OF decorum, without injuring your
reputation, enStranging your friends. and
preventing strangers, who might be useful
to you, from making your acquaintance -
But this is not ALL You have no right to
disregard decorum, for the consequences
reach others than yourself, Your example
is always doing harm when it is not doing
good. Your conduct affects the standing
Of your fam ly aud ass ciates as we'll II
yourself Going through life is like tread.
ing among labryinth Of spring-guns. II
you follow the beaten track you are your
self safe. But if you diverge to the right
or left your indiscretion is sure to iniure
yourself, and may harm others also. A
wise man never outrages decorum. reckless
ly violates prejudlces or lhnushtlessly acts
regardless Of the opinion of the world.
Year: 1863

Coon NAruRE-The editor Of the Cuba
IN. Y.) Patriot has drawn prize here is
his acknowledgement:


Here we are! Having received polite
invitation from the Provost Marshal Of this
District to attend little select party which
is to come off somewhere down South, we
this week take leave Of the readers OF the
True Patriot for a longer or shorter perioe
as God wills it, In other words, we have
been drafted into the United States service,
and I'VE are coming Father Abraham" one
hundred and ninety seven pounds strong.
We have only time to state that we do not
grumble because we have been stuck. Not
a bit Of it The draft is a bully thing!-
Let it 20 on.
Year: 1863

On the brink Of the well


To stand and hear
The sweet cool water


Bubbug near:
With parching lip.


And straining eye,
And frame all athirst,


To pant and die,
Gazing down


With hopeless pain
On the sunken cup


And the broken chain--
Oh tits harder still to stand on the brink
or Loves own spring, and dare not drink
When the waves run high,
And the blast IL loud,
And the seaman's heart


With fear Is bowed,
To see from the bow


A bright still bay,
Where your storm driven bark
Might safely lay;
And that haven to know


In the focman's hand,
Where tits ruin to anchor,


Aud death to land.
With faltering step,


And heaving breast,
Wayworn, and longing


For peace and rest,
To cross on your path


A shady dell,
In whose deep calm


'Twere Joy to dwell,
Yet know that bright refreshing green
Is the deadly Upas' fatal screen
Ohl 'ti> harder still when you dare net rest
Your wearied head on the loved ones breastl
Year: 1863

~ 4 Bangor paper says The females
of that city were shocked lately by pul


pit TRADE against crinolins. The minister
reminded his hearers "that the path to
heaven is narrow, while that to perdition is
broad and l would advise you to suit your
garments to the road you wish to walk in.
To my mind, hoop skirts were made for the
broad road, and the wearcr who designs to
60 narrow one will find them serious i'm.
pediment TO her progress. Mark me, your
ladies, it will be hard thing for you to get
to heaven in low.necked dresses and hoop
skirts. It will be q hard road travel.
Year: 1863

the huge weight one-third of the distance,
when the stone, catching against a jutting
ledge of the superintendent shale, defed
all his herculean strength 10 raise it high
er. As he struggled TO overcome this re-
sistance the Indians gathered closer and
closer upon the verge of the cliff, and
watched the effect of the efforts of the
prisoner. AT this moment, stopping the
rope partially over the top Of stunted
cedar bush, and holding the strain upon
his left hand, he reached forward, and
gathering up the coiled portion in his
right, he gave it one wide swing over his
head, which opened its broad running
moose, and with skil(ul cast, let it drop
over the largest knot Of excited Indians,
as they were looking below. The fatal
circle, true to the design of the brave
Francoise, encompassed no less number
than six of his enemies, and, letting 90
his hold, the rock with q noise like thun-
der rushed headlong into the abyss, drag
ging, with lightning speed, the six howl
ing Indians after it. So sudden and aw-
ful was this frightful denouement, that
the surviving Indians, some thirty in num-
Der, were for many minutes horror-struck
and regardless of all else about them
During the excitement and confusion, the
voyageur seeing the way clear, made good
his escape, flying with the speed Of wild
deer. The swiftest runners were sent in
pursuit, but they soon gave up the chase
as useless, and the fortunate Francoise re-
turned in safety to his comrades at Lake
Travers.


The spot where this incident occurred
is we'll known to the hunters and Indians
of that region, and still retains the name
of "Francoise Cliff" Upon the smooth
surface of the limestone near the waters
edge, the Sioux have commemorated the
event by rude carvings, representing six
warriors in the act of tumbling headlong



from the edge of the precipice to the river
below.
Year: 1863




MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF For
TY CoNscRIPTs.-On hundred and sew
entcen conscrip;s and substitutes-the
latter having received from 5000 to $500
each-arrived safely and in good order
from New Haven in the steamer CONT
mental, yesterday. It was remarked as
something rather extraordinary that none
of them tried to escape on the way-the
expectation being that large number
would jump overheard at some point of
the journey and try TO swim ashore. On
their arrival at Peck Slip strong guard
was posted at the gangways and all about
the decks. 1t is certain that not SOL
dier's uniform passed them. But the
III were called to muster on deck, 40
made no response, either personally, BY
proxy, or by written communications AS
the whole number was known to Nave
been on board ten minutes before the boat
landed, a search was made in the coal
bins and other obscure corners, but with
out finding trace of the missing forty.
The mystery of their disappearance final
" leaked out. The men had found a
place where they could drop themselves
into the water without observation, and
then swan under the paddle to the dock,
where they were helped out by friends
ashore. Others had bought old clothes
at high price from the laborers on the
dock (thc old clothes being silly tossed
aboard in bundle) and had then thrown
off the military gear, donned their dis
guise, and so passed the guard. The fu-
gitives scattered through the city. The
balance of the men were taken to the
Park Barracks.
Year: 1863

CHILDREN.-It is said man would be
little better than savage but for woman.
With equal truth we may assert, both
men and women would be hard and self
ish beings but for children. These call
out, and refine, and soften the best feel
ings of the parental heart. Their little
needs are so many, and their simple in
nocence so affecting, and their very ca
prices so winning, that love and attention
flow out of them almost instinctively.-
That must be n hardened nature which
can be unmoved by the soft touch, and
playful childishncss, and hundred little
pranks of n baby.-Saturday Press.
Year: 1863

PRESENCE OF MIND.-A gentleman
who had very blundering servant, put
down in writing everything he wished him
to do. Going to the country one day the
master fell into ditch. He called the
lad, who, instead of Fastening TO his as
sistance, exclaimed, "Stopl let me see if
it's down in my memorandum bookP


Great presence of mind that-wasn't
~
Year: 1863

WATER IN THE ARMY.-General Grant
is man of very great military source.
His latest contrivance is the organization
of Water Department in his army, by
which his forces will be able to traverse
any portion of Mississippi, however des-
titute of water.