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Year: 1862

Could souls be made visible, and bodies
invisible, MANY now deemed prosperous
and worthy would change places with
those whom we regard as miserable and
unfortunate. Think of one whom we are
wont to see in ''goodly apparel being
pointed at, and followed by the cry,
"There goes a soul out at the elbows p
Year: 1862

Necory from the correspondence Of the
Ycy 1ork Tribune q very significant letter
from North Carolina. to which we specially
invite tl:e attention Of our readers, The
report Of the speech Of Hon John A Gil
mcr, {cx- Governor) will he by them, as it is
by US, regarded Ct the highest importance
In it he touched the root Of the rebellion.
and with boldness which we did not expect
from that quarter, pointed out low perma-
lent peace can be made. 6sid he, and the
words ought to be written on the heart Of
every Northern man


sYea, I would gladly emancipate them al
This own slayesj if it would restore us back
IS we were before This slavery question is the
cd1sse # this sc1r AND We SHALL NEVER HAVE
PEACE UNTIL 4 GRADUAL EMANCIPATION MEAS
CEE Is ADOrTEp!''


II the people Of the North would with
one voice demand the enforcement of the
policy which the friends Of the Union in
the South say is necessary, a few month:
more would close the struggle. The 1abol
OF the negroes is to-day all the backbone
tlat the rebellion has.
Year: 1862

remains On the statutes, many will feel
constrained to obey it, and the rebel slave
owner will avail himself Of every advant-
age which it conte1s upon him In its
present form, it is one Of the articles Of a
disgraceful treaty, every part Of which has
been violated by those whose favor it was
intended to propitiate. As a national
statute, it is unjust and mean as final
settlement" it proved a 81 i5nal failure; no
earthly power can enforce that general rc-
epect for it TO which Law is entitled; and
no device can relieve it ofthe degrading
memories with which it is associated A
source Of misunderstanding and cmbar-
rassment, continuous mischief, an evil
without compensating good d,-both the
honor and peace Of the Republic demand
that it be made to conform to the spirit Of
ff1n ann
Year: 1862

sy, and laborous life, and now after
long and useful pilgrimage, he passes
away at the age Of three score years and
ten, we hope, for a new life and happy
immortality where the weary voyager
on life's stormy sea is at rest It is con.
soling to the hearts of the bereaved fam
lily, relatives, and numerous friends, to
know that he was prepared for the great
change. He endured his last painful
and tedious illness with exemplary pa
tience and resignation. A short time
before his death, he allied his family
around him, and stated to them that he
had made his peace with his Maker,
and expressed perfect resignation to His
will, firm reliance on a Savior, and a
hope of meeting them all in Heaven.
He then took of each one an affection.
ate farewell, and with a fathers love and
blessing for an absent son in the fal
West, he resigned his spirit to God who
gave it, and died with composure and in
peace with the world.


The Rev. DR.. Steel being present, al
the request of the family, made an ap
propriate and impressive address to tn


audience, as the remains were commit
ted to the grave. T.
Year: 1862

Farmers have more on their hands
at this season than other country peo-
pie. They have now secured their prin-
cipal harvests and secured them in barns
to be dealt out as fast as they are want
ed. Corn is either put up in cribs
where it may have air enough to secure
it from moulding-or it lies in convcn-
lent heaps where it may be stripped of
its husks in the long evenings when
there is little else to be done.


Fuel is an important article in win
ter in our climate. Dry wood and
chips, so near to the kitchen that the
domestics can find it without shoveling
away the snow, or wading through it
are luxury which all farmers do moi
enjoy. AS soon as the harvesting is
over let the woodhouse be supplied with
fuel that will burn without the aid o
breath or bellows.


Chips and light kindlings cannot Of
ten be procured in abundance after tn,
SHOWS come, therefore take care apt
gather them before that occurrence
Our winters may be mado ploasan
when we have easy access to dry fuel
Apple tree limbs and brush are nearly
as valuable as walnut for the kitchen
and the parlor. "Gather up the frag
ments that nothing be lost. Massachw
sets Pioughman.
Year: 1862

There has been standing upon the
sill of our Office window, for the past
two or three months, one Of Cham
berlain's moss baskets, containing a
peach tree of the dwarf kind. We have
witnessed the gradual ripening of the
green fruit into large and luscious peach
ca; the buds for the next season have be.
come we'll set, and fine growth of new
wood has been made Seldom have we
seen a more thrifty specimen of tho
dwarf peach; and this growing in an
open wire basket lined with moss, with.
out earth.


To give a rough idea Of the manner
in which the growing of plants in these
baskets is managed, we may state that
within the wire frame, hidden by the
moss, is a small partitioned basin, form
ing a receptacle for the roots of the
plant and also for a preparation, either
a liquid or powder, from which the
roots derive nutriment.


We are assured that the growing of
small fruit trees, vines, plants aud flow
ers in this manner, is not subject OF
recent experiment, but has been prac-
tically carried on by the inventor for
the past seven or eight years The la
dies will find in it very desirable i'm
provement over the heavy flower pots
loaded with earth, to which they have
heretofore been limited. The baskets
are comparatively light in weight; each
may contain several different varieties
of flowers; they may be hung in the
green house or dwelling for growth, and
when in bloom can be readily removed
to grace the dining. table or the drawing.
room. They are in fact, living boquets
At recent exhibition of the Brooklyn
horticultural Society the exhibition of
these baskets formed quite feature of
the occasion. There were grape vines,
pear trees, camelias, roses, lilies, arali.
as, fuschiaS, and all sorts of pretty flow
ers growing together in tropical luxuri-
ance, but hung up on hooks and appa-
rcntly living in the air.-CSci. Amer.
Year: 1862

Take care Of your ncighbors don't
let them stir without watching--they
may do something wrong if you do
To be sure, you never knew them to
do any thing bad, but it may be on
your account they have not perhaps, if
it had not been for your care, they
might have disgraced themselves and
families long time ago. Therefore,
don't relax any effort to keep them
where they ought to be. Never mind
your own business--that will take care
of itself. 49, $3.50 s'@1h
Year: 1862

been much disappointed the reluctance Of the people
TO arm In response 70 his recent proclamation.


There still much excitement concerning Cen sigsls
resignation. H has been forbidden to transmit any an
nouncsment OF 1t the wires, and the local press
silent concerning with the exception Of statement or
such vague rumor from Rolla. The Germans par
ticularly agtated. t
Year: 1862

very puzzling to his admirers and oldqaers.-
They imagine all possible reasons of strategy
in their endeavors to account for it. But the
explanation is simple. tits Sigels prime aim
and mission to keep out of Jackson's way
The appearance of few of Jackson's scouts
was accepted by Sigel as an indication that it
was time for him to start and thereupon he
and those that fights NIT Sigel" ran like men.
He, of course, deserves credit for his success
in escaping let his friends take the hint and
praise him accordingly. e
Year: 1862

From tho Augusta ConsttutiOnalist, March z.


The anxiety arising from the large stock OF cotton IN
city is carried to extremes The fear that the cotton
will add to tho enemys Inducements 10 move On Augusta
and attempt its capture, magnify ing the danger in the
eyes Of many of citizens. Many have finally per-
suaded themselves that tbs fae OF Augusta Is sealed up
in that OF savannah and Charleston, and that either
falls Augusta must iall


Our conGdencs Us so strong that savannsh can be
cessfuy defended, that we have never given way TO
uneasiness for Augusta IL Is but prudence, however to
contemplate the possibility Of such calamity as the cap
tre of that city and determine upon tho to be
adop al hero In that event Nor II impossible that the
enemy might in that event reach Augusta by the river
Rut this latter achievement is extremely mproba
bic than the other only extraordinary rise In the
river could tempt the enemy TO undertake IT, To do so
then would be taking most unmtary and reckless ha.
yards for there could be small of such boats az
could ascend the stream aud bring adequate force 10
attack and hold the city ever winding their way up its
tortuous aud difficult current. The abrupt and
shallow bars constantly occurring on The river would
water which usually follows frcshet increases tho ia.
tass OF any such attempt All this Is independent of
the artificial distractions, and the resistance by balls
and bullets which would be inerp0scd.


Even II savannah captured, 10 IL very far from
certain that the enemy would make attempt on Au
glsa. n Savannah and Charleston both fall the attempt
might be made II probably would be, when the enemy
accumulated force 40 large that could afford TO hoa-
viy garrison both cities and still start powerful army
on o march here But all these contingencies leave US
time look cooy upon the chances and calmly prepare
for the worst -.-


Even with an uninterrupted line OF land communica.
ton over hundred aud thirty miles OF friendly terri
.ory, an muense cumbrous train ot wagons w2Yd DO
Year: 1862

age out from New York at Pilot Town his
boat capsized and he was nearly drowned, and
then his vessel was sunk at her anchorage.
Capt. Jacks temper is elastic, however, and he
don't seem to care about these things. Since
he has lost his command, he has displayed a
great deal of energy in rendering assistance
wherever his services were needed. The mortar
fleet, worn out by unceasing toll, had been
greatly dissatisfied for the past day or two, be-
cause the large vessels took no part in the ac-
ton The men were completely jaded with
their labors, without receiving much encourage
ment as to the advantage which bad resulted
thcrefrom. 1t was really pitiful sight to go
on board the schooners and look at them. |
have seen them when relieved from duty so ex-
hausted that they did not attemls to go below,
but dropping upon the deck, seek sleep amid
the internal din of the firing. At each disharge
the vessels shivered and vibrated as if each
plank and timber were hung upon hinges, maxi
ing everything movable dance and clatter, the
lateral conclusion Of the atmosphere being
forcibe enough to skater, as it did, bulwarks
and other light woodwork, and striking upon
the tympanum with painful ring, productive
OF headache and deafness. 1t required heroes
to endure this long. continued strain upon the
physical organization. and such l shall al
ways look upon these mortar men,"
Year: 1862

The members of congress are haggling over
sundry propositions touching the property and
StaUes Of persons engaged in rebellion and trea
son against the government. The old spirit of
conseryatism-ot pure putocracy-is there in
its full force, or congress would not waste its
time and power in legislation which seems to
us worse than useless. A disinterested spec
tator of this kind of legislation would draw the
inference that congress is either anxious to put
down the rebellion in such way as not to harm
the rebels, or that the North is first of all soli-
citous to save, in some way, some three or four
hundred Millions Of debt due from the South.


The passage of a Confiscaton Act by con-
gress, is not only unnecessary, but will be mis-
chievous in its effects. The war power, as it is
called, is amply sufficient to put down rebellion.
First comes martial law and then follows a
vigorous prosecution of war against rebels
even to righttul destruction of their lives and
all they possess; and those possessions embrace
all which they hold as property, whether il be
houses and lands, cattle or negroes, or whatever
rebels hold or use as property. Whatever pro-
perly our armies take from the rebels, as mat
Yer OF course, is contiscated for the government.
II the government can hold it and use ii in the
prosecution of the war, it rightfully holds and
uses It but il it cannot hold and use it, then it
hngs 1t aside, or emdneipdtes it by military
power and action. The army can make short


work with the rebels and whatever they hold as


property But the introduction of the c'rH
power Of the government to dispose OF the ree-


els and their property, will be virtually a nut-


ifcation Of the icar po'oer, and 'om en'6arrdss
Year: 1862

The Boston Courier publishes


letter of a correspondent on


board the U. S. steamer Massachu-
setts, off Ship Island, Nov. ,26,
giving an account of the affair be-
tween that vessel and a Confede-
rate steamer, in which the follow
ing extraordinary exploit of a n
fled cannon ball is chronicled:


During the action | think we
hit her four times, and know she
hit us once with a siXty-eiSht
pound rifed shell (that is the way
we got the exact size Of her rife,i
gun. )a The shell entered our star
board quarter, just above the iron
part of the hull; it came through
the side angling aft (as it wss a
little abaft the beam when it struck


u.s. and took the deck in the pass
age way between two state rooms
and completely cut off eighteen OF
the deck planks, and then struck
a beam, whichcanted it up q little,
so that it took the steam heat
pipes under our dining table, cut
ting off FIVE Of them and tearing
our dining table all to pieces-then


went through the state room bulk


head and ceiling of the ship on
the opposite side, and struck one


of the outside timbers and broke


every outside plank abreast Of it


short off from tllespar to the gun
'deak,f it then fell down on to the


cabin deck and exploded, knocking
four state rooms into one, break
ing all the glass and crcckery ware,
SCATTERING the cabin very badly,
breaking up the furniture, and set
ting fire to the ship; but we had
three streams of water ON at very


short notice, and put it out before
it did any damage-keeping up
our chase as though nothing had


happened,
Year: 1862

Economy u, Boots.-Ecoiioiny
in boots and in shoes is very de-
sirable at the present high rates of
leather. To make them wear as
long as possible, therefore, should
be the aim of each and every per-
son! By makingthe following APP
plication to them, one pair can be
made to last as long as three pairs
ordinarily. 1t will not only pre-
serve the leather, but will keep
the feet free from wet. Put a
pound Of tallow in a half pound
of rosin in a pot on the fire, and
when melted and mixed, warm
the boots and apply tie hot mix
ture with a painters brush until
neither the sole or the upper leath-
ers will receive any more. If it
is desired that the boots should
take the polish, dissolve an ounce
Of beeswaX with an ounce of trr-
pentine, to which add teaspoon
ful of lampblaclS. A day or two
after the boots have been treated
with the tallow androsin, rub over
them the wax and turpehtine, but
not before the fire. Tallow or
any other grease becomes rancid
and rots the stitching as well as
the leather, but the resin gives it
an antispetic quality which pre-.
serves the whole. Boots or shoes
should be so large as to admit of
wearing in them cork soles-cork
is a bad conductor of heat.
Year: 1862

If your seat is too hard to sit upon,


stand up. Ifa rock rises up before you,


roll away, blast it or climb oyerit. Il


you want money earn it. If you wish for


coniidenee,a prove yourself worthy of it
my boy. It takes longer to skin an ele
plant than mouse, but the skin is worth
Year: 1862

The Republican and unconditional
Union members of Congress held
meeting on the l4th inst, and after
free and general interchange of opinion
the following resolution, offered by Mr..
Colfax, was unanimously adopted


"Resolved, That we hold it to be the
duty of all loyal men to stand by ths
Union in this hour of its trial, to unite
their hearts aud hands in earnest and
patriotic efforts for its maintenance
against those who are in arms against
it; to sustain with determined resolu-
tion our patriotic President and his
administration in their most energetic
efforts for the prosecution of the war
and the preservation of the Union
against its enemies at home and abroad
to punish traitors and treason with Gt-
ting severity, and to so crush the pres
ent wicked aud causless rebellion, that
no flag ordisunion shall ever again be
raised over any portion Of the Repub'
lie.


That to this end We invite the CO.
operation Of all men who love their
country, in the endeavor to rekindlo
throughout all the States such patri-
otic fire as shall utterly consume all
who strike at the Union of our fathers,
and a I who sympathize with their trea-
son or paliote their guilt"


Every sincerely loyal man can res
pond Amen to every word of that.
Year: 1862

burg.


We learned yesterday some particu.
lars of the killing Of Carney and Mef.
ford, two of the traitors who guided
and assisted the rebel guerrillas in their
attack on Newburg, which have not
yet been published. While the rebels
were carrying off the plunder they had
taken from the hospital and such pri-
vate houses as they bad robbed, and
just before they started with the second
boat load to the Kentucky shore, these
tx2 villains went TO q ooffse house and
took drink, remarking to the bar
keeper that it was the last drink they
ever intended to take in the town, a
prophecy which was speedily fulfilled,
in manner very different from what
they expected. AS they came out they
were seen by young countryman, who
had hurried into the town, with few
others, TO defend it, when the news of
the attack got abroad, and he said they
should never leave the town alive. Ho
was armed with an old-lashioned large
bore rife, commonly called "yager,"
and as the truitors were making their
way toward the boat, he drew a bead on
Mefford and shot him, the ball passing
through his hips. The traitor fell NOR
tally wounded, but not dead. Carney
made a dash for the boat when he saw
his fellow-traitor fall, but he had run
only o few feet when a door opened on
the street and q citizen armed with q
rusty old musket and bayonet, stepped
out and fired at him. The ball struck
him in the breast, killing him instantly.
The man then walked up to Mefford,
who was lying close by, and stabbed him
with the bayonet two or three times, but
not fatally. Meford was taken to his
house and left there for a while, but
the citizens we're so enraged that to pre-
vent his being hung, wounded as he
was, Col. Bates, of the Warrick Legion,
determined to take him to Evansville.
lie was placed on a wagon or dray, for
that purpose, and while he was lying
there q voice in the crowd cried, "Give
him air." AS the crowd opened gun
was fred through the break and the ball
struck Mefford in the neck, breaking it
and killing him instantly.


Thus perished two traitors, who had
guided the enemy to their own town,
and assisted them in attacking and
plundering their own ellOw-townsmcn. e.
1t is bloody, but just retribution.
We cannot al prove the bayoneting and
shooting of the wounded traitor, richly
as he deserved it, but before it be too
harsbly ceusurcd, let the censor imag-
inc how he would feel if lie had beeu
subjected to the same outrages that
these people of Newburg we're In
dianapols Journal, 26th.
Year: 1862

STATE OF OHIO, HIGHLAND COUNTY, SIS.
DURSUANT to the command Of nm order for sale
III from the Court of Common Pleas in and for said
county and to directed will offer at public sale at
the door Of the Court House in Hillsbhro, on
Year: 1862

The change in the Congressional
delegation has been still more marked
and emphatic. In the present Con-
gress the Democrats were almost with
out . representation, but in the lower
branch Of the next will have a good
working majority, Notwithstanding the
Abolition legislatures most UNANIMOUSLY
ierrymandered the States. As nearly
as can be ascertained at present the
next House of Representatives will
stand as follows:
Year: 1862

stitution of parties, defined its creed
and purpose so clearly as to leave no
shadow of doubt in any rational mind
as to either, that party is the Demo-
cratic party of 1862. "The COnsti>
tuition as it is, and the Union as it wa"
| is the sum and substance of our creed
and endeavor. And by the blessing of
God this Democratic idea shall prevail
over the whole land, or those interest
ed may prepare to meet the alterna-
tive. So wills power still more po-
tent than Presidents, Congresses or
Governors; it is the behest of the Ma
JoR1TY. That MAJORITY cannot be
murdered by a frenzied assassin on
the street; nor imprisoned in a Bastile;
nor made mute by Presidential edict.
Let those interested take notice.


But the question recurs; What do
you propose to do?'


We propose to destroy the Repubi-
can party, utterly and forever. Until
that accursed rule is broken, Constitu-
tional Liberty and Constitutional
Union can have no existence; for Re-
publicanism is the implacable foe of
both, and the destruction of both seems
to have been its special and only mis-
sion. We must extirpate that mon
strous delusion, that horrible fanati-
cism, consigning it to present obloquy
and future infamy.


We propose to vindicate the Consti-
tutional liberty of American citizens.
We design to restore and maintain the
writ of Habeas Corpus, thereby doing
away with arbitrary arrests and Gov
ernment Bastiles. We intend that the
press shall be emancipated from its
present thraldom, and that the gag
shall be taken from the lips Of the Cit
izen.


We propose to restore the Union of
the States, and to that end We will re-
verse the Legislation of the existing
Republican Congress, just as speedily
as it is possible to do so in conformity
with the Constitution and laws. Re-
PEAL-REvoCATIoN-of every act,
Legislative or Executive, which is tine
tured with that most accursed of all
abominations-the Chicago Platform
is to be the resolute endeavor of the
Democracy.


If you would know more Of what it
is proposed to do with our victory, have
the goodness to wait and in due time
you will see.- Logan Gazette.
Year: 1862

EooNoMIsE Youa PAPga. just at this
time. prudent person would not waste a
sheet of saper nor an envelope. Save the
fragments OF paper, and sell them to be
made over. In this way each one may ef-
feet saving in his OF hers pocket, and the
same time benefit the world at large by less
ening the scarcity which now prsvails. I,
is In these little savings that the people in
this country should learn q lesson OF the
people of other lands. Td
Year: 1862

and the health OF all was more or less In"
paired by their close confinement


These gentlemen inform US that since the
elections all the political prisoners in the
Old Capitol prison have been discharged.
Year: 1862

CoURA0E.-We should. brave trouble as
the New England boy braves winter. The
school Il o mile away over the bill, yet be
fingers not by the fire; with his books slung
over his shoulder, and his cap tied closely
under his chin, he sets forth to face the
storm. And when he reaches the tOpmost
ridge, where the snow lies In drifts, aud
the north wind comes keen and biting, does
he shrink and cover down beneath the fen
ces, or run into the nearest house to warm
himself? No; be buttons up his coat aud
rejoices to defy the blast, and tosses the
snow.wreaths with bis foot, aud SO, erect
and fearless, with strong heart and ruddy
cheek, he goes on to bis place at school.


Now, when the fierce winds of adversely
blow over you, and your life's summer lies
buried beneath frost and snow, do not lin-
ger Inactive, or sink cowardly down by the
way, or turn aside from your course for
momentary warmth and shelter, but with
stout heart and firm step, go forward in
Gods strength to vanquIsh trouble and bid
defiance to disaster. II there is ever time
to be ambitious. it is not when ambition is
easy, but when It is hard. Fight in dark
ness; fight when you are down; die hard,
aud yOn won't die at oil. That gelatiDous
man whose bones are not even muscles, and
whose muscles are pulp, that man is cow
ard.-[ Henry Ward Beecher.