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Year: 1862

General Sigcl has written letter to
some distinguished citizens of New York,
in which, after enforcing the necessity OF
olccting General Wadswcrth for Governor,
he says


Ii is an enormous crime TO expose devoted
soldiers to the fury of II united determined
and vigorous enemy, on account OF any
hesitancY to use the right means at the
right time, or by placing men III high and
responsible positions, who on account of
their former associations and pledges, can
never be trusted rs sincere friends of the
Republic, nor expected to strike a fatal
blow to treason and rebellion.


This Republic is in danger, and can not
be saved by those who sympathize with
the rebellion, who contemplate disgraceful
compromise, or who aim at the establish
ment of Slave Empire.


Peace cannot exist while two antagons-
tic principles govern in this land. There
fore every Republican and patriot should
stand to the cOlors which honor and pro-
tect him, aud should vote tor those candi-
dates only who arc tried like Wadsworth;
who are the most earnestly devoted to the
vigorous prosecution OF the war, and are
in favor of such means as will permanently
introduce liberty into the South.


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TIA LAST OF THE BYRoNs.--A London
letter, some time since, gave the following
account of the death of the last descendant
of Lord Byron:


Byron Noel, Baron Of Ockham and Went
worth, died a. Brighton, at the early age of
twenty The heir of Il large fortune,
the grandson and last direct representative
Of the greatest OF Engjsl, poets, the young
peer had-so the world might have judged
"A brilliant career before him. He was the
son of Ada Byron, the poets only daughter,
and this is almost all that is known of
him positively. For some cause unknown.
and only family sur,nsed, the young baron
never assumed his rank, never took his
seat in the hou'e of Lords, never even
made his appearance in the fashionable
world. Very early in life he broke off
his connection with his family. willingly or
not, served on board ship as "a common
sailor, then supported himself as a hired
lahorer in a Thames dock-yald. and be-
came engaged dUf he was not actualy married)
to bar-maid in a sailors public house in
Wappiug. Then, in the first bloom of his
young life, he died suddenly by yhemOrrhage
of the lungs, and the court papers mention
his existence after years of silence. The
last of the Byrons is dead; and the story
OF the latest descendant OF that strange race
is buried in the grave with tncm.
Year: 1862

The STRENGTH AND GREATNESS OF THE Re-
PUBLIc.-We have always been in the habit of
thinking ourselves great people; indeed, the
smartest nation in all creation But we little
knew till thisw broke out of our own great
importance in the eyes of other nations They
have shown that they regard the United States
as the most important Power in the world, not
only as preserving the balance of power on
this continent, but in Europe. Hence the de-
sire of the English aristocracy and government
TO see this counterpoise to British supremacy
swept away by permanent disruption of the
republic; and hence, too, the desire which Rus
.sia has shown to sustain it; for the disintegra-
tion of the United States would leave England
without her great maritime rival. The gratif-
cation with which the rendition of Mason and
Slidell, in accordance with the public law of
nations as determined by the great jurists of the
day, was received by all nations, showed the
deep interest they felt in the preservation of
our national existence, and how much they
hailed the removal of cause which threatened
to involve us in foreign war at time when
we were concentrating all our resources for the
suppression of the rebellion. In tho same man.
ner the news of the recent Union victories will
cause profound satisfaction and rejoicing even
among absolutists abroad; for they all hate
while they dread England. That we are en-
abled to carry on great war entirely on our
own resources, and yet preserve unimpaired
our general commercial, agricultural and ma
nufacturing prosperity, is one of the most re-
markable events in history. We have much
reason to congratulate ourselves, and there is
no better evidence Of our national strength
than is afforded by the ordeal through which
we are at present passing, only to emerge with
nntarnished glory before the world. Verify
we are great people.
Year: 1862

British government, under circumstances OF
far greater necessity. Earl Russell, however,
seems to begin to understand our rights, and
that we dare to maintain them in the face OF
any amount of bluster and menace on the part
of the English press. This is only one of many
indications which show in what direction the
current of British opinion now runs.
Year: 1862

The ExToRToNs OF SuTIERs.-The frauds Of
suffers are only second to those of government
contractors because they are committed on
smaller scale; but they are none the less to be
deprecated on that account. That these men
are responsible for large amount of human
misery is evident enough to any person who is
cOgnizant of their practices. By a system of
checks they offer inducements to soldiers to
purchase from them in advance of their pay,
till very often the whole of their three months
money is anticipated. In exchange for their
hard earnings the troops receive quantity of
trashy articles and unsound provisions at exor-
bitant prices. Thus, for instance, butter is sold
to them at thirty cents per pound cheese at
twenty-five cents, dried apples at twenty cents,
and tobacco at one dollar, while common note
paper is priced at two cents sheet, and apples
at five cents each. The prices of ar
dent spirits are, of course, much
more extortionate; and, Notwithstanding
the order against their introduction into the
camps, there is ample reason for believing that
they are still largely smuggled over the lines
by the suffers.


To the unscrupulous conduct of this class is
attributable much of the distress which pre-
walls in the homes of our soldiers; for the
money that ought to have gone to the support
OF their families has been diverted into the
pockets of a horde of harpies. All this sug-
gests the propriety Of the War Department
taking the subject into its consideration, and
moderating this evil by the enforcement of
stringent regulations.
Year: 1862

Let him give noble example Of patriotism and
seifdenial by Withdrawing from the contest,
and, instead of the Governorship Of New York,
which amounts to nothing, the people OF the
United States will, perhaps reward him here
after with the highest office in their gift
Year: 1862

The INEVITABLE CoNTRABANps PROVIDED
foR-Secretary Seward has officially an
nounced the suspension of the scheme Of colo
nizng negroes in Central America, on ac-
count of the objections urged by the Central
American Ministers. Though an effort will per-
haps be made to procure the consent of the
government OF New Granada to allow the
negroes to settle there. it is most probable that
the colonization project is knocked in the head
at least for the present.


Certain individuals are, however, contem-
plating plan 70 take the place of the colo
nization scheme. This plan is to establish agen-
ces with each OF our armies to take charge of
all contrabands now within our lines. or who
shall be captured during the advance of our
immense forces. and to send them to New York
and New England, to be apmenticed to farmers.
New York will probably need but very few of
these colored laborers: but New England can
thousand Of them. and thus rid the government
Of very great deal of perplexity as to what
shall be done with the inevitable contrabands.
1t is true that this plan has been tried and
has failed IN the Western States for the Mayor
of Chicago refused TO allow negroes 70 come
there, and quoted the law Of the State prohibit
ing the importation of a colored population. In
the West, however. there is strong feeling
against the negroes; but in New England no
such prejudice exists. On the contrary, the
negroes will be received there with open arms
and with all the honors paid to them in Old Eng
land. We hope. therefore, that the New Eng
land people. who love the contrabands 80 well
and have done so much for their welfare will
begin Immediately to prepare fer their reccp-
ton and especially to provide for them warm
clothing and other creature comforts. so that
the natives Of the sunny South may not die Off
before they are fairly transplantcd to the hard
soil of uIe chilly North.
Year: 1862

habit OF SeabuSe To which is added observations
Female Diseases, and other interesting matter Of the ut
most Importance 10 the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts of their physical ty
enter that state. Sent any address sealed wrap
per, on receipt of ten cents OF four stamps.


We devote our entire time and attention 20 the treat
ment OF the various private diseases treated of ia pr
vae report Our Dspensary is the only Institution Of the
kind in America which has been tablished by special
charter ans this fact should give it preference the
various quackS of doubtful character TO be found in all
Year: 1862

has won tor itself such a renown for the cure Of
every variety Of Throat and Lung Complaints
that it is entirely unnecessary for Us to recount
the evidence OF its virtues, wherever it has been
employed As it has long been in constant use
throughout this section, We need not do more
than assure the people its quality is kept mp to
the best it ever has been, aud that it may be re
lied on to do for their relief all il has ever been
found Ia do
Year: 1862

enough to say that little more attention on
the part Of the Secretary and bis colleagues to
the well known Cromwellisn maxim might have
insured the fulhlment of this cheerful and
spiritually inspired promise.
Year: 1862

had exaggerated our loss as Fredericksburg. II
IS worthy OF remark that the correspondents of
the Tribune gave higher estimate than those
of any other journal. The Times made the loss
fifteen or sixteen thousand The 7ribuas's esti-
mats was eighteen thousand Greeley does not
read bis own paper. Our correspondents est-
mated the loss at from eight TO ten thousand
and that now tallies with the official fieure.
Year: 1862

1T Is mpoSSl01c IL 1OicStc " udt tucGt Liz |
occupation Of Tennessee will have upon
Tic traitors who forced her out Of the
Unidn; but all accounts from Nashville
the centre ofthe slayeholdinginterest which
controls the State concur in Saving that
the malignity Of the rebels, he and
she, military and civic, RACES without
sensible abatement The manifest
ation Of their diabolica1 spirit ranges
along every act Of insult and injury
from the sneers and spittings Of the
women, 10 the shooting Of our pickcts
and the wanton murder Of the stragslcrs,
By the men. In all they say and do, in
their swagger and boasting, in their at1ec-
tation Of forced humility under con-
quest, and in their Wanting what will |
be done, they betray the determination
not to come back to an observance of their
obligations under the Constitution and the |
laws. The Federal officials arc behaving |
with great 1eniency to offenders, and with |
discretion toward citizens. The property |
and rights Of all are sacredly respected |
The soldiers OF the corps Of occupation are
well disciplined and obcdient to cont
mand; but what is due to a sense
: OF right and to determination
not to Cypress, is attributed to fear Of exas-
peratiug the cllivalrous sons of the South.
At all events, it is certain that the halcyon
days which the confidence journals have
predieted-days in which the Union men
Of Secessia. relieved Of the incubus which
treason has rolled upon them, would rush
into the arms Of the Federal soldiers, hap
py in the sight Of the old flag once
more, and hencctorth resolved to do and
die in its maintenance-hayen not yet come.
What Governor johnson may do in his
military administration-how far, as the
representative Of the poor whites from
whom he sprung he may succeed
in awakening the sense of patriotic
duty which rebellion has oycrborne-
time alone can determine. We confess
that VIC have little confidence in his ulti-
mate success. In the East, where slavery
is weak and Loyalty comparatively strong
he may build up party that will endure
But wherever the virus Of the man-sell
ing disease has had free course in the body
-politic-wherc the doctrines Of barbarisr
and force have been practiced so loag tha
the dominant class have become despot:
and the niggeriess whites coward


the cause Of the contention-ths


thpIoot Of the rebellion - must


We believe, be destroyed, and th'
Incentives to treason removed be
fore permanent peace can be made. Ant


what is probably true Of West Tennessee


isprobably true Of all the blacker portions o


the entire South. And unconsciously, AMI


almost before ne are aware Of the chanee


the armics Of the Republic will necessarily


by the pressure Of events that are beyon


human control, be compelled to becom


the army Of emancipation upon the pla


the President has laid down. That class


interest which is the outgrowth Of Grim


the parent Of treason and the support I


rebellion, must give way. The march I


events is onward toward the discnthra


nent OF the Republic from the heavy an


hated yoke Of the arrogant and cruel slar


power This is the Nineteenth Ceutur
and the world is governed by ideas!
Year: 1862

This regiment, under command Of colonel Van Zant
were to have taken their departure from Governors Island
yesterday FOR the Of war; but owing TO low water
they could not be embarked with any degree Of conve
nence and their departure has been
ponsd until this morning
Year: 1862

Captain John Kavanagh, Of tho Sixty third regiment
N v. (Col Enright) Third regiment Irish brigade
has arrived in this city to recruit for the above regiment
ono in which good steady men will find rapid promotion
Captain Kavanagh has been in service since the begin
ming Of this and has been selected for this duty by
his superors In compliance with the order Of the
War Department he has reported to Major Sprague
Albany who has assigned him TO this city until further
orders. Recruits wishing to join the above regiment
viii be ct once sent on to IT, by to the Captain
the headquarters or the brigade, 5ec Broadway
tent in the Park.
Year: 1862

These words recently met our eyes as we


passed workshop in this city. :. No room


for loafers." Sure enough, there is no room


for loafers anywhere in this moving world.


They are not wanted in the busy workshop,


nor in the editor sanctum !; they are nui-


sance in the country store, splitting and spew-


ing about the stove, and at the post Office are


in every body's way. They are forever out


of place-except when in the almshouse or


Jail. A dead weight upon society, they are


a hindrance and a bore. They form no part


of natures plan it ibhors them as it does a
vacuum While all the world around them IS


going forward, they are standing still, or ra-
ther gliding imperceptibly backward into
seedy vaeabondisn loafer soon grows
rusty 1t is only use which keeps our facul-
ties bright and the idle man gets dull, stu
pid, stoIid and muddy headed.


Yet some of these fellows seem to think
very we'll of themselves. You will see them
strutting along the sunny side of the street,
and lounging at corners, hanging about the
doors of the hotels. or the entrance to the the
ater. with fine clothes upon their backs and
a self satisfied smirk upon their vacant coun-
tenances. The poor rcreatures look down up
on working man as being OF an inferior
order No doubt the drones affect to despise
the busy bees-until they aredriven from the
hive to starVe, Wnile tne WORKERS least upon
the honey. A loafer setting himself above
the man who labors with his hands Why,
he is as far beneath him as, in the order of
creation, the sloth is beneath the common
horse. A young mechanic, in his working
dress, and with his tools in his hands, is ev-
cry way a more agreeable object than the
best dressed loafer in existence. There is
always room for him. He is never out of
place, for he is keeping step with the move
ment of the universe. He has a name, pur-
pose, and he stands for something. His IA
culIies are trained to use, and he is of value
to the world for what he can do. The skill. |
ful workman is to the idle man what the
manufactured article is to the raw material. |
He has an additional value above that of mere
manhood. The world cannot get on without
him, while it could spare every loafer in it,
and be all the better for their absence. |
Reader, whatever you do, don't loaf.
Year: 1862

The retreat of Gen. Zollicoffer has proved
to be disastrous and bloody A letter from
Camp Wildcat, dated Friday last, says he
had left his dead and dying strewn along the
road from that point to Barboursville. 1t is
estimated that 900 men perished in the re-
treat alone, and that his loss in the battle and
the retreat will amount to | SEQ men. The
retreat began early on Tuesday morning
The dead were left on the field to be buried
by the Union troops. The field was literally
strewn with them. They must have fought
like fiends. The execution was terrible, and
the wounded were few. The effects of the
long balls. the Minie, are represented to have
been most terrible. Bodies were perforated
and skulls were broken into half dozen
pieces. Many features it was impossible to
recognize. The grape and canister of the
artillery had also found many victims. They
were found lying on the hill sides in groups.
1t appears as if the bodies on falling had
rolled down the steep sides of hill and thus
piled up on one another The road was
blocked with them, and he Tennessee Reci-
ment in pursuit rushed over the bodies of
their former friends and acquaintance.
Two pieces of artillery and all the camp
equipage, with many arms, knapsacks, and
other materials, were left by the rebels in
their preepitate flight.


But the retreat was the most irving ordeal
which the rebels had to undergo The far
mers, whom for weeks past they had oppress-
ed, aroused by the report of the victory,
gathered along the road to give parting
blow. and from Wildcat to Barboursville the
rebel army run the gauntlet. From every
tree and rock upon the roadside the sharp
crack OF the farmers rife greeted them and
sealed rebels fate. 1t is said the retreat
was one continued fight, in which the poor
devils had no chance whatever. Ambus-
eades opened their fires upon them from ey
cry side and quarter, and they felt what it
was to retreat through hostile country.


Like the English who came to subjugate at
Lexington, Mass, they pushed on in haste.
tying from the storm of bullets that beat in
upon them at every step. They needed not
who fell. They pushed on, each man for
himself, seeking safety in the hills of the
Gap. The bullet Of the famous iflc sped on
Its mission. The doomed man sank without
murmur, as if exIaasted His following
fellows stepped over his body and hurried on.
nor stopped to pluck his weapon from his
dying grasp. They lightly sprang over the
fallen body of the steed that but a moment
before, with dilated nos tr;ls, snuffe danger
to its master, and then fell unheeded by him
who had ridden him. The retribution for
our retreat OF three months ago had come
Un the list Of the month, three months ago.
our men had retreated TO Washington; on.
the list OF the month they had also retreat
ell. But this retreat was far more terrible


The shame Of our arms in Virginia had been
wiped out in Kentucky.
Year: 1862




Now, while our soldiers are fighting our battles,
Each at his post TO do all that he can,
Down among rebels and contraband chattels,
What you doing, my sweet little man!
All the brave boys under canvas are sleeping.


All of them pressing TO march with the van,
Far from the home where their sweethearts are
weeping,


What are you waiting for, sweet little man.
You with the terrible warlike mustaches,


Fit for colonel or chief Of clan,
You with the waist made for sword-belts and sashes
Where are your shoulder straps, sweet little man!
ring him the buttonless garment of womanI
Cover his face lest it freekle and tan,
Muster the Apron String Guards on the Common,
That is the corps for the sweet little man
Give him for escort file of young misses,


Each of them armed with deadly rattan,
They shall defend him frem laughter and Kisses,
Aimed by low boys at the sweet little man.
All the fair madens about him shall cluster,
Pluck the white feathers from bonnet and fan,
Make him plume like turkey-wing duster,
That is the crest for the sweet little man
o, but the Apron-String Guards are the fellows
Drilling each day since troubles began.
" Handle ysur walking sticks = Shoulder um-


brellas y


mat Is the style Tor lne sweet little man
Have nation to save? In the first place,
Saving ourselves is the sensible plan
Surely the spot where there's shootng's the worst


place


Where 1 can stand, says the sweet little man.
Catch me confiding my person with strangers.
Think how the cowardly Bull-Runners ran
In the brigade of the Stay at Home Rangers
Marches my corps, says the sweet little man
Such the stuff Of the Malakoff-takers,
Such were the soldiers that scaled the Redan;
Trueulent housemaids and blood thirsty Quakers,
Brave not the wrath of the sweet little man!
Yield him the sidewalks, ye nursery maidens
.Snnre qni pent! Bridget and right about Ann
Fierce as a shark in a school of menhadens,
See him advancing, the sweet little man!
When the red fails of the battlefield threshers
Beat out the continents wheat from its bran,
While the wind scatters the chafy Seceshers,
What will become of our sweet little man?


ders,


How will he look while his feathers they scan
How viii he feel when he gets marching orders,
Signed by his lady love? sweet little man
Fear not for him, though the rebel expels him
Life is too precious to shorten its span!
Woman her broomstick shall raise to protect him,
Win she not fight for the sweet little man
Now then, nine cheers for the Stay-at Home Ranger
Blow the great fish horn and beat the big pan
First in the field that is the farthest from danger,
Take your white feather plume, sweet little man
Year: 1862

4 Coon WAY TO MAKE HARD TINES -
Refuse to pay all little bills. although YOU
have the money in your pocket; push men
to pay you who havnt the money, although
you can get along without it if a man don't
meet his obligations just at the time they be-
come due, report that he is about to burst =,
cut down.the wages oeyour hands before it is
necessary; keep back all grain from market
until the price gets up starvation rates :"
use money in speeulations that You should
pay your creditors with forget that unncc


essary retrenehments" increase ..hard
times instead of bettering them : carry a
long face and talk long ard mournfully of
evils to come; do these and other acts like
them, and hard times viii surely come. no,
ever little real cause they may be for them.