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Year: 1862

Captain Ericsson accomplished a feat
on Saturday last which will create almost
as much interest III naval circles on the
other side Of the ocean as did the famous
conflict between the Monitor and the
Merrimac.


BY an invention OF his, four men sue
ceeded lfworking gun weighing twenty
tons, in turret Indeed SO simple and
complete was this wonderful piece Of
machinery that one man could handle
the gun with ease The practical impor-
tance of this feat will be understood when
it is remembered that it takes twenty
five men to work an Armstrong gun
weighing fourteen tons, and that for this
reason 68s- FOUNDER smooth bore IS con-
sidered the best ana most effective naval
gun in the English service. So long as
we retain the use of Captain Ericsson's
inven ion, therefore, our iron -clads can
th.ow double, if not treble, the weight
OF metal of an English war vessel and
with far greater ease and rapldity. Naval
officers who witnessed the operation of
this new contrivance Of Captain Erics
son declare that it viii effect a complete
revolution in naval warfare, and Will
give us, for a time at least, a decided
advantage over any other in this impor-
tant particular.


Another invention Of Capt, Ericsson
was also tried on Saturday, but did not
have the same success, though it will
doubtless yet be perfected. This was
the trial Of contrivance by which
rs inch gun Hrigirt- be- fired inside
turret. Iti ob>i us. that to fire 1t out
side, the turret would require port so
large that good IN irksman, with rittd
gun, could hit it nine times out Of ten
hence the necessity for some invent on
by which the huge gun could belch its
thunders upon the enemy from the inside
of the turret without filling itwith smoke
or creating coneussion SO great as to
endanger the lives of the gunners. To
this end Captain Ericsson invented
peculiarly shaped box, which may, with
some notifications yet succeed, but
VII ch was shattered to pieces in the
trial Of last Saturday after three shots
were fired We take it for granted,
however, that the difficulty will be over
come in time, and that when 1t is the
Monitors will be the most formidable
vessels ahoat for an actual sea-fght in
which rams do not come in play. There
is not an iron-clad vessel ahoat that
could stand the impact Of bolt or shot
weighing 45o pounds, and one of the
guns Of the new Monitors will be able
to hurl this immense mass of metal at
hostile vessel or fort 1t is Of course
yet an open question whether these yes
sci can be made swift enough to be cffec-
tive as cruisers, or whether they can be
run down by properly constructed
ram These problems can be solved only
by actual experiment.
Year: 1862

A correspondent of the Baltimore
american thus describes a scene which
occurred in that city few days since:


GA small body Of Confederate prison.
onrs (about IS in numb ~, IN passing
through the city on the way to Fort
Delaware, were detained for short time
in the vicinity Of tho new hosp''a1 on
tho Union Dock. Some of them WERE
auite unweDl and unable to eat the army
1ations which had been provided ana
vet much in need of nourisLm'nt lhi'
fact being made known to the ladies' at /
Year: 1862

cluster around the charmed name Of
Democracy so you see the power NUT
soon pass from their hands, and, by a
little management on our part, whilst We
have got Democrats and Republicans by
the ears, quarreling over minor things
and the spols of oficc, we will adroitIy
secure the substance and leave them the
empty shadow to appropriate between
them


mark my wor for it, we will create a
division in the North, we will kill off
Republ canism with Democracy, and then
swallow up democracy at our leisure!-
Both stand in the way Of our purpose,
and both must fall" MARYLAND.
Year: 1862

Bs4~The Richmond Wing, of the 30th
ult., in an article upon recent speeches
made by Ncssrs. Seymour and Van Bu-
ren, in which they held out the hope
that the rebel States would be brought
back to the Union if the people would
support their submission ticket thus
spurns and rejects their proposition:


No, the people of all shades of opin-
ion in the United States had better make
up their minds that the separation that
has taken place was necessary and is final.
We are as wide apart as the zenith a-d
nadir. We are az different as white from
black as antagonlstic as fire and water.
They can never conquer, nor coax, nor
chcat US into reunion. The sooner they
surrender the hope and abandon the ct-
fort the better for them. We think no
better Of the proposition when coming
from conservatives than when coming
from radicals" ="
Year: 1862

Let there be an agreement among the
rebels Of the South to pay every man, who
does days work, days wages, aud the
rebellion would not have peg to stand on
The origin Of the war is in the fact that the
Southern nabobs demand, in addition to
what they already have, more territory on
which they may degrade labor by forcing
poor and Gcfencc1css men to work without
pay. And this fact concerns every labor
ing man II the whole country, no matter
what his color, because, if 6 laborer in the
South may be forced to dig iu tile fields, all
day, without the prospect Of pay at night,
simply because he is in the clutches OF men
WHO are stronger than he, the weak and
poverty stricken man in the North may be
ovcrtaken by the same fate. Onepriuciple
applies in each case, and in each case the
rights and the rewards Of labor, to which
slavery is in deadly hostility, arc at stake


The labor question lies at the very root o.


the rebellion; and IS it is settled, 60 will


every 1aboring man tare- Are the work


men Of the North ready, By their votes, Il


outrage justice aud defy mankind, by ssy
ing that honest toll is not worthy Of it!
| rcward9
Year: 1862

WHO ARE THE UNION MEN


Trapsfer the rebel army entire to uli-
nois, and there is not soldier in it who
would not vote the clean Democratic
ticket, jim Allen and an-vote it, perhaps
not as perfect exposition Of the views
Which the Sccesh entertain, hut Is tue
nearest thing to downright treason and
open rebellion that is now permitted in the
North. Not g. man Of all that army, save,
perhaps, few Unionists who have been
forced into the service by tho sweeping
ccnscription Of the seeding States, would
touch the Republican nominees with "a
forty foot pole is tue country at wal


with these rebels, or is it not? If At war
| who in the North are traitors to the Unio1


cause? Perhaps the tory organ in thi
| c1ty can answer.
Year: 1862

The EMPEROR OF RCssrA.-Caesins n. Clay
said in his speech at Brooklyn, Tuesday night,
that the Emperor Alexander had again and
again said TO him, abe sure that you will
always find me true to the United States OF
Anericn y
Year: 1862

On the 10th ult., one of the most ca.
lamitous coal-p,t accidents ever recorded
took place near Hartley, a few miles from
Newcastle, England The pit was one
hundred fathoms in depth, and was con-
tinually subject to vast influx of water,
supposed to be from the sea.


BY opening level into another pit,
and the erection of a powerful steam en-
giEe to pump out the water, it was at last
kept under. 1t appears that the only en- :
trance for the miners, as well as exit for
coal, was through this shaft, which had
been sunk through the loose earth in
great part, and had to be planked all the
way up.


The beam Of the pumping engine
broke, and its fall carried away the tim
Der underneath, whereupon the sides ca
we'd in and filled up that portion of the
pit between the second level and the bot.
tom. This part had, indeed, an extra
shaft, up which it WAS supposed the men
would betake themselves and be out Of
danger of drowning. But an equal great
danger met them there from the foul air.


1t is believed that this penetrated the
apartments where they took shelter as
animals let down the shaft subsequently
expired in short time, and the men re-
fused to venture their lives where death
appeared to stare them in the face. At
the latest dates week had elapsed with.
out finding aught of the two hundred
and fifteen men known to be under
ground and their fate was considered
settled.
Year: 1862

my brothers remarks were just, and
with modification at my own weakness
of mind, dipped my pen in ink, and
resolved to draw it across every page,
thus obliteraling the whole, when Sec
ond thought interrupted me. l would
not destroy the poor journal, but would
keep it as a memento of my own folly.
My brothers. words had reused new
spirit within me. He had expressed a
belief that [ was capable of something
better than my past employment. Was
this true Could katherine Weaver, a
plain western girl, ever write for the
public, and receive the jnsay merited
praises Of disinterested readers All
this, and much more, passed through
my mind, and then wild vision of fu-
ture fame came up before me-a vision
SO gloriously beautiful that l shut my
eyes and held my breath in its fascinating
contemplation. And beneath the inhu-
ence of this newly created ambition, |
wrote story. | shall copy it here with
no excuses save that it is my first sketch,
and shall form the close of these faulty
leaves. And when the whole is compile
ted, | shall lay these sheets of paper
away where no eye but mine can ever
read them, for they are of no value ex-
cept as links between my past life and
the new existence | have already be-
gun.


So, good bye, Little Journal. With
the following story shall trace my last
lines upon your surface. Were you hu-
man, might breathe " God bless you"
AS you are only the inanimate creature
of my restless iiugers, | can only say
once more, good bye"
Year: 1862

1t would be presumptous to look for ano
expect nothing but success in contest o
the kind and proportions of that now rag
ing in this country. After series Of bril-
liant victories. that had almost made US be
lieve defeat was impossible, we have me
with rerulse, that is really serious, an,
that will take some time to retrieve, bu
which, by no means, justifies the apprchen
sions Of the Chicago Tribune, that &C. th'
country is now in real danger" Not 50
Ire repu'se, we believe was cccasioned b,
a too great confidence in the success Of ou
cause, by which those reinforcements tina
ought to have been sen: to Mcclellan, wer
not sent, although the rebel army was con
stantIy being reinforced. Let it lie born il
mind that Mcclellan dill not say he hat
men enough, but. on the contrary begge<
and plead for more. The country is not i,
danger, but is Just immerging from danger
We have learned that to crush this rebellion
We have got 20 put forth our whole strength
and that strength will be put forth.


At the suggestion of the Governors O
nearly alt the Northern States, anon.
which weare happy to see the name Of Gov
Ramsey, the President has called for THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND more men. The quot:
OF Minnesota has not been stated, but vii
be about three regiments Now shall these
reg iments be filled? We say yes. Lei
the last man and the last dcllar 20 to save
our country! Minnesota will not fal'e,
even though she has already far exceeded
her allotted share. What she has done was
done cheerfully and voluntarily, and what
she will yet do vii! be done Just as cheer
fully. Those men must be raised. They
ought to Lc raised by volunteers, for it will
be disgrace for the State to send to the
army a regiment Of drafted men. What
will Goodhue County do We have done
big things, but we are now called upon to do
more. If the Union is worth anything, it
is worth everything. Let US give it lift
now.


And one word to those who stay at home.
1t requires MONEY to carry on this gigantic
war; You have not yet known what i: is
to be directly taxed. We must all come to
1t now. Let it be borne cheerfully. If We
would only put the pennies, half-d dimes and
dimes, that we foolishly spend, away, at the
end Of the year we could pay the whole
Federal tax and have money to spare. Then
let US do it; let us deny ourselves of lux.
uries, and if it must be, of some comforts.
In short, let us go any length to see this war
through.


s. Since writing the above we are fully
convinced that we were mistaken in re-
gardns the late retreat as repulse.
Year: 1862

F1REs.-We see BY the Chicago
Journal that the fourth did not pass
off wholly without incident in that
city. During the day three destructive
fires occurred. The loss Of property
is very great.
Year: 1862

FOREIGN NEws.-The feeling in En-.
gland and France, if any correct idea
can be formed from the tone of the
leading papers of those countries, is
growing, daily, in favor Of interference
in our affairs. Such Intolerance is but
another name for war; for we cannot
and we will not permit anything Of the
kind. A speedy and decided victory
before Richmond would put an eject.
ual quietus on the rebellion and for
eien braga1ocio at the same time
For this purpose the President pleads
for troops to reinforce our weakened
regiments now there. Shall he have
them?
Year: 1862

THE SANITARY confession. :


We beg the attention Of the people OF
The Northwest to the wants Of the Chicago
Sanitary Commission, as set forth in its ap-
peal few days ago. We do so because
We know that great events are impending
in Gen. Grants Department, and that the
Commission desires to be prepared to act
at once for the relief Of the sick and wound
ed, who may any day fall upon their hands
It is wise in the members Of that body not
to defer the collecting Of their hospital
EtoTes until the call for them comes; aHd
we hope that the generous Western men
and women, to whom their appeal is ad-
dressed will respond without delay. They
may he assured that not an article en-
trusted to the Commission will be diverted
from its intended use-that every
thing. even the smallest shred Of linen, will
be forwarded for the relief of those for
whom The Commission 1abors. The mem-
bers Of the Commission, each to his own
great personal loss, has given years time
to the sick and suffering Of our. Western
army; and the people Of this city have
time and again, as emergencies have been
encountered, come to their Assistance Will,
money for the Immediate purchase OF what
they could not wait for the country to send.
The country has also done well, and the
labors Of all have been Of incstimable value
value so inestimable that they must moi
be given up until the last gun is fred
Now is the time for another effort. Sir, i


may be your friend whose wounds you:
contribution Will staunch- He may b.
your boy, Madam, whose anguish your ef
fort at home will relieve. Do not refus


then. All the sick and suffering are th


friends, brothers, sons, Of all who remai


behind. For them we cntreat you!
Year: 1862

Why don't the seeesh press say some
thing further about the Pope's bull against
the comet, and why don't they continue
gleeful1y to ask who is going TO carry the
news ofz Mr. Lincoln's New Year pro-
lamation to the blacks2 Is it
possible that they are willing after
all to confess that it is going
to hurt somebody, aud that .soma1aodg the
rebels? It is strange how soon they have
come to confess it. a ring Of suppliant
Border State men, on Bonded knees, and
with streaming eyes, arc imploring the
President to stay his hand. The danger
now is not that he may be jeered out Of his
position, but that he may have it washed
from under him By the briniest Of tears
The great Bastne is in peril And it will


fail
Year: 1862

No Fusion IN PLACEn.-The fusion Of
Republicans and Douglas Democrats in this
county would seem to lie failure, notwith.
standing the invitation Of the County Repnb
lican Central Committee. The Douglas
Committee met on Saturday last, and after
full discussion. determined to call a county
convention under their party organization.
A sub committee WAS appointed to call a
convention at such time during the summer
IA might be deemed best.


This refusal Of the Douglas men to fuse
with the Republicans will again make .ri
angular contest in the county.
Year: 1862

SHoRr AND SwEEr-We are pleased to
see the movement for short session Of the
Legislature. Resolve that no bill or other
new business be received after Oct 20; make
all the elections Of officer. by chat date; and
fix upon the 3oth for adjournment sine die.
We have thought that possible. 1t is worth
trying. OF course there mus; be no time lost
if that is to be accomplished The revision
Of the statutes is the only real obstacle we
can see. Ii that be treated as one bill, and
be referred to large committee to examine
and report whatever amendments are neces-
sary, the work can be both well and quickly
done. In truth the labor would fall chiefly
on the committee, which can have leave to
sit at all times. We presume that if an in
tellgent committee should agree upon a re-
port, the Two Houses will find little difficulty
in concurrence Possibly l. may be wise to
constitute such a committee to repor, at an
adjourned session, or even to the next Legis-
lature.
Year: 1862

AUBURN RAILRoAD.-The Sacramento Pla-
Ger and Nevada Railroad has been completed
TO Wildwood station-a distance Of seven miles
from Folsom and eleven miles from Auburn.
The road was opened for travel on the 18th inst.
and the stages that pass through Auburn make
that station their starting point. The grading
is still being rapidly pushed forward and we
are informed that by the first Of September the
track will be completed and in rnnning order
to within six miles Of this place. We can now
look with confidence to the early completion OF
the railroad 10 Auburn, as It is the intention OF
the managers to push the work along as fast as
possible, and not let it stop at the end Of the
first section as has been the general impression.
-TAubuTn Advocate.
Year: 1862

We have received the annual report OF The New
Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company.
made to the Legislature Of New Jersey The bust.
ness Of the company for the year 1881 was az fol.
lows:--
Year: 1862

INDIFFERENCE TO DEArH DURING BArrIE.-
y soldier, who was in all the battles before
Richmond, remarks that it is astonishing
how indifferent to danger a man becomes in
action after being in it short time. While
supporting the battery some of our men lay
down on the ground and slept soundy utterly
regardless Of the shells that were bursting
around them. If l had not seen this, l Ger.
tainly never would have believed it."
Year: 1862

FRuGALITY.-In early childhood, you lay
the foundation of poverty or riches in the hab,
its you give your children. Teach them to
save everything not for their own use, for
that would make them selfish, but for some use.
Teach them to share everything with their
paymates but never allow them to destroy
anything. l once visited family where the
most exact economy was Observed yet nothing
was mean or uncomfortabe 1t is the charac-
ter of true economy to be as comfortable with
little, as Others can be with much.


Frugal Housewife.
Year: 1862

No TRIFLEs.-There are no such things as
trifes in the biography of man. Drops make
up the sea. Acorns cover the earth with oaks,
and the ocean with navies. Sands make up
the bar in the harbor's mouth on which vessels
are wrecked; and little things in youth accu-
mulate into character in age, and destiny in
eternity. All the links in that glorious chain
which is in all and around all, we can see and
admire, or at least admit; but the staple to
which all is fastened, and which is the conduc-
tor of all, is the Throne of Deity.
Year: 1862

Below we give an extract from private
letter, which makes some very sensible re-
marks 10 regard to the proper tone that
should characterize letters from home to our
brave boys, absent at the seat of war. A
despondent or iorebodipg letter exercises a
very injurious influence, and tends to pro-
duce morbid anxiety in the mind of its re-
cipient, while cheerful and hopeful missive
is messenger Of joy, an aid to courage,
and an incentive to brave and manly
deeds:-


"Your letters all have chee; ful and live
ly appearance, and that is what does one
good, more than you can have any idea of,
for if there is anything that makes me mis-.
erabe it is letter full OF the blues. A good
long cheerful letter to soldier from home
does him more good than all the doctors 10
the army, tor o soldier has enough on his
mind without long discouraging letter from
home. For instance, the letter reaches him
when he is cold, wet and hungry, bis feelings
need staying up instead of being still worse
crushed. He may have just come from a
hard battle, he may have lost bis chum,fo we
all have them at such time as this, when
he feels sad and gloomy, he gets letter from
home full of all that goes wrong there, you
will see him fold up bis letter, put it away
with long drawn Sigh, be goes around,
takes no notice Of anything but yields to
bis own sorrow, wishing be could get let-
ter like one bis comrade had who is whist~
ling and singing around the camp, for he
has just got letter from home, and every
thing it contains is SO cheering and pleas
ant that he has forgotten all his trou-
bles his weary feet don't ache as bad as
they did, bis eyes, that little while before
were dull and heavy, now are bright and
smiling, be goes to some of the soldiers and
asks them if they too got letter from
home, perhaps they have not and out comes
bis precious letter and it is read over again,
and thus it does its good work, for be too
feels better for reading it over, again and
again. Mothers, wives and sisters, let me
urge you once more to give the bright side
of things to your soldier friends. Perhaps
your letter reaches them 10 the hospital,
they are weak from the effects of ,ain and
wounds, your letter may be anything but
cheering to them, the result is soon manifest.
Ask the doctors what the effect of good
pleasant letter from home is, and be will
tell you it does more good than medicine.
Bear it in mind friends, write cheerful let.
ters tn the soldiers One that knows
Year: 1862

it was-I, habitually gentle, even to weak'
ness, seized him by the cfothes-t raised him
in the air, then dashed him to the ground
then again; be was dead. AfterR.ssrd
repented what had done. At the momtnnt
l regretted that 1 was able to kill but one. -


Lord Chief Justice Tindale.-These are
not Christian sentiments. How can you
expect the Court and jury to look with fa.
vor cn your defense, or God to pardon you,
if You cannot forgiveS


Prisoner-I know, my lord, what will be
your judgment, and that of the jury; but
God has pardoned me; feel it in my heart.
You know not, knew not then, the whole
extent OF the evil that man had done. When
some oonnassionate people brought me my
daughter in prison, she was no logger my
child; she was no longer pure and angelic
as formerly; she was corrupt, body aud soul
her manner, her language Infamous like
those with whom she had been living. l
did not recognize her myself. Do you com.
prehend now? That man had robbed me of
the love and soul of my child. And IL
have killed him but once.


Foreman-My lord, we have agreed on
our verdict.


Chief Justice-I understand you, gentle.
men, but the law must take its course. /
must sum up the case, and then you will re-
tire to deliberate.


The Chief Justice having summed up the
case, the jury retired, and in an instant af-
ter retarned into Court with q verdict of
" Not guilty"


On the discharge of Hammond, the sheriff
was obliged to surround him with an escort.
The women were determined to carry him
off in triumph. The crowd followed him
all the way to bis lodgings with deafening
shouts and huzzas.
Year: 1862

The attacks of the New York Herald upon
the Secretary Of the Treasury originate here,
and in a quarter which is known, and will, in
due time be exposed. We advise certain par.
ties to remember the Spanish pl overb-" No
c,ptr is large enough to cover itself"
Year: 1862

TEE VoLUETEEE REG1HEfTs.-1tas as under
stood that General Fuller will be here on the
fifteenth to consolidate all companies not full ,
so that the volunteer regiments msy take the
field ut once.