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Year: 1862

favor Of other trades and professions This will ope
rate against the bill for IL will curail the publication OF
advertisements and lessen the consumption Of printing
paper II will increase the distress Of the country 1t
Will throw thousands out OF employment, and rob the
poor and unemployed OF the means OF seeking and OBJ
the advertisement unjust and pernicous. They
would be disappointed in their expectation of raising
revenue in this way for already advertising had fallen
OIL all over the country and this provision would destroy
1t altogether.


Mr. WRIGHT Union) of Pa. thought that the press
ought 10 come up TO the work. -


Mr.. CoLFAx Of the opinion; but, by TINS OH,
without taxing advertisements, publications were taxed
more than they ought TO be- They pay more than heir
proportion the articles used and for paper teegapc
messages, gas light &c They might as well impose tax
Oh poTdcrs at hotel, or on lawyers FOR every Criminal
or civil suit.


Mr.. WRIGHT said that persons engaged in every branch
OF business. merchants as well as mechanics were not
taxed less than newspapers which ought to bear their
just proportion


Mr.. STEVENS, (rep.) OF Pa, replied that in England
large income was derived from the advertisements
he thought had already made large concessions by
ducing the tax on printing paper and striking out that
on ink.


Mr.. CoIFAx said that experience had shown that tho
English tax on newspapers and books tax on
knowledge. and that the people demanded and secured
reform in this particular.


The committee disagreed to the motion of Mr. Colfax
to strike out the advertisement section.


The section finally amended as follows and then
retained in the bill


The advertisements shall be assessed the
amounts received Tor the the amounts charged and
is reduced from five to three per centum.


Newspapers with less than two Thousand circulation
whose receipts less than 900 per annum for ad
vertisements exempted from any advertising tax


The committee here rose and the House adjourned
Year: 1862

AAMpehuImR v etO OF the COmhscntfOM Bill,


Cheap Magnanimity of the House IN


Aboltshing the Mileage System.


WAsHINGToN, July l6.-The news of the
impending veto of the confscation bill creates
great discussion to night All the conserva-
tives are in exstacies, while the earnest friends
of thorough and vigorous war policy are
chagrined. If the tender-foote policy in
council were made up by increased vigor in
the field, the country would have little reason
to complain. Many who voted for confisca-
ton state that they did it rather as an earnest
of what should be done to the rebels, than as
promising any practical blow at the rebellion.


The House exercised an extraordinary riece
of cheap magnanimity to-day, in abolishing
the mileage system, root and branch, by an
enormous vote. They knew it woul1 be put
safely to sleep in the Senate. SIGMA
Year: 1862

LOUISVILLE, July lit was the Ninth
instead of the Eleventh Michigan regiment
which surrendered at Murfreesboro'


The Eleventh Michigan arrived at the camp
near the Louisville fair grounds yesterday
noon, after an unsuccessful three days chase
of Morgan.
Year: 1862

were to fall on the General and kin him. Be-
ing asked if Marquee revealed to him the per-
sons who composed the assassination, he said
they were Arthur Raymond, Absdie, jim
Brooks, and other names which he does not
recollect at present, but the name of Boullosa,
who told him in order to convince the accused
more fully, You know that have never un-
dertaken anything yet without being success
full conduct all this so do not be afraid"
Being asked if he did not hear other persons
express the same sentiments as Boulloss and
Marquee, he said no. Being asked if he did
not obtain more Information from the said
MARQUEE and Boullosa, be answered e That
Bouliosa, in order tn keep the matter secret,
told him not to speek to any other person
about the plot; that they would recruit the
men suitable to carry out their plan, and ad-
vlsed the accused not to mention anything to
st. John Ducoing; that they knew Ducoing
to be chivalrous man, but that he refused 10
associate himself in their conspiracy. Being
asked if, on the advice of Boullosa. he had
communicated this to Ducoing, he replied no.
Being asked if he knew the place where the
conspirators assembled, he said he did not
know, but their meetings were on ST. Peters
street, on the Congo Eqasre, or in the same
street on Jackson square. The Lieutenant
having properly distributed his police to de-
tect the conspirators, they discontinued until
some future time The accused said he had to
explain himself more ainutely for the reasons
which induced Marquee to arrest him. The
accused thinks that MARQUEE, being dissatisfied
with the answer he had given him II the
morning, wanted to vindicate himself and
seized the opportunity, one night, when the ac-
cused was under the influence of liqror, to
have him arrested; that Marquee passed Oh
one side and night policeman on the other,
whom he supposed to be Union man, and
whom he believed to be Gonzalez. Hearing
Long live Beauregard," the accused was ac-
costed by Gonzalez, who told him he had just
received an order to arrest him, and which
was done. The accused was then taken to the
second district police station. The accused
81. ne could not explain himself before the
Provost Marshal for ignorance of the English
language, but he had given cognizance of the
same to another person, who could at some
other day communicate it to whom proper.


This is a translation from the original.
Year: 1862




The condition of the people of New Orleans
is terrible. The suffering among the poor for
the want of provisions amounts almost to
famine. The subject has become SO important
and the want so pressing that Gen. Butler has
resolved on a plan which will give al least
temporary relief and is at once creditable to
his head and heart. He has directed Col. Tur-
ner, chief commissary, to distribute gratuitous-
ly large amount of -four and other provisions
from the commisary department, and intends
to make the property of Secessionists actively
engaged in the war repay the government for
the outlay. We are now more than ever anx-
ious for he river to be opened, as we learn that
there are fifty transports above Vicksburg
waiting for the opening cf the river, so that
they can bring down their cargoes of proyi-
sions. By the news which we receive to-day
from Vicksburg we indulge strong hopes that
that happy contamination cannot be tar dis
tant.


Butler Wins the Esteem Of the More Respecta-
| bic OrEzaians- TsstinsonsiaI ia his Favor.


The following memorial, which is being cir
culated through the city, and has already re-
| ceived the signsture of thousand Of the best


and most respectable citizens Of New Orleans,


does not look as though well disposed people
feel badly oppressed by the man who has done


more for the regeneration of New Orleans


than any one ever did before.
Year: 1862

Alone in the dark and silent night,


With the heavy thought of vanished year,
When evil deeds come back to sight,


And good deeds rise with welcome cheer;
Alone with the specters Of the past,


That come with the old years dying chime,
There glooms one shadow dark and vast


The shadow of Wasted Time.
The chances Of happiness cast away,


The opportunities never sought,
The good resolves that every day


Have died in the impotence Of thought;
The slow advance and the backward step


In the rugged path we have strycn to climb;
How they furrow the brow and pale the lip,


When we talk of Wasted Time.
What are we nowY what had we been


Had we boarded time as the miscr's gold,
Striving our need to win


Thro the summers heat and the winters cold
Shrinking from naught that the world could do !;


Fearing naught but the touch of crime
Laboring, struggling, all seasons through,


And knowing no Wasted Timer
Who shall recall the vanished years?


Who shall hold back this ebbing tde
That leaves us rcmorse, and shame and tears,


And washes away all things beside2
Who shall give us the strength, cen now,


To leave forever this holiday time,
To shake off this sloth from heart and brow,


And battle with Wasted Time?
The years that pass come not again,


The things that die no life renew,
But cen from the rust Of his canl1ering chain


golden truth is glimmering through.
That to him who learns from errors past,


And turns away with strength sublime,
And makes each year outdo the last,


There is no Wasted Time.
Year: 1862

81 can't be good, and | won't try"
So said boy in our hearing, the other
day. He is an active, bright boy, full Of
fun, and nearly, but not quite, half full
of mischief. He is kind hearted, loves
appreciation, and from the bottom of his
heart would like to deserve to be called
good boy. He is sensitive to the opinion
of others, and when for the fun Of the
thing, or carelessly, he has committed an
error and been reproyed for it, his mind
dwells upon the reproof so much that no
has come TO think that about all he does
worthy of notice is bad. A great mis-
take is this, and likely to lead to bad con-
sequences. No one is in more hopeless
condition than he who has lost confidence
in himself. Now, we happen to know
something Of the heart of that boy. We
have studied his character for months,
and though he has the reputation Of be-
ing bad boy, we know he has many
moro good traits than bad ones, and that,
if he only thought so himself, he has the
ability to be one of the smortcst and best
boys we arc acquainted with. We hopo
he will see this item, and suspect it is in
part intended for him. Perhaps, reader,
you may be in similar state of mind.
Your parents and teachers may be so con-
stantly oppressed with labor and care
that they may not have the time, or dis
creton, to do more than tell you of your
wrong deeds. But don't get discouraged.
We have known and cared for many hun


dreds Of boys and girls, in the Sab
bath School, and elsewhere, and some Of
them were called bad by almost every
body, but We never yet knew one who
had not many more good traits than bad
ones. 1t is so with you, my lad, we know
it is. Remember this, and think more of
your good feelings and impulses, and then
you will cherish these, and they will in
crease and grow. Pray don't fall into, or
remain in that fatal error Of thinking that
you are all bad, and that, therefore, there
is no use of your trying to be good. As
your friend we tell you IL is not so!


American Agriculturist.
Year: 1862

Rg- Not an oath is uttered that does
not vibrate through all time in the wide
spreading current of sound; not prayer
is lisped but its record is stamped on the
law Of nature by the seal of the will Of the
Almighty.
Year: 1862




A HORSE SToRY.-The Eastern papers
give the following story of the perform
ances Of horse: "On Tuesday night
horse attached to a sleigh took fright at
the locomotive of the Boston and Wor-
cester Railroad, near Boston, and disen-
gaging himself from the sleigh, dashed up
the track ahead of the engine. The train
followed at speed of fifteen miles per
hour, and at every stopping place the
horse was discovered in advance. Cul-
verts were plentiful, but the horse escaped
them all, crossing the bridge over Charles
River, at the junction with the branch,
and passed safely over bridge without a
flooring, half mile or so beyond. The
engineer and other employees on the train,
as soon as they had landed their passcn-
gers, went in pursuit, and found that the
horse, after innumerable escapes, had at
last fallen into culvert at the side of the
road, and was so firmly imbeded that it
was necessary TO procure saws and axes
to relieve him from his confined position.
The horse will probably turn out TO be
more or less injured by his night gallop
over the railroad track. The whole dis
tance Travelled was about five miles, and
the uncovered bridge was l60 feet long.
An examination of the bridge proves that
the horse, in leaping the spans of the
structure, gathered upon every sleeper,
and this, too, in the night time, feat
probably never excelied. The sleepcrs
are about three feet apart
Year: 1862

Mr.. EDITOR AS the spirit of seces.
sionism is pretty strong in some parts of
the North l wish to inform the readers
Of the NeaCSdealer that we have a few of
them here in Cambridge. We have about
a dozen old line Democrats, here in Jeffer-
sonville who are in sympathy with the
South, just as much as the leaders of the
rebellion themselves are. A year ago they
were very rabid.1 They have got so now
that they don't say but little, but you
will see them assembled at the Post Office,
on the arrival of the mail, and when the
Daily brings news of defeats of the Un-
ion troops, you will see by their looks and
actions that they are perfectly suited.


They are the whole time cursing the
damned abolitionists, and upbraiding the
North for their meddling with the South
at all. A few of them got together in
the store on the 4th and had very warm
debate with 2 or Union men on the
cause of the war, &c, and finally one of
them got so mad to think that he could
not have mis- own way and opinion, that
he swore if he was drafted he would kill
every damned aboltionist he could see.


Now is it right for men to talk in this
manner, in this time of trouble? | say
mol Why then do we let them do it? ]
suppose it is because they are considered
set of crazy fanatics, and so we let them
60. But if they are fanatics, say hang
them as Gov. Wise did John Brown, there
is certainly more reason in the thing. We
must stop talking and go to acting or we
are lost forever UNION.
Year: 1862

CAMP DAVIS, July 9Th, 1867.


Mr.. EDITOR To day has been a day
of pleasure for the boys. Last night, on
dress parade, an order was read that We
should all be paid off before we left the
State, what is now due from the State,
one months pay in advance, and twenty
five dollars Of the bounty. Cheer after
cheer have sounded from one end of the
camp to the other since.


This morning we were presented with
two beautiful flags by Governor Holbrook
in person, one regimcntal color-the
other, the old Stars and Stripes, on beau
tiful silk, both of them were very nice
and costly.


The governor made some very appropri-
ate remarks to Col Stannard, compliment
ing him for his bravery, and the good
name he has borne since this war broke
out, and for the trust that the people Of
Vermont and the friends OF the 9th regl-
ment put in him. Col. Stannard's reply
was very patriotic. He complimented his
command highly for their fine appearance,
for the respect they had shown him since
he had been in command of the regiment,
and said he had the fullest confidence in
the men, and that the men would shed
the last drop of their blood before they
would prove traitors to the trust that the
Governor and the people Of the State had
placed in them and for the beautiful col
ors, he returned his sincere thanks trust
ing in God that they should be borne
faithfully through this inhuman war, and
finally once more wave DER every spot
where secession has gained foothold un.
til this beautiful land shall be restored tc
Year: 1862

he is my boy, my only boy,


His father died long years gone by;
And little have known of joy


But gazing on his dark blue eye.
IT'S lighted now with higher glow;
His country calls him; let him 60
He never grieved me tender, kind,


Strong, loving-full of hope and grace
NV life was in his own entwined,


My heart but mirrored back his face.
with stern resolve he seeks the foe;
His country calls him let him gol
How often have sat beside


Him sleeping--clusterin round his head
Those rich brown locks, my praise, my pride
And now the earth must be his bed.
IT'S wrong to grieve for this, know;
His country calls him let him go!
All in how many hearts this strife


Is waged in prayer, by prayer is won
There is the wood, the fire, the knife,


And for the sacrifce-our son !
'Twould kill me if he fell but, no
His country calls him; let him go
For God, who gave our land so blest,


Would have us guard it heart and home
Give up their best at such behest.


The gulf was closed in heathen Rome
With one young warrior. Veal or woe,
His country calls him let him go!
Year: 1862

leather and whisey. There was no inquiry for naval
stores. which were very DULL There was moro activity
In the freight Market but the depression In
tinusd and the tendency towards lower The
unfavorable hS&s from the Army Of the Potomac was
the caunA
Year: 1862

The people Of Wilmington spoke-as
we knew they wonld-most decidedly and
unequiyocaly. through the ballot box on
last Tuesday Locoiocoism in its natur-
al state, e,-that is, with all its corruption
and foul treason hanging about it-had
the daring impudencc to put into the
field ticket in opposition to the Union
nominations for city officers, and added to
their foolish act IN insult 10 the patriotic
sentiment Of the city, by calling their
bantling b" a loyal Union ticket" hoping
thereby to deceive the unwury into an
endorsement of their secret schemes and
plots against the government But in
this they signally failed, for although
but small vote was polled-a more com.
plete and hearty foggingno party or fac
tion ever received before in Delaware. -
The people have shown that they will not
trust men who array themselves in opno-
stion to the government Of the Republic,
no matter how respectable or cstimable
they may he in their social or private re-
lations. They have declared by their
votes, that, to enjoy popular confidence in
these times of peril TO our country, men
must be straightoul, clean, unmistakabe
Union men. That when the liberties oI
the nation are in danger, an equivocal oil
doubtful position is sympathy with trea
son, and those who stand arraycd against
the efforts Of the government to restore
the Union-no matter under what part,
name they may class themsclycs-mus
and will be suspected, rcbuked and dis
graced.


All honor to the loyalty Of the peopl
of Wilmington. They have shown b
their work of Tuesday that they mean t
be true to the country in its hours of ad
versity as well as in its days of prospect
ty and that neither parties, persona
friendships nor any other consideration
whatever, shall, for moment, be permit
Year: 1862

The Managers of the Delaware Relief
Association for Sick and Wounded


Soldiers are earnestly requested to he
present at the meeting TO be held 10 NOR
row evening at half-past seven o'clock, in


the lecture room of the Wilmington In
stitute. 1t is highly essential that every
member should be there as the necessi-
ties which press upon The several commit
tees require prompt and immediate action.
Year: 1862

THE SONG OF THE PRINTER.

 Pick and click,

 Goes the type in the stick, As the printer stands at his case; His eyes glance quick, and his fingers pick

 The type at rapid pace; And one by one as the letters go, Words are piled up steady aud slow

 Steady and slow,

 But still they grow, And words of fire they soon will glow: Wonderful words, that without a sound Traverse the earth to it's utmost bound;

 Words that shall make

 The tyrant quake, And the letters of the oppress'd shall break; Words shat crumble an army's might, Or treble its strength in righteous fight. Yet the type they look but leattcn and dumb. As he puts them in place with finger and Iilanb

 But the printer smiles,

 And his work beguiles By chanting song as the letters he piles,

 With pick and click, Like the worlds chronometer, tick tick tick 0, where is the man with such simple tools

 Can govern the world like 1! With printing press. an iron stick,

 And little leaden die, With paper of white. and ink of black support the Right, and the Wrong attack. Say, where is he. or who may he be,

 That can rival the printers power? To no monarchs that live the wall doth he give

 Their sway lasts only an hour; While the printer still grows, and God only

 knows

 When his might shall cease to tower
Year: 1862

A HAPPY WoMAN.-Is she not the very
sparkle aud sunshine of life Z A woman who
is happy because she can't help it-whose
smiles even the coolest sprinkle of misfortune
cannot dampen Men make a terrible mistake
when they marry for beauty, for talent, or for
style. The sweetest wives are those who pos
sess the magic secret of being contented under
any circumstances. Rich or poor, high or
low, it makes no difference the bright little
fountain of joy bubbles up just as muscaIy in
their hearts Do they live in log cabin the
fire that leaps up on its humble heart becomes
brighter than the guided chandeliers in ALA
din palace Were the stream of life so dark
and unpropitious that the sunshine of a happy
face falling on the turbd tide would not awak-
en- an answering CLEAN Why, these joyous
tempered people don't know half the good
they do.
Year: 1862

oes were blessings and songs of hope. Sht
had gone feariessly yet delicately into tht
homes of the poor and degraded, and had lift
ed the weak and wicked from the mire of des
pair she had Strengthened the limbs of The
dead, wept with the mourners softened ths
defiant, and with her earnest voice and loving
ways had led the reckless and grefstricken tc
the gate of Paradise, showing them within
their beloved ones radiant in white robes made
clean from earth.


Places of JOY knew not her face. Iron
barred doors of gloomy prisons closed upon
her while she prayed with malefactors and
wrestled with the guilt of criminals by the
stricken with pestilence, by the sick-beds OF
hospitals and courts, her soft hands were busy
her slight form sleepleSs. Among the con-
demned of her own sex she went with reclaim
ing words of love, and found in each some sun
ny memory some yearning hope, some vague
unrest, some feeling of disgust OR suffering, by
which she led then back to purity. to respect,
to heaven. Her own sorrow took her near,
gave her divinng power over the sorrows OF
others. The smitten with pain recognized a
fellowship with one stricken like themselves
and while the sad sought her sympathy, she
/
crushed.


Yet this life, so full of holy Offices, Of ear
nest labor, of Inspiring results, had been long,
and heavy, and weary to the possesSor for
the great grief that had wrecked her in the
years gone by, had never died, never slept,
never iesSened in p0gnancy or freshness. In
wing her the key to other hearts, it turned
over and over again knife in her own it
conquered her in the night-watcheS, and food
ed her pillow with the salt tears OF bitterness;
it followed her into the realms of sleep, and
rose each morning Shuddering at the daWu OF
another day. Yet the power of GoD held her
misery in bonds She had learned to pray
and to trust, and in learning to srast sho bad
also learned to wait for her appointed time,
and now beside her couch of death still linger
ed this iusatiate phantom of the Past. She
had long ago looked it fully face to face, and
had borne its wounds in silence but now,
should she leave it behind her with the clay
that was growing cold Or wcuid it go with
her into that other land, and clog her steps
still upon the golden paVements OF the New
Jerusalem ? She lay, with closed eyes, walt,
ing for the sign her spirit sought. She heard
around her sobs Of those who weFt to lose her
interrupted now and then by stIiied voice OF
prayer Only mortal woe, mortal petition.-
She could not penetrate the great Perhaps,
bot she believed-ah she did believe that
there is One Who knows ! She stretched up
ward her dying arms she looked to heaven
with her glazing eyes, and from the very
depths of her struggling being arose the voice
of dependence, My Cor, be mercifnl !" This
too was the Cry of the Human Hel
disemb odied soul carried it to the Throue OF
Light. With its last tone she had solved
the great Perhaps"
Year: 1862

gsp A leaf is toru from the tree by the
rude gale and borne far away to some desert
spot to perish Who misses it from amongst
its fellows Who is sad that 1t has gone =
Thus with human life. There are dear friends
perhaps, who are stricken with grief when
loved one is taken and for many days the
grave is watered with tears and anguish. But
by and by the crystal fountain Is drawn dry
the last drop oozes out the stern gates OF
forcetfulness fold back upon the exhausted
spring and time, the blessed healer OF sor.
row, walks over the closed sepulcher without
waking single echo by his footsteps.