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Year: 1861

We observe, says the Nashville An,ert-
can, in some quarters, decided disposition
TO carp ct the movements of the generals
in command of the Confederate forces,
without sufficient knowledge of the facts
upon which the censure is based. We had
hoped the South would be spared any imi-
tation of the Yankee journals, as to the
conduct Of the generals in command of their
troops. These carping journals have not
hesitated to dictate the plan of the cam.
paign to those intrusted with the direction
of military affairs. Such conduct isin keep,
ing with Abolition vulgarity, presumption
and arrogance But we had expected more
magnanimity, decency and patriotism at
the South, and we have not been greatly
disappointed, only we observe occasionally
an itching, which we hope inadvertent, to
deal hard blows at the able leaders Of our
forces.


When all the facts transpire with refer
ence to the campaign, which, Of necessity,
cannot now be disclosed without material
injury to our great cause, it will be time
enough for the military critic to upsheath
his cold and glittering blade But in the
very front of the enemy, when it is conce-
ded that our armies have done we'll, if they
have not done all that ardent civilians
could wish it is manifestly unjust, uapa.
triotic and presumptuous to attempt GEN.
sure upon those gallant men who are attract.
ing the admiration of the world The man
who would put into print his censures, save
with the view to correct obvious misman-
agemelt, however well.iuteutioned are his
obsersstions, should blush for shame at the
probable injustice he may do our gallant
defenders.


We had thought that Greeley's son to
Richmond" and Raymond's elaborate mill
tary articles, would affect our people with
such disgust that no Que would attempt
their repetition in the South. 30
Year: 1861

ernment is groaning under burden of eight
millions per aceeh! Let nations abroad
contemplate this picture. and then say how
long it will take the Lincoln tyranny to
conquer and subjugate US.
Year: 1861

AGooDSUGGEsTloN.-- "A correspondent
of the Montgomery Nail suggests that, a:
the Lincoln hireling Colonel in command
at Fort Pickens declares that he will de,
stroy the Navy Yard if an attempt is made
upon the fort, the Navy Yard be converted
into a prison for the confinement of the
vandals taken during the war.
Year: 1861

The STEAMER BERMUDA.-Now thai
the Southern Press has been enlightened
by the N. Y. Herald on the subject of the
arrival of the Bermuda, her cargo, etc, We
venture to transfer to these columns the
following description of her appearance
which We find in one of the papers Of the
interior:


She has the rig of full rugged brig, auc
coming into port under sail, with a light
head of steam, and her smoke stack down
her appearance, at short distance, iudica
ted nothing more than an ordinary brig
She has no sign of port holes from the out
side, and the only indication on the decks
that she is designed for war vessel, is the
presence of four ring bots firmly fixed in
the decks. She is designed to carry foul
guns on deck, and although there are nc
gun carriages to be seen, yet there are foul
ten inch rifle cannon siuug in way that
they could be brought into action, had
there been occasion, on ver5 short notice. -
Her bulwarks, instead of being solid, as u
sual, we're constructed of fancy wire net
ting. She presents beautiful appearance
externally, and when she is fully fitted fo'
action she will, no doubt, prove an ugly
customer for the enemy to cope with.
Year: 1861

AT the time of the Revolutionary War
when it was very dangerous for merch-
ant ship to venture to sea, Quaker who
lived in Philadelphia had ship which
was loaded with valuable cargo, and he
was very anxious to have it transported
to Boston. Having engaged his crew,
and taken care to get mate he could de-
pend upon to manage the ship, our friend
set sail for Boston. After being at sea
six or eight hours the mate espied an
English privateer in chase and fast com
ing upon them. He informed the Quaker
commander of the appearance of the Eng
lish craft, and the danger of his ship.


"What shall thee do?' asked oul
friend.


81 shall fight the rascal" said the mate


"Oh, no, | should advise thee not to
fight But thee must do as thoe pleases
l shall go below"


The commander accordingly went be-
low, and soon heard the clashing of mus
kerry and the shouting of the combattants
and Notwithstanding his friendly dispo-
siton, began to be interested for the safe
ty of his property. He soon stuck his
head up the companion way to see how
the battle was progressing, and saw the
English commander swinging his hat and
cheering on his men. Our hero could
stand this no longer, and stepping back
he loaded his gun and soon made his APP
pearance again. Taking aim at the Brit
ish captain he fired, dropped him." and
again retroated. Soon after, finding thai
the victory was turning on the side o.
the Yankee, he came on deck, and step
ping up to the mate, said:


"Has thee seen anything of that littl'
noisy fellow lately that was making sucl
a fuss after went below?"


NO." said the mate, che has beer
pretty still since you shot him"


Our friend justified himself by quietin!
noisy fellow, arrived safely with hi
ship and cargo, but thought the mate die
wrong to fight.
Year: 1861

"Oh, don't you remember" the corn, Bell Blair,
That waved in the autumn breeze,
Like the peaceful flow of mothers prayer,
Or the swell of the singing seas
And how, when the harvest time came on,
We hid in its golden sheaves,
To wait for the coming of gentle John
From under the low barn caves
am not ashamed that loved John Dean,
For his heart was pure and true
Though the flowers he culled in the spring tim,


green,


Were always given to you.
And you crushed them under your feet Bell Blair
AS he lovingly turned away;
But gathered them up to my heart, and there
They are all a-bloom to-day.
All, well remember the roses, born
With his beautiful love for thee;
How he freed their stems of the faintest thorn,
And the briers were given to me.
They are all | shall ever ask, Bell Blair,
For know my brier will bloom
To a fragrant flower for my soul to wear,
For smell its hushed perfume.
Sometimes, when the shadowv mist uncurls
From the path my soul will tread,
And the unfolds mid the eddying whirls
OF the snow around my head.
And now, when the harvest time comes on
In heaven, shall gladly wait,
Aud watch for the coming of angel John,
At the beautiful golden gate.


GENOA GREY
Year: 1861

At every turn we hear complaints of
this Department, of its inefficiency and
want of energy. We have now in this
State six Regiments of men nearly ready
and yet there is not an Assistant Quar-
termaster of the United States in the State
not person authorized to do the least
thing which may be necessary to secure
the well-being Of the volunteers. Vari-
Gus surmises have been made why this
is so, but nothing is known as to the
time when this want will be supplied
The Administration should remember
that the want ofproper attention to thes'
small details affecting the comfort of the
men who offer their services, strikes {
blow directly at the country. Once LEI
the idea go forth that the Department
does not look after the welfare of the sol
diers as they should be cared for, AM
there will be an end of volunteering
: Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1861

BYL. WELLS.
The misty robes of winter
Have yelled the autumn sky,
And the dripping clouds in anger
Are untmely rushing by;
And the peaceful summer river
With its store ofearly rain,
Now despising human labor,
Claims its odon course again.


But let tie rain drops patter.


And the torrents pour at will,
Though it harm us in the valley


1t will help them on the hill.
For the earth grows weary waiting
For the promised latter rain,
While its tevered brows are parching,
And but feebly flows in vein
Till the Giver in his kindness
Sends the devastating gale,
For the hardy sons of labor
Far above the moistened vale


And the showers that hide the mountain!


And the overhowing rills,


That now harm US in the valley


Have with beauty clothed the hills.
For the only power is Nature,
If but rightly understood,
That unto the greatest lumber
Ever gives the greatest good
And the clouds which hide our sunlight,
And o'erwhelm our hearts to day,
May bring comfort to a brother,
And blessing Tar away.


And many passing sorrow,


And many q seeming i'll,


That may harm us in the valley,


win but help them on the hill.
Year: 1861

The Republicans think there should be
no party contest this fall. Then why
have one? There is already and excellent
Uuon ticket in the field, AMI a sound
Union platform, Why, then, nominate
another ticket, if no contest is deSiredi
There is not better Union man in Ohio
than HUGH j. JEwErr, of Muskingum Co
No man will make better Governor
All true Union menwill vote for him,
Year: 1861




Democrats, who are invited to unite
with Republicans in forming a grand
Union party, are endearingly called, in
the Central Republican organ Of this city,
the Journal of the 22nd inst, "Ohio Sc
shers," and lovingly characterized as
"the noisy squad whose voice is always
heard shouting for war in time of peace
and for peace in time of war;


If there are "Seceshers," to use the
Journals elegant phrase, in Ohio, they
are to be found among those in the ranks
of its own party, who are trying engineer
the war for the Union into war for the
dissolution OF the Union.


We have had two foreign wars since
we achieved our National Independence
one " it'll Great Britain and one with Mex
leo. In each Of these wars there was "a
noisy squad whose voice was always
heard shouting for peace" in fierce and
unrelenting opposition to the Democratic
party and the Democratic Administrations
that carried the country triumphantly
through both wars, and made the Ameri-
can name respected at home and honored
abroad.


We are now engaged in war TO. the
suppression of a formidable rebellion
against the Federal Union. a Republi,
can Administration, to whose inaugura,
ton into power, Democtats were opposed
is at the head of the Netional affairs
The Republicans claim to be largely il
the majority in Ohio and in nearly all the
other loyal States. The Administration
called for volunteer troops to aid in SUI
pressing the rebellion. 1t was natural tC
suppose that Republicans, being more
Jealous in the support of an Administra
ton of their own choosing, and being, ac'
cording to their own showing, numerical
" stronger, would rush into the volunteer
army in the proportion of at least two tc
one of the Democrats But instead o
this, the reverse is the case. In this, auC
other States, the volunteer Union forces
are in most instances made mp in the pro
portion of two, and often three or more
d mocrats to one Republican.


1t is the Democracy Of the country wh'
form the "bone and Sinew of this war to
the preservation of the Union. We
should not have aluded to this matter at
this time, had we not met with the false
and malicious assertion in the Journal tina
the Democracy are "a noisy squad whc
in time of war are always heard shouting
for peace.'' The insinuation is utterly
false, and as mean and contemplate as i
is false. Statesman
Year: 1861

The great body Of the people in the
United States are for the Cnion--thc
whole Union, one aud indivisible.


This is the popular sentiment Of to day,
as it has been for seventy years past. If
it could be tested by faS and untram-
meled vote, it would command in the
greater part Of the States, an almost unan.
imous suffrage, and in the remainder, with
scarcely an exception, large majority.


Unquestionably, the popular demand
is for the Union without the abatement Of
a single State This is what the mass Of
the people understand by preserving the
integrity Of the Government and the in
tegrity of the Union. 1t is to maintain
the authority Of the Federal Government
under the Constitution over every State
and Territory and every part thereof, and
to keep every State and Territory in the
Union undiminished in territorial extent.


1t is not a new Government and new
Union that the people want, but the old
Government and the old Union establish.
ed by the Constitution our fathers made
Under that Constitution and in that
Union two generations Of our countrymer
may be said to have lived and prospeied
and the great mass Of the third, now on
the stage Of action, believe that Consti
tuition and that Union to include the most
perfect form Of Government for them.
selves and their postciity that human wis
dom can devise.


Hence, the enthusiasm that almost
everywhere manifests itself for the Union,
whenever an opportunity is Afforded
The popular heart may be lacerated by a
palpable iniraction Of the Constitution;
but it may, nevertheless, bear with it, es-
pecially when the motive that induced
such infraction appears to have been
honest and patriotic; because the injury
is, under one aspect, but temporary, and
the breach may in some degree be healed
by the subsequent course of the Govern
ment.


But let any one attempt a separation
of one part Of the Union, however small
in extent, from the other, or be even sus-
pected of secretly fav oring such an attempt
the Union sentiment in the great popula
mass brands him at once as an enemy and
a traitor to his country. The people see
that is the idea Of probability, or even
the possibility of division of the Union
is once admitted, there is no predicting
where it may stop. They see in it 10th
ing but ruin to the prosperity Of the coun.
try and destruction to its institutions.


The call of the country then is, at this
hour and in this great national emergen-
cy, for true and earnest men to devote
their time and their energies to this simple
object-the preservation of the Union
whole and indivisible.- Statesman.
Year: 1861

A LIONS LOVE FOR BLACK TIGREss.-
The Philadelphia North American records
the following singular case:


''ln one compartment Of the cage in which
the animals perform at Van Amburgh's
beautiful mcnagerie, in Chestnut street, is
huge, tawny Asatic lion. His room mate is
a black female tiger. The tiger is small
compared to the regal lion, but is highly
valued as theological curiosity, and the only
specimen Of the black tiger in this country
She was purchased by Mr.. Van Amburgh
some two years ago. and has lived with the
lion ever since. The attachment between
the two is something remarkable. When
other animals are in the same cage, and
if any affront is offered to the little tiger,
she runs under the belly Of the lion, and
woe be to the animal that dares approach
her.


No matter how hungry he may be, the
lion never touches his share Of their daily
meat until his little chum has selected her
share, and even this he never entirely con-
suMes until certain that she has enough
All the animals are as fat as moles, but this
black tiger is aldermanic in her proportions,
and no remedy exists for the matter. She
has been twice removed from the lion, but
until she was returned the generous beast


would take neither food nor rest. while the
frantic manner in which he dashed at the


bars was sufficient warning that the fur


ther detention Of the tiger wou be = dan


gerous matter. Should his mate die, the


lion would probably pine to death. Once


when she was taken away. lioness was


substituted. The lion instantly fell upon


her, and at single bite broke her spine,


and crushed some of her ribs. Careful


nursing saved her life, and she is still liv-


ing, but with her hinder parts immovably


panlyzed."
Year: 1861

KEMovAL.-1'he editorial and count
Ing room Of the DEMoCRAr AND News will be
found hereafter in the second story of Grigg's
block, Perry street The entrance 10 st the
main doorway. Office at the head of the
flight. first door on the left.
Year: 1861

We hear a great deal about the duty
Of flia obedience, bat who says anything
abou, parental obligation? Neglect Of
children IS common sin in these times.
and not SO much among the poor people
as among the rich. II is not enough to
bequeaIh money to children. Give them
counsel. example, discipsiae- that is, give
them a share Of your time.
Year: 1861

proper care, stock will receive a severe


check in ti.eir growth. There is danger


IA the fret place, that commencing TO feed


with an allowance from The winter store.


may be delayed too long. The object in


feeding should not be merely to keep


animals alive, but to keep them gaining


in weight, and to do thiS, as the uuaii'y of
food gathered in The pasture decreases in
value, amends must tut be made FROM


other sources. The value Of root crops
wilt now be appreciated. First, there
will be large quantity Of the tops, which
are highly relished by stock. ready 10 feed
just whom m1stnacded. When these are
Exhausted, the roots themselves will be
l ken graedrIy along with the forkfu Of
hay which The providenl farmer will
allow TO cattle night ami morning, as the
grass begins TO fail.


If there he M ront raised. then sun.
ply the deficiency with little corn or
oats. The gain in this case will not
he wasted, it will be found again in beef.
mutton, or wool. and thus Will only be
taking a little longer route to market.
while, it will pay the farmer heavy toll by
greatly increasing The value of the ma
nure made. Inthis way the chance from
summer to winter feeding may he made
so gradual. that the animals, with their
apperires stimulated ly the increasing
sharpness OF he weather. will scarcely
feel it; and by keeping up a variety of
food. alternating with hay, cut straw.
stalks. roots and grain, they may be KEEP.
IA full vigor ami growing during the
whole winter, and start of vigorously in
,DriDr
Year: 1861

During the American Revolution, it is
said, the commander of little squad was
giving orders to those under him, relative to
a log of timber which they were endeavoring
to raise up to the top Of some military works
they were repairing. The timber went up
with difficulty, and on this account the voice
Of the little man was often heard in regular
vociferations Of


Heave away there she goes! heaye
ho!


An officer, not in mlitacy costume, was
passing and asked the commander Why he
did not take hold and render a little aid
The latter, astonished, turning round with ali
the pomp of an emperor, said,


Sir, am a corporal!


You are, arc you?' replied the officer,
Twas not aware of that; and taking off hi,
hat and bowing, the officer said, { | ask your
pardon, Mr.. Corporal and then dismountcd
and lifted till the sweat stood in drops on his
forehead.


When the work was finished, turning to
the commander, he said,


Mr. Corporal, when you have another
such job, and have not men enough, send Tor
your commander-in chief. and will come and
help you a second time


The corporal was thurderstruck It was
Wash '-l..4g ton who thus auuresseu niln
Year: 1861

JUST IN PLAoE.-Daniel Webster once
told a..good anecdoto in a speech. When
asked where he got it, he said


l have laid it up in my head for fourteen
years, and never had good chance to use it
till to day


My little friend wants to know what good
it will do to learn the rule of three or to
commit verse Of the Bible or the Cate
chism. The answer is this Sometimes you
will need that very thing. Perhaps it may
be twenty years before you can make it fit in
just the right place. But it will be just in
place sometime, and then if you don't have
it, you will be like the hunter who had no
bail in his rife when bear met him.


Twenty five years ago my teacher made
me stud surveying said a man who had
lately lost his property and now | am
glad Of it. tits just in place. can get
good situation and high salary


The Bible and Catechism are better than
that. They will be in place as long as we
live they will kcep-MarwcU.
Year: 1861

PERFECT CouSTERFEIr.-f there be such q
thing rs perfection IN erteiiug il is reached in
an mutation of the and 10 dollar notes OF the Prescott
Bank Of Lowell something over $1,000 Of which have
been received by the suiIolk Bank and Bank Of
Mutual Redemption OF this city, from New-Yor city
where the most accomplished expert detect the
slightest shade of difference between The true and
false notes, excepting in one triGiug particular in
which the alse nots is the more perfect Of the two
By the sogge-tion of a bauk officer who had been
informed Of the fact we discover that the dot of the
"i' in the name o, Wright, of tie engavers) placed
at the bottom Of the note In exceedingly ne letters, Is
to lie found in the counterfeit, but Id omitted in the
real note.


If such skillf1l work this IL to be applied exten-
svely to spurious bank bs there must be an end to
all paper currency, payable to bearer, insviabiy.


(Boston Herald.
Year: 1861

Philadelphia Arm is busly engaged at work upon
q new iron plated steamer for the government The
plates are fifteen feet long, twenty eight and half and
thirty and half inches wide and fonr inches thick.


two and half ton hammer is required in their rnanufac
tre some doubt has been expressed as to the ability OK
apy iron works these parts to turn out such pacs but
We understand that there difficulty about IT, After
being received the foundry the plates are paned the
edges and ends being made straight ana smooth, and
crooyed like flooring beard The groove is one inch
vide by half inch deep Screws to be used D fas


the plates 10 the plankng Of the ship They are 70
be pnt n from the inside of the vessel and not 10
20 through tho plstes. The vessel s 10 be covered
with Tie plates four feet under aud three above
and thew arc 10 extend eighty FIVE feet fore and Of tho
centre Inc which will make one hundred and seventy
the spsr deck above which there win be a gb. rail.
The sides Of tho ship with view 10 cause the shot to
glance will have angle Of thirty degrees from three


eet above the load line In order 10 carry this extra
weight the ship has 70 be large The tonnage OF the one
under contract Is to be three thousand five hundred She
will be hundred and thirty feet long sixty feet beam
and have draught OF fourteen feet In her construction
she will different from the French ship La Glore about
which 20 much has been written The French ship is
yery deep the water while the vessel TO be built here
will be almost fiat bosorned, which withdrawing tho
additional weight, will make her Of light draugbt. Her


machinery will be much the that Of fret class
soopo war except that she will have four boilers and
blower The latter is to make the boilers to steam even
though the smoke stack should be shot away.