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Year: 1864

A vote for Mcclellan will be, irst and
| foremost, a vote for slavery at a time


when this crime has plunged the coun.


try into the sorrow and waste of civil
war.


1t will be a vote for the rebellion at 8


moment when the rebellion is about tC


fall.
| 1t will be vote for disunion at a mo-


ment when the Union is about to be re-


stored.


| But disuniOn when once started cam


not be stopped, so that each vote for Nc


Clellan will be a vote to break this
Union in pieces, and to set each State
spinning in space.
1t will be votefor chronicwar among


fellow citizens, which will be ever be-


ginning and never ending until the fate


of Mexico will be ours.
! 1t will be vote for the reputation of


the national debt, involving the destruc-


truction OF property and the overthrow
of business.


1t will be a vote for anarchyand chaos
at home.


1t will be vote for national degrade
| ton abroad.
/ 1t will be vote against civilization
! itself.


Is will be vote for the kingdom of
satan on earth.


On the other hand, a vote for Abra-
ham Lincoln Will be, first and foremost,


vote for Freedom, Union and Peace,
that political trinity under whose guar


dianship we place the republic. 1t will


be vote also to fix the influence and


good name of our country, so that it
shall become the pride of history. It
will be a vote also for civilization itself.
AT home it will secure tranquility
throughout the whole land, with free


dom Of travel and of speech, so that the


eloquence Of Wendell Phillips may be
enjoyed at Richmond and Charleston


as it is now enjoyed at New York and


Boston, aud the designation of Border
States" now exclusively applicable to
interior States will be removed, so that
our only "Border States" will be on
Canada at the north and Mexico at the
south. Doing all this at home, it will
secure the triumph of American institu-
tutions everywhere.
Surely all this is something to vote for
and you will not hesitate. Forward,
then, in the name of Freedom, Union,
Peace. Crush the enemy everywhere
Crush him on the field of battle. Crush
him at the ballot box.


And may the November election be
the final peal of thunder that will clear
the sky and fill the heavens with peace
Year: 1864

GSA solomon's Judgment turned the
point of q California orators plea for a
continued Union through a continued
war. He likened the North and South
to the two women who claimed the child
before Solomon, when the wise ruler,
unable to decide which was the mother.
ordered that the child should be cut in
two, and one-haIf given to each claim
ant. The false mother consented; but
the true mother said she would rather
give up everything than see her child
divided. I'm politics." said he, "our
country is the child; the Copperheads
0re the false claimant; the true mother
; the Union party, which will give up
everything rather than submit to dis
union"
Year: 1864

SA SOuhs9Cs


Sidney Smith in his work of Moral


Philosophy speaks in this wise of what


men lose for want of little brass, as it


is termed:


ga great deal of talent is lost to the


world for want of little courage. Ev-
cry day sends to their graves number
of obscure men who have only remain
ed in obscurity because their timidity


has prevented them from making first
effort and who, if they could only have
been induced to begin would in all prob
ability have gone great lengths in the
career of fame. The facti that in order
to doanything in the world worth doing,


we must not stand shivering on the


bank, and thinking of the cold and dam
ger, but jump in and scramble through
as well as we can. 1t will not do to be
perpetually calculating risks and adjust
ing nice chances; it did all very well
before the food, when a man could con-
suit his friends upon an intended publi-
cation for a hundred and fifty years,
and then live to see its SUCCESS for six or
seven centuries afterwards; /; but at pres
ent man waits and doubts and consults
his brother, and his uncle, and his first
cousin, and his particular friend till one
"
of age; that he has lost much time in
consulting first cousins and particular
friends; that he has no more time to
follow their advice. There is so little
time for oversqueamishness at present,
that the opportunity slips away. The
very period of life at which a man
chooses to venture, is so confined that it
is no bad rule to preach up to necessity,
in such instances, little violence to the
feelings, and of efforts made in defiance
of strict and sober calculation" '-.''


would urge upon our friends in the
country the necessity of turning out to
the Union meetings, especially during
this week. Go, and let the Democracy
know that you yet feel an interest in the
cause of the Union. This is one of the
duties you owe to the party and the
country. A few days more of labor and
the verdict of the people will be render
ed. Let that time be employed for the
good of the Union. No Union man
should neglect his duty at this time
He should be vigilant, watchful and
active, and in no event should he neglect
any duty on election day. Make your
preparations beforehand to get out your
voters-and see that they are got out
We say again, go to the meetings.


SYNONYMs.-"Dead as Democrat'-
dead as a 'Mackerel. I'D
Year: 1864

The shining gold lay scattered in the noun
tain streams and hid among the rocks of
Pixies Peak long years ago. No man then
dreamed that gold was there. few years
ago some one found it out, and then thousands
left home ana friends, and Travelled many
weary miles, and toiled early and late in heat
and cold, to gather up the long-neglectod
treasure. In the picture you see them dig
ging the precious gold. They hope soon to
get enough to make them happy for life.


But there is another treasure, worth more
than all the gold of Pixies Peak. 1t will
make the one who gets it and loves it, lar
happier for this world and for the world to
come. A short story will show you what
this treasure is


A traveller one day called at cottage to
ask for drink of water. Entering; he found
the parents cursing and quarreling, the chill
dren trembling, crouched in u corner; and
wherever he looked, he saw only marks of
degradation and poverty. Greeting tho in
mates, he asked them, "Dear friends, why do
YOU make your house like hell?"


"Ah, sir" said the man, "you don't know
the life and trials of poor man, when, do
what you can, everything goes wrong"


The stranger drank the water, and then
said softly las he noticed in dark and dusty
corner Bible), "Dear friends, know what
would help you, if you could find it. There
is treasure concealed in your house. Search
for it." And so he left them.


At first the cottagers thought it jest, but
after while they began to reflect When
the woman went out, therefore, to gather
sticks, the man began to search, and even to
dig that he might find the treasure. When
the man was away, the woman did the same.
Still they found nothing; increasing poverty
brought only more quarrels' discomfort and
strife.


One day as the woman was left alone, she
was thinking upon the strangers word, when
her eye fell upon the old Bible. 1t had been
gift from her mother, but since her death
had been long unheeded and unused.


A strange foreboding seized her mind
Could it be this the stranger meant? She
took it from the shelf, opened it, and found
the verse written on the title page, in her
mothers handwriting, "The law of thy
mouth is better unto me than thousands Of
gold and silvsr." 1t cut her to the heart
"Ah," thought she, "this is the treasure,
then, we have been seeking" How her tears
feel fast upon the leavesf ie


From that time she read the Bible every
day, and prayed, and taught the children to
pray but without her husband 8 knowledge


One day he came home as usual, quarrel
ing in rage. Instead of meeting his an
CRY words with angry replies, she spoke to
him kindly and with gentleness. Illus.
band" said she, @we have sinned grievous
ly We have ourselves to blame for all our
misery, and we must now lead different
Year: 1864

A LEGAL ANEcDoTE FOUNDED Or FAcrs.-
In certain town in the State Of New York,
a case came before the Court upon the inte-
resting subject ofbreach ofmarriage promise.
The uniaithful swain was a rich old widower,
with grown-up children, and the injured dam,
sci was young moman, comely in her looks,
but of rather questionable character. The
entire case hung upon her establishing dis
tinct contract and promise Of marriage by a
third party as witness.


The witness was called to the stand--an
oily-tongued, plausible looking individual,
who is notoriously infamous in Albion, New
York. lie went along wellat first, establish
ed the fact of the promise beyond question:
The counsel for the defendant, however, no.
ticed that in the countenance Of the witness,
which was rather suspicious, there was
recklessness which indicated falsehood, and
he was informed that his client had never
seen this lady. This he really believed, as
he knew that his own counsel, and it was
also impossible to conceive that third party
would be present ON such an occasion as that.
He, therefore, put the question:


"Where were you at this interview and
promise Of marriage?"


Under tho sofa," replied the witness with
an air Of great smartness.


Roguery had overreached itself.


The counsel for the defendant remarked -
81 hereby close my defence, and leave it to
the jury to say whether such man as this
is to be believed on his oath"


The jury returned a verdict for the defend
ant, without leaving the box. Thus knavory
often defeats itself.


VULGARIrY IN CucUMBEEs.-We never
dreamed, until recently, of the existence of
an aristocracy of appetite. We overheard in
market the following brief dialogue between
an old woman and a little girl, while they
were standing in front Of a vegetable stand:


grandmother" said the little girl, "huy
Year: 1864

TIE LOMBARD PLUM.-This is on the whole
the most certain and reliable plum for the
Northern States. During the severe winters,
it has been scarcely affected, while other va
rieties have been badly injured--it is fine
strong grower, and an abundant bearer. In
recently examining an experimental orchard
of about 60 varities, which had been nearly
all stripped of its fruit the curculio lowing
to absence of the prsprietor,l the Lombard
had fair crop. The fruit although not Of
the very highest quality, is pleasant and
agreeable, and better than some famous sorts
such as the Washton, Smiths Orleans,
e
Year: 1864

TREE CoTToN IN CALIFosNIA.-I am now
engaged in raising Tree Cotton. The first
year, from seed, it grew four feet. Frost don t
affect it. The second year it bears small
quantity of cotton, and the cotton is mixed
with the seeds and third year the cotton
and seeds are separated. After the third
year the yield is one hundred pounds of cot
ton to each tree. The tree grows as large as
the peach tree.
Year: 1864

MAKING SUPER-PHosPHATF,-- II procure the
bones at from so to 80 cent ,loO pounds,
throw them into hogshead Zone half its
depth in the ground, Tor VIII, gnere conye-
nient, into tight, strong trs.<gHssomewhat
similar to those formerly used for holding
pomace when making cider), pour over them
10 gallons of water, then empty carboy best
Chambers sulphuric acid and in that pro-
portion increase until the bones are all cover
ed. AS they dissolve and sink down, add
more bones, until the whole becomes thick,
pasty mass, which it will in the course of two
or three weeks. Care must be taken to keep
it covered tightly, and avoid letting the aid
touch any part Of the clothing, asjt.will GER
tainly leave its mark. When wanted for use,
have ready along side of the tub bed of fine
mould, dry muck or plaster, into which shovel
or ladle the mass, turn over and mix until
sufficiently dry to handle pleasantly. Poultry
dung and plaster are valuable additions
The result, from applications of phosphate so
manufactured, has alaoays been highly salts
factory one application Of which, to field
Of rye was remarkable in its effects, and will
furnish a subject for future communication
if desired. have sometimes broken or chop
ped the bones up with an old axe or hatchet.
Year: 1864

SOLVENT FOR OLD PuTTY AND PAINT.-Soft
soap mixed with solution of potash or caustic
soda, or pearl ash and slaked lime, mixed
with sufficient water to form paste. Either
of these laid on with an old brush or rag, and
left for some hours will render it easily re-
movable.
Year: 1864

[PUBL1c-No. 167.


IAN ACT for the sale of lot Of land in Iowa,


in the Fort Crawford reservation.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives. Of the United Statet
Of america in Congress assembled, That
It shall b. lawful for the Commissioner of tho
General Land Office to cause to be sold, after
public notice, the tract described as lot mum.
Lered one, in township iiihety:6ve north, Of
range three west. Of the fifth principle meri.
dian, in the State of Iowa, situated in what
is known as the Fort Crawford Military reser-
walton, subject to such minimum price per
acre as the said Commissioner may establish
as fair and reasonable, net less than two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre; and in the
event of said lot not being disposed of At
public sale. or after the second offering to
dispose of said lot at such minimum as he
may establish, and for the sale so made
patent shall issue as in ordinary cases.


Sec. 2. And be 1t .t0ther enacted, That
if it shall appear that there are any other lots
in said reserve not disposed Of by the United
States; It shall and may be lawful for the
said Commissioner to dispose Of the same in
the manner provided in the foregoing section.


APPROVED, July l, 1864:
Year: 1864

The Omcial Vote for Presldcnt.

 Below we give the official vote for President of the United States in this Congressional dis trict, together with recapitulation of the whole vote of tue State. We have Union majority of 769 in this district, and 2.4O6 in the State. Litchfeld is the only County in the State that has made Union gain over the vote of last spring. She gains e7 on tue az greg ate vote Bully for Ltchfeld County

 LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
Year: 1864

s The Report of the Secretary of the Navy IS finished and in the hands ofthe public printer. Unward of six hundred pages are already prin- ted, and the whole will be ready at an early day to lay before Congress. "Rip Van Win k,s." this time, is ahead of some of his sup nosed smarter eo-laborers.
Year: 1864

November 2l, 1864.

 DEAR MADAM: have been shown, in the files of the War Department, a statement ot the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sens who have died gloriously in the field of battle. feel how weak ndfruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile yon from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But cannot refrain from rendering to you the consolation that may be foundin the thanks of the republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your be- reavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

 Yours, very sincerely anl respectfully.

 A LINCOLN. To MRS. BIxBY. Boston, Mass
Year: 1864

n EEAn abundant rain came on Thursday last
Just In time to relieve from anxiety such of our
planters who are yet lucky enough to be able to
make crop of corn this year.


We wish them all an abundant crop.
Year: 1864

the freedom Of elections 10 the loyal States
A victory won BY the sword would be n,
victory, bot . lamentable defeat to tn,
friends of liberty.


A convention Of patriots, if wise, vii
I~~--T v-rs$>>tA Cor the Presidency :, y -.
tary leader in actual command OF an army
m ch less the commander in chief, who
now has more than half million Of sol
diers under his command, and if necessary
to success might have million before the
next Presidential election.


The temptation to military candidate
to use the sword to secure his own elec.
ton, is too great, the warnings of history
too impressive for the American people
ever voluntarily to consent to so hazard.
Gus an experiment


Never before in our history has such q
combination Of high qualities been re-
quired as will be needed in the admins
t'atiOn of the government for the next
four years.


The war has created debt the magni.
tude Of which is astounding to consider.
The interest alone will oppress the people
for years to come at the same time the
means of discharging the debt will, by the
necessary operations of the war, have been
fearfully weakened. So many hundreds
Of thousands Of men have been called from
their industrial pursuits never to return
to them; so much of the material wealth
of the country has been destroyed SO
many fields for the production of its great
staples laid waste; indeed, its whole labor
system has been perverted or disorgan-
lied


To recover the nation from this state OF
utter exhaustion and restore it to its won't
ed prosperity, will demand an order Of
intelligence which is bestowed upon but
few men in any country at the same time;
and the mightiest intellect in our land
might well tremble in assuming such re-
sponsibility. We want in our coming
President an advanced thinker, n states.
man profoundly versed in political and
economic science, and one who fully CON-
prehends the spirit Of the age in which
we live.
Year: 1864

Resolved. That in the future in the past, will
adhere with answering fidelity to the Union under the
security and happiness as people, and as frame"ork
ofgoyemen equally conducive TO the welfare and pros
pery ef all the States both Northern and southern


Resolved That this Convention does explicitly declare,


of the American people that after four
Of failure the Union by the experiment Of war;
during which under the pretense of military necessity
power higher the Constitutions the Constitution
itself has been dsregarded in every part and public lib
eTty and private right alike todden down, and the ate


rial prosperity the country essentially impaired justice
humanity liberty and the public welfare demand that
immediate efforts be made for cessation Of hoSites
with view TO ultimate convention OF the States, or
other peaceabe means to the end that at the earie
practicable moment be restored on the basis
Of the Federal Union of the States.


Resolved That the direct interference of the military
the United States the elections
held In kentucy, Maryland Missouri and Delaware


shameful violation of the Constitution and repetition
of such in the approaching election will be held
revolutionary, and resisted with all the and power
under our control.


Resolved, That the aim and object of the Democratic
the Federal Union and the rights OF
the States unmpared and they hereby declare that they
consider that the administrative usurpaton of extraord
nary dangerous powers granted by
tion subversion of the civil by military In States
not in insurection the arbitrary military arrest, imprs
onment trial and sentence of American citizens in States
where civil law exists full force The suppression OF
freedom of speech and Of the press the denial Of the
right Of asylum the open and avowed disregard of State
rights the employment of unusual test oaths, and the
interference with and denial OF the right OF the people TO
bear in their defense; Is calculated to prevent
of the Union and the perpetuation of the


Government deriving its just powers from the consent of
the governed.


Resolved. That the shameful disregard Of the Admins
tration it, duty in respect fellow citizens wtO
are, and long have been, prisoners Of in suf
ferng condition, deserves the severest reprobaon
the score alike Of public policy and common humanity.


Resolved, That the sympathy of the Democratic party
is heartily and earnestly extended to the sOdiery OF
army and sailors Of navy who and have been in
the field and the under the flag Of their country,
and in the Of its attaining power they will receive
all the care, protection and regard that the brave sol
ders and sailors Of the republic have nobly earned
Year: 1864

In addition to the very liberal interest the notes
for three years this privilege Of conversion now worth
about three per cent for the current rate
for520 Bonds is not less than nine per cent premium,
and before the the premium six per cent U. s.
Stocks over twenty per cent. II will be seen that
the actual profit this oan at the pre- market rate
is not less than ten per cent per annum
Year: 1864

We incline to the opinion that
Lincoln will be constitutionally elected
President of the United States, should
he receive majority Of all the votes ac
tually cast. We cannot see that their
constitution c)ntempletes any estimate
OF votes which might have been cast but
were not. Any dispute likely to arise
amongst them on this subject will spring
from allowing or rejecting votes from
States which they may claim to have
suhjugated but which they do not hold
outside their picket lines This mar re
quire Lincoln's bayonets to settle, but he
can easily do that The democrats are
not likely to revolutionise.
Year: 1864

- That bottle Of good old French
Brandy, Captain, was magnificent! Su-
perb Is yet, what's left of it We
are opposed to any body's making a
beast of himself and intend to use it for
medical purposes, strictly. But its just
our luck to have collie, or a cold, or a
tooth-ache, every day about twelve while
there's a drop of it left.
Year: 1864

- We learn from Northorn papers
that a convention of out and out Peace
Democrats assembled at Cincinnati on
The 18th Oc-., and remained ia session
two days. They were in favor of nomi-
mating Hon. Alex Long for President; J;
but being unable to obtain his assent,
declined making any nomination, and
adjourned sine die. They evidently felt
very weak. There is Just enough of
them, being intelligent men as they are,
TO satisfy us that it is not the under
standing of the genuine peace men that
McClellan's letter is blind, or means
any thing milder than he avows. The
Peace men intend to keep up separate
political organization, and have issued
an address calling a new convention in
December for that purpose. They con
cede the election of Mr. Lincoln as a re-
suit past hope of prevention.
Year: 1864

she belonged to it herself. well, what
do you suppose becomes Of the garments
you make, and the fruit you put up?
She hadn't thought, t,-she supposed they
went to the army,-but was evidently
bothered to know what connection there
could be between their aid society and
that basket. These garments that you
see came from your society, or other So
cie,ies just like yours +; so did these boxes
and barrels that milk came from New
York; those fruits from Boston; that
wine was likely purchased with gold
from California and it is all for sick SOL
diers, your son as much as for any one
else. This is the United States Sanitary
Commission"