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Year: 1864

A WOLF AND DEER FIeHr The Oconto
(Wis.) Pioneer tells story of contest near
the Oconto river, between two bucks and a
large grey wolf. The moment the wolf en-
deayored TO seize one OF the Geer. the other
would strike him with his forelegs. The
wolf would Immediately leave and attack
the one that struck him. This strange con-
test continued until the wolf seized the larg-
test by the throat, and teuaciously held on
until he brought him down. The other
sprang with great force upon the wolf, and
cut him fesrfully. The wolf SUNK away,
leaving one buck dead. The woif was after
wards found dead short distance from tho
field oil battle.
Year: 1864

CANADIAN THIsTLEs.-we all know what
pest this foreigner is, when he gets root
on our soil, and his determination should be
vowed by every one who owns q foot Of
land An exchange furnishes US the follow
ing -


manure the patch well with good ma
uure in the fall before blowing. In the en-
suing spring the thistles will be very rank;
the stalks will be long and hollow; cut them
just before blossoming, in wet time. and
the water will run down to the roots and rot
them. By this means three fourlhs of the
thistles will be destroyed. In about ten
days pIow the patch. in a dry time, repeat
two or three times during the summer, and
you will not be troubled with any more this
Ties to burt. Tho ranker you got the this
ties before cutting the better"
Year: 1864

Affecting INCwENr-A soldier Of the
Ninth regiment Massachusetts volunteers
was found On the battlefield of the Will
derDess, mortally wounded and dying -
As he ay supported by his com?ade who
had found him, he took from his bosom a
picture, gazed at it, stretched out his hand
and died Not knowing his name bis
oomrade took the picture ,it was a carte
de-visite) from the dead manss hand, and
sept it to the photographer whose imprint
was on the back, with account Of the cir
oumstances, and a request that it might
be exposed for recognition. 1t was seen
the day of its arrival by two young ladies
walking on the street, and recognized by
them as that of the dead soldiers wife.
The soldiers name was William Peachy,
Of Marblehead.
Year: 1864

The work to which we refer is that
which every mother, whether rich or
poor, whatever the advantages or dis
advantages of the circumstances may
be, is required by the most sacred and
rigid obligations to achieve the assid-
uous cultivation in her children of the
inner nature, of that which makes the
good man or woman. that which shall
live forever. For this she must be
always at her post with never so much
as recess from her maternal care and
solicitudc, toiling on, breaking up the
ground, sowing the seed, training the
tender plant, enriching the soil, wa
tering, nourishing, stimulating every
good and pleasant growth, until the
flowers begin TO bloom, and the fruit to
ripen.


Then comes heyday of enjoyment,
of rest and comfort TO the mother, in
the golden autumn of her life, when
surrounded by Il group of aflectionate,
dutiful, virtuous, and noble sons and
daughters, she sits among them in
beautiful rcpose, her face radiant in
the glow of her own hearts ever-burn,
ing love, and the smile of heaven as o
halo of light about her head. specta-
Gle to be admired and envied of all.
But this season Of comfort, this " In
dian summer F" of maternal life never,
never comes to those who evade their
responsibilities, forsake their trust,
and leave their work for others to do,
for the sake Of personal ease. sensu,
Gus indulgence, or selfish qualification
Year: 1864

The other day we heard rich neigh
Dor say he had rather have railroad
stocks than the U. S. stocks, for they
paid higher interest Just then Poor
Richard came up, and said that lie had
just bought some of Uncle Sans three
years notes, paying seven and three
tcnths per cent. interest. My rich
friend exclaimed, You! / thought
You had no money to buy with
Yes" said Richard, IL had little
laid up. for you know it is we'll to
have something laid up against a wet
day, and ! have kept a little of my
earnings by me-" Now Poor Richard
is known to all the country round to
be a very prudent and industrious,
and withal. wise man for Richard
never learned anything he didn't know
how to make use of, and bis wisdom
and prudence had become proverb.
So, when he took out his savings and
bought the notes, more than one was
surprised, and it was no wonder rich
Mr.. Smith asked why. So Poor Rich
ard, in a very quiet humble way-for
be never assumed anything-replied,
i suppose, Mr.. Smith. you know a
great deal better than do what to do
with money, and how to invest for
never had much, and all | got had
to work hard for. But have looked
round good deal upon my ncighbors,
and seen what they did with their
money and l will tell you some things
! saw and what thought of it. One
very rich man was always dealing in
money. and Inc made a great deal, but
was never satisfied without high inter-
est. So he lent most of his money to
some people who he thought were very
rich, at very high rate ; and he often
told how mich he got, till one day the
people he lent to went to smash. He
got back about ten cents on dollar
of his money. l know another old
gentleman, who had some bank stock
and he went to the bank and got ten
per cent. dividend. The President and
everybody said it was the best stock
in the country-paid ten per cent


But what did the old man do but sell
his stock the next day! Why? why
said everybody. Because. it pays too
much diridead. And in six months the


bank went to smash. Now, that !
know to be fact. Well, Mr.. Smith,
/ you say railroad stocks are best, be-
cause they pay high dividends I? Can


you tell how long they will pay them ?


l like railroads. helped to build


one, and 60 in for useful things.


But tell you what kaoc about them.
Onc-third of the railroads don't pay
any dividend, and two thirds (and
some Of them cracked up, too, do not


pay a. much as Government stocks
Now that brings me to the Govern.
mcnt securities. and l will tell you
why prefer them. take it you will
admit, Mr.. Smith, that in the long run


the investment which is best should
! have these qualities First, it should
3 be perfectly secure: secondly, that the
a income should be uniform and perma


nent-not up one year and down the
next; and thirdly. that it should bs
. . marketable, so when your wet day comes


and you want your money. you cal
il get it back. And think these note,


or bonds have got these qualities mor'


than any other kind of personal prop
erty you can name. Try it.
Year: 1864

THE NATIONAL DEBr.-The English
national debt is about four thousand
millions Of dollars; ours less than sew
enteen hundred and ninety millions
We could carry on the war three years
longer, increasing our debt at the rate
We have been doing, and still it would
not equal the English debt by nearly
one thousand millions.


Cannot we easily bear the burden
England does, without sufering2 Con.
slider that our wealth is increasing much
more rapidly than is that of England
We are growing prOdigiouSly, in spite
Of the wai
Year: 1864

THE SANITARY FUND AT THE POLLS,
The suggestion has been made that a
contribution box be placed at each of
the places for holding elections in the
county, to receive from the voters do
nations to the Sanitary Fund. We have
been requstcd to ask the judges of cleo.
ton, or others interested, to see that
this is done. 1t is done elsewhere, aud
by this means liberal contributions are
raised for the benefit of the sick and
wounded soldiers. The platform of one
of the parties declares, "tha the graf


itude of the country is due to the noble
defenders of our flag, and while they
fight battles for the Union in the field


we at homo will give them the support
and encouragement due to the soldiers
of the Republic" The plau above sug


gested will give an excellent opPortu-
nifty to put this resolution into practice
Year: 1864

Total number Delegates. $3.50. l,2s4
The Committee recommend the counties that have not
already held conventions for the purpose to assemble in
their proper places early day to appoint delegates
in accordance with the foregoing basis and to perfect an
open AMI thorough organization Of all who are in favor Of
maintaining the Union Of the States and the Government
Of fathers and all opposed the corrupt destructive
and revolutionary abolition party Of the National and
State Administrations.


BY order Of the Committee.


GEO. McOUAT,
indianapolis June p 1864 Chairman.
Year: 1864

A LETTER from soldier makes
the following interesting comments
on the manner in which battles, are
fought, and explaining why it is, that
after terrible conflict of perhaps
hours duration, there should be so
small a proportion Of killed and wOun-
ded. .la


If you were never in battle you
would not guess there were half tie
random shots fred that there are.
Why, sir, 1 have seen wholeregiments
and brigades deliver their FIRE when
l was sure that they did not even
wound a single man. Such firing,
besides wasting the ammunition, does
not intimidate the enemy at all; on
the other hand it makes them feel
that there is but little danger, conse-
queRtly he is more bold, and delivers
his fire more accurately. Besides,
if men are allowed to make these
random discharges, it seems to be-
come a habit, and they become so .ex.
cited at it that they would oftener
miss a man at ten PAGES than they
would hit him. Just in that way bat
ties are often lost, while the company
commander, If he would only stop it
and show them that they were doing
no good, they would soon become
collected, and after they once knew
their folly, would of their own accord,
fire deliberately, and probably save
the day afterit had been comparatively
lost.


Why, sit, iR battle, you often see
company commanders, charging
around, with their swords hourising
about their heads, crying cut, "Giye
it to them, boys, give it to thcm!'-
maniGesting in themselves, and erea-
ting in others, all the excitement pos
sible. Now, o second thought would
show to their better Judgment that
they were doing more harm than good;
for men become so excited under such
circumstances that they would miss
an elephant at ten steps. You often
see the above clustering around when
the enemy are off at distance Of at
least one thousand yards and to hear
the roar oflmusketry andexcited COM
mandors, you would think they would
soon come to a hand-to-hand contest.
Whit is it hatexcites man in battle
Why, it is the danger. If you shoot /
at man once he is very much excl
Year: 1864




The American Bunting is the only beauti-
full bir9 that stays with us in our northern
regions through the winter; and he keeps
himself usually in the warm woods. and
seems to show that he does not need human
society. To be sure the crow keeps himself
among us, but be in no wise eommends him
self to US by his dress, his manners, habits
or disposition. He is avarieious, unsocial


a gluttOn anda thief. We don't number
him among our songsters. In early spring
and long before the snow is off, Mr.. Blue
bird makes his appearance. He is always
welcome, because he is the herald of spring
His blue coat sets him of to advantage; but
l cant say be is a faEorite Of mine, and that
simply because his notes and tones of voice
are SO melancholy. He sings as if he had
the dyspepsia, and as if he was hardly dealt
with by the rest Of the uTorld He is like
one of those people who always sing on the
minor key, and have sorrows and troubles
more and greater than other folks. Itmakes
you uncomfortable to come into their pres
ence. They don't open the mouth but to
complain Of somebody or something. Per-
haps the bluebird feels cheerful as any bird
can if 80, he has poor way of uttering his
joy. He sings as if his boots hurt his c0rns
or as if he was in some hard pain.


But there is our robin He comes upon us
suddenly, and at once opens his lips and
and pOurs out his song as ifjust walked up
and every note as cheerful as if he were
the hapPiest fellow in the world. He sings
and flies as if too we'll satisfied 70 have
want, too welcome to fear evil, too happy
to keep SILENCE. Every child aud every
man grests bis return, He brings with him
the air Of spring Sometimes, indeed, he
miscalculalte,s 3 and has 8 hard snoW-storm
follow him; but he only betakes him to the
eYergFeens assured that it's the last skir-
mish between winter aud spring. There is
no bird in New England to be compared to
the robin---a wide-awake, cheerful, honest
fellow, never corrupted by fashion, never
made vain by attentions, never jealous Of
neglect, and never complaining, The brilli-
ant oriole may flash before him, the hum
IniHg-hird may buzz past him, and the sweet
hermit thrush may sing in his hearing but
he is never filed with envy.-Rev. JokB Todd
Year: 1864

ted shoot at him a hundred times
and miss him every time, and all his
fear and excitement is gone; but re-
serve your fire until you can do some
execution, and when they come to fire
into them, cut his clothes, wound his
neighbor, XII the second man from
him, and let him see it, and the day
viii be won. 4ah -fs
Year: 1864

w Mcclellan himself admitted more
thar two years ago, not merely that the
slaves Of rebels might be emancipated
but that slavery might be abolished as a
military resource. A portion of his fol
lowers admit hat a General in the field
may emancipate the slaves of of rebels in
particular district. But why should q
General in the field do this more proper
ly as the Commanderin- Chief of all cur
armies! But the President of the Uni
ted States is the Commsnder-in- Chief Of
all our armies.
Year: 1864

ence between the agents of Mr.. Lincoln
and those of the Confederate States at
Niagara, there was reasonable prospect
that terms of intercourse between the
beligerent parties upon the very
basis which Mr.. Lincoln laid down in his
inaugural as a law to themselves and to
him, of those who nominated and elected
him. Does not, then, the fearful respon-
s,bility for rejecting overturcs for peace,
upon the very conditions upon which the
perfection and endurance of our political
fabric depend, rest solely with Mr.. Lincoln
and his advisers? 1t is not only time that
the fearful sacrifice of blood and treasure
should cease, but that the men who bar
the door to Cancellation upon the very
terms laid down by the party in power as
necessary to the preservation of our free
institutions, should be held to rigid re-
sponsibility! We believe that there has
never been day from the beginning of
the war, but reconciliation and reconstruc-
ton could have been accomplished, If the
partisans in power would have permitted
it, upon the basis of the resolution of the
Chicago platform quoted by Mr. Lincoln,
if faithfully and honestly carried out


State Sentinel.
Year: 1864

HARRIsBURG, April 97.-It is not probable
that there will be call for the militia Of this
State at this time. II is known that there is a
perfect understanding between the State and
national authorities on this subject, and when
ever the military force of the State is needed,
they will most promptly be furnished.


The new militia bill will certainly pass the
Legislature, and as soon as the law is revised
so as to make the militia effective, the Cover
nor will Immediately organize II SO as TO be
ready for any service needed by the State and
nation,
Year: 1864

WE have considerably enlarged The DAILY ONO
brtTEsMAN, and now print it on plain 40 hand
some new type, and clear white paper.


In Politics, The OHIO STATBsMAN is, in War 4 It
Peace for the Country, for the Constitution and ci


Union of equal States. with equal privileges, an
with equal and exact Justice to all its citizens We
trsf for the Old Flag with not Star or Stripe erased
and the Old Union far it is possible to restore it,
snd for the existing Constitution in its spirit letter
nd purpose.


Upon the coming events of the year. rest the hopes
IF the People and Government. We are in the midst
Of bloody and protracted civil war. Its duration
and close depend upon wiso:, truer and more patri
tic Policy than have Turing the present Ad-
ninistratien. Weowe it to the memo Of our Faith


and to the hopes Of Children to tie future Of
sur Country and to the best interest OF kind to
lhange Policy which is drifting us farther lar
her from the landmarks Of our patriotic sires.


TEE STATESMAN will do all it can to aid in trine-
Ing about this change and hence. the Publishers in
vite support and encouragement from all those who
while wishing for good NEWSPAPER, also wish to
have sound Constitutional journal.


We publish paper in which we seek to give the
TRUTH. Our Commercial Reports, our Markets, our
Political and General News, carefully freed from
the ensational character, and We seek to make TIE
STATESMAN Trustworthy in every particular.


For News, for Instruction. for Good Morals. for
Sound Political Sentiments, for Steady Defense Of
American Institutions, Take, Read and help to Cir
,ulate. TIE OHIO STATESMAN.


the WEEKLY ONO STATESMAN is enc Of the
argest, cheapest. and best printed Papers in the
West. Each number contains complete resume Of
III the Military and Political news of the week; the
stest telegraphic and market reports; carefully
prepared collection Of literary reading for the home
and family: and an abundance of paragraphs upon
every topic of interest or Importance. The wide
circulation already obtained by this paper is an evil
dence Of its popularity and Of its being adapted to
the wants of the people.
Year: 1864

The New York Nes0s says:


1.-THE right Of secession flows from that
time-honored dogma ofthe Democracy, the
doctrine OF States Rights"


1.-THE right Of secession is in fact the real
question now remaining undU the arbitra-
ment Of the sword"


The Cincinnati Enquirer also maintains,
with many words, that the only way to re-
store the Uniou is to establish and recog-
nize the right Of secession.


The Democratic doctrine Of States Rights
never meant anything else than the right
of secession, but the party never dared so
define It till now, when the fact that the
Democratic party North and South is con-
federate in the same cause Is so palpable
that the leaders seem to think further dis
guise useless. Hitherto it has always as
serted States Rights as q glittering general
itv. but it was impossible to get any Demo-
cratic journal to define them.


The Democratic party could never have
an existence on plain declaration of the
right Of secession. It now confesses that it
has endeavored to educate the popular
mind. and to commit the Democratic party
to the right of secession in the disguise Of
a vague affirmation of States Rights.


The EnqMsre,ss brazen pretense that to
establish and recognize the right of seces-
sion is the way to preserve the Union, is
entitled to the same consideration az the
incendiary's claim that his object was TO
preserve the property or as the thief7s,
that the only way to protect property is to
recognize the right Of every one to take
Year: 1864

The REBEL PREss IN RICHMOND AND New


YoRx-The similarity OF action between these
two classes of journals ID remarkable. They
arc both endeavoring to advance the cause Of
rebellion and to derogate from the honors and
huccesses of the Union armies and their gene
srals. The rebel press in Richmond is endeav-
Spring to unite the South by misrepresenting the
position, strength and victories Of our army.
Hhe rebel press in New York is endeavorng to
kaivide the North by the very same means. The
parallel is striking.
Year: 1864

America Is justly proud OF her beautiful ladies'; but
many their beauty and lose their health youth
come prematarey old n appearance BY to take
proper OF their teeth There be for this
as SOZODONT pronounced by all wo thy place bstweeu
the lips be had In ali civilized


Sold BY druggists perfumars.
Year: 1864

R2- The State Sentinel and Evans.
vile Ifaes make no attempt to deny the
existeue'' of the traitorous Order of
"Sons of Liberty" The reason why
they doz't deny its existence is because
they lSnGw the public will not believe
them.
Year: 1864

s1r Judge David s. Gooding, War
Democrat who is anconditionally for the
Union, intends to spend a few days in
this District the latter part Of August
he is a convincing speaker and will do
much good for the cause.
Year: 1864

SoSs OF LIBERrY-We publish por
ton ofthe Expose Of the infamous trea.
sonable order styled Sons Of Iioerty this
morning and will finish it tomorrow,
and ask careful reading Of it BY every
man who deprscates war at the North
and the destruction Of the Government


II is not published as political docur
ment bat to advise our citizens OF the
reasonable Vaccinations that are going
on in our midst
Year: 1864




Mr.. George Seward Secretary of the
Atlantic Telegraphic Company, in re-
port to Dir. Field, says that the covering
of the copper conductor with its four
layers of gulta peIcha commenced OF
The I9th of April, and has since then
continued slowly and with great care and
perfection. Already about eight hun1-
red miles have been completed. About
sixteen hundred tuns of wire have been
already delivered All the other mate
rial for The caOle is being prepared as
rapidly as possible, consistent with its
being perfect in every particular
Machines will soon be in operation which
will complete about eighty miles of cable
per week. The Great Eastern is being
prepared for the reception of the ca6le,
and will be ready to receive her freight
in December.
Year: 1864

Take three iablesPooDfuls Of milk and
pinch of salt to each egg, beat lightly
for three or four minutes and pour them
into hot pan, IN which piece Of But
ter the size Of Walnut had been mel
ted a minute previous. The mass viii
begin TO rise in fakes Immediately, and
the bottom must be necessarily lifted
with a clean Knife 50 .ha, the softer
parts run in. An Omelet should Be
cooked about three or four minutes, aud
made in this way viii melt in ihe mouth.
Scientific .American.
Year: 1864

Tribune's correspondent from The left
army Potomac, under date of the 30th.
says the new angle of mile and half
on the southwest. we acquired on our
left by recent strategic demonstration,
is being strongly fortified. He under
stands that the army line road, is to be
Immediately pushed out to the left two
or three miles beyond its present ter
minus. Why this important extension
of our fortified line came to be so easily
made, was by the enemy weakening
their lines of battle at this point, to in
tercept what they took to be a flank
movement around their extreme right
While they we're massing against the 2d
and 5lh corps on the extreme left, the
9Th corps showed in az this point and took
a line of their works, which was remov-
ed, and now forms our new left angle.
probably not during tho war, has so i'm
porlant an extension of fortified. line been
made with so little fighting. 1t is true,
there was considerable marching and
marching. All operations like
this and other mOyemenls show grow
ing weakness of .he rebel army.