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Year: 1863

Judging from the position laid down by
some of the latter day leaders in politics, II
becomes the peorle to look about them and
see how parties now stand in reference to
their former principles uppr parallel ques-
tions to those which our Government is now
endeavoring to settle.


During the war Of 18l2-14 the pesple Of
Connecticut, almost en- masse, threatened re-
volution, but not being sup orted by any of
the surrounding States, they committed no
overt act Of treason, and that State soon fur
nished her quota of men to prosecute the war.
Then there was a Democratic party governed
By principle, and the Immediate success of
the party was not counted as the one great
end to be attained Then the writer's and
leading men Of the party violently opposed
secession. Here is what Thomas Ritchie, for
many years the editor of the Richmond En-
suirer, the leading Democratic journal of the
nation for many years, said OF secession IN
an editorial on the lst of November, 1914


No man. no association of men, no State
d
self from the Union of its own accord. The
same power which knit us together can only
unknit. The same formality which forged
the links of the Union is necessary to dissolve
it. The majority of States which form the
Union must consent TO the withdrawal of any
one branch Of it, Until that consent has been
obtained, any attempt to dissolve the Union
sr obstruct the efficiency of its constitutional
laws, is treason-treason to all intents and
purposes. Any other doctrine, such as that
which has been lately held forth by the Fed
eral Republican, that any one State may
withdraw itself from the Union, is an abomi-
nable heresy, which strips its author of eve
nv possible pretension TO the name or char
acter ola Federalist.


Men who advocate such doctrine to-day are
called Abolitionists by the place seeking
re-constructionists of this State. As an un-
conditional Unionist, we ask no better doc
trine than that contained in the above ex-
tract, and we would be willing to have the
same principle engrafted in the Union plat
form but such g Democrats" as Fernando
Wood John Van Buren,, Vallandigham. and
their sympathisers in California, consider
such doctrine rank heresy, and not to be toll
Grated.


1t would appear from this doctrine that
somebody had forgotten their party tenets,
and taken up new lights to guide them on
their paths to irre.rievable secession, simply
for the purpose of opposing the party who
hold the reins of government in this strife
for national existence.
Year: 1863

GEN. JOE HOOKER, when ordered to advance
at Fredericksburg, is reported to have made
an observation that should be adopted as a
maxim of the war. Said be, g | am going
to put this thing through" If at times the
same high spirit cf daring characterized 9TH
er ofthe Federal officers, it would be of great
advantage to the cause. We believe that
the nation has now aroused itself. and in
tends to put this war through. on the
double equick.-Appedl.
Year: 1863

DULL-If there is duller town in this
State, at the present time, than this village
of Shasta. we would like to know where tits.
in order that may let our people know it, so
as to induce them. if possible, to be content
ed, which at present they are not much dis
posed to be-
Year: 1863

This functionarys in his late message to the
Confederate Congress- pours oat his yiols of
wrath, and threatens to imprison all Union
officers taken in warfare, land turn. them over
to the slave States, to be pauished under
State laws as negro stealers- This will sub
ject Them TO be burnt as the stake, hung or
shot, as the frenzy Of the mob may dictate at
the time of execution We doubt whether
Davis will consider this course as any advan-
tage to his cause, when he comes to- but his
threat int execution; but if he does allow
any prisoners to be dealt with in the manner
he proposes, he inaugurates the worst calam-
ity that has ever been devised by civilized
man, and such as will bring irretrievable
ruin upon the people of such States as shall
follow his advice. Humanity will demand
that for every Union officer who suffers by his
orders, ten of his traitorous followers shall
suffer condign punishment for the outrage
This is but natural sequence to the first act
of rebellion, and though humanity may be
Mortified at the spectacle, nothing can stay
the cry of destructi, that will go up against
a people who shall so far forget all obligations
to humanity and civilization, until they are
,blotted from the face Of the earth. The
chivalry will not hereafter say that poisoning
wells.and ecalping the,dead are not recognized
by the negro confederacy over which JEFF
80 despotically presides.
Year: 1863

Major General ROsecruns on slavery.


The following letter was published in
the Catholic Telegraph of Cincinnati, which
has been having sharp discussion with
a pro-slavery Catholic paper of that City,
in which the Telegraph has taken the
ground that slavery is in direct hostility
to the precepts and practice of the church.
The controversy has called forth the fol-
lowing letter from Major. len Rosecraus,
which appears in late number of the Tel
sgraph. The editor says: ''' He Rose
crans) has never been an abolitionist, and
has, like ourselves, stood up for the Demoe-
raoy-"


MY DEAR FATHER EDWARD The rebels
grabbed the last letter I wrote you, but
they viii draw very little consolation
from its contents. I am happy
to see the splendid stand you took in The
Telegraph against Slavery, with its hor-
rors, barbarities, and base immoralities.
Slavery is dead. Nothing can Fesuscitate
it TOlearn this fact fully, yon should pay
us visit. There is not negro in the
south who does not know he is free.
Around here they have squatted on the
plantations, and refuse to work for any
one but utthemselves. They have sown little
crops Of their own, and the matters have
ceased to exercise any control over them.


As an indication, l will cite o strong
case. The lady Of the house where am
staying attempted to punish one Of her ne
gro women this morning. had to step
in to save the mistress from being badly
used up, as the darkey was belaboring her
with the stick intended for her own pun
ishment. "Ez unO disco omRes" 1t is
needless for me to say that l applaud every
sentiment you have expressed in The Tel
egraph. Your course is that of the prd-
dent navigator, who, watching the black
speck on the horizon, sees it expand into
a portentous storm, and calls up his crew
to take sail and prepare for a contest with
the elements. The storm passes away and
you will be found sailing under full sail,
while those who took not heed will be scat
tered by the gale.
am heart and hand with yol in this
cause. Slavery is doomed, and those who
would now uphold it will be held up in a
very short time to public odium and exc
Grafton. No statesman will yindieate it,
no frisnd of human progress will stretch
forth hand to break its fall, no lover of
humanity and religion will grieve for its
overthrow have lived long enough in the
South to see its workings, its disgusting
features, debasing the higher principles Of
our nature, warning with religion, and
patrOnizing vice and immortality. Al
mighty God has certainly ordained its de-
struction in this country, where it has
been more offensive and immoral than in
any other, and until tits utterly extinct,
this war cannot, from the nature of things
cease. l am in favor of q cessation If
hostililies at as early day as possible; I;
therefore, am in favor of the Presidents
Proclamation. This State was made for
white people and free labor, and when
Slavery no longer bligbts its borders we
may expect to see the church and school
house take the place of the slaye-pen and
market
Year: 1863

A PUBLIC Law LIBRARY.-Why cannot
our bar get up some kind Of law library
for general reference, and which would de-
stroy the necessity of the large collections
which ell ambitious practitioners are obliged
to tax their private incomes to keep? In
Detroit we see notices of general library
characterized as the best in the State. We
of Cleveland can scarcely afford to have the
town of Detroit take the lead Of as in any
movement of this kind, and the idea has been
pondered over long enough now by our gem
tlemen of the robe, to be pushed little fur
ther. VIII not somebody move a set Of r5s-
OlutiOns, send around a paper, or do some
thing to set the thing going
Year: 1863

RUNAwAY.-This morning at about half
past ten O'Clock, valuable team Of gray
horses which had been left standing by the
driver for moment, at the fost of Canal
street, became frightened at something pass
ing, ana started on a run up the hill. Turn
ing the corner on Champlain street, the wag-
on was overturned by striking against a
post, and brought one of the horses down
with it. The poor animal struck upon his
head, and is doubtless otherwise Injured
He was removed to DR.. Redhead's veterina-
~ surgery, and everything was done to cave
him, but with small hopes of success. The
span belonged to Captain Duly of East Cleve-
land.
Year: 1863

PERSONAL Our young friend John
Crowell, Jr., has started to join the. staff of
Brigadier General Hazen, in which he Oceu-
pies the position of Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral. We trust that good luck will follow
bin through the service, and feel sure that
he will do something satisfactory to himself
and friends.
Year: 1863

New YORK, May "a.
The Tribune says that the Press has re-
ceived q second dispatch which has not
been sent to the press, which stated with
rather more precision than the frat that
the whole rebel army has been captured,
and a third, private, confirming the ac-
counts of the other two.


We consider both them as nearly trust
worthy as anything but official or dirett
information can be, and, reading them in
the light of the previous news, it is hardly
possible TO doubt that the crowning Yicto-
ry of the long struggle for the great river
has at last been won, and that Yicksburg
is ours.
Year: 1863

We mark the Day when on US rose,


Like stars, the eyes OF our first oorni
va mark the day, when from our side


Oar loyeliest and our best are torn.
We marx with mystic ring, the day


or VOWS that are the type OF heaven,
When. as the church unto her LORD


The bride unto the groom Is given.
For every friendship, every love,


We have memorial mark and signi
And shall We bear less careful heed


For the dear love that Is divine'
And shall no tender reverence greet


His day OF birth who came to bless,
Whose hearts blood on our earthly ties
Gives them immortal saeredness'
Say not how in the shades Is lost


The day and hour when Christ was born,
And from the festival OF love


With skeptlc eye in eOldness turns
Enough that In all Christian lands,


One chosen day to this is siyen'
One day to love and worship dear,


To peace with man and peace with heaven
One day when, In each land and CLINE


Where that blest Name hath e'er been heard
Jesus, with varying rite and form,


Is by his worshippers adored.
Heart heats TO heart. friend smiles on FRIEND
Across the seas the nations call,
Peace and good will. good will and peace,
I'm his dear name who loves US all.
Year: 1863

NOVEL METHOD or cooKlNG.-That necess.
ity IS the mother of inventions, is clearly
proved by writer in tho western army.
He tells of an Illinois cavalry regiment where
every man is provided with two little pockets
in his jacket. one of which is for salt and the
other for paper. Each man also carries
with him small sack of two or three pounds
OF -four. When they camp for the night the
nearest corntield supplies them with thou
sinds of small bake.ovens in the shape Of
busks Each man procurcs an ear OF corn
with the husk still on it; tho husk is slightly
parted at the top to allow the fingers to be
inserted; the ear is twisted around several
times until II breaks OF and Is then drawn
out leaving tho husk clean and complete
cup. in this the -four is mixed and seasoned,
and after closing the top Of the husk ngain
it isJburied in the hot ashes Of the camp fire
for half an hour, after which II is drawn
out and the charred husk pulled OF disclos-
ing fresh, hot roll.
Year: 1863

gA WITTY REroRr.--0n the day Of the
baptism Of the imperial infant In Paris, a
number of ladies were standing behind the
ranks Of the National Guard, on the line OF
tho procession to the church Of Notro Dame
when tho Guards getting tired OF the long
delay, lit their cigars, and soon the whole
line was in smoke. Some OF the ladies
began to complain Of the smoke. An old
soldier turning round, said with smile !;
"thcn they don't smoke in your regiment? y
A charming little Parisinnc, wittily replied !:
in our regiment? Sometimes. But never in
my company" MI
Year: 1863

w When we see . person who has
been a systematic and bitter opponent Of
public man. suddenly change tactics.
and volunteer to perform certain dirty
little chores for that man, all the while
keeping one eye cooked at fat Office at
said mans disposal. we like to see him
"slip up" on it-as is sure to be the case
in nine cases out of ten. A certain raw
editor has lately tried the game but
with all his tacking and shifting. hi,
change Of base. and his sarcastic dig at
Fishback's letter, he has been left to
"suck the hind test." John james, the
"Grim Chieftain" is not buying pork,
this season. Bailey is.
Year: 1863

~ The last Topeka Record contains
leader written by the editors little boy.
the object Of which is to prove that Cum
mings was elected Representative by Lane
votes and through Lane influence. and
that the result is Lane triumph. That
10 fat consolation. When Cummings
wears his shirt with the tail upwards.
We shall expect to hear tha, he has given
in his adhesion to Lane.
Year: 1863

A TRIcK OF THE TRADE.-Says the
Troy Patriot


We would like to knew what has be-
come of the St. Joseph Daily Tribune.
We can't see it.


Our neighbor of the Patriot has not
been in the business long enough to get
acquainted with the "ways" Of daily pa
pers. When a new daily is started.
copies are sent regularly to the country
press for week or so. until good puff
is obtained. then the daily exchange is
suddenly stopped. and perhaps the week
ly substituted. We have become so
used to this game. that whenever We give
now daily friendly notice. We do so
with the full expectation of having our
acquaintance cut. shortly afterwards
The Tribune served rs the same way.
SO did the Herald. Ditto the News
The latter. after sending its weekly for a
few months, now condescends to send us
single copy of its miserable daily. once
a week-apd that we can scarcely read
In fact, the publishers Of the Leavenworth
Dailies are the only ones who have had
hearts big enough to send US their dailiss.
notwithstanding we had none to send
In return.
Year: 1863

~ Thompson's Reporter says: "There
is more gold now in the country, by $40, ,O0O,-
900, than before the civil war broke out"


While it does not attempt to explain the
reason why geld should remain at its present
high rate of premium, it predicts that if our
winter campaign should suddenly result IN
favor of the Government, "the effect will be
such on the price of gold that no combination
of spectators, however wealthy, whether of
native or alien birth and sympathies, will be
able to resist the fall"
Year: 1863

The Copperhead State Central Commit


tee have determined not to call . State
Convention to nominate candidates for
State officers until after the meeting of the
Coppsrhead National Convention. They
recommend tha. the Ceppesheads hold q
Convention in each Congressional District
on the 9th Of January to select delegates
to the National Convention. an as;.f
Year: 1863

d r w.


LADIES AND Earnestly. cor
daily, thank you for your greeting to-day.
I am not certain but shall illustrate my feel
ings by an anecdote heard many years ago.
A han who was given to the habit of profane
swearing on all occasions, was one day haul
ing load of potatoes up hill, when the tail
board of the wagon getting loose, he found,
on looking back, that the contents of his wag-
on had escaped, and were strewn over the
road. A friend meeting him at the moment
accident. Well,''' he replied, simply be-
cause am not able to do justice to the occa-
sion." / am beginning to feel the ebb Of this
excitement; but it seems otherwise with you.
Perhaps owe something to the intensity of
my feelings, and the arduous character of my
labors. Yoa may well rejoice in the great
victory you have won. It is an achievement
of which you may we'll be proud. It is one
for which your posterity viii thank and glo-
rify you even as you reverence and praise
your fathers for the struggle that gave you
the best Government the world ever knew.
This is not triumph of any man. No man
could have won it, and no man in the State
| ever merited such an ovation Neither isit
triumph of any party, as we have hereto
fore classified and understood them. Party
lines, to great extent. have been obliterated
in this contest. Masses of both parties have
joined to swell this great triumph, and the
/ line of division has only been between those
who were friends of the Government and the
country on the one side, and the opponents
of these on the other And why should not
men of all parties thus become united? Nine


teen years ago stood in this same grove, ,and


followed Governor Corwin in party discussion.


What was our ground of eontest2 eonten-
ded that the principles of my party were best
calculated to perpetuate the Government and
promote the prosperity of our common coun-


try. The Governor eontended that the prin-
ciples of his party were better adapted to the


same end. The purpose was the same. We


We're like two parties going to mill, each con-
i tending that his was the smoetEest and best


road By and by there comes IN the head OF
Year: 1863

YEHHE administrator or executor Of the success


Ill sion of AsAPH GREEN, deceased, Is hereby
notified that having three different times offered
to pay my note given for purchases made at the
succession sale and being unable to obtain the
same, you will take notice that unless my note IS
forthcoming within the next thirty days, Will
use every meansto debar its payment ! am and
have been ready to pay said note, ever since fall
ing due, but am not willing to pay any interest
thereon. y. n. COLEMAN.
Year: 1863

A SOLDIERS VIEWS The following is an
extract from private letter from voun-
teer in the ranks in army of Rosecrans:


But they have seen enough of the negro
service to convince them that this war can
never be brought to final close under the
present policy. This regiment is made up
of good old farmers, and they went ont to
fight to maintain the Constitution and laws,
and restore the Union; and after sacrificing
so much they are not willing to lose all for
the sole purpose of upholding the high
hand ed usurpation of the Abclitionists, in
their wicked attempt to destroy the very
thing they--went out to fight for. We, as
good soldiers, earnestly pray to the Ruler
Of nations to interpose in our behalf. tha
these things should no longer be; and we
also petition the good citizens that we have
left behind, that they petition the authori-
ties to bring about an armistice for time
and try to stop any more blood being shed
until there is an effort made to settle the
difficulties.
Year: 1863

er's pen, aEo the way along which their wounded
were carried back into the town is still red
with blood, notwithstanding the rain this NOR
nng.


Just IN front of our line is thin plank fence
hehled which the enemy sought shelter as they
advanced e up the hill Some of the planks in
TINS 'ence were literally shot away from the
posts 70 which they were nailed, and one can
hardly place his hand spon any part of them
without covering dozen bullet holes. At the
foot OF the stone wall behind which the Confed
eratss fought thousands of f1attened musket
4has'sSnay be seen, whilst the bills behind it
have been COZ verted in to partial lead mine.
Year: 1863

The following we'll written and we'll merited
address, ae was recently issued to the army of
Northern Virginia, by the great Captain of
the age, General Robert Z. Lee It will be
read with interest
Year: 1863

CONDITION or THE CONFEDERACY. The
New Orleans correspondent of the New York
Times says that when the gallant Colenel
Guerson reached New Orleans after his wild
ride through Mississippi, he said to General
Shepley-


- tell you, General, no one can pass thro
that country without knowing that the Con-
iederacy is broken up; it is a mere she'll with
nothing in it. The negroes are not working,
bat flying from place to place. We met many
with handouts on, and released them Their
crops Of this year cannot be realized, and the
whole slave system is utterly demoralized in
the State OF Mississippi
Year: 1863

CoNDirroN or THE NATroNAB FrNANoEs
The Washington Republican Of the goth,
announces, evidently by authority. that up to
this time the subscriptions to the five twenty
loan exceed one hundred million of dollars
This fact will for the present avoid tho ne
cessity for any new loan


The Secretary Of the Treasury is willing to
receive subscriptions to this loan from for
oigners upon the same terms as from citizens
of the United States. He has no idea at
present Of seeking any other pecunisry aid
abroad II is not true thst Mr.. Walker, or
any other person, has been authorized to ne
gotiate a loan for the government abroad
The resources Of the government are amply
sufficient for all its purposes About one
million and a half Of dollars are realized
weekly from the internal revenue, and our
financial affairs were never in a more healthy
condition


There are now NJ claims against the gov
rerment, which have been adjusted and prop
erly certified, that are unpaid An such
claims are promptly liquidated as soon as they
reach the Treasury Department.
Year: 1863

Sir A. p Gordon Cumming writes to
Scotch journal =" In cutting the Inverness
and Perth Railway through the Lochnavan-
dah Park on Altyre, we have unceremoniously
trespassed on the privacy aud retirement Of
numerous colony of ancient toads. The cut
ting is here from twenty feet to twenty-five
feet deep the lower part being through from
ten to sixteen feet of freestone and red con-
glomerate. The interesting old residents are
found in the red freestone, about fifteen to
twenty feet below the surface, where they
certainly must have been several nineteen
years leases out on the land above them
They are sometimes turned out by the heavy
hand pick or the great iron crowbar; but
blast of powder, of which vast amount is
here expended, seems to cause the greatest
upset in the establishment, as a shot 10 some
times the means OF exposing dozen of the
sleepy old fellows. They seem none the
worse for their long repose, but after giving
few winks at the new light thus suddenly
let in upon them, and taking several gasps Of
the unwonted air, they leisurely and deliber-
ately proceed to hop and crawl down the line
along the small water course towards the
lower fields | have seen them in numbers,
and some of the men have counted above 40
at once"
Year: 1863

The importance Of physical training to him
who goes into battle, whether officer or sol
dier, can have no better illustration than in
the achievements during the late battle Of
Charlottesville of the Captain of the color
company Of the lO2 Regiment, N. Y. ", a
man thoroughly trained in the use Of his mus
Giles and MS sword, After a desperate hand
to-hand conflict with a Captain and Color
Sergeant of the 18th Georgia, he finally
wrenched away the sword of the Captain, a
stalwart six-footer, and dsarmed the color
Sergeant, bearing his colors from the flag
staff, wnen he found two more butternuts up
on HIM. Selling his musket from one by
sheer strength, he sent him spinning on bis
back, and then seized the other, an ambulance
SerKeant--in minutes having taken, without
assistance, one Captain, two Sergeants and
one private. The name Of this hero is Wm.
Nelson Green. He retains the sword by
leave Of his Brigadier General, and the flag
was sent TO Gen. Hooker by his order.