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Year: 1863

by the South. The Union Convention
met not long after that and adopted all
the resolutions. Then the Butternut
Convention met again and also adopted
all the resolutions. Thus the Butternut
Democrats were pledged to that resolu-
ton, and to the declaration that the
South began the war Now, being
pledged to the truth, they ought to quit
lying, (great laughter and applause
and saying the abolitionists began
the war. When the war broke out, he
pledged himself to know no party till it
was over. He found himself in good
company IN this resolution. He spoke
eloquently of the course and language of
General Cass, and Dix and Douglas,
and dilated with great effect on the mad
ness of partisan action when the exist
ence of the nation was in peril Mr.
Secrest continued to speak for some
time longer, but we have not space to
give even a sketch of what he said
further.
Year: 1863

To insure e. at least a fair proportion Of their
patronage- --


p S-we are closing out our Summer stock at
greatly reduced prices to make room for our New
Fall and Winter Good5, je17
Year: 1863

rage least as he was present al the mar,
rage feast of Cana OF Gal:lee. The liable is
not sparingly set Iorth. Each makes a
long arm and the feast goe- cheer;ngly on.
Punch and brandy psss round between the
courses; and here and there pipe is smok
ed while waiting for The next dish They
sit long al the table but as all things must
have an end, so must 8 Swedish dinner.
Then The darce begins. II is led of by
the bride and The priest, who perform 9
solemn minnet together Not ill midnight
comes the least dance. The girls fotm a
Dng round the bride, 10 keep her from the
hands OF the married women, who endeavof
TO break through the magic circle and seize
their new sister Alter long struggle they
succeed and The crown is taken from her
head The jewels from her neck and her bod
dice is unlace end her kinle taken of and
like vestal virgin, clad all in white she
goes, but il is TO her marriage chamber not
10 her grave; and the wedding guests fol-
low her with lighted candles in their hands.
And this is village bridal = Long feHoto.
Year: 1863

The REBEL FLAG.-The Rebel Congress
at their lac, session adopted new and
certainly very handsome flag--a white
ground, with bright red union. the latter
crossed diagonally with two blue stripes,
with white stars On the stripes. The law
directed that il shoud be adopted on the
first day OF July, and then hoisted for the
first time on all her ships and forts. The
Atlantis however, in honor of what she
thought was to be certain capture of the
Weehawken and Nahani, hoisted it IN anti-
cipaton of the appointed day, but instead
OF lis continuing TO float in triumph, it was
hauled down in defeat. The fate of the
flag on this its first display in action is a
bad omen for It's future success.
Year: 1863

Since the outbreak Of the rebellion, there
has never been so extensive d call upon
The stores Of the Sanitary Commission for
ehe aid and relief Of our noble wounded
soldiers, as thnt now prepared and prepar-
ing in the field before Vicksburg, 1t finds
The Chicago Sanitary Commission to a
large degree stripped Of the means for
meeting the demand. It is only needed to
suggest this matter and press its urgency,
leaving the ibcrality and loyalty OF our
readers everywhere to supply the details.
Remember these suffering brave men are
our brothers and sons, who have gone out
from our own homes They must not
want the solace and the succor that the
Sanitary Commission is especially constl-
1ntcd to supply. Let the fountains, large
and small, be thrown open again, and these
channels be kept full. Everything is
needed On the List already familiar to our
communities. Let there be hospital cloth
ing prepared, bandages, lint, and remem-
Der that, best Of all, donation in money
will meet the necessities Of the occasion,
for purchases Of most descriptions Of artl'
Giles needed, can best be made in bulk by
the Agents Of the Commission in this city
Lose no time, in this.
Year: 1863

The Louisville Journal says that if Mr..
Lincoln, gazing abroad throughout the whole
country that he was elected to preside over,
does not regret his election more than almost
any other man in the na OF, bitterly as mil
lions regret it. he must b almost the weakest
or worst man in the nation"
Year: 1863

Catharine Burb, formerly slave of
Gusts Lee, but now free woman
through n clause in the will of Lees
granddaughter has arrived in Washing
ton from Richmond. She has been in
the family of Custis Lee, the eldest son
Of Gen. Lee, and now on the military
staff of jeff Davis, This woman rep
resents that there is a great excitement
just now in the Lee family at Richmond
over the expected hanging Of Sawyer
and Flynn by the Rebel Government
The people ell demand that the sentence
shall be executed next Friday, while
Gen, Lee, whose son, Fitz Hugh, is held
by our Government as q hostage for
Sawyer and Flynn, demands that Davis
shall prevent their execution, and
threatens, if his son is hung by us in
retaliation, that he will resign his posi-
ton in the Rebel army and leave the
Confederacy in disgust.
Year: 1863

BURNING CoTToN.-A letter to the St.
Louis Republican from Northern Missis-
sippi, under date of July 24th, says:


"The rebels are burning cotton far and
wide. The whole country south of the
Tallahatchie river and between that and
Jackson, Mics, is one vast cotton con1a-
grafton The torch is put TO every bale
that can be found, and the smoke from
the burning staple hangs Ill Q a dense fog
over the land. And while this is done
south of the Tallahatchie, Chalmers is
beginning the work of destruction north
of that stream, and between it and Cold
water creek.


"Orders have been issued to burn all,
and his forces are ont in Cvery direction
carry ing them into execution. They
swear net bale shall be left for Federal
confscation, and we believe that in less
than thirty days Mississippi--proud and
once prosperous Mississippi--will be a
desolaie waste, vast plain of shoulder
ing ruins"


What q very profitable business the
COnfederacy is making for Southern farm
ers! 1t destroys out of sheer rage, with
no rational motive whatever for its con-
duct, the property, the living, and the
all, of the very people whom il processes
to guard witblpeculiar snd pre- eminent
care. When the rebel army fed from
Nashville its leaders wantonly destroyed
one Of the cost.icst and most elegant sus-
pension bridges Of the South west, which
was the pride of the city; although
everybody knew that the destruction Of
the bridge would have no more effect
upon the movements of the Federal army
than the burning of pile of straw Yet
Northern copperheads assure us that
those frantic rebel leaders are great
statesmen.
Year: 1863

GREAT DEMAND roR TuE RADICAL PAPsns-- II
is most singular and curious circumstance
that all the soldiers in our armies, after reading
the New York HERALD, are always extremely
anxious to procure copy Of the Tribune.
Times or World to read, but TO light their
pipea with.
Year: 1863

Mr.. Fooe, OF Tennessee, has offered tho following
resolutions House Of Representatives. to the Coz
federate Congress. They lie over for the present


Resolved That il be respectfully but earnestly recon
mendcd by the President that he do before si
day Of May next, Withdraw our present diponaatid
agents from every foreign capital the government VI
which did not have at that time agreed to recognize
independence aud that after said arst day Of Nay
no foreign consul now acting as such within the mita
Of said Confederate States shall he longer allowed 10
ercse consular power among US, except upon An eKs
quatur asked for the hands Of the Of said
Confederate States. ana granted by the same.


Resolved That the conduct Of the Emperor Of France II
proposing he has recently done, to the several Eurs
pean Powers that they should unite with him in act Of
peaceful and amicabe Intervention in the contest
progress between the Of the United States
and that OF the Confederate states OF America has bcsu
highly gratifying both TO the government and people Of
the Confederate States and the hope 10 INDUCED that this
wise and magnanimous movement OF the Emperor Ut
Franceso fully In harmony as It with tho principles
which he has heretofore emphatcally av0wed In well
known published writings, aud upon which be has uni.
formy acted since his elevation to the imperial throne
may evcntuaie in the establishment OF relation
tween his and that OF the Confederate states
OF America Of close commercial amity and enduring con-
cord.
Year: 1863

Our City The effort has been persistenily
made BY certain parties, who ere prompted
alone BY political notions, to create the inn
preston that Dayton is most unquiet city
and that its inhabitants generally are rowdies
aud rioters The parties to this effort are
rapidly becoming the subject Of contempt in
the estimation OF the respectable classes in
our community Dayton is to-day as quiet q
city as there is in the Union and her people
are az slaw.abidiug as any TO be found in the
country Our police regulations are Of the
best character, aud under the vigilunt aud
active supervision Of our excellent Mayor
Gillespie, they are being promptly enforced
We are authorized TO state that the arrests
made for disturbances Of the peace were never
so seldom as at present We trust for the
fair name Of our city, in whose reputation
abroad men Of all political parties feel inter
es,ed, that the fasehoods, which have been
given currency for political effect, will be ut
terly disregarded We have peaceful, beau.
tiful and law-abiding city,
Year: 1863

Prepare for the Seventeenth The
Democrats Of the several wards in the city
should at once commence preparation for a
display at the grand Democratic mass meeting
to be held here on next Thursday. Bring the
matter before your Club meetings.
Year: 1863

The Meeting on the 17th-Attention
Ladies Much has been said in reference to
feeding the multitude on the 18th, 1t is
thought that it will be impraeticable to set any
general table at the fair ground, and this is
probably correct We would suggest that
those from the country who bring their own
dinners, make calculations to share their salt
with strangers. And the ladies' Of Dayton,
we understand, intend making ample provis.
ions for the wayfarer, as they provide for
themselves at the ground By little effort
on the part of every one, we may sustain the
reputation of our city and county for ready
and generous hospitality
Year: 1863

Bmigrants numbering one hundred and
seven thousand have arrived at New York
since Ja1nary-just double the number
who came during the same time last year.
Twenty three hundred arrived last week.
Year: 1863

The YORK Herald says, the abolition dis
unionsts have made new programme, they
now propose to fight and lberate all the
niggers they can, between this and the first
of May, and then invite foreign mediation,
and recognize the Southern Confederacy.
This policy is forshadowed by the Tribune
and other abolition journals. They have
steadily shown opposition to every effort


calculated to bring about reunion with the
South they have declared in congress and
elsewhere; that the Union as it was should
not be restored, and have by con6scation and
emancipation schemes labored to make it
impossible. Their cry of"war for the Union
has been a monstrous cheat and lie, They


fear that if the Union was rest lord, the South
would vote against them and that the Union
sentiment of the two sections would over
whelm them. They are in short what they
started out to be from the very first, sec
tionalists and disunionists, and they never
mean that the Northern and Sothern States
shall live and vote again together If things
could remain as they are now, until dem
ocrat administration could come into power,
with democrat Congress, the Union could
easily restored, but Heaven only knows what
this mlsrabIe dlsunion administration may do,
ere we can get an opportunity for a change.
Year: 1863

Needles are made of steel wire. The wire is
first cut by shears, from coils, into the length
of the nedles to be made. After batch of
such bits of wire have been cut off, they are
placed N hot furnace, and then taken out
and rolled backward and forward on a table
till they are straight. They are now to be
ground. The needle-pointer then takes up
two dozen or so of the wires, and rolls them
between his thumb and fingers, with their
ends OF The grindstone, first one end and then
the other. Next is a machine which fattens
and cutters the heads of ten tn ousand nee
dies in an hour. Next comes the punching of
the eyes, by boy, SO fast that the eye can
hardly keep pace with him. The splitting
follows, which is running fine wire through
dozen, perhaps, of these twin needles A
woman with little anvil before her, files be-
tween the heads and separates them.


They are now complete needles, but they
are rough and rusty aud easily bent. The.
hardening comes next. They are heated in
patches in furnace, and when red hot are
thrown into pan of cold water. Next thev
must be tempered, and this is done by rolling
them backward and forward on a hot metal
plate The polishing remains yet to be done.
On very coarse cloth needles are spread to
the number of forty or fifty thousand. Emo
ry dust is strewed over them, oil is sprlnkled
and soft soap is daubed over them the cloth
Is rolled hard up, and, with several others of
the same kind, thrown into a sort of washpot,
to roll to and fro twelve hours or more
They come ont dirty enough, but after rim
sing in clean hot water, and tossing in saw
dust they have become bright, and ready to
be sorted and put up for sale.
Year: 1863

e. A young belle in Washington stnit-
ten with Russian officer, an adventurer in
the Union army, married him in haste
After five weeks she repents at leisure, and
claims against him for assault and battery
Buttons on the drainn is the malady OF
young ladies now.
Year: 1863

On the 29th of September the World
copieda long article from the Cincin-
cinnati Enquirer, going to show that it
was not Vallandigham, the peace man
and traitor, who was candidate, but
Vilandigham the martyr, and urging
even War Democrats to vote for him on
that ground In order to enforce this
logic, the World said:


Mr. Vallandigham, elected Governor
of Ohio, could do no more in the advoca-
cy or promotion of fruitless and impos-
sible peace than he now does There
are laws to obey, and he would obey and
execute them. His voice for peace
would weigh just what it has always
weighed-no more, no less But pure,
civil liberty would receive righteous
vindication in the elevation to power
of him in whose person she has been
most foully outraged That this is the
issue, before the people of Ohio, we do
not hesitate to say.


The same remarkable journal said
yesterday:


1t has turned out to be hopeless-dS
any politician of ordinary sagacity
might haze foreseen that it tcould-to
attemptto to pursuade plain people that
in voting for Vallandigham they were
not voting for Valiandigham's avowed
political principles.


If this accomplished and versatile au-
thority would confess with the same can
dor that it is as destitute of principle as
it admits itself to be of ordinary sagac-
ity, we should be inclined to compliment
it on the dawn of that wisdom which
consists in selfknowledge.-Neso York
Post
Year: 1863

We observe in few Of the Eastern
papers growing disposition to grunt at
the delay at Charleston. Anxious as any
body can be for that place to fall, VIC hare
only to say, that Gen. Gilmore, unlike the
do-nothings who have elsewhere failed be
cause OF laziness or incapacity, has proved
his fitness for the task before him; and
that, he docs not take Charleston, the
fault is not his, nor that of the men under
his command. There is an old adace
about the. inpossibility Of boring aucur-
holes with gimlet, behind which i he
fails tue people will give him shelter.
Year: 1863

neghborhood Of Dumfres aud that they intend plant
batteries In that locality.


Near the Wcomico river (Northumberlaud county, a
lot OF about i've hundred rebel cavalry have been seen
and vessels report that the whole country from
the Potomac 20 the Rappabannock Is full OF them They
are engaged sezng everybody capable of bearing
and stripping the people Of everything they have that will
be useful for military purposes.
Year: 1863

Curran said of the liberty of the press
THAT great sentinel of the State, that
grand detector of public imposture. guard
it, because when it sinks, there sinks with
it IN one common grave, the libsrly of the
subject, and the security of the crowd"
Year: 1863

The Dover Express says that sexton
sent his wife to visit a woman whose child
was near death, and to say that he wanted
to 60 out, but if the child would not take
long to die he would wait at home.
Year: 1863

England had an earthquake on the 9th
Of October. 1t seems to have been felt
over all the country, but it did no damage.
We wish England no harm, but we believe
that sound shaking would do her good.
Year: 1863

Lz The Grand Union League of
Maryland have issued cali for an as
sembling of delegates from all simular OF
ganIzations throughout the country, on the
18th a June next, " for the purpose of
consultation in reference to the interests of
he order and promotion of the great cause
in support of which it is organized
Year: 1863

All Of our readers can we'll remember
that but short time ago, it would not have
been safe for any person. to utter, or pub.
lish sentiments like those below, which are
taken from tho Nashville Tenn. Union.-
But circumstances have changed. A tide Of
events is carrying this nation on, through
sea Of blood, to bright future Of human
freedom, and al! the powers Of hell canno,
defeat the manifest purposes Of God, in the
ultimate destiny Of his creature, man.


The Nashville Union, thus clearly and
succinctly puts the point At issue in this
war.


'We can ignore the fire and extinguish the
flames just as easily as we can ignore slavery
and put down the rebellion. Why ~ the re-
bellion is TO slavery what q cough is to con-
sumption only its legitimate mantle sta ton
We cannot avoid tho slavery question we
must other settle it or it it will settle us most
eftectualy, forever


1t will be remembered that this is from a
journal published in slave State.


while the Usion will scru pulously avoid all
counsels Of tanaticism, it will nevertheless, ad
vocate in the most solemn and earnest manner
the entire and immediate extinction of the
cause Of all the present Troubles, and the curse
otthe south-Atrican slavery
Year: 1863

Every one must feel the liveliest sensa-
ton Of anxiety, when assured that battle
is in progress, between the forces of tho
Union and these Of the rebellion, particu.
larly so, when they learn that tho forces are
50 nearly equal, in numbers and in equip
ment, that the result of the fight is yet
doubtful.


Tho rebels driven from point after point
now seem to be concentrating for one tre-
lnendous struggle, on which they stake their
all. If in it they are defeated. their de.
feat will be the death Of the rebellion. II
they are victorious, their victory will only
prolong the war, but while there is man
in the North able to bear arms, their victe-
~ will do them no permanent good.


The point OF attack now IS against Ro
sencrans' army. For a long time they have
been concentrating and reinforcing Bragg,
and we hal hoped, that these truths being
known at Washington, the authorities there
would SEQ to it, that Rosencrans was put in
condition, either for attack or defense,
that would have been perfect offset to the
force Of Bragg. We fear, however, that
suca has not been the case and if Rosen
Grams is Obliged to fall back and give up a
portion Of the ground he has won, the blame
must not attach to him, for he has shown
himself to be equal to the emergency Of
great odds. 1t may be that the authorities
were not able to assist him, more than they
did it may be he did not think he needed
any assistance, and it may be that he did
not need any. We do not stop to give any
Of the particulars Of the fight, they are set
forth in the kilograms that We publish in
their proper place. The result is not yet
known, and until it is, We will continue to
hope that Roscncrans will yet be victorious.


LArEn.-Rosencrans has failed back to
Chattanooga.
Year: 1863

through Richmond ,was jenkins division.
composed of South Car olina troops. Thew
were sent southward to the relief of Char
lesion. r..


The feeling Of tho privates is in favor of
a peace especially if their property should
be guaranteed them by our government.


Our informant says also that there arc
more Union people in the South than We
imagine : that the belief Of the rebels in
their cause is fast failing They feel now
that something desperate mast be done, OF
all is lost:
Year: 1863

the insurreetiop, and would so far tend to
bring the gold market to normal condi-
tiou. The rapid conversion Of legal tenders
into 500 bonds continues without abate.


ment showing at the same time the public
confidence in the national credi: aud the
prospect of a speedy reduction Of the
amount of paper money. Were there any
reasonable prospect Of . continuance of the
war for say three years longer, or of the
Government being driven to the necessity
of unlimited issues of paper money, there
would then be every reason for anticipating
still higher range of quotations for gold.


But with such satisfactory prospects of the
success of the national cause, the only safe
course for merchants to adopt is to calcu-
late upon the non maintenance of extreme
quotations for gold.-United 5. Economist.
Year: 1863

A Washington special to the New York
Herald says there is reason to believe that
the execution Of the conscription will be
indefinitely postponed. The opinion is
openly expressed BY high authorities, that
the armies in the field are amply sufficient,
and all that is necessary is to gil up the
depleted regiments by recruiting.
Year: 1863

Remember Washington how glorious and brave
Tho the days of that hero are o'er--
Tho lost to the millions, and cold in his grave
He'll return to his country no more.
That star of America, which so often hath pour't
Its bcatns on the battle, hath set,
But enough of his glory remains on each sward
To light us to vitory yet.
Did God and his nature embcllish each tint,
On our fields and prarics so fary
Did He ever intend that tyrants should print,
The footsteps of slavery there?
No Freedom, whose smil,s will ncvcs resign
Go tell our invaders our fame;
That It's sweetcr to bleed for a country so fine,
Than to sleep but one moment in chains.
Forsakc not our companions who STOOD
In the days of battle hy Our side,
While the plains and the vallies grew red with


their blood;


They fled not, but conquered and died.
That sun which now blcsscs our army with hi.


light


Saw that hero when he fought on the plain,
And won the last battle for freedoms good fight
We're glad that he fought not in vain
Stand true to your countly-the home of th'


brave,


On the field where our glory was WON
Well put down the rebellion, the traitors and


knavts.





And still be nation when treason is down.
Then np with the flag upon Sumptcr again!
And ,'ng may our banner there wave,
And save us home in the land off the free;
A home for the sons of the brave.
WuAGpoNsB,ES;. Ono.
Year: 1863

NEW YORK, Dec. p.


The Government has decided that the
safety Of American vessels leaving this
port requires that no person shall bs al
lowed to leave this port as passenger or
otherwise, on any American vessel with
out first receiving a passport from the
Marshal of this District.


1t is understood that 8 gunboat has al
ready been stationed at Sandy Hook, BY
Admiral Paulding, to intercept every 7es-
sci leaving the port by that outlet and an
other vessel at Throgg's Neck to examine
vessels leaving by the sound, with instruo-
tions to detain such as are without passes.
Any one can obtain the proper passport
who can have his loyalty properly Youched
for.


The adoption of this stringent measure
will probably prevent repetition Of the
Chesapeake STAIR.