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Year: 1862

From the hour Of seven yesterday morning up to the
time Of the launch OF this vessel continual stream Of
visitors particularly the genter SEX kept pouring into
the Navy Yard Brooklyn. Certainly not less than eish
thousand persons present, and enthusiastic
assemblagc never congregated to applaud the en-
Of the government to put down the present re-
belion. Every available space in shiphouse No. was
occupied every vessel crowded. and the yard in the
vicinity OF the launch was literally jammed Shphouse
No. l was tastefuily decorated with the stars and
Stripes and the shipping presented every design suita-
BILE for the occasion The receiving ship North Carolina had
all her cutters manned with blue jackets, decorated in
their summer toggeryher ensigns thrown forth to the
breeze, and her yards manned. Some Ave hundred
ladies and gentlemen filled up every crevce OF this ship
where a view OF the launch could be obtained, and the
excellent band attached 10 the yard discoursed most
delightful music In fact everything that could tend to
give ecra the occasion fully provided The docks
and shipping in the vicinity also lined with i'm.
mense crowds Of people.


Everything being in readiness, at nine o'clock pre-
cisely-the order for cutting away the stauncheons
being completed-the Lackawanna glided gracefully
and quietly into her native element, proudly raising
her bead as she advanced. As she Slid down
the ways the enthusiasm Of the people fairly
made the wekin ring, and as she sped her way
through the water those on tho docks and shipping
in the vicinity sent up another shout, which was re
echoed by people in the yard and the blue jackets
the war vessels.


TOO much praise cannot be bestowed upon Naval Con
sructor Deano, Lieutenant Commanders Fiebrown aud
Temple and Captain Brady the master Of the yard for
the orderly and efficient with which everything
connected with the launch was conducted. Indeed we
venture say that other launch took place a.
this station which gave such general satisfaction


The christening portion Of the ceremony was performed
by Miss mogcne Grace cooper, tho accomplished daugh
ter Of Commander Cooper the commanding officer Of tn
United states transport Massachusetts The ease
and grace with which she knocked tho neck Of bottle
champagne and pronounced the bagsmai phrase, all
the name Of Neptune baptizs thee Lckawanna," oci
ted the applause Of all on board
Tho launch over, the Iaekawanna was towed to th
yard and placed under ts shears where she rsceiv
| her machinery.


The huh Of this weasel laid the Cd Of January
| 1881 shortly after the gunboat Onoda launched
Her designer and constructor Mr. Desuo and well
he ba proud q his ship for beautiful specimen
| uay,A architecture cannot be found.


Rear Admiral Pauldng, who present just as u


ship was leaving the ways, expressed 10 Mr.. klano.
Year: 1862

Everybody admires full well formed.
and clean set of teeth. Many a fair one


owes not a little of her power over the
other sexto the coy exposure of n mask
ed battery of pearly teeth that lie be-


hind breastworll of ruby lips. A hand
some set of teeth is a passport to favor


TO eat without sound teeth is next to i'm
possible. They are essential alike to good


looks and good living. Yet few people
fully realize their aesthetic and practical
value till they are partially destroyed,
and the fearful gaps and serious incon-
venience occasioned by the extraction of a
few teeth arouse the process of decay
which has been carelessly allowed to be-
gin its unwelcome inroads. The preserva-
ton of the teeth is q matter which should
be carefully urged upon children and
young people, because the cause of decay
may generally be traced to neglect of
the teeth in the early period of life. The
teeth may easily be kept clean and sound
if the person enjoys fair health. They
should be cleansed after every meal in or
der to remove the particles of food that
would otherwise be converted into acid
and act injuriously upon the enamel No
dentrifice is required. Pure water, neither
hot nor cold, but tepid rather, should be
used, and the brush should be applied to
the edges and inner side of the teeth, as
well as to the outside. a wooden or quill
tooth-pick tmetallic ones are injurious)
may be used to remove any particles of
food clinging between the teeth. Py this
method they may be kept perfectly clean,
and their soundness insured for a much
longer than is usually the case, while un-
necessary pain and expense occasioned by
dental treatment may be avoided. Moth
ing very cold or very hot should be allow
ed to come in contact with the teeth.
Year: 1862

In the flush and brilliancy of early mar
ried love, the first faint impressions of
the future husband and wife commence.
As lovers, their separate dispositions were
IN state of pleasant antogonism as a
welded pair, they are presumed to be
amalgamated, and form an entirety which
recognizes mutual interests, advantages
and concessions, as the basis of their mu-
tUal happiness. The husband, then, ev-
en- in the dawn'of his marital bliss, should
begin to create in his Wife's mind those
favorable sensations which are the precur-
sors of those more solid ideas which bind
woman to man-by that strong intercom-
muniOn of soul which only death can in
terrupt. The obligation is equally imper-
ative upon the wife. In the hey-dey Of
her husbands love, while his heart beats
responsive to her every wish, and his
mind is fair tablet on which none but
summer thoughts are engraved, she should
begin the study of his character, so that
when the necessity arises she may be
able to accommodate her own plastic one
to it, without effort or inconvenience
Indeed with both of them this should ear
ly be an object of anxiety, so that gradu-
ally there should grow up between them
conciliatOry predisposition of tone and
manner which, when brought into requisi-
ton, would appear more a habit than a
duty. Both husband and wife object to
anything that looks like eompulsion they
each turn away from even duty, when
clothed in repelling garments; and from
this it will be apparent how necessary it
is that the soil of their tempeFs, and pc
culiar mental and moral idiosyncrasies,
should as early as practicable be sown on
ly with those seeds which in after years
will yield the sweet-smelling flowers that
shed such delicious perfume over hal
lowed and long-tried welded love.
Year: 1862

The Wheeling LlteligsSesr reiterates the
solemn truth ofthat strange snake story.
told couple of weeks ago, of young
fellow named Fay, residing about six miles
east of Wheeling, on the National road.
and who captures snakes in great num-
bers and who bites their heads off. Tho
reporter says this story is more than true.
Fay will capture given number of snakes
as readily as one would find given num-
Der of minnowes in the creek along whoSes
banks the fellow resides, and he Will bite
their heads off with no more concern thau
he would manifest in biting off chew Of
dog-leg tobacco. 1t is known that no haz
bitten the heads off at least one or two
hundred snakes at different times during
the present spring.


As we said before, he has but one or
two teeth in his upper jaw, and ne is COM
PEELED to chew and tear the heads in order
to separate them from the bodies, the rep
tiles being alive and squirming horribly.
Another popularity shout the fellow ia,
that the dogs are all afraid of him, or else
he exercises some charm upon the tx g.
species. He will go into yard or house
in the middle Of the night. .unloose the
most ferocious dog and kick him into the
street. He has done this repeatedly with
very savage dogs in the neighborhood,
which no person, other than those with
whom the dogs are acquainted. dare sp-
proaoh.
Year: 1862

Nobody abuses small talk unless he be
a stranger to its convenience. Small
talk is the small change of life; there is
no getting on withOutit. There are times
when its folly to be wise ;" when a little
nonsense is very palatable, and when
gravity and sedateness ought to be kicked
down stairs. A philosopher cuts poor
figure in the ball room, unless he leaves
his wisdom at home. Metaphysics are in
structive in the midst of agreeable pratt
ties, as deaths head on q festive board.
We have met with men who were too
lofty for small talk. They would never
condescend to play with a ribbon or fiirt
a fan. They were above such trihing. in
other words, they were above making
themselves agreeable, above pleasing,
above being pleased. They were all wis
dom, all gravity and all tediousness, which
they bestowed upon company with more
than Dogberry's generosity. A man who
cannot talk has no more business in so
ciety than a statue. The world is made
up of trifies; and he who can trihe ele-
gantly and gracefully is a valuable acquisi-
ton to mankind. He is Corinthian col
umn in the fabric of society.
Year: 1862

does the tablet Of the brain under this in
fiuence. Even in our dreams, of which
we take no notice, but which are patent
to bystanders by our speech and action,
there must be plenty Of ''unconscious GER
ebation." Indeed Sir Henry Holland, i'll
referring to vauge feeling that all of us
have experienced when engaged in any
particularact. that I'VE have gone through
1t all before" endeavors to explain it BY
supposing that the faint shadow of a
dream has suddenly, and for the first time,
come to our recollection in a form so un-
usual, that it seems as though we had act
ed the part before in another world
That we go through brain-Work uncon-
sciously, we have therefore no doubt, and
we see no reason why we should deny the
existence of power seated in the brain.
whose duty it is silently to sift the grain
from the husk in the immense mass of
mental pabulum supplied to it by the
enses.-EllinbuT1 Rsrie7r.
Year: 1862




The Unionists are either right or wrong
in resisting the Shareholders Rebellion
They cannot be both right and wrong, nor
is there any way of splitting the difference
between them consistent with honesty
and truth. If those who direct the Ma
tional efforts in this struggle provoked,
outraged and oppressed the South so that
h9r people were compelled to take up
arms in vindication of their own manhood,
then the People ought TO rise as one man,
wrest power from the unworthy hands to
which it has most unwisely been commit
ted, and pu. an end to the war. But if
as Andrew johnson and ParSon Brown
low affirm, and we most undoubtingly be-
lieve-there was no cause whatever for
rebellion-if the election of Lincoln was,
as General jackson said the Tariff was in
1882 and the Slavery question next would
be, but q preteXt," and as Barnwell
Rhett pronounced it, 4" the opportunity"
Tor this Disunion outbreak-the eagerly
awaited. coveted and - oppor-
tunity-then he who insinuates that one
sue Is as much to blame as the other, and
seeks TO cover Republicans and Rebels
with a common odium, is not merely
systematic deceiver but a virtual traitor.
He is doing his utmost to paralize the
energies of the Government by robbing
it of the hearty aud enthusiastic support
of the People lie is doing the basest
of jeff Davis and FLOYD
without having the courage to share their
perils.-Nel0 York TriJ,mc,
Year: 1862

In his speech at Lebanon, Tenn, on the
2d inst, Gov. Johnson spoke on the twin
subjects OF slavery and secession
Men tell us we must compromise. We
will compromise only by making them
submit; by doing as Jefferson did with
Burr-conquer them and then make them
obedient. What better Government do
we want than the present? What have
we got to compromise? Has any one lost
his rights in the Union? If so, let him
come forward and look me in the face,
and tell me what he has lost. Lost your
rights? Well, have determined to give
all who say this chance to get their
rights by sending them off South to fight
for their rights, and give them in exchange
for some of those poor fellows in the rebel
army who have found their rights and
want to come home.


l don't think these fellows who buster
about rights have much appetite bright
ing. Some of them would rather 90 to
the devil than enter the army. Rights,
indeed ! they gave me mine by turning
my sick wife and little boy into the streets.
That is the way they gave me my rights.
Let me tell these clamorers that there are
SO0,O00white people and only g, 900 slave
holders in Tennessee.


Now, keep forcing this issue upon the
people; make it question whether the
government or slavery shall perish, and l
will cling to the government to the last,
and perish amid its fallen columns. Rather
let Africa sink under the ocean than this
Republic thould perish. Persist in forcing
this slavery issue and the institution is
gone.


Clayton, Howell Cobb's Secretary, said
to me on one occasion We of the South
are determined not to submit TO a Presi-
dent who has risen from the mass Of the
people rs Abe Lincoln has. Here Is Il full
blown idea of aristocrscy-that you, the
people, shall not send up one of your own
men, plebian without wealth, or negroes,
or family, to rule over a conceited and
ambitious aristocracy, who estimate men
not by their brains or virtues, but by their
wealth and lineage.
Year: 1862

What tho the sky be overcast,
And angry clouds are rushing fast
Before the wild and stormy blast,


And all Is gloom and sadness,
Tomorrow sun will drive away
The clouds that now make dark the day.
And. Nature. decked in bright array,


Will smile in joy and gladness.
What tho thy soul has felt the woe
Ofadvcrse fortunes cruel blow.
And all thy joys are crushed below


The weight of pain and sorrow.
ct bear thy burden-cease to sigh
The star of hope yet CLEANS on high
The sunset dyes that paint the sky,


Proclaim bright to morrow.
Tho life is but I" vale of tears"
And hope Is ever joined with fears.
And disappointment oft appears


To make thee sad and weary.
Remember that the darkest night
Is followed by the morning light
That many scenes of earth are bright,


Though some be dark and dreary.
Then yield not. tho the pointed dart
OfSorroW pierce thine aching heart
In silence bear the bitter part


Which fate to thee has given;
For soon again a cheerful ray
OF hope will DER thy fortunes play.
And flowers again will strcw the way


That leads to peace and Heaven.
reene, D.
Year: 1862

We see in various quarters, signs and
indications of a thorough waking up of
loyal citizens and loyal authorities. SEN
sible people begin to realize the fact that
the rebellion is a giant demon, and that
if we wish to destroy it, we must come
down upon it with relentless force and
fury, instead Of stopping to parley with it
about compromise, and of devising fancy
plans Of conciliat;on, by which the demon
may be transformed into an angel of light.
A few weeks ago, some timid Union men
would occasionally tell us that we were
ahead of the times. We guess from pres
ent appear ances that we shall not have
TO wait for company. We are beginning
to grow hopeful. When the nation gets
into hard earnest then the rebellion will
quickly perish. The sentiment uttered,
from the portico of the Capitol last night,
by Governor johnson: "a Treason must be
made oIious and traitors impoverished" was a
golden sentence. 1t fell upon our ears
like the trumpet voice of leader who
had barred his strong arm for victory The
audience felt so. and shouted with en-
thusiastic approval.
Year: 1862

AS may be seen, insert this week the sdysrsisa
ment of McLIean's Cordial etc.


1t is very well known are not particularly favor
able to patent medicines and as general thing esehev
the whole of them with but little ceremony and with
these sentiments declined inserting this advertise
ment until we knew what the ingredients Of the
medicine, and how compounded This we have learned
and believing do that the ingredients are good
and the compound judiciousy made, we recommend it
as a mixture worthy of public confidence


The above is from the ST. Louis Christian Advocate
edited by the renowned Rev. DR.. McAngIly which
speaks volumes in favor of BcLesns OordiaL We say
to all try It See the advertisement In another column


fah6 daU
Year: 1862

We are now prepared to manufacture our
goods with dispatch, as our force is much larger
than heretofore.


We have the best of workmen, and no effort
viii be spared on our part to give entire salts
faction to all who may favor US with their pat
rOnage. nOlO-3m
Year: 1862

E,OR SALE-OSE SPRING CART AND TWO TRUCK
WAGONS made to dump and suitable for cartIng brick,
barrels of kind Also three double harness
and single harness. Win be sold low Inquire of
A N. DEHMAN, foot Of West Twentieth street,
Year: 1862

poadent with the army whose letter win be read with


great Interest," reports hat the country round hAnsssas
fed was therefore nos devastated by ths troops ous
willingly destroyed by the people, who would not DINER
wise have gone of with the soldiers ba ooe'd saos y
erners do not resist but they retire. and "e sowns
are deserted AZ the snemy's approach" We shai soon
see whether snsre any iounda'.n % los Wo,S Ths
time cannot be FAR distant when the eouh must either
surrender their cotton and tobacco or burn them III
they give up their crops the invaders may consider
that they intend 10 succumb; II they give them TO the
flames shall have pledge Of earnestness which will
assure US thai the aDation o. ne Eastern cities pre-
the South have nothing more 20 fear. All the worst
that can happen 10 them will have been endured. and
that task OF conquest which never be performed
Will have TO be commenced General Mcclellan has
adrdnced but tcenty miles from Washinston, aud
already soe read IN our correspondents Letter that he Is
obliged TO send hs cavalry tdek TO WGshion 70 obtain
food for their horses. AS he passes he will have 70
make railways TO keep up his and line
North docs well to stake the success Of the war upon
events Of the next thirty days. The pinch which
the south must have expected when they com
menced this enterprise has now come. They have
shown considerable active courage; II Is now 10 be
seen whether they have the passive endurance ne
cessary 70 achieve freedom II is not for US looking
on from safe distance 70 speak scornfuy OF men who
cannot bring themselves TO their homes and
their property 70 devasate their country 70 send away
their women and children and to fall back nghtiDg be-
lore an advancing enemy who is armed with all the su
peror machinery OF modern warfare. We do not say
that under the pressure that is coming upon the
white men Of ths South submission would be the act Of
coward and craven boastere but we do say that mon
who have determined TO achieve freedom have always
had to look these sacrifices the face and that men
who are not able to endure all this, and more, should
never put their hands to an insurrecton


[Lopdon March 27) correspondence Of the Manchester


sgts irt Guardian.1 10 s


The action between the Nerimao and Monitor usurps
the lions snare OF attention The subject naturally ex
cites intense interest among naval men az the first en-
poyment Of iron plated ships in naval war. hear it
said that though the evidence afforded by tho encounter
is conclusive in favor Of the mode Of rig, rather
rig applied 10 these iron sheed turtles invunera
bty the only desideratum yet that neither the Merr
adapted for anything but harbor service in heavy
way the opinion OF sailors here that both
must infallibly 70 down.
Year: 1862

Rear Admiral George Campbell Read,
of the United States Navy, died last week
at the Naval Asylum in Philadelphia, of
which he was Governor As an old and
esteemed citizen Of Philadelphia, and as a
brave and able officer of our navy, his death
will be sincerely lamented, though he had
reached an age when greater length of years
was scarcely to be expected. His illness
was short, and he has been out until quite
recently, looking well and vigorous.


Admiral Read was a native of Ireland
and his age was about seventy-fYe years
He entered the infant navy of the United
States as midshipman in the year 1904.
We have no minute particulars Of his pro-
tessional career, but we know that in 1912
he was third Lieutenant under Commodore
Hull, on the Constitution, in the glorious
battle with the Guerriere, and that he COM
manded the boat which boarded the cap
tured frigate. He served throughout the
war with Great Britain, and just before its
close was assigned to the command of the
Chippewa, one of the vessels Of the flying
squadron organized for service under Com
HIouoIC CllJ, Out "HiCh WAS heNeT aCIlVe-
ly employed because peace was declared
before it was ready. He was commissioned
Captain in 1925. For number of years
after that he was actively employed, and
at one time he commanded the squadron
on the coast Of Africa His total sea-ser-
vice has been about twenty four years In
1855 he was put upon the Reserved List.
In 1861 he was appointed Governor of the
Naval Asylum On the 30th of last month
he was selected by the President, under
new act of Congress, from among those
Captains who have rendered the most faith
full service to the country for the rank Of
Rear Admiral, on the Reserved List, his
name being next to that of the veteran
Stewart. He lived to enjoy his new honor
only twenty-three days.
Year: 1862

f. w, Hughes, selfappointed chairman
of the so-called democratic State commit
tee, who has been endeavoring to stir up
party feeling in this State, lately had the
impudence to send his addresses to Secrc-
tary Seward. We give the following ex-
tract from Mr.. Stewards reply, which may
be read with profit by all engaged in fos-
tering a spirit OF opposition to the General
Government


You will allow me to say that this nation
is now engaged, not in political canvas be-
tween opposing parties about questions of civil
administration, but in civil war, carried on
by opposing armies on an issue of national
life or death.


If the revolution prevail there will be no
questions of administration left to SETTLE
If it fail there will be time enough to settle
all such questions.


| am not to dictate course for others to
pursue in this crisis But must say for
myself, that neither as public officer, nor
as citizen, can | know with favor or disfa.
vor. parties among the supporters of the
United States, any more than I can make a
distinction between factions which unite in
aiding the Rebellion.


A nation, like an individual, can do only
one thing effectually at one time 1t cannot
wisely turn aside from the chase of the fear
full demon of disunion, to pursue any inferior
demon, whether imaginary or real.


| think that the wrangles which occurred
amcug the Crusaders about their respective
creeds, when they sat down to the siege of
Jerusalem, were just as rational and Just as
wise rs disputes about Abolition would now
be in the Army of the Potomac in front Of
Richmond. What is unwise in the camp at
such moment cannot be wise in the Cabinet
or in the assemblies Of the people,


| am occupied here either in mediating be-
tween differing parties and jealous sects,
or else in watching and counteracting the in
trigues of traitors in Europe. But some
times think that if, instead of being charged
with these duties, were at liberty, as you
seem to be, to serve the country in my own
way, | could make an appeal to Democrats
and Republicans, AbolitioHists and slave-hol-
ders in behalf of our distracted country that
| would bring the whole people at once under
arms, and send treason reeling back into the
den Of darkness from whence it sprung. I
do net know how this would be, but do
know that If were in your place, should
| try.


am very respectfully, your obd't servant,
WILLIAM Ell. SEWARD.
We also find in the Cambria Alleghanian
the following card addressed to Hughes !:


S1R-You may talk of the success of the
Democratic Party. Whilst in power, why
did it refuse to send force to Charleston to
crush the Rebellion in its infancy, instead of
fostering up JEFF Davis and Floyd to do as
you say in yours of July 20, viz, allow the
Government to fall into the abyss of anar-
chy, or else upon its ruins despotism be
reared? Take and bury Politics, so that
it will raise its demon head no more, for i