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Year: 1863

To My OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS, My
CoUNTRY1rEN AND COMRADES IN ARMS
A positive conviction of what I owed to
your reputation, to the honor of our race,
and to my own conscience, compelled me
a few days ago to tender to the President
of the United States my resignation of
this command 1 shall not recapitulate
the reasons which induced and justified
me to do so. 1t would be superfuous.
There is not a man in this command who
is not fully aware of the reasons which
compelled me to resign, and there is not
man who does not thoroughly appreci-
ate and approve it. Suffice it to say that,
the Irish Brigade no longer existing, I
felt that it would be perpetrating great
deception were l to retain the authority
and rank of a brigadier-general nominal
ly commanding the same. I therefore
conscientiously, though most reluctantly,
resigned my command. hatresignation
has been accepted, and as your general I
now bid you an afectionate farewell. I
cannot doso, however, without leaving on
record the assurance Of the happiness,
the gratitude, and pride with which re-.
vert to the first days of the Irish Brig
ade, when it struggled in It's infancy, and
was sustained alone by its native strength
and instincts, and retrace from the field,
where it first displayed its brilliant gal
lantry, all the efforts, all the hardships,
all the privations, all the sacrifices which
have made its history-brief though it
be-sacred and inestimable Sharing
with the humblest soldier freely and
heartily all the hardships and dangers of
the battle -feld-never having ordered an
advance that 1 did not take the lead my
self thank God that have been spar
ed to do justice to those whose heroism
deserves from me a grateful commemora-
ton, and that I have been preserved to
bring comfort to those who have lost ia
Tiers, husbandsy and brothers in the sol
diers who have fallen for noble govern
ment under the green flag. My life has
been a varied one, and have passed
through many distracting scenes. But
never has the. river that flowed beside my
cradle, never have the mountains that
overlooked the paths of my childhood,
never have the old walls that claimed the
curiosity and research of maturer days
been efaced from my memory. As at
first, as in nature, the beautiful and glo-
rious picture is indelible. Not less Wv
id, not less efFaceable will be the recol-
lection of my companionship with the
Irish Brigade in the service of the Uni
ted States. The graves of many hund-
reds of brave and devoted soldiers, who
went to death with all the radiance and
of the noblest chivalry, are
so many guarantees and pledges that as
long as there remains one officer or SOL
dier of the Irish Brigade, so long shall
there be found for him, for his family
and his little ones, if any there be, de-
voted friend in


THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER.
Year: 1863

In Ohio, everybody appears to be hap
PLY disappointed at the favorable appear
ance Of the wheat fields. The dry fall
gave little promise; and with the early
opening spring, the fields were looking
discouragingly bare-but Providence has
vouchsafed exactly the weather in April
and May to remedy the effect of the dry
fall. Wherever a seed terminated, it
has followed the injunction to "increase
and multiply" and at this date the stools
are fine and large, hiding the bare ground
and giving promise of fair yield. These
remarks apply generally to the whole
State of OhiO-yet there are isolated
fields, and occasionally considerable range
of country, where the crop viii prove al
most failure. We have noted very care
fully the reports of our Ohio exchanges,
to which may be added the testimony Of
our numerous Ohio Farmer correspond
ents, and they all sustain US in the opin-
ion that the crop will far exceed the first
expectations Of the season, and will prove
nearly if not an average one. In the
northwestern and western counties the
crop is generally good-in the range of
counties through the eastern middle Of
the State, including Stark Wayne, &C.,
it is hearty and fne-in the southern
counties it is also reported as presenting
a handsome appearance. Reports from
the Miami valleys vary-but the weight
of evidence is in favor of an average crop.
Of the Scioto valley and some Of the
counties lying upon its northern outskirt,
report is not so favorable; on the tena-
cious clay lands and in the rich loose
loan of the valleys alike good deal was
winter killed, but what is left gives hopes
of fruitful yield. As We before remark
ed, the weather during the close of April
and in the opening weeks of May dissi-
pated the fears with which the farmers
entered upon the year, and gave them
additional reason for the fullest faith in
the promise of an appropriate seed
time" as well as cheerful "harve5t"


The breadth Of land cultivated falls
below that of tba oron of 1850 The av-
cessive dry fall made sad hole in the
number of acres that almost every farm
er had determined to sow-and probably
in this way at least one-si1th of the land
intended for wheat was left uncultiyated.
This deficiency will be met, probably, by
an increased breadth of spring crops, and
thus the years yield will exhibit no de-
crease in the total amount of food crops.
Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1863

TIE Richmond Enquirer says that among
other things the rebels must do, is to put their
clothes on a war footing. We suppose they
will adopt the Georgian uniform, Of shirt
collar and pair Of spurs.
Year: 1863

IT is said that the government makes mon
ey by coming nickel cents, now that the de-
mand is so great These coins are said to be
really worth only thirty-6ve cents the hun
dred. There are now at least six times as
many in the hands Of the public as are really
needed, and presently speculators and hoard
ers will bring on a crash.
Year: 1863

ARMY SwINDLERs-Artemus Ward In his
late lecture, lets drive at the army thieves
in this style: . .


with desire to benefit the young BY
holding up to them the infamous career of
q thief, be had thought OF lecturing on John
B. Floyd, who, When mere boy stole his
grandmother's knitting needles and sold
them for old steel; who when in Washing
ton, stole rything be could lay hands up
on, and would have stolen Mr. Buchanan's
character had half q chance offered itself.
"But on reflection" said the lecturer, 1t oc-
cured to me that we had just as vile thieves
here at the North, who claim to be intense
" interested in the welfare of tho Star
Spangled banner, and yet unless they are
closely watched they would steal every rag
of clothing the Goddess of Liberty has in
the world aad charge the American Eagle
fifty cents a night for a roosting place!
Steal? They would steal postage stamp
from dead negro's eye. Procrastination
is the thief of time; but give the army
swindlers a chance and they will steal pro-
crastnation. t2stio y7.g-.s -=s' .2
Year: 1863

The wounds that pain and grief have mad
Are seldom m cured by laughter;
Who has not felt the dreadful blade


As sdeep the moment aftera
But pity from the lips we love,


Is Friendships best endeavor;
And, like the rain drop from above,


Makes all look fresh as ever.
Year: 1863

We give the following. sales during the week.
Some lots were sold by the head on an estimated
weight. Sometimes this is given rather high, but
those sold by actual weight will Justify cur quota
tlous:
Year: 1863

FOREST BAT GRovE.-Au who wish to en-
Joy day Of comfort and pleasure on the lake
ehorc, away from the heat and dust of the
city, are invited to appear ut the Milwaukee
Depot On Tuesday morning ut half:p eight
o'clock, to join with the FIRST Universalist
Society and Sunday School, in their annual
Excursion and Picnic to Forest Bay Grove.
Fix up the little ones and the baakets and
conc along; 1t will pay-
Year: 1863

HIGH WIND.-The piping blast pipes right
merrily to-day. It will have the effect to
break up the ice that is in the lake, and hast
en- the opening of navigation. So pipe away.


As the wind sweeps through the streets it
causes many chase for the fugitive beaver.
This morning, on Superior street, man who
wears wig had his hat blown of, and with
it went the wig. There is nothing more ri
dieulOus than a wig-wearer with his wig of,
and it is net singular that the boys shouted
and laughed at the figure he cut in chasing
down hat and hair. When he caught the
wig he put it on wrong side before, which
made the boys laugh louder still, and then
he gave voice to his modification and rage
in an audible imprecatiOn, (,0igged manD


The high wind is in strong antagonism to
crinOline, and ladies who venture onto the
streets tO-duy do It at the expense of rude
and ungallant bufFetings.
Year: 1863

Report Of the Committee on the Conduct of


the War.


A Washington dispatch says that the
report Of the Committee on the Conduct of
the War will be made up and put in the
hands Of the printers as soon as Senator
Wade returns. 1t is said that it will re
feet severely On Franklin for failing to
reinforce Meade at Fredericksburg, and
will dwell on points in the Peninsula
campaign, bringing out, among other
things, the fact that for q week after Nc
Clellan arrived at Yorktown there were
not over eight or ten thousand rebels there
to oppose him.
Year: 1863

The Government has reason to be satis-
fed with the working of the Internal
Revenue law. TIE receipts last week
lacked but thirty-eight thousand Of reach
ing a million of dollars. Adding to this
the receipts for customs apd the income
tax which viii be collected in May, and
the result will be gratifying.
Year: 1863

Ice IN PAINEsvILLE.-Painesvi people
became quite uneasy at one time at the pros
pect of being without ice this summer. The
north wind drove a lot of ice on to the beach
at FairpOrt, however, and large number of
teams were engaged at once in hauling ice
to Painesville. Their iee-houses are we'll
filed with an excellent quality of ice.
Year: 1863

Enrolling under the COnscriptiOn Act is
being arranged on a system by which it is
believed that the eneire force Of the coun-
try can be enrolled during the month Of
April, commencing on the first Of that
rnnnth
Year: 1863

IT has been decided by the authorities
at Washington that if soldier is dis
charged before he has served two whole
years, or to the end of the war, if sooner
ended, he forfeits his s1OO bounty. The
back dues for wages, and fifty cents for
each twenty miles travelled from the place
of discharge to the place of enrolment,
he is entitled to pay on certificates from
his nearest paymaster. If a soldier is
killed, or dies of disease, before the end
of two years, or the close of the war, he
has, under the liberal construction of the
law, served to the end of the war, so far
as he is or can be concerned. Congress
intended by the provisions of the law that
no one should have the bounty until the
end of the war. The 500 bounty, by
this law, will be Immediately paid, so
soon as audited.


Under an order and rule of the War
Department there can be procured for
the wives of soldiers imprisoned in the
South the monthly wages of the soldier,
to the date of allowance, except the last
months wages, which the Government
reserves. If no wife, the minor children,
by their guardian, are entitled. If the
soldier is unmarried, his widowed mother
is entitled.


An important decision has been made
by the Secretary of War and Paymaster
General in effect, that a soldier is entitled
to pay from the day he enlists, and that
he is not to wait until his company is full,
or the formal muster of the regiment into
Government service.
Year: 1863

every command given by our officers. They
could have annihilated him if they chose or
had known it, but they seem tohave thought
that there were only a few skirmishers across
the creek and were probably wait for gene
raj advaeee. This however, was not made
but on the contrary Harker was quietly driv-
en- back across the creek, and the oldposition
resumed. We went to bed in the corn field
and slept pretty comfortably though it rained
good deal in the night.


The next day though we were constantly
expecting an order to move until late in the
day, every thing was quiet on our end of the
line; though on the right there was almost
continual firing and cannonadihg- occasionally
quite heavy He remained in the same pos
sitjon all day the men having made shelters
out OF rails and cedar which made them pret-
ty comfortable.


Being very bad of for something to pass
the time I strolled over to the house occupied
as Brigade Head Quarters after dinner It
had been pretty thoroughly ramsacled and

pillaged by struggling soldiers before the OF
hcers got there and on their arrival great
lot OF things were left il, confusion about the
rooms. Warner (who is on the brigade staff
now) and looked round to see if we could
fnd something to read. There was stray
volume of Capt Cooks voyage life Of
Marshal Neney, which Warner selected, and
a part Of a volume of some of the old English
essayists-either the Spectator or some of its
brethern-for must confess I'm not familiar
enough to know them part without the title
page (Which was gOpe)-though the family
to which it belonged was unmistakeable.
They served to pass an hour or two and we
left them where we found them: though for
all their owners would ever see of them again
we might as well have kept them. The next
night the house was converted into a field
hospital and filed with wounded men, and Of
course every thing disappeared that was
moveable. -s
Year: 1863

TIE American Gas Light Journal de-
scribes a new head-dress which is talked
of as one Of the things to come:


"a new feature in the application of
gas to domestic purposes is said to be on
the point of introduction here. Fire flies
of gold and brilliants already sparkle
upon the graceful white feathers and
fresh green leaves that adorn the brows
of some of our youthful queens. Clus-
ters of diminutive gas lights are now to
spring from the elaborate tresses of beau
tiful matrons; the jets will issue from
burners measuring a twentieth of an
inch per hour, within transparent shades
exquisitely cut, not larger than cherry.
The tubing is to be of solid gold, con-
nected with a reservoir of the same valu-
able metal which is to lie concealed in
the meshes of luxurient hair behind the
head. The pressure will be applied to
the golden tank, which is supported by
an elaborate back-comb, the top of which
forms a row of little gas-lights, Before
entering the ballroom, the husband will
turn on the gas, light up his blushing
bride, and usher her into her sphere of
conquest, revolving like her prototype

the moon among the lesser lights around.
When the apparatus is completed we will
present it more fully to our readers"
Year: 1863

I


A FEW years ago, a Mr.. Martin was
murdered at a place called Bilgay, and
this murder was afterwards discovered in
most singular manner. The crime was
committed on the 9th of February, on
the high road, at one o'clock in the after
noon. The shot entered Mr.. Martins
heart, and he fell down dead. He was
returning from collecting some small
sums of money, and had only five guineas
about him, of which be was robbed, as
well as his watch and ring. The charge
was rammed down with written paper.
This had been taken up and carried away
with the body. The writing was still
legible. On this piece of paper there
were expressions. which are used in glass
manufactures; but the paper was old,
and bearing a date of near fifteen years
back. Upon this single indication, the
officer went to the owner of the glass
mandatory at Bilgay, examined his
books, and succeeded in finding an arti-
Gle relative to the delivery of some glass,
of which the paper in question was the
bill of parcels. The suspicion immedi-
ately fell on the son-in-law of this indi-
vidual. The man had been out of the
country for ten years, and had only re-
Gently returned. When the officers came
to him he was on his knees in a state of
terror. In his fright he confessed the
murder, and then showedwhere the watch
and ring were to be found concealed be-
meath the thatch of his house. By this
slight event of an undestroyed scrap of
paper, justice overlook the offender


The remarkable manner in which offen-
ders are detected was lately seen in the
case Of a robbery. After the robbery,
an officer, while walking in the streets
Of London, met two men of ill-repute, and
remarked that both of them were wear
ing new boots. He took it for granted
that these men had been coEfederates in
some burglary, and that these boots were
the results of their spoil. Upon this
slight circumstance the officer apprehen-
ded the men, and these proved to be the
identical persons who had committed the
recent robbery, to which there was not
the slightest clew, had not the offenders
been betrayed by their own boots!
Year: 1863

BEN1GHTED once where Alpine storms
Have buried hosts of martial forms,
Hating with fear, benumbed with cold,
While swift the avalanches rolled,
Shouted our guide with quivering breath,
The path is lost Ito move is deathPi
The savage snOw-cliffs seemed to frown,
The bowling winds came iercer down;
Shrouded in such a dismal scene,
No mortal aid whereon to lean,


Think you what music T was to hear,
81 see the cross Our way is clear ~
We looked, and there, amid the SHOWS,
A simple cross of wood uprose;
Firm in the tempest's awful wrath
It stood TO guide the travellers path,
And point to where the valley lies,
Serene beneath the Summer skies.
One dear companion Of that night
Has passed away from mortal sight; d,
He reached his home to droop and fade,
And sleep within his native glade;
But as his futteFing hand took,
Before he gave his farewell lock
He whispered from his bed Of pain,
The Alpine cross I see again p
Then, smiling sank to endless rest
Upon his weeping mothers breast. 3
Year: 1863




PHILADELPHIA was for some years en-
lightened by the presence of a minister
who meant exceedingly well, and did
pretty we'll A congregation in a West
ern city learning of his fame, and having
no shepherd, invited this our Mr. K
to assume the vacant crook, deputing to
carry their offer to a much respected dea-
con, commonly called in aBbreviation of
his first name. Epaphras, "Uncle En-
fus" came, told his errand and caused a
church meeting to be held, that he might
lay the call of his own distant church be-
fore it. The pathetic appeal with which
he opened his business was this:


"My bretheren, I have come from a
long distance to lay before you the con
ditiOn of our church in the wilderness.
We read in the Holy Writ that upon a
certain occasion our Lord directed two of
His disciples to go into a certain village,
saying unto them, Straightway ye shall
find an ass tied loose him and bring him
unto me- My brethren, among you we
have found the ass tied. Permit me to
loose him and lead him away; and if you
ask as of old, why I do it? in ike man
ner I answer The Lord hath need of
him"


They let Uncle Emfus unite the ass and
lead him away.
Year: 1863

The government of India has resolved
to construct an international telegraph Of
its own, and Colonel Patrick Stewart has
been selected as general superintendent.
According to London journal, this Off
Ger is famous in India for personal daring,
for unvarying success, and for habit of
getting killed. In 1858 he accompanied
Lord Clyde as Director General of Tele-
graphs into Dude, and however fast the
Commander-in-Chief might march, by
evening the electric telegraph was ready
in his tent to communicate with Calcutta.
One day Lord Clyde received a message
from the Viceroy, running thus" Do
not let Pat Stewart be killed. He can
not be replaced" Raising his eyes, he
saw the subject of the message sneaking
out of camp, rife IN hand, as a volunteer
on a particularly dangerous expedition.
Year: 1863

Flax CULTURE IN CENTRAL. OHro.-The pee
pie Of Central Ohio are preparing to raise 4
large quantity Of fax the coming season. It
IS said the present price Of fax seed viii fully
reimburse for the whole labor and cost Of
raising a crop of fax, and with vast amount
of land in the state unoccupied BY any other
crop probably the people cannot in any 9TH
er way better improve their time.
Year: 1863

@ o FLAG Of a New World, thy glory
Is safe as the glory of stars
The Soul Of the Universe uarshalled
To roll on their slzy-blessing cars!
-my Crimson by OouEge was pictured; Z
Thy White is from Purity true,
And Love spread upon the her beauty
A star-lighted Heaven Of Blue!


Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue!
Hurrah for the Red, White and Bluel-
And cheers for the Army and Navy


That fight for the Red, White and Blue!
or Union thou art the broadsymbOl,S : e
Yet Liberty's imaged in thee!
Thy folds rustic time to the beating
Of hearts that were born to be free!
Thou 'rt chosen the Standard Of millions
Who here from black tyranny few;
o ne'er will their proud souls surrender
Thy starlighted Heaven Of Blue!


Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue
Huufah for the Red, White and Bluel
And cheers for the Army and Navy


That fight for the Red, White and Bluel


III.
y Hark fIafk. .4=5roiiu the graves Of tBeuiartyEs
A course on all traitors is hurled:
And see, the great Shade of Mount Vernon
Is guarding the Hope Of the world!
For all bound in tyranny dungeons
Thy staf-eyes shall yet glitter through
The God of the Universe blesses


Thy glorious Heaven of Blue!


Hurrah for the Red, White and Bluel
g f4.-. Hurrah for the. Red, White and Blue
And cheers for the Army and Navy


That fight for the Red, White and Blue!
Year: 1863

THE SECEsH AND GERNAS.-Among the
patients in the General Hospital at PhiladeI-
phia is a secesh soldier He was very sick
when first brought here, but is now doing
better Ho is grabbed customer. Now
that he is recovering, his burliness begins to
show itself in a manner that his comrades
don't care about putting up with-st any rate
from Se3esh


In the same ward with him is a Union sol
dier-an adopted citizen, from the land of
Erout. Yesterday morning the Union Ger
man said something to secesh. Secesh YOU
ohsafed only in reply:
Year: 1863

The Toronto Globe reads the home gov
ernment a lecture upon the ideas of Canada
prevailing in Great Britain. Those ideas
seem to be that Canada is old enough and
big enough to take care Of herself, and to
furnish men for all the arms that England
may choose to send over. In regard to
danger from the United States, the Globe
says:


iGIf we regarded our neighbors as mad
men, we might perhaps feel frightened.
But we look upon them in an altogether
different light They have a very definite
purpose in view, and the idea that they
will swerve from it for tho sake Of attack
ing Cansda is too gross for belief We
may be excessively stupid in Canada. but
we are not affected like the mother coun-
try, by periodical panics about war, excit-
ed by such journals as the Times, which
raise the sneers of the world, and cost her
millions Of treasure. The elamors Of the
leading journals respecting the United
States may suit the market for which they
are made, but they are not adapted to this
latitude