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Year: 1862

lfrom the Providence, X, l., Postil


If Abraham Lincoln haa any regard for the
voice of the people, he will at once revoke his
proclamation Of the Oath of September, sus
pending the writ Of habess corpus and estsb-
llshing marshal law over the loyal States. In
no other way can he preserve for himself
particle OF moral power, or save his Admins
tration from the contempt of the civilized
world.


And this done, he should next proceed to set
OF liberty the hundreds Of loyal men who are
now laDguishing in Government Bastilee, and
bring charges in loyal form, in the civil courts,
against such ss are seriously suspected of crimes
or misdemeanors sgainst the laws of the coun-
try. This is plainly his duty. The "twenty
millions" have said il and they mean Is.


If the October and November elections do
not satisfy Mr.. Lincoln that the people mean
to have the right of speech, with only such re-
strictions as wholesome laws prescribe, then
nothing short of revolution by the sword will
satisfy him. To this law-loving people will
not hastily resort; but we warn the President
to-day that the right of free speech the people
will have and exercise, though he erect q prison
In every county In the Union They will not
give up the habsas corpus. IL cost their an
cestors too much. They will not submit to
martial law in loyal communities and outside
Of military lines. They prize civil govern
ment too highly to submit to this sort of des-
potism.


In nothing has the loyalty Of the North been
so outraged and insulted as in the arbitrary ar
rests In which the Administration has INDUCED
since this war commenced.


More than thousand men have been i'm
prisoned, for no crime known to the laws of
any civilized community. In not single in
stance has an imprisoned man been allowed q
jury trial. In not one has the accused party
been allowed to confront his accusers; nay, in
o majority Of cases, he has not known of what
he was accused; while In every on he haa been
denied the benefit Of counsel. Is Ii wonderful
that the people have become frat alarmed and
then indignant


But at last the people are heard. They de
mand change. They insist that the habeas
corpus shall be respected. They demand that
the Bastiles shall be abandoned They say
to the President, GAS you will not trust US, 60
we will not trust you'll And beware how you
deal with US outside OF the Constitution and
the laws. These we respect, but in the handl
Of no mortal, irresponsible to these, will we
leave our liberties"


We but echo the voice of the people when we
say to the President, empty the Bastiles OF
prove their occupants guilty of some crime
Humanity demands it-right demands 1.-THE
nation demands Ii.
Year: 1862

1 have lived solitary long enough; I wan.
some body to talk at, quarrel with. then kiss
and make up again. Therefore. I am open
to proposals from young ladies and widows
of more than average respectability, toler
ably tame in disposition, and hair Of any
color. As nearly as l can judge of myself
am not over eighty nor under twenty We
years of age. l am sound in limb and on
the nigger question; am very correct in my
morals, and frst-rate at min pins; have re
gard for the Sabbath, and never drink only
when invited. Am a domestic animal, and
perfectly docile when shirt buttons are all
right. If | possess predom mating virtue,
it is that of forgiviug every enemy whom I,
deem it hazardous to handle. Money is no
object. as | never was troubled with any
and never expect to be.
Year: 1862

THOSE SHE DEVILS Boston Traveller
learns that young Bostonan, some tim e
before the war broke out, held the position
Of clerk in establishment in Northern
Georgia. Suddenly shut off from all COM
munication with his widowed mother, sis
ter, and friends, same time elapsed before
he could obtain authority to pass through
the Confederate territory to Norfolk and the
North, but at last he succeeded At Nor
folk he was taken down with an attack of
consumption, with no friend near to care for
and console him. Hearing of his case,
several ladies of Norfolk took charge of him,
carefully nursed him, supplied his wants
and took from his lips the last requests and
farewels of the dying boy, which they
transmitted in an affecting letter to his
mother. Such conduct is indeed worthy of
all praise.
Year: 1862

G,7-A lady in this city used an onion the
other evening to stick her needles in. instead
of pin cushion, and when she went to sew
the next morning she found they all had
tears in their eyes.
Year: 1862

Several farmers of the Abolition persua-
sion in Athens county-we might mention
Tedro and Sjmpson-have negroes employ
ed at this time to fill the places heretofore
occupied by white men. What a congratu-
lation to the heart of the brave soldier, who
returns to his home, and finds his former
place Of labor occupied by negroes. and his
old settlement filled with the black trash
White men removing to give way to the
negro in the fields, and the fields and the
houses of our small country farms. What
prosperity! What a spectacle for the COM
ing generation!


Last week we saw in this city two negroes
who were brought by Federal authority
from Kentucky to Columbus, Ohio, where
they were set at liberty. This county is
cursed with the immigration every week.
as is also all Southern Ohio. Are the peo-
Pile willing that this lazy scum of creation
shall constitute one-siXth Of the population
of the State? This is the great political
State question ofto-day. Shall white labor
be degrad ed, wages reduced, and society
broken up, by the thievjng, indolent race, o.
viii our farmers take the matter in hand
and defend themselves from degradation
and the country from anarchy and ruin?


Already this increase of negro population
is felt all over the State. The country is
filing up with it. and the cities are already
filled to overflowing. VIII the pc ople not
DO som methiug to change this DANCE tide
that surely threatens the morals of all
good society aud the peace of every neigh
bOrhood? Can the people not forget the
prejudice against the Democracy, created by
reading the malignant fal schools of its en-
emies, and join together in one party until
this great danger is removed, and until the
twin children of treason. Abolition and Sc
cession, are put down?-Marietta Repub-
lican.
Year: 1862

PUTTIsG DowS THE REBELLION The c
New York World (Republican) editorislly
gays:


Here. in this second week of July. sixteen
months after the first gun at Sumter. and
twelve months after the warning of Bull
Run. the Confederacy has as many ef
fective men under arms the true Govern
meut, and the first great battle has vet to he
begun with the advantage OF numbers on
the loyal, and not on the rebel side. That
is the record. We challenge any living III an
to confute it. Our success, thus far. is main
" attributable not to what our armies have
done in the fold, but to what our ships have
done on the water. Well NAV every loyal
cheek mantle with indignation. Three
times more true men than false in the land,
and vet In the grapple. the false ever out
numbering the true! This thing must stop,
or the cause must fail. The gunboats can
ach; eve but little moro. They have nearly
reached their limits. The rebellion can be
met in its last interior strongholds by the
army alone Woe betide us if that army
shall not be stroug enough for that final ter
rible encounter.
Year: 1862

While the news of the past two weeks
may not seem at first glance of character
to harmonize with the feelings of Union
men, it is not in any sense discouraging.-
The advance of the rebels upon northern
territory places them, in our judgment, in
much worse position than if they had re-
manned on southern soil, acting as hereto
fore, entirely on the defensive. The seem
ing inactivity which has hitherto character
lied the Federal arms-seeming only, for
if Mcclellan had been allowed to carry out
his plans he would long ago have had pos
session of the rebel capital-will be chang
ed to an active aggressive campaign. The
rebels will be driven from the country
which they have impiously sought to desc
crate, by more rapid marches than attended
their advent, and disaster and defeat will
everywhere follow them. Arriving at their
former retreats, they cannot be so we'll pre-
pared to defend themselves as heretofore,
and must be compelled to abandon their
strongholds or perish in their defense
Already has the Federal army begun the
work of driving them back, and the last
dispatches give notice of their retreat from
all quarters. Kirby Smiths vain boast
that he would in a few days be quartered
in Cincinnati, only shows how visionary are
their schemes. Hearing of Buelps advance,
he has skeedaddled in the opposite direc-
ton.
Year: 1862

PIONEER RACE COURsE.-The first race
of the season came off over this course on
Monday last, between a cream horse and
roam mare distance 400 yards. The purse
was 800, and the race was won by the
latter.
Year: 1862

MEMoRIAL.-The following memorial has been
introduced into the Oregon Legislature and will
probably pass


To the Honorable the Senate and House of
Representatives in Congress assembled: Your
memorialists, the Legislative Assembly of the
State of Oregon, respectfully represent the i'm
portance and necessity, in view of foreign con-
fcts, of furnishing this State with full compile
ment of arms and munitions of war; the estab-
fishing of an arsenal, and the building of an iron
gun-boat for the Columbia river; to enable us to
defend this coast against the enemies of the Uni
ted States That the State is defenseess and
absolutely at the mercy of any wooden sloop of
war; Therefore, your memorialsts would ask and
pray for early action by bill and appropriation
for the defense of Oregon and the northwest
coast
Year: 1862

QUICK TIME.-The express companies
are now making the trip from this place to
Auburn in from sixteen to twenty hours.
Mr. Shepherd informs us that so soon as he
gets the road properly stocked he will make
the trip through, over the new trail in
twelve to fifteen hours.
Year: 1862

ENrIGRAxT SErTLE1dENT.-It is estima-
ted that nearly hundred emigrant families
have settled in the Grand Ronde valley the
present year. Most of them are in comfort
able circumstances, and are at present en-
gagged in getting in their winter supply Of
provisions.
Year: 1862

CoUNTERMAND.-Brig. Gen. Alvord, in
response to letter addressed him by citi-
zens of Colville valley, has countermanded
the order of the commander of the post at
Colville, forbidding the sale of liquor in
that valley to the whites, and has given an
order to the effect that g it is not advisable
to prevent the introduction of liquor for
sale to the whites, and that its sale must
be regulated by the laws of the Territory" ="
This seems to us but simple justice for as
the laws of the Territory give to all coun-
ties the privilege of the license system,
there is no reason why Spokane should be
denied it,
Year: 1862

DEATH OF GEN. STEvENs.-We are
forced to the belief that the report in the
dispatch published last week announcing
the death of General Isaac l. Stevens, is not
without foundation, as we have looked in
vain in subsequent dispatches for a contra
diction of the report. 1t is ascertained be-
yond doubt that he was in the recent en-
gagements on the Potomac, which fact goes
to corroborate the truth of the report allu-
ded to. If our fears are realized patriot
has fallen; true soldier and an able and
fearless general has gone to his rest from
the strife of arms and the din of battle
Gen. Stevens was man of extraordinary
capabilities, and possessed a will that naught
but the cold damp of death could conquer
In his decease Washington Territory has
lost lifelong friend and advocate, whose
place can be but poorly supplied AS a
people we regard his death peculiarly Sc
we're dispensation of providence, and loss
that will be most bitterly lamented.
Year: 1862

INSTRUCTIONS SENT ABROAD BY THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN NATIONS
IN REFERENCE TO THE BATTLE BEFORE
RICHMOND The U. s. State Department
has been informed, through the channels of
our Legations abroad, that nearly all the
representatives of European nations 10
Washington had sent dispatches to their
respective Governments 10 reference to the
seven days battle before Richmond, which
they describe as defeat for the North, and
a blow from which it will not soon recover.


Some of these dispatches represent the
army on the James river as being in COM
plete state of decentralization, out of service
for the present, and state that it will likely
take months and months before it becomes
as efficient as it was before the battle took
place.-Neu York Herald.
Year: 1862

A BOLD PROTEST FROM Maryland
The Annapolis ( (Md.) Gazette, heretofore
the organ Of the administrator party in
the Sixth Congressional District, speaking
of the late pronunciamento. Of President
Lincoln to the Border States Congressman,
delivers itself as follows: &
But the most singular feature of the ad-
dress is. a vague aud timid allusion to the
Abolition pressure brought to bear upon
the President, and his evident conviction
that the destruction of slavery 10 the Bor-
der States would be sufficient stop to the
Abolition Cerberus Give the dogs that
bone and they will readily furnish men to
push further South, doubtless in the hope
Of freeing. more negros. Conversely, we
suppose, if they do not get what they de-
mand. no more means will be furnished for
the prosecution of the war.


This is our Interpretation Of the Presi-
dents meaning If it be correct, we would
like to know if such humiliating speech
has ever before come from the White House?
md is it not an absolute and positive dec.
lara,ion that7the war is for the negro, and
and not for the restoration of the Union ;
that the President is opposed to such a pol,
icy, but is obliged to adopt it? We can
read the seeming riddle in no other way.
And, if our reading be correct, we have no
hesitation in. expressing the hope that the
days of the Republic are numbered. We
wish to hear Of no more slaughtered thous,
ands as an Offering to the Moloch of a petty
and contemplate fauaticism. We wish no
longer to hear vain boastiug of the strength
Of our institutions. Let them perish, and
let the vast ruins be perpetual proof that
men are little better than beasts.


Our language may be deemed too strong;
but We have expressed our convictions in
the premises. And those convictions are
none the less firm because of the fact that
we uucomprouisingly advocate emancipa-
ton in Maryland We advocate it because
We believe it will be of immense advantage
to our State But we are not prepared to
do that or any other act at the nod Of crazy
fanatics, WHO profess to prefer the destruc-
tion of the country to the existence of sia.
very.
Year: 1862

No USE FOR QUININE :-M. Editor :


Il beg to make public the medium of your
paper, the following certain and thoroughly
tried cure, for ague and fever: pint Of
Cotton Seed, 2 pints of water boiled down
to one of tea, taken warm one hour before
the expected attack. Many persons will
Year: 1862




Phenomenon--Sword in the Heavens.


We are informed by gentlemen whose
veracity cannot be questioned, that on the
23d instant, near Grooversvile, Georgia, a
phenomenon of remarkable significance
was witnessed in the heavens at about a. o.
clock in the evening. 1t was a perfect rep
reseutation of s,0ord-handle, blade and
point all visible The blade was red and
the handle silver color. The blade pointed
to ue Northeast and the handle to the
Sou Invest. It was high up 10 the heavens,
p)eariug to the eye about twenty feet long
ana two feet broad. Soon after it was wit
messed, wind springing up, heavy clouds
appeared and screened it from view.


We are not one of those who attach a
peculiar significance to remarkable dreams,
believe in witchcraft, or view every celes-
tial phenomenon as an omen of good or
evil. But no similar phenomenon to the
one in question has been witnessed for many
generations, and we are, therefore, owing to
the peculiar circumstances surrounding US,
inclined to regard it as significant


Flavius Josephus, in his history of the
Jews, refers to similar appearance in the
heavens just previous to the destruction of
Jerusalem. He says that star, resembling
a saoord, stood over the city, and comet
that continued whole year. Another
writer, we are informed, describes the
sword as hanging over the city, with the
point down.


After the destruction of Jerusalem the
star disappeared. This phenomenon has
always, by learned Divines, been described
as the ".Sword Of the Lord" From the
destruction of Jerusalem to the present Pc
riod no such representation has been beheld
in the Heavens.


The mysterious workings of the "God
of Hosts and of Battles" are as difficult to
comprehend in our day and generation as
they were in the days when Jerusalem was
destroyed by fire and sword. And it may
be possible that this second appearance of
the "Sword of the Lord" Gas the reverend
gentleman who had the pleasure of seeing
it styled IT'D was an omen to the people of
the South that they should speedily carry
the sword of justice and Of liberty beyond
the bounds of the Confederacy, and dye its
blade crimson in the blood of our enemies,
who have not only disregarded the prlnci'
Piles of civil aud religious liberty, but have
nocked Deity, by the practice Of their IT.
religious aud degrading isms. The handle
of the sword being in the South and its
blood red blade in the North, may De a
token to our hosts to commence the journey
, of invasion, and this the assurance that the
"God of Battles" will uphold and sustain
4 the arms of the Southrons.


/ Non PRISONERS OF Wharf.-The officers
Year: 1862

STIMULANTs.-Th Louisville Journal beau.
tifuily says: There are times when The
pulse lies low in the bosom and beats slow in
the veins; when the spirit sleeps the seep
that apparently knows no waking in itsbdlse
of cay. and the window shutters are closed,
and the door hung with the invisible Grape Of
melancholy: I: when we wish the golden sun
shine pitchy darkness, and very willing to
fancy clouds where no clouds be- This is
a state of sickness when physic may be thrown
To the dogs, for we will have none Of it
What shall make the heart beat music again,
and the pulse dance to it through all the my
Rad throngcd halls of our house Of life p
What shall make the sur kiss tie eastern hills
again for US, with all its own awakening
gladness. and the night overflow with moon
light, music. love and flowers p Love Itself
is the great stimuiant-the most Intoxicating
Of all-and performs all these miracles but
il is a miracle itself, and it is not at the drug
store, whatever they say. The counterfeit is
in the market, but the winged god ic not Il
money changer. we assure you.


" Men have tried many things but still
they ask for stimulants to use, and require
the use of more Men try to drown the hoat-
ing dead of their own souls in the wine cup,
hut the corpses will rise. We see their faces
in the bubbles. The intoxication of drink
sets the world whirling again, and the pulse
playing widest music, and the thoughts gal
looping. but the clock runs down sooner, and
the unnatural stimulation only leaves the
house it fills with wild revelry, m6se sad,
more deserted, more dead.


There is one stimuant that never fails,
that never misunderstanding. Duty puts a
blue sky over every man-up in his heart.
may be-into which the skylark Happiness
always goes singing.
Year: 1862

Do you think of the days that are gone, Jeanic,
AS ye sit by your fire ut night
Do you wish the morn would bring buck the time
When your heart and your step were so light?
think Of the days that are gone, Robn


Aud oil all that joyed in then,
But the brightest that ever arose on me


have never wished back again.
Do you think of the hopes that arc gone, Ieanie'
AS ye sit by the fire at night
Do you gather them up as they faded fast.


Like buds with an early light
think OF the hopes that are gone, Robn'


And 1 mourn not their stay was 1eot;
For they fell as the leaves of the red rose fall,
And were, even in falling sweet.
Do yol think of the friends that are gone, Jeanic
AS ye sit by your fire at night?
Do you wish they were around you again once more
BY the hearth they made so bri ght?
l think of the friends that are gone, Robin,


They are dear to my heart rs then,
But the best and the dearest among them all
have never wished back again.
Year: 1862

SEC. l. The deposltins Of filth Of any nature or
kind in or Upon the borders of Rich Ravinc,
along the llnc of Valley Street. or upon any of
the lots or beneath any house along the line of
said Ravine or street. is eby declared public
nuisance; and any person offending against the
provisions Of this section. shall upon conviction
thereof before any Justice of the Peace having
jurisdiction, shall be fined in any sum not less
than ten nor more than fifty dollars


SEC 2. The filth now deposited in said Ravine
and upon the lots and beneath the houses named
in the foregoing section is hereby declared q
public nuisance. and it is hereby ordered that the
occupants OF said houses and lots remove said
filth before the lst day of April, 1862, and any
such occupant negectng or refusing to comply
with the provisions of this section shall upon
conviction be punished in the same manner us
provided for the violation OF section No. of this
ordinance.
Year: 1862

WINE MAKING. we are informed will not
be carried on as extensively this season as
last. Tie reputation of California wine has
been so impaired by the ignorance and reck'


essness or dishonesty Of some parties en-
@ ged in the manufacture and sale of it, that
the business has almost ceased 10 be profitable.
We learn, however, that this year it will be
in great measure controlled by men who
understand it, and who have the means TO do
it rinht, and are determined to redeem the
character of our wines from the rrproach
under which it is latoring. The manufac'
ture of wine is business that requires skill,
experience and patience, and money to hold
until the article has the proper maturity.
1t is the height of folly for every man who
has an acre or two of vines to attempt wine
making. Better sell the grape even at low
price TO men who are thoroughly ver>eI in
the business This is the only way to esab


lsh a reputation for our wines, and the more
popular they become. the better of course
for all concerned. The vine grower is hene'
fitted by it AS well as the winter We know
that GOOD wines can be made from California
cranes for it has beel dole. We understand
that great care has been taken this season in
the slertion and asserting of the grape. and
tina, while the quantity is less the qualify
will be superior to the average of former
wears. Mercantile Gazette.
Year: 1862

There's modest little blossom


Blooming closely to the ground;
While its wealth of sweetest perfume
Thrills through all the air around.
White and pure field Of clover;
In the sunny summer day.
Bring II calm my spirit over,


Sweet us music far away.
In the rich mans terraced garden
Many fair exotic twines;
Many gaily tinted flower


Meath the glossy foliage shines,
By the poor mans lowly cottage,
violet's sweetest odors yield;
Yet love the air of freedom


Blooming from clover field.
Lilies in the valley growing.


Roses in their blushing pride,
These may wreath their regal beauty
Fifty for the youthful bride,
Laurel wreaths may suit the poet.
Forest flowers may lure the child;
| would only ask the clover.


Meek and modest. brave and mild.
Little cares my hardy flower.


Though the soil be poor and dry;
Blooming by the dusty waysdc,


Blessing all who pass thereby.
Let me learn the gentle lesson.


Even in my lowly way,
Working bravely, like the clover,
Tn the sultry simmer duy.