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Year: 1862

Gen Richardson, whose death from wounds
received at Antietam took place at Sharps-
burg on the 4th, was native of Vermont.
and is said to be of famed fighting ances estry.
he being a descendant of the revolutionary
hero, Gen Putnam He was educated at West
Point. and served nearly twerty years in the
army of the United States. which he left with
the rank of Major a short time ago. His
experience as fighter has been very great
During the Mexican war he distinguished
himself in nearl ly every important battle, and.
perhaps. received more breve;s than any other
officer of his rank. He commanded brig
ade At the first battle If Bull Run and the
skirmishes which preceded ii, and distln-
gu.hed himself by the plain. short and busi-
ness Ike report of his operations, as much
as by his bravery in the field. He was
known in the army by the soubriquet Of
"Fi.htins Dick" and it waS said Of him by
an otficer-hinnself greatly distinguished for
bravery-under whom he served, that "Rich-
ardson never appeared well ont of battle.
but that in one he was magnificent" He
had the reputation of being fearless to a
faul: for while in action he seemed t. hold
his life as the matter of the very least con-
sequence that could occupy his mind. An
account of his personal appearance says:


General Richardson was about six feet
! in hight, broad chrsted, compact. powerful
! in form. He was bronzed by the constant


exposure of many years OF military life, hac


loud, sonorous voice, which it would taxi


rlanv cannon to drown. and piercing


fiery eve. which few men could meet in an


ger. His intonation and pronunciation were
: those of New Englander. No one whr


could hear him speak could doubt where h


came from. He was no holiday soldier. an'


had no doubt that war is earnest business
in which men must shoot ans be shot, ant


no; mere opportunity to wear fine clothes


and disport in the bravery of evening pa


rades."


! General Richardson was the person VIII


preferred the charges against Colonel Mile
for bad conduct on the field at the first bal
tie of Bull Run. The latter died fror
wounds received at Harper's Ferry, tn
former from wounds received at Antietan
both having received the wounds within
few days of each other.-JOunal.
Year: 1862

O. This is the way the Boston Post sup
ports the President and the Government:


This freeing three or four millions Of ne
groes, by the general sOEernment-this de-
termination on what terms eight millions Of
whites shall live with them-i. q monstrous
violation of the ancient right oflocal selfgov-
ernmeut guaranteed to each state by the Fed
eral Constitution"
Year: 1862

thing to be ashamed of, nor are We to act in
manner that seems to say that We are
ashamed of it. More than this, affections
that are constantly repressed must lose their
freshness and power. if they 10 not perish
outright


1t is natural that the mouth should speak
out of the abundance of the heart There is
great fault in this matter among many mar
rled people, especially on the part of hus-
bands. What change marriage makes with
many men in this regard Here is one who
was all devotion to the girl he loved only
few years ago. If half that he then said was
true, she had it in her power to kill him, or
at least to drive him to despair by refusing
to entertain his suit. He was envious of the
zephyis that toyed with her tresses, and
would have gone down upon his knees for
the privilege Of kissing the tips of her rosy
fingers. But all this is changed now. He
provides his wife with the comforts of life,
and treats her with respect; but his bearing
towards her is reserved, and coldly formal
He is so full of business that he hardly finds
time to kiss his children, or to repeat in the
ears of his wife the tender words he was once
so fond of uttering. He takes it for granted
that she will understand that he loves her, OF
at least that he regards / er as an excellent
wife and mother. This man does not intend
to treat his wife unkindly, but he is a poor
specimen of husband, and fails utterly to
keep in its spirit and true intent the VOW BY
which he bound himself to lore, comfort and
honor his wife so long as they both should
live. These severely practical men. out of
whom the world has sucked all sentiment and
poetry, till they are as prosaic as multipli-
cation table, are the cause of great deal of
suffering, and have many sins to answer for.
Many a wife who has such a husband is
heartsick, and finds it impossible to restrain
her tears,


''As memory idly sumonsup


The blithe blinks O langsyne.
If you, my reader, are the husband of one Of
these wronged and suffering women, amend
your ways, entreat you, and bring forth
works meet for repentance. Embrace the
first opportunity to sit down with your wife
and talk over by-gore days-the blessed
time


"Of morning life and morning love.


The lightsome days and lang.
When hinnicd hopes around Your hearts
Like simmer blossoms sprang-


You can hardly do this and not be led TO feel
and to say, that your first love has not de
clined nor grown cool. Such an avowal VII
10 you good, and your words Will fall upor
the heart of your best earthly friend like
rain upon the mown grass, as showers tha
water the earlh.-Ia,lpendent.
Year: 1862

THERE is no malady of deeper Importance,
L either in y medical or moral point of view.
TO which the human family is more liable, than
that arlsin4 from impure connections.


AS II medical man 1t is the duty Of every Ply.
sician to look at dsea sc as it affects health and
life, and his sole object should he to mtig gate as
far as in his power, their bodily suffering. HUI
man nature is at best but frail; but all are liable
to misfortune.


OF all ills that affect man, none are more terri
bic than those OF private nature. Dreadful as
it is in the person who contracts it, frightful as
are its ravages upon his constitution, ending frc.
quently in destruction and a loathsome grave. it
becomes of still greater Importance when it is
transmitted to an innocent offspring Such being
the case, how important it becomes that every one
having the least reason to fear that they have
contracted the disease should attend to it at once
hy consulting some physician. whose respectable
ity and education enables him to warrant a safe.
speedy. and permanent cure. In accordance with
this necessity, DR.. Young feels called upon to
state that by long study and extensive practice,
he has become perfect master OF all those diseases
Year: 1862

Some enthusiastic benedict warbles in praise OF
"The wife that meets one ut the door:
l never leave my home day,
Howe'er with others it may be,
But when get when l come back,
Welcoming smile and hearty smack,
That makes me love still more and more
The wife that meets me at the door,
Her dress is always neat and clean
A pretty wife, and yet not va'n-
And when she sings my tavorlte song,
How sure am man is wrong
Who weds not to be rich or poor
A wife to meet him At the door,
In social hall, her smiling face
In every heart wins quick place;
The gayest lad that walks the green,
Will tip his hat when she is seen,
And hopes to meet. when teens are Ger,
Just such a wife at his own door.
Year: 1862

Army force raised in defense of the
liberty of one country, which has often been
used to destroy the liberty of another A
standing army is so called because the sum
tha, it costs in general is more than can be
easily sst down.
Year: 1862

WIFE REG TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT


w the well known reputation Of these Machines
for RELIABILITY will be fully sustained, and
in our rapidly increasing business the same care
viii he faithfully exercised in every department
., thnir manufacture. Every Machine sold by US
GS WARRANTED IN EVERY RESPECT.
Year: 1862

WATER TO lie SHUT OFT.-T1e Board of
Pntlc Works give notice that the water will
be g: ut OF from the City Water Works, all
over the City, this (rhursdoy) evening, from
g: 81, and not let on-unt1 the next morning.
Necessary repairs to be made at the engine
house, is the occasion for this. AL persons
who are supplied with wstcr from the Public
Works, Til perceive the necessity of being
prepared for this emergency before the time
named.
Year: 1862

MuRDERoUs NEGROES. - A letter writer
from member Of Baxter's Zouayes to hi;
former employer in Philadelphia, confirming
the reports that some of our men had been
murdered by armed negroes in the service OF
the rebels, says under date of Cumberland, Va,
May 18th: " We were ordered back to York
town and took the steamboat for West Point
to try and cut the rebels off from Richmond
but before We arrived they had passed through.
When we got ashore we found Gosline's Zou-
aves and the Second New Jersey regiments
fighting their rear guard. We were then
drawn up in line and ordered to load at will
then fix our bayonets and charge Oh some OF
the enemy who were in the woods, but they
would not stand for US. They have two negro
regiments fighting for them. Four of our men
who were wounded and fell in the swamps,
could not get out, and were caught by these
negroes and their throats cut. We caught
three of them, subsequently, and hung them
up one at time, to the highest tree we could
find"
Year: 1862

GETTING READY FOR A SAD EvENT-To
be prepared for death is :, great moral and
social duty which ministers Of the gospel
continually impress upon their hearers
It IS the burden of more than one dis.
course that is listened to in our city each
Sunday. And yet, thoughtess as we are,
We do not remember that the rider of the
pale horse is skirmishing somewhere in
our vicinity, that the veiled figure sits
somewhere in our pathway to strike US
with the fatal dart. There is however, in
this city a gentleman who has thought
much on these matters, and is withal some
what of a philosopher. He has been
blessed exceedingly in this worlds goods,
but in the matter of the partner of his DO
som he has been doubly blessed. The
sharer of bis joys and sorrows is a woman
Of very FaIstaffian dimensions, by no
means shadow, bnt solid substance COM
ing up into respectable fraction of a ton
Recently this robust handsnaid was taken
i'll, and her husband thought of a surety
that, flesh being grass, death had sharp
ened his scythe for an extraordinary har-
vest He therefore, being much of phil
osopher, as previously remarked, aud
knowing well that no undertaken in the
city had coffin on hand of suitable di-
mensions, forthwith proceeded to order
one. But the lady, for the first time in
her life, disappointed him. Instead of dv-
ing, as the family physician had announc
ed, the lady gradually recovered, and the
coffin, covered with dust. is now useless
lumber in the undertaker's garret. The
philosophical husband, being also pru
dent one, proposes to keep the little affair
Of the coffin secret from lis wife.-De-
t2'0jt free Press.
Year: 1862

Two years Of the war Two years Can it be
Since Aushed grew the hol day chime,
And Peace on the Euth passed away with


the bells
That ushered in bright Easter time
Since first from the banner that many loved,
The Palmetto tore out the stars;
And bright the ramparts, grown famous since


then,


There shone the red beacon of Mars.
Like the fiery cross, on the hills of the Scot,
Bidding muster each chieftain and clan
That cleaning from Sumter, shone out like a


spark,


As electric the wild tidings ran.
Massachusetts, but listened m oment to hear
And her sons left the plough and the loom,
With fnt-lock and nusket trudged off and
To conflict, aye some to the tomb.
Three cheers for the colors Of Red, White and
On our bright banner, spangled and starr ed
Three cheers and tiger we give to " The Grey
On the backs of the National Guard"
With ranks standing close, with steel ready


whet,


By no traitorous element marred,
TheJ marched to the fight. They can do IL


again


Three cheers for the National Guard
From trench and canal, from iron high way,
From factory, workshop and mill,
The SONS of Green Erin came gathering in,
As her heart felt the magical thrill.
All me-there are graves where shamrocks SO


green,


May not spring in the soft summer rain,
But Ger them we gather the laurel and bay,
Believed with our tears for the slain.
From the dim fragrant woods of the North far
From the raft on the swift flowing river
From the prairie in bloom-irom deep mountain


dell


Came the cry For the Uaon forever"
And now from our banner the eagle aloft
Looks out over fields fairly won;





Thro' the war-cloud low lying and dun.
Alike IN the chrism of blood have been stepped
The heather and bright golden broom:
Alike on the field after battle is Ger.
Lie knapsack and proud heron plume,
Alike in the hut and the great gilded halls,
Watch mothers, and sisters, and wives;
Alike from the pallet, and pillow of down,
Rise prayers for our volunteers lives.
But sad, tho We gaze on our banner to.ily,
With the blood Of the brave for its red
It's stars-women'5 tears for the loved and the


lost,


Its white-the pale brow of the dead
1t shall yet float above US as bright as of yore
With its stars all undimmed on its field
And '62. dying, shall see once again,
The olive branch circling the shield
Year: 1862

IL COOP TIME.-Some days since, while
some Of the workmen on the new depot
of the Detroit ard Milwaukee road were
engaged in digging di,ch in which to
put the foundation for beam, they drew
out a considerable quantity of silver halt
dollars, which were imbedded five feet oe
low the surface They were black with
age, aud story tol,! BY gentleman
present explains how they came there
On that spot of ground about twenty years
ago stood the warehouse of the American
Fur Company, known at that time as the
largest warehouse in the West. a clerk
in the employ Of the Company was arrest
ed, tried and convicted of some species
of robbery, but he had subsequently man
aged to conceal about $50 in silver, which


if found, would have been further evi
dence Of his guilt, in the rear of this build
ing. After he had been imprisoned in the
Peniten!iary for some months, he informs
ed some one where he had concealed the
money, Gin the rear OF the buildinc) but
all search for 1t proved unavaiIng. As it
was, hoy" ever, it turned up just in good
time, as silver will never, probably, be
worth more than it is at the present time.
11dpertiser.
Year: 1862

In speech Of Governor SEYMOUR, de-
livered at Rome, n. Y. week ago Sat
urday-in which he endorsed the famous
" ninth resolution " adopted by the De
mocracy last year-a hopeful view of ma.
tional affairs was thus eloqnently present
ed


From this time on we shall find eviden
ces accumuiating that our country is to be
restored to its former prosperity. We
have shown to loyal men at the South
(and there are many thousand loyal men
there, who only waited to hear that they
could be safe in the limits of the Union
and under the shield Of the Constitution
to declare themselves), from this time
forth you Will hear the evidences that we
have kindled anew the fires Of patriotism
all over the land, and more particularly
in these portions of it which have been
cursed and scared and blasted by this
great rebellion. 1t is this hope which an
iinates you and me, and brghtens all our
countenances, and makes US once more
joyous, after all the sad months which we
have passed through, almost without hope.
After four or FIVE months more have roll
ed away, trust we shall find the Union
not only restored to its former greatness,
but tie country will have become more
great more glorious than it was before
that the flag of our country, when it waves
from the lofty column of the Restored I'm
ion, will not only sustain the names of the
old State, but of still more States We
shall raise that column still higher to
Heaven, and from It's topmost height will
wave the flag of our country, with all its
stars and all lis stripes, and with still mora
stars gli,tering On It's folds, which shall
tel, the world that the Union restored.
renewed and regenerated, has commenced
its new and onward march, for the cause
Of liberty and freedom throughout the
world
Year: 1862

The Captain Of the T0nawdnda gives
the following description Of the rebel crui
ser:


"The Alabama is splendid vessel, and
the fastest under canvass that / have ever
had my foot on board of, and | have no
doubt she is the same under steam. as she
has powerful machinery She is 325 feet
long, entirely built of teak>wood, She is
calculated to remain at sea as long as they
like, as they condense al the water used.
They have now three hundred tons of coal
on board, and the instance mentioned be
fore is the only time they have raised
steam since she has been out | do not
think there is ship in our navy can catch
her. Her armament is six 81 broaJsde
guns, one 6S amidships, and one 100
pound ritled cannon amidship., forward of
the mainmast. Judge there were one
hundred persons on board, mostly English
men Of wars men. | do not think there
is an American born seaman on board
There are two Charleston and two Savan.
nah pilots on board. They are trying to
ship ali the men they can out Of prizes,
and they got some out of every ships com
pany taken on baard, except our own ship,
from which they took the black boy"
Year: 1862

SAVE 1oUR PAPER.-Realers generally
may not lie aware Of the great advance in
the price Of paper Of all kinds But if
readers are not, newspaper publisher, are,
seeing that they are called upon TO pay
fifty and sixty per cent. more for paper
than they were six months ago The
truth Is tha, the material for making pa
per is, for explainahle reasons, extremely
scarce, aud We suggest to everr one the
wisdom, not to say The duty, of careful
ness in the use Of paper Of all kinds
Waste paper now commands very high
price and should not be used for kindlinp
fires aad other such purposes C,mmer
cal
Year: 1862

President LISCoLN must have his joke.
Talking on the gravest subject. he can notre-
frain from telling his story or cracking his jest.
The New York Commercial Advertiser relates
the following:


There is reason to believe that the Presi-
dent receives no small amount Of advice from
politicians, who intrude upon him with their
opinions, and who are sometimes rather more
emphatic than courteous. Il tell you, Mr.
President, said a Senator one day, unless a
proposition for emancipation is adopted by the
Government, we viii all go to the ID At
this very moment we are not over one mile
romh-n." Perhapsnot, replied the Pres
ident, ''as I believe that is about the distance
from here to the Capitol, where you gentle
men are in session"


II McClellan's army was to captulate, it
would remind our jovial President Of some
" fellow outin Illinois who, while doing some
service for friend, was caught in a man-trap
on his friends premises. If Stonewan jack
son should throw himself suddenly on Pope
and cut his command to pieces, or should be
seen one bright morning in Baltimore, or be-
fore Washington, with 100000 men, the merry
Lincoln would pause to tell a story of some
disagreeable chap" who used always to
" turn up" when and where he was least ex-
pected.


The other day, distinguished public officer
of this State was at Washington, and, in an
interview with the President introduced the
question of slavery emancipation, upon which
the Administration has so long been playing
fast and loose "Well, you see," said Mr..
Lincoln, "weve got to be mighty cautious
how we manage the negro question. If we're
not, we shall be like the barber out in Illinois,
who was shaving fellow with hatchetf face
and lantern jaws like mine. The barber stuck
his finger in his customers mouth to make
his cheek stick out; but, while shaving away,
he cut through the fellows cheek aud cut of
his own finger! If we don't play mighty
smart about the nigger we shall do as the
barber did
Year: 1862

I.nrrs AND GESTLE,IEN BY the kind IN
citation Of the President of 8 widely exten-
dad order gathered to celebrate this day, am
,,errnitted to make a few remarks. am ex-
ceedlnglv happy to address 50 many Of my
fellow citizens of tie State of Ohio, gathered
here this day, peaceably and quietly, and
scarcely aware that all around you is war and
turmoil and blood-shed, and I echo most fer
vently the hope of your President who has
lust closed his address that when you meet
here again, one year hence, that the sound OF
war and of rumors of war, may be no more
heard throughout the land, and that you may
not only be an American people, but united
people.


Nv friends, that you are gathered here this
dav. under the protection Of law, and under
the protection Of this government is one OF
the best possible indications that you ought
to sustain that government


A widely extended and benevolent associa-
tiop meets here to-day, one that numbers
among its members thousands and tens Of
thousands of the best and most intelligent men
in the community, for the purpose Ofcelebra-
ting the anniversary of their Order, and are
protected by law and by the government un-
der which we live. But my friends, there is
TODAY. q widely extended rebellion in this
land, for the purpose Of putting down this
Government under which we live, and which
Is the erowning element Of every man, woman
and child. placed under its shelter, who are
willing to live quietly and peaceabiy under
meath the folds Of the old flag. Ny friends,
although YOU have come here to-day, 1 know
for a different object, and merely as members
If a benevolent institution, yet cannot find
II in nv heart to allow this opportunity to
mass to address my feHow-citizens in behalf OF
Of the best Government that Almighty God
has ever permitted to be established among
men. and which rebels are now undertaking
to tear down to its very foundation.


There is not man listening to me to-day,
who has not deep interest in its support, in
its institutions and in putting down this re-
belion which is sapping the very foundations
Of our Government


There is scarcely mau listening to me to-
day. who has not son, brother, or friendi
or neighbor On the battlefield Nearly 70O.-
600 men are now engaged in the war for the
support Of this Government under which we
live. and we, who are here at home to-day
are called upon to do our duty in assisting
them-in supplying them. They, to-day, are
perhaps pouring out their blood on the battle
field before Richmond, for the sake Of uphold
ing the Government and for the purpose o
sustaining that glorious old flag which we al
have learned to love. You know it was only
. day or two since that the cry came up iron
our brethren in Kentucky that their capit'
was in danger. Frankfort, Louisville, anc
Lexington were all threatened, and Kentucky
called upon her sister State of Ohio and die
she get it? Yes my friends, from the cite.
of Cincinnati and Columbus thousands Of mel
poured forth as fast as railroads could carry
them, for the purpose Of laying down .kea