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Year: 1865

A REBEL LIE.-Edward A. Pollard is
Southerner, who, among other literary
performances has written book called


the "Record of the War" On page 81


we find the following account of an ex-


ploit attributed to the rebel General


Ashby, which is an unqualified false.


hood


"At one time he was riding abreast Of


three hundred infantry, who were pass
along the turnpike. All at once he


wheeled his horse, and leaping the fence


with drawn sword, cut his way right


through them, then wheeling, he did the
same thing second time. Riding up
to the standard bearer, he seized it from
him and dashed him to the earth. The
terrified wretches never raised weapon
against him. Seventy five of them, whom
he cut of, laid down their arms and sat
down at his order, in the corner of the
fence, where they remained until his men
came up to take care of them. The flag
was that of Vermont regiment"


This is said to have occurred during
the Valley campaign, when Banks was
chased to the Potomac" Now, it is well
known that at the time there was no
Vermont infantry in the Valley. The Ist
w. Cagai'y were with Gen. Banks, but
their flag never fell into the hands of the
enemy. A flag belonging to the lst Vt.
Cavalry was burnt during the retreat,
having been left, we believe, I'M wagon,
which was afterwards burned by our
men. No flag of Vermont regiment
was ever in the keeping of the enemy
iuring the war.--BwGingtoa Tines,
Year: 1865

IMpRovEMENTs.-The work of extend
ing the drain by the side of Central
street, west of the ost-otice, is going
on. AS the excavation has to be carried
through ledge of quartrz rock, it is
very slow, and frequent blasting becomes
necessary.
Year: 1865

TIE CROPS AT THE SoUTH.-The Rich
nord Bulletin says:


SIT has pleased God to bless the South
ern States with the most abundant and
wonderful corn crop ever known, and
we are, therefore, saved from all danger
of famine and suffering for want of
food. No contingency of drought, hail
or storm can now injure the great
Southern crop for man and beast.
Year: 1865

otherwise in the most positive peace II
may bo convenient TO assume this connec-
ton when we cannot explain war in any
other way. and there is some uso for such
~ assumption in our war. Rejecting that
Southern men made it. it would seem almost
as if thor action muat have been influenced
by somo incontrollable madness, Os wide
spread and general as the air. But in the
case of pcstilence, and especially such q
pestilencc MS tho cholera, science has made
tho connection obvious. Certain states Of
tho atmosphere unqeestiunably favor the
spread of that disease, and these states may
possibly result from the sNmo electrical
conditions that associate tho natural won
ders with each other. Undoubtedly the
physical life of man is thus "suhicet TO all
the skyey Influences" Medical science
can see very well that the influence of an
eclipse, comet or an electrical storm, II
Il changes the condition of the atmosphere
will enahlo an epidemic TO sweep of q
whole section of the human race; and il nc.
kuowlodges as true this rncicnt notion, Sc
often denounced as a suporstitious crror
But now we denounce as superstitiOus orroi
the other ancient notion, that the eclipse
and Kindred phenomena Affect also our in
tollcctual life May not tho next hundred
years of science prove that also to be o
ttuthV-NeW York Herald.
Year: 1865

| HAVE no propensity to envy eny one,
least Of all the rich and great and if were
disposed to this weakness, The subject OF
my envy would be healthy young man, in
fun pdsaessioo OF his strength aud faculties,
going forth n the morning 10 work for his
wife and ohillren, or bringing them home
his wages AZ night.
Year: 1865

sSecretary Usher it seems resigned
with the un ierstanding that he will not
retire till some time during the month Of
May. In the meantime We understand
from the Cincinnati Gazette that Mr..
Usher is removing the old clerks and FILL
ing up their places with his special
friends. Ii such be the case we trust
that MFR. Harlan will not accept the posi-
tion. lie is in no strait that he need
take The position Of head of Department
which bis predecessor has 'tset UP on
him fer years to come. Indeed We think
Mr. Harlan is makinga personal sacrifice
to accept such position entirely uuen-
cumbered and att best estate He is Sen.
ator now, and would be triumphantly re.
elected for another term of six years next
winter if he just remains where he is
And he would thereby crafty a majority
of the people of Iowa, who are 10th 10
give him up to Gil place in the Execu.
tive Department of the General Govern
meut but would prefer to retain him as
Representative of Iowa in the United
States Senate.
Year: 1865

ry- la the absence of armed rebels in
his Department to call him to more san
culinary, labors Gen. Pope is devoiing him
self to the snpersedure of military in the
civil administration in Missouri. We
hope that lie may have an early and COM
plete success in his undertaking. Peace
hath its victories no less than war, and
the restoration Of quiet and order in Mis-
souri,, the successful and harmonious
adjustment Of the various and complex
parts Of the civil machinery OF the State
disorganized by the agencies put in ope,
ration by the rebellion, will be victory
which the earnest patriot wall hail gladly
which will be highly creditable to Gen
Pope aud viii furnish q healthy precedent
for other seeded States. Freedom and
loyalty should now be strong enough in
Missouri to protect themselves and estab.
lish firmly their legitimate rule. The
early establishment of the processes oi
peace, will serve early to briHg prosperity,
aud remove from every community iu
all the States the vestiges Of the ravages
Of the war.
Year: 1865

D~ Parties in Davenport are threaten
ed with prosecution for frauds upon the
Federal revenue. A two cent stamp is
required upon each box of matches sold.
Some dealers in Davenport have besn in
the habit Of affi4ing the stamp very
slightly to the box, and when sold,
have it taken off and returned to them to
be used upon other boxes. Sharp trick,
that.
Year: 1865

The WONDERS or THE BRAIN.-One Of the
most inconceivable things in the nature of
the brain is that the organ of sensation
should in itself be inseusible. To cut the
brain gives no pain, yet in the brain alone
resides the power Of feeling pain in any
part of the body. If the nerve which leads
from it to the injured part be divided, it
becomes instantly unconscious of suffering.
1t is only by communication with the brain
that any kind of sensation is produced, yet
the organ itself is insensible. But there is
circumstance more wonderful still: the
brain itself may be removed-may be cut
away down the corpus callosum-without
destroying life. The animal lives and per-
forms all its functions which are necessary
to simple vitality, but no longer has mind;
itcannot think or feel. Itrequires that the
food should be pushed into the stomach;
once there, it is digested, and the animal
will live and grow fat.-HaPs Journal ot
Health.
Year: 1865

one of the FRS. petitions to Congress
against the slave trade was signed BY Ben.
jamin Franklin. Southern men cried out
that the philosopher Was insane and de-
clared that the commitment of the meme
rial to committee would sound the .ocsin
of civil war throughout the South. This
was in lE90.
Year: 1865

TIE President recently said to an init.
mate friend pretty nearly these words:
81 have made up my mind to make vary
few changes in the Offices in my gift for my
second term. The fact 10 think will not
remove . single man except for good and
sufficient cause. 1t creates a CREST deal OF
dissatisfaction and grumbling to make
changes. To remove q man is very easy,
but when 90 to ell his place there are
twenty applicants, and Of these must make
nineteen enemies.o
Year: 1865

my claim. Writing on the bottom Of this
letter, ''Let it be as you wish, ? | returned it
to him at once, and thus ended my brief
dream of romantic wedding.


| heard ere this of Elhot's cowardly con-
duct on THAI day but now first bethought
me to inquire who had rescued me from that
imminent death. And then ! learned that
James Frazer, his arm already broken by the
jerk with which Brown Bess tore away from
him as he caught at her bride, had ridden af,
ter me, and been the first to lift me from the
water. Many times daily he made inquiries
concerning me his had been the hand that
had sent the rare flowers that had decked my
room his were the lips that breathed words
of comfort and hope to my poor mether; his
were the books that read during .he days of
eonvaleseenee and his, now, the arm that
supported me, as slowly and painfully Ipaced
the garden walks.


l have been his wife for many year. ]
have forgotten that he is not handsome or
rather he is beautiful to me, because | see
his grand and loving spirit shining through
his plain features and animating his awkward
figure. have long since laid aside, as ut
terly uutenable, my theory that beautiful spir-
its dwell only in lovely bodies. It may be a
providential compensation that, in denying
physical perfection, the soul is not dwarted or
marred by petty vanity or love of-the world $
praise
Year: 1865

The Richmond rebels have taught the la
dies of that city to hate the Yankees to such
a degree as to cause them to resolve not to
call their children, should they have any af,
ter Grant, or Sherman, or Sheridan, or But
Ter. Since the Yankee boys have gone into
the city, these same ladies have fallen in love
with their brass coats and blue buttons, and
the next thing we shall hear of is, that they
will be marrying some of our soldier boys.
Year: 1865

OVER in Jersey, during the last Presidential
canvass, young lawyer, noted for the length
of his neck, his tongue and his bill, was on
the stump blowing his horn for Gen. McClel-
Ian. Getting on in his eloquence, he spread
himself, and said ;


81 would that on the sth day of next No
vember might have the wings of bird, and
l would fly to every city and every village, to
every town and every hamlet, to every man
sion and every hut, and proclaim to every
man, woman and child Geo. B. Mcclellan
is President of these United States


At this point youngster in the crowd sang
out DRY up, you fool. You'd be shot for
a goose before you flew a mile.
Year: 1865

The Sentinel expresses surprise that
we should complain Of such small Demo-
cratic sharp practice as hiring out the
labor of the penitentiary convicts for o
term Of years at forty cents q day, at q
time when common labor commands
two dollars; and thinks it trivial mat
ter when John @. Walker speculatsd on
State funds for nearly two years, and
then, instead of paying back the money,
compelled the State to tak9 her public
stocks at from Ave to ten per cent
higher than they would have cost il
Walker had purchased them when the
money was placed in his hands for that
purpose. We are not surprised that the
Sentinel is amazed at our Complaints of
these practices. 1t has 90 long been the
custom Of Democratic officials, in this
State, to use the public funds for their
own profit, that the right TO do so is es-
teemed one of the cardinal doctrines of
the party.


The Sentinel Chains that Walker used
but $50, 900 of the State funds in his
speculations. In this it is mistaken.
That sum was forwarded to him more
than eighteen months ego, TO be used in
the purchase of State stocks. and in
addition to that he received more than
so, 600 from Colonel Hudson, his pre-
decessor. Why did not Walker use this
money in the purchase of State stocks
when they could have been got at eigh-
ty-five cents on the dollar3 The only
answer that can be given is, that he was
using the money in specnlations in Wall
Street, or investing it in other individusl
enterprises. While he was using this
money the State was paying interest on
the stocks which she afterwards received
from him, and besides, had 60 pay soIe
Year: 1865




IL is q matter of common remark that
30 good q ticket as that formed By the
Union men for City Offices, has rarely
been offered for the sufFrages OF our
people. That it is quite unusual to find
so very few men on ticket that
are personally Objectionable to nobody
The Dispafch itself is forced TO ac--
knowledge the eminent fitness of the men
for the different positions to which they
aspire. II, then, 90 much care and
Judgment has been displayed in bringing
out a good ticket, will IL not be burn
ing shame to have any of the men on it
defeated BY supineness and neglect.
+ The motto Of the Union men should
be; every officer without an exception
From Constable and Councilman, to
Trustee and Mayor, there ought to be q
clean sweep. There can be if NIL will
do their duty. Carelessness and indif-
fsrence may sacrifice three or four of
our best men.
Year: 1865

The Union men Of Evansville, and
lovers Of order and progress generally,
owe duty to themselves and their city
to-day. 1t win require bat q few min
utes time to 60 to the polls and deposit @
ballot, yet voting is a duty we cannot
delegate TO others without deserving
censure ourselves. We urge, therefore,
every citizen to take time to vote. It is
true, there is but little political excite
ment, and for some of the Offices there
may be bat one candidate. But all who
prefer that candidate are under as great
obligations to vote for him as though he
had an opponent. The time and trouble
of voting are hardly worth mentioning
The obligation to vote cannot be thrown
aside. fia3 aEFEt


Besides, we desire Union men to re-
member that eternal vigilance 10 the
price of liberty" The saying is a trite
one yet it is often forgotten. We must
not be caught mapping. Especially is it
incumbent upon Union men in doubtful
wards to use every exertion to secure
the success of their candidates. We in
fer from an article in the Dispatch of
Saturday that the Democracy will make
a strong effort to carry the City Council
by concentrating all their forces upon
particular wards in which they may have
chance of success. This the Union
men must checkmate By. watohfulness
and energy. An entire regeneration Of
our City Council is work demanded by
the prosperity of the city, and our citi-
gems are not true to themselves il they
do no not accomplish the desired re-
formation.
Year: 1865

reaches the source OF all trouble, and sfIectuAIIy
6unishes the disease from the Ustsm By itS imme-
diste action on the blooi We advise one and all


to Eiye it trial and become satisfied OF its won
Year: 1865

Tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied her raven ringless in;
But not alone in the silken snare
Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
For tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied young mans heart within.
They were strolling together up the HILL
Where the wind comes blowing merry


and chill;


And it blew the curls frolicsome race
All over the happy pesch,colored face,
Till scolding and laughing she tied them


in


Under her beautiful dimpled chin.
And 1t blew a color as the bloom
Ofthe pinkest lushchia's tossing plume
All over the cheeks of the prettiest girl
That ever imprisoned a romping curl,
Or in tying her bonnet under her chin,
Tied young mans heart within.
Sleeper and sleeper grew the hill
Madder, merrier, chillier still
The western wind blew down and played
The widest tricks with the little maid,
AS, tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied young mans heart within.
0, western wind, do you think it was fair
To play such tricks with her floating hairf
To gladfully, gleefully, do your best
To blow her against the young mAn's


breast,


Where he as gladly folded her in,
And kissed her mouth and dimpled chin.
Oh, Ellery Vsne, you little thought
An hour ago when you besought
This country lass to walk with you
After the sun had dried the dew
What perilous danger you'd be in
As she tied her bonnet under her chin.
Year: 1865

poets that the pubc approval which he is SO eager
WIN over to himself may not be too readily given and
SO be comes 10 exhibit the recessness of despair


copy OF the Free Press which contains this address
70 you, will be forwarded to each of my relations and
friends, as what do do openly and leave the world
to say what they like" But the concluding sentence


leads US to infer that Mr.. Riley speedily came to bet
ter mind, and resumed his habtual respect for the
world; and 1t indicates exalted conception of public
duty at which few men have arrived. Il have now
placed this matter in its proper light before you;
whether have misplaced my confidence the future
must give the answer both to myself my relatives, my


friends, and to you the inhabitants of my intendeds
native village" We all know that marriage is very
solemn and responsible undertaking bntt is something
new to make one anSwerable to ones native place or
its inhabitants. It seems return to the old notions
which always looked at his relation to the State
Mr.. Riley is citizen of Desborough and he does not
think it right to take any step in private life without
vndicatng it before his felowcitizens The dividing
line between private and public concerns has been
eFroneously drawn. We ought to fulfill the Apostolic
injunction, that every man should look not on his
things but every man also on the things of Others
The practical application of Mr., RIeys may have its
inconvenencies. Sth he has the satisfaction of know
ing that, whatever may come he has discharged his
public duty. He is going to marry, and he has told
the world all about it, If things turn wrong why
is not his fault. All regret is that the photo
graph Of the being who could stir up such profound
emotion in SO manly bosom is not more generally
accessible


1t would be exceedingly interesting to know the
precise sentiments of 'ths young woman" as Mr.
Riley calamity styles his future bride. Does she bear
te bushing honors of her approaching elevation with
modesy or has she given way extravagrant elaton?
Surely, she, too, owes an explanation to the inhabit
ans of her native village. 1t possible she may feel


tolid indifference to the blessedness of her fate
Tie author of Stamford and Merton, as everybody
knows, took two little girls twelve years old out of
fotnding hospital with the intention of training one
of them up to be his wife He soon struck out one as
being hopeless, and the other speedily developed a
fPancy Of character that utterly revoted her sublime
patron Absit omea May Mr. Benjamin Riley's young
prepare herself faithfully for 'the value here
aa, with Gods blessing, they will be to each other"
So modest and sensible ought to be rewarded.
We trust he will be as candid in telling US something
of the future as he has been about the past His post
nupdal experiences if disclosed in the same delight
fully frank spirit, will be perfectly invaluable.
Year: 1865

winks as we said so and escorting Mss Croucheg
afterwards, told her how | had onca gone to the
Derby in a yan aud enjoyed myself very much; and
Miss CroueheF delighted with the narration, and
saitl if | would go that way next year she woGldpus
on a thick veil and accompany me on the sly.
Year: 1865

Our readers will notice that subscrip-
tions TO the popular 7-30 loan are still
continued in the most liberal manner
To the Old World the success of these
peoples, loans is one of the wonders of a
republic The government does not seek
TO borrow in foreign markets; ii offers no
premiums TO bankers, but appeals direct
ly to the people, and with what success is
sufficiently shown by the fact that during
forty-ihree days they subscribed and paid
the cash down for one hundred and sixty
one million dollars of the 80 loan.
There can he no stonger evidence of pub
lie confidence in government securities.
While nearly all other stocks have gone
down from twenty TO fifty, and even a
greater per cent. within few weeks, all
forms of u. 5. bonds and stocks have re-
mained firm except the slight fluctuations
that are incident 10 all rapid changes in
the money market. Our readers will re-
member that the subscribers TO the 80
loan receive semi-annual interest at the
rate OF seven and three-tenths per cent.
per annum in currency, and at the end of
three years from June 18th. 1865. they
will have the option of receiving payment
in full. or converting their notes into a
5-20 six per cent. gold interest bond
The late great decline in the premium on
rold makes these more desirable than ever
as an investment, and it should not be
forgotten that their exemption from state
or municipal taxation adds largely TO their
value. There is no interruption in the
receipt OF subscriptions or the delivery of
the notes All banks and bankers and
Others acting As loan agents, will pay
Subcribers the interest in advance from the
day OF subscription until June 18th
Year: 1865

The primary occasion of DIR. Beecher's
connection with Lane Seminary is given
in the following characteristic anecdote
from his own mouth:


''One thing that indirectly occasioned
my being thought OF, l have no doubt,
was little circumstance that had hap
pened not long before on one of the North
river boats. l was coming down the riv-
er, when l saw 4 crowd where a pert
fellow, a skeptic, was talking. l drew
near the ring 10 hear and see what he was
doing. | soon saw that his antagonist
was not his match, and needed help. He
was showing up the contradictions of the
Bible; among others, that Judas hanged
himself, and IN another place fell head
long, etc And how do YOU reconcile
that said he, 'Why, SIR said |. the
rope broke, l suppose How dye
know said he. How dye know ii
didn't ,. said l, and that dashed him.
People BEGAN to laugh. Then l stepped
up close to his side and kindly said, 1
venture to say YOU are a child of pious
parents, and are fighting against your con-
science. That is dangerous thing. and
you had better give ii up l told him ii
he ever came to Boston TO call On me.
Year: 1865

If the secessionists of Maryland are admit
ted to the right of suffrage, as it is probable
they will be, that Union State would be apt
to stand side by side with South Carolina in
opposition TO the Union. But if the Unionists
of Maryland have the good sense to admit the
colored people of that State to the right OF
suffrage. the State will be safe for the Union


We can't see the patriotism of those who
prefer that the States of the South should be
controlled by traitors, rather than by Union
men with the aid of negro suffrage.


There was a-class who preferred disunion
to emancipation at the commencement of the
war. and it would seem that there is class
of Union men now who prefer the success of
traitors and copperheads in the Southern
States, and in the country at large, rather
than to concede common justice to colored
men, and be aided by their loyal votes in
restoring the Union and maintaining the su-
premacy OF loyal men in the councils OF the
nation.
Year: 1865

We don't wonder that copperheads oppose
negro suffrage here and elsewhere, for every
negro vote will kill copperhead or traitor
vote dead as mackerel." And We confess
we rather like it on that account, for we know
it would make us feel good every time, to see
this. that and the other copperhead leader of
our town, who belonged to the -" fire in the
rear" force, and adopted armistiee resolu-
tions, and sustained the Chicago peace plat
form. killed off by some one OF our Union
friends of the "colored persuasion, and to
hear the erati6ed laugh with which sambo
would deposit his ballot, right upon the heels
of one of those distinguished characters.