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Year: 1863

THE CONGREGATIONAL PARSONAGE, (old stylc) in this village, is to be sold at public auction on Monday next. It is very comfortable and commodious residence, and situated on very

 desirable site. It is sold for no other fault than that it is too far of from the Meeting House for the parson, and because the society have built him another parsonage nearer by.
Year: 1863

OUR GOSHEN NE1aHBoKs AND SELKcrxsN would do we'll to look at the sluices on their " East street" road, as by taking the precau- tion to repair those that are now sadly in need of repairs. they may save their town the price of some valuable horse that is in danger of breaking leg, every mile or two that he travels over the road.
Year: 1863

purchasing or renting lot adjoining the pres ent Fair Grounds, for the purpose of extend ing the track, so as to make it fall half mile, was discussed. The proposal was favorably received. and the subject referred to the Executive Committee, with full power to carry out the project. This improvement. which we hope will be made before the next Annual Cattle Show and Fair, will very materially add in the future to the interest of the Exhibitions

 There are several other reflections whic h occur to us, and suggestions which we nigh, make, but our space compels us to defer them for the present. and they will keep till next year. Altogether, we may say that, taking all things into consideration, this was one oi the best and most satisfactory exhibitions ever held by the County Society. and reflects much credit upon the retiring President, Mir Hitchcock, and the energetic superintendents of the various departments.

 There were several representatives of the press upon the grounds during the Fair among whom we noticed Messrs. Baldwin and Tucker, of the New Haven Register, an admi Table and truthful report from the latter ot whom appeared in the Register of Friday last Two reporters of sheet published in ths northern part of this County, one of whom is represented to be the responsible editor of ths concern, were said to have been on the ground. during part of the first day of the Fair.- Their report, from their partial and obfustisa ted vision, few of our readers will see, or car, to see. It is sufficient to say that it amply tsstihes te their bilious or oblivious condition
Year: 1863

The Board of Enrolment IN tho Sixth
District continued Its abors yesterday but failed to OBJ
tain than half dozen soldiers during tho day
Most of the claims for exemption were on account Of
aiicnage and physical disability The counenanccs Of
the applicants for exemption wore Nv exceedingly
Year: 1863

The HoLMANs Last night Metropolitan Hall
was again crowded with fashionable audience.
drawn there by the incompatible Holmantroupe
Bellini's opera. Ia Simnambula. with Miss Sallie
as Amina. was the attraction. aud splendidly did
she sustain the difficult role The audience we're
in extacies. The dancing of little Julia was
charming, and was loudly encOred Indeed. the
entire performance was such TO give unbounded
satisfaction, and TO fully sustain the enviable
reputation OF the troupe


In compliance with an almost universal wish
the above beautiful opera will be repeated this
evening and for the last time All who desire a
rich musical treat should attend
Year: 1863

MILITARY - The streets Yesterday were throng-
ed by soldiers at a considerable distance from the
seat of war, ordered here by the powers that be
against their will. for every brave man of them
had OF course cherished the fond hope OF having
an opportunity Of "winuing glory at the cannon's 5
mouth" We assert that it - inexpressbly
patriotic. not TO say personally unjust 20 our
volunteers the part of hose who control
things, that such noble defenders of our country
should be thus kept in official sbeyance
Year: 1863

THE STATE FMR-Yesterday machinery for
power hall and also machinery for exhibition
arrived upon the beautiful grounds which look so
we'll. and every appointment of which Is 30 at
mirable, because of the energetic experienced and
accomplished management and superintendent
of Mr. Secretary Loomis. Our fair, this year,
will ceitiinly be eminently successful
Year: 1863

u young patriot YESTERDAY. inquired of us
where ne could purchase drums aud other martial
Instruments We were obliged TO state that We
could not. after looking advertising col
umns, reliably inform him We we're sorry.
Year: 1863

NoTHlNc NEw.-Our contemporary ex.
presses an opinion that after the Adjutant
Generals once 10 removed into this block our
posltion between the Gosetls office on the
right and the Aforesaid military office on the
left, viii be anything but comfortable. We
can assure our Dsighbor that it will not bs the
first time in the history Of the world when
great moral worth has been placed In exactly
the sane position.
Year: 1863

A WORD TO DEMocRArs.-Mr. Os-
born has decided not to carry or sell any more
Of the Chicago Times issue in this city. No
one questions his right to do so but Demo-
Gratis will not SO for forget themselves ss to
buv OF him the CharcOal Tribune.
Year: 1863

Some of the Northern States are becoming OPP
posed to longer association with the New Eng
land States. Some of the presses in New YORK
are becinino to denounce them ia round terms.
The New York Mercury says:


In our opinion events show that the great lnis-
take made in forming the Union, in the outset,
was in taking New England into partnership on
apy terms whatever. And are quite as sure
that no confederation Of States OF which she is
part can ever exist in peace, harmony ana pros
peritv on this Continent She is too selhsh iof
anv association founded in mutual compromise


of opposed interests; too intellectually concert
ed to subordinate her insane IDEAS OF "higher
law, to the collected wisdom of great common
wealth. and too meddling in other peoples BUS
mess for political system which allows no one
State in the Union to entrench on the reserved
rights of any other. New England should there.
| fore be abandoned to her egotism.
Year: 1863

ssThe hour has struck when we must have an
immediate change of measures and ot men or the
next sound which greets our ears will be tho
knell of the Union. The public patience is ex-
hausted. This stupendons Juggernaut of an ad-
mnistration crushes hundreds of thousands of
brave Union soldiers between its bloodywheeIs
bnt it makes no impression on the rebellion
With new army of six hundred Thousand men
brought into the fiela since August We are worse
of to-day than on any proceeding day since the
rebellion broke out - Ttl9iT4
Year: 1863

AnnEsTED,-Three sneak thieves from NIL
Esukce were arrested yesterday in the act Of pur-
Joining clothing from store near the corner OF
Clark k'and South Water streets. They were placed
in tho Lock up to await examination
Year: 1863

SENT TO TIE REBORN scHooL.-A small
boy Was yesterday cent to the Reform School for
concea1ing himself under the sidewalk on Custom
House Place, with the evident intention Of enter
jig some one Of the stores along th2t thorough
faye.
Year: 1863

1t is well known that the present Vice
President of the Confederacy made d speech
strongly opposed to secession in the Georgia
Congenton ofJanuary, 1861 The following
extracts will show how clearly he perceived
the iniquity, and foresaw the results Of the
measure:


THAT this step once taken could never
be recalled, and all the baleful and withering
consequences that must follow as they would
see) will rest on the convention for all coming
time. When we and our posterity shall see
our lovely south desolated by the demon Of
war which this act Of yours will inevitably in
vite and call forth when our green fields Of
waving harvests shall be trodden down by the
murderous soldiery and fiery car of war
sweeping over our land our temples OF JUS
tice laid in ashes all the horrors and desola-
tion of war upon u.s. who but this conven-
will be held responsible for it and who but
him who shall have given his vote for this un-
wise and ill-timed measure (as honestly be-
lIeve and think shall be held to strict account
for this suicidal act, by the presen' generation
and probably cursed and execrated by posteri-
ty from all coming time, for the wide and des-
olsting ruin that will inevitably follow this act
you now propose to perpetrate Pause | en-
treat you, anu connlutr Iof a moment Wndt
reasons you can give that will even satisfy
yourselves in calmer moments-what reasons
you can give that will even satisfy yourselves
in calmer moments-what reasons you can
give to your fellow-sufferers in the calamity
that it will bring upon us, What reason
can you give to the nations Of the earth TO
justify ils They will be the calm and deli
berate judges in the case and to what cause
or one overt act can you name or point, on
which to rest the plea Of justification What
right has the North assailed What inter-
est of the South has been invaded? What
justice has been denied and what claim
founded in justice and right has been with
helds Can either of you to-day name one
governmental act of wrong, deliberately and
purposely Gone by the government of Wash
ington, Of which the South has right to
complaint challenge the answer





Now, for you to attempt to overthrow such
a government as this, under which we have
lived for more than three-quarters OF a centu-
ry-in which we have gained our wealth, our
standing as a nation, our domestic safety
while the elements OF peril are around US,
with peace and tranquility, accompanied with
unbounded prosperity and rig hts uDassailed
lis the height Of madness, folly and wicked
ness, to which ! can neither lend my sanction
Year: 1863

LEI il be understood, that until the loyal men
of the South are permitted TO meet in Indignation
meetings to express their feelings aud sympathy
for their brethren Of the North united TO them
IN truth, there will be no sympaIhizing meetings
here in the North aud that untl these same
loyal men Of the South can meet in Convention
and declare for the Union, every Convention in
The North called for denouncing the AdmiDlstra
ton, the Government. and beginning, or attempt.
ing TO begin civil war and armed rebellion among
US, shall be puI down by the strong arm Of the
Government aud at the point Of the bay0net.-
Miss Dickinson, at The PhtIadelphia Acqdemy
of .fuSic
Year: 1863

BAD TAsrE.-A very silly thing the Union State
Convention did in singing out the American $50
uora) Flag for special endorsement The Marys
willie Appeal. for three years the ACKNOWLEDGED
leading Republican aud Union paper OF the State,
and The Union aud Bee Of Sacramento, are pass
ed without notice. The Convention must have
been hard up for something to do.
Year: 1863

MARCHING ON.-Papers from different parts of
the State announce the formation Of Union
Leagues and military companies. In tais con
neclion ~e would simply say for the benefit Of
the uniniormed that the Union League Is not an
armed association. as falsely stated by some OF
the CoppcIlead press. All The weapon required
there is II tongue sufficiently bold 10 declare its
devotion to the country aud flag.
Year: 1863

The election in connecticut for State off,
Itrs tnd Representatives in Congress takes
place to- day. The campaign has been one
Of the most earnest TINT ever took place in
that State, and if the opinions of the most
careful and judicious men are not entirely
at fault, the result will be glorious Union
S;cfcry
Year: 1863

One of the strangest phenomena of the
times is now being enacted in Japan. It
is no less than the evacuation of Jeddo
their capital and principal city, and this,
not by reason Of any hostile threatening
against it, but simply of their own accord,
which they decide upon rather than to re-
side in a city with the foreign consuls. It
is known that Japan has resolutely and
persistently shut the door in the face of all
foreigners, until recent treaties have com
PEELED her to accept of foreign trade and
the presence of foreign commission agents.
By the terms of treaty with England,
these consuls are permitted to reside in
JeddO. OF course, that being the principal
city of the country, they insist upon their
right and stay there, The Japanese now
adopt the self sacrificing and novel revenge
upon them of ofremoving from the city them
selves, and leaving it to the foreigners
alone, minus trade or profit The English
have yet decided how to meet this new
difficulty.
Year: 1863

The Great Battery opposite Viclksburg.


A rebel dispatch having mentioned the


opening Of the fire Of a new battery on the
peninsula opposite vicksburg, the Buffalo
Express gives the following interesting
particulars of the construction Of the
formidable work:


awe received information Of the eon-
struction Of this battery several weeks
ago but were obviously forbidden to pub
lish it. The knowledge, however, has en-
abled US to preserve frmer faith in the
success Of the siege Of Vicksburg. The
battery is Of iron-or rather it is cased
with iron, and so heavily as to be absolute
ly impregnable. We presume that it nav
be termed fort more properly than bat
terry being case-mated, and Of formidable
proportions, mounting, We believe, large
number Of the heaviest siege guns.


" 1t was constructed at night withoutthe
use Of hammer, growing to shape in per-
feet silence. Every piece of iron was
muffed in rags to prevent noise in the
handling. During the day, the work was
masked with brush. Weeks were spent in
this wonderfully secreted undertaking.
weeks during which the attention of the
enemy was wholly occupied with the dig
ging Of the famous cut off canal; and we
have some reason to suspect that the dig
ging Of this same cutoff had no other
object than the diversion of the enemy.


Atall events, the building of the battery
was accomplished without discovery by
the Watchful rebels, and now its tremend-
ous artillery commands the city. The
opening Of two guns on the 9TH was prob
ably to try the range. When serious work
is commenced, we are told to look for the
total destruction Of The city, and a clean
sweep Of the rebel defenoes in front This |
viii take place, we presume, in concert |
with the flank movements that Grant is |
and we listen daily for news /
Of the capture Of Vicksburg.
Year: 1863

Correspondence from, Key West by the
Fulton, is to the 21st.


There were in port about thirty prize
vessels, whose cases are yet to be disposed
Of by the Court and almost every day
adds to their number.


The gunhoat Sagemore, during a cruise
up the west coast, had destroyed two block
ade runners loaded with cotton and grain
at Bay Port, after a sharp contest with the
rebels.
Year: 1863

The organ Of JEFF. Davis, in this city,
calls On the Republicans Of the State to
come forward and make up the quota Of
Illinois, under the last cali for volunteers.
That is in accordance with the policy that
has been all the while pursued By those
who take their political inspiration from
the 1fmes: "You go and fight, and We


will stay at home and voter The results
of the army voting among the soldiers Of
Ohio and Iowa, show the material of which
tberanks are made up; but, 50 profound is
the sentiment at home against the sympa-
thisers with the South, that the Copper
heads dare not risk another election until
still more Republicans Are sent off to the
war; hence this agonizing call on the loyal


men TO come UP to the scratch! With


the prospect Of the loaves and fishes LOOM
ing up in the distance, as the reward Of
their cowardice and chicancry, what else


ought we expect from the Copperheads,
than just such an appeal as hlr. Davis
| organ makes?
Year: 1863

NICKEL Oh THE R1sE.-Copper and nickel
cents have reached the enormous premium
of eighteen per cent, to the great loss and
Inconvenience of retail dealers. They are
made in vast quantities at the Philadelphia
mint, where they are exchangeable for Gov
ernmeEt legal tender notes at par, but even
nickel refuses to be basis for our inflated
currency, and hence the heavy premium.
Year: 1863

polling of the other to withdraw, just as his
elected opposed the motion for the jury.
and the Court refused it, saying the men
who came here were disloyal and deserved
all they got. This is in substance what was
said and done. came away disgusted with
what saw at our Seat of Government.


We have Governor who knows his duty
'but doeth it not" Hsis charged to see the
laws faithfully executed and to uphold and
sustain the, Constitution of the United States
and of Kentucky. Constitutions and laws
gave us the right to hold Convention, but
ho saw them all trampled in the dust, his
fellow citizens driven away from their meet
ing by the soldiers, he knowing for weeks
before that the Convention was contem-
plated and making no objection to it.
He saw the only Court of the Country where
the crime of the meeting or the crime Of
their dispersion was cognizsble, with full
knowledge of what had transpired, dismiss
the grand jury which was in session, with
out requiring them to investigate it. and re-
fuse special jury to investigate and enquire
into all that had happened, at the instance
of respectable citizen and officer of the
Court-the Commonwealth Attorney
solemnly urge and beg the Court not to al
low the investigation. Both evidently fear
ing that il would result in showing that the
Convention was to be held for lawful pur-
pose, and that the delegates had been most
fouIly, wrongfully and unlawfully deprived
of their legal rights, and that one of the
most damna able cons Liracies against the right
of free speech and against the right of the
people to assemble to consider of the un-
happy condition of their country would have
been exposed.


No one blamed the officers or soldiers, for
it was we'll understood they acted under
orders. But the day may come when the
foul plot against our liberties will be un-
m asked and shown up in all its naked de-
formity.


These men who got up the scene I have
described, are trying to force the conserva-
tive people of Kentucky into a position
where they can have pretext to drive
them from the State and confscate their
property. Let DO man, however, lose his
self possession or be thrown off his balance.
The democracy of the North aud Northwest
will understand who are the true m en-, when
they learn who broke up the democratic
Convention.


Go it Abolitionists! Go it Negro Wor-
shippers! You falsely say we are con-
temptible little number of Traitors. and yet
you never hear our foot treads you don't be-
come so alarmed you have to run after the
military. MASON COUNTY.
Year: 1863

TEE 18th Ohio Cavalry received orders
by telegraph this morning to muster at once,
in order that the number necessary for the
draft might be known at Columbus This
surely looks like business. The number of
men for the 18th now here is not exactly
known, but amounts to about six hundred.
Year: 1863

Capt Josiah Turner, Jr., and the Hon. A. h. Ar
rngton candidates for Congress in this District ad-
dressed large concourse in the Courthouse in this
place on Tuesday last. =


Mr.. Arlington led off and spoke for an hour, very
ingeniously defending himself and explaining his
votes as member of Congress. He told the peo-
YS-..at he va.ed against the titking law, and ad-
mtted that he voted for the exemption act coatain
ing the odious teenty negro exemption feature He
explained and defended this vote, and also the sub
stltute feature of the act.


Capt. Turner replied in one Of his best speeches,
which gave great satisfaction to his friends We do
not propose to attempt sketch of the discussion,
as our limits will not permit. Capt. Turner was
very severe and justly so On those ablebodied Sc
cessionsts who were instrumental in bringing on
the war; but who refuse to fight in it, and remain at
home to grow rich BY trading and speculathg, and
who are constantly sowing discOrd among the peo-
pie by denouncing the old Union nren as untrue to
the South. He promised the people that if elected
he would vote to materially modify the tithing law,
so as to make it operate only on those who may have
surplus Of prov isions after paying their taxes and
supportine their famies-that he would 'counte-
nance no uni ust discrimination between SHAREHOLDERS
and non-slave olders-that he would oppose secret
sessions-tba, he would do all in his power to sus-
tain our brave soldiers aad render them comforta-
ble-that he would insist on strict observance of
the Constitution and exert himself to maintain the
civil law against the usurpations of the military
power.


Mr. Arlington, it is we'll understood, is the can
didate of the Destructives. This is seen by the
manner in which he is taken up by the Confederate
ofice-holdsts and the old party hacks of the De-
structive organization. On the other hand Capt.
Turner is Conservative, and will be supported as
such. We can speak from: personal observation
only Of Wake County, and We can confidently as
sure our friends that in our opinion, Capt. Turner
will carry Wake by an immense majority.


We we're glad to observe the courteous and good
humored manner in which the discussion con-
Quoted While the candidates were both pointed
and positive in the expression of their views and
while they were now and then very sharp on each
other, yet nothing was said to occasion unkind or
unpleasant feeling either between them or their
respective friends.
Year: 1863

Since penning the foregoing, we are informed by
the best authority, that the charge in the Raleigh


Progress of Gen. Benning being privy to the sack
ing of the Standard Office is base falsehood as that
gentleman vas sleeping when the act took plase.-
atlanta La5elIiGencer. :.


Gen Berioing was in Raleigh that night and on
the street not more than an hour before the mob
took place VIZ As say on his honor, ooer his o,on
name, taefas dianot haze reason to apprshend that
oar office eouM be assailsd that night By portion
Of has troq9se And if he really entertained this ap=
prehension, was it not his duty to see that no such
thing YVES doae3 A police officer was sent to him
at the depot to inform him Of the outrage by por.
ton Of his troops, but the officer was repused and
notslowed to see him. If Gen. Benning is hurt by
the statement Of the Pogress and if that statement
is untounded, he will leave no effort untried to as.
certain and punish those who composed the mob
The oticsts who led, and the soldiers who did the
work OF destruction under ORDERS belong to bis br


gade The President has ordered an investigation.
Viii Gen Benning see to it that this investigation is
thorough and ccmplete? We shall see


0niy few days ago some Georgia officers were
n ti isys ttraetsuing that t<Sben the Georgia
troops returned to Virginia the would apply the
torch to our ofce So it seems the mob spirit still
anmases portion Of our army but for the credit
OF our braye soldiers Themselves as we'll as for the
cret OF the country, we trust this spirit is confined
to very small number. But if President Davis
will do his dnty this mob spirit will be re2ressed,
and thepress and the people will again enjoy the
privilege of free thought and free speech.