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Year: 1863

One by one the men woke, and round
the room appeared a circle Of pale faces
and watchful eyes, full of awe and pity
for, though stranger, John was beloved
by all. Each man there had wondered
at his patience, respected his piety, ad
mired his fortituGe, aud now lamented
his hard death; for the influence of an
upright nature had made itself deeply
felt even in one little week. Presently
the Jonathan who SO loved this comely
David came creeping from his bed fol
a last look and word. The kind SOU
full of trouble, as the choke in his voice
and the grasp of bis hand betrayed; but
there were no tears, and the farewell OF
the friends was the more touching for its
brevity.


"Old boy, how are you?" faItered the
one.


"Most through, thank Heaven !" whis-
pered the other.


"Can 1 say or do anything for you any
where's ?"


Take my things home, and tell them
that did my best"


II will l will p


"Good bye, Ned"


"Good bye, John, good bye"


They kiss each other ten derby as
women, and SO parted; for poor Ned
could not stay to see his cOmrade die.


For a little while there was no sound
in the room but the drip of water from a
stump or two, an d Johns distressful
gasps as he breathed his life away. l
thought him nearly gone, and had just
laid down the fan, believing its help no
longer needed, when suddenly he rose up
in his bed, and cried out with bitter
cry that broke the silence, sharply start
ling every ore with its agonized appeal :
"For Gods sake give me air +


1t was the only cry, pain or death had
wrung from him, the boon he had asked,
and none of US could grant it, for all the
airs that blew were useless now. Dan
flung up the window, the first red streak
of dawn was warming the gray east, a
herald of the coming sun. John saw it,
and with the love of light which fingers
in US to the end, seemed to read in it a
sign of hope, for over his whole face there
broke that mysterious expression, bright
er, by far than any smile which often
comes to eyes that look their last. He
laid himself gently down and stretching
out his strong right arm, as If to grasp
and bring the blessed air to his lips in
fuller flow, lapsed into a merclful uncon-
sciousness, which assured us that, for him
suffering was forever past


As we stood looking at him the ward
master handed me a letter, saying it bad
been forgotten the night before. 1t was
Johns letter, come just an hour too late
to gladden. the eyes that had looked and
longed for it SO eagerly-yet be had it;
for after had cut some brown locks for
his mother, and taken off the ring to send
her, telling how we'll the talisman had
done its work, kissed this good son for
her sake, and laid the letter in his hand,
still folded as when I drew my own away.
Year: 1863

store had failed sooner than his own. Ii
is certain though that he had seen me
plainly as he ran to his shelter. l can
not tell what was the meaning of the act
with him. But rememer the moisten-
ing eve of the boy that saw it; and
how he turned thoughtfully to his home.


- ChdS. B. Rice.
Year: 1863

"Shall write to your mother now p
| asked thinking that these sudden things
might change all plans and purposes I;
but they did not; for the man, received
the order of the Divine Commander to
march with the ame unquestioning
obedience with which the soldier bad
received that of the human one, doubt
less remembering that the first led him
to life, the last to death.


"No ma'am to Laurie just the same !;
HEN break it to her best, and I'll add a
line to her myself when you get DONE"


Sol wrote the letter which he dicta-
ted, finding it better than any had sent,
for, though here and there a little un-
grammatical or inelegant, each sentence
came to me briefly worded, but most ex-
pressive, full of excellent counsel to the
boy, tenderly bequeathing smother and
Lizzie" to his care, and bidding him good
bye in words the sadder for their sim
Year: 1863

A few months since, man, who called him.
self q conjurer, entered tavern m a country
town, and asked the company who were assem-
bled in the bar-room if they would like to wit
ness one of his tricks.-The fellow looked cold
and hungry, so the landlord gave assent, and
stated that he knew few tricks himself, and
had seen great many wonderful ones. The
conjurer then requested the company to place
three hats upon the table, which being done, he
desired the landlord to bring loaf of bread,
and the stranger cut out three pieces, (nearly
half a pound each) and placed one upon each
hat. He then stated that he could do the trick
much more comfortably to himself if he had
three pieces of cheese. The cheese being brought
he cut three good sized pieces and placed one
by each piece of bread. Now was the grand
trick. The conjurer turned up the cuffs Of his
coat, took off his neck-hand-kerchief and unbut-
toned his shirt-collar and stated that he would
now proceed to eat the three pieces Of bread
and afterwards bring all under one hat. Flo
commenced eating the bread and cheese, and
after eating two pieces he could not proceed
with the third and finish the trick, unless he
had something to drink The landlord, wish
ing that the wonderful trick should be proceed
ed with for the amusement of his customers,
Immediately proceeded to give the fellow quart
of ale; and the third piece of bread and cheese
soon followed the first two pieces. Now the
grand trick was to be disclosed, and the land
lord and his companions anxiously waited to see
it. The conjurer said, "now, gentlemen, which
hat shall bring the bread and cheese under I"


The landlord pointed out his own hat, wish
ing to take part in the trick as well as his bread
and cheese. 1t being so arranged, the conjurer
again said, gentlemen, have eaten the bread
aud cheese, and now will bring it under the
landlords hat" and he Immediately placed the
hat upon his head and continued, ''now you
will perceive that it is under the hat without
any deception" .tf
Year: 1863

There were shouts of laughter from all the
company except the landlord, who was minus
three pieces of bread and quart of ale


The fellow left the house without making
collection Of the company, he being well salts
fled with the landlords generosity.
Year: 1863

How THEY GET UP CoPPERuEAD
MEETTNGs.-A Mr.. GODDARD, whose name
was attached to the call published in the
Plain Dealer for the Vallandigham
meeting in Cleveland, comes out in the
Leader with card, Indignantly deny
ing that he either signed it or author
lied any one to sign it for him. lie
also stated that one of the reported sign
ers had been dead for eighteen months.
Year: 1863

BAD LUCK AND Coon LUCK BAL
luck is simply a msu With his hands in
his pockets and his pips in his mouth,
looking on to see how it will come out.
Good luck is a man Of pluck with his
sleeves toliei up and working to make
it come right. .obslor bns
Year: 1863

II, then it bad been decided to put the
plantations of Louisiana and the Mississippi in
the hands of the negroes to be cultivated, it
may fairly be presumed they would have done
for the sake of their own profit what they had
elsewhere done without any such hope. There
would have been at least au orderly and in.
dustrous management Of the property, and the
Government would have been wholly or mostly
relieved from its difficulties in dispOsiDg Of or
caring for the negroes then on its hands. But
if it still were doubted whether all the lands
or all their proceeds ought to have been given
over to those who by the unpaid toll OF lie
time had made them productive for olhera
benefit, part of the profits might have been Sc
cured to the negroes, or part Of the land itseli
released TO .hem. Sooner or later this must
be the result Of the experiments now IN
progress On the plantations remaining in the
possession of loyal citizens the negroes
will continue to work, but in future for
wages, and not by the persuasion Of the lash


The far greater number Of the confscated
Estates will be an ample territory out OF which
to carve homesteads for the negroes who for
mery TILED them in Slavery. Not merely their
interests, bu. that Of the Government and the
country, require that permanent position, and
home, and wages for their labor should be
secured to tho emancipated blacks, and it
must be evident that no plan aud no arrange
mcnt can be permanent, and therefore none
beneficial, which does not recognize The rights
accruing TO them in freedom. The plans here
tofore and now in operation, or in prospect
do not recognize these rights. They must be
thrown aside, and others more humane and
just adopted, before any present advantage or
any future security to the Southern States or
TO the Union can reasonably be expected.
Year: 1863

We publish in another column q report OF
the proceedings of the Convention at Utica
YESTERDAY. The meeting was a very full one'
about 600 delegates being present from the
Leagues in every county of the State, with
two exceptions. A series of resolutions and
an address were adopted, and steps taken for
the organization of the whole State into one
League for united action.
Year: 1863

Correspondence Of the Journal Of Commerce.


HAMBURG, July "a, 1868.


The Great Exhibition which has just closed has been at
tended with complete and although for the most
part Of the time the weather has been quite unavorab
yet thirty to sixty thousand persons attend
daily and the expenditures Of the commit
understood to be very nearly covered The great
est degree Of satisfaction is felt both by the citizens Of
Hamburg and the contributors to the Exhibition which
has been carried through without accident difficulty Of
any kind whatever The conduct Of the people during
the exhibition reflects much credit on the city of Ham.
burg although al times the crowd vas very great the
services Of the police time requred to repress
disturbance Much Of this s doubtless due to the excel
lent arrangements of the committee but more to the good
temper kind feeling which exist among the masses OF
the people in this country


There tbrtyf,ur different natoualites represent
ed at the exhibition, and four Thousand head Of the
finest stock the world could furnish The entries of i'm
plements and machinery connected with agriculture
amosnted 70 about two thousand in number. There
every variety OF poultres and il beng the
NOVEL; iu ~" lu lnis particular DANES description,
making altogether an agricultural exhibition unequaed IN
extent and interest by any thing of the kind hch has
ever yet taken place 10 the world


Although the contributions from the United States were
comparatively speaking, quite Insignificant there were
many single firms from England With more than four
times the value Of our entire exhibition yet no country
will be more benefited than by our connection with
this international show Of improvements agricultural
utensils end machinery aud by the honors borne off in the
competition with the sheep growers Of Europe by Mr.
George Campbelrs Vermont merinos.


The close Of the exhibition attended with unusual
interest especially TO the Anne ricau delegation The pre-
sentaton Of the large assortment of agricultural mpe
sent from New York city by number OF the lead
ing German firms donation TO the German Agricultural
Asocaiion with view Of making 1t the nucleus for the
formation 10 Hamburg of Of arts and sciences
pertaining 10 agriculture, male to the executive
mttee ~ due form by the United States Commissioner,
Nov wright, IN HE usual happy and effective manner.
ne uofa ID the interest hch bad been manifested in
ts efnoon oy the President Of the United States, and
Lincoln III refer to IT, aud bre commented ON the
happy results wtcbu n,w from the mutual intercourse
which y had occasioned, cementug more strongly the
bands OF friendship which have existed beteen nrseves
and the people Of Germany since the etabhment of our
Government " ~
Year: 1863

have us do in the case of man who, though In
office, holds unconstitutional theories and advc-
Gates revolutionary doctrines which make him an
" actual alder and absttor of the Confsderates,"
and who is openly in conflict with the declared
views of the President to the object OF the war
Shall the fact that he is the Solicitor of the War
Department be held to shield his :" errors" from
exposure and confutation? Is it not the position
which he holds that gives the chief if not the only
Importance to such outgivings? Coming from a
private citizen, they would pass with the public as
mere vagaries Of individual judgment, but it may
we'll alarm every patriot to find such disloyal doc
trines boldly proclaimed, by one however subordi-
nate in place, from the very bosom of the Gov
ernment. Ignorance and passion betray the
Republic just surely as the armed sediton which
they aid and abet, and we should be false to our
mission if, standing a, sentinels in our watch
tower we failed to descry the approach of the enemy
from whatever quarter he may come or in whatever
disguise he may appear. We do not mean to de-
sert post and shall try to discharge duty
as faithful sentuels, equally avoiding false alarms
on the one hand and criminal want of vigilance
on the other
Year: 1863

At last Mana Sshb the chief Of the Sepoys s caught


dated Bombay the 9th of June announces
his capture in the Temple Of Ajmere BY Captain Brodgan
of The Twenty eighth British Infantry on information sup
report of Major Davidson doubt whatever exists Of the
prisoners identity. The papers found upon Mana Sahb
show plans of extensive conspiracy and Of haviog
Nanas have been caught from time time since the Sepoy
revolt 1857 but the real criminal has escaped until now
The inbuman cfuees of which he guilty during the
bloody in India have made his name sypony for
ell that is ieacherous and cruel He likely to
cay his deserta
Year: 1863

"Of the wounded many we're but slightly wounded, and
continue duty; many required but few da or
weeks their recovery Not more than one half OF tho
wounded were permanently disabled"
Year: 1863

In what relation the Government will
regard the revolted States when they are
ready to come back into the Union, it is
perhaps hardly time yet to discuss. The
work we have Just now TO do is to put
down the Rebellion.-Journat.


But the work of putting down the Re-
bellion is most seriously involved in the
inquiry Gin what relation the Government
will regard the revolted States" Military
force is essential to "put down the rebel
lion"-but it is not all that is wanted for
that purpose. If we are to use force only,
we shall have to fight the South till the
whole population is crushed out. If we
hold out to them only the terrors of subju-
CATION, confscation, extinction OF State
and local itutions, and of personal hu-
initiation and slavery, what inducement
will they have to lay down their arms ?
Nothing worse can happen to them by con-
tinuiug the contest to the last extremity.
What we want is--not solely to conquer
the Rebel States, reduce them to depen-
dent territories, and divide their soil among
emancipated negroes-but to bring them
back to their allegiance as loyal States of
the Union. Can this be done by holding
out to them only the terrors Of annihila-
tion? Can you thus build up a Union party
in those States? Do you not by such a
policy simply render restoration Of the
Union impossible?


The policy of true intelligent friends of
the Union is this: hold stern, bold trout
against the rebelIion-crushlng it out cv-
erywhere by adequate military power-but
at the same time proclaim to the people of
the Rebel States that the door of peace aud
conciliation is wide open, and that these
States have only to lay down their arms
and return to the Union, and repose again
under the protection Of the Constitution.
In thi. may you exert double power, and
bring a double motive to bear upon the
minds of the citizens Of the Rebel States.
Fear and hope alike prompt their return to
the Union. But if you shut the door against
their return, they are driven to despair, and
their only hope is in desperate and success
full resistance.


What folly, therefore, to say that it Is
..hardly time yet to discuss the question
Sin what relation the government will re-
gard the revolted States when they are
ready to come back into the Union P
That question is upon us, and upon its de-
cision by the Administration, depends the
future aspect of the war-the fate of the
! Union.
Year: 1863

Action brought IN the District Court of the 9Th Ju


deial District. of the State of California and the


Complaint filed in the said county of Shasta, in


the Office of the Clerk of said District Court.
The People of the State of Calfarn;a send greeting


to GEORGE P. McGUlREi


V0U are hereby required to. appear in an action


brought against you by the above named
Plaintiff, in the District Court of the 9th Judicial
District of the State of California, in and for the
county of Shasta, and to answer the complaint filed
therein, "a copy of which accompanies this Sum
mons,) within ten days, exclusive of the day of
service after the service on you of this Summons
if served within this County; if served out of
this county, but within this Judicial District, with
in twenty days; or if served out of said District
then within forty days-or judgment by default will
be taken against you.


The said action is brought to obtain decree of
this Court for the foreclosure of certain mortgage
described and referred in the complaint and execu-
ted by the said George P. Mcclure and Pauline his
wife, the llth day of March, A D. 1863 secure
the payment of a certain promissory note of that
date for the sum Of g 400, bearing interest at the
rate of two 2) per cent per month, payable month
ly, that the premises conveyed thereby may be sod
and the proceeds applied to the payment of said
note, interest, counsel fees, and costs OF suit &c.
and in such proceeds are not sufficient to pay
the same, then to obtain an execution against said
defendant George P. McGuire, for the balanee se=
naming due, and also that the said defendant, and
all persons claiming by. through under him, may
be barred and foreclosed of all right, title, claim
lein, equity of redemption, and interest in and to
said morgaged premises, and for other and further
relief.


And if you fail to appear and answer the said
complaint, as above required, the plaintiff will take
default against you, and apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.


Given under my hand and the Seal of
the District Court of the 9th Judicial
( L. s. District, this 9th day of May, in the year
H. J of our Lord One Thousand, Eight Hundred


and Sixty three.


my23:3m JOHN ANDERSON, Clerk.
Year: 1863

Action brought in the District Court of the Ninth
Judicial District, of the State of California, and
the complaint filed in the county of Shasta, in the
Office of the Clerk of said District Court.
Year: 1863

Action brought in the District Court of the 9th Ju-
diea District. of the State of California and the
Complaint filed in the said county of Shasta, in
the Office of the Clerk of said District Court
Year: 1863

guillotine all who dared stand up fol
the cause of Christ.


l would ask you, sir, if that same
spirit may not be at work in this coun,
try. When we look around us and see
all the moral fountains dried up at
their source, to crafty avarice, fraud
and peculation, what are we to think!
May not in6delity be the two-horned
beast which is ''to curse~rich and poor,
bond and free," &C., "that they will
neither buy nor sell from those who
have not the mark of the BEAST" &c!
Now these are subjects worthy your
serious consideration.


1t has been the doctrine Of the
Church ever since the reformation un,
til lately shat the Church shall not
interfere with the State, nor the State
with the Church, the one to attend
to the wants of the body and the 9TH
er to the wants of the spirit, and when-
ever the clergy descend from their
high calling to dabble in the muddy
pool Of politics, it is evident that they
have either forgotten their mission or
never hal one. "Father forgive them
they know not what they do


CoNsTITUTIONALIST
Year: 1863

NEW YORK CITY, July l, 1868.


70 HIS Etcel2ency, the President Of the United


States:


SIR-Your answer to the application OF
the undersigned for q revocation Of the or
der Of hanishment Of Clement L. Vallandig
ham requires reply, which they proceed
with as little delay as practicable TO make


They are not sble to appreciate tho force
OF the distinction you make, between The
Constitution and the application Of the Con
stitution, whereby you assume that powers
are delegated to he President at the time
OF invasion or insurrection, in oer0gatlon Of
the plan language OF ihe Constitution
The Inherent provisions OF the Constitution
remaining the same in time OF inSurrection
or invasion. as IN time OF peace, the Presi
dent can have no more right TO disregard
their positive and imperative requirements
at the former time than at the latter. BE
cause some things may be done, by the terms
o the Constitution at the time Of Invasion
or insurrection, which would not be requr
ed by the occasion, in time of peace, you
assume that anything whatever, even though
not expressed by the Constitution, may be
done on the occasion Of insurrection or in
VASlOn, WHICH tne ITeSlueuL may CuOOoe "
say is required by the public safety. In
palmer terms, because the writ of habtas
corpus may be suspended at the time OF in
vason or insurrection, you infer, that all
other provisions of the Constitution having
in view the protection Of the lite, liberty and
property of the citizens, may be in like man
ner suspended. The provision relating tc
the writ Of hGJcas corpus, being contained ia
the first part Of the Constitution, the pur
pose OF which is to define the powers dele
gated TO Congress- has no connection in lam
guage with the declaration oil rights. as
guarantees OF personal liberty contained in
the additional and amendatory articles, and
inasmuch as the provision relating to haJeaS
corpus expressly provides for its suspension
and the other provision alluded to do not
provide for any such thing, the legal conclu.
sion is, that the suspension of the latter is
unauthorized. The provision for the writ o.
habeas corpus, is merely intended to furnish
SUMMARY remedy, and not the means
whereby personal security is conserved, in
the final resort; while the other provisions
are guarantees Of personal rights the sus.
pension of which puts an end to all pretenss
Of free government. L. is true Mr.. Vallan
digham applied for writ oi habeas corpus a:
summary remedy against oppression. But
Year: 1863

w WASHINGTON, June ~. F.
The following is special dispatch TO the
World:


Hooker's headquarters are near Fairfax,
and most Of his army is in the vicinity Of
the old Bull Run battle ground. 1t does
not seem likely that he will venture into
the valley, as he does not know the force
Of the enemy still at Culpepper, but will
probably come back to the immediate for
tihcatiOn, 80 as to prevent q flank move
ment, and to cross the Potomac in case Of
emergency, on the west side.


hear Of no movement up the Peninsu-
la on the part Of our forces so as to threat
en- Richmond. -.#s -
Year: 1863

TIE WINE.-The printers and attaches
Of the LEADER Office hal the honor of drink
ing the very good health and happiness of
Mr.. Henry Sizer aPd his bride. The be-
reaved father of the bride was not forgotten.
May his shadow never be less.