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Year: 1864

The newspapers of the state are all
appealing to the people to attend the
convention at Burlington tomorrow.
This is good sign. Let the people turn
out. The controversy between the "of-
fice-holders" and "ofiice- seekers
" ins" and the outs"-goes on briskly
in some sections, and 1t is hoped the re-
suit will be that one will about neutral
ize the other and leave the field open to
the people if they will take it. Once
more let the people rally.


About state officers there will be no
controversy But we want strong, pru-
dent and disnterested men for delegates
to one of the most important political
conventions ever held in this or any 9th
er country, the convention which is to
assemble at Baltimore, June 7th. Even
if Grant succeeds as we all now believe
he will, in destroying Lees army and
crushing the rebellion, grave questions
will still remain, upon the right settle
ment of which will depend the perma-
nent peace and prosperity of the country.
We want no repetition of this terrible
civil war. 1t is as important now, as at
the beginning of the rebellion. that
candidate for the presidency be selected
whose prudence, wisdom, integrity, and
flrmness in the right shall be thrown
of nst nn,Nt
peace-securing reconstruction" of the
Union. Let the people ignore the poll
ticians, whether they are in office or wish
to get in, and bear in mind only this
great and important need of discreet, ,un-
prejudiced and capable men for our
delegates.


The st. Albans Messenger has heard
one name mentioned for delegate at
large which we have also heard spoken
of;-Hon. Solomon Foot. The Messen-
ger truly says We know he does not
desire the Office in fact he is rather
opposed TO taking it but we think he
might be prevailed on to accept it, Mr..
Foot is right on the great and absorbing
topics of the day-is man who would
command the entire respect of his fellow
delegates from every state in the Union,
and wonld do honor to the state. Be-
ing an excellent presiding officer he
would, no doubt, be called ON to preside
over the deliberations of this important
gathering. Vermont cannot do better
than to send Mr. Foot as one of her del
gates"


We are sure that Senator Foot's name
will at once commend itself to the peo-
Pile as that of a man whose position is
such as to secure entire personal disin-
terestedness in the selection of candi-
date for the presidency as that of a
man who will have at heart only the
d permanent good of the country, who
will WELD a powerful influence for the
right and do honor to his state as well
as good service to the Union at large.
Vermont certainly cannot do better than
to send Mr.. Foot as one of her dele
gates.


Further than this we have seen no
suggestions of particular persons for
delegates. Let the people go to Burling-
ton and attend to their selection.
Year: 1864

SENATOR FooT AS DELEGArE.-Tbe
Burlington Times says:


The st. Adams Messenger names SEN
ator Foot for one of the delegates at large.
We have authority for saying that Nr.
Foot is not candidate for the position.


We have also authority for saying thst
he is not candidate" for the position.-
Bat we believe we are right in saying that
if appointed, he will not refuse to serve.-
The question ought not to be who wap..
the position, but whom the people want to
nave it. Z
Year: 1864

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS
The Summer arrangement of trains on
the railroads goes into effect to-day.
The hours of the arrival and departure
of passenger trains under the new ar
rangement are given at the head OF this
column.
Year: 1864

Rag We published on Friday morning last an Extra, containing list of the killed and wounded of our County Regiment in the ac, tion at Cold Harbor, and repubish the Same elsewhere with considerable additions It will be read with melancholy interest by all who hold dear tho precious lives which are risked or lost M that day's bloody fight
Year: 1864

the butt ends Of their muskss 70 bring the rebels 70 sub
jec,ion.


General Wright Is slightly wounded, but he SIN IN
command Of the Sixth corps.


Everything seems favorable and both onhcers and men
ere IN good spirits.


Our losses In the past eight hours have been very
heavy but impossible to form any correct estimate
OF them.


Tho accounts Of our losses vary from eighteen thousand
70 thousand; but, owing 10 the nature Of the
contest. which mostly m tho woods thousands may be
lying dead or wounded the ground Of which
can be made at present,
Year: 1864

SCRATCHES ON HoRs sEs.-I cured very
bad case of scratches in the following man.
ner: At first, as the animal was very lame,
and his leg much swelled, had large bran
poultices applied three tmec day till the
inflammation was subdued and ordered large
feed of carrots night and morning. In about
week the swelling was gone, and the horse
could walk without Iimping. then discon-
tinued the poultices and had the heels well
washed twice day with white rum saturat'
ed with common salt. This entirely cured
him. nor did the disease return so long as
knew the animal, more than two years.
hope this may prove of use to an enquirer
in one Of your late numbers.


Cor Maine Farmer.
Year: 1864

EF- Hon. S. s Cox, in a speech opposed
to exemplng ministers of the gospel from
the operations of the new enrolment bill,
said:


II am opposed to exemping ministers Of
the gospel from their share of the duty of
putting down this rebellion. 1t is a general
bslief among large portion Of the people
of the country, both north and south, that
the most pestiferous class of human beings
those who fomented secession at the south
and disunion at the north-have been the
cergymen. And they are still fomening
hate, i'll will, and unknJness among the peol
pie. And now gentlemen come here and
say that their profession forbds them to EN-
gage in the shedding of blood, aud that
therefore they should be exempt from mill
tary service"


That is right-shove the belligerent sons
of Anak into the army. Let them be made
to face the death they have sent SO many
thousands to. If they did no more, they
would probably show some of The tallest
specimen of running that human legs are
capable of.
Year: 1864

The following from the financial columns of
the Day Book, will give the reader pretty
fair idea Of the taxation which is in store
for him to sustain Lincoln's war to give
freedom to the niggers:


The sum total of all this rag business is a
miscellaneous paper currency of $780,
100000! 1t will increase to this amount
before it lessons. Is it strange that imitation
is the result? And if we suffer what we do
Today with $500 900 900 of currency, what
will be the state Of things when we get the
S44O 100000 more which is bound to Gomez
The effect of the present panic should be to
lower the cost of necessaries of life; but it
will not be permanent. In a week we shall
see the reaction of the stock market, and the
tendency Of gold again strongly upward
Mr.. Chase has gone to Washington with a
firm determination to institute huge taxation.
lie has been heard within the past few days
to declare that $500 900, 900 per year should
he raised that we should be taxed to the
amount of one-half of our expenditures; or,
in other words, that the poor working man
who earns twenty shiIlngs a day, should
pay one-haf of it to the government to carry
on this war. How do you like the idea,
my agricultural friend9 You are now earn
ing 81, 900 per year. Mr.. Chase says $500
of it shall 60 to the Government to keep up
this "hel upon earth" which this nigger
party have inaugurate1. Will you give six
months daily labor out of twelve to "squech
out the SOUTH" my friend? You may reside
in the glorious state Of Illinois, which once
sold millions of bushels Of grain per year to
90 down the Mississippi, to that very South
ern people this Internal party of fanatics
desire to exterminate. You, my western
friend, who have in times past pocketed the
gold for your sales in the markets of New
Orleans, will you devote the half of each Of
the next five years to crushing out your old
customer, the State Of louisiana Will the
working men of New England, whose entire
yearly products found a ready sale in the
cities Of the South. give half bis time for
the next five years to the expunginy from
the face of the earth the people whose agri-
cultural Iabors produced the gold which
went into his pocket in return! | do not
think either of you, farmer of the west, or
mechanic of the east, will consent to any
thing of the kind, and if you did, your job
would fail. 1t is all very well for Salmon
p Chase to talk elibly of forcing taxation
to the extent of half the expenditures of the
him, and the journals all over the country
who love to echo his sentiments, to indulge
in speculations of this character; but unless
this people have made up their minds to play
subjects" instead of "sovereigns," which
latter you have heard a vast deal about on
fourth of July days, | am Of the opinion
that there is a limit to the taxing power of
the government, and that limit is some ways
short of the so per cent OF the labor of the
country.
Year: 1864

French people had been oppressed in the
name Of the Church. When oppression had
been thrown off, they no, only sought and
worshpped the ashes of Voltaire, but Knocked
the embems of the true religion.


once before stated, and now repeat the
opinion, that if the people Of the seeded
States were all united as men are united
when inspired by just cause, when urged
on by convictions of duty to self to country,
and to God, they could never be conquered.
History furnishes no example of such thing,
and | saw no special reason why the general
current should be broken in this case
thought, however, they might be conquered,
because did not believe they were united


Mr.. President, we have expended two
thousand millions of treasure; we daily expend
three millions more. The daily destruction
of property well nigh equals the daily expen
diture, thereby decreasing our means Of pay
ment in the same ratio in which the burdens
of Indebtedness are increased. The Border
States have been ravaged, desolated, and now
their population is flying to the wilderness
Territories of the West to escape the curses
of what we call American civilization. They
seek peace, in order that when all else has
been lost the future rewards of labor NAV
he preserved for the comfort and support of
their families. To the holy suppose of re-
storing the Union we have given a million
of lives and a halt million brave soldiers
now stand ready to add their blood to the
saneuine lake that knows no filling. Rebel
lion is confronting us yet. Is it weaker
than it was? Public opinion says yes. Take
the newspaper press of your country and
add up for youi selves the reported desertons
of rebel troops for the last two years. and


it equals the original militia strength of the
South. The same authority tells us that the
rebel armies are in state of starvation, and
in the same column reports the destruction
OF commissarv stores on the outskirts OF
rebellion sufficient to subsi>t their armies
for three months. We are told by the reports
of chief engineers and major-generais in
command that forts have been leveleJ by
our artillery have become a mass Of shape
less ruins and unavailable for defense. These
forts for SIX months thereafter, have held in
security Confederate garrisons, and they yet
frown defiance to our ironclad navies.


For three years the armies of the rebellion
have defied our power. In April. 1861, the
Executive and his advisers thought that sew
enty five thousand men could suppress the
outbreak in three mo tbs. In July, 1861,
The Congress supposed that five hundred
thousand men would soon complete the work.
With an amy of many hundreds of thou'
sands now in the field the same authorities
regard it necessary to add seven hundred
thousand men to our present.


Who is the man that thinks the rebellion
weaker to day than it was one, two, or three
years ago9 1t is easy to say we think it
weaker. Indeed, it may not be SO strong;
but our actions give no evidence that such is
our opinion. If deceiving others be excusa'
BILE it is scarcely so to deceive ourselves.
Year: 1864

There will be meeting OF loyal citizens of
Virginia at the Union League Rooms this
evening. All refugees from and citizens Of
Virginia are expected to be present and assist
In the organization Of an association To aid the
Government in the restSrstIon of law and order
in the Old Dominion,
Year: 1864

HUMANE AND PROPER.-Inasm,ich as there


are some employers in our city who feel


some reluctance about leaving their business


and going to the war for one hundred days,
it is proposed by the employees to circulate


paper among their fraternity, for sigma
lures, the tenor of which shall be nearly as
follows


I'VE, the undersigned, employees and
clerks in the various stores, offices, manu-


factories and mills in the city Of Davenport


observing the reluctance of our employers


to enlist for the hundred days service, and
feeling that the country is at this time in the
hour of its greatest peril-is greatly in need
of the help Of their strong arms and brave
hearts to upstay the glorious old flag, and


carry terror, dismay, and defeat into the


ranks of the enemy; and furthermore, feel
ing that they would all rush to arms were
! it not for the fear that closing their business


would lend to the inevitable ruin Of their


trade, we hereby make this solemn pledge
to them, respectively:


That we will each and all ofus stay ct home
in the respective concerns II. which we are at
present employed, and conduct the business
thereof while our employers shall be gone
to the war-one hunded days, more or less; /;
that We will allow the families Of such, 4


cash installment ssof one dollar and twep-
ty-five cents per week for capita, and each


Of our several employers the sum of fifty
cents per day, to be paid At the expiration


Of the term Of service or upon presenting
proof of their honorable discharge previous
to that date, and we further bind ourselves
and Internationally agree to retain for them
their respective places, and reinstate them
in the same at the end Of the period for
which they enlist"


On the strength of such pledge the quo
ta Of this city ought to be filed in twenty
four hours. The employees take very sen:
sible view Of the matter. The employers
being more interested than The employees
in having the rebellion crushed and peace
and prosperity restored, are thus enabled to
30 forth and crush away. Let the good
work proceed.
Year: 1864

ADvANcED.-By reference to an advertise
ment i will be seen that the popular brew
crs, Messrs G. 4 II. Severn, have slightly
advanced the price Of their excellent ales.-
Like all other goods theirs too has to take
an upward turn. They will be none the
less priced on that account.
Year: 1864

Ii you get your feet or body wet. keep
moving with sufficient briskness to keep
of feeling Of Gl1illiness until you get to
the house; undress instantly by warm
fire, drinking as soon as possible, cup
or two of hot tea Of any sort, andremain
BY the fire until thoroughly rested.
Year: 1864

ION WANTED-BY A COMPETENT YOUNG
IN, as plain cook, washer and ironer, or would do
work Of a small private family; would 60 q short
j the country. Can be seen at 20 SD st., between
d Broadway, for three days
Year: 1864

How many mingled memories are hidden
away in every soul, memories of good and i'll,
of Joy and sorrow, that wait the weoing Of the
will to spring into vivid and glowing life be-
fore US, or start unbidden into our presence,
in the quiet hours of loneliness and meditation.
How the soul can sweep backward over the
history of its being, aud bask itself in the
golden sunshine Of the long ago, and listen to
the sweet melodies that make eternal concord
in the souls inner temple The sweet inton-
atiOns of some song that thrilled Us with y
mystic joy years ago, comes floating into our
consciousness with a dreary rapture and a
pesce like that of ''Eden Above" So, too,
we bend over the dear faces that have been
hallowed by the tenderest associations OF our
lives, with quiet joy, mingled, perchance


with a tinge of sadness that all they repre-
sent and suggest to US is irrevecably gone
save 10 its results and influence upon our
plastic hearts. The Werld knOweth not the
hidden life within US, and the stranger intsr


meddleth not with our joy, yet who may tel


the potent sway these memories have held il
moulding and developing oar spiritual natures


to higher and better being.
Year: 1864

Fortunately, unspeakably fOi-tunate-ls the
Young man who has a home that hS loves. and
dear ones nesting there, to whom he heart
roes out in Unreasonable yearnings Of al
lection. The youth who has came to city to
seek his fortune, is guarded as by an angel
from Heaven, when be carries fresh in MEM
ory the picture of an hnmble cottage home
which shelters the dear aud venerated being
who gave him birth. The thrill OF her lOVig
touch as she laid her hands upon bis head II
blessing, ere he turned bis footsteps toward
the great city, shall hold him ever in the
Path of Life and charm the temPter away
And still more blessed is be if he has to de-
vote a portion Of his wages to the support o.
that home and of those dear ones whom he 81
loves In such a case, his earnings are hal
lowed with sacrednesS which communicates it
i self to his character, and is exhibited in bios
SONS of noble duteOusness. The conscientious


ness that the wages Of his toll gladden. ant


beautify and make comfortable,
Year: 1864

The Milwaukee News says that large
part of the farm labor of Wisconsin is being
performed by women. One instance is given.
in northern county. of girl IA years old
and boy still younger, logging of a new
field to plant with corn. Were the men all
dead, the women of the country would not
starve.
Year: 1864

unpleasant. But this is so horrifying to
the soul that cannet fRd language to ex-
press my disgust of them


Twenty-Five hundred bodies have been
counted out from the ruins, and it is sup
posed many were burned entirely up The
prevailing opinion is the number of lives
lost will reach twenty-five hundred. The
count and names collected to date amount to
some fifteen hundred Many families have
lost the entire female members-six, seven,
eight and nine from one family All those
that could not be recognized by theirsurviv-
ing friends are now buried in one grave or
hole A place twenty-five yards square
was excavated, and into this they were, laid
or tumbled and shoveled
Year: 1864

Black eyes most dazzle IN hall


Blue eyes most please at evening fall.
The black conquest soonest gain;
The blue conquest most retain.


The black bespeak lively heart,
Whose soft emotions soon depart;
The blue steadier fame betray,
That burns and lives beyond day.
That black may features best disclose
In blue may feelings all repose.
Then let each reign without control
The black all MISD-the blue all SOUL!
Year: 1864

The editor of the Milwaukee Wisconsin
writes to that paper from St. Louis:


i have been profcundy interested in
studying the history OF Gen Grant while
resident Of this city and county Six years
ago Gen. Grant occupied a little farm to
the southwest of St. Louis whence he was
In the habit Of cutting the wood and draw
ing it to Carondelet and selling it in the
market there Many of his wood purchas-
ers now calling to mind that they had
cord of wood delivered in person by Gen
Grant. When he came into the wood mar
ket; he was usually dressed in an old felt hat,
with blouse coat, and his pants tucked in
the tops of his boots In truth. he bore
the appearance of study and honest wood
man. This was his winter work. In the
summer he turned collector of debts-but
for this he was not qualified, He had a no
bic and truthful soul--so when he was told
that the debtor nad no money, he believed
him, and would not trouble the debtor again.
One of the leading merchants of St Louis
mentioned the circumstance to me From
all can learn of his history here he was an
honest, truthful, indefatigable- always at
work at something, but did not possess the
knack Of making money. He was honorable,
for he always repaid borrowed money His
habits of life were hardy, Inexpensive and
simple About his being an inebriate, I
find nothing toconfirm it. On q cold day,
when he brought q load of wood to the Car
andolet market he would take omething to
keep himself warm Thus, so fer as | can
trace, is the foundation of many reports of
his inebriety
Year: 1864

Never complain of your birth, your employ
ment, your hardships never fancy that you
could be something if You only had different
lot and sphere assigned to you.-God UNDER
stands his own plan, and he knows what you
want better than you do. The very things you
most deprcciatc as fatal limitations or odstrue-
jf'S3sc fnifHa7hably what you most want. What
arc probably Goa ssopfbotfuitnldsS anu tsnotn-
ing new that the patient should dislike his ncdi-
cines or any certain proof thai they are poisons.
No! truce to all such impaiiencc. Choke that
envy which snaws at your heart, because You
are not in the same lot with others; bring down
your soul, or rather bring it up toreceiye Gods
will, and do his work, in your lot, in your
sphere, under your cloud of obscurity, against
your temptations, and then you shall find that
your condition is never opposed to your good,
but consistent with it.
Year: 1864

aries at all, relieves them Of the most cum
bersome and perplexing part of their labors
and responsibilities; and the people at large
should hail it as one which, less costly, ensures
more promptitude and leisure for due service
on the part ofpublic functionaries. 1t is only
within the past few years that the most strik-
ing and needful Improvements in branch of
the public service so necessary to the welfare
and comfort of society have been made, and
after what has already been accomplished in
this direction, we are prepared to welcome
with our best wishes whatever may make 1t
still more perfect in its capacity to benefit So
ciety and the world at large.
Year: 1864

This widely and Justly celebrated article, which
Is u'ed throughout Europe, and considered
NECESSITY IN THE TOILET OF EVERYDAY,
Is now for the first time introduced to the


LADIES OF AMERICA.
Year: 1864

A special tax is levied on all lands in
the Township L berty, two cents per aero
ON all lands within one-half mie of said
road; Az cents per acre on all lands with.
in one mile of said road and outside of said
first half mile; one cent on all lands within
.onc and one-half miles and outside of said
first mile, ana one cent on all the remain
ing lands taxable for sal Il road within said
Township of Liberty.