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Year: 1863

Henry Ward Beecher, in bis speech at the
Academy of Music, in New York, since bis re-
turn from England, thus states what he told En-
gishmen respecting the object Of the war


1t was also constantly alleged that the North
did not 60 to war for emancipation, but simply
for Union. To that | responded, True, true.
The peculiar structure OF our nation forbids one
State to medde, and the national Government
to meddle with the strictly internal municipal af-
fairs Of any other State And l. who have been
ranked if not among abolitonlss, yet among
antl-savsry men all my life, held myself to be
competent witness to those men who have
fought the anti-slavery battle for twenty-five
years and bore witness that it never was our
intention to interfere by violence in the Internal
affairs Of slave States Our hope Of emaucipa-
ton was based upon the perpetual use OF moral
influences, the action Of great commercial laws,
the nature Of political economy, and, above all,
che non-extension Of slavery. We held that If
the slave States might cease to be made, if they
that we're already created were compelled to
stand and bear the evil as well as the good of
their own system, Il would be a question only oil
lime when they would emancipate, but we never


proposed to put the hand OF Government INTO
those States and violate those Institutions, and we
did not when the war broke out and therefore,
when il was alleged that we did not 90 to war for
the purpose of emancipation, | said amen we
did not. We went to war for tie maintenance
of nationality (Appause) But then il was 2
nationality which had been regenerated and
brought back to its original ideas of liberty. 1t
was a Union that carried with it from this time
forth the idea Of freedom and we had no doubt
that Union was 10 be the indirect instrument oil
emancipation. [Applause. And when we went
for the Union and for the nation, 1t was no' as a
mere idol, but an intelligent perception that the
spirit Of liberty was so strong that If we had only
time for its influence Union would bring liberty
in its train. But when the immense moral sup
mort which they derived from England swelled
ihis war into monstrous proportions, this nation
was lifted out OF it's peace powers INTO hignef
sphere--the war powers the North came TO THIS
conclusion that whereas we begun war for the
Union, the way to carry It On and ind II was to
destroy slavery to its very roots. Oreat ap.
plause. We we're conscientioualy constitutional
in the beginning, believing that IN time OF peace
we had no power TO NEEDLE with this institution
and we are lost as constitutional now when The
war gives US the power to destroy rebellion where
rebellion lives in its slave institutions. Ap
plause.l And said that there had change
passed over the spirit Of this people more won
derful than had assed over any people on lht
globe. and that the heart Of the North was se
and fixed upon this This war, though begun
merely for the Union, has been carried 10 that ex
tent when we are obliged, for the safety OF th'
Union, to destroy slavery, and slavery shall be de
stroyed. Loud and enthusiastic applause
Year: 1863

The SPASIARps AND THE HAYTIEss A report
comes from Hayti that Spanish frigae had
arrived at Cape Haylen to get permission from
the government Vt hayti to land six thousand
troops at Cape Hay ytien and march them through
the country across the boundary, to relieve
their people at Port Platte. The affair created
a great deal OF commotion among the Haytens,
and they all said if Jedard permitted The
Spaniards to and there would be q revolution
which would lose him his cfice and very likely
his life and besides that, not one-third Of the
spaniards would ever be 80 fortunate as to reach
the border The Haytiens would wayiay them
IN the roads and shoot every one that exposed
himself 1t was reported that the request had
ueen refused
Year: 1863

THE NoN.lNTERcoURsE Policy. cores
pondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette, writing from
The mouth Of White liver, Ark, thus testities to
the beneficial effect Of the trade restrictions OF
Sec. Chase in that region;


Cotton is slowly coming in from the country
back of here on both sides Of the river. Last
week woman arrived on the point opposite
with bale Of cotton that she had brought sixty
miles, from the interior Of Mississippi She was
allowed TO proceed to Memphis with her cot
ton, aud there dispose Of it. The natives were
suffering exceedingly for want of supplies that
can be had in abundance in the Northern mar
ket. For that very reason 1t is highly important
that we should keep up the blockade uTon them
for while longer We have had sufficient test
OF their temper TO know that we can never win
them back by Kindness They will never return
TO the Union except through personal consldera-
tons. Their sutferi1gs thus far have opened
their eyes to the worthessness Of their own Gov
ernment They are beginning to have sglimmer-
ing Of respect for the Union, not because they
1 love it, but because they wish for the physical
comforts that peace alone can bestow. II va
keep up the starvation process we shall soon
bring them fairly within our fold, and when once
reduced to submission they will behave themselve'
in failure. Gen. Grant is right IN his theory oI
non-intercourse with the rebellious States.
Year: 1863

towards Centreville, thelboys commenced crying
hard tack :" hard tack, aud they set up such
yell that the Colonel, to quiet the clamor, or
dered them to stop, and threatened to fine every
man two dollars that shouted hard tack again.
Some of the boys said if the Colonel would only
furnish the hard tack they would continue to
shout for it, even at the runous rate of two dol
lars per shout. But these seasons OF des ttu-
lion do not always last, and my opinion is that
they need not have occurred at all on the oeca-
sion alluded to, if those whose business it was to
see to these things had done their duty


man belonging to the I'd Rhode Island reg
ment died in our regimental hospital last wee
His case was a sad one. He had been sick with
the typhoid iayer, and was still convalescent when
we marched from Warenton. The surgeon Of
his regiment refused TO excuse him from duty
he day Of the march, and he was compelled TO
lake his place in the RANKS The cold, fatigue
and exposure OF that march was too much Tor
bis enfeebled health, and he was obliged to fall
out. Our regiment picked him up and brought
him along to the hospital here, where he survived
but short time His name was James Bucha.


ANTI-REBEL.
Year: 1863

The Boston Daily Advertiser, an Admins
tration paper, chronicing the recent return Of
Major Gen. Butler to that city, IT akes the
following reference to certain charges which
have obtained currency against his military
administration at New Orleans, and our con
temporary very properly suggests that he
should bo allowed an opportunity Of vindicat
ing his character from these injurious repre-
sentations To this effect the Boston Adver.
tissr says:


"We are aware that some hints have been
given of charges Of grave faults in Gen. But.
Isr's conduct Of the department confided Ia
his command. 1t las been intimated that he
has enriched himself at the expenscs of those
whom it was his duty either to punish or pro.
tect, as the case might be, by the strong arm
Of tho Government. Those who have had
good opportunities for observation incline to
the opinion that if some charge Of this sort
does not fairly rest against the General, il
must at least attach to those by whom he has
been surrounded snd to whom he has given
bis confidence. We cannot undertake to pro
nounce upon these matters ir the light Of the
limited information before US. They have re.
ceved so much of public attention that we
cannot suppose they have escaped the no
tice Of the Government, and we must pre-.
sumo that in good time they will be investi.
gated"
Year: 1863

cB- An old fellow being visited recently
BY his pastor, he assured him that be could
not be good Christian unless be took up bis
daily cross; whereat be caught up bic wife and
lugged her about tho room.
Year: 1863

out Mountain, by it's abutment on the very bank
Of tho river, forms kind of huge disconnect-
ing wall between that part of the Army at Chat
tanooga and that ranged along the slope OF the
Raccoon Mountains under Gen. Hooker. As
long as this formidable barrier remains in the
hands Of the enemy, communication can only
he had between the two divisions Of the army
By crossing tho Tennessee River twice, so that
ready mutual support cannot be given, and tho
destruction Of either OF the connecting bridges
isolates each from the other.


1t cannot be questioned, in view OF the divis'
ion of Bragg's army for the flank operation IN
East Tennessee, that if Gen. Grant means TO
strike blow this Winter, now Is his time and
opportunity. Since Gen. Sherman has effected
junction with him, the strength o. his army is
as great as it will ever be until the Old regl-
ments are filed up. We cannot PRINT the
figures, but know that the Army of the Gum
berland alone is believed in Chattanooga to De
equal in point Of numbers to the Rebel force
still in front of tho place And there Is weak
ness in the Rebel position which has been long
apparent to our generals, and renders the
chances of success even of direct attack upon
il by 10 means desperate. Lookout Mountain
ipteryenes between the Rebel right anu ieit just
a. It does between our two wings. Long'treets
corps, though now reported in front OF burnSide'
has bcen and we incline to believe still ls, con-
fronting Hooker on the western slope. Succor
can only reach him from the Rebel left by az eX-
tremely difficult road over the mountain itSeu.
ANY movement on our part that would giyo Us
nossession of the eastern avenues 10 tho noun
tain would insure his capture or destruction.


Gen. Grant, ever since be took command, has
been anxious TO solve the problem OF The Sc
curity Of our possession Of Chattanooga definite
lv and decisiyely in our favor. We ere
convinced ,hat he will not let the Winter pass
withou, working the solution, whether he seize
upon his present opportunity or not. Ihs
much Is certain: Chattanooga, so far has been
TO Us o barren conquest--a mere possession oi
a piece of Rebel territory. Another battle VIII
be necessary Ia secure us not ONLY permanent
title TO what we now have, but also the real
value Of the tenure; that is, the access to ana
control OF the roads leading east and south
from the place all Of which the enemy at pres
eut firmly holds. Without them, Chattanooga
i. not q gateway, but gate. locked by Rebel
hands. from behind which we cannot move IN
any direction.
Year: 1863

We are assured on the best authority that the
Police Commissioners were exceedingly caution.
IN their appointments of Poll Clerks in the
" Dead Rabbit Districts Of the Sixth Ward,
and cndeayored 10 secure the most Trustworthy
persons not identified with the peculiar politics
of the Ward As the Commissioners acted in
accordance with q suggestion made in this paper
some days before the election, it is proper to
make this statement. now that The returns from
that section are under discussion.
Year: 1863

That is: moro than one-third Of the enbrc
population OF the United States are claimed by
the jeff. DAVIS Conlederacy rs having seeded
from the Union and taken up with the rival
concern.


We are in The third year OF the War; and
he Coniederacy is reduced by tie recovery to
Year: 1863

We have given the full Official vote for
Secretary of State Qn New-York) at tie late
election. For other candidates on the ticket,
we find the following approximation by taxing
the Secrtarys vote in three counties. The
figures will be very near the actual Official;
Year: 1863




NEw YoRK. December % Special to the
Times dated Washington. December %, has the
following: ft
The House committee Of Ways and Means
to-day finished the naval appropriation bill.
The committee has determined not to meet
again until after the holidays.


The Senate judiciary Committee meet to-mor
row To take no the charges against Senator Hale.
More than one lawyer in the Senate and House do
not hesitate To say they would rather resign their
seats than surrender their professional practice in
Washington.


Veteran regiments in the Army Of the Potomac
are TO receive their bounty money Immediately.
The first installmeut will amount to about $3.50
per man.


The humber OF men from the Army of the
Potomac who have re enlisted for the war is over
10000


The sentiment of Senator's respecting the 5000
exemption is wholly changed They will strike
out the exemption clause and not insert any
amount in it.


The feeling is general that the army must be
filled up and the vigorously prosecuted to
an end


Senator Wilson will soon introduce bill pro
vidng for the enlistment of soldiers in rebellious
States.
Year: 1863

A RECORD OF ALL DECEASED SoLDrERs-Tht
Surgeon General has just commenced the work
Of making out complete official list of al
soldiers who have ed during the present
war. The list is Intended to embrace every
death in the regular and volunteer forces. and
to give the name, rank, regiment, company
cause ofdeath. date of death and place of death
This work will be of great value to the Pen
sion and Land Offices in future adjudications
in regard to deceased soldiers, and will save
the government much expense and time ir
complicated cases which would otherwise
arise.
Year: 1863

The PAY OF CoLoRED SoLDIERs.-It is the
general impression that the colored volunteers
Of Ohio are put on the same footing as the
whites. The Secretary of War states, how
ever, that, according to the law, the Govern
ment can pay colored troops only ten dollars
month, and no bounty. The regular pay
is thirteen dollars The Constitution and the
general acts providing for raising troops, say
nothing Of color, but Congress passed spe-
cial act for colored troops, making this differ.
ence in the pay so as to preserve the proper
distinction of color, and we suppose the
opinion Of the Attorney General is that col.
ored troops must come under the special act
Year: 1863

The Secretary of the Interior has decided
that to entitle the widows of those who have
died of wounds or diseases incurred in the
navy service in the line of duty to receive
pensions under the act of July ID, 1862, it
is not necessary that the deceased should
have died while actually in the service, but
only that the cause of death should have so
originated.
Year: 1863

~ One Of the most touching episodes OF
the war was the heroic rescue Of Gen. Paine,
of Wisconsin, who was severely wounded in
the reverse Of our troops at Port Hudson
He crawled into small gully to escape the
rebel sharp-shooters. After lying there a
while four negroes volunteered to bring him
. in, but they were shet dead in the attempt
He was finally rescued, but not until fourteen
negroes had sacrificed their Hoss for his
Is there more touching instance of daring
in the history of this war, either by white OF
black?
Year: 1863

FROM HERE AND THERE was reading
the other day that on the shores of the
Adriatic Sea the wives of fishermen, whose
husbands have gone far off upon the deep,
are in the habit, at eventide, of going down
to the sea-shore, and singing, as female
voices only can, the first stanza of beauti-
ful hymn; after they have sung it they will
listen, till they hear borne by the wind
across the desert sea the second stanza,
sung by their gallant husbands as they are
tossed by the gale upon the waves; and
both sre happy. Perhaps, if We could lis
ten, We too might hear on this desert world
of ours some sound, some whisper, borne
from afar, TO remind rs that there is heaven
and home and when We sing the hymn
upon the shores of the earth, perhaps we
shall hear its sweet echo breaking in music
upon the hands of time, and cheering the
hearts of them that are pilgrims and strsn-
gers, and look for " city that hath founda-
tions."
Year: 1863

Mr. bartholomew was accounted BY his
nelshbors a man Of eccentricitie,, some of
which. as his farm Joined nv fathers. | had
in my childhood many opportunities of wit
Messing In spring near his house he kept
some fishes. which were trained TO come at
his call to be fed. His cows were also train
ed TO come at his call, whenever he took his
stand at his back door and repeated their
names. His having he was accustomed to
do with his own unaided hands. Sometimes
ne would cut and put up, in compact and
well trimed cocks. nearly his whole crop be-
fore moving any part of it. This done, he
would tie up cock at time, and carry it
upon his back TO his stack, for his hay was
too remote from his dwelling to be conveyed
thither with his facilities of transportation :;
he returned for another and another to the
end of his labor. When his stack became
too high for him to place his hay upon it
while standing on the ground, he used lad
der. When his hay was all gathered, and
MS stack completed, he was accustomed to
60 TO the mountain and bring thence back
Load of white birch bark, with which he roof
Ell it over. 1t used to be said that on one
occasion, when he saw shower approac hing,
he hastened TO his house, brought his wife's

umbrella, and stuck it in the top of his newly
finished stack. He had a peculiar aversion
to being dependent on others for aught that
he could accomplish unaided. As an illus
tration, the following incident may be men,
toned. On one occasion, my father with
several men were at work in field adjoining
the meadow of Mr. Bartholomew, in which
nearly his whole crop of hay was ready for
the stack. As our team was standing unem-
plOyed, my father said to Mr. Bartholomew.
who vas carting his hay alter his fashion
upon his own back: My team is standing
idle, and if you please, one of my men NAV
go over with it and help move his hay. 1t
will save You much time and labor" "No,
l thank you" was his reply, g shall accom-
plish it myself very comfortably. History
of CornraU, VI.
Year: 1863

SEcRETs.-We must regard every mat
ter as an entrusted secret, which We believe
the person concerned would wish to be
considered as SUCH Nay, further still We
must consider all circumstances as secrets
entrusted, which would bring scandal upon
another if told, and which it is not our
certain duty to discuss, and that in our own
person and to his face. The divine rule Of
doing as You would be done by, is never
better put to the test than in matters of good
and evil speaking. We may sophisticate
with ourselves upon the manner in which We
would wish to be treated under many circum-
stances; but everybody recoils instinctivelv
from the thought of being spoken i'll of in hi,
absence.
Year: 1863

young man in Gloucester, who prided
himself On his well-dressed appearance,
mounted hogshead filled with blnbber, one
fine day last week, to get better view of
the beautiful harbor. But-alas for fine plu-
mage he lost his balance and went in up
TO his neck in the sweet-seented liquid with
in. He was soon rescued from his sorry
predicament, and taken aside and wrung out,
but the hard-hearted owner of the blubber
had the etfrontery to demand p cents for
the oil he had soaked up in his clothes. He
sadly paid the usual admittance fee to see
the elephant, and left in the full realization
Of the fact that be had seen il.


A good old Massachusetts, deacon once
said: There is a great deal of Christianity
in watering trough by the roadside" True:
furnished with pure water, it is merciful and
charitable to man and beast-especially if
with it You put a cup for the man.


A Scotch paper speaks of a fox having
been seen trying to spring steel trap by
means of stick that he carried in his mouth.
W. knew a fox once that took a well-pole
from the well and pushed turkey of from
the lower limb Of tree with it, and put the
pole back in its place. At least, he got the
turkey, and the pole was found all right in
the morning.


RECEIPTS THAT NEVER FAIL.-7o DESTROY
rats.-Cateh them, one by one, and fatten
their heads in lemon-squeezer.


To Kill eoekroaches.-Get pair of heavy
boots, then catch your reaches, put them in
a barrel, and then get in yourself and dance.
To Kill bedbugs.-Chain their hinds legs
to tree, then 20 round in front and make
mouths at them.


To catch mice.-On going to bed put
crumbs of cheese in your mouth, and lie with
it open, and when mouse's whiskers tickle
your throat, bite.


When Sheriden, found drunk in a coal
hole, and questioned as to his name, replied,
that his name was WHEREFORE" be did a
sufficiently impudent thing; but it wasn't a
touch to the etfrontery of Senator c. Tor
some other mani who, being picked out of
a street ditch by a watchman, and told to
give his name, replied in a gutter-al voice
"Don't you see I'm Sewer'd?"


$50 You are going to buy SCHOOL," said
young lady to her maiden aunt. We'll,
for my part, sooner than do that l would
marry widower with nine children" a
would prefer that myself" was The quiet re-
ply; i" but where is the widower? ?"


In tie churchyard of FrOdsham,In Cheshire
is the following ludicrous epitaph:


Here lies l.


Jonathan Fry


Killed BY a sky


Rocket IN my eye


Socket.


The right man in the right place hus-
bssd at home in the evening.
Year: 1863

After every great battle, the compassionate
heart of the community has been shocked at
the recital of the sutferings of the wounded
while being transported on platforms, or in
uncovered cars. exposed to heat. cold. or rain
and to the misery of shiftings and joliings
The most vivid imaginations could not fill
the picture with details more ghastly than
those familiar to every one who has been
near battlefield. During the campaign on
the Peninsula, it was as bad as could be
since that time we have seen gradual anne
lioration, as one improvement after another
has been adopted.


After the Fredericksburg fight, the poor
fellows were carried as carefully as was pos
sible with the ordinary means of tranSporta-
ton. But now, that most efficient care tax
en- of the wounded man, and guardian of
mis- comfort, the sanitary commission has
had fitted up hospital car, which appears
to combine every improvement that can be
desired. The car has been turned over to
the Surgeon General, who has signitied his
approval of the plan, and has ordered the
immediate construction of three others on
the same design.


1t resembles in general appearance the Or
dinary sleeping car, but the berths are SIM
ply the field stretchers, which are brought
in with their loads, which are suspended by
strong India-rubber loops, from pegs in the
sides of upright stanchions.


Thus badly wounded or very sick man
need not be removed from tn e stretchers in
which he is brought from the field until he
arrives at the place of destination. The
great advantages of this can hardly be ap-
appreciated except by surgeons. The stretch
ers are hung in three tiers, and as their han
dies overlap, no room is lost


Thus thirty beds may be suspended in a
ear of ordinary size. There are also twelve
folding chairs provided, which may be set in
the passage-ways if required, and used for
the accommodation of the least feeble. The
windows in the roof open both ways, so as
to secure ample ventilation. a speaking
tube conveys messages from the surgeon, at
one end, to his assistant, at the other A
complete little cooking apparatus is fitted up
in the usual small apartment in the corner
of the car; and there, too, is arranged, with
marvellous economy of space, an assortment
of every thing likely to be needed for the
nourishment or medicament of the sufferers.


This part was arranged by an old sailor,
who kr.ew the value of square inch. There
is bed also for the surgeon in charge, and
under it drawers for extra clothing. Nor
must We omit the mention of bed of India
rubber over the springs to deaden every
shock; nor that the trucks can be made to
fit road of any guage. The entire equip
ment of the car is SO simple, and yet so COM
plete, and will accomplish SO much at SO
slight an outlay, that the country is again
put deeply in debt to the Sanitary Com mis-
sion. To them alone is due all the credit of
the contrivance, and it will remain another
proof of the untiring zeal of that most ex-
| cellent association.