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Year: 1862

STREET CLEANNo--We have to cali attention
to the wretched condition Of our streets, which,
owing to the bad weather and the want of pro-
per cleaning. are almost impassable. The
Hackley contract for keeping them in good
order seems almost . sham, and we strongly
advise that contractor to take walk round
the city, and, as soon as he is convinced Of the
real state Of our public thoroughfards, set men
TO work in clearing tho cutters and removing
the accumulated deposits Of weeks. For some
time past street cleaning in New York has been
little better than a more prstence, and the Mayor
very Justly entered protest on paying the last
demand for such questionable services as those
rendered by Mr.. Hackley. When he did pay
the bill he did we'll TO make Mr.. Hackley un-
derstand that If the contract was not more
efficiently f1lilled in the future he could not
rely on a similar act Of lcniency. Certainly
the city government would DO doing very
wrong to pay for street cleaning when the
streets are not cleaned, and we have no doub
that If this neglect continues The contractor


will find il very difficult to obtein payment o


bis next bill. Let him study the public con
veuience end bis own interest by acting 700
our suggestion
Year: 1862

OUR COAST AND FRONTIER DEFENCEs The
threatening aspect which affairs in Europe wear
towards this country should admonish as that
preparation for any emergency is paramount
duty We have an army of 100000 men In the
field to deal with Southern rebellion, and This
leaves surplus population, Of the age to bear
arms, in the Northern States, amounting to over
100000 more. With such stupendous avail
able militia we are amply provided for defence;
but the Governors Of all these States should at
once call out a quarter of q million citizens
liable to do military duty, and form them into a
home guard. This vast body should be drilled,
not so much in infantry tactics as in the use of
heavy artillery and the management of fort
guns. Wherever there is q fort II should he
garrisoued by the companies of militia in turn,
in order that every man may learn how to load
and Are the guns When no fort is available
then field artillery and guns Of heavy caiibrs
ahould be furnished 10 the men FOR practice. L
this course is pursued we will soon be ready
he.e in the North for any emergency that maj
arise
Year: 1862

The Board oI Managers of the Association
for the relief of Aged, INDECENT Women" re-
spectfully submit their eighth annual report
TO their friends and the public.


We are happy to record that the unsettled
state of our country has not, as yet interfered
with the comfort of the Home. The number
of inmates continues the same as at onr last
annual meeting one having deceased at the
age of eighty-three, her room being now oc-
cupied by another aged seventy-four. 1t may
seem untimely to some of our friends to allude
to subject mentioned in our last report, but
each succeeding year, as it passes, strengthens
our conviction of the necessity of better ac-
commodations. A larger number of inmates
might be received, and in some respects more
comfortably supported, at a comparatively
small increase of expenditure, had we larger
and more convenient house. At present, every
room, even those in the attic, is constantly oc-
cupied by our family of eight inmates, leaving
no spare room in case of sickness, which seems
necessity in every well regulated family. As
the war progresses we know that the number
of destitute and lonely ones will be constantly
increasing, and some who are now in comfort
able circumstances may at some future day be
thankful to find refuge in our humble Home.
And now, ere the trials OF our afflicted coun-
try shall have so far diminished our resources
as TO deprive us Of any Of our luxuries-not
to say comlorts-we would ask if there are
not some benevolent persons in our community
who are ready and willing to aid us in obtain
ing larger and more convenient home for the
aged and INDECENT, where those who may here
after be left destitute can find shelter from the
cold charities of the world.


We would offer our grateful acknowledge
ments to the kind friend who gave sermon
for the benefit Of the Home, and for the con-
tribution received upon the occasion, also our
sincere thanks for the gift of lot in the
Western cemetery from one of the ladies of
our Board, and to all others who have in any
way Contributed to the support and comfort of
the Institution. More than alive would
reverently express our thanks to the widows
God and our Father in heaven, for his continu-
ed care and protection during the past year,
and would invoke His aid and guidance for the
years to come. E. A, POTTER, Sec'y.


October 2Sth, 1892
Year: 1862

OF these, lS5 daily and 81 weekly subscrib-
ers, have paid in advance. The foregoing
does not include large additions made to our
regular sales to newspaper dealers.


The daily list was never increasing more
rapidly than at the present time. With this
measure OF success We can but feel gratined.
While it is satisfaction to believe the general
spirit and course of the paper are such as to
meet with appreciation, we are not insensible
to the fact that it is less to any intrinsic merit
in the paper ITSELF than to the liberality Of the
community, ahd the suicidal course OF another
establishment, that the Press is indebted for
its marked prosperity. We will only add that
We shall labor hard to merit the favor of the
public, and We have abiding faith thar we shall
receive at least as much as We shall deserve in
this regard.
Year: 1862

A VAsT GRAVE YARD.-The fields over
which the battles of Antietam ragged are
dotted In every direction with graves
These graves are very shallow, and it will
be difficult hereafter to turn up the soil to
any depth without disturbing the bones Of
those reposing there. Many unexpledod
shell, says the HagerstoWn Herald, have
also buried themselves beneath the sur
face, and if these should come in contact
with the plow coulter they would certainly
explode and render ploughing very un-
safe work on such a soil
Year: 1862

The rebels determined that they would
make a general dash and annihilate or
disperse our armies before our multitudin-
Gus new recruits should have time to get
into the field. But they dashed themselves
against the rocks, and our fresh levies
have had ample time to rush forward for
the support of their gallant brethren in
AIMS.
Year: 1862

A young military officer, now in one Of the
camps in Virginia. who has recently received
commission, writes as RoileF+s 10 ore of his fel-
bow clerks in BostoR:


"A young man never will succeed without
hard works and the harder the work the
more sure the success, either in business,
or learning or anything else in life. When
cur regiment reached Washington in July last,
and saw how things We're drifting, / made up
my mind to aim high, and haven't hit my aim
yet. l went to work TO make myself the best
soldier in the regiment, having n,y musket and
equipments the cleanest on inspection, my per-
formanee Of the manual of arms, etc, the best
Of anyQ and never '.knuckled down to any
in point Of ofexcellence; so when in Septemb CT
we had lot of recruits from New York to
drill. Sergeant G.. had the job; when in Novem-
berthe Sergeant Major was sick, Sergeant G.
acted as such for the time; and when tie Col
onel gave his notice about examining all the
oandi dates for commissioned officers, said to
myself-'there's your chanceP and came out
Of the ordeal with commission, although the
examination was very strict, embracing the
army regulations about every branch of thu
service, as we'll as the tactics Since my pro-
motion l have had the pleasure of being told
by the Adjutant that the Colonel called me
tAe best soldier in my company, without czcep-
tion.


Now write you this for only one reason
and that is TO have you whom take an in
tersst in) profit by my experience, and applg
the Fame ideas to your business wish you
to succeed, and tell you it is hard work that
will make you, if anything will.
Year: 1862

We advise all young people TO acquire in
early life the habit Of using good language.
both in speaking and writing, and to abandon,
hs earl5 As possible, any use of slang words
and phrasts The longer they live the more
difficult the acquisition Ui correct language viii
be; and If the golden age of youth, the Proper
season for the acquisition Of language, be pass
ed fn It's abuse, the unfortunate victim of
neglected education is, very properly, doome
TO nlk slang for life. Money is not necess airy
to procure this education. Every man has it
IN his power. lie has merely to use the Ian
Enage which he reads, instead of the slang
which he hears, to form his taste from the best
speakers and poets of the country; to treasure
up choice phrases in his memory, and habitu-
hte himself to their use, avoiding, at the same
time. that pedantic precision and bombast.
which shows rather the weak ness Of vain ambi-
ton than the polish of an educated mind.
Year: 1862

LEr us not pass an opinion too hastily, on
the actions Of others. 1t is better to judge a
man too leniently than too harshly. If we must
err It is better to err on mercy's side. Better
that ten deadly injuries should go unrevenged
than one innoce mt person should be made to
suffer.


We can never accurately judge of man s
heart by his outward conduct-bccause we
tahhot place ourselves precisely in his situa-
tion, to look upon life and its affairs with his
own particular estimate. We can never be sur
rounded with the same influences that surround
him, or be acted upon by the identical impulses
which act upon him. We can not see life from
his individual stand point, and therefore we
do not kno but that if we we're placed in his
circumstance we should do even as he has
done.


Let US, therefore, be charitable one to andtii-
ef, ior We know not how soon we Ourselvesj
may require charity and forgiveness at the
hand of our neighbor.
Year: 1862

ed under the same banner, bled on the same
hattie fields, sung the same National anthems
knelt at The sdIie altar and buried our dead in
the same cemeteries? Hate we not many things
in common? Our mountains, our rivers our
lakes, our prairies our coin. our flag, our fleets
our capital; are they not common property
Yes and ought not, CANNOT, and SHALE not
be divided.


But, ladies and gentlemen, can We not hope
for brighter history to soon dawn OF u.s.
That Federal arms will triumph over rebel
steel? That traitors viii be removed from pnb-
lie trust? And that in the future, our Repub-
lie will have a history, like that of its founder
Frightening as times moves on Let these
events occur. and then will the pcrpetuity OF
our government be secured, and our republi,
can institutions become the model of the world
Then will our hlg be more than ever honored
our principles become pillar of light to the
Universe, and our influence become ike that
of new link in the


g. golden everlasting chain,


Who's strong embrace holds htIS.n; earth and main


The anthems of victory that noir come to
US on every gale, and swell in every breeze
proclaim TO US that the banner of our Repub-
lie is being nobly borne by our gallant men
and that history shall soon record
The oppressed OF the earth % that standard shat nt
Wherever its folds shall Ne spread;


4tnd the exile shall ,e tits his own native sky;
Where its stars shall flat over his head.
And those shall increase till the tuilnes OF time
It's millions of circles has run, -


Till the world shall have wcc1n ID its mission sublime
And the nations of earth shall be one"
Year: 1862

There is as much connection between the words
and the thoughts as there is between the
thoughts and the actions. The latter ire not
only the expression of the former, but they
have power to react upon the soul, and cave
the stain of their corruption there. A young
man who allows himself to use one vulgar or
3fOfane word, has not only shown that there
is a foul spot upon his mind but by the utter
ance Of that word he extends thlt spot and in
flames il, till, by indulgence, ii will pollute
and ruin Ihe whole soul. Be careful of your
words as we'll as your thoughts. If you can
control the tongue that no improper words are
pronounced by it. you will soon be able, also,
20 control the mind, and save that from cor
Fuption. You extinguish the fire by smoth-
ering Il, or by preventing bad thoughts burst
Ing out In language. Never utter word
anywhere which you would be ashamed to
speak in the presence of the most refined fe-
male, or the most religious man. Try this
practice little while, and you will soon have
e o1nmand of yourself.
Year: 1862

selves they go far distinguish and mould the people
employing them into distinct nationality IL will be
hard TO or trade and intercourse with the North
after psace restored and ruinous TO do Chang


the language OF trade is the most efficient barrier that
has yet boon suggested TO prevent renewal OF business
and social relations with that Section. which if renewed
viii make our hard earned Independence mere shadow
and name


The adoption OF decimal system OF weights, measures
and coins, based upon fixed. exact and mmutahic
standard like that Of France, recommended 20 the
Macon Commercial Convention in essay entitled Co
mercia Ed pranchsement IL the South' which essay viii
be found ia the October and November numbers Of De
Rsp's Rerip


The convention recommended the whole essay TO the
attention of Congress; and Congress will probably take
action on the part relating to weights measures and
coins, at this or the ensuing session. Many able pens
besides that OF the phosopic author have since been
employed in advocacy Of this measure but it very
dry recondts and absruse subject though TO us Of
vital and pressing importance.


We would add a single suggestion to the many that
have been made by others. The proposed measure
would facilitate trade and intercourse with France
and other Mediterranean nations, and thus we should
acquire new thoughts, new manners and customs and
and distinct civilization, compounded OF many
terias and derived from many sources instead Of being
mere mitators copyists Of England and New England


We would cultivate the most friendly relations with
England but not with her alone else might become
parasite OF hers instead Of distinct separate and
independent people
Year: 1862

undeended country the behess the despoc advocates
OF emsncrstion, who have inspired this horrid
Our existence nation, the defence Of homes and
the honor Of our wonen forbids TO be aggards
is the solemn duty OF every dedicate himself
To his country until every foot OF Southern soil purged
OF the pollution Of invasion until this ended We
da not for moment relax vigilance lay aside
our arms until We have discharged this sacred duty by
order OF MAJOR General Holmes.


DABNEY II. hAURY. A. A. G..
Year: 1862

The candid and honest In which tho Southern
journals at acknowledged the Of the disaster
at Somerse-and IN fact, rather ovsrstated -presens


significant contrast 70 the continual falsehoods with
which the North has endeavored conceal every defeat
and even claimed every defeat victory. With tho
single exception Of Manassas whore her overthrow was
so0verwhslmng, and the centre Of intelligence
that could not be conradicted they have suffered
single disaster which they did not deny at the time,
and admitted their discontinue till tho truth
forced its way thepubc Bethel Bsll run Carni
fax Ferry Greenbrer river, Springfield Belmont, Lees
burg, Allegheny, each and all were absolutely claimed as
n wars a. e
Why is that this uniform system of deception is ex
hbited by the North whilst the South admits the truth
boldly, however disagreeabie it may boz It results
simply from radical difference In the character Of the
two people. The one s sly secrevs and has little vene
ration for TRUTH the other open and above board, and
sensitive the degradation of fasehood than the
pain Of disaster Which character is worthiest Of
cess Which will be likely 10 win the approval Of
Heaven and the respect Of manknds
Year: 1862

the Frsnoh Emperor to send national vessel to take
them from the city.


II is upon community thus constituted and filled with
these real sources of alarm that the Of Zolcoer
defeat must fall IL will be spread like wildfre all
throughout the South. Co terate notes were drug
before, and only taken under protest and unwilngly,
what Will happen when notes "redeemabe on the esta-
blishment of the Southern oonfederacy" made
more shay as currency by the imminent danger OF the
rebel government The beginning OF the end Is at hand,
and that at no distant day.
Year: 1862

The Charleston Courier says:-We have been favored
by friend with sample Of cotton seed coffee, prepared
by Dr. H. Ravene OF Pooshee st. Johns Berkley which
had served up ct breakfast yesterday morning and
found very pslaabls The is very like that OF
Coffee and in flavor it is similar TO coffee but rather more
like broma We havo little doubt that mixture OF
third onehaf coffee and the rest Of ground pow
dersd cotton seed would easily pass for good II
coffee.
Year: 1862

The atom of charcoal which floated
in the corrupt atmosphere of old vol.
canic ages was absorbed into the leaf Of
a fern when the valleys became green
and luxurant; and there in its proper
place it received the sunlight and the
dew, aiding to fling back to heaven a
reflection Of heavens gold; and at the
same time to build the tough fibre of
the plant. The atom was consigned to
the tomb when the waters submerged
the jungled valley. 1t bad lain there
thousands of years, aud month since
was brought into light again, imbcdded
in block of coal. 1t shall be consum-
ed to warm our dwellings,, cook our
food, and make more ruddy and cheer
full the hearth whereon our children
play; it shall combine with portion Of
the invisible atmosphere, ascend upward
as curling wreath to revel in a Macy
dance high up in tho blue ether; shall
reach the earth again, and be entrappod
into the embrace of flow or; shall live
in velvet beauty on the cheek OF
the apricot; shall pass into the human
body, giving enjoyment to the palate,
and health to the blood; shall circulate
in the delicate tissues Of the brain,
and aid, by entering into some new
com bination, in cducing the thoughts
which are now being recorded by the
pen. tits but an atom of charcoal; il
may dwell one moment in stagnaut
ditch, and the next be flushing on the
lip of beauty; may now be component
of limestone rock, and next an ingre


dient in a field of potatoes; it may slum


bcr for a thousand years without un


dergoing single change, and the mex


hour pass through a thousand muta


tions; and after all it is only an atom


of charcoal and occupies its own plac'


wherever it may be.
Year: 1862

A very staid and worthy old gentle
man residing in New Haven, whom
successful merchantile career of thirty
years had placed in Independent if not
affluent circumstances; but through Gus
tom or desire to add to his already
princely store, he still continued his
business and his ante prandial visits to
the counting room. One morning the
good wife had postponed the matutinal
meal in consequence of his absence,
until that rare aud valuable thing in wo
man, her patience, was exhausted, At
last, however, he made his appearance,
and without making any apology for
his tardiness, but looking glum and out
of humor he sat down to eat. A cup of
coffee restored him, and opening his
mouth he spakc-


"a most extraordinary circumstance
most extraordinary, indeed !"


"What do you mean, my dear p de
manded the lady.


"Mean? Here I have been to open
the store with my own hands; and after
sitting in the door a full hour, waiting
for my boys, not one of them made his
appearance, and was forced to close
the store again and come home to break
fast"


"Good heavens !" exclaimed the lady
with horror, "you have not been to the
store? Why, it's Sunday !"


Sunday returned he: "Snnday? i'm
possible, madam? We did not have cod
fish for dinner yesterday"
Year: 1862

We are told that Sir Edward Parry
and his party, in one Of their Arctic
expeditions, were going straight toward
the North Pole, travelling at the rate of
ten miles a day. Bat the ice over
which they travelled was drifting toward
the equator at the rate of twelve miles
day; and yet no man among them
would have known that they were max.
ing two Z lies day Jachpard unless he
had raised his eyes from the track in
which he was plo odding.


Just so in human life; men start off
in a Christian course with firm step
and high resolve. The prospect of
new discoveries of truth stimulates their
exertion, and they move on with
thoughts fixed on heaven. But they
forget that the currents of earth are all
against them; that the ice foes Of world
ly business and the hot streams of pleas,
ure are alike drifting them away from
the haven of their hopes. With eyes
prone to the ground, they are uncon-
scious Of their backward motion, and
talk of progress, it may be, while they
are floating down with the current and
the tide to their ruin. ...


1t was only when they looked up and
saw the North Star gradually sinking
toward the horizon, that Parry and his
men became aware that they were going
wrong. So the Christian must keep
his eyes lifted from the earth above, il
he would know which way he is travel.
ing; and when he sees the Sun Of Right
eousness growing low and dim in the
heavens, he may be sure that he is drift,
ing downward and away, and that dark
ness and danger await him Ameri
can Messenger.
Year: 1862

SECRETARY CHASE AND THE WAR
Dispatch from Washington says:


Secretary Chase told a number Of
gentlemen who called upon him this
morning, that his only appreheusions
touching the finances were born Of his
fears that the war might not be prose-
cuted with vigor, and that on this point
he had much moro hope of late. Had
the war been waged according to his
wishes, two objects very dear to the
Western people would have been accom-
plished before now"
Year: 1862




STATE OF Quo, EXEC. DEPARTMENT, !


COLUMBUS, Oct. 25, 1862, I q


The time-houored custom adopted by
the Fathers OF our State, of setting
apart one day in each year for praise,
Thanksgiving and prayer to Almighty
God, for bis goodness and mercy to Us
as people, should be preserved. Espe
cially at a time like the present, should
all good citizens unite, in laying aside
the ordinary business of life, at lea,t
for day, and devote themselves to the
teachings of their Maker.


The effort made by the legally con.
stituted authorities of the land to put
down the wicked rebellion against the
Federal Government, the best ever en-
Ijoyed by any people, in which the gall
liant sons of Ohio have borne so con
spicuous and proud a part, has filed
every neighborhood with mourning
Our brave soldiers are yet exposed to
the dangers ofthe field of battle and the
hardships of emp lif and our system
of government, in form after Gods own
laws, and so gentle that its reins were
scarcely felt by the governed, is yet in
peril. r... ras..--a


Our Heavenly Father can console the
distressed, and heal the sorrows of the
mothers and the widows heart; He can
protect from danger our patriotic sol
diers now 10 the field; He can paralyze
the arm of the enemy of our good Gov
ernment


Now, therefore, in obedience to the
General Assembly of the State of Ohio,
and to the end that simultaneous petit
tion to Him may ascend to Heaven
from all parts of our State, l do hereby
fix upon, and set apart, Thursday, tho
9th of November next, as a day of
praise, thanksgiving and prayer, to A.
mighty God! And do recommend
that, abstaining from all business pur-
r suits, the good and pure minded people
of our State meet at their usual places


of worship, and with one voice, humbly
ask the God of all nations to smile upou
p the distressed of our land; that HI give
$ wisdom and purity to those in authori-


ty; that he PROSTATE the enemies of our
, Governments; and that in all things, He
give such wisdom to all the people Of
the Garth as will enable them to conform
t to His laws, to the end that peace and
goodwill shall prevail throughout the
r world.


+ In witness whereof l have hereunto
g set my hand, and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Ohio, the day and year


above written.