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Year: 1864

There is an inexhaustible charm for the
true lover of Nature in the Valley of the
Tennessee. The scenery possesses rare and
enduring loveliness which, though it may be
modified, is never lost by any changes of the
seasons. There is stately grandeur in the
mountains, touch of Arcadian voluptuous-
ness in the vine-hung forests, a romantic dream
mess in the clif-girt river, which retains per-
ennial freshness ard fascination. To the
beauty ofthe scenery is added a climate al
most devoid of extremes, and delightfully."-
tempered both as to heat and cold. There is
genial and softly bracing atmosphere which
diffuses the gentle glow OF health and animates
and restores the dropping invalid


Nor are there less attractions for the utilita-
riau than for the health seeker and the admirer
of Nature. The soil of the lowlands and plains
is rich and fertile, producing nearly all the
staples common to both North and South
The mountains are stored with vast treasures
of mineral wealth which lie waiting for the
hand of enterprise and industry TO reach forth
and take them. Great facilities are afforded
for the profitable investment of manufacturing
capital and for the home production of an
endless variety of the comforts and luxu-
ries of civilized life. In short all that is
needed is an enterprising, cultured and intelli-
gent population TO render this one Of the most
desirable abodes of man. When it shall have
been decided that free government is to be
maintained in America, when the barbarism
Of slavery shall have ceased to oppose the
progress Of "a free civilization, when the hand
OF free labor shall till these fertile valleys
when the Genius of enlightened Pepublicanism
shall have gained q permanent lodgment
among these mountain businesses, when al
these things shall be added-as they will be


Ito the amenities Nature has bestowed upor
the Tennessee Valley, it will not only be one
Of the most inviting sections Of this continent
Year: 1864

A Crown AND JEwELs.-A wife should
be crown to her husband-hcr children its


Jewels. Her virtue should be his pride and
pleasure, not his pain and punishment; but
virtue in wife is not the only thing neces-
sary to make a husband happy; there are
other qualities-temper, cheerfulneSs, pa
tience, forbearance-all essential. Her ma
it re should soften the sternness Of his, where
tuis stern-not Stubbornly resist where it is
gentle. Her hand should gently detain him
when he would take the wrong path-not
rudely pull him back when he has made
choice OF the right. Her children should be
as the apples of his eyes, the wine and honey
OF his heart, the grace and ornament Of his
house. They should be to him as the second
spring Of his own youth-the pride of his
summer, the fruitfulncss Of his autumn, and
the light and warmth Of the winter Of his
manhood. Such are the qualities Of wife
Year: 1864

WHAT is taking place in New York may
be inferred from letter which says: cart
sits OH high there in robes OF Tyrian purple
literature wields golden sceptre religion
is vital force beauty and truth braid in
and out the warp Of crime and folly. Strong
contrasts cut across each other"
Year: 1864

THE PUBLIC ARE HEREBY CArTlONEn u
L against purchasing any Of the following Ger
tIGcatcs OF Stock in tho Atlas Gold and Silver Min
ing Company, as tho same wcro this day sold for
assessments


- n,rti6rL-t.r
Year: 1864

The Printer.


| The printer is the adjutant of thought,
and this explains the mysteries Of the won
derful word that can kindle home as no
song can-that word "we," with hand in
the Printer are engineers together. Engi-
neers, indeed When the little Corsican
bon. barded CadiZ at the distance of five
miles, it was deemed the very triumph of
engineering. But what is that paltry range
to this, whereby they lombard the ages
| yet to be?


There at the case he stands and marshals
into line the forces armed for truth, clothed
in immortality and English. And what
can be more noble than the equipment of
thought in sterling SaXon-Saxon with the
ring of spear on shield therein, and then
commissioning it when We are dead to
move gradually on to "the last syllable Of
recorded time ~ This is to win victory
from death, for this has no dying in it.


The printer is called a laborer, and the
office he performs is toll Oh, it is not
work, but sublime rite he is performing
when he th.s sights" the engine that is
to fling a worded truth in grander curve
than missiles ever before described filings
It into the bosom of an age unborn. He
throws off his coat, indeed we but wonder
the rather, that he does not put his shoes
from off his feet, for the place on which he
stands is holy ground.


A little song was uttered somewhere
long ago it wandered through the twilight
feebler than star; it died upon the ear;
but the printer takes it up where it was
lying there in the silence like wounded
bird, and he sends it forth from the Ark
that had preserved it, and it flies into the
future with the olive branch of peace, and
around the world with melody, like the
dawning of Spring morning. -Bayard
Taylor. ...
Year: 1864

Operations in Virginia will commence
much sooner than many suppose. General
Grant will not waste time in reviews, but,
as soon as he obtains knowledge of the
material with which he is to operate, will
make his offensive movements promptly.
Year: 1864

IT was Gently estimated by one in
position to know, that the number of men
on the army rolls is 100000. About one
hundred thousand Of them are invalids
and negroes not set down as available for
field duty.
Year: 1864

PRENTICE says that a; the end Of the war.
while the Federal soldiers will have the de-
light of hanging on the necks of their sweet
hearts and wives, the rebel leaders viii have
to content themselves by hanging on their
own!
Year: 1864

New ZEALAND SciENcE.-Ifany one won
ders why the English find the New Zealand
rebellion SO hard nut to crack, let him read
the following account Of one oftheir defenses
Pike Piko-which proves incontestibly that
their knowledge of military engineering is
very far from cortemptible; that the Island
ders are an enemy not to be despised, and
that they can be subdued only on scientific
principles. The fact is, they are splendid
people-the very princes of barbarism:


On the arrival of thetroops near Piko-Piko,
the doubt as to whether the enemy had been
frighten by our display into abandonig the
position, was soon set at rest General Cam


eron and his staff went over with the advance
and as he appeared on the fiat a shot was fir


ed, and red flag run up on the cent-r flag


staff. PikoPik looked formidable mass.
The position itself, in the first place, is good.
1t is a large hill, tolerably steep, rising from
a long swampy plain. and having swamps
on each side of it. On the brow. of the hill
is massive redoubt. with a parapet of great
hight. From this work lines of rife pits run
down to the swamps on either flank. The
pits are all stockaded-a circumstance which
adds greatly to their strength. 1t renders it
well nigh impossible to take them with rush
and it is questionable whether the Armstrong
shot would not pass through the wood works
without doing much injury. A third of the
distance down the hill is another redoubt par
allei with the first. and connected with it by
oblique lines of rife pits. Lower down there
is a line of rifle pits right across the hill to
the # lies low, long redoubt. and lower
still further to the left, is still longer re-
doubt, with parapet at least ten feet in
hight while there seems to be also an unusu-
ally wide ditch in front of it. Pike. Pike NAV
be said, in short, to cor sist OF four heavy
earthworks, with the ground about them hon
ey-combed with rife pits. The works seem
ed to be fully manned. Probably there were
not less than eight hundred men in them.
Our dark skinned opponents were evidently
in a state of great excitement, and expecting
us to move on to the attack every moment
Whenever bugle rang they rushed on to the
parapets IN swarms. to see whether we were
on the march or not, and afterwards dropped
slowly back to their covers. In the intervals
their chiefs staiked on the parapets, gesticu-
lating violently. and clearly addressing in
splriting speeches to their men below.
Year: 1864

This popular place of entertainnent has already
become famous resort. Flsttered by the success
q second week, offern e. new attractions at each


These wonderful little people are full of wit and
hpmor, and their versatility is truly astonishing
one part with the other that the pleasant evening
passes away like Q dream


The musical department is well adapted to the
performance of these little wonders-the interme-
diate is well performed while the voices Of the
quartette are ell fresh. and show unmistakable
signs of thoroug gh training.


The selections of this company for their pro-
gram is free from all vulgariy and low sayings.
The MANAGEMENT may justly claim a moral enter
tainment. for such it really is.


They remain with us through this week. Let
all who have not paid the Commodore and party
q visit do 80 at once, for it is entertain ment
that is full of merit, and one rarely offered the
citizens of Washin gton au 29-1w
Year: 1864

Citizens OF the United who 20 uphold the
Union who believe that the rebellion be suppressed
without infringing the rights OF individuals or OF States;
who regard the extinction Of slavery among the


ca eects o, the for the Union, favor an amend
mont OF the federal constitution for the exclusion Of
s,.very and who demand integrity and economy 10 the
OF the government. are respectfully In
yed 10 meet IN convention st Cleveland, on Tues
d.v the 81 a day May inst Tor consultation and con-
,s, of action in respect the approaching Presidential
Year: 1864

This gentleman has again appeared on the
political carpet. In letter to address the
Mcclellan ratification meeting, at Albany,
he SAID


There are two men who obviously can
never make peace that will receive the
sanction of the American people. They are
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
The former has declared the abolition of sla-
very an indispensable preliminary to u pro-
position for peace. The latter avows that
the Confederate States accept no alternative
but independence or humiliation. With
the former we have to deal at this election.
The latter must be left to the fortunes ofwar,
or the fate that the rebel States have in
store for him. But unless we are prepared
for an eternal war, and the slaughter, debt,
taxation, and the suspension of Constitutions
al liberty that attends it, Abraham Lincoln
must be made to retire on the 4th of March
next, and President must be chosen in his
stead who will consent to peace on the basis
of the Union and the Constitution. Such a
man is General Mcclellan, and | cannot al
low mysclfto doubt that the loyal people OF
the United States will call him to the dis
charge of this, as we'll as all the other grave
duties that belong to the Chief Magistracy
The overthrow of Davis and his associates at
Richmond, will soon follow, and peace once
more smile on our distracted country.


Truly yours, j. VAN BUREN.


WuLOWBHO0K, Sept. II, 1864
Year: 1864

WE hear the most cheeing news of the
canvass of the West A distinguished citi-
zen of Indiana informs us that there is no
doubt at all of the election Of Democratic
governor in that state by fifteen thousand
majority in October next and SO popular is
the name of Mcclellan that he is sure to
carry indiana by at least twenty-five thou
sand majority.-N y World. -
Year: 1864

Our readers will recognize the Gov
ernor appeal to the patriotic and liberal
citizens Of our State ia behalf Of sol
disrs' families, as having appeared in
our columns once before In few par
henlaFs only, Is the present appeal .
different from the sne we pabIished some
time ago. Its propriety and necessity,
Aowssef, are more apparent nos than
then. Winter is already here The
poor have experienced the elutehings Of
his icy Gngsra While onr city and
county, perhaps, are IN advance of most
others in providing for the comfort Of
those committed 10 our care" much
yet remains for as TO do. Some Of the
most deserving families, as well as the
most needy, oftentimes viii suffer the
keensss pangs Of hanger and cold, be-
fore they will apply to pabIie officer
for relief such families ought to be
hunted up and relieved. Our Young
ladies', who spend much time 10 visiting
places Of amusement and running the
giddy roundsof pleasure, are they aware
Of the amount Of genuine happiness
they rob themselves BY Of ssglecting TO
look after the poOr2


The JOY Of the half-starvsd soul, no
doubt, is great when its wants are sup
Piled and its sutfsrings relieved, but
nothing to be compared With the joy and
satisfaction Of him or her who have
been instrumental in bringing about that
relief


Oar County Commissioners, we are
pleased to learn, have already had under
consideration the question Of providing
for the soldiers families Of our County,
and have signifed an intention to make
an appropriation Commensurate with
their Sants Our County viii not falter
now. Oar tax payers are not of the
gruublng, penurioas kind. All that
they desire to know is that the money
has been jadieiously and bene6ciaily
spent They ask no more. If it has
relieved suffering and made merry the
hearts Of those whose loved ones are
breastiBg the storm Of battle in Georgia
and At Nashville, they are content


We feel confident that the soldiers Of
Yanderburgh County will hsve no reason
to complain that their wives and little
ones have suffered BY the neglect of
those whose property aud Government
they are 6ghting to protect
Year: 1864

A draft is now being made in Indiana
which viii undoubtedly fall upon many
men who have families aud parents de-
pendent upon their labor for support,
and who have not the means to make
provision for them during their absence.
The short time given in which 10 report
for duty wilt also prevent many from
makiog that provision for those depend
ent upon them, that they would other
wise be able to do II Is in my opinion
the duty Of the people Of the State 70 see
that the families Of those dependent
upon the labor Of our citizens who are
called into the service of their country,
should not in any case be permitted 70
suffer for the neeess2ries or comforts Of
life, with which our State is so abundant
ly supplied j therefore appeal 70 the
several Boards Of County Commissioners
throughout the State, and the authorities
Of towns and cities to take immediate
steps to make provision for the support
Of such as are dependent upon the men
who have been or may be drafted within
their respective limits, and for the sup
port of those who are dependent upon
our volunteers already in the field, many
Of whom have been long absent from
their families and parents. IF prompt
action IS taken in this matter through
out the State, our soldiers viii 20 away
with lighter and happier hearts, in the
conviction that those who are nearest
and dearest to them viii no. be permitted
to suffer during their absence, and that
the people of the State are not unmind-
ful OF their great obligations to the de-
Tenders Of our country, while our sol
diers N the field viii in ike manner be
eomtorted and strengthened in tbs per-
formance Of their duties.


If the relief be furnished in the man
ner proposed the burden viii fall upon
al the people of the State according TO
their several capacities 70 bear it, and
viii bs 50 light As to b scarcely fsls, and
Year: 1864

A Richmond paper states that Gen.
Grant has been dead drunk ever since the
Baltimore Convention met, and1ha be is
so mortified because he did not receive the
Presidential nomination that he is about
to turn his army against Washington
Such stuff is crammed down the poo. Rcbs,
to keep them in fighting order.
Year: 1864

Tho Grand Jury of New York, refused
to find an indictment against the Govern.
ment, for tho suppression Of the Journal
of Commerce. This negative action is
tantamount to saying that that sheet has
not been patriotic, or that it has furnished
aid and comfort to the rebels
Year: 1864

The man who don't take the papers was
in town this week, and said ho "larned
that Lee had taken Richmond, and that
eleven thousand out of one regiment had
been blowcd up" lie expressed great
fears that Grant would yet capture Wash.
ington. lio was on his way to the circus,
with all his intelligent, interesting family,
who thought it "big moral show p
Year: 1864

Delegations composed Of our most influential
citizens will, we understand be in Albany dur
ing this week in the hope Of still securing a
reduction in the Tax levy. Their sole purpose
is to relieve burdened community, aud this
they believe can be done without Interfering, IN
the least, with tho efficient administration OF
any Of the Departments of tho City Govern
nent. They do not ask that salaries shall be
reduced where il is proper to pay them at all,
but they very reasonably demand that The
hundreds of persons who draw pay under the
City Government, for which they render no
service whatever, shall be Dismissed, and The
people saved from ths expense Of their support.


The Citizens Association has already done
much at Albany in convincing the Legislature
of whot this city requires at their hands, and u
majority Of that body, we have no doubt, are
disposed to do us that simple justice, which is
oil that is asked. But the work is not yet
entirely accomplished and effort should not be
pretermitted so long as the Legislature remains
in session. The more delegations the better.
We pray for taxation from Washington TO sup
port the Government; we pray that Albany
will relieve Us from taxes which support nothing
but schemes Of public plunder, that we may the
more easily and the more chccriully bear our
legitimate burdens.
Year: 1864

A committee Of bankers from New-York City
has already commenced lobbying against the new bank
ing act Their presence In tho corridors and on the
floor Of the House sensby felt in the factions oppo-
ition to the bill which blocked yesterday They have
taken room at Wizards, which is commonly known as
the bank parlor. whore opposition to most I'M
por.ant measure Of the Government Is indnstsously
hatohed.
Year: 1864

cruits; but you liberty to collect white recruits
Also II waste OF time and money to open rendezvous
In Northwest neorHil tr assure YOU have not sen
able bod ed man. black white there ut for SOL
der, who was not 10 our army the opposed TO


You speak OF the impression going abro I'd Mat am
opposed TO the organization OF co ored regiments.


My opinions are usually very positive there ID no
reason why YOU should not know them


Though entertaining profound reverence for
Congress- do doubt their wisdom in the passage OF this


/. because civilian agents about an army are nui
sance.


o The duty citizens to ght for their country is too
sacred one TO oe pedded of by buying up the refuse
OF other States.


g. vs. UNJUST to the brave soldiers and volunteers who
are fighting, as those who compose this army do, to
place them on par with the class of recruits you
after.


T. The negro is In transition state and is not the
equal OF the white man.


g. He is liberated from his bondage by act of war and
the armies IN the neld entitled al his assistance
labor and lighting In addition TO the er quotas OF the
State.


8. This bidding and barterng for recruits white and
black has DELAYED the reinforcement OF our armies al the
times when sucn endorsements would have enabled US
to- make our successes permanent


7. The law Is an experiment which, pending war, is
unwise and unsafe mas delayed universal draft
which firmly believe will become necessary to over
come the widespread resistance offered us; and also
believe the universal draft win be wise and beneficial
for under the Providence God II will separate the sheep
from the goats, and demonstrate what citizens Will light
for their country, and what will only talk.


No Will infer from this that am not friend OF the
negro well as the white contend that the
and rebellion OF the master freed the save and
the armies / nave commanded have conducted 10 salo
points negroes than those Of any general officer IN
the army but prefer negroes pioneers, teamsters
and servants Others gradually to experiment In
the art Of the SOLDIER beginning with the duties OF local
garrsons, such as we had at Memphis, Vicksourg,
Natchez, Nashville and Chattanooga, put would not
draw on the poor race for too large proportion Of its
active, athletic young men, for must remain to
seek homes and provide for the old and young the
feeble and helpless


These some OF my peculiar notions; but assure
you they are shared by large proportion OF our fighting
men.


You may show this the agents Of the other States in
the same business as yourself. ! am, &C.,


7. W. SHERMAN, Major General
Official copy-L NJ DAYTON, ABIDE Camp.
Year: 1864

Ay- An anecdote is related Of young
preacher at city church, who had for .
text verse from the parsble of the ten
virgins, and in the course of his sermon
explained; "In olden times it was Gus.
tomary, when the bridegroom and the
bride were coming. for ten virgins to 60
out to meet them and escort them home
five Of those virgins being male and
five female"
Year: 1864

teeth at us from the covert Of the Queens
dominions over tho lake, will take good heed
that they do nothing rash- There are posi-
bly, other points on the lake frontier they
may, In their extremity, attack, but eager Us
they may be to descend on Johnson's Island,
there is not the least probability that they
will take the risk. That ia what We think
here, ct all events, and there is no trace Of
panic.
Year: 1864




The Port OF Dublin Corporation hereby give notice that
IA intended change the of light exhib
tied from the Rathiin Brne lighthouse from revolving
bright light TO fxed bright Hght This change viii
place the night of the LIST of june 1864 and will
tnmed every night thereafte from to sunrise
Sound. eastward Of the island. BY order


WIN. LEES, Secretary.
Year: 1864

Yesterday morning fighting was again re.
newed, and it continued with varied success
until about II O'Clock, our line being some.
what advanced. At that hour a flag Of truce
is reported to have been sent by Lee, who
asked for d cessation W nostilities for forty
eight hours that he might bury his dead. Gen.
Grant replied that he had not time to bury his
own dead, and would advance Immediately;
and some parts OF our line were therefore
pushed forward. Iti stated that the woods
were shelled, but no response was met from
where the enemy's center had been a few
hours before.


Up to this writing we have received no con.
frmation Of the rulnor In regard to Lee above.
mentioned, but the fact that such report was
current in Fredericksburg yesterday, shows
the buoyant feeling there in regard to our po-
sition, based upon knowledge Of general
facts Of hopeful nature.
Year: 1864

but she Is not injured badly. She was imme.
diately run on the fats opposite 4iesboro, and
the wounded, numbering shout two hundred
and Fifty, were safely taken OF and landed.


In order tha. no persons but those who are
actually wounded or too sick to stand the brunt
OF battle may not be received into q hospital
h,re, the government has dss3iied officers to
examine their wounds ana determine whether
they should not be sent back to their regiments,
and this morning they are attending to that
duty. But few, however, were turned back
the most of those who skedaddled with trif1ing
wounds or no wounds at all, having come up
on the boats some days since.
Year: 1864

The 73d New York volunteers were badly
cut up in the engagements of Thursday and
Friday last. They went into action with seven
hundred men, and on Thursday evening could
muster but eighty who were fit for duty.