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Year: 1862

THREE CHEERs FOR GEN. POPs.- Gen. p opt
Is represented to have said, on taking the com
mand 10 the Shenandoah, that his headquarters
would be on horseback. HIS previous rsputa-
ton Is guaranty that he will make the Army
Of Virginia felt. He Is not one Of tho setter
breed Of generals, nor will he look the enemy
in the eye for six months, and then let them
steal away from him.
Year: 1862

GS- The House of Representatives have
passed the Senate joint resolution to provide
for the presentation of medals of honor" TO
The enlisted mea of the army aud volunteer
forces who have or who may Distinguish thsm-
selves 10 battle during the present rebellion
Year: 1862

VIE BEG TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT


w the we'll known reputation of these Machines
for RELIABILITY will be fully sustained, and
in our rapidly increasing business the same care
will be faithfully exercised in every department
of their manufactures Every Machine sold by US
Is WARRANTED IN EVERY RESPECT.
Year: 1862

How conclusively do these facts sus-


tain the arguments we have advanced,


showing as they do that the effect of the
! slave system is to give not merely the
enslayed but the free black a decided


advantage over the white laborer. 1t
! proves, furthermore, that free blacks do


not, as many assert and believe, incline
to seek residence upon free soil. The
/ reason is obvious from what We have be-
/ fore said They there encounter more
formidable competition from their supe-
rior, the white laborer, who, upon slave
soil, is represented, disheartened, and
forced into favor of their inferior, the
slave


The first main steu, then, in the pro
cess Of freeing Mis-. oari from the negro,
! becomes manifes3 IT IS to eaancipate
the Stare. Place the negro and the
white man in such a position towards
each other that the full superiority of the
latter will come into play-which we
have shown can only be where both are
free and stand alone-then the stronger
forces the weaker before him. 1t is to
free the State Of Slaceyy


We thus remove from the State that
institution, which is interested in adding
to its own wealth and power, by the mnI-
tiplication of the negro race, and which
is everywhere found to exist where the
race, in this country. is most numerously
represented. We thus do much TO stop
the increase of that race. But in remov-
ing slavery we do much toward the prac-
teal ridding of the State of this negro
population than that. We remove the
principal barrier against free white i'm
migration; and the surest way to drive
the negro out is to bring the white man
in. 1t is calling in the stronger element
to expel the weaker If we succeed in
filling the State with white men, we may
dismiss our apprehensions about the ne
gro. As the ctite man comes in the ne
gro goes out To the interrogatory
which stands at the head Of this article,
"What shall we do with the negro?" we
therefore emphatically answer, emanci-
pate him.


What viii become of the negro after
he is driven beyond the boundaries of
the State, we do not now propose to in
quire 1t is very certain, however, that
his direction will hardly be northward
The same opposition which would drive
him from free Missouri, would even more
formidably, perhaps, meet him in the
free North On the other hand climate,
soil, temperament, origin, all invite him
southwark. 1t might be said natural at
traction-the gravitation Of his race
draws him in that direction. Thence it
vas he come; thence he must return,
tat the order and purpose of the Crea-
ter be restored.
Year: 1862




The fear lately entertained by the earnest
friends Of a more vigorous policy, that the
work Of enlistipg the three hundred thou
sand men called for BY the President would
proceed so slowly that draft would be
necessary to ell up the gaping ranks, is
dissipated by the wisdom Of Congress in
passing, and tile patriotism Of the Presi-
dent IN signing, the confscation and the
militia bills. Now the people have assu-
RANGES that the var Is an earnest endeayor
to save the Union, and that in prosecuting
it sM the agencies allowed by Christian
civilization may be employed to bring it to
an end. They have guaranty that the
lives Of their SONS and brothers who 20
out to fight their country's battles are
not to be wasted in the trenches,
when tens Of thousands Of men able, nay
eager, to dig, and who might, for the ask
ing, be had in cur camps, are throwing up
the esrthworks Of the enemy. They know
from the text Of the laws to which we re-
fer that all such stupid and seu,i-treasona-
N1E F1CE%o VI pAcoAotSA5 $5eASAa4ol44t HS
Order No. 8 and the other atrocity which
followed it, will be wiped out, and that
they will not be compelled to spend their
time and risk their lives in picket duty,
the principal purpose of which has been,
thus far, to keep intelligence Of rebel move
ments out Of cur camp. They feel that
their duties will not be confined to guard
ing rebel pig-pens and truck-patches,
meanwhile exposing themselves to
the senseless fury Of secesh women;
but, that they will march upon and over
whelm the foe, re-establlsh the Union and
return home, having won wealth in glory
which they can transmit to their children.
This change in policy is everywhere OBJ
scrvab1e- the subject of con-
gratulatory remark. We gather from it an
indication Of hopeful results. The work OF
enlistment, as these new convictions take
possession Of the public mind, viii rapidly
increase The patriotism Of the country
has undergone no diminution. Our people
are as willing as eTer to risk their all for
the country. They need only the quicken
ing impulse which recent legislation has
gwen, to arouse in them degree Of furor
which will send three hundred thousand
or if necessary half a million, Of recruits te
the field!
Year: 1862

The appeal in the secession Tines for a
partisan convention in Illinois reminds Us
that the true friends Of the loyal cause are
remiss in their duty, and that some means
should be devised whereby the supporters
of the war and vigorous policy in its con-
duct, may be enabled to act together in the
election which approaches. VIII not the
Republican State Central Committee
body that is yet in existence and clothed
with full power-lead OF, so that there NAV
be no inharmonious action and unfortunate
result? It is time to begin.
Year: 1862

A Nashville correspondents of the Gin,
cinuali Ea7idrcr, says;


The people may eventually return to
their allegiance, and become good Union
men again; but just now they take par.
ticuIar pride in informing US that there
are but six Union men in the whole city.
They submit quietly to force they know
it would be madness to resist; but they
are frank enough to make no secret OF
the fact, that all their hopes and sympa-
thies are with the rebellion, and that for
us, their best wish is that we may get
soundly beaten on every field where we
meet the southern armies.
Year: 1862

The performance Of the Merrimac, or
Virginia, in the late naval engagement,
has alarmed our northern enemes.-
They admit and fear her superiority, as
will be seen by the following from the
Louisville JoUaal:


We have been puzzled in our attempts
to conjecture why it was the Monitor,
when the Merrimac retreLted from the
conflict with her in an injured condition,
did not follow up the rebel monster and
complete the work so well begun. A
statement of the fight, given by the pilot
Of the lost lrigate Cumberland, seems TO
explain the mystery. The plot says
thatthe.Merrmae goes tl1eo l-n1ts m
hour fas ter than the Monitor, and, if the
fact is so, the Merrimac, even in Ter par
,ially crippled state, was probably able
to retreat faster than her conqueror could
follow.


But it seems 10 us that this difference
of speed IN favor Of the Merrimac is well
calculated to create no considerable APP
prehension The MerMmac has shown
that she can stand the whole power of
the Monitor for hours without being dis
abled, and if she can outstrip her mate
rally in speed, she can probably pass out
from Norfolk to sea in spite Of all the OPP
position that can be made to her. And,
once at sea, we know not what is to pre-
vent her, after leaving the Monitor out
Of sight, from passing down the whole
line of the southern coast, sinking or
running ashore Or dispensing the block
aiding fleets of all the Southern ports or
even passing along the northern coast
bombarding every loyal city which her
draught of water will permit her to ap-
proach. We hope there is no such dam
ger, but we can't see why there isn't.
Year: 1862

About dusk on Friday continuous roll
of musketry, alternating with the thunder
GUS boom of Cannon, announced an attack
upon our right wing The long ROLL the
alarm cry of War, sounded through the
camp, giving intelligence that help was
needed, with the rapidity Of a Higlaud
watch fire. Throughout the two Divisions
thus summoned to the fray, the soldiery 10.
slantly fell into The line aud were speedily
on the double quick to the scene Of action.
OF our battery | need only say that al
though in the second ino Of encampments,
it was one of the first in the field. Fully
$4,000 men were soon on the spot. but only
TO find that the enemy bad been repulsed
by Sherman's brigade alone. allude to this
incident here to snow lack of eau tion exhib-
tied Two days subsequently,, when the foe were
permitted to approach in force within mile
of our lines before being engaged, and would
add that from the zeal aud enthusiasm then
displayed by the men of the l4lh Battery,
had not doubt of their yaor when the
time for its exhibition should come.


10 SO hours that time arrived, and nobly
did these gallant spirits fulfill the hopes
their zeal excited,
Year: 1862

A SLAYER 10 the broad lngoon,


Lay moored, with idle sail,
Waiting the rising of the moon,


And for the evening gale.
Under the shore his boat was tied,


And all her listless crew
Watched the gray alligator slide


Into the still bayou.


Odors of orange flowers and spice


Reach them fr" m time to time,
Like airs that breathe from Paradise


Upon a world Of crime.
The Planter under his roof of thatch,
Smoked thoughtfullly and slow
The Slaver's thumb was on the latch
He seemed in haste to go.
He said my ship at anchor rides
In yonder broad lagoon
/ only wait the evening tides,
Aud the rising of the moon"
Before them with her face upraised,
In timid attitude,
Like one half curious-half amazed,
A Quadroon maiden stood.
Her eyes were like falcons gray,
Der arms AND neck were bare
No garment she wore save kirtle gay,
And her own long, raven hair.
And on her lips there played a smile
As holy. meek and faint,
As lights in some cathedral aisle
The features of saint.
"The soil is barren--the farm is old"
The thoughtful Planter said
Then looked upon the Slaver's gold,
And then upon the maid.
His heart within him was at strife
With such accursed gains
For he knew whose passions gave her life
Whose blood rem in her veins.
But the voice OF Nature was too weak
He took the glittering gold
Then pale as death grew the maiden's chee
Her hands as icy cold.
The SLAYER led her from the door
He led her Ivy the hand,
To be his slave and paramour
In strange and distant land.
Year: 1862

Females nurses 4O cents per day and one ra
ton.


Paymaster's Clerks 500 per annum, and IS
cents pen day when actually on duty


Chaplain in volunteers Sl46 so.


In addition 10 the pay as above stated. one ra-
ton per day and an abunaant supply Of good
clothing is allowed TO every soldier. Quarters.
fuel and medical attendance are always provided
by the Government without deduction from the
soldiers pay Ifa soldier should become disabled
in the line of his duties. the law provides for m
pension. or he may, If be prefer il. obtain ad-
mission into the Military Asylum, which will
afford him comfortable home so long as he NAV
wish TO receive its benefits.


To the above pay for private soldiers mus, be
added the additional 81 mouth TO be paid du-
ring service. the 500 bounty at the end of the
war. which has already been provided for, and
the quarter section of land that Congress will
provide for at its coming session. The bounty
and land apply TO officers and privates alike
Year: 1862

has won tor itself such a renown for the cure OF
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaints;
thit il Is entirely unnecessary for Us to Recount
the evidence of its virtues, wherever it has been
employed. As it has long been in constant use
throughout this section, We need not do more
than assure the people its quality is kept up to
the best it ever has been. aud that it may be re
lied on to do for their relief all it has ever been
found 10 do
Year: 1862

/


pass the Armstrong-blockade me if
don't"


When it became the duty of the solitary
Mackerel crew to load the awful instru
ment of destruction. it was discovered
that the ramrod had been left behind al
the Navy Yard foundry, This nautical
disaster might have marred the expert
ments, had not tho oRear-Admiral chanced
to have his brown ginghnm umbrella
along with him. This was used as a ram
nter, and the experiment proceeded The
first charge was twenty pounds of powder
not morerAhan nineteen of them running
out of the tOuchhole. The ball slightly
touched the water and went down, tue
recoil OF the squadron being only the
width of Duck Lake.
The second shot was made with only
one pound of powder, as It was feared
that the rudder might be strained by too
much cOncussiOn, aud we saw the ball
drop into the ocean wave. At this shot,
/ the Secretary Wells" only hoped out
OF the water a few inches The third shot
was made with half pound Of powder,
Us it was not deemed advisable to do too
much damage to the surrounding coun-
try by the gunnery. We were gazing
intently at the merciless implements Of
death, through our smoked glass, when
this shot was fired, and suddenly beheld
phenomena, my boy, which made us
catch our breath. Mixed up with the FIRE
aud smoke, there emerged from the mouth
of the swivel gun what appeared to be
immense brown bird of some kind, sprea-
ding its huge wings as it came out, and
skimming YEARLY to the shore


Captain Bob Shorty commenced to
quake, and says he:


''lt's Confederate insectp


'NO" says William, lowering his
smoked glass, and speaking in solemn
whisper ''IPs the distracted bird Of our
Country, floating spectrally on the battle
smoke. All % says William, adstractedIy
uncorking my cauteen, ''our distracted
bird is no inseck."


Was it a majestic Eagle, my boy,
STOPPING from his clouded heights to
sanctiiy the terrible naval scene! |
guess not. my boy-I guess not. my boy,
for we presently ascertained that when
the Mackeral crew rammed home that
last charge, he hecdlessly left Rear
Admiral Heads brown gingham umbrella
sticking in the gun, and it was the flight
of the umbrella we had witnessed.


Umbrellas, my boy, and horses. may
be said to have some relations. We put
one up when it rains, and we rein the
other up when we put"


Yours, gOOd-naturedly,


OKPHEUs q. kerr
Year: 1862

Hey, dey, Molly pretty piece of busi-
nessi What have / told You time and again,
madam? You'll find you had better mind
your master And you, you lazy, thieving
yagabond, let me see you clear out OF my
house and off my land good deal quicker
than you came on the premises"


Your housel and your landY exclaimed
the soldier, starting suddenly up, erect and
tall, and dashing off his hat with a quick,
fiery gesture. His eyes flashed like ig ltning,
and his lips quivered with Indignation as he
confronted the astonished Tompkins. The
latter was evidently afraid of him, and his
wife had given a sudden nervous shrek when
the soldier first started to his feet and flung
off his hat, and had sunk trembling and half
fainting in the chair, for she had recognized
him.


"You hain't any business to interfere be-
tween me and my wife, said Tompkins,
sulkily, cowed by the attitude of the soldier.


Your wife" exclaimed the soldier, with
the very concentration of contempt expressed
in his voice, and pointing to him with an in
dignant finger.


"Who are your" asked Tompkins, with an
air of effrontery.


IL am Harry Jones, since you ask" replied
the soldier, "the owner of this house and this
land, which you will leave this very hour!
As for Molly" softening his tone as he turned
to the woman now sobbing Historically, "she
shall choose between us"


so, Harry" sobbed she, while Tompkins
stood dumb with astonishment, stake me, save
me-"


With one step he was at her side, holding
her in his arms. "What did you mean treat
ing this poor child so? Did YOU think be-
cause she had no earthly protector that there
was not God in heaven to take her part
against you!"


No man who is cruel to woman is ever
truly brave, and Tompkins skunk away like a
beaten spaniel.


The next day had not passed away before
everybody in the town knew that Harry Jones
had come home alive and well to rescue his
much-enduring, patient wife from worse
constraint than that of British prison but
what they all said and what Molly felt, must
leave you to imagine, for here the legend
ends.
Year: 1862

THE President AND THE ELEcTIoNs.-We take
the following from the Washington correspondence
of the New York Post:


1t is ssd that the President is grieved at the re-
suit the election in New York but If any dem
ocrats in that state i'm" gine that be will change
his bis policy because ofthe result, be is
wofully mistaken. He will not retreat from his
proclamation. nor with the draft be abated in any
State because of any election, State or Congress
sonal. The government fully realz, th e fact that
what it has to do must be done with dispatch, and
that goirg into winter quarters means disgraceful
peace and an end of the war-peace and general
disintegratop. The army, therefore, will not go
iao winter quarters, uLl.ss it is possible for its
commanding genera tc cverlule the President.
Year: 1862

No person shall be bcH to answer for a capital,
or otherwise Infamous crime, unless on present.
ment or indictment OF a Grand Jury, except in
cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the
Militia, when In actual service in time Of War or
public danger; nor shall any person be subject
for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy
OF lie or limb; nor shall be compelled iu any
Criminal Case to be a witness against himst {,
NOR BE DEPRIVED Or LIFE, LIBERTY, OR
PROPERTY, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF
LAW nor shall private property be taken for
public use, without Just compensation.
5, Amendments Con. u. s
Year: 1862

Reader, did you know that every column of a
newspaper containt from ten to twenty thousand
distinct pieces of metal, the misPacipg OF any one
OF which woula cause blander or typographical
errorf With this curious fact before" you, don t
you wonder at the general accuracy of newspa-
pers? Knowing this to be the fact, you will be
more disposcd, we hope, to excuse than magnify
errors of the press.
Year: 1862

There Is found upon the stage class of literature.
which fput in other shapes than the particular one
in which 1t is, would and entertain the thonr
sand lovers of the beautiful, whose circumstances
prevent them from viewing the representations upon
the boards. 1t is the purpose of the editor to at
tempt from oblivion sundry OF these works.


The plots OF these manuscripts will therefore be not
original; although, the editor viii use his privilege
In inserting whatsoever he may think proper to add
TO the amusement of his readers this will appear by
never following too closely the language of the au


thor and in the description of the scenery in which
the plot Is laid The editor deems this note necessa
ry to protect himself against the charge of plagiarism
Year: 1862

The following paragraph is from the Rich.
mond Dispatch


fSEENDIARIEs SBSEs SoUTR--Infor1nation
was received here several weeks ago, by the
Government, from reliable parties, friends Of
the Confederacy in Philadelphia, that an or
ganization had been perfected there by gangs
of desperadoes, in the pay of the Lincoln
Government charged with the duty of pen.
etrating into the South by the usual means
and appliances used by Yankees, and when
there of burning all railroad bridges deemed
useful in the conveyance of troops and the
transportation Of mn9itions of war That
the scheme would be carried oat was deemed
certain by the informant of the Government,
as the parties engaged in the enterprise were
men willing to risk their lives to carry out
the idea of subjugation laid down by Lincoln.
He rightly conjectures that, if Southern rail-
roads were rendered unavailable by means of
the torch of the incendiary, our independence
would be more difficult to achieve than now
appears. All suspicious characters should
be watched, and especially in times like
these should an efficient guard be placed in
the vicinity Of every Southern Rail Road
bridge.
Year: 1862

THE FIRE OLD NICK BUlLr-h-
temperaace.-This is the fire that Old
Nick built


Moderate Dyiniing.-This is the wood
that feeds the fire that Old Nick built.


RamseHing-This is the axe that cuts
the wood that feeds the fire that Old Nick
built.


The lore Of n,oney-This is the stone
that whets the axe that cuts the wood
that feeds the fire that Old Nick built.


Pyohi5ition.-This is tbs sledge, with
its face of steel, that batters the stone
that whet5 the axe that cuts the wood that
feeds the fire Old Nick buHt.


Sons Of Temperance meetings This
is one of the blows we quietly deal TO
fashion the sledge, with its face of steel,
that batters the stone that whets the axe
that cuts the wood that feeds the fire Old
Nick built.


The temperance moUement.-This is
the smith who works with a will to give
force to the blows we quietly dea! to fash
ion the sledge, with its face oe steel, that
batters the stone that whets the axe that
cuts the wood that feeds the fire Old Nick
built.


Eternal truth.-This is the spirit so
gentle and still that nerves the smith 10
work with a will TO give force to the
blows we quietly deal to fashion the
sledge, with its face of steel, that batters
the stone that whets the axe that cuts
the wood that feeds the fire Old Nick
built
Year: 1862

WoRRYING.-An old author has re-
marked that there are two things which
it does no good to worry about-what
you can help, and what you can't help.
The latter, because fretting won't help
the matter; and in the former, because
it is your duty to go and help it, without
fretting.


knowledge cannot be acquired with
out pains and application. 1t is trouble
some and like deep digging for pure wa
ter; but when you come to the springs,
they will rise up to meet you.
Year: 1862

ATA MEETING OF WASHINGTON ENGINE coMPA.
"A ny No. g. held the engine house Sept l6 1852 and the
company having received intelligence OF the death OF
brother member Charles Boom who fell nobly at the
OF Manassas the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted . -
Whereas in the death Of late brother MEMBER Charles
j. Boom this company has lost of It's most useful
bers who epdcred himself to by his sterling quail
ties as and his noble devotion as fireman, soldier
and patriot.


Resolved That while we bow in submission TO the Divine
WILL should be admonshed that In the midst Of life
death.


Resolved That we tender the family Of our deceased
brother heartfelt sympathy for the sad aud melancholy
bereavement they called upon 20 endnre tempered how
with the consolation that he molly did his duty and
that he fell in good cause rue and nozzle par ot and
assure them that this their prsf our gref their loss is
our loss


Resolved That token of respect TO his memory the
engine house be dfaped IN mourning for thirty days
copy Of the above resolutions besent 70 the family Of the
deceased and that they be published In the Jersey City
Standard, New York Herald and Sunday Mercury.


j. FLANAGAN Foreman.
JERsKY CRY Sept ~, 1861