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Year: 1864

KINDNESS kindles the fire Of friend
ship


He that swims in sin, must sink in
sorrow.-


KNOWLEDGE is the treasure, but
judgment the treasurer Of a wise man.


To dread no eye, and suspect no
tongue, is the prerogatiye Of innocence.


BEFORE you commit suicide take a
cold bath,-what people terms despair
is very often dirt.
HAPPINESS must arise from our own
temper and actions, and not Immediately
from any external conditions.
IT is with flowers as with mortal
qualities; the bright are sometimes
poisonous, but rarely the sweet.
HuNcER-That which gives appetite
and health to the poor man, lack of
which makes the rich man puny.
UNAFFECTED modesty is the sweetest
charm of female excellence, the richest
gem in the diadem Of their honor.


No summer but it has a winter; he
never reapcd comfort in his adversity,
that sowed it not in his prosperity.
HAVE nought to do with proud wo
man, for she will despise you-nor with
an extravagant one, for she will ruin
you.


WRIrlNG-Painting invisible words;
giving substance and color TO immortal
thought, enabling the dumb to talk to
the deaf.


IGNORANCE and conceit are two of
the worst qualities to combat. 1t is
easier to dispute with a gentleman than
with blockhead.


STAY awake in church. 1t a shame
for the church to be made cemetrv,
where the living sleep above ground as
the dead do beneath.


LADIES, who wish to punish their
husbands, should remember that Il little
sunshine will melt an iciclc much sooner
than northern haze.


TRUE friendship Increases as lifc's
end approaches, just As the shadow
lengthcns every degree the sun declines
toward the setting sun.


WORLDLY happiness is SAID to be a
glittering false diamond, placed upon
the top of smooth creased pole, which
all try to climb and secure.


WINK at small injuries rather than
avenge them. If, 10 destroy single
bee, you throw down the hive, instead
Of one enemy You make 4 thousand.


WRITE your name by kindness, love
and mercy, on the hearts Of the people
that you daily come in contact with
year by year, and You will never be
forgotten.


PRIDE, ill-natwe, and want of sense.
are the three great sources of ill-man-
ers without some one Of these defects,
no man will behave himself i'll for want
of experience.


GOVERNMENT, religion, property, are
nothing but the scaflolding to educate a
man. Earth holds up to her master no
fruit but the finished man. Education
is the only interest worthy the deep,
controlling anxiety Of the thoughtful
man.
Year: 1864

Vigorous digestion and pure bile produces nutri-
tions blood and nutritious blood a healthy frame.
Does the victim Of dyspeptic stomach and ii..
ordered liver desire to know how the digestion
may be impr'vsd, the bile and ether fluids Of the
body purified,
Year: 1864

On the l4th day of April, 1861, President LINCOLN issued his Proclamation, declaring the existence of the rebellion, and calling upon the loyal States to furnish men and material to defend the Government and restore the Union. In two days after, the Government was in the power of the rebels isolated from the North, and confined to the limits of the City of Wash ington. The arms and munitions of war of the Nation were in the possession of the rebels the Navy-what had not been destroyed-had been purposely sent to the most remote seas. A vast number of the men who had been edu- cated in the science of war at the expense of the Nation had deserted their country, peri ured themselves, and gone over to the South. That very day the present Commander of the rebel armies (RoBERT E. LEE,) and the most daring of their naval commanders Commodore BUcHANAN) were in the employ and the coni--' dence of President LINcoLN-familiar with every thou ght of the Administration. aud char ged with the.duty of preparing on land and sea to resist the. power of the rebellion. We had m Army. and Navy to Create ;wei had to edu-. cate the peacsful North to thepractics UfEaEs ,

 to turn tho reasing hook and tho plough share
Year: 1864

CAMP OF the 16TH c. V., NEwBERN,

 N. G., September 30, 1864. J

 SIR havo lately received from you seve- rsl copies of the New Haven Register with ar ticles marked far particular attention, and with the request that would tread and cir culate." As ao name accompanied the dona- ten, not know whether I have or have n ,t the honor of your acquaintance.

 While thank you for kindness obvious ly intended, permit me to take exception to the manner yon have adopted for expressing it. Do not infer from this that am in the least degree indifferent to home sentiment, for such soldier cannot be. Indeed. you can scarcely render more acceptable service to friend in the army, than by sending him occa- sionally cheering word of sympathy and ap- preciation from home. It is nothing. trust, in derogation of soldiers manliness or pa triotism to say that he absolutely needs en- couragement There certainly are times when the sternest sense of duty, coupled with the most unfinching patriotism, barely serves to render soldiers life hardly endurable, much less enjoyable. It is at such a time that you who remain at home can almost fight his battles for him. If you would do this,if you would cheer away his dsspondency, tighten the very knapsack on his back, and imp Tt to his exile the only charm to which it is susceptible, give him, not the mock sympa' thy, the ill.disguised vindictiveness of Sey- .vallandigham tory, but the honest God speed of heart which can be true-to itself.

 This is point upon which can see no req son why you should err. It was plainly at the risk of life that your friends in the army volun teered to stand between the Government and the miscreants who sought its overthrow. What stronger assurance could they possibly have given of their love of country, their ab. horrence of treason, and their general integri, ty as citisenss And if they abhor rank Urea, son at the South, how can they entertain 6 milder sentiment for it's cast off, yet cringing parasites at the North If they feel glow of honest pride at the noble part Connecticut has borne in the work of self preservation, how can they keep back the blush of shame at see ing her hampered and hindered at every step by those of her own citizens. who, having counted the cost between honor and shame. have chosen the latter because it vas the cheaper

 ] You may send the soldios paper Nhcse
Year: 1864

most earnest endeavor is to force the Govern ment on it's knees in suppliance to the rebel chief; which has only scurrility and abuse for the Government and it's officials, while its tunes of deference and respect are daily lav- ished upon the public enemies which persist conquer the rebellion, and strives to make good its own prophecy by withholding from it the power. You may prove to him by this means that Connecticut has citizens to-day who are keeping green the memory of tories in days gone by. But what is the gain to you know many soldier who has bravery enough to face traitors in the front who has not the patience to wit hstLnd their torment from the the vilest fulminations of the fostering press of Richmond but when ths same thing comes from home, the cheek tingles, tho hand be. comes fist, and have seen the paper, crum pied and torn, groun into the " sacred soir' under the heel of q Government boot.

 You aIe most certainly in error if you think the soldier 60 completely deadened to old asso. citations as to be careless of the onor and in' tegrity of his native State. If he ever took pride in her good name, he is proud of her still. If he ever blushed at the faithlessness of Benedict Arnold, he has blushed yet more deeply at the stange peridy of tho ose whoco uld stoop to letter, even with an olive branch, the hand uplifted to defend the nations life against the assaults of organized and armed treason.

 It may be difficult, emong those who have been politically orphan;zed by the suicide of slavery, for spirit of party vindictiveness to give place entirely to frank, outspoken senti. ments of loyalty. There may ever be those among you who look upon treason as polit' ical privilege, or at worst but a very pardon able miatake which, to be forgiven, ne eds not to be repented of. But why make especial endeavors te render this moral degeneracy So offensively prominent? If Connecticut hao euch men to-day, let them make as little noise as possible. liner shame must be written, let

 those read who glory in it. Don't thrust the record in the face of one who looks upon

 t's true faith and allegiance" as utterly incom' patibIe with dastardly betrayal and downright desertion. Very sincerely, G. M. W.
Year: 1864

REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE AT SARAToGA.-The
National Republican Committee appointed at
Baltimore. and the State Central Republican
Committee of this State are to meet at Sara
toga Springs tomorrow, the 9th. They go
there to pull tie wires for Old Abe, settle the
little and big fights in the party of this State,
drink bad whskey and gulp down Congress
water to clear the bile out OF their stomachs
II they expect that the water at Saratoga
Springs will cleanse their party Of its impuri-
ties and revive its hopes and invigorate it,
they will find themselves most grandly disap-
pointed. II will take something stronger than
Congress water to do that. There is not
enough salts and calomel combined on this
side OF the Atlantic to cleanse the party
Year: 1864

JEFF. DAVIS ULTlMATUM.--In his interview
with Edmund Kirke Gilmore the rebel chief ID
said to have declared that the independence OF
the South was his ultimatum. In this Jen.
Davis represents the wishes of the majority Of
the Southern people about as truly as Lincoln
represents the wishes Of tie Northern people
when he makes the abolition Of slavery one Of
the terms of his ultimatum. Spite of the poll
ticians on both sides the people Of both sec
tions will yet get together in the Union.
Year: 1864

THE RAIN.-Parsons have been praying for
rain; farmers have been swearing for rain;
despondent people have been predicting .
famine on account OF the want OF rain, and
now we have had rain and plenty of it. The
rain is very welcome on more accounts than
one 1t revives the army and revives the crops
that are to feed the army 1t will bring down
the prices of garden truck and vegetables, we
hope. 1t will put up the prices of umbrellas
beyond doubt. Let it keep on raining. Any
amount Of rain will be popular except reign
Of terror
Year: 1864

Advertisements for the WEEKLY HERALD must be hand
sdin before ten O'Clock every Wednesday evening It's
circulation among the enerprisng mechanics farmers
merchants manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the
country is increasing very rapidly Advertisements in
eerted n the WEEKLY HERALD will thus be By large
portion OF the energetic people OF the United
States
Year: 1864

THE TROUBLE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNOR SEYMOUR on THE
MILITIA QUEsTIoN.-Our preparations for the
organization Of hundred day regiments for i'm
mediate servo ce have been suddenly stopped
by the direction of Governor Seymour, and no
more men are to be mustered in or sent to
Washington ''until further orders" Thus, so
far as there is any danger to Washington city
or Maryland from an early repetition Of the
rebel raid, and so far as such danger might be
prevented by well organized militia regiments,
New York State is out of the fight for the
present. General Sandfor' has gone 10 Wash
iagton to consult with the War Department on
this point, and no more will be done till bis
return.


If a man consistently opposes the government
0. blundering Od Abe for any reasonable
9Th ft:ne he Is sure to be in the right at last
and this is the po~it'on of Governor Seymour
now. He called for men for one hundred days
service when TIE government. was eager to get
them or any terms, and announced, apparently
on government authority, that such men would
be exempt from tire draft. But the emergency
the government thinks is over. 1t don't be-
leye in rereti.cn of the raid. 1t is not in
such bury to get men as it was and so out
comes the Provost Marshal with an order con-
tanIng one Of his peculiar decisions that
certainly wonderful models Of arbitrary stu
pidts, lie says plainly that the hundred
days men viii not be exempt from
the draft. and Governor Seymour is
constrained to admit that the Provost
NJ i..ts r.. ~ al. f~-
the simple reason that the hundred days men
will be within the Marsbal's power when the
draft is made.


For provost marshal, IL seems to require
man who hashs mind always made up; who can
at moments notice render distinct decision on
the most knotty questions, and who can, whether
the decision be right or wrong, stick to them
stubbornly. II seems to us to be piece OF su-
perlative impudence for the Congress OF the
United States to make q law on the subject Of
CONSUMPTION, when there is provost marshal.
Yet Congress did make such a law, and that
law provides what persons are exempt from the
draft; and, In the enumeration of those who are
exempt, il ery'clearly includes "all persons
actually In the military or naval service Of the
United States at the time Of the draft" Now,
when man is sworn in for a hundred days he
is in the service as much as he could be II
| sworn in for ten years. Even this brilliant
Provost Marshal has already decided in favor
Of his department on question like this. He


says that man 10 man whether In for one
| year or three, and that one three years man is
not to be counted as three one year men. In


the same way man is man, and his oath puts
| him In the service whether for hundred days
or for three hundred days, and when be is "in
| the service" he 10 not liable to draft. Bat OF
course this matter is to be just as the Provost
| Marshal pleases
Year: 1864

THE FINANCIAL ELEMENT IN THE NIAGARA
PEACE NEGo1ATEoNs.-It was not altogether
for political or party advantages thai Master
George Sanders has been coquettng with Mr..
Ambassador Greeley at Niagara Falls There
was money TO be made ou! Of the movement.
supremely ridiculous and absurd as the whole
thing must appear; and behind that there was
the motive Of bolstering up the rebel finances
and depreciating our own. This is evident from
the proposition said 10 have been skctched out
by the rebel negotiators-viz., that the United
States should assume the rebel war debt The
very suggestion Of that idea would be sufficient
TO give value to the row worthless scrip with
which the Southern States are Inundated, and
to run down in an exactly corresponding ratio.
the Union securities And here, besides the
blow aimed at the national credit was the
opportunity OF realizing untold treasures by
Sanders, Tucker and others in the secret.


The other phase given to the same proposi-
ton by that profound philosopher and pblan-
thropist from Colorado, who got so strangely
mixed up with this strange affair, is that both
sections should repudiate their mutual war
debts and Introduce the free trade system.
This idea was conceived in the same general
view--to create financial panic by causing
distrust Of the national currency and securi-
ties, thus bankrupting the government and
opening up splendid opportunity for opera
tions in Wall street. or course no sensible
men would entertain for moment the posi-
bility Of either proposition being seriously dis.
cusscd; but there are enough of people in the
community who might be humbugged or fright
sned into belief in reputation, and among
whom the alarm would spread. In that aspect
the negotiation was cunningly devised scheme
to ruin our finances, improve those Of the
rebels, and allow Sanders 4 Co. to pocket a
few millions Of dollars We dare say that that
was the uppermost motive in the minds Of the
Southern envoys extraordinary, and can only
wonder that philosopher Greeley could not see
through IT,
Year: 1864

ston Johnston's admirers assail Davis bit
terly, though they see in the removal certain
benefit to the rebel cause. Now, they say,


the government will support the commander Of
| the Southern army. Give him all that is ne
cessary, aud all will be well again. Davis, it


is declared, would not help Johnston. On the
| other hand, the Davis organ-the Richmond
SeRtinel-declares that Johnston was removed
because he would have gone to the Gulf of
Mexico rather than fight. 1t declares that "all
the while that Johnston has been retreating
before Sherman he has had an army approach
ing nearer in numbers to that OF his adversary
than Lee ever had when he has won his great
victories"


1t appears that the position In front Of Sher-
man is not considered desirable by the officers
of the rebel armies. 1t goes begging on
such lamentably low scale that it has even
been refused by Hardee. 1t is curious TO
note how the rebel government indicates its
wishes in regard to the war in the Southwest
by the choice of generals. 1t kept Bragg in so
long as it wanted general who could keep
out of harms way tolerably well-but who
would fight on emergency Bragg carried out
this policy very we'll down to Chickamanga.
But Chattanooga caused change Of policy.
Then the rebel government saw that it
was necessary to. have general who would
not fight at all, and OF course appointed John
ston. Now it sees the State Of Georgia slipping
through its fingers, aud thinks it must fight at
once, and sends Hood, whose instinct is to fight,
though he has not brains enough to know ex-
&C tly when to do it.


We are apparently pretty we'll done with the
late raid into Maryland. Now that this raid is
we'll over, is it not worth while for the govern


ment to consider how probable it is that we
may have o repetition and oggravation of it.
Such movements are a necessary result of the
present position. A general in the situation
that Lee is now in has not very extended
choice of operations. II he cannot afford
a straightforward assault to drive his enemy
from the posit ion that cuts his communicai
tions, he must endeavor to lure or frighten
that enemy away by such advances as the one
lately made against our capital. He has Just
tried such an operation, ineffective,y in one
way, but quite effectively in another. That is.
his movement was ineffective as regards
Grant--it did not draw him from his position.
But the enemy gathered great deal Of plum
der. and barely missed the capture of Washing
ton. In this way the operation was encourag-
ingly effective. The causes in which this
movement originated are still in operation.
General Lee dare not assault Grants lines.
and such advances are his only game. He may
vet play this game too skilfullv for the wise
men at Washington, for his late attempt with
Earlys formerly Ewell's) corps, has doubt
less shown him how he could carry forward
such a movement with much greater chance
Of success.
Year: 1864

RAIN, RAIN AT LAsT--A DAY OF SPONTANEOUS
THANKsGvNG.-The bountiful and blessed
rains of yesterday made the day one Of spon-
taneous thanksgiving over a wide extent OF
country. The same glad tidings of the pouring
down Of the welcome rain have reached us
from Petersburg in the South, from the West
the North and from away Down East. The
plentiful showers Of yesterday were worth
millions upon millions of dollars to the
country, and their coming was received by
high and low, rich and poor, by producers and
consumers of bread, with joy which could
hardly be surpassed by the capture Of Rich
mond


From the long succession of these late
murky, smoky, lurid ana supernatural July
days, the fear began widely to prevail that
many days Of such dreadful smokiness and
drought were still before u.s. and that gloomy
prospect, blighted crops of corn, potatoes, &c.
would probably be revealed to us before
visited by reviving rain. For many days, as
the "ancient mariner" describes an imaginary
sky on an imaginary voyage, we have had this
strange reality,
Year: 1864

Now this fearful phenomenon and all appre-
tensions arising from it are at an end. The
fires in the woods far and near which had filed
the skies with smoke are extinguished. Our
autunal crops are saved. These glorious out
pourings from the clouds are in time. Let the
people give thanks to the bountiful Giver of
all good and rejoice.
Year: 1864

WAsHIHGT0H, June IL
By an arrival here today from White
House it is ascertained that nothing is
now being landed at that place excepting
reinforeements and forage for the i'm
mediate use Of the army. The railroad
track which had been completed to within
a mile or two Of the army has been torn
up again, and the rails and ties brought
back to the White House where they are
being placed on bsrges.
Year: 1864

We publish below the letter of Cen Grant.
written at his Headquarters, in front of the reb-
el army, and addressed to a prominent citizen
Of Washington. 1t is the plainly senti-
mcu; Of one who since the commencement Of
the rebellion has risen from comparative obscu-
rity TO the proud position he now occupies
The letter is worthy of careful and studied peru
sal, from the ftct that the author is no doubt
better posted in regard to the subject treated
than many would-be critics who thousands Of
miles distant from the scenes of strife affect rid
icule of the statements made b. the victorious
4 hero


B. WAsHBuRyE-DeGr SRI state to all


who visit us that all we want now 10 in


arly restoration of the Union is de-


If sentiment in the North The


- ranks their last man
Year: 1864

Flowers are the memories of childhood,
which accompany us from the cradle to the
grave. | left my birthplace at the age of
seventeen, yet the poenies, tulips and roses
of my mothers garden are pictured in my
mind with vernal freshness Teach your
children to love flowers, and they will love
home and all its inmates. Beautify the
grounds around your dwelling with rich foil
age, plants and the bright blossoms of sweet
flowers, and the faces of all who look upon
the scene will be lighted with smiles, while
their hearts will worship the great Giver of
all good and perfect gifts to man. IF | could
be the means of creating general taste for
gardening and love of flowers, | should feel
as though | had been of more benefit to my
country than all the military heroes of the
present age. Worship God with flowers.
As He loves all that is beautiful and good,
so will He love you as you make your home
lovely