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Year: 1862

A writer, whom / cannot but think speaks
wisely, says "Thc seasonable time for ex-
ercisc Of prudence is not so much In choos-
ing wife or husband, as in choosing with
whom YOU will 20 associate as to risk the en-
dangcring passion" And here l shall como
TO AN issue ut once with the younger portion
of my readers, II not, with their parents
The younger will ask why should you seek
to circumscribe the freedom of acquaintance
by suggesting the possibility that out Of u
may grow some serious, perhaps not wise al
feciion? I reply, because serious and not
wise affections have again and again sprung
out of the unguardcd, unsuspecting inter
course of the young. The parents will say,
Why suggest the idea Of love at all to those
too young to be thinking Of IL? Why put
an awkward restraint upon intimacies and
companionshirs 80 pleasant and so innoccntf
| reply, that the idea is in the heads If not
the hearts, of the young already, and We all
know il. Every young person OF seventeen
or eighteen years OF age shows by the acci-
dents of conversation, IL no other way, that
this thing floats more or less distinctly before
them. At this age, the young are constant
ly having their partialitics, IL not their loves
many affections which shape and control
the lives of the parties, and Of generations
do grow up at that time, and knowing that
and how uncontrollable, and unaccountablo
are the leaps and leaninss Of the young heart
a wise. religious. even worldly prudence,
would demand care in the choice ofassociater.
do not think it prudish or unnecessary TO
say to those Of that age, in presence OF tho
fact Of such exposure, "Let your society DO
with those among whom you are not afraid
To run the risk of a serious attachment. ~
And I must 80 step farther back than this,
and say that this is not matter to bo lett
wholly with the nexperience Of tho young.
but should be one Of the things thought Of
by father and mother.-Rer. j. r. w.
iI,,rs
Year: 1862

II A shcriif's officer was sent TO execute
n writ against a Quaker. On arriving at the
house be saw the Quaker's wife, who. in
reply to the inquiry whether her husband
was at home, answered in the Affirmative. at
the same time requesting him to be seated,
and her husband would speedily see him.
The officer waited patiently for some time,
but the fair Quakeress coming into the room
he reminded her OF her promise, that he
should see her husband.


Nay, friend. promised that no should
see thee. lie has seen thee. lie did not
like thy looks, therefore he avoided thee, and
has left the house by another PATH
Year: 1862

pencil or sof, feather, insert single drop Of
the solution into the diseased eye every night
and morning. and in q week the film usually
disappears, and the eye becomes bright, sound
and healthy. In some cases. pulyerized loaf
sugar blown into the eye through u quill.
will prove remedy. Powdered glass should
never be used in such cases, although rccom-
mended by some, Us it is much more likely to
produce injurious effects, than to cure them.
Year: 1862

But why do you prize look of your head


"lt has story belonging TO IL, and strange
one. keep IL thus with care because Il speaRs
70 me more Of God, and Of his special care, than
anything else Ipossees. =


IL was a little child of four years old. with
long, curling locks, which, In sun, or rain, or
WIND, hung down my checks uncovered. One
day, my father went into the woods 10 cut
iiog, and went with him. I was standing
little way behind him, or rather at his eide,
Watching with interest the heavy strokes of the
axe, as it went up and down upon the wood,
sending Oh splinters with every stroke, in ali
directions. Some Of the splinters fell at my
feet, and | eagerly stopped to pick them. up
In doing %, stumbled forward, and in a mo-
ment my curly head lay upon the log. had
fallen just at the moment when the axe was
coming down with all its force. Il was too late
to stop the blow. Down came the axe. 1
screamed, and my father fell to the ground in
terror. He could not stay the stroke, and In the
blindness which the sudden horror caused, he
thought be had killed bis boy. We soon reoov-
cred; from my fright, and he from his ter
r0P.


He caught me in his armg and looked at me
from head to foot, to find out the deadly wound
which he was sure he had inflicted. Not drop
Of blood nor scar was TO be seen. He knelt
down upon the grass and gave thanks to q
gracious God. Having done, he took his axe
and found few hairs upon its edge. He turn.
cd the log he had been splitting, and there was
single curl Of his boys hair sharply cut
through and laid upon the wood. How great
the escape! II was as If an angel had turned
aside the edge at that moment when it WAS de-
scending upon my head. With renewed thanks
upon his lips, he took up the curl, and went
home with me In his arms. That lock he kept
all his days as q memorial of Gods care and
love That lock he left me on hIs death bed %
Year: 1862

ample peNcr hy tho Constitution Tie


e2Igency- demands that it be exercised.


Ii.e pcni.le sic in i proper franc Of mind


10 second what may be done by the nation
al legislature for their relief and for the
protection If vital public Interests But
what can be tsonc? VIC have already in
tlicated what oug1. to be done: Leey a s.a-
t;oa0z ta2. on all 6aak eirrulation-a war
taxa tax for public safety-that shall be
large enough and often enough collect
cd 10 compel the suspended, broken,
ruined ragg-Honcy mills 10 close their doors
and Induce Institutions that are solvent and
willing to do what they can to maintain
tic credit OF the country to accept the
proposition which the Government will
tender them, to do business On the basis Of
Inc public securities Of the Republic! In
that measure lies our salvation; but we
doubt if there is wisdom and firm
less enough in the members Of
that Congress at Washington to i'm
pei them 10 a policy so heroic But
the issues Of these banks must be restrain
cd, or we at once enter upon career that
has no possible termination, save in wide
spread ruin! Hundreds Of millions Of pa
per, in addition to what is now afloat will
bc added to the currency, and there will he
no hope Of securing for it redemption now
OF at any time hereafter. The Government,
in the prosecution Of the war, now that the
gold market is closed to it, will he COM
PEELED 10 conduct its operations with Treas
ury notes; and as its expenses, ordinary
and extraordinary, cannot fall below sit
hundred millions per annum shall be com
PEELED, if there is no adequate and timely
legislation, to meet in all business the ap-
palling fact that the aggregate currency Of
The couutry-an rredecmable-wil not
be less than eight hundred millions


Of dollars at the Gerry zouest-
"a fact that all men who have studied and
know the effect OF paper money on prices
and Industry, on exports and imports, on.
the quantity Of precious metals that we
shall bc able to keep in the country, and on
the public morality and the public veal,
will regard with unfeigued terror! Let
Congress act and the impending calamity
may be arrested!
Year: 1862

teigence whatever corroboratve Of tho reported cap
turo Of Yancoy.


INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS RESPECTING THE GEN.


soRsHIP OF THE PRESS.


Tho report Of the Judiciary Committee on the censor
ship Of tho kilograms to tho press manrestly par
tal that will probably be made the subject Of inquiry
Some OF tho most important evidence given before the
committee is not alluded to In the report. The
origin CT tho investigation tho exclusion Of the Now
York Tribune from special favors had enjoyed in being
exempted from the operation OF the censorship. In
Tho course Of tho testimony the following noto TO the
Censor from General Cameron then Secretary Of War
was produced-


My DEAR SRIt Is my wish that You neither suppress
nor Alter tho kilograms OF Mr.. Samuel wlkeson Please
send them as they are written aud signed @ by him:


Respectfully, SIMON CAMERON.
A. the tins tho Tribune thus specially exempted
from the censorship enforced against all the rest Of the
press of tho whole country, tho Censor under tho
control OF the War Department That control sub
soqucny transferred TO the state Department. but the
Secretary state declined to revoke the authority given
TO Mr. Wkeson by tho Secretary Of War until tho prcma
.ro publication in tho Tribune OF garblcd statement
purportng be the official report OF Gcscra sone upon
the Balls Bluff disaster. The special license Of tho Tribune
was hon revoked and its correspondence subjected to the
same regulations imposed upon that Of other journals
Then began the warfare upon tho Censor and the State
Department which has eliminated in report that sup
presses tho most important facts developed before the
committee. In order TO strike at the Secretary Of STATE
thcy denounos tho Censor Tho prostitution Of grave
standing committee of tho House Of Representatives
such vory severely condemned and many Of tn
members believe IT demands searching investigation
and exposure.


CORRECTION.


In publishing the incidental expenses OF tho House
representatives, in today's HERALD, tho sewers
amounts have been made just hundred times to
large b. error in placing the comma, the two rgl
hand ag1ros beng cents Instead Of dolllrs.
Year: 1862

ORDER FOR PLANK SIDEWALK. Il


Dec. 2I, 1s6I.-And now it Is hereby ordered and
directed by the Crmmon Council of the City OF
EvansVilIe, that the of ali lots parts OF
lots fronting on OF adjoining the west side OF Fifth
Avenue, from point opposite Second street TO
Front street in said city, cause sidewalk OF class
No. e to be laid dewn thereon within thirty days
from the publication Of this order.


- u RHRKE Clerk
Year: 1862

ORDER FOR FLANK BIDE-WALK.


Feb. Is, 1862-And now &c is hereby ordered
and directed by the Common Council Of the City
of Evansville that the of all lots or parts
Of lots fronting adjoining the east side Of Har
cause a sidewalk of GLASS No 2 to be laid down
thereon within thirty days from the publication Of
P. BURKE, Clerk.
Year: 1862

The Observation-Disclosures will no
doubt attempt to palm off on the honest
masses lying statements in order to secure
their votes. Recollect that this is an old
game Of the enemy, and beware of them.
Vote tho Union ticket, and thereby help to
save your country from destruction. Don't
mind their falschoods.
Year: 1862

The fact that the Union ticket is so much
opposed and so cordially hated by the sym
pathsers with secession, should convince
every true lover Of his country that 1t is
The vefy ticket they should support and elect
at the coming election. The abuse and
malicious Justification with which the trea-
sonocraey hunt down our noble, honest and
patriotic Representative, GEORGE ?. FISH
Err, shows how much they dread his inau-
enee and hate his loyalty. Let us elect
him and defeat the home-traitors.
Year: 1862

Do not let it be said by you after it is too
late, "If we had only known how little
more would have insured su ,eess, we would
have done that little ms p Do it any
how, and make assurance doubly sure. j.
Let us make our triumph overwhelming
Year: 1862

Friends of the Union and the good old
flag for which Washington, jackson and
the patriots of other days fought for and
triumphed under, there will be work for
you on the election ground next Tuesday.
Make up your minds to work there and no
place else on that day, The secession trai-
tors of portions of Maryland have promised
to help their allies in this State, by crowd
ing up our polls. See to it that this out
rage shall not be committed with impunity
Stand by your country at all hazards, and
show all traitors, no matter whence They
come, that you are for the Union, and NEAR
80 to declare it through the ballot box
Do not be bullied. Stand by the right.
Year: 1862

Il Ne,c Armed Battering RAM
We have been shown by the inven-
tor, NJ. John Cowdon, of Mississippi,
the model and drawings of batter
ing ram, which may be armed like a
man-of-war, and yet is so constituted
as to portect perfectly the ship as
we'll as those who may be on board.
We are unable to describe this new
invention, but it seems to US that it
will fully answer the purpose for
which it is intended We under
stand that Commodore Hollins has
spoken favorably Of it, besides sever
al other gentlemen, and among them
Capt. Mcconnell, an experienced sea
captain, Capt. Leathers, so well
known in the steamboat line, and our
fellow-citizen DR.. Cartwri ght. Two
or three of these rams would he able
to drive off the blockaders from all
the passes of the Mississippi, and to
keep them off. Our Legislature has
a proposition before it to make some
appropriation at the present session
for the naval protection Of the State,
and if the appropriation be made, we
think it would be good idea to look
into this new invention Of Mr.. Cowdon
and test it. 1t is seldom that any
thing of the sort comes so highly
recommended by those who know
most about such things.-Crescent.
Year: 1862

TIE GAzETTE.-This old and respectable journal issued on Saturday last it's closing number for the present. The cause was the want of paper. The taking of Huntsville, Alabama, cut oil it's supply, Though ample provision had been made for year to come. The course of the Gazette, during the war, has been unselfsh and patriotic in the highest degree, and we deeply regret the misfortune that deprves the country of it's services at this uncture Sound newspapers are things of necessity to our cause in this great struggle.

 How much longer the True Democrat will con Enue its issnes at Little Rock, depends somewhat rpon the federas. Should we be driven from this place, we hope to be able to continue its publica ton further south. h the event of the blockade of tue Mississippi river, we have arrangements or foot to bs supplied yith the latest possible intor- nation from our friends on the other side Wf shall spare no pains or expense to keep our people posted in every thing that concerns the country.-- As to the possession of Little Rock by the tederas itis possible event, but not one that We as ye sntertas any fears about. great many Yankee T! be made to bite the dust before that takes place
Year: 1862

HE PRIyATEs IN THE SoTHERN ARMY.-We do not believe that the world has ever seen such ma terai as compose the rank and file of the southern army. Napoleon never lead braver and better set Of men. In many respects they are superior even 10 the veterans of France, for they anima- ted by higher motives and have made greater sac rihces. They have left comfortable homes, where none ot them ever knew the want of one single thing necessary to human comfort. Unlike the troops ot the North, they have not been forced into the army to obtain subsistence. On the contrary, they have entered the army voluntarily, and given up the comfortable subsistence which they were sure of atehome for the purpose of serving their country. They have lived upon such food and dressed in such clothes as they would not have gv- en to their own negroes; they have slept upon the bare earth, and have been exposed to the summer suns and wntersnows, for tho pure and unselhsh love of independence.

 They have not been animated by any vulgar love of glory, by any idea of conquest, and far less of spells and rapine. Many of them are men of pro- perty, not few of wealth, and all accustomed to ease and comfort. They are willing to do any thing, to endure anything, to dare anything in de- fense of their country All honor to their officers, but their officers honor themselves most in honor ing their men. We feel no such reverence for any class of men, in campo or council, as for those noble men in the ranks, those noblemen of nature, who are fighting not for fame or gold, but for country, and indifferent whether their names are ever in seribed upon the records of glory, so that they do their duty. But they will have sheir reward. Their names are written upon the impcrishable scrolls of that tribunal which awards such prizes hereafter to virtue in It's humbest estate as earth has no power to bestow. --RichrnoRd Dspqtch.
Year: 1862

EDITOR TRUE DEMocsAr--

 Please place before the pubicthe following state. uient h regard to the telegraph line: The bottom between bers and Madison is now sheet of water and much higher than ever before known and still rising. h many places it Is several feet higher than the tops of the poles on the line. We have nsed every exertion to keep the wire out of the water and clear of drift and railroad timbers- nearly all the railroad bridges and most of the sscsle work being washed up, but no sooner raised l place and put on trees than it would be sub- merged in another, and six men and two skffs have been unable to keep it clear, except few hours or minutes at a time. have spared neither labor nor sxpenss to keep 1t working, but the heavens, the earth and the waters sll seemed to have combined against 1t. We now have all the bad places raised on trees and will continue to move it. thiAk we can rely on it's now working regularly. The line between here and Madison was well built on cedar polss 32 feet hgh 26 to the mile, and four feet in sbe ground. A great many of the poles have wash sd up au& great many bent over by drift coming against the sop. It has been my great desire that the people of Arkansas, through the telegraph, should be kept well posted as to the important events daily occurring in which I know they feel deeply interested. have used my best efforts to keep itup, and only regret that have not been successful. II. A. MONTGOMERY
Year: 1862

>fCorrox BURNING Before this number of our paper reaches our more distant subscribers the last bale of cotton upon the Arkansas river will have been committed to the flames, glorious offering upon the altar oflibertv. Over a hundred thousand bales, all ginned and packed for the market, have already been burned, and the work of destruction still goes on. In q week more there will not be a bale left upon the Arkansas river from It. Smith to Napoleon. Over three hundred thousand bales will thus fall prey to the devouring element.- When the federals take the Arkansas river they will find their victory to be barren of fruit.

 On the Mississippi river too, the work ofburning IS also going on, if indeed is not already finished

 On recent trip to Memphis we found the river full of burning ales-hoating down the mighty farther of waters, the ashes of the hopes of the greedy, grasping northern men. Over a million of bales have been destroyed upon the Mississippi and its tributaries.

 How is it possible to conquer people prepared for such sacrifice Fifty millions of dollars worth of property destroyed in day by the willing hands of the owners.
Year: 1862

k<G Farson BroWnloW, IN his speech IN
New York, the other day, said:


2 If l owed the devil debt and it was to
be discharged by the rendering up to him
Of dozen of the meanest, most revolving
and God -forsaken wretches that ever could
be culied from the ranks of depraved hu-
man society, and1f wanted to pay that
debt and get premium upon the payment,
would make tender to his Satanic Ma
jesty of twelve Northern men, who SYM
pathized with this internal rebellion
CGreat cheering.l If am severe and Bit
ter in my remarks -Ccries of "No, no; not
bit of il, if AN, gentlemen, you must
consider that we in the South must make
a personal matter of this thing. Laugh
ter We have no respect or confidence in
any Northern man who sympathizes with
this internal rebellion, cries of ''good,
good" nor should any be tolerated in
walking Broadway at any time. Such
men ought to be ridden upon a rail and
ridden out of the North. F"Good, coed I
They should either be for or against the
''mIll DAM and | would make them show
their hands,
Year: 1862

"God bless him for his good deedsI' was
our ejaculation as we whirled arouud the cor
1er May his shadow never grow less, nor
the gold in his pocket diminish, for in his un-
numbered charities and mercies dropped so
unostentatiously here and there he is perhaps
doing more good in his day and generation,
than he who donates thousands to build char
table institutions to give honor to his own
name


Oh, how much the world needs great hearts
that are able to comprehend little the learned,
the wise, and the rich. outgrow the everyday
wants of humanity. and feeling within them
selves the power to move lightly pass by the
humble duties that would make thousand
hearts leap for Joy, and push on. looking for
some wrong to right, some great sorrow to be
assuaged; and failing to find the great work,
live and die incarcerated in their own selfish
ness, and do nothing at all.


This rough mans nature seemed the nature
OF the little child. His quick eye saw at
glance; his great heart warmed, and his great
hand executed his little works Of charity--so
small that one would have expected to see
them slip through his fingers unaccomplised-
yet they were done. The recording angel
will have longer column to set down to his
account Of deeds well done, than all the rest
of the passengers of that crowded car, on that
long, tedious, stormy night in January. 1857.
Year: 1862

BY sorrow and BY joyi by joys which are
but shadows Of bright cOlors; BY prayer; BY
influences Of the sanctuary; By your business
by reverses; by successes and by fsiIuFes; BY
what strengthened your confidence, and by
what broke it down; by the things that you
mourn over--by all these God is working in
you. And you are to be perfect, not accord
ing to the thing that you plan, but according
10 the divine pattern.
Year: 1862

The local Of Dubuque Times gives the fol-
lowing sensible advice to parents


Boys will learn more bad habits, say we, in
being on the streets one night in the week,
than all the daylight the week around. II
you want your son to learn to drink, turn
him loose at nights; if you want him to ac-
quire a taste for gambling, let him run with
the other boys at night if you want him to
learn everything vile unnentionable, give him
the freedom of the street after dark. Too
much restraint upon boys viii react, as the
proverb concerning minister's sons would in
dicate; but whatever other liberty you give
your son, let his evenings be devoted to study,
light work or some innocent home amuse-
ment Seven years is a tender age to give 8
child the privilegeCD Of choosing his cOmpan-
ions after dark, but this place afordsinstances
Of such a recklessness in parents.


To make boy stay at home willingly at
night, or indeed stay at home at all, he must
be made to love his home. Have it made as
agreeable to him as possible, without being
proftless to you or him. or both. Drop youl
dignity and join in game with him; assist
him in his studies, and depend upon it, yor
viii be paid thousand fold, after the boy
reaches manhood, for the pains you take.


But depend upon it, darkness and crime &C
together, so far at least as boys are concerned
Year: 1862

A beautiful but rampantrcbsl belle tried to
make mouth the other day on meeting .
remarkably handsome and stylish young off,
Ger, but her admiration was 50 great that her
mouth wouldn't stay pouted, SIC broke LEI
u-.cSs.EaS str.rg