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Year: 1862

4 EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Aug


22d, 1862.


Hon. HORACE GREELEY:


DEAR SIR--I have just read yours o
the 18th, addressed to myself through the
New York Tribune. If there be in it any
statements, or assumptions of fact, which
[ may know to be erroneous. do pot now
and here controvert them. If there be il
it any inferences which | may believe tC
be falsely drawn. do not now and here
argue against them. If there be percept
Die in Ii an impatient and dlclatorlal tone
whose heart have always supposed TO b'
right.


AS to the policy | seem to be pursuing
as you say, have not meant TO leave any
one in doubt.


would save the Union. would save
il in the shortest way under the Constitu
tion. The sooner the national authority
can be restored, the nearer the Union viii
be the Union as it was II there be thos
who would not save the Union. unless they
could at the same t me save slavery, L dc
not agree with them. If there be those
who would not save the Union, unless
they could at the same time destroy slave
ry, do not agree with them. My para
noun: object in this struggle is to save
the Union, and is not either to save or des
troy slavery. If could save the Union
without freeing any slave, L would do it
and if could save it by freeing all the
slaves, l would do it; and if could save
it by freeing some and leaving others
alone, | would also do that. What | dc
about slavery and the colored race | dc
because l believe it helps save this Union
and what forbear, forbear because de-
not believe it would hell save the Union
shall do less whenever | shall believe
what am doing hurts the cause. and
shall do more when shall believe doing
more will help the cause. i shall try to
correct errors when shown to be errors
and | shall adopt new views 80 fast as
they shall appear to be true views.


l have here stated my purpose. accor.
ding to my view of official duty; and in
tend no modification Of my oft.expressed
personal wish that all men everywhere
could be free.


Yours, A. LINCOLN.
Year: 1862




ne Norfolk Day Book of the 9th inst. commences
column editorial giving aneanchoy account Of the Mer
ysmac 10 The following STRAIN
We have scarcely patience enough left to condemn,
in temperate hngsge the reckless Improperly Of two
efou contemporaries who have t their thirst
Ter notorty 10 thrust before the public the fact
the kerrimac has proved failure. 10 admits the Fact
70 be true and gives fui statement Of the difficulties
regard 70 her. II appears that the calculation in dis
Placement was erroneous. An amounting to
Than two hundred tons discovered when the ship
was foated of, and this causes the present detention
The chief subject OF regret, however that when she
showed up again the ship caught upon the blocks
and received considerable strain, consequently
parts Of the machinery have been taken up and a
quantity Of dead wood will have be introduced
rect the tendency log is vain to deny that il
serious injury to the ship, but happy 10 state that
careful survey shows that il is by parable
The article also says


Her great draught OF water viii prevent bar taking
part IN active operations This draugLt originally
about twenty four feet and has been considerably
creased


The editor comforts himself that at al events can
De used a. floating battery.
Year: 1862

TIE LANE AND ROBINSON 1ssUE.-The
Topeka Tribune justly denounces those
presses and persons who are now trying
to revive and embitter the old feuds be-
tween General Lane and Governor Rob.
inson, and says: "There need be no col
lision, DO Misunderstanding, or no trouble
between the executive and Gen. Lane
If tho General desires all the glory of
raising the men, unaided, we see no rea.
son why Governor Robinson should want
to relieve him of the job. The men,
however, mus. be of1icered, and when the
regiments are complete and ready for SER
vice they will be turned over to Gen. Lane
or any other person authorized to receive
Them"


The Tribune, we believe, has always
sided with or taken the part of Robinson
in his quarrels with Lane, and while it
now sustains the former, it does not en-
deavor to run tilt with Lane for his IN
valuable and patriotic services to the
State, as we perceive few of the Repub-
lican papers are now doing.


We have regarded the term, Republic
an, as Synonymous with the terms Union
or Loyal, and have trusted that it would
be KEEP. so. We had hoped to never see it
used or desecrated by being used as a
cover under which to preach disloyal and
unpatriotic sentiments. The Republican,
journal or person, who at this time let's his
personal prejudice or partiality lead him to
constantly terate and endeayor to belillle
the active and earnes. efforts of the true
loyalist, is just as deserving Of censure
and punishment as he who does it under
the suspicious cloak Of Democracy, and is
therefore an aid to the rebels. Yes, more
deserving. for, though the motive is not
the same nor so bad, the suspicion right
iy attached 10 the term, Democracy, is a
guard against the adoption or currency of
the arguments advanced under ii; while
Republican is a protection-by its popu-
lar and generally accepted definition, and
proved so py the true and universal 10y.
atty of the masses so politically designa.
ted-a cover under which an enemy can
work with less fear of molestation, and
consequently more opportunity fer doing
harm. Laying aside the motive, and we re.
gard the Republican or Union man who is
now engaged in denouncing Lane and
widening the breach between him and
Robinson as no better than rebel, a
traitor, and he ought 10 be "abated" as
such.
Year: 1862

In the State of New York fully 10000
men Of the 1I0, ,000 called for are now in
camp OF these it is supposed 60 coo are
for the new and 10000 forth old regi-
msnts. The south end of the State, in
Guiding New York CRY, is very far be.
hind the northern and western parts of tho
State In the number Of its volunteers.
Year: 1862

How strong is the instinct of parental
love. Parents suffer no such agony in their
own persons as they can suffer through the
person of child Parents can bear the
palpitating heart, the convulsed muscle,
the throbbing pulse in themselves; but
when the tender organs of a loved child
are torn with these agonies, it becomes in
tolerable. In the aggregate parents suffer
more through the prefgacies and GRIMM
alities Of children than through their own.
They may repent of their own and allay
the suffering. but when the ch;ld's wicked
ness runs on to ruin aud oeath, then, while
life lasts, lis torturing fires continue to
burn in the parental breast. As gene
raj RULE do not deny that there are not
exceptions, but as general rule-children
turn out as they might be expected TO turn
out from the treatment rec ived from pa
rents. What untold agonics, not only in
the open day and in the tbronged market
place, but in solitude and at midnight, DO
parents suffer; what soreness of heart.
even such that the tenderest sympathy tor
lures it like 6le, does the mother feel for
a profigate son, while he, as if urged on
by some demon, Iusbes on to darker shame
and deadlier perdition. Yet the time was
when that child heart was as soft as wax,
when his feelings, like an aspen leaf, could
have been moved by breath. Then the
mother could have supplied the very NOR
al nutriment that should have been en-
bodied in the growth of its soul, just as
the milk from her own breast became a
part Of its body. Then she sat upon a
throne, and veal and woe were ministers,
ready to do her bidding. Then she was,
like a goddess, decreeing the future, orig
mating predestination, telling fate himself
what lie should do. But, for some vanity
or folly Of the hour, she forfeited her
queenly prerogatives she was aD idiot in
casualty, and a lost child and broken
heart are her reward Horace Mann
Year: 1862

The vision was that of worn out man
/ Who had fallen through life in every plan
/ Whose trembling steps, and whose, thin white


hairs
And furrowed brow spoke of worldly cares /;
And he rang the changes once again
On the sorrowful words, ''It might have been -
Through mist of tears and the veil of years,
What he as, and he might hare been. appears,


The sting that the sparkling wine concealed


Had he stopped to think, as it touched his tongue
Of the sword that over the wine-cup hung
I With sharper edge, by weaker thread,
Than the one which hung DER the courtier's
head


But the bouyant heart of the youth was strong
And the siren sang SO sweet song,


And the rainbow hues ofpleasure gave
So fair a coloring to the wave,


That he launched his bark on the sunny tide,
In his wealth of health and his strength of


pride.


If still small voice fell on his ear


With his warning words he did not hear;
For the tempter's tongue was never still,
And there came no fear of future i'll
As he drifted down the stream of time
Without thought Of truth sublime


That wine mockery was, and they


Who yielded to it became a prey


To all the evils that in it lay;


To horrors that words cannot portray,


So the years went on till life's goal was won,
And the hopes of his youth died one by one.
The love that could charm from common harm
Dropped off, and his heart took no alarm
The friends of his early years were lost,
Yet he still on thew OF wine were tost;
And he only thought, if he thought at all
Of the drink that hastens the drunkard's fall,
Till his trembling steps and quivcring lips
| We're the seal and sign Of Iife5s eclipse


And here at the end of life he stands
Awake to the words of his own hands
! And ringing the changes once again


On the sorrowful words, 1T might have been.n
Had he only listened in his youth
To the words of wisdom and of truth
And walked in the path of temperance,
And stood up to the battle in its defence
Health and wealth and well-earned fame
Would have waited upon his name.


And the love that brings a sweet repose
Would have been his until life's close
Year: 1862

The auther of Rab and His Friends ex-
presses his opinion on this subject in the
following pleasant style:


Dancing is just the music of the feet,
and the gladness of the young legs, and is
well called the poetry of motion. 1t IS like
all other natural pleasures, given TO be
used, and not to be abused, either by your
self or by those who do not like it, and
don't enjoy your doing it-sbabby dogs,
these; beware of them And if this is
done, it is a good and grace, as we'll as a
pleasure, and satisfies some good end Of
our being, aud in its own way glorifes our
Maker. Did you ever see anything in this
world more beautiful than the lambs run
ming races and dancing about the big stone
Of the field and does not your heart get
Young when you hear
Year: 1862

a| Stephen Girard, the far-seeing,
clear headed millionaire, bad but one eye,
it is said. What rebuke this is to such
of US as have two eyes, and yet have not
half the money that he had Perhaps it
is owing to oversight
Year: 1862




JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the
Secretary Of the Treasury % transfer
certain balances Of an appropriation
for printing of the second session Of
the Thirty sixth Congress 10 the sum
appropriated for the FIRST session of the
Thirty-sixth Congress.


Whereas the appropriation for supply
ing the deficiencies in the appropriations
for printing ordered TO be executed by
the first session Of the Thirty-sixth
Congress has been exhausted, leaving a
balance TO be provided for Of five thou.
sand six hundred and eight dollars and
seyenly-one cents, and said printing hay-
ing been completed; and whereas there
remains Of the appropriation for printing
ordered at the second session Of the
rhirly-sixth Congress balance oftwen-
ty-iive thousand six hundred and eight
dollars and hfty-hve cents which viii
not be required, as the printing for the
second session Thirty-six Congress has
been completed and paid for. Therefore
Resolved by fAe Senate and House of Rep
reSatafuSs ~ he Bn'fsi States u America
Year: 1862

EDITORS APPEAL: Major Love, of the 9th
Tennessee regiment is not dead reported, moi
afew days ago which time he lying dangerously
and probably fatally, wounded prisoner in The hanIs
Of the enemy a: Paducah Major Love- upon the fall Of
Gel Williams in the battle of Sunday the Gth-Lieut
Col Brown having been previously wounded and
disabed-tOok command Of the regiment and fought gal
lanty through the balance of the day and Monday
until late in the day. when he FELL far within the eney
lines very badly wounded, and reported among the
killed having had the third horse shot under him His
left arm was shattered by ball and has been ampu-
tatsd the first finger Of his right hand also shot Of
ceived the side of the neck and head Thus wounded
Major Love lay upon the field Of battle during the dren
ing rains Of Monday night and until late 10 the evening Of
Tuesday, where be taken by the enemy to their


transports and thence conveyed 70 Haducah, but he
ceved other attention, his wounds dressed
until Thur5dEy night following, after his arrival that
place He has many friends at Paducah we learn who
would glad afford him every attention and comfort his
extremely PAINFUL condition requires, but they not
permitted TO do anything for him. and are even grossly
nsulted for manesting sympathy tor his misfOrtunes.
One noble woman, connection Of his, succeeded,
earn after several days of perseverance and eutreHy in
obtaining permission 70 him; but shocked at
the condition in which she found hindesttue not only
Of every comfort but of almost everything necessary.
After much difficulty she permitted to mitigate IN
some degree his miserable situation.


Major Love is brave soldier noble and kind hearted
gentleman and deserves better treatment the hands Of
even Il savage foe lie a lieutenant Of Capt Hum
and fought gailanty in the four battles Of Ceo Gordo
GeTrta Beien, COntreras and CheTubuseo We sincere
y hope he may recover and be restored to his country
and his friends
Year: 1862

The Federal force il North Alabama is esti'
mated by those best advised at from ten to
eleven thousand men, of which about eight
thousand are said to be at Tuscumbia, and the
rest between that point and Huntsville. It is
stated that the bridges that were burned along
the Memphis and Charleston railroad line, by
our forces, are being rapidly rebuilt by the
enemy, they having impressed several hundred
slaves into service for that purpose.


We hear that the bridge over the Tennessee at
Florence was burned by detachment Of our
own cavalry. The rumoT was also current sew
eral days since in North Alabama that the Fed
erals were about to dispatch twelve hundred
cavalry in the direction of Tuscaloosa, with the
view Of releasing their prisoners, numbering
about 23OO. now confined at that place.


Tuscaloosa is only about one hundred and
twenty miles from Tuscumbia. and the road
could be easily trayersed by cavalry in forty
eight hours. As the meaus Of resistance to this
expedition, if It should be attempted, not for
midable owing to the sparseness Of troops in
Western Alabama, would it not be well fer our
authorities to place themselves in position to
counteract its execution. Since the recent auda-
cious and startling attempt of the Lincoln ennis
saries to burn the bridges en- the Georgia State
road, we need not be surprised at their under
taking ANYTHING whatever.
Year: 1862




FORTRESS MONROE, April 1.-The rebels have for
several days been building large forhcgtions the
Gloucester side Of the York river about two miles from
Yorktown and within sight Of gunbOats, but their
guns were long range TO allow Of tie approach
Of the gunbOats TO shell the woods


About one thousand at work on the fortif-
cations and the morars not OF sufficient range to
cheek the oper atoms Yesterday morning, however the
gunbOst Sebsgo arrived, having heavy one hundred
FOUNDER rihed Parrot gun, aud at once opened upon
them with shell which were well aimed thai they
could be falling in their midst and exploding with
fatal effect.


The rebels could be distinctly carrying Of their
killed and wounded ana IN The course Of two hours the
work entirely suspended.
The retired out Of range. At every attempt 20
renew the work, they driven back up TO night
The guns mounted by the enemy on the Yorktown
side Of the river, number less than fifty lOOpouuders
six Of them rifed, bearing directly on the bar


The guuboats sTe a. present about two miles below
the There is said TO be skirmishnR along the
whole line before Yorktown and the erdan sharpsboot
spreading terror among the gunners Of the enemy
by their unerring aim.


The enemy have made several sores with infantry 10
dsOdge capture our ufemsn, but have been driven
back with heavy loss


As 10 the arrangements for the final siege we need
only say the work goes brayely
Year: 1862




The navy department has invited propositions, by


mail or telegraph TO the Both inst, al noon, with gen
era specifications and plans for the construction Of one
or more gunbosts for the Mississippi and gulf service,
with two turrets the plan Of the Ericsson battery for
lInch guns thickness of the iron plates 70 be eight
inches the sides 70 be plated with iron Of three inches
IN thickness in two layers to extend two and
half feet below the load line The vessels not to be less
than O in length and 50 feet u breadth and not to
draw over six feet Of when loaded and ready for
servics; be propelled by screws 70 insure speed OF
nine knots miles through the water per hour and
state time and price


It's one Of the first duties Of our command
ers in the West 20 keep posted upon the formi-
dable preparations being made by the enemy to
reduce our Notifications on the Mississippi.
Their efforts to accomplish this end are vigorous
and determined, and our resistance must be Of
similar character. Unless we bestir ourselves in
this work, the enemy viii have complete control
Of this great inland sea " from its mouth to its
source in less than sixty days
Year: 1862

PLANT CoRN-From present appearances,
SAYS the Yicksburg Wing, the waters Of the
Mississippi will be higher this spring than it has
been for the past thirty years, and it bids fair to
nundate all, or nearly al, the low lands in the
valley If this should prove to be the case the
hill country will have to raise food for the inhab-
itants Of the country submerged, as well as t.
balance of the Coniederacy. Sometimes toll
cradle crop of corn can be made after the water
faLs-but the crop is uncertain and cannot be
depended upon-theTefore it is absolutely neces-
sary that every acre should be planted in corn
that is at all available. Do not put it otf-now
is the time.
Year: 1862

e From every portion Of the surrounding
country we hear the most fsttering reports in
regard to the growing wheat crop. Should no
untoward event occur, we shall have one Of the
largest if not the very largest croprever raised
iu Middle Tenncssee.-NdShUiiie Dispatch.
Year: 1862

u Special to the New York press, from
Washington, states that the object of the French
minister visit to Richmond was to assert the
right of French merchants to large quantities of
tobacco in the latter CITY
Year: 1862

We fear the Presidential plan will net achieve
the good for which it is so plTioticaly design.
ed. 1t will not induce any State State to dis.
card Slavery; it will not, therefore, weaken
any Of the Ties between the collective Slave
States 1t will offer no sufficient reason for
departing. even in appearance, from the doc.
trine that, with Slavery in the States. the Ma
tional Government has no concern whatever.
II will be attended with an expense teo over.
whelming to be regarded favorably by people
who have already upon their shoulders the bur-
den present and prospective ofa debt of several
thousands of millions-a burden placed there
by Slavery But let The plan have lull discus.
sion let it also have full credit as evidence
that the Government contcmplates no fercbe
interference with the institutions of any State,
rebellious or loyal, and desirable good may
grow out OF it.
Year: 1862

Mr.. Burton, of the Mercury is absent on
visit to New York. Yesterdays Mercurg
is in ecstacies over the election, according
to that paper, something extraordinary is to
happen Immediately, probably the mile
mum. At least we may look for peace, the
payment of the national debt and good
times generally as early as next week.
Year: 1862

Measures are being taken in this State to
break up contraband trade with Missouri
rebels. The manifest wisdom and necessity
of this will command the hearty approval
and cooperation of every good citizen
No unnecessary restraint, we are informed


will be imposed upon trade with loyal .citi
zens from any quarter, but we have beer
feeding rebels long enough in all conscience
Year: 1862

nS An officer of the Fifieth Georgia
Regiment writes to the Savannah Repub-
lcan letter, which shows that the
slaughter of the rebels in the battle of
Antietam has not been exaggerated, at
least in regard to the regiments whose
movements he witnessed He SAYS the
Fittieth were posted in a narrow path,
washed out into regular gully, and were
fred into by the enemy from the front,
rear and left flank The men stood their
ground nobly, returning the fire until
nearly two-thirds of their number lay
dead or wounded in that lane Out of
two hundred and ten carried into the fight
over one hundred and twenty-five were
killed and wounded in less than twenty
minutes. The slaughter ioas horrible


When ordered to retreat could scarcely
extricate myself from the dead and
wounded around me- A man could have
walked from the head of our line to the
foot on their bodies. The survivors of
the regiment retreated very orderly back
to where General Andersons brigade
rested The brigade suffered terribly


James South Carolina Battalion was
nearly annihilated. The Fiftieth Geor-
gia lost nearly all their commissioned Of
fcers. At night only ffty-fve men of
Year: 1862

EG~A correspondent, in mentioning
the difference between Generals Burn
side and Mcclellan, gives the following;


II cannot close this short letter with
out speaking of point of difference be-
tween Generals Burnside and Mcclellan
that even the private soldiers notice and
talk Of When we made the slow marches
and tardy advances under the old regime,
the Commanding Generals headquarters
were always from six to ten miles in the
rear


"All is changed now Gen. Burnside
leads the van. His headquarters are
among the most advanced Cat present
they are not half mile from where
write) He sends his men nowhere that
he dare not himself go with them. Not
that l suppose he will needlessl y expose
himself He is too good an officer for
that But he is ever with the advance.
He watered his horse in the Rappahan-
mock on the l9th-the first man to reach
the river Had the enemy's pickets-
not a stones throw from him Oh the fur
ther shore-known who the large man
ia the slouched hat was, they ight have
tried a shot at him. OF course he knew
this, but doubtless relied on the probable
fact that they had become so accustomed
to a Union Commanding General who
kept beyond long range cannon-shot,
they never imagined for moment that
the leader of our armies would put him
self within reach of a smooth-bore mus
ket He was safe enough, no doubt.
Year: 1862

The RAILROADS AND THE WAR TAXA
tax has been put on the receipts Of rail-
road companies, by section 80 Of the Excise
Tax law, at the rate Of 'three per centum
Of the gross receipts Of such railroad" &c. The
New Haven Railroad Company, instead Of bear
ing the tax themselves, as is the intention Of
the act fasten 1t on the travelling public, and
at rate far exceeding the amount levied and
demanded by the government. For instance,
the fare to New Rochelle has been and should
still be forty-fve cents, the tax on which would
be less than one cent and half; but an addi-
tional FIVE cents, or eleven per cent, 10 put on
by the company as war tax. Thus the people
are made to pay the New Haven Company a
premium of nearly four hundred per cent for
the enforced privilege Of paying the cOmpany's 3
taxes.
Year: 1862

SUMNER SUPERsEDING THE CoNsTITUTroN.-In
his recent speech at Boston Senator Sumner de-
clared that the country was now governed by
his ideas, and that his opinions were now the
laws of the land. This explains why SO many
people think the country badly governed,
and why so many more do not like the laws.
The vast majority Of the people prefer the