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Year: 1863

Killed. eoored man was run over by
the cars and instantly killed at the Wayne
street crossing. He was teamster in the
army. He lost his lie by attempting to get
on the train when in motion.
Year: 1863

The Political Horizon. Vail, as seen
through the Abolition telescope, yesterday on
his way home by the will of the frcemen of
Ohio expressed through the ballot box Clear
the track. n
Year: 1863

The Crowd The crowd inlattcndauce at
the meeting to-day, as we go to press ia fully
fifty thousand 1t completely throws into
the shade any demonstration ever held in
this city. We will give report of it on
Monday
Year: 1863

INFoRMAuoN.-In the home depart
ment of the readers of che News it may
be convenient to know that quart oi
-four weighs one pound, quart of corn
meal one pound and two ounces, o
quart of butter one pound one ounce a
quart of loaf sugar one pound, quart
of white sugar powdered one pound one
ounce, quart of best brown sugar one
pound two ounces; that ten eggs weigh
one pound, though this depends some
what on the size; sixteen large table
spoonfuls make a half pint.


LEMON CAKE. Beat six eggs, the
yolks and whites separately; till in q
solid froth, add to the yolks the grated
rind of fine lemon and six ounces of
sugar dried and sirted; beat this quar-
ter of an hour, shake in with the left
! hand six ounces of dried -four, then add
the whites of the eggs and the juice of
the lemon; when these are we'll beaten
in, put it Immediately into tins, and
bake it about an hour in moderately
hot oven. .f. .r-.


LEMON PIE.-Two cupfuls of sugar,
two cupfuls of warm water, two eggs,
two lemons. three ounces Of butter, one
tablespoonful Of corn starch, Crate
the rind Of the lemons, use the juice Of
b, both lemons, but the rind of only one,
or it will make it bitter, beat the sugar
and eggs together, then add the juice
and rind, then the butter and corn
starch, then add tho warm water,
b this is sufficient for two pies. We
consider this very excellent pie.


How TO IMPROVE CANDLEs.--If you
use homemade candles, purify the tai
low, and do not mix lard with it, though
you may add little alum, and never
use your candles, any sooner than you
would soap, until they are at least six
months old. Pack them in bran, and





set them away in a cool, dry place, aud
see how much they improve by age
1t is we'll TO mix beef and mutton tai
low, but the proportion of the latter
should be small, because it sometimes
gives disagreeablO OdOr. All good
tallow is white, frm, and brittle, and



dipped candles can only he made Of it
in mild weather. Be careful to use
nothing but fne, white, clean cotton
yarn for wicking.


OINTMENT.--Obtsin pint Of real
cream, let it simmer over the FIRE, or on
the side, till itresembles butter, and forms
a thick oily substance, which may be
used as an ointment for fresh or old
wounds, cracked lips or hands.
Year: 1863

The Militia Law passed by the Aboli-
ton Legisture last winter, proved to be
an intolerable nuisance. The encamp-
ment recently held at Piqua, cost the
Taxpayers Of Ohio the nice little sum of
seventy-fve or hundred thousand dol
lars. There are eleven military districts
in the State, and the whole bill the peo-
pie will be compelled to pay will amount
to about one million dollars.


Now, the whole thing is decided fail
ure as military organization. All the
military knowledge acquired by those
who go into camp is not worth the cost
OF rations for single day. The law
ought to be repealed, or at least modified.
The people are already groaniug under
heavy taxes. and it is criminal to add
to that burden for the sake of giving a
few men the opportunity of making
themselves rich.-Darke County Dens
Year: 1863

About one year from this date the
Presidential election will come off, if in
deed it is permitted to be held at all by
the MASTERS now in power Some have
doubts of an election, but we think the
number of aspirants in the present ad-
ministration, and their own iealousies
and hatreds Of each other, will permit
the people to have another chance, how
ever unfair and unequal that chance may
be. The Democracy mus. prepare for
action, earnest, honest action; not only
by the immediate or even early selection
of presidential candidate, but by organ
ization, preparation, reflection and dis
cussion. By the time another year rolls
around, the people will tire Of abolition
work, and will ask the Old Democracy to
lead them to PEACE and UNION !
Watch, work and prayl-ladOning Sen
tinel.
Year: 1863

cials. cannot conceive the motive
Can il be possible that there is already so
large q deficiency in the transportation
account Of the State occasicned by so
many persons being given free passes to
republican meetings, and to the fifty or
sixty thousand fraudulent voters who
were brought into the State before the
last election, that you are fearful the in
coming Legislature will not make
the appropriation for thedefcieney-
unless you can get them personally
interested - and give them before
hand taste CT the sweets Of public plum
der ? That can hardly be it or l should
aot have been invited, for il is by no
means certain that shall have the hon
or Of occupying seat in the next Ohio
Senate.


In conclusion / have to say to your
Excellency, that whatever may be the mo.
tive and however much Of melancholy
pleasure II might afford me to participate
in the solemn ceremonies Of the 10Th Of
November and to visit the graves of the
brave and noble men who fell near GettyS-
burg, many Of whom were my personal
friends and some Of whom were
my kinsmen, l cannot consent to be
party to the fraud and larceny Of taking
money from the Public Treasury for any
portion of my personal expenses.
scorn the proposition, coming even from
so high source as the Governor Of the
great State Of Ohio; and | warn you. sir,
to beware how you do this thing You
have already been guilty of many sins,
both of omission and commission. You
have assisted and instigatea the seizure
Of the peaceful citizen at the midnight
hour in his homo for political offenses,
and transporting him out of the State
without trial. When others have COM
mitted like offenscs, you have omitted to
interpose your strong Executive arm for
his protection. The money in the trea-
sury has been placed there by the people
and consecrated to the sacred purpose of
civil State Government. If it is converted
to other uses, the people in their wrath
may call you to account. AS you value
your reputation and that Of your family
as you value the interests of this great
Commonwealth, l warn you not to DO
this thing.


Very respectfully yours, &C..


GEORGE L. CONVERSE.
Year: 1863

Three years ago, we had, as tho radi
cal leaders have constantly asserted,
"the best government the sun ever shone
upon" That National Government had
existed for over seventy years. 1t owed
its existence to, and derived its authority
from the National Constitution adopted
by the States and the people. The enor-
nifty Of the rebellion consists, as the
radicals constantly assert, in the attempt
to overthrow the " best govesnment."


But mark the inconsistency Of these
same radical rcvolutionists While in
one breath they extol the excellence and
superiority Of our National Government,
in another they decry it as having tolera-
ted one Of the worst forms of despotism,
and as having nursed an infant demon OF
revolution and anarchy into activity and
gigantic strength. They assert that our
National Constitution was so formed,
and our Government go organized under
it, that minority section Of the Union
handful of aristocrats, as they denomi-
nate Sou bern slave. .holders--had ruled
the country during the seventy years Of
our National existence as with rod of
iron--that during that time, we had, in
consequence, no genuine peace or real
prosperity, and that in fine, our Govern
ment, so far from being the best, was in
truth, the worst "tbe sun ever shone up
on"


The object of the radical Jacobins in
these contradictory statements is trans
| Ill ha hvv
talk about "this internal rebellion against
the best government in the world, "
while they themselves are secretly plot
ting and conspiring for its DISTINCTION
When they want to excite the masses OF
the Northern people to madness, in order
that they may be able to carry out their
plans for the overthrow OF the State gov
ernments and the subjection of the people
to consolidated despotism like that Of
France or Russia, they pirate about the
"best government" and the awful crime
of any opposition to their pet measures
sustaining it.


But in the mean time, as q necessary
instrument to their ultimate success, they
are insidiously sowing the seeds of dislike
and hatred to that old Government Of
seventy years standing, in order to edu-
cate the masses of the people up to the
point that they will not only not desire,
but violently oppose the restoration or the
retaining Of that old best Government.
The Jacobins have already, as they imag
inc, got the mass of the Northern people
committed to the idea that Washington
and the fathers, in establishing our Ma
tional Government, committed one grea
error-a fatal error that has brought up
on us, as these Jacobins allege. this ter
rible civil war with all its awful horror
its slaughter, misery and desolation.-
All these things, they say, are due to tn
original sin of the fathers in setting vi
that old Government upon the basis o
the Constitution.


In order to bamboozle the people into
the support of their leaders and measures
the Jacobin "Unionists" extol the Gov
ernment to the highest pitch in one breath
and in the next degrade it to the loves
depth. Such is the inconsistency anC
madness of the fanaticism and corruption
now running riot in our land. Statesman
Year: 1863

No man is gentleman, who, without
cause. would treat with incivility the
humblest of his species. 1t is vulgarity
for which no accomplishments of dress
or address can ever atone. Show me the
man who desires to make every one hap
py around him, and whose greatest solic-
itude is never to give just cause Of ohense
to any one. and l will show you gentle
man by nature and by practice, though
he may never have worn a suit of broad
cloth, nor even heard of a lexicon. am
proud to say, for the honor of our spe-
cies, there are men, in every throb OF
whose heart there is solicitude for the
welfare of mankind. and whose every
breath is perfumed with kindness.
Year: 1863

HERscHEL V. JOHNSON, the DOUGLAS
candidate for Vice President in 1860, and
now member of the Confederate Senate.
concluded late speech with words which
might well be addressed to q Northern
audience


"When is this struggle to end? Shall
we conquer the North No, We have
no desire to do this. Shall the North
conquer us Forbid it heaven But l
tell you this war will never be ended till
we are conquered by the chastising hand
of Providence, and we are brought back
to the virtues of our forefathers. Though
our arpies have been victorious in nearly
every battle, yet every man and woman
is bathed in tears and cast down in sor-
row at tle loss ofsome friend or kinsmsn.
Every hearthstone is reft Of its enjoy
ments by mourning and weeping and tbs
walls OF sadness ere heard all over the
land. This is the chastisement Of God.
inflicted upon us for departure from the
paths Of virtue. This is ths lesson of
the hour. Then let rs return with hu.
m ility TO the practice of those great vir-
tues which our forefathers cherished and
without which our liberties cannot ba
Year: 1863

About every package going to the army OF
the Potomac, is subject to rigid inspection by
an officer appointed for the purpose. This
Is in pursuance Of a recent order from Gen
Hooker, 10 prevent abuses heretofore practic
ed by the army puryeyors, who have made
Use of government transportation for pur
poscs OF speculation under cover of orders from
general officers
Year: 1863

such an one as we love to honor, but he
never was traitor.


Sir tell you candidly and sincerely,
as refiecting the hearts of tens of thou
sands of our brave men here in the
army, that we are heartily tired of this
mock peace party, who would pay ma
tons honor for such an ignominious
peace, and they will treasure up in their
memories the names of those Southern
accomplices at home


There viii most certainly come day
of reckoning This war cannot last much
longer. The fercest fire soonest burns
out. Then, sir, viii come your day.
Then will you want TO, hide your dimin-
ished heads, and avow your unwavering
devotion to the cause of the Union, and
then, too, there will be brought in judg-
ment against you such cowardly letters
of dishonorable counsel as the last one
You sent to your deceased nephew


Your letter was received the day he
died, and though he wanted to hear it
read, | spared him the shame of knowing
that he had a traitor for an uncle, and
merely told him all the folks were well at
home


This is not the last. Your name shall
be published with the extract from the.
Steward Hospital NJ. Nus 6atfaatnfhl, tfan 'Tenn.


josiah SHOOK,


Indianapolis, Ind.
Year: 1863

of Ind to help fight it, and wish to let
you no how sum Of our boys have got
their Discharge. one got his for % dol
lars. William parks, and the other got
his for 90 Dollars so come one came all
come the old 93d and let us have a bar
bacew at home with our wives, all my
friends that don't come is small harted
men show this to all the boys and read it
out in public


,-... so no more at this time
but remains your friend and a good dem
ocrat til death.


good by


l. c. Robbins to William K. Auric


an all old Democrat friend in


the 90 Ind redg


Here is another of these disloyal let
ters from home, but with a comment
that spoils it. A true and gallant SOL
dier of the old 10th Regiment sends it to
us, and his Indignation is all the notice
it needs:


Camp Near Murfreesboro, Tenn,


March 10, 1868.


ED. JOURNAL:--I send YOU letter
which l picked up in the road between
here and Murfreesboro day or two ago.
1t shows the traitors as plainly as a gray
uniform and mnsket. And such letters
not uncommon. | have seen several
such. and think the writer's should be ex-
posed Even if men there feel disposed
to find fault with the Government and
determine that they will show themselves
traitors, they ought not to write their
reasonable sentiments to friends in the
army. We would rather hear of any
thing else. For my part, l would rather
learn OF the death Of friend of mine
than to learn that lie had become a
traitor to his country. ~


| think there are very few men in the
army who entertain such sentiments as
the writer of this letter. 1t is not very
pleasant to US, who have left the com
forts of home and friends, to learn that
We have enemies at home who would
undo all tlat we have done iii the way
of redeeming our country. We earnestly
hope that such men may speedily meet
with the punishment they SO richly de-
serve. We would like to see justice
meted out to them in the shape of a good
strong rope or a small piece Of lead


Yours respectfully.
Year: 1863

There is great talk here about this
conscript Bill, but it don't trouble me
much, for l am determined for one never
to go to fight in this damned Abolition
war l understand the Bill has passed
both houses, but old father Abraham
our Military Despot, has not signed it
But my opinion is that they will never
try to enforce it here, if they do there
will be a young hell right here at home,
for will die in my own door-yard before
l will go and fight in any such cause.
| believe the masses of the people are de-
termined to resist the conscription if
they try to enforce it.
Year: 1863

ere to which Ill the States Of the North
would subscribe-but distasteful to the
South only because the assumed right to
wetk men without pay, aud to extend the
system under which that is done all over
;.ie kepubllc, is that about which the war
began. Can Heaven or mankind hare any
s, mpathy for q war waged for the maintc-
nance Of such hcresy2
Year: 1863

j, The villages and cities are tue nesting
places Of the Copperheads in all the north
ern parts Of Illinois and Indiana, and even
in them the holes most generally filed
with the reptiles, the places in which they
herd and suck in their yenom-are the
rum-holes. Poor whisky and worse Cop
rerheadism are not necessarily concomi-
tants; but the frequency with which they
arc found in the same person or circles, is
proof that they have affiliations which arc
equal in their effects to kinship, possibly to
brotherhood. We lack the philosophy
which can explain these facts; but the
Gacts, nevertheless, remain. Even in South
ern Illinois, where there are no cities, and
where villages are like facts in JEFF Davis
messages, few and far between, it is said


thai the divorce Of whisky and secession,


whenever it can be effected, is almost sure
to cause the conversion Of the man who is
afflicted with both, to the doctrines that
loyal men preach, and the practices that
they observe, We despair Of crer being
able to make men quit the use Of the At
dent;'' but If some chemist, as ingenious as
the mechanic who devised the machine for
taking the bones out Of fish, could but in
vent OF discover some plan by which the
love Of slavery and the impu1sion Of trea-
son could be taken out Of the national bey-


erage, he would prove himself q bcncfac-
tor, meriting as much Of national gratitude


as is luste11ed upon the builder and contri-
yer Of the Monitor, The time was when the


free use Of the bottle was supposed to


exalt and intensity the expression Of gen


erous and ennobAng sentiments, and when
Year: 1863

maintenance Of the Union of these States Do
you and your party do this, and all will be well.


Mr.. President: know that our old Ship Of
State is now In the midet Of terrible storm !;
that In sailors parlance "the glim In the bin
nacle has been almost doused" Let il be our
duty to restore the light In the pinnacle by nail
iDg fast to the masthead the Constitution Of our
country. Under its benignant influences the tur.
bulent waves will be Gained and the good old
Ship OF State will float smoothly along down
through the vista Of time until she shall finally
be wrecked on that far of coast upon which the
Angel Of the Lord shall place his foot when he
proclaims the final doom of man.
Year: 1863

ever that may nsesn} and other diseases with
queer names, to say nothing OF that class pt
diseases whose publication cannot fail to bring
a blush to the check of repentant sufferers.
Such publicity cannot do any good, aud GER
taniy will do vast amount OF harm 1t 10
nuisance that ought to be abated.


THE CoNFEDERATE oLoAN-The European
news brought by the Hibernian, although Eve
days later possesses but little political interest
The decline of the Confederate loan had
reached thirty-fve per cent but had rallied
again to twenty-five per cent discount. This
partial recovery was, however, looked upon as
temporary, and was due to the desperate efforts
made to sustain the stock by Spence and other
Confederate agents and sympathizers. These
men will try and bolster IL up until they can
get safely out Of 1t, leaving the unfortunate
dupes whom they persuaded to invest their
money in it TO bear the brunt of the loss. But
few Of the regular operators in the market have
ever touched this stock. II was put forward
under conditions that prevented it being looked
upon favorably by business men. The $15,-
600, 900 issued was put upon the market at a
premium Of one and a half per cent, and it'was
only kept above par for while by the misrep-
RESERVATIONS of the London organs of the rebels
If it had not been for the false assurances
and confident predictions Of the London Times
it would have been long since kicked out of the
market. As it is, it is now deprecated beyond
all hope OF recovery. The recent decisive vic
tories Of the North have opened the eyes Of all
connected with it, and If 1t survives at all it will
only be in the catalogue of bubbles by which
the English public have from time to time been
humbugged
Year: 1863

Weknow it will afford our readers much
pleasure to be informed Of the entire recoy-
cry Of the gallant commander from the
wounds received at Fort Donelson. Our
information IS to the effect that he laid
aside lis crutches about three weeks since,
and has offered his services to the Secre-
ta1y Of the Navy, ready for command
atloat, and anxious to again take an active
part in subdu,ng the e1cbc1lion. Hc is now
as he has been since his partial recovery at
the head Of the important Bureau OF Equip
ment:aud recruiting for the navy, at Wash
ington.


There has been no officer in command
OF any portion Of our forces in the Mlssis-
sippi slope, who has shared, to greater
extent, the confidence Of the loyal people
Of the West, than has Commodore
Footc, combining, as he does,
so admirably the two oppositcs
of the brave officer and the Christian gen.
tleman, not always found in the same char
acter. The country has need Of more Of
the same sort. We hope soon to be able
to announce that he is sagain put in position
to hurt the enemy, and not allowed to rust
out as too many Of our efficient officers
have been in the army.
Year: 1863

times that between Baton Rouge and La
grange. By this division ofthe force, they
saw an immense deal Of the country, and
measured its resources both in food and
men.


or course they were not suffered by the
rebels to have 1t all their own way, and
get off Scot free They had sundry small
and large fightings to do, and killed some
and took many prisoners, whom they par.
oiled. The rapidity Of their move
ments reads like fairy tale, They were
in all parts Of the compass pretty nearly
at the same time, now in the East, now in
the West; now on the Tallahatchie, now
on the Oktibbeha and the Pearl Riyers-
80 that there was no such thing as catch
ing them with any similar forces which
the rebels had ut their command In spite
Of the terrible roads they managed to get
an average Of more than forty miles day
out Of their horses; and the last day, or
last thirty hourr, just before they reached
Baton Rouge, on their return, they travel
ed eighty miles without drawing bit, with
out food OF rest for man or beast; and not
a growl from either!
Year: 1863

We beg our contemporaries Of the Press,
East and West, to say that the approach
ing Canal Convention in this city will not,
and meyer vas intended TO be body of
delegates. 1t was called as Mass Meet
ing Of all who, interested in increasing the
business facilities between the West and
the Atlantic sea-board; or in the only safe


system Of national delenses, would take
the trouble to come. Delegates have been
appointed by commercial and other asso-
ciations desiring to he represented here;
but such appointments are not the rule,
The doors will be open to all who wish to


t.kepart in the proceedings, which VIC are


sure will be Of the most important and In
tcresting character.


Viii cur brethren of the Press do US
this favor?
Year: 1863

1t is suggested in many quarters that the
Fourth Of July be this year commcmora-
ted By 4 gathering Of the Union Leagues
Of the Northwest, at Chicago, on that day.
Il is proposition that deserves considera-
tion, and VIC hope that it may be adopted,
The Copperl.eads are talking Of meeting
of the Knights Of the Golden Circle, at
Louisville, to break up the Government
that the Leaguers are striving to preserve
but we doubt if they dare make their
country's natal day the time for quite SO
bold manifestation Of their reasonable
intent
Year: 1863

paper bags to fit it for the market. When
writing home he asked his good woman to
send him, 200 corn papers. A while after,
quite box came marked to his address, and
upon its being opened, what was his surprise,
to fnd snugly enclosed two hundred corn pop
pers, which his wife had sent, to aid him in
his business here. We learn that he proposes
to find market for them in Washington, ard
we presume the next time he writes home an
order he will take due pains to have it writ
ten SO plainly that it may be correctly read


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