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Year: 1863

"Hho Gold Speeulat0rs' L0bby-The Gold


BiIl-Broadway Railroad Bfll-Amend-


ments 10 the Excise Law-An Import


Ant Railroad Project, Affecting tho


Commerce OF the State, &c., sc.


ALBANY, April o. 1868.


large number Of gold spectators here endeavor-
ing TO defeat the Senate amendments the Gold bill in
the Assembly. They doubt keep Wall well post
ed up In regard to the probabilities House concur
rng aud thus enable the bulls and act accord
ng'y They may be able to change the result what
II would be il they here, especially they have
brought up money TO operate with as it is stated by
some dealers thoy have. since they understand how
gamble they may easily learn apply their trade
TO members OF the legislature and buy and sell them
short The blu was not announced at the morning session
or want OF time. IL the Sppakers desk ready 10
oe announced but other business VI the House TOOK up
he time ol the morning session, and 1t was postponed
until evening.


spicy debate took place In the Assembly to-day
the amendments the Excise bill relative to the fines for
violating the law taking the power OF prosecuting out
OF the hands COMMISSIONER and placing it in the
nands OF the supervisor. A portion oil the OIL was
stricken out which leaves them points stands at
present portion Of the bill provided for a modification
OF the sunday and election day In the present
law This was also stricken out and thus makes no change
taken up in third reading Of bills, No bills Of any
general Importance were acted upon.'


Nothing OF any public Importance transpned in the
The Broadway Railroad bill being ANNOUNCED in the
COm
mittec Cities instead OF the Railroad Committee. This
motion was opposed by Mr. 7. c. Fields, and iost
Tue bill ben referred to the Committee Railroads
large number OF petitions prcsenedsrcm all parts
the State praying that the grant be given 70 those who
would pay the most for the benefit OF the soldiers.


An effort which promises TO be successful, Is being
made 10 revive the project construct railroad
schenectady to Catski the Hudson river below Hud
son City One strong argument which is being urged for
this project Is that shorens the route from Buffalo and
the West sixteen miles, and also strikes the Hudson
river below the sind bars in the river, which have
for the last few years proved such an obstacle
to the commerce OF the The boat ON New York
last night got the bar below Albany aud did not
reach here until to day The boat going down also
got stuck the bar, and compelled TO lay there
nearly all night This route west OF Albany. and
the engineers pronounce only feasible but or easy
construction IL Ia estimated that about million and
which will be about. thirty six miles. The position OF
affairs at Caisk Is such that the freight could ba
ferred larger class NJ boats without any hand
ling cattageseamers OF much larger draught OF water
than can under any circumstances reach Albany Sove
raj leading capitalists in the State about TO take hold OF
1t.
Year: 1863

ELEcrRloITY AND CHLoRoFoRM-An eminent
French physician at Paris has discovered and
announced to the world that an electric shock is
sure salvation TO any body dying from the effects
of chloroform.
Year: 1863

WmEx we see one plank OF an American ship
destroyed by guns that speak from under the
shadow of the British flag then duty will be
placed upon the people OF ireland which we trust
they will be able to discharge.- Dublin Nation
Year: 1863

Information. If Mrs. Susan Case, who
advertised some time since, in regard to her
little girl, who was lost or taken away, will
call at this office, she can get Information
that may possibly lead to her recovery.
Year: 1863

Red-Scarlet will be the fashionable color
during the coming winter and even now an
occasional scarlet cloak may be seen in the
street These are called Red Riding Hoods,
and are very handsome indeed The head
dress will consist Of handsome jockey hat
with scarlet feather
Year: 1863

Going Passing away passing away is
written everywhere n staring capitals but lit
tle do self.Hecure mortals heed the warning so
long as they imagine they have a firm hold on
the Present The fugitive moments refuse to
stay. Who can count them as they ay2 Who
can number those little rain drops as they fall
upon the bosom OF the eternal ocean, and are
lost forever2 There is radiant beauty ovsry-
where but, oh how efcryescent The rosy
tints of morn--how soon they are blanched
by the same solar power that painted them


How beautiful the occident, at early eve
Mugs hour, when the celestial goddess hang
out their red pettcoAts from the glowing win
dow's Of the West But 10 they are with.
drawn, and now night unrolls her black
blanket-blacker than the book Of sins in the
day of Judgment. Old old l--all is growing
old The eaput OF Time himself has become
as bald as gourdshell but not even a grey
hair can be found in the whskers Of eternity


nor will there be, when rolling years shal


have ceased to move. Love and Friendship
wax old and cold, and perish at last while
Hope and Faith forever young, strew fresh
roses at the portal of the tomb, and plume
their bright pinions for glorious Immortality.
Year: 1863

FoR THE ENQUIRER. Love and Loyalty. I hear a soft and winning song, There's music surely in it. To safe retreats it's notes belong, There's nothing noble in it, Grooming amid the stress of strife, Why, maiden, weep your lover? Is liberty as sweet as life; When will this war be over?

 Write back and tell me, Jerry dear!

 0 write and tell me, Jerry! For then I'll brush away this maiden tear,

 And give your breast your Mary. But never, while the starry flag Before the foe retiring, A fitful and dishonored rag, Shrinks at the rebel firing: And never while the laborer's chain Binds all his toll to sorrow, Preferring pride, depressing pain, Look for such happy morrow.

 Write back and tell me, Jerry dear,

 o write and tell me, Jerry, For then I'll brush away this maiden tear,

 And give your breast your Mary. When every soul beneath the scope Of stars in yonder Heaven, In ours shall see the bondsman's hope, When every chain is rven; When iu each breast of all that fight, We see some honest lover, Content with nothing but the rigLt, Then will the war be over.

 Write back and tell me, Jerry dear

 owrite and tell me, Jerry! For then I'll brush away this maiden tear,

 And give your breast your Mary. Then every prayer that love may raise Will find an answer ready, In peaceful homes and length of days, And hearts sincere and steady; And in the flag, whose stars aspire To light as one the nation, Its perfect chrysolite entire, Pledge of the worlds salvation.

 Write back and tell me, Jerry dear!

 70 write and tell me, Jerry! For then I'll brush away this maiden tear,

 And give your breast your Mary. June 2Cth, '63.
Year: 1863

George D-was running the
night express, and was some thir-
ty minutes behind time. My
freight train was waiting on the
switch for him to pass. He
came on at about thirty-five miles
an hour, as near as | can Judge,
and was watching him all the
time. He was within about
three times the length Of the
switch-was blowing the whis-
tIe-when | saw and he saw the
switchman run madly out of his
Shanty, grab the switch and turn
it so that it would run him di
rect!y IN the rear OF my tram. !
Jumped. instnctlvely, 10 start NY
engine heard him whistle Tor
brakes, and those that stood near
said that he reversed his engine
but my train was too heavy for me
to move quickly, and he was too
near TO do much good by revers-
ing, so | soon felt a heavy con.
eu~Sion. and knew that he la


struck hard for. at the other end
of 45 cars, t kno ked he d 'wn
AMI the Jar broke my engine

loose from the train lie might
have ju ped from his engine
with 20 lparptive satatr, affe' he
sew the switch changed, tor tae


ground was sandy there and free
from distractions, and he could
easily have jumped cle ar OF
the track and escaped with slight
bruises. But, no! Behind him
trusting to him. ard resting in
comparative security, were hun
dreds to whom lie was as dear as
to him; his post was at the head;
to the great law Of seli-preserva-
tioH. that most people put ilrst IN
their code of practice, his firm
duty required him to forswear al.
legiance, and to act on the prin-
ciple, "others first, myself after
wards" SO, with a bravery Of
heart such as is seldom found in
other ranks OF men, he stuck to
his iron steed, transformed then
to :he white steed OF death, and


pent the last energies OF his life,
the strength Of his last pulSe,
striving to mitigate the suffering
which would FOLLOW the coils
ion.


Ills death was instantaneous;
he had no time for regrets at
leaving life and the friends he
loved so dearly. When We
found him. one hand graSped the
throttle. his engine was reversed.
and with the other hand he stlil
held on 10 the handle ofthe sanf
box lever. The whole middle
and lower portion Of his BODY
was crushed, bat his head and
arms we're untouched. and ms
Year: 1863

hard gray home, though it en-
BODY itself in no better thing
than a bright little frock and a
pair of tiny red shoes-yet to SEQ
the poor blossom of grace and
beauty shriyelling in the fire, put
there and held there by father
harder than the home itself
We watch her, a woman while
vet a child-a woman, because
other little children, still more
helpless, are motherless, and they
can find no other nature large
enough to take them In and un-
derstand and adopt them; a sister
in all sweet, ingenious, simple
ways; a mother, IN all wise,
ever bending care and love; and
then, at last, a woman grown,
walking over great stretches of
wild country, that she might be
alone with that other father and
mother, the father and mother
of US all, and gather strength
and courage from the commun-
ion, to 90 back and bear her bur
den of a stern, hall-mad father,
and n reckless. lost brother. and
a bare, rugged life; and we say,
ooh why was not such a soul
clothed in the beauty of June,
and born in the vale Of Tempe.
in the golden days, and the first
born and nurseling of a queen2'
But we say this no longer when
the flower unfolds to the sun
when her books and her lile, in
all their variant strength and full
ness, reveal the mystery of the
homely enfolding, and the rank,
sharp contrasts OF the garden-plat
and the hot days and dark nights,
for we see in the flower brim-
ming with refreshment and bless
ing to thousands, how not to the
beauty of the goddess, not to the
flowerv meadows and bosky dells
of Arcadia, not to the first born
and nursing of queen, could
this power come, but to such
soul set in such place, to battle
through and gather all the inAu-
ences of such life.-Rer. Rob
ert Collier.
Year: 1863

Sugar cured hams! What a
magnificent argument to a hun
CRY mani Moral srasion is not
half so sweet, and is never relish
ed better or taken half so readily.
But sugar-cured hams are very
expensive in these times of heavy
discounts and high-priced sugar.
"Well, get a substituted" Here
is one, cheap and ready-equa uaI,
if not superior, to the Cooley
sugar.


We have tried the Sorgo, for
curing hams, and think it excel
lent, and that all may know how
excellent it is, we will give our
plan of using it, which is as fol-
lows:


Take equal quantities, by
weight, of the Sorgho syrup and
salt. put them into the vessel in
which you propose to make your
brine. Then add nearly enough
of water to dissolve the salt.
Pour this mixture over the hams,
and let them, if large, soak there
for from twelve to eighteen days,
when they will be ready for
smoking.


The length of time for soak
ing in the brine must, of course,
depend upon the degree Of SAL
ness desired for the meat. Some
prefer it much more salt than
others. We have cured meat for
ourselves IN this manner, for the
last three years, and can recon-
mend it unhesitatlngly. We
have also sold the Sorgho syrup
to packers and curers of meat in
this city, who pronounce it an
excellent substitute for the sugar
they have been using. If others
have had any experience in this
department we shall be pleased
to hear from them.-ClarEs
SOrghO Journal.
Year: 1863

DoMEsTIc SwFETMEATs 1T Is
a singular fact that many ladies
who know how to preserve every
thlag else, olnnot preserve their
temperS Yet II say easily be
done on he sell sealing principle.
II Is only to " keep he mouth Of
the vessel tghtly closed.n
Year: 1863

made last week fine large kite,
With string uncommonly long;
I PLAYED with it one moonlight night,
When the breeze was steady and strong.
threw up my kite, and, like balloon,
IL rose through the air on lofty wing;
It sailed far away to the clear full moon,
And the man up there caught hold of the


string.
I beckoned to hirq a moment to wait,
To hold on with care, and not let go,
While got a cable whose strength was


great,
And tied to the kite-string below
The man in the moon then drew up the


string,
The cable after IL went;
! asked him to help me finish the thing,
And he gave me his consent.
We built a suspension bridge next day,
With double railroad track;
The daily express now runs each way,
And the lightning mail goe, there and


back.
A yankee is keeping the lunar hotel.
AT the upper end Of the route;
think his business will pay quite well,
As there's gold in the hills thereabout.
Myself, the Man in the Moon and Co,
As a wholesale firm fortune have made,
BY few dark nights which they had down


below
While we were engaged in the moonshine


trade.
Year: 1863

tory code for the repression of conceived offences


against the rules Of lawful war. If the waters Of


this Marah are once unsealed they may spread


into a sea Of blood Hence the caution with


which such awful remedies should be threat


ened or invoked on the one side or the other in


this fratrcidal contest which is already unnatural


and cruel enough to need no addition to its hor-


rors. The usages of war cannot indeed, wholly dis


pense with the len talionis yet all civilized ma


tions acknowledge its sanctions to be the sternest


weapons in the whole arsenal of warfare and as


such they are never called forth except on COM


pulsion, and then under the direst necessity, to


guard against the repetition Of barbarous outrages


which can be prevented in no other way. The


denunciation Of this punishment, after the man
ner of Gen. Hunter, in command at Hilton
Head, who threatens to execute every rebel officer
and stakeholder in his possession unless Gen. JEFF
ferson Davis's order of " "outlawry" against those
employing negro troops is revoked cannot be treat
ed as any thing better than a compound of the
horrible and the udcrous, in which the latter pre-
dominates, Notwithstanding the keenness and the
weight of the two-edged sword with which the
writer plays. Such idle fulminations dscredit the
military profession, and bring disgrace on the
Government, which is reduced to the necessity of
disavowing the written orders Of men placed in
high command It is generally to be observed
that the officers most prolific in such evidences Of
the cacoethes scribendi men whose names rarely
shine in connexon with brilliant deeds or acts Of
noble daring. And it is in view of this fact, we
suppose that the Boston Daily Advertiser ventures
to express its belief that the Government has at
its disposal no lack of officers who could administer
the Department of the South with at least as much
success as Gen. Hunter, and who would be able to
compress into their orders, if not more truth, at
least more wisdom"
Year: 1863

CHICAGO, JUNE g. 1863.
To the Editors of the National Iatelligsncer


This city Of the Lakes yesterday and to-day at the open
ing of the Ship Canal Convention scene of which
every loyal American might Justly feel proud be he c
zen of the Atlantic States of the great Valley the Mis-
ssspp or of the noble ST. Lawrence valley the waters OF
which here almost commngle, and doubt destined
to be welded and to flow in unison from the cold waters
of the Gulf of ST. Lawrence to the warm waters of the
Gulf OF Mexico carrying their tide the rich products
the tropics the cereals Of the temperate zone the tim
ber and other valuable commodities of the colder region
the American continent


Chicago, when fairly understood in a commercial eli
matte and favored point of vew regards water and land
communication has probably equal the face of the
globe Standing the southern border of one of the
hve great Lakes of America, aordng four FIVE thou
sand miles Of inland ship navigation and by of the
Erie canal of New York. favored ouport on the At
antc ocean, it only wants Ship Canal to the Mis-
sisspp river to give it ouport the Gulf of Mexico


As to railroad facilities, adequate idea can be cGn-
veyed The iron bars already extend to Montreal Quebec
and Portland the northeast to Boston, New York Phil
adepha, &C. the east Charleston and Savannah on
the southeast, and to Mobile and New Orleans on the
souh-being, long, doubt destined have railroad
faculties with other cities to the gold regions and the Pa
cfc ocean the west; while northward railroad line ID
finished to Green Bay Wisconsin and another line nearly
completed to st. Paul. Minnesota.


Look at map of the United States and Canada and see
her favored position the centre of the temperate zone
while east and west centrally between the
eastern spe of the Rocky Mountains BY she
preeminence great inland CITY Give the boon she
asks at this time and the whole Republic will be b-ne
6ed inasmuch it viii afford facilities the far West
and the eastern portions Of country
Like the Erie canal it will tend lessen the price
OF provisions IN foreign markets, and at the time
strengthen and enrich people, North and South
Notwithstanding the latter are now in open rebellion
late writer remarks, Chicago most emphaticaly
the city OF the West; for when any town justly claim
to be the greatest market for ean beef aud lumber
in the world. then may confidently believe that all else
that enters INTO the composition Of great city will gather
there to build up If not the greatest of the most Inn
portant cities OF the continent"


You will see the interesting proceedings of the Ship
Canal Convention in the public prints. The meeting
large aDd most respectfully attended while good feeling
and harmony seem to prevail.


| Yours, respectfully,
j. DIsTURNEIL
Year: 1863

the day; but at two o'clock assault opened the
works the centre and left Of centre by the divisions
der Major Gen. Augur and Brig Gen Sherman. The enc
my driven into bis works, and troops moved up
to the ortcatons holding the opposite sides of the para
pet with the enemy


On the right our troops still hold this position On the
lett after dark, the main body being exposed to flank fire
withdrew to belt of woods, the skirmshers remaining
close upon the fOrthcatiOns.


In the assault Of the 9th, the behavior of the officers
and men most gallant and left nothing to be desired
Our limited acquaintance with the ground and the charac
ter OF the works, which almost hidden from OBJ
servation until the moment of approach alone prevented
the capture of the post.


On the extreme right of our line posted the first and
third regiments Of negro troops The first regiment
Louisiana Engineers composed exclusively of c0lered men,
excepting the officers also engaged in the operations
OF the day The position occupied by these troops one
OF Importance and called for the utmost steadiness and
bravery IN those to whom it c0nfded 1t gives
pleasure to report that they answered every expectation
ln many espects their conduct heroic. No troops
could be more determined or more daring They made
during the day three charges upon the batteries of the
emy suffering very heavy losses, and holding their position
at nghtfa with the other troops the right of line
The highest commentator is bestowed upon them by all
the officers Ia command the right Whatever doubt
may have existed heretofore the efficiency Of orQan
cations OF this character the history Of this day proves
concusivey to those who in condition to observe the
conduct OF these regiments that the Government will find
In this class OF troops effective supporters and defenders
The test to which they subjected and the de-
termned manner In which they encountered the enemy
leaves upon my mind doubt of their Ultimate
They require only good officers commands of limited
oes and careful discipline, to make them excellent SOL
diers
Our osses from the 23d to this date in killed wounded
aud missing are nearly one thousand including deeply
regret TO say some OF the abest officers of the corps
am unable as yet to repeat them in detail


nave the honor to be- with much respect YOUR obe-
dent servant N. P. BANKS,


Major General Commanding.
Year: 1863

Admiral FooTE, who has been ordered to relieve Admi.
raj DUPONT from the command of the South Atlantic
Bockadng Squadron is at his home in New Haven,
(Conu) but is expected to sail from New York in day
to the command which has been assigned to
him. The Evening Post states that Admiral Dupont pre-
ferred request time ago to be assigned to
other command and the present action of the Government
is simply in compliance with this request Admiral Du
pon has been n uninterrupted service the Atlantic
coast for nearly two years, and greatly in heed of brief
rest frcm labors which have proved most exhausting
Year: 1863

BALTIMORE, JUNE 5.--The Union Convention to night
nominated Hon Henry Winter Davis for Representative
in Congress from the Third Congressional District He
was afterwsrd serenaded and made speech in which he
said he should elected support the entire policy Of the
Administration There Should he said be side issues
1t was time for Maryland to speak out boldly He sup
ported emancipation aud for the vigorous
Of the war and conquering peace
Year: 1863

JAMES O. wELLING, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.


The subscription price Of this paper for year is Two
DOLLARS, payable in advance.


reduction Of 20 per cent Of the full charge>
will be made any who shall and pay for at
time ten copies of the Weekly paper and reduction Of
25 per cent Cor oneourth of the full charge to any
who wllorde and pay for at time. twenty more
copies.


No accounts being kept for this paper it will not be sent
to any unless paid for advance any than
the time for which it is paid.
Year: 1863

WINTER SPORTS During the stay Of
our brief winter everybody seemed to enjoy
and make the most of it while it lasted
The old and the young alike seemed to ac-
quire new vigor from the bracing atmos-
phere, and mingled in the various pleasures
and sports of the season The jingle of the
sleigh bells, sounding out their notes, from
the deepest basso cf the "cow ornament"
to the finest tingle of the switzer shepherd
fancy, were heard at all hours of the day
and night, while the joyous peals of laugh
ter from the merry riders echoed in fine
concord to the Emusic of the bells. > Balls
and parties were had in town aud country,
and all kinds of merry gatherings were in
dulged in by the anti-dispeptic Snow
balling was the order of the day with some,
and it was bad luck to the masculine who
attempted to drive through the town so1us
with sleigh in the daytime Every one
who was ION it stood ready with his pile
of snow balls to assault the unfortunate in
dividual who dared venture out in sleigh
without natural protector" Even the
girls seemed to enjoy the snow balling
amusements and some of them were fortu-
nate OF unfortunate don't knew which
enough to get their feces washed, perhaps
for the first time in their ives-with snow.
But in the midst Of these pleasures, old
boreas, yclept Chinook, came along and in
a single night changed the scene from win
ter, to rain, mud, sunshine and spring and
the ordinary routine Of every day, business
life.
Year: 1863

Of our readers to the advertisement Of the War
Panorama, in another column. 1t is said to
be one of the most correct and thrilling exhi-
bitions Of the battle field ever put on canvass
Year: 1863

INDIANAPOLIS, July ia terrible acci-
dent occurred here this evening while the
Twelfth Michigan Battery was marching
through the streets. a caisson exploded
instantly killing two artillerists and a
driver on the rear horse. A boy who was
walking on the street at the time was NOR
tally wounded and has since died.


A suspicious character, supposed to be
one Of Morgan's spies, was arrested here
this evening.