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Year: 1862

A traveller lately visited New York, thus
writes about the ladies here: "Gentlemen will
thank you for seat in an omnibus or car"
says he, "but ladies won't. Why is this 5? l
dislike to find fault with a lady, but little
incident occurred in Fifth avenue omnibus.
At Inconvenience, handed up lady's
money to the driver and procured her change
She took the latter from me as if was the IA
vored party. informed her that was not
employed by the proprietors of the line to hand
up money. She looked as if she felt the re-
proof, but said nothing. 1t would have been
an easy matter to have simply nodded her head
as q token of thanks.
Year: 1862

L have noticed that married man falling
into misfortune is more apt TO retrieve his
situation in the world than single one, chief
ly because his spirits are soothed and relieved
by domestic endearments and self-respect, kept
alive by finding that, although abroad may be
darkness and humiliation, yet there is still a
little world of love at home, of which he is the
monarch. Whereas, single man is apt to run
to waste and neglect; to fall to ruins like some
deserted mansion, for want of inhabitants.
have often had occasion to remark the forti-
tude with which women sustain the most over
whelming reverse of fortune. Those disasters
which break down the spirit of man, and
PROSTATE him in the dust, seem to call forth
all the energies of the softer sex, and give
such intrepidity and elevation to their charac-
ter, that at times it approaches to subimity
Nothing can be more touching than to behold
a soft and tender female who had been all
weakness and dependence, and alive to every
trivial roughness, while treading a pros
porous path, suddenly rising in mental
force to be the comforter and supporter of her
husband under misfortunes, abiding with un-
shrinking firmness the bitterest blasts of ad-
versity. As the vine which has long twined
its graceful foliage about the oak, and has been
lifted by the sunshine. will, when the hardy
plant is rined BY the thunderbolt, cling around
1t with its caressing tendrills and bind up its
shattered brow, so, too it is beautifully ordain-
ed by Providence that woman. who is the or
nament and dependent of man in his happier
hours. should be his stay and soace when smt-
ten with dire and sudden calamity: winding
herself into the rugged recesses of his nature,
tenderly supporting his dropping head, aid
binding up the broken heart.-IrriRg
Year: 1862

AT THE hEbEf CAr1TAL.--Wc recently published
authentic statements showing that while United
states demand notes were selling at par, and
even commanding premium wherever our
flag was planted in the Southern States and the
authority Of the federal government restored


on the other hand Confederate money was
being exchanged for gold at discount Of forty
and forty-fve per cent Another healthy symp-
tom Of the confidence reposed by the Southern
population in the strength Of the federal 60
vcrnment, and Of their sense Of The weakness,
Year: 1862

The springs of everlasting life are
within. They are clear streams gushing
up from the depths of the soul, and flow
out to enliven the sphere of outward exis
tence. But like the waters Of Siloah,
they Ego swiftly" You must listen to
catch the silvely tones of the little rill as
it glides from its mountain home you
may not witness its silent march through
the green vale. but its course will be seen
in the fresh verdule and opening flowers;
its presence will be known by the forms
of life and beauty which gather around it.
1t is ever thus pure. You may hear the
"still small voice" or. hear the silent as
piration, but there is moral influence,
and holy power you will feel. The will
derness is made to smile, flowers of new
life and beauty spring up and flourish,
while an invisible presence breathes i'm
mortal fragrance through the atmos-
phere.
Year: 1862

JOB PRINTING
OF every description executed in the best style and
on reasonable terms.


The FARMER has II larger circule ton than any
other paper in this section of the State. IL Is now
and has been for thirty six consecutive years the
fiicial paper of the county.
Year: 1862

DR0TECT your buildings from the danger Of Lightning
by getting good Lightning Rod with good Point,
all warranted, from BRAY, THE TIMER,


May o. 1863. at the sign Of the Big Coffee Pot.
Year: 1862

"a farmer out West was greatly an
noyed by the scratching of the chickens
in bis garden, and CONCLUDED to expert
ment d Htte with them. He procured .
large Shanghai rooster, and the result Of
the cross was breed of chickens with
one long leg and one short leg. When
they stood on the long leg and attempted
to scratch with the other they couldn't
touch bottom on reversing the order Of
things, as digging with the long leg while
the short one supported the body, the 6rss
stroke would result in grand series Of
somcrsaul.s. The consequence was that
the hens soon became 'aweary' OF the
fun, and left the garden, aud the farmers
good wife rejoieed greatly thereat. - Er.
Year: 1862

A milkman was awoke by wag in tho
night with the announcement, that his
best COW was choking lie Jumped up to


save the life of his animal when, 10, he


found turnip in the mouth OF his pump.
Year: 1862

cross the boundary of that State to
restore it to the Union, for the people,
heartily sick of an internal rebellion,
(Which was inaugurated by pot-house
politicians in grog shops and billiard
rooms,) will rush as sjoyously back to
the Union as they rushed to it in the
days of annexation"
Year: 1862

The only article ever offered to the French people that
would CURL STRAIGHT HARi the above Toilet being
manufactured for tho, sole benefit Of Louis Napoeonl
which article 10 now Indispensable to his toilet room.


The subscribers, feeling confident that this Toilet must
necessarily take the place Of oil others ever offered to
the public take pleasure In expressing their confidence


in the article, gaining Il from practical use.
Year: 1862

reoeilon Is started by the machiDation Of these men


again North and South are arrayed in deadly con


fct, but not then shall Virginia trembe bencatt


5he war of artillery and her fields be stained witt


human gore; but Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky


and Missouri shall see their cultivated lands laid


waste. and the light Of their burning buildings iu


mlnatpg the deep darkpess of midnight. tell you
fellow citizens there ia no future for us but in the
putting down Of this infamous rebellion; we must
again be an unbroken people, the flag ofour glorious


old Union must


"Again in triumph wave


Ger the land of the Free and the home of the brave
OF ills and woes Of which the most fervid mmagina
ton can but family conceive shall be all cur future
heritage. You say " it cannot be put down, the
South cannot be conquered, that we shall eventually
be compelled to acknowledge their indie pendence;
far better do it at and stop this bloody expcn
SlTe war;" That recognition as | have shown and
as you must feel but prepares the way for deeper


batons Of blood for heavier expenses in the future
Long ago this rebellion would have been put down.
but for the countenance, assistance and support
which it has received in the Stltes which have not
Seeded and that assistance and sympathy has all
been given it by the Breckenridge Democracy Of the
country by that party which btses It's hope of d.
VIding and running the Country that it NAV rul,
portion OF it, On its ability to retain the votes Of
men like you, who while they are old and true Dem
ocrais are mt tratOrs and would not d, the C3un
try harm But ais! the strong ties of party arc
binding you hand and foot, aud leading you to the
verge of ruin. Will you be deudcd by their f4<c
cry OF peace, pcac:, when there is no prospect or
hope olpeace but in the burying of these aiders and
absttors of treason in political grave on the 4h day
Of November next, so deep, that there shall be no
again for them? And burying their
brave but not more guilty coadut the leaders of
this foul revolt deep in traitors graves Assist in
this glorious work by turning down the men in
November who have corrupted and ruined your party,
vote the Union Ticket and your own approving con.
science and the future happiness and glory of your
Country shall be your all-suficent reward.
Year: 1862

cesses found fault continually with what
Government was doing, and by every act,
word nod and wink, evineed sympathy for
the rebels and their success in establishing
their traitorous Confederacy.
Year: 1862

FREE SPEECH.-One of the pleasantest
'lts OF impudence characterizing the present
State canvass is the assurance with which
the blatant Democracy complain of the
abrldgment ofthe freedom ofspeech. Their
orators and Journals TEEN with abuse of the
Government, and with all sorts of aid and
comfort to the enemy they arc permitted
to even openly advocate the recognition of
the rebel Confederacy, to accuse the officers
OF the Government of imbecility, venality
and treason to load them with all the epi-
thets that the virulence of disappointed
ofhce-seekers can concoct; and yet each fresh
assault is wound up with the averment that
the assailants are restricted in their freedom
OF speech. They have, in fact, not only
freedom, but unbridled license.
Year: 1862

PENALTY FOR PASSING COUNTERFEIT Cow
FEDERATE NoTEs.-The Penalty for passing
counterfeit Confederate notes is death. An
act of the last session of the Provisional Con,
gress provides this punishment for this crime
during the existence sfthe present war between
the Confederate and the United States, and
until within one year after the ratification Of a
peace. The same penalty applies in the case
Of altering or passing any altered Treasury
note Of the Confederate States.
Year: 1862

The MoNrToRe-It 10 not generally known
that this vessel, Notwithstanding her light
draught Of water, enormous strength and
weight Of deck, side armor and revolving turret,
carries upwards of one hundred thousand
pounds Of ballast to bring her down to her
present fighting draught. The Importance OF
this excess of buoyancy will be readily apprect
ated The weight of the turret is upwards OF
one hundred tons, and the guu-slides, composed
of strong wrought iron beams, form part of the
massive turret. The recol of the guns will ac-
cordingly be checked by such an enormous
amount of matter that ordnance of any cslibre
NAV be employed The Monitor, therefore,
instead of being of limited capacity, Is capable
of carrying guns of the largest size that we can
manufacture. These facts prove conclusively
that we have as yet no idea of the real dcstruc.


tive power of the new engine Of war, the sudden
appearance of which has startled this country.
and will startle Europe still more. Suppose


that the twenty-inch guns, which the Navy


Department is now erecting furnaces II
Year: 1862

ARMY SANITARY REGULATIONsa-Great COM
plants are being made at Washington and else
where of the neglect Of proper sanitary regu-
lations in the military camps. II Is notorious
that thousands Of putrid carcasses poison the
atmosphere In the neighborhood Of the federal
capital, and that no efforts are made TO abate
the nuisance. This is not the case on the Po-
tomac alone, but wherever our troops are or
have been encamped. Now such state of
things ought not to be suffered to exist There
il no occasion to add TO the losses in actual
warfare those of pestilence, and there is no
sooner way to foster the latter than by exposing
putrid animal matter to the sun. When the
carcasses of horses and other brates can be
turned to commercial advantage, II seems
strange that the military authorities should
hermit them to go TO waste. In Australia
millions of sheep and cattle used to be slaugh-
tered every year for the mere sake Of boiling
down. Hence the great export of tallow,
hides, horns, wool and bones from that coun-
try Surely there are great knackers and tallow
manufacturers who would purchase the car
casses alluded to-; but If not so disposed of,


there is no excuse for not burying them, there
by allowing them TO fertilize the earth instead
Of poisoning the air
Year: 1862

ATTACKS OF THE TRIBUNE ON THE PRESIDENT
Yesterday the following appeared in the 7ri-
hume, under the caption of "The Proposed Re-
moval Of Gen. Mcclellan" and Immediately
under the Generalin-Chiefs spirited address to
the Army Of the Potomac, the intention being
TO neutralize its force and throw cold water
upon the enthusiasm it is calculated to ex-
cite:-


The resolution offered in the senate executive session
Friday requesting the President to General
Mcclellan from his command, and withdrawn by the
mover after a debate which showed unanimous pur.
pose pass u, will probably be renewed Monday
tuesday.


There was no such resolution offered in
executive session. II is base fabrication, de-
signed to wound the President through General
Mcclellan In another column the Tribune as
sails him for "the absence of warlike spirit and
military energy and capacity" and adopts the
malignant epithet of Wendell Phillips, who calls
him Quaker General" Again: the Tribune,
in commenting upon the General-in-Ch ad-
dress to his army, speaks Of it as an "apology
for the gigantic failure to capture the enemy
and end the war at Manassas" and adds that
"it is evident from this address that General
Mcclellan feels the weight Of that enormous
blow more deeply perhaps than any other man
in the country; but Notwithstanding that event
the President sees ft to retain him In
his command" Here Is evident censure
Of Mr.. Lincoln. From the beginning the
Tribune has never ceased to wound
the President ct every opportunity,
sometimes openly, with an astounding audacity,
and sometimes with a covert malice peculiar
to that journal. In all the recent assaults on
General Mcclellan In its columns IL has been
undoubtedly striking at the Chief Magistrate
through the trusted General of his choice The
tendency of such assaults is to weaken the conf
dence of the troops in their General, and thus
to contribute to the defeat of the army-a con-
summation deveutly wished for by Greeley and
the whole tribe of abolitionsts, for nothing
they fear so much as the speedy success of the
war, because twill restore the Union and take
away forever the occupation of the anti-slavery
agitators. 1t is no new thing for the Tribune
to wish the overthrow of our armies During
the Mexican war one Of its most pious and fer
vent calculations to Heaven was that the enemy
might "welcome our troops with bloody hands
TO hospitable graves" Such Is the spirit of its
attacks on the President and General Mcclellan
during the present was ~
Year: 1862

A yoICE FROM TExAs.--We publish in an.
other column letter from Texas, depicting the
suiferings of Union men in that State, and call.
ing for help from the North. This is the most
extreme of the Southern States, and yet even
there conservative element exists, signing for
deliverance from yoke of bondage, aud wait
ing for the coming Of the federal army to CO.
operate with IL for the redemption of the
State from secessionism and Its restoration to
the old Union, under which the country has
known nothing but prosperity
Year: 1862

IRoS-CrAp SHrPs-The promptitude with
which the Naval Committee in the Senate has
recommended the appropriation of fifteen mil
lions to the construction of iron-clad vessels is
good sign that the lesson taught by the Moni-
tor and Merrmac is not lost sight of, and
that we shall not be slow to profit by it. That
no time will be lost by the Senate in voting
this sum for the purpose in question, and that
the work will be executed with 90 little delay
a. possible. we sincerely bope
Year: 1862

MR. EDITOR As your "lay-preacher'' has not returned from his mission of mercy and mo- ney to minister to his waiting flock, I send the following paper, thinking it may tend to convert his audience and benefit them by it's practical suggestions for the times. SOLICITOR.
Year: 1862

The Chicago daily papers have
raised their subscription rates to 50 per
annum in advance. The cost of paper
has advanced so as to make an increase
of price absolutely necessary with pub
fishers generally.
Year: 1862

now q Dlao14f9e0 soldier cuN let Ills


Pan


Icoiumbus Correspondence Cincinnati aalette


Reliable data have been placed in my
possession, from which am enabled to
state ell the routine it is necessary for a
soldier to pass through from the time he
becomes a ftrqbiect for discharge until he
receives his money.


l. Under the late General Order No. 60,
all soldiers are required to report at Camp
Chase for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. be-
ing furnished upon application to Quarter
Master General G. B. Wright. Should the
Post Surgeon pronounce a soldier unfit for
further service, he will be provided with
duplicate certificates Of disability. These
are to be taken to Captain Albert bod, who
has his Office in the city, and he will make
out discharge If the Captain is fur
nished with a descriptive roll, giving the
time Of enlistment the amount Of clothing
drawn, and the time when last paid, the
final statement will be Immediately made
out. Furnished with these and his dis
charge, the soldier will then 60 to Major
Howard, U. S. Paymaster who will pay





But should the soldier not be provided
with the descriptive roll, he is nevertheless
discharged but Captain bod sends to the
company commander an order, under au-
thOrity Of the Secretary Of War, to furnish,
without delay, the necessary facts. When
they are received, the final statement, in
duplicate, is made out and forwarded to
the soldier, who in the meantime can re-
turn home. When received by the soldier,
the statement, with the discharge, is sent
to Major Howard who makes therefrom
the pay account IN duplicate, which he
sends for the signature of the soldier
When these are returned to the Major, the
money is at once remitted, with the dis
charge. If at the time Of his discharge,
the soldier is compelled to wait for the re-
ception of the descriptive roll before he
can receive his pay, and would like to re-
turn home, but has not the means to do SO,
he viii be provided with transportation,
on application to Quarter Master General
Wright, which viii be indorsed on the dis
charge.


By the above it will be seen Of how little
advantage these "claim agents" really are
to the soldier. By one process it will cost
the latter from two to Eve dollars, and by
the other only few cents for the postage;
but with this advantage he will receive
his pay much sooner. If the papers Of
the State would only give circulation to
some Of the above facts, the " fees of these
men may become less numerous.


OCCASIONAL.
Year: 1862

The correspondent of the n Y World
furnishes the following incident attending
the recent events of the peninsula;


Speaking of the spirit of the men re-
minds me of an incident, both grand and
beautiful, which took place yesterday af-
ternoon in Butterfeld's Brigade. For
months there has been a standing order
against the playing of bands in camp, and
in not one instance of the numerous late
battles have our splendid bands been al
lowed to inspire the hearts of the brave
soldiers by the strains of patriotic music.
A great mistake, all viii say. During the
aght yesterday afternoon an order came
for Morelrs Division to repair to the hill
near where the battle was going on, and
act as a support for the reserve artillery.
The men obeyed the order TO fall in prompt
ly, though the weather was scorching hot,
and they had been four days without rest
or sleep.


A happy thought struck Capt. TT Hoyt,
of Gen. Butterfelds staff, who saw that
the men looked weary and exhausted He
Immediately gathered ali the regimental
bands, placed them at the head OF the
brigade, and ordered them to play. They
started the Star Spangled Banner and
the FIRST note had hardly been struck when
the men caught the spirit, and cheer after
cheer arose from regiment after regiment,
and was borne away upon the bosom Of the
placid river. The band continued to play,
and other regiments and other brigades
caught the spirit, and the air resounded
with tumultuous applause at the happy
hit, until all the columns on that vast plain
were yieing with each other to do homage
to the inspiriting strains of the band
After several times playing, Major Welch
Of the 10th Michigan, in brief speech,
proposed three cheers for the hero Of the
command, Gen. Dan Butterfeld, which
we're given in magnificent style. To add
to the enthusiasm, Gen. Mcclellan hap
pened to ride through the field just then,
and was received with an outburst that
fairly astonished him.


The scene was continued, the brigade
moved of with the band playing, and had
there been fight in the next field, the
men would have gone into action on the
dopble-quick to the tune Of Yankee Doodle,
if every one had known that death would
be his fate. All honor to the fBmous Light
Brigade.
Year: 1862




A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Press writes from Fortress Monroe, July
9Th:


aFirst as to the siege guns. I never
saw, and never saw any one who did see,
any other siege guns in the army of the
Potomac than eight or ten long S0-pound
PARROTS. These were mounted in battery
on the extreme right Of the army, and all
day Friday, June q, did splendid work in
shelling the rebels across the Chickahom-
my. These guns were all saved. I saw
the whole Of them late on Sunday after
noon, five miles across the White Oak
Swamp bridge, on ground which the enemy
did not hold for forty-eight hours after
wards. They were rapidly proceeding to-
ward the James River. Your readers may
rely upon the safety of these guns.


aThen, as to wounded relatives of people
in the North. Every battlefield and hos
pital which was formed for the reception
Of its wounded during the retreat, is in
possession Of the enemy. If a soldier was
killed, his body now lies on rebel ground.
If he was wounded in such a way that he
could not walk, there being no ambulances
to remove any wounded men, he Of course
fell into the hands Of the enemy IF he
were wounded SO that he could walk with
out help, or by the aid of a crutch, or by
leaning on a friend's shoulder, even though
his weakness compelled him to rest at every
half mile, his safety may be relied upon.
The army, in aggregate, marched very
slowly, but ten miles in tWenty-fOur hours,
and these wounded men came struggling
to the hospital boats at Harrison's house
during all my stay there, and no doubt
they are struggling in still. From the
nature Of the wound the safety Of the men
can be ascertaiHed. As to well men, the
mails viii soon be opened, and they, of
course, at the first opportunity, win bring
home letters telling their whereabouts.


avery regiment in the army, with
scarcely an exception, was engaged in one
or another Of the weeks battles, and all
did braYely. The troops have the most
perfect confidence in their Generals, and
they all deserve it; for q braver set Of Of
fcers never commanded an army. The
men almost worship Mcclellan, and would
do even impOssibilities if he commanded
them.
Year: 1862

The New York Evening Post calls atten-
ton TO the fact that Of the three persons
who met at Ostend, and thence issued the
notorious manifesto for plundering Spain
Of the Island Of Cuba for the benefit of
slavery, Mason is dead, Buchanan living
IN retirement with the knowledge that no
loyal man in the nation mentions his name
but with horror and contempt, and Soule
is now an inmate Of Fort Lafayette as a
traitor 70 the government to which he
sWore allegiance more than quarter Of a
century ago, and in which be has had OPP
portunity 70 raise himself from obscurity
and poverty 70 eminencs. As for George
Sanders, the unofficial assistant at 0stend,
be & wandering about the Southwest, the
Gpoli Of even his friends.