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Year: 1863

AN RDIroR CoNscRIPTEp-Ilow
He FEELS ABOUT IT.-The Journal
has had frequent occasion TO acknow.
ledge the kind attention of Provost
Marshal Mamlin and his assistants
But what praise is sufficient for them.
now that they have made such draft
upon their kindness as to give one Of
our editorial corps a place among the
Patres Gonscriptis We thought that
we had some friends. But we had no
idea that they were so many as came
to congratulate us yesterday afternoon.
And they were so free too from en-
Wy of our new honors. 1t raised our
estimate Of disinterestedness Of man
kind. Aud then how gracefully was
the opportunity improved to pay a
delicate compliment Of our youthful
ness. AS much rs 10 say what I!
young enough to be drawn. Who
would have thought il r And how
delightful il was to find such a sur
plus OF editorial talent in The visitors,
and such kindness Of heart as to offer
to Gil our place during our temporary
absence of three years in the army. -
The happy union Of ability with gem
erosity was encouraging and touching.
In fifteen minutes we were so iortu-
nate Ms TO have come into our oiiic.
two or three gentlemen ready to take
the heave leaders '--one witty para
graphisi, one reliable gentleman, one
intelligent contraband, one descrter
(who Lad always been good
Union man, one verocious lady who
had escaped from rebellion, aud one
local reporter, good for the late hours
Of night. 1t was cheering TO think
that so much help was so promptly at
hand in the emergency. Perhaps we
ought TO add that our visitors, though
so generous, all appeared 10 suffer
from some physical disability. when
the subject Of acting as military sub
stituies was broached. Their liberal
iiy was Of the high, intellectual sort.
Let Us not forget the generous tender
of the patriotic owner of three 100
pound rlfed shells, who, with lavish
generosity, offered 10 put them in our
knapsack without cost TO US or TO the
Government. And then what bliss
20 feel for the first time the thrill Of
martial camardderie, as our fellow
conscrip,s, dear, gallant souls, resolv-
cd to do or die, OF get substitutes,
or pay $500 each, drop ed il the Of
fiee, the light Of battle on their faces.
And for all this and more-we can
not say how much more we have to
thank The .Sortes HamEnienses, the
mystic, fateiul wheels and urns and
papers OF the Provost Marshal and
bis assistants. Perhaps we ought TO
say con6dentially to our brave and
belIigrrent comrades, that we UNDER
stand that the Government designs TO
use US, who were drawn yesterday, as
Brigadier Generals, as by priority Of
draft we shall be seniors in the service.


Let Us SIS ~ TO be kind to those who
will he draxn hereafter, and viii
serve under us.--Proridenee Journal.
Year: 1863

A ToRNApo.-A fellow over in
Galesburg on the receipt Of the news
of the surrender of Vicksburg ted
Grape on The door Of has shop. Some
how during The rcjoicings Of the peo-
pie, the boniircs, illuminaations and
discharge of fire works, the whole con-
cern disappeared. II was supposed
to have been carried off by tornado.
We have not heard whether the own
er was also carried off at the same
time. If he was, probably very few
regret his loss.
Year: 1863

QUITE TRUE.-In commenting on the
failure to furnish Gen. Burnside's army
with tie proper facilities for crossing the
Rappahannock at the time he first reach
ed that river, the Nashville Union makes
some general remarks which are worth
repeating:


Quartermaster General Meigs, at
Washington, is receiving a heavy load
of censure for his strange delay in send
ing transportation to General Burnside
before the battle of Fredericksburg. His
delay gave the rebels ample time to for
tify, and make the successful passage of
the Rappahannock impossible Meigs
has been under suspicion for some time.
His associations are bad. He is South
Carolinian, and stood very high with
Breckenridge and his friends, and is said
TO have been great friend of JEFF. Davis.
There is mystery surrounding many of
the Bureaus at Washington Notorious
partisans of the Southern ConfederacY
after the accession Of Mr. Lincoln The
President is so anxious to be fair and
impartial that he even grants favors to
men who hate him. He has less of the
partisan, probably, in his nature, than
any President we have ever had. He
carries his generosity entirely too far to
get along smoothly, and prosecute his
Administration successfully. He is Sc
excessively liberal that his Council ot
State has but little unity. He was elect
ed as a Republican President, and his
Administration has been anything but
Republican. 1t has been Border State
Conservative, Democratic Conservative
Union Democratic, and in fact anything
and everything save Republican His
appointees, instead of harInonizing, have
been perpetually warning with each other
and the policy of the war has been al
changeable as the hues of the chameleon
Now an Indifferent policy steadily anC
unwaveringly followed is far more likely
to attain success than a new policy
adopted each day, although it be goot
one. A man can live more comfortabl,
by taking up his residence in hut per
manently, than by moving from one pal
ace to another dozen times day. w,
are for jackson motto on this point, ant
want to see the Cabinet a unit Mr. Lin
coin must see that he gains no credit an,
no strength from his opponents by ele
waiting them to office, to the exclusion o
those who supported him. Generals Hal
leck, Mcclellan, Buell., Stanton, and pei
Year: 1863

TIME LATE WIDOW OF DIR. COwLEs BEGs
il leave TO announce to her old friends and pat
that she still continues the preparation of the
same successful remedies which were used by the
Old Doctor himself, which won for him practice
at that time unequaled in the West. She is now
located two and half miles North Of Evansville.
on the Plank Road, near Eegley's Mill on Pigeon
Creek. jyil-diy
Year: 1863

Tue HONEST sincerity and earnestness Of


purpose manifested by Mr.. SNIrugRs at the
great Union Meeting on Saturday has won
ior him troops of friends and supporters who
previously had never known-except by re
putation-the character of the man. The
unprecedented applause that greeted him


during the delivery of his speech, shows the
esteem and appreciation in which he is held
by the people of Wilmington. The candid
and ingenious manner in which he answered
the question in relation to the Fifth Della
ware Regiment, secured to him scores of
votes from the volunteers, who saw in his
frankness the evidence Of his attachment to
the soldiers and devotion to their interests.
Year: 1863




August Goth, 1868.


Ed. DEMOCRAT Il left the spacious
and comfortable rooms in the Union Hos
pital at Memphis some weeks ago. and
joined Co. A shortly after they returned
to Vicksburg from the pursuit Of john
ston.


Imust say a word as to the hospital,
the attendants and the sanitary depart
ment. The Union Hospital is one Of the
best, if not the best regulated hospital in
Memphis. DR.. Brumley, the Surgeon in
charge, spares neither time nor money to
make the hospital one Of the best, and
the inmates in every way comfortable
The attendants. a nmuber of whom are
ladies. cannot be well appreciated except
by those who have been patients in the
hospitals. The diet for those who are
unable to 60 down to the dining hall. IS
prepared by the ladies and anything
that the sick or wounded soldier thinks
he would relish, is brought, he only hav.
ing to express his wish for it, The
clothes of each patient and Of the cots
are changed as often as necessary; and,
when we left, we were furnished with fine
under clothes, furnished by the Northern
Ohio S. A. Society.


wonld say to the ladies of Northern
Ohio, that, by your patriotic and untiring
efforts, you relieve thousands Of suffering
soldiers. After the battle OF Champion
Hill, the want Of hospital clothes was
great, and the wounded were likely &c
suffer from wearing the filthy clothes
which, in such campaigns, we seldom
have time to wash. But shortly we go
a supply of hospital clothes; and an
proud to say that Northern Ohio furnished
more than any State or part OF State
In no other way coulG the ladies SO mate
rally aid in the great cause, as through
the Aid Societies and the soldiers in the
field will ever remember and bless YOU
for your kindness.


Vicksburg I found to be little else thar
a mass Of ruins. Hardly building
could be seen that did not bear marks o
shot or shell. The streets were in filthy
condition. Aged and sickly negroes
lurkcd in almost every corner. They lool
Year: 1863

ALL EQUAL HERE.-It is related of the
Duke of Wellington, that once when he re-
mained to take the sacrament at his parish
church, very poor old man had gone up
the opposite aisle. and reached the commu-
MON table, knelt down close by the side of
him; some one-a pew owner probably
came and touched the poor old man on the
shoulder, whispered to him to move farther
away, or rise and wait until the Duke bad
received tho bread and wine. But the ca
gle eye, and quick ear Of the great COM
mander caught The meaning of that touch
aud that whisper. He casped the old mans
hand, and held him to prevent bis rising,
and in a reverential undertone, but most
distinctly, said; DO not move-we are oil
equal here"
Year: 1863

ENGLAND produces from her island mines
more coal than any other nation and yes
tho coal mines of the United States cover
greater area in square miles than the whole
area Of the British islands.
Year: 1863

plan is presented which may be accepted
by them as rallying point, and which
they are assured in advance will not be re-
jected here. This may bring them tosct
sooner than they otherwise would. I'm
objections TO a premature presentation OF
plan by the national executive consist in
the danger Of committals on points which
could be more safely left to future develop
ments. Care has been taken to SO shape
the document as to avoid embarrassment
from this source. Saying that, on certain
terms, certain classes win be pardoned, with
rights restored, It is not said that otler
classes or other terms will never be includ-
ed and saying also that reconstruction will
be accepted if presented in specified way,
1t is not said it wlll-never-be accepted ~
any other way. The movements by State
action fer emancipation in several of the
States not included in the emancipation
proclamation, are matters of profound graft
ulation, and, while do not repeat in detail
what have heretofore so earnestly urged
upon this subject, my general views and
feelings remain unchanged, and | trust Con-
gress will omit no fair opportunity Of aid
ing these important steps to the great con-
summation.


IMPORTANCE OF THE WAR POWER.


In the midst Of other cares, however i'm
portant, we must not lose sight of the fact
that the war power is still our main leli-
ance, and to that power alone can we look
yet for time, to give confidence to the peo-
pie in tie contested regions that the insur-
gent power will not again overrun them.
Until that confidence shall be established,
little can be done anywhere for what is call
ed reconstruction. Hence our chietest care
must still be directed TO the army and navy,
who have thus far borne their harder parts
SO nobIy and well. And it may be esteem
ed fortunate that in giving the greatest ei-
ficiency TO these indispensable arms, we do
also honorably recognize the gallant men
from commander to sentinel, who compose
them, and TO whom, more than TO others
the world ust stand indebted for the home
of freedom, disenthraled, rejuvenated, en-
larged and perpetuated.


ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Year: 1863

There is sublimity in silence and soli-
How still the air! The
city sleeps in silence. No voice, no foot.
steps, nothing but the whisper of the night
How still it is! The stars wink at each
other, but utter no words. Tho moon tray.
els on her course, but is silent. Night
How grand the scene. My soul thrills as
contemplate. The world is hushed and
am alone-alone with God.


What an hour for prayer. How fitting
now withdrawn and alone, to gain victory
over sin by wrestling with God. There is
strength in prayer, and deliverance from
evil. Do we not need iti In the crowded
street, in the busy haunts Of men, do we moi
need tho power ofthe new life which is hit
with Christ in Code Jesus withdrew him
self into the wilderness and prayed. Hc
was alone-alone with God! He needed
thestrepgth which thethrone ofgrace affords
How much more we! He withdrew moi
simply as an example TO use, but he needed
God. Como, then, my soul; Bring here
all that is dark, and let God give thee light
Bring all that is rebellious, and let Goo
subdue il. Bring all that is weak, and LEI
God give thee strength. Bring the distor
ted and crooked, and God shall make j
straight. Soul, thou art too far from God
Nearer nearer! Silently, for thou comes
in blood, the blood of the Lambl Wha
an hour is thisl God is herel l feel Hi
presence. He communes with worm o
the dust. OH how awful, how sweet th,
presence Of the Holy One. How blessed
the child of God who comes at the still hou
to pray. Let me never make sbipwrecl
here. Incline me, Holy Spirit, TO dra,
near to Godi And take thou the thing
of Christ aud show them unto me. Leave m
not to myself. Live thou in me that ma,
live unto God Prayer is Jacobs ladde
with the angels ascending and descending
If no prayer ascends, no angel will descend
Lord, teach US to pray when alone wit
Thee t nE
Year: 1863

Coal OIL FOR FRUIT TREEs.-A gentle
man formerly connected with coal oil busi-
ness in this city, tells US that several years
ago, in taking lot of sample bottles of oil
On journey for exhibition. he accidentally
had bottle broken, saturated the sawdust
in which the bottles were packed. When he
arrived at his stopping p ace, he put the saw
onst at the foot of plum tree, it being
about the time of the blossoming of the
plum trees. The result was watched, and it
turned out that the curculio which ravaged
the other plum trees in the orchard, gave
this one berth, and the plums were saved
to ripen.


This circumstance led to further expert
ments, with like favorable results. The saw
dust thus saturated-which can be done with
the cheapest kind of coal oil-retains the
oder for long time, which is offensive to
the tastldlous tastes of the little Turk. The
oorer also will not put gimlet into the trunk
OF tree which is encircled with this stuff
Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1863

AN ACT to annex part of the State Of New


Jersey to the collection district Of New York,


and to appoint an assistant collector, to re-
side at jersey City.


Be 1t enacted Jy the Senate and House of
Reprcse.tatires Qfhe United States Of Ameri-
ca IN Congress asScmbled, That all that part of
the State of New Jersey which lies north and
east of Elizabethtown and Staten Island, conf
prising the counties of Hudson and Bergen, be
and the same is hereby annexed to the collec-
ton district Of New York; that an assistant
collector, to be appointed by the President of
the United States, shall reside at Jersey City,
who shall have power to enter and clear vessels
in like manner as the collector Of New York is
authorized by law to do, but such assistant col
lcctOr shall, nevertheless act in conformity to
such instructions and regulations as he shall
from time to time receive from the collector of
New York; and that the said assistant colec-
tor shall receive for his annual salary two thou
sand dollars i'll full for all services to be by him
| performed. and in lieu ofcommissions and fees.
Approved February 21, 1863.
Year: 1863

They relieve Cough instantly.
They clear the Throat


They give strength and volume to the voice
They impart delicious aroma to the breath
They are delightful to the taste
They are made of simple herbs and cannet harm any
one.


advise every one who has Cough or a Husky Voice
or Bad Breath or any difficulty Of the Throat to get
apacKage OF my Throat Contections they will relieve
you instantly and you will agree with me tina thew
90 right to the spot" You will find them very useful
ana pleasant wn trave'ing or tending publ C
hgs Tor stilng your cough allayng your thirst II
you try one package, am safe saving that you will
find them at the Druggists and Dealers in Medicines


Price Twenty-Five Cents.
NY siguature is on each package. All others are
counterfeit


m a Package will be sent by mail prepaid on receipt
Thirty Cents. Address


HENRY G. SPAULDING


IS Cedar Street, New York.
Year: 1863

MELON GRoUND.-Look well to
the lirings Of bed and keep up a
good heat; as they advance keep the
vines both of melons and cucum-
bers evenly trained over the sur
face. Add fresh mold gradually as
required; remember tht melons
like a tirm-wc might almost say a
hard-bed to grow in! therefore,
the soil in which they grow should
be quite firm. Take care in plant
ing out or caTtl,ing up not to cover
the plants deeply at the collar or
bury the seed leaves.
Year: 1863

In answer to numerous inquiries
on the possibility Of detecting the
counterfeit from the genuine postal
currency, we can inform our read
ers that there are no means of disl
eliminating between them. The
texture of the paper on which the
notes are printed affords no crite.
rlon whatever, and the small mon.
ogram. ABC, on some dcnomina.
tions, is only a trademark of the
American Bankrnote Company
the absence Of it is no proof of an
iIlogitimate bill. Some of the notes
were printed by the National Bank
note Company, and others by the
firm previously referred to. The
only way Of detecting fraudulent
note is by the coarsoness Of its exl
ccution; this can only be done when
the bill is new, and by a person
who is a judge Of such work
WI the note is dirty and crum
pied up, no one, not even an expert,
can @afeIy affirm as to the GOOD
character of any particular nosc.-
This is poor encouragement, but it
is all we are able to give.
Year: 1863

Moisture at the base of the bulb


for any length Of time is most in


furious to the onion; on the other


hand, dry heat at the surface is


very beneficial, as 1t is the sun heat


alone which renders the Spanish
onions so superior to the English in
flavor and beauty of the bulbs. The


hotter the season or the climate, the
sweeter is the flavor of onions; and
the colder the season or the climate
the more pungent.


The hoe should never be used
among onions. 1t does mischief,
and if an onion is once loosened in
the soil ilitnever makes much growth
afterwards. So, too, the bulbs
should never be earthcd up; they
should stand wholly above ground,
and have good depth Of soil to root
in.


SEA sand, salt ard SCOT are good
top dressings for an onion bcd-to
be put on at least a week before
sowing. otand guano,t three parts
of The first to one part ofthe second,
is a good top dressing for the seed
bed when the seed is sown late, as
it gives the young plant good
start to make up for lost time
Salad onions to be sown every three
weeks, from the end OF March to
the end of August.


If young onions suddenly turn
yellow and drop on the ground, it
is pretty certain they are attacked
by Anthomyia ccparum. The grub
which does this mischief is white,
slim, cylindrical, and from a quar-
t to half an inch long; it eats in
t. the heart of the onion and de-
stroys its life. AS the fly inserts
its eggs close to the ground, within
the leaf shcaths of the plant, any
dressing no. injurious 10
tie plant may be used to keep the
fly at distance. Gas house lime
sprinklcd between the rows, or over
the whole of the seed bed, will
sometimes serve the purpose, and
at other times fail. When charcoal
is used literally as top dressing,
it IS very rarely the plants suffer
from this pest. Another enemy is
Eumerus eneus, the brassy onion
fly. This grub is brownish and
Dristly; it is only in a wet season
this is to be feared-drought is
leath to them. Gas house lime is
the preventive of this also. Deep
trenching and a clean state of the
ground will be the best preventives
ofthe vcrmin that destroy the onion
crop.
Year: 1863

1t will be an injury to a good cause to
allow the impression to go abroad that the
Northwestern Fair is 50 great success
that it will be sure 20 yield many Thousand
dollars with no further personal exertion,
or cooperation on the part Of the public.
The point has been reached where the call
is presented to all the people to come up
and help. The crop was well put in, has
given an abundant yield, but is
get 10 be harvested. It will
not do to set down beside field white for
The rcapers The labors OF the threshing
floor are heavy. Let everybody remember
that now is the lime when all can 1lelp.
Go, then, to the Fair, and remember that
every purchase you make from its we'll
loaded tables is in mid Of & 1oyal cause.
The ladies have heaped up splendid re-
suit thus far, but their appeal is to the
public to come forward and convert these
donations into cash. Let everybody pat
ronize the Fair.
Year: 1863

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AN INFALLIBLE CURE FOR BRONCHITIS

AN lNFALLIBLE CURE FOR BRONCmTs



AN INFALLIBLE CURE FOR BRONCHITIS.

AN INFALLIBLB CURE FOR BRONCHITIS

AN INFALLIBLE CURE FOR BRONCHITIS
Year: 1863

lantic, the aristocrats in England are tht
only war party there. They arc natural
ly in sympathy with the shareholders
The success Of the Nation in this con
test in which we are engaged, success:
which is assured if we keep from foreigr
war, is the success of the democracy
everywhere it is the success Of equa
rights, of free institutions, of free ane
well-paid labor, Of individual indepen
lence all the world over. There is moth
ing strange in the fact that q powerful
and rich landed aristocracy should in
stinctively, as class, dread and desire
to prevent this success. The cause ol
the aristocracy," says Professor Goldwir
Smith Of Oxford, one of the ahlest and
most Independent of English thinkers
the cause Of the aristocracy on both sides
of the Atlantic is one and accordingl
our aristocracy and the parliament ii
which it predominates, have shown fol
the cause of the slave-owner an enthusi
asm which they have never shown for
any other cause in history. The cause
of the people on both sides of the At.
lantic is also one and large part ol
the English people now feel this to their
hearts core" Let the American people
also feel this, and resolve that neither
the slave owners Of America nor the ar:S.
| tocracy Of England shall succeed in pro-
voking war which would be undertaken
by them for the sake of establishing class
privileges the more securely in England
and of pcrpctuating the system Of slavery
| in America.


That the English people is really at
heart one with the American people, is
manifest by the warmth of their sympa-
thy with us in our struggle as expressed
in great meetings in their chief cities by
their loud, indignant protests against the
course of the government in the matter
OF the alabama" by their refusal TO be
mislsd by the delusivc promises of rebel
agents. The English government already,
BY its altered tone shows the force Of this
current Of popular opinion. With wise
torbeararce on our part, with ! firm and
cool maintenance Of our own just claims,
and fair and ready admission Of the
just claims against US, with a careful
avoidance Of violent words, of threats OF
force, of sullen and resentful demcanor in
our dealings with England, we shall serve
our own great cause far better than it
could be served by any course which
should estraBge US from the hearts Of the
English people II We conquer the South,
and cxterminate the rebels, we conquer
cur enemies in England, and we win the
battle for the people there as well as
here The interests Of humanity and Of
civilization are TO be promoted, the cause
of freedom and equal rights to be advanc-
ed, by keeping and establishing peace
which shall unite the people of America
and OF England in permanent brother
hood. Peace is for the peoples sake,
war would be for the interest Of the ar!s-
toclacy and the slavc-owner, y.
Year: 1863

was struck by glancing ball which made
quite bruise. Captain Gray had a ball
shot through his hat. This has been
hard march, we have stopped only one
day, don't know where we shall 20 to
from this place, but will probably ad.
vance.
Year: 1863

The editor of the New York Tribune is
not totally blind man by any means. lie
says Of this war: 1t has saddled us with
debt that will take bread from the mouth
of every laboring mans child for generations,
and send millions hungry to bed"