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Year: 1863

Our exchanges groan with learned essays
on fnance-the object being to show how the
Government can arrest Ae depreciation of
redundant currency, maintain the public
credit, and finally pay its debts. We havea
supreme contempt for words whea great and
prominent facts stand out to challenge uni
versal attention. 1t is q waste Of breath. OF
paper and of common sense to beat the bush
for impossible ways to do impossible things,
when it is clear to every intelligent mind
there is bat one way to accomplish the end
sought and that as simple as the commonest
sum in arithmetic, and as obvious as the
evil to be corrected. What is the difficulty !?
1t is that the Government is paying lavishly
ont of,he treasury for the support of the war
and nothing is coming into it. An empty till
and depreciation of Government paper to
worthlessness are the inevitable results of
such process in given. time. What is the
remedy? There is but .one earthly remedy.
and Congressman, Treasury Clerks and Edi-
tors may scratch their heads, and exhaust
the finance libaries and fiscal references and
experiences of the Governments Of the world.
in vain effort to find another. Tdration is
the only resource, to keep down the interest
upon, and keep up the value of, your paper
money, and finally to sink and absorb the
principal Of your debt. And while. it is an
inexorable truth that taxation is the true and
only salvation Of Confederate credit, IL is. al


40 true that the sooner it is resorted 10 the
better. Are our Congressman afraid to ap-
proach the duty? Then, they arn not the
men for the times. Are they conscious of an
incspacity to master the subject Of finance :
Then, in mercy to the country, let them re-
sign and give place to those who have both
the ability and the courage to do their duty.
The people are ready to pay the tax, and
they are able to bear it. They expect 1t.
They know that their safety, property. and
liberties depend upon the public credit being
sustained-that che army must be disbanded
unless it is, and they must become vassals TO
Yankee lords and their women the slaves Of
Yankee passions. If they have given their
s,ns and brothers and their own blood to
avert thu horrid doom, will they not give their
substance? Tax! that is the cure Of the
financial malady. Tax heavily enough to
meet the public eI;gencics during the war,
and when peace is restored it will require on
ly a little courageous craftsmanship to WELD
the immense resources of the Coufedcracy to
the speedy extinguishmeat of its debt. We
have several King staples besides cotton. The
outside world may be made to pay royal til.
butte to them. II we succeed in this war,
we shall have saved these Kings Of commerce
to the world. 1t is but right that the world
should help bear the burden Of the struggle,
by footing the bill Of costs. All this when
our ports ore opened. Until then, taxation
is the only panacca.- Mobile Register.
Year: 1863

Iu any Gaze, feeling of sadness will come


over the heart, at the reflection that friend
whom we have loved will be with US no more.
The word, Farewell! has in it something
dirre.like, which all more or less feel-so
many things may occur to prevent the alter
meeting of those who part; or they may
meet with altered feelings. Obi We would
rather never, never again SEQ those we have
Year: 1863

loved, and whose remembrance is twined
around our heart, than meet the averted eye
of changed affection. We would rather kneel
above the graves of those with whom we
parted in friendship, than read, within those
eyes whose every CLEAN and glance is stamp
ed upon our memory-change!
Year: 1863

Poor PERclvALl His only grief was the
early blight Of first and only love. His
was a broken heart and all the forms and
shows of things" in the world had DO attrac'
ton in his eyes. 1t was in spirit such as
this, that he wrote these exquisites lines;
dI saw, on the top of n mountain high,


A gem that shone like fire by night;


1t seemed { star that had left the sky,


And fallen asleep on that lonely height.


Il siimbed the peak, and found it soon,


A lump Of ice in the clear cold moon


Wouldst thou its hidden sense impart?


Twas n cheerful look and broken heart"
Year: 1863

A former ardent Democratic student
at Lewisburg, having enlisted in Illinois,
writes as follows to friend here


often think of the arguments We used


to have around your table over the gener-


al questions of the day-.he Sumner and


Brooks affair in particular. Little did


we dream that that was but forerunner


of this terrible storm. Brooks, coward.


like, stole upon Sumner, and dealt him a


blow when he was least able to defend


himself, and that wi,hou: just cause, and


in direct violation of the rules of debate


So the South, through the arch thief
Floyd, stole a march on the North, and
bad everything thci. own way. But tho
tables are turnins-slowly but surely.
Our cold blood has warmed up to the
work at last; there is no fash, but cocl,
calm, deep determination to conquer, not
the people of the South, but their iufa-
nous leaders, and to save ourselves.


| have always been q Democrat-not
Copperhead-never believed Slavery right,
bat considered it recognized and protected
under the constitution and laws. l would
be opposed to making the abolition Of Sla-
very one of the main objects of this war,
but do hope that it may be one Of the in
cidents of it. Slavery has been properly
called a black stain upon the fair fame Of
America; it is now being washed out
With blood All this is very unpleasant
to think Of, yet it must be endured. We
dare no. 60 back, neither dare We stop
where VIC are ; it is empLatically victory
or death. A patched-up peace would be
worse than no peace, and DisunIon is
death. Itseems as though any intelligent
person must see this. l do not have any
personal preferences or prejudices. Show
me the one who is able to lead our armies
on to victory, and l will show you my
man. But what is most needed is unity
of feeling and of purpose. l hope the
Union Leagues will do much towards
bringing abOu. and keeping up such
state of feeling, and that they may not
degenerate into engines having party iu-
terests first, aud country second.
Year: 1863

THAT WILL Do.-Col. Tate, Editor OF
the Bloomsbury Democrat, says:


"The Enrolment will no doubt be quietly
made, and the Draft will follow, and each
man will stand his chance"


That is sensible and patriotic. Calling
men by lot to defend the country, is the
fair way. If all professed Democrats bad
acted and talked in the spirit Of the fore
going extract, our land would not now be
couvulsed with fear aud danger, nor would
30 much blood have been shed in resisting
necessary, constitutional Law.
Year: 1863

A VALUABLE corner Building Lot large enough
N to make two good sized house lots situated on
the corner OF Bracket and Bramhal streets will be
sold low, and on favorable terms on application 10
vaughan streets my9 d3w
Year: 1863

] Senator Cowsn, of Pennsylvania, in tn


last speech he made in the Senate, at it


last session, just on the eve of its adjourn


ment, made the following reference to th'
Democratic party. He said:


Now, it seems to me that if we of the
| predominant party were more tolerant oil
! the opposition, and instead of taking pains


to insult their beliefs and misrepresent theit


opinions, we should be very careful to avoid


any allusion to them whatever, we should
soon disarm that opposition. I have been
from the first of opinion that the introduce


ton of any measure no matter how impor-


tant it might appear to be in the eyes of


their friends, calculated to provoke the


hostility of the Democratic party and incite


it to opposition, was mischievous to the


highest degree, and that all we might gain


by such measure would be nothing com
pared with what we should lose by arousing
it to resist it. There harm onious co-opera-
tion with us in the prosecution of the war is
worth more to the country thousand times
over than any measure we could propose
and which would tend to ALLEVIATE them from
us. Is there any man living to-day, who
loves his country better than his own hobby,
who would not be willing and ready to give
up all the causes of difference with that
great party, composing one-half our people,
for the sake of insuring its hearty and
cheerful cooperation with US in carrying
on the war? Sir, 1 had rather have the
moral and material aid of the Democratic
party in this war than all the legislative
projects that could be Matched in the brains
of Congress composed entirely of reformers.
One kindly pulsation of its great heart and
one sturdy stroke of its mighty arm would
do more to put down the rebellion than all
the laws we could possibly pass. would
yield all my preconceived no
tions at any time to secure its aid in this ex-
tremity, and with its aid believe the unity
of~the republic would soon be restored and
the old flag again float everywhere, still
more the subject of veneration and still
more the assurance of safety and protection
than it ever was. 1 would respect the tra-
1itions of that party, and deal tenderly with
its likes and dislikes, and sursiy under no
would L offend it when it
could be avoided. F+
Year: 1863

.6TIt has become apparent that the farce
Of convention, on the 18th of March last,
did not represent the sentiment of this State;
and we think, for the sake of harmony and
unanimity, its candidates had better quiet
ly decline, and its organization disband.-
There is too strong a tinge of absurdity in
proposing that Keutuckians shonld vote
money to pay negroes for fighting, upon any
conditions whatever, for party that pro-
poses it to have any chance of success. Mr..
Bell is seriously indisposed; we hope this
means no more seriously indisposed to run
on such platform. If SO, his illness ought
to be epidemic. The other candidates would
be benefited by it. Let them kick loose
from any such association and come out for
what must be heir own honest private opin-
ions, that war to free the slaves in the
South is not a war for the Union, and that
they will only favor giving money on the
express condition that it shall be used only
for the Union, and never for Abolitionism.
louisville Democrat. tt..
Year: 1863

0TJoshua F. Bell has not yet accepted
the nomination as a candidate for Governor,
and it is rumored that he will decline
That is sensible, and the whole ticket ought
to follow his example if he decline. The
people Of this State will not support that
ticket. 1t is in bad odor. However, it's OF
no consequences, and none Of our business;
let them all run, if they want to. They
can't be elected.


There is not State as much devoted to
the Union of these States as Kentucky. In
that her people are wise and patriotic; but
they will not support war involving gross
violations Of the Constitution and the des-
tructiou of State Rights, LAYS and institu-
ton. They will not vote for man who
would appropriate money to be used IN
carrying ont the Abolition programme.-
They can't be coaxed cheated or forced into
It, and it is not worth while to try it,. We
can't be mistaken in this. Men whe will
do this cart be elected by the people OF this
State It is entirely to repugnant to their
natural instincts. The people Of this State
want the old Union. They worship it
would pay for it, fight for it; but they want
the old paths. They will not give money
and blood for something else, especially not
for negro Government; for slaves armed to
subiugate their masters. They will not pay
for that; nor intrust man with Office who
will thus appropriate either their blood or
their money.-Lou. Democrat.
Year: 1863

a GREAT STATESMAN TO THE PEOPLE,
The following is an extract from a speech
delivered in 1888 by that great statesman
and true patriot, Alexander Ham ilton, in
the convention that was held in the State of
Now York for the ratification of the Con-
stitution of the United States. 1t will be
remembered that Hamilton was also mem
ber of the convention which framed the
Constitution:


The States can never lose their powers
till the whole people of America are robbed
of their liberties. these must go together.
They must support each other, or meet a
common fate. l wish the com mittee to re-
member that the Constitution under e1ami-
nation is framed upon truly republican prin-
ciplcs, and that, as it is expressedly designed
for common protection and the general
welfare of the United States, it must be ut
terly repugnant to this Constitution to sub
vert the State Governm ents or oppress the
people. The coercion Of States is one of the
maddest projects that was ever devised. A
failure Of compliance will never be confined
to single State. This being the case, can
we suppose it wise to haz ard a civil war?
1t would be nation at war with ITSELF
Can any reasonable man be well disposed
towards Government that makes war and
carnage the only means of supporting itself
"a Government that can exist only by the
sword? Every such war must involve the
innocent with the guilty. This single con-
sderation should not be inefficient to dis
pose every peaceable citizen against such a
Government
Year: 1863

=


6TA corresponds ent wants to know what
we think of an armistiee. We don't think
it would be of any value at all, unless a
previous understanding was had of the basis
of settlement.


Our opinion Is, that National Cenven-
ton should be proposed to the Southern
States, and that the offer shall be kept an
open one, with the condition that whenever
accepted by the Southern States the war
should cease, and all pains and penalties be
expunged from the statute books, and all
proclamations and military orders revoked


We are perfectly willing to leave the set
element of this question to National Con-
ventiou, giving ample time for consideration
aud free discussion. We know no other
fair way to settle the m after. The Admin
istration at Washington has 10 power to ad-
Just this matter; and we doubt the disposi-
tion of the men at Washington or Richmond
to settle any way but upon dissolution of
the Union. Each man concerned wants a
country he can cut figure in, and not one
of them would be heard of any more in
restored Union. An armistice without some
understanding would, it seems to us, only
lead to a renewal of hostilities, with less
hope of pesce than before. We shall be-
told that 1t is needless to offer a National
Convention, for the South can not or will
not accept it. .l 20


No one knows what the South will do.
She will never accept an offer never made,
of course. We believe she will accept it;
and if any State accepts it, the war could
cease as to that State. 3 @


We are for any means that promise peace
and union, and our judgment is that any set
Of men, such as the people would now elect
North and South, after fair discussion.
would preserve the Great Republic as one
country. They would find 1t easier to unite
than to divide. We don't see what an un-
conditional armistice would do with the
men at Richmond and the men at Wssh-
ington to negotiate. They would not keep
out of this trouble when they might have
done so much easier than they can now get
out. They might agree to let the people
settle it; but we doubt if they will until
forced to do SO by the power of public opin-
ion, or the power of ballots or bullets, or
both Lou. Dem.
Year: 1863

FThe Journal says we join with the
Abolitionists in refusing men and money
This is an utter absurdity. The Abolition
lists are willing to give billions to carry out
the present programme of the war, aHd the
journal joins with them completely. We
will not favor the giving of dollar to be
used for that purpose. while the Journal
Joins with the Abolitionists and tells them
if they insist upon their Infamous treason
able, and abhorrent schemes, it will do its
best to lead Kentucky members of Congress
square into the Abolition Camp.-LouisVflle
Democrat. E
Year: 1863

PRINTING.-When this art was first discovered
they only used one side of the leaf; they had not
found out the expedient of mpressng the other.
Their blocks were made of soft wood, and the let
ters were carved. But frequently breaking, the
expense and trouble of glueing new letters, sug-
gested our movable type. When Doctor Faus-
tus had discovered this new art, and had printed
off a considerable number of copies of the Bible
to initiate those which were commonly sold as
MSS, he undertook the sale in Paris. 1t was his
interest to conceal this discovery and to pass off
his printed copies as MSS. He could sci! his
Bibles at sixty crowns, while the dealers demand
ed five hundred. This raised astonishment; and
still more, when he produced as fast as wanted,
and at lower prices. The uniformity of the cop
les increased the wonders information was given
to the magistrate, against him as a magician.-
His lodgings were searched, and a great number
of copies of the Bible were found. The red ink
which embeished his copies was said to be his
blood and it was solemnly adiudged that he was
in league with the devil and he was obliged to
save himself from bonfire by revealing his art
to the Parliament of Paris, who discharged him
from all prosecution in consideration of this use
full invention.
Year: 1863

BOISE MINEs.-We observe that a wrong
impression has gained currency about the
location of the Boise Mines. The mines
are not at or near old Fort Boise, bnt about
100 miles TO the East and North of the
Fort. They are on a tributary of the
Boise river, and about 40 miles north of
where this branch flows into the main
Bose,so that persons going to these mines
will go-much out Of their proper course by
proceeding o the old Fort. They should
cross the Snake either below the mouth of
Powder river, at Brownlees Ferry, or cross
at Moores Ferry, just above the mouth of
Burnt river. Moores crossing of the
Snake is only about IS miles from the
mines, while Fort Boise is 100 miles dis
tant.- Times
Year: 1863

The following letter was written by an old
friend to young lady on the eve of her we'd
wing day:


| have sent you 9 few flowers, to adorn the
dying of your single life. They are
the gentlest types of delicate and durable
friendship, They spring by our side when
others have deserted it, and they viii be
found watching over our graves when those
who should cherish have forgotten us 1t
seems to me that past, so calm and pure as
yours, snould expire with kindred sweets
ness about it; that flowers and music, kind
friends and earnest words, should consecrate
the hour VIXEN sentiment is passing into a
sacrament. e- ~


The three great stages of our being are the
birth, the bridal and the burial. : 10 tie
first we bring only veal knessAfor the last we
have nothing but dust. But here at the altar,
where life joins life, the pair coming throb-
bing up to the holy man, whispering the deep
promise that arms each other heart, to help
on in the life struggle of care and duty. The
beautiful viii be there, borrowing new beau:
ty from the scene. The gay and the friY6:
lous, they and their founces, will look sol.
emn for once. And youth will come. to gaze
on all its sacred thoughts pant for and age
will totter up to hear the old words repeated
that to their own lives have given the charm.
Some will weep for it as if it were tomb,
and some laugh over it as if it were a joke ;
but fieo must stand by it for its fate, not fun,
this everlasting locking of their lives II j"


And now, can you, wL6 Eave tueened it
over so many bending FORMS ca-n you come
down at last to the frugal diet of Z single
heart? Hitherto you have been click, Civ.
ing your time to all the world. Now You Are
watch, buried in one particular bosom,
warming only his breast, marking only his
hours, and ticking only to the heat of his
heart-when time and feeling shall be in
unison, until the lower ties are lost in that
higher wedlock where all hearts are united
around the great Central Heart of all.


Hoping that calm sunshine may hallow
your clasped hands, sink silently into a
signature. ''''" -.
Year: 1863

THE CELIBAcY IN GREAT BRITIAN.-What
are the causes of celibacy? Is it the ineyita.
BILE lot of millions of persons in this country ?
1t was found in 1851 that 3 in of all the
women in Great Britain, of the age of 90 and
upwards, were without husbands. and of
every 100 women between 20 and 40 wears of
age 40 were set down in the population tables
of that year as "spinsters The Census
Commissioners of 1851 predicted that a defin-
lite and very large per centage of the popula-
ton then living would never marry. and there
is every reason to believe that their prediction
was only under the MARI


The tables of the census of 1861 will show
that larger proportion than at the end of the
previous ten years remained unmarried. and
that there are not only many more q spin
sters" now than there were ten years ago,
but there are more in comparison with the
total number of women so that celibacy is
increasing in rate as well as in amount. Is
this the fault of men, or, as we ought to say,
of the unmarried men of our time Accord
ing to late eminent writer, men have no
choice at all about the matter. He reasoned
from statistics that the number of marriages
is determined not by the temper and wish
es of individuals, but by the facts over which
individuals can exercise no authority" They
have, he said, q fixed and definite relation
to the price of corn p and in England the
experience ofa century has proved that, /" in
stead of having any connection VITA personal
feelings, they are SIMPLY regulated by .lhe aver
age earnings ofthe great mass of the people,"
The statistics of the year which has iust CLOS
ed seem to afford sad confirmation of the
premises of this argument, if not of its con-
clusion: for the Reg; ;strar- Generals returns
show that the number of marriages in Lanca-
shire declined with the rate of wages.-En-
glisA paper
Year: 1863

QuERY.-Is the Office Of Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of
Louisiana, of any Importance We
notice that there is but one candidate
in the field Won't some one run
in opposition, and make ci,interesting?
Year: 1863

The Draft in New-York is finished. In spite
Of the ardent wishes Of secret traitors, the most
profound quiet was preserved-not riotous face
wa. seen. The whole number drawn is a little
over 10 900. or one in six Of the number enrolled
of the first class, and one in five of the voters
for President-the highest vote ever cast in the
Year: 1863

Slavery. and the tendency Of the CanadaS to
onior with the States would be resistless as the
law of grayitation. We should greatly
deprecate any War with Great Britain as tend
ing to defeat SO desirable and fit consum-
nfinn
Year: 1863

BE KIND TO YOUR SIsrER.-Boys be kind to
your sisters. You may live to be old, and never
find such tender, loving friends as these sisters
Think how many things they do for You how
patient they are With you how they love you
in spite of all your ill-temper or rudeness how
thoughtful for theirs. Be ever ready to oblige
them, to perform any little office for them that
Hes in your power You do not know how much
happiness you will find in 80 doing never yet
knew a happy and respected man who was not in
youth kind TO his sisters There is beautiful
song which says


Be kind to your sister-not many may know,


The depth Of true ss!ery love;


The wealth Of the lies iathoms below


The surface that sparkes above"
Year: 1863

The morning following these events, the ten


der Of the British Frgate was standing of and
on under easy sail, and close ia with Sandy Hook.
The wind was from the South and blowing about
lvc-knot breeze The tky was without cloud,
and only gentle unduation lifted the surface
Of the ocean. The tender was a cipper.built
vessel, very Narrow in the beam, and constructed
wholly with eye TO her fast sailing qualities (;
and she gave proof Of them BY ovcrhauing
everything. She carried amidships long thirty


two FOUNDER Her crew consisted of about thir


ty men, in the uniform Of the British navy
They were now principally assembled in the bow
and on tho windass, talking together or watch.


ing the shore. Aft, the officer OF the deck "A
bluff, full faced young English mildly" was
iounging over the quarter railing, smoking u
cigar TIE man at ,he helm bad siuecurs Of