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Year: 1864

teleotually he bears most striking reSem-
blanoe. Up to the firing upon Fort Sumter and
the acts of organized rebellion in the various
Southern States, Senator COnness was in favor
of protecting Slavery as part of his constitu-
tional obligation, as he understood it. But
when the South threw off its allegiance, placed
itself outside the pale Of the Constitution, and
deuged the land with the blood Of our bcst ana
brayest, the honest Irish heart of our California
Senator at once threw itself into the patri-
otio cause-et once ranged him on the
side Of the most earnest defenders Ofthe Union;
and from that hour to this, John Conness has
avowcd the whole governing policy OF his pub
lie course TO be, "Let us strike O Rebel wher-
ever we see him, and by whatever weapon Will
hurt him most" The influence of such man
upon his countrymen cannot be Over-estimGted;
and it should not he the least boast Of our Pub
lie Schools in this city, that when the present
Senator from California landed on our shores,
more than twenty years ago, his education was
completed--so far as any school con complete
an education-in one of the Ward Schools OF
our public system. Verify the world does move,
after all; and with men like Conness, Meaghel
and O'Mahoney tugging at the pillars, the edi'
flee Of blind and mad prejudice against the
negro cannot forever rear aloft its sable roo


and blighting shadow, to "darken the counsel


of our fellow-citzens of Irish birth.
Year: 1864

Certain Of our City cotemporarics have seen
fit to indulge in structures on the course OF our
great Hotels with regard to our Sanitary Far
which seem to us inoonsiderate, as we know
them to be unjust. The conductors OF those
Hotels-though they have not chosen to sound
trumpet before them in doing it-haye already
given largely in did of the Fair, and were pre-
pairing to give still more before any attempt to
bully them into bcnevolence was made. With
a single exception, we believe loyalty and zeal
for tho Union cause rule in all our great Hotels,
and we know that their managers will give as
much for the cause, in proportion to their means,
as any other class of our citizens, Subscription;
of 81 900 each were quietly made by the first
class houses and $500 each by the second class,
some two weeks ago; and this is but one item
of their contributions. Rare and costly achieve
ments in confectionery and other attractive
offerings have for weeks absorbed the attention
of the chief artisies employed by these Hotels
all for the benefit of the Fair. We might say
much more; but tho hotel-keepers prefer to
suffer unjust reproach rather than permit any
parade of their liberality-s0 we forbear.
Year: 1864

and tho whole country. and once elected !
How could this have been. if what you now
pretend is true'


Mind that we do not approve Col. JohnSon's
conduct in this matter. We only say that, in
comparison ,ciA that Of most other shareholders, it
seems to us more accordant with Morality,
Humanity and Divine Law. But the point is
not what zoe think, but how came the Democrats
of Kentucky so often to select thissamo Richard
NJ. Johnson for Congress1 How came those
Of the whole Union to make him twice their
candidate for Vice-President1 and how came
the People once to elect him'
Year: 1864

The Committee of Ways and Means are again
delayed in the Internal Revenue BILL They will not re-
port before next week. The report win cover not only
the matter Of increase Of taxation, but important
changes in the method of collection, 30 that the frauds
heretofore practiced will be prevented. aud the real
amount received.
Year: 1864

cotton to Memphis. to sell on his own ac-
count, was granted. He returned home


and got out about half his cotton WITHOUT


trouble, and it went forward; but for some


reason the remainder was seized and de-
tanned by the commander of the post, Col.
Clayton. While still under seizure, the
owner had conversation with the person
first named, and said, "If am deprived OF
this cotton, l am ruined" "Why no you
are not" replied his friend; "you have got
out two hundred and fifty bales--you owe
nothing in the world: you have only wife
and no children, and if you lose these two
hundred and fifty bales you will still have
enough" To which the owner replied, with
some significance Of manner, II am totally
ruined If do not get those two hundred
and fifty bales released" The only possible
inference, under the circumstances, was
that pretty severe terms had been imposed
upon the repentant rebel, and that his per-
nit to get it out had cost him one half his
cotton. Perhaps the Inference was unjust;
but his neighbors could see no other that
appeared reasonable.
Year: 1864

r, Boston, Jan. 12-The Traveller states
that letters received in this city from a
Northern clergyman, who established him.


elf in Charleston with his family but "a


hort time before the rebellion, give
ouching details of the anguish and suffer
ag Of the inhabitants of that place, many
wen at the hands of the Yankees. In his
opinion the time is rapidly approaching
when it will be found necessary to give up
the city to save the people from absolute
starvation. OF course all that can leave the
place will, but many have not the means
neither have they any place of refuge.
Year: 1864

EFFECT OF LIGHT.-Dr. Moore the met
aphysician, thus speaks of the effect of light
on body and mind


"a tad-pole confined in darkness would
never become frog and an infant being
deprived of heavens free light will only
grow into shapeless idiot, instead of beau
tiful and responsible being. Hence, in the
deep, dark gorges and ravines of the Swiss
Valais where the direct sunshine never
reaches, the hideous prevalence of idiocy
startles the traveller 1t is strange, melan-
choly idiocy. Many of the Inhabitants are
incapable of any articulate speech, some are
deaf, some are blind, some labor under all
these privatlons, and all are misshapen in
almost every part of the body. | believe
there is in all places marked difference in
the healthiness of houses according to their
aspect with regard to the sun, and those
are decidedly the healthiest, other things be-
ing equal, in which all the rooms are, during
some part of the day, fully exposed to the
direct light. Epidemics attack inhabitants
on the shady side of the street and totally
exempt those on the other side and even in
epidemics such as ague, the morbid infu-
ence is often thus partial in its labors."
Year: 1864

Too MANY IRONS IN TIE FtRti=Whehs
ever you see gal with whole lot of sweet
hearts, it's an even chance if she gets mar
ried to any on 'em. One co6ls off, and an
other cools off, and before she brings any on
'em to the right wedding heat, the coal is
gone and the fire is out Then she may
blow up dust, but deuce of fame can she
blow again. never see a clever looking
gal in danger that do not long to whisper
in her ear, "You dear little eritter, you,
take care; you have too many irons in the
fire; some on 'em will get stone cold, and
tother ones will get burnt SO, they will do
no good in nature"- Sam Slick.
Year: 1864

MARRIAGES IN ENGLAND-The London
Athen@um has the following picture of En-
glish life:


In London and in every part of this heal
thy country, there are hundreds upon hun
dreds of persons of both sexes who abstain
from marriage because their means are mar
row, and from early life to extreme old age
exist as celbates on incomes slightly greater
or less than the 930O per annum which $50
ciety" deems insufficient for matrimonial
comfort and dignity. But the lives of such
persons cannot be said to support the the
ory. The educated celibate, with "com-
foftable income for bachelor" who occu-
pies chambers and frequents a Pail Mall
Club, is, as a rule, not less selfish and grasp
ing than the paterfamilias who, according to
the author ''be he lawyer, doctor, divine
or man of letters, must needs, in all his ways
and works, regard not the pure aim Of his
profession, but the pecuniary interests in
volved therein" Celibacy cannot be said
to have raised the Roman Catholic priest
hood above the moral level of our own cler-
gy; nor can it be allowed that the maiden
lady with "genteel suficieney" is in most
cases better Christian than the poor mother
who by anxiety for her own offspring is
taught to feel for every orphan child


The proceedings in the Divorce Court
! have shown that unquestionabe love match
es are by no means exempt from wretched-
ness, and that women of fortune (who are
under no necessity to marry for mainten-
ance) make unhappy marriages quite as Of
ten as "girls without penny" Nor does
experience encourage belief that women
are disinterested just in proportion as they
are placed above want. The heiress in a
West End "set' is usually quite as anxious
to seek advancement by matrimonial settle
ment as her penniless cousin, who has moth
ing but marriage to look forward to- If
poverty sometimes makes girl say II Il an
swer yes to the first offer l get, the posses
sion of Independence quite as frequently in
duoeg a woman 70 think Il can afford to wait,
so [ will not marry until [ have really eli
gible proposal AS rule, the poor par
sons daughter, whose marriage portion is a
modest trosseau, with a G20 note in her
purse, is not whit more calculating than
any Miss Violet who has 100000 at her
command, and a score Of suitors from whom
to make selection.


Moreover, women whose circumstances Sc
cure them from the necessity of marrying to
better themselves are especial objects of de-
sire to men who, if not absolute fortune hun
ters, still desire not to marry without some
advantage more substantial than woman's
love. Thus, independence on the part of
the fai~ sex would scarcely have the result
antic. lated. If it diminished their present
inducements to seek for advantageous allan
ces, it would, on the other hand, increase
the chances that they would be sought out
by selfish worldlings, and lured into unions
where love would not be the motive of eli
ther of the contracting parties The sex
might be less SHINING, but it would be more
sinned against; and marriages brought
about by base desire for gain would at
least, be as frequent as they are at present.
Year: 1864

INJURIES FROM FRIENDS. Those who
have their joys, have also their griefs in
proportion and none can extremely exalt
OF depress friends but friends. The harsh
things which come from the rest of the
world, are received and repulsed with that
spirit which every honest man bears about
him, for his own vndication; but unkindness
in words or actions among friends, affects us
the first instant in the inmost recesses of our
souls Indifferent people, if l may so say;
can wound us only in the heterogeneous
parts, main us in our legs Or arms, but the
friend can make no pass but at the heart it.
self. On the other side, the most impotent
assistance, the mere well-wishes of friend
give a man constancy and courage against
the most prevailing force of all bis enemies
1t is here only he enjoys and suffers to the
quick.
Year: 1864

We were taken to Gallup's Island in Bos-
ton Harbor, where we stayed about a week,
enjoying the sea breezes, and the novelty
of island life. Boston Harbor Is indeed
a beautiful place. Their islands with
their sloping hillocks and white cottages,
Sthe sea with its varied beauty in calm,
and storm, together with fair view Of
Fort Warren and Fort Independence,
makes the scene one which for sublimity
surely cannot be surpassed. Our journey
from Boston to this place was pleasant
one although we had some trouble to
make ourselves comfortable sleeping in
the cars. Coming from Alexandria to
the front, we rode on the top Of the train,
and SO had "a fine view, of the country. 1t
was a beautiful day, and the boys were
all in good spirits. 1t is useless for me to
attempt description Of Virginia; to say
that it is chiefly characterized by tents,
darkies, and dead horses, is to. say enough


When we were within a few miles Of
Brandy Station, the train before us ran
off the track and met with severe smash.
up, wounding seven soldiers, two of whom
it is feared will not recover. Three cars
were turned nearly upside down in the
mud, the unfortunate soldiers being some
of them inside among the freight, anc
some under the cars in the gutter With
difficulty the cars were lifted, and they
taken out in frightful condition. Two o
Them for while were supposed to be dead


When we were coming through Jerse,
City. one of the guards shot a citizen fo
! selling liquor to the soldiers. We al
thought he showed himself a coward, a
all events he looked like one. He Wa
turned over to the civil authorities, ant
will probably receive hisjust deserts A
we came through New Jersey, we wer
greeted all along the road with wavin,
handkerchiefs, and cheers from old ant
young; and wherever the train stopbed
We would have fine time talking witt
the pretty gills who came out to see us



But fear shah weary your patience, s
| will close by saying that if any on
thinks soldiers life is not pleasant one
let them try it. VIM. L. ODER.
Year: 1864

THE MOTHERS PRAYER ANSWERED.
BY the voice of the grave bright dawn was


awaking,


And natures sweet incense ascending on high;
For balm-laden zephyers were tenderly taking
The tear-drops of night from each floweret's


eye.
Gods ngels-delighted-th scene were survey
ing,
But visions more lovely enraptured their gaze I;
And earthward. the love.bearing messengers


straying


Caught up the glad notes of lmmanuels praise.
Now nearer, on adent pinions they hover
Close round young mother knelt tearfully
there, -a ' est ett
And with soft halo of glory cover
A sacrifice laid on the altar of prayer.
Not a lamb or dove of its life blood was riven.
That courted bright spirits from glory their


place;
But chi!d-little lower than angels, was given,
The beauteous crown Of the Savior to grace
What. asked that fond mother SO earnestly gaz


ing


Adown in the face of her beautiful boy;
Oh she asked of the Master whose name she


was praising,


To keep by his power, her rst-born, her joy.
She asked that those lips sweetly wreathed in a


smile,
BE EVER as pure and as sinless as now
That his innocent heart be as free from all guile
And as sunny his smile and as tranquil his


brow.
Then sighed the fair spirits that SORROW and


SUFFERING


Must HERE be the portion of. man from his


birth
So lent to the frstborn that mothers fair offering
The wing OF Seraph to free him from earth


NJ. P KELLY.
Year: 1864

the horizon is broken, by the sharp out
lines of the White Mountains, which rise
up in the dim distance sixty miles off,
and form marked feature in the land
scape, while the Intervening space is filed
with inuumerable SUBMITS of hills and
mountains. with deep extended valleys,
! showing the location and courses of the
Connecticut. Winooski and Lamoille, and
their numerous tributaries.


TO the north can be seen the wide
spread valley of the st. Lawrence, and by
the aid of glass in clear day steamers
may be seen gliding upon its waters.
The well known figure of Montreal Noun
tain rises in the hazy distance at the
north. and Owls Head is seen peering up
amid other gray snmmits, far to the north
east


| To the contemplative mind this is a
spot of unusual interest, and we'll cllcu-
lated to inspire one with reverence for
Him who hath made all so majestic and
beautiful. To the student who reads the
| book of nature, there is revealed page
of instruction on this mountain. The
vegetation of the summit is materially
unlike that at the base-the trees are
those only Of the most hardy kinds, and
Of stinted growth-and the shrubs are
essentially different from those of the val.
Hey below. Here he finds what is com.
mon in New England. in swamps and up
on the seacoast, beds of peat and the
sphagnouS moss that produces them II
is we'll known that this moss will grow
only upon moist lands; then why should
it he found upon the summit of the noun.
tain? Had the weather been of the mos
agreeable kind at the time Of our visit
perhaps the solution would not have beer
so readily and fOrcibly presented.


A pleasant morning dawned, and wher
we arrived at the summit the sun shon(
clearly, but beneath US we're clouds in iso
lated patches, which at intervals served
as curtains to hide the beautiful prospec
below and west of us. Like contendins
armies
Year: 1864

SKNATR.-Mr Grimes called attention to the
fact that the bill s. to amend an act to incorpo.
rate the inhabitants OF the city or Washington''
was IN suspended state before the Senate. It
had been passed by the House and passed here
at the instance OF the city authorities, but the
Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Hale) had
moved q reconsideration OF the vote, and he
desired to know whether the Senator intended
to pl ess or withdraw that motion.


Mr.. Hale explained that he had made the mo-
ton for Consideration at the instance OF some
citizens, who did not think it sufficient bill for
edecting the purposes intended. that is, sew
erage and paving and he had introduced
another bill since prepared In the city, for the
sonally competent to instruct the Senate In the
matter. "ti


Mr.. Grimes admitted that 1t was not as com. i.
plete bill as some citizens desired, but 1t does
not preclude the passage OF still another bill
on the subject. The bill introduced by the
gentleman is now before the District Commit.
tee, as they are yet considering 1t.


The question was then taken on reconsid
ing the vote on the bill, and it was negauved.
80 HousB-Mr. Farnsworth, OF Illinois, asked
leave to offer q resolution, calling upon the
Secretary OF the Treasury to inform the House
whether man 10 employed in the Treasury
Department as clerk or assistant register by
the name of Garnet. and whether said Gar
nette did not hold position In the rebel army
and was not prisoner In the Old Capitol, and
who recommended him for ONCE.


MT Fenton suggested that the resolution be
referred to the committee now examining into
the affairs of the Treasury Department.


Objection was made to the resolution, and
so It goes over.
Year: 1864

~ Up to Saturday nigh. about twelve mil
lions Of dollars were funded in Macon. We arc
informed thss-shs bulk Of this sum came from
planters in the Southern portion of the State
fact that shove lie enormous amount of money
they have msde Of the Government. We have
heard Of one instance in which a csrpetsack
Of hundreds WAS carried in By one individual,
which bad been placed in bis hands by bis
Rsighb9Ts to iRYesl
Year: 1864

Mr.. SPEAKER, | am opposed to the bill
this opportunity to explain my views upon
the subject. The name of the bill is ga
b. II to guaranty 10 certain States, whose
governments have been usurped or over.
thrown, II republican form ofgovernmcnt.'


Tho object of the bill is to change the
relations between certain States and the
General Government, and to make it i'm.
possible Tor the States referred to, under
any circumstances, to hold slaves or to be
organized under any constitution which
permits slavery. | do not think that any
political party, or any great number of
men, excepting the abolitionisls in the
northern States, ever cared anything
about the extension, perpatui.y, or dc
strucion Of slavery. they have not been
Interested in the subject further than they
were benefited by the cheap system of la
Dor in the South, and the market which
their manufactures found in that portion of
our country. Blu. that the General Gov
ernmcnt should assume the right 10 con-
lrol, by act Of Congress, the domestic iu-
stitullons Of sovereign States, is differ
ent question.


The State OF Pennsylvania few years
back in her history determined to abolish
slavery. What would have been the con-
dition of the question if the General Gov
ernmenl had denied the power of that
State to dispose OF IA mere question of
property in any manner which the people
of that State might choose ! Such as.
sumption of power would have been resis-
ted by all the people Of every State in the
Union as an encroachment upon the re.
served rights OF the States. And such
would be the case if the people of that
State should see fit to adopt slavery at this
time. There is, not, under the theory OF
our Government, any power delegated to
the General Government to prevent that
condition of things, or we have all great
ly misunderstood our own Government
and the relation VIII ch each of the States
has held to the national Government. The
proposed law will change that relation, not
over new States asking admission into the
Union, but over States heretofore existing
as part Of the national Government and
which still exist as States as fully as ever
they did, even if the language Of the bill
be true that tho State authority has been
usurped or oyerthrown. If the people o.
the State have committed treason the nun
icipal corporation cannot be guilty Of trea
son, nor forfeit any Of its rights as State
any moro than township could cease tc
be part Of a county because all the able


bodied men should move out of it, or be
convicted Of larceny, When other mer
should come or children grow to be men tc
fill tho effices necessary in municipal cor
lporation it would still be township aud Q
part OF the county as much as if the mu


nicipal offices had never been vacant =


And such will be the condition of th,


States referred to, unless by this law or tn,


amendment Of the Constitution now pend


ing we change that state of things.


| The law proposed is especially intended
t to govern men who arc not represented il


the passage of the bill, and at a time whel
we have not the power to reconstruct


single State, and If such law could eve
Year: 1864

THE New York Evening Post besesch-
es his party to lay aside the name of Re-
publican and adopt that of Democrat,-
1t will not do, Mr.. Post Satan would be
Satan still, even if he put on the wings of
an angel.
Year: 1864

ARREs1En.-Last night officer Kenny succeeded
in a1resting dangerous .hle1 who has been
prowling about The city for some days, and who
On Thursday night stole watch and diamond pin
from the fremont Exchange. The wretch Will be
likely to receive his Just deserts for the vIllany
Year: 1864

Some Of the Reptiles, whose business 1t Is to
profess anti-slavery, and at the same time
secretly serve the Copperheads In crying down
the civil and military officers Of the Govern
ment, have been busy for several days in mag
nifylng the disaster 10 our arms on the Red
river on the Sth inst, reiterating with seeming
delight the false report that Major General
Banks was commanding In person on that day,
and that he was therefore directly responsible
for the repulse. 1t turns out TO be a Copper
head and Reptile lie, intended 10 iryGre General
Banks. General Stone was the direct cause OF
the repulse Of our forces in the fight on the sth
Instant.


On the following day, the 9th, Gen. Banks
was upon the field, directed the operations OF
our troops the struggle vas desperate, and
"he enemy Was most gloriOuslv routed and driVel
from The deld" 30 says the telegrAphic report
BY a shrewd foresight, emlnently characteristic
of the man, Gen. Banks not only managed by
skill and bravery to rout the enemy In his
front, but also to bsfie his plans, and defeat
him In his rear, as will be seen by telegram
In another column. win the llbellers OF Gen.
Banks give him credit for what he does