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Year: 1864

The @dodgo" of getting Pendleton to
New York city to protest that he was in
favor of the Union, has proved a poor in
vestment for the men who run the Demo-
cratic machine. PendletOn's disuniOn
career has beo1 more thoroughly exposed
than it was before he made his equivocal
speech in New York city.
Year: 1864

Early this morning there was rain
storm, with strong wind. This was sue
ceeded by clear weather, with an occasional
stiff breeze.


The mail boat Cossac, from City Point,
anchored for several hours down the river
as matter of safety. This detained her
arrival at Washington.
Year: 1864

~ L,st we,k. we said ths Grass
hopper Fall, Jsffsrsonian hal been
bought up by Lane. Now we arc con-
WINGED Of it. The last issue of that pa
per has long article abusing the Chief.
Whenever iLane succeeds in buying up
a paper, the weak sister who scribbles
for it seems to think the most appropri-
ate way in which to exhibit its zeal and
devotion in the cause Of its proprietor.
is TO pitch into the Chief Bark on. One
more added to the pack of ys1ts that are
yelping at us.
Year: 1864

E Lane is still on his rounds, and
from reports Of his speeches at various
points, we see that he is spewing forth
the same identical mess of slang that he
did in these parts. with tbs addition Of o
story about the old SOW and pigs, which
be composed since he was here. We
think Lane resembles Henry Clay more
thsn any other great statesman. Clay
once became unpopular with his constit.
uents, and went home to straighten things
up. The people Of Kentucky were famous
hunters. and Clay knew where to touch
them in q tender spot so he brought in
his memorable illustration of fsvorite
gun missing fire. and Of the hunter pick
ing the aint and trying it again. Lane
knows that Kansas is awful on raising
pork, and therefore endeavors to touch
the popular heart with his illustration Of
the old SOW and pigs.
Year: 1864

The New York Herald suggests that
Admiral Fsrrasut's recent movement 10
probably designed not so much for the
capture Of the city of Mobile Is it is to
obtain possession Of Dsnpbin Island and
Mobile Point, 90 that the harbor can be
e6ectually hloekaJsd. and 1t the same
time to relieve the large Union Hess new
of that place. who were hourly threatened
with An attack from the rebel iron-clads
lying under the guns Of Fort Morg.p,:
Year: 1864

From the last two issues Of the White
Cloud Chief. one would naturally deter
mine that the opponents of Senator Lane
and horse-thieves were running that COM
munity.- Usage Cxroniele.


You have hit it exactly. This COM
munity is run exclusively BY Anti-Lsne
and Lane men.
Year: 1864

A writer in the indianapolis Sentinel
sums up some ofthe results of Republl-
can rule for the past three years:


|. We have lost, by death and per.
manent disability, more than million Of
men from violence and disease in this
war. Over two millions have enlisted
altogether. There are not much over
half million in the field now. Where
are the balance!


2. We have created debt of over
three thousand millions of dollars: The
Year: 1864

The Enemy Mining at PETERSBURG


The Erumiiner has it upon the best
authority that GRANT is at work at
tempting to mine our position in front
of Petersburg The infantry that the
Petersburg editors miss from our cen
tire are no doubt busy under ground:
Year: 1864

A vote for Mcclellan will be first and fore.
most, a vote Tor slavery at time when this
crime has plunged the country into the sor-
rows and waste Of war.


. 1t will be vote for the rebellion at mo.
ment when the rebellion is about to fall.


1t will be vote for disunon at moment
when the Union is about to be restored.


But disunion, when once started, cannot
be stopped so that vote Cor Mcclellan will
be vote to break this Union In pieces, and
to set each State spinning in space.


1t will be a vote for chronic war among
fellow citizens. which will be ever beg inning
and never ending, until the fato of Mexico
will be ours.


1t will be a vote for the reputation of the
national debt. involving the destruction Of
property ard the overthrow Of business.


1t will be vote for anarchy and chaos at
home.


1t will be a vote for national degradation
abroad. ..


II viii be vote against civilization itself
Twill be vote for the kingdom Of Satan
on earth.


On the other hand, a vote for Abraham
Lincoln will be, first and foremost, n vote
for Freedom, Union, and Peace, that political
trinity under whose guardianship we place
the Republic. II will be a vote also to o.
the influence and good name of our country,
so that it shall become tho pride Of history.
1t will be vote, also, for civilization ITSELF
At home it will secure tranquility through.
out the whole land, with the freedom Of trav.
81 and speech, SO that the eloquence Of Wen
dell Phillips may be enjoyed at Richmond
and Charleston as it is now enjoyed at New
York and Boston, and the designation Of
Border States" will be Oh Canada at the
north, and Mexico at the south. Doing all
this at home, it will do more abroad, for it
will secure the triumph o: American Institu.
tons everywhere.


Surely all this is something to vote for
And you will not hesitate. Forward, thsn,
in the name Of Freedom, Union, and Peace.
Crush the enemy everywhere. Crush him
on the field Of battle. Crush him at the bal.
lot box. And may the November election
DO the final peal Of thunder which shall clear
the sky and fill the heavens with glory -
Hon. Charles Sumner, at FaneuiL Hall.
Year: 1864

WANT OF DycrsIoS.-Sydney Smith, in his
work on Moral ph losophy, speaks in this
wise Of what men lose for want Of little
brass" as it is termed


A great deal of talent is lost 10 the world
for want Of a little courage. Every day sends
to their graves number of obscure men,
who have only remained IN obscurity because
their timility has prevented them frem max
ing atirst effort, and who, if they only had
been induced to begin, would in all proba
bility have gone great lengths in the career
OF fame. The fact is that in doing anything
in tho world worth doing, we must not stand
shivering on the bank thinking Of the cold
and danger, but jump in and scramble thro
as W. can.


1t will not do to be perpetually calculating
risks and adjusting nice chances it did ai
very well before the Hood, whom a man could
consult his friends upon an extended publ
cation for hundred and fifty years, aud live
to see its success for seven centuries after.
ward but at present man waits and doubts
and consults his brothers, and his uncle. and
his particular friends, till one day he finds
that he is sixty five years Of age, so that he
has lost SO much in consulting first cousins
and particular friends, that he has no more
time for over, squeamishness at present, that
the opportunity slips away. Tho very peri.
cd OF life at which man chooses 10 venture.
II ever, is SO confined, that it is no bad rule
to preach up the necessity, in such instances,
OF little violence done to the feelings, and
efforts made in defiance Of strict and sober
calculation.
Year: 1864

WHEN You see . man on a moonlight
night trying tc.convince his shadow that (,
Is improper TO follow . gentleman, you may
be sure that i is high time for him 10 Ioin q
temperance society. z"
Year: 1864

Perhaps three persons out of four
would rush right up to the burning in.
diydual and begin to paw with their
hands without any definite aim It is
useless to tell the victim to do this OF
that, or call for water. 10 fact, il is
generally best to say not word but tear
bed, or cloak, or any WOODEN fabric-if
none is at hand, take any woolen mate
rial-hold the corners as far apart as
you can, stretch them out igher than
your head, and running boldly to the per-
son, make the motion of clasping in the
arms most about the shoulders this in
stantly smothers the fire and saves the
face; the next instant throw the unfor-
tunate on the floor this is an additional
safety to the face and breath, and any
remnant of fame can be put out more
lcisurely. The next instant immersc the
burned part in cold water, and all pain
will cease with the rapidity of lightning


Next get some common -four, remove
from the water and cover the burned
parts with an inch thickness Of the -four
if possible. Put the patent to bed and
do all that is possible to soothc, until the
physician arrives Let the -four remain
) until i. falls off Of itself, when beauti-
full new skin will be found Unless the
burns are deep, no other application is
needed. The dry -four for burns is the
most admirable remedy ever proposed,
aud the information ought to be impaired
to all: the principle of its action is, that,
like the water, it causes instant and per.
feet relief from pain by totally excluding
the air from the injured parts. Spanish
whiting and cold water Of mushy con-
sistence is preferred by some. Drsdge
on the -four until no more will stick, an 4
Year: 1864

THE New DEMOCRATIC POSITION
The New York World of last Tn uredsy
explicitly defines its new position in the
following words: p.


"When the South entered upon this
war, they deliberately exposed their slave
property to the pcriIs and vicissitudes Of
a military contest, and they must take
the consequences. The Democratic par
ty of the North steadfastly holds to the
same principle of non intervention which
it has always insisted upon as the true
constitutional doctrine. AS it would not
interfere to destroy or cripple slavery,
though disappearing it, SO neither will it
intarfere tn save slavery from the. conse.
quence to which its own friends have
exposed it."


Verify, the World does move
Year: 1864

cover with cotton batting. In washing
clothes, use one part Of sulphste Of am-
'nonia with nine Of water; one pound of
tungstate Ct soda to a gallon Of water.
Dresses to be starched should have one.
third of tungstate and thirds Of
stsrch.-HaHs Journal of Health.
Year: 1864

The World has the following graphic para
graph, the pictorial vigor and truth of which
puts the Tribune into q terrible state of nerves:


Only say negro, and there is a classs Of this
community npon whom the word has the effect
Of catnip upon the feline species. They wrig-
gle, they smirk, they roll over, they new, they
pprr, they fondle, they stick out their claws,
curve their backs, and twist and gyrate in every
conceivable form of delight. According to
them, this great American people, this great
constitutional property, are no account in
comparison with the possible elevation Of a
race which has. been slave since the beginning
of creation. u,
Year: 1864

It is most undesirable in an intelligent and en-.
ighoened community like that of Kershaw District
that the friends Of candidates for the surages OF the
people should make efforts to advance their election
By the detracton of their opponents The favour of
the public should rather be enlstedby an exhibition
OF the virtue ability and tried integrity Of the candi


dates and their devotion to the pubic interest instead
of ofreckiesslY and unusty attempting to injure their
character, and Thus enabling their friends to climb
over their damaged reputatieas Detraction is dis
reputable weapon and apt TO- react upon those who
use it We are all imperfect beings and if the effort
was made, there is nd doubt that the friends Of each
candidate could persuade themselves that all the OPP
posing candidates we're sadly defective 1t would be
a much more worthy endeavour, and more consonant
with the character of the candidate now before the
people, to show not who is the most dsreputabe but
whom most deserving of support and meriting most
public confidence. y,


The friends Of Major DESAUssupE take pleasure. in
appealing to the record ofhs life. All his antecedens
claim the appreciation Of the good and vrtnous-lis
tiled public integrty-hs amiable and kind character
and his unmpeachabe private worth desires support
and defes detraction-the conviction must be univer
sal IN the district that no one would more conscen-
tously and diligently attend to the public and
this appeal is made that his reelection might give
public appreciation. JUSTICE
Year: 1864

In the following table will be found
the complete official returns of the votes
cast in the several towns of this county
last Tuesday. We also give in the table
the vote of the same towns in the presi-
Dental election of 1859:
Year: 1864

The decision Of acting commissioner OF the
revenue, Rollins. that 7.30 treasury notes
are liable to taxation applies only to banks
that hold them as a part of their capital stock.
The first section of the last loan act express
ly exempts all United States treasury notes
as well as bonds from both state and mu-
nicipal taxation.
Year: 1864

THE MIsERY OF CoyEroUsNEss.-Wha
miserable drudges doth covetousness make
Of US 1t will not let us rest, day nor night,
but sends us about in everlasting errands /;
now to be sc9rched in the southern, anon TO
be frozen in the northern parts Of the world !;
this day it exposeth us to be shpwrecked at
sea. the next to be terrified on shore and
all this to get great heap Of wealth, which
when we have gotten, it will not let us enjoy;
so that when we have what we so impatiently
hungered after, We have only acquired great
er necessity before we needed only what we
bad not but now we need what we have,
too our coyetous desires Turing US off, and
no' enduring we should feed upon our own
quarry; and SO pfter all our toll, we shall
need as much az least as we did before only
before we did not possess what we needed,
whereas now we shall need what We do not
possess.-Od Auhor.
Year: 1864

Would respectfully announce to the citizens of Wy
ming that they have located at Tunkhannock wher
hey will promptly attend to all calls in the line of
ncir profession. May be found at his Drug Storo
shep NOT DrofessionalIy absent
Year: 1864

that had our army never exceeded five hundred
thousand men. our military progress would have
been al least equal, while our finances would
have undergone no perceptible derangement.-
World
Year: 1864

TIE DUBUQUE SHiP CANAL CONTENTION
This Convention met at Dubuque last week,
and was rather slimly attended. The interest
in this project had abated considerably after
the call was issued, from the fact the bill be-
fore Congress has been postponed till next
session.


We copy the following summary of the
doings of the Convention: i.


The only business of importance transact.
ed was the adoption of resolutions strongly
urging canal communication between the
Mississippi and the Lakes for convenience in
time of war, and for the cheaper transporta-
ton of produce at the same time stating
that while the Convention would not object
to see the construction of ship canal from
LaSalle to the Mississippi river, duty to the
great bread producing States of the North
west demands a Government appropriation
for the enlargement of the Fox and Wiscon-
sin rivers improvement for the cheap carry
ing Of its produce to all the Atlantic and Eu-
ropean markets also that the Improvement
of the Upper and Lower Rapids of the Miss
lssippi by the canal is proper counterpart
of canal to the Lakes, and is necessarily de-
manded for the good of the nation. 1


An Executive Committee, who were in
structed to prepare a report for public circu-
latop, and a memorial to Congress, was ap-
pointed. The Executive Committee were in
structed to ask for Government survey for
the proposed canal. eo{
Year: 1864

ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CoNTEKpr. Buff
falo Commercial tells the following little story,
applicable to Judge Barnard's arrest of Mr..
Greeley for contempt in commenting on the
Judges official action: d


A certain Western Judge, having been
plainly spoken to in the street by neighbor,
who did not have an exalted opinion of his
lore and honesty, committed the offender then
and there for contempt of court. lnasmuch
as the Judge was not at the time acting in an
official capacity, His Honor overruled the
point as follows: "If this court understands
herself, and she think she do, this court IS an
object of contempt wherever she are"
Year: 1864

R1GHT.-We learn that in several instances
recently political applicants for clerkships in
the government Offices at Washington have
been refused, the preference being given to
soldiers who have been discharged on account
of disability. We sincerely hope that this
practice will obtain generally and that the
brave boys who are disabled in their country 8
service may never have occasion to complain
of their country's ingratitude. If able bod
led men, who now fill civil offices, desire to
have such positions in future, they will do
well to place themselves we're they can obtain
proper credentials-the honorable scars Of
war.
Year: 1864

A TIMELY AND SENSIBLE MovEMsET.-At Z
meeting of ladies of high social position, re-
Gently held in New York, pledge was adop-
ted, that "lor three years, or during the war,
from next 4th ofJuly, they would purchase
no foreign articles of APPAREL Movements
of similar kind, are on foot in other cities
of the East, among the more thoughtful and
patriotic women, to reduce the consumption
Of imported goods and luxuries. The ladies
have recognized-and it is high time-the
fact, that the reckless extravagance and vast
full expenditure which is so rampant in these
days, is doing nearly as much to cripple and
destroy the Government, as the rebel
armies in the field. This effort to raise
economy to the level Of a practical virtue, is
to be commended. aud our western ladies
would confer blessing on their country by
emulating the example. All classes will
welcome such reform. 1t is not necessary
that societies should Be formed, and specific
pledges adopted, but true ladies can, in a dig
n:fed and quiet manner, exercise consist
ent economy. 1t is duty they owe their
country, and it should be discharged.
Year: 1864

What Long made the speech in Con-
gress for, resulting in q vote Of censure, is
now apparent. 1t is printed at large in the
rebel newspapers for their encouragement =
Ihey compliment his effort snd use it as an
INCENTIVE to increased exert,ons for the de.
struction of the nation. Does not that make
plain the purpose of the Copperheadt HI
wanted to encourage the rsbsls-he did
encourage them, and they acknowledged hi
services. What more is needed to show hi
character and the aim Of his speech, - vel
as the aim Of those who applaud it! 40
Year: 1864

The editor of the Cleveland Herald, !,
of party of four travelling on Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, wished to avoid the spit
ting nuisance and tried to get into the
ladies' car. Being barred out by tho con-.
ductor, lie tells the result as follows


1--WE yielded to the ruling as correct
Just then gent eman bearing band-pox,
mounted the platform, aud the key was
turned in the lock without question:
Through the window we saw the result of
the innocent fraud, as the lucky passenger
han de d over the band-box TO the lady, with
Ian Ching thanks at the complete successes
of this happy eIpodient. Upon that hint
one Of the number spoke through the vim
dow, and out WAS handed the patent band
box. It's second appearance at the door
worked like result and the same experi-r
ment with the box three times, success.
fully gained entrance, unquestioned. The
fourth man, and the one who had frat besn'
repulsed now, with faint hope Of success.
bore the magic box TO the car door, but
the Cerebus of the car remembered faces.
and for a moment hesitated, but as the
band box was raised to his vision. stepped
aside, and with beg your pardon. sir, /
did not see your band-box, opened the
car, and the triumph was complete. The
band box power won over at last four
friends to that abused article, who here-'
after will not be found among its scofers.'
Year: 1864

An editor down East says man got him
elfinto trouble by marrying two wives.
A Western editor replies by assuring his
contemporary that a good many men in
that section have done the same thing by
marrying one. Northern editor retOTts
quite annmber Of his acquaiBnnces
found trouble enough by barely promising
TO marry, without going any further. a
Southern editor eays that a friend Of his
was bothered enough by simply being
found in company with another mans wife.
Year: 1864

The bill reported by Mr.. Hale to amend an
act entitled "Sn act to establish and equalize
the grade of line officers in the Navy" is es-
SeutlGlly the Same that came very near being a
law last year, and which was Intended as a
remedy for Oyorsloughlng certain officers by
the retiring board,
Year: 1864

The Burial of the sham Democsa


Yesterday was buried the greatest aggre
cation of political monstrosities to which
the country has given birth. A party that
was bred from the vilest Of influences and
engineered for the most rart by men
whose political infsmy viii be, in the years
to come, moro dsmning then any which
attaches 10 the memory of the traitorous
Benedict Arnold, has at length achieved
its death blow. All the foul ISLANDERS and
the shameless denunciations which cur
good President has had heaped upon bis
head, will fall harmless TO the ground
The people with their mighty loyal hearts
have triumphed over the enemies of the
Republic in the north and have rung the
death kneH Of rebellion in the South. No
more appalling news could be carried to
the ears of the arch-rebel Davis than
that which the American people ye5ter-
day sent to Richmond. Every rebel in
arms viii see at once that the only alter
natives left are those of surrender or a
wretched attempt to drag out miserable
and fraitless opposition for few months
more. The rebellion must go down and
sham democracy 90 with It.
Year: 1864

The fact that the Richmond Sentinel is
advocating the arming of slaves for the
next campaign, to fight for the Southern
Confederacy, is evidence that the rebel
leaders have determined upon that policy.
The Sentinel Is the home organ of Jeffer-
son Davis. 1t was established and is
acknowledged as his organ.
Year: 1864

There is a rumor on the street that General
Grant has gained another great victory near Pc
tersburg but we cannot trace it to any reliable
foundation, and only give it for what it is worth
as o rumor-ED. TELEGRAPH