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Year: 1863

THE KISSING MARKET.-At North
Berkot, Mass, few years age, there was
"Grab Bag" party, and the money raised
was to be applied towards paying a debt of
a religious society. One of the ways
adopted, at that party, to raise money, was,
quite a number of young ladies offered
themselves to be kissed by the gentlemen,
upon the payment of a certain sum (ten
cents was the more common price;) but
there was as much unsteadiness in the kiss
ing market then, as there is in the gold
market now The highest price paid for a
kiss was so cents but the brisk competl-
ton among the ladies to see who should
get the most kisses, brought the price down
to 5 cents That Grab Party was attended
by the ministers and deacons, the aged, the
middle aged, and the young no objection
was made to selling kisses for cash and it
was matter for thanksgiving from the pull
pit, that the efforts of the society to raise
money to pay its debt had been successful.
Cor Springfield Republican.
Year: 1863

REcRU1rING.-The N. Y. Tribune S
Washington correspondent understands
that the Government has determined to
adopt plan for recruiting the army, which
has been long under consideration. and that
measures will be Immediately taken to car
ry it into effect. BY this plan it is hoped
that very large proportion of the two
years and nine months men, Just dis
charged, may be inclined to re-enlis! for
the war. These veterans are to be offered
in addition to the 800 bounty and pay
which all the national soldiers receive, a
bounty Of $500, and are to form special
corps. distinguished from both conscripts
and from ether three years men. The
Government is to be reimbursed, man for
man, for this $500, from the substitute
fund to be raised under the draft, and
which by terms Of the act must be devoted
to this purpose. These advantages are to
be forfeited in case the men 10 whom they
appeal do not avail themselves of them
within fixed time, which will probably be
60 days The large bounty offered is TO
be paid in instalments, to suit the conven-
ience Of the Government and the wishes of
the soldier
Year: 1863

THE REBEL FLAG..-A design for flag has at
last been adopted by the Rebel Congress. 1t
has white field, with the battle flag for a union,
square in shape, and occupying two-thirds of the
Width of the flag, and blue bar, one-third Of the
flag in width, dividing the field lengthwise bar
sinister
Year: 1863

A few years ago little fellow was taken by his
father to a carpenter, to be hound apprentice to
him, after a fashion of old times. In settling
the business the master, who was one of the stiff
kind observed;


"Well, my boy, I suppose you can eat almost
anything can't youP always make my boys
live on what they don't like"


Il love everything but ninth and apple pieth,"
lisped the boy
Year: 1863

LOOKING Our FOR SLIGHTs-There are
some people always looking out for Sights
They cannot pay a visit, they cannot receive
a friend, they cannot carry on the daily inter-
course of the family, without suspecting some
offence is designed, They are as touchy as
hair-triggers. If they meet an acquaintance
in the street who happens to pre-occupied
with business, they attribute his abstraction
tc some motive personal to themselves, and
take umbrage accordingly. They lay on 9TH
ers the fault of their irritability. A fit of in
digestion makes them see impertinence in ev-
erybody they come in contact with. limo
cent persons, who never dreamed of giving
offence, are astonished to find some unfortu-
nate word, or some momentary taeiturnity
mistaken for an insult.
Year: 1863

There is a truth accommodated to our ma
ture. which poetry best conveys. There is a
truth for the reason; there is a truth for the
passions; there is a truth for every character
of man.
Year: 1863




BY J. H. ELLIOT.
There are little footprints in the snow,


The spotless snow;
All plainly marked from heel to toe,


And well know
Whose foot it was that left them there;
need not ask how came they there?
The bounding step was soft and light


know twas light
But plain enough tits to my sight,


And am right,
In guessing who the footprint left,
For we'll know by whom twas left.
The little foot was very small


I'm sure twas small
The snow is scarcely turned at all


And so call
These prints familiar things to me,
For well l know whose steps thay be.
What dainty little prints they are
You know they are i
I'll follow-they'll not lead me far


Each is star,
To guide me where their owner is;
know well who their owner is.
Dear me these footprints in the snow


The spotless snow
Have set my heart and face aglow I;



I'm glad know


Just where to 60
To find the dainty foot itself,
And with it gay, roguish elf,
Who'll make my warm cheek warmer still
With-Au,YoU ALL HAVE FELT THE Thrill
Year: 1863

But DO these men Of Observation-Disclosures


press desire the Union themselves T"No


never. If they did, why teach us tc


hate the people of the South? Could


they ever expect US to desire Union with


such oiack hearted people a. they endeav


or 70 impress our minds the people Of the


South are? If these men desird the


Union, would they be continually throws


ing oostructions in thv way Of restoration7


He referred to the unconstitutional


erection OF the State Of West Virginia ~


another obstacle deliberately thrown In


the wsy OF restoration, and then again


pursued at length the profound wicked


ness ana disorganizng tendencies Of that
anti-siavery fanaticism which infests church
aud hoelhouse, and poisons the streams
OF social progress at their source, from the
charmed cup Of its abominations. The
popular mind was convulsea; all were in
Its surging tide, and hence he exhorted
all to be conservative in word and act
Thousands Of republicans were conserva.
tive men, and desired the right. Our
danger was in the rebellion at the South
and the speaking lying sel6shness of abo.
iition at the North and the democracy
would rescue this government from the
hands OF both. He counseled and warned
against the inveiglings of men in power,
and especially against any act that would
open the gates of eli war at home. In
This way, strengthening confervative
public sentiment, he hoped for q restora.
lion OF the Union and the protection of
rights This conservative
public sentimen, was slow, but sure and
wonderful in growth and strength, and it
would grind this administration to powder,
md give Its name to history all black with
.rlme He had made speeches which his
friends had said we're more violent than
sallandingham, and still republicans would
AXE his hand and endorse every word he
aid, and this public sentiment, he repeat.
I'd, was to grind this administration to
,owder
Year: 1863

80 NtSAo~ssD -
interest Of every patriot in Lee county 4
vote the Union Ticket. Every man on il
is worthy ofthe confidence and support Of
his fellow citizens. Every candidate i.
a loyal Union man. and publicly pledged
to the sspport of the measures of the Ad
ministration for carrying on the war. fol
the overthrow Of the rebellion, and the
restoration Of the authority Of the Gov.
ernment. $500


Lee county gave large majority for
the Union ticket two years ago, and there
are stronger reasons for supporting Tn.
ion ticket now, than there were then, and
We have much better ticket to support.
It is true many prominent men who join
cd the Union movement thea, through
selfish mstives, have apostatised from the
faith and crawled back into the Copper
head crowd. which then supported Jairus
Neal. But need the masses falter and
turn back because their leaders have PROV
sn faithless to the cause, and soughtt to BE-
tray il. Win the honest masses Of Lee
county who have neighbors and kinfolks
in the army, join the ranks Of those who
''6re in the rear upon them, simply BE-
cause Hedges and Allen. and such Office
seeking renegades. have gone over to the
Copperheads after m office. Will the
loyal and patriotic citizens of Lee county,
which has SO many sons in the army, now
give encouragement to the rebels, and
discourage our gallant soldiers by taking
the back track.


viii they, after carrying the county by
a sweeping maj ority for the Union ticke,
two years ago, now repent their patriotic
action aud turn round and support q
Copperhead ticket composed in part of
the same men who we're rejected two
years ago, and in part Of renegades from
the Union partyy No the people Of Lee
county will do no such thing. They will
be true TO themselves. true to the brave
men they have sent forth to fight their
battles in the field, and true to their coun
try and their Government which Is
worthy of their support and needs their
sustaining voice just now, to strengthen
it as we'll against the traitor hosts Of our
own country as against the designs Of the
enemies of liberty in Europe. whose aris-
tocracies and monarchs are even now ar
raying themselves with view to crush
out the hope of the masses, by the de-
struction of our great Republican tenn
pie of freedom.


We exhort the Union men of Lee coun-
ty, then, to act as becomes patriots in
this hour of their country's peril, and to
rally to the support Of the friends of the
Government, and to support the ticket to
man. In 50 doing you will render aid
and comfort to the soldiers who represent
Iowa on the battle fields of the South;
but in voting the other ticket you will en-
courage JEFF. Davis and his cohorts of
traitors, and inspire foreign tyrants with
hopes of success in an effort to dismem-
Der the Union and destroy this great Re-
public.
Year: 1863

Jacob Frank requests u to say to the
public that his name was put on the Cop
perhead Township Committee without his
consent. He does not train in that crowd,
but belongs to the noble band of uncon-
ditional Union men who hold their coun-
try above party, and who stand BY their
Government in tine of war, let who will
join the traitors to embarrass and oppose it.
Year: 1863

Take away from the Sabbath its
sacredness, and it is still a welcome
day. Hundreds meet each other face
to face aud unite in pleasant exercise
whom we should not otherwise see,
perhaps, for whole year. 1t is like
meeting familiar friends to attend
church and commune one with anoth-
er. Destroy the Sabbath and you not
only take away the Christians enjoy.
ment but you deprive men of business
of much needed relaxation and enjoy.
meht. Man was formed for society,
and occasional meeting, even when
nothing is said, contributes to his hap
piness. We trust that the day will
never come when the holy Sabbath
will lose its sacredness and its puri.
flying and sanctifying influence. Ger
tain we are that SO long as a drop of
Pilgrim blood flows in the veins Of
their children, the Sabbath will be
kept and honored wherever they are.
We quote the following reflections
from contemporary


Many and thrilling are the associ-
ations which the weekly recurrence of
the Sabbath brings. The sun of the
Sabbath morn first shed light on fin
ished creation. When the globe we
tread upon stood out complete and
lovely thing before it's Maker when
Eden blooming little heaven below,
and man with his pure and lofty spirit
lived in its bowers, ere yet the trail
of the serpent was over all "God
blessed the Sabbath day and sancti-
fed it." The beams Of the Sabbath
morning first shed light on a ransom
ed creation. Then it was that the
Captain Of our salvation, having bat
tied with death in his own dark do
main, shivcrcd his letters, rose a VIC
tim from the tomb, led captivity cap
tive, and gave gifts to men SO that
now, instead Of the wo and shame sin
had entailed upon the fallen, there is
proffercd to them the beauty. the
brightness Of . purchased immortali-
ty. Tho Sabbath is type, and tells
of that rest which remaineth to the
people Of God--of an hour when the
Christian pilgrim shall terminate his
long and toilsome march through the


wilderness. and cross the Threshold
of his Fathers home--when the Chris


tian mariner shall heave over the last
ocean billow aud enter the desired ha-


ven-when the soldier Of the cross


shall lay off his panoply, and wear the


rich robe aud the bright crown. In.


dependently too of these grander as


sociations, there is much, much Of pi.
ETY., much Of poetry. to make the Sab.


bath day to the Christians soul, the


very /" best Of all the seven"


/ The image Of gray-haired sire,


the family shrine, the domestic Sun
day school, the "big ha' Bible, once
Year: 1863

The most prominent among temporal
things, to make life pleasant, is to be


within the walls Of . well ordered
house-not conspicuous for its fnefy
or costliness. but by its fitucss. its air
of neatness and content to all who en-
ter to enjoy its comforts. The womad
who does not make this grand iteiH
in her rontine Of duties has not yet
learned the true dignity Of her station;
does not enjoy the blessings of this
life and indirectly despises her fam
lily and the Word Of God. "She
looketh well to the ways of her house,
hold" was spoken by the wisest man
that ever lived and will be told as q
memoria! Of all those noble women
who have been eminent in looking


well to the ways Of their households.
Year: 1863

his fathers pride," the music of the


church bell, the house girt round with
the graves of his kindred, dcvotion's
lofty peal. Obi it cannot be that the
man is on bis way to heaven, who
loves not his life, this atom of heaven
dropped on earth, it cannot be that he
is of the peculiar people," who calls
not the Sabbatli delight, the holy Of
the Lord, honorable that he has any
claim to the character of religious
being, who allows its golden hours to
glide away, without some thoughts to
that inheritance to which it points.
Year: 1863

Who does not love the common yet
beautiful name of Msryi 1t is from
the Hebrew, and means tear-drop.
What sweet and joyous hours of 9th.
er days-what pleasing associations
does the mere name call up in every
heart f! Who knows aught i'll of Ma
ry? Who that does not love the
name? Is there any thing gentle and
valued and womanly, what Mary pos
sesses it not Was it not Mary who
was


-"L Last at the cross


And first ut the gravel
and was not Mary the mother of the
Savior of the world
Year: 1863

The following address to the Spanish people IN their
darkest hour Of evasion by Napoleon, is applicable
to our present position, that we print it as lnend- for


Submits Do these sophists know
to what they advise the most high-nnded nation on
earth Il would be stain without example our an
nails if after such efforts such Incredible events
fall at the feet Of the crowned slave who has
been sent to Us a king Your
houses destroyed your churches demolished your
fields laid waste your families dispersed and Wsnder
ing through The country. hurried into the grave
Have we made many rices-havs the flames of
war consumed half Span, that should abandon the
emy prepares for iti-for viii beguile himself
with the insdous parade of the improvements which
the French hold out. The Tartar who commands them
has decreed that Spain shall have neither industry
commerce, population political representation
whatever TO be made waste and sol-
tary sheepwalk for supplying French manufactures
with our Woolsi to become nursery OF men who may
be hurried away TO slaughttr Such is the destiny be
would impose upon the most highly favored of all
countiies Shall we then submit 10 thisi


Ungrateful and peridous
race shall sacrifices be in vain and is blood of
no estimation in your eyes No patriots rest in peace


and let that bitter thought disturb the quiet
your sepuchres There no pesce-there can be none
in his state Of things That Spain may be free, is the
universal wish Of the nation AID if that cannot be OBJ
tsined least it may become one immense desert eae
wide grave, where the accumulated remains OF French
aud Spaniards may exhibit future ages glory and
our shame. Bat fortune is inuIicsl virtue
leave to It's defenders only this melancholy teImna
ton. II is written in heaven and the history Of all ages
atess ths truth thai people who decidedly love their
liberty and independence must ultimately establi b
them in despite Of all the artifee and all the violence
and tyrany. Victory which often the gift Of for
tune, is later the reward of eoustancy What
defended the little Republic Of Greece from the barbar-
itOl when It slmOs destroyed by the Gaus7 What
preserved it from the mighty Of Hannibaf What,
in times nearer own, protected the Swgs from Ger
man tyranny, and gave Independence to Holland in
spite OF the OF ancestDrgf
Year: 1863

TAKISe A MAN DowN.-Alexander
Hamilton was once applied TO as counsel,
by a man having the guardianship Of sew
eral orphans. These infants would on
the coming Of age, succeed to Q large and
valuable estate. of which there was a ma
terial defect in the title deeds. This fact,
and The manner in which it happened, were
known only to the guardian. who wished
to employ Hamilton as counsel, to vest
himself in the title of the estate. He re-
lated the whole affair circumstantiaHy, and
was requested by his lawyer to call again
before he could venture TO give his advice
in namatter ofso much importance. On bis
second visit, Hamilton read over to him
the minutes Of their previous conversation
that he had reduced to writing, and asked
him il the statement was correct
On receiving an answer in the affirm
alive, Hamilton replied: "You are
now completely within my power, and
l look upon myself as the future guardian
Of the unhappy infants. Take my advice
settle with them honorably to the last
cent. or l will hun! you from your skin
like hare"
Year: 1863

Senator Bayard has been following in the
footsteps ofSaulsbury 1--WE cannot say at this
distance from the scene of action whether
Salisbury drunk or Salisbury sober) though,
doubtless, he was as he always is, gentle
manly in his bearing. He attacked, earnest
ly, the conscription bill, as destroying the
militia in the States and establishing central
ization of power approaching despotisrn.
He showed his regard for the rebels in the
following declaration:


alt has been said that the life of the ma
ton is at stake. He believed that the lib
critics of free people were of more impor-
tance than anything else, and if he was to
choose between an imperial government
stretching over the whole country, including
Mexico and Canada, and two or three sep
arate republics, he would have no hesitation
In choosing the latter. He had been op-
posed to this war from the beginning, and
In favor of peace, and was in favor of peace
now even if we had to submit TO separation.
Under the present policy, he believed it
was midsummer madness to attempt to re-
store the Union by the sword"


In all this Senator Bayard is consistent.
In speech in Congress, before the attack
on Sumter, he advocated the right of seces-
sion and boldly declared in Congress, that,
if he lived in Alabama he would vote for
secession. He went to their capital and
staid there month while they were organ.
izing the Confederacy, came home and
resisted sedulously every effort to restore
tho Union. Senator Bayard can well and
honestly say that he prefers two or three
separate republics to an unkroken nation.
Year: 1863

1t is gratifying to learn that the rampant
disloyalty of the Legislature is willing down
under the whitening rcbuke which the sol
diers have poured into the capital. A Dem
ocratic caucus has rejected the proposition
to create Military Board, and thus attempt
to take from the Governor his military au-
thority-so the attempt to prepare the State
for the dominion OF JEFF Davis will not be
persisted in The National Grand Jury of
indianapolis is investigating the secret or
ganization of Peace Democrats. The Court
is now engaged in trying the traitors who
resisted the arrest of deserters in Morgan
county and four persons have been convict
ed Of treason.


Col. Darlington has arrested 1876 deserters
in one county alone and sent them back
Rousing Union rallies are being held
throughout the State. A great mass con-
vention has taken place at Indianapolis. 1t
was splendid demonstration. The crowd
was immense-2OOO0 the speakers such
men as Governor Norton and Ex- Governor
Wright, of Indiana, and Governor Tod, and
Ex-Governor Dennison, of Ohio the reso-
lutlons of the most uncompromiSing charac-
ter; and the enthusiasm such as showed
the popular heart to be all aglow with pa
triotic fire.


But what gives this manifestation peculiar
significance was its entire freedom from all
party spirit. We look in vain through all
Of the five hours speaking for single SEN
timent like those that distinguish the hide
bound partisan. One Of tae resolutions call
ed upon call good citizens henceforth to
recognize no distinction but between those
who are for and those who are against the
Government" whether the particular men
in power please or not. No mercy was
shown to the irnpudent pretence that man
may labor to embarrass and weaken the
Administration, and still be loyal man.
Said Gov. Tod, who was chairman of the
last Democratic Convention at Baltimore,
after its adjournment from Charleston, "l
support Mr. Lincoln, not because he is Q
Republican, not because he is a tariff man,
or an Anti-Slayery man, but because he is
President of the United States, and BY rirtu,
of his office, entitled to tie support Of all IQya
men. The man who can't smother party
prejudice and feeling enough to do that, il
not fit for free government" The senti
ment was greeted with the most vociferoul
applause.
Year: 1863

The undersIgnsd hereby give notice to their custo-
and the public generally that Ihey will pense
wIsh the CREDIT branch al their business and will
close their books on March 10th inst on and after
which date all Goods will be sold for CASH or Gown.
TRV PRoDuoE; and no exception to the above terms
will be made in any whatever.


Thankful for The liberal patronage heretofore ex.
tended TO U.S. an being confident that und the above
system. We can sell Goods greatly to the advantage
Of buyers we call the attention Of the public 10 our
Extensive Stock. and trust that the Cash system
nay meet with favorable response from the people


|. d. HAMILTON a. co.
We earnestly request all persons indebted to us by
Book Account to close tho same and we insis, that
all open accounts Of 1862 msst be closed al once


mho l. II. a. Co,