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Year: 1863

THE ARRIVAL OF vALLANDIGHAM.


The conversion of the Confederate
States into Botany Bay for the con-
victs of the public foe is one of the most
curious signs Of the times.


We did tbinkit q joke. Mr.. Lincoln
is fond of joking, and we concluded
when we heard that he had proposed to
commute the sentence of VaIlandigham
and send him into Dixie, that it was
one of those quaint conceits in which the
comic mind, and particularly that of Mr..
Lincoln, is wont to indulge. But il
turns out to be true, and as the best
proof of it, Vallandigham has actually
arrived among US. What shall we do
with him?


Send him back by all means. 1t is
our duty to our own honor to do so. II
is charity to him. And Why so?


There are hundred reasons. In the
first place, Vallandigham is not our
friend, nor an alien enemy of the north.
He has never declared for US On the
contrary, he is one of the most danger
GUS of all the men of the North, for, had
his astute policy prevailed, we would to.
day find ourselves in a more deploarble
situation than it Is possible to conceive.
Vallandigham is an Unionist; an honest
Unionist; on able Unionist; he is q gen.
tleman of breeding and man of heart.
God knows we Sympathize with him in
his troubles. God knows we hate the
tyranny which is pursuing him as it is
pursuing us. But in deciding his case
in our own mind, we see simply the great
champion of the Democracy Of the
Northwest, late member of the Congress
of the United States, and at present can
didate for Governor of Ohio. Convict.
ed by a military tribunal, be comes here,
not as our visitor, not of bis own will
but under force. and against his will.


In political point of view, he is oul
enemy; and as such we are bound to treat
him. Mr.. Lincoln makes him our enc
my in his very act of banishment, which
is the first recognition of our independ
ence by the Federal Government Mr.
Vallandigham is sent to foreign natior
as an exile from his own. Now expa
triation must be voluntary; can not be
coerced; and until the party concerned
asserts bis desire to become o citizen o.
the country to which he is exiled, be re-
mains in law and In fact still citizen oil
the country whence he has been driven.
Did the Federal Government mean thisi
Assuredly so great q blunder could not
have been committed, even by the asses
composing the Washington Cabinet, and
we look at it as the result of intention
not of chances or oversight Let Mr..
V. himself consider the point. He is
now in foreign country. The authori.
ties Of the U. S. admit it to be so, and
send him here to q foreign country.


Does he desire to expatriate himself
and become q citizen of the Confederate
States? If so, well and good. We
shall have no more to say, But as a
citizen of the U. S. he cannot and should
not remain here. We do not wish to be
inhospitable, but we cannot recognize
the right of any power or court to send
is convicts here as to Botany Bay
The South is not the proper lodge fol
political convicts, however digni6ed, OIL
popular, or noble.
Year: 1863

A few days after the evacuation Of
jackson by our forces, General Grant
sent two wagon loads of provisions back
from our front, under flag of truce, for
the use of our wounded there. The
officer in charge was a major of the I'd
Illinois Cavalry. When within two
miles Of the town our men were met by
rebel pickets, who at first would permit
them to proceed no further. The major
in command refused to deliver the pro.
Year: 1863

THE editor of the Louisville Journal,
in speaking Of an assailant who had ve-
hemently denied chargeof having been
drunk on certain occasion, says "that
he can not positively state that the gen.
tleman in question was drunk, but he
docs know that he was seen in the street
at midnight, with his hat of, explaining
the principles and theory of true polite
ness to the toes Of his boots
Year: 1863

democratic form of government. At
the same time it is equally desirable
that some one should be elected who
has no manner Of bias against the in
terests of the Farm Mortgagors, that
they may have the benefit of any relief
which the legislature may bestow-not
in contrayention of law and Justice
1t is quite probable that Nj. N. Cothren
will be the Democratic, and Wymar
Spooncr the Republican candidate,
provided, Of course, that Jere announ-
ces in the mean time his decision not
to accept the nomination.


Dr. McDill's smiling countenance can
be seen in the Senate Chamber during
the session Of that body, and during
the intervals, at the several Govern
ment and State offices, where he is at
tending to the wants Of such of his con-
stituents as have business to transact
with those departments. His careful,
patient and persistent attention to this
somewhat onerous class Of duties can
not be too highly commended.


A kind hearted gentleman, an able
and Influential Senator, the Evergreen
District needs ne better representative
than DIR. A. S McDnl.


Jack, be virtuous, and You will be
happy. PIP.
Year: 1863

The Chicago Journal intimates that
the people of the Confederate States are
not alone likely to suffer from scarcitv of
provisions the coming year The marke'
reports of that city show something Of An
alarming advance. 1t may be temporary
and speculative, but there is reason to be
leve that at no time since the beginning
of the war has the same season Of the year
found the country with so small an ag~
gregate Of provisions. During the sum
mer we have drawn heavily upon the
stocks which were kept over, and have
now but little less than the last harvest to
depend upon Should there be an active
European demand or grains and provis-
ions, il is to be feared that our laborers
will see real suffering before the gathering
Of another harvest The agricultural in
terests have suffered from a scarcity OF
labor and an unpropitous season. The
early frosts made sad ravage with the
crop in most. if not all, Of the western
States, and our farmers are not in hurry
to dispose of their grain. The supplies
required for our armies must be purchas-
ed at a heavy additional expense over
that of the past year, and this fact alone
will in the prosecution of The war for the
next twelve months, send our national
debt up to figures which may be enumera-
ted, but cannot be imagined
Year: 1863

On Monday the 4th of May next, the Shcool
Directors will assemble in Bedford to elect a
County Superintendent. Upon their action
will depend, in great measure, the success and
prosperity of the common Schools in our coun-
ty during the next three years. The county
Superintendency is, for the present, part of
our system; and whether we like it or dislike it,
it is the part of prudence and wisdom to make 1t
as beneficial as possible. Toths end a man thor
oughly competent to discharge the duties of the
office should be selected, regardless of sectarian
or partisan influences. But competency, alone,
is not enough A man should be selected who
will throw his whole heart into the work, and
devote all his time and energy to the discharge
of his duties. There is yet arork TO be done be-
fore the schools and the teachers of our county
attain the standard Of excellence and useful
ness contemplated by the founders of our school
system. We hear number of teachers, who
would do honor to the Office mentioned in con-
nection with the Superintendency. We trust
that the best man will be selected, and that he
will be paid fair salary--such salary as will
enable him to work untiringly, in season and out
of season, for the improvement ofthe teachers and
the schools. .r IN


Political considerations should be left entire


y out of the question. The sacred interests of the
schools should not be jeopardized by political
strife and bitterness. The efficiency and use
finess of the County SUPPLEMENTARY depend
upon the confidence and cooperation OF all clas-
ses of the people. Without these a County
Superintendent is, in manner, powerless. An
officer elected in political contest cannot COM
,nand these At most he can only secure the
IN ,,o-a+;o,, ,,f tha frienda of the srhOols in
his own party, whilst his political opponents
and the opponents of the schools would look
upon him with distrust and enmty. Under
such circumstances his duties can not fail to be
irksome and his usefulness much impaired.
These and similar considerations we trust and
believe will induce school directors to throw
politics to the winds and act only for the sue
cess and welfare of the schools. 0H1. '"
Year: 1863

AN Abolitionist the other day, in converse
ton, excused his party friends for their terrible
corruptions, on the ground that ''after Mr.. Lin
coins term expired, it would be so long until
they got chance at the public crib again, that
it was only fair they should take their share Of
plunder when they could get it." Whether the
reasoning is sound or false it certainly looks as
if such are the principles upon which they arc
acting
Year: 1863

A CoNrRAsT.-ln the report OF Mr.. Beck
with, Of the Bedford Street Mission he
says:


"A soldiers wife was taken off Of the
pavement, doctored, nursed and cared for,
when no one would touch her sent to the
Almshouse, as we had no one to keep her
and her husband called, soon after his return
from the army, to take her; but when we
removed her from the street she was speech
less, and supposed dying


And in one Of our exchange we find the
following paragraph


"a three thousand dollar Cashmere shaw
just imported by Stuart expressly for hel
is one of the articles in Miss Kate Chase
trousseau."
Year: 1863

A WONDERFUL GUS.-A trial OF the Fer
rie gun was made on Fire Island beach last
week. The following is report of the
trial


The preliminary trials have now been
made, and range of nearly nine miles OBJ
tainec and although the extreme range
balls have not been found, yet the proof
that they passed over certain points Of the
Island at high elevation, and distant from
the gun six Or seven miles, is ample to sat-
isfy US that the point Of contact with the
earth was not less in some of the shots than
eight or nine miles.
Year: 1863

and no good. 1t is strange that some men
who have very good sense about some things


have none at all about Others. And 1t Ii


still more strange that some men who pro


fess to have the best interests of the coun


try at heart, will persist in publishing things


which cannot possibly do any good, and an


obliged to do much harm. We almost
question the honesty and patriotism of such
men. Admitting everything Senator Toomb:
says to be true, and his publication is still
foolish and injurious, simply because he has
said nothing which every sensible man 10
the Confederacy did not know before, and
proposes nc remedy for the evils ne discus
ses which is practicable or possible, de
says the Government ought not to support
its armies by impressments. Certainly II
ought not, and would not, if it could help
it! But what is it to do but to impress,
when our soldiers cry for bread, and there
is none to give them?


he says we should issue no more money.
Very true, and Mr. Memminger would no
doubt be rejoiced to stop his money mill
But what is to supply its place? How are
the expenses of the Government to be de.
frayed except by paper issues? 1t can't be
done, and the result of all Of MIR. Toombs'
argument is simply to give improper infor-
nation to the enemy, and weaken our
cause abroad. 1t is great pity that ne
and some other men will not learn the i'm
portant fact that it is not always judicious
to publish everything we know. Truth is
sometimes more injurious than talsehood,
and is always so when profussed friends
give improper information to the enemies.
Mr.. Toombs tells us nothing wedid not
know before, and proposes no practical
remedy for the evils of which he complains.
He is, therefore, one of that class, of grum-
blers who is doing our cause much harm
and no good.
Year: 1863

The question has frequently been asked,
What becomes of the million and three
quarters Of dollars that are daily expended
by the present Administration? Some Of 1t
properly goes towards carrying on the war;
but large portion Of it is paid into the
pockets Of the shoddy contractors and the
immense army of Abolition Office holders
now employed by Mr.. Lincoln. To meet
this fearful demand upon the Treasury, in,
creased taxation must be levied and the
burthens Of the people must be greatly IN
creased. There can be no escape from
these fnghtful evils, under Abolition rule
Year: 1863

Is it not conclusive proof Of the honesty
and good faith of Democratic leaders, that


they refuse to 60 into the Republican party,
though constantly invited to do so, where
they might get big offices and fat contractsl
Year: 1863

The press throughout the country are
discussing the mystery connected with the
resignation of General Burnside. The last
guess we have seen is that Of the Albany
Argus, in which it is suggested that the
hero of Fredericksburg considers himself
insulted by the nomination of General John
Cochrane as an administration candidate
in the State of New York. Of course he
must suppose it was done per order from
Washington, and hence his pet. The fol-
lowing is a portion of Burnside's famous
Order No. 8:
Year: 1863

TO he r men who never read the con-
stitution nor ever heard it read, rantipg
about its violation.


To hear men who never did days
work in their lives bowling about the in
aux Of niggers and the injury to white
laborers.


To hear men whose hearts and habits
are blaeker than any niger ever born.
splitting their venom at the black man.
To hear men rave about the Presidents
violation Of the constitution, who are 30
utterly stupid Or knayisb, that they
have never ascertaned that the rebellion
is in violation Of the constitution


To see men who came from ignorance
and despotism to land of free schools
and free suffrages, trying to destroy the
government which has protected them.


To hear men who care not for law
for God no. man, and who live in daily.
violation Of law, brawling about law.


To hear meu who have fed to our
country but to curse it, threatening to
hang and shoot those who were born here,
and whose fathers fought and died to
build the fabric the scoundrels seek to de-
stroy.


10 see men who, were they South.
would be treated as the poorest and
meanest Of white trash,' upholding the
very men who 50 degrade labor and de.
spise those who do not own niggers.


To hear men justifying jeff Davis and
the South, who have not the manhood
and decency to go South and seek home
which they Ike so well.


To see man who loves slavery EoEs
than his country and freedom.


To hear the hi of she Copperhead
justifying the most internal system Of
wholesale prostitution the sun ever shone
upon.


To hear drunken leprous thick-headed
brutal looking libel upon manhood, belcE-
ing about" abol,ion."- Wisconsin Chief.
Year: 1863

sible, act together in perfect harmony -


Know no difference in men in the select
ion of delegates on account Of past party
association, but, in the noble language Of
Ex-Gov. Washburn, "considcr that man
wanting in patriotism" who shall not be
willing to irater.lize and cooperate with
all truly loyal men in an hour like the
present.
Year: 1863

can secure peace whenever they please,


without sending Mr.. Stephens or any one


else to Washington on a special embassy.


Let the people of the seeded States sur


render the United States government


property in their possession, and then
elect representatives to the United States


Congress, and the war will be over at


once. The constitution and the laws are
very explicit upon this subject, and must


be Obeyed. We therefore warn and ad-
wise the rebels to pursue this course


The only reason why they do not pursue
it is because JEFF. Davis and the rebel
chiefs dread the punishment of the laws
and the vengeance of the people whom
they have deluded and ruined. Still,
with ordinary prudence upon our part,
some such a consummation cannot be
long delayed. We consequently exhort
President Lincoln to devote himself for a
few months exclusively to the war, refu-
sing to see or hear politicians of any sect
or party. We exhOrt our generals, off
GERS and soldiers to labor for few mon
tbs more zealOusly than ever. W. ex-
hort our navy to maintain a still more
rigid blockade, so that the rebel leaders
may not escape to Europe We exhOrt
the loyal people to stand steadily and
heartily by the federal government, The
great rebellion begins to totter. A few
more sturdy blows, and it will be leveled
70 the dust.-N Y. Herald.
Year: 1863

1 HOPE, TREND, you and I are not too
proud to ask for our daily bread and to
be tankful for getting it. It's thought
to me awful and beautiful, that of the
daily prayer, and of the myriads of fellow
men uttering it, iu care AMI in sickness,
in doubt and in poverty, in health and in
wealth. All over the world, what an
endless chorus is singing, Of love and
thanks and prayer. Day tells to day the
WondrOus story, and night reeounts it to
night. How do 1 come to think of a
sunrise which I saw near 20 years ago
on the Nile, when the river and sky
flushed and glOBed with the dawning
light, and as the luminary appeared, the
bOatmen knelt on the rosy deck and ador-
ed Allah?


So, as your sun rises, friend, over the
humblest hOuse-tops round about your
home, shall you wake many and many a
day to duty and labor. May the task
have been honestly done when the night
comes, and the steward deal kindly with
the laborer.-7hackerqy
Year: 1863

TIE Lancaster (Pap) journal has the
following; the incident occurred in the
battle Of Fair Oaks, and was related by
Prof. Wickersham in lecture:


A rebel battery, handled in a master
ly manner, was moving our men down,
and it seemed impossible to drive it from
its position. The General seeing this,
rode up to the Captain of Lancashire
compBny-


Captain, I want some one who will go
out between these armies and shoot the
officer in command of that battery


why, General, it is certain death to
attempt it.


III see, said the Captain, as he turn
ed to his company. Boys, who of you
is willing to go out between these armies
and shoot yonder oficerP


A young man stepped out of the ranks
saying,


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He went, seemingly to certain death.
Crawling along, he finally reached a slight
elevation, behind which he was partially
sheltered. There was a crack of his rife,
but the ball missed its mark. Again
steady alma puff of smoke. The Off

Ger is seen to throw up his arms. His
gunners spring to catch him as be falls.
The battery is forced to abandon its pO-
sition. The brave soldier returns un-
harmed. And, said the Professor, in a
burst of enthusiasm, "I would rather
have searched the army through but I
would have taken that young man by the
hand and said to him, It was bravely
doneP He was teacher from this eoun-
ty. Twill give you his name-George
K. Swope.
Year: 1863

!


The Cleveland Herald describes the devices
Of a gambler, named Conlisk, who was re-
Gently arrested in that city, as follows:


The rooms occupied by Conlisis on the third
floor consist of a sitting room, where the gam.
bling was dene, and a bed room. The sitting
room was furnished in the usual manner. and
had a faro table near the windows, and draw
poker table in the center Of the room, with
chairs placed to each. The walls and ceiling
Of the room are Papered, with paper of a star
pattern.


Directly over the rooms are two small
rooms also occupied BY Conlisk, bat not fur.
nished A portion Of the flooring has been
removed in the room Immediately over the
gambling room. and small hole bored through
the ceiling Of the room below, above each OF
the tables. As the boles come directly, through
the center of a star pattern in the paper, they
are scarcely distinguishable from below. Each
hole is so placed as to enable a person apply.
ing his eye toit to look directly into the hand
Of the player seated in the chair below.


An ingenious telegraphic signal machine
was discovered communicating between those
holes in the room above and the chan Of the
gambler in the room below. A wire, having
handle near the hole, passed along between
the flooring Of the room above and the ceiling
Of the room below to the corner Of the gam
bling room and bed room. It enters the bed
room and passes down in the corner, being
concealed by strip Of board nailed up and
papered over. It then passes under the AooF
Of the gambling room to the table where q
small piece of the flooring has been cut away
close by the table leg, where she. lsft foot Of
the gambler would be placed Wills. playing.
There it terminates in a spring and hammer,
concealed by the carpet. l55EE


The method Of working this invention for
robbing by machinery seems to have been -
follows: The victim to be operated upon
finds two chairs drawn up to the table. In
one Of these the gambling thief seats himself
at once, placing his foot over the telegraph
hammer. The victim is obliged to take the
other, which is placed in the proper position
for playing. The gamblers accOmpIics in the
room above stretches himself on a mAttras,
with his eye at the. peep-hOIs--and one hand
grasping the telegraph hshdle, The hole 10
50 placed that he can look directly down into
the hand Of his victim. As soon a. he sees
the cards he telegraphs their description 40.
coFding to an arranged code Of signals by pull.
ing the handle, when the hammer strikes the
desired number ofraps on the sole Of the gam
bler's boot or slipper, the sound being muf-
fed by the carpet ofoourseitis easy to see
that the man who sits doWnto plsY with such
gambler is robbed as surely, completely and
systematically as il he had been bound hand
and foot and delivered over to a highwayman,
and of the two robbers the highwayman.
would be the more decent man.
Year: 1863

The strongest nation is that which counts
the most robust men, interested in the de-
fence Of the nation, animated by its spirit, and
possessing the feeling Of It's destiny. The
most civilized nation is that which counts the
most intelligent men, interested in the preser-
varion and development Of public morality.
Tie freest nation Is that which counts most
cilizeus living independently by their work.
The richest nation is that where the common
level Of ease is more elevated, and extends
over greater numbeI Of heads
Year: 1863

DURING the recent rebel raid into Western
Virginia, one of Gen. Jenkins's men stole a
lady's hoop skirt, which so enraged the Gen.
that he ordered the fellow to wear it a whole
month. So he was obliged to go with IT
with it around his neck, amid the jeers of his
comrades; and to him holding it up when
riding horse is said to have been ludicrous
IN tpe extreme.
Year: 1863

A BACHELOR editor, sensitive in reIa-
ton to his rights, objects to taking a wife
through fear that if she had a baby, his
contemporaries who habitually copy with
out credit, would refuse to give him credit
for his baby.
Year: 1863

INsTRUCT your son well, or others viii in
struot him i'll. No child goes together IN
taught. Send him to the school of wisdom or
he will go Of himself to the rival academy
kept by the lady with the cap and bells. There
is always instruction going on of some sort,
just as in the fields the progress Of vegetation
is never idle.
Year: 1863

Now, il is the general impression in these
parts" that if all Champaign county was in the
army and injured the enemy no more than
Chaplain Collier has, tIis rebellion would last
several weeks longer. His weapons are not
very effective.
Year: 1863

AN AMATEUR AT CAETRRBURY.-Yesterd
morning green chap presented himself at the
Canterbury establishment, as candidate for
Thespian honors. He thought he could ..act
some,'' and that 1t would be nice thing to be
made much Of like the popular actors on the
Canterbury stage. His aspirations seemed to
be for burnt cork glories. in the Ethiopian Ene.
and accordingly it was proposed that he should
be blackened for trial performance. It was
very soon apparent that he wouldn't do for
Canterbury, except as a laughing stock. and he
was 60 notified; but then came "the rua" for
him to throw on his amateur colors, for it
turned ont that, by some accident, the artists
who had kindly volunteered to costume him
had hit upon black oil paint, touched of with
bronze! The last seen Of the amateur be was
hunting about the stables on Sixth street for a
chance to scrub himself.