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Year: 1862

in his way; but he has not the requisite
qualifications for Chief Justice. Until
jus. before the election, we did not know
that he was the same person who used
to live in Springboro'. Warren county,
Ohio: and after we ascertained this fact.
We were yet in ignorance as to his legal
requirements since that time. Since
the election We are informed that he
has given legal studies but small share
Of time and attention. and that being
the case, he is not the man to sit at the
Judicial head of the State of Kansas


We make these remarks in no unkind
spirit. DR.. Watson is worthy OF the
esteem and confidence of his fell0w-cit.
izens in his proper sphere; and he has
ability for many places of honor and
trust; but for his sake a. we'll as that o.
the State. We hope the report is true
that there is no vacancy on the Supreme
Bench, and that the vote for Chief JUS
tice will not be counted.


Our Republican friends should be
careful how they select candidates. OF
they will cease 10 retain the confidence
of the people. In the case in point. the
candidate was not selected BY ccnven-
.ion. but by the State Committee. and
We presume one reason for the selection
was 10 get man from the Southern
portion Of the State. 1t is all right tc
distribute the Offices over the State, but
not at the expense Of the public welfare
W Democrats may commit errors o.
this sort. Republicans never should.
Year: 1862

tions of such moment as should make
even the most thoughtless pause and
consider. Every hill and vale. plain
and stream has tongue. and the one
cry is: What have you done for me!
And the aged sire. leaning upon his
staff over the verge Of the grave. calls
back as an echo: "What have you
done for me and my children?


What shall be the response? Will
the answer come from prison walls:
''You have brought NE to this!" Will
it come from the haunts Of dissipation:
"Ysu have led me in this direction %
Will the ruin or the rule of demagogues
be an answer? Will the records Of our
courts of justice present this comment
ary as judgment against us:


his


John y Smith?


mark.


Or, shall the Chur:h, the School
House. Colleges. Associations for NOR
al and mental improvement; rich devel-
opments in agriculture and mineral re-
sources; railroads and other improve
ments; the best interests Of education
and It's fruits; State credit up to par
and commanding a premium: our rank
as a people FIRST among the honorable;
the great To-Come rising up and bless
iny the Fathers of the Safe for the
legacy they have inhe! ited-slall 'hess
things say: "Well done. good and
faithful servauts?"


These results are before us. and much
oh how much-depends upon the
press of tho country. As it is faithful
or unfaiitful will the end be. in a very
great degree. Our State, magnificent
in its natural resources. may become
equally so in It's moral standing. But
this end can only be accomplished BY
untiring effort upon the part Of those
who control its journals.


Brethren. friends. shall we not take
a SEP in the advance? Shall We not
give higher tone TO our daily and
weekly issues. which go out into the
families of the land. and furnish the
mental food for the rising generation?
Shall we not sow better seed in the i'm
mortal ground which is 20 receive it!
shall We not plant well tl.at the harvest
may be good? We earnestly hope il
will be so.
Year: 1862

One of the worst features Of party
politics is the too frequent elevation Of
incompetent men to Office. II an indi-
vidual happens to get the nomination
for an Office a, convention Of his party.
he must be supported n, all hazards.
This Is. perhaps. . necessary evil under
existing circumstances as contrary
course would probably be productive
Of greater evils; for an opposite party.
with worse principles. an policy tina,
might ruin The country if carried out,
have just as bad men. brought forward
in the same manner, and with the same
intent. namely. that they shall hav. the
undivided support of their political
friends.


So far as political Offices are concern.
ed, this course may not prove so dis
astrous but that the errors Of one year
may be corrected BY the reformation Of
the next. But when the question comes
to the judiciary Of the land, We protest
against the practice Of takin. up any
but the best men. There are 100 many
sacred interests involved in legal ques-
lion for decisions TO be made by mere
pestifoggers. who Lnow next to nothing
Of law but whose opinions on the bench
may cause nation or the people of a
whole State 10 suffer.


The Office of q judge 10 too sacred 10
be trifled with: it should be kept as free
as possible from party politics; and the
man who aspires to such position
should be we'll qualified to discharge
the onerous duties which devolve upon
him who sits as the dispenser Of justice
10 his fellow-men.


No man should 60 from a heated
political canvass to the bench. We
think it is not only in bad taste but de-
cidedly out Of place for . candidate
who expects to sit in judgment en- mat
,ers which interest oil parties, to make
harangues to partizans. snd inHams the
passions Of men-polisically. at least
while he is on the road to the court
room. Candidates for the bench shoe
never make stump speeches during the
canvass which is 10 elect or defeat them;
nor should judge ever stoop from the
halls Of justice TO the forum. 10 make
political addresses-we mean for parii-
san purposes.


We regret to say that these plain and
undeniable promises are too often de-
parted from in these times of party
strife. Oar land mourns because Of
these departures. Let US return to the
old landmarks.


Az ws do not belong 70 y party for
the sake of party. but for the good Of
the country, we do not hesitate to point
out errors committed BY Republicans.
because we wish that party TO be very
much better than any other, which it
can ouly be and remain by avoiding
errors. t - = s


And grave error was committed in
The recent canvass 10 the choice Of
candidate for Chief Justice. Dr.. Wat
,ou is a clever man, and man of talent
Year: 1862

In Bates Co., Mo-. there is one town
ship in which there were but Two I'm
ION men. and those The rebels hung some
days ago. where upon the Safe Militia
Of that county turned in and commence
ed . general system OF cleaning out.
shooting them down wherever they
could find them,
Year: 1862

The WAR TAx.--The bill providing for
the collection OF California's proportion OF
the war tax, which was promptly passed BY
the State Senate, is now pending before the
Assembly, and there is reason to believe
that nothing will be done until go late day
that great confusion will be Occasioned 10
the assessing and collecting the tax. The
assessors of the different counties are re-
quired to commence their work on the first
of March, and II the tax is to be collected
upon property, as it should be, the bill
should be passed and become law this
week. 1t was the design of Congress. in
levying the tax, that it should be collected
annually upon property, and so far % we
have been able to ascertain public opinion.
the people are almost unanimously opposed
to the State running in debt 10 raise the
amount which should be paid this year.
The bill which passed the Senate meets the
appreciation of property holders generally.
An attempt to collect it by capiiatiOn tax
will prove failure, and if the amount is
raised by the issue of State bonds 1t win
eventually cost tbe people twice as much
rs il would cost to collect ii now.
Year: 1862

Malakof, the intelligent correspondent of
the New York Times, writes from Paris,
as follows:


The Secesoionists here, who naturally, de-
rive their news and their consolation from
the Ministry of the Interior, are elated at
the prospects of recognition. But here is
a nut they will find hard to crack. A lead-
ing editor of Paris, after a long conversation
with Cabinet officer on American affairs,
published yesterday in his paper a strong
article against mediation or recognition, and
there it laid down as fixed doctrine of the
French Government, that there could be no
recognition OF the Southern Confederacy
until that Confederacy has guaranteed the
abolition of slavery. This determination OF
the government the writer adds, cannot be
changed, and since the new Confederacy
boasts that slavery is its corner stone, and
since slavery is what it is fighting for, he
does not see how there is chance of recog-
milton either now or hereafter. So that the
Confederacy is now brought to it's extremi-
ty, and l ought to add that many persons
believe the Southern agents are prepared to
drink this last and bitterest cup rather than
acknowledge the supremacy of the govern.
ment at Washington. Weshould then have
presented to US the singular spectacle of the
South abolishing slavery in order to destroy
the Union, and the North refusing to abol-
ish slavery in order to save the Union


The Times London correspondent specu-
lates in the following interesting vein:-


You are aware that France is earnestly
at war with Mexico. The resistance she
has met with, and the disasters to the force
at first dispatched, have reused the National
pride, and an army is now leaving which
will enter the ancient capital of the Monte.
zumas The French hold Tampico. Are
you aware that it is not very far to the
mouth OF the Rio Grande, and that Texas
was, not long since, Mexican? You know
to what extent New Orleans is French.
There are sympathies of nationality and re.
ligion which coming events may bring into
play. The Paris papers that urge inter.
vention are of semi'official character. 1t
is said that the Orleans princes left the ar
my of the Potomac on account of the war
with Mexico. Was it because they foresaw
that this war would soon mike France the
ally of the Confederacy, or because they had
private intimations that they might other
wise find themselves iD an antagonistic DO.
sition with a country it is their policy to
conciliate, and which, in any case, they
would never fight against?
Year: 1862

Last week the New York Tribune con.
tanned letter which purported to express
the sentiments Of eleven millions of people,
but only bore the signature of Horace Gree.
ley. 1t was addressed to the President of
the United States, and accused that officer
of violating his official cath in not enforcing
the confscation bill according to Greeley's
notions. We are surprised to see the fol-
lowing reply from Mr.. Lincoln ::


EXECUTIVE MANSION,


WASHINGTON, August %, 1862.
To Hon. Horace Greedy:


DEAR SIR have just received yours of
the 10th inst, addressed to myself through
the New York Tribune. If there be it in
any statements or assumptions of facts
which l may know to be erroneous, 1 do
not now and here controvert them. II
there be any differences which l may be-
lieve to be falsely drawn, do not now and
here argue against them. If there be per-
ceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial
tone, l waive it in Difference to an old
friend whose heart have always supposed
to be right.


AS to the policy seen to be pursuing,
as you say, have not meant to leave any
one of you in doubt. would save the Un-
ion; I would save it in the shortest way un-
der the Constitution The sooner the ma.
tional authority CO n be restored, the nearer
the Union will be the Union as it was. If
there be those who would not save the Un.
ion unless they could at the same time save
slavery. l do not agree with them. If there
be those who would not save the Union, un-
less they could at the same time destroy
slavery, do not agree with them.


My paramount object is to save the
Union, and not either to save Or destroy
slavery. If could save the Union without
freeing any slaves, l would do it; and if |
c0ull save it by freeing all the slaves, l
woua do it; and if could save it by free.
ing some and leaving others alone, l would
also do that. What DO about slavery and
the colored race. do because 1 believe it
helps to save this Union and what l for
bear, forbear because [ do not believe
it would help to save the Union. I shall do
less whenever shall believe what | am do
ing hurts the cause, and l shall do more
whenever l believe doing more will help the
cause. shall try to correct errors when
shown to be errors, and l shall adopt new
views so fast as they shall appear to be true
views


| have here stated my purpose, according
to my view OF official duty, and l intend
no modification OF my oft expressed personal
vish-that all men, everywhere, could be
free. Yours,


A. LINCOLN.


The President has evidently deemed it
good opportunity, as we'll as an appropriate
time, to reiterate what the people have al-
most been persuaded out OF, that bis pur-
pose in this war is, as it has been, rot to
perpetuate nor to overthrow slavery, but to
maintain the Constitution and preserve the
Union; and that bis "policy" is whatever 10
his judgment will best hasten and accom-.
plish those ends. This he does, so clearly,
that the public mind will be brought back
10 'frst principles on the subject
Year: 1862

The soldier and martyr simply replied that
he had never kneeled to any but his Maker,
and that he could not consent to kneel now
to man. As he said this the order was
given to fire, and in the act of making the
sign of the cross on bis breast the martyr
and soldier was in eternity. But there were
many, unaccustomed to weep, who shed
bitter tears on witnessing this tragedy.
Year: 1862

office he had just been called to fill, and
the many tokens of respect shown him
Kind, sympathetic and obliging, 10 know
him was to love and respect him. But
more especially is this stroke felt by the
companion of his bosom and the little
family circle by whom his worth was
known best But while you almost feel
that the stroke is heavier than you can
bear, there is a sure source of consola-
ton. In Christ there is full redemption
to Him, and the word Of his grace, |
can commend you to-day, with the as
surance that when the arm of flesh fail,
He Will bear you up.


May the Lord be with you and sane
tify this bereavment to your good, TO
the good of his many friends and associ-
ates, for Jesus sake, Anaen.
Year: 1862

CHANCE TO WoRK FOR THE LADIES'
The Worcester Soldiers Relief Committee
have been furnished by the liberality of a GEN
tleman of this city, with Il quantity of cloth
to be made into shirts for the soldiers. The
committee will be very glad, if individuals
who are willing to work for the soldiers, will
take one or more Of them to make. Any
person willing to assist in making these shirts
will find them ready cut at their rooms 100
Main street.


The committee have also frequent calls for
bags and sewing materials, and as they have
no supply on hand they are induced to call
upon the children of the city, whose patriot
ism so generously supplied them in the au-
tumn, to again supply them, and spend little
OF the leisure of their vacation in MAKING
bags, needle-books, and pin-cushions, for the
soldiers 1t may be suggested, for the benefit
OF any willing to aid in this way, that bags a
little less than quarter of a yard square are
sufficiently large.
Year: 1862

INCIDENT AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.
Some twenty-five persons were waiting in the
hall OF the executive mansion Yesterday to
see the president on business. One man.
VINO had been admitted to an audience, re-


manned half an hour or more. After he re-
tlred, the president came to his office door.
and glancing bis eye quickly around, said :
Il want to make a little speech. You all
want to see me on business; it is a matter of
no Importance to me whether l spend NV
time with half dozen or with the whole of
you' but it is of importance to you There
lore, when you come in, please don't stav
long The president bowed and retired amid
the good humor of his audience, and subdued
cries OF good, good.' 1t would be well if
visitors would take hint from this incident


Don't stay too long. ."-National H,telligen-
Year: 1862

And yet | know that there is no machina-
ton of enemies, no weakness of towards. no
treachery Of false friends, no vacillation or
folly of well-intentioned but foolish men.
which will not be invoked, no weapon or poi
son in the armory or the laboratory of the
assassins OF liberty and democratic govern
ment not sharpening or preparing for the
ruin Of our national cause. l presume that
it is scarcely necessary for me to add that
no statements, such as those you have allud-
ed to, will in any manner affect my own con-
duct. hope to have firmness enough not TO
do wrong even to prevent misconstruction.
The patriotic men of to-day are doing great
work-a work for all time to come. 1t is of
little consequence what may be thought or
said of them. But the work of saving this
government, this people, democracy, liberty,
and all their blessings must and shall be done.


| am your obedient servant,


and fellow citizen,


JOHN A. ANDREW.
Year: 1862

RELISH FOR THE SoLDIERs.-The following
recipe for an excellent camp preserve mas
been furnished for publication Wash and dry
vour currants, then scald them till easily
mashed To one pound of the juice and pulp
of eurrants add quarter OF pound of loaf
sugar. Scald both together, then spread thin
ON plates. and dry in the sun.
Year: 1862

IHE WAR.-At meeting at the vestry of
the Salem street church, held last evening. a
resolution was enthusiastically adopted, call
ing for meeting of the citizens at City Hall,
next Friday evening, to give expression to the
sentiments of the Heart of the Commonwealth
in this crisis.
Year: 1862

Saturday evening last several young men
of Chicago were bathing in Lake Michigan
Some horses came down to drink. The young
men mounted several of them and had fine
frolic. Presently one of the animals became
frightened, and set off with his rider at a full
gallop, carrying him at headlong speed
through the streets of the city. No persua-
sion would induce the horse to stop; the
young Mazeppa dared not dismount; and
many of the citizens of Chicago, who were
enjoying the twilight on the front stoops and
halnn1l1ns ,rnrn startled out of their propriety
unSaddled and unbridled, ridden by nakcc
man.
Year: 1862

Col. CALVIN Z. PRATT, of the Slst New
York regiment, arrived in this city yesterday,
and will to-day leave for his home in Prince
ton. Though still suffering much from his
wounds, he is in good spirits, and hopes at an
early day to be ready for service. Many of
his friends visited him at his rooms at the Bay
State House, last evening, who congratulated
him on his bravery in the battles in which he
was engaged and his honorable wounds.
Those who knew him in Worcester, we are
sure, will kindly remember him, and wish him
safe and early return to his gallant com
mand.
Year: 1862

may be characterized in like manner,
and it certainly becomes all good citi-
zens to give every aid in their power to
carry out these measures, so long as
the welfare Of the country may re-
quire it.


1t has been supposed by some that
the establishment of Martial Law Gu
tirely superccdes the business of the
ordinary civil and criminal tribunals.
This is mistake. The writer of tlis
communication has authority to state
that the ordinary course OF justice
will not be interfcrcd with except in
so far as may be necessary to carry
out the measures adopted for the pub
lie welfare and that the civil and
officers Of the Parish are invi-
ted to cooperate, SO far as their power
may extend.
Year: 1862

French PANcAKEs.-Takc six eggs sep
arate the yolks from the whites; beat
the whites Oh dinner plate to a
snow; beat four yolks with two table
spooniuls of sugar, two of -four, and
a tcaspoontul Of cream; add a little salt
and very little carbonate Of soda,
put in the whites Of the eggs and mix
gently. Put one ounce OF butter in a
frying PAM when hot, pour in the
whole pancake. Hold the pan q good
distance from the fire for litteen
minutes; hold before tic fire to brown
on top. Dish on napkin rut any
Kind oi fruit over it Serve hot.
Year: 1862




The Houghton q. S. Mining Gazette of
November 1st in speaking of the discovery
Of the immense masses of pure copper re-
Gently made in the mines in that vicinity,
tells this story Of a sharp piece of practice:


"PRETTY SHARP WoRK.-When the Sec
ond mass was discovered on the MssnaFd
last week, there was considerable excite.
ment amongst some Of our mining men,
and a consequent increased desire to be
possessed Of few hundred shares Of stock,
which it was natural to suppose would 60
up to ten or twelve dollars on the recep-
tion, by. the Stock Beard, Of the news
Of the discovery. Tho storm on the
lake. just then, was 80 severe that all the
steamers above were compelled to remain
in port and wait its abatement, and the
great discovery was only known on Lake
Superior, and was likely to be for some
time to come. It Immediately occurred to
a couple Of sharp-witted gentlemen here,
that there was chance to make spec
and one Of them started for Marquette, in
a chartered tug, and from thence to Green
Bay by the overland route and was in Bos-
ton and purchased his stock long before
the first steamer reached Detroit The tug
made the tripto Marquette in seven hours,
and it was supposed that equal good time
was made over the road to Green Bay"
Year: 1862

It has been the habit of the dead letter
Office to send back only those letters that
contained matters Of value, but for the
past year the experiment has been tried of
sending all letters, and the result has been
very satisfactory. Not more than sixteen
per cent. Of the letters have been returned
to the Department, and the double postage
that is charged has realized a surplus over
the expense.
Year: 1862

RATHER FoxT-A Scotch paper speaks
Of fox having been seen trying to spring
steel trap by means of stick which he
carried in his mouth. We knew fox that
took the well pole from the well and push
ed the turkey of from the limb Of the tree
with il, and put the the pole back in its
place. At least, be got the turkey, and the
pole was found all right in the morning.
Year: 1862

A Washington dispatch says that it is
said that one Of the editors of the Louis
vile Journal has an Sl,sOO a year sine
cure elerkship in the office of the Clerk Of
the House, for which he does no work
whatever. Loyal Kentuekians demand
his removal, and they are not alone in the
demand This country is not yet rich
enough to pay eighteen hundred dollars
for such conditional loyalty as the Louis
vile journal exhibits. If the statement is
true. off with his head.