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Year: 1862

ernment to such slave states as may initiate
measures for the emant ipation Of their
slaves, we may hope at some future and not
distant day to be delivered from the curse
Of slavery.


Unless the country can rely upon the e.,
taol'shment Of these principles In the I'D.
ministration Of the government, the defeat
OF the rebellion win neither give US indem-
nifty for the past nor security for the future,
We oppose, therefore. any peace whicl,
shall leave in doubt the power Of the gen.
eral government 10 maintain its rishtful au.
thorily, and quel any rebellion, however
great, and which shall leave the material
ability of this treason but partially broken
and suhdued And when the end af mill
tary operations shall come, we oppose any
terms Of peace which shall recognize any
division of the Union, any concession to the
political demands Of the slaveholding inter.
esis, or any acknowledgement of their claims
upon the general government, except such
as are distinctly conferred or admitted by
the terms Of the constitution, When the
war is closed, we demand freedom of speech,
and OF the press, in every state and in ev.
cry section Of the common Union. We de-
mand that the citizens Of each state shall be
entitled to all the privileges and immunities
Of citizens in the several states, And while
we proclaim anew our solemn purpose to
stand 10y the constitution .of the United
States, and to respect all its provisions and
all its guarantees, we demand such con-
struction Of those provisions as shall conform
to its essential spirit; and not, by convert
ing into an instrument for the aggrandize-
ment and perpetuation of human slavery,
pervert it from its original purpose to form
a more perfect union. establish justice, in
sure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defense, promote the general wei.
fare, and secure the blessings OF liberty to
ourselves and our posterity.'"


This is the platform Of Union, of loyalty
and patriotism. The heart of the people
beats in accord with these ideas, and 20 par.
~ which is not true to them can have q
future. .Liberty and Union"-'sske sn.
premacy of the constitution and the laws"
--"freedom of speech and the press in ev-
cry state and section"-ihese are the true
watchwords of our safety and success
these are the guarantees Of future peace and
progress--and to their support loyal and
trae men will rally in every state Of the
Union. Shall narrow partisan lines be
maintained in New England while the par
" of Union and progress Is elsewhere TAX
ing the broad and comprehensive position
required by the great necessities and giori.
Gus opportunities of the hour?
Year: 1862

wards his rife, and waited, looking out con-
siantly for the third, who was driving them
along the grass ledge. The chamos came
gradually nearer he is afraid of loosing
his shot, lies in feverish state of excite
ment, fires, and, frightened at the report, the
beasts turn and fly hurriedly along the
ledge the same way that they had come.
just at narrow sloping place, scarcely
broad enough for man to pass where Il
bends round projecting rock, t ey came in
their widest flight upon the hunter climb
ing toilsomely upwards. If the two parties
had met upright on this giddy rim of the
rock, the hunter must infallibly have been
dashed over cliff sinking for more than
100 feet, as the chamois would instinctively
in the agony of despair have tried to
squeeze themselves between the rock and
the hunter. The man prudentiy observed
this, and to save his life, threw himself down
and let the whole herd rush at flying leap
over him. Another hunter in Glarus, in a
similar position at critical place, thought
that he might secure his booty by quick
resolve, and covered down sitting. wedged
firmly against rock, and shot. The charge
missed, the chamois jumped over him, but
touched him in his bounding elastic spring
with one Of his hind hoofs on the jacket.
and tore its highest button-bole; hesita-
ton would have infallibly sent both over a
crushing fall" The APPS" BY H. Borei-
eDscb
Year: 1862

ABOUT LoAFERs.-The loafer bears the
same relation TO the genuine man that the
shadow does TO the substance, and thus
there are loaftrs Of all grades and lowering


about the borders of all avocations. There


is the Celtic loafer at the sunny str, et-cor-
ner lettering stolidly at his own expense,
or that oil Biddy, but quite willing TO lolier
at the expense of any one else who shall be
so misguided as to hire him. There is the
military loafer, who remains in camp till
there is some prospect of active service, and
then suddenly falls i'll or discovees that he Is
ico young or too old, or otherwise unfit for
military duty. There is the loafer of the ru-
raj districts, who likes TO drive team and
trade cattle and 90 to mill, and is sure 10 be
present at all the town meetings and auction
sales, bidding for goods he cannot buy voting
heavy taxes on property which he never
owns. Then there are loaftrs in the dry
goods line, on each side of the counter,
with no POSITIVE wish either to buy or sell,
but with only a languid desire to kill time
and be impertinent to each other, desire
that usually aitains fulfiment. There are
literary loafers that hannt libraries and
newspaper oiEices, turning over books and
papers and asking questions Of the man
that is busies; for although nature is said
to abhor a vacuum, the nature OF the loa-
fer delights ia it, and to block the wheels
Of business and obliterate the traces Of
Year: 1862

PERILs OF CnAMoIs-HUsTINe.-Three
experienced shots of Appenzell we're hunt
ing on the Gloggeren, that lofty wall rising
southeast from the See Alp, which one
passes on the way from Weissbad over the
Meglis Alp. One Of them went by this
lower path, second higher up over Mar
wies, and the third hunter over narrow
grassy ledge on the rockey wall between
the two first mentioned. The chamois were
driven along this grassy ledge. The high
est and lowest had easier going, and came
earlier to the place where the combined
shooting was to begin. The first saw the
beasts coming to him, coming directly to-
Year: 1862

her other lovers had presented TO her, so
that his cave was richly adorned with all
the spotted skils of beasts, and most fancy
colored feathers of fowls, which that world
afforded. To make his confinement more
iolerable, she would carry him in the dusk
of evening. or by the favor Of moonlight,
to nnfrequented groves and solitudes, and
show him where to lie down in safety, and
sleep amidst the falls Of water. and melody
of nightengales. Her part was to watch
and hold him awake in her arms, for fear
Of her countrymen, and awake him on oc-
cason TO consult his safety. In this way
did the lovers pass away their time, till they
had learned language of their own, in
which the voyager communicated to his
mistress how happy he should be to have
her in his country, where she should
be clothed in such silks al. his wasteoat was
made Of, and be carried in houses drawn by
horses. without being exposed to wind and
weather. All this he promised her the
enjoyment Of, without such fears and alarms
as they were tormented with. In this ten
der correspondence these lovers lived for
many months, when Yarico, instructed by
her lover, discovered a vessel on the coast
to which she made a signal and in the
night, with the utmost joy and satisfaction,
accompanied him to ships crew of his
countrymen bound for Barbados. When
vessel from the main arrives in that ISL
and, it seems that the planters come down
TO the shore, where there is an immediate
market of the Indians and other slaves, as
with US of horses and oxen.


To be short, Mr.. Thomas IDkle, now
coming into English territories, began seri-
ously 10 reflect upon his loss of time, and
to weigh with himself how many days in
terest of his money he had lost during his
stay with Yarico. This thought made the
young man very pensive, and careful of
what account he should be able TO give his
friends of his voyage. Upon which con-
sideration, the prudent and frugal young
man sold Yarico to Barbadian merchant.
Year: 1862

JOINT RESOLUTION for the sale ot the ruins Of tie


Washington Iuernary.


Be rsoired BY the Senate Gnd House of Representatives
Of the United States Of Anaeylea Con res nailed
That the tommissoner OF Public Buildings be here
by Is directed To sell at pcblic all the material
building, aud otherwlse now remaining Oh Judiciary
Square, Of the late Washington mfr mary with the
condition that the be removed by the purchaser
purchasers within reasonable tine from the cay OF
SALE TO be bxed by The Commissioner And the ayas Of
said sale may be used by the Commissioners pay for
the taking of said Judiciary Square, he rendering
his accounts in the usual the Treasury the
same.


Approved January is, 1862


PUBIC REsoLuIoy-No. 81
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary Of the
Treasury TO transfer certain balances Of appropri
alton for printing Of the second session of the Thirty
sixth Congress To the sum appropriated for the nrst
session Of the Thirty sixth Congress


Whereas, The appropriations for supplying the den
iences in the appropriations for printing ordered 10 be
executed by the first Of the Thirty
Of five thousand six hundred and eight dollars and
cents and said printing having been completed
and whereas there remains Of the appropriation for
printing ordered at the second session OF the Thirty
sixth Congress balance OF twenty FIVE thousand X
hundred and eight dollars and fifty FIVE which Will
be required the printing for the second
Thirty sixth Congress has been completed and paid for
Therefore,


Resorsd BY the Senate and House Of Representatives Of
the Cnited States Of America Congress assembled
That the Secretary Of the Treasury be
fer from the balance Of the appropriation standing
TO the credit Of said appropriation the books the
Treasury printing the session Thirty
for printing for the first session rtys Congress
Approved January Il, 1.o2.
Year: 1862

BE CAREFUL,-In Lowell, at a lecture
few evenings since, a gentleman, the
most modest man of his sex, and no less
polite than modest, was sitting in pew
rather remote from the light, A pretty
lady sat next to him. Looking on the
floor during the lecture he espied what
he thought was the lady's handkerchief
the lace-trimmed edge just visible from
under her dress. Turning to his pew
mate, he gallantly whispered, " You've
dropped your handkerchief madam y and
before she could reply he proceeded to
pick il up. lIororl he had seized the
edge of her pet-skirt, and did net dis
cover his mistake until the top of gaiter
boot stared him in the face and the faint
sound of laugh, just nipped in the bud
by the application of Il red handkerchief,
warned him of his mistake.


Mordt--Don't attempt to pick up any
thing with lace to it before you know
what it is
Year: 1862

The Mass Meeting at Middletown on
Thursday next promises to be one of the
largest that has ever assembled in that
section of the county. II is expected
that the special train, which leaves here
in the morning, will take not less than a
thousand people from Wilmington and
the upper hundreds, and this number will
doubtless be swelled by accessions along
the route. We hear that the yeomanry
of the lower hundreds are preparing to
go to the meeting in procession, with
teams, music, and banners Large del
egations from Kent and Sussex are look
ed for. Eminent speakers will be present,
We hope that none of our readers will
feel themselves excused from going
Lay aside business, for one day, and go
and show that you are ON the right side
of the great questions that agitate the
land. Let not your position be mistaken
in this hour Of our Country's danger anc
distress, Let your fellow citizens SET
that you are united with them, in a de
termined effort to overthrow the sympa
thizers with treason, who grasp at a new
lease of power in this State Go, anC
contribute by your presence to make t
demonstration that will cause them L
tremble in view of your unconquerabl'
determination to repudiate treason, trai


tors, and traitor sympathizers, once mC
forever.
Year: 1862

UNIFORM CURRENCY Secretary Chase in
his late report to Congress, suggests plan
for a uniform paper currency. and which,
IN bis opinion will aid the Government IN
Erecting the loans necessary for carrying on
the war.


It's principal features are, lst) circulation
of notes bearing common impression and au-
thenticated by a common authority; (2d) the
redemption Of these notes by the associations
and institutions to which they may be delivered
for issue and Sd the security of that redemp-
ton by the pledge Of United States stocks, and
an adequate provision of specie.


The notes are to be receivable for all pub
lie dues. except customs, and as they would
be secured by U. s stocks they would pass
current in all parts of the country. The
plan is similar TO that now in force in New
Yoi and other States, except that The notes
would be issued under Federal instead OF
State authority and as they would circu-
late freely in every section of the Union, 1t
wonld be TO the interest Of all solvent bank
ing institutions to withdraw their circula-
ton issued undtr State authority. and sub
stitule that provided by the authority Of the
Federal Government. Thus, through the
voluntary action Of existing institutions,
the great transition from currency heter
ogeneous, unequal and unsafe, 10 Que uni
form, equal aud safe, may be speedily and
almost imperceptibly accomplished.


The plan, if adopted by Congress under
proper restrictions, would certainly be an
improvement upon the present paper cur
rency system oftbe different Eastern States;
but it would be a bad thing for California.
1t would authorize the circulation Of paper
money in this State, and bank bills would
soon take The place Of our gold an silver
currency.
Year: 1862

A NOTIFIED CRow.-For some weeks back,
crow, with white wings, has been frequently
seen in this vicinity, Ukia, Mendocino county,
and good many efforts have been made to
capture him. He was finally bagged one day
this week by a sportsman of this place. 1t is a
freak of nature not often iRdulged in, and we
have heard Of no one hereabout who has ever
before seen such thing. The crow is as black
as any of its species, with the exception of the
wing feathers, which are as pure white as
snow. He has been sent to San Francisco for
preservation.-M Mendocino Herald
Year: 1862

A SENSATION STORY SPoILED.-The mys-
terry which surrounded the discovery of steam
boat wheel floating down theSan joaquin river,
and which gave rise to serious apprehensions
for the safety of the Seventy-Six, has at last
been cleared up, leaving no opportunity for
anything of sensation character-not even a
wreck to say nothing of an explosion. The boat
is safe and sound at some point on the Upper
San Joaquin, her wheel having been displaced
for the purpose of making. some repairs, and
during the night carried down the river by the
freshet.-[ Stockton Independent.
Year: 1862

From the New York World


The most disheartening of all the bad news
we have recently received is not tde capture Of
our stores, the loss of important positions, OF
even defeats upon the field, but the evidence Of
Generalization and want of pluck or discipline
on the part of some of our troops, shown BY the
repeated surrenders of whole battGlions aud
regiments to the enemy with but little if any
fighting, Napoleon, in his sixty-niath maxim
Of war, laid down this rule:


TheTe is but one honorable mode Of bec0m-
ing prisoners Of war. That IS by bang taken
separately by which is meant by being cut of
entirely, and when we can no longer make use
of our arms. In this case there can be no coz
ditions, for honor eau impose none. We yield
to an irresistible necessity"


Judged by this rule, how unmilitary and
shameful are the surrenders Of MurfreesborO'
Clarksville, and some twenty other places in
Tennessee and kentucky during the last two
months Nor is the Western army alone to
bl2ms The surrender on the R3ppahann)ck Of
half New Jersey regiment to the enemy shows
that Generalization and want of discipline are
working their way at the East as well as the
West Now this thing must stop. Oar national
life depends upon it. Hereafter, let that com
pany or regiment that surrendsrs without a
deadly hght take its place upon the roll of
infamy in the State whence it comes. Let press,
pulpit and platform fame out the hot indigna-
ton of the country at the dastardiy commands
that throw down their arms in-the presene5 OF
any enemy, no matter how superior in numbers,


We have no faith in proclamstons or policies,
stern or otherwise, to put an end to this wsx SO


long as their object is the effect upon the epemyi
but we DO not believe most profoundly in pitt
less stern policy toward our own generals and
troops. Failure, surrender, want Of manage
ment or pluck must not be tolerated under any
circumstances. The six hundred thousand men
now rushing to arms had better stay at home, Il
they do not propose to do any better than these
surrendering, white-liyered heroes, whose fsata
we are daily recording.
Year: 1862

MAIL BAGs.-On account of the high
price for cotton, and the greater durability
of hemp the Post Office is substituting mail
bags made of hemp, for those OF cotton,
which has been heretofore wholly used.
Parties in New York city are now furnishing
six thousand bags for the New York Office.
The manufacture of goods from hemp has
been brought to a high state of perfection,
and the material is particularly servicable for
articles of strong and coarse texture.
Year: 1862

A BODY OF DIRTY DoGs.-The Board Of
Supervisors Of Westchester county, New
York, at session last week, tried to get
through resolution to remove the portrait
OF the late Judge John Jay from the Court
room at White Plains. Judge Jay was on the
bench Of Westchestcr county for more than
twenty years, and enjoyed the sincere affec-
ton of the whole people. The cause for this
movement WAS simply Of partisan origin.
Can political knayery reach lower depth?
Year: 1862




The Federal military authorities are ruling with a
high hand at Carksville. The following is the oath
which The citizens required to take:


solemnly swear, that will bear true allegiance to
the United States and support and sustain the CoDst-
tuition and laws thereof that will maintain the
ona sovereignty paramount to that of all State coun-
ty or Confederate powers that will discourage, dis
countonance ard 0ver oppose secession, rebellion and
disintegration of the Federal Union that will dis
claim and denounce all faith and fellowship with the
so-called Confederate States and Confederate armies
and my honor, my property and my life, to the
sacred performance of this, my solemn oath OF alegi
to the of the United States of America


Citizens who have not taken the oath proving their
allegiance to the United States not allowed carry
fire arms concealed weapons, and such weapons must
be delived up. All ordered to refrain from assem
bling in unusual numb the streets, or elsewhere
and directed be within their homes or lodgings, al
retreat 70 o'cock) Other odious restrictions upon
personal liberty are imp sed and the whole pub i,hed


1t is thus that our wouldbe masters wish-to rule
and such the oppressive measures that should and
will, cause hitherto tree people to resist to the last
Year: 1862

The State Journal says We are indebted to Gov.
Clark for the following report of our loss in killed.
wounded and missing at the late battle Newbern
We are satis there is accuracy in these returns


They were the results of Company reports Immediately
after the battle and certain it will be found that
many here reported missing have since reported them
selves and that many of the reported killed and wound
ed prisoners have returned to their regiments
We still think our actual losses will not much exceed
two hundred. Still publish the list to show the con-
dOn Of the several commands after the battle
Year: 1862

On Monday last the Catholic Priest and the Episcopal
Minister of Nashville were notified that unless they
9eslst from praying tor JEFF Davis and the Southern
VOnederacy, they should be sent to Fort Lafayette
Year: 1862

CIsTERNs.-Cement cisterns ate the best
and cheapest where the soil is not too sandy.
Dig circular hole Of the size desired, SAY
5 or feet in diameter, and 8 to 0 feet deep,
rounding the bottom so rs to give it the
shape Of the bottom of an old-fashioned
iron kettle. Plaster this directly ON the
earth with three coats of water lime cement
made Of one part water lime and two parts
clean, coarse sand. The mortar is mixed o
little at a time, owing to its tendency to
harden quickly. A fiat stone should lie in
the centre of the bottom for the workman to
stand upon. The third coat should be made
quite thin, and is mainly to give a smooth
finish. The top Of the cement wall should
be at least q foot below the intended level of
the surface of the ground, and should be
finished with a rim Of cement extending out.
wards for a foot OF more. Then cover with
sound timber and plank, leaving an opening
large enough for man to pass, for cleansing
and for drawing water. Place waste-pipe
atone side to carry of surplus water, Cover
the plank with a coating Of cement, over
which lay pine shavings, then earth sufficient
to protect the cement from frost and from
damage from jarring.


LIoUD GLUE.-Place in glue pot, or in
a glazed vessel, one quartof water and three
pounds Of hard glue; melt over a gentle
fire and stir up occasionally. When the
glue is all melted, drop in gradually a small
quantity Of nitric acid, when etFervescence
will take place. Nov take it off the fire,
allow it to cool and bottle it It will keep
for years without changing. Il is always
ready for use without melting and Is Of
great value in the household for mending
things when you want to save the pieces"
This is the Celebrated Prepared Glue"


AsHEs ron FRUT TREEs.-If your fruit
trees are infested with vermin, or in q
state Of decline, dig the turf from around
the trunk Of each tree and apply half
bushel Of leached ashes in It's place, piling
them up around the body Of each tree. This
will destroy the vermin and likewise pro
mote the growth Of the trees. If this pro.
cess were repeated annually, you would soon
see q marked Improvement, not only in the
health and growth Of the trees, but also in
The quantity and quality Of fruit.
Year: 1862

T'.cste-dy decrease il the rates for which
gold is sold in the money markets Of the
East, is an evidence that the removal Of
Mcclellan and the advance of Burnside are
en,inently satisfactory to capitalists in the
leading commercial cities, and that none
but politicians are disposed to make either
the cause Of compIaint.
Year: 1862

Tie cause which first 1mpeilcd the peo~
pie of the North to take up arms for the
defense Of the Government, is still opera
tive; and the contest in which they then
engaged cannot now be abandoned with
out 3 confession that the boasted superiori-
ty Of the Southern race really exists, or
that, III making a defensive war for the
Iuior, an enormous crime was committed.
Are CUT people really for either impression,
OF shall tie war 60 on until the object for
which it was waged is accomplished ?
That's the question.
Year: 1862

It Is falsely chafgeu upon us Aunun1s-


tatiou and the Republican party, that the


var Is waged for the destruction Of slavery


and the liberation Of the negroes, as q p1i-
mary object. II slavery is destroyed, as
We terventsy pray it may, its fate will be
an incident, Hot the purpose, Of the Wat.
But as the chargeis made by men who are
not suspected Of intense loyalty, and Who,
if they did not complain Of the treatment
Of the slavery question, would not fiji to
find equal fault with something else, little
attention need be paid to their murmur-