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Year: 1862




MIR. HoLDEN:-I perceive that two excellent gen.
tiemen have announced themselves as candidates for
the Principal Clerkship of the next House of Com
mons. Either of those gentlemen would fill the Of
nee well, and Mr. Moore has already proven himself
( EEte be capital Clerk. But they are gentlemen Of
generous soul and would no doubt, were they fully
advised, readily give place to the gentleman whose
name will suggest for that Office.
would respectfully suggest the name of JOHN A.
STANLY, Esq, of Beaufort County. He is refugee
from Beaufort having felt compelled to leave Wash
ington with his family as soon as he could after its
capture, not being willing to remain in the enemys
lines. This he had to do at the risk of cutting him.
self Oft from all means Of support for his family and
L am not aware that he has been able yet to enter
upon any business which promises support


l have thought Mr.. Editor, that our refugee
friends from the Eastern Counties unless wealthy
or entirely independent have the first claim upon
the consideration and sympathy Of the people Of the
State, next to our brave soldiers and their families
Other things being equal, suggest that that class
OF our fellow-citizens should be preferred for Offices
OF emolument to those who remain undsturbed at
home, and who have the means of support within
their reach.


Mr.. Stanly possesses in pre-eminent degree the
qualifications for principal Clerk of the House
Commons. He Is a business and an industrious
man, of quick perceptions, is a neat, quick and
ready penman, and has but few superiors as read
er IN the State. know no one who could more
promptly or more satisfactorily dispatch the bust.
ness of the Clerkship than Mr.. Stanly, and no one
who has higher claims.


have said thus much, Mr.. Editor, wholly with
out Mr. Stanly's knowledge. do not know that
he would accept the Office that he will even thank
ME for suggesting his name. But without any sort
OF disparagement to the other gentlemen named,
thought it due to worthy man fully competent for
the office, under the circumstances thus to bring his
name before the members of the House of Com
mons. BEAUFORT.
Year: 1862

PROCLAMATION BY THE GovERNoR.-Complaints
having been made to the Governor that in one or
two localities, organized opposition has been mani.
tested to the conscript law, he has issued his pro-
clamation, requiring those who thus seeking to
evade the law to desist from such conduct and re.
turn to their duty. The life Of all governments is,
obedience to the law. The law referred to should
be equally enforced. This is due not only to the
cause itself, but to those conscrpts who already
in the ranks The Governor has no other object
than to perform his duty, and this he will do at all
hazards. We commend him for bis frmness, and
for his sense of justice towards those conscripts
who are already in service Let those who are
seeking to evade the law at once return to their
duty. As they are, and where they are, they are
suffering much more in body and mind, than they
would if they were in the ranks fighting for their
country.
Year: 1862

The proceedings Of this body for several days
past have been of little interest," except the action
on the new Conscription bill The House on Wed
nesday passed the bill which came from the Militia
ry Committee of that body by a vote Of 40 to 49,
A vote to reconsider failed -


This bill adopts the general principles of the for
mer Conscription bill as to exemptions and subst''
tues places every citizen Of the Confederate States
between the ages of s5 and 45 in the hands of the
President to be called into service at his discretion


but provides that he shall make such call by requi-
stion upon the Governors of the States for any
ton he may choose of persons between those ages.
The bill and the voting upon it will be given in our
next The bill will no doubt be adopted by the
Senate
Year: 1862

We learn from the Wilmington Journal that the
number Of cases Of real yellow fever in thst town.
have been greatly exaggerated by rumor. Tho
cards Of the Mayor and of Dr.. Dickson only speak
Of five cases. The sanitary arrangements adopted
will likely check the progress Of the disease entire


ly. We hear it stated that Captain Jennings, Of
Chapel Hill who left Wilmington some days ago
slightly unwel died on the train near this City on
his way homeward The impression is he died Of
yellow fever, but it is By no means certain. Yel-


low fever is considered we believe purely infectious.
Contact with person having yellow fever BY no
means renders one liable to the disease unless
they are in the infected district.
Year: 1862

The funeral Of Mr. Miller will take place from his
late residence this afternoon riday at A o'clock.
His friends and the citizens generally are respect
fully invited to attend He will be buried with Ma
sonic honors.
Year: 1862

The following pathetic and beautiful
sketch is related by Ruth Hall, in the
Knickerbocker Magazine


The pain -wearied mother Of six small
children--the oldest ten, the youngest
barely year old--lay on the pallet where
she had counted the long, long hours in
suffering, ever since the birth Of her last
pet Barney. The cabin was surrounded
by lonely moor, and there were no
neighbors; the hard working father,
forced to toll that ho might eat, had
shared the night watches, necessary only
within the last two weeks, with his little
daughter, who drudged necessarily each
day, feeding and tending the other chill
dren, still too young to share her labors.
On this particular night, fearful storm
moaned and wept around the hut, and
the rain lashed the thatched roof and one
window with terrible violence. 1t was
Poggy's turn to watch, and she sat by
the remains of the peat fire frightened
and very sorrowful, when her mother.
with the sweet, low voice she loved 50
we'll, called her to her side. 10


"I am going at last, darlint," said
she, as she kissed the poor little tear
drenched face bent down to hers, +" and
We must mind the father and be good to
the children"-for an instant the deep
gray eyes wcrs turned heavenward-
land be sure to teach my bowld blue
eyed boy to say his prayers. shall never
oec him here again must meet him IN
Heaven. See that he gets there, Peggy;
he's your boy now"


ooh, mother let me call father and
the rest, that ye may kiss EN- once more


"Whist, acushla, am tired sure |
could not bide their tears, they'd scald
nv heart and hinder me from Heaven.
Time enough for them to raise the keen
when am gone let me die in peace y
and the slender fingers, laid in tender
blessing on the young head. slipt slowly
down, then felt for the little brown hand
employed in brushing back the tears, so
with yearning look of love in her soft
eyes, turned toward the child she could
no longer see, and with deep sigh, left
her motherless. rt


d" Motherless" :" O, death thou bring
est many a sorrow, but VIC might forget
and forgive all were it not for that one
word, +" Motherless." Other wounds arc
healed, and other troubles arc forgotten
over the harshcst riffs of the soul time
casts mellow, softening shade: but long
years bring no forsetfulness Of the great
grief "wbcn mother died" Young read
er, if you have mother be all you can
to her, grieve her nothing, for day will
come when you would give the best Joy
of your life and the treasure dearest your
heart, to recall one unkind word to your
mother"
Year: 1862

That our enemies can and do apprcci-
ate the skill and generalship of McClel-
Ian, we introduce tho testimony of tho
Richmond Examiner This high COM
plmont to General Mcclellan will, we
hope, receive the attention of Governors
Andrew and Spraguc, and all those who
would attempt to dim the lustrc of the
gallant leader of our armies. Wo give
this portion of the article entire:


"Ono thing only remains to be ex-
planned. 1t is the determination and
vigor Of McClellan's attack on Wednes-
dav. 1t is admitted on all sides that the
battle on Wednesday was one Of the most
sternly contested of this war and it has
been seen with surprise that tho Federal
troops were capable of making such an
effort. The troops under Mcclellan were
the veterans of the Federal force. The
army that fought Lee was eonsolida-
ton of the remnants Of the old army of
the Peninsula, Popc's beaten host, Burn
sides army Of occupation, and tho guard
of Washington and Maryland. Some
new regiments were probably intermixed,
but they were few. The mass of McClel-
lan's force consisted Of trained troops /;
but with all these advantages it must be
admitted that they exhibited fighting
power on Wednesday unexpected under
the circumstances.


"Those troops had been broken by
the battles of the Chickahominy; they
had been completely demoralized by the
management of Pope, and by the tre-
mendous beating lately received at Ma
nassas. 1t is a matter of surprise that
they were capable of an attack so perse-
vering and determined as that which
they mado on Leo last Wednesday, and
it can only be explained on the supposi-
ton that General Mcclellan retained the
confidence Of the Federal troops in de-
gree with which no other Federal COM
mandcr could compare. But if, as we
now believe with much more assurance
that on yesterday, this last desperate ef-
fort to retrieve fortune and bar the door
to the invasion resulted in sanguinary
repulse, if not an absolute rout, it is easy
to see that retreat into Virginia by the
whole of General Lees army would be
an extraordinary and incomprehensible
consequence
Year: 1862

that very pretty young lady of that
city offers to kiss any able bodied, good
looking young man who will enlist. I'm
proving upon the idea, the editor of
Wheeling paper suggests that some Of
our pretty, rosy-lipped young ladies Of
fer to marry such of the young men as
will enlist, after they return from the
war
Year: 1862

old man hurried on his clothes, and
started at once TO the relief and punish
mont Of the prisoner.


"Good morning, friondr said he, as
he came in speaking distance. I" How
does thee doT'


The poor culprit made no answer, but
burst into tears.


'Oh, ie! said the Quaker, as he pro-
ceeded TO release him I'm sorry thee
has got thy hand fast Thee put It in
the wrong place, or il would not have
been so,'


The man looked crestfallen, and beg
ging forgiveness, hastily turned TO make
his retreat Stay said his prosecutor,
for he was now becoming such TO The
offender who could have received blow
with much better grace than the kind
words which were falling from the Quak
er's lips. "Stay, friend, thy bag is not
filled. Thee needs corn or thee would
not have taken so much pains TO get it.
Come, let us GIL il" and the poor fellow
was obliged to stand and hold the bag
while the old man filed 10, inierspersing
the exercises with the pieasantest con
versation imaginable--all Of which were
like daggers in the heart of his chagrined
and mortified victim. The bag was filled,
the string tied, and the sufferer hoped
soon to be out of the presence Of his tor
mentor; but again his purpose was
| thwarted.


"Stay," said the Quaker, as the man
was about TO hurry OIL, having muttered
once more his apologies and thanks
Stay, Ruth has breakfast ere this thee
must not think Of going without break
fast. Come, Ruth is calling"
This was almost uncomfortable! This
was heaping on Goals with vengeance
In vain the mortified neighbor begged 10
be excused. In vain he pleaded 10 he
released from what would be TO him a
punishment ten times more severe than
stripes and Imprisonment. The Quaker
was inexorable, and he was obliged to
| yield.


Breakfast over, "Now,' said the old
farmer, as he helped Tie victim to shoul %
der the bag, "if thee need any more
corn, come in the daytime, and thee
shall have il"


With what shame and remOrsc did that
| guilty man turn from the dwelling Of the
pious Quaker. Everybody is ready 10 say
that he never again troubled the Quak
er's corn-crib. have something still
better than that TO tell you. My in
formant tells me that he afterwards
heard him relate in an experience meet
ing, the substance of the story have re-,
lated, and he attributed his conversion
under Gods blessing, TO the course IN,
Quaker had pursued, TO arrest him in hi.
! downward course
Year: 1862

A TRADING SENATOR REsIGNED.--Sena-
tor SIMMONS, of Rhode Island, has had
virtue enough to voluntarily that which
the United States Senate had not virtue
enough to compel him to do-yacatc his
seat in the Senate. Nominally, at least
ne resigned his position, though we judge
that the pressure brought 10 bear upon
him by the public sentiment Of his own
State, since he got home, was so strong
as 20 make his resignation partakc Of the
nature of moral compulsiOn. From the
astounding confessions OF personal cor
ruption which he made at the last session
Of Congress, and from the fact that he
confessed be could see no harm in the
downright bribery be owned TO, Il is
clear that neither his conscience nor his
sense of propriety had anything TO do
with the matter II has been purely the
result Of local and national opinion, and
Of the universal disgust expressed at his
course by the Press. IL was said, after
| the adjournment Of last session, that the
reason the Senate refused 10 eXpel him,
after his confessions Of corrupt conduct
was that he had threatened TO make oN-
posures in many other Senator'S cases
which would be far more infamous than
those he made in his own. In this view


we may have LOST something by his re
signation; for though we have heard
enough already Of the sickening details
Of Governmental corruption, yet there j.
nothing moro essential 10 public woll-be
| ing than that Congressional knavery be
exposed. Mr.. SnuIogs' term only lasted
| till the 4th Of March next; but we arc
clad that for even the brief Winter ses'
sion an honest man will occupy his seat


After that time, the noblest OF all Rhod,
leland modern sons, Gov SrB4GUE, vii


adorn tho place In the Senate which SIM
MONS has disrracct
Year: 1862

1t is believed by the secessionists in
Frederick that Jackson will march North
ward by way of Cumberland TO Harris
burg. Meanwhile the balance of the re
bel army viii keep our forces engaged
protecting Washington, while they are
making a raid which will either force q
peace or European recognition, The
rebels expect that during their march
through Maryland their ranks will be
swelled by iiftren thousand men from
this State, and by the time that they
reach this city, they calculated upon
having fifty thousand oppressed Mary
landers in their ranks.
Year: 1862

The enemy presented a wretched ap-
pearance, the majority Of them being
barefOoted, while shirts were esteemed n
great luxury The enemy had no extra
baggage, and looked as il they had been
in the scorching sun for years, so burned
is their skin. The men are from the ex-
treme Southern States, and say that they
will not destroy the property Of any one,
friend or foe.
Year: 1862

Is it fact that ladies are to be found in the
city Of Chicago go far sunk IN the depths Of
secession sympathy as to daily visit Camp
Douglas to encourage and advise the rebel
prisoners there confined? Are there ladies
to-day engaged in cooking delicacies and pre-
pairing feast, armed with which they propose
going en- nasse to the camp, demand admit
lance and here feed the men whose hands are
dyed in the blood Of our own brothers and
kin slain at Donelson? We trust that human
nature has not descended so low as that. Yet
rumor to this effect has reached us. It can
not be true.
Year: 1862

This very valuable crop is too often entirely
overlooked. Multitudes of farmers have yet
to gather their frst leaf Of harvest. Garden
ers very generally appreciate the value of this
article; and, where it is accessible, it enters
int their most valuable eomposts. Chemical
analysis shows that the leaves Of plants are
rich In fertiliEing matter. much richer than
the wood. Eleven per cent. of the leaves of
the elm are ashes, while the wood only gives
two per cent Other trees show still greater
difference. The constant growth of forest,
even upon poor land, is doubtless owing to the
annual deposit of leaves upon the surface of
the earth, these having drawn fertiliIing mat
ter from the surface where il Is available
Every ono has noticed the rank growth of
grass where the lesves have been burned or
allowed to decay. Nothing is better for the
Of rustling leaves has oome in the garden, upon
the lawn, in the orchard, and in the forest
american APrtcuiturtst.
Year: 1862

Another correspondent of the same paper
gives the following directions: "Take one
tablespoonful of alum and two Of saltpetre
pulverise well, and mix together thoroughly.
Sprinkle this powder upon the flesh side of the
skin and fold together with the wool out; hang
mp in cool place. In two or three days, as
soon as dry, take down and scrape the flesh
side with blunt-edged knife till clean This
completes the process. Such skins make ex-
celleHt saddle coyersn
Year: 1862

READER, you can have an enduring. always
ready and reliable GoLp Pss exactly adapted to your band
and style writing which will do your writing vastly cheap
er than Steel Pen II you 1.-THE Pen Is Mishtier
han the Sword in another column.
Year: 1862

THE EVANSVILLE JoURSAG is now ia the 9th
year Of its existence. During oil that period it
has sought to be in every faithful "chront
Ger of the times. the people aud the country"
The circ culaton of the JOURNAL is q gratifying
evideuce that our Iabors appreciated. Never
before was a newspaper more necessary than at
present. No fill to understand the i'm
portance Of keeping up with the stormy times
in which We live. He who does not read now, aud
keep informed on the carrent events Of the day.
will have the failure to do so for life time
regret.
Year: 1862

Then far away to the South uprOse
A little feather Of snOw.white smoke
And we knew that the iron ship OF our foes
Was steadily stearins its course


To try the force


or our ribs Of oak.
Year: 1862

II the rumor of Intervention be true, il from any
other early peace should become probable it s
evident that the eight per cent bonds viii be most de-


srable investment Capitalists will at seek for
them. Confederate money is available to buy them at
par, while bank notes viii not necessarily be SO. The
eight per bonds under brisk demand viii 20 above
par Confederate notes will keep pace with Them be-


they are by law, convertible into eight per cent
bonds BY this process millions upon millions of dollars
OF Confederate notes will bc Withdrawn from circulation
and invested In bonds ASndden contraction Of the cur


rency will be the consequence followed by fall in prices
and general smash in speculation. On the WHOLE We
think people had better be the lockout for squalls and
haul in their sails before the storm comes Prudence
will also dictate that should hold 10 Confederate
money, as il is likely to be at premium. tfy
Year: 1862

NOTICE is hereby given that on the eighth day
In of August, in the year OF our lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty, William Scrib-
ner, made executed and delivered, to the under
signed Reuben Town. a mortgage bearing date on
that day. the following described real estate w.
ing and being in the County of Cass and State of
Michigan, to wit: The south half Of tie southeast
quarter Of section eight Also the south half Of the
sOuthw fractional quarter of section nine, all in
township seven south of range fifteen west, which
description conforms substantially with that con-
tanned in the mortgage which mortgage was con.
ditIoned for the paw of the sum of one hundred
and ninety eight dollars and tftyeght cents to be
paid in six months from the date of said mortgage
with interest .f...... ts4f ..-


And that said mortgage contained a power of
sale in of the pay ment of the said princi
the time limited for the payment thereof


And that said mortgage was duly received for
record in the office of the Register of deeds of the
County of Cass, in the State of Michigan, on the
fifteenth day Of August A. ID. 1860, at O'Clock, p.
NJ and was recorded in liber Of mortgages ON
pages 6O9 and 6lO. And that default in the condi-
tion of said mortgage has occurred, (by which the
said power TO Sell has become operative) by the
nonIayment of the whole of said principal and
the interest thereon, which now amounts to the sum
OF two hundred and twenty six dollars and seventy
two cents which is the amount claimed to be due
by the said Reuben Town at the date Of this notice
And that no suit or proceeding at law or IN
equity, has been instituted to recover the said
debt, now remaining secured Dy tue saiu mortgaS
or any part thereof. And further notice is hereby
given that in pursuance of the power of sale con-
tanned in said mortgage and of the statute in such
case made and provided the said mortgaged prem
ises above described will be sold at public vendue
at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon OF Sat
urday, the twenty fifth day of October, A. d. 1862,
at the front door of, the Court House in the vii
lage Of Cassapolis in said county of Cass ithe
said Court House being the place Of holding the
circuit court within said county in which said


premises to be sold wholly situated) by the
Sheriff of said County to the highest bidder, to
SATISFY the amount due on such mortgage at the
date Of this notice, with amount and costs al
lowed by law, and the attorney fee mentioned
therein.


3flI usts REUBEN TOWN, Mortgage.


b. 7. CHUBB, Attorney.


Dated July 80. 1862. juiy31-l5w13
Year: 1862


Lay down the axe; fling by the spade;
Leave in its track the toiling plow;
The rife and the bayonet- blade ~.


For arms light yours are filter now.
And let the hands that ply the pen .,
Quit the like desk, and learn to WELD
The horseman's crooked brand, and rein


The charger on the battlefield.
Our country calls away away!


To where the blood stream blots the green
Strike to defend the gentlest sway r.t
That time in all his course has seen,
See from thousand coverts-see!


Spring the armed foes that haunt her track
They rush to smite her down, and we
Must beat the banded traitors back.
Ho |! sturdy as the oaks We cleave, IE
And moved as soon to fear and fight,
Men of the glade and forest! leave


Your woodcrait for the field of fight.
The arms that WELD the axe must pour


An iron tempest on the foe;
His serrid ranks shall reel before


The arm that lays the panther low.
And ye who breast the mountain storm,
In grassy steep or Highland lake,
Come for the land ye love, to form


A bulwark that no foe can break.
Stand, like your own gray cliffs that mock
The whirlwind stands in her defense;
The blast as soon shall move the rock


As rushing squadrOns bear We thence.
And ye whose homes are by her grand


Swift rivers, rising far away, .sH
Come from the depth of her green land
As mighty in your march as they;
As terrible as when the rains
Have swelled them over bank and bourne,
With sudden foods to drown the plains,
And sweep along the woods uptorn.
And We who throng beside the deep,


Her ports and hamlets of the strand
In number like the waves that leap
= On his long murmuring marge Of sand.
Come like that deep when Ger his brim
He rises, all his floods to pour.
And filings the proudest barks that swim
A helpless wreck against the shore.
Few, few were they whose swords Of old
Won the fair land in which we dwell;
But we are many, We who hold qET
The firm resolve to guard it we'll.
Strike for that broad and goodly land


Blow after blow till men shall see
That Might and Right move hand in hand.
Aud glorious must their triumph be.