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Year: 1863

All the intelligence from the seats Qf
war, whether derived from rebel or logan
sources, show that the rebellion has been
driven by the brave defenders of the Union
into its last ditch, and there, we doubt not,
will the last spark of life soon be beaten
out of its infamous carcass. It is evident
that the great body Of the southern people
wish to escape from the last ditch as fast
as they can, and again seek shelter and
safety beneath the broad and comprehen-
sive folds of our national banner.
Year: 1863

Under this head. the New York Times, lead
ing Abolition and Administration paper, publish
es the following in its issue of the 4th inst:


Unless we are greatly mistaken, the Govern
ment will very soon find il necessary to check the
Incorporate patriotism OF General Burnside in
bis mode of dealing with disaffected persons and
presses in the loyal States. Whether the powers
which he claims to exercise over freedom of
speech and of the press 10 actually belong to his
Office. not, it is very clear that they should
never be intrusted to any man whose zeal outruns
his Judgment. An over jealous friend will often
do ten times more harm by restless and iniudi-
cious meddling. than an open enemy: and in the
exercise Of powers which, however necessary they
may be, are always odious. an excessive prudence
is always preferable to a headlong and reckless
temper. We have no doubt that Gen. Burnside
thinks he is rendering the country an essential
service in suppressng the Chicago Times, and in
forbdding the circulation Of the New York World
within his lines. and we have Just as little doubt
that he is utterly mistaken. He will very speedily
find that he is multiplying ten fold the very evil
he seeks to extirpate. 1t is very rarely that
military man can be found who is capable of un-
derstandng what pubxc opinion il, or who can be
made to comprehend that the press has any other
rights than those which he NAV be pleased to
confer upon it, We do not know that we should
gain much on either point by appealing from the
camp to the Government; but our interest in the
welfare OF the country impels US to risk the ex-
pertinent of counselling President Lincoln to put
check upon Gen. Burnsides super servicesble and
dangerous proceedings, as speedily as possible.
Year: 1863

, The news this week is very meagre.


No battles have taken place since our last


issue. but We are on the eve Of important
events in the history Of our nation. The


tide of blood is for awhile stayed; but
the present calm will be succeeded By the
tempest of war. aud the terrible rain and
hail of lead and iron will sgain hurry
patriots and traitors to the shades of OBJ
livior. We can but hope Cor the result
Of the contest now pending. AT Vicks-
burg q bloody battle will be fought;
the most saDguirary. perhaps. Of The war.
If we fail there. that failure will not be
for the want Of bravery on the part CT cur
troops. but from overpowsring numbers
of the enemy. and their impresnsbls de.
fenses. Gen. Banks is working his way
up the river. but it may be weeks before
be reaches Vscksburg. if at all. He has
a formidable obstacle in his way, in the
shape OF Port Hudson. and can only re-
duce that stronghold by siege, which
will be a work Of time.


We have no news from Rosecrans' ar.
from that direction being con-
. ~


Let us be patient-hopeful. This is
gigantic rebellion and can not be crushed
in day. Tho just cause of the Union is
bound to triumph, and the future looks
erribly dark to the rebels. As an evil
lence Of our onward progress and success
thus far, read the extract from an edito-
'ial in the Richmond Examiner. which |
We publish in another column.
Year: 1863

LIEUT.. WALsMIDT.-Our old friend
THEODoRE WALsMIDr, (whose residence
is about twelve miles west of Brownville, }
was in the late battle al Springfield, and
to him more than any other man was due
The Rebel repulse from that post
Walsmidt had charge of the arti llery.-
He is an excellent gunner. Nebraska
will never get credit for half the service
her citizens have rendered in this war.
There is but one regiment Of infantry,
and one and part of another of cavalry,
that we're organized within her limits
but there is probably not State in the
Union, North or South, in which more or
less of the citizens of Nebraska have moi
enlisted in the army.
Year: 1863

admitted both in Colorado and NebI aka TO be unsur
passed by any est OF the Mississippi River Is made
from the OF Fall and Spring Wheat and is sold at
as low prices as be obtained in the Territory.


Hs -four is kept for sale at ali the stores in Brown
Vile He is prepared furnish freighters and cti-
zens generally with hour either Fall or Spring
wheat and also with any amount of Cora Corn Neal
and Buckwheat Flour at the lowest cash prices.


Custom Grinding done at sikh per bushel


he desires &c cal thestenion Of freighters to Il
advantages OF BrOWnvilie a shipping point to tie
West Not only can any amount Of graiL sRd -four be
obtained here cheaper Than at any other pOint in the
Territory but the Merchants have laid in ths sea-
son large supply cf every variety q goods.
Year: 1863

Our GLORIOUS SoLDIERs.-An intelli-
geut'geutlemau, who was an eyewitness of
the late battle near Fredericksburg, says
that highly as the efficiency of Gen. Lees
army had been extclled, nothing he, had
heard came up to the impression produced
on his mind by his own observation Of their
conduct. Their deedszof valor were not
only magnificent beyond all conception, but
the cheerfulnesss with which, after being
for a great part of the day involved in the
most terrific peril, they would, as soon as
successful, march for miles to some. new
scene Of dangef, was absolutely marvellous.
Their conduct when wounded was even
more admirable. Our informant has seen
groups Of the wounded standing around a
we'll, each waiting patiently his turn for
water, bleeding, dusty, weak in body, yet
as humble, modest, and unpretending as SO
many children. Wonderful men J! What
age or country has produced such2 Such
Year: 1863

perity2 Let the Government clean out the
nest of traitors too long tolerated on this
side of the lines, and all loyal men will
see in the act new cause to applaud it, to
sustain it, to fight for it. Let the disloyal
learn, at last, that there is a limit beyond
which they may not venture, and thus may


the loyalty of Maryland finally be assured.
Year: 1863

The London Saturday RevielO thus en-
eFgetically takes this word to pieces:


The silly euphemism of lady for
wife, has pretty nearly gone out of fash
ion. Probably it first arose from such
phrases as Lord A. B. and Lady, much
as one of ten speaks of king and his
queen But lady, female, or young
person have pretty nearly driven out the
plan word woman, which, by the light
Of nature, we should have thought need
ed euphemistic substitute very much
less than female


That the word lady is much misused
Is very certain but the fact that a word
has been used out of its proper meaning
is no argument against its legitimate use.


Lady is good old Saxon word, orig
inally signifying a benevolent woman !;
and 1t has never been used as an eauiYa-
lent for woman The latter term, which
may Justly be regarded as indelicate in
its primitive Specification, is universally
understood to mean the female of the
human species, while the former one in
its proper sense indicates a woman of
refined manners and correct department.


There is manifest necessity in civiliz-
ed society for word which shall distin-
guish the decorously- behaved woman
from the uncouth and vulgar one, as well
as one which shall make distinction be-
tween the well-mannered female and the
sex in general. Unless a better word
than lady can be found, we see no pro-
priety in making war upon it. Gentle
man is quite as much misused; but if any
one be under the impression that it has
no well defined Specification, let him in
innate to some muscular man that the
latter is no gentleman and he may
have cogsnt reasons for abandoning his
opinion. ."-Pkila. Ne,oS.
Year: 1863

But, just now, the few words that ]
can allow myself, are not so much to our
soldiers, for they are all right, bit they
are for those who put reproach upon the
cause, it is to them that wish to say a
few words. Yes, they call themselves
Constitutional Democrats, Peace Demo
Gratis. You will know them by certain
signs which are unmistakable. They
are those who say that this war shall not
be carried on unless it Is carried on accor-
ding to the law and the Constitution
They are those who say it must stop, be-
cause it will drive US into universal bank
ruptcy.


There are those who say the war must
stop, because the war is hopeless, and the
South at last bound 10 conquer u.s.
This is the class of persons who admonish
US. These are the lovers of the Constitu-
ton ! Ny friends, | yield to no man in
a sacred regard for that Constitution.-
have never felt the the slightest ankle
ty since the beginning of this war. of an
lnfraction of the Constitution Why my
friends, what Is a Constitution Was
the Nation made for the Constitution, or
the Constitution for the country? loud


cheers-l Is not the life of man more
IMAM meat is not the body more than
raiment? If the Constitution must be
broken IN any of its features, to save the
Union, why in the name of God, let it be
broken. (Cheers.) Undoubtedly, | ad-
NIT, the Constitution is the Supreme law
of the land: but call it as we will-the
supreme law-there is still one law of the
land more supreme, and that is the safe
ty of the republic ITSELF; that is supreme
RcspuJEca Sa.prensa lee. Great cheer
ing.) The safety of the republic is in
deed the supreme law. How do they say
the Constitution is broken? They say
they want it untouched, and that it has
been broken by the arrests, in the sus-
pension of the habeas corpus, in the de-
NAL of freedom of speech, and the sup
preston of traitorous press; and since
the affair at Frankfort, (laughter) by the
denial of the right to assemble peaceably.
Of all the assemblages ever heard ofl
Year: 1863

that when the members do meet, they
will speedily transact the business Tor
which they were called together, and
return home to their families and to
their farms. If they launch out anto
general legislation, the session will be
prolonged to almost an indefinite pc
riod, and we fear would not rebound to
the benefit of the State. Too much
legislation at any time, is not best for
the people, and in times of war there
should be but little of it done, except


to keep the sinews strong, and tue ma


chinery of Government in good order'


Bad Legislation on the part of ou'


Congress has nccessitated the present


call of our Governor.
Year: 1863

RGg~ President Davis has had a flag
presented to him on behalf of some
ladies of Washington city. It was
brought over by gentleman to whom
it was entrusted, and presented to the
President by the Rev. J. z. Dawson.
1t was received by the President with
many thanks to the oble-hearted ladies
who made it and sent it as testimonial
of their zeal and devotion for the South.
Year: 1863

A LUDICRoUs Incidents related Of o
newspaper editor in Hamburg city, who
when be had become convinced that the
rebels were unmistakably approaching,
threw portion of his white paper into
the street. as a preparatory measure to
having his goods transported out Of
town, while in, the issue Of that same
morning he vehemently called upon all
good citizens to be firm, show pluck,
and defend their property to the last.
Year: 1863

David Parker, Esq, who has produced
some of the best poetry ever written by
Maine bard, pleased at little incident
that happened in his family (the trst
occurrence of the kind) gives vent to his
feelings in the following imaginative piece:


MY cHuD's ORIGIN.
One night as old Saint Peter slept,


He left the door of Heaven ajar,
When through little angel crept,


And came down with falling star.
One summer as the blessed beams


Ofmom approached, my blushing bride,
Awakened from some pleasing dreams,
And found that angel by her side.
God grant but this Il ask no more;


That when he leaves this world of sin,
He'll wing his way to that shore,


And find that door of Heaven again.
Whereupon some fellow of the practical
sort, and without any imagination, and
not possessing the "divine attiutus," at
tempts to destroy the little illusion Of
David, as follows:


SAINT PETERS REPLY.
Full eighteen hundred years or more


I've kept my door securely tied,
There was no " little angel " strayed,
Nor has been missing all the while.
l did not sleep as you supposed,


Nor left the door of Heaven ajar;
Nor has a little angel" left


And gone down with falling star.
Go ask that blushing bride" and see
If she won't frankly own and say
That when she found that angel babe,
She found it by the good old way.
God grant but this Il ask no more,
That should your number be enlarged
That YOU will not do as hefore,


And lay it to old Peters charge.
Year: 1863

The WAY OF WRITING MODERN Ro-
NANcEs.-Albert rode with the speed OF
an arrow to the garden, sprang like the
wind from his steed, climbed like squir-
rel over the hedge, writhed like snake
through the paings, few like hawk to
the arbor, crept up to her all unseen,
threw himself passionately at her feet,
swore frantically that he would shoot
himself; was, however, Immediately heard,
seated himself in blessed delight at her
side, sank on her bosom-swam in sea
of bliss-aH this ras the cork of a second!
Year: 1863

CARRYING BUNDLES. - Many people
have contemplate fear of being seen to
carry bundle, however small, having
the absurd idea that there is social deg
radiation in the act. The most trihing as
we'll as weighty packages must be sent to
them. no matter how much 10 the incon-
vrnicnce of others. This arises from a
low Kind of pride.


There Is a pride that is higher; that
arises from a consciousness Of there being
something in the individual not to be
affected by such accidents; worth and
weight of character. This latter pride
was exhibited by the American son of Je-
rome Napoleon Bonapart. While he was
in college at Cambridge, he was one day
carrying to his room broom he had just
purchased, when he met friend, who
noticing the broom with surprise, exclaim-
cd


"Why did YOU not have it sent home:"


II am not ashamed to carry home any
thing which belongs to me" was the SEN
sibe reply of Young Bonapart.


Very different pride was this from that
of young lady whom we know, who
always gave her mother all the bundles
TO carry when they went out together,
because she thought it vulgar to be seen
with one herself.
Year: 1863

NEW YORK, Sept ia special dispatch to
the Tribune, from Cincinnati, says Gen. Burn
side upon completing the redemption Of East
tennessee, rendered his resignation to the War
Department by telegraph. 1t is supposed he
contemplated it for some time in conseq uence
OF constant political perplexities that beset him
in the administration of his department through
the reputation of certain of his measures by
the Government, but did not take the step till
he could leave the service without discredit to
himself, after expelling the last armed rebel
from his department


The headquarters of the Army of the Cum.
berland Is established at CHATTANOOGA
Year: 1863

OUGHT, WISH, AND HoPE.-John


Newton, in his old age, when his sight
bad become so dim that he was unable


to read, hearing this Scripture repeated.
BY the grace of God, | am what l am,'
paused for some moments, and then
uttered the affecting soliloquy, Il am


not what | ought TO be-ah how i'm
perfect and deficient | am not what /
acish to be, though I abhor that which
is evil, and would cleave to that which
is good | am not what / hope to be-s
soon shall put off mortality, and with
mortality all sin and imperfection.-
Though i am not what l ougHt to be,
yet can truly say / am not what 1
once was, slave to sin and Satan I
heartily join with the Apostle, and ack-
nowledge, by the grace of God, am
what am
Year: 1863

CHRISTIAN FAITH.-I meet with no
loss that can really rob me can be
thwarted in no gain that is really to be
valued and that is fadeless; for one
thing is certain: God cannot be taken
from me. You can take away every
thing else, bnt that which is the strength
of life, the inspiration of being, and the
source of comfort Chaplin.
Year: 1863

for ones country, and is also glorious to
die for liberty. Ny enemies may kill me
they will never Overawe me.


Now, soldiers Of Indiana all have done
for you in the past shall continue to do
tn the future. When You hear | have done
otherwise be assured that it is false. Nv
word once given never break. Many men
are interested in poisoning your minds
against me. | rely on my own acts and
your intelligence to defeat their infamous
designs.


[ have hopes for the future I hope for
the Union, and hope for liberty, and
through me, neither the one nor the other
shall ever be betrayed or abandoned O.
this you may rest content.


| am very truly, your friend,


ID. W VOORHEES,
Year: 1863

FEEDING lIOGs.-A correspondent of the
Boston Cultiyator, who insists that the food
for hogs should always be cooked, and fed to
them warm and in warm place in cold
weather, gives the following statement of his
manner OF preparing the daily food, and the
cost thereof, for his swine, his business being
chiefly to raise pigs and shotes for sale:


"Takc six pounds Of beef scraps, at cost
of nine cents, and boil in two pals of wa
tor; scald in two quarts of corn cob meal at
acost Of three cents; add six pals OF water,
and you have good swil enough to feed six
store hogs and eight small shotcs once, at u
cost OF twcnty-four cents. This done twice
in each day is sufficient to keep breeding sows
or store pigs in good condition. This is the
exact quantity am feeding to the number
of hogs mentioned slaughtered two fat
hogs last fall, fed in this way until the time
to iatten them arrived, after which they had
their usual feed thickcncd to dough with
corn and cob meal only, and at the age of
sixteen months the two weighed over one
thousand pounds"
Year: 1863

FEEp FOR FARM HoRsEs.-Saysa writer in
the Agriculturist, when was boy in the
north of Vermont, we use to feed dry hay
and oats, unless the horses had the hcayes,
which was very common among thum at
that time, owing to feeding too much dry
hay and oats, and driving them too fast
when full. Wc then supposed that they
ought to have hay before them all the time.
This is false idea; all kinds OF animals
will do better on regular meals. Farmers
usually feed too much dry hay. You may
keep horsc eating all the time and not
have il thrive.
Year: 1863

Sailing Hay. "A correspondent Of tho
Country Gentleman says he abandoned the
old practice of putting salt on hay, as it adds
to It's moisture instead of lessenng it.


This opinion is backed with will by q
writer for the Boston Cultivator, who lays
down the law, rs ho understands it, in tho
following unequivocal manner:


Ii is time this absurd custom was done
away. 1t is beyond conception how trans
parent humbug ever got so widespread -
Every particle Of salt used on hay is posi-.
tive injury to it. The practice of sailing
hay ought to be almost Us much dscounte.
nanced and discouraged as though i. wero an
actual poison. Men will make almost super
human excrtions to get their hay up dry and
then Immediately pet IL icith Sdi.
Year: 1863

To THE PUBLlc.- Notice is hereby
given to ell II may concern, that this office
will not hereafter consider it.elf responsible
for the Lills Of any person whomsoev.r, un
less the same be delivered on an order bear.
ing the signature Of ID. N RlcuARpsos.
Year: 1863

An UNPLEASANT PREDIcAAENf.-A writer
on the subject of " Sensations of the DYING
furnishes the following:


g IF the neck is broken low down, the per-
son does not necessarily die on the instant.
His situation is perhaps the'most distressing
of any which can be imagined. He may live
and have being for few days; but he can
not move. His face may express all the pas
sions, feelings and emotions; but beyond the
motions of his breast and eountenance. his
energies do not go. His arms are pinioned
to his side; his legs are lifeless; and he es-
sentially beholds his body in the grave, while
he is yet in the full possession of his faculties.
The least disturbance Of his position is liable
TO launch him at once into eternity.n
Year: 1863

The BOOMERANG is puzzle, and even
mathematicians cannot comprehend the law
OF its action. 1t is a piece Of carved hard
WOOD nearly in the form of parabola it is
from thirty to forty inches long. and about
three inches broad, pointed at both ends. the
concave part quarter of an inch thick.
and the convex edge quite sharp. The mode
of using it is as singular as the weapon Ask
an expert to throw it so that it may fall at
his feet, and away goes boomerang for forty
yards before him, skimming along the surface
three or four feet from the ground whec it will
suddenly rise into the air forty or fifty feet,
describing curve and finally drop at the
feet of the thrower.
Year: 1863

The day is one on which men talk much
OF liberty. and on which they are accustomed
to claim that the world derived the grandest
aid 1T ever received in the cause of free insti-
tutions. Let US then understand plainly
what we mean by liberty. 1t is not license.
1t is not freedom to do as we please. 1t does
not mean the absence of restraint. 1t does
not mean the equality of every man to every
other man in everything. 1t means, in gen.
eral, the restraint which is imposed on gov
ernments and individuals preventing the
one or the other from doing wrong to the
citizen or subject. Liberty must be born of
restraint, must consist of restraint.


Observe how small indeed is the license
which the free American has. He is not
free to go where he pleases for all of the
million acress of land spreading around him,
there are only few narrow strips, called
roads, over which he is at liberty to walk
He cannot 90 as we pleases, for over these
roads he must move with deferential respect
to the equal rights in them which others
have and he must not so use his right as to
injure his neighbor's right. He is not at lib
erty to act as he pleases, for he must not
throw stone in the air if its fall will BARN
another individual in person or property. He
is not at liberty to speak as he pleases, for
he may injure his neighbor by his speech !;
he must be cautious. or he may offend the
moral sense of the community by his language,
and therefore he must bride his tongue.


We might continue these illustrations at
length. But these suffice. Men prate a
great deal about liberty, who understand
very little about it. Liberty is the creature
of law, not the enemy of law, as some seem
to imagine. The hour when we see perfect
liberty on eartl, Siil be the hour when hu-
man passions are under the greatest restraint,
and when no injury is done by man, not be-
cause every man is free to do as be pleases,
but because every man will be governed by
sense of the duty which imposes on him the
severest bonds.


We are all bondsmen In spite of the
boasts of freedom, we are all under sharp
laws, under strong restraints. Yet we are a
free people-free because we agreed among
ourselves as to those restraints, and bear
them cheerfully because they are our own
imposing.-N. Y. Journal Of Commerce.