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Year: 1864

They say that thou art beautiful my child,-
A fragrant bud expanding to the light,
The dew upon thy fresh leaves undefiled
Whose spotless texture mocks the snow-fall's


white.
And beautiful you seem when behold
The amber gleam that rests upon thy crown,
And the long tresses as of molten gold
That flow in ripples from thy forehead down.
And the deep light burns in thy chestnut eyes
Like the reflection of a ray divine,
Where, one by one, see sweet thoughts arise
And shine like stars beyond the trOpic line.
No mothers glance of fond approval sweet
Follows thy footsteps through mist of tears;
No brothers arm supports thy falling feet,
No sisters smile illuminates thy years.
And yet know thou art not left alone,
Angelic hosts and arch-angelic bands
Beneath the shadow of the great white throne
Drop benefactions from celestial hands.
One l behold, in robe of perfect white,
Washed from the touch and faint of soiling


sin.


Crowned with deathless diadem of light,
The outward type of purity within.
With meek mild eyes Of sympathy and love,
Transigured countenance, and Christ-like


smile.


And face upturned to Him who sits above
In constant prayer to keep thee free from


guile:


To keep thee pure. and bid thee bear thy cross
Alike beneath thy Saviour's smile or trown
In deep humility, that ev'ry loss


May add another jewel to thy crown;
Until at last He break thy prison bars,
And bid thee take thine everlasting flight
Where clustering hosts of circuniambient stars
Pierce with their rays the settled gloom of


night;


Up through the jeweld realms OF endless space
Towhere He reigns who for thy ransom bled,
Till thou shalt look upon His shining face,
And on His loving bosom lay thine head.
Year: 1864

SUBJuGATIoS OF THE SoUTH.-The proper
meaning of this much misunderstood phrase
was thus explained by Judge n. G. Upham,
leading citizen and member of the Demo-
cratic party as it was, at meeting in Con-
cord, New Hampshire: "But some OF our
friends exclaim "It's all in vain; you can't
subjugate the South" On this point let me
say, Ihave no desire to subjugate the South
in any sense that would require an armed oc-
cupation of their entire territory-which is a
manifestly difficult achievement, and is BY no
means necessary. will tell YOU what We
can do, however. We can hold the Nissis-
sippi. We can take and hold every prominent
seaport on the Atlantic. We can shut up the
remaining rebel population between the At
lantic waters and the mountain passes Of their
northern border, from Chattanooga east and
west, and lower down, il need be, and there
am willing they should remain to abide the
results. Isolated as they will be from all
valuable intercourse with foreign nations, es-
tranged us they soon will be, under the reac-
tion now going on, from the sympathy Of
every God-fearing, ,liberty-loving man through
out the wide world, they will soon find that
the corner stone upon which they have claimed
par excellence to build up their constitutional
system will crumble to atoms, and slavery,
the heart and head of their system, will speed
ily sicken and die, or take to itself wings and
fly away. desire for them no worse purga-
tory than this. We will subjugate them as
that poor prodigal was subjugated who fed
from his fathers mansion, where was home
and shelter and plenty, and wasted his SUBJ
stance in rioutous living, until, reduced to sb-
ject misery, he was fain to take up with the
husks that the swine did eat. When it comes
to that pass trust that our erring brethren
will say "there is enough in my fathers house
and to spare 1 viii arise and go to my father"
and, like that Heavenly Father, hope we
will have the grace to receive them, though
they have causelessly and traitorously shot
down our children and brothers though they
aim at the lives Of the brave officers and SOL
diers who now stand around US, ready to die,
if need be, for ourselves and their country;
yet, notwithstanding all this, and despite Of
it all, / trust we shall be ready to receive
them with open arms, and that we shall yet
live together and die together under the good
old flag of our fathers"
Year: 1864

The GREAT EMIGRATIoN.-Some years
ago West Indiaman had discharged its
cargo in one of our docks at home. The
ship was plagued by rats as never ship
was plagued. Their devastations, their
noise, their odor, their distinctions, had
been beyond mortal endurance, but there
was no remedy. The captain, who was
still on board, was walked at midnight by
his mate, and asked to step on deck as
guilty as he could. A fruit ship had ar
rived in the course of the day from the
Mediterranean, and on coming alongside
had passed hawser to the West India
man. "Look therei" whispered the
mate, pointing to the rope, which III the
darkness seemed to be moving slowly
toward the fruit ship. 1t was alive with
rats, which in continuous stream were
migrating from the empty ship into the
stranger, whose fragrance told the tale of
its delicious freight. Before sunrise there
was not rat left on board the West India
man. How it Jared with the stranger it
is needless to say. That is the very spec
tacle that we are now witnessing on
worldwide scale. The hawser is across
the Atlantic, and in one incessant, end
less train, hundreds of thousands Of our
citizens are passing to richer continent.
It's fragrance comes in letters, full of good
tidings, and containing often the substan-
tial earnest of golden promises in the shape
of notes or orders for pleasant round sums.
Could we take the same view of human
affairs that the skipper and his mate did
of their little world, we should tread soft
", and think the less said the better. But
we cannot quite do that. 1t is part Of
our crew that is leaving us in this strange
multitudinous fashion. They are passing
generally to another allegiance, to other
laws, to other institutions, to rival
interests, to jealous policy, and, as they
think, to assist in founding an empire far
above even our heads. But, as they are
consulting their own material intererests,
and certainly sparing us some trouble,
they are welcome to go where they please,
and to marry better soil than that from
which they have been divorced. We are
disposed to take philosophical view of
the movement, and are glad to find that
for once we may be both scientific and
kind. The man who suddenly reappcars
in an Irish cabin with his pocket full Of
uotes and gold, distributing handsome
presents. sleek, comcly and well dressed,
asking the girl of his early choice to share
his new home, in vision that conQuers
all our sentimental scruples, as it appears
he has done the remaining patriotism Of
Ireland. Every such man is Columbus
in Connaught. There is no resisting him.
The odds are tremendous against Queen
Victoria and tenpence a day, the Estab-
lished Church and potatoes, the Union
Workhouse and yellow meal-even sup
posing we can always answer for our side
of the comparison.-London Times. De-
Gender 4M.
Year: 1864

CHARLEsToN.-This nest of treason is
really at the mercy of the Federal guns. The
bcsieging forces have been so long before tho
place, and we have heard the report so long
that Charleston was soon to succumb, that
we had begun to think there might possibly
be some illusion about it. But the Richmond
papers tell us that near FIVE hundred shells
had fallrn in Charleston in couple Of days,
which is sure evidence that the city is with
in reach Of our guns, and unless soon sur
rendered will be destroyed as it deserves.
Another fact recorded by the Richmond pa
pers is significant. In all their reports Of
shells falling in Charleston it is rare that a
casualty is mentioned. Destruction Of prop
erty is noticed, but always accompanied BY
the statement OF no loss Of life. The reason
probably Is, there are few lives in Charleston
to lose. People expected the city to fall and
have deserted it. We had reports long
time ago of their skedaddling to place Of
safety. Probably by this time there are few
persons in the city There is nothing to stay
for. Trade long ago abandoned the. place,
and probably, if the place were razed to the
ground to-day the loss in personal property
would be inconsiderable. af rIT firHr
Year: 1864

SAD COMMENT ON FAST LIvING.-An
old man who has been living in the most
abiect poverty for several years, vibrating
between Worcester county and Berkshire,
Massachusetts and Connecticut, as he was
shifted by sclectmen, who wished to clear
him from their precincts, has at last found
a refuge, but perhaps only a temporary
one, in the State Almshouse at Monson.
Forty years ago, this same man did a
heavy grain and shipping business, and
was among the most influential and re-
spected of the merchants of the metropo-
lis. About the time Of the completion Of
the Erie canal he, with others, conceived
grand scheme of doing an immense
foreign trade, and went to Europe, taking
most of his wealth with him. Family
affairs did not run smooth, and he gave up
his grand project, went to London, led a
gay life, was feasted by lords, became
very intimate with the household of
noble earl, and was presented at court by
the American minister. Afterwards he
crossed to Paris, where some imbroglio
obliged him to accept the challenge of a
fighting marquis, who sent ball through
his right arm but our pauper being
poor shot, severely wounded his own
second instead of the marquis, and had t5
leave that city. Then he went to Munich
and made love to q niece of one of the
royal families, was accepted, got drunk
at palatial ball over his conquest, made
a bad thing of it and left Munich with
dispatch. He continued in his cxcesses,
gambled away all his property, was
vagabond in England few years. then in
New York, and then throughout western
Massachusetts. His life is sadder COM
ment on fast living than was ever written.
Boston TareLer.
Year: 1864

WoRrH kSowINe.-Thc unpleasant odor
produced by perspiration is frequent the
source OF vexation to persons who are subject
to 1t. Nothing is simpler than to remove
this odor much more effectually than by the
application of such costly ungnents and per
fumes as are in use. 1t is only necessary
to procure some of the compound spirits of
ammonia. and place about two table spoons
ful IN a basin of water. Washing the face,
hands, and arms withsthis leaves the skin as
clean, sweet and fresh as one cnuld wish.
Year: 1864

President does not apply corrective, at once
timely and radical, to the evils of which the loyal
States complain with just reason, they will not
hesitate to apply the only corrective which lies
within their reach, through the ballot-box.


We do not, 80 write under any Inspirations of
passion or partisanship. We have used earnest
words because the times called for them. We sup
press even the utterance of that indignation which
we feel it would be righteous to cherish in view
of the recent abuse of the confidence reposed by
the people in their civil rulers. We speak simply
as to wise men. Let wise men judge what we say,
and we abide their verdict, in the full assurance
that they will pronounce us to have spoken words
of truth and soberness in day when paltering and
levity, whether in Office or out of Office, are GER
tainly out Of place.
Year: 1864

The ,uboined memorial TO Congress commends itself to
every loyal and every humane north Of the Potomsc
and s In circulation here for signatures we give it
publicity paper, in order that every one who may
be moved either by humanity patriotism may give It the
influence of their with Congress. Thousands, we
arc confident would gladly help the benign scheme by the
couDenance eas, o their names and we would beg all
such TO forward their aures to the National Banner


81 Park Row New York where they will be affixed to the
memorial
Year: 1864

In favor Of appropriation for the founding and support
OF National Home for Totally Disabled Soldiers and
Sailors Of the Army and Navy Of the United States.
To the Senate and House Of Representatives. in Congress


assembled


The unde rsigned citizens Of the United States respect
fully that the interests Of the country in their
Judgment require the passage of bill sppropratng
ney for the founding and support Of National Home for
Totally Disabled Soldiers and Sailors o the Army and Navy
of the United States.


Your memoriass therefore, respectfully ask Congress
10 make suitable appropriation TO take such other
ton IN reference to the subject the Representatives
the People and the States shall deem proper promote
object OF such vast national Importance and
with the interests Of thousands OF citizens OF the Union
who have given all their hest energies to their CoUN
TRY and who have been rendered helpless by uch devoted
service.
Year: 1864

Brig Gen A. s. WEBB, Of the Second Army Corps.
who was severely wounded and whose death reported
at the of the present campaign has been
detailed by the Secretary Of War superintendent OF
orutng for the Second Corps in the State Of New York
Year: 1864

1t is known by persons In authority that one
of Gen. Lees principal and most daring scouts
recently made visit to this city; that he went
to New York city, where he was entertained
SumptuouSly, and then, returning to this city
again, he witnessed the grand military display
which took place one week ago to-day 1t is
nolhIng remarkable that such men are in
Washington. They will always ind plenty of
rebel sympathIzers who will shield and provide
for them.
Year: 1864

DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE LLUdHTHR.-In
Philadelphia, on Saturday, a lady pedestrian
had the lower bar Of her steel skirt caught on a
nail driven In the joints Of the bricks along
the sidewalk by mischievous children, and the
next moment she lost her perpendicular and
fell to the sidewalk. This event caused shout
OF glee from the watching children, one Of
whom, little girl named Catharine Eddy, was
seized with fits from excessive laughter, and
died in half an hour.
Year: 1864

THE LEADING article of the New Mutton this
week begins with these worlds Good sense
and Judgment are qualities very rarely to be
met with In this world "a statement that is
not dlsproved by anything else contained in
the ycts Nation,
Year: 1864

The people of WarrensviIle e were much
exercised, a few days since, by a snake
sensation, which created no small alarm
among the mothers in the neighborhood.


A girl, drawing child IN a baby wagon;
along the read, some distance this side of
the Center, left the child in the wagon,
drawn up by the side Of the road for a
few minutes, while she went to a neigh.
boring house. A man coming BY soon
was attracted BY apeeuliar noise, and by
the singular condition Of the child, which
#as staring intently and with fasciua-
ted gaze into a tree ovorhanging the road.
On looking up, the man saw huge black
snake, ecilgd around the tree, and looking
directly in the eyes Of the child, while its
distended jaws and quivering fangs evinoed
its hostile intent. The man had no Reap-
on with which to attack the snake, so ne
ruised an alarm which soon brought a
number Of the neighbors to the spot.
Weapons we're procured, and the snake
speedily killed. Ehe reptile was found to
be about the thickness Of a man s wrist,
and measured over five fest 10 length.
Black sDaESs Of this size are very seldom
found in this neigbborhood, aud the event
of this distinguished stranger" has oaus-
ed.no small trepidatiou among mothers Of
small children who are in the habit of
straying into the woods.
Year: 1864

Henry Ward Beeeher has said few bet
ter things than the following, which We
6ndin enc of his sermons:


We have a large number of cOuseFva-
tive persons among us, who, in looking
upon the condition Of this nation, have
great fear on account Of the various des-
truetions that take place for the saliva
ton Of the 5euntry In the first place,
they are exceedingly troubled in regard
to the destruction to the Constitution.
An owl sits in tree to see an eagle
hatch its egg; and by and by, when the
shell is cracked to let the young eagle
out, the owl boots, "Spoiling, spoilinq;
sPoIBtNa the she'll l'' What is the she'll
to the eagle that is inside of it? and
what is the Constitution but the shell Of
the spirit Of liberty? 1t was ordained
for liberty, and when it is broken; that
the eagle, Liberty, may come forth, the
owl hoots They know the shell, but
they do not know the eagle
Year: 1864

When Wesley settled he said ut would
be more useful to marry BE married a
widow, who, through herjealOusy, led him
a life Of wretehedness and misery. At
last bis spirit was up. and he wrote to
her-'Kpow me and know yourself
Suspect me no more, provoke me no
more; do not any longer contend for
power, money, or praise be content to
be private, insignificant person, known
and loved by God and me-. 1t is not
likely that woman would be pleased at
being recommended to be an Insignificant
person. After twenty yeares Of dis
quietude she one day left him. He bore
it pbilosophically. He went even be-
yond it4hefook his diary and put the
most pithy entry into it 1 ever met with
in a diary Non cam reliqui, non demisi,
non revocabo, which may be translated
thus I did not leave her; l did not
send her away !; l shan't send for her
back And so ended the married life 0
John Wesley. p,
Year: 1864

~One great secret Of the practical
failure in after life Of so many promising
young persons is, l appreheud, that they
do not learn that mans capacity and
success in the world are estimated not by
what he'can do, but by what he does do.
The opposite heresy is, l am sorry to be
lieyeJ early imbibedi in most Of our semi.
naries. of learning, how the youth Of gent
us, real or supposed, is worshipped by his
associates, and too often by s ciety also,
while the more diligent plodder is left in
neglect TO "work out his own salvation,
as ho almost inlalhblg does.
Year: 1864

will Stitch, Hem, Fell Tack. Cord Bind Braid, Quilt
and embroider beautifully II will run from perfect
work on the finest Nsiusork the heaviest beaver
clot with change OF needle thread or ten ion viii
use coarse COTTON and 1t runs easier tster
srf slcr than any other machine. 1t forms fat
and el stic seam differing from every 9th er stitch each
loop being twisted by Of the "RoTArINd Hook
lam the only authorized Agent for this Machine IN
Die OF Machine and work can be seen at
Year: 1864

the South, there is not enough oft at the
places where it is wartcd, and especially
at Richmond; and it is . matter of grcat
difficulty TO feed their armies, and our
prisoners in their hands. They would
like to shoot so, in this dilemma, as to
miss II it prove calf, and to kill Is it bs
deer; but this is always difficult opera
1ion.


But one thing is Of some little value as
the case stands The rebels have seen
that we are distrusnu1 Of their honesty in
distributing the stores our Governmenthas
cent them. We arc afraid they will steal
them and Use them for their own comfort,
and keep on starving our boys as before.
This hurts them prodigiously. They do
not like to have their honor called in
question: Good. 1t is . symptom worth
noticing, that they do remember that
there is such u thing as honor and fairness
get extsnt upon-the earth. It is . good
thing when Cyprian has blush or two
left, since it shows the sentiment Of virtue
not quite obliterated. 1t is therefore good
to see these rebels flare up at the charge Of
theit and cozening, since it shows that they
do remember that such. things as honesty
and truth are still Of value in the world at
large.


Il is comfortable too to see that the reb-
els are not quite insensible to public opin-
ion in the United States. Some Of their
diatribes would seem to be written for con-
sumption here as well as. at home. They
take considerable pains to explain, that our
soldiers are as we'll fed as their own: that
some who have been sent home On account
Of sickness, were the worst cases in their
hands; that others suffer from home sick
ness more than from want Of food or posi-
tire disease, etc, etc


We see no reason to doubt that some
truth may attach to such statements; and
are glad to believe if we can, that our SOL
dicrs, in their hands are nottreated as badly
as We have feared


/. But we remember some other things
which have happened since the war be
gan. Among the rest, there is that at Chick.
amouga, where our dead wereleft unburied
by the enemy into whose hands they fell
Our troops have inferred more than fou1


hundred such, since they have taken tht
field Have the rebels at Richmond any
indignation at this charges We canno


trust very implicitly the men who do tina


sort Of thing. We are sorry to be obliged


to believe it even; but there is no choice il
! the case.
Year: 1864

SOME Ofour congressman display great
industry and inventive genius in origina-
ting bills and setimental resolutions touch
ing the colored American. So far us this
grows out of disposition to do justice to
long abused race it is creditable. Where
many of tho propositions are trivial in
themselves and mere expressions of feel
ing to no definite purpose, they consume
the time needed by Congress for real
work and rnise prejudice against the
cause they were meant to promote. But
this objection does not lie against the bill
to allow colOrsd men to testify in the
courts of the United States; that is requi-
red by justice to both white and black.
The laws should exclude the testimony Of
no man who is Intelligent and honest
enough to tell the truth, and that is u
natter for the courts to determine in the
suse of each individual witness. Manifest
Iy it is not to he determined by consider
ations Of race and col,r The objection
Of Senator Lane Of Indiana, that the bill
will cause conflict between the federal and
state courts, is not su ffioient, since it is the
duty ofthe United States to provide means
of securing full testimony in all cases be.
pre its courts, aud ii any state shOoses
to hamper its own Courts in concession to
u vulgar prejudice, it has no right to de-
mand that the general government should
follow its bad example.
Year: 1864

Senator Ramsey, from Minnesota, has
returned from a visit to Petersburg. The
Chicago Journal says he gives a very en-
couraging account of the situation and the
prospects. He visited our entire lines,
and without exception found the officers
and the men full of hope and confidence.
They feel sure that their present campaign
will result not only in the capture Of Pc
tersburg and Richmond, but, what is more
important, in the destruction of Lees ar
my, which is the main object of present
operations, Everything appears satisiac-
tory in our position near Petersburg, and
the army is not idle At present, sap
ping and mining is the order Of the day,
la la Yicksburg.


Governor Ramsey had conversations
with General Grant, who told him to re-
quest the people of the North to possess
taeir souls in patience;" that all will come
outright; that his success is beyond doubt;
that his grand plan has seen successfully
carried out so far, and is certain to be sue
cessful in the end. General Grant has
never felt greater confidence of success
than he now feels. But it is a stupendous
work he has before him, and the people
must not be unreasonable in their antici-
pations they must not expect that to be
done in a week which cannot be done in a
month for if they will but have patience,
they will in due time be fully repaid for
the exercise of that virtue, by the splen-
did success that will crown the Army of
the Potomac to overwhelm the chief ar
my of the rebellion. The people, there
fore, can afford to wait, if that achieve
ment is likely to result from the present
apparent inactivity-for it is more appar-
ent than real.


1t is fact that our people do not ap-
pear to appreciate, that the mere capture
of Petersburg aud Richmond would be
worth but little to US, unless Lees army
be at the same time either captured or de-
stroyed, Gen Grant could capture Peters
burg any day, if he should 50 elect; but
it would be alta useless and needless sacri-
fee of life. The same is the fact as re-
CARDS Richmond. By heavy sacrifice Of
life, he could very soon get possession OF