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Year: 1863

TIE WEST AND THE UNloH.-Chief Justice Ca
ton Of Illinois, in letter to Hon. John T. Stuart
Of that State, thus speaks Of the position Of the
West with respect to the Union:


Shall We take the responsibility of destroying
the Government or the glory Of savingit2 The
East may live and prosper, itmsy be without the
Union but the West, an isolated agricultural
community, dependent entirely upon her neigh
bors for transportation and market, is almost
equally ruined, in the event of . separation, 20
which way she will Her interests can only be
subssrved and her prosperity secured by . main.
tenanee Of the Union Of the whole country, by
the restoration Of the prosperity Of the cotton
and sugar plantations Of the South, Is well as
holding On to the transportation and markets of
The East.
Year: 1863

The enemy were evidently not pre-
pared to resist the crossing at either
point, and the affair was so managed
that both divisions OF the army had
established themselves on the west
bank of the river aud covered their
bridges without any serious opposi
tion by the enemy.


General Sedgwick, who command
ed the three corps of the left wing
made no forward demonstration, ex
cept enough to attract the enemy and
prevent them from turning upon the
detachment which was forcing its
way to the rear Of the enemy's works
in command OF General Stoneman
General Hooker had personally super
intended the passage of the troops a
Kelly's Ford, and returned while they
pushed on toward the Rapidan anC
Germania Mills, where they crosse,
Year: 1863

Who FIRED AT THE NEGRo'S DEAD BODY p
According to Portland cotemporary, none of the
Maine batteries are very much inclined to father
the following transaction:


1t seems that day or two after one of the reb-
ell raids nesr Washington, regiment of infantry
with battery of light artillery, was sent out to
hunt up the raiders; as they advarced they es-
pied what they took to be company of rebel in
fantry throwing up entertainments near wood
about half a mile off, across valley that inter-
vened. No sooner were they esped than the
pieces were unIimbered, and round of canister
given, which, striking in their midst and wound
ing several, sent the rest at double quick to the
rear and out of sight On advancing to the sup
posed breastworks it was found that it was after
all the funeral of poor contraband whom his
sable brethren were committing to bis last home,
and that the shot had not only knocked over the
corpse, but wouned several of the mourners.
The soldiers had to complete the services
Year: 1863

POUGHKEEPSIE, n. Y, Sept. II, 1868


EDITOR FREEMAN.-The past few weeks have
found our brigade more scattered than perhaps
at any time before since it was created. The
4th regiment remains at New York, the Sd is at
Newark, n. j., and the 5th and 9th are at X ings-
ton, some seventeen or eighteen miles from this
place. There were vague reports of a little dis
turbance there yesterday, but they need contirma-
ton. believe it is generally allowed that we
have kept pretty good order here in New York
since we have been made the instrument OF ex-
ecutve authority here Hitherto our regiment
has seen nothing but peace and good will, and it
seems not unlikely that we shall go back to the
war without having chance to show the New
York copperheads our remarkable prowess. 1t
will be Just as they see fit to have IL; it ls mat
ter of perfec. Indifference to us.


We came here week ago tonight little al
ter midnight. There was no opposition shown as
we quietly took possession of the town, and no
attempt has yet been made to dislodge US.


don't know whether it was especially intended
that we should land at that unreasonable hour,
day sooner than we were expected, but it was
very convenient for our friends, and enemies too /;
it saved them the trouble of reception There
was no demonstration of any kind. Not drum
was beat nor brickbat thrown. We marched
quietly by the barracks built for the l50th N. Y.
", Just east Of the city, and appropriated them
for our comfort The daily Eagte said next
morning that we marched through the city in d
very soldery manner, our closed ranks and quiet
behavior giving evidence Of the discipline we had
Year: 1863

z We are told by q gentleman who recently
passed the Federal lines, that the Democratic
ladies Of New York city have gotten up mag
Difcent sword, at a cost Of twelve hundred dol
lars, INTENDED as present to General Lee. It
viii be sent to Richmond by some under ground
railroad, though it may share tho fate OF tic
boots and night-gown Of President and Mrs.
Davis, which were forwarded by the ladies Of
Baltimore, but which were smelt cut and cap
tured by Gen. Schenek.
Year: 1863

EBT If the river is recediug below Vieksburg
with The same rapidity as is reported above, we
shall shortly expect 10 hear that the Hartford
Is hsrd aground on S sandbar somewhere. The
last account Of the Essex that reached Us, stated
she was aground at The head Of Prophets island.
L is to be hoped tho old tab is still there.
Year: 1863

That feariully Radical State Of Massn.


chusetts is going to do it again. What
will Conservatism think of the terrible
innovation Of State undertaking to pay
all its troops in the national service
promptly as their wages are due, borrow
ing the money to do il, and taking the
General Governments stipend whenever
II may please the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to pay it! Can this be constitutional!
Year: 1863

ed us that for him suffering was forever past. He died then, forEthough the heavy breaths still tore their way up for a little longer, they were but the waves of an ebbing tide that beat unfelt against the wreck, which an immortal voyager had deaerted with smile. He never spoke again, but to the end held my hand close, 30 close that when he was asleep at last, I could not ldraw it away; Dau helped me, warning ne as he did so, that...it was unsafe for dead and living flesh to lie SO long togeth- CT, but though my hand was strangely cold and stiff, and four white marks remained across its back even when warmth and color Ihad return ed elsewhere, I could not but be glad, that, through its touch, the presence of human sym- pathy perhaps had lightened that hard hour.

 When they had made him ready for his grave, John lay in state for half an hour, a thing which seldom happened in that busy place, but a universal sentiment of reverence and affection seemed to fill the hearts of all who had known or heard of him; and when the rumor of his death went through the house always early astir, many came to see him, and I felt tender sort of pride in my lost patient, for he looked most heroic figure lyirg there stately and still as the statue of some young knight .asleep upon his tomb. "" The lovely ex. pression which so..often beauti6es dead faces' soon replaced the marks of pain, and longed for those who loved him best to see him when half an hours acquaintance with death had made them friends. As we stood looking at him, the ward master handed me letter, say ing it had been forgotten the night before. It was Johns letter, come just an hour too late to gladden. the eyes that had looked and longed for it so eagerly-yet he hads it :; for after l had cut some brown locks for his mother, and taken off the ring to send her, telling how well the talisman had done it's work, kissed this good son for her sake, and laid the letter in his hand still folded as when drew my own away-feeling that it's place was there, and making myself happy with the thought that even in his solitary grave in the government lot,' he would not be without some token of the lose which makes life beautiful and out lives death. Then left him, glad to have known so genuine man, gand carry with me an enduring memory of the brave Virginia blacksmith as he lay sersnely waiting for the dawn of that long day which knows no night. Commonwealth.
Year: 1863

LADIES' UNION IEAaUE.-Ladies are form
ing Union Leagues all over the country It
Is stated TINT where they have been in opera
ton for any length Of time, their influence is
yery marked ind beneAcent. Will not some
Of the Chicago Indies moro in the matter?
Who will start league?
Year: 1863

GEN. CAss' PosITIoN.-In u letter ad-
dressed by that sterling old patriot, Lewis
Cass, to Democratic Convention in Wash
ington county, Pennsylvania, he says


81 have come to look with almost as
much solicitude upon the action of the Dem
ocratic party in its primary meetings as for
the result of the conflict at arms for the
reason that it is now clear that the perpetuity
of our present form Of Government rests on
the patriotism intelligence, forbearance and
consistent course of action by the Demo
cratic party, The Jacobins and radicals
who are the leading spirits of the political
party in power seem quite as intent on de-
stroying our civil rights as in whipping the
rebels into subjugation. 1t is our duty to
insist on the preservation intact of the form
of Government established in 1880, and
that the territorial limits Of the nation shall
never be diminished TO attain this end
we must see that the Government is not al
lowed to fall to pieces We must hold the
executive agents Of the Government to their
duty until we can, by means of the ballot
box, put in their stead those who will adj
minister the Government as it was framed
by our ancestors
Year: 1863

that is as it should be- 1 presume that
the Rev. gentleman will go back to his
Circuit, satisfied with politics and political
matters in general What a change has
been effected in your Territory within the
last two years. When Grandmother Wal
lace was sent to Congress, then Washing
ton Territory was Republican, now she is
Democratic. think it speaks well for the
future of the territory, and believe that
Mr.. Cole as Delegate will look well to the
interests of his constituents and prove an
able and efficient representative.


In understand that we will take up the
line of march for Walla Walla on or about
the 1st of September and may be expected
there about the 2Sth of October. Our
horses so far have stood the trip well and
will go in in excellent condition.


The health of the command is good,
there not having been a single case of Sc
we're sickness with us this summer Now
and then some disappointed "hombre" gets
on his horse and rides away, invariably ia
king good care to go in the night time.
Such men are better out of the army than
in it, and Uncle Sam does well to get rid
of all such profigate characters These
deserters in nine cases out Of ten rid our
Regiment of baneful nuisance, and for
one, think that men who will desert cause
that they have sworn to support, merit the
disapprobation of all good soldiers, and
when taken they deserve the severest Of
punishment. However, l opine that there
will not be many more cases of desertion
from our Regiment as | believe the most of
the trash have left us, and that without
leave or license. Well, there are not
many left in the 1st o. Cav. Vols, but
those left are true ,and staunch to the
cause of the Union and ever will be.


More anon, SNAKE HUNTER.
Year: 1863

FASHION IN RING-WEARINe.-Iti is the
prevailing fashion on the continent for all
married gentlemen, as well as ladies, to
wear the modest and significant wedding
ring, and this is now likely to become
gradually the fashion IN England At the
late royal marriage, besides the wedding
ring of the princess Alexandra, similar
gold ring was made expressly to be worn
bv the Prince himself
Year: 1863

The last marvel in medicine is of a man
in Portsmouth, N. H., who, during his last
sickness manifested an inordinate craving
for onions, but his physician utterly pro.
hibited his eating them. The patient died
and post mortem examination disclosed
in his stomach calcareouss. substance of
the size Of small hens egg, which was
taken to be the cause of his DEATH TO
preserve the curiosity, the doctor had
it mounted on his staff, which one day he
chanced to fix upon an onion bed. Re-
turning some hours afterwards for the
cane, he found it had fallen upon the bed,


its head completely dissolved by onion
juice which had come in contact with it
The inference is, that the patient would
have recovered if he had been permitted to
eat the article he so much craved.
Year: 1863

DOUBTFUL CoMPLIMENT-O of the
particularly pleasant stories told by Mr..
Cough of his experiences in England, is the
following


He was about to address a large audi
ence on the theme of Temperance, and the
chairman, a rotund Englshmau, undertook
to introduce him. Happening to recollect
the miracle Of Samson getting water from
the jawbone with which he had slain the
Philstines, and thinking to turn it to ac
count, he said:


Ladies and gentlemen, have the honor
to introduce to you the distinguished lee
turer, Mr. John B. Cough who will ad-
dress us on the subject of temperance. You
hnow that temperance is thought to be
rather dry subject but tonight as we
listen to our friend the horator from hover
the hocean, we may 'ope to ave the miracle
Of Samson repeated, and TO be refreshed
with water from the jawbone of bass J"
Year: 1863

The Richmond Wing of the 29th nit


says that the grovelins and cold -blooded


sel6shness Of the British ministry toward


the Confederate States. is fast engenderina


toward that country bitterness of feeling


in the South. that cannot fail to tell upon the
future relations of the two Governments.
1t thinks they rejoice to see the two ma.
tions lighting against each other in bitter
strife. literally threatening the complete
annihilation Of each other. thus relieving
England Of powerful rival. of whom
she lived in continual dread. The writer
continues: "Next to the abomnible North,
We have right to bate them more than
any other Government upon earth. If it
were possible that the old United States
could be restored-an event forever be-
yond the pale Of possibility-the English
Government would find wholesome and
intense hatred for them. both North and
South, which was only equsled by that
which their brutality inspired in the
breasts of our grandfathers.
Year: 1863

TAM PREPARED TO MAKE ALL KINDS
Il of Steam Boilers stationary or portable have
every facility for doing good work that good ma
chinery and good workmen can give, and all work
entrusted to me will be made under my personal
supervision


country to do repairine apes
Year: 1863

Coat MEkTING.-The miners Of the
vicinity Of Rock Island called . meeting OF
ci,izeus at the Court House. In that city. on
Saturday night to lay before them the figures
and facts connected with their mining and
striking operations; also to Introduce TO pub
lie notice their plans for the future. We De-
lieve that they intend to purchase q l5o acre
coal tract. back Of Rock Island. and go into
IN. coal business on their own account. W.
shall probably hear from them
Year: 1863

our want of conformity to them,
and then impiously charge the
homicide upon Almighty God.


But my object was only tospeak
of the connection between body
ard mind. The ancient philoso-
piers thought the heart to be the
center of intellect; science has,
however, located it in the brain.
Its locality is immaterial. 1t re-
quires DO metaphysician to dis
cover that mind is the result
Iof physical development. Mind
and matter are intimately relat-
enthusiastically blended, the one
with the other. An injury to
the one correspondingly impairs
the other. A vigorous physical
condition-perfect health-is es-
sential to the attainment of any
considerable degree of mental
excellence. Good digestion is
indispensable to good and correct
thinking" An unhe althy man
may exhibit a kind Of spasmodic
talent, but it no more compares
with that of a healthy man thsn
the hectic flush upon the cheek
Of the consumptive compares
with the crimson rose upon the
face of health itself. DIR. John
son saws, Drink beer and you
will think beer.' Fever produ
ces wild and extravaga mt
thoughts; consumption melan-
choIv ones, and rheumatism or
tooth ache those that are bitter
and malignant. Be healthy if you
would think healthily. Having
these things in view, Herbert
Spencer very truthfully says,
sthat the first requisite to success
in life is to learn to be a good
animal" With him let me say,
learn to be a good animal. Thus
you Will add to the term OF your
existence-add to your enjoy
ments-add to your capacity for
Iabors of philanthropy and love,
and to your hopes for a nobler
! Inheritance in the life everlast-
ing.
Year: 1863

LErrERs ON THE i.oYALTY or fHE Army
Hardly day passes that We do not receive let
ters from the army giving assurances of the un-
faltering loyalty of our soldiers in the field,
and repudiating all sympathy with the senti-
ments and declarations of the copperheads Of
the North. We do not publish the letters and
resolutions on the subjoct, deeming it entirely
unnecessary to do 80. We entertain no doubt,
and the country entertains none, in regard to
the loyalty of our army. Never could any ma
ton boast of braver, truer or finer army in
every respect than that which is now in the
field contendiag for the integrity and perpetuity
of the American republic. All that our soldiers
need Is that they shall be properly clothed and
fed and paid, and that they shall be commanded
by officers who will lead them to victory. For
this they can only look to Washington; but 1t
must be confessed that no great reliance Is to
be placed upon those who have power In that
quarter. Nevertheless, In victory - well as In
defeat, the loyalty Of our army is beyond
question or dispute.
Year: 1863

The CONNECTICUT ELEcTIoN-THE LESSON IT
TEAcHEs.-The radical journals in this city and
elsewhere are laying the dattering unction to
their souls and to the souls Of their readers
that the result of the recent election in Connec-
ticut is a triumph for republicanism. II is
quite the reverse. It is a triumph for conserva-
tism and rebukes the copperheads.


The figures show that there is republican
loss almost in every district, and that the entire
majority oflast year is diminished from upwards
of nine thousand to three thousand--a loss of
six thousand in twelve months. And had not
the copperheads managed to get control of the
democratic organization and put their ideas
prominently forward, not only would the whole
Of the republican majority Of last year have
been swept away, but handsome majority
would have been won for the democratic candi-
date. The radical journals, therefore, so far
from taking any comfort in the result, ought to
regard II as the mysterious handwriting on the
wall which dooms their party. showing that the
tide Of opinion is steadily advancing against It,
and is only prevented from being more rapid in
its progress by the folly Of portion of the op.
position. As the elections last fall rebuked the
republican party, 80 the elections this fall, and
particularly that Of Connecticut, rebuke the
copperheads. The conservative republicans,
II not repelled by their insane proceedings,
would have gone over TO the democratic camp
In swarms.


The eopperhesds allege that the Connecticut
soldiers Of the republican stamp sent homo
to vote, 70 the number.o of Eve thousand, while
the democrats were refused furloughs, did the
business lin fact that "ths troops Of Connecti-
cut conquered the State" But even II this be
true 10 the extent asserted, IL would have avail
cd nothing but for the mischievous course Of
the copperheads.


But nothing can arrest the progress Of the
great conservative party. Events are daily
killing OF the extremes and drawing together
and consolidating the conservative elements
Nothing can save the revolutionary republicans
from annihilation at the polls in the Presiden-
tial election Of 1864. Even II the rebellion
should be put down before that time II would
not redeem the party from destruction. The
amount Of mischief II has already done Is too
great to permit il 10 retrieve Its ruined fortunes
No party could play the role that IL ha, per-
Year: 1863

formed and live. The imprudence of some
leading men of the opposition may in the State
elections retard tho wave Of conservatism and
throw it back for moment but it is only to
gan new strength and In its next advance 70
sweep away all distractions or surge over
Them In irresistible majesty.
Year: 1863

There are certain grand and impressive
features about the Soldiery' Far, now In
progress in this city, that awe even the
copperheads into something like obedience
to the wishes Of the popular heart. Since
it began, aud especially since its success
was demonstrated, they have been less
rampant and defiant than heretofore; and
here and there one may be found, who,
when cornered up, will admit, that, deny
it as copperheadism may, the people Of
the Northwest are indubit.bly for the con:
tinuance Of the WEI until the Union is re-:
stored. That is something; and if the
ladies only keep on in their patriotic way,
who knows what they may not accom-;
plish. Yesterday when that long train Of
wagons from the adjoining country, each
loaded full Of the products that the far
me1s have to give: as their patriotic offer;
ing, filed through our streets, the long pro!
ccssion preceded by a military band and
that dear old flag, we saw one impulsive
enemy, in whom all good is not dead, turn
away his head to hide the tears that sprung
unbidden to his eyes. Something Of the
noble spirit that is abroad ID the land pen;
etated his political hide, and the sensa..
ton was SO novel and withal delightful,
that his emotion must have vent. By and
by that man will begin to mourn over his
political sins that have led him to the
very verge Of treason and as soon as he
does that, he will be: transformed into .
supporter of the holy cause, SO strong and


so ardent, that no threats nor entreaties
can move him. He is only one Of q thou:


sand who, in this one city, are on the stool


ofrepentance today. Let the ladies heef


up their great patriotic revival, and tht


Union church will be filled up to over


flowing. And are not neophytes mort


salorous and more daring than the father
| n tho Fn;thf
Year: 1863

There is no .fasonable doubt, we take
it, that the Administration or Union party
will have clear working majority in the
Congress about to meet; and that the eau
Gus nominees Ct that party will perfect
the organization Of the House by the cleo
ton Of the Speaker and Clerk OF its choice.
In this there is safety. The country is in
no condition to withstand contest like
that which terminated in the election OF
Mr. Speaker Banks; and we are glad to
know that it is to be avoided.