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Year: 1862

The monster elephant Hannibal, belong
ing to Van Amburgh & Co.'S Menagerie.
came near losing his life, few days since,
while travelling from Keyport to Freehold in
New Jersey. His keeper had taken him or
from the road, in order to avoid an unsafe
bridge, when in crossing tract of swampy
land the ground gave way beneath him, and
the enormous animal sank up to the middle
of his side in the yielding mud, where he
houndered away for some time without be-
ing able to extricate himself; his struggles,
on the contrary, resulting in rendering his
situation each moment more dangerous, until
it was feared that it would be impossible to
save him. The heavy shackles with which
he was fettered preventing a free movement
Of his limbs, made his position still more crit
ical, until help arrived, when by placing tim
bers in front and around him, he was enabled,
after time to extricate himself At 6rst he
was very much frightened, trumpeting loudly
and struggling wildly, but after the timbers
were placed within his reach, he went to
work more Systematically, and exhibited
much intelligence in his subsequent opera
tions depending principally upon his tusLs to
raise himself Wheu exhausted up his exer-
tons, he would throw himself oAer on one
side, in order to gain all the boyaney dossible
until he become somewhat rested, wheh he
would assume an upright position and go
manfully to work again. His efforts, were
finally crowned with success, no less to his
own satisfaction than that of his owners, to
whom his loss would have been iTeparable.
as he is much the largest elephant ever seen
in this Philadelphia Press
Year: 1862


Down in the street there's trampling Of feet,
And the big drums boom on the top of the hill
There's a clatter ofswords and murmur ofwords,
And veins are swelling sith blood to spill.
And the ffe and drum through the long streets


come,


And the flags are let loose from window and


wall;


There are loud 'Hurrshsr ~ and the brass band


plays;


And what does it mean, this music and all?
WY, sound came up from the far-Ofr South,
And the war dog barked ere the morning light,
And thrill went far through the heart Of the


North,


And the men rose up like a storm in the night.
The face Of women are washed with tears,
For the men they love are in battle array;
o, what can the beautiful women do?-
What can q woman but weep and pray?
Why, buckle the sword TO the man she loves,
And vow to be true to him when afar,
And kiss him and kiss him before he goes,
And send him away 10 the war.
And the very angels shah look with surprise,
As they lean from the ramparts abovel
For there lives not man in the scope Of the skies,
That is not hero for loyel


TIL Treason and Traitors are undertrod,
And prove to the world man is king of himself,
And how dear is The People to God
Year: 1862

souri-was commanded by a native Of the
State Of Vermont, who had been a candidate
for constable on the Republican ticket in the
State of Iowa only two years before. He did
not own a negro, and yet he was in command
Of a company in the State of Missouri, and
had marched eighty or ninety miles for the
purpose Of endeavoring to preserve some Of
the powder which Governor Jackson was DIFF
fusing throughout the State to be used by his
friends when the time for the rebellion to break
out should arrive. He was Northern man,
and owned no negroes, and yet he started out
for the purpose of protecting my property and
the property of other Shareholders in the State
Of Missouri from any peril in which it might
be placed by the acts Of the present Admins
tration. I, sir, never had any fear upon that
score. I believed that the Government of the
United States would protect me and protect
my property. I wanted not to sunder the
bonds which bind US as one great and mighty
nation, but to preserve and maintain them.
Year: 1862

Col. PHELPS, OF Missouri, said in a recent
speech in Congress:


My colleague, CIr. Blair) in the speech
which he made not long since upon this floor,
was right when he advanced the opinion that
the Shareholders were the last men to yield to
this rebellion and that, as a general rule, at
the inception OF this rebellion, the Shareholders
were not arrayed against the Government of
the United States; but, on the contrary, de-
sired to preserve and perpctuate this Union.
I subscribe, from my own knowledge, to ev-
evrything which he said upon that point I
know that it was so. know it from men in
my own State who have been in the rebel ar
my. know it from declarations which have
been made to me by citizens of the State of
Arkansas, who have told me what their views
and opinions are in reference to the rebellion.
I have been told by them that men who were
born North Of Mason and Dixons line, and
who had only been there a short time, were
in nine cases out of ten the most violent and
rabid secessionists in the community, and es-
pecially if they did not own negroes.


Why, sir, the first military company that 7
saw marching in the neighborhood Of the town
near which I reside-and it was before active
hostiEties had broken out III the State Of Mis-
Year: 1862

Mr.. SENATOR Ten EYcK, of New Jersey, in
the course Of some remarks on the tax bill,
pending in the Senate on Thursday last, made
the following just and forcibIe reference to the
high and holy sanctions which bind the loyal
people Of the Union to a sacred observance Of
the Constitution in all its limitations as well
as in its grants ofpOwer. The Senator evi-
IDENTIFY has no respect for the opinion Of those
who beedlessly charge that all who invoke
constitutional scruples" in the matter Of pun
ishing rebels are themselves "rebels at heart. :"
He said:


"Sir, all our measures here should be to
save the Union and the Constitution. This
war Is for the Constitution, and to compel
obedience to it In carrying on this war, and
providing means for that purpose, we cannot
wiliuily overthrow or violate it; five do, then
every article of property that we seize Is a
robbery, and every man we kill constitutes a
murder Sir, we are able to crush rebellion
and still preserve the Constitution unbroken
and unimpaired II, with our superiority in
men and means, we will not do it, then We
deserve to faiL"-Nati0nal Gltslligencsr
Year: 1862

WATCn THEM.--Wc were shown a
coal ticket yesterday which was thrown down
at the scales the other day, on which the own.
er Dragged that he had sold nine loads OF coal.
lie would haul the load; and take back the
ticket on some presense, and get another prob.
Tor. and thus swindle the purchaser. After
this let buytrs watch them. and when they
once take . ticket. tear 1t up. The haulers
have no right TO it after the load on which ii
10 dPa wn is sold
Year: 1862

MsjoT-General Cassius n. Clay is expected
TO arrive here in a few days, his friends looking
for him in every steamer. There is no doubt
that the brave Kentucky emancipationist viii
be heartily welcomed on bis return to q country
which needs men of pluck and stamina Ike
him.


We have announced the fact that Mr.. Clay had
taken bis leave of the Car, and introduced TO
him Minister Cameron. Bayard Taylor, in
letter to the ITibHns thus reports Mr.. Clay's
farewell remarks:


Your Imperial Majesty win see, from the let
ter Of the President Of the Unfted States, which
have the honor to bear, that he recalls me at
my own request. Had l consulted my pleasure
rather than my duty, I Should not have ex-
changed the attractions which surround your
Imperial Majesty's court for the hardshi9s and
danger for the Geld Of battle BY This devotion
to my country, your Imperial Aajssty win
measure the depth Of my gratitude that you
have magnanim0usly stood By US in our time Of
need, of humiliation, and Of national peril. That
gratitude is felt by every lover of our great re-
public At homo and abroad. Should I survive
the Wsr, to enjoy that more stable peace which
I believe God reserves for our country, it shall
be the purpose Of my life TO cultivate and
strengthen that gratitude fer your Imperial Maj
ssty, your house and your people. Ny country
men know already what you have been to us
shall tell them Of tie clemency, Of the firm
ness, of the sublime courage which your fmpe-
rial Majesty displays IN your magnaHimous ef-
forts for the progress and glory VI yonr own
people. To have personally know .nd enjoyed
the graeions consideration Of the most illustri-
Gus among living man, who viii be known IN
all time as the Czar Of all the Rassias, but as
Alexander H. viii be to nae the most precious
Of lifes memories. SD in leaving your impe-
rial presence, 90 to mingie my aspirations
with the great millions of the Western World,
that God viii prosper and have in His holy
keeping your Imperial Majesty, your imperial
house, and the foTtunste millions Of people under
your pasernal rule
Year: 1862

The telegraph says Intervention Is
imminent. That has been the case
for over a year. We will believe il
when we see it,


The telegraph still says Lincoln
will carry out his proclamation. If
so, we hope he has been provided
with two chips.


The telegraph reports that the
President says that he would die
rather than rocede from his procla-
nation. Not aword OF truth in it.
The President doesn't prefer dying
on slight occasions, and is not in
the habit of expressing such pre-
ference. He will carry out his pro-
clamation, the radicals say; but he
will not be put to the trouble. The
people have carried it out and nave
thrown it inte the sewer of the past
among other disgusting rubbish.
Year: 1862

he was a private, who declared
thai if the war could be brought
to a close through the tnstrumen.
tality ofthe Democrats, they woSld
forever vote for that party on their
return to the Granite State.


1t appears to be quite unpopular
to express any other views than
those held by the Democracy of
the nation, and there seems to be
an increasing confidence in that as
the only party that can carry the
Government successfully through
peace or war.
Year: 1862

one day last week lame soldier limp
Ell by hotel in Rockford, and lounging
fellow on the portieo inquired the nature
OF his injury. Il was wounded at Pitts
burg Landing" said the volunteer proud
ly, Served you right" rejoined his in
terTogatOr, Il wish every id man of
you had been shot" The wounded SOL
dier, stung by the insult, felt more keen
ly than ever the disability of his wound.
and so assured the scoundrel, who would
not have been personally safe had the vol
unteer been armed. But it was not TO
end thus. Strong hands were laid upon
the knave, stalwaFt forms lifted him. and
stout boots aceelrated his progress, to q
grove near the outskirts where q conyen-
lent limb and highly suggestive cord
were the paraphernalis in waiting. The
traitor was drawn up thrice until he felt
his coward soul well nigh its departure
lie begged and prayed, and filed the cir
with his supplicatiOns, and the moose was
relaxed. Hewas made to repeat thsoath
oil allegiance, and then q stout rail was
his conveyance out of town, whose pre-
erncts he will not be likely soon to cross
again. The Rockford patriots were
thoroughly reused, and the lesson they
gave good one, and words of treason in
that place must be low and of secret ut
terance hereafter. And this is the right
feeling. 1t is quite time for loyal men to
declare that Treason must be d,tnab, either
in spoken words, or in newspaper columns
that reck with disloyalty 1t is not the
mob spirit that we would rouse, but if We
arm our brothers and send them to the
field to punish rebels with bayonet and
ball, are we TO permit in our own comu-
mites, home traitors to deery the holy
cause OF the country, and aim to weaken
patriotism among us? The people of
Rockford were right, and the people of
Woodstock will doubtless take good care
never again to allow a secession :vilifier of
the Government to hiss his treason in
their village. 1t is more fortunate for
him than he can again expect to be, that
he came safe home to Chicago. His er-
raud IN McHenry county will do good
A missionary of treason, he plainly laid
before his audience of patriotic hearers a
forcible illustration of the present dangers
of the country from the desseminator in
treason in the loyal States. These n.s0
must be stopped. Treason must be dumb
in the Northwest, even if terrible exam
pies be needed to enforce the lesson


CEirggo Tribune
Year: 1862

as had never before been known-aII
which would add to our wealth and pros
perity and would open new fields of labor
in the South as well as the North, which
had heretofore remained uncultiVated.


He closed by urging upon every citizen
the duty OF sustaining the Administration
in the discharge of its arduous and diff
cult task-to applaud the President when
he rebukes the half-and-half Secessionists
OF the border States, as well as when he
turns a deaf ear to the fanatics of the
North. He had closely watched the ca
reer of the President since his inauQ1ra-
ton, and he wished to say here that in
his opinion Abraham Lincoln embodies
within himsulf the common sense of the
people of this country.
Year: 1862

Only let woman be sure that she Is
precious to her husband not useful. not
valuable, not convenient, simply, but
lovely and beloved let her be the recipi-
ent of his polite and hearty attentions:
let her feel that her care and love are
noticed, appreciated and returned let her
opinion be asked, her approval sought.
and her Judgment respected, in matters
of which she is cognizant in short, let her
only be loved, hOnored and cherished. in
fulhllment of the marriage VOW. and she
Will be to her husband, and her children
and society, awellspring of pleasure. She
Will bear pain, and toll, and anxiety, for
her husbands love IS to her a tower and
fortress. Shielded and sheltered therein.
adverslty will have lost its sting She
may suffer, but sympathy may dull the
edge of sorrow. A house with in it-and
by love, | mean love expressed in words
and looks and deeds, for have not one
spark of faith in the love that never crops
OUTS to a house without love, as per
son TO machine: the one is life. the other
mechanism.


The unlOyed woman may have bread
just as light, house Just as tidy as the
other but the latter has spring of beau
ty about her, JoyouSness, an aggressive.
and penetrating, and a pervading
brightness, to which the other is strang-
er. The deep happiness in her heart
shines out in her face. She is ray of
sunshine in the house. She CLEANS all
over. 1t is airy and gay, and warm, and
welcoming with her presence. She is full
of devices and plots, and sweet surprises
for her husband and family. She has
never done with the romance and poetry
of life. She is herself lyric poem, set
ting herself TO all pure and gracious mel
Odies. Humble houshold waves and du-
ties have for her golden significance.
The prize makes the calling high, and the
end dignifes the means, Her home is a
paradise, not sinless, not painless, but
still 4 paradise for Love is Heaven and
Heaven IS Love-"
Year: 1862

IT is samazing to observe the courage with
which upon mere common report, facts
are repeated, which tend to the utter ru-
in of character and even motives conf
IDENTIFY assigned. which it was impossible
should be known.
Year: 1862

An Irish auctioneer, putting up pair
OF jet earrings to a very respectable com
pany of ladies, said that they were Just
the sort of article he himself would pur-
chase for his wife were she n widow,
Year: 1862

In the coming elections the people Of
the United States will be divide into two
political parties. One party will be Com
posed OF those who are in favor f the Con
slitution as it was understood and inter
preled 10y the patriots who framed it, and
the greatest statesmen who have guided the
des,nes Of the nation and the Union as it
was, and the other party will be composed
of those who are opposed to The restoration
OF the Union as il was. with the rights
and dignity and equality of all the States
unir. paired. and who regard the Constitu
ton ms subordinate to the higher law, and
hat it should not be respected as the su-
preme law of the land Parties in the fu
ture will divide upon these issues. and
there is no difficulty in foretelling upou
which side the conservative masses of the
country will be found. - Sentinel.
Year: 1862

The Louisville Democrat thus combats
the Abolition idea of the equality Of men
as stated 10 the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence:


"AIl men are created free and equal. =
What did the authors of the Declaration
of Independence mean by this declara-
ton? We may take it for granted that
they didn't mean that individual men
were equal physically or mentally, or that
all races Of men were equal in physical OF
intellectual endowments. We may take II
for granted too. that they did not mean 10
e,ultify themselves before all mankind, by
asserting that their negro slaves were
free and equal to themselves. or were en-
titled to the same freedom and equality.
Year: 1862

Hey. dey, Molly! pretty piece of bus
mess! What have | told you time an,
again. madam? You'll find you had be,
ter mind your master. And you. you la
zy' thieving vagabond, let me see vol
clear out of my house and off my land
good deal quicker than you came on til,
premises


Your house and your land / exclaim
ed the soldier, starting suddenly up, erec
and tall, and dashing off his hat with ;
quick, fiery gesture. His eyes flashed
like lightning, and his lips quivered with
Indignation as he confronted the astonish
ed Tompkins. The latter was evidently
afraid of him, and his wife had given a
sudden nervous shrek when the soldier
hrst started to his feet and flung off his
hat. and sunk trembling and half faint
ing In the chair. for she had recognized
him.


You haint any business to interfere
between me and my wife, said Tompkins
sulkily, cowed by the attitude of the sold
ier.


Your wife exclaimed the soldier.
with the very concentration of contempt
expressed in his voice. and pointing 10 him
with an indignan. finger.


Who are yous' asked Tompkins, with
an air Of effrontery.


Il am Harry Jones. since you ask re-
piled the soldier, the owner of this house
and this land. which you will leave this
very hour! As for Molly softening
his tone as he turned to the woman now
sobblng hysterical!y. she shall choose be-
tween us.


%, Harry. sobbed she, while Tompkins
stood dumb with astonishment, take me.
save rae.


With one step he was at her side, hold
Ing her in his arms.


'What did you mean treating this poor
child SO? Did you think because she had
no earthly protector that there was not a
God in Heaven to take her part against
you?


No man who is cruel to a woman is ever
truly brave. and Tompkins skunk away
like beaten spaniel.


The next day had not passed away be-
fore everybody in the town knew that
Harry Jones had come home alive and
we'll to rescue his much.enduring, patient
wife from worse constraint than that of a
British prison;--but what they all said
and what Molly felt. l must leave you to
imagine. for here the legend ends.
Year: 1862

habit Of self abuse. To which added observations On
Female Diseases and other interesting of the


most Importance 10 the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts Of their physical ability
enter that Sent % any address IN sealed wrap
per. on receipt Of ten cents or four stamps


We devote enfire time and attention 10 the treat


Of the private diseases ate Of in pr
report Our pspensary Is the only Institution q the
kind IN America which has been tablshed nv special
charter Ani this fact should give preference over the
various quacks of doubtful character % be found in ell
srge cities
Year: 1862

has won tor itself such a renown for the cure of
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaints;
that il is entirely unnecessary for us TO recount
the evidence of its virtues wherever IL has been
employed. AS it has long been in constant use
throughout this section, we need not do more
than assure the people its quality is kept up to
the best il ever has been. and that it may be re
lied on TO do for their relief all it has ever been
l.
Year: 1862

THE TERMS OF PEACE


1t seems that the recent victories Of
the Confederate army have aroused a
feeling for peace, which is beginning to
find public expression in Northern cities
We are informed that late copy of the
New York Times has been received that
says: "If the combined armies of Nc
1 Clellan, Burnside, and Pope are defeat
ed, then we for one are for settlement"
We have not seen the paper, and do not
know whether or not any qualifications
were added Those who informed us Of
the Times expression, added that the
whole tone of the article was that of dis
appointment and sorrow Whether or
not this statement is correct, we have no
doubt that thousands of the North, who
have heretofore silently submitted to the
popular cry, will now speak out and de-
mand peace, since all their armies have
been defeated, and no force intervenes
between our victorious army and the
Northern cities


Gen. Lee understands the Northern
character well enough to know that the
surest guarantee of an early peace is the
vigorous prosecution of present success
es. He has shown himself to be a gem
eral who properly estimates the value of
quick and rapid movements; he is press
ing forward toward the enemy country,
and nothing but speedy offer of the
most favorable terms of peace will pre-
vent an early invasion of Northern ter
ritory, carrying to the enemy's home the
same kind of warfare that has been
practiced by them in the South. When
the fact Of invasion is forcibly presented
to the Northern mind, our own terms
of peace will be offered u.s.


The only terms which the Confederate
States can accept will be the immediate
recognition of the present Confedeate
States, and the permission to the other
States to elect their own destiny, and to
decide whether their future shall be with
the Confederate States or with the United
States We are of the opinion that the
principle of election should be applied
not only to the border slave States, but to
each and all of the remaining United
States. Not that any of the Northern
States are wanted in the Confederacy,
but as an acknowledgment Of the right
Of secessdo,.-.for achich this war has
been acaged


The peace which ends this war should
acknowledge the ends for which it was
fought, and apply its principles to each
and all of the United States.


We do not see the necessity of any
proclamation to the Northwestern States
about the free navigation of the Missis-
sippi river; that has already been sufic-
iently declared, and the Northwestern
States have, Notwithstanding that offer,
as vigorously sustained the war as any of
the Northern States We are unwilling
to mitigate the force and effect of our
victories by extending favors or offers to
strated-let us do nothing that viii ap-
pear like an effort to purchase it.


The earnest desire of the people of the
Confederate States for peace is known to
the North. Whenever the United States
are prepared to have peace, it can be
obtained upon proper terms In the
meantime our army will speedily ap-
proach the enemy territory, and be pre-
pared to aid all peaceably disposed per-
sons and communities by cooperating
against the enemys forces.
Year: 1862

6 p4~ We find the following beautiful
and eminently just eulogism in the Wa
bash Express Of Thursday last. We do
not remember to have ever seen any eu-
lcgy more beftting the subject Col.
Topping was model man in every rela-
ton of life:
Year: 1862

There's poem by Sake, very witty, own.
The subject Of which is $50 it Alone"


And the wisdom of which am slow to deride
For read it with pleasure and profit beside,
And said TO myself it is just as You sing,


SELF RELIANCE. dcar bard is a glorious thinn .