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Year: 1862

POPULAR RIGHTs ON TRIAL.-The will of the


people, constitutionally expressed by the elec-


ton of a President was resisted by Secession.
The same recourse was threatened By the South.
ern Democracy if Douglas had been elected
Had that event happened his party would have
had the backing of the united Northern people
to put down any resistance to his constitutional
authority The Issue was plainly declared by
the slaveholding faction that if they could not
govern they would break up the Government
This war is to establish the right of the people
to govern For that cause all these terrible sac.
rifces are made Are any so base as to be will.
ing to give up this right, and to throw away all
the sacrifices OF blood and treasure the people
have made to vindicate it. Are they willing to
submit in all future time to be governed by a
Southern despotism, backed by the constant
threat of war! Let the supremacy of the pop
ular will be vindicated now by the unconditional
submission of the rebellion against it, and the
blood OF our brave soldiers will not be spilled in
vain.-[Cin. Gazette.
Year: 1862

interest of the Northwest and the political party that would destroy that market IS our greatest foe.

 Most earnestly, then, do l call upon the men of Indiana to consider what President Lincoln f SC ems to favor, what Cameron urges, what the republican members of Congress in caucus, have determined upon, and what bills now pend ing in Congress contemplate-the freedom ot negroes in the rebel States-in a word, the destruction of Southern labor and the ruin; for ever of our rich trade and the value of our pros ducts.

 lmpeled by false philanthropy. England has made her rich islands a luxurious waste and wilderness, the trade of which IS worth no more than one of the jewels in the Queen crown. Are we now, who have for ourselves and the generations yet to come, such important interests involved, to consent to such pollcy to- wards the great and fertile regions of the Gult of Mexico?

 The first and highest interest of the North west IS in the restoration and preservation oi the Union upon the basis of the constitution and the deep devotion of her democracy to the cause of the Union is shown by its fidelity III the past; but f the failure and folly and wicked' ness of the party in power render union m possible, then the mighty Northwest must take care of herself and her own interests. ohe fnu.C not allow the arts anu HneoSc VI ~" i1HG land to despoil her of her richest con merce ana trade, and to render her labor wholly snbservient to an eastern, sectional, and selfish poticy-eas tern lust of power, con merce and gram.

 know the potent appeal that has been ma e to our pre- udice upon the charge that slave la Dor is in competition with the free labor ot the North; but know also that 1t is not founded in fact. The cultivation of rice, sugar, cotton to boco, and hemp IS not in competition with our labor, but in aid and support of 1t. With the gold which the southerner receives for the sale of his creps he purchases our products, and thus se- cures to our labor its high rewards. Bat We dis | turb the institutions, our fathers approved them-if we free the negroes of the South, what are the consequences upon us? Large numbers of the negroes would seek the North, expecting to meet peculiar sympathy, and one of two re suits would follow; either they would not work and thus be supported out of the earnings Of our labor; or they would come directly in com. petition with our labor; and being of an inferior class and not competent to do as much work, nor do 1t as well the white man, our labor would be degradedand cheapened; and the white man would be driven to seek employmentin com petition with the negro, and to accept as the re- ward of his labor the standard of prices which l that competition would fix.
Year: 1862

H% The New Haven Palladium and Journal aud Courier will both contain full reports of the daily sessions of the legislature Their terms are, for the session $l.O0, for the Session and Laws SIPS, and to any person sending six subscribers an extra copy will be sent gratis.
Year: 1862

p@r They are making great preparations for the Election Parade" at the Inauguration of Gov Buckingham, which will come off in New Haven on Wednesday next. It will undoubtedly be grand affair.
Year: 1862

The REBEL ARMY.-A correspondent of
the New York Herald says that parties in
Richmond, who should know, estimate the
strength of the rebel army at four hundred
thousand, and say it can be maintained at
that point during the winter. Others say it
is an over-estimate. though he tells where
they are located. The new conscription act
will add three hundred thousand to their force;
ard the common talk at Richmond is that
they will commence active operations in the
spring with CSC, LOCO troops.
Year: 1862

WThe editor of thea Muscatine Courier
says that he has employed Henry Clay Dean
to assist IN the defence of the suit for libel
new pending against him, in which the editor
of tho Journal is plaintiff. We should think
that d judicious selection. Dean is undoubt-
edly the filthiest creature in Iowa. Ofcourse
he will fit the case and his client exactly
HGsckeve.
Year: 1862

H-It has been the habit of the Dead Let
ter Office to send back only those letters
that contained matters of value, but for the
past year the experiment has been tried of
sending all letters, and the result has been
very satisfactory. Not more than sixteen
per cent of the letters have been returnad to
the Department, and the double postage that
is charged has realized surplus over the
expense.
Year: 1862

THINK OF lT.-Out of debt, every sixpence
you get ahead is your own; you may look at it
with unalloyed sensation of right to save it or
spend it. to turn it in any fashion it is equal
to. But in debt, your money is not your
own. 1t belongs to him who patiently toiled
for it and earned it.
Year: 1862

That SPEECH. The Courier editor, not
withstanding he thinks it "looks bad for a
man to call on his neighbors to vindicate his
character" has been to the trouble of writing
to Luse, Lane & Co., of Davenport, and pro-


curing denial from them that they ever
received pay from him or the county for
printing one of his speeches. He fourishes
this denial as a triumphant vindication of
himself from charge which he says we made
against him, and says he will hereafter treat
what we may say on the subject with the ut
most silence. He shows great anxiety to have
the matter drop here. But our inquiry, made
in behalf Of the taxpayers of Muscatine
county, is still unanswered. We asked chow
much did the county of Muscatine pay for the
printing of Judge Thayer's speech ?" Will he
now deny that such speech was ever deliver


ed or ever printed? If not, let us have all
the facts in the case. We aim to be truthful
and deal justly even to our enemies, and if
the Judge can clear up this matter honorably
to himself we promise to give him the benefit
of his vindication through our columns. We
give you still further time, Judge.
Year: 1862

~ Our readers will see by a resolution
acted upon by the Board of Supervisors, yes
terday, that it will be necessary for Judge
Thayer to "call on some of his neighbors to
vindicate his character" or rest under the
imputation Of great malfeasance in Office
Journal.


The Journal, with its usual courtesy, pro-
nounces a public decree Of guilty and only
wants the opportunity to hang the culprit.


Now permit US to say, for brother Mahins
benefit, that we shall come out ahead in this
matter. We understand the object, and have
no fears of the result. We know very well
who we have to deal with, and we are always
prepared for such individuals. Courier.


The JOURNAL pronounced no decree what
ever, and your own quotation from our COL
umns shows the statement to be false. It is
no new thing, however, for person guilty of
crime to put on an air of defiance and injured
innocence. No body will be convinced by
that kind of bravado.
Year: 1862

From the Now Orleans Crescent
rumor prevailed in Memphis last Monday that An
drew Johnson had been shot and instantly killed in
Nashville, and that the man who killed him had made
good his escape not true now, probably it win be,
some of these days
Year: 1862

New methOd OF submarine Blustlngs


The Paris correspondent of the London
Times, under date Of Oct. 29, says:


aAmong the works going forward for the
improvement of the ports of France, the
new pier in progress of construction at
HaVre is one Of the most remarkable, En-
gineers are now employed in removing the
foundation Of the tower Of Francis l, and
they take advantage of the high tides to
spring the mines then covered with a great
volume Of water. They profit by the low
water to remove the rubbish. A new sys-
tenn has been introduced for the explosion
of submarine mines. Engineers no long
er make cavities in the rocks to contain
the powder; they merely place a large glass
bottle enclosed in a basket at the bottom
Of the sea where they mean to act, and this
bottle is filed with gunpowder in proper
ton to the effect 10 be produced. The
pressure Of a column Of water of some feet
is sufficient to compress the gas so power
fully as TO cause great ravages on the soil
on which the basket is placed, even were
it of the hardest granite. The gunpowder
is ignited by electricity by means of two
wires, which communicates the FIRE to the
gunpowder, in the bottle. On Thursday
morning last one Of these submarine mines
was sprung by the engineers Of the roads
and bridges, in presence of multitude
Of spectators. The charge of gunpowder
in the bottle was thirty pounds. When
the explosion took place the water rose and
formed an artificial waterspout which
fell on the surface of the water after pro
ducing considerable undulation. The
shock resembled an earthquake and was
felt even in the town. The spectators as
sembled on the breakwater felt it tremBle
under them as if it had been shaken by a
submarine convulsion"
Year: 1862

The Atlanta Confederacy makes the fol-
lowing appeal for the soldier T


AMEN and women Of the sunny South
Did you hear the keen vail as it shook the
rafters and Whistled through every crevice
Of your room last night? Could you sleep 2
Did no ragged, cold, shivering soldier run
his long, cold hand over your face, and hiss
in your ear, Wake up how can you thus
sleep, when and thousands of your brave
defenders, are facing these bleak winds,
with our bodies half lfcovered, our feet bare
and our heads uncovered, and no gloves to
prevent the skin of our hands from cleav-
ing to the cold steel p


Friends in Heavens name wake up,
open your hearts. Go to work, make and
give to the soldiers till you are conscious
you have done your duty"
Year: 1862




Il is about twenty years since one Of
the members Of the present Cabinet was q
member Of Congress from distant west
ern State. he had the usual right Of des-
ignating q single candidate for admission
to the West Point Military Academy. The
applications made to him for a vacancy
which then existed we're not many, but
among them was letter from boy of six
teen or seventeen years Of age, who with
out any accompanying recommendation or
references, asked the appointment for
himself The member dismissed the ap-
peal from his mind, with perhaps passing
thought Of the forwardness and impudenee
Of the stripping who could aspire to such
q place on no other grounds than his own
desire to get a good education at the pub
lie expense. Ei.. -r


But happening a short time afterwards
to be in the little village whence the let
ter was mailed, the incident was recalled
TO his memory, and he thought he would
beguile the few hours Of leisure thathe had
BY looking up the ambitious youth. BE
made his way, by dint Of much inquiry, TO
q small tailor's shop on the outskirts Of the
town. When he was admitted at the door
he found lad sitting oross-legged upon
the tailor's bench, mending rent in an
old pair of psntaloOns. But this lad had
another occupation besides his manual toll.
Near By, on a small block of wood, rested
a book Of abstruse science, to which he
turned his eyes whenever they could be
transferred from the work in his hands.
The member accosted him by the name
given in the letter. and the lad replied 81
am the person" "You wish, then, to be
appointed cadet at West Point ~ 81 DO"
he rejoined. "Why" asked the Congress
man. because" answered the tailor
youth, ~ feel that was born for some
thing better than mending old clothes"
The member talked further with him, and
was so pleased with his frankness, his
spirit, and the rare intelligence he eVinced,
that he procured him the appointment.


The member is now Secretary Smith, Of
Indiana, and the youth General Burnside,
Chief Of the army Of the Po-
tomac. We should not be surprised if that
boy-an excellent specimen Of our North
ern mudsills-Were destined to hoist the
American flag to its old place on the Cap
itol at Richmond.-N z. Zoe. Post
Year: 1862




AeOrrespondent Of the New York Times,
says that the visit Of the President to Gen
eral Burnside, had reference to the delays
which have taken place in the transpOrta-
ton of supplies to that officer ItisknOvn
that Burnside was disappointed on ar
irving at Falmouth, not to find his pontOon
bridge and other necessaries. The Presi-
dent went down to see about ito ascer-
tain precisely where the responsibility for
this failure rested,-te assure General
Burnside Of his steady and hearty support
to renew promises Of all the supplies
and reinforcements he might need, and TO
tell him that, whatever might be the pres
sure upon him, he wished him to fight no
iHdeeisiBs battle there The visit was in
tended and calculated to aid General Burn
sides advance
Year: 1862

| battery, to whom the captured train be-
longed, had n:istook US for a rebel force


marching on to this place, and had formed
into line of battle ready to give US a hearty
reception, and did not find out their mis-
tako until our little squad of cavalry rode
| up to their outposts. The cavalry that
| went in pursuit Of the rebels, drove them
about "a miles into the Cumberland
| mountains, recaptured seven of the wagons
and nine of the men they had taken prl-
soners The escort that was taken con-
| sisted of "a cayalrymen. 1t was reported
here that, when the rebels found that
they were pursued and likely to lose their
prize, they deliberately shot all the re-
naming prisoners, but the story is not
generally believed.


Since we have been stationed here we
have had several alarms Friday night
we were called from our warm beds and
ordered out about mile from town where
We had to guard cross road. A negro
had brought in report that heavy body
OF rebels were moving on the town to cut
us off from the main camp, which is O
little over a mile from here.


Tonight again we are sleeping on our
arms Information of reliable character
has been received that heavy force of
rebels have crossed the Cumberland river
few miles above us and will either at
tack us tonight early in the morning
Whether there is any truth in IL will de
pend on what the morrow brings forth.


/ should hate to be driven from here,
so soon, for We have made quite a number
OF very pleasant rebol acquain,auces One
lady, whose husband is in the Southern
army, is exceedingly kind and obliging
She has fine FLOODED horse, which she
has placed at our disposal-in fact she has
given him 10 us while we remain here, on
condition that we shall save him from
being contiscated She agreed TO day that
if | would allow her to go and see her
husbandI who was not over 80 mics of
| might go along, and she would see that
| should be protected, and allowed to re-
turn unnclested TO my company. The
only restriction demanded was, that |
should remain blindfolded while within
their pickets She agrees to furnish a
horse and buggy-and tell you she has
= nice one too had, however, TO refuse
the kindness


We are now boar ding IN a secesh house.
1t has been kept heretofore as hotel, but
hard times and the war has put an end 10
hotels through here Whiskcy i $500 pr
gallon, while other liquor. cannot be had
at any price and, as money is a little
scarce, bar keeping has also dried mp and
in this country q tavern without a bar Is
no tavern at all


1t is now Il o'clock and no fight yet
If all Is we'll in the mcrping | will add a
postscript. If not. look out for something
stirring next week. u.
Year: 1862

On the Sabbath we are reminded that the
GoD of nations and of nature rules, By the
solemn sounds Of the church bells calling to-
gether the careworn and weary soldiers, that
they may sit under the dropping Of the sanctua.
ry that they may have their courage revived,
their strength renewed by having pointed to
.hem the GoD Of war, who strengthens the pa.
.riot's arm and nerves the armies for the con-
hict on the side of truth and justice How
often the prayers of gratitude have been sent
up in the tented field, that life and strength
are spared and that speedy termination Of
this distressing rebellion is near.


1t is my painful duty to record the death OF
our worthy fellow soldier, Sergeant A. S.
BLACKMAN, our company Qnartermaster. He
was faithful in the discharge Of his difficult and
arduous duties. Though afflicted he repined
not, though diseased daunted in nothing, and
naught but death overcome him. His friends
were all who knew him. He left vacancy
not easily filed, if at all in the company In
the heart Of every member of the company is
a feeling of sadness at the loss Of a tried and
so worthy a friend. And every bosom heaVed
a sigh as his remains were deposited in the
narrow house hence no traveller returns un,
til the last trump shall sOund: calling forth
them that sleep, to morning Of eternity. All
unite in sympatbizing with the friends be left
when he entered upon the duties of a soldier.


A word from friends at home is anxiously
looked for when a word is received it seems
to raise the dropping spirits, and one can in
imagination, be with them.


l close by promising that You shall. if life
is spared me- hear from US again.


ITenain yours, &c,


Serg't E. B. POWELL.
Year: 1862

For many years the people Of Mich
igan, and in fact the Union, have beer
kept i'll perplexing suspense in relation
to great mystery within the possess
ion Of farmer residing at Pawpaw
but which from pecuniary reasons he
saw fit to withhold from the public -
but having become satisfied, as has an
other eminent Michigander. that Gre
publics are ungrateful," he has philan.
thropicai,y given his great secret thro'
the kalamazoo Gdxette, to his Agricul
tural brethren Of the Union.


The First Thursday IN March, the
first Thursday in June, the first Thurs
dav in September, and the first Thurs
day in December, are the governing
days for each season. Whatever point
of compass the wind indicates on those
days, that will be the prevailing poin,
for that season on the opposite will
be the mitigating or shifting point for
the same season.


Hoao to find the .aa1ns6er Of storms
for each season.--If it storms on the
first Thursday, or any subsequent
Thursday, count the remaining days OF
the month, which is calendar part OF
the calculation. Add to this the num-
ber Of days to come Of the moon,-
which will give you the number OF
storms to that season, or three months.
For example: If it should storm the
ti,st Thursday in March, and that was
the third day Of the month, there
would remain twenty-eight days in that
month. If we had new moon On that
day that would give twenty eight days
more. which added to the above would
make fitty-six, the number Of changes
for that season. Such was this spring.


If it should storm on the first day OF
June next we must have wet sum
mer, as there will be new moon on
that day.


You have nothing to do with what
is passed Of the month, or what is pass
ed Of the moon, but add together what
IS to come of both.


When the first storm comes, after
the first Thursday in the season, that
will be the basis of calculation for the
number of storms for that season. For
example: If wind should come On the
first Thursday in December, and that
should be a snowy DAY, sleighing will
be plenty that winter. Knowing the
wind will be most of the time n ". or
S. E, it is plain we cannot have pcrIna-
nent sleighing, because snow canno.
stand before these southerly winds as
was the last winter.


The whole secret lies in ascertaining
the prevailing point Of the wind on the
first Thursday in each season, as that
will locate the wind for that season.
Strange as this may appear, it is true.


WIN. w. RYAN.
Year: 1862

The following is one Incident
among many hundred illustrating the
character Of the fight at Pittsburg:


''On Sunday one of the Generals
from whom l heard the incident, no.
tieed a middle-aged man without hat
or coat, who, behind the shelter of a
tree, was loading and firing apparently
with as much GOODNESS as if he were
shooting squirrels in lieu of 's>ecesh." :"
He had evidently seeded from his
company and regiment if he ever be-
longed to one, and was fighting on his
own account. Ny informant saw him
raise his rifle, take deliberate aim and
fire, and then watch eagerly the result.
It successful in bringing down one of
the enemy he, with piece of chalk
which he carried in his vest pocket,
marked one on his cartridg box
Three times the General saw him dis
charge his unerring rifle with the same
result, and each time the modern
Misunderstanding endorsed one on his
account. A moment after shell struck
the tfee, crashing through Tue trunk
and instantly killing the collected and
unerring rifeman. The following Tues
day when the dead were being burie /
his body was found, one hand still
grasping his fatal rife, and his car
tridge-box on which five chalk marks
were visible, by his side. He is inter
red at the foot OF the tree in name
less grave, and bis rifle which was the
messenger Of death to Eve enemies of
our country on that memorable Sun
day, now hangs in the tent Of one Of
our distinguished Generals, as me
mento Of the battle Of Shiloh"
Year: 1862

nized as the most fixed in their pur-
pose. Show it to be the same in poll
tics as on the field. Encourage the
President to enlarge his Border State
message encourage MIR. Stanton, his
whole Cabinet, to say, within six
months, death to every institution
that makes war upon the Republic, and
liberty to every man under its flag -
prolonged applause.]
Year: 1862

Mr. Tice looked around, and found
that instead of the cheese he had been
sitting upon peck measure. When
he understood the manner in which the
exchange had been effected, he was
about the worst excited man Of the
season. He offered fifty dollars to any
one who wonid give s:"e him an oppoftuni'
ty to fight the thieves, with one hand
tied behind his back.