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Year: 1862

pubHcans are in CMCe.


Except in the event of death, or of revo-


luton, MI. Lincoln will continue to hold the


Office of President until the beginning of


1865, and may, notwithstanding the opposi-


ton of his Congress, pursue whatever course


he or his advisers may think best. As,


however, we are reluctant to believe that


the war will be protracted until the Presi-
dents term of office, and as we are not less
confident tn an heretofore that the effort to
subiugate. the South must prove futile, we
anxiously seek an indication of a change In
the pre-. ent policy.-Tl position of 'h' es
oficio Commander in chief of the Federal
forces is perplexing in the extreme. With
large and we'll appointed army within
few days. march of the Confederate capital,
he feels ashamed of Withdrawing it into win
ter quarters, or disbandng it by agreeing to
terms of peace, without previously attempt
ing to inflct some damage on his resoute
foe. 1t has become an article OF belief with
Mr.. Lincoln's advisers that continuance OF
hostlites is essential to their retention of
power Nor are they mistaken in this re-
spect. They have gone too far now to re-
tract, and the frank avowal of having misled
the public, long after their own eyes were
opened to the folly of the enterprise in which
they were engaged, would Of necessity in
sure their overthrow. For months past it
has been struggle bstween sefishnsss and
patriotism, in which the former has been
predominant. Now, however, plausible
pretext is afford ed to the Government OF re-
treating with the semblance Of dignity,
though with the loss of power from the
false position in which they have placed
themselves. IF the vote of want of conf
dence which has been passed at the recent
elections was received and acted on by them
in becoming spirit, they might console
themselves with the reflection that they had
done all in their power to retrieve their past
errors. War is an evil tc whose magnitude
the American nation is now enabled to bear
strong testimony, and to have shortened the
present unhappy struggle, ever by lew
months, would in itself entitle the outgoing
Government to no little praise. The army
which is now anxiously threading it's way
through the valleys of Virginia might yet be
saved from tbs indiscriminate slaughter for
which it seems to be intended. We fear,
however, it is vain to expect that those who
at present direct American affairs will spon-
taneously acknowledge the errors that they
have committed. Until the Governments
are forcibly elected, we can entertain no hope
of the war being brought to close.
Year: 1862

Of the dead and dying, he nobly fulfilled
the loftiest expectations Of those who had
expected most of him. No veteran Of a
hundred battles ever led his troops more
steadily and skillfully or looked death
in the face more fearlessly. Again and
again the rebel hosts were preoipitated
upon his brigade, but they were dashed
back as If they had been pillows and his
brigade a rock. A large share Of the
honors of the victory upon that red and
immortal battlefield is accorded TO him
and his brigade by all who were witness
es Of their heroic deeds. He has a proud
name throughout the nation, and God
grant he may be spared to make it still
O prOuder one
Year: 1862

GREAT BATTLE IN PROsPECT.-Under this
caption the Richmond Dispatch of OfDecember
23d contends that one or two great and 1t
may be decisive battles must soon be fought
between the loyal and rebel troops. 1t uses
this language in its article;


Circumstances all combine to bring about
two great engagements on either side of the
Alleghanies, which, but for the relations of
Great Britain to the North, would be decis.
i've of the war. 1.-THE South should be beaten
on both fields, she could hardly expect for
some time to get together two armies of any
magnitude aud would have to depend alto
gether upOn the virtues Of Fabian policy,
and general system of skirmishing against
the enemy. If The South, on the other hand,
should gain both battles, the North would
be compelled to desist from aggressive
measures for such q length of time as il
would require to organize and discipline
other new armies. Considering the low
state OF their exchequer, the period required
for this purpose would be SO long that vir-
tual suspension of invasion would be the re-
suit, and the South would be enabled TO
carry invasion TO their own doors. Such
all IuNastOui thouBu Pai'lolly suOCSSeiul,
would virtually end the war, especially if il
resulted in stampeding the Lincoln govern
ment from Washington.


This was spoken on the presumption Of an
imbrOglio between the United States and
Great Britain, for it continues thus:


An attack upon our armies in Kentucky
aud on the Potomac might otherwise have
been postponed until the spring; but the
complication with England must at once
determine the administration to strike it's
blow without delay. A successful battle on
the Potomac aud in Kentucky might avert
war with Great Britain; for defeat by
the South on these two fields would be ta-
ken by the world as conclusive proof Of her
inability to make good her independence.
Year: 1862

TERRIBLE CURRBNT.-Atth the hotel in SMELL
ingville, when the Merced river had risen 80
high as to completely surround the house and
make escape from it most hazardous undertak-
ing, whilst it was quite plain to the inmates
that the force of the current must soon wash it
away, Charles Bloodworth threw large iron
safe containing $4,000 in gold into the cellar
for security. The house soon foated off and in
an hour after strong current washed over its
site. After the food had subsided so as to
admit of return to the spot where the hotel
had stood, Mr.. Bloodworth made search in the
cellar for his safe. 1t was gone, however, and
the banks Of the cellar were washed smooth
The safe was found the same day more than a
quarter Of mile down the stream, yet locked,
though filled with mud and sand and all the
money safe within.
Year: 1862

End testimonials, new aud almost without number
might be given from ladies ld gentlemen In all Grade
of society," whose united testimony none could iesst
that Prof Woods Hair Restorative will restore the bald
and gray and preserve the haiT o. the youth to od age
In all Its youthful beauty. rtf Ht
Year: 1862

We have all more than once heard in
the course of the discussions upon ma
tonal policy as to what the army would
do in precisely such contingency as has
arisen In the Presidents Proclamation
I" If this is made an Abolition war the
army officers will resign" Now will
they The war is not 10 be an Abolition
war, but it is to be carried on over the
ruins Of slavery, because that monster
evil has thrown itself in the way Of the
government What will the army do
Those who calculated upon their demur-
ring to the execution Of mandat,s des-
tructiye to slavery, forget the training
theiF friends if if HE HE Field ED hare had sincs
leaving home. They have seen slavery in
its relations 10 this slavehoders' rebellioni
and officers and men are alike indignant
and disgusted with saving slavery 4
fresh case in point is before us. TIE foI-
lowing letter comes from life long DEM
ocrat, andone who could not have been
mere insulted year ago than by being
termed an Abolitionist. He has had his
yts opened since that time, and writes to
a friend in this city, giving the results of
a year OF hard service with his opporta-
mites for practicable observation and ex-
perience in the land Of treason and trail
tors. a,4..a


Unlike many perscns who would rath
er siuitify their own consciences than ever
admit that their sentiments had changed,
his officer has had the candor to express
his views without reserve


He writes from camp near Bolivar,
Tenn, on the 10Th instant. The writer
says:


am satisfied that the war never will
be put down till more decisive measures
are rsofted TO, and until the Government
use every means In its power to crush the
rebellion. ] see il stated in some of the
Northern papers that the slaves will not
rise nor leave their masters. Ny ex-
perience has been quite the contrary
There is nolhing SO common, on single
days march, as 10 have 500 or 600 OF
them come within our lines and offer to
do anything if we would only take them
along. They are the only friends We have
in the South. In the presen. condition
OF our army We can do nothing for them.
Let it once be understood they are free,
and that ne require their services, and it
Will not be long before those young men,
who are now In arms against the Govern.
ment, will have something to do at home.


JEFF. Dsvis may issue his proclamation
regarding conscription, but this is joint
no proclamation Of his will reach.


If the border States do not choose to
take pay for their slaves, that is their
business. They are bound to adhere to
any measure the President may adopt for
the preservation or the Union.


In passing through the epantry we sel.
dom, u ever, see yonh++ iaaH. This is
easily accounted for and there is a way
Of driving them back. The rule should
be that ''the Union must be saved -


DO all you can, my friend, to push the
Importance of decisive measures. With
out such the Union must 20 down.
Year: 1862

GONG Up.-The foundation wall OF
the State Ba' Building is about completed
and the brick work will be pushed along ss
fast as possible. We .hall soon have yer,
different looking corner from the unsiQhtlv
mass presented to the naked eye few weeks
since.
Year: 1862

YANKEE SUKGEoNs.-The following instance Of
the skill of Yankee surgeon is given by cores
pondent of one of their papers: a-...


A private of a regiment in Kentucky was acc-
dentally shot in the hand. The surgeon tugged at
the bone instead of the bullet for one hour, and


finally gave it up as he said it was too tight in the
bone. The soldier came home on furlough, when
it was taken out without difficulty.
Year: 1862

In their various mrth.creang comcaies and Ethiopian
extravaganza
And host of other


PROMINENT PERFORMERS


THE GRAND DOUBLE COMPANY.
The possession of which places the


AMERICAN MUSIC HALL
and forever above other place OF amusement
In New York.
BOLD STROKE,


A BOLD STROKE,
resolved 10 leave nothing undone that could at all add eat
TO


OUR IMMENSE ENTERTAINMENT
we have for patrons - ..
THE STAR MINSTREL BAND OF THE WORLD
the most complete and popular troupe organized,
EVERY MEMBER OF WHICH is HOST IN
HIMSELF.
Year: 1862

VNANTED--A SITUATION, IN A PRIVATE FAMILY,


By respectable who has lived five years in her
last place would be willing assist in washing ironing
and make herself generally useful the best Of city reference.
Call at or address, for two days II 9th In the store near
Year: 1862

From the Hartford Times.l


In New Hartford, on Monday evening at six
O'Clock three boys went in bathing, in the Far
rnington river above the large dam of the Green
wood company's mills, and one Of them, lad OF
eleven years, getting close upon the dam, was
drawn under by suction into hole in the dam
Tuis hole an accidental one,) was barely large
enough to admit the lads body. but be was
drawn into it and disappeared The other boys
became frightened and ran homo, keeping the
loss of their companion secret, for fear OF con
sequences to themselves. The next day search
was made; his clothes were found on the bank
and the river was thoroughly dragged, to no
purpose On Wednesday morning the boys
were forced to tell where the lad was. AT once
it was resolved to take up "a portion of the dam
This was done, and under the dam the boy was
found Giirc. He was perched on the timbers OF
the dam, the water up TO his thighs. lie was
delerious, and was SO weak that he had 10 be
carried home. wrapped in a sheet. he says he
has no recollection of anything except that ne
found himself climbing up the framework of the
dam in the dark and it kept dark all the while
he was there. He says he cried and shouted all
ihs while through the whole OF it. he must
have fallen some distance when he was drawn
down.
Year: 1862

Our present camp is a temporary one, es.sb-
Eshed at this plaes TO be convenient TO tbs work


and IS entirely without water. Our detail has
just returned from It's morning labor, and there
is no water for them 70 drink Two teams are
employed in hauling but ore of them that is 30
bring the drinking water has failed to get here


It is true that BssuTegard could not have re-
NAMED hers till this tine with MS immense
army, for lack Of water, if for no other reason.
No other army can remain here unless il can
hold the particular points where water can be
had. Il is a most indefensi5le point in summer
Year: 1862

parson BrownloW grows wiser as he
grows older Travel is charging his ment-
ri scope, and wide observation is clearing
his vision. We copy to-day the main
points of 8 recent speech Of his in New
York, which is an improvement, at once
marked and significant, On his former ut
terances. He does not, we believe, pro,
pose in all his harangue to hang an Abo-
itionist- one. This is very well of the
parson; and We will engage that if he will
Etay all summer in New England, he will
be ready to confess that the Abolitionists
are the SILT Of the Garth, and that hcis one
Of en- Let the parson pursue his travel:
and look about him as he goes!
Year: 1862

The President has abrogated the Hunter
PROCLAMATION, without waiting to be Off
cia1y Informed Of its existence, and couples
with his act word Of caution
to our Generals on the one hand, and on
the other word Of Kindly advice to the
slave States, that the "signs Of the
times warn them to accept the
profcr Of compensated emancipation
Mrch as VIC might admire the intent Of
Gen. Hunter, it was difficult to see how
the Cabinet could be reconciled to such
Interference with its OWL policy. Now
that this problem is solved, there is an end
Of the matter.
Year: 1862

EuoRT RorEs ASr Quick SnR1vISG.-The
threat Of guerrilla Warfare the last act in
rebel tragedy, seems about to be carried out
in Western Kentucky. There is way to put
an end TO tha.7 and if the first party Of cut
1hroMs who arc captured arc made to deck the
the trees Of the D-arest Wood, hung up by the
ha1tcrs Of their horses, we shall hear little
more Of guerrilla warfare in the neighborhood
where such an example Of retributive justice
is made. Have we not, in all that region, a
commander who has the qualities which sill
enable him to crush guerrilla numbering?
Year: 1862

DEATH on A REBEL OFFICER "A young
rebel officer, Lieut. Theodore klinck, died
Yesterday al the hospital at Fifth and
Buttonwood streets. His father is an
opulcnt grocer in the city of Charleston
lie was wounded in the battle Of Fair
Oaks, and taken prisoner lie was brought
here on Sunday last in the s. r. Spaulding
lie was attended la his last hours by
kindly hands lie was Lieutenant in
the Hampton Legion. We saw him last
Sunday afternoon, with his leg In q box,
as he lay upon the wharf waiting for
carriage 90 convey him 30 the hospital
AZ his request newspaper was laid
across his face, He feared that an in
censod populace, seeing their brethren
borne home crippled, and him a rebel
among them, might take vengeance upon
him He little knew the magnauimlty
of Phladclphiaus 4le was taken 10 the
hospital, and was cared for as lcnderly
by the ladies Of the institution as II he
had been a son, wounded IN the defence
Of his country.


lie lay upon the battle fold with our
own wounded for eighteen hours before
hc received surgical treatment, and his
thigh was shattered by cannon ball
He died yesterday, az already said
mainly from exhaustion, but quite
pa.nlcssly To his last moments hc re-
pented that he had taken up arms against
the flag Of his country, aud only desired
that his surviving relatives might share
his sentiments, II will be a satisfaction
to his parents though they sympathilr
with rebollion-to know that their son
received the utmost kindness in his
wounded condition, and that his remains
will receive a Christian burial in Wood
lands Cemetery
Year: 1862

An eminent Statesman whose memory
the Democratic Patty delight to honor and
whose teachings they profess to reverence,
once said during greit political discussions
which occurred on the slavery question.


"But If, unhappily. we should be involved in war
between the two parts of this Confederacyn in which
the effort upon one side should be restrain the in
PRODUCTION Of slavery into the new Territories, and
upon the other side TO force KS introduction there
what spectacle should We present, to the astonsh
ment OF mankind, in an effort, not 10 propagate
rights, but must say it, though trust il will be
understood to be said with design to excite feel
ing-a war 10 propagate wrongs in the Territories
thus acquired from Mexico. Ii would be a war i'm
which we should have no sympathes, no good wish
es-in which our own history itself would be n
gainstus; for, from the commencement ofthe Rev
olution down to the present time, we have con-
stantly reproached our British ancestors for tho in
PRODUCTION of slavery into this country"


Every word OF which is truth, and the
prophecy has come to pass. How stand
parties on the greatquestion of the day?-
The great Union party are shoulder to
shoulder in defence Of the Union and
against the party who are fighting for the
extention of slavery in the free Territories,
while the Democratic party are declaring
that they will give neither men nor money
to defend the Government, and are ex
tending aid and comfort daily to the enc
mics of their Country. How will it ap-
pear when the history of this great slave
holders rebellion passes down to the hands
of posterity and it appears on record that
the Democratic party Of the free North
were in favor of starving out our brave
soldiers while desperately fighting for their
country by refusing to vote the necessary
means for their subsistence.
Year: 1862

Some men dawn upon you. like the Alps.
They impress you vaguely at first, just as do
the hundred faces you meet in your daily
walks. They come across your horizon, like
floating clouds and you have to watch while
before you see that they are mountains. Some
men remind you Of quiet lakes. places such as
you have often happened upon, where the
green turf and the field flower hang over and
are reflected out of the water all day long
There is nothing remarkable about the hO~ ers
only that they Seem so much like love and
kindness and gentleness, and those other every
day ordinary little virtues. Perhaps you be-
come attached to the lake because 1t is a gen
ial spot, and whether you ever lived near 9
lake or not. it seems to remind you of hume
But you never dream of its being in any way
wonderful. Some day or other. you careless
~ drop line into the clear depths. close BY
the side of the daisies and dati0dils, and il
goes down, down, down. You lean over anG
sound deeper, but your line doesn't bring up
What deep spot that is! you think, and yOl
try another. the reflected daisies seem t,
smile at you out of the water, the turf look
as green a. ever, but there is no shallow spo
beneath. You never thought it, but you
lake is all around untathomable. You arr
none the less impressed from the fact that it i
quiet Williams Quarterly.
Year: 1862

There are amusing as well as serious
doings in Richmond A letter from there to
the Ndshriilc Union says We have had re-
Gently number of remarkable matrimonial
alliances. Last week the most beautiful girl
in town married widower with eight chill
dren. some of them grown. On the day the
wedding took place man of eighty carried to
the altar a mss Of seventeen summers Mr.
Black Diamonds Pollard. one Of the editors
OF the Examiner, is among the list of hymenial
victims. Some of these marriages took place
in church. and were attended with very noisy
and very ludicrous demonstrations. 1t is said
that when the Old man mentioned above saIu-
ted his bride, the whole congregation shouted
and the boys poured perfect hail storm oi
peanut hulls at the bald sconce of the aged
groom. Richmond is evidently rotting rapid
ly."
Year: 1862

A SALT WELL-One of the most extraordin-
ary salt wells on record, perhaps, is now in
operation at Wellsvile, Ohio. The well was
sunk in anticipation of finding oil but when
at depth of tour hundred and eighty feet the
borers struck vein OF gas. VIII ch burst forth
with such violence as to eject all the tools u-.d
in boring, together with taO hundred feet of
pipe which had been previously introduced
The boring had developed a very strong vein
OF salt water, which yields barrel 0, salt an
hOur
Year: 1862

FILTRATION OF MARRIED WoMEN.-
The innocent Irritation Of married women
is one OF the abominations OF modern SO
ciety. Even desire for p-omiscnous sd.
mi'a,ion is wrong in a wife. The love
Of one and his approval, should be all
tba, she ought to desire. LIE, her be ever
so beautiful, it is a disgusting and appsll.
ing sight to see her decorating that beau.
ty for public gaze to see her seeking the
attentions Of sense!ess fops around her
and Eejoiciug in her admiration Of other
eyes than those Of her husband. Her
beauty should be for him alone, not for
the gaze OF the fools that flu,ter around
her. There is always among the seda,e
and the wise a sensation Of disgust. when
a married lady attempts TO ensnare or
entrsP young men by profuse display oi
her charms, or unlicensed outlay Of her
smileG Such charms and such smiles
are loathsome TO the indifferent behoIdsr;
the trail Of The serpent is over them.
Year: 1862

grsmme is to buy up the slaves OF the
border States, in the meantime hoping to
we will be able to thwart him in this, il
we make a proper use OF our peculiar in.
sti,u,ion; by it We will be able to put
sufficient force in the field to meet any
the enemy can bring, without producing
famiu 10 his own borders. Therefore,
all Of the labor which we command should
be applied in The right direction, then it
will prove blessing to US, and I will say
in conclusion to those having control Of
the labor of this class, let the cry for
bread by the families Of our soldiers ever
reach the army and The effect need not
be told. PETER PLUCK.
Year: 1862

SAVAGE ExpEDrENT TO OBTAIN
WATER.-Livingston, the African
traveller, describes an ingenious meth
Cd by which the Africans obtain water
in the desert. The women tie bunch
Of grass to one end Of reed about
two feet long, and insert it in q hole
jug as deep as the arm will reach ;
then ram down the wet sand firmly
around it. Applying the mouth 10
tae free end Ct the reed, they form q
vacuum il the grass beneath, in which
the water collects, and in short time
rises to the mouth. It will be seen
chat this simple but truly philosophical
and effectual method might have been
applied in many cases in different.
ccuhtries, where water was greatly
needed, to the saving Of life. It seems
wonderful that it SHOULD have been
now FIRST known to the world, and that
it should have been habitually practiced
In africa, probably for centuries. tt
seems worthy Of being particularly
noticed that it may no longer be neg
leeted from ignorance. It may be
highly important to travellers in our
deserts and rraries, in some parts Of
which water is known to exist below
the surface. ...