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Year: 1863

ENsIAND's FuTURE CoURsE~--A gentleman,
who, were we permitted to give his. name,


would be recognised at once, as one able TO
speak e. edtledrai in regard to men and parties
in England, gives it as his opinion that there
need Ne No longer any apprehension here with
regard to the course England win pursue in
reference to our national difficulties. He states
that while the sympathies of the aristoeracy
are to a considerable degree enlisted ON the
side of the rebels, they nevertheless fear the
Year: 1863

DEclsIoN.-The Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue has decided that, as by proviso to
Sec -, bullion in the manufacture of silver
ware is not regarded as a manufacture within
the meaning of the act the manufacturer of
silver ware may, in making his returns to the
assessor, deduct from actual sales the current
value OF bullion used in making the various
articles embraced in his sales; and Sec 90 of
the Act OF March 3D.. by pronouncing that Sill
yer bullion rolled or prepared exclusively for
platers' use shall b. exempt from taxation, al.
loves the manufacturer of plated ware. in
making his returns, IN like manner to deduct
the current value of the ssrolled or prepared
silver used in the production of his wares, be-
fa re the tax is assessed thereon


The Commissioner has also decided that all
persons acting as attorneys IN the presentation
and collection of claims against the Govern.
ment, must take out license rs claim agents.
A license as lawyer VIII not cover that prac.
tice.
Year: 1863

From the Express.
The battle had ragged from the dawn Of the day,
The life blood of thousands was ebbng AVA,
As our column moved forward, it raincd shot and


shell,


Yet rushed on uuheeding who stood or who fell
The batt'ries were stormed in a tempest of fire,
Mid the blaze Of the cannon the foemcn retire,
But slow their retreat in their resolute fight,
Till the struggle found rest in the gloom of the


night.


The moon as it rose in dark clouds was concealed,
As if hiding its face from the blood on that field
A Young diving soldier, the column who led,
As the corpse of his brother had pillowed his


head


In the heat of the onset, its fury and strife,
His sword meta Zoe and had taken his life
But worse than his death wound, the heart


rending pan,
To find twas hi: brother his weapon had slain.
As the ambulance corps sought the wounded that


night


Where a hlockof dead told how fierce was the


fight


They heard the 'ast PRAYER Of brave soldier 5


breath.


Ere his heart ceased to throb in the portals OF


death:


80 Father vi Mercy forgive me the nlGW
That caused the heart blood cf 4 brother to flow,
Tha: reuds the fond .!curt OF Il mother IN twain,
To weep for the slayer, as she wccps for the slain.
when Life has no longer charm to display,
When Earth and lis visions are passing away,
How weak are the caGses, rs now understood.
Have led to the thirsting for each others blood {;
Oh, great God Of Battles, grant carnage ma


Cease,


Lock down on our country. and give to it peace,
Let our Union be Love! and as Hatred departs
The Union will live in Il Union Of licartS.
Year: 1863

themselves so early and fully in opposition
to the war and the Government.


From our soldiers in NIL quarters come
resolutions Of indignant rebnke to disloyd
words and deeds Of the Copperheads, and
warning of wrath to come when our brave
boYs return from the War.
Year: 1863

Sans HooPs. 1t is exceedingly nat
ural for the human species to run to
extremes in everything. 1t is partic-
ularly SO in the matter of fashions
The paraphernalia with which we in
vest these earthly bodies has been got
up in such a variety of shapes that it
must now be exceedingly difficult to
originate anything new. In the des-
perate effort of fertile minds, however,
to accomplish this, themo ridiculous
and fantastic gear has been contrived,
and the fashionable portion of the
community put it on and go into &C.
stacies over its beauties. We speak
particularly of female fashions. AS
the head occupies the place of honor
in the physical system, so the bonnet
has been the crowding glory Of fash
ionable ingenuity. 1t has gone up
and down, stuck in front and tack
ed on behind, gorgeously squashed
out at the sides, and painfully pressed
in from the same quarter. 1t has
been made of every conceivable mate
rial from straw and sheet iron to alli-
gator skin and bark, and has been
"ornamented" with everything to the
latest new sensation of bugs and bull
finches. The time was within our
recollection when all fcmaledom went
mad on the subject of crinolines.-
They expanded fcarfully. No lady of
quality would have the temerity to
venture abroad with diameter any
less than double her height. Now
there is a sudden collapse and decid-
ed tendency toward the other extreme


The gracefully expanded folds of the
skirt ksve shrunk to insignificance
and clung lovingly around the lower
extremities, or flap spitefully at tho
heels. Visions of bean poles attenua-
tod by a persistent course of starvation
rise up like the ghosts of murdered
scarecrows. OF all the styles in which
the "female form divine has been got
up, the fashion of skirts of the scant-
est dimensions is decidedly the latest.
Year: 1863

We are growing old--,,ow the thought will ris
When a glance Is backward cast r.
On some long remembered spot that lies
! In the silerce of the past


II may be the shrine Of our early VOWS,
Or the tomb Of carly tears
But II seems to be a far-of isle 10 us,
In the stormy sea Of years.


Oh, wide and wild are the waves that part
Our steps from its greenness now n
And we miss the joy of many heart,
And the light Of many brow;
For deep DER many a stately bark,


Have the whelmng billows rolled,
That steercd with ms from that early mark !.
Oh, friends, we are growing old.
Old in the dimness and the dust
or our daily tolls and cares,


Old in the wrecks Of love and trust
Which our burdened memory bears.
Each form may wear 10 the passing gaze
The bloom Of lifc's freshness yet,
And beams may brighten our latter days,
which the morning nevor met,
But oh the changes we have seen,
In the far and winding way;
The graves in our path that have grown green,
And the locks that have grown gray!
The winters still on our own may spare
The sable or the gold;


But We saw their SHOWS upon brighter hair
And, friends, we are growing old.
We have gained the worlds cold wisdom now,
We have learned TO pause and fear;
But where are the living founts whose flow
Was a joy Of heart to heart
We have won the wealth Of many q cline,
And the lore Of many page;
But where Is the hope that saw in time
But its houndless heritagel
Will IL come again when the violet wakes,
And the woods their youth renew 2
We have stood in the lignt Of sunny brakes,
Where the bloom was deep and blue;
And our souls might joy in the spring time then,
But they was faint and cold
For 1t ne'er could give us the youth again
OF hearts that are growing old.
Year: 1863

A Physician of Wheeling has for
some time past been attending young
girl who has been sadly derangcd. :
The other day, to see what effect it
would have, no poured about pint
of water upon her head. The girl
was then permitted to go into another
room, whore she conducted herself
very quietly. The Doctor was about
leaving the house, when the girl (who
was standing in the door of the room)
beckoned for him to come to her. She
stepped back into the room, and as tho
Doctor was about to come in, sho
threw bucket Of water on him, re-
marking that his face nocdod washing
as much as hers did.
Year: 1863

An insurrection may be suppressed
by force, but belief is not 10 be thus
subdued. An intelligent and just adj
ministration could a hundred years
ago have made Ireland as loyal di-
vision Of the British kingdom as Scot
land or Wales. Fasaticism and ty-
ranny have ingrained the hatred that
Cromwelps troopers first made hath.
raj and universal. The radicals talk
about peace with the South. We had
peace once--we had more, we had ge-
nial intercourse, acommon pride, CONF
mon interests, and common loyalty
to the nat tonal flag. All thejo, radi-
Gals for twenty years have done their
best to destroy. Their work has had
the fearful consequences which now
surround us, but which we are yet far
from realizing or feeling as we shall.
Could we thoroughly over-run the
South, depopulate and make howl
ing wilderness of half our national
territory, yet so long as man is man
we can never reconstitnte the nation
upon radical principles. Not until
the radicals are hurled from power,
and their doctrines are repudiated for
ever by the North, shall we have re-
union with the South. Then it may
be not impossible. That the mania of
radicalism is a self-limited disease We
fully believe; but the question now is
whether its course will be run ere the
country is ruined. d.-BoStoR Courier.
Year: 1863

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star or compass, and Tom ID her


man was sitting upon the deck Itch


ing the mast with legs and arm and


"sighing like furnace" as very


wave swept over and nearly drowned


him. He begged for something to


eat and something to drink, andpray-


ed for some one to take him away


from the great peril that threatened


to defeat all his visions of Clam Chow


der, Oyster Pies, Lobster Salad, aud


sundry other phantoms of civilized


life that had continually haunted him
since shipping upon thisl certain road
to starvation. Had he been afoat in
the Atlantic upon sawlog his rescue
would not have been more difficult,
and we assured him that any sut5fef-
fort would be certain death. Ha de-
clined the sacrifice and became in a
manner resigned. But the vind
howled on, and the mad watersleapcd
up in terror, and the black night gave
no hope of the end of our journey r
The Captain, however, assured us
that the night was more than usually
calm, and that very soon we should
make the lea of the Island of Omate-
pc, from which we should not emerge
until we arrived at Virgin Bay. Hm
said an involuntary amenl and con-
tinued his cold-bath and starvation
complaints. m


There was no sleeping done upon
that craft that night, but every eye
was eagerly fixed in the direction
where wesupposcd the morning woifld
first show her approach, and gladly
the first faint streaks were hailed.--
AS soon as we could make out the
shore we discovered that we had
passed our destination, and that we
must go about Soon after sunrise
we ran as near the serf as was safe
and dropped anchor, and few mo-
ments later were carried ashore on
the shoulders of huge natives, for the
very moderate charge of one dollar
each. Once on dry land and we found
ourselves in busy little place built
up by the omnipresent Yankee, bat
full of Spaniards, mules and hotels.--
We did not pause here, but mounting
our mule spurred over the crag)y
mountains, cut into gorges by inp1
seasons the mountain streams foam
and dash along. Now through dreary,
scraggy woods, and now over rocks
and procipices we climed, until at last
the blue waters of the far rolling Pa
cific greeted our eyes, and at our very
feet lay the little town of San Juan
Del Nord. The splendid steamer
North America having just been
wrecked, there was nothing loft for
us but a sail vessel, which was then
lying inside the headlands with her
foresail shook out and her passengers
going aboard, We joined the crowd
and before s,mdown had sunk the
bold cliffs that form the harbor of San
Juan Del Nord, far out of sight.
Year: 1863

moted the interests Of our inventors, we should
VIII ngly continue to give them every aid in
our power. But when on all sides we hear
them denounced as mere advertising dodges,
we DO not see why we should sacrifice space
that is valuable to the public, and rob ourselves
profits OF individuals
Year: 1863

GENERAL McCLEI.LAN's REPoRTs-It was
stated in our Washington correspondence yes
tcrday that the War Department has given
General Hunter charge of General McClellan's
reports Of his campaigns in Virginia, in order
to examine them with view to decide whether
they are worthy of publication. The idea of
insulting General Mcclellan by submitting his
reports to- the judgment of an officer who
ranks beneath him in the service, and who 30
signa!ly failed in South Carolina, is worthy of
Mr.. Stanton and quite in keeping with the rest
of his conduct towards General Mcclellan.
The bulk Of the reports and the expense Of
publication are urged as objections. If the
War Department does not want them published
at the expense Of the Treasury just let it return
them to General Mcclellan, who can easily find
. publisher in New York who will give twenty
thousand dollars for the manuscript. II they
are not published at once the country will
come to the conclusion that 1t is because there
Is too much truth in them for the Washington
officials.
Year: 1863

A NEW NEWSPAPER IN WALL SrREEr.-We no
ice an advertisement in our columns which
bodies no good to the Journal Of Commerce.
@Several gentlemen. capitalists and professional
men" says the advertisement, "have recently
formed an association for the issue in this city
of new daily journal, Of the largest size and of
the folio form, TO be devoted mainly to the com.
mercial interests Of the community" "In poll
tics II will be staunchly loyal" "The stock Of
the association Is divided into one hundred and
fifty shares of 81 900 each, Of which one hum
dred shares have already been taken"
All this looks bad for the Journal Of
Commerce, which will collapse If any Of
its present patronage be withdrawn. We
remember the time, vsome twenty years ago,
when the Wall street journals ruled the roast.
The HERALD has extinguished nearly all Of
them, and now this new paper viii be the
death of the Journal Of Commerce, as the World
swallowed up the Courier and Enquirer. or
course the new paper will die Immediately
afterwards but that will not save the Journal,
which was started as niggerhead organ, is
now published as q copperhead organ, and will
soon be deadhead organ. Let Its editors pur-
chase q lot in Greenwood and make prepara-
tions for q decent funeral. We will volunteer
to write the epitaph Who will be chief


nournorY
Year: 1863

KEoKUK. May 16.-Henry Clay Dean
was placed in the hands Of the Provost
Marshal last night, and is still in his GUS
tody. He will not be tried here, but will
be delivered to the Provost Marshal Gene
raj at st. Louis for trial. The affair has
been conducted thus far very quietly and
satisfactorily to all loyal men. No excite
ment in consequence of the arrest. All
but the Copperheads, unanimously agree
ing that his career should be now ended.
Year: 1863

My Dear Fanny: Your letters have just
been received, and the pleasure it gave us
you cannot imagine. Harry was perfectly
delighted with his uniform. The goods you
spoke of in your last have been received,
and were perfect God-send. The quinine
and liquors were very much needed. Those
presented to our Government as you de-
sired, and the other things were sold at
cost. Will you please forward goods to the
amount of the inclosed order Immediately?
We have great demands for several items
in the list, as they are needed by ON. GoU-
ernment, and knowing your promptness in
filling all such orders, we can rely on your
dispatching the goods at the earliest possi-
BILE moment. / received the carte de yisite
of -, who you suspect as spy, and
have given it to our authorities. There
will be a strict eye on him.


Q, Fannie! If we only had more such as
you in Maryland, how MANY of our brave
soldiers would be supplied in all their
wants, but you have done more than any
one can imagine, but you will be fully re-
Warded some day, if not in this world you
Will DE In Heaven. You say that you are
afraid Col. Fish is suspicious of yon. Well,
dear Fanny, have nothing to do with him,
as he is mean, coaDdrdly uitlaia. But you
say you have great deal OF respecr LOT
hlm considering he's Y-a-n-k-e-e. wen,
according to our opinion, he is ihiShty
little Fish. Any man that would make
war upon women is beneath notice, but
acknowledge he's right in one respect, that
the Baltimore ladies are more dangerous
than the men. I'm of the opinion, that if
the men were like the women, the oitlainous
Yankees would have boen obliged to make
a retrograde movement long ago:


THev request me to tell you, Fanny, to
keep auiet, and don't let them have any
thing on you, as you can do much more for
Year: 1863

general order recites the proceedings of the
Vallandigham Court Martial; the finding
of which is a sentence to close imprison-
ment during the war in some fortress to be
selected by the Commander Of the Depart
ment. The order names Fort Warren as
the place of confinement
Year: 1863

WASHINGTON, May l6.-From the fact
that number of officers and men are
daily arriving from the Rappahannock and
get leave OF absence and go home, is re-
garded as indication that the army will
not move at present.
Year: 1863

An oil maid, who has her eye little side
ways on matrimony, says: "the curse of this war
lie, that it will make 30 many widows, that will
be so fierce to get married, and who know how
to do it, that the modest girls will stand no
chance at all"
Year: 1863

PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPTED BY TIE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON T.
P. LEE COUNTY AT meeting held on the 9TH
and adjourned to the 10Th inst a: Liberty
school house, in said Township, on the present
condition of the country.


WHEREAS, The people of the United States
since the adoption Of the Federal Constitution
have enjoyed greater eiuil. religious and political
blessings and more material prosperity than
any other people, and


WHEREAS, Certain portions of the people OF
our country are endeavoring to divide and
overthrow our government by physical force,
without any cause, and as we have received
our institutions from our fathers, it is our
solemn duty to transmit them unimpaired to
the generations that come after US. Therefore


Resolued, That we ignore all partisan issues,
freadices and strife and are for our government
first, last, and all the time, before all hu-
man organizations, tinstiutions and systems-aud
are against all its enemies and opposers what
soever-aad that we will lend our support to
the government in the prosecution of the war
ior lhe national existence until its power is
known and acknowledged, and the star span
ged banner shall wave over every foot Of the
national domain


Resolred,, That there are but two parties in
the present contest. viz: patriots and traitors,
ana mat those that are not for the government
are against it, and deserve the scorn of all
the friends of their country more than the To-
rles OF the Revolution. or the Hartford Conven-
ton Federalists Of 1914


ResolUed, That the shortest road to an hon.
orable and lasting peace is by a rigorous pros
ecuton OF the war till those now engaged in
this Satanic rebellion against the best govern.
ment on earth shall submit to the laws and
constitution of our country.


Resolued, That We view with Indignation and
contempt the efforts of those now advocating
an armistice with the rebels, as We believe it
would give aid and comfort to our enemies


RESOLVED, That if necessary to sustain our
institutions, We will use all the means that
God and nature have put in our power, at all
hazards, and to the last extremity for that pur.
pose.


Resolued That we view with pride and pleas
ure the glorious record made by the Iowa Vol.
unteers. That We tender our thanks for the
honor they have conferred on our State and for
the security they have given our homes, and
We pledge ourselves to them to that we
will sustain them and Cooperate with them If
need be, to the 'bitter end,''


ResotUed, That we appoint committee
whose duty it shall be to correspond with the
friends Of the union in other localities, and to
recommend such measures as they may think
best.


George c. Eaton, Jonas Rice, Jr, and Aber.
Year: 1863

A vulgar mason, who had got immensely
rich by the recent deinoIltons of Paris, was
anxious to marry bis only sor to one of the
daughters of the Marquis de-. He asked
the Marquis II wish you d lot my son marry
one OF your girls Certainly. Which
does he want the girl that waits in the kitch-
en- or the girl that washes?
Year: 1863

Mrs PARTISGTON on WEDDTSGs. 1t
u a solemn thing this matrimony-a very
solemn thing-where the minister comes


into the ehAnoery with his surplus on. and
goes through the ceremony Of making them
man and wife Il ought to be husband and
wife. for it isn't every husband that turns
out 20 be man. i declare shall never
forget when Paul put the nupsial ring on
nay finger and said. with nv goods thee
endow.' He used to keep dry goods
store then. and thought be was going to
give me the whole there was in IL. was
young and simple. and didn't know till af-
ter~ards that It only meant one calico gown
year. IL IL a lovely sight to see young
people 'PlightIng the trough As the song
says, and coming up 10 consume their vows
Year: 1863

GERS having volunteered for the present emer-
gency and gone TO the front. 1t is pity the
history and glory of a regiment should be so
divided, and it will be source of regret to
the returning portion that they cannot share
what was so easily within their grasp. The
reception OF the regiment will not occur un-
I'll the whole returns, when warm and enthu-
siastic reception win be given them all. The
second colQred regiment-the Mass 55th--
will leave next week with full ranks. A splen-
did stand Of coors is to be presented them
this week.


A second exhibition of the electric light
will be given tomorrow evening in the same
manner rs on the Fourth. The city will also
have another exhibition of fireworks at the
same time, in honor of the recent victories.
Both will be fine, and, being free from Fourth
OF July crowd, will be enjoyed.


This is the last week at the Howard. A
transient company is giving entertainments at
the Museum. The Buckleys are drawing full
houses notwithstanding the warm weather,
being irresistible, and the Seven Mile Mirror
is in full tide Of success. would say to Port
landers that il any omit TO hear Morris Bros.
Pell d Trowbridge's Minstrels while in your
city IL will be sin Of omission they will
heartily repent. ARLINGTON.
Year: 1863

Tho ID regular term Of tie Probate Court for Wal
la walla County will be held at the Court House in
1858.


The Court will be in session Cor the trial of civil
and criminal actiens under the new Probate law.


By order of the Court B.N. Sexr IN. Crk.
Year: 1863

INTELLIGENT PEoPLE.-Some of the
people up the Willamette have been dig
ging up and cutting down the poles of the
Yreka and Portland Telegraph, where it is
TO pass over their lands They have an
idea that it will injure the growth of their
crops .o...