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Year: 1863

i don't like the tone of Martha's let
ter, said Mrs Barton to her husband
one day Martha was daughter who
had been married for three or four months
and was then living several hundred
miles away from the town in which her
parents resided.


Nor do l., was the answer. IF Ed
ward is in anything unkind TO her, |
have been deceived in him,


There are peculiarilies Of character
and emrerament in every one that only
close intimacy can make apparent, and
| Martha has these as Edward. 1t is not
improbable that something unseen before
has revealed itself since the marriage,
and stands as source of irritation be
tween them


Mr.. Barton sighed. He WIS very
fond of Martha. The had been a pet
with him since childhood and this sepa-
ration, in consequence of her marriage
was a great trial. She thought Of her
being unhappy, panied him.


Suppose said he, that we send for
her to come home and make US visit
1t is nearly four mOoths since she went
away


1 was going to suggest something
different


WHAT


"A visit to Martha


That will be out of the question at
least for me, said Mr.. Barton


Il did not replied Mrs Barton sml-
ling, expect to include you in the vis-
it.


'Oh then you propose to take all the
pleasure to yourself. Now, it strikes
me as better arrangement to have Mar
tha pay us visit. 1t will do her
great deal more coed than merely to re-
ceive visit from you. She will get
back for little while into her old home
and see father and mother both, And
then ] will come in for share Of the
enjoyment which is to be considered


tI'vs thought of that replied Mrs.
Barton. 'and yet favor this visit to Mar
tha. The reason is this: if | 60 there
and stay a week or two | shall have an
opportunity to see how she and Edward
arc getting along together. We must
live with people, you know, to find out
all about them. There may be somo
little impediments to happiness lying
right in their path, which 1 may help
them to pick up and cast aside; some lit
tie want of adoption in the machinery of
their lives, which prevents a movement
in harmony that I may show them how
to adjust


L guess you Ire right, taking that
view of the case said Mr.. Barton.


The visit of Mrs. Barton was made
accordingly. After the first brief sea-
son Of gladness that followed meeting
with her mother had passed, Martha's
couptenanee showed some lines not writ
Year: 1863

The excitement and interest in the mar
riage of General Tom Thumb and Miss La
vina Warren, the little Queen of Beauty, is
now the sensation in New York. The
World sayG-'Tho wedding is to be a rich
and recherche affair. In fact it promises to
bo the great fashionable event Of the season.
They are to be married on Thursday, Febru-
ary 10th. The nuptial ceremo mics will take
place at one of the most fashionable church
es in this city. Cards of invitation will bS
issued to the relatives and friends aud to
some of theifrst families in the city. As
the number of tickets will correspond with
the number Of seats in the church, no per-
son will be admitted except those invited
The bridal party will proceed to one Of eur
leading hotels Immediately after the marriage
ceremonies, where they will hold brief re-
ception for those only who have cards Of In
vitation to the wedding. The following
morning they will 60 to Philadelphia and
remain there several days, after which they
may extend their journey to Baltimore and
Washington. They will then visit Boston,.
and subsequently spend couple of weeks
at the residence of the bride, in Middlsbo-
rough, Mass. land. of the bridegroom at


Bridgeport, Conn. At the close of their ho-


ney moon the illustrious little couple will
max e the tour Of Europe, the trip being ono


merely of pleasure, as they never intend to


give public exhibitions. They expect to be


absent .or several years.
Year: 1863

Wien fond affe tons spell hath cast
Its web around the heart.
How truly sad it is at last


To be obliged to part.
How sad to catch the snothcr'd sigh,
TO see the starting tear,
That dims the tender loving eye


OF those we hold most dear.
What, when the heart in friendship knits,
Can be more keenly felt
Than some rude stroke of Fate which splits
The link, Time nu'er can melt ?
Alas! of every earthly woe


Felt by the human heart,
Methinks it is the gratest bow


From those we love to part.
Year: 1863

The fisherman W sdes in the surges


The sailor sails over the sea; ..
The soldier steps bravely to battle;


The woodman lays Ak to the tree.
They are each of the breed of the heroes,
The manhood attempered in strife;
Strong hands, that go lightly to labor,


True hearts that take comfort in life.
In each is the seed to replenish
The world with the vigor it needs
The centre of honest affections,


The impulse to generous Deeds ..
But the shark drinks the blood of the fisher
Pie sailor is drownded in the sea;
The soldier lies cold by his cannon;
THE woodman is crushed by his tree.
Each prodigal life that is wasted


In manly achievement unseen
iBut lengthens the day of the coward,


And strengthens the crafty and mean.
The blood of the noblest is lavished,


That the selfish profit may find;
But Cod sees the lives that are squandered,
And we to His wisdom are blind.
Year: 1863

ca There is much sickness In New
fame mainly produced doubtless by the
long-continued hot weather. The land
lord of one of the hotels there, NJohnson,)
died some ten, days since Of dysentery,
and the proprietor Of the-other hotel is
now sick with the same disease Through
out the county there is an unusual
amount Of sickness. B. H.. Times.
Year: 1863

A SOLDiEk'S OPlNlON.


Bvouac near Elkton Va,


August Sth, 1868.


DEAR REPUBLICAN DO you want to
know what the men of the great free
North seem to me to be now saying in loud
est, most emphatic voice. to US poor fellows
in the army? "You are set of mean,
contemplate scoundrels, not fit to be asso-
ciated with by decent people. We have a
perfect horror of your society. Far from
accepting the Presidents very general and
pressing invitation to join your ranks and
work by your side for time, we will pay
any sum of money; we will try all sorts
of excuses and evasions; yes, will descend
to the meanest tricks to keep out of your
hateful society. We hold nobody t, be
your proper companions but shoulder-hit-
ters, plug-uglies, dead rabbits and all man.
ner of vile vagabonds, the refuse of our
cities, the ruffians from our penitentiaries,
whom we are accordingly caressing coax.
ing and bribing to go to you in our places.
Nay, you are such nuisance that we won't
even leave our Indignation to be expressed
by mere individual acts towards you. We
will combine our efforts to spite you. We
will put our heads together as communi-
ties; we will meet in our public capacity
and vote as towns and cities, to turn our
backs upon you, to help men who would
otherwise go to you, to stay away and leave
you alone. Well take advantage of your
absence to lay taxes on your property to
raise money to keep decent people away
from you. and (if we must) to buy murder
ers, thieves, and other villains to 60 to you
in their places; men who will be more
likely to cut your throats than those Of the
enemy"


And is this what you really think of us,
oh dearly beloved people of New England,
after whom our hearts yearn with an un-
speakable affection; thoughts of whom
keep up our spirits in long and toilsome
marches, visions of whose dear faces COM
fort us in every hardship and amidst
wounds, and even in the agonics of death |?
Is this the estimation the people of Con-
necticut valley put upon their sons and
brothers who went forth. as we fondly sup
posed, upon an errand most dear to your
hearts, in cause you held sacred in your
inmost souls !? Are our ranks, thinned so
sorcly by disease, wounds and death, only
fit to be filled up by ruffilns imported by
your money from the dens of New York !?
Shall our battle flags, bearing which our
best and bravest have gone down on fields
Of glory, and the staffs are yet stained with
the blood of their dying grasp, be left to
the protection OF mercenary wretches VINO
care neither for country or reputation, who
have sold themselves to you only in the
hope of deserting to sell over again in end
less succession, and who reach the field only
because pistols and bayonets have stood be-
tween them and fight?
Year: 1863

A good old lady who lived in one of
the rural districts of Maine, and who had
never seen much of town life, was pre-
vailed Upon on one occasion to pay a visit
to relative who lived 10 distant inland
town of some Importance. When Sun
day came around the old lady aceompan-
led her friends to church, where her SIM
pie notions were shocked at the wonder
full display of what she called worldliness
and pride. The minister himself did
not ESCAPE her criticism. In the midst
of the sermon, and whilst the old lady
was cogitating on things around her, a
miscbevious crow that had been tanned
and taught to speak, flew in at one of the
open windows, and alighted OF the back
OF a seat in front of one of the aeacons,
looked that functionary in the face, and
exclaimed in a clear aud audible voice
that sent Thrill of horror to the heart of
the old lady, Course you l curse y
Aud before the deacon could capture the
fugitive ii few to another place, and pro-
uourced its maledlction upon another
prominent member of the church The
minister stopped and the congregation
became disturbed Every body was anx-
ious to see the intruder captured and ex-
PEELED from the place, and N; ny were the
truitless grabs made for the crows legs /;
but he eIuded them, aud round and round
he went uttering his imprecations. At
last he came across our old lady, aud she
too shared the crows imprecations The
old lady rose from her seat preparatory to
lis evacuation and cuntrCntlng her black
adversary with flashing eyes and uplited
finger, exclaimed, in sharp shrill voice
that startled the audience, "Oh, you
needn't scold me, for l don't belong to
this congregation p aud left the place in
deep disgust.
Year: 1863

entertain the opinion that we would JUS
tify you in resisting the draft. We will
with one accord, lay down our lives IN
supDert of the cause for which we enlist
ed, but never, till the last armed foe ex-
pires, will we ingloriously lay down our
arms, as intimated in your letter. We
will return home for no other purpose
than to bayon and if need be. extermi-
nate all such treason moDgers as you de-
scribed. This lettcr will 30 doubt con-
clude our correspondence, to which | do
not object; and since you have taken the
liberty to write such an Insulting letter
to me. proprose to deal plainly with you,
and, in doing SO, allow me TO say that all
your boast about resisting the draft is
mere cowardly bombaSt You and all
your stripe lack the courage to lift an al IL
to oppose the draft. You, will, no dou bt,
purchase a revolver, and talk loudly about
resistance, as towards do but uark ue
FOR the expression, you will never use
them. | desDlse coward as | desplse
the devil. aud forever hence you are in
SO"di u
of the lowest order Only think for d
moment Of a spirit SO contehp ptible as to
express the wish that we might de
sert tie graves of our brethren to the
des, Grafton Of rebels Go on in your
mad c1reer of opposition to the war, but
remember the day is fast approaching
when you will gladly give your right arm
10 be able TO recall the reasonable acts
of the past Il yor desire to know how
your letter was received here. YOU can
readily determine FROM the following -
One Of the boys present when it was read,
remarked that "lf you were here your
skin would be taken off and twisted into
whiplashes with which TO lash your soul
OH the road to He'll" All denounce the
author of such reasonable letter as a
meau contemplate coward, who dare not
FIGHT for or against his country.


WITH every sentiment OF profound dis
gust, subscribe myself forever the ene-
NV Of traitors at home and rebels in arms,
while am unalterabiy for the Union.


.-.-.--E r. NJ Mccoy,


1n.I Y -
Year: 1863

A HAPPY WoMAN.-Is she not the
very sparkle and sunshine Of life2 A
woman who is happy because sho can't
help it-whose smiles even the coldest
sprinkle of misfortune canno, dampen.-
leu make a terrible mistake when they
marry for beauty, for talents or style
The sweetest wives are those who possess
the magic secret Of being oontented uu-
der any circumstances. Rich or poor,
high or low, it makes 20 ditference--the
bright little fountain of JOY bubbles up
just as mnsically IN their hearts. DO
they Ii ~ log cabin, the fire that leaps
up on its humble hearth becomes, bright
er than the gilded chandeliers in Alad-
din's palace Were the stream Of Lille SO
dark aud unpropitious that the sunshine
Of happy face falling On the turbid tide
would not awaken an answering CLEAN.
Why, these joyous tempered people don t
know hall the good they do.
Year: 1863

MURFREEsBoRo, .Apri! 2, 1868 --
John: Your cowar0ly aud dIsgraceful
letter is just reclved. You can better
Imagine than | can define my disgust at
receiving such a cont plible and treas-
enable letter from one claiming to be a
citizen Of the American Republic man
raised and educated under the auspices
of the best Government ever enjoyed BY
any people, who has SO degenerated In the
scale OF morality and love of country as
to become an object of contempt rather
than of sympathy. | blush to think that
one of my former associates, who but a
short time since boasted of love for his
country and her free institutions, is to-
day, from motives of dastardly cowardlce,
cnnging in the attitude of supplication
at the shrine of the Southern Confedera.
cy. What has so recently come over the
spirit Of your dreams, that you can thus
meanly repudiate both your God and your
country? The sentiments you express
SAVIOR very much Of human depravlty-
Have you lost all the pride of manhood !?
Have YOU become so demoralized as thus
to acknowledge yourself at once traitor
and ii disgrace TO the free institutions of
the country which gave you birth2g May
God. in his infinite justice, prosper the
glorious cause for which the Federal arms
are conteUdIng; while to the wretched
torment Of fire and birthstone, in ehe
deepest gorge of bell. consign not only
the rebels in arms against our GOVERN


ment but also. and three fold more de-


serving. the unprlnciped and cowardly


wretches who openly avow themselves
traitors, but who have not the moral cour-
age to take up arms in favor of the re-
beillon for which they profess so much
sympathy. If such men as NalIaudig


ham and his followers expect to receive
Uild treatment at the hands of the soldiers
in this department. of the Army. they are
laboring under most woeful delusion


The scorching flames of hell would be to
them welcome relief if they should be
unfortunate enough to fall into the hands
of our justly indignant tarmy. You great
Iy mistake the loyalty of those who so
freely gave their blood at the battle of
Stone River if for single moment you
Year: 1863

Can any one define the exact width OF
narrow escape!


Put good face 90 everything, unless
YOU are so ugly that you can't.


IF money IL your god, it will be certain
to plague you like the devil.


MiIkmaids and sbepherdesses are the
best kind of cow bellies and sheep bellies


Tongues are apt to be unrufy, for. as
we cant see them, it is impossible TO keep
a watch Oh tLaB. -
Year: 1863

EAEruGuIs


The following letter, in which a marked
and warm compliment is paid to the hero
of the Mississippi passes, has just been ad-
dressed to the Commissioner Of Pilots Of
New York:


To the Honorable the Board Of C5mHissior-
ers of Pilots:


Gentlemen: You have been informed by
me Of the impOssibility Of my complying
with the invitation with which you ia
vored me and my officers for an excursion
in your magnificent bay You are aware,
also, Of IFS reason, that is, Of the promise
which 1 gave TO Admiral Fsrragut Of
meeting him at the Astor House on the very
day Of the intended excursion, promise
which gave previously to your invitation.
Let ne now, gentlemen, explain to you the
character Of my visit 10 the Admiral, in
order the better to convince you Of the i'm
possibility I was in TO fill it.


This visit, gentlemen, was not simply
one Of friendly intercourse between private
individuals, though perhaps the Admiral
was ready to consider it as such, from mo-
tiVes Of modesty Of his own. On my part
l and the captains Of the squadron, we
waited zen corps" upon the Admiral to
pay him our respects, as We would at home,
according to our naval and military regu.
lations, do the same for person Of high
military rank after the accomplishment Of
signaled service in war.


This homage felt is due from us as q
testimonial Of our Admiral to Admiral Far
rsgut, ss the most remarkable and sue
cessful naval leader Of the age, and Of our
most high consideration and respect TO the
American nation, to whom the hero be
longs.


am, gentleman, very respectfully,


S. LEssoFFsKY.
Flagship Alexander NeEsky, the 1st o.
Year: 1863

The most sauguine Unionist never
dreamed of such a glorious result as is be-
ing told By the dispatches. Hsmilton
county, which it was hoped would give
BrOugh Two Thousand, has rolled up a
majority of Sirty-fEres Hundred. Returns
from twenty-nine counties give Brough
Thirty-seven Thousand, gain Of Twenty
five Thousand over last year This leaves
more than half the State to hear from. 1t
is wonderful beyond measure Ohio is
loyal to the core.
Year: 1863

IMPoKTAHr DRAFT oRDER.-special in
struetions from the Provost Marshal General
state that " where names have been removed
from the list of persons liable to draft upon
the election Of aged and infrm parents,
whenever subsequent draft shall be ordered,
Boards Of Enrolment shall require such
claims to be rs-substantiated. Notice that
proof will be required in such cases must be
given BY the Board"
Year: 1863

TIE WEsr SIDE RoAD.-We learn from
the best possible authority that the isem ID
this mornings LEADER in regard to change
of the officers Of this wsll-conducted street
railway vas entirely incorrect. No such
change has been made or contemplated.
Our information in regard to the matter was
from employees Of the road, but it proves to
Year: 1863

We are informed by gentleman
who obtained h is information from
the \. Y. World of the 10Th nit,
that at an Sth OF January celebia-
ton in New Jersey, the ex-governor
made a speech, in which he stated
that the State Of New jersey now
had sufficient grounds to withdraw
from the Union, which he viewed in
the same light as a co partnership be-
tweea three persons; that tho with
drawing Of one of the firm immedi-
ate!y caused a dissolution. That As
the war was no longer being wased
for the restoration Of the Union, the
Lincoln government wonld have to
change it's policy, or they (th- people
of New Jersey,) would turn the
mouths Of their cannon in another
direction. This appears to be the
general feeling in the old govern
meut, if reliance can be placed in the
reports reaching L. through Federal
journals.


Should such accounts 30 honest
representations of the boldncss of the
sensible portion of people scattered
amsng the abolition horde infesting
that country, a glorious reaction in
the present existing state Of affairs
i. .incSitabI.. When w compare the
many instances Of this character.
they assume the torin Of reality, and
incline us to The supposirjon tha:
there is something tending in that
way, which will ultimately be dis
closed to us, and cause much joy in
every Southern breast.
Year: 1863

The CONDITION OF THINGS IN A
CONQUERED CITY.-A correspondent
of the Mobile Register has recently
visited Memphis and ST. Louis, "run-
ming the blockade for that purpose.
His account of the condition of these
cities is melancholy in the extreme.
Of Memphis, he says:


Upon finding my worthy and faith
fnl Memphis friend whose hospitality
L enjoyed, he informed me of the ne
cessity of our taking alternate guard
over his house during the night, as
the soldiery who were to march on the
following morning had promised to
burn the 'Secesh town" up, and the
execution of the threat was rendered
more than probable by the fact, that
fora week back not a night had pass
ed without proof of their incendiarism
and on the night previous eleven
houses had been burned and robbed
by these lawless soldiers.


Before bedtime we could distin-
guish the lights of half a dozen con-
. tlagrations, and at midnight a scoun-
drel attempted to fire the house we
were in, who, when dete cted, feigned
intoxicatio2, and decamped, having
first scattered mess of beans about
to enable him to recognize the place,
and on the succeeding night to con-
sammate bis fiendish purpose. Suf-
fee it TO say, that on Tuesday night
I fourteen houses of various description
were burned by this unlicensed mob
from the abolition camps, and as
many more houses robbed, according
to the statement of their morning pa
pers. SO soon as house would be
fired, a crowd Of soldiers would rush
into it and the adjoining ones the
worthy occupants Of which would be
humanely aiding their unfortunate
neighbors and commence an indis-
criminate plunder, destroying what
I ever proved to be to them useless or
immovable. Five unsuccessful at
tempts We're made to burn the Wor-
sham House a Southern hotel, the
proprietors of which We're accused of


being and boarding SeceRh. Such is


truthful picture of my first night
under the boasted aegis of the star


spangled banner.
Year: 1863

BEAST BUTLER.-It ia intimated
that Lincoln is to give the beast a
new command down South; probably
he will be charged with an sxpedi


ton having for its object the subju-
CATION Of Charleston-a city most
cordially hated by both these brutes
ono vile beast and the other a
baboon.-The baboon hates Charles
ton because the war of the rebellion
began there, and the beast hates it
because Southern gentleman made
the vile coward pocket an insult in
the convention which assembled in
that city in 1860. Let him come.
Year: 1863

We know of but one country in the
world where free laboring population is
regarded By the lords of the soil as unde-
sirable. That is in the cotton and sugar
plantations Of the South.


In vast territory, two-thirds Of which
is unreclaimed, the slaveholding class,
which is the absolute ruling class, is un-
friendly to the resident white laboring
people, and hostile to the emigration pf
white laborers. This one fact is enough
to illustrate the character of the Sou hern
labor system, and to deprive it of the
sympathy Of all laboring men, and of ev-
cry man who is not capitalist in this
labor property. What intelligent man
will surrender Government and country
to establish the supremacy of a slave pow
er which thus declares itself hostile to the
mass of mankind, and maintains continue
war against them.
Year: 1863

CATTLE large drove of cattle pass
ed through our streets on their way to
Illinoie. They were bought in the west
ern part OF this State and Kansas.


Look OUT FOR FIREs.-Now that the
time has arrived for the use Of stoves and
CRATES, too much care cannot be taken to
guard against FIRE. Your stoyepipe should
be carefully examined aud, where neces-
sary. repaired, while particular care
should be taken that there is no wood
work in contact with them. Defective
fues should also be examined and Put il
order, and care taken that the cinders
and ashes are deposited in such way as
to prevent the possibility Of accident from
this source.
Year: 1863

CoMMESDABLE.-We noticed workmen
at work cleaning out the cutters on Main
street, near Sixth. The Supervisor can
not do better than continue this work of
cleaning the streets and cutters.
Year: 1863

We publish the following reported ma
jorities in fifteen townships on the vote
for Sheriff in this county. Franklin has
not been heard from, but will probably
render the contest close on the home
vote. However it may go, Anderson has
a majority of so in the Hospital here,
whieh will set him ahead anyhow.