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Year: 1863

In the whole range Of English literature there
is no brighter gem than the following by the late
James a, Percival, The author, though unwed
had observed the heartrcnding result ofabandon-
ment and drunkenness, of debauchery, profigacy
and mock burals ut night when the poor wife
was half crazed over the ruin liquor had wrought
and his beautiful and impressive verse, thus told
the story Of many a broken heart and afflicted
wife and mother:


lie comes not-Iha watched the sun so down,
But yet he comes not Once il was not so.
lie thinks not how these bitter tears do flow,
The while he holds the riot in the town,
Yet he will come and chide, and shall weep,
And he will wake my infant from his sleep,
To blend his feeble wailing with my tears


Oh! how love mothers watch to keep,
Over these sleeping eyes; that smile which cheers
MY heart though sunk in sorrow fixed and deep
had husband once who loved pe-now
lie ever n frown upon his brow
And feeds his passion ON a wanton's lip
As bees from laurel flowers poison sip.


And yet cannot hate! Oh there were hours
When could hang forever in his eyes.
And time, who stole with silent witness by,
Strewed as he hurried on, his path with flowers.


loved him then-he loved me to- My heart
Still finds its fondness kindled as he smiles;
The memory Of our loves will ne'er depart;
And though he often stngs me with dart,
Venomed and barbed, and wastes upon the vile
Caresses which his babe and mine should share
Though he shouldspurn mel will calmly bear
His madness; and should sickness come and lay
It's paralysing hand upon him, then


| would with kindness all my wrongs repay,
Until the innocent should weep and say,
How injured and how faithful | had been.
Year: 1863

The after career of this prince is too
well known to need repetition. He
found his country suffering under the
yoke of his tyrant mother and her par
amour Mortimer. He afterwards wres-
ted from them their power, and Nor
timer suffered the death he so richly
merited. Isabella was condemned to
imprisonment for life, which she suffer-
ed for the period of twenty-five years.
Year: 1863

No sin to buy and sell and hold,


The negro in Ills CALLING gives,
And pocket the blood -crusted gold,


The price of human hearts and lives9
No sin to steal an African,


And rob him of each sacred right
Wipe from his brow the stamp of man,


And blot the stars out of his night2
No sin to score his quivering back


With the red lash dripping there,
Because his Maker made him black,


Thickened his lips and crisped his hair
No sin to tear his frantic wife


From his out-stretching arm of love
What God has Joined, divorce for life,


Though heaven forbids it from above2
No sin to steal the clinging child


From the fond mothers dear embrace,
And leave her broken hearted, wild,


And crazed, to curse her ebon race
God gave the black living soul,


A conscience and heart to feel;
Wrote freedom on his spirits scroll,


And sealed it with His holy seal.
Woe unto him who breaks the chart,


Endorsed by Gods unerring hand,
A curse shall smite his cruel heart,


His brow shall wear the slaver's brand.
No greater, grosser crime than this


Can man commit who steps aside;
Christ is the slave, with leprous kiss,
Is thus betrayed and erucified.
When hoary priest with honeyed tongue,
Long face and fabricated knees,
Bows low before this brazen wrong,


And prates like the old Pharisecs,
We look to see the earth divided,


And falling fire from heaven consume
The impious babbler in his pride,


And leave no mourners at his tomb.
-Euening Post GEO W. BuSGAY.
Year: 1863

To THE PUBLIc.-Notice is hereby
given to all It may concern, that this office
will not hereafter consider itself responsible
Tor the Lills Of any person whomsosver. un
ing the signature Of ID. n RICHARDSON.
Year: 1863

DRIVE OUT THE URcHIss.-lf Post
Master Eldridge wishes to prevent recur-
renee Of the recently developed robberies IN
his office. he will adopt some means TO keep
out from the public lobby the army Of urcLi,s
Who hang around there every time mail ar
dives. These youngsters have no business I,
visit the Poet office, but are there for no other
earthly purpose but to get in peopls's way and
them out IL the thing is possible.
Year: 1863

in some way seek to come again under the fold
of the national flag. By our recent successe'
the traitor confederacy has been deprived Of
more than one half its territorial strength and
more than half its population. If foreign pow


rs do not intervene for slavery, there is no fair


DOM for doubt that in few moro months the
Federal Government will have overcome the Or
ganized rebellion. Predatory an0 guerrilla war
may be for awhile continued. But when the
great armies now in the field are destroyed,
the power of the Government will be confessed,
and the body of this great treason will be con-
trolled,


What shall be done then, and how shall it be
done Our Union must be restored and SO res
tored, that In no future age can such rebellion
be renewed. Ou- child ems children must not
have to fight over again the battles for freedom
in which our brothers and our sons have fallen.
One generation of young men is enough to ran
som nation from slavery. We have sinned,


and in these years have expiated our ofense by


the best blood of our most beloved. And now,


speaking Tor myself, having no authority to


commit friends cr party, but declaring nay OWE


deepest convictions, say that to assure to this


land permanent peace it must be ordained that


no slave can stand upon our soil or breathe the


the free air that lifts upward our Stars and


Stripes. Then true rest will be found and broth


erly love and we shall have vindicated the


promises and the faith of the fathers.


By what processes immediate or gradual, or.


dered by the State, by President or by Con-


gress, this crowning work is to be done, must
before long be determined. If military necessi-


ty requires it, it may be done by one great act
of emancipation providing compensation to 10y.


al owners and securing freedom to all 1t may
be by second completed proclamation by the


President which God grant he may have faith
to make. 1t may be made as to the seeded
: States the condition precedent to a restoration
: of forfeited rights. These are rebel States and
have lifted up their defiant hand against the life
s of the nation They are traitor States for they
have levied war" against the Union. They
are belligerent States and have carried on that
y war by confederate armies, organized and paid
from their common treasury. They may be de-
n clared forfeit of their rights or as conquered
Q enemies compelled to submit to terms. kno +"
S not how it will be done but pray that when
u the time for decision comes, the voice of Massa-
u chusetts may give no uncertain sound, but may
speak for that peace which shall endure. We
have been compelled to " take the sword Lei
Z, us seek with it, peace in freedom
Year: 1863

In New jersey there are men who make
it business to dig up the cedar trees
buried for centuries in the swamps, and
cut them into shingles of, it is said, extra.
ordinary excellence. a correspondent of
the New York Post thus describes the
timber, and the process Of 'getting it ou::"


"These swamps are very valuable, an
acre of such timber commanding from five
hundred to thousand dollars. A pecu-
liar feature Of tue swamps is that the soil


is of purely vegetable growth, often twenty
feet or more in depth. This peaty earth
is constantly accommodating, from the fail
Of leaves and boughs, and trees are found
buried in ii at all depths, quite down to
solid ground. The timber so buried &C.
tains its buoyancy and color, and it is con.
sidered so valuable, that large numbers Of
workmen are constantly employed in rails
ing and splitting the logs into rails and
shingles. In searching for these logs Tie
workman uses an iron rod, which be
thrusts into the soil, and by repeated tri.
ais ascertains the size and length of the
wood he strikes, and then by digging down
obtains chip, by the smell OF which he
can determine whether it is worth removal.
The number of shingles produced from
The wood of these submerged forests is
very great. From the little town OF Dem
nisville, in this county, as many as eight
hundred thousand, valued at twelve thou.
sand dollars, have been sent to market in
a year. From the same place thousands
Of dollars worth of white cedar rails are
annually sent out The deposit of timber
at this point extends to an indefinite depth
and although from the growth above it
believed to be two thousand years old, i;
all entirely sound, and will supply fol
years to come, the draft upon it,"
Year: 1863

THE INTERVAL MACHINE THAT WAS TO


DESTROY THE IRoNsIDEs IN CHARLES


TON HARBoR.


Our readers already familiar with the
main facts connected with the recent dar-
ing attempt Of lhe rebels to destroy the
lronsides, the most formidable Of the
Union Monitor fleet in Charle,:Cwn har
bor. The following additional facts and
incidents will be read with interest:


At half past nine o'clock on the night,
Of the eth, the quarleimaster on watch
aboard the New lronsides reported to the
officer of the deck a suspicious craft, with
smoke stack, and setting very low in the
water, making directly toward the vessel.
The night, although cleor, and the sky
studded with stars, was nevertheless unu-
sually dark, and but little could be distin.
guished Of the stranger except the smoke
pipe aud her lew hull, the latter extremely
irdstuct; she appeared to be steaming at
q speed of seven knots an hour. How she
could have passed our picket boats was a
question 10 be considered, for it was just
possible that she might belong to US, and
to fire upon her without first determining
her character and intention might result
in more serious damage than if she were
an enemy so she was allowed to come
within hailing distance. More and more
distinct she grew as she approached-a
cigar shaped hull, after the pattern of the
Winaus grnooat, driving before it through
the water smaller object, which could
hardly be distinguished, a black smoke
pipe, from which issued thin cloud oI
black smoke, but no other indication OIL
the motive power within were visible. Still
she glided on, the object OF her approach
either the frigate itself or the Devils which
lay moored on the port side. Coming near
enough TO hear, she was hailed and order,
ed to stop. but she neither made reply oil
obeyed the summons. All hands were
| ppcd TO quarters; a gun was fired, but
the cNriou, craft sat too low in the water
and the ball passed over her. A second
shot followed the first, with the same re.
suit; then voley musketry tightening
up for moment, with its fash, the steam.
er, the torpedo at her bow, and the figure
OF man, sitting astridc the cigar shaped
hull, engaged in steering This mar
whose name is Toombs, and who is now
in irons on board the flagship, fred sho
in retaliation, which severely wounded
ensign Howard, the officer of the deck
He pretends, to have been saling-mastei
Of the expedition, which he undoubtedl,
was and is man moderate height, stroni
Year: 1863

THE FArE OF THE TERRITORIES. How
ever the var may ultimately affect the
States already settled in the North or
the South. Il must in any case decide the
fate Of the unoccupied Territories west Of
the Mississippi. These vast and fertile
Territories are the natural heritage % free
industry but were it possible for the south
60 succeed IN its enterprise. they would in
evitably be smitten with the curse ana
blight of slavery. The North Is in arms 20
prevent the PcrPc;raiion of this gigantic
crime. and no one pretends 20 doubt that
the success of the North on the Mississippi
would secure from the polluting gasp Of
the slave Power the States and Territories
west Of that river Whether the North
loves or hates the negro. il knows perfect
II vel the special and economical results Of
slave industry. and has long since resolved
IN rs future developments 20 have nothing
% do with system 90 ruinous. criminal.
and dcmoralizing The South are equally
resolved % carry slavery with them. and
make 10 the basis of their social system
wherever they 90. We see the result.
The North have colonized many new States
in diaerent latitudes. and 80 also have the
South. But the North has never establish
81 a Slave STATE. nor the South Free one.
The Territories are the real issue al stake.
and the sword was never drawn in more
righteous cause than that which seeks TO
preserve them from the misery and pollu-
ton Of slavery.


LLondon Daily News. July 3.
Year: 1863

The Bill to provide for COMPENSATED
emancipation IN Missouri, as asked by the
LEGISLATURE OF that State, has passed the
National House of Representatives and will
no doubt soon become law. The Legis-
lature OF that State now in session stands
already to accept it at once. This will add
another free State to the Union before the
winter is over.
Year: 1863

The 0onoert.-To-morrow night Morris
Minstrels give their 6rst of two Concerts in
Huston Hail. We have already tested the
quality Of this Troupe, when under the man
Agement of Frank Rivers, and our citizens
will remember that they gave great satisfac.
ton and delight The Company has been
Feorganized and improved, and will give
visitors e more delightful entertainment than
ever. The people are anxious to witness just
such show, and the Hall will be crowded on
both evenings
Year: 1863

Attention, Light Guard 1.-The members
Of the Light Guard will meet this evening at
their hall to make Gnal arrangements for the
funeral Of Lieutenant r. s. Chambers A
full attendance is requested


BY order Of the CAPTAIN.
Year: 1863

Halls Journal of Health contains the
following advice to those who are writing
to soldiers in arms


..If YOU write to a soldier, friend or rel
alive in the army, using common en-
velope and q sheet of foOlscap paper, you
NAV also add, without exceeding the
weight for which a three cent postage
stamp will pay, as much tea as teaspoon
will take up twice, or as much black. or
CAYENNE pepper, such as is obtained from
a GOOD drug store under the name of
Capsicum. as you can take up at sonee
with common teaspoon, and the smaller
envelope of paper to hold either. Cnew-
ing the tea, pinch at a time every hour
or half hour while keeping guard, or un-
der circumstances OF great thirst, or OF
excessive OF sleeplness, VIII en-
liyen, will modify thirst, will lnYlgorate,
or will waken up to greatetuI extent;
considering the amount OF tea used, ana
its perfect safety from ulterior Ill result,
such as follow the use OF alcohohe
drinks" .t


"But teaspoonfulof genuine Capsicum,
IS worth ten-fold its weight in tea7leayes
especially in summer, in many ways tor
example, a single quarter of pinch Will
save a mans life-that quarter OF a pinch
being put in a sleepy sentlneFs eye II
it don't wake him up, and every body
else within an Indian yelPs distance
then it is not a prime article OF Capslcum-
A single pinch in a glass of fiat or warm,
ish water will nullify these qualities, and
beside satisfying thirst, invigorate and Ell
fectually prevent that uncomfortable SEN
sation arising from having drank largely
of water. A good pinch eaten at each
meal, or whenever water IS swallowed,
viii always invigorate digestion, it aids to
prevent aeidity, and besides, great an
tagonist of the dairrhea, dysentery nux,
and Iooseness,' which are the great
scourges of all armies. A level teaspoon
Of Cspsicum daily, taken in eating or
both. or if taken, pinch at time dur
ING the day or night, would do more real
GOOD, and that without any Ill result,
than ten times the cost in rum apd quiz
nine, as a preventive against ehills and
| foyer Id .H
Year: 1863

A Pennsylvania correspondent writes
us that the diptheria is very prevalent IN
some parts of that State; and says that
we would confer great favor upon the
sufferers by republishing the remedy CIV
en- about year ago. With this request
we comply. 1t is as follows:


"Make two small bags that will reach
from ear to ear, and fill them with ashes
and salt, dip them in hot water, and
wiring them so they will not drip, and ap-
ply them to the throat cover up the
whole with a flannel cloth, and change
them as often as they become COO, until
the throat becomes irritated, near blister
ing. For children, it is necessary to put
flannel cloths between the ashes and the
throat TO prevent blistering. When the
ashes have been on a sufficient time, take
n wet flannel cloth and rub it with CASTLE
soap until it is covered with thick lath'
err dip it in hot water, and apply 1t tc
the throat, and change as they cool al
the same time use a gargle made OF one
teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, one oi
salt. one of molasses, in teaeupiul OF
hot water. and when cool, add one tourth
as much cider vinegar, and gargle every
fifteen minutes until the patient requires
sleep. A gargle made of CASTLE soap Il
good to be used part of the time.


A correspondent in Maine, in sending
the above remedy, says there had been
a number of deaths from diphtherla un,
til this remedy was used, since when al
had reeoyered.--N. y. Tribune.
Year: 1863

From time immemorial it has been
known that without salt men would mlser-
ably perish and among the horrible pun
ishments entailing certain death, that OF
feeding culprits on saltless food Is sad 10
have prevailed in barbarous times; Mag
cots and corruption are spoken OF by some
writers as the distressing symptoms which
saltless food engenders, but no ancient or
unchemical modern could explain how
such sufferings arose. Now we know why
the animal Graves salt, why it suffers dis
comfort, and why it ultimately falls into
disease if salt is for a time WITHHELD
Upwards of half the slime matter OF the
blood-6fty per eent-consists OF common
salt and as this is partly discharged eve
nv day through the skin and kidneys, the
necessity of continued supplies OF 1t to
the body becomes sufficiently Obvious
The bile also contains soda as a special
and indispensable constituent. and so do
all the cartilages of the body. Stint the ne
supply of salt, therefore, and neither VIII
the bile be able properly to assist the oil
gestion, nor the cartilages to be built up
again as fast as they waste.-Pret johnson
Year: 1863

His proposition for cessation of hostili-
ties, and the recall of our troops from
the territory" of the rebels, was re-
piled TO with warmth and ability by Mr..
Wright, of Pennsylvania, Democrat
He denounced his old friend in pretty
severe terms, and characterized his
speech as it deserved.


Greenbacks are fast becoming plen-
tiful, on account of the excellent policy
of the Secretary of the Treasury and
the brave, self sacrificing soldiers, who
have been without pay for so long peri
cd. are now being paid off in full.


There is an interesting debate now in
progress in the House, on the subject of
allowing men of all color to fight for the
cause of the Union and free government.
Some Cf the most eloquent and best
speeches of the session have been and
will be made on the subject. | will re-
port the discussion in full in my next {;
but allow me to say, before bringing this
letter TO close, that the measure will
pass and become Il law. q
Year: 1863

How TO CLEAN SoILED CARPEr.-Soiled
carpets may be cleaned latter beating)
with the following mixture: Two gallons
of water, with half pound of soft soap
dissolved in it, to which add four ounces
of liquid ammonia; this may be rubbed
on with flannel, and the carpet then
rubbed dry with coarse cloth.
Year: 1863

"How far is it from here to Ryde y
demanded a gentleman of poor, tired
pedestrian. al don't know how far it is
to ride" answered the poor man, but it
is a precious long way to l0alkl"
Year: 1863

After amusing an infant on the floor,
why should you restore it to some one
else instead of its maternal parent? Be
cause you certainly ought not to give a
baby To-Ma-To-Ke Ketch-Up!
Year: 1863

The appended potrait of the Victor Of
Vicksburg, from the New York Times can
but prove interesting just now. Speaking
of the galaxy of Major and Brigadier Gen
erals, commanding tie Union forces around
that stronghold, the writer says:


First in rank, as we'll as notoriety. we
have Major General U. S. Grant-indfier.
emily known as Grant, Ulysses S. Grant,
United States Grant. Uncle Sam Grant, and
Unconditional Surrender Grant: the same
whose move on the enemys works at
Fort Donelson has become national property,
and the same man under whose lead our
armies have split the Confederacy in two,
and wrung from their grasp all or the grea-
ter portion of the Mississippi Valley.


Almost at any time one can see small
but compactly built man of about forty five
years of age walking through the camps
He moves with his shoulders thrown lit
tie forward of the perpendicular, his left
hand in the pockets of his pantaloons, an
unlighted cigar in his mouth, his eyes thrown
forward, which from the veil of abstraction
that wells them, and a countenance drawn
into burrows of thought, would seem to indi
cate that he was intensly occupied. The
soldiers observe him coming, and, rising to
their feet. gather on each side of the way to
see him pass-they do not salute him, they
only watch him curiously, with a certain
sort of familiar reverence. His abstract
air is not so great while he thus moves along,
as to prevent his seeing anything without APP
parently looking at 1t; you will see this in
the fact that however dense the crowd in
which you stand, if you are an acquaintance,
his eyes for an instant will rest on YOURS
with glance of recollection, and with it
grave nod of recognition. A plain blue
suit, without scarf, sword or trappings of any
sort, save the double starred shoulder strap
AN in9ifferently good Kossuth" hat, with
the stop battered in close to his head full
beard, of cross between :. light and g san
dy; a square cut face, whose lines and
contour indicate extreme endurance and de-
termination, complete the external appear
ance of this small man. as one sees him pas
sing along, turning and chewing restlessly
the end of his unlighted cigar


His countenance in rest has the immobili-
ty Of cast iron; and while this indicates the
.upvieldiag tenacity OF bulldog, one finds
only III his gray eyes the smiles and other
evidences of the possession of those softer
traits seen upon the lips and over the entire
faces of ordinary people On horseback be
looses the awkwardness which distinguishes
him as he moves about on foot. Erect and
without which the full effect would be in
complete. He held in early days the repu-
tation Of being the best rider in t, acade-
my. and he seems to have lost none Of his ex-
ceilence in this respect.
Year: 1863

ExPEDITIoUs But TRYING.-A Hibernian,
fresh from the green isle, having sufficient
means to provide himself with a horse and
cart, (the latter kind probably he neveI
saw before, went to work on a public road
Being directed by the overseer to move a l6t
of stones near by, and deposit them in gull
ly on the other side Of the road, he fol thwith
loaded his cart. drove up to the place. and
had nearly finished throwing off his load by
hand, when the boss" told him that was
not the way-he must tilt or dump his load
at once. Paddy replied that he would know
better next time. After loading again, he
drove to the chasm, put his shoulder to the
wheel. and upset the cart, horse and all into
the gully Scratching his head. and looking
rather doubtful at his horse below him, be
observed Bedad, it's mighty expeditions
way. but it must be tryin to the baste,"
Year: 1863

OLD CLOTHES MADE NEw.-Editors and
other poor men who hgve to wear old clothes
are recommended to renovate .their black or
dark garments with an application Of the fol-
lowing recipe, furnished by friend oftbread-
bare Humanity To tea cup full of hot
water add piece of borax, about as big as
cherry, and four ea-spoonsful of the strong
est ammonia or common hartshorn apply
the solution with piece of firm sponge or
broadcloth and the garment will be as good
as new in appearance. Those who can
sponge new suit from confding tailor
will not need the above recipe.