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Year: 1864

gained power that official who shall vo
late one principle of law, one single right
of the humblest man in our land, shall be
punished by the full vigors Of the law. 1t
matters not whether he sits in the Pres-
dental chair or holds an humble office un.
der our government


We have had upon this floor a touching
and significant proof Of the folly Of this ad-
ministration, who bave driven from their
support those upon whom they chiefly
leaned at the outset Of the rebellion. Then
their hopes, even for their own personal
safety were upon the noble men ia the bor-
der states, who, under circumstances the
mot trying, severed family relations hip
aud ancient associations to uphold the flag
of our country. Many of these men are
now mem bers Of this convention. They
bear impr essed upon their countenances
and manifest in their presence the high and
generous purpose which animates them !;
and yet it is truc-and great God that it
should be true-they are stung with the
sense of ipjuetice and ingratitude of low
and unworthy men, who have insulted and
ruined them and their families, and tram
pied on their rights by vindIctive legisla,
ton and through the agency of mise able
and dishonored subordinates.


Gentlemen, l do trust that our proceed
ings hero will be marked by harmony. l
do earnestly believe that we shall be ami
mated by the greatness of this occasion.
In all probability the future destiny of our
country hangs upon our action, Let this
consideration inspire us with spot of har-
mony.


God Of our Fathers bless US now, lift US
up above all personal consideration, fill US
with just idea Of the great responsible
ties which rest upon US, and give again to
our land its UNION, its PEACE aud its LIB
ERTY.


Loud and enthusiastic cheers greeted
| Governor Seymour as he concluded his
speech.
Year: 1864

4 ~ - DIV " Z IL


First. That Richmond newspaper,
two of whose proprietors hold commits
sions from the President, should lose no
opportunity to decry his patriotism apd
underrate his abilities.


Second. That the chief editor of said
paper, an assistant clerk in the Confede-
rate House of Representatives, should
denounce and ridicule the Committee on
Military Affairs in that House for report
ing a bill which will prevent that, or any
other paper, from becoming refuge for
original secessionists from military duty


These are curious facts. But there re-
mains fact still more curious 1t is,
that the paper in question should affect
to consider the liberty of the press to be
in danger. QNA CORNER.
Year: 1864

Y taxpayers in tho Twelfth Collection District.
composed Of the city west Of Sixth street. are hereby
notified that those of them who have heretofore
failed to make due return Of their income and pro-
fits for the year 1868, have failed TO submit the
same to referees III case of disagreement with the
assessors, and who shall continue 10 do for ten
days from this day, and also those who shall fail
TO make payment Of the same for twenty DAYS from
this date, shall be deemed and held be in default
hd the penalties for such default will be enforced
and said taxes and penalties collected by distress
forthwith. r.. A. WOODS,


de l2-20ts Collector for the Twelfth District.
Year: 1864

SUICIDE OF WoMAN.-An inquest was
held yesterday morning, by Coroner Lit
tie, over the body of woman of evil
lame, named Dianah j. West, alias Ellen
Fisher, who had committed suicide the
hight before by taking laudanum. The
deceased lived in the eastern tenement of
the building, on Cary street, between
Seventh and Eighth, known as "Soli-
tude, where reside a large number of
other females of the same character


From the mass of testimony elected at
the examination, it appears that the de.
cessed had been drinking quite freely
during Tuesday afternoon: and becoming
somewhat inebriated, she sent one of the
inmates of the house to an apothecary to
purchase some laudanum, which she took
about ten o'clock, and died from its effects
in an hour afterwards Before her death
she confessed to'a party present that she
had taken laudanum but stated that she
had not taken enough to hurt her The
sequel, however, proved her mistake.


In accordance with the facts of the
case, the jury rendered a verdict that Ell
len Fisher came to her death in conse-
quence of taking an overdose of lauda-
mum, administered by herself.
Year: 1864

LOVE, HONOR AND OBEY.
Love all on earth that's worthy love,
The beautiful, the good;
Love God in heaven, for His works,
The earth and bring food:
Love honest hearts, wherever found,
In hut or palace hall
Love those who love thee, those who hat
Love every one, love all.
Honor the man who, rich in gold,
Gives largely of his store
Honor the poor who envy not


The rich their glittering ore,
Honor the silver locks Of age


And help them on thcir way,
Honor the forms that gave the birth,
Living, OF in the clay.
Obey the first of Heavens commands,
To love thy follow man;
Obey the best Of Natures lawsS


To help him, you can;
Obey the still small voice within


That bids thee guilt abhor;
Obey the voice that trembling cries,
ARISE, and sin no more.
Year: 1864

FROM the Tribune


1t is settled there is to be no commutation.-
The House yesterday passed the bill of Mr.. smith
ers, OF Delaware. which provides substantially -


That the President may at any time call for any
number of volunteers for one, two, or three years


That IN case the quota ofany town shall not be
filed within sixty days after the CALL the Presi-
dent may order draft for one year to FIJI that
quota.


That in case of a draft there shall be no exemp-
ton by the payment of money.


Bounties are offered for volunteers or substi-
tutes-$200 for one year, $500 for two years. S400
for three years


So much we collect from the imperfect telegraph
c summary The essential feature of the bill is
of course the repeal of the exemption clause-or
rather, that is the point on which most of the con-
troversy turned


The Senate passed bill recently for the achieve
ment of the same object, but the House has thrice
refused to accede, voting the other day by one
hundred to fifty in favor of retaining The eommu-
tation. Now that the two branches are recomciled
on this vital question, presume they viii spec
Oily be at accord on matters of detail and that one
or the other bill will be a law,


1t is no secret that the change of front in the
House is due to the urgent representations of the
Executive The system heretofore existing was
deemed failure. The Government got money
and not men. Hence the argument addressed to
members of Congress has been:-If you mean the
war shall go on you must grant the power to draft
compulsorily-in other words, you must give the
Government the power to fill its armies speedily,
and to keep them full And the House has Yield
ed to this urgency, mpelled by the patriotic con-
victon that the Executive entitled to the grant of
snch authority as in its view was necessary for
the suppression of the Rebellion


Heretofore it was believed that wise admins
tration Of the law would secure all the men needed
but we now have the assurance Of the military au-
thorities that it was insufficient and since the Exc
cutive requires the power of absolute draft it
should be granted That the men and all the men
needed TO crush the Rebellion must be had some-
how, all loyal men have always insisted. The
question of means is less essential


1t is of course, understood that the power which
is now put into the hands of the Government is to
be effectualy sed. The law is to be put in force
and there is no longer any excuse, if there ever
were, for misapprehension on the part of the peo-
pie or indecision on the part of the Government
The nation, by the voice of its representatives,
offers its whole strengthto the Executive What
it asks in return is that its magnificent gift shall
not have been given in vain
Year: 1864




AS the good man saith, so say we; but as the good
woman sath so it must be-


A woman and greyhound must be small in
the waist.


A little house we'll filed, little land well titled,
and little wife well willed,


All women are good; good for something or good
for nothing.


A virtuous woman though ugly, is the ornament
of the house.


An obedient wife commands her husband.
A man of straw is worth woman of gold.
A woman's work is never at an end.


A good wife is the workmanship Of good hus-
band.


When the good mans from home, the good
wife's table is soon spread


A mans best fortune-or his worst-is q wife
An enemy to beauty is foe to nature.
All are good lasses; but where come the i'll wives
frae?


A woman conceals what she knows not.
A lass that has many wooers oft fares the worst
Choose wife rather by your ear, than your eye.
Many blame the wife for their own thriftless
life


Prettiness makes no pottage.


Women laugh when they can, and weep when they
viii.


Beauty in women is like the flower in spring;
but virtue is like the stars of heaven.
Women grown bad are worse than men; because
the corruption of the best turns to the worst
A man must ask his wife leave to thrive.
Fools are wise men in the affairs of women.
Every man can tame shrew but he that hath
her.


Ladies viii sooner pardon want of sense than
want of manners.
Bare walls make gadding housewives.
You may know foolish woman by her fnery.
Women are wise on a sudden, fools on premed-
itation.


Beauty will buy No beef
Beauty is no inheritance.


Fire dresses the meat and not smart lass.
Far.fetched, and dear bought, is good for the
ladies'.
Three woman and goose make market.
There is many good wife that can't sing and
dance well.


The society of ladies is school ofpoliteness.
The rich widow cries With one eye and rejoices
with the other.


He that tells his wife news is but newly married.
He who wishes to chastise fool get him wife.
Next to no wife. good wife is best.


No woman is ugly when she is dressed.


She that is born beuty is half married.
She that has an III husDanu SHOWS ~ ID ner
dress.


Saith Solomon the wise, "a good wife is good
prize =


She who is born handsome is born married.
Who has bad wife, has purgatory for neigh
Dor.


The cunning wife makes her husband her apron.
The more women look in their glasses, the less
they lock to their houses.


There is one good wife in the country, and every
man thinks he hath her,


There is no mischefin the world done, but wo-
| man is always one.
Year: 1864

Abraham Lincoln knows the ropes
All our hopes


Centre about the brave and true.
Let us help him as we can,
He's the man,


Honest for the country through and through.
Others good, perhaps, as he
There may be;
Have tried them in the war-time's falae 2
Do we know if they viii stand,
Heart in hand,
Seeking for the right in Heavens name
Let the nation ask him, then,
Once again


TO hold the rudaer in this stormy sea.
fell him acknowledgement
Dark to light,


Ushers in morning for the free
Let us not forget our rude
Gratitude!


But lend our servant the poor crown we may!
Give him four more years Of toll
Task and moil,


Knowing God shall crown him in His day.


" Y. Independent
Year: 1864

the year of Lord thousand eight hundred and
sixty four for the purpose of deciding upon the approval
and ratification, rejection of the said amendments,
which said election shall be opened held and closed upon
the day last aforesaid at the places and within the hours
at and within which, the general election of this Common
wealth are directed to be opened, held and closed.


iow therefore, In obedience to the requirements of the
tenth article of the Constitution, and accordance Nth
the true and eanag of the General Assembly of
this Commonwealth, ], ANDREW G. CURTIN, Cover
of the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do
this writ commanding and requiring you the said JoHS
ALDsTADT Sheriff Of the said county give notice in the
usual manner and by law required that election viii
be held according to the terms Of the Constitution and
provisions of the act Of the General Assembly aforesaid
each of the townships boroughs wards precints and
districts therein, the FIRST TUESDAY of AUGUST,
in the year of Lord thousand eight hundred and
sxyfour for the purpose Of deciding upon the approval
and ratification, rejection of the said amendments
Given under my hand and the great seal Of the State
at Harrisburg this Twenty first day of june in the year
Of our Lord thousand eight hundred and sxtyfour
and Of the Commonwealth the eighty-cighth


By the Governors


ELI SLIFER,


Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Year: 1864

TO JonS ALpsrApT ESQ. Sheriff Of the County Of Bed


ford-Seads Greeting


WHEREAS A joint resolution proposing certain amend
ments to the Constitution Of this Commonwealth which
are as follows, viz


And Whereas 1t sprovded in the tenth article of said
Constitution that any amendment agreed upon shall
be submitted the people in such manner and at such
time least three months after being agreed to by the
two houses, tho Legislature shall prescribe such sub
mission be in such and form, that the people
may vote for against each amendment separate aud
distinctly:


And Whereas, By an act of the General Assembly of
this Commonwealth, passed the twenty third day of A
pr Ammo Domni thousand eight hundred and sixty
four is provided that for the purpose of asceraining
the Of the people of this Commonwealth in regard to
the adoption rejection of said amendments either Of
them, the Governor of this Commonwealth shall issue
writ of election directed to each and every Sheriff of this
Common wealth. commanding them TO give notice in the
usual manner in not less than two newspapers in each
city and county Propided That many published
therein and by at least two printed handbs in each G.
lection district every city and county wherein news
paper published that election will be held in each 81
the townships boroughs wards precincts and districts
therein, the
Year: 1864

In heaven ever shone upon.


Now for You to attempt to overthrow such a
government as this, under which we have lived for
more than three-quarters Of centnry--in which
we have gained our wealth, our standing as ma
ton; our domestic safety, while the elements Of
peril around us, with peace and tranquility, ac-
companied with unbounded prosperity and rights
unassaied-is the height of madness, folly and
wickedness, to which can neither lend my sane
tion nor my vote
Year: 1864

We learn that not more than Eve hundred
soldiers are now In Camp Distribution, over
foar thousand having been sent to the front
within the last ten days. Col. McKelvey allows
no delay In rendering available to the army
every man sent 10 his camp.
Year: 1864

Printed lists Of the uncalled for letters at the
Post Office up to Saturday morning last, may be
found posted at the usual places at the Post Office
and upon the HERALD bulletin boards.
Year: 1864

Mr., CHAIRMAN: speak to-day fOT the preservation
OF the Government and, although for the first time


within these walls propose TO indulge in that irse
dom Of speech and latitude OF debate so freely exer
csea By other gentlemen for the past four months sad
which Is admisbls under the rules In the present
dition Of the House but for what may say and the
position shall occupy upon this floor and before the
country alone viii be Tesponsl5e, and In the indie
pendenee OF representative Of the people I intend
70 proclaim the deliberate convictions Of my judgment
IN this fearful hour Of the couptry's peril AMI now
Mr. Chairman, we are in committee Of the whole on
the sats Of the Uni0n lot lBquire how StsHdz the
Year: 1864

Sometimes girl says no to an Off
Ger, when il is as plain as the nose on
her face that she means yes. The best
way to Judge whelther she ID in earnes
or not, is to look straight into her eyes.
and never mind her nose.
Year: 1864

WoMAss TTAPRR-No trait of char
acter is more valuable in woman than
the possession of sweet temper. Some
can never be made happy without it. 1t
is like the fowers that spring upon our
pathway. rsviviug and cheering US Let
man go home at night, wearied and
worn by The tolls OF tho day, and how
sweet is = word ilcsated by sweet dis
position Il is sunshine falling upon his
heart. He is happy and the cares of life
are forgotten. A sweet temper has q
soothing influence over the minds of a
whole family. Where it ia found in the
wife and mother you observe kindness
and love predominating over natural feel
ings Of the heart. Smiles, kind words,
and looks characterize the children, and
peace and love have their dwelling there
Study, then, to acquire and retain ssvea,
temper. + Ii is more valuable than gold: i,
captivates more than beauty, and to the
close Of life it retains all its freshness and
power.
Year: 1864

tWThe Copperbeads profess to thinl


that their Southern brethren are fighting


only for Slavery, and they are willing
themselves to do everything but fight for
the institution. Hence, as the Northern
and Southern wings are SO nearly agreed
upon that point, the Copperheads want
an armistice with the traitors.


But JEFF. Davis and his myrmidons
said before the war broke out that they
would not remain any longer in the
Union even if they were given a blank
sheet OF paper on which to write out
their own terms And JEFF Davis said
in recent interview with Gilmore and
Col. Jaquess at Richmond, according to
published statements of the former:


"Tnis war must 60 on till the last of
this generation falls in his tracks and his
children seize his musket and fight our
battle. until you acknowledge our right
of self government. We are not fighting
for slavery. We are fighting for iudepen
dence, and that, or determination, we will
have"


1t is plain, then, that an armistice is
but the plot of Northern aiders aud abet-
tors OF treason TO arrange the terms of
dissolution of the Union aud acknowl-
edgment of the independence of the
Southern Confederacy.


EB-The following is the atrocious par
agraph for which the editor of the New
ark N. j. journal was arrested By Gen. |
Dix:


1t will be seen that Mr.. Lincoln has
called for another half million of men. |
Those who wish to be butcbered will |
please step forward at once. All others
will stay at home and defy Old Abe and !
his minions to drag them from their fami.
lies. We hope that the people of New |
Jersey will at once put their feet down
and insist that not man shall be forced |
out of the State to engage in the Aboli-
ton butchery. and swear to die at their
own doors rather than to march one stem
to fulfill the dictates of that mad, revo-
iutionsry fanaticism which has DESTROYED |
the best Government the world ever saw,
and would now butcher It's remaining in
haoltants 10 carry out mere fanatical
sentiment. This has gone far enough and
must be stopped. Let the people rise as
one man and demand that this wholesale
murder shall cease.


The article which We called attention
to the other day from the Mascatine Cour-
ier was not less atrocious than the above.
and It's perpetrator is clearly liable to the
penalties imposed by the law of the land
for discouraging enlistments in the army
of the Union.
Year: 1864

INSTRUCTIONS. accommodating sand
bars on the Rock Island side of the river,
have compelled the Ferry Company, says
the argus to move its dock down the stream
little. II is probable that the landing
place next year will be one block below
where it has been this year.
Year: 1864

Nor CEarAx.-Itis not yet certain that Gen.
Alyord win be ordered East. We sincerely
hope that be WIN be permitted 70 remain 10 Die
present position, where be can be alike useful
TO the Government and 70 our citizens.
Year: 1864

II is stated BY gentlemen lately from Ten


nessee that at an Informal meeting Of thirty
prominent slayeholders of that State, all but
two expressed the opinion that the advantages
70 be derived from coming again under the
National Government would more than con.
psnsats for any loss Of slave property they
might suffer, and tha. therefore no remunera-
tIcn should be asked from The Federal Govern.
monk i,a fs3s. De u,
Year: 1864

1t is better 10 90 to sleep on the right
side, for then the stomach is very much
in the position ola bottle turned upside
down, and the contents of it are aided in
passing ont by gravitation. If one goes
to sleep on the left side the operation of
emptying the stomach of its contents is
more like drawing water from WE'LL
After going to sleep let the body take IFS
own position. If you sleep on your back
especially soon after a hearty meal, the
weight of the digestive organs, and that
of the food, resting on the great vein of
the body, near the backbone, compresses
it, and arrests the flow of the blood more
OF less. If the arrert is partial the sleep
is disturbed, and there are unpleasant
dreams. II the meal has been recent and
hearty the arrest is more decided; and
the various sensations, such as falling
over precipice, or the pursuit of wild
beast, or other impending danger, and
the desperate effort to get rid of it, arous-
es us, and sends on the stagnating blood /;
and we wake in a fright, or trembling, or
perspirasion, or feeling exhaustion, ac-
cording to the degree of stagnation, and
the length and strength OF the efforts
made 10 escape the danger. But, when
we are not able TO escape the danger
when we do fall over the precipice-when
the tumbling building crushes us-what
then? That is death, That is the death
of those of whom it is said when found
lifeless in the morning-"That they were
as well as they ever were the day before, !"
and often it is added. "and ate heartier
than common!" This last, as frequent
cause of death to those who have gone to
bed TO wake no more, we give merely as
a private opinion. The possibility of its
truth is enough TO deter any rational man
from late and hearty meal. This we
do know, with certainty, that walking up
in the night with painful diarrhoe, or
cholera, or bilious cholic, ending in
death in very short time, is properly
traceable to a late large meal The truly
wise will take the safe side. For persons
who eat three times day, it is amply
sufficient to make the last meal of cold
bread and butter and cup of some warm
drink. No one can starve on it; while a
perseverance in the babit soon begets a
vigorous appetite for breakfast, so prom
ising of day of comfort.-HaiPs Journal
of Heath.