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Year: 1863

"A laughable incident is related by the
Lewistown Me- Journal of jealous wo-
man who went into an auction room the
other day, and saw las she supposed) her
husband very familiarity sitting beside a
young lady. Stepping up softly, she seized
. head in each hand and pounded them to-
gether number Of times in rage. Her sur
prise may be imagined when she found that
the innocent stranger was not her "worser
half" She apologized and passed on amid
the laughter Of the crowd. -
Year: 1863

The Railroad is doing on immense business
in both passengers and freight, and it is hard
work for the trains to make time. For three
days in succession, the passenger trains have
not run up to the time card.
Year: 1863

- RUSSIAN SQUADRON


The Ball will be given at the Academy Of Music the
OF the Academy Of Music, Irving place
viii be opened for the admAnce Of company o'clock
sseond-Ths entrance 70 the ban room win be from the
desisnatedb by vases Of Eowerl


Trdhs mnsic will be under the direction Of the Floor
Committee and win a. ten o'clock by signal from
The Chairman a which moment the win be turned IN
following The card prepared BY the Committee Music and
Fourt6-The floor will be under the control Of the Floor
Csmmtee whose duties will be 70 provide partners f the
ballroom aid dancers In hng sets and In obtaining space
Fifth-No lady will be admitted on the ballroom Goor
wearing bonnet or gentleman carrying cane OF hat


LADIES' and gentlemen required In full evening
dress. sft


siIth-The House Committee will see the arrangements
made them In various Of the house Tor the comfort
ofguests properly carried out.


Seventh-The supper will be opened half past
eleven O'Clock Supper viii be served at all times there
After during the night Tea and coffee will be served In the
EighthOn entering the covered way leading the sup
Per by the north door OF the Academy Irving place
The win be found divided in the centre cord
IN going and returning


Nnth-Carriages both in setting down and taking MP
company wi form In line the north side Of Fourteenth
place sngy and keeping the side Of the street,
horses turned towards Fourteenth street. 70 out OF
Tsnth-Partiss leaving the bail win take the rs carriage
IN lne VIII be set down at spot below Forty hfh
street fox.two dollars fare.


Eleventh Zach ticket win be numbered, registered and
by the Secretary admitting one person only


' " s'' C6MMiTfEE OF ARRANGEMENT
Year: 1863

PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE REBEL INVASION
New York has now sent seventeen regi-
ments to the relief Of Pennsylvania. Without
the aid of New York and New Jersey the Key
stone State would have been almost helpless.
The inhabitants Of Pennsylvania seem to have
lost all spirit and either retreat rapidly at the
approach Of the rebels or exhibit strange
apathy and indifference. Even the troops from
New York and New Jersey are not received
with any cordiality or enthusiasm. On the
contrary, the people Of Harrisburg set to work
az soon as they had recovered from their fright
to see how much money they could make out
of the gallant men who had left their distant
homes to defend Pennsylvania. This is bad
record and needs amendment.


When Pennsylvania was threatened with
invasion last year Governor Curtin collected
about fifty thousand militia to defend the
borders. Where is this force now? Why is it
not under armss So large and populous a
State as that over which Governor Curtin
presides ought to be able to raise
enough men TO beat back the rebels and
aid the Army of the Potomac in cutting
Lees main force to pieces. Joined with the
troops Of New York and New Jersey, Governor
Curtin should put force OF at least one hun
dred thousand men at the disposal Of Generals
Couch and Franklin. With such an army,
whose numbers would make up for its lack Of
discipline, in front of Lee, aud with Hooker s
| veteran army in his rear, the rebel general
would find himself caught Ikea rat in a trap.
( II may be too late to accomplish this now; but
Il 10 no, too late for Governor Curtin to order
out or impress the militia, place the New York
and New Jersey regiments at their head, and


clear his State of rebels. Governor Seymour


GU, red tape summarily here in New York. and


Governor Curtin should not hesitate to act with


equal vgor, energy and decision in Pennsyl-


vania-
Year: 1863

DINNER AT THE AsTOR HOUSE LAST EVENING".


General Thomas Francis Meagher entertained the staff
and line officers OF the Irish Brigade at dinner at the
Asor House last evening The company numbered about
thirty and down to table eight o'clock The
tertanment strictly private one, being social
reunion Of the brave and gallant officers who often
rsked their lives in defence Of the flag Of their adopted
country, which borne aoft through so many hard
fought fields at the head Of the Irish Brigade
Neagher's late command After the edbles had been
disposed of many short speeches made Of social
character which served draw still closer that bond u
sympathy and brotherhood which so closely united gen.
Meagher and all the officers Of his brigade The enter
aumep got up under the personal superiDtendence
of Mr. Woods the major domo Of the Astor House, aud
added another the many similar ,rumphs he has lately
achieved in that line.
Year: 1863

DIERs.-The most shameful neglect is evinced
by the authorities at Washington in paying to
the relatives of deceased officers and soldiers the
claims due the latter at the time of their
death. Even in cases where they are acknowl-
edged by the Department, the payment is post
poned indefinitely, to the serious detriment Of
the parties concerned This is wrong for the
existence of which there can be no excuse and
we sincerely hope that it may be at once reme-
died. We have had cited to us cases where for
more than year the claims have been authen-
ticated, and as yet no payment has been made.
It must strike all that justice and promptitude
in these matters is paramount duty on the
part Of the government.
Year: 1863

The COMPTROILER's ANNUAL REPORT.-We
have received a copy of the proof sheets of the
annual report of the Comptroller for the year
closing with December 81, 1862. This report
shows the source of the revenues of the city,
the amount raised by tax and the amount dis
bursed by the several departments of our city
and county governments The Comptroller
acts wisely in calling attention to the leak in
our revenues from the ferries. The proper au-
thorities should take this in hand at once and
see that the ferry companies keep their wharves
in repair, in accordance with the contract, and
not throw that expense upon the city, as it ap-
pears has been done in several instances


There il another chance for Improvement in
the rent of our markets. Our present markets,
in the hands of private parties, would be made
to return an income of over two hundred per
cent more than they do now Why cannot the
city realize a more respectable and remunera-
tive rental from this source than it does at pre-
sent?


The report also shows satisfactory condition
of the sinking fund for the redemption Of the
city debt The total amount of the funded and
temporary indebtedness of the city, on Decem-
ber 81, 1862, was $27 ,49l GAP, an increase Of
upwards of five and half millions in the last
five years.
Year: 1863

expenses, as the broad, rocky Susquehanna
river is in his way; and. in the other case, his
army in getting into Baltimore would get into
trap from which Lee would never extricate it,
with General Hooker's army and our militia
auxiaries behind him. and with no means Of
retreat a. his command over the broad. naviga-
BILE Lower Potomac. Between Governor Curtin
and the Governor of Maryland, with the eight
or ten thousand of our New York State
militia sent forward, one would think there
would be no difficulty now in advancing to the
Maryland border body Of fifty thousand men.
This force would protect the border from fur
ther foraging incursions, or compel General
Lee to bring up his reserves; and in this event
the Army of the Potomac would be able to
repeat the battle of Antietam under greater
advantages than were possessed by General
Mcclellan, including our present possession OF
the commanding heights of Harper's Ferry and
the river front below, where Lee last year en-
tered Maryland


Last September, after driving Pope's shat
tered columns behind the defences Of Arlington
Heights, Lee deliberately took up his line Of
march and entered Maryland forty miles above
Washington. His march by this short route
could not be resisted; for Mcclellan, from the
remains of his own army Of the Richmond
peninsula, and from the fragments of Pope's
army, and from our new levies of volunteers,
hurried forward, had first to build up and
organize new army before he could move
from the capital. Now General Hooker COM
mands the Potomac between the capital and
Harper's Ferry, and has an army Of veteran
soldiers 80 situated on his interior lines that
with even ordinary vigilance and activity he
can meet and defeat any offensive movement Of
the enemy in any direction.


A very few days will determine the issue to
Lee Of this aggressive campaign. If informed
from Richmond of the fall of Vicksburg in ad-
vance Of battle with General Hooker, there
will be an immediate necessity for the move
ment of at least one-half Of this rebel army of
Virginia to the protection Of the flank Of Ala
bama and Georgia against the formidable libe-
rated army of General Grant. Meantime, if the
report be true that D. H. Hills corps has been
left behind to take care of Richmond and the
communications between it and Gordonsville,
we may begin to doubt whether this Northern
campaign of Lee amounts to anything more than
a scare, an indispensable movement for sup
plies, and grand foraging expedition into the
loyal Dor der States
Year: 1863

- We have recently travelled through
several counties Of southwestern Iowa,
and find the Union men generally dis
posed to let the draft come. They are
not putting forth any effort to raise vol
anteers, and say they do not intend to /;
they propose 10 leave the present work
iantirely in the hands of the Copperheads
to let them drum up. the recruits or
stand the draft They argue that the
Union men have hitherto done all the
ighsing, while tbs eopperheads stayed
at home TO abuse the Government and
the army, and to vote against the cause
of the Union and now propose to let the
Cops try their hands at the recruiting
business. We are not altogether sure
.ut this is the wiser c5s4rse; If the tories
aW dissuade men from enlisting. let the
Union men stand still, and wait for the
lraft; then all parties viii be compelled


0 do their share.
Year: 1863




"who Shall be State Frinter?''


An article appears in the last issue OF
the Adair County Register with the above
significant heading; and while we agree
with the Register that four years is long
enough for any public printer to hold Of
fice, we are not willing to consent that
all the patronage fthe State shall year
after year be given to the people of the
Mississippi Valley. Are our ~&rieHds OF
she East aware ii the amount Of labor
that has been performed to redeem this
valley from Copperheadism, and will II
again be our lot to continue to labor for
the cause we love, without any share in
the State patronage7 flour brethren 81
Eastern Iowa are determined to pursue,
in the future, such policy. we viii stili
daily battle for the cause of the Union
and the Constitution of our Fathers, hop
ing that good streak will yet come over
the Iowa Legislature, and few crumbs
will be let fall for some lucky fellow on
the Missouri River. If Burlington men
demand Senator Grimes reelection, will
they also rnodestly demand that the pub
lie printing shall also be given to the beat
paying Office in the State?


We. are decidedly in favor of eleeting
either Senator or Public Printer from
the Missouri Slope. Is it asking too
much of our friends in the East to make
such demand? 1t is q fact known to
every intelligent man in the State. that
more labor has been required, and great.
er efforts put forth, to reclaim this por-
ton of the State than there hss been re-
quired in any other; and up to the pres
ent time,we have not received what was
our rights, and thg present is an oppor-
tune time, and we claim what we believe
every member of the Legislature must
concsde to be right, either Senator or
Public Printer from Western Iowa.
What says the people of the State sener-
allyl


The Presidential contest viii soon be
here. and in no portion of the State will
greater. efforts be put forth by the Cop
perheads than in Western Iowa and we
must meet the enemy and route him,
and viii do it; but give US the advantage
of Public Printer. from the Slope, and it
will aid in building up 6rst-class paper
somewhere on the Slope, that will assist
much in disseminating truth. and thus
give courage to our Union men, and the
victory will be complete.


We say again to our neighboE Of the
Adair County Rcgsstsr, reconsider that
motion, and zee if our own Western Iowa
should not be favored this time With the
printing if not permitted to have . SEN
ator.
Year: 1863

'DUNN BROWNE" the army corre spon-
dent Of the Springfield Republican, thus
discusses the use of whisky in the army:


An army is big thing, and it takes
great many eatables and not few drink
ables to carry it along. Have you any
idea how many barrels of cOm,nissary"
CHATS Il gentle ephemish for whisky it
takes per week to lun the machine2 I
don't know exactly, but DO know that it
would he better to Uncle Sam than 100
O0O volunteers to his army if it would
shut OFT entirely and absolutely the supply
of Intoxicating liquors fnpln officers and
men, from surgeons, hospitals and every
thing and everybody, connected with the
army. On what ground is the present
vast supply of whisky furnishedP Is it
that al occasional ration may be issued
to the soldiers when returning from
picket or after an exhausting march
Why, there hasn't been whisky ra-
tion issued to a single regiment, to my
knowledge, for many a month, and l am
certainly within the truth when l say
that not ten a year are issued to the
troops on an average. 1t is as good as
total abstinence society to be private in
the army. Cause why The use of liquor
has SO increased among the officers that
none is now left over to he issued to the
men! Three gallons week are about
the present usual allowance of Brigadier
General, and int,r iOr officers in propor-
lion. A Major General, who is liberal
and reasonably hospitable, ia expected to
spend at least his pay in various liquors.
Every time General or staff officer calls
ON comrade, the bottle is expected to be
produced. Every time an officer is pro-
noted, he is expected to "wet his COM
mission" Every occasion of sword or
horse presentation is improved for a big
drunk all round. 1t IS not considered yet
quite reputable for an officer to be help
lessly or crafty drunk when actually en-
gagged in special duty, such as an officer
OF the picket or Judge Advocate of court
martial, but at other times it is nothing
against him, and even if caught in such
a case it is rather his misfortune than his
fault, poor fellow.
Year: 1863

In one of our New England towns lived
Deacon Brown, a staid, dignified sort of
Christian and model of propriety. Deacon
Brown had the misfortune to lose his wife,
and at the age of forty found himself with
family of four small children, without
mistress to his farm house. As he could
not Immediately take another wife and
avoid exciting scandal, and could not get
along without some one to take charge of
the kitchen and nursery, he had recourse
to employing young woman as house.
maid. Nancy Sterns was q laughing,
romping beauty, who delighted in expert
menting upon the Deacon, by way of test
ing the strength of human nature. For a
long time the Deacon Was invulnerable;
but at last, in a moment of unguarded
weakness, he was led into temptation, and
into committing slight indiscretion "
with his beautiful hOusemaid. When in his
wOnted GOODNESS and presence of mind, he
was Mortified at the enorinity of his sin.
In vain he repented and grieved over his
LOST virtue.


Finally, as last effort for easing his
conscience, at the conclusion of the service
On the following Sabbath MOI ming, he arose
and requested the torbearance OF the breth-
rem and sisters few moments, when he
electrified them by making the following
cOntes sion:


"My Christian friends, you all know
that lost my dear wife some months ago
(sobs and tears, and that Nancy Sterns
has been keeping house for me; and you
know that have little child not year
old. Well, that little child would cry in
the night, and it would be a long time be-
fore could quiet it; and last Tuesday
night God forgive me tue child cried
SO hard that Nancy arose and came into
the ronm. and leaned over the bed to hush
the cllild-and, brothers and sisters, her
leaning over made me forget Christi"


Here the worthy deacon broke down en-.
tirely, and stood weeping, wailing and
blowing his nose.


"What did you do "sternly demanded
the minister.


DILL kissed herl" stammered
out the Deacon, between his sobs, s. but
have b en- very sorry about it, and prayed
to be forgiven; and want you to forgive
me and pray for me, brothers and sisters. T"
As the D,acon bowed himself upon his
Year: 1863




The brilliancy, rapidity and effectiveness
Of Gen. Grants movements, whereby he
has planted himself in the rear Of Vicks-
burg with certainty that the place must
fall, will compel the admiration of the
whole country. But even in this hour Of
triumph, the voice Of the grumblers is
heard discordantly amid the shouts Of e1-
altation and praise "Why did not Gen.
Grant do this long, long ago? Why this
prot1acted waiting, when the result shows
that success was so certain and So easy! !!
Why the delay that cost so many lives
and such mint OF money!" These are
the questions that in almost every crowd
are piled thick and fast. We tell the
grumblers who were content to stand by
Mcclellan through months of inaction
when he might have moved, that their
Ignorance il the parent Of their inquiries;
that the movement was attempted at
the earliest practicable moment; and that,
after it became possible, not day or an
hour was lost. Do they not know
the whole army had to make long march
through that Mississippi bottom, on the
west side Of the stream, cut up by ponds and
bayous and thickly set with an almost tro-
pical fo1est-a bottom converted into
sea Of mud by half days rain, through
which IN artillery OF baggage train
could no more make its way than
through the center Of Lake Michigan? Do
they not know that this march from Mill
ken's Bend to the place OF embarkation in
transports below Vicksburg, was the only
alternative Of running the batteries; aud
that had that Inst danger been successfully
overcome while the roads were soft, our in
tentions would have been betrayed to the
enemy; and, held fast by the mud embargo
on the East side OF the river, our boys
could not have got FIVE miles from the
shore? They would have lain there, help
less, while the rebels prepared for their de-
feat when an advance was possible. As
it was, three hours rain, willie the
preliminary movement was going on, put
an end to all operations. The troops and
trains on the way were arrested lust as
efectual1y as if they had stood On the shores
ofthe Gulf The wagons went down to
their aAe-trees in the soft alluyium; horses
tired down in an hours ride, and even the
infantry were, from the sheer impossibility
Of going on, compelled to halt and wait for
that black sea TO dry up.


1t is not wonderful, that, after the bate
1ies were run, and long weeks of inaction
followed, there should have been impa-
tience and complaint We shared the first
and expressed the last. The occasion for
either Is gone By, and now that the reasons
Tor the delay are so apparent and so CON
elusive, let us hope that the joy over the
brilliant victories which hayc been already
achieved and which promise such glorious
fruits, will not be marred by querulous IN
quirics why all this good work was not
wrought before.
Year: 1863

The superiority, over all consideration,
which characterizes maternal tenderness
has often elevated the conduct of women
in humble life. and. perhaps, never APP
peared more admirable than in the wife
Of q common solder of the 55th British
regimentin America. during the CAM
paign in the year lT7T7, during the Rev
olution. :. III n
Sitting in tent with her husband, OF
breakfast, bomb entered, and fell be-
tween them and bed where their in
fant lay asleep. The mother begged
that her spouse would 60 around the
the bomb before it exploded, and take
away the child, as his dress would ena-
BILE him to pass between the dreadful
messenger OF destruction and the bed.
He refused. calling 10 his wife to haste
away, as. in less than a minute, the fuse
wonld communicate to the great mass oi
Combustibles


The poor woman absorbing all care in
anxiety to save her child tucked up her
garments to guard against touching the
bomb, snatched up the unconscious in
nocent, and was hardly out Of reach
when the rnurderous materials were
scattered around!


The Major oftha regiment, hearing a
the action, distinguished the heroine
with every mark Of favor.
Year: 1863

EsTMr. Addison once bot that he could
make the worst pun that had ever been
heard, and succeeded admirably by going
up to man who was carrying hare i'll
his hand. Pray" cried be to the man,
is that your own hare or so;gF"
Year: 1863

Dare the yunns husband, al the al
ter of the high God. swear to cherish
and pr,,test. until death Shall break
the golden chain, the fair and iind
Girl who stands at his side, Who spr-
sakes for him the father, cale aud
mothers tenderness, and then 60
away into the paths Of sin. and lra-
talize himself until the union becomes
like that of the living and the dead
Dare he bring dishonor upon the wife
of his bosom, and leave in misery and
want what he found in beauty and
happiness Dare he substitute a
driveling drunkard for the promising
youth who in the glory of his man
hood, vowed before heaven aud the
presence of angels and men to be tn
her, nay, more than all kindred aud
friends? Dare he leave his innocent
children the inheritance OF an evil
name, the corrupting influence OF an
evil example. aud worse than all. the
constitutional taint of proHlgacy or in


temperance, the fearful law by which


the Supreme Judge visits the miqui


ties of the father upon the children
Year: 1863

The thoughts of such fashionable man
as n. p. WILLIS, upon this healthful and
pleasant recreation, are of some conse-
qucncc. We therefore copy from his
Home Journal as follows -


Between these two extremes, of course
there is u great deal of female eques-
triansm in New York, of which we may
be allowed to speak admiringly. The un-
dulating roads Of the Central Park are
not only the most admiringly adapted
for exercise, but the most favorable for
display. We solcmnly declare ourselves
quite nationally proud that the just-ar-
rived foreigner should take his impression
of American beauty from the charming
equestrians he will be sure t, meet in his
first drive in our famous Park. And
(apropas,) we do not altogether agree
with those Western reformers who pro-
pose the abolishmcnt of the side-saddlc.
As to the greater security Of the mascu-
line posture, although geometrically so,
yet we have only to see how singularly
rare are equestrian accidents to ladies'
But in the attitude itself, as a question
Of beauty, there is certain advantage
to the " looks" which it would be a pity
to loose. The turning cipher into note
of interrogation would not add more to its
expression. In the flow Of the riding
skirt and graceful movement of the fig
ure, added to the easy elegance OF the
seat, there is a certain careless mastery
of the horse, which makes combined
picture of the obiect--a picture 1--WE have
always thought J of the most coquettsh-
ly disdainetal supremacy ! Where does
a lady look so powerful, so irresistaby
attractive as in her gallop of a noble
horse And, considering that it is the
stranger who sees her most when she Is
in the sadde-that she is Z" abroad" when
on horsahack-is there not, in this proud
disaaintuiness Of posture, certain pro-
priety, also ? Hat aud plume, skirt and
sIe-saddIe, ladies, if you please !