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Year: 1869

General Logan, as Commander in Chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic, has
issued an order explaining why the graves
of the rebel soldiers are not decorated
with those of the Union soldiers. He
says that it is from no vindictive emotion,


but from the wish to distinguish the feel
ing with which the nation regards free
dom ard slavery, Republican principles
and those of slave-holding oligarchy.
Chief Justice Chase has also written a
letter in reply to an invitation to assist at
the ceremony of decoration in Charleston.
He asks, May we not indulge the hope
that ere long we who adhered to the ma
tiOnal cause will be prompt also to join
in commemorating the heroism of our
coultrymen who fell on the other side ?"
1t is pity that the career of the Chief
Justice suggests the suspicion that his
letters are always written with one eye
upon the White House. Certainly this
letter has the distinction of suggesting
course which would put an end to the fes-
tival of decoration by making it worse
than meaningless. 8H


General Logan's order states the case
truly. The graves of the Union soldiers
are decorated, not because they are dead
and were brave, but because they gave
their lives and their heroism to the no.


blest cause. Calhoun was undoubtedly
honest in his convictions. Is he therefore
to be equally hOnored with Abraham Lin
coin? That the rebel soldiers were sin
cere and fought bravely has never been
questioned; but they spent their lives and
their valor for the most inhuman and de-
testable cause in history. Mr.. Chase en-
tirely misconceives the case. 1t is not
heroism that is honored in the decora-
tions of the graves, it is humanity and
Justice. If he will go to Lexington and
Concord and Bunker Hill he will find
monuments to brave men who fell in the
earliest battles of the Revolution. Does
he think that they are cOmmemorated for
their bravery? No; it is for defending
their country against unjust aggression.
The tall gray shaft on Bunker Hill does
not chiefly say, "These were brave men !"
it says, "This was great cause"


Undoubtedly General Gage was as sure
of his cause as Putnam or Prescott or
Warren Does the Chief Justice think
his name should be carved upon the mon
ument? Major Pitcairn at Lexington
was as brave and sincere as the farmers
upon whom he fired; shall he too be hon.
ored by a grateful America? Or is it
greater offense for an Englishman to as
sert the authority of the Crown in an
English colony than for an American cit
izen to attempt to overthrow the Govern
ment and rend his country in order to per-
petuate human slavery? There may be
question of the wisdom of the festival which
the Grand Army has established, but there
can be more that General Logan's view
of it is correct. 1t is intended, by refresh.
ing the sweet memory of the brave boys
who died for liberty and justice, our
brothers whom slavery slew, to renew the
national fidelity to the eternal principles
of liberty upon which alone human socie-
ty can be firmly founded. 1t may be
doubted whether the method is wisely
chosen There can be no doubt that the
object is as lofty as any that the American
heart can cherish-Harper's Weakly. i
Year: 1869

The words "full and free pardon" were
the first to strike my preoccupied sense.
Yet so it was l was pardoned for
an offense 1 had never committed.


r "The real culprit was none other it
is needless to say than he who had
sought and abused my hospitality
He had been moftally wounded in a
recent affray in distant city but had
lived long enough to make disclo-
sure, which had been laid before the
Governor barely in time to save me
from shameful death, and condemn
me to cherries and burdensome life.
This is my experience. My judg-
ment, as yours, in the case. before us
leads to but one .conclusion-that ot
the prisoners guilt; bit not less conf
dent and apparently nnerring was the
Judgment pronounced, upon my own,


We no longer importunel our fel-
low juror, but patiently awaited our
discharge on the ground of inability to
agree, which came at last. ~,


The prisoner was tried and convict
ed at subsequent term, and at the
last moment confessed his crime on
the scaffold. ... ...-. .r...
Year: 1869

How soon we forgeti --..- - "a
Vain dreamer when the year shall keep
Its glories mid its winter Sleep.
When what we name as love shall bloom
A little while above our tomb


For fame hope thou? leaf to-day,


soon swept away
Year: 1869

step as this, Wnere, OIL one side, L
have many friends and every thing
to make me happy. where my pro.
fesslOn alone has gained me an in.
come of more than twenty thousand
dollars a year, and where nv great
personal ambition in my profession
has such great field for labor. On
the other hand the South has never
bestowed upon me one kind word; a
place now where I have no friends,
except beneath the sod place
where | must either become private
soldier or a bsggar. To give up all
of the former for the latter, besides
my mother and sisters whom love
so dearly. (although they so widely
differ with me in opinion seems in
sane; but God is my judge. I love
Justice more than l do my country
that dlsowns it more than fame and
wealth more, (Heavcn pardon me if
wrong) than a happy home. 1 have
never been upon battle field, but
o, my countrymen, could you all but
see the reality or effects of this hor-
rid war, as I have seen them, lin
every State. save Virginia, 1 knew
you would think like me, and would
pray the Almighty to create in the
Northern mind sense of right and
justice (even should it possess no
seasoning of mercy,) and that He
would dry up this sea of blood be-
tween up, which is daily growing
wider. Alas, poor country, is she to
meet her threatened doom Four
years ago, 1 would have given
thousand lives to see her remain las
| had always known her) powerful
and unbroken. And even now 1
would hold my life as naught. Omy
friends, if the fearful scenes of the past
four years had never been enacted,
OF if what has been was but a fear
full dream, from which we could now
awake, with what overhowing hearts
could we bless our God and pray for
His continued favor. How l loved
the old flag can never now be known.
A few years since and the entire
world could boast of none so pure
and spotless. But l have of late
been seeing and hearing of the
bloody deeds of which she has been


made the emblem and would shudder
to think how changed she had grown.
o, how 1 have longed to see her
break from the mist of blood and
death that circles round her folds,
spelling her beauty and furnishing
her honor. But no! Day by day
has she been dragged deeper and
deeper into cruelty and oppression,


till now Gn my eyes, her once bright


and spotless stripes look like blood


qaShes on the face of Heaven. 1


look now upon my early admiration
of her glories as dream. Ny love


(as things stand today is for the
South alone. Nor do deem it dis
honor in attempting to make a priso-


ner of this man, to whom she owes


so much misery. If success attends


me, 1 60 penniless to her side. They
say she has found the "last ditch "
which the North has so long derided,
and been endeavoring to force her
in, forgett 'ng they are our brothers,


and that 1t is impolitic to goad an
,, enemy to madness. Should l reach
her in safety and find it true, I will
proudly beg permission to triumph
: or die in that same ditch by hel
| side.


A Confederate doing duty on hi
: oaon responsibility.


j. WILKES BOOTH.
Year: 1869

Speak gently, kindly to thy wife,


She knows enough oi.sorrow;
Oh, seek not from each little i'll


An angry word to borrow.
The early light of household love


Has more than golden worth,
Which from her heart one smile of thine


Can call in beauty forth.
When thou art distant, stern and cold,


And through harsh words of thine,
Its sunny rays of gentleness
At home may never shine.
Upon the heart such cold words fall
And chill loves tender life;
Oh ever, when home trials come,


Speak gently to thy wife.
Far nobler in life's battle scene


Is he who breasts the storm
With ma..ly courage when abroad,


And loving words at home,
Than he who, groveling all his days,


A traitor<to his kind,
A petty tyrant proves at home,


The meanest of his kind.
Year: 1869

The noblest men know on earth,


Are men, whose hands are brown with toll
Who, backed by no ancestral graves,


Now down the woods and till the soil,
And win thereby prouder fame


Than follows king or warriors name.
The working men, whate'er their task,
To carve the stone or bear the hod-
They wear upon their honest brows


The royal stamp and seal of God
Aud brighter are the drops of sweat


Than diamonds in a coronet
God bless the noble working men.


Who rear the cities of the plain
Who dig the mines and build the ships.
And drive the commerce Of the main;
God bless them for their swarthy hands
Have wrought the glcry of our lands.
Year: 1869

Ax LUfEhS TWAIN.
My lovers twain-my lovers twain.
pray you let me be!
To wed you both would be fain,
Only that may not be.
One lover is like music sweet,
That steals my heart away;
And one is like the trumpet blast
Which calls me to the fray.
One is of gentle, courteous mind,
To low and high degree
And one is stern aud harsh Of mood,
And meltcth but to me.
One is so strangely lovable,
That but to touch his hand
Do women kneel-before the one
Do men uncovered stand.
Aud if this one do not wed,


He never wife will seek;
And if that one ! do not wed


He sorroweth a week.
My lovers twain-my lovers twain,
Ye should have let me be;
love the one with all my heart
The other loveth me.
Year: 1869

THE other day young boy, a son of
Mrs. Forest, living on Riddles Banks,
near this city, had occasion to take his
aunt across the dam of Jessup 81 Moore's
paper mills to the east side of Brandy
wine creek On returning, owing to the
strong wind and high freshet, the boat be-


came unmanageable, and was carried over
the dam breast. Providentially the boat,
as 1t was rushing down the. rapid water
below the dam, struck upon the only roc {
in the creek whose top was above the
water, and here young Forest scrambled
and thereby was saved from immediate
drowning. The people soon gathered for
the rescue, but the question arose as TO
how the boy was TO be saved from his per
ilous condition. At that moment lame
boy, with crutcb, came forward and
said al can fetch him OFF, One of the
by-standers objected, until his father,
Patrick MulrieD, who was present, SAID /:
Let him GO; you can't drown that boy"
A rope was procured, and young Aulrein,
with rope and crutcb, went TO the rescue.
After feeling the water little he threw
the crutch ashore, and manfully plunged
into the rapid, rushing flood of waters,
headed for the rock In the middle OF
the creek, where sat the half-drOwned,
chilled and frightened boy. Mulrien
swan round and round till he got through
the eddying water, and on to the lee side
of the rock, where he scrambled up, tied
his rope around young Forest and with
his feet had to push him of the rock into
the seething, boiling current as the boy
stubbornly refused to leave the only place
of safety, being benumbed with cold, and
afraid TO face the dangers of the rapid
| flood again The men soon pulled him
ashore, where kind hands ministered TO
Year: 1869

THE latest attempt of convict To es.
cape from prison occurred at the Joliet
Penitentiary last Tuesday morning. On
the evening previous a cOlOred convict
had died, and his dead body was placed in
a rough coffin for burial On Tuesday
morning, when the remains were about
to be conveyed to the bury ing ground,
which is a short distance from the premi
ses, one of the officers perceived slight
movement of the coffin lid, which had not
yet been screwed down The lid being
raised, 10 and behold, instead of dead
black man, live white convict was found
lying in the coffin. He was hustled out
summarily and required to give an explain
alton. IL appears that Garly IN the morn
ing, while the other cOnVicts were at
breakfast, he smuggled himself into the
room where the coffin was, removed the
corpse of the colored mar, deposited it in
an empty barrel, and got into the coffin
himself, expecting that he would be car
ried outside the walls, and, before reach
ing the burying ground, jdmp out and es,
cape. Being almost smothered. he raised
the lid slightly to get breath OF air, and
was thus discovered ia time To spoil his
"little game" II he had remained quiet
a minute or two longer, the lid would have
been screwed down, and he would proha
bly have been smothered 10 death.-Chi-
ol9O Journal, Nay 8.
Year: 1869

the town laden with local manufactures
which would account for the punctuality,
and also for the noises being heard so ex
actly at midnight; passenger trains being
so much lighter, together with the fac
that in the daytime other noises around
would prevent attention being drawn 60
the peculiar sounds


The night following the discovery |
went to the house lust before twelve.
arranged the pipe aud brush as before
and went down to the kitchen At the
usual time the train came laundering
along, and Just as IL went by the house
the engine driver, Encouragement, sounded
his whistle simultaneously, the chain
clankcd, the bell tinklcd and | saw the
two doors open. These were not
fastened, so that the shaking of the house
caused them to open, as they were hung u
little on the incline. In the kitchen cup
board there was chain hanging loosely
against the wall, and resting ON an OLD
dish cover that had been left there In
the parlor | found the brush and pipe
both prostrated.


Being quite satisfied, left the house
| and slept comfortably at the hotel
Next morning waited ON the lady, ant
informed her of my solution. She wa,
much pleased, and at first refused to lei
the cottage on any other terms than those
she had at drst named but at my pressing
solicitation she consented that | should
bee >mo her tenant at a slightly increased
rental.


Even better than obtaining a com
Portable little cottage at low rent, was
the acQuaintauceship thus formed, which
proved very valuable to my mother.
| should add that when the tunnel was
repaired, the shaking was hardly felt n,
all, and the noises were scarcely heard.
Year: 1869

In THE WRONG PLACE The too prev
alent habit OF sieeping IN church Is the occasion
OF many queer incidents and queer stories. A
well-known citizen lately fell asleep in country
church. the was hually disturbed by the touch of
contribution box in the hands Of one of the
deacons, who Was taking up collection; but,
without opening his eyes, the sleeper CALCULATED
" Season." and sunk back TO resume his nap. IL
IL unnecessary to say that he was a season ticket
passenger on railroad,
Year: 1869

Animal Life is full of corruption and we can only
hope to escape the ills which flesh is heir to by
judicious of tho remedies in natures storchouse


In ell the time which has past since the world began
mankind has given great attention and some of its
best talent to the study of medicine. While this
sacrifice has not been wholly in vain the facts elected
are few and mostly unsatisfactory. Among the truths
blood pure we must be healthy To purify the blood
there is no medicine equal to Morse's Indian Root
Pills, as thousands of testimonials will verify. Use
health. Morse's Pills the best medicine for all
Female Irregularities Liver Complaints Indigestion
Billiousness, Dyspepsia, Headache, &c. Sold by all
Dealers no50
Year: 1869

WHoop1so-CouoH.-For tho benefit Of
some fourteen hundred Of our local read
ers, We copy the following recipe for the
cure Of whooping-cough from an Eastern
exchange: *:


To one ounce of the dried leaves Of the
common chestnut tree add quart of boil
ing water, and when the infusion, is cold
give cupful three times q day, the last
dose being given when the patient retires.
After "a or 36 hours the patient will be re-
lieved, and then the dose may be admins
tered in smaller quantity.
Year: 1869

RED RIVER CARrS.-Last week twenty
carts came from Red River to take up some
ten tons cf goods which had been left be-
hind. These were tho first carts which
went up in tho spring The fall trains
have not yet commenced to arrive, but are
looked for next month.
Year: 1869

We regret to say that the project Of
building fRst-class hotel in this city has
been abandoned for tho present.-Ha.tings
Gazette. ::


We hope that We shall not be- compelled
to make : similar report concerning the
hotel At st. Cloud. II nothing else re
mains, let stock company be organized
and good hotel built. The town needs it.
and the investment would be paying one,
especially with the $12,5oo bonus offered
by the city.
Year: 1869

HA1vEsT1NG.-Fron all that We can
learn, the greater portion Of the grain in
the upper part Of the State is cut. Al
though the vet weather has delayed work,
It has done the grain no injury. A far
mer states that with three weeks good
weather the corn crop viii be greater
than for years past. The ground is said
to be "perfecily alive" with potatoes.
Year: 1869

When a female is in trouble or afflicted with dis
ease, as weakness of the back and limbs pain in
the head dmness of sight, loss of muscular pow er
palpitaton of the heart irritabiity. nervousness,
extreme urinary difficulties, arrangement of digest
i've functions, general debility vaginitis all dis
eases OF the womb, hysteria, sterlity and all other
diseases peculiar to females, she should 90 or write
at once to the celebrated female doctor, W. K Do
herty, at his Medical Institute and consult him
about her troubles and disease. The Doctor is
effeeting more cures than any other physician in
the State of California. Let no false delicacy pre-
vent you, but apply Immediately and save yourself
from painful suffering and premature death The
Doctor otfees are so arranged that he be con-
suited without fear of observation.
Year: 1869

ADvERTIsE-The store or shop Of a
shrewd business man always has sign
showing who he is, and what sort of work
he does, or what kind of goods he keeps.
But the shrewder business man not only
has sign on his store telling this to who
ever p sses, but he also has his sign in the
newspaper, telling it to the far larger num-
Der that don't pass by, and asking them
to call and examine his goods or his work
If you have anything to sell, tell the peo-
pie SO, not merely those who pass your
door, but tell all the people Customers
will call on any business man who persis-
tently invites them, and if they are fairly
treated they will call again.
Year: 1869

THANKsaIvING-DAY.-The custom of
observing one day in the year as day of
general thanksgiving. originated with the
Puritan colonists One of the early Gov
ernors Of Massachusetts,, after bountiful
harvest, and season of general prosperity,
appointed day for the people to assemble
in their places of worship, and offer pray
ers of thankfulness and hymns of praise to
the Almighty for his care and protection.
From that day to this some one day in the
Fall of the year, generally the fourth
Thursday in November-has been observ-
ed as Day ofThanksgiving by the people
of the New England States.
Year: 1869

Many writer these lines and invalid physician while visiting ne
experienced and witnessed surprising and
Of the vaias who were ke
inquiry and investigation obtained full history


medicinal He delighted and surprised and after his own recovery
possible the sole right manufacture
and sell il in the United States.


his glorious himself and suffering humanity


PLANTATION BTTERs thus made known to the world PLAN
TAoN being merit founded principles and


relying world for its medicinal effects worked rapid revu
history household word all the civilized
TlS6o-X tasan health and the demand for
the PLANTATION BTER exceeded the abilities the propetors supply
Notwithstanding importation Of St. z Rum made expressly for the
pounding these B quantity Inadequate therefore became necessary
that arrange scale abroad should made and agent
dispatched St. Thomas for that He fortunate securing and
leasing several plantations Of the largest and most productive estates the
island Houses stills and erected as by which utterly aston
ed the natives" The natives ftheland
cured and the ps the PLANTATION BTTERS in position
supply their laboratory with all the perfectly st. cz Rum needed u
turing represents
the natives crushing the otherwise preparing for the stills and
nado Fever and Intermittent and Maous Dyspepsia and
unsurpassed
history the world Over five million disposed annually They
adapted male agreeable always
nroduce immediate beneficial result
Year: 1869

Established expressly to afford tho afflicted
sound and scientific Medical Aid, in the treatment
and cure of all Private and Chronic Diseases, Cases
Of Secrecy and all Sexual Disorders
Year: 1869

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi
ment, it will keepit clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for
Year: 1869

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hdu' as soon restored
to its original color
acih the gloss and
freshness Of yoatth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1869

As the day express train going west on
the Michigin Central railroad was near.
ing this station this afternoon, about three
o'clock, the passengers waiting for the
train were startled by the frequent whis-
Ting of the engine, Indicating obstruc-
tions on the track. 1t was soon found
that Mr.. Sagon, of Sheridan, was driving
at a furious pace to get his horses and
wagon across the track before the engine
reached the crossing. The engineer did
his best to stop the train, but it was too
late, and the cowcatcher struck just be-
tween the horses and wagon, separating
them instauter, and consigning: each a
place on opposite sides of the track, little
or none the worse for the collision. But
the strangest part of the story r erlains to
be told. Mr.. Saigon and his wife, both
about sixty-hve, we're caught Up on the
platform above the cowcatcher and just
in front of the engine, where, instead of
losing presence of mind and throwing
themselves of, they settled themselves
composedly, as though nothin z h ad hap
uened. The old lady put b sr hands in
her muf, while the old man, with one
hand extended, as though grasping the
reins, and the whip raised in the other,
assumed an attitude that Dan Mace
might envy, and thus the old couple rode
up to the station in triumph, amid the
cheers Of the bystanders. A 5 soon as the
train stopped number rushed TO their
assistance; but they declined all aid,
maniiesting no concern for themselves,
but considerable for the fate of the horses
hn
jured, while the damages to the latter
we're found to be very trifiug.-ALbion
{ Mich special to Detroit Press, Jan. 26.
Year: 1869

Wecan no longer sing that very COM
Portable old dittay running something
like this: On, hard times, hard times
come again no moro. They arc upon
us in good earnest, and all classes, the
business man, the employer and the
employee, severally feel its approval to
Year: 1869

AIMED At JEwS-Wc extract the following
from the official report of the Congressional
Proceedings:


Senator Harlan presented memorial, pray
ing that the preamble to the Constitution OF
the United States may be amended so as to ac-
knowledge almighty God as the source of all
authority and power in evil Government. and
the Lord Jesus Christ as the ruler of mankind,
and his revealed will as the supreme authori-
ty." Referred to the Committee on the ,Ju-
dietary