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Year: 1863




Tho NAsHv1rILE UNION was commenced last spring.
fr the purpose Of opposing the Robel Southern Con
foderacy and OF advocating the restoration Of Federal
authority without any abatement ever all the States
which have attempted TO secedo. Its object was 10
proclaim the doctrines Of Liberty and Unon a. they
we're once expounded BY the fathers Of the Republic,
but which for more than one year-the long and
dreary carnival Of treason-had been unspoken and
unwritten in the Capital Of the State Of ANbREw
JACKSON and were treasured mp only In the hearts Of
the faithful We believed that the right way to con-
duct loyal Journal, in a city IKE Nashville, at such
time as this, to raise the waverng AID timld
up TO the true standard Of patriotism, aud not to
lower She standard OF patriotism aer the manner u
other Journals to suit the dopravod tastes Ct the
somiloyal and sympsthizers with the Richmond dy-
nasty.


The US1oN, therefore, has hold as friends all who
support and foes all who oppose the Union Of the
States. Its watchword Is FREEDoM AND NATIONALITY.


with rebels and traitors Il has no compromise to
make. II contends for the Federal Constitution and
the Laws made In pursuance thereof ss the sUPREM1
LAW on THE LAND, anything In the Constitution and
Laws e any OF the States to the contrary notwth-
standing.


1t contends for the Union Of the States, because
without It the preservation Of liberties and inst
tutons and the Organization OF society itself are
wholly impossible. Therefore, whatever stands in
the way of crushing out the rebellion and restoring
the Union must perish, no matter by what name 1t
be called.


When thousands Of our citizen soldiers lay down
their lives upon the altar Of their country sacr
fee above all earthly price, AID precious In the sight
Of Heaven, God forbid thai any ignoblo motive Of
solfinlerest should make any man wAver IN bis 10y
atty. II there be any such, let them look at the
blood Of shiloh, Fort Donelson, Murfreesboro and
Fredericksburg, and blush at their wickedness and
folly. Love for our country should now overAhadow
every other feeling and he is patriot who loves
bis houses lands negroes with titho Of Che deyo
tion which he feels for his country Even prudent
selhshnoss should compel to be patriots for who
hope to save his own from the wreck ef
a ruined and dismembered Union


We want to see the land once more blessed with the
enduring sunshine Of an honorable peace based upon
the complete and unconditional submission Of the
rebels in arms, and not lit up with the deoetful
glow Of a peaoe based upon emasculate loyalty and
concessions TO traitors-the glow Of meteor which
would shine only 10 betray, aud going out would
leave US in darkness tenfold more gloomy than that
which prevailed before.


Those are the sentiments and views which the
UNION will continue to advocate through whatever
Of storm sunshine may await 1t in the FUTURE and
ask the support Of all who believe Il to bo import
ant that thoroughly and vigorously loyal newspaper
should bo published in Nashville.
Year: 1863




DEAR SR:--I very much desire that
some one would answer the following
propositions and give, If possible, fair
solution OF the whole matter. In the
payment of the officers of the army,
why are Chaplains not treated as other
men? Why does the government so
carefully state that Chaplains shall re-
ceive pay only while actually on duty.
while nothing Of the kind is found touch.
ing other officers? Why is IL that other
officers can get sick furloughs, or stay
for months in hospitals with no deduc-
ton Of pay, while, if Chaplain chance
to be sick and off duty few days, he
Is not only charged with board and care
in hospital, but the entire pay for the
time is retained by the Paymaster at his
next visit? Now, as a representative of
the army Chaplains, will say that if
the Government has become so reduced
that it is necessary for yetrenchuaents OF
this kind, we are the men able to bear
them, for we are use TO sacrifices, for such
is o lr profession.


But on the other hand, il il proceeds
on the supposition that Chaplains have
no right to Be sick, or that their labors are
of title value | am unable to see the
point We gave ourselves honestly to the
aid Of the country in the suppression Of
rebellion and the religious benefit of the
troops and in this capacity we demand
OF the Government that our manhood and
position be not trampled under foot in
making these unfair and unnecessary
distinctions. There is much said by
Government officials about the Chap
laincy. " proving failure wish ask
these men how much they have done TO
render this branch Of the service effec-
tive? We intend to remain in the service
as long as there is soul to benefit, or
traitor to fight and only ask that we be
regarded as having some manhood and
little remaining idea of right and proper
treatment. | have not yet been the SUBJ
ject OF the above complaints, but have
seen il in the case of others not blessed
with as good health as myself


Yours, &C.,
Year: 1863

We give the following sales during the week.
Some lots were sold by the head on IN estimated
weight. Sometimes this is given rather high, but
those sold BY actual weight will justify our quota
tions:


1eedham sold Hughes ii head fair grade, ay-
Year: 1863

JOHN DE BAPTIs.-Sunday afternoon, at
the 90 contraband camp the old colored min
ister who is known by the above name, and
who for a long time was the acknowled ged
religious leader among the contra bands, preach
ed in the open air near the camp to a large as
semblage, taking for text his favorite one,
"And III those days came John the Baptist"
from which he delivered an original sermon.
During the exercises several hymns were sung,
John lining them out some OF them being OF
extraordinary length.
Year: 1863

THE CHAMBER OF DEATH Per.
hap3 no pubic man has had the
courage to send to the Chamber Of
Death, as it is called at the London
Times office, and ask the editor to
let him have u look at his life" :
Sometimes however, these "livc5


appear before the breath is out Of
the body, as recently occurred in
the case OF Lord Clyde. The
Timcs takes great care about these
matters. Some years ago n report
was brought to The office at eleven
o'clock at night that Lord John
Russell was dead. Mr.. Walter,
who goes to the office much more
frequently than is supposed, hap.
pened to be there. A consultation
respecting it Immediately took
place with writer's and editors, and
Il gentleman Of tact and oxr erience


was sent off in the middle Of the
night TO LOru Johns residence,
ChcSham-place to inquire into the
truth or faIschood OF the report.
He aoon discoyc.ed that it arose
out Of exaggerated reports Of u
slight indisposition, which had
been magniiied into the death OF
the noble lord; but, short as was
his absence from the Office, iii the
interlum ample means had been
taken to meet the cmergcncy-thc
fatal caskct had been opened, the
record of a life which would form
in itself no unlmportant chapter
in tho history OF the country, was
displayed, and an army Of biogra-
piers, editors, and printers We're
prepared to raise the ghost of the
departed nobleman, and fix the
picture in Its frame before the
morning light had dawned upon
the sieepers of London. When the
messenger returned, and it WAS
found that the intelligence was
false, the memoir was re-consign-
ed to Its resting-placc in the cas-
kot, the Chamber of Death closed,
the rejected columns replaced, and
tho world was Informed that the
Times was rejolced to be able to
state that the rumor OF the illness
Of so distinguished nobleman
was wholly without foundation,
Year: 1863

The following advice to the people, we
clip from the Farewell Address of the
Father of his Country" The warning
voice of the greatest patriot the world
ever produced, should be hearkened to
by all


Indignantly frown upon the first
dawning of every attempt to ALLEVIATE any
portion Of our country from the rest, or
to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link
together the various parts.


1.-The Constitution which at any time
exists, till changed by an explicit and
authentic act of the people, is sacredly
obligatory upon all.


"Resist with care the spirit of innova-
ton upon its principles. however spacious
the pretexts.


THE spirit Of encroachment tends to
consolidate the powers of all depart
ments in one, and thus create, whatev-
er the form of government, a real des'
potism.


"La there be no change by aSurpation
for though this in one instance may bC
the instrument of good, IL is tile cust0nla
rv ,geapon By which free governments arr
/ Destroyed"
Year: 1863

When the eternal mandate was uttered
that our first parents must leave for Eden,
sadly they turned to leave their bright
abode.


Eve gazed upon the flowers, her earli.
est and latest care, the tall trees with their
golden fruit, the sparkling fountain, the
river winding between hill and valley, the
birds whose plumage had delighted her
eyes, and whose song had lulled her to
repose at night and awakened her to fresh
scenes of lovelineSs at morn.
nolight She had brought sin, wretch
edness and sorrow into the world, and all
that was lovely in life was passed, and all
that was bitter to be endured was in the
future.


She turned to Adam and for the first time
in all her misery, remembered that she
was not alone, she had at least one human
friend.


Then there beamed upon her face pure
light, radient smile in which was min
ged all of woman's faith. all her forti-
tude and devotion as she exclaimed, 4,
"Thank God, we got forth together"


The angel at the gate beheld that look
of marvellous lovciness' that Triumphant
smile and sighed; he knew that such
beauty was too high boon to be bestow'
ed upon human being.


Far better for Eve than when next she
should see her face in the fountain, il
should be that ola sin-tempered, suffering
woman, that a joyous spirit, for it would
remind her that henceforth her lot, and al
her daughters, was not to triumph but tC
endure.


But the angel stole that heavenly eX
preston from the face OF our crring moth
er, as she left the bowers in Paradise; h
wove it with the last rays of the sun she,
over the home so lately unsullied by sin
and occasionally he filings the eterna
vesture over m ortals upon their entrance
into this world, thereby giving them a
faint shadow of Ewes loss in Eden, and
thus we have the origin of beauty.
Year: 1863

MANY mems praying and swearing are
pretty much the same; when they pray
they mean no good, and when they
swear they think of no harm. Like the
man and his two sons, going fishing on
Sabbath morning, who came in con-
tact with Methodist preacher, who told
him be should attend the bouse Of God
instead Of breaking the Sabbath, Says
the man: Il see no difference between me
taking my boys fishing on Sunday, and
meaning no harm than you going to
church. meaning no good.
Year: 1863

Az anecdote is related of young
preacher in a city church, who had for
his text verse from the parable Of the
ten virgins, and in the course of his SER
mon he explained; "In the olden times
it was customary, when the bride and
bridegroom were coming, for ten virgins
to go ont and meet them and escort them
home-fve of these virgins being males,
and five femals."
Year: 1863

TALK is not the only valuable thug
about man. There is often a more po-
tent influence than Auency. Thus when a
pert young barrister once boasted to a
member of the bar that he had received
twenty guinies for speaking in certain
lawsuit. the other replied: | received
double that sum for keeping silence in
that very same case.
Year: 1863

GREAT Loss OF SuEEP,-We are in
formed that Mr.. Daniel Ropping of this
place has lost four hundred sheep out Of
a flock of SIX hundred since last fall. The
disease which attacked these sheep and
produced this great mortality, is supposed
to have been caused in the fall by turning


them into damp meadow land, where they
filled themselves with frozen grass. 1t
can be accounted for in no other way, as


there are several thousand sheep kept in
this neighborhood by different individu-
ais, and they have done exceedingly well,
the loss on an average not being more
than one to the hundred. From this We
must infer that sheep require dry land for
pasturage.-Anokd { MINI Republicans
Year: 1863

OF every description executed in the best style and
on reasonable terms.


The FARMER has larger circulct tion than any
other paper in this section of the state. 1t now
and has been for thirty six consecutive years the
official paper of the county.
Year: 1863

OF every description executed in the best style and
on reasonable terms.


The FARMER has a larger crculs tion than any
ether paper in this section of the State. 1t is now.
and has been for thirty six consecutive years the
official paper of the county
Year: 1863

pie, that net ough. to be executed by our
Government, which it has not been, for
some reason unknown to the public. The
rebels first declare themselves to be an In.
dependent government, and next copy our
Constitution, making certain changes and
amendments in regard to slavery
and State sovereignty, and then pro-
ceed to enact stringent and sweeping
confscation laws which orc pronounced
tobe strictly in accordance with the portions
Of our Constitution which they adopt, and
under those laws they seize and convert to
rebel use, five hundred millions Of property
belonging to loyal citizens, In view Of
these facts, We ask, is it not poor rule
that will not work both waysY Why
can't our Government rightfully and con-
stitutional1y coufiscate the property Of the
rebels? Does any man, not Il malignant
Copperhead, deny the power to do SO?
We never heard OF one,
Year: 1863

The Ohio Legislature have had under con
sideration the projects to enlarge the Illinois
and Michigan and the Eric canals to tho ca.
pacity Of gnuboats, at the expense Of the
General Government. After lengthy debate
protesting against these measures, the rcso-
luton was passed By vote Of forty-one to
seventeen. Ono Of the members. who voted
in the affirmative said he s:had rather we
should be compelled to feel our dependence
upon the Mississippi, go that the people Of
the Northwest will feel bound that the Union
shall forever stand, and the Mississippi for.
ever flow to float the commerce Of the North.
west to tile Gulf"
Year: 1863

~ The Chicago Journal says thA.
it has turned out, after great effort has
been made and much money sacrificed,
that New Jersey will not be able to avoid
the draft. Although recruiting has been
going on since the latter part of July
only $500 men have been procured,
leaving 4,2s0 yet to be furnished, not 70
speak Of the numerous desertioos among
the men enlisted, which will have to be
made up. At the present rate OF enlist
ment it will require two months to gil up


the original quota, and some time longer
to gil the places Of those made vacant by
desertion. To secure the whole number
will cost the State 81, 100000, and the
Government is about to enforce the draft.
Year: 1863

Look ON THE SECOND AND THIRD PA
GEs.-On the inside of our paper will
always be found interesting correspond
ence and miscellaneous reading matter.
Do not fail to look on those pages.
Year: 1863

The following Is 81 extract from a speech
delivered By S L. Warner. an abolition candi-
date for Congress il Connecticut, during tie
recent campaign:


Damn the Constitution We hare not
had any for the last two years, and il never
ought to have been adopted | an f1r put
ting q! power in the hauds Of the President


The abolitiouist Of this State, or what is the
same th!ng.-the so-e4lled Union party
have not yet dared to be quite 50 frank il tie
expression Of their sentiments. Occasionally,
however, when cornerei IN an argument. they
bIurt them out, and show tie e!oven foot
Evea the cautious Marysvilie Appeal. the or
gan Of the party does Dot hesitate 10 grumble
about the Government having been ''hampered
by written Constitution aud rejoices over
the TACT that the war was 10. closed by the
campaign under Gen Mcclellan. for the reason
that death blow would not. under such cir
cumstanees. have been giyea to slavery
Think one moment, reader. upon the utter alb
surdity Of the idea Of the Government being
" hampered by the Constitution Just as
though we had Federal Government inde-
pendent Of the Federal Constitution But
more absurd still, if possible is the idea that
" old Abe" or any of bis party. have been in
the least hampered by that dusty old
parchment, the Democratic Bible He and
they have driven through it, and smashed
it into smithereens. wherever and whenever
that glorious old instrument has interfered
with the accomplishment OF their fauaiical and
nefarious purposes To stop them in their
mad career, to preserve involate the charter
Of cur civil liberties and to restore, if possible
the once happy Union which they have been
mainly instrumental in disrupling, are the sole
aims aud purposes of the Democratic party.


OyE of the great errors, or crimes of the
present Administration, has been its war upon
those of cur people who were disposed to
jealousy guard the great principles of liberty
which underlie onr whole political and civil
fabric, while engaged in suppressiBg armed
treason. The Administration " has endeavor-
ed to ape the strength of arbitrary govern
ments, and has acted as if it had an interest
and power separate from the people. 1t has
seemed to imagine that it possessed the sove-
reign power and was engaged In a conflict
with the people of the Union States, who de
sired to wrest it from them" But for this
course on the part of the Administration, the
rebellion had long since been put down. To
deny this is to claim that the rebels are more
powerful, if not so numerous, than those who
support the Union cause. The people of the
Union States constitute the sovereign power
of the Government, and it is only necessary
for the Administration to become conscious of
its true character as the servant of the peo-
pie, and act upon it, to render it successful
and irresistible, as at Forts Henry and Don
nelson. when the Administration ordered en-
listments to cease.
Year: 1863

TnG INDIANA DENocRAcY.-The Democrat,
ic State Central Committee of Indiana have
called a mass convention of the party of that
State, to be held d; Indianapolis on the 10th
day Of May next, to take into consideration
the present perilous state Of the country. The
address of the committee accompanying the
call, is an able and patriotic paper, and worthy
to be read by the people Of The country in
every State. We regret our Inability to give
it entire, in order that our readers might see
the noble aud patriotic position assumed by
the gallant constitutional Democracy of the
Hoosier State. The following brief extract
will serve TO show the character aud tone of
the address


4" We eXhort you, fellow counirymen, to
come together in the spirit of patriotic desire,
ana resolve to put aside every sentiment but
love for The sacred principles OF your govern
ment Come up rs one man, with your atfec
tious placed upoa the Constitution. and melted
by a firm resolution that lis great monuments
OF Liberty shall be preserved for yourselves
and your poSteriiy forever. Claim all your
rights under that Constitution, but claim no
more. Assume 30 Obligations unknown to it.
bu, stand forward with the high pgerogatives
Of that uohest Of all titles, American citizen"
That Is your surest defence In the language
of General Darlington Military Commaudaut
Of this district IN bis late address to the people
Of Indiana -" TIE ballot 5ar and open dcbatc
mark q free people, Trust them" That which
shuus the light of day should not be endured
by you. Come out-abjure their yows-reject
their tests. Whatever their name, whatever
your party. seek the old paths. and work as
you ouce did, agreeing to disagree upon ques.
tons OF mere party policy but ever united in
support OF the Government aud the nation


ScRANBLE FoR OFrIcs-Our loyal abo-
llion friends are after the different offices in
the comfy with perfect rush We read
somewhere in the good book of a time when
seven women shall run after one mae, but such
an event would be nothing ia comparison with
the condition Of things ROW. 10 the abolition
rauks. There are from seven to seventeen as
pirans for each and every office in the Gift of
cid Pis5s, which IS worth a Continental
Chief and foremost among them. are those
renegade Democrats who left that party for
their bread and butter, and-for the partv's
good What loyal aud disin.erestei PAY
iriols,


SAN JUAy, Nevada county, has gone for the
Democracy.
Year: 1863

j. F. LlyTHIcUM.-Yesterdays MarysvilIe
Express contains the valedictory Of this gen.
tleman, who for four years past has conducted
the editorial department of that paper with
such marked ability and success. BY note
from the publishers We learn that he is about
to become a resident of Nevada Territory
We regret, and more especially at the present
time, his withdrawal from the editorial tripod
We wish him every success IN his new scene
Of labors.
Year: 1863

Would the Administration moderate the
fury OF party spirit" instead Of encouraging it,
and guard against the impostures Of preten-
ded patriotism" the American Government
could successfully resist all who might assail it,
Year: 1863

HONEY LAKE.-The owners of the Union
quartz ledge in Honey Lake valley have sent
a gentleman to San Francisco to purchase
machinery, etc, for quartz mill. which they
intend erecting upon the ledge shortly.
Year: 1863


r o. tell me why, though maid be old,
Her praise may not be sung?
And why her tale may not be told,
How she too once young,
And lovers came, and lovers woOed,
Yet left her to pine in solitude.
Her dear old schoolmates all are gone;
Her sisters all are wed
And in cruel hours she twined the flowers
To deck the beauteous head
Of one who stole the heart away


On which her own set,
And made her rue the luckless day
And makes her rue it yeti
When lover came and alOYer wOOed
Yet left her to pine in solitude
Year after year she dwells alone,
While the world fits gaily by;
And the tears they start in her aching heart,
But they never dim her eye;
For her grief in her secret soul abides,
And she wears cheerful air,
While in hel bosom the treasure she hides
Like the lock of a lost ones hair,
And dreams of a lover who came and wOOed,
Yet left her to pine in solitude.
Proudly she bears her sorrowful head,
WTeathed only with winter cuIls;
Bravely she bears the jibes and the jeers
The world at the old maid hurls;
For she knows that the lot of woman is hard
And that in the rude battle of life
Her bosom must often be wounded and Scared
Whether maiden or mother or wife;
So, though lovers came and lovers woOed,
ct left her to pine in solitude.
0 say not her heart is selfish and cold
And that nothing her love can arouse!
For who but she, to the sick and the old,
Is the angel in every house
Yes in trial and trouble the old maid is near,
With balsam fer all our woes,
And she e'en lends an ear and drops kind tear
When to her the y0uRg maiden goes,
To tell of the lover who came and who wooed,
Yet threatened to leave her in solitude.
Then tell me why, though the maid be old,
Her praise may not be sung?
And why her tale may not be told,
How she too once was young,
And lovers came and lovers wooed,
ct left her to pine in solitude