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Year: 1862

Rests upon aroms simple they are UNIVERSAL the


ought 10 be proporoned TO the end the persons
the attainment Of the end
possess the By which II is to be sttanedFedera
ist, No. 70, up. e5, o.


Congress may Judge of tho necessity in the present
sxigency. II may decide whether II will authorize tho
Secretary of the Treasury TO issue demand Treasury
notes and them legal tender payment Of dcos
whether u will put Its seven per cent bonds
the Market at runous rates Of discount and raise tho
money any sacrifice the money lender may require
meet the pressing demands upon the Treasury In the
one case the government will be able pay debts ut
fair Of interest in the other 1t must 60 into the
streets shining for the means like an individual IN fail
ing circumstances and sure Of being used in tho end
by the avarce OF those who may exnot unreasonable
terms The government needs snd should have in her
present peril the aid and protection &C s pstriotc c
rens But, sir, knowing tbs power of money and the
Year: 1862

II is not customary in ordinary life for
9 person to send polite messenger With q
polite message to some friend, or neighbor,
or acquaintance, and at the same time to
send some man Of portehtous strength,
handling Q gigantic club, making every
kihd Of ferOeious gestlealation, and, at the
same time, to profess that this is done in
the most friendly and courteous manner
Now, that;seems to me precisely what was
done by her Msjesty's government in this
particular case; and am anxious for q
moment to explain to the House how,
think, this million has been worse than
thrown sWsy, and that, besides being
thrown away, it leaves behind it conse-
quences Of much more evil and of much
harm than the loss Of the million ITSELF


DUPLTCTTY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.


Nov, the House will recolleet that at
the very time, think on Friday OF Satur-
day, when the Cabinet we're said to be
meeting for the purpose Of discussing the
despatch to be sent by the Saturdays boat
from Liverpool to America, there appeared
In the newspapers that are especially the
organs Of the government, language Of the
most viEulent and offensive character; and
instaptsneously, probably on the very day
when the despatch Was written, steps were
taken with regard to both the army and
navy which were exactly suoh as would
have been taken il the despatch itself had
been, not q courteous demand for 8 Just
object, but rather declaration of war.


Nov, the effect Of this in this country
was very obvious. 1t created almost 8
universal impression that there was some-
thing that the government knew that the
country did not know; and although no
body thonght-nobOdy but government
could imagine-thst q cause Of war could
arise out Of that question, that the govern
ment either knew war was all but ineyita-
bic, or that they intended war, If war
could BY any possibility be made out Of it.
Now, suppose, if | am to take the answer
which would be made to my statement
from the statements made at the time,
shall hnd 1t based upon two theories, which
undertake TO say are about as false and
about as ignorant as we're ever offered in
justification Of any public proceeding.


1t was saidby esFsain organs which sf-
feet to represent the goTernment-some-
times the government slaves, apparently,
and sometimes Its masters-it was said
that the government st Washington, or Mr..
Seward particularly, was anxious to get
into war, or difficulty, with this country,
with the view Of enabling him, with some
thing like credit, to get out Of difficulty in
the South; in fact, under cover of q war
with England, peace upon, l presume,
terms Of sep ration Of the Union, was 10
be made with the South. This was one Of
their theories. Nothing in the world was
ever offered to rational men more absurd
and more impossible. Mr.. Seward can't
make war; the President can't make Wary
Mr.. Seward and the President together
cant laake war j-and we may be perfectly
certain that II did not rest IN the brain Of
any one man, however eminent, or how
ever ingenious 10 consent 70 the dismem-
berment Of the United States under cover
Of 8 war with u.s.. Is TF[
Year: 1862

The Finance Committee to day authoriz.
ed the Chairman to report back the House
bill authorizing the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to purchase coin with treasury notes
or bonds, striking out the latter clause,
which leaves the purchase optional with
the Secretary, and also the section making
the fifty million Of treasury notes of the
old Issue legal tender.


Senator Fessenlem will report the bill
as amended tomorrow.


The Sen te } judiciary Committee will on
Wednesday Gene to final conclusion on
the case Of Senator Powell. There will be
a majority and minority reports, the mi.
nOrity as in the Bright case being for ex
pulsion.
Year: 1862

If anybody wishes to realize a full
grown contrast, under the most aggra-
waiting circumstances, let him try the


transition from Northern editors sane
tum, with its numberleSs files of fresh
exchanges and hourly telegraphic dis
patches, to the dusty and barren garrett,
designed for the same purpose, in q city
cut of from intercourse with the rest of


the world by the wicked acts of dema-
gogues and traitors. 1t is quite as diff
cult to get up, at this time, what would


be regarded as q readable newspaper un-
der ordinary circumstances, as it is to find


the material for respectable dinner in


this market at the present writing but
we trust that in both respects New Or
leans facilities will soon be improved


With the re-opening of regular commu-
nication, which must speedily follow the
suppression of the rebellion, the cities of
the South will againcome within the pale
of civilization, and reyolve with the rest
of the world once more. 1t is said that


the value of water is not fully known un-
til the well is dry but we believe that
knowledge obtained in tAat manner is
not usually sought after second time
and judging from all we see and hear, the
little "side show" in family way. gotten
up by New Orleans to grat:fJ the ambi-
ton of such infamous -demagogues as
Davis, Yancy 4 Co., now that it is fairly
played out, will be followed by no en-
core. The blessings of open ports and
free communication are too numerous to
be sacrificed, either by caprice or madness,
and it is more in sorrow than in anger"
that we could contemplate the poor dupes
of delusion that has brought so much
suffering, TO say nothing of the loss of self
respect, on so large class Did none but
the leaders suffer, humanity would not re-
cieve very severe shock; but the iniqui-
ties Of designing and unscrupulous men
often fall most severely on the innocent. |
The citizens-the material of society,"
whoare the basis of enterprise and wealth,
whenever these qualities exist, must look |
to other sources than in the hands of the |
political charlatans who seek to use them,
for their appropriate and rightful share of
the comforts of life and enjoyments of
home, and could they have seen one year
ago as they see now, they would have
spurned from their presence the men who
have brought all this trouble upon them,
if they had not hung them on gallows
higher than the one which proved so fa-
tai to Haman. But We only intended an
item on the dearth Of news when we COM
Year: 1862

An indignant woman, who says that
she has all her. life been the victim of
poor wood, writes to the R.lral Ns0a York


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verify believe poor wood has caused
more heartache than anything, unless it
Is intemperance. If the victims dared
speak out the world would hear tale of
distress that could not fail to excite uni
versal sympathy. confess do not know
why people are so restless under other in
hictiOns, and so tame under this. | sup
pose many wouldn't endure as much from
any other cause without complaint.r 1t
seems to be pet way of affecting ourselves.
Being . matter in our own keeping, we
take our own time to correct the nuisance,
and that is neuer. We keep hoping that
the wood will burn and that this years
miseries will be the last; but we keep
learning that the end is not yet. When
/ was young my father had no woodshed
and he generally burned green wood.
started in the morning, especially after we
got stove. The backlogs used TO last.oy-
or night, and help the matter some, while
we held on to the old fireplace. Think Of
digging green wood from in under two
AOOb Va 0nOh, alAQ OuL I'LL NeAl
the customs of the country justified it.
or it would have been regarded. as. relic
OF barbarous ages, which in fact it was.


1t nearly cost me my life one winter.
VIXEN kept district school; and when
gave them all up and married my late ius-
band, am grieved to say it was not much
better. We were poor, and could not
well afford a woodshed and such conven-
Il ! 49, -
not ''afford" to do without one as long as
we did. When we got a woodshed, my
husband whose health was never good,
could not keep up with his other work
and have supply of wood ahead.


Since leaving the farm have bought
my wood. At first 1 bought good dry
wood" as the farmers called it, but it was
seasoned out doors, and that is not the
place to season it.-Now buy green wood
and season it myself under cover and 1
do assure you it Is a great comfort to me.
feel for the sisterhood that are expected
to bake good bread, and cook early din
ners, with a smiling face, with miserable
dozy or green wood which, if it is kept go
ing at all must be watched as attentively
as a person just dying with the feEer.zi


One soggy stick puts out the fire. spoils
the bread, delays the dinner and turns
mirth to madness. Novelists delight ap-
plrently to ventilate and fumigate human
sorrows: but, so far as / know, the peeu-
liar miseries of miserable wood defy their
descriptive powers. They freeze, q poor
woman and her babes to death for pastime;
but they do it by taking away the supply;
they seem to judge that the long drawn
out agonies oi ''soggy' wood belo1gl to
that department. of human woes and bu-
..nah wickedness where slow tort lres are
applied, whore victims are killed BY inch
es, and which the delicate nerves of mod
eFn civilization should not be required to
contemplate. .,5.sf 80 .1a tIlssds
Year: 1862

ed-and largely too. We must meet the
force and drive it back. Several miles of
the Shenandoah Valley, yellow with gold
en- wheat. have, from necessity, been yield
ed to the rebels, notwithstanding many
lives have been sacrificed to obtain pos
ssssion of the same. Our army IS not
large enough. It may be true that we
have the most gigantic army Of modern
times, but it is also true that we have the
largest field ever known in modern or an
cient days, to act upon. And 1t IS further
true that we have powerful and desper-
ate army to contend against. Nor are we
contending against a foreign nation, but
against rebels who are not simply to be
driven from our borders, but who must be
literally conquered, and effectually sub
dued before we can hope to have peace.
Shall we do it by valor and equal numbers
al the terrible sacrifice of life that such
course always ends in? Or shall we not
throw upon the rebels an army large in
comparison with the line of battle and
literally crush down at blowi Unless
such is the case, the people of the North
may depend upon a long and tedious war.


Deserters are quite frequent with US
now. Yesterday administered the oath
vi W co AAOAl VIC ObA AAO0-
isiana, raised in New Orleans. They
were all Germans; one foreign sailor;
one was a boatman from Cincinnati, the
other sailor from New York. They were
given the choice of leaving the State
Of Louisiana, or enlisting in the Confeder-
ate army They could not leave the city
without pass, and thatwas refused them;
the Federal feet blockaded the river
Thus they had fine choice. Several 9TH
ers lie in the guard-house for hearing
Rumors have been extensive, here. that
Ewell is marching on New Creek with a
force of four thousand men, and that jack
san designs pressing Fremont back across
the Potomac. What he designs am not
able to voueh for. But how he will be
unable to execute his plans think l can
see full well. That Ewell is marching on
New Creek, is too absurd and too rash on
the part of the rebels, to believe for an
instant. Nothing could be 50 desirous to
US. Capture would be the inevitable fate
of the Southern forces attempting it. As
usual but small part of the rumors are
true. Yours truly, CASE.
Year: 1862

Hurryine on in the midst Of e1citament


Pushing extravagant projects through.
Kew of us know pause ever to question


Ever to ask where are we hur-ying to;
hurrying on over blessings unheeded,


Chasing some joy. like the butterfly, gone,
What Is the good of our wonderful frenzy?


what Is the use Of our hurrying on?
We have been hurrying on from our cradles


What but its shadows have we for the Past?
We are still hurrying on as expectant-


What shall We get by our hurrying at last
Graves so thick that we cannot well miss them


Going with only the clothes we shall wear;
Who're shall be. then, all we're hurrying afterf


What shall We have, with our hurry. when therei
Hurrying on in the wake Of the phantoms


ConJured alone in the fever Of haste,
Hurrying on with extrayagant projects,


Little We reck of treasures we waste:
Little We know Of the diamond moments,


All to be gathered and garnered in store,
d Making our worthy of worthless possessions


Up In the land where We'u hurry no more.
Treasures that lie all around US in plenty
We never heed we are hurrying on,
And when in heaven our Golfers are empty


We shall first know how they are lost and gone
Then we shall know how our spirits have wasted,


W Wealth of Eternity planted in time.
The soil for its seed growing barren As ashes.


While We are hurrying out Of its cline.
God works but slowly-but slowly my brothers,


Not hurrying onward in pa Q on and strife
Works with Love only, and only for others,


Not for himself in the green fields of Life;
Let US sit down and be calm and be thoughtful,
Lifting our hearts to Eternity's brink
Let US cease living alone for the Present


Let US cease hurrying, what do you think!
Year: 1862

wassonville is lively just now, and that I
busy hive of industry resounds IN every
part with the clang of hammers and the
hum of machinery. AL the various shops
are working busily. The car factory of
Morill & Bowers Is doing a very heavy bus
iness, being hard at work filing contract I
made with the Atlantic &. Great Western e
Railway for six hundred cars. The cars ,
are being turned out with great ranldlty
and in excellent style.-Csre. Herald.
Year: 1862

A SECEssIoNIsT DIsowNED BY HIS LOYAL
MorHEa.-A few days since secessionist at
Wilktsbarre, Pennsylvania, was rode on a r, II.
lie was then conveyed home, but his mother
refused to receive HIM, as he was traitor and
not worthy to enter the house. She told the
boys TO take him down South and give him to
JEFF. Davis. She has two sons in the service of
he United States, and she considered this
fellow disgrace to the family.
Year: 1862

Governor Brown, Of Georgia has again come
in conflict with the Confederate authority by
the action Of the Superintendent Of the Wes-
tern and Atlantic ralaoad, in refusing trans.
portatiop for some fifty barrels Of whisky, in
accordance with proclamation Of the Governor
in relation thereto. We understand that an
agent is on his way 10 Georgia to take posses
sion Of the road, for tho enforcement Of this
transportation, as well as for other purposes.


There is strange inconsistency in The above
action and the action of the Court Martial at
Petersburg, who forced Michael Hanley fo
wear "a barrel shirt" for daring to transport
wbiskcy over the railroads in Virginia. Now
the Government wraneles with the Governor
OF State for refusing to let the officers of the
Confederate Government carry whiskey over
its railroads.


A government divided against itself cannot
stand, and who sball picture the result if the
Confederate authorities are compelled to come
into collision with the terrible Court Martial OF
the barrel shirt" But fears are in reality
entertained in reference to an adjustment of
the affair between Governor Brown and the
military authorities, for the formor is said to
have expressed his determination to adhere 10
the spirit and intent of his proclamation to
prevent liquor from passing through the State


It appears that terrible accident occurred
lately to Federal wagon train near llarper's
Ferry.


Two trains, one ascending and the other de-
scendng the mountain, by way Of the long and
narrow cut on the eastern side of this ridge, met
where the road was narrowcst and most pre-
cipious. The drivers of the down train at,
tempted to stop their mules. but they took
fright and plunged forward Taking the side Of
the road next the mountain, they crowded of
the up train of wagons, which were hurled to.
gcthcr with the animals attached and their
drivers, down the rocky precipicc, varying in
height from fly to one hundred feet. The
scene is said to have been terrific, The shouts
Of the drivers, the screaming of the horses and
mules, and the crashing of the wagons, as they
plunged through the trees to the bottom Of the
mountain, was like the roaring Of an avalanche
to persons in the distance, and the scenc DC.
low was one of mingled ruin.


We regret to hear cf the manning and kill
Ing OF the poor horses and mules but it will
be quite refreshing to have such smash and
destruction Of wagons and drivers every day
a report was current yesterday Of the prevail
ence Of smallpox in Stauuton, aud advises thai
quarantine rules be put in force upon person.
coming from that quarter


For the purpose Of setting The public mind a
ease Oh that point, we would say that the wrie
converscd yesterday with several persons from
that locality, aud was assured that the disease
had been among the soldiers, but they had beef
removed Tar from the town, and no new case
have occurred for two weeks.
Year: 1862

We publish to-day fall account Of
the terrible disaster on the Raleigh &
CASTOR Railroad that we may be able
to answer the thousand and one ques-
tons that have been asked us in con-
nection with it. 1t will probably re-
lieve many an anxious mind in this
city.
Year: 1862

V Since we hnGame the owner Of the
Pelican, we have Wrought that our pa
irons had the right to find iu it all local
news and matters Of Importance. The pro-
ceedings ofthe Police Jury being Of that
range, we concluded to publish them re-
.gularly, whether bald for it or not. TO
that effect we petitioned on last Monday
that Honorable body for a copy Of their
proceedings from this date and it was
generously granted. If an Editor fails to
get the annual contract for said publica-
ton, his readers must not suffer from it
and it is in agreement with our views up
ON that snbject that'we will, in future,
publish said proceedings in our paper.


We begin with that publication to-
day.
Year: 1862

How WEsTERS MEN FIGHr.-The
New York Tribune does no more than
Justice to our Western Volunteers in
the following paragraphs:


The Western men fight ike heroes.
Old soldiers and new recruits are alike
in earnest and almost equally efficient
in the battlefield. One Of the regl-
ments that stood the brRyest and suf-
fered the most at Fort Donelson had
been organized less than month, and
was raw in everything but stern hero
ism, The officers of the men have no
doubt of their courage. They know
that at any hour they can be led
against the enemy's batteries. No long
period Of preparation is required to
make them ftto fight for their country.
And so the men gloriously justify the
confidence of their leaders.


As yet the great achievements Of the
war have mainly been the work Of
Western meu. Their advance reminds
US Of Mr.. Webster's saying that one Of
these days it would rain bullets down
the Mississippi. We trust, however,
that the men Of the East may soon
have large opportunities OF the same
manly work. As the history OF the
conflict now stands, the glory OF lefty
daring and of noble deeds for freedom
Is not equally divided between the two
sections.
Year: 1862

sure. there was nothing of very ex-
ltravagant or expensive character in
them, yet they were the best her fnan-
ces would permit her to enjoy, and
above all they were in good taste. This
latter was more than the half of their
value.


Full and Volumineus curtains swept
the carpet before the windows, save
where at one window, the light found
its unobstructed way to the street.
These must have had a peculiar effect
in the season of winter; when the lone
girl might retire within her domain and
there give rein to those feelings and
fancies which winter confinement is so
apt to induce. ~


The countenance of this girl-whose
name ! should here give as Amelia John
scn-was striking. There was, or at
least there seemed to be, no one express
sion so predominant over il as sincerity.
With this is nearly always allied inno-
cence of intention. If ought else could
have been CLEANED from her face, we
are at wonder what it could be.


She appeared as if accustomed to this
solitude-as il it were no new thing
that she should be alone, and left to
find her own reflections. Such was the
case. There was an air of calmness
about her person, that could be equaled
by nothing so much as the air of con-
tentment that reigned throughout the
apartment.


Such was the difference in the interi-
or Of the two houses in the village Of
Broadbrook, on certain summer even
ing.
Year: 1862

We will not pause moment on this
painful point. We will go on and close
our narrative.


In time the place was sold.


Mrs. Ingleton could not live there,
haunted as it now was with so many
sad and fearful recollections. Neither
was the young milliner, who bad come
into possession of what was rightIully
hers, and long had been, by such un-
happy results, disposed to remain near
the spot. 1I-


When, however, the place was finally
disposed Of, she set aside half the pro-
ceeds for the benefit of those who only
short time before were eager in her
detraction, reserving only enough to
make herself comfortable during life.


The young man-Edward Wilkinson
heard all this with profound aston
ishment. Yet whatever regret he might
haye felt for the situation in which Mr..
Ingleton had forced his family, was not
unmixed with strong and secret de-
light, at finding that the character Of the
amiable young milliner had shown itself
to so striking an advantage. Already
had he become sensible of her charm
ing qualities, both of person and char
acter. He now resolved to carry into
action a design be had long kept con-
cealed in his own heart.


We may tell the patient reader what
that design was, in a few words; Miss
Amelia johnson, once the poor, friend
less milliner Of the retired village Of
Broadbrook, soon became the wife Of
Edward Wilkinson,-the beautiful, ac-
complished and much-sought-after lady
in the refined circle of wealthy city.


Verify, there are many ups and downs
in this world of change, and no one can
tell what may be his position to-mor-
row, from knowing what il is to-day.


The Ingletons graciously received the
portion Of the property generously al
lowed them by the young milliner, and
speedily removed far away from the
memory and mention of their former
life, and their final catastrophe in
Broadbrook.
Year: 1862

~ s THE COLLEEN BAWN


Monday evening, March "a, and during the week,
The sixth and OF this splendid drama,
the successful spectacular play of the either
land America being played crowded houses be
the above theatre Owing other Mr.
Collins holding the sole right TO play the above drama n the
United States. managers wishing TO negotiate address
him at the Metropolitan Hotel. Broadway. New York.