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Year: 1863

Hon: John Sherman presents the issue
made in the nomination of Vallandigham
in tho most forcihle light. Here is con-
victed traitor he says, nominated as tho
Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio


lie is opposed to the Government; opposed
to the war will not vote man to SUPPRESS
the rebellion. and will not vote one dolla,
to sustain our soldiers. And yet the Dem~
ocratic party calls upon the people to elect
this mani 10 be Commander in Chief Of the
Army and Navy of Ohio. And this in the
midst Of war with the enemies of the
country whom he was convicted of aiding
Year: 1863

and one that free people would submit to
with poor grace. So then conscription
law, making no exemption, or if any, as
few as possible, and allowing party to
procure substitutes, we consider the best
kind OF conscription act. But what diff
ference is there between such law, and
tho present one? Under this any man can
get substitute. and get him just as cheap
as he possibly can. If he can get one for
$4,000 or $4,000, he is just as acceptable
10 the government as though he had cost
tho conscript 100000. So leaving the
$500, clause entirely out of sight, and the
present conscription law is very much like
any other. Well, now, take experience
under any former conscription law, for ex-
ample, and we will find that even under
those laws very few men went to war, who
were able to procure substitutes and it
was and is fact that men who were not
able to get substitutes were obliged to 90,
as will be in the present case. But under
former laws substitutes demanded much
higher price, so that it was impossible for q
poor man TO procure one, even with the help
Of his friends. From $500. to $500, were
demanded and paid in the last war with
Great Britain. The poor man is not in
|jured by the $500, clause in the present
law, on the contrary he is benefited. Now
what use is it to the Government More
than an hundred thousand veteran soldiers,
one Of whom are worth two new recruits,
are being, and will soon be discharged from
the army. They will eagerly re,enlst for
reasonable bounty. and it is believed that
eommutation money paid, will furnish the
fund, out Of which to pay that bounty
Secretary Stanton says he had rather have
the $500, than the raw recruit, because
there are hundreds ready to take it, and
re- enlist.


That same paper, shameless of the
reproach that under the Administra-
tlor OF its own party the nation has been
brought to its present state of civil war,
and to the brink Of ruin, powerless to re-
sist the foreign encroachments, its mad, in
sane policy invited, falsely and hypocritical-
ly tries thus to throw the responsibility on
the present Administration.


MEXICO HAS FALLEN.-Thc Mexican struggle
has virtually ended and the country is in the
hands OF the French Emperor. The City of
Mexico was evacuated on the 3lst of May, as
wc are informed by San Francisco dispatches,
and Forey took quiet possession, receiving the
open allegiance Of the Church party, who, it


will be understood, are at variance with the
people. Thus has foreign power accomplish
ca an net that none darcd to attempt during
the reign Of Democracy in the United States,
tho weak and cowardly administration that
now rules this once happy country, andteared
no resistance or even protest from it. 1t is
alike an insult to our power and a deep injury
to our progress, and will yet constitute a most
important era in American history.
Year: 1863

a blacksm who has been for years de-
prived of the use of his legs by rheumatism,
saw few days ago that he had been robbed.
He was SO excited by the discovery that he
burst into general and profuse perspiration.
He instantly recovered the use of his legs, and
has been ever since perfectly well.
Year: 1863

The question has been asked, why il is con-
sidered impolite for gentlemen to go in the
presence of ladies in their shirt sleeves while
it is considered in every way correct for the
ladies themselves to appear before the gentle
men without any sleeves
Year: 1863

1t stands in a sunny meadow,


The house so mOssy and brown,
With its cumbrOus old stone chimneys,
And the gray roof sloping down.
The trees fold their green arms round it,
The trees a century old;
And the winds go chanting through them,
And the sunbeams drop their gold.
The cowslips spring in the marshes,
And the roses bloom on the hill;
And beside the brook in the pastures,
The herds go feeding at will.
Their children have gone and left them;
They sit in the sun alone
And the old wifes ears are failing,


AS she harks to the well known tone
That won her heart in her girlhood,
That has sootbed her in many care,
And praises her now for the brightness
Her old face used to wear.
She thinks again of her bridal


How, dressed in her robe of white,
She stood by her gay young lover


In the mornings rosy light.
Oh. the morning is rosy as ever,


But the rose from her cheek has fed;
And the sunshine still as golden,


But it falls on a silvered head.
And the girlhood dreams, once vanished,
Come back in her winter time,
Till her feeble pulses tremble


With the thrill of spring times prime.
And looking forth from the window,
She thinks how the trees have grown
Since, clad in her bridal whiteness,
She crossed the old door-stone.
Though dimmed her eyes bright azure,
And dimmed her hairs young gold,
The love in her girlhood plighted


Has never grown dim nor old.
They sat in peace in the sunshine.


Till the day was almost done;
And then at the close an angel


Stole over the threshold-stOne.
He folded their hands together


He touched their eyelids with balm
And their last breath fioated upward,
Like the close of solemn psalm.
Like bridal pair they traversed


The unseen mystic road
That leads to the beautiful city


Whose builder and maker is God"
Year: 1863

ALIeuIIOuS


WHAT is kept in the heart will
not spoil friends.


NEVER court the favors of the
rich by fattering their vanities or
their vices.


He will make the best use of
his wealth who esteems his intel
lect as the best part of it.


NEVER ridicule sacred things,
or what others may esteem as
such, however absurd they may
appear to you.


WE cannot behold the proper
tions of the great ship OF the uni
verse, for we are shut up in the
hold.


IT is more important to dis
cover. a new source of happiness
on earth than a new planet in the
sky.


A man who cannot command
his temper, his attention, and his
countenance, should not think of
being a man of business.


WHY is the air of Germany bad
for consumptiYes ?-BeCause it is
too tonic


A MAN cut off by his baker for
non-payment Of his bill is Struck
off the rolls


ADMIT no guest into your soul
that the faithful watchdog in
your bosom barks at.


WHY is the pupil of the eye
like a bad boy at school Be
cause it is always under the lash.


WE don't wear earrings as
women do; but they bore our ears
as if they thought we ought to-.


CONSTANT motion is the first
law of nature, nothing being sta
tionery except pen, ink, and pa
per.


ANGRY friendship is not unfre-
quently as bad as calm enmity.


IT is a very easy thing for a
man to be wise for other people.


TAKE not the echo of your own
voice as confirmation of what you
may say.


To grow up to the skies, we
must be planted low in the dust.


The greatest miracle ever
wrought by love is the reforma-
ton Of a coquette.


ENJOY your own life without
comparing it with that of anoth-
er.


REVENGE may crafty malig
nant feeling, but it cannot repair
an injury.


ROBBINS says some tailors would
make most splendid dragoons-
they charge" so.


A RAsCALLY old batchelor says
the most difficult surgical opera
ton in the world is to take the
jaw out of woman.
Year: 1863

A MISTAKE many farmers fall
into is in suppOsing they own the
soil only three or four inches
deep. 1t has been decided that
the soil below is theirs also, and
that they will find their advan-
tage in plowing a little deeper
every year until they get as much
as they can use conveniently
The roots of the plants will be
pretty sure to run as low as they
can get. Deep blowing is thus
found to be one of the surest and
cheapest safeguards against the
drought.
Year: 1863

THE SANITARY CoMmIssIoE.-The
amount Of disbursements by the United
Safes Sanitary Commission is seven mil
lion dollars. or this sum, little over
eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars
was received in cash, OF which two-thirds
was from California. The expense of
dis isbursement is fixed at three per cent.
Year: 1863

Al four O'Clock tho drawing for tho Thirtseuth ward
finished and adjournment took place until sAis
mornipg at nine O'Clock.


The accommodations for the reporters In this district
contrast very unfavoraby with those Afforded then In
New York. The drawing takes place in what was
saloon for the sale of liquors. little, crsmpcd up place,
totally inadequate 70 AFFORD anything like the necessary
accommodation. Tho majority Of the reporters
renned up n little hole in froas Of the wheel
while the others have 10 manage best they behind
what the bar. The gentlemen having charge of
the draft have certainly not put themselves out Of the
way oblse accommodate either the general public
the Of the PRESS The person whose
duty I, 10 TO call out naoe IL drawn from the
wheel totally Ignores the presence Of the reporters and
turns hts back ths spectators while calling out ths
name. THIS combined with husky. iDdissinct voice.
and habit Of speaking through his nose, renders 'ns
task Of recording sbs anything bot an easy one
Year: 1863

Drawing for tho Eleventh Ward.


Pursuant 70 adjournment, the dra resumed in tho
Third district at nne O'Clock yesterday morning The
Provost karshals once, No. 259 Washington street,
again guarded by strong force Of policemen and swo
companies Of the First regiment Mnnesota Volunteers


The few people In and around the Office were quietly
ocuar and watched the proceedings with much interest


After the usual proiminares OF counting the ballots
gone through wh the Provost Marshal stated
that the number OF ballots for the Seventh
which would be deposited n the wheel three thou
sand nine hundred and eighty or which thousand
and afty would be drawn. Tho drawing then pro-
ceeded with, aud the following Is the result
Year: 1863

The Drawing In the Thirteenth Ward.


After Of about hour the draft proceeded for
the Thirteenth ward. Two thousand and forty bal.
lots we're placed In the wheel, Of which number Ave
hundred and twenty eight to bs drawn
Year: 1863

THE GENERAL OPINIoN.-The San Francis
co Herald & Mirror, under the head of The
Caucus Developments" says:


a. The less that is said respecting the caucus
developments the better. The proceedings
were disgraceful to all the parties concerned,
and the idea that the exposure was made for
the public good is all CANNON"


The Herald is the official organ of the Purity
party both State and National, and its disgust
with the proceedings of its party is concisely
expressed and to the point; bat we must beg
leave to differ with the organ as to the least
said about the matter the better" for we be-
lieve it is right proper aud necessary to let
the people know of the whole affair and all the
intermediate parties concerned in the nefarious
transaction, SO that they may put the stamp OF
condemnation on the whole concern that has
preached purity, reform, retrenchment, and an
athemized the Democratic party, and then
turned right round and outdone anything ever
ventilated in any party before They pretend
10 find precedent in the Democratic party.
but fail so Signally to come to the guage Of
the present imbroglio that they give it up il
despair. 1t is enough, though for the brand
Of condemnation of all parties to be applied by
their peculiar official organ
Year: 1863

~ DIR. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS
should be in the possession of everybody in the
mining region. As a preventative Of the various
dangerous diseases to which the gold seeker is la
bic, it has no superior. While it is quite palatable
as beverage It's speedy and powerful in its effect
upon the system. In all cases of DiarrhWa, Dysen-
terry, and the prevailing feyers consequent upon
exposure, the Btters viii be found invaluable as
corrective. No man should enter upon the exposed
camp life of a miner without being provided with
Hostetter's preventive of stomach disease, nor
should any of those who are engaged in the occupa-
ton, fail to have recourse to the Bitters. Sold by
all Druggists and dealers everywhere.
Year: 1863

oFFIosSs relate that on the Fredericksburg
battle field they saw an officer on horseback
waving his sword. \ shell same and took his
head of smooth, but the hcadless officer still
rode along for some distance. the hand wavinr
his sword
Year: 1863

FEDERAI INCOME TAX FOR THE YEAR END
ING DECEMBER 3lsr, 1662.-The Income Tax
is to be paid on the income of the year ending
the 3lst of December, and is payable on or
before the 30th of June next a man in bust.
ness must make up the net profits of his bust
ness for the year, and pay the tax of three per
cent. on the amount, less 5000. 4 man may,
outside of his business. spend all and even more
than his profits in business nevertheless he
must pay tax on all net business profits except
5000 And so with a salary all over 5000
must be taxed, though personal or family ex-
penses may consume 1t all.
Year: 1863

FARM foR SALE.-We desire to call attention
10 the advertise Inent in another column of the
sale Of valuable MIm upon the BiadensbNrg
road, three and a half miles from the Capitol.
The soil is rich and productive, and good and
sub iantial improvements are TO be found upon
the land.
Year: 1863

CRIsTADoRo's HAIR RESTORATIVE
Is invaluable with his Dye it imparts the utmost
softness the most beautiful gloss and great vitality
to the hair.


Price so cents, 81, and 81 per bottle according to
size mar o. Inn
Year: 1863

We have heard it said that thin shawl


may be made warm by folding newspa-


per inside Of it. The paper is impervi-


Gus to the wind and cold air from outside,


and prevents the rapid escape Of the


warm air beneath it. Every one knows


that the heat of the body is carried of


much more rapidly in a high wind than


in a calm. The wind blows away the


heat envolVed in the body, but In a per-


fectly still AR, this heat remains. and


constitutes an atmospheric envelOp, 50


nearly Of the same temperature with the


body itself, that the latter is not so quick


ly robbed of its natural heat. A piece
CT silk oil-cloth, stitched in the folds Of
the shawl, is more flexible than the pa
per, and will last whole winter. /, has
the advantage of securing inward warmth
without the additional weight of thicker
garment. When you set out on a winter
Journey. if you are liable TO suffer from
cold toes, which many peaple do, IN spite
of "rul Der, put a piece of newspaper over
your stockings, which you can readily do,
If your boots or shoes are not iFratiOnally
tight, This Is better than "rubberS,s
which are, in fact, very cold comforters
in the extreme, while they make the feet
swet in moderate weather. The main
use of India.rubber overshoes Is to keep
out the water, and for tha. they are sec
ond only to a stout, new pair Of water
proof, first rate leather boots. The con-
vivacity and temper Of persons
has much to do with their endurance Of
cold for this vivacity is a sort Of nervous
fire that lessons the sensibility to out
ward impressions. An Indifferent. milk
and water person, without energy and
force. is at the mercy of every cold blast
hat sweeps around the cornor. He and
she, has no defense but to wear
| dozen shawls Though the day, and
,leep under bale of blankets at night
One without any mental purpose, Gun
there are such,-though in
rigorous health, is much more liable to
catch cold than a spirited, delicate body
bent on some positive pursuit.
Year: 1863

When beef is fresh it contains consid-
cradle blood, whice is drawn out By the
brine. IF the meat is left IN the bloody
mixture, it will require much larger
quantity of salt to preser'e L, particularly
through warm weather. My plan is to
make brine by using fOt every hun
Year: 1863

There was once darling little baby,
who lived with his father and mother i'll
rough log cabin in Tennessee. He was
a beautiful boy, with dark blue eyes and
rosy checks. His skin was very fair, SO
that the neighbors, who were dark COM
plexioned Southerners, called him the
"white child :" and all around his head,
down on his fat shoulders, clustered rings
of shining, pale gold hair. He was a
very merry and atFcetionatc boy, and had
the most charming way in the world of
scrcwing his sweet little rosy mouth all
into pucker whenever he wished to his
mamma. which was many times day.


Oh how dearly his mother loved him .
How hard She worked to keep the room
clean and neat, that it mi ght be fit for
the baby to live in How much comfort
She took in the midst Of her toll and care
in watching her darling, in stopping for
a moment to give him good hug and
kiss, at least twenty times day. Above
all, what delight it was to undress him
at night, and rock him to Sleep while she
sang tender lullaby.


could write you a whole great book
ful about how this mother loved her baby,
and what comfort she took with him
aud yet when the book was written thro'
| would not have told you half.


\ ct this darling caused his mother
great anxiety ; viii tell ycu in what
way


The fire was made of large logs, in a
great pen Fireplace, and whenever it
was necessary to put more wood on, the
Goals would fall down on the stone hearth
making the room very bright for short
time. Baby seemed to think the red,
glowing Goals very pretty, and as soon as
he could creep, he would start for the
ire whenever it was stirred. His mother
would take him back to the other side of
the room many times a day she would
shake her head at him and say No, no,
baby must not touch-fre will burn -
Hurt the baby :" Bat the little fellow
persistel and grew SO troublesome about
going to the fire place that at last his
mother did not dare leave him one mo-
meut alone, lest, wnen she returned, she
should find that his clothes had taken fire.
She could not 90 outside the door to feed
the dog or eat, nor 30 a few steps to the
well for water, without carrying her baby
on one arm, and this added 50 much to
her other work that she was almost worn
out.


At last, one day when the mother wa,
placing some bright hickory Goals under
the bake pan to have some biscuits, one
coal fell to the far corner of the hearth
some distance from the fire; the baby
saw it, and started his mother resolved
to let him DO as he would, SO did not ap
pear to notice, while closely watching
him all the time. How sorry she felt fol
her dear baby; she knew his little tender
fingers would be badly burned, and she
felt almost wicked to allow it; but sh,
knew that it was the only way to teacl
him how the fire would burn, and she lei
him 90. The baby crept very fast unit
he had nearly reached the fire place, theI
stopped and looked at his mother, but sh,
did not appear to see him, SO he crept OIL
but very slowly, las if he knew that h
was doing wrong,) and at last reached GU
his little hand and took up the red no
coal


Oh, how be cried with pain and terro


as he instantly dropped it His mothe
Year: 1863

How do peace Democrats, or peace
men OF any persuasion, know that Union
or peace will be the result of " stopping
the war? 1t is rule as old as law it.
self that it takes two make a bargain
and what do the rebels say to this North
ern talk OF peace, reconciliation and re-
construction? We have 20 evidence
whatever that they favor any such scheme.
but the most abundant manifestations of
their indignant and insulting rejections
of the proposition. We have presented
to loyal readers frequent samples of rebel
talk GU this subject, but we fnG in
Richmond paper a few sentences in this
line that are so honest and bold, that it
will be good for Northern peace men to
read them. Says the Examiner


"The Northern Democrats ask now
that, with the frivolity Of children. the
two communities should ignore the past.
should treat the tremendous events of the
last forty years as trifes; and with
debt Of two or three billions of dollars


incurred i'll mutual slaughter, should
shake the bloody hands of each other,an
,c brethren once more. The thing is not
possible 1t would be barbarous. cor
rupt, and wick ed. Probably half mill
ion of men on both sides have fallen as
victims in this frightful war. Are each
community to throw off the habiiments
Of mourning, to forget their dead, and
revel in mutual amity over the graves of
the slain? The spectacle would disgust
the world; Heaven would be shocked at
the impiety of the scene"
Year: 1863

The New York World pays the follow
ing compliment to Henry Ward Beecher
on the occasion of his return from Eu-
rope;


We feel that we but utter the common
sentiment Of the generous part Of our
eountrymen, in expressing our sense Of
Mr.. Beecher's services to the Union cause
on the other side Of the water. He has,
as 3 general rule, spoken in terms Of JUS
tioe and deeorum Of his political opponents
In this country, when he has found occs-
sion to sllude to them; and in the zeal
with which he has sought to turn the tide
Of prejudice in favor Of the Union cause,
we recognize the spirit Of a patriot
Would to God that always, ss in his case,
party sntipsthIes could cease at the waters
edge, and that every American who goes
abroad would feel that he has but one
country, and that sU its citizens are
bound to him by the ties Of 6 common
patrietismi