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Year: 1864

"If could only believe that he was sin
cere.'' Such were the words Of Christian
church member respecting faithful and
able minister in another church, who had
been accused of disloyalty by an unscrupu.
lous enemy. The best evidence which it
was ossble to give, had been afforded, and
the member was convinced that in wordand
act the proofs of apparent loyalty were
conclusive. But yet the weapon OF the
slanderer had burned too deep a scar in the
good name of brother, to be efaced by
simple external evidence. Perhaps years
of proved devotion to his country by this
injured man, would not dissipate the i'm
preston made upon the mind, by this un
Just accusation. 1t is q sad failing of our
poor humanity that We are more ready to
suspect wrong and to doubt virtue than to
trust the sincerity and general good iuten-
tion of our fellow men. But how much
pleasanter, how much more Christian is the
rule of the venerable elder: always to
find an excuse or explanation for tho deeds
and words Of Others never to excuse him
SELF Ce


In these days of excitement, the charge
of disloyalty is like the cry "mad dog
once let it be started, even by fool who
"throws tirebrands, arrows and death, and
says, cam not in sport ?" and there is no
limit to the mischief which it may work In
a community. And after the charge is
once made, there are multitudes of good
men who will never be convinced by any
acts or W prds that it is unfounded.


1t is not necessary in order to prove our
patriotism, that we should play the spy
upon our brethren that we should sus
pect every action that we cannot readily
explain, of traitorous intent; that We
should see treason lurking ini every politi.
cal opinion different from our own, and call
him lukewarm or disloyal who is not loud
mouthed and frequ,nt in professions easily
made and deeds that involve no sacrifice.


Though We are as nation engaged with
all our might in the effort to put down a
rebellion that has brought upon US a frstri-
cdal war, may we not apply the apostolic
injunction at home, to "let brotherly love
continue ?" Suspicion and distrust awaken
enmity, and we have too much reason to
dread this enmity at home, this divided
heart, this faltering Zeal growing out of
injustice and false accusation, to permit
manifestations of this spirit to pass unre-
buked
Year: 1864

The Washington Ark Telegraph says ;
One reason why we would like to have Lin
coin succeed in the election is that it would
make Andrew Johnson Vice President. He
is so unspeakably hateful to every man in
Tennessee who ever had any Southern pro-
clivities that it would destroy all Union
feeling in that Safe amongst the weak
kneed, and have some similar effect wher-
ever he might be known. But in case Of
Lincoln's death, the benefit would be still
greater. He would prove himself in power,
such truculent, low, and disgusting tyrant,
that be would arouse every man, woman
and child in the South, and excite the gorge
of the civilized world. We know him we'll.
He hates every man who wears clean shirts
habitually, and uses good grammar, or lives
in brick house. He hates a slave owner
with still. biterer hatred. One look at his
low terrier-like features is as good as dose
of epicac. But he is withall man of splen-
did abilities, great courage, and nnfaltering
purpose. Reconstruction wouldbe no more
heard of with him in the chair. All gen.
tlemen hate him too heartily.
Year: 1864

4 Committee on behalf Of the New 7 ork
Workingmens Democratic Republican Asso
citation waited on the President. in Washington
City. March Dist, to inform him that their
association had elected him an honorary mem
ber The objects of tie association are to
advance the working men of America in morals
position and loyalty; it binds them together in
support of the Union, and induces them at all
sacrifices to sustain it. They requested Mr..
Lincoln TO give bis views on the subject matter
Of which their address treated


The President, in reply, said that the honor
arg membership, - generously rendered, was as
gratefully accepted. They comprehended that
the existing rebellion meant more Jh2n the
perpetuation of African Slavery; that it was in
fact a war upon the rights Of working people.
Partly to show that the views had not escaped
bis attention, and partly because he could not
better express himself be read passage from
bis message to Congress Of December, 1861,
and be then concluded as follows:


The most notable feature of the disturbance
in your city, last Summer, was the hanging Of
some working people by other working people
Ii should never be so. The strongest bond Of
human sympathy, outside OF family relation,
should be on uniting all working people Of all
nations, tongues and kndreds; nor should this
lead to a war on property or owners OF property.
Property is the fruit OF labor; property is de-
sirable-is positive good in the world. That
some should be rich shows that others may
become rich, and hence is just encouragement
TO energy and enterprise Let not him who is
houseless pull down the house of another, but
let him labor diligently, and build one for him
self; thus, by example. assuring that bis own
shall be safe from violence when built


At the conclusion Of the Presidents remarks
he banded copy Of his speech to Mr.. Still
the Chairman, who, upon receiving it, said /:


"On behalf Of the Committee, Mr.. President,
I thank you. and l will only add that it is the
general desire Of the working men of the United
States that the next President OF the United
States shall be from Springfield, Illinois, and
that his uame be Abraham Lincoln"


For which the President answered: Il am
very much obliged to you, gentlemen; and
the company dispersed.
Year: 1864

. ANCIENT PnI0soPuERs.Al although nothing like
the true system of natural philosophy was known
to the ancieuts. on account Of their utter inaten
ton to experiment. there are nevertheless to be
found in their writings many brilliant conceptions.
several fortunate conjectures, and CLEANS of the
light which was Afterwards to be 50 generally
dida>ed.


AuaXagorus. for example, who thought that the
sun was red hot iron, as large as the Peloponesus
taught al the same time the just doctrian that the
moon shines by light borrowed from the sun; and
was led 70 that opinion not only from the phases OF
the moon, but from It's light being weak and unac-
companied by heat,


Democritus, who maintained that the sun and
moon are bodies NO larger than they appear to US
10 be supposed correctly. though very inconsistent
tIy that the spots on the face Of the moon arises
from the inequalities Of the surface, and from
the shadows Of the more elevated parts projected
on the plains. Every one knows how comfortable
this is To the discoveries since made by the tele-
scope.


The same philosopher was still more fortunate in
another way. He taught that the milky way is the
light Of great number Of small stars very close to
one another; q magnificent conception which the
latest Improvements of the telescope have fully
verified.


Platarch, whose ideas were incumbered with
fewer absurdities than most Of the ancient philoso-
pliers. considers the velocity of the moons motion
as the eagse which prevents that body from falling
30 The earth just a the motion Of stone in sling
prevents it from falling TO the ground-a compari-
son which clearly implied the motion OF centrifugal
force.


All such coujeotures, however were the mere
speculation Of ingenious minds wandering through
the region. Of possibility, guided by no evidence,
and having no principle which could give stability
to their opinions The foundations which they
might have laid for Just and complete system.
were laid without effect; the era of experiment
and observation, without which nothing real in
physics is TO be acquired, was yet many centuries
distant.
Year: 1864

The lamps have rot yet been lighted,
Bat over the quiet town,
As the first light snow Of winter,


The dusk Is falling down.
The hmps have not vet been lighted,
And We sit alone in the gloom,
Alone in the silence together,


IN the old familiar room.
sit on the Iowly footstool


That yoa used 10 place for me
Your hand on ny head rests kindly.
And nv head rests on your knee.
Tell me some simple story.


Some old ana familiar tale,
That nv heart for time may grow lighter
And my cheek may be less pale;
Not such a the ancient harpers


Sung IN their stormy rhyme,
Great deeds OF blood and OF battle,
That ring through the mists of time
Not Of the mighty heroes,


Who stalk. all gannt and grim,
In the halls of the Middle Ages,


Shouting 4 battlle-hyInn.
heard the elang Of their armor,
And saw lis shadowy CLEANS.
When | reamed il The star lit midnight,
Far down IN the Land OF Dreams
But tonight I an worn, and my eye-lids
Are throbbing with uushed tears;
So | long for the tales you told me
In the twilights Of other years.
Some pleasant and simple story,


Of the many you told to me.
when we used to sit in tbs twilight,
With my head upon your knee
OF the faries that danced by moonlight,
Or the forester bold Robin Hood
Or how the little birds buried


The dead babes IN the wood;
Or the history grand and ancient,
From the Scripiural page unfold,
OF the wandering Red sen pilgrims,
Who slept in their tents Of old
Or Of Ruth who cleaned with the cleaners
In the distant harvest land,
Til her love and faith went downward
On the ages, hand in hand.
And the sadness shall leave my spirit,
The sadness that reason scorns,
IS the nIists float up from the hllsides,
In the still September morns:
And the years roll softly backward.
And nv heart from their weight be fre9
While we sit in the gloom together,
And my head rests on your knee.
Year: 1864

KEEPING SABBA1H.-A gentleman travel
ing in the upper part of Napa county one day
stopped to take lunch at a house Oh the road.
Before leaving be had quite q chat with the
owner of the premises, and among other ques-
tons inquired how the people in that neigh
borhood kept the Sabbath, there being no
churches in the vicinity. For all that" said
the farmer, "we keep the Sabbath-every
breaking colts, riding around the
country. and fshing."
Year: 1864

A WOMAN CULTIvATEs MUsTAcHE AND
MARRIEs WoNAS.-A woman in soldier 5
clothes was arrested in this city, last week, OF
account of complaints from Manitowoc, that
she had married woman in that place. taken
her money and decamped. Upon learning of
her arrest here officers from Manitowoc came
through and took her to that place for trial.
We learn that she formerly lived at Bay de
Noquet with her husband, that her husband
lives now somewhere on the shore of Lake
Michigan, that she has been absent from her
husband nearly two years, part of the time in
camp at Madison il soldiers uniform that she
speaks two or three languages, has cultivated
a light mustacbe. and, Ike some of the counter
felt money HOW in circulation at first glance is
well calculated to deceive. She has been
brought to a sudden halt in her wild career,
and we trust she will be taught lesson that
will make her wiser ard better woman in
future-GresD BGy -Advocdts.
Year: 1864

Will be inserted at three dollars per square
for tho first, and one dollar and fifty cents per
square for each subsequent insertion. A square
to consist Of the space Of 10 lines. BREWER type
Noadvertisement considered less than a square


The number of insertions mus, be W ritten on
each advertisement, or they will be inserted till
ordered out and charged accordingly.
Year: 1864

tic strides towas is the goal Of the, highest
order Of civilization, Like our own new


country in the West. Russia will soon be-
come the giant of the Eastern hemisphere.
Freedom, education and labor, will do the
work in Russia as surely as it is doing it
in this country and the social elevation Of
the serfs. viii create new wants which will
increase all the industrial pursuits. and
make the internal progress ofthat country
approximate towards what is witnessed in
our owp-u One million Of peasants! il is
said. have bought up the land on which
they were located. and this influence will
doubtless spread until the great majority
of them shall become themselves landed


propr let0rs. r, t.. -.-s ..ft - q .aif
Year: 1864

Whoever intends TO purchase good Family
Sewing Machine. Of any kind, will do well TO
call at the News Office. We can furnish thom
at all times upon the most advantageous terms


PRopRIEroRs OF THE NEws.
Year: 1864




There were 143 Membership tick
cts sold at one dollar each, and also,
an unusually large number of Family
and Gate tickets.


CHANGE OF SITE.
The following resolution was
passed by the Society:


ReSol0ed.-That the Executive
Committee be instructed to purchase
fifteen acres of land, of Miner Hedg-
es, opposite the residence of b. Van
Patten, near Lamont, for a new Fair
Ground, at cost of 300.
Two hundred and eighty dollars
of this was raised on the spot.
Year: 1864

THAT ONE-MAN POWER Under this
heading the HteUtgencer gets off an arti-
Gle that was evidently written under a
peculiar inspiration, or under a severe
pressure for copy As silly as the ar
ticle i, it shows the writer true copper.
head prociivities His statement that the
City Council is asked to raise men for the
war in any way, is simply absurd, The
people of the city have asked the council
for nothing more than the privilege Of
deciding for themselves at the ballot box
whether they will be taxed for the pur-
pose of raising a local bounty for the Gu
couragement Of volunteering, and thereby
wipe out a little of the disgrace brought
upon the place in consequence of the dis
loyal element existing IN eur midst But
the zone man power refuses them even
that privilege, undoubtedly with the hope
that Union men will contribute the means
for raising volunteers, and save copper.
heads not only from the draft, but from
the tax TO encourage volunteering -
That's what's the matter, Mr. IatelR-
gencer, and the people know it, notwith-
standing your attempt to screen yourself
and friends from the stigma of opposition
to enlistments
Year: 1864

A SMASH UP.-On Saturday evening last,
the freight train on the III. Central Road
going west, ran over a horse between
Council Hill and Galena, by which four
teen cars were thrown from the track,
scattering the freight in magnificent con-
fusion. A bridge was broken down at
the same time, which will retard trans
portation for a few days. Fortunately no
one was injured.
Year: 1864

The first annual Message of Gov. Lewis
will be found on our second page. 1t is
one of the most business-like documents
that has ever come from Governor of
Wisconsin. The Governor wastes no
words upon useless subjects but presents
in a condensed form large amount of
information, useful to every citizen of the
State The total amount of our State in
debtedness is about $l,750,000, of which
over 81 ,000,0 900 has accrued from the pay
ment of the IS per month bounty to fami-
lies of soldiers IN the service of the coun-
try The educational, agricultural, min
ing, and manufacturing interests of the
State are clearly set forth in the Message
in few words. Upon National affairs
the Governor is sound to the core His
recommendation are judieious and should
command the attention of the legislature
We commend the Message to the careful
attention Of our readers 1t is a docu-
ment that viii repay an attentive peru
sal
Year: 1864

youth and maturity arising from the baneful habits
Of sef-abuse To which is added observations OF
Female Diseases aud other interesting matter Of the ut
Importance the married aud those contemplating
marriage, whoenerain doubts Of their physical ability
enter that Sent TO any address in sealed wrap
per, oil receipt often cents or four stamps


We devote entire time and attention to the treat
Of the various private diseases treated of in pr
report Our Dspensay the only Institution Of the
kind in America which has been established by special
charter ana this fact should give preference ths
various quacks Of doubtful character be foun in al
Argeciiies.
Year: 1864

We publish to-day the Message of Gov. Vance to
the Legislature now in adjourned session. Fnere
are several points in this document which We will
notice hereafter.


The Legislature will probably sit not more than
eight or ten days. A quorum was presenria both
Houses on the first day.
Year: 1864




In 1887 President JACKSON wrote from Washington to


Mira Jackson Of New York city letter Of thanks for
the compliment given him BY the lady in making her
his uamesake The following passages in that old
Union mans letter.


enaase herewith the usual gift to this nsmesake that


have bestowed all my others; it bears the impress Of
the eagle of his country displayed all her banners and
the child grows iu years and 10 wisdom have to de
pend upon you TO explain to him. with this Injunction of
HIS godfather that when he the years of man.
hood he will always be found sustaining the eagle OF his
country from the insult grasp of foreign fos and the
still dangerous enemy the Intestine traitor oho may
engage in the ocked scheme eseoering glorious Union
upon phch dspeass the perpeuaton Of happy G0y,yn


trt, 1hieh nlH endure long conedcrated system
lasts and longer InstH in his mind that Federal
Union be preserpcd To the patriotism Of his dear
parents trust this lesson will be early impressed, with
al. moral virtues on his mind.


beg you to kiss the dear boy for and present him
with my blessing My prayers will be constantly offered
up for him that he may have long and useful fe that
he may be blessing To his parents their declining years
and happy Immortality With my sincere prayers for
your and your dear husbands welfare and happiness here
and hereafter and that your amiable family am very
respectfully your friend, ANDREW JACKSON
"Mrs. JACKSON, OF the city OF New York"
Year: 1864

We need not direct the attention Of our readers


to the description Of the recent "Siege of Wash


ington," as copied in another part of to-day's


paper from the columns of. our Republican con.


temporary, the Rochester IN. Y.) Democrat, to


which it was contributed by its correspondent


Sidney" in this city. This account is one OF


the fullest, and at the same time one of the most
graphic, which has fallen under our eye, and for
its truthfulness none can answer better than our
readers in this city as far as they may have been
in position to verify the observations of the in
telligent and sprightly writer


We have slightly condensed some portions Of
the narrative, in order to accommodate it to the
space we can make available for its insertion in
our columns, though in doing so we have been
careful not to break the continuity of the epic
story it is evolved in successive acts under the
dramatic pen of the narrator


The Siege of Washington" we may fondly
hope will live in history and song as long as the
tale of Troy divine" for already the former though
an affair Of yesterday, is enveloped in dim poetic
haze which it took ages of antiquity to cast over
the siege Of Priam's city. With the catalogue Of
the Greeks, as given by Homer, we can calculate
pretty closely how many of these wel-greaved war
riors sat down Tor ten years before the walls of
Troy, but, though military authorities have, it
is said, found the roster of the Southrons lately
beleagueripg Washington for the space of two sum-
mer days and nights, the critical commentators
and journalists continue to differ on the question
of their number. But as those who are privileged
to look through the strongest lenses of the official
magnifying glass have gradually reduced their cal
culations from fifty thousand to thirty-fve thou
sand, and from thirty-fve thousand to somewhere
between twenty and thirty thousand" it is hoped
that, before the event passes into history, suf6-
cient approximation to something like the truth on
this subject may be reached to prevent future
Niebuhr from relegating the whole story of the
Siege of Washington" to the mythical period Of
the Republic If in any mind the swelling scenes
Of the last week have
Gone gmmering throughthe dream of things that
the veraeious chronicle of "Sidney" will bring
them back in all their vividness and in their quick
transitions.
Year: 1864

The British Army and Navy Gazette after reviewing the
facts in the late naval fight, says:


The palm therefore, Of and skill must be adjudged
TO Capt Wlnslow and his Fret Lieutenant and il must
be matter of pride to these two officers conessedy
among the most practical and beat gunney officers of the
Northern states to have achieved important triumph
at such sight cost TO their vessel and crew.
Year: 1864

Provost Marshal General Fry has issued circular to
the effect that skilled mechanics and operatives employed
in the ssepas and navy yards of the United States who
shall be drafted and examination be held to SERVICE will


not be required to report for duty under such draft long
they remain in the aforesaid service provided the officer
in charge shall certify that their labor mechanics or
operatives necessary for the naval or military service
Year: 1864

General Sherman protests against the entrance OF re
crutng agents into his department claiming that they
will swell the number Of idle combaants without
dering any commensurate service
Year: 1864

Twas just within the Christmas timo,
When all were light and gay
That cupid played among the trees,
And beauty led the way,
The streets were thronged with old and youn!
AS far as eye could scan,
The music told the stranger
That the bale had began.
The laugh and joke ran high in mirth
Throughout the bale room,
The church with sacred candles blazcd
Amid the darkning gloom.
The young folks doced till late at night
The old folks went to mass,
Little dreaming of the bloody scenes
That were about to pass.
The c'ma now its motion took


Upon the sandy floor;
Returning from the midnight mass
The people thronged the door,
When ho that cry los hdios


los htdioS was the sound
And Mangus dashed among them


And spread confusion around.
The women fell upon their knees


With fear and fright half dead
The homb18s grasped their rifles


With the Padre at their head,
And at old Mangus fierce they charged


And charged the band right we'll
But ere they drove him from the town


The noble Padre fell.
The Padres down now was the cry


The hoDibyes turn to run,
The frightened women shrek for help
And urge the men to turn.
Too late they cry, the Padres down,


And see the church does burn;
Up and away now for your lives


IT'S death if wo return,
The warriors now hemcl them in


And murder did begin


Both right and left they spared not one


Nor deemed it yet a sin,
They robbed the church of all its wealth


Its silver and its gold


They robbed the town of all lis young
And murdered all its old.
The town was laid complete in waste
By the victors in their might,
: The mangled bodies left behind


Told the horrors of the night,
R0YA
q Fort CUMMINGS, N NJ,
Year: 1864

HIGH WATER.-lt is thought BY the
cold settlers" that we will have unusually y
high water this spring We understand
that there arc heavy beds of snow on the
Upper Mississippi and it's tributaries, and
therefore we may expect disastrous foods
in the spring.
Year: 1864

GONG UP.-We learn from the Cleve-
land papers that the erection of the build
ings for the Northern Sanitary Fair is
progressing finely. The feelings of the
people are enlisted, and the triumphat
success of this enterprise is well insured
Year: 1864

FROZEN TO DEArH.-Y esterday a sol
dier was found dead near a small creek
some two miles north of this city. From
all appearances he had been lying there
some time, and it is supposed that he was
frozen to death. He had no clothes on at
the time he was discovered, save a sol
diers' dress coat and cap. There is seme.
thing mysterious about this, and if posi-
Bile the mystery should be ferreted out.