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Year: 1865

Es We reprint on our first page this week, the witty and pithy Translation Of the Fourth Book of the Eneid, which was printed anony- mouslv in this paper, just three years ago We have been frequently requested to reprint it, by many of our subscribers who desired extra copies for preservation, and in doing so now we have no doubt we shall gratify others be. side, who have not before seen it, and can ap- preciate its exuberant fun and keenness.- Nor do We know of any good reason why we should not, at this time, make public its au-- thorslip,s by saying that the translator is THEoDsRE F. VAIL, now Adjntant of the 2d Conn. Heavy Artillery: live shock his mod esty' by SC doing, we have the comfortable reflection that he will be compelled to nurse his wrath for sometime, while the surgeon oi his regiment nurses his wounded leg; thank ing Heaven, meanwhile. devoutly, that he is no woTse sufferer in cause in which hs han dies sword as keenly as aforetime hs has his pen.
Year: 1865

We rejoice most heartily with all our loyal townsmen in the election of Dr. Bostwick to the legislature He is Q thorough going Union man, gentleman of the highest character and culture, not better skilled in his profession than in the finer accomplishments which disnify and adorn his solid attachments and sttong native common sense. He will make valuable and reliable legislator.

 We rejoice, however, in his election, no, so much on his own accouat, as on that of the Union voters of this town, by whom he has been thrice legally and justly elected repre- sentative of the town; but who were cheated out of their choice, twice by the partizan board of registry, and once by befogged legislature We are happy to believe. by the full vote boiled On Tuesday, and the majority of t,ceatyeigha thrown for Dr. Bostwick that voters of theii own party could no longer be forced Or dra, gooned into sustaining the illegal and raudu lent decisions of the copperhead Board of Sc lectmeu, or of defeating the clearly expressed will of the majority of the people
Year: 1865

nss~ We feel good deal of sympathy for our townsmaa, Judge Seymour, as we reflect ne IS the worst beaten man that has run for 'o'ernor ID this State in this generation. We are sorry that he was not satisfied with his last years experience. We cannot believe he will care to have repeated the experience of Mon i day last
Year: 1865

! = One David Turney, . copperhead of the meanest dye, who lives over toward the depot, was guilty last week of shooting COW, belong- ing to poor woman, the widow of deceased soldier, which had been procured for her by subscription, because, as he ayers, the animal was found drinking from one of his sap pails. Such an act of unparalleled meanness and cru city ought to be visited with summary punish ment, and we hope and believe it will be meted out to him.

 Wouldn't it be good idea for the coppers to start still another organ in this county :? The result of the vote on Monday is so oyer- whelmingly fattering to the Selectman's hand organ of this town that we think it would be willing to divide the honors with another of the same stripe.
Year: 1865

1t is an expI essive, albeit a coarse
maxim, that it is dirty bird that
Will begrime its own nest We have
alwaysdeemedJam lanes Buchanan such
foul bird, and when we have heard
his mean and towardly utterance in
the past repeated as evidences of
Northern sentiment and more espec-
ialIy of Pennsylvania sentiment and
feeling as they were before the war,
our cheeks aave tingied with shame,
while our gorge has risen in disgust
and indignation Every now and
then we are reminded Of the influence
exerted to our shame by this incarna-
tion OF northern doughfaceism, and
the latest prominent instance occur
red in New York as recently rs
Tuesday evening last. The occasion
was an entertainment given to the
English railway kings by the Presi-
dent of the New York and Erie rail


road company. A sentiment that
was unobjectionable in itself, con
cerning the amicable relations be
tween England and the United States,
brought up recollections of the ex-
ploits of the Alabama and the Sheu


andoah, and although the well bred
company made no such unpleasant
illusions to mar the pleasure OF their
guests from across the water, still
the strangers were evidently restive
under the pressure of the odium that
these the kindred operations have
broughtupon England. The speech
of the respondent to the toast is thus
sketched by the New York Times


"SIr Morton Peto, after expressing
his gratitude for the kind reception
of himself and party, said that he was
firmly convinced of the sincere de
sire of the American people to stand
shoulder to shoulder with England
in everything that related to the well
being of the world. In regard to
the complaints which had been made
against the English people for lack


ing sympathy with America IN the
late struggle, he could only say that
while in most cases he deemed that
such complaints were unfounded, yet
there was an apology to be offered
for their seeming want of sympathy


The late President of the United
States, James Buchanan, a man who
was well known and held in high re


spect by the English people, had
himself confessed and published to
the world his doubts of the power oil
the Federal Government to coeree
States into the Union, and his opinion
has had vast weight in England, be-
cause it was deemed worthy of re-
spect. He rejoieed, as did the mass
of the English people, that the Un-
ion was rec established ON sure
foundation .s.-f L


lanes Buchanan, in his message
! If December 3, 1860, the last he
ever sent into Congress to shame the
State that had given birth to SO pitt
fuI a specimen of statesman, and
the last regular Presidential message
delivered before traitors made war
upop the Union, used the following
language: *, .Ha -oa


..The long continued and intem-
perate interference OF the Northern
people with the question of slavery
Year: 1865

THERE will be petition presented to the
i Commissioners Of Gallia county Ohio, at
their next December term 1861, for an altera-
ton Of a part of the county road leading from
GalIipolis to Patriot, by way of the Blessing
bridge, described as follows to-vit: Begin
BiEg at or near a culvert southwest Of the
house of John Iron in Green township on said
old road, thence n south westerly course
through the lands of said John Iron to q wall
nut stub at the north line of section l9, in
said township, thence the nearest and best
way either through the lands Of said John
Iron or the lands Of D. q. Graham toea point
on said old road at the crossing of the north
line of section 10, of said old road, and there
to terminate.


A PETITIONER.


Nov. 9 lS65-4w#
Year: 1865

sharp mood, said:


When Lee and Johnston surren-
dered they had an immense reserve,
which till then could not availably tie
drawn up in line of battle: This was
the Chicago Platform Democracy.
This reserve IL now in the fieldk
Year: 1865

THE PROPERTIES OF THIS COMPA.
L ny consist Of 423 acres Of the most desirable
OIL Lands in these States. selected with care and
judgment by practical men, after prospecting and
examining the most productive regions and locali-
ties. A large part of it is situated on Dunkard
creek, Green county, Pennsylvania, where. in pro-
portion to developments, the quantity and quality
of the Oil found, is superior to Oil creek, it com
manding higher price in the Pittsburg market.


The lands in West Virginia are located in Mon
ongea and Wetzell counties, and are considered
among the best in the State.


In Ohio, the Company property is located in Knox
county, where the indications are most favorable,
Oil Of superior character as q lubricator being
found at a depth Of $50 feet, adjacent lands and
within few feet of the Conpanvs property.


The Company are already sinking one we'll, and
have arranged to commence two more as soon as the
necessary machinery can be put on the ground
THREE WELLS have recently been struck only
short distance from the property of this Company.
EITHER ONE of which would, in one year, nearly
pay tie entire capital of the Company.


The officers of this Company, in placing its stock
before the public, are confident that the induce
ments offered are not surpassed by any Company
in the country. The Capital Stock is small for the
amount of valuable Oil territory the Company pos
sess, and the assurance Of a speedy and large re-
turn to the stockholder is almost certain. ..


Full and detailed information given on applica-
ton to the Sec etary and Treasurer.


B8- limited amount of the Stock is now offered
for sale Apply to


apr2l-dGm Secretary and Treasurer.
Year: 1865

We see 1t stated that at recent temper
ance meeting held in Elmira, Rev. T. X.
Beecher, well known as a preacher and
brother of Henry Ward, took position in
favor OF the use of ale and wines as proy-
hylactic tor temperance. He said that he
had so taught from his pulpit, and that he
should do it again; that he advised Messrs.
Briggs & Bowler to rebuild their brewry in
the interest of the temperance cause; that
he had barrel of good ale in his cellar; but
there was scarcely saloon in Elmira
where glass of good ale could be procur-
ed, as he had tried almost every one; and
that If we formed temperance Organiza-
ton on the basis of total abstinence, we
should act contrary to science, and so con-
trary to God, and should consequently fail.
Year: 1865

A well-informed correspondent at Wash.
iugton" writes to the New York Bcsaiav
Post that "JErrsRsos DAviswili be tried
before civil court, and probably at Rich
mond, before tho United States Circuit Court
there"


The " well.iuforned correspondent might
have been better informed upon the subject
on which he was writing. We are able TO
state positively that the time, place, and
manner Of the trial Of JEFFERSON DAVIS
have not yet been decided upon. Events
now passing and hereafter to transpire will
have much to do with the trial Of the arch
conspirator
Year: 1865

The statement that the Government will
him to turn States evidence " against
JEFF. DAVIS, is simply absurd. There is no
doubt that the greatest latitude will be given
to the defence to enable WERz to relieve
himself from the entire responsibility of all
the awful crimes with which ho is charged.
Year: 1865

President JOHNSON and party returned to
the city in the River Queen yesterday noon
lie went as far as Point Lookout. The trip
was very pleasant one and proved exceed
ingly beneficial to the President.
Year: 1865

are themselves the sugar and salt of lifei
Let Them dress and undress their doll
babies to their hearts content. and don't
tell them Tom Thumb and Bed Riding
Hood are fiction, but leave them alone till
they find it out, which they will all too
soon. Answer all the funny questions
they ask, and don't make fun oftheir baby
theology; and when you must whip them
do it so that if you should remember it, it
would not be with tears, for great many
little girls lose their holds suddenly before
the door from which they have escaped is
shut, and find their way back to the an
gels. So be gentle with the darlings, and
see what track of sunshine will follow in
the wake of the little bobbing heads that
daily find great many hard problems to
solve. rr. .a
Year: 1865

A lily fairer than field of snow .l.
First seen at midnight meath silver moon -
The silver moon that nun-like walks the skies
With pensive brow amid Thousand stars -
A star that sits upon its throne of gold,
Unshaken by the tempest at its feet,
And rules in quietude above the storm,
Are types of thee; who shinest like star
In solitary state, or like the moon


Slow glidest, with o motion of thine own
And an inflicted forehead, and an eye


Pale as the pallor of its wintry beam,
And in thy snowy purity dost seem


Less than an angel robed in robes of white,
And more than sculptor ever bodied forth
OF womanly perfection. For thou art
A flower of light, that lily like dost lean
To every breeze of flattery that blows


Its honied commendations in thine ear,
And loves low whispers, and its lower sighs':
But still dost keep thy innocence of heart,
And dove-like purity of sinless years,
And stainless flow of unsuspicious thought -
The finished reflex of fair ideal
Year: 1865

tered and took a seat in hont of the altar.


At l O'Clock the bride, hiss Esther Hell
ler, daughter of jacob Heller, of this city,
preceded by her parents and t,e grooms-
men and bridesmaids, entered tie church,
the bride taking.s seat on a sofa on the
sacred platform. The ceremony waA COM
menced by the rabbi saying the "After-
noon prayer" after which the bride and
groom stoOd up, her parents standing 70
the left OF the groom, and some of the
groom's friends standing to the right OF
her, so that they faced each other-the
three couple with the rabbi forming a
square. Behind each of these attending
couples was another couple, one of the
ladies being sister of the bride. The
rabbi then addressed the parties, giving
them some advice regarding their future
conduct in life, after which he handed q
goblet of wine to the BRIDES father, who
handed it to the groom, who tasted of it.
The mother of the bride then handed it to
her daughter, who also tasted Of it.


The same thing was repeated in q SINH
lar manner by the friends of the groom,
the rabbi saying blessings during the cere-
noAy' AA0 AnUoi tuou pun lilo WeuuluS
ring upon the hand of the bride, saying the
following words, which the groom repeated
after him: According to the law Of Mo-
ses and the commandments thou art my
welded wife," The marriage contract was
then read to them by the rabbi, after which
he pronounced blessing upon the happy
couple and the ceremony was concluded.
They, after being duly kissed by the brides
parents and the friends present, withdrew
from the church to Union Hall, where the
marriage feast was partaken OF. .- .;


The bride was dressed in an elegant and
expensive lilac-colored naoire antique dress
richly trimmed. On her head she wore q
coronet of green leaves and orange flowers,
falling from which was white lace veil of
delicate texture enveloping her whole fig
ure. One of the bridesmaids was also
dressed in a very rich silver gray moire
antique dress.
Year: 1865

cannot well imagine q home more in
complete than one In which there Is no
little girl to stand in the void of the do
mestio circle which boys can never fill,
and to draw all hearts within the magic
ring by the nameless charm of her pres
ence There is something about little
girls which is especially lovable; even
their willful, naughty ways seem utterly
void of evil where they are 90 soon fol-
lowed by that sweet penitence that over
flows in such gracious showers. Your
boys are great, noble fellows, generous,
loving, and full of good impulses, but they
are noisy and demonstrstive, and dearly as
you love them, you are glad their place is
cut of doors; but Jennie, with her light
step, is always beside you she brings the
slippers for papa, and with her pretty
dimpled fingers, unfolds the paper for him
to read; she puts on thimble no bigger
than fairys, and, with some very mys-
terious combination of "doll rags" fills
up small rocker by mamma, with won-
derful assumption of womanly dignity.
And who shall tell how the little thread of
speech that flows with such sweet, silvery
lightness from those innocent lips, twines
itself around the mothers heart, never to
rust, not even when the dear little face is
bid among the daisies, as 80 many mothers
know.


But Jennie grows to be q woman, anG
there is long and shining track from the
half,latched door of childhood till the girl
blooms into the mature woman. There
are the brothers, who alway lower their
voices when they talk to their sister, and
tell of the sports in which she takes almost
as much interest as they do, while in turn
she instructs them in all the little minor
details of home life, of which they would
grow up ignorant if not for her. And
what shield she is upon the dawning
manhood wherein so many temptations lie.
Always her sweet presence to guard and
inspire them, check upon profanity, a
living sermon on immortality. How fra
grant the cup of tea she hands them at the
evening meal how CHEEKY her voice as
she relates the little incidents of the day.
No silly talk OF incipient beaux, or love OF
young men met on the promenade. A
girl like that has no empty space in her
head for such thoughts to run hot in. and
you don't find her spending the evening in
the dim parlor with questionable yo1no
man for her company. When her lover
comes, he must say what he has to saw in
the family sitting room with her father and
mother, or, if he is ashamed to, there is
no room for him there. Jennies yonno
heart has not been filed by the pernicionss
nonsense which results in so many unhan-
py marriages or hasty divorces. Des,
girl, she thinks all the time of what eooi
home she has, what dear brothers, and or
bended knees, Graves the blessings O
Heaven to rest on them; but she does no
know how far, very far, for time ant
eternity, her own pure example goes, how
it win radiate az q blessing into othe
homes, where sisters memory will be th,
consecrated ground of the past.


Cherish, then, the little girls, dimplet
darlings, who tear their aprons, and Gu
the table-cloths, and eat the sugar, ant
Year: 1865




First to save the dropping flower,


First to soothe the bleeding heart,


First to bear the bitter part.


Strong to suffer and to wait,


To whisper words of comfort yet,


When all seems dark and full of gloom,


At the death.bed, at the tomb"


"Where is our son2" asked of dot.
ing mother regarding her only child.


81 gave him to his country, and be
sleeps beneath the sod Of far distant
battlefield, side by side with many noble
hearts that have long since ceased hoping
or aching. Poor boy! the warm sunlight
shines on bis grassy mound, and the soft
night dews refresh the verdure, but NO
mothers tear has moistened the sacred
spot" .-......
Could it be the mother who spoke these
words; no tear dimming her eye, nopallor
o'erspreading her cheek, no tremor in her
voioe2 Still remembered, loved, and fond
ly cherished, knew the son to be; bis
place untitled in that mothers heart, and
yet it was her lips that told of his early
blight 80 calmly.


Il gave him to his country
All! how few can justly appreciate the
value of that mothers gift. The child she
had so safely housed from the storms and
tempests of life since receiving him as q
gift from God, who, little while since,
she hushed wailing babe upon her faith
full breast, bis prattling voice and infant
smile rewarding all her care and trouble
Frightening all her future with the hope
that the young arm would yet be strong
enough to lean upon the little lite she
had watched as only mother can, re-
joicing when the rosy flush mantled bis
baby cheek, and health rounded the little
shrunken limbs into strength and beauty,
her desolate, widowed heart gaining cour-
age as every passing year added to his
growth; the son by whose sick couch un.
firing vigil had been kept many days and
nights, without food or rest, lest the ''Fell
Destroyer" should rob her other treasure,
whose aching head had so oft been pill
lowed on her sweet, maternal bosom, and
whose throbbing brow had been so gently
soothed by her magic touch, parting the
tangled masses of sunny hair, every thread
of which was more priced than jewels or
gold. But now 81 gave him to his coun-
try is as serenely spoken as if no moth
ers heart was crushed by the unerring
shot that sent death to her boy, as if the
star of hope had not forever set in her
bosom, naught Sc on earth being left to
love.


II gave him to his country"


Mother, does not this touching little
phrase cause tear Of sympathy to flood
your eye as you clasp your own boy to
your maternal bosom, let his young spirit
flutter away? All! yes-for a brief mo.
ment the most callous must grow tender
at the thought of the mothers self sacri'
ficing patriotism.


81 gave him to bis country


Oh! Spartan mother! the words ar,
worthy Of a daughter of the land o
washington, worthy of the mothers o
Americas 3 heroic sons, whose brave deed
: and noble bearing are the wonder of al
admiring world and the pride and glor,
of a grateful country.
Year: 1865

The words Of General Lee, upon as
suming command-in-chief of the armies
of the Confederate States, are worthy
the man and the occasion. We espe-
cially call the attention of the people to
this sentence: 81 rely, for success, upon
the courage and fortitude Of the army,
sustained by the patriotism and firmness
Of the people, confident that their united
efforts, under the blessing Of Heaven,
will secure peace and independence"


We advise the week-knced in the Con-
federacy, if such remain, to cut that out,
and read it over whenever they have an
attack of the ague. The man who speaks
these words is no politician, no braggart,
no ignoramus, but patriot beyond the
reach of suspicion a General who knows
all our own resources, and those of
the enemy; Christian gentleman,
whose veneration of truth and honor
has passed into proyerb, and whose
known humanity and benevolence of
character would shudder at the thought
Of melting his countrymsn to persevere
in On unnecessary and hopeless wa.


General Lee declares his belief that,
Year: 1865

with the blessing Of Heaven, we shall
have Peace and Independence, but this is
the reliance" the courage and forti-
tude Of the army, sustained by the pa
triotism and frmness Of the people"
No one doubts the courage and forti-
tude Of those men who, for four long
years, have been confronting danger,
death and every human privaticn. Gene
raj Bee may rely upon them while one
Of their honest hearts continues to beat.
Will not 1.-THE people" show equal
patriotism and firmness with their
defenders? Will they desert the meh
who have so long stood between them
and ruin like wall Of FIRE? Lin
coin has appeared in person on the
scene to.show the most timed and igno-
bic that there is no way of earthly SAL
vation left open to them but through the
gate of War. 50 g.


No exhortations are now needed to-
loyalty and courage. But we may be
permitted to remind every citizen that
he has a duty to perform not less impor-
taut than that Of bearing arms. If he
is not required to shoulder his musket,
he is under solemn obligations to give
his whole moral weight and such mate
rial aid as he can render to the cause of
the country. If he is not required to
fight, he can at least encourage, by his
hopeful and lofty bearing, those who DO;
he can refrain from croaking and long
face he can speak words of cheer and
hope, and resolution. The soldiers will
do their duty if the people will do theirs.
The requirements of that Patriotism Of the
People upon which General Lee relies
demand that croaking should cease, that
speculation should come to an end, that
there should be no more discord between
those who are embarked in a common
vessel and have a common destiny,
that Congress should place at General
Lees disposal the means he requires
If this is done, the day is not distant
when brighter sky will dawn upon the
long night through which We have strug,
gled, and the Sun Of Peace and Inde-
dence emerge at last from the horizon
General Lee only says, what the military
organ of the United States has conceded,
that the moralstrenyM of the Confcde-
racy is Gibraltar of security. Faith,
Hope and Charity, the great graces o.
Christianity, arc as essential to our ma


tional as to our spiritual salvation.