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Year: 1862

Mr. Ep1rQR-'Ghe times arc little squally; specu- aton is rife and much is said about the high price of almost every icle bought and sol in our mar llet. In times like these, :" honest men will bear watching" and the public welfare requires vigil ant eye upon all In most cities with which the writer of this article As had any acquaintance the public authorities, from time to time, cause the weights and measures of all dealers to be strictly tested; and where they prove to bo correct, they stamped or marked in such way as to be known; and where found to be false, are condemned, and replaced by others. What is, or has been the practice in Little Rock, is more than l know If the weights and measures of dealers have at any time been tested it is not remembered perhaps they have been. But tile writer of this article is of tile opinion that the good name of Little Rock might not suffer by con sttuted authorities looking into this matter now "A hint to the wise' should be sutfcient.n

 FAIR PLAY.
Year: 1862

We are satisfied that great injustice has been done this gentleman. and as we published the

 reports concerning him, to his prejudice, it is but justice to him and to our own character for fairness that we give the counter statement.- Mr. Tebbetts was accused of being in cores

 pondence with the enemy, of feasting the federal

 officers upon their arrival at Fayetteville, and of furnishing them with q union flag to be hois ted on the courthouse. These charges were so

 positively made and his arrest followed so

 soon, that few doubtel his guilt. We con

 versel with several, after his arrest, who

 pronounced the charges against him false, and

 who claimed him as loyal citizen of the Con-

 federacy. His case was invest tigated by Major

 Sayory, the provost marshall at Van Buren, on the 20th ult., and after patient and full hearing he was discharged. There was no evidence to substantiate the charge against him, and his arrest was pronounced, by the marshal, to have been great outrage.

 In letter from 9 valued friend giving us a circumstantial account of the whole matter, he says

 "There was not a faint shadow of testimony to support any one of the charges against him; on the other hand, his liberality to our soldiers and cause was abundantly proven. To give you in stance: During the investigation captain in Prices army stepped in and enqured what was going on lie was told that It trial for treason, and Tebbetts was pointed out as the accused party.-- The captain instantly exclaimed: That charged with treason. why he is the very man who gave one of my men a splendid saddle horse, re- iu5ng offers or proposals to pay 1 tell you that almost irreparable injury has been done to good, true and ,aithful citizen He has been torn from his family had to bear the odium of an arrest for treason and his presumed guilt trumpeted through out the country, without opportunity of meeting hls accusers or retuting the calumnies. It is(a burning shame'

 The gentleman who writes the above is one ln whom we have every confidence, and if our paper has been the means of doing Mr. Tebbetts inJustice by publishing the charges against him, we now make the amend in our power by writ ing this article. We are glad that this matter has turned out so not only for the sake of the accused, but as showing that treason at the South is not half so rampant as has been sus> pected. It was mortifying to think that gen tleman ofthe abilities of Mr. Tebbetts one who ! had held important and lucrative positions, and | who had risen to wealth and distinction among us, should play us false. While some boldly l assert his innocence others as stoutly insist up. on his guilt. The flag no doubt was taken from Mr. Tebbetts' house during his absence. Why | t was there, CT how the federal officers knew 1t
Year: 1862

will have the modification of feeling that they invited the bloodhounds to their soil, and set them on true patriots who were fighting for their own rights and for the rights ofthose who should have been with them in this glorious struggle.
Year: 1862

CRoAkERs.-Ou exchanges are abusing mel ancholic men who despond or who take defeats too much to heart Some of this may be de~ served, but much of it Is not A man may be serious, even gloomy and yet determined Fear magnifes danger sometimes, but no less often shuts its eyes to 1t. The ostrich is no less cow ardly with his head hidden in the sand than when fleeing from suspected danger. There is such thing as being too hopeful. We have relied too much on others and folded our arms in the face of the most gigantic preparations for our overthrow. We have failed to increase our armies in time, being told that this fort was impregnable, that battery invulnerable, and that we were fully prepared at every point. We re- lied on our boys to meet the overwhelming forces sent against them, when with all their bravery, their numbers were too few. Wewould not admit of the possibility of a defeat and talked of whipping five to one as a very easy thing to do. We have grown wiser and our folly has been corrected in the school of expe- rience The croail-Ts have done good by de~ stroying much of that spirit of carelessness and trusting to luck, that has, we'll nigh ruined us. 4 little scare is wholesome thing. We wish We could frighten certain curmudgcons and stngy men of means, if not out of their boots, at least out of their purses.

 Nothing is gained by concealing the truth or endeavoring to hide our losses. The best way to meet and overcome danger is to look it full in the face and measure it exactly. The croaker does good, in his way, by setting men to e8tima- ting the danger and the means to overcome it. The cackling of flock of silly geese saved Rome by alarming the citizens, and the croak- ing of the timid or Respondent may save the Conlederacy by arousing us to measure the ex- tent of our dangers and the exertions necessary to successful defence of our rights.
Year: 1862

was there are unexplained. We shall be glad if these things are satisfactorily accounted for, and meanwhile let us render no harsh judgment or opinion until we hear both sides fullv
Year: 1862

HosrlTALs.-bstween one and two thousand sick soldiers are at the hospitals in our city, and considering the short notice upon which the buildings were fitted up, are comparatively com foriable. We have received several communi- cations from soldiers glowing with thanks to the ladies of our city for the kindness shown. It is a sight to do patriots heart good, to see fair women, carving soup, delicaces-with ser wants carrying pillows, mattresses, etc. The ladies have went into this matter with their usual spirit and all that they can do will De doue to make the soldiers comfortable

 Many of our citizens ezpresseda desire to take one, two or more of the sick soldiers to their houses and nurse them. Nursing is more than half the battle in camp diseases, and We hope that the physicians in control, fit can be done, will permit the patients to go to the homes of the citizens and receive good nursing.
Year: 1862

Gen. McCook, at Nashville, sent his card to young lady of that city, whom he had known some years before. His card was returned with the indorsement that " Miss TIT could not re- cognize an invader of her native State even as all acquaintance.
Year: 1862

The cunning Yankees have fixed it so, in Kentucky, that a man cannot get married until he takes the oath of allegiance to the Balloon. The applicant for marriage license must first take the oath and then the clergyman, or officer, who performs the ceremony, is liable to 9 fine of $500 if he marres couple without having first taken the oath Of allegiance himself and also swearing he has no sympathy with rebels.
Year: 1862

The crop of East India cotton last year was double that of any previous year anu the Eng fish use all they can of this and other cotton, saving their stock of American cotton. On the lst of March they had l5OOO0 bales of Ameri- can cotton yet on hand.
Year: 1862

The federal Senate favoraby entertain the resolution adopted by the legislature of Ohio, which "protests against any proposition for a settlement of the rebellion except an mcon- ditonal surrender and condign punishment of the traitors
Year: 1862

Like the leaf, life has its fading. We
speak and think Of It with sadness, Just
as we speak and think of the autum
season. But there should be no sad
ness at the fading Of life that has done
well its work. II we rejoice al the ad-
vent Of a new life, if We welcome the
coming Of a new pilgrim to the uncer1
tainties Of this worlds way, why should
there be SO much gloom when all these
uncertainties are passed, and life at its
waning wears the glory Of complete
task beautiful as is childhood in its
freshness and innocence, its beauty Of
untried life. 1t is the beauty Of prom
Use, of spring. Of the bud. A holier and
rsrer beauty is the beauty which the
waning life Of, faith and ddty wears
1t is the beauty Of thing completed F;
and as men come together to eonglatu-
late each other when some great WORK
has been achieved, and see in its con:
cluding nothing but gladness, so onght
we to feel when the setting sun filings
back its beams upon life that has an
swered well Iife's purpose. When the
bdd drops blighted. and the mildew
blasts the early grain, and there goes
all hope Of the har7est-one may well
be sad but when the ripened year sinks
amid its garniture Of autumn flowers and
leaves. why should we regret or MUIR
mur? And so lie that is ready, and
waiting for the "well done" Of God;
whose latest yirtdes and charities are its
hoblest, should be driven back to God
in accomplishing reverence. while We
rejoice that earth is capable Of so much
goodness, and is permitted such virtue:


J. F. W. WARE.
Year: 1862

How sweet the evening shadows fall,
Advancing from the West,
As ends the weary week of toll,


And comes the day Of rest !
Bright DER the earth the star of eve
Her radiant beauty sheds,
And myriad sisters calmly weave


Their lights around our heads.
Rest, man, from labor rest from sin
The worlds hard contest closel
The holy hours with God begin


Yield thee to sweet repose.
Bright DER the earth the morning ray
Its sacred light will cast;
Fair emblems of the glorious day


That evermOre shall last.
Year: 1862




Recent arrivals from Liverpool bring statemen:
/ of American cotton in that market, which amonn-
ted on the, 2lst ulb to 100000 bales. The COM
mercial reader, says the Savannah Republican, who
is probably better informed with regard to the
consumption by manufacturers OF the present time
than ourselves can make his own calculation as tc
how long this supply will last Placing it at 30
900 bales per week at rough estimate it will ap-
pear that the entire stock is bound to be- exhausted
by the expiration Of sixty days, This done, the
looms Of England must stop and her fonr millions
of factory laborers seek some other employment
which is not to be had, or starye. The East India
cotton, it is understood, will not do to work alone


In this connection, the following from cores
pondent of the Richmond Dispatch is both appro-
pos and Interesting


Charles Dickens, in his Household Words, says
HLet any social or physical convulson visit the
United Statess and England would feel the shock
from Lands End to John Q'Groats.- The lives OF
nearly two millions of our countrymen are depen-
| dent upon the cotton crop in American their des-
tiny may be said without any hyperbole, to hang
upon thread Should any dire calamity befal
the land of cotton, a. thousand of our merchant
ships would rot idly in dock ten thousand mills





of food to feed them"


Such is the language Of Engand's most popular
aCthor some eight or ten years ago, and il comes
to us now with double force, fresh and as full of
meaning as it came from his graphic pen. The
same Argument then, answers now, and although
the Federal Government may lick the dust "and
yield for the present" yet there is power greater
than diplomacy that win force England to raise the
blockade that with the good feeling already ex-
listing in Englund for OUR new govenment) will
compel her TO stretch forth her strong arm and roll
back the cloud Of war Our papers show too much
anxiety on this subject. Let us wait England is
bound to have, Gotten, and she win have It. Let
our people follow the example of our President
and declare our Independence Of foreign powers
And should England arrange this present trouble
with the United Siates,it viii make bnt little DIFF
ference in the end for with the blessings of God,
the strong arms Aud stout hearts Of our people and


The necessity for our grea. staples we are bound to
triumph. l.. .a,.a. e.
Year: 1862

BLUE-SToNE.--We have at this office a sample Of
Blue Stone, manufactured at the Polk county Cor
per Mines. This is an article Indispensable to tee
graph operators, aud for some other purposes and
in general demand among farmers at seeding time
the supply had become nearly exhausted but it Is
now being manufactured largely at Ducktown, and
no further difficulty will be experienced in procnr
ing it, Athens Post.
Year: 1862

1t is great query with the people as
litical editorials which at this time appear
in the columns of the Plymouth Democrat
1t is true that few weeks ago the gentle
man whose name still appears as the os-
tensibe editor of the political articles as
sumed the charge of that department, but
the public are unwilling to believe that a
man who once held the position Of an ex-
FOUNDER of the divine teachings of the Holy
Bible. and is still member Of one of the
churches in this place, would be willing to
prostitute his talents for such immoral aud
disloyal purposes as the support of the Sth
Of January platform. and the Democratic
ticket in Marshall County; part of the
candidates on which are avowed sympa-
thizers with the rebels and enemies to the
best interests Of their Government 1t is
thought improbable that gentleman who
once argued SO earnestly the Immortality
of the human soul, could act SO inconsis-
tent with his former calling as to turn a.
round at this time and advocate the doc
trine that it is righteous to barter the
souls Of human beings for few paltry
dollars. and buy and sell mothers aud
their children as we are used to the dispos-
ing of swine with their young. The ques-
ton is. who edits the Democrat?
Year: 1862

The following address was drafted by
the loyal Governors who recently met OF
Altoona. Pa, and sent to the President
Its tone utterly refutes the pitiful charges
brought aginst the members of the meet
ing. by disloyal northern papers, who
have declared that the objects of the meet
ing were of coercive nature:


WASHINGTON. October 2.-After nearly
one year and half spent in contest with
an armed and gigantic rebellion, against
the National Government of the United
States, the duty and purpose of the loyal
States and people continue and must al
ways remain as they were at its origin,
namely, to restore and perpetuate the au-
thority of this Government, and the life of
the nation, no matter what consequences
are involved in our fidelity. Nevertheless
this work of restoring the republic, pres
erving the institutions of Democratic lib
erty, and justifying the hopes and trials of
our fathers. shall not fail 10 be performed,
and we pledge without hesitation to the
President of the United States, the most
loyal and cordial support hereafter as here
tofore IN the exercise of the functions of
his great office. We recognize in him the
chief Executive Magistrate of the nation
the Commanders in Chief Of the Army and
Navy of the United States, their response
bic and constitutional head, whose right
ful authority and power, as we'll as the
constitutional power of Congress, must be
vigorously aud religiously guarded and
preserved as the condition in which alone
our form of Government and the Consti-
tutional rights and liberties of the people
themselves can be saved from the wreck of
anarchy from the gulf Of despotism. In
submission to the laws which may have
been or which may be duly enacted, and
to tho lawful orders of the President, CO.
operating always in our own spheres in
the National Government, we mean to
continue in the most vigorous exercise Of
all our proper and lawful powers; con-
tending against treason, rebellion and the
public enemies, and whether in public / ife
or in the private station. supporting the
arms of the Union until its cause shall
conquer, un.ibfnal victory shall perch up-
ii It's StdnuaTu, OF the IeOti lOt Slail
dutiful. rightful and unconditional sub
mission; and impressed with the conviction
that an army of reserve ought, until the
war shall end, to be constantly kept on
foot, to be raised. armed, equipped and
trained at home, and ready for emergen-
cies, we respectfully ask the President to
call for such force of volunteers for one
years service. of not less than 100, 900 in
the aggregate-the quota of each State to
be raised after it shall have filled its quo
tas of the requisitions already made for
volunteers and for militia. We believe
that this will be measure of military
prudence while it would greatly promote
the military education of the people,
We hail with heartfelt gratitude and en-
couraging hope the Proclamation of the
President, issued ON the 22d of September,
declaring emancipated from their bondage
all persons held to service or labor as
slaves in the rebel States, whose rebellion
shall last till the 1st day of January
Year: 1862

The Crystal Palace was attended on the
occasion of the annual fete of the fOresters
by the enormous number of eighty three
thousand seven hundred and twenty per
sons, being nearly sixteen thousand more
than on any former occasion. The attend
ance at the great exhibition was very
slghtlysffected the number, Of visitOrsthere
on the same day being nearly ,ffty-fve
thousand.
Year: 1862

Surgeon General Weber, of Ohio, is here
under orders from Governor Tod to look
after the Ohio wounded, secure discharges
for the permanently disabled, get furloughs
for the seriously injured to 60 home to re-
cover and to make whatever provision may
be necessary for the comfort of those who
remain there lie finds five to six humid
red Ohio wounded only in Washington hos
pitals.- Washington Dispatch.
Year: 1862

Among the many certificates OF the excellence and
merits OF these Pianos, would refer to the follow
ing


pleasure in certifying that l have tried you SQUARE
Pianos and find them equal, II not superior to any
II. this country. Among their great qualities which
distinguish them, is the Of tone, the
able and easy touch, and volume Of tone. Wishing
you all The success yOusO highly deserve,


am, Sir, yours very truly,
Year: 1862

SAD Acc1DENr.-One day last week by
the accidental discharge of gun, young
man by the name of Won. On Vermilion
creek in this county, received very seri-
Gus wound in the arm; and another man
by the name of Leonard so narrowly es-
capped the same charge as 10 have it SINCE
his hair and Craze his cheek. 1t occurred
in the haste or caIelessness Of endeavor-
ing to shoot some wild geese which were
flying over, Won catching up the gun by
the barrel with the mazzle pointing
towards him and in drawing i, to position
the gun discharged The arm of the
young man was amputated, and after un-
dergoing this painful process, it was found
that in consequence of modification al.
ready taken place, it required another op-
Grafton; accordingly it was unjointed al
the shoulder. At last accounts he was
doing we'll.
Year: 1862

Notice is hereby given that all the lands
and town lots described in the foregoing
delinquent tax list, or SO much of each
tract or piece of land or town lots as may
be necessary for that purpose, will on Tues.
day the 9th day of May IA. D. 1862, and
next succeeding days, be sold by me at pub
lie auction at my Office, in the city of
Marysville, for the taxes, penalty and
charges thereon for the year 1861, if not
settled before that day.


A.E LOWELL,
County Treasurer.


Marysville, March p, 1867.
81 The reader will note that the small
capital is used as q substitute for the figure
two, in the remainder of this list
Year: 1862

that the Rebel army is in Popes rear, and the
capital threatened, he only is responsible In
the crisis Of which the decisive moment was
swiftly approaching, Maj Gen. Mcclellan has
for two days delayed his advance in order to de-
termine question Of precedence between Gen
Pope and himself


The line along which Gen. Popes army ez
tended was of greater length than bis troops
were competent to cover The point at which
the enemy has entered was point which Nc
Clellan's forces were to guard This delay ex
posed 1t to ncurslon, and may have mperllled
the safety both Of the army and the capital


When Gen llalleck assumed command Of
the Union armies, he sought to restore them to
position from which an offensive movement
might once more be possible. The attempt in.
volyed the sltety both Of the army on the Per-
insula, which was to be removed, and of the
army OF Virginia, which was to cover Mcclellan
retreat. have already explained the plan
that was adopted. Its unexpected complete
success 10 lts most dangerous movemen, is 40
once the evidence and the trophy Of the genus
which planned it. But the crisis was not over
when the different corps of Mcclellan had
reached Fredericksburg or Alexandria, or when
Pope was beyond the Rapplhannock.


We don't know who is To blame if anybody
for the success of the rebel movement through
TrOroughfare Gap, but it is worth while to COL


ect the evidence, and the above is an important
item
Year: 1862

correspondent OF the New York Tribune
is reminded by the recent letter from the White
House on the subject of Slavery, Union &c,
OF the following highly lucid exposition Of
" the law of the case, by an Illinois Justice


" If the Jury believe, from the evidence,
that the plaintiff and defendant were partners
in the grocery and gave this note for the lnte
rest. and tia: the defendant pal for the note by
delivering to the plaintiff COW which he war
ranted not breachy, and the warranty was bro
ken by reason OF the breachiness of the COW, and
he drove the COW back and rendered her TO the
defendant, but the defendant refused to receive
her, and the plaintiff took her home again, and
put heavy poke upon her to prevent her from
jumping the fence, and by reason OF the poke
she broke her neck, and died and if the July
believe tha, the defendants interest in the gro
Gerry was worth anything, the plaintiffs note
was worthless and the cow good for nothing
either for milk or beef, then the Jury must find
out how they will decide the case for the
Court, il she understand herself and she thinks
she do is at considerable nonplus how such
case should exactly be decided.
Year: 1862

Paymaster's Clerks 500 per annum. and 75
cents per day when actually on duty.


Chaplain in volunteers Slf6 50.


In addition to the pay as above stated, one ra-
ton per day and an abunaant supply of good
clothing is allowed to every soldier Quarters.
fuel and medical attendance are ALWAYS provided
by the Government without deduction from the
soldiers pay. fla soldier should become disabled
in the line of his duties, the law provides for m
pension, or he may, if he prefer it. obtain ad-
mission into the Military Asylum, which will
afford him comfortable home so long AS he NAV
wish To receive its benefits


To the above pay for private soldiers must be
added the additional So month to be paid du-
ring service, the 500 bounty at the end of the
war, which has already been provided for. and
the quarter section of land that Congress will
provide for at its coming session. The bounty
and land apply to officers and privatcs alike.
Year: 1862

habit Of sef-abuSe To which is added observations
Female Diseases and other interesting matter Of the
most importance to the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts Of their physical ability
that Sent 70 any address in sealed wrap
per- on receipt Of ten cents or four stamps.


We devote entire time and attention to the treat
diseases reaed of i'm pri
report. Our DspenSary is the only Institution Of the
kind in America which has been ablished by special
charter and this fact should give il preference the
quacks Of doubtful character to he found in all
cifi