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Year: 1863

The weather prophets say that the people ol
Minnesota may look out for the hardest winter
seen for years There will be more cold days
the mercury will run lower. aud the snow will be
deeper than before since 80. This Is the first
fall since that Of 81 the brook trout have com
menced leaving the small creeks for deep holes
as early as September. and the first season
since then that the muskrats have double
walled their little hiIlock homes These and
certain other infallible signs known to the
sportsman and hunter, indicate winter of unu-
suaI severity IL is thought by many that the
river will close at least two weeks earlier thar
last year.
Year: 1863

rife came to my shoulder quick and firm,
and l braced my nerves for a steady aim
with strong effort of the will. looked
through the double sight, and the muzzle
covered the Indians head. Hy heart
seemed to stop beating, held in the grasp
of that terrible suspense. 1t was but an
instant-then the rife sent an ounce and
a half of lead on its mission, with crack
that was unusually loud and sharp, and
recoil which threw me back few PAGES.


1.-The smoke curled away, but I dared
not look. I passed my hand slowly
across my forehead, for my brain was
throbbing painfully. Every moment l
expected to be greeted by the dense smoke
Of the burning prairie, and to hear the
kissing of the burning fame but nothing
of that kind occurred. and ventured to
look toward the spot where the savage had
stood with his torch; took courage, re-
loaded my rife. and hastily walked to-
ward the place. I reached 1.-THE In.
dian lay upon his back, the brand. half
extingnishcd, lay beside him; an ounce
and half of lead through his head.


l sank down, overpowered with graft
tude and the various emotions which such
an incident was calculated to inspire


This was the greatest shot ever
made, and probably shall never equal it
again.


"Can you wonder that am SO attach
ed to this rife ?"


mot at all !" said the captain, earnest
ly, 81 should never part with it, if it was
mine"
Year: 1863

down east correspondent OF the Chtea
90 Iimss furnishes that paper with the fol-
lowing account OF an Incident In which o
boasting braggart, WHO has been imposing
upon honest people as prea6her, is hand>
somelv taken down.


During the progress Of volunteering aid
purposed drafting, they are getting little
into the humorous way up in New flamp.
shire, which duly signifies that something IS


up For instance, in one town up there
certain clergyman who had acquired large
notoriety from instigatng others to go to
war, and who had. in fact been an original
and unqualified "blood-letting' and mot an
inch" man, made his appearance as usual, at
a recent war meeting OF the citizens, and oil
course betrayed the same pepper and salt IN
bis composition that had repeatedly shown
before. An idea struck one Of the good ct-
izens present, and good Democrat. without
doubt, he publicly proposed to give from
his own pocket bounty OF fifty dollars, In
addition to the quite liberal town bounty, il
the clergyman would come forward and make
good his profession by enllsting along with
the rest Of them. The man Of black cloth
and white linen declined; he had no stomach
for fighting himself very evidently. Then
another individual offered him in open town
town meeting another fiftv dollars; and al
third offered fifty, and the fire took so wels
and spread so far that before many minutes
the servant Of Christ and dispenser OF the
Gospel OF peace was actually offered the sum
Of sac hundred dollars, il he would set pat
rlotic example by shouldering his musket
with the rest, and showing his flock fields
are won. 1t was tight place for him. lie
backed down by the nearest back stairs
from 80 high an offer. He never could think
of leaving his church and society and going
away to rude war. But he could leave his
followers. to hunger for the Gospel bread
while he fed them, mouth to mouth. with
the poisonous husks Of Abolitionism. The
people relished their practical joking i'm
mensely; and could hear several Abolition
clergymen have been "smoked OUT in the
same way in still other town round about.--
People begin to say it is about time.
Year: 1863

This being the year this destructive insect
scientifically known as the Cichada. makes
its appearance, propose to make few sug.
gestions relative to the protection Of young
trees against its ravages.


Let the owners oil all Young fruit and or
namentsl deciduous and evergreen tress,pr
cure quantity of cat or other soft straw and
and put it safely away until next June, at
which time the Locust will commence ma
king its appearance. AS soon as they com
mencs getting through the ground. soak the
straw from SIX to ten hours n q strong ley,
made from good wood ashes or lime. While
wet make the straw into ropes and wind
them into balls. Wrap the body of the young
tree with these straw ropes from three to
six feet, owing to the ago and size of the tree
commencing at the bottom and fastening
we'll at the top, so as to prevent It's being
loosened by the wind or shaking Of the tree.
II he young tree has formed its top, wrap
around the bottom { the main branches a


The Locust bores into the young boanches
and sappy parts Of the wood where the bark
Year: 1863

A bill is before the State Legisla-
ture requiring the School Board Of
Cleveland to provide separate schools
for the colored children of that city"
The Leader, the Republican organ of
Cleveland, thus vigorously opposes the
bill:


''It is an act of great injustice to
the colored pupils of Cleveland.* x *
They stand in the same classes with
their white fellow pupils, and are lau-
dably ambitious to take equal rank
with them. y = = Any other course
is calculated to foster the spirit of os-
tracism of all the colorcd race, and to
engender that unreasonable hatred of
all negroes which has had such fearful
exemplification in the city of Detroit.
y * A sure foundation is laid for
partisan hataed, which will yield fruit
in somc such disgraceful manifestation
as that of late witnessed in that sister
city"


The drift of that kind Of talk is
plainly apparent. m
Year: 1863

Will the friends-professed friends
--of the Administration inform US
what advantage they expect the coun-
try will derive from their denunciation
of Democrats as "Copperheads," dis
loyalists and enemies to the Union?
The Democrats have furnished their
share of men for the war, and money
to meet its expenses. They are as
honest and as loyal, and as sincerely
attached to the Union as any Repub-
lican, and more so than the notorious
Abolitionists, who daily, openly, and
unhcsitatingly denounce the Constitu-
tion and Union, without reproach
from the Republicans, in or out of Of
flee. True, the Democrats differ, in
some things, from the theories of the
Republicans. Have they not right
to do sof Is it more crime for them
to differ from Republicans and Aboli~
tionists, than for the latter to differ
from the Democrats? Have not both
the same rights? Is not freedom of
of thought and speech guaranteed to
both alike?


You want the Democrats to volun-
teer in the army, and to hazard their
lives in putting down rebellion and re-
storing the Union. You wish them to
pay taxes, to loan money to the Gov
ernment when they have it to spare,
and to give it moral support against
our enemies. Can you reasonably ex
pect these things to be cheerfully and
promptly given, when you villify and
denounce them with all the harsh epi-
thets which you can command? Do
you expect them to abandon their set
tied convictions of duty by the use of
hard words? The Democracy will
stand by the Constitution and laws,
and sustain the Administration when
they think it acting wisely and within
the Constitution; and as honest men
they will oppose it when it does not do
so, because they are devoted to the
Constitution, the laws, and the Union.
constitutional Union.
Year: 1863

MORE TRUTH THAN PoETRY.-The
Louisville Democrat tells us the En-
glish papers say that the plate on the
Prince of Wales breakfast-table is
valued at ten millions of dollars. The
fools of this country, like the rest of
the fools in the world, will have a
Prince of Something after q while,
and pay ten millions for his breakfast
plate. This will be the result, if they
don't show more sense than they have
shown of late.
Year: 1863

The Democratic party is now and
always has been a law abiding and q
law-obeying party. 1t always has
counscled, and does now counsel, the
maintenance Of good order. Resis-
tance to law has never been any part
of its creed OF practice. On the con
trary, it has always denounced those
who refused obedience to the laws, and
has always held that those who forcibly
resisted the execution of law should
be severely punished. In this, as in
other things, it has always been right.
1t is too late to ask now that this good
old Democratic party shall change its
principles Or its policy upon this sub
jeet. 3


The Abolitionists used to resist the
execution of the Fugitive Slave Law.
They regarded it as odious and outra-
'geous, and openly preached and prac-
ticed forcible resistance to its execution.
This they continued to do after it had
been declared to be constitutional by
the highest Courts of the land. The
Democratic party denounced them
and very properly, too-for forcibly
resisting it.


The Conscript law is probably more
odious and infamous in the eyes Of the
great body of the people in the loyal
States, than was the Fugitive Slave law
in the eyes Of the Abolitionists. But
if it was wrong for the Abolitionists
to forcibly resist the Fugitive Slave
law, it would be equally wrong for any
part of our people to forcibly resist
the Conscript law. 1t wouldn't be
very consistent for Democrat to de-
nounce others for resisting q law of the
land, and then turn about and resist a
law of the land himself. That must
not be so long as it is law. Should
a proper tribunal decide the Conscript
law to be unconstitutional (Which We
believe it to be, then, of course, its
enforcement would be abandoned. If
q law is odious to- the people, or is un-
constitutional, they have their remedy
at the ballot box or in the courts.
They may elect men to represent them
in Congress who will repeal it; or they
may take it to the courts where it will
be declared unconstitutional. What
more can be desired? Resistance to
law will will neither repeal it, nor test
its constitutionality. 1t will still re-
main upon the statute books, and will
be enforced in spite of resistance, or
else, in the conflict, both the law and
the government will be wiped out Of
existence. And then, what will be
gained? Sooner Or later the conflict
must be settled, and it can only be set
tied upon terms of q general agree
ment to obey the laws and preserve
order. But il one set of men are per-
mitted to resist one law, another set
Of men will claim the right to resist
some other law. Thus all the laws
would be resisted, and there could be
no such thing as a government Of law.
But no man has right to assume,
that Democrats contemplate resistance
to the Conscript or any other law. -7
They are not the men to resist any
law that is not decided to be uncon-
stitutional by the Courts; but they in
sist upon obedience to oil the laws. -
They themselves expect to obey them,
and will insist that their political OPP
ponents shall do the same. States
man.
Year: 1863

R<I- The Democratic State Central
committee Of Indiana has issued call
for mass convention at Indianapolis
on the Goth Of May, ''to consider the
questions which now agitate the public
mind, and take such counsel together
as will most certainly secure the bles-
sings Of liberty, peace and unity to our
distracted country"
Year: 1863

Miltcn's blindness was the result OF
over work and dyspepsia. ..r


hluItitudes OF men and women have
made their eyes weak for life by the too
free use Of the eyesight reading small
print and doing fine sewing. In viewing
those thingsit is well TO observe the TO :
lowing rules in the use of the eyes:


Avoid all sudden changes between light
and darkness.


Never begin TO read, or write, or sew
for several minutes alter coming from
darkness 10 bright light.


Never read by twilight, OF moonlight,
or OF cloudy day.


Never read or sew directly In front of
The light, window, or door.


1t is better TO have the light.from abovo
obliquely over the left shoU er.


Never sleep SO that on the first wakin q
the eyes shall open ON the light Of win-
dow.


Do not use the eycslght by a light so
scant that r'quires IN effort to discrimi.
nate.


The moment you are instinctivcly
prompted to rub the eyes that moment
cease using them.-HGEs Journal Of
Health.
Year: 1863

ist to utter and print, and circulate freely
and withou, danger Of arbitrary arrest and
incarceration, whatever We ind to critcise
in the acts Of the Administration-we be-
lieve that our right TO do this will be main
tanned by the Chief Executive of the En-
pie State, and it is in this belief that we
now exercise that Constitutional git des.
pite the. threats of military despotsm sm and
its base and venal adherents.


eli the people are not fully aroused to
the dangers by which their liberties, not
to speak of their sovereignty, are beset,
they may soon loose both the opportunity
and the power to preserve those priceless
boons for which such great sacrifices were
made.
Year: 1863

In late speech in the House of Rep
resentatives, Hon Thaddeus Stevens, the
Chairman Of the Committee of Ways and
Means, who welded an influence in tha,
body only inferior 10 the Secretary of the
Treasury, said:


"If any unforeseen emergency should
arise endangering the existence of the Re-
publit, the section Of the Constitution
which says that the President shall take
care that the laws be faithfully executed.
creates him As much D.c'ator, for Il g
time being, as decree of the Roman Sen
ate made Consul Dictator. But when
Congress assembled they would have the
same full power If no other means were
left to save the Republic from destruction,
believe We have power under the Consti-
tuition, and according to it's express pro-
vision, to declare Dictator, without con-
tirming the choice to any officer of the
Government"


That would be considered in a Democrat
slightly "'traitorous." Congress took his ad
vice so far as TO make the President real.
ly Dictator.
Year: 1863

OUR REPUBLIc.--W are told that we
are living in Republic. Well. let us see
what is the stern reality. The President
is authorized to suspend the habeas corpus
consequently he confines whom he pleases,
without trial.


lie is authorized to proclaim martial law
and consequently, can seize any property;
and according to his view confscate with
remuneration. as shown by his proclama
tiun


He can draft all The able bodied men
beteen the ages of eighteen and forty five
and make them bear arms on penalty Of
death


He can forbid free speech


lie can muzzle a free press


He has been furnished with two billion
dollars. and, consequently, has both the
purse and the sword in his hands.


All this is to continue until the next
meeting Of Congress. Heaven save us
from such a Republic..-Erchongc
Year: 1863

Serenade. We had neglected to thank
some young gentlemen who gave Us q very
agreeable serenade at our residence, one
night recently. They make most charming
music, and their visits sin the stilly night
are most delightful We will hold them in
grateful remembrance.
Year: 1863

The press is in no small degree respon-
sible for the delusions which two common
ly prevail in the popular mind relative to
the situation of affairs. Instead of being
the outspoken. organs Of truth, there seems
to be false pride, to be considered the
exponents Of governmental or army conf.
dence, at the expense ofindependence. We
have had q sad illustration of this sort Of
journalism during the late siege of Vicks.
burg, and now experience the modification
of defeat, after having been assured, day
after day and week after week, that Vicks.
burg was safe and could hold out an indef:'
finite time. rs


The remedy for all this lies in the stern
maxim-let the truth be told though the
heavens fall. In a popular Government
like ours there can be'no more radical er.
ror than to keep the people in ignorance.
Such principle shakes the public faith,
undermines, the whole structure, and, if
persisted in, will finally destroy the Gov
eminent. Confidence is a beautiful thing
when founded;on reasonable assurance of
safety, from known facts; but without this
everything is, uncertain and doubtful
Therefore, the Government, press and peo-
pie should be frank and candid with each
other, so that knowing the common dan.
ger, all unite heartily to avert it.
Year: 1863

SUaAR.-A Richmond dispatch informs
US that this article went up fifty cents in
the pound on the news from Vicksburg.-
1t cut the same caper in the Savannah mar
ket, and We doubt not in other markets,
says the Savannah Republicans. There is
not one reason for it, except that monop.
olists wish to grind the public and are con.
tent with any shadow of a reason for doing
it,. There is no sugar in Vieksbufg which
we had prospect Of getting before the fall
of the city, and none to come through there.
An old lady in Atlanta gave the BLOCKADE
as the cause of an advance in her chesnuts,
and the sugar men have nov about as good
reason for their course. =,
Year: 1863

DEFENSIVE DISTRACTIONS IN New YORK HAIR
BoR-It will be recollsctsd that at the time of
the Trent difficulty report was current that a
large sum had been expended in the purchase
Of timber for the purpose of placing an enor-
nous raft and other defensive distractions in
New York harbor. 1t appears now, from tine
State Comptroller's report, that $79,22s was
actually laid out in this way; but after the dan
ger Of hostilites with England was over the
timber was directed to be sold, and is being got
rid of at prices which 1t is believed will prevent
any loss to the State 1t is well that the money
has not been expended on so foolish . project.
We have very little faith in harbor or river OBJ
structions tina. do not embrace as their princi-
pal features ron-clad defences and all the recent
improvements in artillery.
Year: 1863

Our OMNwUsss BADLY REavLArnD-Our
the shortcom ings on the part Of our lines Of


omnibuses. Their passengers are in constant
state Of discomfort and annoyance from the bad
arrangement as regards paying the fare to the


drivers This should not be. In all European
oities every omnibus has q conductor, charged
with receiving the fare and attending to the in
grsss and egress of those who patronize the vehi-
Gle in question. In this manner all overcrowding
Is avoided, all disputes as to errors in making
change are easily settled, while the drivers
are simply called upon to keep clear Of obsta-
clss and make their way to their destination
with all due speed. AS the paying is done in
our lines of stages, the driver, at the peril of
crashing into other vehicles or being run into
himself, has to turn from his horses to receive
pay and make change, and thus dreadful acci-
dents may and do occur. The system, as it now
exists, is a tempting of Providence. We would
wish to see on all omnibuses a driver and a
conductor. We should not then, rs now, be
exposed to the insolencs of the drivers, who,
alone responsible, frequently forget the respect
due to their patrons. and are rude and disoblig-
ing. We would also wish to know distinctly
how many seats an omnibus contains, and
suggest that when full they should not be
stopped to allow numbers Of persons to crowd
in and stand on the feet Of the passengers al
ready filling the vehicle or seat themselves on
their knees: The whole system Of our omnibus
lines as it now exists, is faulty to degree; and
as for years these matters have been better
managed abroad, we cannot understand why
improvements are not introduced here. The
safety and comfort of the public imperatively
demand these improvements and sense of our
duty to the people will cause us to insist upon
obtaining them.
Year: 1863

New LIGHT FOR SECRETARY CHAsE.-The
State Comptroller's report has had one excel
lent sfect-that Of inspiring the faint hearted
amongst us with fresh hope by showing them
that there is one portion Of the country which
il not going financially to the dogs. If Mr..
Robinson were to send q copy Of this docu-
ment to Secretary Chase, q still more important
benefit might result from it. When that be-
logged statesman sees with what admirable
judgment and order the financial affairs of this
great State are administered, his mind may,
perhaps, become illuminated by few bright
ideas. Those who cannot originate are often
good at imitation; and we would not desire
better than to sec Mr.. Chase follow in the wake
offs system which consults economy as first
principle, and seeks to make the most of its
available resources
Year: 1863

A NEWLY DISCOVERED PLACER IN THE CITY
In the State Comptroller's report We find
an abuse signalized in connection with the
receipt and payment of the city's proportion
of taxes which costs the public heavy
sum annually. 1t appears that the Cham.
berlain-who has nothing to do with the col
lection of the tax, but merely deposits It in
q bank to his credit and draws check for the
payment of it to the State-is in the habit of
deducting from it, for his own compensation,
one per cent upon the whole amount. During
the last year the sum that he pocketed in this
way was $22,l29. This year 1t will be
$26,l07. It must be admitted that, paid at
this rate the Office Of Chamberlain is one of the
fattest sinecurss to be found in the whole list
of State, federal or corporate Offices We quss-
ton whether anything like it exists in the most
aristocratic countries The practice to which
we refer is all the more indefenslble when it s
taken into consideration that the Chamberlain
probably receives interest on the deposit from
the bank where he keeps his account If the
deduction is as it is claimed 10 be, legal
right, the Legislat ure should at once take steps
to terminate the authority under which 1t Is
levied
Year: 1863

A New SEA MoNsrER.-We noticed in q
German almanac day or two since print
and description of horrible fish, which re-
minded US of our old sea serpent stories. One
of the creatures was attacked within year by
q French corvette, between ST. Helena and the
Cape of Good Hope, and the commander HIM
self describes it. Its body is the size of large
shark. From its head, which is a fearful look
ing object issue six "feelers," which resemble
boa constructors which could be wound around
a boat, and which would crush quite a large
craft. The fish was harpooned by the crew
and bowline was got around the tail, but the
rope slipped aud the body was so soft that the
harpoon pulled out The sailors wanted to at
tack it again in the boat, but the commander
would not risk them in such an encounter, and
the monster escaped.
Year: 1863

Tbs 9th Maine Regiment enjoy reputa-
tion for daring-in fact they dare do anything.
Said their brigadier to a colonel in the same
brigade who inquired how far he should extend
the pickets Place the New York regiment
as far out as you dare. station your own men
half mile further, then so half mile beyond
that, climb the highest tree you can 6ud you
will see the 9th Maine boys out two or three
miles, stealing corn without their guns
Year: 1863

MoNrAIeNE, the celebrated French essayist,
whose clear style, as well as vigor of thought
has been the praise of good critics the world
over, made his boast that he never used a word
that could not be readily understood by any
body in the Paris markets. A fact full of in
struction for all who desire success in address
ing the people. Plain words are ever the
best