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Year: 1863

TIE UNION TrCKEr-It has never been
our fortune to support State ticket which
so entirely met our appreciation and COM
manded our respect, as does the one we
have the pleasure of supporting during
this campaign. They are ali honorable
and honored names-men whose integri-
ty is unimpeached, whose ability is un-
questioned and who are as loyal to tie
flag as are the star, themselves Prescott
Journal
Year: 1863

CHILD WHAT IT DID
L have mind TO whip you until you
cannot stand said wicked and profane
man. rising from his seat and looking
wrathfully at his little son, little boy
just able to speak plain.


What had the child done 10 call for
such severe punishment i? Used two
oaihs, such as were constantly dropping
from the lips of his father. But his own
words, from the mouth of one so young
so shocked that parent that he thought
he could not punish him too severely for
the offence.


The little boy who had never been
whipped, and who was very free to talk,
nothing daunted, looked the angry man
full in the eye, and quietly said I:


Father, if you will whip me, who will
whip youY


A thunderbolt could not have startled
him more. The question set his own sin
and desert of punishment in the light Of
MONDAY. He turned away confused
and ashamed, and said in his heart--'1f
God will not punish me for this great
wickedness, | will swear no more


He kept bis word. From that day no
oath escaped his lips. To-day-wonder
of divine grace-the same tongue that
was employed in cursing, is now used TO
bless God and teach men his ways.
Year: 1863

Coop LUCK.-Some young men talk
about luck. Good luck is to get up at 6
o'clock in the morning; good luck, il
you have only shilling a week, is to
live on eleven pence, and save penny ;
good luck is to trouble your head with
your own business, and let your neigh
bor's alone good luck is to fulfil the
commandments, and do unto other peo-
pie as we wish them to do unto US. They
must not only work but wait. They must
plod and persevere. Pence must be ta-
ken care of, because they are seeds of
guineas. To get on in the world they
must take care of h me, sweep their
door ways clean, try and help other peo-
pie, avoid temptations and have faith and
trust in God.
Year: 1863

in the launch sprang over toward the
side, and stretched out both his arms to
break the blow and turn The course Of the
boat. This he succeeded in doing, but
not without considerable injury to him
self. Getting close to the steamer, the
men spring for the ropes, and some lose
their hold and are swallowed by the sea.
although nearly every one in the boat y
saved.


The whaleboat saved others from the
iron-clad. A third recruiting boat was
sent, commanded by Mr.. Brown, very
brave man and skilled in the manage
ment of boat. This has not been heard
from, but it may have picked up some
survivors, and have got safely to some
other vessel. The Monitor went down
about o'clock in the morning"
Year: 1863

my duty by the constitution to see that
the laws are enforced. / shall investi-
gate every alleged violation of our stat
utes, and see that the offenders are bro't
TO justice"


The sheriffs and district attorneys are
admonished that it is their duty to take
care that no person within their respec
tive counties is imprisoned, nor carried
by force beyond their limits, without due
process Of legal authority.


The governor, at some length, con-
demns the exercise Of power under mar
tal law as destructive of the rights of
states, and of the legislative and judicial
powers of the general government.


He declares that the presidents eman.
cipation proclamation is impoltic, unjust
and unconstitutional, calculated 10 create
many barriers to the restoration of the
Union, and calculated to be misconstrued
by the world as an abandonment of the
hope of restoring it--a result to which
New York is nobly opposed, and which
will be effectually resisted.


The Union, he says, will be restored
by the central and western states, both
free and slave, who are exempt from the
violent passions which bear control at the
extremes. Those of the central slave
states which regretted the ordinance OF
secession, which sought to remain in the
Union aud which were driven off by con-
temptuous, uucompromising policy, must
be brought back. The restoration Of the
whole Union will then be only the work
of time, with such exertion Of power as
can be put forth without needlessly sac
rificing the life and treasure of the north
in bloody and calamitous contest.


We must not wear out the lives of our
soldiers, nor exhaust the earnings of la
bor. by war for uncertain ends, or TO
carry out vague theories. The policy OF
subjugaiion and determination means not
only the destruction of the lives and
property of the south, but also the waste
of the blood and treasure of the north.
The exerlion Of armed power must be
accompanied by firm and conciliatory
policy, to restore our Union with the least
possible injury to both sections.


The governor concludes as follows:
/" AT this moment the fortunes of your
country are influenced by the results oi
battles. Our armies in the feld must be
supported. All constitutional demands
of our general government must be
promptly responded to. Under no cir
cumstances can the division of the Union
be conceded. We will put forth every
exertion of power. We will use every
policy of conciliation--we will hold out
every inducement TO the people of the
south TO return TO their allegiance consis-
tent with honor. We will guarantee
them every right, every consideration
demanded by the constitution, and by
that fraternal regard which must prevail
in common country, but we can never
voluntarily consent to the breaking up OF
the Union Of these states, or the destruc-
lion Of the constitution"
Year: 1863

Tonight she viii dance at the palace,
With the diamonds in her hair:
And the Prihce viii praise her beauty
The loveliest lady there!
Bat tones, at times, in the music,


Win bring back forgotten things;
And her heart will fail her sometimes,
When her beauty is praised at the Kings
There sits in his silent chamber,


A stern and sorrOwful man:
But strange sweet dream comes to him,
While the lamp is burning wan,
OF a sunset among the vineyards,
In a lone and lovely land,
And a maiden standing near him,


With fresh wild-howers in her hand
Year: 1863

THE New York Home Journal says the


latest bit of uptown fashionable news, is


the exceeding sumptuOusness of two sue


cessive dinner parties, given to two be-


trothed ladies, by wealthy bachelor of


their acquaintance, each party number


ing about twenty persons, and the latter


including General and Mrs. Mcclellan
among its guests. One very expensive
and exquisite difference from ordinary
parties consisted in the novel furnishing
of the table. 1t was oval shaped, but
with the white cloth only ciroling its
outer rim-the whole interior being an
exquisitely arranged parterre, filed with
baskets Of the most costly and sumptu-
Gus flowers, set in wet saw dust and moss,
and the air being thus laden with fra
GRANGE, while the dinner was handed
round, in a dainty succession of choice
dishes, according to the beautifully print
ed carte, distributed to all. At the close
of the dinner, each lady guest took (asa
present from the host) one Of these cost
y and superb baskets Of flowers. which b,
had ornamented the center of the table:
the beautiful burthen of the banquet be.
ing thus borne away by the most admir-
ed Of the admiring beholders
Year: 1863

A poet in tender line says of a phenome-
non attending kiss in porch, with honey
suckles looking on:


''The transport fragrance windward blew"


a nautical man would have had the fra
GRANGE blow to leeward. The kiss perhaps
upset things SO in the poets mind that he
couldn't get them to rights exactly.
Year: 1863

A CHILD is never happy from having his
own way. Decide for him, and he has but one
thing 20 do: put him to please himself, and he
is troubled with everything and satisfied with
nothing.
Year: 1863

EeD. ith, lco5.


RESPECTED JoHN-Dedr Sir
| now sit down to inform You
that am still among the living
and am enjoying the best of
health; that's something that's
nice to write home, for il is not
every one that can say that, for
there is n great deal OF sickness
now in the army. We are camp
ed in a perfect graveyard; there is
from twenty-five to thirty to be
buried every day; there is small
pox plenty here now and other
dangerous diseases; but then that
is all in the war. We are in
sight of Vicksburg, and can see
the devils walking around over
there, in plain view. ! DO rot
know what we are aiming to do.
| think we are not going to stay
here long, for the river is rising
so it will soon drive us back


John it nice weather down here.
| have not seen any winter yet,
oniv a little snow iii Arkansas.


There is good many of the
boys descrtiRg, and that is some
thing that no amount of money
or any thing else, could get me
to do. think too much of my
self, my country, and my friends
at home to disgrace them. We
have seen a good deal of hard
ship, but that is something ex-
pected. Some of the boys have
been getting letters from their
friends advising them to desert
and come home, for we were on.
iy fighting to free the negroes
Ny Cod if you could get TO see
the contrabands kicked and cuff
ed around down here, a fellow
could not think we were trying
Year: 1863

to free the negroes. | would
not call a man my friend that
would write 10 me and advise
me to desert; that we were fight
ing for nothing but to free the
negroes. If | thought that was
fighting for any man or set of men,
| would desert in less than an
hour; but | think | am fighting
for one of the best governments
and one Of the greatest countries
that ever the sun shone upon, and
therefore am willing TO suffer a
little TO sustain them.


d. B. SrRAHAN.


To JOHN ID. GALLAHER.
Year: 1863

Gus support in the war, we pause to
see what kind Of government it is for
which we are asked to pour out our
blood and our treasures. Tho action
of the administration will determine
in the minds Of more than one half of
the people OF the loyal States whether
this war is wagcd t. put down rebel.
lion at the South, or destroy free insti,
tutions at tho North. We look for It's
decision with solemn soloitude.


HoRATIo SEYMOUR.


The resolutions adopted by the meet.
ing point to the devotion shown by the
Democrats during two years of civil
war, and a determination TO devote
their energies to the cause Of the
Union: denounce the assumption Of
military power in the arrest of Mr.
Vallandigham; assert the right Of free
discussion. They say that il the eloc
tion of Mr.. Seymour the people con-
demned the system Of arbitrary ar.
rests, and call upon the President to
restore Mr. Tallandighan to liberty
They direct copy OF ,he resolutions
to be sent to the President with the
assurance of the desire Of the meeting
TO support the Government in every
constitutional and lawful measure to
suppress the rebellion.
Year: 1863

The United States and Russia. The
particulars of the great alliance pro-
posed to be formed by Russia with the
United States, says the Chronicle and
Sentinel, have leaked out in Federal
dom. According to statements OF the
matter now made, 1t appears that the
Gear of Russia proposed to furnish the
Federal Government men and money
TO crush the rebellion with, provided
she would mortgage all lands north of
the Ohio river to him, assigning Tor
his reason fer not taking the territory
of tho South, that tho Pc pie Of the
South would suffer total annibilation
before they would submit, and there
would be nothing to gain by the con'
quest that tho Federal Governments
would be exhausted, and her binds
would be worth nothing, This pro.
position did not meet With any favor
with old Abe and his advisers; aud NJ,
Clay tor entertaining IL has beNn sent
to a now field to exercise bis great
persuasive powers. A complete his
tory Of the diplomatic sohemcs Of Lin
coins administration would make d
decidedly spicy book. Our Western
scow boatman would appear in g more
ridiculous light than be did when he
rushed through Baltimore with his
Scotch cap and PLAID c!oak.-A0H-
gOa'ay HAL.
Year: 1863

of the day bu. that officer was nowhere to be
found. The messenger went again to the head
surgeon and this time was referred to one Of the
assistant surgeons. The assistant surgeon had
nothing to do with that part Of the camp lie
went to another assistant surgeon, but with the
same result. lie was sent to third, but the
third one was nowhere to be found. He went to
the bead surgeon again who promised to send
some one Of the doctors to bis sick comrades tsnt
but the promise was never fulfilled. Probably it
was forgotten the next moment.


May men have suffered and died IN this camp,
when with ordinary care in hospitsl their lives
might have been spared True, there was hos
Pital in the camp but many have died here with
out ever finding it.


Ons bitter cold night was stationed to guard
the suffers shaniy The keea northwest wind
only mocked at clothing, and every gust felt it,
way to the very skin. 1t was tedious oeing out
anywhere that night and especially so TO the sick.
took my post at nine o'clock. Before had
been there many minutes, fellow, thiny clad
came sayeHag from one Of the tents, and curled
down by the wooden shanty to get away from the
Wind. lie was quite unwell as his looks abond-
anly showed, lie had Just come into camp that
dlH be saii, and was put into tent already
crowded full They according to hi, story, were
oplo..4 70 admitting him, and had then Just
driven Vim rom The tent. At eleven | was re-
Dsysd, -ud my two hours was all that felt able
% endure there, although possessed a consider.
able share OF health, and was well clothed. When
cine to my pos, again at three o'clock, found
the sex man was sill there. tried to persuade
him to 90 to the officers and have them provide
him place more comfortable, for was actually
afraid be would perish there, but | could not
lie was much too bashfu to be a soldier. Be
fore my next two hours duty was done he had
gone. never knew where he went. He had
threatened 10 desert the service, and # he did at.
temp. the hazard, cln hardly help wishing him
good success.


But am making my letter much longer than
expected. Incidents crowd upon my mind
which seemed important to me, an eye witness
bur probably they would be too tame to relate al
ibis time Of stirring events. But | am happy TO
say The Clnwl-scent Camp has improved since the
lime Of which have been writing. II has been
moved some three miles toward the height oppo-
site Washington, where wood is more plenty and
other comforts more abundant. Barracks are
being built, and it /, to be hoped that before sum.
mer the men will have quarters more decent!
comfortable. ltWoult be lasting shame to our
Government this eyesore was left unremeded.


! have ,keched thus much, Mr.. Editor, Of what
| have seen and known of this place, and if you
thitk 10 worthy Of the room, you may give it to
your readers With my prayers that they my
ueyer be sent, as we have been, to this Gonzales
cent Camp ANTI REBEL
Year: 1863

Always read advertisements. Il - 10
your interest 10 do 90.


IN nine cases out Of ten the most honest,
upright, Trustworthy. liberal dealers. are
those who advertise the most extensively.


To advertise is to expend money prudent.
ly, and the most successful and liberal Lusi.
ness men know II, and act accordingly


Look over our advertising columns daily.
and buy Of none whose names you do not
find there. Narrow minds and misers eel.
dom advertise. The liberal frank, and free
always do.


II man does not think enough Of your
custom 70 AK you for Il through your county
pspcr he is unworthy Of your patronage.


When you find man who is loo close
and stingy 10 advertise. you can safely put
him down - too selfish TO deal generously.
and very fairly or honestly.


Those who do not advertise ask the IarRess
profits: Those who do. ssll q small profits
and turn their money often.


Those who never advertise semetimes
sell staple articles st current prices but they
will skin you on articles where you are NOT
familiar with the prices


You will save money BY dealing with
those who advertise, and refusing those who
do not.


Remember the above. and never deal
with men who do not advertise ss home =.
Year: 1863

against our hold upon ireland, against
cur dominion in America, against our
commerce all over the worll. Whe-
ther we interfere or not, this is the fate
in store tor us, and meanwhile we. are
expected to express the wsrmest hopes
for tie success OF the Federal arms.
From the South there comes in some.
what milder accents, q scarcely less
unreasonable complaint. France and
England, we are told, have only to
recognize the independence of the
South, and the war will be over at
once. Would. indeed, that it were 90,
and that we could persuade the North
TO save the wreck OF lts fortunes
But no recognition or mediation would
Lave the smallest weight unles backed
up by the probability Of more iorcible
arguments, and those arguments we
are not inclned to apply. Dreadful
as this war is, we have no desire to
substitute another for it, to take our.
selves the place OF one of the combat.
ants, and, perhaps, engross the hatred
Of both. We have nothing to do but
to wait and hope that these two un.
happy maniacs may soon come to
themselves, and see what they are
about II is not tol our interest that
either should conquer the. other,
or that both should be irreparably
injured. This is a civil war, not in.
deed, in our own borders, but within
our own race--that race which but
the other day we were proud to re-
fleet was fast poopieing a continent
and surrounding the world.
Year: 1863

moment is pregnant with danger there is no
diminution of people on the streets. Ladies go
shopping and promenading as before, and but


fear seems to be manifested about the


of an unexpected shell. Colonel Marks,
/ 96th La, who is commaudant of the city
police, hasissued an order prohibiting all persons
from gathering in crowds upon the hills sbout
the city to obtain view, except commissioned
officers. The object of this order is to avoid
drawing the enemy's FIRE to those exposed
places. 1t has been a fault with the citizens
here, ladies included, to expose themselves in
the most dangerous places to witness the firing,
and their reckless daring is being circumscrbed
by the official orders of the commandant of the
post.


What the next move of GENERA. Grant win be,
is hard to conjecture, but all are of the opinion
that his arrangements must be nearly complete
for an assault But few boats are now kept in
sight of the city, and what is going on behind
the point above is bard to tell. My own opin-
lon is that the frst demonstration viii be an
o.ber effort to run few moro transports. The
Forest Queen is the only transport below, that
know of, and she alone is insufficient to the
tack of bringing all the troops over below. In
due course of time we shall learn the entire
object of the enemy, and I believe we are ready
for them. NEsToR.
Year: 1863

Pursue the merciless invaders day and
night, from year to year, even till the end
of time but that it shall float from every
hill top, and fortress, and every valley, and
shall "wave in triumph" over every CITY in
the Union, and until every State shall rem
der to Caesar, the tribute which, to Caesar
is due.
Year: 1863

and the Constitution as il is. There


fore it is that the Dispatch playful,


pats Sumner, Chase and Burnside Of
the back, and looks scernfnlly on Val


landigham, Seymour and Hunt. ThI


Dispatch knows well who are its rea


allies in the North; and in its great
glee at the amount of work the latter


are doing in the cause of disunion and
separation it cannot refrain from shov.
ing its high appreciation of their per-
sistent labors in behalf of the cause j,
advocates. Of course Seymour and
Hunt are not so good as Sumner and
Chase-for the Dispatch and co>labor-
ers; but while the, Democratic leaders
in the North continue to uphold the
flag of the Union and the Constitus
ton, as they will ever do bravely and
unfalteringly, they can bear without a
murmur the abuse of the Richmond
Dispatch, and all others who are seek
ing to preucnt a restoration Of the uni
ty and integrity Of this great Repub-
lic.--[ Philadelphia Age.
Year: 1863

Rky~ The Democratic State Central
Committee Of Illinois have called o
mass convention of the Democracy Of
that State, Sin compliance with the
general Democratic popular wish, that
q mass convention Of the party be
held during the present month Of
june, for the purpose of consultation
and deliberation upon the State Of the
country, and to give expression, in
authoritative form, to the views Of
public policy in regard to tho present
national crisis, entertained by the I'll
linois Democracy. s''''
Year: 1863

BI The Cincinnati Enquirer hal


on several occasions recently been Ia


boring to correct the Western Chris


tisn Advocate in some of its erroneous
statements in relation to the Demo.
cratic party aud its public men, the
last Of wheich we're some improper
and unjust charges made by the Ad-
vocate against Mr.. Vallandigham. We
think it likely the Enquirer will fail
to effect reform in the premises or in
doing any good in that direction. In
all its political views and opinions the
Advocate is as blind as o bat and as
full Of prejudice toward everything
that is Democratic as it can be. No
slander against Democrat, coined by
such papers as the Cincinnati Com
mercial or Cincinnati Gazette, is too
big to he swallowed by the Advocate.
1t gulps them all down, and when it
has anything to say in political way,
the stuff first appearing in the papers
referred to and others of like charac-
ter, of the kind of which We have spo>
ken, as Gospel truth. The Enquirer
cannot correct the political morals of
the Advocate, and it is idle to attempt
it. Like most other church papers in
the country, it has become sort of
political adjunct to the most intcmper-
ate, unreliable and untruthful Of the
Abolition journals, and is 50 under
stood, and hence its power to do mis-
chief is not at this time very great
Time was when the Advocate was
pretty good drill Sergeant for the
Abolition party, but it long since ex-
hausted itself in that way, and now
can do but little harm.-T Statesman.


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Year: 1863

honey to her soul, and she carried in her
arm, precious burden. AS for Joe
Thompson, there was not man in all
that neighborhood who drank daily of a
more precious wine of life than he. An
angel had come to his house, disguised as
a sick helpless and miserable child, and
filled all its dry chambers with the sun
shine of love,