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Year: 1863

canal. This portage with its slow coaches and
| its stationary engines, is now abandoned rem
dered wholly useless by the iron horse, who
snorts and spurns it as he careers past its old
walks and inclined planes.


Al Cresson is a fine hotel, crowded with
summer visitors. The ladies and gentlemen
on the lawn that slopes down to the station
show all the signs of happy summer loungers.


We now reach Gallitrin, the highest point
OF the Alleghanies, crossed by the railway and
the entrance to the great tunnel, nearly 1000
ieet In length. Shooting again into daylight,
we pass along the edge OF a very deep gorge
down whose PERCEPTIONS sides one is made
dizzy by gazing. Passing down this gorge by
grade Of about 10c feet to the mill, we sud-
denly turn upon our track and run in drec-
tion nearly opposite, thus doubling this sunk
en- cape by piece Of mastery engineering
and a vast expenditure OF labor.


The bordering scenery is gorgeous beyond
description. Pardon wicked pun amid these
sublime surroundings. We pass through some
very heavy cuts which show the strata highly
inclined, the dip being eastward from the ridge
OF the mountain, and showing the line of up
heaval. The geologist revels in these noun
tain cuts. But your correspondent has no ge-
ology to infiict upon your readers. His OBJ
servations in this direction, along with his
waysde rocks, he will pocket for other uses


AT Altoona, short distance down the East
ern slope, are very extensive repair-shops Of
the Railroad Company, very large first class
hotel, and all the marks of thrift and energy.
Here the loyal Governors of many States met
In solemn conclave year ago, and swore to
stand by the government in sustaining the
Union. A high place for high council of
State.


A few miles farther on we strike the Juniata
whose rapid current eastward is another proof
that we are on the Atlantic slope of the Allie
ghanies. Another mountain tunnel buries us
in nomentary midnight, and again we sweep
along the banks of the "Bue Juniata,'' as mu-
sical in its flow as the pleasant song which
borrows its name.


A canal boat soon reminds us that this an
cient institution is in operation, east of the
mountain, stepping down the slopes, lock by
lock, and doing a small and good service IN its
way.


But while l ride and write, the glories of
the way escape me in part. Let us pocket the
pencil. Yours, p.
Year: 1863

Widow Grizzlies husband lately died of Col
era. In the midst of the most acute bodily pain,
after the hand of death had touched him, and
while writhing in agony his gentle wife said
round so and wear all the sheets out if you
are dyingr
Year: 1863

pY inquiry at this office. or No. 80 Exchange ST.,
ID one hear of chance to buy MILK
ROUTE" in which there is not customer who has
failed to pay his monthly bills. A favorable chance
is thus offered to any one who may wish to engage In
the business, OF to enlarge his present route"


nov12 eodtf
Year: 1863

This Society celebrated its anniversary yesterday
afternoon al living Hail. VIM. A. Booth cSq.. President in
the chair The Chairman opened the exercises with bre
address, and then prayer offered BY The Rev Dr. Smith
The hymn Of which the following Is the first verse, was next
sur,s
Year: 1863

PRAYING TO THE PolNr-It is related of
certain lawyer in New England noted for
his over reachings and short comings, that
during a revival he came under conviction.
His appeal was responded to by one of the
saints, an eccentric, but very pious old man,
honest, plain, blunt, square -toed, and fat
footed, who thus went at il:


"We do most earnestly entrcat thee,
Lord, to s.nctify our penitent brother here;
till his heart with goodness and grace, so
that he may hereafter forsake his evil ways
and follow in the right path. We do know,
however, that it is required Of him who has
appropriated worldly goods to himself un.
lawfully and dishonesty, that he shall
make restitution four fold but we do be-
seech thee to have mercy on this our erring
brother, as it would be impossible for him
to do that, let him off for the best he can
do without begsaring himself entirely, by
paying twenty five cents on the dollar"


The next applicant at the same meeting
was an elderly maiden, who got her living
by going into different families and spin
ming for them. She. also, had been famous
for her short comings, never giving count
for her yarn; the forty threads to the knot
was . poiot which she never reached
The blunt old man thuSt briefly disI osed
Of her case:


Reform, 0 Lord the heart Of thy hand.
maid here before Thee, we beseech Thee
and wilt thou enable her to count forty"
Year: 1863

issued. It merely shows to the states II


rebellion that slavery has no protection


unless they recognize the Constitu ton ant


support our government. That will appear


evident enough to show by the example o


Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, and Mary


land. As far as arning the slave is con


cerned, the confiscation act was sufficient
to furnish all the means necessary, as they
would have to abide by the losses and ca


lami,ies of war by an invading force, there


fore, the confiscation act would furnish all
the material necessary. But to view the
emancipation act in the light good many
take it, viz: emancipating all the slaves,
wo'd give the armyin the field nothing else to
do but to invade large extent of territory
for that especial purpose, not yet invaded.
The idea is preposterous, but how odious
political wire pullcrs will make it appear
those that expect to he candidates for Office
after while. Of course it will be a great
hobby for speculation. Slavery, as we all
know, existed from the foundation of our
government, and continued to exist and
increase prior to the rebellion, and know.
ing its selfish interests clash of tho two
conflicting elements, freedom and slavery,
was unavoidable. 1t is folly for one party to
accuse another for bringing about the dark.
ness that now o'erspreads the nation, as
long as there was two sides at issue, and
each growing in animosity and deadly
hatred. Both sides can bear the blame
there is only one or the other left now, viz:
either to recognize the independence of the
south, or fight it out-and fight out we can
and conquer peace, with the united effort
of the north to support the heroes in the
field. 1t is madness to talk of peace prop
ositions. The southerners scorn the idea
Of the word peace on their behalf. They
will not accept anything short of the recog,
milton Of their independence. Their all is
at stake and has been sacrificed for the OBJ
ject, and now it remains with them every.
thing or nothing, and to the former they
cling with dying grasp. Devastation and
dcsolation has marked their course through
out the richest agricultural regions Of the
south. The circumstances and condition
of things are entirely reversed from what
they were year ago, and wherever our
troops are stationed in the south, the am.
bition of the people is utterly prosrtated as
regards raising crop the present year,
even if the facilities and means were with
in their reach. 1t is consequently very
evident that there " i'll be immense suffer.
ing in the south before nine months roll
round. The supposition will not be like
that two years ago, it will prove to be q
reality. We shall have to conquer and feed
them within twelve months.


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Year: 1863

~ A wori listened in . sure place
may set in motion = good influence that will
never cease. IL is foolish thing to 80
back and uproot the seed to find that It
has taken hold. Dropped in faith. the sun.
shine and rain Of Gods providence will
take care Of the termination. And be-
sides there is many deed done and word
spoken through the good influence OF the
moment which We forget, but God remem.
bers to bless.
Year: 1863

A GALENA IlEN.-The people Of Galena
have been much excited during the last ten
days, by the discovered frailty Of one Of
their preachers. The gentleman referred
to has not been long in the city, but has
improved his time, and few weeks ago
was married to a daughter Of one Of the
most highly respected men in the place,
she being his fourth wife. A few days ago
the wife suspected collusion--to use no
harsher phrase--between her husband and
her servant girl. To confirm her suspicious
she resorted to little expedient Of making
visit to some friends in the country, with
the intention, as her husband supposed, Of
remaining several days. But unfortunately
for him, she suddenly returned the FIRST
night, and went straight to the servant
girls room and asked to be admitted. Tho
girl refused, and answered that she could
not possibly let here in just then and de.
clined to give reasons why she could not.
The wife told her to never mind then, but
to 60 down stairs as soon as she could and
make her some tea. She then left the door
and concealed herself where she could see
who passed from the room. Before long,
the door opened and the husband carefully
stepped out and softly made his way down
stairs in his stocking feet, soon followed by
the guilty servant. The wife Immediately
left the house, went home and informed
her parents Of all that had occurred.


The next morning the preacher appeared
at the gate, when the father, who was ter.
ribly angered, seized q revolver, and told
him il he came inside the yard . ball would
be sent through him. In vain he attempt-
ed to parley, in vain he pleaded to see his
wife--neither father nor wife would consent
to talk to him moment. The reverend
gentleman went home, packed his trunk,
and left on the first train for the east, since
which time his whereabouts have been un !.
known.


Thus the matter has ended for tho pre- e.
ent, save in the excited talk Of the good
people of tina. quiet villsge.--Da6uqus
Times.
Year: 1863

~ a great past is glorious; more
glorious is great future-more glorious,
for the least chance that we may be more
than We have been, is moro ennobling to
the mind than the largest assurances that
We have been more than we are.
Year: 1863


To the Editors Of the Press


The army Of the Potomac is still inactive,
quietly awaiting the drying up of the mud, SO
that the roads may become passable, when 1t
will be safe to predict that its quiet will be
broken by an onward movement more vigor-
Gus than any heretofore. The weather is mag
nihcent, albeit little cold. The army is in
good health and spirits. l and think it no sense
less buncombe to add. eager TO meet the enc
my. 1t is in good fighting condition, never
better; more hopeful than the people at home
and far less tolerant of Copperheads, beside
whom his most satanic majesty brightens in
TO saintlike responsibility. II the dastards at
home, who higgle about the war measures of
the Administration, could only come out here
and feel for themselves in what perfect con-
tempt they are held by the great mass of the
soldiery, they would be shained, and like
whipped ours would sneak away into the ken
mel of perpetual silence.


The Twentieth Maine has one of the pleas
ATTEST situations on the Rappahannock. Its
camp-ground, always dry, has been thor
oughly "policed," and with a little more
labor will be second to none in the corps
The sanitary condition of the regiment has
never been better since leaving Maine; con-
valesoents are almost daily returning to their
companies from the hospitals at Washington
and Baltimore. Many of the line officers
have for various reasons resigned; but those
who remaia are cheerful aud hopeful deter
mined in Gods good providence to see the end
of the rebellion. Maj. Gilmore, much beloved
by the entire regiment, is now in Washington
under medical treatment, still suffering from
his former wounds; may his recovered health
soon enable him TO return to his duties lin the
regiment Lit. Col. Chamberlain has just re-
turned from a trip to Maine, looking and we
trust also feeling much refreshed by his short
leave OF absence.


The many friends Of our gallant Col Ames
will be glad TO learn of his promotion in the
regular army for meritorious conduct He
was breveted captain May 4, 1862, and July
|, 1852, breveted Major for distinguished SER
vices at the siege of Yorktown, and at the
battles of Malvern Hill and CARROTS farm.
This tribute to his worth as an officer is hear
tily endorsed by all the officers Of his COM
mand. who seem to feel themselves to be shar-
ers Of any honor conferred upon him; and /
use no mere empty words when say Maine
may well be proud of the commandant of the
Twentieth. w
Year: 1863

The undersigned, -, OF - in the State Of
-, and -- Of -, in the State Of
hereby guarantee that in the foregoing bid Of
- for any of the classes therein named be &C.
cepted he they WILL within days after the
cept of the contract at the post Office named Ma
Wy Agent designated. execute the contract for the
same with good and sufficient sureties and in case
the said - shall fail to enter into contract, a.
aforesaid guarantee to make good the difference
between the offer of the said - and that which
NAV be accepted
Year: 1863

the public safety requires IT, ana IN pursuance
also of the act of Congress approved March 3,
1868, expressly empowering the President with
reference to the present Rebellion and during
its continuance to put in force the Constitutional
safeguard. In the opinion Of the President the
public safety requires that in the cases ofpersons
held under the military or naval authority of the
United States, or in their custody as prisoners
of war, or as spies, or as soldiers drafted
or enlisted, or as deserters, for Ofcnses under
the Enrolment act, the Habcas Corpus should
be suspended, and the writ denied. And the
President, therefore, suspends and denies the
writ in such cases throughout the United States,
and throughout the duration Of the Rebellion,
unless this Proclamation shall be sooner modi-
fled or revoked. Magistrates attorneys and all
other civil officers, as well as those in the
military and naval service, are required to take
distinct notice of this suspension, and give it
full effect, and all citizens are to govern them
selves accordingly.


No citizen of New-York needs to be told how
urgent was the necessity for some decisive ac-
ton on the part of the Government at this mo-
ment. Numbers of enlisted and drafted men
and Of dcserters have been daily discharged by
wrts of habeas corpus from State Courts, and
the prospect was presented that the Govern
ment would finally, by such means, lie de-
frauded of the services of thousands Of men, in
this city alone, to which it was rightiuLy en-
titled. Elsewhere the same process was going
on. The decision of the Supreme Court Of the
United States, denying to State Courts the
right to interfere in such cases, was defiantly
disregarded by these insubordinate tribunals,
and to such an extent that in order TO assert the
dignity and defend the prerogatives of that
Court. as well as TO secure the execution OF q
constitutional law essential TO the existence Of
the Republic, the President found il necessary
TO interpose his constitutional Executive power.
That he has done it reluctantly none who know
his reverence for all forms of law and all per-
sonal rights will doubt But he has deemed it
indispensable 10 the public welfare, and the
loyal North will not merely acquiesce in his de-
cision, but joyfuAy recognize in such an act one
other evidence Of his controlling purpose and
unalterablc resolve, at all hazards, and at any
cost, to save this imperied Republic.
Year: 1863

THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE has circuiauoh Oh oie
Hundred and Fifty Thousand copies, and large proportion
Of its subscribers take other Journal Ihe space IN 'hS
sheet allotted to advertisements is necessarily Limited so that
each has the advantage of being easily seen and oil are gen.
.r,v read with as much interest as news matter There
IA . those who have tried it know advertising medium
In the country cheap because there Is none so profitable
to the advertiser The paper ciTeulates among the industrial
and thrifty cassesthc farmers, manufacturers merchants
and mechanics of tire country and is carefully read by
she wives and daughters is safe say that each adver


seme. in it read every week by not less than half million
Of the most intelligent Of the people He who makes his
business his merchandise his manufactures known to
this immense number scattered all the loyal States
fail to do to his manifest and great advantage


Advertisements on the fifth page 81 25 and on the
eight page lire For this weeks issue they must be
handed In to-day.
Year: 1863

cure the call OF Convention without agtafing
for it1 If you undertake to get rid Of Slavery
in any way, you will create an excitement, and
it would be a bad thing to have an excitement
about Slavery in the present state OF our affairs.
These being times of trouble, the Slavery ques-
ton should be buried to a calmer season; but if
this were a time Of quiet and security, it would
be pronounced very wrong to break 1t up by
an excitement about Slavery. FIX
it as you will, there will never be time when,
in the opinion of this Committee, it will be
proper to agitate for the overthrow OF Slavery.


The Committee say:


"Emancipationists and Shareholders stand shoulder
to shoulder in support Of the Government


of course, there are slaveholders-we think
it safe to use the pural-who do so stand; yet the
assertion is nevertheless a ialsehOOd. The slave
holders Of Maryland do not stand shoulder to
shoulder with their Union fellow-citzensi in sup
port of the Government; and this Messrs
Swami, Kennedy, & Co. well know. The vote
in '6l of the strongly slaveholding Counties
st. Mary's, Charles, &c.-Oyerwhelmingly
for the Secession candidates, tells the story.
Wherever in Maryland slaves are comparatively
few, there the People are almost unanimous for
the Union; where they are STEPPED in Slavery,
they sympathize with the Rebellion; and there
is no use in denying it. The official returns OF
their votes tell the story.


The Committee see fit TO say that


I'm this struggle for National existence, the MON
,,on of tLe STAT. OF MARYLAND were among The trsi TO
throw Themselves ato the breach and ready a. al
tinfs 10 accep as result Of the madness oi thcl u1
crn brethren the ruin which was everywhere showing
itself within her borders"


1t is most unwise to make such assertions,
provoking unpleasant and Improbable reminls'
cences. The Committee viyidly remember facts
in hagrant disproof Of these statements-thc
murder of unarmcd Massachusetts Volunteers
in the streets Of Baltimore, the cutting OF the
telegraph wires at that point, the burning OF the
railroad bridges on the lines connecting Wash
ington with the North, and the mission OF the
Young Christians of Baltimore to the White
House to bully President Lincoln into agreeing
that no more Volunteers should pass through
that State to the Potomac. Why compel Us TO
think of these things Is not the case against
Slavery strong enough without them :


On the whole, We have seldom read an cleo
,ionecring harangue more thoroughly disn-
eenuous and preyarcating than this Address.
II does not boldly meet the great issue OF the
day-it eyades and beiogs It. II the Committee
shall succeed in pcrsuading the People to ignore
the Slavery question, every vote recorded for
their candidates will be counted as a vote for
perpeiuatng Slavery-a vote against any meas
urc Of Emancipation. We pray the people to
bear this in mind.
Year: 1863

novelty is a new iron car on the New York Cen'r1
Railroad which has been manufactured for the Amer
lean Express Company. 1t is Of the largest SIZE.
built almost entirely Of iron. and provided with al


desirable conycniences or locking valuable packages
The inside is lined with wood. and the top is covered
with wood a else Is iron the body of the car beinso
heavy plates rvetcd together. The Company conSiae'
il burglar proof and any attempt to destroy 1t py n''
vnuld pro,o A failure.
Year: 1863

1[Messrs Montgomery & MilIar are
doing quite large wholesale trade in the Gro
Gerry line. They have a nice store, and good
stock Of goods which they propose to sell at as
low figures as the same articles can be obtained
for in Detroit. An opportunity is thus offered
TO country dealers 20 obtain an ample suppI' Of
goods without the expense Of going further
away thaR this city. We would advise those IL
the adjOiping country towns who are in want Of
goods in the grocery line TO FIRST give our city
a call. We are sure they will 20 no further,
as our JeaIers here can duplicate Detroit prices
Year: 1863

Tho Civilian and Telegraph having much
LARGER CIRCULATION in the County than
any other paper published here, while out OF
the County it's circulation is four times larg-
er, it affords good medium for advertising
1t numbers among its readers those who are
able to buy literally and pay promptly, and
whose custom would bo valuable to business
men.
Year: 1863

EARLY RGsINd.-Fcw ever live to q
great age, and fewer still ever become
distinguished, who were not in the habic
cf early rising, You rise late, an! Of
course commence you: business at a late
hour, and everything goes wrong all
day. Franklin says, that he who rises
late, may trot all day and not ovcrtakc
his business at night. Dean Swift ayers
that he never knew eny man to attain to
enirencc who lay in bed late of morn
iug.-7odd.
Year: 1863

IT is better to tread the path Of life
cheerfully, skipping lightly over all the
obstacles in the way. rather than sit
down aud lament your hard fate. The
cheerful mans life will spin out longer
than that of man who is continually
sad and desponding. If distress comes
upon US, detection and despair will rot
afford relief. The best thing to do when
evil comes upon US is not lamcntation,
but to rise and make vigorous effort to
seek remedy.
Year: 1863

DYiyu FOR Krss.-An inquest was
held lately on the body Of young man
who, in the attempt to snatch kiss from
the unwilling lips of a girl, fell down
The stairs aud killed himself. Not a
greet while since young lady broke
her neck in trying to escape kiss
The question now is, shall kissing be
given L? as dangerous amusement?