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Year: 1864

Agitation is the enemy Of conservatism.
It is indispensable to reform and progress.
The present agitation Of the Presidential
question will do little harm, though it is
said to be premature, and is to some extent
bitter. We are not surprised nor alarmed
that the discussion Of the relative fitness
Of the prominent men named ss loyal
candidates has suddenly absorbed the ma
ton, and even eclipsed for time the per-
manent interest in the success Of the war
and the party. For this is the necessary
consequence Of profound appreciation Of
the Importance Of the election in NoVem-
Der, and men who are earnest are sure to
differ, though their difference may not be
discord. We anticipated the presentation
ofseveral names to the Union Convention
in June, but in that body we believe the
difference will end There it must end
Arg1e now that Mr.. Chase is Of all men
the best man for our candidate insist up
on General Fremonts superiority declare
General Butler to be the representative
American; do this Row, but when the
Convention Of the people has decided, be-
ware agitation, which will cease to be Just
independence, and must be branded as
factious ambition. The choice Of the
people must finally be upon principle the
choice Of every loyal man, whatever may
be the sincerity and purity Of his perscn nal
preference.


Armies seem secondary now, in the sx-
citement Of politics. The people are car
ried away in this warm debate. Every
loyal paper is for Mr.. Lincoln, Mr.. Chase
or General Butler. Almost every Legisla-
ture, State Convention, or Union Club, has
published its Presidential preference And
in this there is but one element Of danger.
| Certain political bodies-very few, we are
glad to see-hsve declared their resolution
to sustain certain candidates. even in de-
| fiance Of the decision Of the Convention,
This is what we are told will be the sui.
cidal course Of the German Radicals, and
this is the only evil which can reasonably
be expected to result from the discussion
into which the nation is so suddenly pre-
oipitated.


The union Of the Union party in the cam
paign whieh wiH formally begin IN June Il
az important as The Union Of the people IN
the future of the country. For upon the
success Of the Union party depend, the
prosperity and peace Of the country fol
generations to come. We, therefore, in.
sist upon the folly, the Wickedness oi
those who in this preliminary debate 60 sc
far as to reoklessly declare that they will
not sustain the choice Of the people, un-
less it agrees with their own choice, and
who threaten to divide 8 party which has
for three years been united upon princi
pies, upon an issue which is comparatively
personal Philadelphia PreSs.
Year: 1864

The season Of sugar making Is now st
hand, and ought to be improved. Trees
should be tapped without delay, where
thew have not already been opened. With
very little effort if the season is favorable,
almost enough sugar can be made IN this
county, to supply the wants Of the inhabi-
tants. At the present high prices Of s1gar
every tree should be put into use, and sll
the sugar and molssses made that they wiz
afford. -Astabula Sentinel.
Year: 1864

Last year it was reported that an engineer
Of Boston had perfected contrivance by
which gun of any size could be fred under
water in such manner that the shot from il
should take effect also under water. We
have heard nothing recently Of this discovery,
or coutrivance, but we find, from report
made lately Of some experiments conducted
last year in England by the officers Of the
British gunnery ship Excellent, that there
full trial had been made, and it is now eer-
tain that submerged cannon can be effectively
fired. The interesting experiments at Ports
mouth are thus described:
y "A stage was erected in the harbor within
the tide-mark; on this an Armstrong ll0-
FOUNDER was mounted, loaded and aimed, at
low water, at target placed also within the
Iise of the tide. When both gun and target
were covered by the water to depth Of six
feet, the gun was fired by means Of tube.
The targets were placed at from 20 to % feet
from the muzzle Of the pun. One was COM
posed Of piles and oak planking, Of Thick. :s
hull of an old vessel, the Griper, laid on q
mud-bank; third was made up Of three
lncneS III VI
bolted together and backed with timber. On
all these the effect of shot and shell from the
submerged gun was very startling. The
wooden target was pierced through and
through, the iron target was broken into
pieces and driven into the backing, the solid
shot passed right through both sides Of the
vessel, making huge hole through which
the water poured in torrents shell with
percussion fuse burst in entering, opening up
chasm Of FIVE feet by three in the planking,
shattering the ribs and bursting up the deck
beams above"


Our ordnance bureau ought to look to this
matter. II it is practicable to load and hrc
cannon under water, then the defense Of har-
bors will receive new help; and iron-clads,
no matter how heavily they are armored above
water, will be as weak and defenseless against
such submerged battery as the merest shell
of wooden frigate. 1t is impossible to arm
floating vessel against such an assault.
Huge as the British Warrior and the French
Gloire are, they can barely support the iron
plating which defends their upper works
their hulls below the water-line are no more
iIuperyious to shot than amy wooden ship.
Suppose now that We had battery Of sub
merged cannon SO arranged in our harbors
that they could be loaded, aimed and fred at
will, no iron-clad would dare encounter such
foe. Harbor defense would be complete.
Year: 1864

An eastern editor has made an interesting
discovery. He has found that if the neck OF
a bottle filed with water be thrust into the
bung-hole of barrel full of whisky, the wa
ter will be transformed into whisky.
Year: 1864

ing the slightest spark of self respect or the least
particle of intellectual dignity.


The eagerness with which the demands of such
q nature are complied with, the malignant energy
with which is sustained the grovelling policy
that must come out of such character, is daily
illustrated in the columns Of the journal over
which our Editor presides.


Mark the pretentious style; the sententious
sounding periods; the covert sneer; the adrolt
and subtle manner in which, while pretending
to argue in friendly, even parternal, manner
upon the error in policy with which it 10 pre-
sumed you are tainted, the reader is induced to
believe that at heart you are q scoundrel. and
that said error arises from the depravity Of your
nature itself. Of those who oppose, every ones
honesty is doubted every mans independence
is sspersed every mans private life is besmirch
ed, if possible; and to each is directly or indi-
rectly attributed, not open crime, but rather
those mental vices which once q community
believes you tainted with, forever you have lost
al the confidence you may or might have won.


This subtle dispenser; this sanctimonious
hypocrite this pretentious fair-dealer; who
knows 90 we'll how "to steal' and wear "the
livery of heaven" that he may serve the devil
therein; understands full we'll how much easier
it is to spread abroad sander than to clear ones
skirt Of the taint. Like the skunk, who, even
while the hapless passer-by SEEKS to avoid him,
elects his filth over the unfortunate's garments,
this mental pole-cat. not content with the for
bearing charity of his contemporaries, or the fear
full disgust of those who pass by on the other
side. yet switches his pen and beft uls them all
over with its disgusting emanations.


Need we name the character we thus describe?
We think not. The colors are sufficiently faith
full, though laid on with something of coarseness:
the lines are sufficiently true, and the proportions
are just enough to enable the reader to easily
recognize our Lost Leader"
Year: 1864

The New York Worlds Washington dis
patches say most encouraging are received
from every quarter, as to the number of
troops now being obtained. In Pennsyl-
vauia about thirty thousand men have been
recruited, while New York has done quite
as we'll. New England has furnished
20. 900 and perhaps, were the returns all in
the humber will be found even greater than
this The Western States are also doing
very well.


For some time past reinforcements at the
rate Of 1000 week have been g Jag for
ward to the Army of the Potomac, and for
the next two or three weeks it is expected
one thousand per day will be forwarded
The average number received now that are
obtained daily through the country is about
thirteen hundred, and this number will be
increased to two thousand per day before
the fifth, or at least $50 600 men will
have been raised for the army and navy
before the day named, not counting credits
on previous calls or those arising from for
mer naval enlistments. Had the call been
for 100000, it is thought the men could
easily have been raised, but the large call
discouraged the people. On account of
these large additions to the army, efforts
will be made to have the draft postponed,
in the hope that sufficient number of men
may be obtained without . resort to that
Objectionable feature.
Year: 1864

s6- The Honorable Member from Atch-
ison was present at the meeting the other
evening, and although he had rented the
room to speak after Lane had got through,
vet he did not reply.
Year: 1864

we~ould not lint the pewerof the Almighty.
But issidents oeesf which 30 80 Ear beyond our
conception. that we think perfection has bees
reached. Now. We cannot corrosive how it 10
possible to put any more brass, unblushing i'm
pudence. persistency in lying. or deception. in
the oily eountenaoce of Sam. Wood Here 10 sn
instance of the handiwork of God which We
think fills the bill 20 completely to merit the
approb, alton, at is WE'LL" and leads us to think
Of limit.


The last number of the Council Grove Piess is
almost entirely filed with what Sam. Wood
claims he did last winter. He publishes col
umn and half of lava which he introd uced,
and secured the passage OF. Among them is the
new militia law. This was drawn up and
introduced by Frank Drenning. and Sam. Wood
never saw it until after it was printed. Another
he claims is an act to accept grant Of lands to
aid in the construction of certain Railroads and
Telegraphs. This was drawn up by General
Stringfellow, and we think introduced by Mr.
Click. We venture the assertion that the House
Journal will show that he did not have any
thing to do with at least one half the acts which,
| he names.


On the contrary. he did more than any othe,
man to render the Legislature obnoxious and
to destroy its influence for good. In all his leg
islation, the partizan moved him.


Another specimen. Last winter in Joint Con
vention, he arose and remarked that there was 9
precedent for that which they were about to do
He alluded to the election of o Senator in Ken
lucky. which was year before q vacancy, and
read from the Constitution Of that State showing
that they held annual sessions Of the Legislature
An examination showed that the inscription,
falsifer had read from the old Constitution
while the present one. which provides for bi
ennial sessions, Immediately followed it. in th'
same volume, and it was impossible for him no
to have known it,


Speaking of mail routes. he says that Council
Grove has been sold out to spite Sam. Wood
We wonder that the people Of Morris county
can expect their local interests to thrive whil'
they confide them to the keeping of man wh'
is universally regarded as totally devoid o
honor and truth. and in whom no one has par
ticle of confidence.
Year: 1864

The Leavenworth Bulletin. the Hindoo organ
of Carney, has been one of the loudest defenders
of the Fraud. It assured US that the people en-
dorsed it, that indignation meetings were all
6zzles. &c. Here is what it says now:


That the election was legal. there is no
doubt; and the only opposition to it is the fact
that it was held at a time when large portion
of the voters of the State were opposed to it, and
had been assured that an election would not be
held"


1t used to be Lanes pimps." now it is a
"large portion of the voters" The Times.
which is owned by Carney, and which ieemed
every day with Justification of the Fraud. speaks
as follows. 1t spent it's breath freely in de-
nouncing Indignation meetings; hear it's admis-
sions now:


"The Senatorial election last winter was q
mistake. A people jealous of their rights will
never submit to a seeming usurpation of them.
That election was unusual, against custom.
though not against law. 1t violated the very
principle which Gov. Carney had declared to be
the basis of his policy for the State. and in the
action Of State toward the Federal Government u


Notice the last sentence. Gov. Carney is not
remarkable for intelligence, or he would not
allow himself to be duped in such manner
The Times says further that Carney and his
friends resolved to rid the people of personal
issue. while the ink is hardly dry by which they
told US that the main object in the election was
to kill Jim. Lane. But at the Topeka Conven.
ton they became satisfied that that had not killed
him, and they are preparing for some other dodge
Year: 1864

Thomas Carney's resignation 10 another
trick 1t ie such perfect farce that we cannot
call it otherwise. The latest advices we have is
that it has not been filed with the Secretary of
State and until that 10 done it is no resignation.
He hopes to appease the wrath of the people,
bot only making ones self ridiculous will have
no such effect. Facts proye that the "resigna-
ton" is not the result of the honesty and moral
beroism which his letter and his papers claim it
10. but the scheme Of his wire pullers to avoid
the inevitable doom awaiting them. Can the
people have faith in his claims to honesty after
his organs have admitted that they deliberately
lied the thing as far they could Can the
voters believe party who give as their principal
reason for such monstrous wrong the killing off
Of rival while that rival was far of, zealously
working for the people? The incidents con-
nected with the +" election" Of Carney are too
fresh in the minds Of the people. and too strongly
eontroyert the assumed inherent virtue of the
Pretender. There is such q striking contrast
between this letter Of esignation," and his
speech at the Senatorial Banquet-more properly
termed the " Senatorial Druuk"-one is oil hon
Aty and meekness. the other vanity and pomp.
The following is his letter


TOPEKA, April 90. 1864.
Gentlemen Of The C0arention:


Yours is the first Convention held since the
adjournment of the last Legislature, and en-
brace the opportunity to address you, and through
you, the people. -.F -.
was, as you are aware, elected United States
Senator by that Legislature.


Since then, that election has entered or been
forced into every political conflict.


: If there be one merit which may claim, il is
that of earnestly and industriously guarding the
rights and interests of the State. and will not
sndanger or sacrifice either by causing or con.
tinuing in it mere personal issue


! feel it to be my duty, therefore. to resign, as
now do, all claims to the Office of United States
Senator into the hands Of the people.


THos. CARNEY.
The chief characteristics of that letter is i'm
pudence and falsehood. We all know that fully
one-half the men who voted for him were under
pledges to their constituents not to 60 into ON
brought to bear upon them. And the assertion
that he would not have resigned had his
unprineipled and revolutionary trick succeeded
in giving him control of that Convention is
plain fact when We consider the circumstances
The manipulating process by which he was
elected. and the bogus delegates by which he
expected to sustain himself are sufficient to cause
this last act to sink him lower in the estimation
Of honest men.


1t is but an evidence Of desperation. and v.
warn the people to be xstchful, for trickery il
their only resort. ......
Year: 1864

The Now York Herald gives as an indication Of nro.
gress, tho folloring Four athletic and very greasy
negroes sitting down all in row in Broadway omni-
nous and three white ladies standing up in the Same
bus, and hanging on to the straps"
Year: 1864

A letter from a commander of one of Farra
quits gunboats states that the ram Tennessee
received two hundred shots, and that only one
Of them fairly penetrated her hull and one
other her plating. 1t is the opinion of this
officer that she is equal to any iron-clad eveI
built, with the exception OF the steering appa
ratus, and, in some respects, che ia more
effective war vessel than any In our navy
She is to be put on highly important service
Immediately,
Year: 1864

Exemption FUND.-By reference to an ad-
association has been started that by paying into
the common fund 800 exemption from the draft
may be secured. This plan has been in successful
operation In several Of our large cities.
Year: 1864


to sheath it. Are you attempting ity


IT the rebellion is not crushed, it
viii be because some men withhold
needed strength. Whose name will
go down on that black list?
A convention Of Sovereign States
is asked. Let us have pledce that
it will please their Sovereign Lord.
ships to remain in the Union, and he
abided by the Convention.


War being the only road TO Peace
and Union, those who desire those
blessings will bris1ly move over the
road. Are you doing it?


Democracy says the South will
come back il we will guarantee them
slavery The South says they will
not. Which do you believer


Peace is evory way eminently dc.
slrable. 1t can be had by fighting
for il.


The South says they will return to
the Union when forced to, and not be-
lore. war, therefore becomes the
road to Peace and Union.


Is 1t sane TO stop lighting, intend.
ing to offer your enemy certain con-
eessions when he says he will not ac.
cept them?


The rebels arc lighting for their
Independence. Democracy thinks
they will stop if we let their slaves
alone. Their love for the negro ia
not so strong as that and if It was
they had them all to themselves be-
fore they commenced TO fight.


Democracy says the South was
driven out OF the Union. Vice. Pres
ldent Stevens says they were not
Ihey had their own way in every
thing, and did not secede because of
aggressions. We think he knows
best.


Democracy says Abolition stands
in the way OF Union. Davis SAYS it
does not; they do not care for slave.
ly; 1t is independence they want
HIS authority is best.


lhe Democracy only can make
peace with the rebels now, because
they alone stand ready to acknow.
ledge the right Of Secesson.


Peace and Union are insepars ble.-
Are you doing anything to destroy
those who would divide them?


You are tired of the war. What
are you doing to end it?


lhe Democracy want a Convention
of States. We wanted one in 1861,
but they wouldn't grant it. IL they
wish to come over Oh our ground,
well.


You want the war to stop. Then
you do not want an arnIistice, for
that would be but stopping to enable
one of the combatants to obtain re.
ireshments.


You long for Peace. What are you
doing to bring it about2


The South says they want independ-
ence. The Democracy say they do
not they want slavery. We think
the South know what they want


The South will not stop fighting,
they say, until they are compelled to.
We must therefore force them to keep
the peace.


There are but two parties that can
make peace. The party headed by
Vallandigham aud L. II. Seymour,
because they will give the rebels what
they ask, independence; and the party
headed by Grant and Sherman, be-
cause they will compel them to grant
what we ask, Union.


The South says they will not con.
sent to return to Union until the for
tunes of war compel them to. The
only way to Union and peace is To
supply that compulsion.


Mr.. Lincoln thinks the South will
not grant us peace until they cease
lighting for slavery and independence.
II you think they will, get them to
say no.


You say Mr. Lincoln loves Aboli.
ion more than peace. But he really
loves peace more than Slavery. Do
you?
Year: 1864

TuE SIMPLE SEcREr.-rWenty clerks in u
store, twenty hands in printing office, twenty
Young men in village All want TO get along
IN the world, and all expect to do SO. One Of
the clerks will rise to be partner and make a
fortune. One OF the composlors will own a
newspaper and become an influential and prosper
Gus citizen. One OF the villagers will get hand
some farm and live like patriarch But which
is destined to be the lucky individual Lucky
There is no luck about. The thing is almost as
certain IS the rule Of three. The young fellow
who will distance his competitors is he who mas
tsrs his business who preserves bis integrity, who
lives clearly and purely, who never gets in debt
Who gains friends iy deserving them, and puts
hi, money in savings bark There are some
wa,s t. fortune tia, look shorter Than this dusty
highway Hut the stsuneh men Of the commu-
nity,. the men who achieve something really
worth having, good fortune, good name, aud se-
rene old age, all go this road.
Year: 1864

Fire A'arm The appearance OF dense
volume OF smoke rising above the house


tops in the northwestern part Of the city,
about three O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
caused the alarm bells to ring and the fire
men to tu,n out. After run Of few
sqnares, however, il was ascertaiued that the
al arm proceeded fran IL pile Of burning
brush, when The firemeu returned To their
quarters and the excitement soon snbsided.
Year: 1864

In the family the law of pleasing ought
to extened from the highest to the lowest.
You are bound to please your Children /;
and your children are bound to please
each other and you are bound to please
your:'servants, if you expect them to please
you. Some men are pleasant in the house
hold and nowhere else. have known
such men They were good fathers and
kind husbands. If you had seen them in
their own house. you would have thought
that they were angels. almost; but If you
had seen them in the street, or in the store
or anywhere else outside of their house,
you would have thought them almost de-
moniac But the opposite is apt to be
the case When we are among our neigh
borS, or among strangers, We hold our
selves with seltrespect, and endeavor to
act with propriety but when We get
home we say to ourselves, 81 have played
part long enough, aud am now going TO
be natural" So we sit down, and are
ugly, aud snappish, and blunt, aud disa
greeable We lay aside those thousand
little courtesies that make the toughest
floor smooth, that make the hardest things
like velvet, and make life pleasant. we
expend all our politenesS in places where
it will be proitable-where 1t viii bring
silver and gold.