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Year: 1864

The Truth OCCAsloNALLY.-Once in great
while there IS an out-spoken Copperhead ed.
itor, who tells the leaders the truth The ed
itor of the Council Bluffs Bugle is one ofthat
kind. What he says about platforms is very
opportune with the Coprerheads in this State,
who are about to make platform to be voted
for instead of candidate The Bugle saws ::


The Democratic party has been led for the
last few years by men who did not care
straw whether the principles laid down by
the party at its conventions tended to the con
tinuance of our free institutions, or to their
overthrow and the establishment of q mon
arehy. They never asked the question,
s. whittier are We tending2'' nor did they
care. so long as they a chance for office,
through the adoption of a w!Sha washa. nom
committed platform, upon which they could
safely ride into the haven of good fat flee
If we look back but few years, we will not
fail to discover the class of men who are al
wavs on hand at Democratic conventions. and
who shaped the policy Of the party regardless
of principle. so that the policy adopted gave
them prospects of retaining. or getting into
an Office.


If this is not good daguerreotype ofmod-
ern Democracy. lei the party sit for another
picture.
Year: 1864

INCIDENT IN THE SECOND n. II. REGIMENT
An amusing incdentin the ID New Hanp
shire regiment during the battle of Gettys-
burg. shows the eoolness of our Yankee boys,
and their love for the Almighty Dollar One
of our boys, thinking of small debt due him
from one of his comrades, and likewise of the
uncertainty of life and all earthly things,
during the fercest of the contest, when the
air was full Of bursting shells and whistling
bullets. left his place in the ranks and went
to the eelors, where his eomrade was actively
engaged in protecting the flag eff his country
and sustaining the honor efthe cid Granite
State, and apOlogizing for the intrusion. said
he might not have another opportunity 20
meet him. and that ne would consider great
favor if he would pay the debt. Having re-
ceived which. he coolly returned TO his place
in the ranks. with the evident satisfaction of
one who had done his duty, to himself his
country, and all mankind. Strange to say,
neither Of the above were injured in the bat
tie, but are still members of the brave Old
Sseoad The above is described by an eye
witness.-Edste7R paper.
Year: 1864

HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.-ln the early part of
the present month soldier belonging to the
One Hundreth Regiment. having reenlistod
for the war, obtained thirty days furlough.
and returned to his home in Lawrence coun-
ty, about four miles from Darlington, and al
most adjoining the Beaver county line. The
man was married. and during his absence his
wife contracted an intimacy with a scamp in
the neighberhood, which eliminated in
criminal intimacy between the parties. OF
all this, however, the husband was in com
plete ignorance. Soon after his arrival, it
agreed between the woman and her par
amoar that he should be put out of the way,
ard one night, while the unsuspecting man
lay asleep in his bed, the guilty pair approach
ed him, and slipping a moose. which they had
previously prepared, over his head, they threw
the other end over beam which extended
across the dwelling, and pulling on it with all
their might, they swung the wretched man
off the bed, and in a moment almost had him
in such position that resistance on his part
became impossible. Finding that death did
not take place as soon as they expected, they
fastened the rope (which up to this time they
had held over the beam, the body of their vic
tim writhing in bis death agony from the
other end ; to peg in the wall. and leaving





the house. After remaining outside long
enough for strangulation to take place, they
again entered the house, and taking down
the now lifeless remains of the murdered
man, carried them to coal bank in the vi
cinity, inside of which they concealed them.
The next day it was noticed that the woman's
paramour was rather flush of funds, and this
coupled with the fact that the soldier was
missing. induced those who knew the guilty
relations existing between the woman aud the
man to suspect that all was not right so an
inquiry was instituted through which the en-
tire tragedy was brought to light. The wom-
an, struck with fear or remorse, made a con-
fesSon of the whole affair. duplicating her
paramour as the principal in the murder, and
both he and she were arrested and committed
to jail at New Castle to await their trial for
murder PatSbury Chronicle, February %.
Year: 1864




The platform OF Chicago is now known
and, seeing that peace Democrats and war
Democrats have compromised on McClel-
Ian, the said platform is half peace and half
war; it floats between peace and war, be-
ing constructed in such = way as TO drift 70
either side, and settle down next March IN
a war or peace policy as circumstances may
require. Armistice will certainly be a
feature in the new policy; armistice with
a view 10 negotiation. And now, suppoS-
ing that arnlistice to be accepted, it must
be admitted that the situation would
be regarded by many good COnfederates as
more perilous 10 our independence than
Iincolns war to the knife; for those nego-
ciationsn will not necessarily be confined, as
tbev ought 10 be, to the confederate govern
ment; tbey may address themselves seve-
rally, perhaps unofficially, to state legis-
latures; they may wind their way through
every ramifoation of society, by CONNER
cial transactions and private intercourse
NAV approach influential individuals in
the shape of promises of political support
nav. of hard money; in every conceivable
manner that season Of arnnlstice would be
used to create here a Union party once
more. The effort would fail; yet 1t might
distract and divide, and introduce trouble
some discord, when now there is good
practical uanimity. There can be no
doubt that should Lincoln permit an cleo
tion-and should Mcclellan be the new
President--and should he offer an srmis-
tics for negotiation--evon though it should
be real, genuine cessation Of hostilities
by sea and land-the cause Of con-
federate Independence would then begin to
have new kind of perils to encounter,
and would have to meet them by new eff
fort of public virtue more heroic than mill
tary achievement itself. And, after al,
be it remembered that if such an armistice
is proposed, it is accompanied by an i'm
piled threat. This is the very feature
which gave Mcclellan precedence over all
competitors-tha he is a general and a
Young Napoleon, and is supposed to know
now the war can at any time be brought TO
a successful issue, If Lincoln would but let
him have his own way. We are about to
be asked, then, to negotiate under the
Damocles sword; they dare TO hold up be-
fore us IN tsTTorem the hero of Harrison 5
Landing, as a warning that if, after all
promised Establishments and constitutional
guarantees, and we still hold out against
the "Union of our fathers" that young
Napoleon will be reluctantly compelled tC
exterminate US at last.
Year: 1864

KISSING A SuSBEAN.-A babe, not old
enough to speak or walk, was creeping on
the floor. BY and by bright ray Of sunshine
fell upon the carpet. Baby saw it, and crept
toward the dazzling object. She looked at it,
terest in her sweet face, and then putting
down her little hands, she kissed it. Now
was not that beautiful? The bright little
sunbeam lighted up joy in her baby-heart.
and she expressed that JOY with sweet kiss.
Year: 1864

ELoPENENT.-An affair of this kind lately
occurred at Folsom: A young girl aged IA
years eloped day or two since from this place
with teamstcr. Although the parties had
a considerable start, the enraged father start
ed in pursuit and overlook them near Straw
berry Valley, and obtained possession Of his
daughter. They were on their way to Nera-
da Territory for the purpose Of getting mar
account Of the age of the girl.
Year: 1864

One of the worst habits that q per-
sons Of either sex can fall into, is that
of keeping bad company. Impure
words stain the tablet of virtuous
mind and the more we hear of them
the less nice becomes our sense of the
refined and pure. Too much care in
the choice of companions IAN not be
taken. Intimate friendship should not
be made without due reflections; and
with casual acquaintances whose con
duct and conversation will not benefit
us, we should have as little as charity
and circumstances will admit. The
mind is an exceedingly delicate sub
stance, and its purity is soilcd by even
the slightest contact with vice; and
when the leprous spots are left upon
it, no after regrets can wash them out ;
they became a part of the individual.
An hour spent in bad company may
prove source of regret for years; or,
worse, the stepping stone to vice or
crime. T.. .....#.f -t tr es.-. ...'


1t is mark of great folly for man
to leave his home and fireside, and go
to his neighbors to spend his leisure
hours; for his family have as much
need Of his social powers as his neigh
Dor; and if in pecuniary matters he
were to adopt the same course of con-
duct, giving all to his neighbor and


keeping nothing for his family, he
would soon become a bankrupt. b..
Year: 1864

The returning veterans of the New
York Irish Brigade were entertained
with a dinner at Irving, Hall, New
York City, on Saturday. Among the
speakers was Gen. Meagher. He said
that he would address to the brave
men of his old command q few words
of earnest exhortation. They had re-
turned to renew that strength and Wig
or expended in the army SO courage
ously and so heroically. They had
come, he said, to city where the enc.
mics Of the republic had pitched a
camp, all the more dangerous because
it was intangible and insiduous. Let
them beware of what has grown to be
q most important power in the com
munity. They should beware of the
reptile Copperhead. Great kissing. !
They should have no parley with them;
and if any of Them came near them,
they should show them no mercy, but
repudiate, trample on them, squelch
them. Tremendous cheering. They
knew what it was to meet Southern
soldiers on the field. They could re-
spect such men for their bravery; they
could not but admire them for the per-
severance and fortitude with which
they had clung to their course. Ad-
miration could not be withheld from
the women of the South for the fdcli-
ty and devotion which they had shown
But for the enemies of the Union in
the North, who have no excuse for
their perfdy, who bade their friends
60 forth and fight, but who cut the
bridges behind them, as they did in
July last by raising an infamous revolt
in this city against the government Of
the nation, for such he and his soldiers
had nothing but detestation-[great
cheeringl-and as for the Irish por.
tion of them, he repudiated and exc.
Grated them. Traitors to the public


they were also traitors to the ancient
Irish name, Tremendous applause.
Year: 1864

Tue attack on the FL corp By the
rebels yesterday Was an ovefwhel z
force and was almost upon the point Of
overpove4rg that corps when the 8 h
corps came up aod the enemy we're re
pulsed and driven fram the fdld. Lo 4
on both sides is about equal We still
hold The eove.ed w ljon road
Year: 1864

If the great Creator Of heaven and earth take any note
whatever Of the affairs Of bis creatures If his protecting
care was eyer vo1ebssfed to any people at any time
pie Of the Confederacy In consideration OF origin
traOrdinary attainment in all that is powerful in
courteous in chivsy While sold and officers
Gs sRs un only s s let
rhUzld nnd ooDgeniai abiding place amongst Her
Should be unknown in the South for her demon spirit win
bring destruction to nation. ambition and jealousy will
Ties remember that the golden apple of beshen mythology
leoelsd the walls of tar.famsd um with dust We
Brsver never never lived Never can it be said that the
Spartan martyrs of Thermopye the battalion
tenth legion of Julius Caesar evnced forude than
the Southern soldiers have onevery bloody field crisis
defence OF their country. The soldiers suffering
privations and hardshps for liberty deserve knde
fare of the soldiers all no., they should be-. The
a M 1 n e62
diers who have confidence in Let wealthy
be ruled by tyrants Christmas win be here while
the country filled with all good things, soldiers
of the people home absorbed in the pursuit of
gain that efeminacy will take the place of that sensibi
Of money may downfall, and would surely do so
The hole to the road the sesh
We in peace and prosperity here to-day while the
cry of Danger is heard from sister cities. When may
Waterman tell that the hour has when the earth
will rembe beneath the tread of eontendng armies for
the fate OF this city We in the Of shoals and
quicksands upon which noble city ships of
stranded their wrecks and Iuns-meancholy monuments
of time strewn the land Perhaps things
intended special punishment for of ting
the soldiers and those sacrificing all for them be
of The good and just that no Ids the
universe.


No heard unless he has faith, hope charity
the three souled jewels hat have to Those
who do all in their will have should
fail. We know such word in history tail The
deavorng to meet The Of the case with all
aIdor and ferVelcy that rotisD impsrt, but
dark future before snd vine her unfold the
brightest pages of history, whether
bo.Cm lies coIcea ed the fatal day of the fall of
tfis city, human wisdom toretell. Let cnar
ity abound while we may do good. Who will
respond the ladies call the citizens and the country
tor aid Tor the soldiers dinner. this may be
Christmas appeal ever write pray that may
be in While the enemy is carrying desolaton
the States let heed the lesson having effect
efssa our patriotism rekindle our love of the South
strengthen resolutions to be ee which cannot
la with the spirit Of brothorly kindness and
hberay the brave and noba soldiers where
they were born, so they are with us 10 the


A. r
Year: 1864

The favors of our able correspondent UUD, are ST.
ways acceptable, but of them came in better
time than that which reached yesterday and which
appears in this orniDgs Journal. Oar friend kaow,
Of what he writes and he knows how to write about it


With nothing BY mail and next to nothing by tele-
graph, good budget of interesting correspondence
from the army is refreshing to the weary editor who
knows not where to turn for interest," and cannot find
subject upon which there s for the time being any
thing to be said
Year: 1864

In 1908, the Duke of Wellington was placed in
mand OF the important British expedition destined to
operate n the Peninsula. He had made all his pre-
para with the foresight and th0roughness charac
terlstc of the and the expedition had actually
sailed when the Ministry determined to eupersode him
in the command. In very laconic note, assigning
reasons for the change, Vlscount CastIereagh, Secre
tary of State, informed the Duke (then Sir Arthur
Wellesley that the command OF the troops had been
assigned to Sir Hew D4lrymple, with Sir Harry Bar
rard second in command. BY this operation Sir Ar
m nlshed from an amy to brigade while


III the very act Of preparing to meet the enemy
An ordinary soldier would at once have thrown up his
commission in disgust. Though deeply mortified,
doubt he sacrifice all personal considerations to pat
rotlDm and principle and in letter, written soon ater
said shall do my best to the success OF the
army and you may depend it that shall not hurry
the operations, commence them one moment sooner
than they ought be commenced, order that may
acquire the credit OF the The Government
Will determ4e Tor me 10 what way they will employ
me hereafter, either here Or elsewhere" when ask
cd by a familiar friend how he, who hid CON-
manded armies OF forty thousand men, who had received


he hanks of Parliament ior bis victories, and been
elected Knight of the Bath could bmit to be reduced
to the command OF brigade of infantry? For this
reason, WIS the reply 5" nia1uk kWallah, say
in the East have ate Of the Kings salt, aud there
for consider 1t TO be my duty TO serV4 with zeal and
promptltude when or wherever the King or bis Gov
ernmeot may think proper to employ me.


A great military prlpclpe ID here enforced by a
great military mao, not only by precept but example
Officers who decline to their country ln capacl.
ty which they consider interior to their merits mag
study with advantage this page ia the history CT Wei
lIDgton-Raeimond Dispatch.
Year: 1864

SOMEBODY has sent the Goldsboro STATE Journal a
pumpkin which that paper says bigger than pump
kin. Can't help it, Our umpkn is "some pumkins" at
any rate. We will stand by vegetable, or at any
rate will sit by it. We have engaged the shell to
young friend of ours who expects to want cradle.
Year: 1864

Did you ever observe when pig in the fence


Sends forth his most pitful shout,
How all his neighbors betake themselves hence


To punish him ere he gets out?
What hubbub they raise, so that others afar


May know his condition, and hence
Come running to join then, in adding


To the pig that is fast in the fence.
Well, swine are not all the creatures that be,


Who find themselves sticking between
The rails of the fence, and who strive to get Free


While the world is still showing them in;
Who find that the favor they meet with depends


Not on worth, but On dollars and cents;
And it's few that Twill prove themselves friends


To the pig that is fast in the fence.
Year: 1864

4 lady was asked to reveal the secret by which
she had always preserved the attention and afFec-
ton of her husband. at is" answered she, Gin
doing everything that pleases him, and by bearing
patiently everything that does not please me- An
example worthy of all imitation.
Year: 1864

YOUNG WIDOWs-TuEIR INFLUENCE Old
Hatemall says widows are the very miscbief-es-
pecially the young 'uns. The Influences they
briug to bear on a fellow are trcmenjus There
is in trying. They're bound to do as they
please, and its laundering seldom they please to do
anything but what they make everybody else
please to do likewise. If they make up their
minds to marry its done. knew one that was
terribly afraid Of thunder and lightning, and every
time storm came she would run into Smiths
house (Smith was widower,) and clasp her little
hands and fly around like hen with her head cut
off, till the man was half distracted for fear she
would be killed. The consequence was she was
Mrs. John Smith before three thunder storms had
ratified over her head. How many Smith had
ratified over his head after that don't edzactly
know myself.
Year: 1864

VISDIcATIoE OF LIScoLS'S Policy. -
Some Of the most influential of the South
ern papers, members OF Congress and
Governors, it is stated, are urging the
freeing and arming Of all able.bodicd ne
grocs and incorporating them into the
armies of the Confederacy The Rich.
mond Enquirer says they have half mil
lion Of them, and it is decidedly of the
opinion that the whole South will sanction
the proposition, and that the Confederate
Congress, now in session, will provide for
it. 1t is not improbable that it will be
done at an early day. ibis, says the


New Hampshire Patriot I" is a significant
and startling proposition, and is calculated
to excite the most serious apprehensionS
in the minds of thinking and patriotic
men. We have the authority Of the whole
Administration party,in oil possible forms
that the negroes are full equal to white
men as soldiers, and here is proposition
to add 100000 of them to tho rebel ar
mics. Yet the Abolition press can see
nothing more important or noteworthy in
it than the fact that it is q 'vindication Of
Lincoln's policy of enlisting negroes -
10 have that policy 'vindicated' they seem
willing to see a half million of men added
to the enemy'S force! To 'vindicate' that
policy is more important in their eyes
than any and everything else. Let this
fact be noted by the people,"
Year: 1864

The Buffalo Courier, who is the McClel-
Ian organ for Western New York, does not
like the Peace doctrines of Long. The fig
sure between the Peace and War men is
widening day by day. They are working
hard to close it up. The Crisis and En-
quirer would not like to endorse the fol
lowing:


The sentiments svowsd by Messrs. Long
and Harris are not ours, nor are they those
entertained by the Democratic Party. The
recognition of the Southern Confederacy
would not only be the end of the COnstitu-
ton, and the deathblow to national integ-
rity, but the financial ruin Of the so-called
Loyal States. Acknowledge the indepen-
Gsace Of the Rebel Government, and the
Whale national debt would be repudiated
bv the people, st the hazard Of armed rev.
olutiou. The Western States would secede
from the Eastern, sad the Middle States as
precipitately as the Cotton States left the
Union.
Year: 1864

The pressure upon our time is such that
we must announce certain rules, and ou1'
unaterablc purpose to be governed by them
in all cases First, we will devote the
morning hours to the interests of our paper
At 10 o'clock we will be at the Custom
House, and we shall remain there until -
o'clock, re-appearing there at 2 o clock, &c,
to attend to the public business. We shall
not attempt to transact business at our
dwelling house in our printing Office, or on
the street Those therefore who have busi.
ness with US connected with the Treasury
Department, must meet US ut the Custom
House, as the building is called 1t is on
the east side of Gay street, nearly opposite
to the LAMAR House We don't want to be
stopped and bored on the streets, and in the
mud, on our way to and from our meals
and don't intend to be in the future
Year: 1864

Thirty-iour years ago, in the British
House of Commons, Lord BRoUGHAM made
a speech against the slave trade, which he
denounced as piracy, as did the American
Congress many years ago. This speech by
the English statesman is old, but an extract
from it will be new in this age OF revolu-
tons The resolution which he advocated,
is made the foundation of his remarks.


THAT this House do resolve, ut the earliest rrac-
tica bic period of the next session. to take into its
serious consideration the state Of the slaves in the
colonies of Great Britain. in order to the mitigation
and final abolition of their slavery and espe-
cally in order to the amendment Of the administa-
tion of justice within the same


l trust that at length the time is come when
Parliament will no longer bear to be told that slave
owners are the best lawgivers slavery; no longer
suffer voice to roll the Atlantic in empty
warnings and frutless orders. Tell me not of right
talk not of the property of the planter in his
slaves. deny the right acknowledge not the
property. The principles the feelings of our COM
mon nature, rise in rebellion against it. Be the ap-
peal made to the understanding or to the heart the
sentence Is the same that rejects it. In vain YOU
tell me Of laws that sanction such claim! There
is law above all the enactments of human codes
the same- throughout the world, the same In all
times-such as il befOre the daring genius OF
Columbus pierced the night of ages and opened to
one world the sources OF power wealth and knowl-
edge 10 another all unutterable woes such IL is AT
this dsy it !. the law written BY the finger of God
on The heart Of man; and BY that law, unchange-
able and eternal, while men despiss maud, and