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Year: 1864




The following villainous connection has
been printed on a piece of pasteboard, as
large as an ordinary visiting card, and is be-
ing circulated among those natural born
fools who can be made to believe that black
is white and the moon is made of green. 1t
reads thus


Extract from a speech delivered at Fan
euil Hail. March Tth, 1850 by Daniel Web
Ster.


IF the Internal fanatics and abolitionists
ever get power in their hands, they will over
ride the Constitution, set the Supreme
Court at defiance, change and make laws to
suit themselves lay violent hands on those
who differ with them in their opinions or
dare question their infallibilitv, and finally
bankrupt the country and deluge it with
BLOOD.


There are just two things that are wrong
in this card, riolelicit frst-Daniel Web
ster did not make speech at ''Faneuil Hall
March eth, 1850 - and, second, he did
make speech on that day in the L. 5.
Senate, on the compromise resolutions of
Henry Clay but he did not utter in that
speech one ,cord which, by the most violent
twisting, can be made TO mean anything like
the sentiments above attribute to him. We
have gone to the trouble TO re-read hat
speech, and we therefore speak from the
book


The snakes. it will thus be seen, are not
satisfied with deliberate lying about the he
roism of negro soldiers, or with deliberate
voting against the right of white soldiers TO
exercise the most sacred privilege of Amer
lean freemen, but they must needs resort, as
a means of saving their party what there
is of it, to the still baser trick of SANDER
ing the mighty dead. If the bones of the
Defenders of the Constitution could speak,
how withering would be the rebuke they
would administer to these vile traitors =
Pusbufg Gazette
Year: 1864

Merchants who are perfectly acquainted
with the trade OF our country IN such arti-
cles, say, from positive knowledge, that
the quantity OF tea and coffee, for instance,
now In the United States, is greatly larger
than at any other time within the last ten
or twenty years. The same may no doubt
be asserted, with truth, of other articles
which We are accustomed to consider as
among the necessaries OF life. Where are
all these stores of tea, coffee, -four sugar,
etc? In the hands Of spectators and held
on speculation. Every sale of these arti-
cles from one speculator 10 the other, at an
advance, hich is easily managed between
them,) enhances the price of the whole
stock upon the community, and the ques-
ton Is, how long is this state of things TO
continue? How is this rage of speculation
to be checked? 1t is clear that those who
have money on hand, and feel disposed to
risk 1t in such operations, cannot be restrain
ed from doing so if they see ft But there
are others willing and anxiously desirous of
entering INTO such speculaIlons and making
fortunes out OF the community, if they can
only borrow the money to do So Our banks,
We are told. have been overrun with appli
cations of this character lately One man
sees an opportunity of buying ZOO barrels
of whiskey on which he is sure to make
any amount of money that fancy may name,
if the bank will only lend him the money
A party in New York, the other day, made
up their minds to buy five hundred thous-
and pounds of woolin Ohio, on speculation,
and came to our banks to borrow the money!
And these are but samples of hundreds of
such applications, most of the applicants,
by the way, offer the banks no other securi-
ty than their own notes, wondering that the
banks cannot see that they must be abund-
antly good, considering the immense profit
the borrowers are sure TO make by the trans
actions How are these specuations to be
stopped, and the community be protected
from the grasp of these voracious specu-
lators? Answer. Let the banks in all eases
refuse TO grant facilities for such operations,
and confne the operators to cash dealing
only. By doing SO they will best consult
their own interests in the first place, and
the good of the community in the next. A
gentleman conyersant with bank matters,
assures us that the banks have already come
to this conclusion. and if that course IS
steadily adhered to on their part we shall
soon see the prices of the necessaries of life
decline. Spectators cannot possibly carry
the stocks they now have on hand, they will
be compelled to sell, and prices must come
down accOrdinply
Year: 1864

Some of the copperhead districts in York
county are likely to reap rather bitter fruits
from their opposition to the soldiers vote,
number Of young men having determined
to enlist but not to credit a man TO the in-
tolerant sneaks.
Year: 1864

The Cops are making great blow about
the size of the NJ Clelan meeting held in
Now York city. We don't see that it is
much TO blow about if it was big meeting
1t will be recollected that the traitor Breck-
inridge had a majority of forty hOmsGnd
in New York city at the last Presidential e
lection. and no one doubts hut what jeff
Davis would receive more votes there than
Abraham Lincoln would. New York city
!. a nest of traitors. and not much to hrag
on, and will do Mcclellan no good. Tile
1ruph
Year: 1864

! Captain :" he exclaimed as he descended
the companion way, Il have brought YOU no
whale, but something that | think will be
more acceptible y


The captain and his wife both caught
sight of their child, at once and at the same
moment.


My child My Lillian - screamed the
mother, rushing forward TO clasp her IN her
arms. Then noticing her pale face and
dropping head, she sank into a seat, over
come by her feelings, and stretched forth her
arms, faintingly murmurlng:


Dead dead she is dead Give ne my
poor little dead girl


''No-no, she is not dead !" replied the
mate If the proper measures can be tax
en-, she can be restored in a lew moments.
So saying he laid her upon the bed, and
assisted the anxious father in his efforts to
restore the circulation Of the blood.


In a few moments they had the satistac
ton Of seeing Lillian open her eyes, and Of
hearing hcrspeak the word mother. The
next instant she was pressed to the latter
bosom. and covered with tears and kisses.
This probably helped nearly as much as the
other operation had done to restore the cir
culation OF blood, for there was a deep cal
nation tint upon her cheek and lip.


The excitement having in some degree sub
sided an explanation followed.


Lillian stated that after her mother had
left her to go on deck, she thought she
would lust 90 up 10 get IA little peep over the
rail at the icebergs. The idea had no soon
er entered her head than she carried it into
execution. In leaning TOO Tar over the rail,
however-the ship happened to give lnrch
atthe same tlme-she lost her balance and was
precipitated into the waters. On rising to
the surface she felt herself seized by the
neck Of the dress and the next moment was
dragged safely Oh to large piece Of ice
when she perceived that her deliverer was
the noble Blusco She felt terribly fright
ened, and ciung close TO the dog. She re-
membered they were shut in by three walls
of ice, which partly prevented the waves
from dashing in upon them. Suddenly the
cake upon which they were standing came
in contact with another one which lowered
up like lofty column


When the conclusion took place the lofty
mass tottered over, and fell upon the three
walls of ice, by which the little girl and her
dog were encompassed III such a curious
manner as to completely close them up as if
they were in prison. In this position she re-
manned a long time, praying and hugging
the dog 10y turns, until at last, feeling cold
and benumbed, she leg. II to grow drowsy,
and fell into doze. Had her rescue from
this situation been delayed few minutes
longer. we would have never. III all proba-
bility, succeeded in bringing her to life. As
it was, long time elapsed ere the natural
freedom OF circulation could be restored to
one of her arms.


Many were the praises layished on Blusco
for his noble conduct and although he
shakes his head and turns up his broad nose
when any person speaks to him about it, as
much as to say, pshaw. it $ nothing still
we believe that in his heart he is proud of
his exnlnit
Year: 1864

THE PRICE OF PAPER The Bellows
Falls Times thinks that there is no nece ssity
for the present high price of printing pa
per, and says that some of the papers in
the northern part of the State have sugges
ted that the newspaper publishers in that
State should combine and own or build
mills of their own. 1t says further, if this
matter had been seriously put forth only a
few weeks ago, "a mill could have been So
cured at very reasonable price and on easy
terms, and paper could have been obtained
at cost of less than l6 cents per pound,
which is IA cents less than is now being ask
ed for IL
Year: 1864

~ READING, Pa, April IS, 1854.


DR. WIsHART-Dear Sir. One year ago the
Examining Surgeon of this district told me I
had Consumption of the Lungs, and that could
not ecured; and Judging from all my symptoms
at that time, myself supposed this to be true.
was for more than one year troubled with a
hacking cough, which gradually grew 50 bad
that l could not have a severe fit Of coughing
without splitting up blood IN large quantities.


For months could not work at any thing,
and was obliged to keep my bed most of the
time While in this condition / was in Mr..
Rowbotham' 8 store, in this city, and he seeing
how low l was, recommended me to try your
Pine Tree Tar Cordial. He said he had sold a
great deal of it, and that as it had cured so many
others, he believed it would do some good
bought bottle and commenced using it. In
very short time l saw that was getting better
very fast, and after taking several bottles Twas
entirely restored TO health, so that could work
every day at my business, which is very heavy
work, in an iron foundry. When l commenced
to nse your Pine Tree Tar Cordial my weight
was only one hundred and thirty-five pounds;
since the use of it 1 have weighed ON an average
one hundred and fifty five. shall be glad to
have YOU publish this, as | believe should not
have been living at this time if had not used
your great medicine, and wish all who suffer
to receive its benefit. ~ s.s...e-5F T.. !.


Very truly yours, st, ). 2 .f
Year: 1864

anu bBaln answer, no.


Mr.. Bradley, there is also another
serious charge against you, and your
conduct in this instance fully confirms
it. You are accused Of giving aid and
comfort TO tho enemies Of your country.
What have you 10 say to thatF
Il say it is false, and he who makes it
is a villain.


I accuse him Of being a traitor; aid
ing the cause Of the Union, said SimP.
son.


If my adherence to tho Union merits
for me the name Of traitor, then am
proud oft, have been for the Union,
am still for the Union, and will be for
the Union, Us long as lie lasts


Al these words the chairman clutched
pistol that lay upon the table before
him, and the bright blade Of Simpsons S
bowie knife gIiItered near the breast OF
Bradley; but before he could make the
fatal plunge swift winged messenger
Of death laid him dead at the feet of bis
intended victim, while at the same in,
slant, another plunged into the heart Of
the chairman and he fell forward over
the table, extinguishing the light and
leaving all in darkness. Confusion
reigned. The inmates olthe room we're
panic stricken.


In the midst Of the CONSERVATION a
firm hand rested upon Bradley's shoul.
der; his bonds were severed, and he
hurried out Of the open window. HC
was again a,frce man, but was hasIened
forward into the woods at the back Of
The tavern, and through them 10 a road
a quarter Of mile distant, then into D
wagon, and driven rapidly OF. In half
an hour the smith made one OF the party
at the rendezvous that was 10 start al
midnight across the mountains.


John said the smith, as no grasped
the hand Of his rescuer, while bis eyes
glistene6 and tear coursed down his
furrowed check, Il would like to sec
you and Matte before 60


You shall, was tho reply.


In another hour the blacksmith clasp.
cd his daughter to his bosom.


Ii was an affecting there, in
that lone house in the wilderness, sur.
rounded by men who had been driven
from their homes for their attachment TO
the principles for which the patriots
fathers fought and bled-the sturdy old
smith, type Ofthe heroes Of other days
pressing his daughter TO his breast,
while the tears courscd down his lurrow.
ed checks. He felt that perhaps it was
to DO his last embrace; for bis rcsoluto
heart had resolved to sacrifice his all
upon the altar of his country, and he
could no longer watch over the safety Of
his only child Was she to be- left 10
Che mercy Of the parriCidal wrotche'
who were attempting 10 ruin tho country
that had given them birth, nursed their
infancy, and opened n wide field fol
them TO display tho abilities with which
nature had endowed them
Year: 1864

A FREE EMIGRATION PRoJEcr-By late
intelligence from Washington we learn
that a plan has been recommended to the
House special Committee on Emigration by
Mr.. Secretary Seward from which the most
beneficial results to the prosperity Of this coun-
try are likely to flow. 1t is to inaugurate
system of free emigration from the agricultural,
mining, manufacturing and other producing
communities Of Europe TO the United States,
the government to assume portion of the ex-
penses Of transportation, with the prospect of
future indemnifcation. The country wants
this influx Of hardy smigrants, not only to cul-
tivate our broad prairiss but to work In our
mines Of precious and the coarser metals now
fast developing themselves in the Great West,
and to keep the machinery Of our great manu-
featuring establishments 10 proper motion.
The mining operations to which We refer are
not those bogus concerns got up by stock
gamblers In Wall street to fleece the unwary,
but the real mines themselves, embedded in
mother earth and in the primitive quarts Of
our almost illimitable metal bearing regions.
We are in need Of q great addition to our
laboring population for che purposes specified;
and when the rebellion 10 over there will be
in the South, in the culture Of cotton, rice,
sugar, corn, hemp, tobacco, and other agricul-


tural products Of the soil, opportunities for the
employment Of at least two millions OF comps-
tent laborers; for probably one-half OF the
present slave population Of four millions will


clay down the shovel and the hoe" forever
before this war is ended, or, at any rate, will
find other fields Of employment The plan Of
Mr.. Secretary Seward should therefore, meet
the earnest consideration Of the special Com
mittee on Emigration. AT oil events the ex-
pertinent Is emincntly worth the trial. and will


not cost the government more than tha expense
Year: 1864

reflect that sound mind and body the most neces-
sarv requisites TO promote connubial happiness In
deed without these the journey through life becomes
weary pilgrimage; the prospect hourly darkens 10 the
view: the mind becomes shadowed with despair and


filled with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
nf nn nnther hecnmes hlighted with our own,
Year: 1864

should be particularly cherished by tile people Of this
State AS we value that feeling of State prlo which
has done 80 much to place South Carolina IN the front
rahk of both tue councils and the battles Of the
Western world. let US avoid this error. we Mt least,
who occupy region of which Charleston is the inme
diato bulwark, will not ignore her glory.
Year: 1864

The Worcester Shield, published at Snow
Hill, Maryland, a newspaper which has
been persistent in its advocacy of the I'm
ion cause, while so many of its local COM
petitors have shown an Indifference ITO say
the least) on the subject, and which cannot
therefore be called "disloyal," even by the
glib tongues of the Abolitionists, comments
thus upon the recent sham election of dele
gates to q constitutional convention in
Maryland:


While the very foundations of our insti-
tutions were laid in public opinion, and
while they can be esupported and alone per-
pctuated by the legitimate expression of the
same through free and unrestricted con-
stitutionally defined right of suffrage, any
party who to insure its triumph, or the per-
petuation of its power by such reprehensi-
BILE means as we have become recent wit
nesses to, enters the first wedge of de-
struction to republican form Of govern
ment. The course of the abolition leaguers
here on our last polling day to secure their
darling objects, without regard to the
means adopted to that end, viii some day
find that it "will bite them like sci pent and
sting them like an adder" 1t matered not
that Mr.. w. III. w. Farrow, he who generally
prescribed his political opponents on cleo
tiOn day, and marked them traitors, had
offered to join company, if one could be
gotten up in this town in 1861, after the riot
In Baltimore, to MD the mob in that city in
murlering the Union soldiers that were
passing through there on their way to the
defense of the capital; this same young
man, not many years out of his teens, had
the contemplate assurance, to call it by no
harsher name, to challenge men of three
score and ten, and of grey locks, whose 10y
atty no one of sense or principle would
question, upon any proper definition of the
word, and whose political morality would
be furnished by any contact with him. Let
him go to the constitutional convention, in
which, by fraud, he has obtained seat
with all his new and blushing honors thick
upon him; who and what does he and his col
leagues, similarly sent, represent there? Not
surely this county from which they 60. He
required no other test of loyalty than vote
for himself, and if such voter had been
traitor he would not have challenged his
loyalty. Who that knows him is foolish
enough to believe he would? AT least one
thousand loyal voters of this county were
by this trick and conspiracy DISTINGUISHED
temporarily on the 9th instant, and thus
stigmatized, lied on. A staggering brace
of proscriptionists and slanderers may gloat
over their achievement, but they aud all
who similarly acted at that most important
juncture of our State affairs, viii have the
lasting contempt and hatred of not onlySall
their party opponents, but Of many who
even supported their ticket on that day.
Let Mr.. Farrow first purge himself of the
treason he was anxious to practice in April,
1861, before he again attempts to sit In mali
olous Judgment upon anothcr's .'loyaltyip
Year: 1864

The Satardog Ereafag Herald, published in Union
town. Ala by J.. l. JONES, ESQ, is certainly ofthe
bestweekly journals in the confederacy In every is
sues to fouDl one or more noyelette besides large
amount Of news ana general reading matter selected
with great care and the editorial talent engaged
braces every variety aboriginal matter to suit the
times We would be pleased to The circulation of
this valuable Journal enlarged in our district and
State


Dr.M BIssEtI, Of Camden win act as agent, and
receive subscriptions for The Herald
Year: 1864

The removal Of Col. Bowman from the
Superintendency OF West Point, because
he invited General MCCLELLAN to deliver
the address upon the LAYING of corner
stone for monument to West Point SOL
diers, fairly illustrates the spirit and ca
paclty Of the man who could indulge in
such an exhibition Of spitefulness. His
little soul WAS stung by The recognition of
the skill and services of MCCLELLAN and
he had not enough of dignity and decen-
cy to conceal his modification. No one
supposed he would have, aside from the
restraining influences of his position. =
Prostitutes have sufficient respect for pro-
priety to assume a modest behavior when
chance throws them into virtuous circles.
If it was imagined that "smutty Joker
would shrink from insulting the nation by
a prostitution of its highest Office to graf
ify personal malevolence so ineffably con.
temptible, the mistake is row rectifed.
Year: 1864

Upon Tuesday night last week the
Depot of the A. & G.. W. R. x. at Kent
was broken.open by burglars, and the door
of the large safe in the Ticket Office blown
off. The explosion occurred about ten
and half o'clock, and attracted the at
tention of some young men, who emerged
from Billiard Saloon, opposite the Depot
at the time it took place. They at first
supposed the report was caused by the
explosion of some telegraph apparatus.
but curiosity caused them to go to the
building and see what was up. As they
came upon the Depot platform, a man
was standing upon it, who at once left.
Upon examination it was found that the
door of the safe had blown to pieces, but
its contents were undisturbed. The safe
contained about $4,000. The robber left
the following implements on the preml-
ses; two steel punches, 1 nipping bar,
dark lantern. These articles he can
obtain by coming forward proving prop
erty and paying damages. The cool
ness with which the robbery was at
tempted is unparalleled, as the depot
IS in the immediate vicinity of the prin-
cipal hotel, and a number of business
places, which at the hour the explosion
took place had not been closed for the
night.


A small mallet was found in the
depot. 1t was bored full of holes and
pieces of leather inserted to deaden the
sound.


Upon the night the depot of the c. &
P. R. R. at RaVenna was broken into by
burglars The entrance was made by
raising a window of the main waiting
room of the building. The door from
this room to the Office was forced open and
the large safe attacked. A hole about
the size of dime was punched in the
door of the safe. The door was charged
with powder and fuse placed in con-
neetion with it. The fuse being defec-
tive, did not accomplish its mission, and
from some cause the robbers did not
make a second attempt to light it. The
safe was found in the morning in the
condition stated, with q portion of the
fuse projecting from the hole punched
in the door. This safe contained $780,
90, four hundred dollars of the money
being the private property of Mr.. Root
the agent Of the Road, the balance be
longing to the company. In this instance
two steel punches, cold chisel and an
empty powder can were left by the un-
lucky operators. The punches and
chisel were burglariously taken from the
Marble Works of Fox & Mills on Main
St. The entrance to this building was
msdsthrough the front window and egress
through the back door. --- .-..-.--,


The A. & G. W. R. R. depot tRavenna)
would probaly have been also honored
by the robbers, put for the fact that
men were working about it all night.


These attempts at robbery, though
inglorious failures, will put the COM
munities in which they occurred on guard
and render them dangerous localities
for seoundrels who respect neither pro-
perty or law-RavsnnG Democrat.
Year: 1864

The army sentiment was well express
ed by soldier in the Vermont election.
A copperhead ticket was thrust at him
as he limped up to the polls He took it
and looked at it musingly, then threw 1t
away with the remark: What a thun
dering fool 1 should be to go down to
Virginia and fight rebels three years with
my musket, and then come here to stab
myself in the back with piece of paper
like that"
Year: 1864

.RamhoADs IN OPERATION. Trans now
run regularly over the Mobile and Ohio
railroad to Corinth The Memphis and
Charleston road is used for u distance Of
nearly fifty miles in the direction of
Chattanooga That whole country is
free from the enemy.